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[–] 35 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

The bloated ICE budget isn't just to wage war against immigrants, it's also because they realized the military wouldn't side with them if they tried to seize/retain power. Now they have a massive, well-funded army of racist thugs that answers only to them, sidestepping the Constitution and chain-of-command entirely.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    The military are actually trained though. There's no point trying to train these guys they are military rejects.

    The US military versus these guys would be more farcical than anything else.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    The point is that the military will sit it out since they can't be deployed domestically

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Why not? Trump just deployed them to LA and got away with it. He could do it again. The courts have proven about a dozen times since the election that they will not hold him accountable for blatant constitutional violations. Half of congress is on his side so they will never hold him accountable either. There's nobody left to stop him from doing whatever he wants.

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