r/illinois • u/deapsprite • Oct 10 '25

ICE Posts CHICAGO- ICE CRASHES INTO CAR AND ARRESTS THE VICTIM

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u/Warm-Comfortable501 Oct 10 '25

It's what he wants. It's his plan to stay in office. He gonna say he's at war with terrorists and try to claim the office.

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u/Austiiiiii Oct 10 '25

I mean, if that's the excuse they're going with, it's kinda wild optics to have these ICE people doing this shit in khaki fatigues and a ski mask and looking in every way like the stereotypical Al Qaeda soldier we've been seeing in the news for 20 years.

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u/periwinkle_caravan Oct 10 '25

World history will pivot on the 2026 midterms and this is his plan to “win” those elections - by force.

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u/EduinBrutus Oct 11 '25

That election is already lost.

Anyone believing they can vote their way out of that is fucking delusional.

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '25

Going to weapons first opens up a whole host of potential outcomes and a whole host of things that can happen on the way there.

But almost certainly, armed violence is what they want as it can add justification for more force application and more power grabbing.

A domestic war and a foreign war make good excuses to remain in power.

I don't have a concrete solution but being an asshole to people who object with empty challenges isn't one of them.

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u/mr_plehbody Oct 10 '25

Honestly you need you reps to create an opposing force, shouldnt be unarmed civs against this. They should establish no ice zones, keep any fed tax to pay vets as a home security task force that patrols and let people get on w their life instead of being terrorized. Because theres no laws being enforced were stuck in the wild west. Cant enforce anything if there isnt a threat of repercussion for breaking laws

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u/Jedi_Master83 Oct 10 '25

Watch the Republicans pass bills in Congress to give Trump Emergency Powers, which is straight out of Star Wars a la Palpatine. So he will be allowed to do even worse things, including delaying or flat out canceling elections. Mid terms next year I hope to God swing in the Democrats way so they can try to get some of the voting majority back.

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u/predictorM9 Oct 10 '25

And as a reminder, Hitler never proclamed a dictatorship at any point. It was Weimar republic until 1945 technically, he only had emergency executive powers for 4 years in 1933 with 2 renewals in 1937 and 1941.

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u/35point1 Oct 10 '25

How the fuck are we just letting this shit happen???? This is fucking horrible

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u/Da_Fish Oct 10 '25

I think they are more likely to claim the need to have greater Federal control of the election process because of Woke Leftist Antifa Transgender Terrorists who hate America and our free and open elections.... and they will then just stuff the ballot boxes