I think you have a misunderstanding of why Ruby Ridge and Waco are associated with each other.

It’s not because of the religious wackos, though accurate, it’s because they were 2 instances of the federal government murdering a bunch of children and close in time to eachother.

You should read up more on Ruby Ridge, I don’t think it makes the point you think it does.

The whole point is to change the risk calculations people make in order to make “civil” and “polite” actions such as protests, legislation, etc. more risky and therefore most people are less likely to engage in.

What these dumb asses don’t realize is that if the level of risk for the “peaceful” options rises to the same level as alternatives, which are arguably much more effective, then those are going to be the only recourse people have and the actions people will take.

I do believe your analysis is correct about there being zero chance of it being legislated away. So now what?

If the ACA was the amazing thing many think it is then removing the, relatively minor, tax incentive shouldn’t have much of a result.

Implementing the tax cuts in the first place didn’t have much of an effect (1.3% increase in 18-65 insurance rate post 2021). Removing it likely won’t have much more of a negative effect.

The problem is the ACA itself which is neither affordable nor does it provide care.

If you apply pressure does it hurt less or more? What about when you release the pressure? Is it a specific area or a bit more radial? Does it get worse or not during or after taking a deep breath in?

I’m assuming you’ve already tried inadvisable high quantities of NSAIDs and/or seing a doctor about the issue?

I think you have a misunderstanding of what “crime” means.

An accusation of a crime does not make that crime a reality. Interestingly CBP defines “child” as an unmarried person under twenty-one years of age ¹

The concentration camps, child abduction+trafficking, forced sterilizations and murders perpetuated by the DHS (not just ICE but the CBP “good guys” as well) have all been repeatedly, and emphatically adjucated as being legal. Thus making them not crimes either.

There are zero consequences because they aren’t crimes.

The reputation laundering is important in making sure there isn’t a build up of pressure which could result in their goals, mission and methods becoming crimes.

^1 Terrible example and incredibly unrealistic, but I’m using it demonstrate weird legal contradictions and how the law™ can be twisted when used outside of formal contexts^

why bother making fake accusations when they could make real accusations and still be able to deport them

Because the fake accusations get people like you to defend what would otherwise be indefensible.

Negative public sentiment causes problems and this is extremely unoriginal copoganda.

1. It was ICE agents onboard the ships. Not BPD, not BORTAC— ICE.
2. That statement is alleged. This would be a very different story of any were charged according to Title 18 U.S.C. § 2251. The names are not given as that would be explicitly defamatory.

You can stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody without public backlash so long as there is enough reasonable suspicion they’re a pedophile.

This is why this article exists. To reputation launder ICE and portray their victims as all being child rapists.

Stop supporting ICE.

passed the ACA

By nearly all objective metrics US healthcare outcomes are significantly worse now than when the ACA was passed, even before COVID. It has made the existing problems worse.

help recover from the housing crash, passed protections to prevent another crash.

The working class has still not recovered from the housing crash. At no point since has the lost wealth returned.

The “passed protections” don’t protect anyone they simply mask and slow the current crash that we are now experiencing-- reducing chaos and making that wealth transfer smoother.

funding for green sources of energy and chip production

As well as the DHS and police state expansions that Trump is currently weaponizing. And those 2 are arguable at best considering the role which that funding source has played in the proliferation of data centers since.

amnesty for undocumented immigrants and a path to citizenship

Are you referring to the “U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021” which despite many news reports did not get enacted, “Keeping Families Together” which was quickly adjudicated as “unlawful and unenforceabe”, or the executive order re-instating DACA which was one of the key mechanisms by which Obama became “deporter in chief”?

Misinformed is not better than uninformed.

Because the full phrase is “those who don’t understand history are doomed to repeat it”

who’s party is running everything

51% republican, 49% democrat, >1% independent depending on how specifically you count.

There were ~65000 arson offenses in 2024 with 6% as “other” which I’m interpreting as businesses, warehouses, etc. similar to this one. Which gives a high estimate of ~4000 events similar to his per year.

We are all hearing his story because he ‘flapped his gums’ and we aren’t hearing about the other 3999.

The warehouse was burned down because they weren’t paid enough on the first place.

Either someone with some foresight gets ahead of the problem and starts paying people enough to live, cancelling debts, etc., or there’s now ~1-200 more people with little left to lose and the fires will spread.

I know solidarity is unheard of in the US, but this is something that often builds it out of necessity if nothing else.

The job of the Biden administration was to normalize/cool off the fresh hell that was Trump 2016.

We are currently in the fresh hell that is Trump 2026. 2028 will most likely bring a democrat administration which will simply normalize the current shitshow and slow down enough to allow some social annealing.

we have not been this bad off since Nixon

Are you insane!? By what metric!?

Are you unaware of the pure evil that was Reagan? Clinton’s “third way” which paved the way for modern corporatism? Bush and the patriot act and Iraq wars? Obama selling the country out to corporate interests? Trump 2016?

asking anyone to care about Biden in the face of Trump 2026 is lol

Which is why we’re all doomed to repeat the same fucking cycle over and over again.

hell if we can prove he knew and hid it I’m even fine exploring if charges

We can though. They’ve all had the full unredacted files since 2019 and have had plenty of partial evidence since 2008.

I’m sure as fuck not wasting any effort caring about that this very moment

You should because until you do everything will continue to get worse.

single biggest issue is getting Trump to stop fucking this country up further,

The tail doesn’t wag the dog, Trump is a symptom not the root cause. The issue with your metaphor is that the cancer and bleeding out are unrelated.

he should hang for the highest top secret leaks alone

That and so much more! It’s never going to happen though without severe political upheaval because almost anyone who would order that execution has hands which are similarly bloody.

Agreed! However, Biden also could’ve released the files.

Any current senator, or from the past 5 years, could release the full unredacted files but are actively choosing not to.

We’re just gonna pretend the Clintons weren’t part of the pedo files?

Summaries are generally misleading.

Full text for H.R.5917: https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/5917/text where it outlines the modifications to public law 115-348 which according to Sec. 3.d authorizes usage of the IEEPA to enforce sanctions.

Israel then directly receives defense spending to enforce those sanctions as well as indirectly being funded via any seized assets that are found in violation of those sanctions as “reperations”. Here’s an example of a $500Mil funding source.

H.R.5961 uses essentially the same mechanism but targets Iran specifically redirecting a large chunk of the $6B mentioned towards Israel.

You are correct that H.R.6679 isn’t about funding, but I still felt it was important to include.

is she gaslighting us?

Yes: https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2024128, https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2023681, https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202428

“I have not once ever voted to authorize funding to Israel, and I will never,”

She has though: https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2024128, https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2023681, https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202428

It’s a much better track record than pretty much anyone else but this article and post is a pretty blatant attempt at reputation laundering.

Do y’all really fall for this so easily?

I’m going to go make someone’s day better.

You don’t do that by victim blaming and then dogpiling on the person who calls it out.

You’re right, I am extremely cynical. Why do you view that as a negative? It’s not about giving up, it’s about knowing when to walk away.