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Pic Of The Moment: Feds To America: Don't Believe Your Own Eyes (Original Post) EarlG 20 hrs ago OP
K&R LetMyPeopleVote 20 hrs ago #1
Gaslighting is the tool of choice for narcissistic psychopaths orangecrush 20 hrs ago #2
Kick dalton99a 20 hrs ago #3
tRump: "I could stand in the middle of Fifth Ave & shoot somebody" & his DOJ would exonerate him. AnotherMother4Peace 20 hrs ago #4
At this point I think he might have a "fusillade" in return Historic NY 18 hrs ago #11
K & R Spazito 20 hrs ago #5
Absolutely ENRAGED KNR!! niyad 19 hrs ago #6
The latest from the White House is that ICE needs to grab the phones - TBF 19 hrs ago #7
No Covid without testing! BidenRocks 18 hrs ago #13
republicans seem to excel at that TBF 17 hrs ago #16
We need hidden cameras everywhere IronLionZion 15 hrs ago #21
The fuckers went judge shopping to find the one judge corrupt enough to get Kyle Rittenhouse off the hook. Initech 19 hrs ago #8
An enraged citizenry is not a good look Historic NY 19 hrs ago #9
How much more proof... GiqueCee 19 hrs ago #10
The Republicans should all be popsdenver 18 hrs ago #12
Frank Wilhoit Explains gfarber 18 hrs ago #14
The audacity of Ubergrupenfuhrer Bovino complaining about ICE being called secret police (n/m) Soul_of_Wit 18 hrs ago #15
God, I'm so tired of the endless lying PatSeg 16 hrs ago #17
Seems to me . . . Aussie105 14 hrs ago #22
Yes, it does seem to be contagious PatSeg 13 hrs ago #24
Something's gotta change. JohnnyRingo 16 hrs ago #18
Good question. Aussie105 14 hrs ago #23
K&R MustLoveBeagles 16 hrs ago #19
How insulting, Bovino EnergizedLib 15 hrs ago #20

AnotherMother4Peace

(5,042 posts)
4. tRump: "I could stand in the middle of Fifth Ave & shoot somebody" & his DOJ would exonerate him.
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 12:15 PM
20 hrs ago

His quote: "I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, okay, and I wouldn't lose any voters, okay?"

He's a mob boss that never dirties his hands so he has his minions do the shooting. Then he has his front people do the framing. And then his lieutenants do the adjudicating.

TBF

(35,884 posts)
7. The latest from the White House is that ICE needs to grab the phones -
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 12:37 PM
19 hrs ago

that's it. That's the solution. No crimes if you can't prove them.

THIS.REGIME.NEEDS.TO.GO

IronLionZion

(50,944 posts)
21. We need hidden cameras everywhere
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 05:02 PM
15 hrs ago

ICE is going to kill people who stand on a sidewalk filming. But cities can put police style cameras everywhere. People can wear body cameras or attach a go-pro to their chest or something. Then they'd be hands free and won't be as obvious.

Even if there are no legal consequences, the power of these videos is evident in showing them in media and having public opinion turn against this oppressive behavior.

Initech

(107,792 posts)
8. The fuckers went judge shopping to find the one judge corrupt enough to get Kyle Rittenhouse off the hook.
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 12:38 PM
19 hrs ago

Now they're saying that 2A comes with an asterisk. Fuck them all!

And now that worthless fuck is back in the news and he thinks that murdering protestors is funny.

Historic NY

(39,755 posts)
9. An enraged citizenry is not a good look
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 01:17 PM
19 hrs ago

and these Bozos are even pissing off the local cops.

GiqueCee

(3,519 posts)
10. How much more proof...
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 01:19 PM
19 hrs ago

... does anyone need that these people are fucking monsters? Putrid slime like Homan, Miller, Noem, and Bovino spew vitriol and bald-faced lies from a safe distance, surrounded and protected by like-minded psychopaths, while the vile scum called ICE delight in murdering innocent people. It is time to put a stop to this barbarism once and for all.
Every single one of them defiles and betrays the lofty principles this once-great nation stood for. And they all commit their evil crimes in service to ONE repugnant traitor who deserves NO mercy, NO forgiveness, and NO loyalty: Donald J. Trump.
The same goes for anyone that still supports them.

popsdenver

(1,745 posts)
12. The Republicans should all be
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 01:29 PM
18 hrs ago

thankful that the Indigious Native Americans didn't have a "BORDER PATROL"...........
The genocide committed by the their immigrant's parents was between 15-60 MILLION, NATIVE AMERICANS......

gfarber

(218 posts)
14. Frank Wilhoit Explains
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 01:51 PM
18 hrs ago


Said Wilhoit, quite dry, in a fit:
“There’s one rule that conserves every bit:
Some folks are immune,
Others crushed by the rule—
Protected, not bound; bound, not lit.”

