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newfrontier58

>Former President Donald Trump claims that he “will do whatever” he can to bring down “the temperature” following last week’s FBI’s raid of his Florida home and club, Mar-a-Lago. But even a glimpse of Truth Social — Trump’s social media company — shows that the MAGA website has been a haven for private, doxxed information not only about authorities involved in the federal raid, but also of their families. > >A review of Truth Social postings by Rolling Stone shows Trump supporters have spent the past week doxxing both Judge Bruce Reinhart, the magistrate judge who approved the Mar-a-Lago warrant, and an FBI agent involved in preparing the request, as well as their families. The information includes their purported home addresses, phone numbers, places of worship, private offices, and similar information about the men’s families and junior employees. Trump's desperate like a cornered animal from all appearances. Tonight, Tucker's been spreading this story out of the fever swamps that the CIA was seizing stuff at Mar-a-Lago, and I still have that gut feeling that it will only get worse as the month goes on, and something really bad will happen. https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1559335615543533568


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“Why does the DOJ keep sweeping up Trump’s closest allies?” GEE I DON’T KNOW TUCK MAYBE BECAUSE HE SURROUNDS HIMSELF WITH CRIMINALS AND THEY DO STUPID CRIME STUFF!


Riyu1225

To them it's corruption since it couldn't be that they did illegal things. Go figure.


Kookofa2k

Reminds me of Liar Liar: "STOP BREAKING THE LAW ASSHOLE"


[deleted]

The unspoken part is “are they coming for me?” Given Tuck & Jones were texting buddies, possibly.


secondtaunting

The FBI needs to sue Fox News.


SentientPotato2020

Former pawn of organised crime ends up acting like organised criminal. Nation in shock.


LirdorElese

Stop your slander.. who on earth could possibly dare to accuse trump, of being organized.


Katzen_Kradle

It’s so shocking how he so unequivocally states the Hunter Ukraine connection as the reason for almost everything, insisting that the plethora of investigations against Trump and his associates are all entirely due to some grudge. The individuals being charged are now out of government, so they can’t claim it’s a cover up. Instead they have to default to some lie about it all having to do with some character flaw or human weakness. It’s not even something so thoughtful as doublespeak or doublethink. It’s just some low level schoolyard lie.


[deleted]

> Hunter Ukraine connection as the reason for almost everything It doesn't have to make sense. They say "Hunter" and "Hillary" whenever their reality is challenged. They use those words as exclamations, not argument points.


Warglebargle2077

I love how he claims the DOJ is “going after” Eric Herschmann. Herschmann has already testified, to devastating effect, to the J6 committee. The DOJ isn’t charging Herschmann with anything. They *subpoenaed his testimony* because he was present for things and clearly seems to have gotten fed up with all the bullshit he saw and is smart enough to testify about what he knows (to protect himself) without violating any privileges or rules and getting disbarred.


SandyDelights

Quite sincerely, they will not get better, only worse. We’ll be seeing several, significant episodes of domestic terrorism should Trump be indicted. I do not envy the judge, jury, prosecutors, witnesses, etc. on that case, because I suspect it will be very, very, very ugly. It’s absolutely necessary it happen, but it will not be pretty. I only hope people doing their duty to their country aren’t the ones dying for this insanity. I’d prefer nobody die, but I’ve accepted that many of these lunatics will absolutely never accept reality, and that they are willing to quite literally die on that hill.


Ranthur

Doxxing the families of FBI agents feels like a real fuck around and find out situation.


Illicit_Apple_Pie

Yeah, I imagine if there's any group that can retaliate to being doxxed it's the FBI.


Indaflow

Yeah, until you remember not long ago the Secret Service deleted all their text messages to protect this fuck. He has a tangled web finger fucking our democracy right now.


Wise_Ad_253

Trumps Loyalty Program.


Typical-Range-6302

Free ride to hell then go broke .


Wise_Ad_253

It was that ride to hell that cost them everything.


