You would be wrong. The Tea Party was a koch brothers astroturf group https://www.huffpost.com/entry/study-confirms-tea-party_b">3125">https://www.huffpost.com/entry/study-confirms-tea-party_b_2663125 and https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/08/30/covert-operations
Friendly reminder that Rick Wilson was responsible for ginning up the idea that Obama hates America (remember the controversy over his pastor?). Glad he's on the "right" side of history where it counts but he's still a piece of shit
And Britain once burned down the White House. This is the problem here: it's never enough. You can never reform enough. You'll never be good enough.
Unless you're a Moderate democrat pushing Center-Right positions for twenty years. Then you're covered under "Any D Will Do" even as you make the same level, and worse, of claims.
Friendly reminder that Sinema and Manchin were Any Ds. Rick Wilson wasn't. One of those three is putting out the same message today as two, four, and six years ago.
I don't know about you guys but I will shoot an armed masked man trying to physically touch me in anyway who is not properly identified as a law enforcement officer
I am not a violent person, and I shy away from conflict. However, if you come at me or my family wearing a mask and no ID you better be prepared to have a very, very bad day, Read that however you want.
Agreed, which is sad that that's a legitimate comment in this country right now. If it ever comes to that for anyone else, try and take two of the masked fascists out with you.
There's a moment in Terry Pratchett's book Night Watch where that happens. Government-sponsored secret police, and the official policeman refuses to accept that they're anything other than random thugs because they refuse to carry any sort of identification that says they're actual policemen.
I feel you but I think this ends with six of them shooting you to death and Fox News accusing you of being in MS 13 or whatever dog whistle bugbear they’ve landed on today.
Sadly no, it's will take someone like me to do this. A cis white American man whose family was in the revolution. I am the one type that needs to be standing up to say fuck this.
Why not act like they are doing? I you bought a "tacticool" uniform, spray painted "ICE" on it, armed yourself and then started "arresting" MAGAloids (don't have to kill them, just drop them off 4 miles out of town), thing would start to change...
Those who matter don't mind and those who mind don't matter. it's going to take something that can't be drowned out in the social media echo chamber to drive any real change.
There are plenty of strongly left leaning firearms owners. I'm ashamed now, to say I gave the NRA money for several years. But they endorsed Donald Chump, so I'll never give them another dime. I'm strongly in favor of new minimum wage laws, universal healthcare, term limits for Congress, a wealth cap(+taxes), and UBI. And I'm opposed to nearly everything on Chump's agenda.
ICE: "They're all highly trained, and certified federal law enforcement agents. They need the masks to protect their identities from criminals and terrorists." ICE agents hanging out together at the bar after work:
Is the photo and audio the same person? And regardless, who is the absolute embodiment of a racist douche-bro in the audio? He has big "do you know who my father is" energy.
Nothing whatever to do with brown people. No bid contracts to big supporters and jobs for his proud boy supporters. Buncha people looting the treasury. Families destroyed? Lives lost? Business ruined? It's not enough that the 1% & the 3%ers prosper, many others must suffer.
Erik Prince, of BlackWater war criminal mercenary forces fame, has pitched to the government use of his contracted steroid injected forces plus an “army of private citizens” who can arrest immigrants for deportation. I believe that is what many of these chuckfucks are. Potentially Proud Boys and Patriot front and white supremacists. Because why aren’t those fuckers showing up at protests as they have in the past? Why aren’t they in LA, Seattle counter protesting? Where are they?
What I've seen is closer to 3.5x the USMC budget but either way it is now the third best funded army in the world with just China at number two and the US military at number one.
