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dlk

(13,111 posts)
Thu Jul 3, 2025, 05:15 PM Jul 2025

America is about to become a police state

I never in my wildest dreams imagined it would happen to my country, but here we are. Things are about to become very, very ugly.

Thank you GOP!

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America is about to become a police state (Original Post) dlk Jul 2025 OP
thank the mfers who empowered them. B.See Jul 2025 #1
Go read some of the ICE REDDIT threads especially the threads about ICE jobs. Scary shit n/t Cheezoholic Jul 2025 #2
What's the over/under on when we call ICE "Peacekeepers"? underpants Jul 2025 #3
America is already a police state Picaro Jul 2025 #4
Not like its about to be quakerboy Jul 2025 #17
You have no idea as to what is to come Javaman Jul 2025 #23
You haven't seen anything yet dlk Jul 2025 #39
That is my greatest fear right now. I mean I know it's going to happen to some degree LymphocyteLover Jul 2025 #5
Just DENVERPOPS Jul 2025 #10
Hmm, interesting. I haven't read that in almost 50 years... will have to revisit LymphocyteLover Jul 2025 #11
If I was a zillionaire, DENVERPOPS Jul 2025 #13
Early 40s germany quakerboy Jul 2025 #19
Lovely! OTOH, we have modern technology that we hopefully can use to resist... LymphocyteLover Jul 2025 #38
ICE will be everywhere soon Johnny2X2X Jul 2025 #6
Civillian snipers on every block. BidenRocks Jul 2025 #7
Or DENVERPOPS Jul 2025 #14
No need for impersonators quakerboy Jul 2025 #20
Over funding ICE is no doubt a big ass red flag uponit7771 Jul 2025 #8
Police departments are struggling to find qualified candidates dlk Jul 2025 #22
Yeah. They'll be filled by the Gravy Seal Team and Meal team Six. madinmaryland Jul 2025 #40
It will be Noem's ICElandistan. ancianita Jul 2025 #9
always has been, for many WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2025 #12
Yep Solly Mack Jul 2025 #30
Use your Constitutional rights while you still have them. CaptainTruth Jul 2025 #15
At whom should we shoot? Oeditpus Rex Jul 2025 #25
Sounds like a loaded question. orangecrush Jul 2025 #28
Loaded with what? Oeditpus Rex Jul 2025 #29
... orangecrush Jul 2025 #31
Oh, I got the pun Oeditpus Rex Jul 2025 #33
I've been told.... Fla_Democrat Jul 2025 #26
Our direction is unsustainable and our society too stupid to change course Amishman Jul 2025 #16
When does the left reach the "go-to-guns" moment? 2na fisherman Jul 2025 #18
It won't, as violence provide excuse for martial law / police terror etc. The left needs media more than guns. Nt lostnfound Jul 2025 #24
When people get hungry enough to go after their tormenters. GoodRaisin Jul 2025 #37
I anticipate a whole lot of regrets down the road PatSeg Jul 2025 #21
It does seem possible. kentuck Jul 2025 #27
Police State? The U.S.A. is a country that doesn't know what it wants to be when it grows up. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Jul 2025 #32
Well, what are we going to do? BlueTsunami2018 Jul 2025 #34
Again? H2O Man Jul 2025 #35
It already is. GoodRaisin Jul 2025 #36
Revise that thought... We are setting up a PRISON JCMach1 Jul 2025 #41

Cheezoholic

(3,523 posts)
2. Go read some of the ICE REDDIT threads especially the threads about ICE jobs. Scary shit n/t
Thu Jul 3, 2025, 05:34 PM
Jul 2025

LymphocyteLover

(9,345 posts)
5. That is my greatest fear right now. I mean I know it's going to happen to some degree
Thu Jul 3, 2025, 06:43 PM
Jul 2025

I just don't know how bad it's going to get

DENVERPOPS

(13,003 posts)
10. Just
Thu Jul 3, 2025, 07:26 PM
Jul 2025

re-read ANIMAL FARM, Trump used it as a game plan all thru is first term..........And is doing steroids as he uses it all over again.....
Seriously, if you look at it in that way, it is laughable to see him doing the exact same things..........

LymphocyteLover

(9,345 posts)
11. Hmm, interesting. I haven't read that in almost 50 years... will have to revisit
Thu Jul 3, 2025, 07:30 PM
Jul 2025

Thanks...

Can't remember how it ends.

