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Liberation Day blew over, but the decline in approval rating remained. Same with the occupation of Los Angeles, which was the moment they went started losing approval on immigration. They believe a lot of things. They think a lot of things. But what they believe and, you know, actual reality are not necessarily the same thing.

I don't know what will happen, but I know that State/Local Police and National Guard have different constituencies and priorities than the feds. And those priorities are absolutely in tension with one another. If this continues, in Minneapolis or elsewhere, something will end up giving

Stephen Miller absolutely could wake up without a job due to political pressure, yes. Which would likely result in scenes like the one we saw yesterday in Minneapolis maybe not happening? I refuse to concede that nothing can change. And absolutely nothing is gained by conceding that things cannot change. And saying that nothing can or will change, logically, says that all of the demonstrations and resistance we see from every day people is pointless.

Just because they think something doesn't make it true. I personally don't care what they think. Certainly don't think that the folks demonstrating against this matter care what they think either.

If politics don't matter, if the consent of the majority is irrelevant and does not matter, then what is there to talk about really? Why are people in Minneapolis even bothering to show up? Might as well turn off the lights and pack it in guys, show's over. I believe the politics absolutely *do* matter. What is taking place in Minneapolis right now is not all that different to what MLK and the civil rights movement did when they faced off with the likes of Bull Connor. The whole point was to use non violence to demonstrate the cruelty of her local government. It worked then and I refuse to say that it is futile now. It's an insult to the people of Minneapolis and Minnesota and it is a disservice to the memory of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. I don't deny that things will get worse before they get better. But they *will* get better. And no, millions of people are not going to die. That's my point

He's likely going to end up very underwater on the issue of immigration and have managed to do the unthinkable in making "Abolish ICE" a relatively mainstream political position. On top of being underwater on every other issue of the day and with somewhere around 60%+ of the country disapproving. These are not conditions that historically lead to consolidation... the buy in from the public isn't there, and decreases with each passing day. On top of this, they have shown themselves to be unable (with, paraphrasing Pam Bondi's own words, the full weight of the government) to subdue the 16th largest metropolitan area in the country. If anything, they are losing more and more control by the day. They don't have the ability to scale this up from here... and in all likelihood never will. Millions are not gonna die over this ****. It's a campaign based around fear, but ultimately their tactics are not working. Ordinary Minnesotans are demonstrating this every single day. It doesn't mean there won't be more horrors to come, it will get a lot worse honestly. But they will fail in the end.

There's a lot of evidence that this isn't what a lot of them wanted, for what it's worth

Gonna have to stick a marker on this one too...

This can't be overstated enough. The standards to get on with a typical state police or highway patrol branch are very very high. Less rigorous at the county or municipal level, but there still are standards. Reporting on ICE and CBP, especially since Trump took over and since they have surged resources to them, suggests few standards at all. Despite all the taxpayer money being thrown at recruits to join. Put another way, the vast majority of these guys couldn't get on with state or local agencies because they don't make the grade, yet the feds will throw out taxpayer dollars at them because they need any warm body they can get

This is an important clip... something like this was inevitable Law enforcement, for all the issues they have all over the country, have different jobs than federal agents who can come in and Leeroy Jenkins their way through and leave. Local and state law enforcement, OTOH, live and work in these communities and *cannot* do their job without some baseline level of trust with the public. We saw this in Illinois during the Chicago operation... The feds constantly putting local law enforcement agencies, as well as Illinois State Police, in a position where they are trying to keep the peace while managing the chaos that these feds were inflicting on the population. Not trying to be an apologist for cops, I have plenty of issues with how we do law enforcement in our country. But their mission and ability to do their jobs is in direct contradiction with what the Trump Administration is doing at this moment. And it's something to keep an eye on going forward, to see whether a real wedge starts to develop

Bash is getting some push back for how she handled that interview (she's generally one of the worst Sunday show interviewers, which is saying something) OTOH there's something to be said in a situation like this where there's a literal video that contradicts every word he's saying, to just let the person being interviewed just hang themselves.

Far too little and late, to be sure.... but it's also a signal about where things are going.

Wow, people hate it when the federal government comes in and disrupts their neighborhood and have sincerely held morals and beliefs about right and wrong... Who knew?

If their goal is to make people stay quietly at home, I'm not sure they could have done anything less effective than what they did today

The R need 8 Dems, and Cortez Masto, Rosen, Kaine and Durbin, who all voted to end the last one, have come out against today (likely as a reaction to the events in Mpls). And that's just *so far*... So yeah, there's a pretty good chance it can be stopped in its current form at least.

As Rome burns... It's a big club... And we ain't in it.

I cannot imagine the horror of having your kid murdered, and then watching the government come out and slander him and drag his name through the mud because his existence in this very moment is inconvenient to them. Just an unimaginable horror

From Alex's parents... Are Botox Barbie and Greg Bovino gonna slander them too now?

LOL, these guys *love* social media videos in many other contexts. But not in this one, nosiree, gotta toe that federal gubmint line

It's worth remembering that he'd gladly slander *anyone* if it's in pursuit of his (and this administration's) aims. Just downright immoral people all the way down

A 37 year old white male with a legal right to conceal carry in Minnesota killed by an out of control federal government. Where's the NRA at?

There you go....

It may come out that he was armed, but even given how unjustified the video made it looked regardless, this government lies like they breathe. DHS especially, they've been caught so many times in lies. Nothing personal, but if you aren't waiting for independent verification of anything they say, you're a dupe at this point.