But we don’t have enough money to end homelessness. And we don’t have enough money to care for our veterans. And we don’t have enough money for education. And we don’t have enough money for college education. And we don’t have enough money for high speed rail. And we don’t have enough money to improve our infrastructure. And we don’t have enough money for teacher raises, but we have enough money for power and control.
this is what america never bothered to turn up to vote for, fuck em, let learn the hard way the price of democracy, makes a nice change from them inflicting that price on everyone else
Corruption, inefficiency, and aiming the resources at the wrong problems, mostly. Plus, kicking anyone out of the program as soon as they had a relapse or minimal success, ensuring that any problems immediately landed them back homeless, and they would go back on a waiting list. That is usually how Washington did it as well from what I saw in Seattle. Just starting with a safe, warm place to park for the night and get washed regularly does wonders for mental health and hireability.
No, you see, in a capitalists state, you're supposed to work and pay for all of that yourself, while also paying taxes. If you have an accident or have a major life event, and you can't work, you become a useless "loser" and "sucker". You're supposed to feel bad about asking for help, and any help you get will cut into your bank account, until you no longer have money and are unfit to work, resulting in homelessness. Which will soon be illegal.
Please don't comment on political posts. Some of us are here to learn and discuss. You are bothering people. Thank you for your grace and understanding.
People used to complain that they couldn't curate their Imgur feed. Now that OP's have the option to apply tags, and users have the option to filter with them, people are pissed at people who complain about getting content they don't want because it's not properly tagged...
Right? Fucking hell.. when Trump was elected, AGAIN, I added politics to my filter list for the simple fact that I couldn't escape the downward spiral. It was affecting me mentally, which in turn affected my family and friends. Yeah, we have the ability to skip it, but just a visual reminder is enough to ruin someone's fucking day. But taking a couple of seconds to tag a post is too much to ask nowadays.
It must be nice not having to understand the toll this can take on a person’s mind, especially when they’re actually affected by it. You don’t know what their headspace is or how affected they are. You’re just some griefer who gets their little kicks trying to kick down on others. I’m not surprised someone of your ilk would inconsiderately ask someone to fuck off because they want OP to actually follow community rules.
The “you’re so privileged it doesn’t affect you”. If you were constantly reminded about it during your real life then you would understand why people would want the ability to filter it out, especially to protect their mental health on this. It’s like when white people discovered that racism exists during BLM so they felt the need to shove their learnings down everyone’s throats as some way of relieving them from their white guilt. Even if they were triggering the people who lived through it./
Tags and content filters help provide safe spaces for those triggered by content that triggers them. When your loved ones have just been detained, the last thing you need is to have it constantly forced on you wherever you go. I swear the anti-tag crowd lack basic empathy
TexMexHex
I want to Dox my mother so badly.
bourbonandbaddecisions
Everyone needs to start arming themselves. Today.
CatEyebrows
Oatmealman1
Ice needs to be fixed...AND THEY NEED TO BE HARMED. Either they leave or the can be disappeared next
WeAreNotSmilesTImes
https://media0.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1amJrcTd6eWljYzZubGtoNTR0NzdmYm1xNmZvbzhubTVwMjR5ZjY3dyZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/WoyihOZDRQOEioCY6r/200w.webp
TalkingSnake
D'ya think she's happy that Mel Gibson has his guns back?
CocoChanelSamoyed
I’m not a fan of the song Ice,Ice , Baby anymore.
hannibalhague
Iceblock
JoeT85
Our country is not gone. Our nation is having a bad time but is not irredeemable. If you say that, you're saying you surrender. Get strong!!
sirbinlid
https://media4.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1Z2drcHozNjI3Y3JmMTRyN3gyNGJxemtyeTl2cDUzNWNpYnRsbmZweiZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/SrAVgBKdpLJceX7cFd/200w.webp
eleonorae
The not-so-secret police
Hured
There is no god. Now get down to business.
whitebbwolf
ToSisPoS
You’d think the Tea Party would hate this bull.
Leithoa
You would be wrong. The Tea Party was a koch brothers astroturf group https://www.huffpost.com/entry/study-confirms-tea-party_b">3125">https://www.huffpost.com/entry/study-confirms-tea-party_b_2663125 and https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/08/30/covert-operations
ToSisPoS
Well imagine my shock.
How a-bout that.
