The Men Making Millions Selling Pepper Spray To ICE

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The washer and dryer was in our lease, but I think they did tell us if the repairman figured out it was our fault then we would be on the hook.

I live in a city below sea level and almost every house has foundation issues. At one point I was living in a house that was over 120 years old. It had been through a fire, had no central support beam, and every time the roof had previously been repaired, instead of removing the old one, a new one was just slapped on top, so there were 3 total roofs. It was kind of a miracle (and probably only because of old style lattice work in the frame) that it never collapsed. Anyway, the foundation in that house was beyond fucked to say the least.

Almost the whole time we lived there we kept having problems with our washer over and over. Our landlord would hire a repairman to fix it, they were never quite sure what was wrong, but they would fiddle around with it until they got it working, then a week later it would just stop working again. Eventually our landlord got so fed up they just got rid of the washer and dryer and bought a brand new really fancy stackable washer and dryer set. They were so pissed when not even a week later we started having the same issue.

Eventually we got a repairman out who figured out the problem. The laundry room was an addition that had been a back porch at one point in history so it was even more janky than the rest of the house. The foundation in that room had become so fucked, it was throwing off the sensors all newer washers have. The landlord had to sell the almost brand new washer, and then go out and find a 20+ year old washer to place next to our fancy dryer.

Anyway, the point is, I could see the value in vintage appliances being included in houses where the age of the home itself may interfere with newer technology.

It will probably be a fight because these stupid fucking Nazis are evil and petty as fuck, but it happened for Mahmoud Kahlil and Abrigo Garcia, because people refused to let it go. That seems to be what makes all the difference. Keep up the pressure and refuse to let them murder this child by continuing to deny him medical care.

He and his father should be home. So should everybody who has been illegally detained, until it happens for everyone, refuse to let it go.

Believe me, I very much “get it.” And I understand where you’re coming from, but they are planning to shut it down regardless by destroying the individual agencies.

All giving into Trump’s demands will do is to help give him more cover/credibility to the public while he continues to shuffle money away from where it’s supposed to be going and into DHS/ICE.

Because the threat of the shutdown was making Trump back down. As soon as he was no longer worried about that threat he was back to escalating.

The economy is about to fucking crash, or possibly has already crashed, and Trump is buying himself as much time as he can before he loses the last of his chances his supporters are still giving him for some reason.

Wtf are you talking about? The Republicans are holding the metaphorical gun to their own heads.

The only people in favor of DHS continuing this shit are DHS and the Trump administration. The only people who will be helped by allowing this shit to continue are DHS and the Trump administration.

The only “demand” is for DHS to stop terrorizing America. All they have to do is start acting like the accountability that is supposed to apply to everybody also applies to them.

This is how a negotiation works. It should be so fucking simple. The only hostage is America. Who does Hakeem Jefferies work for?

What the response should be: Tough titty said the kitty. We’re not passing shit until you stop terrorizing American cities, murdering civilians, and kidnapping people while spitting in the face of accountability and justice, not to mention literally trying to kick off a second civil war that will destroy the entire federal government anyway.

What the response will almost certainly be: We checked with our donors and they agreed it’s in their best interest if we keep pretending the economy isn’t crashing. Of course you have our blessing to kill whoever the fuck you want, continue to destabilize America, and kick the can down the road in order to keep this shit show going a few more months until it all comes crashing down and we lose any chance of ever recovering.

Because Trump was actually scared that the government was going to shut down, and there would be no way for him to offset the blame. Schumer just took the burden off of his shoulders.

Let the government shutdown and refuse to compromise until there are actual consequences for what has happened.

This was their chance to make a list of demands, and instead of something bold but still very reasonable like:

•Make border patrol leave Minneapolis immediately

•Fire every ICE agent who was hired during the period when Miller demanded flooding the zone and bypassing background checks. If people want to reapply through the proper process and pass background checks they can. This is not only reasonable it should be fucking mandatory for liability reasons, it shows consequences, and at least slows the damage being inflicted.

•Last I checked, DHS was refusing to even identify who shot Pretti or release the body cam footage that allegedly exists. I know Schumer is asking ICE not be allowed to wear masks to prevent this in the future, but this information should be released immediately and there should be consequences for DHS ever refusing to comply with public accountability.

•Give local officials more power and autonomy when it comes to reigning DHS in, because they’re definitely not stopping this shit anytime soon. If you want to prevent a civil war, something like this is not only very reasonable it’s very necessary.

Instead the demands are things like “agree to no longer deport U.S. citizens.” In other words “please start following the law.” You don’t have to sink to your enemy’s low and refusal to compromise to play hardball, but even now when shit is this serious, Schumer and Jefferies seem to be incapable of doing anything other than placating the administration.

I’m not even in the “there’s no difference between the Democrats and Republicans so why bother,” propaganda camp, but I do know for a fact there often isn’t a difference in who funds both sides. So either they’re: A. Really bad at their jobs, B. More concerned about pleasing their donors than protecting America, or C. They have something like Stockholm or battered wives syndrome. Most likely it’s D. Some combination of all of the above.

