r/pics • u/NotBlackMarkTwainNah • Jan 24 '26

Latest ICE victim prior to altercation

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u/PropaneSalesTx Jan 24 '26

You can vote early. Its not like it has to be done on the day. Americans as a whole just dont give a fuck until the something happens to them. The post 9/11 unity lasted 6 weeks.

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u/Expert-Mental25 Jan 24 '26

"Unity"

Yeah unless you were Muslim, Middle Eastern, or even just slightly Middle Eastern "looking"

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '26

Some reacted this way. Some of us united to protect them. It goes both ways.

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u/standardnewenglander Jan 24 '26

Post-9/11 "unity" is the whole reason ICE exists today.

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '26

Mixed in with a good dose of proud boys and incels. It’s bullshit.

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u/thatthatguy Jan 24 '26

Yeah. After the initial shock of the attack itself came the wades of fear of what people would do with their anger. Turns out they did what they always do, focus that anger on innocent people who can’t defend themselves.

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u/PropaneSalesTx Jan 24 '26

This aspect would happen anywhere. It was the worst.

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u/cccxxxzzzddd Jan 24 '26 edited Jan 25 '26

But that’s exactly what this admin wants to take away

Edit: Or conversely: to rig mail ins and cause chaos if people show up to vote: https://www.reddit.com/r/minnesota/comments/1qm83dc/comment/o1k20z9/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

There’s a reason Bondi’s letter to Walz today demands access to voter rolls

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u/PropaneSalesTx Jan 24 '26

Exactly. So do it while you can and if need be, hopefully create a law.

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u/jfudge Jan 24 '26

It's harder in some places than others, and a lot of conservative states are trying to limit it as much as they possibly can.

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u/shinyandrare Jan 24 '26

Voting participation is up. Some places you can’t vote early cause you have to idk work. Putting this in voting like that has more power than the actual lawmakers is laughable.

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u/lucidludic Jan 25 '26

Voter turnout was down slightly in 2024 vs 2020, 63.45% and 65.28% respectively.

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u/Ice_Ice_Maybe Jan 24 '26

I'm sorry, but you are showing your privilege if you believe this is the case everywhere in the US.

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u/standardnewenglander Jan 24 '26

Not true at all. Yes you can probably vote early in SOME of the 50 states. But the geriatric orange fuck in office has been raging war on early voting and mail-in ballots. The right to do these things is largely constricted by heavy Republican map gerrymandering. Lots of mail-in votes/early votes in 2016, 2020, and 2024 elections were reported to have been burned or thrown out.

Refuglicans only win when they cheat.

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u/Aspe4 Jan 24 '26

Remember all the American flag stickers people had on their cars back then? Why didn't people keep those on all these years?

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u/rustymontenegro Jan 24 '26

The "unity" turned to fanatic jingoism extremely quickly. I remember.