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RedWizard [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year ago

Trump’s Homeland Security Council Sets Its Sights on Zohran Mamdani

www.thecity.nyc

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Trump’s Homeland Security Council Sets Its Sights on Zohran Mamdani

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RedWizard [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year ago
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“The Department of Homeland Security has authorities that have never been utilized before,” Secretary Kristi Noem told the group.
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  • underisk [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    “This is not an exaggerated problem,” Giuliani told the 22-person council. “Somehow we got the combination of an Islamic extremist and a communist.”

    This is not an exaggeration, the devil himself has incarnated on earth in the form of this guy who wants to do rent control and free bus fare.

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    • PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml
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      rent control and free bus fare.

      Truly satanic

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        They lure you in with the sweet word of Islam then BAM next thing you know you’re hailing Satan Stalin and trying to do mutual aid. I can see why god cast this devious wretch out of heaven.

    • MohammedTheCommunistPalestinian [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      Zohran is not an Islamic extremist 🫤

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    Good, make Zohran the most popular politician in American history, the beloved local politician vs Big Bad Federal DC, an underdog story you couldn’t get away with writing in fiction without accusations of cliche

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      He is going against the DNC and Trump, the two most unpopular entities in this country.

  • SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net
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    Remember to vote*

    *terms and conditions apply, must be white and reactionary to qualify

  • Damarcusart [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    I was joking about him getting assassinated before getting elected, but now it looks like that might actually happen. I hope he’s careful.

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      They’re really going to try to make an example of him, aren’t they?

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      I don’t know if he’s developed the moral vest yet. We may find out, unfortunately

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    What was that Kissinger quote. Something like “Democracy is too important to leave up to the votes of the people.”

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      • Kumikommunism [comrade/them, any]@hexbear.net
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        Well, after getting to do all of the evil stuff he wanted. So if Jesus is real, he gets like a 1 1/2 stars from me.

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          You simply don’t understand holy grace

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    if he gets arrested i hope new yorkers riot

    • RedWizard [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netOP
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      We will be studying the New York City Commune for decades to come!

    • ClimateStalin [they/them, he/him]@hexbear.net
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      If they try to arrest him and don’t get him quick I think it would start a riot on the spot

      Picture LA but instead of them grabbing random people off the streets it’s just one specific guy the whole city is out to protect

      Also LA is a lot easier for ICE to move around than NYC

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        never considered that last line you said but thats very true. CA has wide streets with plenty of room and nobody on them. nyc is the exact opposite. also with nycs layout it would be extremely easy for protestors to set up on each end of a block and trap ICE in. if they’re willing to run thru the crowd in that instance it opens them up to even more potential violent retaliation from protesters. and since im not trying to be visited by the fbi im gonna say thats a bad thing but im also gonna say putting fear into these cowardly pigs with equivalent violence to what they use is the only thing thats gonna dissuade them from doing their “job”

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          I’m pretty sure it comes down to New York’s streets being laid out before the French Revolution.

          DC is specifically set up the way it is to make building barricades and blocking roads incredibly difficult, because they saw what happened in Paris

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    The council sounds like the Legion of Doom in this article

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      nah the legion of doom is more nuanced

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        Lex Luther would never be so brash.

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    I hope someone out there is also setting their sights on some positions of authority.

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    I really hope Mamdani has a good security detail.

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    BRB making a libertarian sock puppet on Twitter and typing “I do not agree with a word you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it!”

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      Weird how it’s freedom of speech when nazis run people over at their Klan rally, but an existential threat when anyone left of Bush says we should maybe stop killing homeless people and children. Really makes you think 🤔🤔🤔🤔

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    amerikkka

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    I don’t understand the various comments here and elsewhere that there would be spontaneous national riots to defend this guy.

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      Right? I don’t see any evidence this country will do anything but sit by and take it. As much as i wish it were different

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    Trump is fucked no matter what he does to him.

    Ignore him or try to obstruct and he succeeds.

    Arrest and deport, riots across the country.

    Kill him and those riots might quickly become armed insurrection.

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      That’s a nice sentiment but the fact most Americans are apathetic about trump shows they won’t lift a finger to avenge the murder of a politician.

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      Ignore him or try to obstruct and he succeeds.

      I think a focused obstruction + unlimited billionaire backed smear campaign would have 50% of liberals and conservatives who don’t live in NYC convinced this will be a whole chapter in The Black Book of Communism 2: Dialectic Boogaloo even if Mamdani does make positive impactful changes.

      Public discourse will be constantly brigaded by an endless marathon of groypers whose accounts mysteriously stopped posting about sports 24/7 to give their opinion (aka repeating whatever non-sense one-liner they heard on alt-right media).

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