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Jon Margolis's avatar

TC, for all those military veterans being taken into custody by ICE goons for the crime of getting the way of brutality, I have four numbers: 1983. Or, more particularly, 42 U.S.C Sec. 1983. That's the statute that allows the victims of government infringement of civil rights to sue. And they get to sue the individual who attacked them, not the big bad agency. It's very difficult to recover in a Sec. 1983 lawsuit, but hundreds of them against ICE goons might make them start to think twice.

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Judith Matlock's avatar

No Kings coordinators in our area have been recruiting pro bono lawyers to deal with any particpant's arrests this Saturday. They know ICE will be on the lookout for collars to meet their Stephen Miller ordered quota. It's time for everyone to dress as nuns.

Saw Sorkin on "60 Minutes," and noted his anxiety level. And it was preceded by a Gen. Haugh who was dumped from his position heading an important military cyber defense unit apparently because he was not sufficiently drooly at the sight of all things maga. CBS seems to be getting its last punches in before Bari Weiss starts giving Fox a run for its money.

May comedy never die, no matter how hard the humorless, soulless, and joyless radical right tries to kill it. The late night comedians are this era's Gabriel Heaters and Walter Winchells who reported on fascist threats and war activity in the 40s.They should all get Peabody Awards just to send Trump into vascular event territory.

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Maggie's avatar

I really wonder how long General Caine(?) will last. Doesnt seem to be a suck up. And sometimes, his facial expressions (deadpan?) make me question why he stays.

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Judith Matlock's avatar

Iron face goes with the stars, I suppose. By now he has probably been certified maga, or he may be super stoic and trying to be a guardrail against, if not Trump's boneheaded impulses, at least his secret desire to use nukes. I certainly hope it's the latter.

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Victoria Brown's avatar

The Regime - Winning

friends and influencing

enemies.🤣 It's called

bribery and I think it falls

under the RICO statute;

Argentina/$20 billion US

tax payers money.

I hope the Vets take

them to court. Sue them

for every penny

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Diane Love (St Petersburg FL)'s avatar

Love the photo of Trump, it’s realistic and maybe a deliberate jab to counter the “heroic” story. No one looks good from that angle.

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Rick Smith's avatar

On Duffy: From a famous movie, "Show me the money!" Where is the GD money used to pay people at No Kings?

And on Sorkin: Reminds me more of the Dot-Com boom of the early 2000's.

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Judith Swink (CA)'s avatar

Not just where is the GD money but just how would those purportedly paying us to turn out in these demonstrations manage to do that? It defies logic - would require a massive organization to identify and distribute money to the millions who have demonstrated in the past and the even more millions who will be out on Oct. 18. Not to mention the billions of $$$ that paying everyone would entail.

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Rick Smith's avatar

And.....

If CF-DJT and Pammy believe protestors are being paid to march, why not hire more IRS agents to track down all the undeclared income on protestor's 1040s? Sort of like Capone. Sic Elliot Ness on them.

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Victoria Brown's avatar

Sorkin and a few others

are starting to make me

a little uneasy. 2008

wiped out my retirement.

Although there are a

couple of folks in The

Regime who need to

lose a few billion here

and there.

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Judith DM's avatar

Actually the photo is reminiscent of Leni Riefenstahl’s photographic treatment of her favorite subject. The word Triumph is chilling. So those who think a bad photo was purposely chosen have it totally wrong.

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Sharon Stearley's avatar

Thank you, TC. It is 10:03 here in Indiana. I have had it for the day. It wasn't a quiet day after all! Night all!

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Dave Dalton's avatar

Wanna win?

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