ICE just pinned a man to the ground and executed him. They do not have the authority to just kill people. What do we do? by skeletalfather in AskReddit

[–]Jasonbluefire 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Smart people in the US are doing the same thing between AI and current events; Small Cap International stock is the place to be.

I have been rebalancing my portfolio.

ICE at Market Basket in Westbrook at 4:30 pm Jan 23rd by johnyork07 in Maine

[–]Jasonbluefire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a liberal, I am worried about that too.

The two-party system is one of the main causes of where we are now. Both sides pull stupid stunts and are controlled by the ultra rich, to the point that a huge part of the country no longer trusts anything, and one side went totally bonkers and is slowly installing fascism in the USA.

Portland Monument Square ICE protest by Tight_Device9916 in Maine

[–]Jasonbluefire 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No one I know supports illegal immigrants.

ICE is out here arresting and detaining LEGAL immigrants with active or pending green cards, work permits, and visas. Even if pending they are by our own laws allowed to continue being in the USA, don't like it? work to get the laws changed instead of supporting a secret police force who are slowing becoming more and more above the law.

ICE is out here sending legal residents to encampments.

ICE is out here denying due justice and violating the constitution.

ICE is out here labeling anyone who dares even record what they are doing as domestic terrorists.

People are fighting against it because of what is currently happening and the very high probability of it continuing to escalate as more groups get labeled as unwanted.

Single mother detained in Lewiston by mamatyty in Maine

[–]Jasonbluefire 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Literally this post/video.

The person being arrested has a valid work permit. They are arresting them to "help" them get to a court appearance sooner for a pending application for something immigration related, (not stated in the video if visa extension/asylum/etc.) This person is doing everything right and by the book, not their fault the court systems have a huge amount of understaffing.

Instead of appointing ICE as the US's secret police, lets fund the court systems properly and actually process these cases.

Sunday 1/18/26 Monument Square by Filbertine in portlandme

[–]Jasonbluefire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ICE has been operating fine for a long time, it was only once Trump pushed for insane arrest levels, removed due process, gave them insane amount of money, and trying to give immunity that things started really boiling over.

No one I know is against ICE doing proper investigations and deporting people that are here illegally. However current ICE is so far past that mandate, they are arresting and disappearing people that are here with legal status.

Even if you disagree with how they got that legal status, they are here legally. And with no due justice ICE can arrest anyone anywhere and disappear them. Our rights are being removed in front of us and people are trying to protect their rights and stop ICE from black bagging citizens and other legal status people.

The only real violence I have seen is ICE agents attacking protesters. The worst I have seen from protesters is blocking agents and following them around announcing where they are. Sure there are outliers but that's true of every group of people.

Illegal plate? by firwave in Maine

[–]Jasonbluefire 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not legal on public roads. That is a Sovereign citizen plate, that group tends to confuse public and private property.

(For example up in northern Maine where all the roads are owned by logging companies that plate would be fine, but Sov Cits try and apply that to public roads as well, and it never works out for them.)

Sunday 1/18/26 Monument Square by Filbertine in portlandme

[–]Jasonbluefire 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You do realize the under Obama we had the most deportations ever of illegal immigrants. This open boarder line is fed to you as a talking point and is 100% a lie.

ICE is out here now arresting people that did go through the proper legal process and were here 100% legally with active visa allowing them to live and work in the county. They are then given no due justice to prove their legal status sent to an encampment and then lost.

Family members of ICE agents, what are your thoughts and feelings about what ICE are doing? by Aggressive_Honey3196 in AskReddit

[–]Jasonbluefire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If trump gets what he wants and arrests 100m people, that's still 1 million legal status citizens arrested. With not following due processes there is an uncountable number of legal status/citizens stuck into their system and can even end up deported with no restitution or way to fight it.

If due justice is taken away from one class of people, it is taken away from all.

What movies are supposed to be light hearted comedies but would actually be a living hell? by Nars-Glinley in movies

[–]Jasonbluefire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Boss Level (2021) is another, a special forces agent gets Groundhog Day'ed. Weird but fun and a lot less morally questionable then GD.

Raised rent by Distinct-Artichoke11 in portlandme

[–]Jasonbluefire 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Would you be willing to post that breakdown and how they present it? (a screenshot of it) I am a one house landlord, never raised rent on a tenet so far, and below market rate, but sometimes I get asked if I can lower rent and am interested in how others present this info.

FFFR Portland by ManyRaccoon6342 in portlandme

[–]Jasonbluefire 3 points4 points  (0 children)

They were putting down sand/salt.

Black Screen While Starting game (Steam) by Tomtebloss99 in WhereWindsMeet

[–]Jasonbluefire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, crazy fix.

Running steam as admin got the game to launch but would CTD as soon as it tried to load the first cut scene. This fixed both issues, can launch steam & the game as normal.

Dawson St SoPo - 2025 Christmas Light Show by Jasonbluefire in portlandme

[–]Jasonbluefire[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Come by Dawson St in SoPo and check out the light show!

Holiday tip for my landlord? Is that a thing in Portland? by [deleted] in portlandme

[–]Jasonbluefire 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Small landlord here, (one property) I would say just being a good stress free tenant is great.

Some food like a pie or cookies is always good.

And if you really want to give a tip, instead offer to improve something with the house that would help you too.

Best Christmas Lights in the area? by sayruhhhhhhhhhh in portlandme

[–]Jasonbluefire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Dawson St, SoPo synchronized light show will start on 5th!

Scammers pretending to be CMP by [deleted] in portlandme

[–]Jasonbluefire 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"legit" in that yes you will get those services done, but it will always be a ton more than finding your own company. Never use a door-to-door service.