Add bookmark #2 I would give anything to find one these MAGA assholes in my town, and I would follow them over and over and never pull over as they have no jurisdiction at all no matter what fat fuck orange man says and that blonde bimbo. Gregg S Smack-Fu Master, in training Add bookmark #4 It's not abolish ICE - the entire Department of Homeland Security needs to be taken apart. Just as critics feared when DHS was created, instead of keeping Americans safe from foreign terrorists it's a tool to surveil and intimidate US citizens. Post content hidden for low score. Show… Add bookmark #9 I’m a citizen living outside the US, and we decided not to visit the US until this is over. That decision seems less paranoid and more reasonable every day . elh Ars Praefectus Add bookmark #10 I’m a citizen living outside the US, and we decided not to visit the US until this is over. That decision seems less paranoid and more reasonable every day . See you in 2038! Add bookmark #11 I have friends in the US and I would like to visit them this year, but I've been leaning towards putting it off until there is some calm on the border side of things. The rapid deployment of surveillance as coercion against citizens reminds me of a certain other enormous country whose great economic success has also precipitated a net loss of individual freedoms. Aurich Director of Many Things Add bookmark #12 So it's cool to use facial recognition to dox citizens doing legal actions, but you have to wear a mask over your face so nobody can identify you while you're doing your job. Only one of these people sounds like a terrorist to me. Add bookmark #13 I’m a citizen living outside the US, and we decided not to visit the US until this is over. That decision seems less paranoid and more reasonable every day . As someone who lives in a state that is highly dependent on tourism? I fully support this. If you have any reservations you need to cancel, PLEASE be sure to give feedback on why. Whether we like it or not this administration seems to listen to money even more than usual. Add bookmark #14 I wonder how many Americans really understand the danger that they are in right now? This is unprecedented in the last 80 years and the world is making preparations. Think about it: nations which have been steadfast allies of the United States for more than a century are turning to CHINA as the more reliable trade partner. You are well past your 1932 moment and are careening toward your 1934 moment, and as a historian of fascism, this is not hyperbole. Anyone still hoping for free and fair elections in November is delusional. The train has left the station and I don’t know how you are going to call it back. Add bookmark #15 As long as the Leopard isn’t eating my face, amirite? Imagine the apoplexy on the Right if a Democratic administration were doing something like this. We’d be hearing words like “treason”, and citations about what the constitution allows for treason convictions. Aurich Director of Many Things Add bookmark #16 The expected result of confusing rights and privileges, and voluntarily enrolling in extra surveillance. No, it shouldn't have been revoked as retribution, but also the security theater shouldn't be conducted the way it is, and people shouldn't be able to buy a better experience with money and agreement to surveillance. But "we" didn't stop any of the other should-be-illegal actions by DHS over the last 25 years when we collectively should have and there's no right to be able to pay your way out of some of them. Someone is definitely confused about rights and privileges, that much is true. Post content hidden for low score. Show… Add bookmark #18 The expected result of confusing rights and privileges, and voluntarily enrolling in extra surveillance. No, it shouldn't have been revoked as retribution, but also the security theater shouldn't be conducted the way it is, and people shouldn't be able to buy a better experience with money and agreement to surveillance. But "we" didn't stop any of the other should-be-illegal actions by DHS over the last 25 years when we collectively should have and there's no right to be able to pay your way out of some of them. The way laws (including the constitution) granting rights in the US have been interpreted for a very long time is often that the government cannot enforce any consequences at all for exercising those rights, those forbidden consequences generally include the removal of privileges. Add bookmark #19 I wonder how many Americans really understand the danger that they are in right now? This is unprecedented in the last 80 years and the world is making preparations. Think about it: nations which have been steadfast allies of the United States for more than a century are turning to CHINA as the more reliable trade partner. You are well past your 1932 moment and are careening toward your 1934 moment, and as a historian of fascism, this is not hyperbole. Anyone still hoping for free and fair elections in November is delusional. The train has left the station and I don’t know how you are going to call it back. I am unjokingly glad my state shares a border with Canada. I might have to use it. Add bookmark #20 So much for the small government republicans and their years of bitching about "China-style social credit." Add bookmark #21 Weasel words against students in the US on visas is disgusting in the first place, but doing the same thing to citizens is infinitly worse. It's literally not. Constitutional rights apply to everyone within sovereign US territory. They're doing it to citizens now because they got away with doing it to dirty foreigners. Add bookmark #22 I’m a citizen living outside the US, and we decided not to visit the US until this is over. That decision seems less paranoid and more reasonable every day . Shouldn’t just be about paranoia. It should also be about where you want your hard earned money to end up. Even if you’re lily white, such that no one’s going to bother you here, why would you want to be supporting what’s going on here? I encourage people from other countries to go somewhere besides the U.S. to spend their money. Even if you can’t vote in U.S. elections you can “vote” your opinion in the U.S. economy… by taking your wallet anywhere else but here. Add bookmark #23 It's literally not. Constitutional rights apply to everyone within sovereign US territory. They're doing it to citizens now because they got away with doing it to dirty foreigners. I know that. But when you are in the US on a visa, there are vague terms like "moral turpitude" that you have to abide by. So while you may have the 1A right to say something, that