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Shoshana's avatar

What really scared me in that moment with padillas, was the thought that what if it was an older senator or someone with a health condition. Will it take them actually killing someone through a heart attack? A stroke? Or just slamming them to the ground for this to stop.

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Vivi Survivor's avatar

He could have broken his nose on that floor! They get more injured on concrete! Cosplay dog killer Noem knew who he is. He voted against confirming her! She’s just so self absorbed. Thank goodness he’s so strong and fit (and handsome). I can assure you that if that happened to me I would still be in the hospital or dead. F-ing pigs!🐽

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Patrice Mobley's avatar

She needs to work on her BAD skin condition. Too much plastic surgery on her bumpy face is terrible. She wears a hat and certain hairstyles to cover it up. Maybe she the dog killer should be arrested.

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Roberta Houle's avatar

Spammer troll. Reported.

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Timothy Richley's avatar

None of the above. The FBI, DHS and cops have been given free reign by trump(implied unless they kill someone like a Senator or oligarch then TACO will deny everything) to act however they want with no blowback. Just like he suddenly changed his mind about illegals all of a sudden when several of his richest donors started yelling at him they put him where he hates to be. Between MAGA and MONEY, he will side with money every time 10 years of anti immigrant propaganda on Fox News, Zombie food for MAGA that they swallowed whole and now, suddenly, their cult leader puts the brakes on ICE.

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Vivi Survivor's avatar

What has that to do with needing younger leaders in both parties? I don’t see the connection.

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Marlene Lerner-Bigley (CA)'s avatar

I too, had that very same thought. Unfortunately, that might wake the Lost Boys up!

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Gail Davis's avatar

I doubt that sincerely. Proud boys would see that as a feather in their cap!

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Susanna J. Sturgis's avatar

The Proud Boys are younger. Many of the Republicans in Congress are much older than Alex Padilla.

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Vivi Survivor's avatar

Lotta Democrats are super old, too. We need younger leaders.

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Linda Webber's avatar

I would suggest that the Republicans in Congress should update their job resumes. I hear that our country has plenty of job opportunities in the fields and the meat packing plants!

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Myke Sawyer's avatar

Just sneak up behind El Taco and cut his Foley bags.

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Jean Conley's avatar

OH! Boy, am I slow today! I just "got it"!!!!! Thanks for the laugh! Good idea, though!

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Skitealwedrop's avatar

Omg, you’re too funny 🤣

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Gloria W's avatar

🤣😂😆

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Pat M's avatar

Trump is a disturbing corrupt idiot!! #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice

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Ellen Harrison's avatar

There was never a organization named Antifa Trump made it up , what I see they are pitting us against each other with misinformation and propaganda and hate

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Vivi Survivor's avatar

That always makes me laugh when they talk about antifa as an organization. It’s really an ideology or philosophy, probably the former. I consider myself antifa (who is for fascism but this regime: protifa lol), but have never heard of a meeting. It’s a way of thinking politically which melds well with a progressive ideology. At least, I think so!

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GraceH's avatar

QAnon is real and psycho president was involved along with Mike Flynn, MTG, many others in and out of the government. It’s some pretty freaky stuff. Watched a short BBC documentary.

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Steph Myers's avatar

My dyslexia wants it to be called pro-fita

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Susanna J. Sturgis's avatar

Of course it's not an *organization* exactly, like it's not a 501(c)(3). But the people who call themselves Antifa are on the same side I am, even though I don't agree with some of their tactics.

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Terry's avatar

It simply means Anti-fascist. trump blamed the BLM protests in Portland on antifa, saying they were looting and burning buildings. When in reality, it was found the boogaloo boys were doing those crimes, and were charged with those crimes. The peaceful protesters went home, boogaloo boys moved in, dressed as Antifa. Some at the Capitol on J6 were dressed in all black, said to be Antifa. They were not. Why would Antifa violently protest when the man they wanted won the election. They wouldn't.

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Susanna J. Sturgis's avatar

Yes it does, but for several years, some anti-Trumpers and anti-fascists have called *themselves* Antifa. Some of them use violent tactics, which IMO are counter-productive ("they" are far better armed than "we" are, and far more ruthless). Many of them are confrontational but not violent, and more male-dominated than I choose to deal with. If you choose to believe that all people who call themselves Antifa are agents provocateurs, I can't stop you, but I hope you'll look further into the matter.

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Terry's avatar

I never said I thought that anyone who called themselves antifa were agent provocateurs. What I said was that other groups were dressing as antifa and being blamed for the crimes, however, it was found to be untrue.

