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DHS restricts congressional visits to ICE facilities in Minneapolis
- fzeroracer 9mo agoWe're expected to comply with the 'law' and not do anything to impede investigations or ICE activity such as living on the same block as an ICE raid. But they're not expected to comply with the law and actively impede investigations into their activity. And for reference, ICE as we speak is doing door to door raids in Minneapolis targeting everyone, including American citizens.
- SilverElfin 9mo agoThey’re literally Trump’s private gestapo army. Their actions are what gestapo did historically. And they’re only accountable to Trump, with no mechanism to hold anyone accountable. A new police force is needed to arrest the president and others in the executive branch who break the law. Otherwise the political system of America is broken.
- kahrl 9mo agoThey aren't though. Their actions are more like the Sturmabteilung AKA the SA AKA brownshirts. Dipshit hillbillies let loose with "absolute immunity."
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- _DeadFred_ 9mo agoThis is how tyranny works. 'for my friends everything, for my enemies the law' is the basic premise. The day before these people said a woman deserved to be shot in the face 3 times for bumping into a federal officer they said that January 6th was peaceful and celebrated a president pardoning... people that attacked federal officers.
- SilverElfin 9mo agoThis is blatantly illegal since a judge recently ruled they MUST allow congressional visits: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/us/politics/ice-inspections-democrats-congress-lawsuit.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/us/politics/ice-inspectio... The DHS (Kristi Noem) now claims their repeat of the same illegal policy is now legal because it is using a different funding source, which is obviously false. It’s all the same pool of money.
- gorgoiler 9mo agoWhat color are your tax dollars?
- nine_zeros 9mo agoTheir bet is that they will not follow the law, nothing will be done about it, and Americans will be ok with it. So far, that has been the case. The constitution has become meaningless thanks to maga, and you're better off recognizing that America no longer exists the way you thought about the country.
- SilverElfin 9mo agoIt’s absurd that there is no actual way to hold the presidency accountable. No way to arrest them for violating the law? No way to arrest them for ignoring court orders? No way to arrest them for detaining people for months and then letting them go and dropping all charges? What’s the point of such a childishly designed political system?
- nine_zeros 9mo ago[dead]
- ranger_danger 9mo ago> nothing will be done about it > thanks to maga I'd say a failure to do something about it is everyone's fault.
- rdiddly 9mo agoDemocratic Reps. Ilhan Omar, Angie Craig and Kelly Morrison showed up at the Whipple Federal Building and were initially allowed in, but shortly after, asked to leave and blocked from touring the facility. What pisses me off about this story is, that's the end of the story. We went in, they told us to get out, we told them they're breaking the law, they said "We don't care," and we realized how cogent and amazing that was, and said "Welp, that satisfies me! They sure did win that argument! Let's skedaddle everybody!" The only acceptable end of the story is that you went around and deputized whoever you needed and went back in there and got what you came for.
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 9mo agoI don't get it either. If you're a member of congress push your way in there! Let them cause a confrontation so that it can be fought in courts.
- gmueckl 9mo agoWhatever these people do sets precedent due to the public exposure they get. If they start more (physical) confrontations, the more extreme among their supporters may see that as an invitation to become less peaceful. The administration would see that as a justification for cracking down harder. Protesters that are breaking the law would be the icing on top. Tim Waltz's decision to increasing the readiness of Minnesotas National guard shows that the situation is extremely tense and the opposition to the administration is forced to walk on eggshells. It's a near perfect catch: do too little and they won't care and continue implementing their playbook. Do too much and they can and will move faster.
- JumpCrisscross 9mo ago[flagged]
- expedition32 9mo agoPeace at any price? Unfortunately history has taught us that tyranny can only be defeated with force.
- metalman 9mo agowhat happened to her dog? black dog, sitting in the right rear seat, window all the way down, did the happy dance as the executioner got close.
- arunabha 9mo agoFrom the article > Noem also said "there is an increasing trend of replacing legitimate oversight activities with circus-like publicity stunts, all of which creates a chaotic environment with heightened emotions." Wow, just wow! The sheer brazenness of calling legitimate congressional oversight 'circus-like publicity stunts' is on a whole new level. Apparently, the administration at it's sole discretion can decide that congressional oversight is a 'publicity stunt' and disallow it. Forget doing what is right for the country. At point do the MAGA folks realize that they are enabling a future Democrat in the White House to do the exact same thing, except for causes they don't agree with when they cheer on such blatant authoritarian behaviour.
- wat10000 9mo agoGo look at @DHSgov on Twitter. They’re leaning into the fascist rhetoric. There’s no pretense anymore. It’s obvious that they don’t plan on a future Democrat ever occupying the White House again.
- SilverElfin 9mo agoIt is really crazy the kind of things they are posting openly on social media now. I’ve seen them, several times, repeat lines that are mass posted by supremacist accounts on X. The most flagrant one was the call to deport 100 million Americans - a third of the country - which is another way for saying, “get rid of all non white people”. This is a constitutional crisis, a humanitarian crisis in the making, and also an economic crisis in the making. What is going to happen to HN’s tech ecosystem without all those talented workers coming to America?
- tastyface 9mo agoHN userbase: doesn’t look like anything to me. The sad fact is that many of our colleagues, friends, and neighbors have been closeted white supremacists and are actively enjoying this.
- JumpCrisscross 9mo ago> The sheer brazenness of calling legitimate congressional oversight 'circus-like publicity stunts' is on a whole new level Is it? I feel like the mud slinging has been in vogue for a few decades. The willful lawbreaking is new. But the rhetoric feels familiar. > point do the MAGA folks realize that they are enabling a future Democrat in the White House to do the exact same thing None of them do. (To be fair, administrations have been expanding the Presidenxy since WWII. We never had a Constitutional discussion of strategic nuclear command or a standing superpower’s army.) My pet projects are shredding federal student loan records, tearing the turbines out of coal plants and ceasing enforcement on tariffs and duties on all imported food on day one.
- ck2 9mo agohttps://google.com/search?q=post-constitutional https://google.com/search?q=post-constitutional
- softwaredoug 9mo agoOf course, for Noem / DHS, its about buying time., she bets by the time anyone goes to the court and gets a temporary restraining order, that they'll rob Omar etc of the optics of visiting. While throwing up the confusion of the other funding source as a legal hail mary Hopefully Omar are going to get a restraining order...
- JohnTHaller 9mo agoLink for when it's flagged: https://www.npr.org/2026/01/11/nx-s1-5673949/dhs-restricts-congressional-visits-to-ice-facilities-in-minneapolis-with-new-policy https://www.npr.org/2026/01/11/nx-s1-5673949/dhs-restricts-c...