I was brutalized by DHS/CBP when Biden was in power, they won't do shit, and even worse when it happened not even the leftists gave a damn and even on places like HN people suggested I deserved it. No one gave a single shit about my story about being brutalized by DHS until Trump came into power, up until that moment only my own family would believe it. I remember telling the exact damn story on HN pre-and post trump -- post trump I got hundreds of upvotes and pre trump when it actually happened it was almost all people suggesting I deserved it and that I wasn't "telling the facts."

There will be zero accountability because the Democrats also need the help of those manning the federal machinery to implement their own programs. Even if they might be using it for far less reprehensible things. Civil service reform assures us of that -- it's almost impossible to fire most civil servants so best to just negotiate to overlook misdeeds in exchange for them implementing your campaign promises.

Agreed. They've made it quite clear that they intend to label any dissent or protest as terrorism and use force to suppress it. I don't see how the situation will improve. Perhaps if the 3.5% rule holds true https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3.5%25_rule

The promise that was made was to go after the type of people you described - first. Not to stop after them.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgrnn8zxdego

> But that's not who they're going after, it's everybody, with a focus on ethnic cleansing.

This is not yet something most Americans have caught onto. The DHS made a tweet fantasizing about deporting 100 million Americans (https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dhs-100-million-deportations-...) - which is roughly what deporting all non white people would look like. And Elon Musk posts white supremacist content daily - and I mean this literally. For example he called for “white solidarity” (https://people.com/elon-musk-shares-startling-post-endorsing...) and has also repeatedly called for remigration which is literally defined as “ethnic cleansing” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remigration).

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Sadly, it seems clear at this point it is going to fall to the citizens of these states united to hold them to account.

The DOJ under this administration will abet these violations. Every department that would normally serve as a check is now headed by a feckless loyalist.

"But articles like this one have nothing interesting to me".

When a post is of no interest to me, I ignore it. I don't read all the comments and reply to the 20th one.

Fair position. What are the relevant elephants in the room in your opinion, just out of genuine curiosity?

Interesting perspective. Thanks for sharing.

So basically you’re trying to suppress opinions you don’t like or agree with, relevant or not?

"Because the people who comment in these threads tend to be mind-killed by politics".

You are one of the people who replied dude...

There must be a serious bombshell in those Epstein files if he's doing this to prevent release (anyone else notice it's all paused - again) ?

I agree. The US is fast becoming an international pariah. Every policy implemented by this administration is regressive, ill-advised and/or cruel.

The GF and I have had multiple conversations about how all these seemingly intelligent people don't: 1) care about anybody else; 2) realize that this too will negatively affect their lives; and I've come to the conclusion that these people are devoid of empathy, and they are narcissists who view themselves as being too important and powerful to be messed with. They'd never do that to me! That would never happen to me!

It does make sense if they position themselves to take hard power. That’s worth a lot more than money alone and worth losing even large amounts for.

Correct.

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