I’m pretty sure that’s a reference to the midterm elections in November 2026

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    In case this hasn’t hit home for anyone yet.

    The United States has a fascist government currently attempting to end our democracy.

    That is happening. Now. Here.

    And every conservative you know is onboard with it because they voted for it and haven’t spoken out against it.

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    excuse for ‘insurrection act’ miller’s final solution to send military against the unbelievers. cancel election and install the 4th Reich. bomb berlin. already half torn down for ballroom since january 6 tried to burn the Reichstag;;

    someone reads wwii novels and admires nazis. suicidal tendencies. pedo capital is mar-largo

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          It wasn’t a compliment…

          “Q drops” were 8chan posts made by “Qanon” an alleged mole in the US government which was the source of the Qanon conspiracy theory, which purported that the Democratic Party was a involved in a giant anti-Semitic conspiracy to kidnap children and harvest their blood via torture.

          Qdrops have the same staccato, fragmented cadence of vaguely related ideas, that you posted.

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    If they want voter information don’t they just ask Microsoft? Or Facebook? Or Google/Amazon/Apple? Pretty sure any one of them are more than capable of supplying far more detailed information than a state government.

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      Pretty sure they don’t have everything. And even if they did, what they probably want more than anything is submission. If they can get a state to hand over that kind of highly sensitive information they are sending a signal they can coerce anyone to do anything.

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    I’ve just read the letter. Please, let’s not spread misinformation, things are bad enough as is.

    The letter demanded the voter database, among a couple of other sensitive databases. It never said ICE would leave if they comply. It only promised that peace would return to the streets, whatever the hell that means. I highly doubt they mean withdrawing ICE, especially considering they keep painting them as completely peaceful, and considering they demand a shit ton of cooperation in that letter as well, essentially letting ICE in everywhere. So in fact, it’s almost the opposite - they demanded that and also demanded more access for ICE.

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      They still want to fuck with voting though, which is the gist of the post.

      Walz should get a chat box to make up a random list of imaginary voters, print it on a few reams of paper at 5pt type and see if they really leave.

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      I really appreciate it when people want to set the record straight like this, and you’re right, the truth is probably worse than this post. But it’s not as sensational so people will gravitate to the bullshit tweet instead. Which is the same phenomenon which gave us trump to begin with. 🤦‍♂️

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      Thank you for cutting through the rhetoric and making sure things are clear. I would also like to add that there are no parts in the letter saying that ICE will change their operation tactics and procedurdes (e.g. executions).

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      Thank you for the clarification and suggestion, but this does not constitute misinformation, as I see it. The Orange Turd’s camp are characteristically incoherent. You interpret Bondi’s incoherence in a different but valid way. What they are communicating they will do if given the voter database is less important than their interest in forcibly obtaining the voter and other databases - and the linkage of this interest with ICE’s presence in MN. Please let me know if I’m off the mark here; if this is misinformation and should be removed

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        I would agree with you. Having an active hand in the next voting process sounds like an easy way to disrupt an election. Not a guarantee, but possible. I think people here should be able to think for themselves a little bit.

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        I definitely think your post is misinformation. What the commenter told you is quite different from what you reposted. Bondi made demands but no promises. It’s probably actually worse than what you posted, but accuracy matters.

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          Thank you for your comment. I think your standard of accuracy for defining “misinformation” in this context (lemmy.ca/boycottus) is too high and would discourage people from posting or participating in this community. If I saw more comments or votes in support of your position, I’d delete the post

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            …you could easily point out the actual truth in the post body. And my position is relatively popular if you look at the thread.

            68 upvotes on the original comment calling this out, alone.

            Also what is this idea that facts matter less in specific communities?

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              …you could easily point out the actual truth in the post body.

              Please draft this

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                  What??? incorrigible? I extended a good-willed offer for you to supply the change that you were requesting, and in response you report me to the moderators?

                  (Edit: You’ve wasted a good amount of mine - and now the mods’ - time I’m using the block button for what it’s for)

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      You’re right. I’d bet what they mean to say is that peace would return to the streets because they’d get rid of all dissenters.

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        I think ots a fumbled / heavy handed attempt to portray Waltz as promoting violence.

        In the same way that Ukraine could and the Russia conflict by capitulating.

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      OP doesn’t care that they’ve posted false information. They all but told me so.

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    Dictionary definition of terrorism:

    (Noun) the unlawful use of violence or threats to intimidate or coerce a civilian population or government, with the goal of furthering political, social, or ideological objectives.