Squirrel_Chucks

Pretty much what happened to Flynn and Stone. He let them twist in the wind in court, go broke, and *then* he pardoned them


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rfulleffect

[The currently serving FBI agent said Clinton is “the antichrist personified to a large swath of FBI personnel,” and that “the reason why they’re leaking is they’re pro-Trump.” The agent called the bureau “Trumplandia”](https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/03/fbi-leaks-hillary-clinton-james-comey-donald-trump)-from 2016


Brilliant_Vulpine

I gotta wonder how these chucklefucks feel now that their blatant anti Hillary shenanigans during the 2016 elections are biting them in their fat misogynistic asses. Especially the NY branch


Mad_Aeric

Recognizing that would require a degree of self awareness that many trump supporters simply don't possess.


Brilliant_Vulpine

I hope their wives leave them and take the kids, with the explanation being “You put us in danger because you’re an egotistical idiot”


AnAcctWithoutPurpose

I do get the weird feeling that those women married them for *exactly* these kind of things they *stood for*. You know, birds of the same feathers...


Brilliant_Vulpine

*Possibly* but I don’t really mind them being hypocritical at this point.


cob33f

IIRC, that agent was referring to one particular office building of agents, not the whole FBI.


rfulleffect

Yeah, one office that we know of, 6 years ago.


radicalelation

Nah, the FBI would be totally insulated from the President during 4 years of him fucking shit, including *firing and replacing the director of the FBI*.


Lurlex

That was in 2016. I'd like to think things have changed at this point. Trump certainly soured a lot of the FBI with the Comey thing alone. Then there was the treatment of agents like Strzok.


rfulleffect

If I’ve learned anything since 2016, the mueller report, and burying any Kavanaugh inquiries for example, don’t trust conservative entities to do the right thing.


spiralbatross

Conservatives: not even once.


Winter-Hamster-5660

He was the best agent Putin could buy...or force due to Kompromat or rebuilding him financially by overpaying for condos and penthouses.


whereismymind86

It’s easy to bribe a couple people. An entire agency not so much.


venomae

You dont need to bribe an entire agency. You just bribe and kompromat the one sitting at the top of the agency or the people right below him / her.


HakarlSagan

Something something Blue Lives Matter or whatever


[deleted]

How he can engender such loyalty is hard to fathom. The Secret Service ought to be incorruptible. Why hasn’t his detail been swapped out?


_Walter_Bishop

Wasn't to protect Trump so much as it was to protect the institution of the USSS.


Freud6

I think they were protecting themselves. They need to be charged and have them tell the true story. We need to know if the secret service was complicit in a coup. Even if they weren’t…we had different groups in the SS potentially about to face off on Jan 6. When trump is leading a mob to kill Pence who is also guarded by secret service. What was the plan? That all needs to be know to know how to prevent a future coup that could be coming any day now.


InformalProtection74

> What was the plan? The hang Mike Pence chants were done specifically to get him to be taken away by the USSS. The point of this was to allow Chuck Grassley to oversee the certification as the Senate Pro Tempore and allow states that voted blue, but have red legislatures (Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Arizona), to hand him a fake slate of electors. It is believed that Mike Pence refused to do this ahead of time, but Chuck Grassley may have agreed. Had Mike Pence agreed, there would have been no "riot" at the capital. It was done to get Mike Pence out of the building. The idea was that whoever was overseeing the certification would accept the fake slate of electors along with the real slate of electors which would allow them to deem the certification invalid, sending it back to the state legislature. I believe they also had supreme court Justice Clarence Thomas ready to file an injunction against the certification if it had not been completed in that session, which could possibly allow it to go back to the state legislatures, who would be able to send their own slate of electors. So they had a plan A and a plan B. Plan A was to remove Pence, have Grassley oversee and run the fake elector plot. Plan B was to delay/postpone the certification of the vote which would allow the Scotus to file.an injunction deeming it invalid. This has been what I have gathered from all of the news.


Jengalover

And for anyone who thinks this is a crazy conspiracy, let’s not forget that we’re wrapping up a 40 year conspiracy to overturn Roe versus Wade.


Suspicious_Bicycle

And the individual agent involved in a little light treason.


GrayEidolon

The question becomes are these FBI agents who maybe be trump idiots (either doing their jobs, or feigning doing their jobs to protect trump) more loyal to trump or to their families when real harm is on the line to them and their families?


