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Attorney General Pam Bondi asserted Antifa was “no different” from the MS-13 drugs gang, citing the experiences of MAGA influencers to support her claims.

She accused Antifa of being responsible for the “chaos” in Portland and other cities, where crowds have protested the deployment of federal agents. “They’re at all of these events, they’re encouraging violence, they’re calling everyone fascist, but it’s more than that. It’s hurting the American people. They’re no different than MS-13 or any gang out there.”

She added: “Talk to all the influencers who have been threatened and beat up and their lives threatened from Antifa members. It’s going to stop under Donald Trump.”

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[–] Bennyboybumberchums@lemmy.world 31 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Pam Bondi is protecting paedophiles. You can also check some MAGA influencers to back that up too...

Lock HER up!

[–] BanMe@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

One of the many reasons they won't allow a 28 election, if and when sensibility returns to office, she'll easily be prosecuted.

“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.—That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,—That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.”

There was a dream that was the United States of America. A dream that any man, that anyone, could seek out their fortune and happiness. Being free to succeed, free to fail. But free above all else to seek happiness and liberty. This dream has never really been realised, but there was always hope that one day it could be. That The United States of America could be a place of hope, freedom, and the pursuit of happiness for all. That hope, that most fragile of things, is under attack. A dark cloud of control and censorship that seeks to stamp out that hope of freedom. If there was ever a line, it has surely been crossed now that theres masked men lifting people off the streets for the crime of "looking brown". At some point this has to stop being a battle in ones and zeroes, and needs to be taken to the very streets of those who would take away freedom and hope of the masses for their own gain. At some point, the line has to be drawn that the will of the people will not tolerate it being broken.

There are many tools to challenge tyranny in The United States of America. Legal, and otherwise. And it is, or should be, the duty of every citizen to use those tools to protect liberty, freedom, happiness and most of all, hope. To paraphrase the famous words of Jean Luc Picard,

"I will not sacrifice these United States. We've made too many compromises already; too many retreats. They invade our space and we fall back. They kidnap people in broad daylight under the guise of law, and we fall back. Not again. The line must be drawn here! This far, no further! And I will make them pay for what they've done!".

[–] LoafedBurrito@lemmy.world 20 points 6 days ago

Yet they are ignoring the hundreds of murders by right wing fascists over the years since it doesn't fit their agenda.

This administration is so embarrassing. I can't wait to see them in prison.

[–] devolution@lemmy.world 14 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

So the Homeland security boss wants us to take cues from, checks notes Youtubers and TikTokers who checks again have been paid and sponsored by the government or Russia, am I right?

OK. I'll check with Youtubers. Mo1stCritikal will be my first.

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 3 points 6 days ago

OK. I’ll check with Youtubers. Mo1stCritikal will be my first.

Huh, turns out he has an anti-firebombing stance. That's almost as bad as being antifa so he's a terrorist

[–] nosuchanon@lemmy.world 12 points 6 days ago

Attorney General Pam Bondi asserted Antifa was “no different” from the MS-13 drugs gang, citing the experiences of MAGA ~~influencers~~ propagandists to support her claims

There. Fixed that for you.

[–] puddinghelmet@feddit.nl 12 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 12 points 6 days ago

Every decent human being is.

[–] synae@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 6 days ago

Oh sure, let me just check with Charlie Ki- oh wait

[–] Visikde@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago

Projection!
MAGAts are domestic terrorists destroying rule of law & our Conststution

[–] sturmblast@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago

#NOKINGS 10/18/25 - Find your local protest: https://www.nokings.org/#map

[–] DioramaOfShit@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Wonder why you decided to make a sexualized accusation against her.

[–] Sunflier@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Well, she does whore herself out to the MAGAt-in-chief.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Uh huh. Because attractive women you don't like must be whores and get their positions with sexual favors.

Yes, we just went over this, but I guess it's nice that y'all keep warning women to stay away from Lemmy.

[–] Sunflier@lemmy.world 0 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Because attractive women you don’t like must be whores and get their positions with sexual favors.

Bold of you to assume whoring out implies merely sexual favors. I was actually saying she is whoring out her character and reputation in exchange for power and money; you know, like one of those metaphor things we learn about in middle school.

Go ask the other fascists who've been called mean names if these people are terrorists lol

[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Obvious distraction with no supporting evidence is obvious

Publish the jobs report

Publish the Epstein data and arrest the pedophiles who raped those kids

Stop untrained, violent federal agents from hiding their identity and deporting kids with stage 4 cancer

[–] AcidiclyBasicGlitch@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

It is a distraction, but it's also pretty obviously an attempt at narrative control.

We know what happens to people who get accused by this administration of being a gang member regardless of any evidence. It becomes an excuse to ignore basic rights.

