Serving the interests of Americans vs trying to obtain power
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@Mik said in ICE kills a US citizen in Minneapolis:
The question I ask myself is which party is trying to serve the interests of Americans and which trying to obtain power? While I don’t always approve the methods, I think the answer is obvious.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/us/politics/ice-expands-power-agents-warrants.html
ICE Expands Power of Agents to Arrest People Without Warrants
https://apnews.com/article/ice-arrests-warrants-minneapolis-trump-00d0ab0338e82341fd91b160758aeb2d
Federal immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to forcibly enter people’s homes without a judge’s warrant, ...
The chief federal judge in Minnesota excoriated Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Wednesday, saying it had violated nearly 100 court orders stemming from its aggressive crackdown in the state and had disobeyed more judicial directives in January alone than “some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence.”
https://www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-charter-of-trumps-board-of-peace/amp/
Donald J. Trump shall serve as inaugural Chairman of the Board of Peace, ... The Chairman shall at all times designate a successor for the role of Chairman. Replacement of the Chairman may occur only following voluntary resignation or as a result of incapacity, ...
Donald J. Trump personally, not whoever occupies the office of the U.S. President, is designated Chair, essentially for life, and he gets to choose his successor all by himself. Even Xi in China doesn't get to choose his own successor; but Kim in North Korea does.
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Hey @mik, here's another good one!
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/trump-republicans-nationalize-elections-rcna257098
President Donald Trump on Monday said Republicans should nationalize elections and take them over from the states as he repeated his disproven claims of voter fraud.
“The Republicans should say, 'We want to take over. We should take over the voting in at least — many, 15 places.' The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting,” Trump said during an appearance on former Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino’s podcast.