BlackCatSerenade99900
#2 They ain't preaching like that no more!
ryti
Fuck it. Dox the shit out of them. If they get harmed…oh well. Fucking racist.
tooomanystevesgotbanned
kurvarVillain
You may want to hide from ai face tracking.... For reasons
LespritDeLescalier22
As serious and unfunny as all this is, I can’t help but hear dick tater
Doismellbacon
That's because you're one of us, of course!
DarthDrizzt42
Friendly reminder that Rick Wilson was responsible for ginning up the idea that Obama hates America (remember the controversy over his pastor?). Glad he's on the "right" side of history where it counts but he's still a piece of shit
Necrothean
And Britain once burned down the White House. This is the problem here: it's never enough. You can never reform enough. You'll never be good enough.
Unless you're a Moderate democrat pushing Center-Right positions for twenty years. Then you're covered under "Any D Will Do" even as you make the same level, and worse, of claims.
Friendly reminder that Sinema and Manchin were Any Ds. Rick Wilson wasn't. One of those three is putting out the same message today as two, four, and six years ago.
baals
I don't know about you guys but I will shoot an armed masked man trying to physically touch me in anyway who is not properly identified as a law enforcement officer
TrapperGinHawkeye
The fact that you even have to say these words is beyond disturbing. Good luck neighbour. — concerned Canadian.
Fentex
It's more important what you do when they come for other people.
stargrey
I am not a violent person, and I shy away from conflict. However, if you come at me or my family wearing a mask and no ID you better be prepared to have a very, very bad day, Read that however you want.
DarthDrizzt42
History will remember you as being correct. You'll be dead 3 seconds later, but your legacy will be a good one
ImHereToGetDownvotes
Agreed, which is sad that that's a legitimate comment in this country right now. If it ever comes to that for anyone else, try and take two of the masked fascists out with you.
XEndeadX
May as well do it even if they do show ID. At least then you get shot to death quick instead of tortured to death in a work camp.
Shaodyn
There's a moment in Terry Pratchett's book Night Watch where that happens. Government-sponsored secret police, and the official policeman refuses to accept that they're anything other than random thugs because they refuse to carry any sort of identification that says they're actual policemen.
DarthGoodguy
I feel you but I think this ends with six of them shooting you to death and Fox News accusing you of being in MS 13 or whatever dog whistle bugbear they’ve landed on today.
baals
Sadly no, it's will take someone like me to do this. A cis white American man whose family was in the revolution. I am the one type that needs to be standing up to say fuck this.
Etherealvalentine
You are not alone
baals
https://media2.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1ZjhiNTViZ3kwc2p6YTR1dmw3YWViaWR3MmV1aTV1bGlmejdrZGIxdSZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/OmGtCYLH9uSd2/200w.webp
Stixxx
I second that. Can't show ID? We'll ID you at the morgue.
J4nein4ne
"You're really going to ID fascists at the morgue?"
*Dale Gribble voice* 'Someone is.'
DarthDrizzt42
Same goes for you when his partner kills you 3 seconds later
DoctorEleven
Ah, that's why you can't take out just one. They all have to go
LuminoZero
If every person getting detained kills one fascist, we win. We outnumber them 100,000 to 1.
jridley
OK you first.
baals
https://media0.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1NndtcHV3anpkajFqMG94b2lhODhlMWdnb2lyYmEzNzVxbG5jbWVtZyZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/dkArMjm91xxflAlvRA/200w.webp
Penth13f
Why not act like they are doing? I you bought a "tacticool" uniform, spray painted "ICE" on it, armed yourself and then started "arresting" MAGAloids (don't have to kill them, just drop them off 4 miles out of town), thing would start to change...
calenti
Those who matter don't mind and those who mind don't matter. it's going to take something that can't be drowned out in the social media echo chamber to drive any real change.
kjbopp
Happy 4th America, it was nice knowing ya! We almost made it to 250 years - but not quite :o(
mikenco
The people with all the guns WANT this... That's the problem.