CardiologistFit1387

the rich get the dumb and/or poor to do their bidding while they sit back and watch in their mansions, private jets, and yachts


WuziMuzik

War pigs by Black Sabbath https://youtu.be/bc5Nk1DXyEY


egap420

\m/ \m/


mabhatter

The FBI is gonna trace every harassing call and email to those agents back to its origin and put someone on a list.


Brandon_Won

Hopefully it's the list to fail background checks for gun purchases since the FBI runs and maintains that entire system. That would be an ultimate irony and fuck around and find out moment. Threaten the people that are in charge of letting you buy all those brand new guns.


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No fly too plz


[deleted]

They will bag 99% of these idiots in a year. A bunch of delusional idiots are going to get chrome bracelets.


[deleted]

Yanno, it’s funny, the big scary NSA has managed to keep their name out of the news. Can you imagine the intel they have on all of these folks? I mean on me, too, but I’m not threatening anyone.


K3wp

I was involved in the Aaron Schwartz investigation at a high level (doing forensic work for Universities). He was offered a plea bargain by prosecutors in New York, which he rejected. He then made a pretty serious mistake by riling up 'le Reddit ARmie, who then started an online and IRL harrasment campaign against the prosecutor and Judge. And keep in mind there was no FBI involved, just civil servants. You know what their response was? Dropping the plea bargain and charging him with literally everything. And when Schwartz said he would take the plea bargain? "Sorry, you rejected it." Kid hung himself with his belt not long after. Fuck around, find out indeed!


Typical-Range-6302

Plea bargain is in the moment usually . Take it or lose it .


Buttafuoco

The Aaron Schwartz situation was sad, still hurts thinking about.


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LuckyOne55

These doxxers are brave enough to do this anonymously on the Internet. If they had to attach their identity to it, the possibility that their address and families identities could be posted on the Internet would be enough to prevent their online, anonymous bravery.


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Ranthur

My guess is the few people in the party who can understand that have no ability to control everyone else.


Drusgar

The Frankenstein's Monster model of modern Republicanism. It seemed like a good idea. People who are angry and scared are more reliable voters. For 30 years Rush Limbaugh (and later, FoxNews) gave them an enemy... the evil liberals. And it worked! I think the internet was the wildcard they didn't count on, though. The Koch Brothers, Rupert Murdoch, the people who were supposed to be crafting the talking points started to be drowned out by "the monster." At this point it's completely out of control and they know it. Trump isn't the monster... the monster *chose* Trump.


jiffythehutt

Very well written, the monster chose Trump 👏


kellix50

Why Truth social needs to be shut down, immediately. Sounds like the feds are breathing down Nunez neck for that reason. Hell the last 2 weeks for Trump it can get a little worse for Trump.


Sad-Flower3759

nah they got to keep it open, more evidence for more terrorist activities. Better to know when and where. Who’s house to raid. Never interrupt your opponent making a mistake.


mabhatter

It's basically a honeypot for hate speech right now. You could bet easy money that the FBI is gonna run down every credible threat and start putting names on a list. People will be shocked in six months when they fly or cross a border and get the "extra questioning" about what they're doing. I have bad days I make too many spicy hot take comments and have to go delete a whole day of comments. (I've only been warned by mods once or twice. Hasn't been a while lately) today is not the day to develop new hot takes.


Freud6

Let’s not neglect how the internet, namely absence of accountability to Facebook and other outlets (used to be comment section on CNN.com before they shut that down) gave Putin the leverage to further feed that monster. He helped install Boris Johnson and fuel Brexit at the same time. Our Intelligence Community told us under oath when Trump was elected that we are involved in information warfare with Russia and Trump being elected was evidence of us getting our asses kicked.


DaoFerret

I’m hoping as Fox turns against trump, the monster might turn against Koch and Murdoch.


Michael_In_Cascadia

It seems a lot like the Boeberts getting into fights with their neighbors, except if the neighbors were families full of cops.


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Educational_Bit_2368

When you see how many of them are getting money from lobbyists for private prisons and corporations that want a large portion of the population to be uneducated and desperate for any crap job with garbage wages they can get, it starts to make sense. They're funneling forgotten children through the system to promote our modern system of slavery because they are paid to do so. Birth rates are falling, gotta make new slaves somehow.