Anti-fascist literally means ANTIFA. So perhaps these groups you think are calling themselves anti-fascists, are actually another group. Like the three percenters, KKK, Boogaloo boys, Oath Keepers, or any one of the white nationalist groups in the US.

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Vivi Survivor's avatar

My comment about antifa not being organized was in response to MTG accusing Maxwell Frost (I think, he was off screen on the video I watched) of being a “card carrying” (my words) antifa member. I know it’s not organized. When was the last time you heard on the news it had done any action? I never have! Not really. Of course, I am not exposed to everything, but I am not low info either.

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Terry's avatar

trump made it up? Seriously, why don't people ever research anything? I thought it was bad maga didn't know a lick of history! Yet to claim trump made up antifa? Ellen, c'mon.

https://www.rosalux.de/en/news/id/42095/the-lost-history-of-antifa

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Naomi's avatar

If u ask trump who antifa is u can see he made it up bc nothing he says points to anything in the story u shared. Not one point on anything in that story. "All made up in trumps head"

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Terry's avatar

Probably because he thinks he "discovered" everything. He discovered it, he found it, he's just a liar and as uneducated as the people he loves. trump doesn't read. I swear to God, trump doesn't know anything about the US Constitution, doesn't know how our government works, doesn't know a damn thing about much of anything. He's always been an idiot.

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Vivi Survivor's avatar

Dumpf makes everything up! Well, he lies all the time. Did he originate the term “antifa?” What a hilarious idea! He never has an original thought.

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Cassie Bolton's avatar

Thank you MeidasTouch! You guys do amazing work! Never stop fighting!

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NJ Osborne's avatar

We can never forget that this was all the results of Roberts evil supreme court what are disgusting a lot of thieves liars and cheats we have a new supreme court no shame and certainly no honor. 👉🏽 Roberts has been working his agenda for 25 years as a supreme court justice (never a junior justice they gave it to him, on day one) don’t you think it’s about time will you come up with term limits for crying out loud!

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Susanna J. Sturgis's avatar

Please not to let the racist, ignorant Republican voters off the hook. Thank you.

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Vivi Survivor's avatar

We’re not communists in California! We don’t need liberation from anything except the dumpf regime.

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BF's avatar

While likely not original, please advocate the following:

Said softly, as passing others, "No Kings."

Just say "No Kings" and keep walking.

Don't look back; don't engage.

Just quietly say, "No Kings."

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Gail Davis's avatar

I like this idea!

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Sue Crowl's avatar

She knew who he was, they all did. So basically they just let anyone in and not vet them before they were let in the room. It's bullshit. Lying witch.

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Sue Senger's avatar

Wasn't the senator in his own office building? So how did no one in official capacity in the room recognize him? Seems very strange.

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Jacquelyn Pease's avatar

Noems speech and Trumps liberation messages need to be part of California's argument in front of district court judge Byers and the appeals court hearings!! Words and intentions matter!!

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Katherine's avatar

I live in Los Angeles, California and we don’t NEED liberating from the bimbo, wanna-be dictator and his posse. We need Kristi (dog killer) Noem to get the F$&@ out of our city and our state. LAPD knows how to handle protest.

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Jennie's avatar

I do not even think rump is the engine of any of this anymore. He is the puppet being made to dance by the corrupt machine behind him. Which does not diminish he own part in this nightmare.

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larry olney's avatar

Little Stevie Miller

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Brenda Streed's avatar

I cannot believe Noem‘s speech! Everybody is so focused on the arrest of Padilla, we missed the authoritarian takeover speech.

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Shari Bardash-Eivers's avatar

Thank you so much for your coverage! I am so utterly disappointed in the country I formerly loved! We are no longer a democracy. We are an authoritarian fascist regime. My grandparents emigrated here as WWII was starting — their entire families were murdered because they were Jews in Poland. They were so proud to be Americans. They would be broken hearted by the condition of this country now.

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Pepper MaShay's avatar

Ben, Thank you for explaining What Trump and His Admin. is Up To!! We Dems. Must get Wise To How An Authoritarian Take Over Is Being Perpetuated By The Republican Lackeys For Trump!!

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Pepper MaShay's avatar

I Must Say As A Black Woman, We Can’t Stand Down Anymore. We Must Be NonViolent And Descipline!! We Must Know Who Is In Our Group.

We Can’t Just Let Folks Make Up Their Own Rules When We Protest!!

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