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During the agents’ violent attack on a delivery worker Saturday morning in DC, bystanders repeatedly demanded the agents share their badge numbers. One of them—his face fully obscured by a black balaklava—eventually shot back, “Do I have to answer to you?”

“You guys are ruining this country. You know that, right?” one bystander said to the agents at one point during the incident. An agent, ironically clad in a rainbow face mask, replied “Liberals already ruined it.”

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Last week on stage at the Netroots conference in New Orleans, I spoke with Congresswoman Delia Ramirez (D-IL) about ICE: specifically that she believes it should be abolished. It’s a stance that’s considered far left, but after witnessing ICE and other federal agents in DC this week, abolishing ICE should be the baseline Democratic position.

“ICE is a terrorist organization,” Ramirez told me. “It needs to be defunded and needs to be abolished.”

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[–] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 89 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The republican traitor filth must be brought low.

[–] favoredponcho@lemmy.zip 99 points 1 day ago (2 children)

What is that agents name and badge number?

[–] griff 16 points 1 day ago

what does that agent’s face look like?

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[–] AlecSadler@lemmy.blahaj.zone 34 points 1 day ago (1 children)

ICE is a terrorist organization, but if they aren't going to abolish it then we need to abolish ICE members. One by one by one.

[–] finitebanjo@piefed.world 15 points 1 day ago

ICE is something far worse than that. They're the fucking Gestapo.

Abolishing paramilitaries in all forms should be a baseline Democratic position. It ain't the 1770s anymore.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 42 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I really don't understand how cons think liberals "ruined" anything. This country could be very great if the cons would stop trying to make everyone's lives miserable by constantly poking their nose where it doesn't belong.

[–] phdepressed@sh.itjust.works 37 points 1 day ago (2 children)

"Things would be better if it weren't for [group], they're the problem, not the rich." It's a lie as old as civilization and conservatives always fall for it.

[–] stringere@sh.itjust.works 3 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

The problem always has been and always will be the lazy rich that don't want to work.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago

They are called the "idle rich" and the parasitic class for a reason.

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[–] Gates9@sh.itjust.works 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

What did they arrest him for?

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[–] medicsofanarchy@lemmy.world 36 points 1 day ago

Meal Team Six is pretty badass with their masks.

[–] xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 29 points 1 day ago

A mid-size nuclear powerplant is required to drive the searchlight that'd enable this level of projection.

[–] finitebanjo@piefed.world 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Wow that sounds familiar, where have I heard language like that before?

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world -1 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

Hi finitebanjo, I see you dodged your last ban by choosing the same name on a new instance and rejoining. Bold of you to pick the same handle.

4 entire pages of modlog actions on you, wow. https://lemmy.world/modlog?page=1&actionType=All&userId=9867145

Well welcome back. On to page 5 of the modlog I guess.

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[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Every republican since Bush 2?

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[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 2 points 21 hours ago

Well that's one thing we agree on

[–] favoredponcho@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 day ago

I lived in DC for 6 years and always wore my seatbelt. Never had any issues. I doubt a senator would be driving through the areas where you would have an issue too.

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