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billpalto t1_jcv5w2d wrote

Trump is pretty openly threatening an attack if he is indicted and arrested. The courthouse and the DA's staff have to be protected against the Trump terrorist attack.

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Yousoggyyojimbo t1_jcv7p0b wrote

Remember that guy who attacked that FBI office in Ohio after the FBI executed a search warrant against Trump?

The threat is very real. We've got a big domestic terror problem on our hands.

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Relevant_Quantity_49 t1_jcvdouh wrote

But since they're mostly conservative white guys, we're going to call them "lone wolves" and pretend we don't see a pattern in their radicalization.

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docmedic t1_jcvdwqe wrote

And it distracts from the subversive pro-Trump elements within the FBI who are much smarter about not being caught.

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diamond t1_jcvyxoe wrote

I do. He's the idiot that Googled "how to get through bulletproof glass" in the middle of the attack and then died in a cornfield, right?

The threat absolutely is real, and it should not (and will not) be taken lightly. But these dipshits are not the "Coming storm". They are not nearly as powerful or numerous as they think. They can cause damage and kill people, but they're not going to Take Over the Country.

We should not be intimidated by them.

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BasroilII t1_jcvsl22 wrote

  • Trump sexually assaulted dozens of young women and girls. And not only admitted it publicly but bragged about it. He was not arrested.
  • Trump used his wealth to campaign for the arrest and execution of five innocent men on no other basis than they were black and he still got away with it.
  • Trump collaborated with Russian government elements to have the election swayed in his favor and was not only not arrested, but was fucking elected president. Then when this was officially investigated later the evidence was ignored by half of Congress on the grounds of the law doesn't matter if they win an election.
  • Trump ordered a missile strike on an ostensibly allied country, extremely close to that country's international public airport, to assassinate a political figure from another nation. And didn't tell his allies he was having missiles launched in their country. And got away with it.
  • Trump refused to go to a ceremony honoring US war dead so he could meet in private with Putin. Without security or staff. And got away with it.
  • Trump publicly supported the Russian invasion of Ukraine. BOTH TIMES.
  • Trump met with Russian intelligence in the fucking oval office and exposed sensitive information about US allies; and nothing happened to him.
  • Trump riled up a mob and directed them to storm the capitol building to force an overturn of the election results; to wit, a coup. And got away with it.

Amazing what you can do when you have money and convince poor rural people you are one of them in spite of being neither poor nor rural.

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ih-shah-may-ehl t1_jcy1z9d wrote

Not just that but Trump is a grade A narcissist. I've dealt with narcs 2 times in my life. It would be a severe mistake to underestimate the instinctive skill with which a narcissist can twist your words and throw them right back at you.

I've experienced this myself. Me and a close friend dealing with a narc coach in our sports club. We went into his office, and we were going to set him straight. Half an hour later, we stand outside, having just agreed that everything was out fault, and we're looking at each other shellshocked with a 'WTF just happened' look on our face.

Trump will walk away from this too.

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Medium-Oil1530 t1_jd07c6z wrote

If Trump is convicted (which I doubt) will his Secret Service agents hang out in the hall outside of his jail cell?
Will Trump need to worry about getting shanked in the lunch line?
Like one of us peasants!?

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ih-shah-may-ehl t1_jd08ync wrote

Given that half the jail are probably Trumpists, I have no doubt he'd live like a king.

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MalcolmLinair t1_jcvu5pi wrote

In the (in my opinion unlikely) event of Trump being indited, we're likely to see a wave of small to medium sized terrorist attacks by MAGA fanatics against police and infrastructure across the country. It's going to be worse than anything in our history short of the Civil War.

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Screamingboneman t1_jcw0a97 wrote

I’m pretty sure he’s gonna get indicted, what trump said is a threat to keep those charges from happening. I doubt he even knows the Pandora’s box he’s just opened

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Chose_a_usersname t1_jcwcsng wrote

I think he does. He has lived in chaos his entire life that is his strength to constantly stir the pot

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Eswyft t1_jcvqm8z wrote

I'm not American and I'm not doubting you, where can I see this call to action and violence

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BasroilII t1_jcvt0va wrote

On his godawful social media platform that be built because even Twitter thought he was too scummy:

>Page 2: NOW ILLEGAL LEAKS FROM A CORRUPT & HIGHLY POLITICAL MANHATTAN DISTRICT ATTORNEYS OFFICE, WHICH HAS ALLOWED NEW RECORDS TO BE SET IN VIOLENT CRIME & WHOSE LEADER IS FUNDED BY GEORGE SOROS, INDICATE THAT, WITH NO CRIME BEING ABLE TO BE PROVEN, & BASED ON AN OLD & FULLY DEBUNKED (BY NUMEROUS OTHER PROSECUTORS!) FAIRYTALE, THE FAR & AWAY LEADING REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE & FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WILL BE ARRESTED ON TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK. PROTEST, TAKE OUR NATION BACK!

One could argue "take our nation back" was just reinforcing the call to protest, but given the events of Jan 6th, I think it safe to suggest instead that it was another call to a coup.

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Githzerai1984 t1_jcy1q8s wrote

New records in violent crime…naw dog, ever since we stopped putting lead in gasoline violent crime has been on the decline

“Whose leader is George Soros”

Welp that’s a pretty blatant dog whistle

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ih-shah-may-ehl t1_jcyhdt3 wrote

>ever since we stopped putting lead in gasoline violent crime has been on the decline

It's insane how little attention this has been given

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BasroilII t1_jczmfob wrote

Because admitting that using more ecological and healthy but less cheap materials in your industry practices, and admitting that health and safety and environmental regulations WORK, is anathema to a large portion of the politicians in this country.

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ih-shah-may-ehl t1_jcznty4 wrote

Some time ago on slashdot someone made an overlay between maps with crome stats abd with leaded gas usage and it was a near perfect overlay

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BasroilII t1_jczltzp wrote

About the time a lot of complaining was coming out about the Koch Bros and Murdoch the GOP starting screaming "Soros" like they were a pokemon named that, over and over. Typical whataboutism.

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Faptain__Marvel t1_jcytzp7 wrote

Hopefully the security will be heavily armed LEO's and not unarmed tour guides. Let 'em attack. Slaughter them. Send a fucking message back this time.

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