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92tide said:
that vicious, radical antifa is up to no good again

www.oregonlive.com

Portland cyclists strip down in pouring rain to protest ICE facility and Trump troop deployment

“We’re cold, but not as cold as ICE,” said a sign on one rider’s back.
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Organizers of the World Naked Bike Ride scheduled an “emergency” ride Sunday to highlight “the militarization of Portland and the ongoing harm being done to immigrant and Indigenous communities,” according to a joint Instagram post.
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Just so I can get this straight, are they wearing inflatable frog costumes and then stripped down because the things probably get oppressively hot, or is this two different groups, frog costumers and naked Antifa? Asking for a friend.
 
some_al_fan said:
Chicago homicide rates are about half of those in Memphis (per 100000 people). Shoplifting is at 1/3-1/4 or so. Chicago is a much safer place than Memphis.
Of course, the northern suburbs in Chicago are much safer than the South Side. I travel to Chicago pretty regularly for business and walk around Fulton Market/North Loop many times at night without any issues. I don’t think Memphis downtown is equally safe.
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Looking at entire cities to gauge crime is misleading. I live in the northern suburbs of Atlanta and we haven't had a murder in my city in a long time. Contrast that with certain parts of downtown and the south side of Atlanta and multiple people are murdered pretty much every weekend. Same story for Chicago. The scarier thing about the crime is it seems the weekend shootings are now killing multiple people in one event while up until recently usually only one person got shot per occurrence.
 
75thru79 said:
Looking at entire cities to gauge crime is misleading. I live in the northern suburbs of Atlanta and we haven't had a murder in my city in a long time. Contrast that with certain parts of downtown and the south side of Atlanta and multiple people are murdered pretty much every weekend. Same story for Chicago. The scarier thing about the crime is it seems the weekend shootings are now killing multiple people in one event while up until recently usually only one person got shot per occurrence.
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Isn't the latest mass shooting happen on St. Helena Island? It is a very low-crime area.
 
75thru79 said:
www.thedailybeast.com

‘Dr. Antifa’ Professor Blocked From Flying After Trump Roundtable

A professor who taught classes on antifascism tried to flee to Europe, but his reservation was canceled.
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I'm wondering why would this dude write a book about something that does not exist? Maybe he is channeling his inner Stephen King?
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There is no official "Antifa". There are many people who are anti-fascist but if there is actually a group referring to themselves officially as "Antifa", it is small and relatively unknown, therefore, ineffective. There are many, many groups who are absolutely anti-Trump. I belong to some. We aren't particularly effective, either, but that's who this dude is targeting and labeling all of them "Antifa".
 
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Maudiemae said:
There is no official "Antifa". There are many people who are anti-fascist but if there is actually a group referring to themselves officially as "Antifa", it is small and relatively unknown, therefore, ineffective. There are many, many groups who are absolutely anti-Trump. I belong to some. We aren't particularly effective, either, but that's who this dude is targeting and labeling all of them "Antifa".
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correct, "antifa" is just the new boogey-man du jour to rile up the maga base and the apologists
 
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Bazza said:
I was talking about in America - not China or Russia.....lol....
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Do you not understand that we are watching this regime cripple what is the US? This guy has damaged so much of our country it's sickening. When he is gone, will we be able to restore it? I do enjoy my time with my family. I do appreciate what I have. But I worry about what my children and grandchildren will have left and very much. That's normal but now, it's so much worse.
 
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75thru79 said:
Just so I can get this straight, are they wearing inflatable frog costumes and then stripped down because the things probably get oppressively hot, or is this two different groups, frog costumers and naked Antifa? Asking for a friend.
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It's different groups. There aren't people actually attacking anybody as far as I know. And I have good friends there. They constantly send pics joking about "war ravaged" Portland. Trump's claims about this stuff are laughable.
 
