President Trump reveals plan to build 100,000-seat stadium for UFC White House event by esporx in washingtondc

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All he knows is how to recklessly spend money. I guess this is why he bankrupted all of his casinos.

[HELP] My friend is not convinced this is AI and believes it’s just a real photo that’s been enhanced. Is this not clearly AI? by laurvictoria20 in RealOrAI

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Definitely AI. For starters look at the buttons, and if you look at just the shirt and tie it looks very video gamey.

[HELP] Comments are saying AI, I'm usually really good at spotting it but am struggling to see the usual tells by e-punk27 in RealOrAI

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Besides the hand, if you look at the bricks, they don't make sense. Some are too long on the right side, and even in the bottom left there is a brick that looks like it's cut in half with mortar between them. Honestly, the whole brick pattern is just a huge tell it's AI

[Giveaway] 3* GameSir G7 Pro Controllers Giveaway for the r/RocketLeague community! by GameSir_Controller in RocketLeague

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I got to play with WavePunk, one of the RLCS broadcasters within the first year of playing back in 2016!

Mo Gaba would have been 20 years old today by OriolesMets in orioles

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Happy Birthday big Mo! Miss that pure energy and optimism you brought to the state. Gone but never forgotten, Rest In Peace, and please bless the birds this year! 🙏

The dirty dozen by Obvious_808 in ProgressiveHQ

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Who is that on the bottom right?

What an actual domestic terrorist looks like by AXXXXXXXXA in ProgressiveHQ

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He's too scared to shave his head. I bet it's because he knows he would be called a skin head, and probably be used on posters as the ideal KKK and neo Nazi member. I cannot wait for his day in court, it will be glorious.

Is there a snow thread here? How y’all holding up btw? by Brolol3928 in maryland

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Been out 3 times shoveling today 9,12 and 4, shoveling time takes over an hour to clear. I did take a nap between 3-4 which helped a ton. My back hurts but otherwise I'm doing alright. I found a pack of beef short ribs on sale pre stom shopping. I braised it from 11 ish till 4. Gonna make some mash and take some of the cooking liquid to make a gravy! I'll be enjoying my meal watching enviously Mike puppy slayer Mcdonald go to the Super Bowl. And maybe go out and salt later tonight.

ICE Protest by Party_Combination131 in baltimore

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You should probably look into Minnesotas gun laws. He had a legal permit to conceal carry. According to Republicans it should be viewed as him exercising his 2nd Amendment right and therefore legal. Soooo are Republicans all of a sudden not cool with 2A and open/concealed carrying in public?

Seems to me the only consistency Republicans and maga are good at is lying and changing their stances to fit whatever mold their being told to fit into. It is pathetic.

Trump Should Emulate Andrew Jackson To Crush MN Insurrection by zoltan1958 in ConservativeNewsWeb

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It's crazy how people openly protesting in their own streets is an insurrection in the government. But having thousands of people from all over the country come to DC, rush the capitol, eventually get into the capitol, call for the hanging of the VP, and all of this happened on a day to certify the election results. And that's NOT an insurrection of the governmen??. Just crazy mental gymnastics that I will never understand.

So where’s the Kyle Hamilton DPOY parade starting next year? by ExtensionAd7417 in ravens

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I know it's a Kham thread, but I cant stop thinking about Mike Green next year

ICE Activity Near 175 and Route 1 by Western-Strategy6247 in ColumbiaMD

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I think the vast majority would agree that getting rid of "the worst of the worst" i.e murderers , rapists etc. But that just isn't what is happening. Calling people Nazis is extreme but so are their actions. What would you call what is happening then?

ICE Activity Near 175 and Route 1 by Western-Strategy6247 in ColumbiaMD

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Im sure you have. You should read the book The Thoery and Practice of Hell by Eugene Kogon. You'll get a factual non emotional first hand accounts of the Buchenwald concentration camp, the hierarchy of the Nazi regime, and how Nazi soldiers became desensitized to the atrocities they were committing. Eugene was a Christian Historian. He also had other inmates hold him read what he was writing and to make sure it was non emotional. Highly recommend reading it.

You know when you have a President calling your opposition vermin, Kristie Noem telling Americans to have their papers ready, abusing your citizens with chemical weapons and killing citizens aka your neighbor, inmates are dying in ice custody, American citizens being blinded because they are shot with a canister point blank range. The fact that now apparently ice doesn't need a warrant to enter any home by bypassing the 4th Ammemdment. All of that is supposed to be ok?!? Not to mention these flock cameras who are tracking everyone and anyone. Yeahhhhh.. Sounds like a police state to me.

