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[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 113 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Here you go Muricans... you will not be able to vote your way out of this one

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[–] GreenBeanMachine@lemmy.world 111 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (7 children)

You're gonna try to steal the elections. Got it. Thanks for confirming in advance.

Every accusation is a confession from these fuckers. Everyone should know that by now and everyone should take this very seriously.

Edit: maybe stash a maga hat hidden somewhere, if you see ICE approaching to possibly arrest you and prevent you from voting, put the hat on.

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 47 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

They don't even need to do a single thing other than stand there, and that would still be stealing the election by instilling fear into people and causing some to decide not to vote.

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[–] Gigasser@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You don't want to wear overt political clothing to the polls, there are some laws against that. I would recommend instead to wear conservative leaning clothing, I mean buy a fucking bass pro fishing hat and some overalls with some red wing boots and wear some flannels or Carhartt.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

The rules don’t matter if you’re on the Right. If you show up and they ask you to take it off, you’re probably at a safe polling place. If they don’t ask you to remove it, vote unmolested.

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[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 53 points 2 months ago (2 children)

If you have a right to vote, and some ICE thugs try to stop you, kill them. They are committing a crime worthy of death.

[–] alaphic@lemmy.world 42 points 2 months ago (2 children)

"The tree of liberty must be watered regularly with the blood of tyrants and patriots." - Thomas Jefferson

I hope one day we can form a society that will prove Mr. Jefferson to be incorrect...

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[–] lectricleopard@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Im thinking some sort of open carry "protectors of the vote" group needs to be formed.

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (7 children)

Unfortunately, most of the polling places in my state (and probably many others) are conveniently located at schools, libraries, or other government buildings which have long since been declared Gun Free Zones.

You'd get arrested just for showing up. Otherwise you'd all have to mill around outside the property line which in most cases would be quite some distance away, where you can be safely ignored and/or not be able to see anything that may be going down inside anyway. And the "gun free zones" around schools specifically here extend for quite some distance away from the school property itself, IIRC several hundred yards.

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[–] ToTheGraveMyLove@sh.itjust.works 35 points 2 months ago (8 children)

When did they change ICE to stand for Illegal Colluders of Elections?

[–] Keeponstalin@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

Well, the election part is new

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[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 33 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Democratic governors that are letting ICE do whatever the fuck they want in their states need listen up.

Set the precedent NOW that ICE can’t do whatever they want in your state without intervention from local police and national guard or else you are going to lose every election from here on out.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 11 points 2 months ago (4 children)

If I was a governor, and I heard that ICE was on its way, I'd station Troopers at every border crossing into my state, and pull over every ICE vehicle that crosses. Record their IDs, photograph their faces, search their vehicles, etc., and hang them up for a while, and let them know they will not be having a good time in the state.

And let every hotel, restaurant, and business know that anyone who serves ICE will not be getting any future business from the state.

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[–] hector@lemmy.today 8 points 2 months ago (6 children)

By this standard of letting Ice summarily execute state residents under false pretense and not charging them in state law, Ice could execute a Governor, a prosecutor, a mayor, under false pretense, and only answer to the feds.

This is a must, the State needs to file charges for Ms. Good and Mr. Pretti. This is non negotiable, and if prosecutors are too cowardly to do it they need to be immediately recalled and replaced with someone that will cover the citizens of the Great State of Minnesota with the Shield of American Law.

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[–] foodandart@lemmy.zip 30 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Welp, I'll make sure to get myself in front of a camera and proudly state that as a registered Republican, I gladly choose to vote straight Democratic ticket because of the unAmerican, unPatriotic, rather "commie pinko" intimidation tactics of the GOP.

Let's go REAL old school on the political shit-flinging and see how under that gross pigs skin we can get.

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Oh wow you’re going to show them when they dump your ballots somewhere and your principled vote is irrelevant!

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[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 28 points 2 months ago (10 children)

“We‘re gonna have ICE surround the polls…We’ll never again allow an election to be stolen.”

The word is 'fair'. You'll never again allow an election to be fair. Get it right, Steve.

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[–] jpreston2005@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

We're gonna steal the election through force and manipulation because democrats keep stealing the election through getting more votes 😩

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 14 points 2 months ago

To paraphrase another comment I saw the other day, "the Democrats must be cheating, because we're cheating and they still beat us!"

[–] frog_brawler@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

And the democrats will vote to fund ice in 10 days or whatever.

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[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 19 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Paper ballots or it didn't happen. Fuck any machine that is on a network otherwise you get what you paid for.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 months ago

No no

That way, Republicans won't be able to cheat anymore. Rule #1: Republicans must be able to cheat or they won't win a single election anymore, ever

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[–] drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Are they going to follow us into the booth? Don't be intimidated

[–] TheFinn@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 2 months ago

They might detain brown citizens for 24 hours on election day.

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[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Do they have enough paramilitary to surround the polls?

[–] CouldntCareBear@sh.itjust.works 37 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Just the democrat voting ones with high immigrant populations in swing states I expect.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's cool, cause they seem to be losing elections in red states. The swing appears to be such that short of screening for voter intentions at the door would still have them lose. Not that I have much faith they won't adjust the results after the fact.

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (5 children)

Yeah, they don't need to worry about red states because god emperor Trump will just order the Republicans in power in those states to cook the books and give them the win no matter what.

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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This hump has all the charm of an unwiped asshole.

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[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

So the Italian film, "Saló or the 120 Days of Sodom", turns out to be correct about the fascists, even if the director, Pier Paolo Pasolini, said it was a metaphor. He was believed to have been killed by fascists because of the director's anti-fascism.

[–] Doorbook@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

All the companies and governments that support Israel genocide are supporting ICE ...

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[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 11 points 2 months ago

trump has to keep bannon close because they are both on the epstein files, bannon was likely a liasons, trump does not want bannon to suddenly rat him out if he gets charged.

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

Throw your toys out of the pram

He must have spent too much time with Nigel Farage

[–] frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io 8 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Of course only in blue states and cities. There are 300+ polling places in Houston alone. How many ICE agents are needed for "surrounding" polls in just this city? If we're generous and say 50 per poll, that's at least 15,000 agents for one blue city. For a few weeks, because we can vote early anywhere in the county.

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[–] PedroMaldonado@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (3 children)

GODDAMMIT. We ALL know what they are pulling! What's it gonna take to stop this shit?

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)
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[–] redwattlebird@lemmings.world 7 points 2 months ago

I just found out that this cunt is the reason why Australia doesn't have a sovereign wealth fund and robbed us of a decent PM.

What I would give to have him and his ilk stuff head into anus like a human centipede and slowly die while being live streamed.

[–] DrFistington@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Ice doesn't have that many agents. It would be like 1 guy at 1 out of 100 polling places, which would make them giant targets. I mean, by all means go ahead and try. I have some 50 gallon drums that need filling...

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They’re not going to deploy in Texas, Florida, Alabama, Mississ- you get the idea.

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