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Maudiemae said:
Do you not understand that we are watching this regime cripple what is the US? This guy has damaged so much of our country it's sickening. When he is gone, will we be able to restore it? I do enjoy my time with my family. I do appreciate what I have. But I worry about what my children and grandchildren will have left and very much. That's normal but now, it's so much worse.
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it's understood. it's a revealed preference at this point
 
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Obama: "When you have what what looks like a deliberate end run around, not just a concept, but a law that's been around for a long time -- Posse Comitatus -- that says you don't use our military on domestic soil unless there is an extraordinary emergency of some sort, when you see an administration suggest that ordinary street crime is an insurrection or a terrorist act, that is a genuine effort to weaken how we have understood democracy."
 
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Huckleberry said:
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1977836864359796799

Obama: "When you have what what looks like a deliberate end run around, not just a concept, but a law that's been around for a long time -- Posse Comitatus -- that says you don't use our military on domestic soil unless there is an extraordinary emergency of some sort, when you see an administration suggest that ordinary street crime is an insurrection or a terrorist act, that is a genuine effort to weaken how we have understood democracy."
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way too many people who should understand this are more than willing to hand wave concerns about it away as overreaction
 
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https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1977785950718570876

Trump on Orban: "Where's Viktor? Viktor, Viktor, we love Viktor. You are fantastic, alright? I know a lot of people don't agree with me, but I'm the only one that matters. You are fantastic. He's a great leader. I endorsed him the last election he had and he won by 28 points. You're gonna do even better this time when you have another election."





MAGA loves Orban too. He's exactly the kind of leader today's Republicans want and admire.
 
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Maudiemae said:
Do you not understand that we are watching this regime cripple what is the US? This guy has damaged so much of our country it's sickening. When he is gone, will we be able to restore it? I do enjoy my time with my family. I do appreciate what I have. But I worry about what my children and grandchildren will have left and very much. That's normal but now, it's so much worse.
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Happy to share my perspective, MM.

Most of what (I assume) concerns you is "damage control" from the previous administration's negligence to secure our borders.

Apprehensions at the border so far this year are the lowest it's been since the 70's.

At some point in the next 3 years I predict we will have removed most of the illegals in the country who are here doing harm. I know this is a controversial subject and am OK with those who are upset that there are some being swept up who perhaps should be left alone. And I would agree. But I still point to the fact that this wouldn't be happening at all, had Biden and his administration done their job to secure the border.

Cleanup on Aisle 10!

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Quick anecdote:

I was at my primary to get my semi-annual checkup and the girl who does all the pre-exam diagnostics and I got into a conversation about politics.

This was when Trump was in his first term

I'll never forget her words....."Have you ever seen anything like this?"

She was referring to the Democrats working overtime to get him impeached.

I only mention this to put things into context here. Just like the border....what we are seeing is a course correction - nothing more.

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I have more concerns right now about how much money has impacted our political and health care industries. I think that is where the concern should be. Not this "presidential politics stuff". That's just a distraction.

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My best to you MM.......be well!
 
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Bazza said:
Happy to share my perspective, MM.

Most of what (I assume) concerns you is "damage control" from the previous administration's negligence to secure our borders.

Apprehensions at the border so far this year are the lowest it's been since the 70's.

At some point in the next 3 years I predict we will have removed most of the illegals in the country who are here doing harm. I know this is a controversial subject and am OK with those who are upset that there are some being swept up who perhaps should be left alone. And I would agree. But I still point to the fact that this wouldn't be happening at all, had Biden and his administration done their job to secure the border.

Cleanup on Aisle 10!

=========

Quick anecdote:

I was at my primary to get my semi-annual checkup and the girl who does all the pre-exam diagnostics and I got into a conversation about politics.

This was when Trump was in his first term

I'll never forget her words....."Have you ever seen anything like this?"

She was referring to the Democrats working overtime to get him impeached.

I only mention this to put things into context here. Just like the border....what we are seeing is a course correction - nothing more.

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I have more concerns right now about how much money has impacted our political and health care industries. I think that is where the concern should be. Not this "presidential politics stuff". That's just a distraction.

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My best to you MM.......be well!
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He was impeached. Twice.

And here's the thing: He was guilty as Hell, and a feckless MAGA(Republicans don't exist anymore) contingent in Congress failed to do their jobs. Afraid of being primaried for doing what was best for the country.

And to top things off, enough of you thought his last 4 years in office weren't "great" enough - that you wanted the train wreck back. On steroids.
 
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