can also be used as justification for visa cancellation via one of those vague conditions. I don't agree with this, and think it is morally reprehensible, but that's the way this regime rolls. (And also why I am not attending anything anti-ICE protests in person, because I don't want my status revoked) Add bookmark #24 It's not abolish ICE - the entire Department of Homeland Security needs to be taken apart. Just as critics feared when DHS was created, instead of keeping Americans safe from foreign terrorists it's a tool to surveil and intimidate US citizens. I was opposed to the formation of DHS from the get-go. We already had adequate internal security under the FBI; we could have focused on just improving communications and information clearinghouses for the benefit of the FBI and state/local authorities. DHS' mission smacked of over-arching surveillance at the start. And even at the time, the "Homeland" moniker set off alarm bells with me for quasi-fascist signaling overtones -- I'm old enough to have studied WWII history in depth, and to have heard first-hand accounts. It didn't pass the sniff test then. And now look where we are. Add bookmark #26 Well that sucks. Wife and I travel internationally a couple times a year and Global Entry and PreCheck come in handy. Probably going to lose it eventually because I am not going to stop protesting. Only a matter of time before they make a match. In fact to quote Michael Scott "I am going to protest even harder". I need to do some research on face wraps that impede/defeat biometrics. At close range and in good light you likely are screwed no matter what but moving at a weird angle in bad light maybe? The tech still isn't perfect because even "TSA Touchless" gets confused and that is as easy of a match as possible. Cyberpunk dystopians were a lot cooler when we weren't living in one. Last edited: Jan 30, 2026 Add bookmark #28 She should contact her Congresscritters and tell them the story and ask them what they're going to do about it. Going to the press was a great idea as well. Shine a light on these cockroaches. Add bookmark #29 I am unjokingly glad my state shares a border with Canada. I might have to use it. Canada needed to start preparing for this eventuality (an influx of refugees) half a decade ago, right after J6 when it became a clear possibility. One thing we need lots of that wouldn't come to mind right away? Shipping containers, lots of shipping containers, to store all the guns that are confiscated from refugees that bring them. Canada also needs to be prepared to open its arms to political refugees, particularly 2SLGBTQIA+ people, though based on the news I've been seeing of late, they seem to be flying a bit under the radar at the moment, for their sake I hope that continues. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjjtEiUIvXs Add bookmark #30 One thing we need lots of that wouldn't come to mind right away? Shipping containers, lots of shipping containers, to store all the guns that are confiscated from refugees that bring them. I think you'll find that the people fleeing the US will have a lot fewer guns than the people driving them out. The ones that were armed would be killed "resisting arrest." Add bookmark #31 Well that sucks. Wife and I travel internationally a couple times a year and Global Entry and PreCheck come in handy. Probably going to lose it eventually because I am not going to stop protesting. Only a matter of time before they make a match. In fact to quote Michael Scott "I am going to protest even harder". Maybe I need to do some research on face wraps that impede/defeat biometrics. Amongst the plethora of 1A auditor videos on YT, I've seen quite a few where a cop comes out saying "It's illegal to wear a face mask". Total BS, but once again rules for thee and not for me. Add bookmark #32 We will remember the boot lickers. The power worshippers. The henchmen. The cultists. We will get to the other side of this. We will make it because our foundational value, although we are not perfect, is community. We will make it together by helping one another live on and fight on. They will turn on each other because the foundational value of boot lickers is personal power. It might not seem like it yet, but for every ICE stormtrooper there are hundreds of people who hate what is happening. Many of us are just scared. Well, time to knuckle up. Behind you are many more people with even less power and even more to lose. Let’s get to work. Post content hidden for low score. Show… Add bookmark #34 Weasel words against students in the US on visas is disgusting in the first place, but doing the same thing to citizens is infinitly worse. The Constitution by and large considers basic rights as accorded to persons. Even you, should you visit. I'm well aware it is pissing people off by pointing out that deciding some categories of people are worth more consideration than others is sort of Trump's gig, and it really isn't a good look to do the same thing, just to people we don't like or agree with instead of people that Trump thinks aren't his type. I'm going to keep doing it, though. Add bookmark #35 The old SciFi show Babylon 5 had a good analogy to this circus ... Nightwatch (https://babylon5.fandom.com/wiki/Nightwatch). They even had their own HomeGuard. Of course, none of this is exactly novel or new behavior. We can go back thousands of years and find examples of this kind of blatant bullying and ignorance. Sigh ... Post content hidden for low score. Show… Add bookmark #38 The Constitution by and large considers basic rights as accorded to persons. Even you, should you visit. I'm well aware it is pissing people off by pointing out that deciding some categories of people are worth more consideration than others is sort of Trump's gig, and it really isn't a good look to do the same thing, just to people we don't like or agree with instead of people that Trump thinks aren't his type. I'm going to keep doing it, though. I very well know what the Constitution says, and how it should be applied. And I don’t need to visit as I’m already here. However, I am also aware of the fragility system when a certain orange stain has been given almost carte blanche approval by the courts and congress to do what it wants. Post content hidden for low score. Show… Add bookmark #40 Congratulations, you got to the "travel bans" lite level, almost like the soviets had! Keep up the good work. In your near future is profiling kids and deciding their academic prospects (from elementary school) based on their parent's views and/or past actions. The terrifying thing that today all that will be automated.