Americans have been in a hot civil war since January 2021 and just refuse to realize it.
Like a slow motion Troubles
Steve Bannon Proposes Using ICE in Elections
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#12Steve Bannon is all over the Epstein files. He'd probably say anything outlandish to deflect attention away from that.
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#13The Project 2025 crew is so obvious about what they are doing, and the counter-measures seem to be along the lines of, "well, let's see how it goes."
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#14Steve Bannon is all over the Epstein files. He'd probably say anything outlandish to deflect attention away from that. > https://www.jmail.world/messages/steve-bannon
It's not deflection. They're just doing multiple evil things at the same time.
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#15Voter intimidation is against the law.
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#17This wouldn't be on-topic for HN even if it wasn't running in "Newsweek" --- even if a sitting senator had said it, mere proposals are explicitly off-topic --- but I always feel like it's useful to call out the fact that "Newsweek" is a grift publication. The Newsweek your parents read went out of business a decade and a half ago, and was purchased by a cult and run as an SEO farm.
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#19A lot of people have been concerned that ICE is turning into a personal army for Trump. This year they will expand ICE to over 40,000 agents allegedly. This is enough to overwhelm police departments in every jurisdiction. There is a real possibility that these agents will continue detainment of people, even if they are US citizens, as they are trying to vote. Perhaps they will use their facial recognition app, Mobile…
the swing is small enough that one doesn't even have to target individuals. delaying some mail from particular zip codes might be enough. suppressing urban voting a little might be enough. a few of these and you're done.
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#20Americans have been in a hot civil war since January 2021 and just refuse to realize it.
Arguably the original civil war never ended. The most important battle lost by the Union forces: Reconstruction.