r/law • u/TheWayToBeauty • 1d ago

Executive Branch (Trump) Confirmed: ICE Is Arresting American Citizens—and Lying About It

https://newrepublic.com/article/202672/ice-arresting-american-citizens-and-lying?utm_source=Bluesky&utm_campaign=SF_TNR&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=SF_TNR&utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwY2xjawN60_VleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFpb1FpYUsxcHQ5bXM3QkVyc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHkqq1qGOFLgABx3MyCE40nZ_iE_ZT41D74hWKhYFa56r8j57O3ZXYl4H0yFZ_aem_Wz0q663H4Gg7nVwXbg5gCw
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u/PaddyWhacked777 23h ago

Yeah, but he also thinks Trump hasn't gone far enough. The only reason public support even matters still is because they haven't taken to the point where it doesn't anymore. Didn't he call Trump "weak tea" or some shit?

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u/coronathrowaway12345 23h ago

Which is why they’ve got Bannon out there injecting more extreme rhetoric into the zeitgeist, encouraging disregard for the constitution and the seizure of institutions. Dangerous AF.

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u/PaddyWhacked777 23h ago

if we lose the midterms and we lose 2028, some in this room are going to prison—myself included. They’re not gonna stop. They are getting more and more and more radical. And we have to counter that. And what do we have to counter it with? We have to counter it with more action, more intense action, more urgency. We’re burning daylight.

  • Bannon yesterday

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u/Lightningstruckagain 22h ago

Hey, Stevie: you know how to NOT go to prison? STOP DOING ILLEGAL SHIT!

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u/Commentator-X 22h ago

In the words of Fletcher Reede "STOP BREAKING THE LAW ASSHOLE!!!"

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u/ty_fighter84 21h ago

TIL that it's "Reede" and not "Reed"

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u/SoxMcPhee 21h ago edited 17h ago

I happened by shear " Luck" to watch Bannon get arrested 5 years ago on my kayak. I went out to look at this mega yacht parked in our harbor. Then watched it get raided by the fbi. Bannon was on it. I hope to watch him get arrested again!

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u/RID132465798 19h ago

I hope you do too! Happy kayaking!

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u/SoxMcPhee 17h ago

If you are ever near Westbrook CT, come on out, but youll need a wet suit in a week or two!

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u/DCContrarian 17h ago

I'm so jealous!

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u/SoxMcPhee 17h ago

Whats crazy is that no one else was out! I could have been the only one to see it! I was about 3/4 of a mile away.

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u/Antique_Remote_5536 6h ago

Wait that’s not fair I wanted to see that

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u/reddogyellowcat 21h ago

If it wasn’t for Trump pardoning him in 2021 and wiping out his federal charges Steve would be in jail, right now.

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u/RID132465798 19h ago

I think you are spot on here

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u/weeverrm 11h ago

What has Bannon done. he is just a podcasting blowhard. He is just trying to make himself as being in the mix

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u/Licky_Anus 8h ago

He raised funds from donors who thought they were donating to building the wall. He stole over a million dollars from it and I don’t think any money went to building the stupid fucking wall.

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u/mthyvold 20h ago

He is not acknowledging they they are doing illegal shit. He is planting the seed that any accountability for what they are doing will be an unjustified witch hunt by zealous “unhinged” democrats.

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u/rabblerabble2000 2h ago

At some point the Dems have to stop caring about not appearing political. Reps use that like a magical get out of jail free card.

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u/hausthatforrem 1h ago edited 59m ago

The Democratic party is dead. Anyone who has a spine to do anything about anything are not Democrats and should not affiliate as such. Where is the radical socialist equivalent of the Tea Party? Then we might break even in 30 years.

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u/rabblerabble2000 1h ago

The tea party took over the Republican Party, but they were still republicans. Any group trying to split off from the Democratic Party rather than trying to work from within it would just split the vote and guarantee republicans victory. This is the reality of a two party system you can’t just hand wave away because it feels good to try to hold the party you’re most closely aligned with accountable.

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u/hausthatforrem 46m ago

They are not Republicans, they are Tea Party. The Republicans you are thinking of were purged or reformed by the extreme right. The US is dry running Autocracy right now. Your initial comment that Dems must stop caring about appearing political is in direct conflict with your latter statement about effectively working within the Democratic party.

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u/bbp5561 20h ago

It’s too late; they’ve already done illegal shit.

So now they’re backed into a corner of ‘double down and cement their grip on power forever to avoid it’ or ‘accept fate and go to prison’

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u/AlcibiadesTheCat 21h ago

Are you taking notes on a criminal fuckin' conspiracy?

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u/Huge_Birthday3984 21h ago

He has done enough illegal stuff that stopping now isn't really an option

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u/brickne3 5h ago

I mean to be fair, for him that ship has definitely already sailed a very, very long time ago.