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riversedge

(80,676 posts) Tue Feb 10, 2026, 01:54 PM Feb 10

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GOLDMAN: Do you know what other regimes in the 20th century required similar proof of citizenship? LYONS:

GOLDMAN: Do you know what other regimes in the 20th century required similar proof of citizenship?

LYONS: Various nefarious regimes did that

GOLDMAN: Is Nazi Germany one?

LYONS: This is the wrong type of question

GOLDMAN: Do you know what other regimes in the 20th century required similar proof of citizenship?

LYONS: Various nefarious regimes did that

GOLDMAN: Is Nazi Germany one?

LYONS: This is the wrong type of question
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-02-10T17:03:53.686Z

Goldman: You said references to ICE as secret police encourages threats. The problem is you have it backwards sir. People are making valid observations about your tactics which are outright fascist. If you don’t want to be called a fascist regime, stop acting like one.
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Goldman: You said references to ICE as secret police encourages threats. The problem is you have it backwards sir. People are making valid observations about your tactics which are outright fascist. If you donâ€™t want to be called a fascist regime, stop acting like one.
— Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) 2026-02-10T17:29:26.504Z

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GOLDMAN: Do you know what other regimes in the 20th century required similar proof of citizenship? LYONS: (Original Post) riversedge Feb 10 OP

K&R sakabatou Feb 10 #1

More of this please. Make them squirm. nt SunSeeker Feb 10 #2

Never let up MustLoveBeagles Feb 10 #15

Lyon? BidenRocks Feb 10 #3

Lyons. ShazzieB Feb 10 #5

Chief Fascism Defender BidenRocks Feb 10 #6

I calls 'em like I sees 'em! 😉 ShazzieB Feb 11 #24

Is Lyons the one Farmer-Rick Feb 10 #13

That is slimeball hoosierspud Feb 10 #14

Suppose she could be modeling her tight jeans for more than just Corey. erronis Feb 10 #17

Thanks Farmer-Rick Feb 10 #19

This is the Fourth-Rate Reich n/t BaronChocula Feb 10 #4

I sure hope this gets seen other than here, the Daily Show FoxNewsSucks Feb 10 #7

Dan Goldman Is The Best DET Feb 10 #8

He absolutely rocked today! whathehell Feb 10 #10

Definitely! calimary Feb 10 #23

It's interesting that they poli-junkie Feb 10 #9

DURec leftstreet Feb 10 #11

It is exactly the right question toask Todd Lyons. irisblue Feb 10 #12

Exactly. "The problem is you have it backwards sir. People are making valid observations about your tactics which are Martin68 Feb 10 #16

Todd M Lyons - Wikipedia erronis Feb 10 #18

"Go ahead and break the law, just don't tell any nosey busybodies about it." Typical, typical GOP attitude. eppur_se_muova Feb 10 #22

I remember it well. And what happened to him in the end. dixiegrrrrl Feb 11 #25

That was my Grandpa's Republican Party ... but they're long gone now FakeNoose Feb 11 #26

TY & Rep Dan Goldman... he is Priceless! Cha Feb 10 #20

Killing 2 U S citizens in cold blood and then calling them domestic terrorists vapor2 Feb 10 #21

sakabatou

(46,085 posts)

1. K&R

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Tue Feb 10, 2026, 01:57 PM

Feb 10

SunSeeker

(58,237 posts)

2. More of this please. Make them squirm. nt

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Tue Feb 10, 2026, 02:55 PM

Feb 10

MustLoveBeagles

(16,151 posts)

15. Never let up

Reply to SunSeeker (Reply #2)

Tue Feb 10, 2026, 04:47 PM

Feb 10

BidenRocks

(3,214 posts)

3. Lyon?

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Tue Feb 10, 2026, 03:18 PM

Feb 10

I didn't buy a program.
Too many people to keep track of them all.

ShazzieB

(22,542 posts)

5. Lyons.

Reply to BidenRocks (Reply #3)

Tue Feb 10, 2026, 03:23 PM

Feb 10

ICE Acting Director Todd Lyons, AKA Chief Fascism Defender

BidenRocks

(3,214 posts)

6. Chief Fascism Defender

Reply to ShazzieB (Reply #5)

Tue Feb 10, 2026, 03:29 PM

Feb 10

Now I've got it!
Thank you!

