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highplainsdem

(60,512 posts)
Sun Jan 25, 2026, 03:39 PM 3 hrs ago

Walz: "To Americans who are watching this, I've got a question for you: What side do you want to be on?"

Walz: "To Americans who are watching this, I've got a question for you: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal govt that can kill, injury, menace, & kidnap its citizens off the streets? Or on the side of a nurse at the VA hospital who died bearing witness to such govt?"

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-01-25T20:24:45.045Z
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Walz: "To Americans who are watching this, I've got a question for you: What side do you want to be on?" (Original Post) highplainsdem 3 hrs ago OP
Have they arrested Pretti's killer? n/t leftstreet 3 hrs ago #1
ICE made sure numerous goons took shots at him Freddie 3 hrs ago #2
"felony murder" statutes make that unnecessary rampartd 2 hrs ago #9
I've mentioned this as well. bluestarone 1 hr ago #17
I stand with Pretti, Good and Walz Kid Berwyn 3 hrs ago #3
As do I MustLoveBeagles 1 hr ago #16
Me too! SheltieLover 17 min ago #27
Good vs Evil. Which side do you want to be on? Irish_Dem 3 hrs ago #4
Up until now... Escape 2 hrs ago #11
Yes evil is now the popular norm. Goodness has fallen out of favor. Irish_Dem 2 hrs ago #12
I keep thinking karma is at play in all of this... ananda 1 hr ago #15
No...It's Not the "popular norm" if 60%+ still Oppose it. electric_blue68 8 min ago #29
Unfortunately, the history of the European invaders and colonizers niyad 10 min ago #28
That's about the size of it. calimary 1 hr ago #14
The historical question: What did the average person do when they saw what was happening? sarisataka 3 hrs ago #5
Hey, Republicans! The government tyranny you've always warned about is here! Beartracks 3 hrs ago #6
Unfortunately there will be many SocialDemocrat61 2 hrs ago #7
Patriotic Americans do not support secret police Mysterian 2 hrs ago #8
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara red dog 1 2 hrs ago #10
Governor, you had me when I heard Renee's sweet voice saying, "I'm not mad at you." aeromanKC 1 hr ago #13
Post removed Post removed 1 hr ago #18
You're very new here, joined just minutes ago, so I'm wondering if you don't know what the reference highplainsdem 1 hr ago #19
Darn, did I miss our resident troll again? niyad 19 min ago #24
I know where you are going. Enjoy your stay. nt Celerity 1 hr ago #20
I missed pizza delivery? niyad 19 min ago #25
And, Never Forget What They Did. NEVER! Joinfortmill 59 min ago #21
I'm afraid he's not going to like the answer to that question. BlueTsunami2018 56 min ago #22
Kamala picked the right guy for her VP. Zelda_Orchid 20 min ago #23
She chose well. niyad 17 min ago #26

Freddie

(10,072 posts)
2. ICE made sure numerous goons took shots at him
Sun Jan 25, 2026, 03:43 PM
3 hrs ago

So we couldn’t single one out like the last murder.

rampartd

(4,007 posts)
9. "felony murder" statutes make that unnecessary
Sun Jan 25, 2026, 04:18 PM
2 hrs ago

but these guys will never be tried. more likely the governor will be sued for something stupid.

bluestarone

(21,462 posts)
17. I've mentioned this as well.
Sun Jan 25, 2026, 05:37 PM
1 hr ago

We'll see if THAT behavior continues as planned. I cannot wait until we get control and see WHO are the ASSHOLES ordering this BULLSHIT BEHAVIOR!!

Kid Berwyn

(23,393 posts)
3. I stand with Pretti, Good and Walz
Sun Jan 25, 2026, 03:43 PM
3 hrs ago

The other side are led by demented and perverted NAZI traitors.

Escape

(390 posts)
11. Up until now...
Sun Jan 25, 2026, 04:43 PM
2 hrs ago

and throughout our 250 year history, that was an easy and obvious question to answer for all Americans.

Amazingly, now about 40 percent would proudly choose EVIL.

Hopefully, they will all be rewarded accordingly for their bizarre and baffling collapse of morality.

Irish_Dem

(80,212 posts)
12. Yes evil is now the popular norm. Goodness has fallen out of favor.
Sun Jan 25, 2026, 04:50 PM
2 hrs ago

Yes greatest moral collapse in US history.

Yes I hope we will see karma play out.

ananda

(34,545 posts)
15. I keep thinking karma is at play in all of this...
Sun Jan 25, 2026, 05:31 PM
1 hr ago

for every perpetrator and for every victim.

Maybe they were the opposite in former lives.

niyad

(129,968 posts)
28. Unfortunately, the history of the European invaders and colonizers
Sun Jan 25, 2026, 06:48 PM
10 min ago

is drenched in blood. Near genocide and forced assimilation of the Indigenous. Slavery. The civil war. Jim Crow. Misogny. Shall I go on?

sarisataka

(22,292 posts)
5. The historical question: What did the average person do when they saw what was happening?
Sun Jan 25, 2026, 03:50 PM
3 hrs ago

Has been posed again.
To us.
Today.

Beartracks

(14,411 posts)
6. Hey, Republicans! The government tyranny you've always warned about is here!
Sun Jan 25, 2026, 03:55 PM
3 hrs ago

Don't let the fact that it came from YOUR side of the political spectrum deter you in your opposition to it!

==============

SocialDemocrat61

(7,080 posts)
7. Unfortunately there will be many
Sun Jan 25, 2026, 04:16 PM
2 hrs ago

who will say the winning side and sell out their friends and neighbors

Mysterian

(6,217 posts)
8. Patriotic Americans do not support secret police
Sun Jan 25, 2026, 04:16 PM
2 hrs ago

Loyal Americans support freedom not a police state.

red dog 1

(32,608 posts)
10. Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara
Sun Jan 25, 2026, 04:23 PM
2 hrs ago

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara: "People have had enough. This is the third shooting in less than 3 weeks. The MPD went the entire year last year recovering about 900 guns from the street, arresting hundreds of violent offenders, and we didn't shoot anyone ... this is not sustainable."

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-01-25T15:47:39.198Z

Response to highplainsdem (Original post)

highplainsdem

(60,512 posts)
19. You're very new here, joined just minutes ago, so I'm wondering if you don't know what the reference
Sun Jan 25, 2026, 05:47 PM
1 hr ago

to "good trouble" was about. You'll often see posts about that here.

What Tim Walz is saying is what needs to be said.

BlueTsunami2018

(4,904 posts)
22. I'm afraid he's not going to like the answer to that question.
Sun Jan 25, 2026, 06:01 PM
56 min ago

MAGAts absolutely love what’s going on. You get to brutalize and throw brown immigrants out of the country and murder your political opponents?

This is fascist Heaven.

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