They praise the Second loud as a bell,
Till others insist it applies as well.
When the carrier’s “them,”
The right starts to bend—
Turns out “shall not” comes with an asterisk spell.

A nurse with a permit stood still,
Gun holstered, no threat, no ill will.
Pinned hard to the street,
Disarmed at their feet—
Then bullets decided the kill.

“He had a gun!” cried the men at the mic,
Ignoring the clips they don’t like.
He never once drew,
But the story they knew
Was easier spun than the strike.

The gun groups all grumbled, distressed:
“This isn’t how rights are expressed!”
They barked at a pawn,
But let Trump ramble on—
Selective outrage’s oldest test.

Behind closed doors, panic took hold:
“The messaging’s bad,” Trump was told.
Not “Why is he dead?”
But “Shift it instead”—
Change channels; let outrage grow cold.

They preached “law and order” with flair,
Till law met a man they’d declared
Was the wrong kind of free
For their certainty—
Then order arrived with a snare.

Chaos, they’ve learned, has a use:
It rattles the calm and the loose.
If fear fills the air,
The fence-sitters stare—
And silence becomes the excuse.

Frank Wilhoit put it plain and precise:
One rule, and it’s paid for the price—
The law’s like a moat:
Enemies choke, friends float.
That’s it. That’s the whole damn device.

They clutch the Amendment like prayer,
Till the “wrong” kind of citizen’s there.
Then “shall not be barred”
Turns into “don’t move, don’t breathe, don’t be armed”—
Amazing how scripture can tear.

A nurse lay face-down on the street,
Permit in his pocket, hands meek.
They yanked out his gun,
Decided “he's done,”
And shot him where law and lies meet.

Law and order, they shout with a grin,
Till order means they might lose skin.
Then order’s a ruse,
And law is a noose—
Pulled tight if you’re not in the inn.

The NRA twisted in pain:
“Not like this!” they weakly campaign.
They scolded a flack,
But won’t bite the hand back—
Principles snap when donors complain.

The White House saw smoke, not a crime:
“The narrative’s off—buy us time.”
Not “Who pulled the trigger?”
But “Who’s losing the ticker?”
Dead nurse? Bad branding. That’s the line.

They know chaos works just fine:
It freezes the meek, draws the line.
“Stay out of the fray,
This doesn’t touch you anyway”—
Till boots hit your door in due time.

What Trump’s party cannot endure
Is a country that’s equal and plural:
No masters, no checks,
No boots on our necks—
An America free of the cruel.

Soul_of_Wit

(21 posts)
15. The audacity of Ubergrupenfuhrer Bovino complaining about ICE being called secret police (n/m)
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 01:51 PM
18 hrs ago

Aussie105

(7,692 posts)
22. Seems to me . . .
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 05:29 PM
14 hrs ago

that whatever mental disease Trump has, is contagious!

Or just people sacrificing their sanity to be with the Trump 'in crowd'.

With the panicked 'ICE is the victim here' response from some, their credibility is permanently shot - not that it was much good to start with.

Bovino's struggle to make all this sound normal is disgusting.


PatSeg

(52,389 posts)
24. Yes, it does seem to be contagious
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 06:30 PM
13 hrs ago

Surely they must realize that none of this will last, but they still double-down on all the absurdities. There will be no winning and most of them will fall and fall hard. I see no happy endings for anyone.

I just can't wrap my head around what on earth can they be thinking.

JohnnyRingo

(20,580 posts)
18. Something's gotta change.
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 03:57 PM
16 hrs ago

That's what the sign above my door says.
Where is the democratic leadership anyway!? Shumer? Jeffries? Them and The Squad should be seen and heard, and I don't mean a brief appearance on Morning Joe!

Democratic lawmakers should be bundled up and at ground zero this week. Lead!!

Aussie105

(7,692 posts)
23. Good question.
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 05:53 PM
14 hrs ago

Taken a back seat and watching the lunatics driving the car of state into a major civil war, all while muttering . . . not our fault, not our problem, don't blame us!

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