ShazzieB

(22,542 posts)

24. I calls 'em like I sees 'em! 😉

Reply to BidenRocks (Reply #6)

Wed Feb 11, 2026, 01:13 AM

Feb 11

Farmer-Rick

(12,623 posts)

13. Is Lyons the one

Reply to ShazzieB (Reply #5)

Tue Feb 10, 2026, 04:35 PM

Feb 10

Ice Barby is having an affair with?

hoosierspud

(241 posts)

14. That is slimeball

Reply to Farmer-Rick (Reply #13)

Tue Feb 10, 2026, 04:38 PM

Feb 10

Corey Lewandowski

erronis

(23,722 posts)

17. Suppose she could be modeling her tight jeans for more than just Corey.

Reply to hoosierspud (Reply #14)

Tue Feb 10, 2026, 05:40 PM

Feb 10

She's just testing new weaponry.

Farmer-Rick

(12,623 posts)

19. Thanks

Reply to hoosierspud (Reply #14)

Tue Feb 10, 2026, 05:44 PM

Feb 10

BaronChocula

(4,502 posts)

4. This is the Fourth-Rate Reich n/t

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Tue Feb 10, 2026, 03:22 PM

Feb 10

FoxNewsSucks

(11,681 posts)

7. I sure hope this gets seen other than here, the Daily Show

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Tue Feb 10, 2026, 03:37 PM

Feb 10

and MSNow.

They get away with it because they don't have to face real publicity.

DET

(2,483 posts)

8. Dan Goldman Is The Best

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Tue Feb 10, 2026, 03:40 PM

Feb 10

Very intelligent and articulate and a great interrogator. A real asset to the party.

whathehell

(30,456 posts)

10. He absolutely rocked today!

Reply to DET (Reply #8)

Tue Feb 10, 2026, 04:04 PM

Feb 10

I can't remember a time when I've heard him and wasn't impressed.

calimary

(89,880 posts)

23. Definitely!

Reply to DET (Reply #8)

Tue Feb 10, 2026, 11:56 PM

Feb 10

He sounds good, smart, and shrewd. And he photographs well, which in/on TV is more than half the battle. WAAAAY more.

poli-junkie

(1,554 posts)

9. It's interesting that they

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Tue Feb 10, 2026, 04:00 PM

Feb 10

get their noses out of joint when they’re called fascists. Seems to me Dems need to hammer them with calling them fascists EVERY friggen minute of EVERY friggen day!!

Hey you Repukes! You’re a bunch of lawless Nazi thugs!

leftstreet

(40,402 posts)

11. DURec

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Tue Feb 10, 2026, 04:06 PM

Feb 10

irisblue

(37,424 posts)

12. It is exactly the right question toask Todd Lyons.

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Tue Feb 10, 2026, 04:22 PM

Feb 10

From google
Todd M. Lyons is the Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Director (Acting Director) of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), a major Department of Homeland Security agency responsible for immigration enforcement,detention, and homeland security, managing over 27,400 personnel. As of February 2026, he is testifying before Congress regarding agency operations.

Martin68

(27,631 posts)

16. Exactly. "The problem is you have it backwards sir. People are making valid observations about your tactics which are

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Tue Feb 10, 2026, 04:50 PM

Feb 10

outright fascist. If you don’t want to be called a fascist regime, stop acting like one."

erronis

(23,722 posts)

18. Todd M Lyons - Wikipedia

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Tue Feb 10, 2026, 05:44 PM

Feb 10

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_Lyons

On May 12, 2025, Acting Director Todd Lyons authored a secret memorandum that was later leaked by a whistleblower. ICE officers were told to follow the memo's guidance instead of written training materials. The memo authorized ICE officers to forcibly enter people's homes without a judge's warrant, stating:

Although the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has not historically relied on administrative warrants alone to arrest aliens subject to final orders of removal in their place of residence, the DHS Office of the General Counsel has recently determined that the U.S. Constitution, the Immigration and Nationality Act and the immigration regulations do not prohibit relying on administrative warrants for this purpose.[11]

Administrative warrants are generated and signed by ICE agents and are not approved of by either federal district court or magistrate judges.[12] Historically administrative warrants were used to arrest individuals in public places, and only judicial warrants could authorize ICE agents to enter private residences.[12] The practice described by the memo is likely a violation of the Fourth Amendment which requires a warrant issued by a judge to authorize physical intrusion into private residencies.[13] Although addressed to all ICE officers, the memo was only shared with select DHS officials who were directed to verbally brief this policy to ICE officers during training.[12][13] The memo was to be kept confidential under risk of potential firing.[13]