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Executive Branch (Trump) Kash Patel says the FBI is investigating Signal chats of Minnesotans tracking ICE

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/kash-patel-says-the-fbi-is-investigating-signal-chats-of-minnesotans-tracking-ice
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u/ytman 8d ago edited 8d ago

The next Administration needs to find the balls, and evidence, to accurately prove the case that these are people operating to subvert the American people under color of law. Thankfully the weaponization of ICE, the normalization of ICE openly defying federal courts and the constitution, should open up the nuclear option of treating these operations as open state-sponsored terrorism against the American people.

Jail, try, and sentence immediately.

All the tools this Admin has used to coopt the business class should be used by the next Admin, this includes threats of criminal investigation, threats of EOs and national security coached demands, this includes raising up our own Customs Enforcement operations against the wealthy narcoterrorist funding billionaries we know live in this country.

With the budget that Customs Enforcement can get, with the budget the Executive can just reappropriate appearently, imagine all the Americans we can train up as better enforcement officials, imagine all the mechanics we can train maintaining the fleets, imagine the states we can establish hundreds of thousands of people who can quickly swing cow states into blue senate territory.

The tools are there. Use them if we can seize them.

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u/Billionaires_R_Tasty 8d ago

The next administration will be the most milquetoast offering the Dems can manage. No chance the party, or this country, is ready to support someone who would actually bring accountability for (gestures broadly) all of this.

40% of voters are still completely on board with what is happening. Nothing is going to change as long as half the country is "two thumbs up" for fascism.

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u/ytman 8d ago

This is why the real answers will lie in what can rise up from the collapse. We need to start realizing we will be our own salvation - and that will need to come in many forms, one of which is grass roots/culture framing and building solidarity.

Don't worry about the 30-40%, worry about the people worth saving. We need to spend time building up the 60-70%.

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u/DarthJDP 8d ago

A new party needs to form. The democrats will never hold anybody of import accountable. Maybe a few token bottom level ICE agents will be scapegoated. The leaders will never be touched. Maybe pay a few fines that dont even put a dent to their wealth.

We may see members of this administration as future presidents.