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Department of State advises Americans worldwide to exercise increased caution

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Re: Department of State advises Americans worldwide to exercise increased caution

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Post by taneq »

beloch wrote: post #32

The U.S. government shutdown has halted pay to the TSA, but not ICE, so ICE is taking over from the TSA in airports[1]. If you fly to the U.S., starting Monday apparently, the first think you're likely to see is masked gunmen giving you the eye. No thankyou. [1] https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cede0qyvqz3o

I feel like "form your own private paramilitary organisation with minimal oversight, then expand their reach by having them take over the operations of other government departments" has been done before somewhere, as part of a larger plan.

Re: Department of State advises Americans worldwide to exercise increased caution

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Post by pasquinelli »

stavros wrote: post #26
SanjayMehta wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> How nice it must be to be able to just dismiss these things. I don't know anyone in the US in real life who is happy with the current situation, including people who voted for Trump. The cheer leaders are only visible online. The people who voted for Harris are saying "we told you so," and the others are saying "he conned us."

I don't understand the "he conned us" stance. He was literally saying all these things before getting elected. He wasn't being coy about it, we all knew it would be terrible, and here we are. What was the con exactly? If there's one thing you can't accuse Trump of, it's ever masking how utterly nonsensical he is.

i thought he was more anti-war

Re: Department of State advises Americans worldwide to exercise increased caution

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Post by greenavocado »

malfist wrote: post #30
stackghost wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Trump is but a symptom of an underlying sickness. Things won't magically go back to normal after he dies.

Did someone say they would?

Most people think Trump is the lynchpin, when in fact, its his masters that decide what happens next.

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Post by beedeebeedee »

stavros wrote: post #26
SanjayMehta wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> How nice it must be to be able to just dismiss these things. I don't know anyone in the US in real life who is happy with the current situation, including people who voted for Trump. The cheer leaders are only visible online. The people who voted for Harris are saying "we told you so," and the others are saying "he conned us."

I don't understand the "he conned us" stance. He was literally saying all these things before getting elected. He wasn't being coy about it, we all knew it would be terrible, and here we are. What was the con exactly? If there's one thing you can't accuse Trump of, it's ever masking how utterly nonsensical he is.

Saying “he conned us” is easier for people to accept than being introspective, taking responsibility and experiencing ego dissolution.

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Post by bdangubic »

ohyoutravel wrote: post #37
bdangubic wrote: post #34

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TSA is mostly people who want a job and act pretty professionally in the hundreds or thousand times I’ve encountered them. ICE encourages people with anger issues who hate brown people to apply. These are not the same.

it isn’t about people and which group is mostly this or that. Americans have long accepted to have their Constitutional Rights violated at the airports so it really doesn’t matter if it is TSA or ICE or whatever three-letter gang runs it
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