This is why we need to get dark money out of politics. Any politician who doesn’t want the job without the extra kickbacks, and complains about the measley 6 figure tax funded salary they’re expected to live on (and believe me this would be the majority of politicians on both sides) should have been forced out of the game a long time ago.

What would shutting down DHS right now do that couldn’t be accomplished over the next two weeks?

2 people were (I believe intentionally) murdered in a little over 2 weeks this past month. DHS is currently holding Minnesota hostage to get them to agree to force their local police to turn people over for ICE, and seem to be escalating.

Now DHS has 2 more weeks to turn up the pressure on local officials by commiting more murders and causing more chaos.

They’ve also just started a warehouse buying spree so they can detain even more people.

Again, this might be a logical argument if we were talking about a normal Republican vs Democrat disagreement. We’re not. A 2 week grace period for terrorists to keep terrorizing America makes no fucking sense. I’m not sure if there has ever been such an obvious justification for a shutdown.

The people supporting the terrorists would be blamed for that shutdown. The ball has truly never been more in Schumer’s court. It was so obvious even Trump who is barely cognizant of reality anymore due to dementia, was aware of it and actually worried instead of doubling down for once.

You’re asking what can the evil villain holding the entire world hostage do, when you let him off with a slap on the wrist, after he thought he might have actually gotten caught this time? Obviously he will do what he always does. Double down and escalate. Do whatever he has to do to get what he wants and take back the narrative; false flag attacks, distractions, literally nothing is off the table…This has to be obvious to people. These are not normal shitty politicians these are terrorists!

Good news, only people you have to worry might hunt you for sport is der gooberment.

Yes! It is so sad this seems like such a bold move, but we’ve just become so fucking conditioned to bullshit politicians gaslighting us about why everybody else is just going to have to go without in order to keep giving handouts to the most entitled and useless pieces of crap just because they’re already wealthy.

Why? Allegedly because they generate more money… But do they really? Have they ever?

It feels ridiculous I have to say this, but it feels so good to hear about a politician just immediately saying “oh yeah, we needed to figure out where to make cuts, and these shitty AI chat bots seemed like an obvious place to start.”

When nobody wants to hold active traitors accountable for their destructive actions, what’s the fucking point anymore?

To help other people even if you don’t get the things you want. Plenty of politicians fucking suck. Most of them suck actually. Very few are as punitive and destructive as the oligarchs who give Trump his orders.

Also if you don’t like your house rep or senator vote for one you do like or run yourself. My house rep is not the most amazing, he also isn’t dollar tree shitler. My senators both suck, but they keep getting re-elected. I still vote just to vote against them.

Idk if anyone is going to primary Schumer, but maybe somebody is. If they’re in your district why not put your support behind them? It’s hard to pretend you care about the death of democracy if you can’t even be bothered to exercise your rights that shitler and the gang keep “joking” about getting rid of. This apathy bullshit just helps spread disinformation and emoldens shitty politicians to feel like they can get away with this shitty behavior. If you don’t care why would they?

After federal agents killed ICU nurse Alex Pretti on Saturday, Senate Democrats had threatened a government shutdown over the inclusion of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding and, within it, a historic increase to Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) budget.

Seemingly in response, the Trump administration scrambled to claw back some of its messaging.

Just hours after Trump and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) announced that they had reached a deal to avert a shutdown, however, Trump changed his tune.

Chuck Schumer, somehow the only man worse at making business deals than Donald Trump.

What. The. Fuck. Is wrong with this stupid fucking coward? You essentially had your enemy by the testicles. You finally had the upper hand, and you give him a two weeks grace period?

And to the surprise of nobody, he immediately does what he obviously was going to do the entire time.

I get you don’t want to sink to the Republican level of refusing to ever compromise, but this wasn’t about taxes. It wasn’t even about healthcare. It was about funding the fucking gestapo, and rather than refusing you willingly compromised?

Did you at least negotiate for that seriously ill 5 year old kid to get some healthcare? Or maybe demand clean food and water for the people being held in these fucking sardine cans making evil rich fuckers trillions of dollars? Did you get DHS immigration oversight reestablished? Please tell me you got some kind of guarantee that things would improve on literally any level for any of the people currently being forced to suffer for no reason other than so selfish assholes can continue to profit. Because if not,

WHAT THE FUCK, DID YOU GET OUT OF THIS DEAL YOU FUCKING COWARD?

too poor to buy an election

fixed that for ya

They’re still having their freedom violated regardless of the outcome. It’s some bullshit to arrest some journalists just to prove a fucking point and burn through some more money while the economy just collapses around us.

Fuck today really sucks and this sinks it to a whole other low. Rest in peace 💔

Why would you be aghast when someone puts a picture of their spouse up at work?

I’m not disagreeing with you, but war is always the point. It’s usually a tiny minority, but these movements are backed by a global campaign of disinformation and destabilization funded by oligarchs trying to gain control of natural resources and global power.

It’s preventable, but you just have to be prepared for wolves in sheep’s clothing who rely on the victim narrative and in-grouping.