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Joe English's avatar

I had shared this story but then life moved on. The confusion of who the residents were pushing back was most of the confusion. Thank you for laying out all the details.

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Matthew’s Memories's avatar

Sitting here in sleepy, safe Suffolk UK, it’s difficult to comprehend what you’re going through. All I can do is offer support & love from afar and ask that you keep reporting and keep pushing the stories so that, when this is all over and some degree of sanity is restored, you have the evidence and the eye witness accounts in order that some sort of justice can be served.

Bonne chance, stay brave and… hugs!

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Patricia Reed's avatar

Thank you for your support and for caring about us. You give us hope that we are seen for who most of us are and, believe me, there are many of us fighting this administration peacefully, silently, daily.

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Karen Brownfield's avatar

Exactly. Many have said “do something.” We are quietly working our judicial system and voting. We Dems are not gun toters💙💙💙. God I hope we win today🤞🤞🤞

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Patricia Reed's avatar

One election at a time and we have hope. Here in Maine we have to retire Susan Collins and elect a strong Democrat to the seat Jared Golden will leave. Every state has work to do!

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Karen Brownfield's avatar

Agree. God the amount of destruction by this administration is unbelievable, but…….something 😂

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Karen Brownfield's avatar

Thank you so much Matthew. Your kindness makes a huge difference.

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EcstaticRationalist's avatar

There are official records of raids like this, with names, operations plans, etc. They must be preserved, so when this national flirtation with fascism is over, every single coward who trampled in the Constitution can be brought to justice.

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Larry Bushard's avatar

It was only a matter of time. This started with Nixon’s Southern Strategy, with subsequent GOP presidemts chipping away at our rights until Dump got elected by Putin for the second time. Now we have Stephen Mitler reviewing videos every night to satisfy his bloodthirst! Will we be able to hold out until November 2026? I do not know!

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Karen Brownfield's avatar

We must keep voting. Tennessee today and next Tuesday 3 more. Stephen Miller is a sadist according to his own family.

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Andrew's avatar

Keep up the brutality and they will end up pushing the wrong people. Then people get hurt or killed.

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Michele Wesselman's avatar

Is Governor Walz aware of this? He certainly would condemn this.

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Joe English's avatar

Yes he blasted the incursion and that was how Trump later called him 'mentally retarded' which in turn was condemned by some Rep US Senator who has daughter with Down Syndrome.

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Joe English's avatar

Please note I initially didn't add daughter.

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jlp's avatar

Thank you for sharing this. It's a good primer for the rest of us on how to hold the line.

There are those who have signed up with ICE in order to act out their anger, fear and aggression. There are also those who get caught up in this cosplay, making it all a very dangerous mixture.

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Peter Roest's avatar

And yet, when people suggest that Trump is a fascist and ICE is his gestapo, we are the ones going too far. The innocent people being brutalized to satiate Trump’s love of cruelty and oppression are just stepped on and then passed over. Until the next Trump atrocity occurs and we have to go through the same routine again.

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Nina Simmonds's avatar

This is an abomination! Have all our law enforcers gone absolutely crazy? I really pray that the mental disease these idiotic cosplayers have is not contagious.

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Rose Ross's avatar

If this was being recorded why not show that. That was proof you were peace ful and they were not.

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BB's avatar

Thisvis not ICE and not a legitimate fed employee but a racist wannabe cop legitimizing open cary of an sutomatic wrapon he shoukd have bern arrested! The scarf on his face? The vest can be purchased on Amazon.

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Jenn Budd's avatar

🫰🏻🫰🏻🫰🏻

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