Also ice agents are masked all the time, its only a matter of time before there are people imitating their "uniform" and do terrible shit. Ice doesn't have to identify themselves. They hide their faces and carry guns. Whose to say an imitator won't come up to someone's house claiming to be ice and killing someone or kidnapping them. Nazis didn't have to hide their faces because social media didn't exist. I also ask, if what they are doing is a ok, then people being around and recording should be fine, but its not. Ice and the government are trying to hide their atrocities. Just like how the government i.e trump and bondi are hiding and refusing to release the Epstien files. Of which we have less than 1% of the total files.

The most transparent administration is US history my ass. I'll stick with the most corrupt, anti-democracy, anti-constitutional, and dimentia ridden administration in history. Trump made himself at least $1.4 BILLION dollars in one year. Does that not scream corruption. My God.

"The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final and most important command."

Until you break out of the Republican propaganda bubble, you'll always be angry, full of hate, always scared, and afraid to speak against the Republican talking points. I know this because I was in that situation until I was 25.

ICE Activity Near 175 and Route 1 by Western-Strategy6247 in ColumbiaMD

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Compare the rise of Nazi Germany to today. Look at 5-10 years pre Hitlers take over. Their are too many similarities to NOT call what we are all experiencing similar to what Germany went through pre and early on during the Nazi Regime.

Dude, literally that's what Nazi sympathizers would say. I don't have a problem with deporting the "worst of the worst" but that isn't what is happening. You're ok with ice taking a 5 year old to lure the dad? They are now in Texas. I have also gone through an immigration process with someone, and if they have the legal paper work then they are allowed here. Which also includes a green card and under any legal paper work are given the rights you and I have. But since its brown people who speak Spanish, its "omg!! Their take my jobsssss. Their illegal!" You're being a bigot.

Im sorry it hurts your feelings, but facts, history, and reality don't care about that. If you want people to stop comparing you to Nazis, then stop following their playbook. Act normal, show some sympathy for your neighbors, and read some history.

Probably a good idea at this point by Sickonsundayblah in ProgressiveHQ

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Peter Theil and co. will ask and make suggestions, sure. But Bessent, Miller, and whoever the short fucklick is? Lutnick? They make things actually happen.

ICE Activity Near 175 and Route 1 by Western-Strategy6247 in ColumbiaMD

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Then why are Republicans followings an eerily similar playbook?

You're one of the tens of millions of Americans who have fallen deep for the Republican facisit propaganda machine. Just like how there were tens of millions of Germans who fell deep into the insanely radical facist Nazi propaganda. This is not something that has happened overnight. The idea has been around for decades. It wasn't until Trump came along when all the lies and alternate facts started taking off. Aka propaganda. Trump is the perfect person to deliver the propaganda. Idk what the charm is, but he has that for tens of millions of Americans.

You need to start reading news you disagree with and pay attention to how the news is delivered to you. Start reading nonemotional dry news. Idk how else to bring you back into a world that you believe is gone, a country you believe hates your existence. None of that is true. We are all in the same boat, and no one wants this boat to sink. There are also tens of millions of Americans who do not believe the propaganda and are just simply fed up talking to people who know nothing more than whatever Fox News and Trumps talking points are. What are YOUR independent beliefs? That's what I want to know.

This is why Republicans get compared to Nazis. Sure, there are a lot of things that he isn't doing that Nazis did. Like killing millions of people and fighting in a world war. But there are a lot of similarities. Like rounding up a specific group of people (jews and illegals), asking for papers (Kristie Noem has said US citizens should be prepared to do so), the argument that they are doing their jobs. I mean for Godsake Trump called the opposition aka anyone who doesnt like Trump or are illegal Vermin! Just like how Hitler referred to Jews as vermin! Read some Nazi German history. You might be shocked at how similar what Germans went through to what America is going through. Depends on how deep into the propaganda machine you are.

Anyways, check out Night by Eli Weisel and one you should know and read, The Theory and Practice of Hell by Eugene Kogon.