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    Fuck this scumbag too. He’s overtly conflating “safety” and “immigration”. It’s just more fascist bullshit from another slimy politician.

    This is not the way.

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    I hope there’s a world where thos matters and they all eat shit and face consequences.

    Like, this should be cut and dry.

    Oh, and also Trump’s latest comments on tariffs on Canada follow the same pattern, first it was"fentenyl", now they’ve dropped the veneer forgetting that national security arguments were the only argument they had to justify things.

    To me that says they’re either wildly overconfident or know they’ve got the supreme court by the balls.

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      I think fascists see violating boundaries, hypocrisy, and telling lies as signs of power - ie, things to aspire to in their twisted minds. That’s dangerous, and not how non-fascists think.

      Mainstream traditional and social media have devolved to simply publishing verbatim what the fascists say without offering any kind of context or evaluation of, say, the truthfulness of the statement-now-headline.

      I agree with you all around otherwise. I just don’t think this behaviour rests on overconfidence or an appraisal of riskiness via the SC. I think it’s psychologically must deeper, and recognizing this will help us deal with them better

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        I think fascists see violating boundaries, hypocrisy, and telling lies as signs of power - ie, things to aspire to in their twisted minds. That’s dangerous, and not how non-fascists think.

        But it nicely fits an adjacent conservative mindset: “We need laws to keep bad guys (others) from doing bad things, not to prevent good guys (us) from doing good things.”

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        It’s not that they view them as arbitrary signs of power to aspire to, it’s that those things really do work well to manipulate others into doing what you want. Detaching a victim from reality - making them instead blindly believe what you say - turns them into a very useful tool. Usually people have a conscious and don’t want to manipulate others to get ahead, but there will always be some who simply don’t care, and they end up being the ones to amass more power and influence than their peers as a result.

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        I think it’s even more than just they see them as signs of power. I think continuously ramping things up is power. If the last thing wasn’t enough to stop them, what’s one more step? This continues ad infinitum. They keep ratcheting up, and there’s nothing to bring it back down.

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      We have to stop engaging them like ANY of their arguments were ever genuine. These hypocritical fuckers will say anything, then say the exact opposite, because they never meant any of it in the first place.

      The psychopaths say whatever they think will get their opposition to behave in the way they want. That’s it.

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        The 2A amendment folks only care about gun rights because they’re afraid of black people. That’s literally their whole motivation.

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    Of course it’s not about immigration. If it were about immigration, they’d be in Texas and Florida. You know, states with large numbers of immigrants. Minnesota has a tiny fraction of the number of immigrants as those states, and it’s physically large. Very inefficient use of person-power for actually doing their stated job.

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    State should send along the voter rolls.

    Printed on paper and with first names, last initial, the ward/district they live in and no party affiliation and a few randomly generated code numbers to just fuck things up in the database… or better yet, send the paper lists with the names redacted with sharpie markers, and leave the party affiliations. use old school printouts that are photocopied (and send those) so no one can hold the paper up to the light to see what’s under the redactions…

    Deflect and use Trump’s own words about the Epsteinn files to justify “…following in President Trump’s bold leadership style…”

    Time to out Trump the decrepit old fucker.

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    Minnesota ain’t no fucking swing state. We’ve voted Blue in the presidential election longer than any other state.

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      Don’t worry they have 10 more months to fix that

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      You’re right, but Trump thinks he won it in all 3 of his elections. He thinks it would have “swung” toward him if it weren’t for the Democrats letting “illegals” vote. I can almost guarantee you that’s part of why he is targeting Minnesota.

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        Well I’m sure he’s asking for this documentation in good faith. It’s not like he’s famously asked for paperwork, received it while literally everyone was watching, and then denied its authenticity. /s

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          Oh absolutely fellow patriot. There’s also no way that they’re on a fishing expedition for exactly where to deploy their Secret PoliceBrave Federal Law Enforcement to maximize impact on Democratic turnout in the upcoming midterms. That would be silly.

          As we all know it’s Democrats, not Republicans that commit all of the Electoral Fraud so of course it only makes sense to deploy troops to areas with a lot of Democrats registered… To prevent the fraud, you see. Gotta protect the integrity* of our elections after all. /s xD

          *Republican Majority

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    These guys seriously think they are every winning an election Minnesota again? I guess they are betting that they can finish off democracy in it’s entirety in the next three years