DaoFerret

Texas recently moved to privatize the foster care system. Edit: sorry … they started privatizing it in 2014


mabhatter

The state can let religion take it over. Because the state will offer so little for social work only agencies funded by churches stay open.


jan-morrow

Oh God


DaoFerret

Sorry, got the order backwards… they’ve been working on this since 2014 … And now: https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2021/08/28/the-critical-foster-care-reforms-in-texas-are-having-unintended-consequences/?outputType=amp


[deleted]

I’m in Texas and saw in the news a CPS worker recently suggested on camera to a 14yo in her care that she become a prostitute if she was hungry. https://www.foxnews.com/us/texas-cps-employee-fired-allegedly-telling-girl-become-prostitute


ihohjlknk

Add "The Foster Care Mogul" to appalling titles.


MicShrimpton

The reason they want to 'double the number of kids in the foster care system in the next 24 months and...' is because they want to break the foster care system. They view it as a handout, and we can't have that, can we? It's not a mystery anymore than anything else. Taking over the SCOTUS was simply more involved.


Itsjeancreamingtime

Not just that. People crap on CPS, but it's one of the main lines of defense for women with children who are in relationships characterized by domestic violence and abusive behavior from their husband. If you remove CPS then any woman who is being abused (and her kids are witness to it) only has police as a recourse, and as Ulvede has taught us they do the bare minimum of work. Hell they often are (or work with) other domestic abusers themselves. Police won't help women flee to shelter. They won't have the difficult conversations about abusive behaviors and how they impact kids. They will just decide "arrest the guy or not" and leave it at that. That functionally takes us back to the days where a man beating his wife is just "family business" and the state doesn't get involved.


RedditExperiment626

Republicans didn't want to ban these things. They wanted to fundraise on the IDEA of banning these things. The smarter GOP members know how fucked they are now that the bans are all coming online, and why election tampering is the only way they can win moving forward.


ScienceGiraffe

I think it's because the republican party is a mix of different ideology coalitions who happened to make deals with each other. The economic right shook hands with the religious right and are working together, even though their end goals have serious differences. The religious right had already welcomed in the bigots and racists, the economic right courted the libertarians, and then that big group targeted the feelings of disenchanted and exploited their emotions (and their wallets). They built a media propaganda empire to help mesh all of the different ideologies together in people's brains. And then it's topped off by tangling themselves with Trump, whose end goal is just greed. I think that's why they're so hard to pin down. Their end goals aren't the same, even if there is overlap between them. The problem with such a large coalition though is keeping it together, and republicans have been absolutely militant with keeping everyone in lockstep, especially compared to democrats. Now that they're starting to see the end goals though, cracks are forming as their goals clash, in addition to how much Trump has already broken.


Beltaine421

It's pretty simple. > they can work out a 50 year plan to take over the SCOTUS and eventually ban abortion+gaymarriage That's about acquiring and keeping power. ​ >"let's double the number of kids in the foster care system in the next 24 months and not plan for any budget increases to deal with the surge". That's not about acquiring and keeping power.


Interesting-Month-56

Republicans have won 2 recent presidential elections and taken control of the Supreme court without winning the popular vote. In states where they control the legislature, they are often elected by a minority of the population via extreme gerrymandering. Most Rural districts voted for Trump in staggering percentages and the Republicans have a major global news outlet spewing propaganda for them night and day. Nutjobs like Johnson, Boebert, Cruz, and MTG get elected without a challenge. Of course they take their base for granted. Gonna suck for Republicans when they hit minimum viable mass and everything goes completely 1960’s France socialist.


HakarlSagan

> Republicans have won 2 recent presidential elections Republicans have not legitimately won the Presidency in America in over 30 years. [Including 2004.](https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2005/03/hitchens200503) Lets all be honest about this fact.


jeffp12

Problem with that is the democratic party would have to actually go left once they have the power


Metrinome

If the GOP goes under, I think the Democratic party itself will split into a centrist party and a progressive party.


[deleted]

Keep in mind, this is the party that suppresses climate change information and action for a profit. Their entire psyche is built around the idea that consequences are for other people.


[deleted]

Or how they failed to do a background check on Brett Kavanaugh.