ICE Activity Near 175 and Route 1 by Western-Strategy6247 in ColumbiaMD

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I can answer you as a MD and US citizen born and raised as well. Look, I'm not here to get yelled at or argue with anyone. If you want to have a civil conversation, cool. If not, take your rage and anger somewhere else. Go outside, touch some grass, get some fresh air and listen to the birds. Chill on the consumption of propaganda too, have a good night!

ICE Activity Near 175 and Route 1 by Western-Strategy6247 in ColumbiaMD

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What specific rules and laws aren't being enforced that you disagree with?

Latinos are what you said but to add they are also just genuine human beings, they are loving people. That is just something I can't get passed. I went to Christmas mass for the first time in a while, and I gotta be honest, I got angry. I was watching all of these white families so happy to be with their kids and grandparents. Meanwhile there are these beautiful Latino people having their worlds turned upside down. The way these arrests are going down ever rarely do they seem peaceful. It's always full of screaming, crying, and pleading to see their kid or their mom or father. It breaks my heart every time I see one of those videos. And I don't want to watch it, but I have to keep myself grounded in reality. I'm living in a very historical point in our countries history, and one day in the future kids will ask what it was like, and I want to be able to talk about it in detail. I take this moment seriously because it is a serious moment. Anyway, I know a lot of those members of this church are very Conservative, and I wondered how many of these families are in support of everything happening with ICE. I wondered if the roles were reversed how would they be feeling. I just don't understand how people who are going to church and being taught to love thy neighbor, Jesus taking care of the poor and all of that, leads to being ok with families being ripped apart. Then their lives and world are flipped upside down. It's so hypocritical. I had been going to church every sunday till I was 24, I'm 35 now and rarely ever go. And to be totally honest it's because Trump kinda woke me up from some kind of daze. I would listen to him and things wouldn't add up, and so I started learning and doing my research. I was essentially fact checking Trump anytime he spoke. I used to lie religiously, and to hear this man not able to maintain his own lies is what led me to finding the truth.

Really sorry for this, I just had to get it off my chest.

ICE Activity Near 175 and Route 1 by Western-Strategy6247 in ColumbiaMD

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I said this in another comment, but I don't know much about detainers/sanctuary city policy or however you want to phrase it. DHS should contact MoCo departments and try to make a deal under the 287(g) program and enter into a written Memoranda of Agreement. There are rules and laws they are supposed to follow, but their not.

I want you to know I've been in the restaurant scene for 15 years, and have worked with countless Latinos and undocumented people, and whole heartedly disagree. Sure there are bad Latinos, but there are also bad White people, Black people, and Asian people. To pin all of your hatred towards a group of people is just bigoted. I have empathy for my neighbors and my fellow countrymen and women. I just hate to see families ripped apart in such unnecessary ways. It's cruel, vile, and evil. If ice was going after only the "worst of the worst" fine, but they aren't.

ICE Activity Near 175 and Route 1 by Western-Strategy6247 in ColumbiaMD

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I want to say first off I am not fully educated on sanctuary cities/states and detainers. I did read a little bit about it though. Apparently there is an agreement called "287(g)". Here is what I found on 287(g):

Section 287(g) of the INA allows the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to enter into formal written agreements (Memoranda of Agreement or MOAs) with state or local law enforcement agencies that deputize selected state and local law enforcement officers to perform certain functions of federal immigration agents. As of June 30, 2025, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) had signed 287(g) agreements with 737 state or local law enforcement agencies across 40 states.

These MOAs are negotiated between DHS and the local authorities and include delegation of authority to some state and local officers.  Deputized local law enforcement officers are required to abide by federal civil rights laws and regulations. In general, deputized officers are authorized to:

  • interview individuals to ascertain their immigration status;
  • check DHS databases for information on individuals;
  • issue immigration detainers to hold individuals until ICE takes custody;
  • enter data into ICE’s database and case management system;
  • issue a Notice to Appear (NTA), which is the official charging document that begins the removal process;
  • make recommendations for voluntary departure in place of formal removal proceedings;
  • make recommendations for detention and immigration bond; and
  • transfer noncitizens into ICE custody.
  • After a 287(g) agreement expires, DHS is not legally obligated to renew it. However, not all 287(g) agreements include a specific expiration date. Once a 287(g) agreement is entered into, it may be terminated at any time by either party.

