cross-posted from: https://ibbit.at/post/158114
An internal memo from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) suggests that agents are authorized to enter the homes of immigrants and citizens alike without a judicial warrant — an assertion that violates the Fourth Amendment and several years of caselaw stating otherwise. The memo was first made public in a disclosure from whistleblowers within the federal government, with the help of…
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But it’s all about the public opinion. If enough people see the obvious tyranny and fascism, they will be moved towards direct action. Think like, average midwest working mother who normally doesn’t follow politics at all. The wide public opinion of the situation will determine how effective the response is.
It doesn’t help that the Right has a highly effective and wide-reaching propaganda machine in Fox, Newsmax, OANN, TPUSA (all funded and led by Heritage and others).
It’s why Putin, Hitler, or other imperialists make up some flimsy self-defense reasoning by giving their targets some kind of treaty they know is unfair, so when the target doesn’t sign it, they take military action and invade the target “to protect their own people”. It’s all about public opinion because there are WAY WAY WAY more of us than there are of them.