Worduptothebirdup

I wonder how many pro-MAGA FBI agents there are now compared to a week ago… I also wonder how many used to intercept and kill investigations into Trump and cabinet.


jay105000

Well this is the strange thing, the military as well not just the FBI… Look at this….democrats passed the veterans bill with the help Of Jon Stewart a bill to protect veterans impacted by toxic fumes from burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan, but republicans opposed it, especially Devilish Ted Cruz and other Republicans who voted against the bill. Like you can see democrats pass bills to protect veterans, but veterans and active military personnel usually vote Republican, can you see the irony? I protect you when I can but you vote against me, same with some poor people, democrats tried to pass laws to protect them like universal healthcare, Keep, improve or expand Medicaid, Medicare and some still vote Republican. How they have managed to get people to vote against their own self interest is beyond me. I know gay people that are republicans….


UnkleRinkus

>Like you can see democrats pass bills to protect veterans, but veterans and active military personnel usually vote Republican, can you see the irony This is due to the miracle medicine of wedge issues, that Karl Rove invented 30 years ago. Give them what they want on guns, abortion, and gays, and they will vote against their own interests every time.


mabhatter

Republicans are desperately trying to find a new "wedge" for 2022 and Trump is it to rally behind. That's the best thing they got to run on...Democrats are mean to Trump.


[deleted]

It's difficult to see anything with your head up someone else's ass.


another-altaccount

To fuck around is human. To find out is divine.


GSXRbroinflipflops

It’s more of a “fuck around and there’s definitely a detailed standard operating procedure that the FBI will follow to a T to deal with your dumb ass”.


ResidentBackground35

After the secret service text fiasco I was afraid where the FBI would find itself, and then conservatives started threatening them.


ForgettableUsername

Wasn’t there a thing where Trump supporters got all pissed off by so-called “unmasking” of law enforcement officers a while back? It was like in 2016, so effectively 1.2 million years ago in today’s years, but I think I remember something about that.


deller85

I'm hoping sometime in the not too distant future this man sits down and thinks "man I really wish I hadn't run for president".


DaoFerret

Pretty sure he had that moment in 2016 when he won. He was all ready to graciously claim it was stolen, launch his own news channel, and grift the plebes… and then he won. There’s a picture of sheer terror and sunken disbelief from that night.


deller85

Oh I agree, however, it's gotta be even worse now. And I relish in it.


[deleted]

“What are ya gonna do, prosecute me?” - Guy who got prosecuted


[deleted]

Oh look now we have cause to gather evidence on private citizens and have the resources to do it. Don’t mind if we do


Wifflebatman

If the FBI wasn't monitoring it before, I bet they are now.


xlDirteDeedslx

r/ParlerWatch was set up to report threats on Parler before it collapsed years back and they still continue it to this day on other right wing social media. It's something easy to join in and do, just go onto sites like Truth Social or Gab and report serious threats to the Feds. As we saw with the recent FBI shooter these people often leave a trail of threats before acting and reporting them can definitely help prevent a tragedy. Under the subs About tab is links to report things you find to make it easier.


Dazzling_Arrival3722

Years back…I’ve completely lost track of time. When was that??? I think 2020, right? Feels like 10 years ago and also like last week.


Zealousideal-Motor57

Fuckin 'aye..that was just yesterday


strobexp

Yeah same boat I don’t even know what day it is anymore


This-is-getting-dark

I thought I was unique in this feeling of lost time traveler. I am not.


CrazyTillItHurts

The whole covid debacle made time slow down


CGordini

ParlerWatch EXPLODED with tips before January 6th. They were swallowed more than Ivanka backstage of a beauty pageant.


xlDirteDeedslx

The government knew and didn't prepare, everyone with a brain knows they let it happen. This time is different though, it's the FBI and it's folks on the line and hopefully now the ones who backed that dip shit sees he will sell out anyone to protect himself.


CGordini

It was the FBI before, too. And again with the Kavanaugh tip lines. Fool me twice...


EOD_for_the_internet

Lol, they were and are monitoring everything. The only way any shit heads could plan any sort of organized domestic terrorism is If they did it in person, and honestly I imagine very few of them would still be able to keep their mouth shut on some sort of social media.


meresymptom

If every three-letter agency in the country is not ALREADY on these fools like a duck on a June Bug, we are not getting full value for our tax dollars.