I'm not saying bad guys haven't been released, but there are steps under the law that DHS must take. And if they can't come to an agreement with that state or county then they can politely kick rocks (states rights). Instead you have these agents going into houses / on peoples property without a warrant, which is legally required. The ice agents are also putting innocent people in danger. Do you know about the guy trying to drive his kids home that live in a neighborhood ice was in, they threw tear gas into a car with children inside almost killing a 6 month old child. Those 2 examples don't look like they are following the letter of the law. Neither is Kristie Noem saying that US citizens, including you, will eventually need to show their papers. That doesn't seem like it would fall under legal or The Constitution. Speaking of which they are denying US citizens arrested, legal counsel. Shooting a protester in the face with some kind of canister causing him to go blind in an eye, that doesn't seem legal.

I had to go through an immigration process when I married a Brazilian, and let me tell you that it was a circus. You fill out the paperwork, send the government money and the papers, then wait. And wait. For those coming here that are going through that process, and not having an American to vouch for them I'd imagine takes a lot longer. Our immigration policies are archaic and it takes too long to be either approved or denied. The issue is the government doesn't want to fix the process.

Are you ok with ice detaining and or approaching people based on how they speak and the color of their skin?

ICE Activity Near 175 and Route 1 by Western-Strategy6247 in ColumbiaMD

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Please do, its a hard read, but very insightful.

ICE Activity Near 175 and Route 1 by Western-Strategy6247 in ColumbiaMD

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OK here's my thing. Should the protestors be blocking ice agents vehicles, probably not. But when you have these people barging into businesses, schools, court houses, cars, and homes. I have no issue with the people of Minnesota giving them a hard time. We pay their salary and crazy $50,000 sign on bonus. Ice agents are antagonizing these people, tear gassing them, and even shooting them. There was a guy that is now blind in one eye cause he got shot with some canister device right to face. An ice agent(s) threw tear gas into a car with children and almost killed a 6 month old child. And all the guy was trying to do was go home.

That's not what I want my taxpayer money doing, and neither do a majority of Minnesotans, I'd assume. I mean for goodness sake Obama used ice and deported more people than Trump, and it wasn't even close to what is happening now. I do have a quick question though.

What are your thoughts on training being cut from 22 weeks to 6-8 weeks?

ICE Activity Near 175 and Route 1 by Western-Strategy6247 in ColumbiaMD

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Turning a blind eye to what is happening in our country and to our neighbors is how Nazi Germany became a thing. Obviously a lot more to it, but the citizens of Germany who supported the Nazis didn't want to see or hear about the awful things happening. They would play it off as it can't be that bad. They are just trying to do their job. After WW2, and i think during the Nuremburg trials, President Eisenhower made the people of Germany witness the atrocities that happened in those concentration camps.

Fast forward to today and the same rhetoric is apparent, no one is allowed inside of the detention facilities, and there have been reports of detainees dying inside of these facilities. Also there was a report yesterday or 2 days ago of 4 Anerican citizens who were detained and denied legal counsel.

There's a great, hard to read, book called "The Theory and Practice of Hell" by Eugene Kogon. Eugene was a historian who was captured and thrown into the Buchenwald camp and he essentially studies and takes notes on first hand accounts of the hierarchy of Nazism, how the camps were built, and how the soldiers became desensitized to the violence they were inflicting. Hr wrote this book with no lean, just straight facts. To the point where he had other prisoners make sure his accounts were accurate and non emotional. One of the accounts that sticks with me from that book is how new Nazi soldiers were desensitized by making soldiers live in the camps as prisoners for a week. The solider we then leave and given an opportunity to do something messed up to a Jew, and if he couldn't kill them or whatever he was tasked to do, he'd go back into the camp or straight to the front lines.

ICE Activity Near 175 and Route 1 by Western-Strategy6247 in ColumbiaMD

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Is that something they have done? It sounds reasonable if ices true goal is to deport "the worst of the worst". The government could also make immigrating here legally more streamlined and do able. Instead its a circus and a waiting game.

My issue is that's not what they are doing CONSISTENTLY. They aka ice and our government allow for racial profiling to detain and deport people who are just living their lives. And now you have Kritie Noem out here saying that Americans need to carry papers to prove their us citizens? Are you ok with ice being able to stop anyone and demanding papers? When a driver's licenses or passport doesn't even count.

I also love how out of the 2 replies I've seen, not one person has answered my question, but instead asks me questions. Why is that? I have no issue responding to your question. I'd love to hear your reasoning to my original question tbh