unluckyandbored
These troglodytes are creaming themselves over the opportunity to start a war against the libruls. This is a dream come true for them.
redditturnedagainstus
There are plenty of strongly left leaning firearms owners. I'm ashamed now, to say I gave the NRA money for several years. But they endorsed Donald Chump, so I'll never give them another dime. I'm strongly in favor of new minimum wage laws, universal healthcare, term limits for Congress, a wealth cap(+taxes), and UBI. And I'm opposed to nearly everything on Chump's agenda.
delcera
Gun owner here. A lot of us are furious about this-- we aren't all psychopaths.
mikenco
https://media0.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1N3F0YTBsMTkyb3E2cDh5ODU3aDRpOHEzZXZhOHd1MjVwejl5OGZodCZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/1lk1IcVgqPLkA/200w.webp
MissSiesta
Violence is the only way out for Americans now.
circlebreaker
NSFW
ICE: "They're all highly trained, and certified federal law enforcement agents. They need the masks to protect their identities from criminals and terrorists."
ICE agents hanging out together at the bar after work:
Lugh314159
Is the photo and audio the same person? And regardless, who is the absolute embodiment of a racist douche-bro in the audio? He has big "do you know who my father is" energy.
circlebreaker
Yes, same asshole. That's Richard Spencer, of United States white nationalist infamy.
electricfallon365
Nothing whatever to do with brown people. No bid contracts to big supporters and jobs for his proud boy supporters. Buncha people looting the treasury. Families destroyed? Lives lost? Business ruined? It's not enough that the 1% & the 3%ers prosper, many others must suffer.
Toodamagedtocare
💔😡🤬😡🤬
irondragoon
ICE now has 11.5x the budget of the United States Marine Corps.
thinkybrainpains
Erik Prince, of BlackWater war criminal mercenary forces fame, has pitched to the government use of his contracted steroid injected forces plus an “army of private citizens” who can arrest immigrants for deportation. I believe that is what many of these chuckfucks are. Potentially Proud Boys and Patriot front and white supremacists. Because why aren’t those fuckers showing up at protests as they have in the past? Why aren’t they in LA, Seattle counter protesting? Where are they?
thinkybrainpains
They wouldn’t know nor care about any laws or lethal force control or how to de-escalate anything, this expanse I’m budget is to get MORE of the evil shitbags involved. Prince is raking in the money. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/26/trump-deportations-private-sector-00002679
circlebreaker
Well, the good news is that if the USMC wants to step up and put a stop to this situation, they won't need all that extra cash to fuck shit up.
Mooki
And a tenth of the accountability for their actions.
Notmybeardedladynotmycarnival
Thats pretty generous
TrashPacker
The marines budget is $57 billion. Any links to say what you're claiming? I agree it's insane but I'd at least like that claim to be accurate.
tzahtman
What I've seen is closer to 3.5x the USMC budget but either way it is now the third best funded army in the world with just China at number two and the US military at number one.
Uprightcerebralyacht
I found this https://www.npr.org/2025/07/03/g-s1-75609/big-beautiful-bill-ice-funding-immigration but it's NPR so know someone will scream it's fake. If I did my math right, everything that will be going to ICE or used by ICE comes to $245 billion.
Tsugumi2me
LokiOnTheCouch
Ok so it's closer to 4x, but still that is extremely excessive https://media3.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1ZTloYnR4cWV3amNqbXIwcG85dTNtMmdtdmU5eDJvN25odWZraTl4eiZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/e5uyWolyR0y30Wo1ya/200w.webp
MoonPieTown
Isn't NPR one of the few dependable news sources left?
Bobothehobomcjojo
And that now makes them a far left extremist radical commie woke news source like everything left of OAN
Uprightcerebralyacht
I agree but since a certain someone stated that they are fake news now half the country thinks that. Gotta love blind faith and devotion.
