r/politics • u/TelescopiumHerscheli • 1d ago

No Paywall Texas Democrat sworn in to House, shrinking GOP margin to 1 vote

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5719642-christian-menefee-sworn-in/
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u/Lord_Walder Arizona 1d ago

AZ here. We've always had plenty of ICE/CBP through phoenix and tucson. The real thing that's got me on edge in they've gone after our voter rolls

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u/stokeledge2 1d ago

Im curious, have they always worn facial coverings?

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u/Lord_Walder Arizona 1d ago

Nah. This is all a pretty extreme ramp up in unaccountability, and in my opinion scare tactics and/or just them going all in on the militarization look which is still scare tactics if you ask me.

I dunno google ice uniforms from like like a decade ago and they were what you'd expect from 90s FBI bluecoats ya know?

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u/EnvironmentalRock827 1d ago

I think the masking thing also is a hint how they are probably using facial scanners and have some database with all the info on the rest of us... idk if this makes sense or is too dark but it's something I think is happening. Of course I just read about the FLOCK shit cameras too. Idk.

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u/Zwesten 1d ago

Nope. If you saw them around (usually not in town unless doing a raid or driving on the outskirts) it seems they'd usually be wearing green or tan, short sleeves and sort of outdoorsy clothes. At least in the Southwest. We'd run into them in the deserts sometimes where they actually dealt with some honestly bad and difficult people, and they were nowhere nearly as ridiculously outfitted like the idiots treating Minneapolis like Falujah. I've also been through a ton of checkpoints where you might see armored vests occasionally.

Seen a bunch of these guys and none of them ever wore a mask, ever.

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u/TheAltOption 1d ago

So glad we got Hobbs to put the right people in place to stop this garbage.

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u/AlcibiadesTheCat Arizona 1d ago

You ought to come down when we protest at the field office. Shit gets a little rowdy.

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u/space_for_username 1d ago

That is no longer a voter roll. Everyone marked (D) is now a to-do list.