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no_hypocrisy

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Wed Jan 14, 2026, 05:03 AM Wednesday

ICE post-Trump: [View all]

Say there's a Democrat in the WH and a democratic majority in the House, maybe the Senate.

A new Sheriff in Town.

The funds are cut off for ICE. Hundreds, maybe thousands of ICE without salaries, without an outlet for their animosity, hatred, and energy. Cut loose.

Will they become the new American Freikorps? * IOW, will they unleash violence at will, to protest the new administration?

* In the aftermath of World War I and during the German Revolution of 1918–19, Freikorps, consisting partially of World War I veterans, were raised as paramilitary militias. They were ostensibly mustered to fight on behalf of the government against the German communists attempting to overthrow the Weimar Republic. However, many Freikorps also largely despised the Republic and were involved in assassinations of its supporters, later aiding the Nazis in their rise to power. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freikorps

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ICE post-Trump: [View all] no_hypocrisy Wednesday OP
We need to disband ICE and restore INS. RandySF Wednesday #1
Send 'em to Cecot PuraVidaDreamin Wednesday #2
Afterward... 2naSalit Wednesday #3
Lawyers will make even more money. The Madcap Wednesday #4
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