ThatOtherTransGirl
Correct. That's why its credibility is attacked so fervently by Cheeto Mussolini's devoted following.
therandombagofmeat
But we don’t have enough money to end homelessness. And we don’t have enough money to care for our veterans. And we don’t have enough money for education. And we don’t have enough money for college education. And we don’t have enough money for high speed rail. And we don’t have enough money to improve our infrastructure. And we don’t have enough money for teacher raises, but we have enough money for power and control.
idontreadyourreplies
this is what america never bothered to turn up to vote for, fuck em, let learn the hard way the price of democracy, makes a nice change from them inflicting that price on everyone else
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belindashort
Because they also don't get good support
criticalmassdriver
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need https://share.google/pxR78Rtdbw2TiwBMt
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HalfADozenBearCubs
Corruption, inefficiency, and aiming the resources at the wrong problems, mostly. Plus, kicking anyone out of the program as soon as they had a relapse or minimal success, ensuring that any problems immediately landed them back homeless, and they would go back on a waiting list. That is usually how Washington did it as well from what I saw in Seattle. Just starting with a safe, warm place to park for the night and get washed regularly does wonders for mental health and hireability.
Leithoa
Houseless people exist because as a society we want them to. It doesn't have to be like this.
smorsdoeuvres
& it’s all a policy choice
Sticklebrickk
No, you see, in a capitalists state, you're supposed to work and pay for all of that yourself, while also paying taxes. If you have an accident or have a major life event, and you can't work, you become a useless "loser" and "sucker". You're supposed to feel bad about asking for help, and any help you get will cut into your bank account, until you no longer have money and are unfit to work, resulting in homelessness. Which will soon be illegal.
Darklinkinfinite
CombatWombatBlend
They could honestly air this as is and get tons of recruits...
Darklinkinfinite
True. Nuance is hardly the right’s strong suit
CloseupCaptionReaction
Tag your #politics posts.
skapanda616
newsguycraigevans
Please don't comment on political posts. Some of us are here to learn and discuss. You are bothering people. Thank you for your grace and understanding.
youreathing
Click Next.
TheLastBootyBender
Tag my balls
McPuffinStuff
#poorthing
circlebreaker
People used to complain that they couldn't curate their Imgur feed. Now that OP's have the option to apply tags, and users have the option to filter with them, people are pissed at people who complain about getting content they don't want because it's not properly tagged...
bearded3d
Right? Fucking hell.. when Trump was elected, AGAIN, I added politics to my filter list for the simple fact that I couldn't escape the downward spiral. It was affecting me mentally, which in turn affected my family and friends. Yeah, we have the ability to skip it, but just a visual reminder is enough to ruin someone's fucking day. But taking a couple of seconds to tag a post is too much to ask nowadays.
OhIfIMust
Efreeti
If you're so privileged this doesn't affect you, good for you, but also go fuck yourself, go away, make your own place
qwertdeep
It must be nice not having to understand the toll this can take on a person’s mind, especially when they’re actually affected by it. You don’t know what their headspace is or how affected they are. You’re just some griefer who gets their little kicks trying to kick down on others.
I’m not surprised someone of your ilk would inconsiderately ask someone to fuck off because they want OP to actually follow community rules.
skapanda616
It's not a community rule. People seem to want to force it to be, but tagging isn't required.
Efreeti
What about what I wrote makes you think I or the people I love aren't affected by it? The fuck my guy.
qwertdeep
What makes you think that the person you’re replying to is “so privileged it doesn’t affect” them?
qwertdeep
The “you’re so privileged it doesn’t affect you”. If you were constantly reminded about it during your real life then you would understand why people would want the ability to filter it out, especially to protect their mental health on this.
It’s like when white people discovered that racism exists during BLM so they felt the need to shove their learnings down everyone’s throats as some way of relieving them from their white guilt. Even if they were triggering the people who lived through it./
qwertdeep
Tags and content filters help provide safe spaces for those triggered by content that triggers them. When your loved ones have just been detained, the last thing you need is to have it constantly forced on you wherever you go. I swear the anti-tag crowd lack basic empathy