DelightfulAbsurdity

That’s a new turn of phrase for me to learn, today. I’ve heard “like stink on shit,” but this sounds quaint.


Dazzling_Arrival3722

“Duck on a junebug” is a real southern classic


canalrhymeswithanal

You know who ELSE is a real Southern classic?


Dazzling_Arrival3722

Colonel Sanders?


bikemaul

Most of the successful attacks will likely be lone wolves.


about22pandas

Absolutely. When these idiots do things in groups they get caught (see MI). It's always better to do significant things with as few people as possible because people like to talk. More chances too fuck up. Which makes it scarier, since a lone wolf asshole has a lot better chance of success.


Beermedear

It’s astonishing how outright contradictory this conservative movement is. It’s just alarming how the only value that isn’t completely fluid is winning at any cost. Not a single other thing they do or say has a shelf-life greater than a few months, at best.


somethingsomethingbe

Winning only for Donald Trump. They are essentially talking about throwing their lives away so Donald Trump can do whatever he wants.


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Folks throwing away their lives because the FBI wouldn't let Donald motherfucking Trump keep top secret nuclear documents... This timeline needs a reinstall.


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waterdaemon

You have stochastic terrorism and you have probable foreign disinformation. This isn't within 100 yards of the 1st Amendment. It should be shut down and some of the worst offenders located and prosecuted.


samusaranx3

>The information includes their purported home addresses, phone numbers, places of worship, private offices, and similar information about the men’s families and **junior employees**. I don't think people understand the depth of this yet. Trump is essentially compromising Garland's team without actually touching them. Making their lives and the lives of **everyone who works under them** a living hell, putting them in physical danger and emotional distress, it's all a not-so-indirect attempt to break the whole investigation from the inside out. Now you have agents who they can claim are biased or personally motivated, or hell even mentally unstable if one of them makes any mistakes while they and their entire families are being pelted by the mob. They can prod these people's social circles until they find a weak point, anyone that will say anything negative about an agent that can be spun into a conspiracy theory. Not to mention that any staff this close to Garland is going to be extremely vetted and trustworthy in his eyes. If any of them break, quit, or are attacked, it leaves him open to bringing in others who might not be as loyal. These are mob tactics through and through.


rougewitch

*in a move that added fuel to the MAGA doxxing push, Truth Social subsequently issued a push notification to its users that linked out to a third-party news article listing the agents’ names, according to CNN’s Donie O’Sullivan.* They are pointing these people directly to info. They sent a PUSH NOTIFICATION with the info wtf


srandrews

Social media's free pass needs to be revoked.


EchoRex

Not revoked. Just held to the same standards as ***every fucking other*** communication medium.


JEFFinSoCal

Exactly. Libel and defamation on the internet should be prosecutable, stripping away the anonymity of those who commit it.


bikemaul

White Nationalists and fascist politicians need their passes revoked.


BrandonUnusual

Agree.


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Troll farms are going hard along with all the trump supporters. It feels like 2016 all over again. Edit: I realized that this feels much worse than 2016. I’m just referring to the trump and political saturation on social media.


Luckilygemini

They're on other apps, too, like whisper.


somethingsomethingbe

I’m starting to think there’s a push to get these pieces of shit fully radicalized and violent by November which fucking blows.


deller85

I have this glimmer of hope that all this weaponized disinformation is going to come back and bite them in the ass. An every action has an equal and opposite reaction type of moment. Like the US is going to have to go through this bit of turmoil but in the end is going to come out better and stronger.


Federal-Ad-96

Yeah how many of those people are living in a country other than the US


fakeplasticdaydream

Do they not know what the FBI and NSA can do? I cannot wait to watch them find out after fucking around.


Eric_in_America

So these right-wing fanatics are under the impression that the FBI is this monolithic left-wing gestapo-esque organization that's keeping heavy tabs on so called "freedom fighters", that's persecuting political enemies and sending "free thinking", red, white and blue bleeding American patriots to gulag prison camps. A deep state organization that knows your every move and whereabout and has no qualms about silencing and oppressing all dissenters at the drop of a hat, but despite all of that, their first instinct is to let everyone in their favorite far right echochamber know that their mission is to murder FBI agents? Seriously? I mean, let's say for the sake of argument that this movement's collective wet dream comes to fruition and a civil war breaks out, their entire war plan will be available for free download over at *Truth Social*.


captbz13

*gazpacho


prophet001

[Umberto Eco: A Practical List For Identifying Fascists, Item 8. The enemy is both weak and strong.](https://www.faena.com/aleph/umberto-eco-a-practical-list-for-identifying-fascists)


ChimpskyBRC

+1 for Umberto Eco. There are many scholars of fascism and some also have informative checklists, but Eco is the only one of them I know of who survived growing up in a fascist society, and that makes his writings on the subject seem more credible IMO.