DENVERPOPS

(13,003 posts)
13. If I was a zillionaire,
Thu Jul 3, 2025, 07:36 PM
Jul 2025

I would have printed a few hundred million copies, and mailed them to every address in America......
It reads at a third grade level, whereas 1984 reads at a much higher level and un-readable for Trump's beloved un-educated that he loved.....

quakerboy

(14,709 posts)
19. Early 40s germany
Thu Jul 3, 2025, 07:48 PM
Jul 2025

But with the added "benefits" of modern technology.

Its going to be worse than virtually any of us have even contemplated.

Johnny2X2X

(23,680 posts)
6. ICE will be everywhere soon
Thu Jul 3, 2025, 06:45 PM
Jul 2025

They’re going to be visible in every city. You’ll see masked and heavily armed men daily in a lot of America now. They’ll be on street corners. In store parking lots. And they’ll be at the polls in cities in 2026.

quakerboy

(14,709 posts)
20. No need for impersonators
Thu Jul 3, 2025, 07:49 PM
Jul 2025

With the new budget, if you want to kidnap people, you are hired.

dlk

(13,111 posts)
22. Police departments are struggling to find qualified candidates
Thu Jul 3, 2025, 07:57 PM
Jul 2025

Can you imagine the quality of candidates ICE is hiring?

madinmaryland

(65,668 posts)
40. Yeah. They'll be filled by the Gravy Seal Team and Meal team Six.
Fri Jul 4, 2025, 12:26 PM
Jul 2025

Golden Corral we be made great again.

 

Oeditpus Rex

(43,094 posts)
29. Loaded with what?
Thu Jul 3, 2025, 10:55 PM
Jul 2025

I don't see how I can put it much more straightforwardly

If we should have guns, how should we use them in this case?

Fla_Democrat

(2,621 posts)
26. I've been told....
Thu Jul 3, 2025, 09:22 PM
Jul 2025

that the 2nd only applies to the states national guard. Let me see.. where did I hear that, often and loudly.....





Amishman

(5,916 posts)
16. Our direction is unsustainable and our society too stupid to change course
Thu Jul 3, 2025, 07:41 PM
Jul 2025

Last edited Thu Jul 3, 2025, 08:35 PM - Edit history (1)

The world as we know it is going to break eventually, if you are under 50, probably in your lifetime.

Be prepared.

2na fisherman

(230 posts)
18. When does the left reach the "go-to-guns" moment?
Thu Jul 3, 2025, 07:47 PM
Jul 2025

Rabid right wing nuts are not the only armed people in this country. There will be blood spilled when people of all political stripes have nothing left to lose. Even pre-Nazi Germany didn't have to deal with millions of guns spread among the population. Many may choose to die on their feet rather than cower in a Trump gulag cage.

lostnfound

(17,398 posts)
24. It won't, as violence provide excuse for martial law / police terror etc. The left needs media more than guns. Nt
Thu Jul 3, 2025, 08:17 PM
Jul 2025

PatSeg

(52,109 posts)
21. I anticipate a whole lot of regrets down the road
Thu Jul 3, 2025, 07:53 PM
Jul 2025

but of course it will be too little, much too late. Seriously though, they (republicans) knew what they were creating and they did it anyway. What is wrong with these people?

kentuck

(115,092 posts)
27. It does seem possible.
Thu Jul 3, 2025, 09:32 PM
Jul 2025

What should we do to prepare ourselves?

Should we buy an old 12-gauge for home protection? Used wisely, it could be the only weapon you need, in my opinion.

But, not endorsing owning any guns, however, some folks might feel better with a good shotgun close-by?

Just a thought.

RedWhiteBlueIsRacist

(1,757 posts)
32. Police State? The U.S.A. is a country that doesn't know what it wants to be when it grows up.
Thu Jul 3, 2025, 11:16 PM
Jul 2025

Seems to be leaning towards a Sports State, where people just sit around watching sports all the time.

BlueTsunami2018

(4,849 posts)
34. Well, what are we going to do?
Fri Jul 4, 2025, 12:04 AM
Jul 2025

Grouse and submit or go to the mattresses?

We’re getting to a point.

We’re getting to a fucking point.

H2O Man

(78,610 posts)
35. Again?
Fri Jul 4, 2025, 12:10 AM
Jul 2025

It has frequently been one for some populations over the last couple of centuries.

Recommended.

JCMach1

(29,082 posts)
41. Revise that thought... We are setting up a PRISON
Fri Jul 4, 2025, 12:35 PM
Jul 2025

State. We were half-way there already.

Time to re-read Foucault.

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