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Irish_Dem

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9. Once the military controls the people at gunpoint, they can do anything.

Reply to Heidi (Reply #8)

Fri Aug 22, 2025, 12:46 PM

Aug 2025

No one will stop them.

The Chinese soldiers/police were totally out of control all the time.

The Chinese pimple were terrified, very thin, gray colored skin and old clothing.
Scared of everything. They kept their eyes down and scurried everywhere.

The American emails were examined every day.
Everything confiscated the police didn't like.
Hassled and put in our place.

We were never so glad to leave a country in our lives.

ETA: In our wildest dreams we never thought this would be the USA one day.

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The world is watching this latest (Bolton) escalation of tyranny. [View all] Heidi Aug 2025 OP

I guess they think making the place so shitty that nobody wants to come here is solving the immigration problem Walleye Aug 2025 #1

Crazy, right? Heidi Aug 2025 #2

I hope your husband knows that many Americans are in shock as well. Irish_Dem Aug 2025 #3

Thank you. He does know that. Heidi Aug 2025 #6

Yes of course. Irish_Dem Aug 2025 #7

I hope we don't come to that. Heidi Aug 2025 #8

Once the military controls the people at gunpoint, they can do anything. Irish_Dem Aug 2025 #9

I think I kind of understand. Heidi Aug 2025 #10

Yes it is way past embarrassment now, it is now humiliation, shame, fear. Irish_Dem Aug 2025 #12

your ETA nails it LymphocyteLover Aug 2025 #15

Well, there appears to be a purge going in Russia, too. surfered Aug 2025 #4

Not yet anyway. (nt) Heidi Aug 2025 #17

The question is who is next? Historic NY Aug 2025 #5

It could be any of us. Trickle-down tyranny and all. Heidi Aug 2025 #11

They want to get Hillary and Obama. Irish_Dem Aug 2025 #13

No criticism of the toddler king will go unpunished, Heidi Aug 2025 #18

Like Russia, China, North Korea, one word or look and you get taken away forever. Irish_Dem Aug 2025 #20

I suspect that Laura Loomer, the Madame DeFarge of MAGA, has a list dedl67 Aug 2025 #16

just reading Bluesky on this case and it is very scary... overall things are very very bad LymphocyteLover Aug 2025 #14

I'm no fan of Bolton, but if he were a real national security threat requiring that kind of raid, why wasn't he taken Heidi Aug 2025 #22

also do we know anything about the warrant they (hopefully) used? LymphocyteLover Aug 2025 #23

I think one of the few ways to access federal search warrants, Heidi Aug 2025 #24

We ought to start a "who's next" poll. Boomerproud Aug 2025 #19

It's interesting that they don't have the guts Heidi Aug 2025 #21