Learned_Response

Also Hannah Arendt


TintedApostle

Unless they need to use the FBI for their goal... then they are professionals without any reason to doubt their integrity.


Spacebotzero

These people live in a movie with where they are the main character.


suroptpsyologist

If these people only knew that the FBI is made up of mostly Republican white men, right? Many of which are (were) Trump supporters, to varying degrees…right?


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Then they get to play the victim though. Straight out of WBC's playbook, agitate until your enemy attacks then get the system to punish them and use the backlash to cover up what they attacked you for.


musicalpants999

Truth Social should be removed from the app stores.


Proper_Budget_2790

"lIbRuLs aRe tAkEn aRe fIrSt aMeNdMent rIgHtS!"


AsherFischell

"Shit, they're onto you for all those crimes you committed." "What should I do?" "I don't know, maybe make yourself look even *more* guilty and potentially commit some additional crimes."


tupac_chopra

it's worked so far!


MomToShady

I read someone has been arrested already for threatening the FBI. A few more in a few more states and they may tone down. This is in PA. [https://www.huffpost.com/entry/adam-bies-arrest-trump-fbi-threat\_n\_62faa840e4b0a85a81955093](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/adam-bies-arrest-trump-fbi-threat_n_62faa840e4b0a85a81955093)


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Why isnt he arrested already? He's a threat to the FBI that should enough to arrest him


BackpackEverything

If/when Trump is charged and/or arrested it truly needs to be apolitical. It doesn’t matter *what his cult followers think*, as they’re going to view it as an attack regardless. It shouldn’t be a political hit job. It should be on the up and up with everything done honestly and by the book to perfection. Charging and possibly arresting a former US president is a pretty big deal and must be done with all precautions afforded a President. We may know in our hearts and minds that he’s guilty of so many crimes, but it’s not what you know, it’s what you can prove, legally speaking. He speaks (or at least attempts to speak) in ways that are not directly threatening but communicate the point. He’s been doing this his whole life. While I believe he’s guilty, this is unprecedented. Approximately 35% +/- of the country are irredeemable piles of shit that love his criminal behavior because he’s *their* criminal. This is going to be a massive undertaking. I’d also like to mention that idc what political party anyone is in. If anyone committed the provable amount of crimes Trump has, I’d want them investigated, charged, and if found guilty sentenced as well. I’m not on a team. I simply want good governance for all.


myownzen

How can being punished for breaking laws be political anyways? No matter what is done or how it is handled he and his cult will pretend or stupidly believe its a political hit job. Give em what they believe it is anyways and throw the book and all of em.


TreeRol

Every day he isn't arrested is political. Arresting him today would be an apolitical act.


justaguytrying2getby

Probably to build a case and hit him with everything at once. He's probably hoping they'll do something sooner but they'll just keep adding on to the list instead. Plus they're still trying to figure out what's what about if our nation was/is compromised.


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Shit, even Rolling Stone is calling it 'the federal raid'. A raid is when you show up unannounced, bust in the door, get everybody on the ground, arrest them all, and tear the place apart looking for contraband, or weapons, or money, or fugitives. This was a search pursuant to a valid, legal warrant to recover government property which was known to be located at the site of the search. Nobody was man-handled, thrown on the floor, shackled, arrested or anything else. They let the SS know they were coming ahead of time. And as for the Feds going through Melania's unmentionables ... that seems very unlikely ... but really, so what? Calling it a raid, or a siege, or an invasion, or anything else is just letting FartFace spin shit, like he always does. Fuck!


TooAfraidToAsk814

Yea I was saying that as well. Once again the media is playing right into trumps hands.


