I thought your constitution explicitly said this wasn’t okay.
this post was submitted on 12 Jan 2026
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It does, but it's also just a piece of paper.
Like the oaths everyone in the military took. Defend the constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic. Just mindless hollow drivel fron the dishonourable.
The feckless. The shameful. The dishonored.
It also says insurrectionists can’t be President and that all rights not explicitly granted to the government belong to the people. It is no longer worth the recycling value of the paper it is written on.
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Do not aid conservatives in any way, shape, or form. Regardless of whether they are your neighbors or family.
“Google the owner” before intending to spend money with a company?
Didn’t Google donated to the inauguration fund? Isn’t it ironic?
It is almost like we should just boycott all big tech.
Don't want Meta/Google/Twatter/Reddit profiling you and giving your information to the feds? Stop using their services and encourage everyone you know to stop as well.
Until we put our foot down they aren't going to stop.
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at this point, when I hear about some prominent figure dying in some tragic accident, the first thing I do is try to find out who they vote for.
for example, that recent helicopter crash on the day of that dude's wedding with his three nieces in the vehicle. that's fucking tragic. no other way about it.
and my first thought is "I bet there's a better chance than not that this guy votes republican, I should check that before I feel bad for him"
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I love how fucking amateur and unqualified they are even with all their big scary guns and kit. What, like 7(?) dudes all lined up in a queue directly out from the door? Just pointing their waaaay too-cumbersome-for-raiding long rifles straight up in the air? Nobody remotely covering any windows or other exits?
They look more like fucking trick or treaters than anything. Probably feeling invincible because they know they're there to kidnap a 120lb woman or some shit.
That's what is so glaring about this. It's so so obviously just for show. Just to intimidate and posture. They are not seriously concerned about their own safety. They feel 100% safe doing this. They are raiding a house that they are quite certain does not contain any hostiles. If they believed it did, they would be WATCHING FOR THEM and not lined up in an orderly line waiting to get MOWED DOWN BY LITERALLY ANYONE.
Incompetence.
As I pointed out in another thread, they act like intimidation is a shield against harm in exactly the same way that schoolyard bullies do. It relies on people's tendency to freeze up and panic when surprised by a violent confrontation to work, and if it doesn't work, things escalate quickly.
The other problem is, those kinds of bullies aren't normally equipped with firearms...
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Frighteningly, the incompetence probably won't last. They are getting a hell of a lot of field experience and budget for toys and training.
Practice bad form learn bad form.
They all wanna be the guy to go through the door and say "clear!" Lol
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They look like they have no idea wtf they're doing. Can't wait for them to get mow down by someone that has had enough
fuck that human trafficker racist piece of shit
He would have been one of the first billionaires adjusted for inflation if he had not of died in his sixties. Garbage greedy human being.
They still need a warrant signed by a judge... Right?
And the warrant needs to be specific, not general. The warrant is required to be for a specific place and a specific person or specific thing.
"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."
They are banking on the fact that you'll be on a bus to SECOT before your charges get dropped for being unconstitutional. By then it doesn't matter.
Does it fucking look like they do?
all they need is for nobody to stop them.
And why exactly do they need an entire assault squad to extract one person?
US military wisdom: "If you find yourself in a fair fight - you didn't plan your mission properly". So they stack like they're going into a house with 4 generations in it that are all armed.
These guys are the types who couldn't cut it in the military but always wanted to parttake, so of course they're gonna draw from that sphere.
Because they're doing shit that's likely to get them shot, and there's a bit of safety in numbers.
They miss the thrill from shooting civilian Iraqis and Afghans.
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Why are they all so pudgy?
Because ICE is hiring all the fat idiots who can't read and don't know any better, but need the money because they can't land a job.
UNLESS you're also Creating Child Porn you deserve to DIE for That COMMENT since CHILD PORN CREATORS are the ONLY Protected Peoples in the United States of America!
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I would not to surprised to see in the not too distant future, small clusters of residents forming compounds in an effort to protect themselves. The compounds will only grow larger the more the people feel threatened. It’s gonna get really fucking weird, and extremely fucking violent.
It's already happening actually, there are news of more and more people joining the Black Panthers in Philadelphia.
All those drums and screaming isn't going to stop them from violating your rights.
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In the laaaaaand of the naziiiiii🎶 And the hoooome of the depraaaaved🎶
Paramilitary would be like a militia outside of direct political control. This is just jackboots. Gestapo in training if you please, not paramilitary.
Patriot front going door to door with guns would be paramilitary.
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Cringe title, but good that White people are finding out
Not sure what your intent is.
The people getting raided in the video are not white.
This video shows that the 4th amendment has been taken away by fascists.
For reference, this is what people living in the US just had stolen from them.
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
They're referring to the fact, that black people were disproportionate targets of harassment by the US police since it's existence basically, and what you realising is bad and started happening to everyone, was already happening to minorities forever, it's just virtually nobody gave a shit.
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Be a shame if the high-flow water sprinklers came on automatically and got them all wet with freezing water.
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