We know that new memo NSPM-7 relies on vague language and Patriot Act era justifications that could potentially allow them to label any opposition to the president or the GOP as a member of Antifa, and it labels members of "Antifa" domestic terrorists. Under the patriot act, people who are believed to be domestic terrorists lose automatic rights and protections of civil liberties, in the name of keeping America safe from terroristic threats. Loss of individual rights for the greater common good.

The GOP has made very public statements about the No Kings rally and accusations about Antifa/paid protestors. Aside from just attempting to send a message to their base and stir up (potentially violent) conflict against a peaceful protest, it also provides the narrative that everyone attending the protest knew that doing so risked associating them with domestic terrorism.

I feel like it's pretty obvious where this is going. Or at least what they're threatening and want us to believe it's going. I'm not sure that they will actually follow through with cracking down, but there seems to be a few different possible scenarios for why they are so desperate to repeat and spread this rhetoric.

A. They are using this tactic to scare and intimidate people in order to decrease turn out on Saturday.

B. They actually will crack down on the protest, and use it as an excuse to target and arrest people for expressing free speech.

C. They're hoping their supporters will hear their rhetoric as justification, and carry out their dirty work for them by commiting an act of domestic terrorism. Except since it was an act against Antifa, obviously they will be considered patriots, not terrorists.

If C. happens, it not only keeps their hands clean, it potentially allows them to deploy military or federal safety task forces across the country to crack down and "keep the peace, for everyone's safety" even though their rhetoric definitely seems to be encouraging something like this to happen.

If B. happens, and arrests and agitation of peaceful protesters causes enough chaos and outrage, it also potentially gives them an excuse to deploy more military or federal task forces to cities across the country to prevent riots. (Which they're probably going to be doing in the very near future anyway, this just gives them the illusion of justification despite instigating the chaos.)

I'm hoping for the best case scenario, which is obviously A. They're just using fear tactics to passive aggressively suppress free speech. TACO but they're also willing to stoop lower than low to advance their agenda.

Regardless of what happens, the labeling anyone who disagrees with you "Antifa" is fascist bullshit, and if people stay home on Saturday, the actual terrorists win.

[–] Aljernon@lemmy.today 4 points 6 days ago

The only way they could work harder to convince us they're fascists is if Politicians got caught with an American Flag grafted into a swastika and an accompanying pro-hitler text message controversy.

[–] PissingIntoTheWind@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

This coming civil war is going to be wild.

[–] Shamber@lemmy.world -1 points 6 days ago

I know it sounds callous, but I'll have the popcorn ready anyway

[–] Jaybird@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

And I label the current administration as nothing different from the Nazi era.

And I'm closer to the truth than this "lady".

[–] thatradomguy@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

I don't need to. I can look at the last mass shooter and I know who the real threat is.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 174 points 1 week ago

Fascists really don't like people who fight fascists.

[–] MagicShel@lemmy.zip 105 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I'm right here, Pam. I'm antifa. Come at me.

[–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 10 points 6 days ago

If you’re not antifa, then you’re fa.

[–] Triumph@fedia.io 78 points 1 week ago (1 children)

We are all antifa on this glorious day.

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[–] tonytins@pawb.social 81 points 1 week ago (3 children)

She accused Antifa of being responsible for the “chaos” in Portland and other cities

[–] 9tr6gyp3@lemmy.world 76 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

They’re no different than MS-13 or any gang out there.

So MS-13 would have won against Nazi Germany in WW2?

[–] Bwaz@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

Don't you remember MS-13 riding around naked on bicycles and dressing up as frogs??

[–] tanisnikana@lemmy.world 66 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Hello, I’m an antifa domestic terrorist and I’m in opposition to this regime. My username here is also my legal name.

Come on, Pam, come fuck up a stroke-addled disabled trans woman who doesn’t have the strength to lift a gun!

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 31 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Cassian Andor: Well, we'll find a place they haven't ruined yet. Maarva Andor: I'm already there. That place is in my head. They can build as many barracks as they like, they'll never find me.

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[–] TuffNutzes@lemmy.world 57 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

1930s: Jews, Poles, communists, trade unionists, homosexuals, the mentally ill

2020s: Antifa, immigrants, leftists, LGBTQ, the disabled

[–] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I'm so close to getting a BINGO with that last list!

[–] stringere@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 days ago

It's never too late to become an alcoholic!

[–] easybre_bb@lemmy.zip 51 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Who is Antifa murdering these days? Human trafficking? Drugs? Bombings? wtf is this govt even talking about?

[–] Archer@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

No no no, you call anyone that does something you don’t like antifa so you can pre-arrest other antifa before they commit a crime, thus preventing crime. This is an innovative strategy that certainly isn’t illegal at all

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[–] frmrm@peachpie.theatl.social 47 points 1 week ago

All this over inflatable costumes and naked bikers? I mean…. Tell me you’re worried without telling me you’re worried. 🙄

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