Yes there are always outliers (most people who bear the brunt of ICE are not Trump supporters), but I didn’t mean that we could change the hearts and minds of Trump supporters or Republicans in general. Sorry I can see how my words seemed that way, but I know that is a hopeless situation.

What I’m saying is that they…

This sounds most likely. 

Yea maybe. We probably will never know all the inner workings at ICE because they are so secretive and antidemocratic. But regarding the tweet, the point is to incite fear. Immigrant populations often live in fear- keeping them feeling insecure and at risk is a tactic of control. It also makes it harder for them to…

Well first off, there are loads of Christians who are not fundamentalists who are on the front lines in fighting ICE and providing sanctuary etc. But I know what you mean- you mean the Republican Christian fundamentalists.

That’s true too, but dealing with that problem has different outcomes. One is that they fold, or continue to pretend to do shit in big showy raids while actually letting lots of people go.

The other is that they attempt to manage denser populations than they actually can- using more makeshift camps, more concentrated…

Thing is, even if the push back is mostly for media fodder since it’s a hot topic right now and even if Congress can’t actually do anything over night, all this push back matters. THIS is what prevents powerful people to escalate the situation. All these assholes being pissed off that people reference Holocaust…

fuck these guys

BTW unless this guy is also actively trying to eliminate ICE and shut down all the camps, then he’s fair game for any of the chastisement coming his way.

Seriously, I know it can’t be this simple or the article would’ve mentioned it, but what are they talking about here? Leaks? Do they mean that McAleenan leaked the raids TO THE PRESIDENT? Who then tweeted about it? Or do they mean that he leaked it to the press and the president learned about it there, and then…

FWIW, I want Bernie. It’s not about him personally- he’s carrying baggage and has said/done some stupid things- but simply because he’s quite literally the only person running with any understanding of US imperialism. There’s no one else.

US under Obama (w/Hillary at the helm) pushed beyond the NATO charter and went for all out regime change, while cooperating with Salafists to do it. Then there’s the Benghazi scandal- which conservatives make conspiracy theories out of (leave that aside) but in real life, the debacle ended with salafists running off…

Oh yes my list of things that I hate Clinton for are very long, but her tenure as Sec of State and her role in destroying Libya is probably in first place, with her support for the invasion of Iraq as a close second. But she’s gone now, irrelevant, no reason to focus on her anymore, thank god.

Bernie had secret service…

Yes exactly. The Koch Brothers are libertarians. They may not be pure libertarians, but they are on that end of the spectrum. And as I said, libertarians do not want to enforce borders b/c they benefit from competitive labor- it drives down wages.

It’s one of those issues that’s actually at the core of everything in…

You know the funny thing about this is how so many people think this usage is new. AOC has been in organizing circles for years. In those circles, people have been fighting the whole ICE kangaroo court and detention center circuit for years now. And yes, since the first makeshift overcrowded camps popped up in later…

The US needs Israel to maintain its (USA’s) military & market hegemony in the region. It’s the US proxy there. Plus loads of Evangelicals like them for other reasons, but we’ll leave that aside.

Israel needs the US to exist.

The whole situation is sad and hopeless if I start thinking about it too long. I suppose that…

Do you honestly have such a starry-eyed childlike view of the world that you think the US chooses its allies or its enemies based on their human rights records or their treatment of gay people?

You do know that the US has recently made multi-billion dollar weapons deals with Saudi Arabia don’t you? That the US is…

I’m going to pretend for a second that you really don’t know what you are talking about. It’s possible because there is loads of misinformation and propaganda. And I’m going to take the leap that you are willing to correct your ignorance.

The US did not give Iran any money as a part of the nuclear deal. This is a lie…

The money was theirs, asshole. It has nothing to do with nice guys and meanies, grow up. There are no good guys, including the US.

“No way can the Iranian’s capabilities match that of the US.”

Yup, terrible. Thing is though, we can strike Iran from drones. They can’t strike the US. So if we do that to them, they will retaliate by hitting US bases in the region (which surround them) or oil industry targets in the region. Or they will hit Saudi Arabia or Israel since they are our allies. In any case, that’s…