US Politics

[johnzo]

9 hours ago, Tracker said:

Federal Agents Invade Portland, Citing Trump’s Executive Order Protecting Statues. The Border Patrol says it has authority to “conduct arrests” in Portland.

Portland has been invaded by federal agents—including unidentified, camouflage-clad officers who have emerged from unmarked minivans to arrest protesters. These officers have reportedly refused to say what agency they work for. But their supposed authority to police Oregon’s largest city and make arrests appears to rest on a June 26 executive order by President Donald Trump calling for the protection of statues, monuments, and federal property.

Black Lives Matter protests in Portland have continued this month, drawing attention from Trump, who falsely described the city as “totally out of control.” Trump also threatened this week to “take over” cities he claims are suffering from crime sprees. Agents from US Marshals Service, Federal Protective Service, Homeland Security Investigations, and US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) have been in Portland since early this month. But on July 14, protesters began to document instances in which armed agents wearing masks and military-style fatigues emerged from unmarked vehicles, detained protesters with no explanation, and drove away.

https://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2020/07/federal-agents-portland-border-patrol-chad-wolf-statues/

( This is stunning. Trump is using border patrol agents as his private militia and the border patrol has already stated that they are not answerable to the courts. They are functioning as secret police apart from the FBI or regular police forces)

yup, this is not bullshit. border patrol goons conducting abductions right off the street in Portland.  Trump is talking about Seattle, Minneapolis next as part of the GOP's "cities are burning" narrative. 

Trump knows his base won't follow him into a foreign war, but they're sure as hell follow him into a much cheaper civil war.

[Wanna-B-Fanboy]

7 hours ago, bustamente said:

If I was American I would be terrified with the new found powers that Custom and Borders Agents have, imagine uniformed agents driving around in unmarked vehicles taking protesters into custody..............this happens in certain countries around the world but to happen in states shows you that the right to protest is not looked on to favorably buy the current federal government

Here is a quick glimpse on what is going on:

 

 

And more good news! They are taking the show NATIONALLY!!!!   /s

 

 

[Mr Dee]

Wow. They truly are going mad down there in the States. They’re putting the F on a plan for more gov. control that looks remarkably like what a fascist state would do.

Is it too late to build a wall at the Canadian border?

[Tracker]

Police Union Boss Won’t Talk About That QAnon Mug He Keeps Putting On TV

The FBI considers the far-right QAnon conspiracy movement to be a potential domestic terrorism threat. Ed Mullins, president of the Sergeants Benevolent Association, appears Thursday on Fox News with a black "QAnon" coffee mug behind him.
The head of one of New York City’s largest police unions appeared on Fox News twice this week with a “QAnon” coffee mug but claims to have no knowledge of the extremist cult. 

Ed Mullins, president of the Sergeants Benevolent Association, was invited on Fox News on Monday and Friday to discuss crime in New York City. During both appearances, Mullins could be seen speaking from the same office where, sitting on what looks like a printer or scanner behind him, is a black coffee mug bearing a giant red-white-and-blue “Q.” 

The mug is also inscribed with the word “QAnon,” as well as the letters “WWG1WGA,” an acronym for “Where We Go One, We Go All,” the signature slogan of QAnon, a far-right conspiracy movement.  

https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/ed-mullins-qanon-mug-fox-news-police-union-boss_n_5f1228fbc5b6cec246c2920e?ri18n=true

 

[do or die]

What do we expect....when you actually have a President who nods and winks at racists and conspiracy theorists ......which both encourages and emboldens them.  At this point the rot is running pretty deep in the Republican party

[do or die]

...and outside of it

Edited July 18, 2020 by do or die

[Tracker]

A chiiling thought has occurred to me: what if Trump and his sycophants have decided to let the current pandemic build into a nation-wide acute crisis so that they can "delay" the pending election indefinitely by declaring a national state of emergency. No doubt there is this sort of contingency built into US law and Barr would support this.

[bustamente]

58 minutes ago, Tracker said:

A chiiling thought has occurred to me: what if Trump and his sycophants have decided to let the current pandemic build into a nation-wide acute crisis so that they can "delay" the pending election indefinitely by declaring a national state of emergency. No doubt there is this sort of contingency built into US law and Barr would support this.

I could be wrong but even a delay cause by an national emergency  doesn't keep him or the vp in their positions come the 20th of January.

[Mr Dee]

 

Yep. He said it.

[Tracker]

1 hour ago, bustamente said:

I could be wrong but even a delay cause by an national emergency  doesn't keep him or the vp in their positions come the 20th of January.

Barr has shown that he will implement actions based on a very flimsy interpretation of law or convention.

[Wanna-B-Fanboy]

Ouch... this pretty cringe worthy...

 

 

[Mr Dee]

19 minutes ago, wanna-b-fanboy said:

Ouch... this pretty cringe worthy...

 

 

Unbefuckinglievable.

Don't they have any competent people in the White House?

[bustamente]

Those people all look the same to privileged white folk.

[Mr Dee]

 

Kinda like blackmail. 
 

[Mr Dee]

I guess he can’t handle both..

 

 

[Mr Dee]

But, but will they be able to see him purse his lips or watch his fancy hand gestures? That’s what America really wants to know with all their hearts and Goya.

 

[Fred C Dobbs]

The Oregon Attorney General:

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[do or die]

Trump administration seeking to block funding for CDC, contact tracing and testing in new relief bill:
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/507971-trump-administration-seeking-to-block-funding-for-cdc-contact-tracing

[Wanna-B-Fanboy]

I am curious about those freedom and liberty voters and libertarians who support trump and how they feel about this:

 

 

[Tracker]

31 minutes ago, wanna-b-fanboy said:

I am curious about those freedom and liberty voters and libertarians who support trump and how they feel about this:

 

 

(sounds of crickets)

[Mr Dee]

The Washington Post updated its Trump’s liar count.

According to its fact-checking team, Trump’s rate of lying is shaped remarkably like the country’s rapid rise in COVID-19 cases.

It took him 827 days to reach his first 10,000 lies, says the Post, but just 440 days to reach his second 10,000 lies 
An example... Trump told his Michigan "tele-rally" tonight that he was named Michigan's Man of the Year 10 years ago, though he has very obviously never been named Michigan's Man of the Year. - Daniel Dale

[Tracker]

Think of Trump's behaviours this way: his bullying, lying, racism and fascism has gotten him to be the head of an overvalued but large corporation, the presidency and trophy wives with few consequences for 60 years. Why would he change now?

[bustamente]

Ladies and Gentlemen the POTUS, just so sad what the people of the United States elected.

 

[bustamente]

 

[Mr Dee]

Imagine that, Desantis falsifying figures!