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[–] Sickos@hexbear.net 20 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Threats only count if you follow through

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 14 points 3 weeks ago

"Do you understand I could hold you in contempt?"

"Uh-huh, your honor."

"I could."

"Uh-huh."

"What do you have to say for yourself?"

"I gotta get back to the actual racism factory where we help the gestapo kidnap people and put them into concentration camps."

"You are free to go."

[–] Des@hexbear.net 15 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

one of these fuckers needs to just suck it up and actually lock someone up just to see what happens

let ICE agents assault a local jail in force to rescue their guys and shoot it out with the guards or something.

i really feel like everything is going to exist in this state of total stagnation until state sanctioned guys-with-guns shoot other state sanctioned guys-with-guns

[–] sewer_rat_420@hexbear.net 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I think they can keep operating in MN this way and they know that nothing will happen, their state and local politicians have essentially capitulated at this point.

They are scared to move to another city where someone might have the balls to make this happen. I wonder if they are looking for "blue" cities where they can get the local politicians to capitulate in advance.

He has talked a lot about the $19B fraud that is in California, and CA is rife with feckless dem leadership in the likes of Jacob Frey and Tim Walz

[–] Des@hexbear.net 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

tornado the potential newsome run which is only beneficial result from that (obviously not worth the horrors unless the Fates truly conspire for us)

[–] sewer_rat_420@hexbear.net 2 points 2 weeks ago

I mean, it will happen in CA and Newsom will prove just as feckless as Walz. But the DNC elites will still nominate him regardless

[–] sewer_rat_420@hexbear.net 6 points 3 weeks ago

Great, a threat of contempt, that will show em