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applegrove

(123,838 posts)
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 11:07 PM 18 hrs ago

Tom Homan, Trump's incoming border czar, is pitching the idea of "a hotline to report undocumented immigrants suspected

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Reposted by Christopher Webb:

Tom Homan, Trump’s incoming border czar, is pitching the idea of “a hotline to report undocumented immigrants suspected of crimes.” And you know some motherf*ckers will gladly use it, justified or not.

Folks better prep to carry proof of citizenship, because racial profiling will run wild.

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Tom Homan, Trump's incoming border czar, is pitching the idea of "a hotline to report undocumented immigrants suspected (Original Post) applegrove 18 hrs ago OP
Seems like a good hotline to load up with false tips kysrsoze 18 hrs ago #1
I figure a quarter million "tips" per day should do it. MMBeilis 17 hrs ago #5
I'd be using an untraceable burner phone for that! IzzaNuDay 13 hrs ago #24
They don't have to be false either ... Homan is a being horrible uponit7771 5 hrs ago #31
I would hate for people to abuse this Johonny 17 hrs ago #2
This message was self-deleted by its author DinahMoeHum 17 hrs ago #4
Yes, that would be a shame JoseBalow 17 hrs ago #7
Report Melanie several thousand times per day. nt moniss 17 hrs ago #3
Eloon, too. nt GoCubsGo 17 hrs ago #8
And Thiel. rubbersole 15 hrs ago #21
It's hard to pick who the scarier cabinet member is - Tom Homan or Pete Hegseth. Initech 17 hrs ago #6
I think that... 2naSalit 17 hrs ago #11
He should probably stay away from windows and ledges. Initech 16 hrs ago #17
Stalin venusgirl 17 hrs ago #9
Everyone needs to report Melon Husk Blue_Tires 17 hrs ago #10
I really suspect some guy named Tom Homan of being a criminal struggle4progress 17 hrs ago #12
I hate, hate, hate tip lines to turn in fellow citizens and residents.... Mark.b2 17 hrs ago #13
I think a pandemic is different. Especially when it was Putin applegrove 15 hrs ago #19
And he knows it will be abused with false tips, like many have suggested above. Intractable 17 hrs ago #14
Brings back memories of Covid 19 hotlines to report violations of stay at home orders MichMan 16 hrs ago #15
I almost forgot we've done this Tickle 11 hrs ago #27
Or the "my neighbor got an abortion" hotline in Texas Blue_Tires 5 hrs ago #30
Post removed Post removed 16 hrs ago #16
That ought to go over well Historic NY 15 hrs ago #18
We could all call the hotline idahoblue 15 hrs ago #20
Here in Virginia . . . AverageOldGuy 15 hrs ago #22
This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave 15 hrs ago #23
The former East Germany called .... Straw Man 13 hrs ago #25
This reminds me of Nazi Germany MacKasey 12 hrs ago #26
Haven't they learned their lesson with hotlines already? ExciteBike66 11 hrs ago #28
How to say you have a deeply unpopular pogrom, without saying it. n/t Hugin 10 hrs ago #29

kysrsoze

(6,188 posts)
1. Seems like a good hotline to load up with false tips
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 11:12 PM
18 hrs ago

Have them chase their tails. Fuck them.

IzzaNuDay

(731 posts)
24. I'd be using an untraceable burner phone for that!
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 03:26 AM
13 hrs ago

Not sure if the messenger would also be in trouble!

Response to Johonny (Reply #2)

rubbersole

(8,783 posts)
21. And Thiel.
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 01:51 AM
15 hrs ago

He's turning out to be pretty ignorant and shallow. A common trait with these assholes.

Initech

(102,774 posts)
6. It's hard to pick who the scarier cabinet member is - Tom Homan or Pete Hegseth.
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 11:26 PM
17 hrs ago

Fuck both of them and I hope they both rot in the hottest of hells.

2naSalit

(94,011 posts)
11. I think that...
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 11:56 PM
17 hrs ago

If that boozer gets the job, he might have a serious mishap shortly thereafter.

Blue_Tires

(57,208 posts)
10. Everyone needs to report Melon Husk
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 11:51 PM
17 hrs ago

Along with Donnie's trophy wife and his "anchor babies"...

Mark.b2

(513 posts)
13. I hate, hate, hate tip lines to turn in fellow citizens and residents....
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 12:06 AM
17 hrs ago

when we’ve had water rationing, they give out tip lines to report neighbors who wash their cars or water their lawns. And there were even tip lines during COVID to report gatherings of people. No way I’m becoming a sneak to report potential illegals just like I would report some grandma watering her roses in July. If the govt wants to catch people, they can do it themselves!

applegrove

(123,838 posts)
19. I think a pandemic is different. Especially when it was Putin
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 01:40 AM
15 hrs ago

Who elevated the anti-vaccine movement on the right that went after the covid vaccines.

Intractable

(681 posts)
14. And he knows it will be abused with false tips, like many have suggested above.
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 12:11 AM
17 hrs ago

It's just part of the smoke screen of false appearances they will display to make it look like they are serious about deporting millions.

Blue_Tires

(57,208 posts)
30. Or the "my neighbor got an abortion" hotline in Texas
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 11:35 AM
5 hrs ago

Or the "my kid's schoolteacher is teaching woke history and critical race theory" hotline we had here in Virginia 👎

FWIW, I did do my civic duty and reported Donnie to the abortion hotline in Texas...

Response to applegrove (Original post)

idahoblue

(407 posts)
20. We could all call the hotline
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 01:45 AM
15 hrs ago

Give false information, send them to parks, bridges, culverts, uninhabited places. Keep them busy.

AverageOldGuy

(2,252 posts)
22. Here in Virginia . . .
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 01:56 AM
15 hrs ago

. . . Our current governor Glenn Youngkin was elected in Nov 2021 on a platform of lies, including that schools were teaching “CRT” — Critical Race Theory - that was designed to make white kids ashamed of being white.

He established a hotline — immediately dubbed a “snitch line” - where people could report teachers.

The line was quietly and without fanfare taken down after a few weeks because all the calls were pranks, anti-Youngkin, and general foolishness.

So let Trump bring it on.

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