Well, if they rere trying to put their political enemies on a war footing, this is a fine way to inspire it.

On a related note, I was unaware there was international funding available. Do I get double payments for being both anticapitalist AND transgender?

I would say leakers are acting ethically.

Psychopaths gonna psycho.

They do not see most of us as actual humans. So, who cares if a few of us get blown away, or tortured, drowned, deported, beaten, or robbed? They are above such plebian dalliances.

FEAR! FEAR THE DRIZZLY SHITS! OOOOGA BOOGA BOOOOOGA

I assume the reason they want to involve faith-based organizations is so there’s a local representative present for us to yell at after acts of God destroy our entire city.

You’re not wrong. But I also think this point of view is perceived as a kind of auto-fellatio.

I think the negative reaction from us, the great unwashed, is due to people being so sick of political processes devolving into a meta-game that revolves primarily around the ability to think cynically and act tactically.

Meanwhile we’re out in the world, dealing with fallout from actions in that sphere that don’t make any kind of sense to the material reality of most people. People with rent to pay and groceries to afford and gas to pump.

Playing 4-D chess with the law of averages, playing the long game, and cornering other narcissistic kitten-eaters in saying and supporting things that, on their face, sound horrible… We’re just not sophisticated enough to understand it’s part of the process. We have problems that need solving right now and whatever tactical victory that moves an abstract chess piece forward doesn’t seem to do anything to remedy that.

Under His eye.

That’s my girl.

I would say their primary objective was not acually deporting people. Their objective was to punish a city and state that was not demonstrating the correct level of submission to the fascist administration.

They were in Minneapolis.

100% ^^ this right here.

Valve is one of the very few big companies I am totally fine spending money with. The value proposition is entirely focused on the products and how the customer, me, gets the most from them. No artificial scarcity, no protectionist bullshit, no outrageously exploitative EULA or obvious shafting of vendors. They focused on creating something useful and functional, and they profit from it. Bravo.

And they have been doing this for decades. The first PC I installed Steam on was a Celeron with a Voodoo2 GPU in it.

I have to do business with other companies because they have driven other competitors out of business. I get to do business with Valve.

Oh, really. Ya think? In other news, scientists confirm water is wet.

Embrace the Suck. Own it, master it, overcome it.

Pay attention. You are next.

Your personal point of view or constitutionally-protected activity are now grounds for criminal investigation that will empower various three-letter agencies to harass you like Mr. Venegas. Lest we forget the content of National Security Presidential Memorandum-7 (NSPM-7):

• Immigration: Those expressing “opposition to law and immigration enforcement” or supporting “mass migration and open borders”.
• Gender and Social Ideology: Entities described as adhering to “radical gender ideology” or showing “hostility towards traditional views on family, religion, and morality”.
• Political and Economic Beliefs: Individuals or groups associated with “anti-Americanism,” “anti-capitalism,” and “anti-Christianity”.
• Tactics and Actions: “Antifa-aligned extremists” and those allegedly involved in “organized doxing of law enforcement,” “swatting,” “mass rioting,” or “targeting of public officials”.

If you aren’t a high-earning, conservative, heterosexual white anglo-saxon protestant taxpayer… if you have the audacity to honestly interrogate your social role and find it unsatisfactory, if you choose to fully exercise your right of self-determination, you just made the list, buddy.

You’ll be investiagated and harassed. You’ll be marginalized and starved of resources. Conveniences and tools you take for grranted will be inaccessible, through loopholes and legal trickery that you will not have the capability to fight. They’re already hard at work:

• Retroactive Review: Agencies must review all domestic terrorism files from the last five years to identify Antifa-related intelligence.
• Informant Rewards: The FBI was instructed to expand its tip line and establish a cash-reward systemto incentivize reporting on fellow Americans for suspected domestic terrorist activity.
• Focus on Nonprofits: A joint initiative between the FBI and IRS was formed to investigate nonprofit organizations, book clubs, and mutual aid networks for suspected links to domestic terrorism.
• Joint Terrorism Task Forces (JTTFs): Agencies are required to refer all “domestic terrorism encounters” to JTTFs for “exhaustive investigation,” including the identification of financial sponsors and donors.

Build up a network of mutual support. Find a way to live below your means. Do not count on the good graces of institutions. Do not expect the law or your local political people to defend your interests.

In the words of a certain Sith Lord: “I will make it<strong></strong> legal”.

Let’s all guess what the political affiliations are for the judge who ruled in favor of the global tarriffs.

You are absolutely right, inasmuch as we’re on this ride till it comes off the rails. Our job is to survive with our wits and some resources intact. Unlike the political sphere, we actually have a degree of control over our ability to weather a social cataclysm.

You’d think a religion invented by a science fiction writer would have anticipated this vulnerability.

I commend OP for sharing something alarming and then actually including some kind of action plan for countering it. It seems like my limbic system is in a constant state of crisis without any kind of rational outlet or notion that there are sane, rational people at least trying to behave like we live in a civilization. There’s a lot of content out there that sounds the alarm and then offers nothing in the do something category other than feel the way I tell you to feel in my article.

My criticism here is how unlikely the hope is that working inside the confines of the existing political machine will have the desired outcome. Lobbying elected officials, attending demonstrations, making noise, and organizing are all excellent efforts, but probably won’t end up being used as originally envisioned, because as much as we want to believe our political process works, the enemy is doing everyting it can to dismantle it and disenfranchise anybody who thinks it’s a bad idea to do so.

Lobbying, demonstrating, filing writs and suits, etc. are at least useful for registering our dissent in the public record so that later, when things have fallen apart, it can be used as evidence that the people we trusted to pay attention actually did absolutely nothing. It will be useful when some kind of reconciliation based in actual truth and justice can happen. That’s not today, though. We’re just shouting into the void and making sure the papers get properly filed. Organizing and setting up networks of mutual aid are more critical, as they will help us survive to see that day come and replace the safety nets and sense of common purpose that has been so fully undermined.