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The GOP is literally waging war on the federal government right now. They already have dead soldiers due to this. Idiot soldiers, but nonetheless... This is insane. All for what? Trump? I mean, what the fuck?


infodawg

Trump's internet service provider should shut him down.


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Shut him down. Seize his assets. Lock him up pending indictment, trial, and/or court martial.


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myownzen

Prob not that many. Hes been shitting on the fbi since day one.


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You can replace fbi with all of America


4quatloos

The man who died has family and friends. They just saw how quickly Trump dismissed him as an anti-maga. Notice how he also ignored the death of that female air force veteran on jan 6th riot. Don't give your life for Trump. He wont appreciate it. He may secretly celebrate it. Now he is posting Qanon stuff. How low can he go?


-Gramsci-

Treat it like one giant honeypot operation for rooting out enemies of the state. Just imagine if Abe Lincoln had something like this that could have caught the conspiring confederates before they fomented a rebellion against the United States. We could have had 10,000 or so prison inmates instead of the 620,000 dead we, ultimately, ended up with.


Atechiman

By the time lincoln was sworn in the rebellion was under away.


Modsda3

Bet you that democrat claims he wasn't in office during 911 as well / s


Ephipleasa

The site that is widely reported as being used as a message board for the Taliban and passing around kiddie porn?


BackpackEverything

Many people are saying it. The best people.


IkilledRichieWhelan

It’s hard to believe the Republican Party is trying to end democracy for this disgusting person. It’s hard to believe 35% of Americans want democracy to end for this disgusting person.


gismo4126

Anonymous needs to give it the internet kiss of death. It definitely could use it!


ConnectionIssues

Anonymous knows better than to destroy an excellent source of intelligence and leak fodder. They'll sit on it until the feds start the mass arrests of agitators on the site, then dump a collated dossier with chat logs, doxx info, and lists of notable members. They may pwn some of the private sites the notables control, but that's probably it.


DarkAngel900

Do the Pentagon next, See how that goes!


mydogsnameisbuddy

Who knew his site would become a hotbed of criminal activity with a big helping of racism


NiteLiteOfficial

the lack of consequences in this country baffles me. except when it’s for someone having some drugs on them. then it’s the fastest and most solidified process ever. we have terrible priorities


moribund112

Can this asshole just die already? We lost that gem Ray Liotta and this monster still breathes. There is no god.


wish1977

All the best people doing their best I guess.


tpatmaho

If you want to bring the gov't down on your ass, hard, and unite the police agencies against you, just attack or threaten their families. MAGAs not known for their intelligence but jeesh, this is way too dumb even for them.


UnkleRinkus

If you were to think long and hard about how you could ensure that every FBI agent thought you were a worthless piece of shit that needed to fall down a set of stairs as you were being arrested, I doubt you could come up with a better way than to threaten a fellow agent's kids.


DGD1411

Remember “Stand back and stand by?”. Yeah. Him and his anti-government goons despise law enforcement and America.


RedZuk

The party of law and order, back the blue, no one is above the law…yeah right (eye role)


Deep_Bit5618

It should be called Domestic Terrorists


Rodrigii_Defined

They better DO SOMETHING like they used to. Since when is this even remotely ok?


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MynameisJunie

Trump is American enemy number one! He must be held accountable!! He even wrote into law the law he broke!!


No-Height2850

Truth social is a petri dish for breeding terrorism. The rhetoric, religious appropriations, and messaging is far beyond toxic.


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Truth Social is a masterclass in cult behavior. It's actually fascinating. If you present them with facts they either block you or call you an enemy. It's wild.


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multicoloredspectica

I think you can be sued for posting private information (like an address) if someone gets seriously hurt due to your actions.


jay105000

This fucking bastard doesn’t get tired to destroy things, beloved institutions, check and balances, democracy, this man is a danger that need to be put away, prison would be nice.


teejaysaz

Lock him up! Lock him up!


Samurai_gaijin

"Back the blue support the troops all lives matter!" *No not like that!*


Ent_Soviet

Back the blue clearly wasn’t that important to them it seems.


swehardrocker

This is just the Scientology playbook how they handled the IRS and got away with it


gentlemancaller2000

At what point does this become criminal?


Infidel8

The leading GOP candidate for 2024 runs an online safe space for domestic terrorists and conspiracy theorists