Case was seen as major test of the first amendment and whether the US could use broad anti-terrorism statute to prosecute leftwing protesters

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    This is not surprising, given the current state of the US. What’s surprising is how fast they were able to turn on their own patriotic narrative to just become submissive to it all.

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    Cant they use jan6 as a counter example? How does bondis statement have credibility based on her Epstein performance. Did a quick read but doesn’t this stuff lead to civil war?

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    Meanwhile pro-ICE protester/influencer Jake Lang got caught trying to pick up what he thought was a 15 year old girl.

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    Song faces a minimum of 20 years and a maximum of life in prison, according to the US attorney for the northern district of Texas. Arnold, Evetts, Morris, Rueda, Batten, Elizabeth Soto and Ines Soto each face between 10 and 60 years in prison. Sanchez Estrada faces up to 40 years.

    Just out of curiosity, has the DOJ ever gotten around to charging anybody in the Epstein files other than Maxwell? Bc there’s like millions of files.

    Like even just one single pedophile? Just to make the streets a little safer? Surely if they can make all this complete bullshit stick they can make something from those files stick, right?

    I’m sure they’re more than motivated and will be getting around to it soon. It’s only been 14 months and they probably just got a little distracted.

    They had to take care of the much more dangerous members of a made up organization. Now that that’s all cleared up and out of the way, I’m sure the hammer of justice will be swift for all those names that show up over and over again in those files…

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        I’m sure it will be any day now. As soon as they get Antifa off the streets. Priorities.

        Not like they’re going to try and rebuild the justice system and all of society so that eventually everybody but the pedophiles ends up locked away…

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    The prosecutor said, “They’re here because they ambushed a cop.” WTF?!?! Well then, on Jan 6th a mob of fucking MAGA terrorists ambushed a lot of police officers.

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    If they are going to process you as terrorist anyway, then you might as well make moves that are worthy of the label. After all the only real difference between a freedom fighter and terrorist is the narrative.

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    Whatever side you’re on, this is worrisome. Today it’s Antifa, tomorrow it’s the Tea Party etc.

    Weapons can be repurposed as new parties take power endlessly until finally some sane group of souls has the decency to legislate away malicious prosecutions based on politics.

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      US has been doing the exact same shit to leftists ever since the founding of USSR, this is not new. Sadly the tea party people have nothing to worry about.

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    There shouldn’t be a law against terrorism. Real terrorism already involves serious crimes (murder etc.). There should not be a law defining “being a terrorist” as illegal.

    “found guilty of support for terrorism” is bullshit.

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      Do you think they classified the IRGC as a terrorist organization so that they can have a pretense for going after critics of the war?

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    Voting Republican supports terrorism and that’s okay so can we drop the dramatics and call the charges out for what they really are? They inconvenienced rich people.

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      First skin ‘im. Then drag through the salty sand out into that salty gulf.

      Of course I don’t approve of violence. But if you’re going to do something, do it right.

      Edit: all things just harmless shit talking of course.

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    This is now going to be imposed nationwide. It’s inevitable at this point. And don’t blather on about We The People rising up in revolution. That’s impossible in a postindustrial society.

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      And all those concentration camps they’re building aren’t just for immigrants.

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          Yeah, if they were “just for immigrants” they wouldn’t be any less bad. They’re horror made real either way, which is the main reoccurring reality of what’s happening.