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Re: FBI raids Washington Post reporter's home

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Post by dabluecaboose » Wed, Jan 14, 2026, 4:18 PM UTC

NickC25 wrote: post #136

dabluecaboose wrote: post #56

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>Just a few years ago, their own supporters were smugly saying that standing up to the government is a fantasy for paranoid whackjobs. One dude in his home with a gun or two versus a 50 billion dollar ICE force that has complete immunity and a massive media and political empire ready to spin any bad incident into an us-versus-them narrative..... Yeah, it is a fantasy. Oh, and if anything really gets out of hand, that…

Thew whiplash from "Why isn't anyone fighting ICE???" to "the government will nuke us if we fight back" is frankly stunning

Re: FBI raids Washington Post reporter's home

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Post by lokar » Wed, Jan 14, 2026, 4:18 PM UTC

lawn wrote: post #72

mikeweiss wrote: post #34

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That only works if they aren't U.S citizens... Which if they're working for the gov means they are. This administration is creative they will find other more 'legal' ways for retribution so the punishment sticks.

Don't be so gullible. There are quite a few examples where they did detain US citizens, even claiming that the papers they had weren't good enough. The president has also multiple times said that he will strip people of citizenship. Yes, it's not exactly legal but they're doing illegal shit all the time and nobody's stopping them.

There are many documented cases of them detaining natural born US citizens for close to a month.

Re: FBI raids Washington Post reporter's home

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Post by atoav » Wed, Jan 14, 2026, 4:18 PM UTC

snowwrestler wrote: post #88

To clarify why it’s aggressive: federal employees have a legal duty to secure classified information, but everyone else does not. Reporters are not federal employees and it’s not illegal for them to have or discuss classified materials. Most of what Snowden leaked was classified, and remains classified to this day , but you and I can read about it on Wikipedia. The government pursued Snowden because he was legally ob…

Yet others just invite journalists to signal groups accieentally and don't face any repercussions. Strange.

Re: FBI raids Washington Post reporter's home

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Post by testfrequency » Wed, Jan 14, 2026, 4:19 PM UTC

snowwrestler wrote: post #88

To clarify why it’s aggressive: federal employees have a legal duty to secure classified information, but everyone else does not. Reporters are not federal employees and it’s not illegal for them to have or discuss classified materials. Most of what Snowden leaked was classified, and remains classified to this day , but you and I can read about it on Wikipedia. The government pursued Snowden because he was legally ob…

Not to belittle good framing, but we are /waaaaay/ past the ugly point of law and order.

Re: FBI raids Washington Post reporter's home

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Post by fleroviumna » Wed, Jan 14, 2026, 4:19 PM UTC

snowwrestler wrote: post #88

To clarify why it’s aggressive: federal employees have a legal duty to secure classified information, but everyone else does not. Reporters are not federal employees and it’s not illegal for them to have or discuss classified materials. Most of what Snowden leaked was classified, and remains classified to this day , but you and I can read about it on Wikipedia. The government pursued Snowden because he was legally ob…

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Re: FBI raids Washington Post reporter's home

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Post by jeroenhd » Wed, Jan 14, 2026, 4:19 PM UTC

INTPenis wrote: post #103

imzadi wrote: post #92

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There were over 1000 protests over the weekend. The one I went to in Surprise, AZ had almost 1000 people, in a fairly conservative area with mostly older, white demographics. I think the tide is turning.

Serious question from a clueless european here, who should they vote for? To us on the outside, getting filtered news that trickles down, it just seems like there are no candidates. One is 79 and one is 83, where are all the young politicians? Why does the media choose to only emphasize a few of them at the time?

The 83 year old dropped out before the election took place. Kamala Harris is 61. No spring chicken, but at least not old enough that she should've retired years ago.

The two-party system will always leave you with suboptimal choices when it comes to casting your vote, but the alternative to Trump was two decades younger.

Re: FBI raids Washington Post reporter's home

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Post by parineum » Wed, Jan 14, 2026, 4:19 PM UTC

giancarlostoro wrote: post #129

snowwrestler wrote: post #88

To clarify why it’s aggressive: federal employees have a legal duty to secure classified information, but everyone else does not. Reporters are not federal employees and it’s not illegal for them to have or discuss classified materials. Most of what Snowden leaked was classified, and remains classified to this day , but you and I can read about it on Wikipedia. The government pursued Snowden because he was legally ob…

That's nothing, there was the time the FBI raided James O'Keefe's house to find Ashley Biden's diary. I feel weird writing any of that out, because its sounds batshit, but they did that. Some people may not like James for any given number of reasons (NPR did a hit peace saying he doesn't qualify for journalism protections - which to me is a matter of opinion not necessarily fact), but since when do federal agents rai…

> Were there nuclear launch codes in there or something?

It's funny you say that because that'd be just the same, classified information that leaked. They'd just change the codes and try to find who leaked them. The codes themselves would be inconsequential (once changed).

Re: FBI raids Washington Post reporter's home

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Post by prh8 » Wed, Jan 14, 2026, 4:19 PM UTC

andsoitis wrote: post #79

joering2 wrote: post #44

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What difference does it make whether they are US citizens or not? At least DHS is not interested in finding out. And there has been plenty US citizens deported under DHS. https://www.congress.gov/119/meeting/house/118180/documents/... https://www.propublica.org/article/immigration-dhs-american-...

> And there has been plenty US citizens deported under DHS. Are you sure? Do you mind linking to information / reporting about that? I have not seen any.

It's easy to not see anything if you willingly close your eyes

Re: FBI raids Washington Post reporter's home

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Post by pjc50 » Wed, Jan 14, 2026, 4:19 PM UTC

codezero wrote: post #99

dabluecaboose wrote: post #56

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It took me 15 minutes to buy an AR-15 and a pistol in 2025, how did the left do this?

OK, now what happens when you show up in front of an ICE agent while carrying an AR-15? How, specifically, do you use the gun to effect political change?

Re: FBI raids Washington Post reporter's home

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Jan 14, 2026, 4:19 PM UTC

SubiculumCode wrote: post #83

Keep your eyes on protecting the midterms from interference... re ICE / militias etc. I encourage governors to call up their State's National Guards to protect their State's electoral systems from Federal intrusion and extremist militia groups. This move is founded in the most republican of urges: State Sovereignty. (btw, I'd even consider that as a move in Minneapolis, right now).

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