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Rachel Ell

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Murphy: The United States Congress should not fund a Department of Homeland Security that is not obeying the laws of the United States of America


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ICE AGENT: “I love my job. I only went to high school and I make $200,000.” He probably does, too. Taxpayer dollars. Racist bounty hunters. (H/T @BarbaraJSobel)


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Venezuela. Then Greenland. Then Jerome Powell. They're doing an awful lot to distract us.

RepMcGovern's tweet image. Venezuela. Then Greenland. Then Jerome Powell.

They're doing an awful lot to distract us.

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How many examples do they want? Religion (any faith) has been used as a justification to kill other humans since the dawn of humanity. It certainly won’t stop people from using violence. It sometimes causes violence. That’s it. That was the point.

"as" makes a clumsy linkage, I think - "as" can imply simultaneity as well as parallelism. How about: “This just made me laugh, because untold numbers of people were killed in Europe in wars between Catholics and Protestants” which I believe is the point that OP was making.



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As every woman who has ever lived knows if a man spits the word fucking bitch at you it's pure fury at lack of control...other words come for different reasons and times. Fucking bitch ALWAYS means you didn't listen to me / defer to my perceived power and I am enraged and feel


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The best indicator of a conservative man's commitment to "protecting women" is how he treats progressive women. If he treats progressive women poorly, he doesn't protect women, he merely engages in a quid pro quo relationship with women who act the way he wants them to.

The best indicator of a Patriarch's commitment to "protecting women" is how he treats feminists. If he treats feminists poorly, he doesn't protect women, he merely engages in a quid pro quo relationship with women who act the way he wants them to.



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It is not "conservative" to reflexively and uncritically defend state use of lethal force against a citizen. There's a word for that reflex; conservative is not that word.


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🚨BREAKING: Border Patrol just illegally arrested a U.S. citizen… a TEENAGER… in Richfield, Minnesota. The teen was working at Target when agents tackled him and arrested him, while his passport was in his pocket, fully identifying himself as a U.S. citizen. None of it


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UNARMED WOMAN: “Shame on you.” ICE GOON: “Have you not learned from the past few days?” UNARMED WOMAN: “Learned what? What’s our lesson?” ICE GOON: *VIOLENTLY SNATCHES HER PHONE* (H/T @Mollyploofkins)


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I don’t know what to make of prolific people on social media who appear to never have mixed feelings. Who take a certain side, defend a certain position down the line no matter what has occurred. I mean, nothing ever happens to make a person cry foul on their own team? Nothing??


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In his 1971 book, "Kent State: What Happened and Why," James Michener concluded the ultimate explanation for why the Ohio National Guard shot and killed multiple students is that the working class males in the Guard couldn't handle disrespect, esp. from *coeds*.

They really, really hate women… “Don’t make a bad mistake today and ruin your life.”



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If the law enforcement officers at the Capitol on January 6th, 2021 applied the same standard of "self-defence" that ICE officers on January 7th, 2025 are being held to, the riot would have been a mass casualty event.


This is so worth reading.

Oh, they understand the question; they're just laughing at how dumb it is. But since you asked, I actually know the answer. Now, I don't want to misquote you, so here is the specific question you asked: A thread.

michaelharriot's tweet image. Oh, they understand the question; they're just laughing at how dumb it is. 
 
But since you asked, I actually know the answer.

Now, I don't want to misquote you, so here is the specific question you asked:

A thread.


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JUST IN: “The message from this administration is clear: only they determine the truth. And when their forces come to your city, obey or die. And if you die, you clearly didn’t obey. This should be an alarm bell for the entire country.” — Stephen Colbert on the fatal ICE


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Rep. Moulton: If an 18-year-old Marine did with that ICE officer did, shot a woman as she was driving away, he would be court-martialed. We should expect that standard for our federal officers.


The Right needs to stop saying that Men Are Protectors if they're also gonna be ok with men shooting women in the face.


The inability to say, "Oh, yes! This was wrong! The people involved will be held accountable," is flabbergasting.

One of the most notable ways Trump has shaped the Right in his image: there can be no admission of guilt or wrongdoing, however small. Every battle is worth fighting. No mistake can ever be made by anyone on their side, by definition.



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Citizens should not have to treat law enforcement like they are dangerous in order to not get shot. "What do you expect him to do?!" What do I expect the trained professional with the weapon and power to do? Be in control, and not resort to violence as an easy answer


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Walz just said the quiet part out loud: A medical professional tried to help the woman ICE shot, identified themselves clearly and an ICE agent replied, “I do not care.” That’s not law enforcement. That’s a complete collapse of humanity.


The test of your beliefs is guaranteeing that ppl-you-disagree-with have the same rights and protections you do. Approving deadly government overreach because "your guy" is in power is dangerous to you as well as others. (I won't even try to make you apply the Golden Rule.)


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