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As i recall this is part and parcel of Atlas Shrugged notion of controlling the population by making everyone a criminal and subject to arbitrary arrest, and the Stalinist idea, "show me the man and I'll show you the crime."

I wonder if this isnt another attempt by the Regime to choke off any USA Trucker convoy by subjecting anyone attempting to organize or fund the convoy to investigation, harassment, and arrest if the resistance doesn't cease? The Regime may lack resources to stop a convoy once it rolls but they have ample resources to keep it from forming by going after key leaders who dare raise their heads.

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Feb 10, 2022·edited Feb 10, 2022

Seems like I went from being deplorable, to being a racist, to being a domestic terrorist all in 6 years. And I've learned that when they come for you to fight to the death because if they capture you they'll put you in prison for years with no trial. Because the process is the punishment.

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That's the message they're sending. The ramifications of their actions, ie sending that particular message, will be their undoing.

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And that wild and crazy devolution theory is starting to make more sense to me

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Funny how that works. Almost like a plan.

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Disturbing, every last bit of it. Serious question: if the CCP itself were advising the Feds on how to word their case, what precisely would the Feds be doing any differently? Nothing of import as far as I can see.

And fwiw, this Hinderaker piece over at powerline (powerlineblog.com/archives/2022/02/are-you-americas-top-terrorist-threat.php) dovetails with this one wonderfully. The synergy of the two is well worth the effort of reading both, imho.

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Feb 10, 2022·edited Feb 10, 2022

The above, btw, is not to say they will in the end get away with it - only that they're damn sure trying to with all they've got.

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What "violent extremist attacks during 2021" are they talking about? I had to really scratch my head for a minute... Oh, right. Jan 6 again. But they're really reaching to paint that as an "antivaxx" affair.

Honestly, I think it's all bluff. They don't have the manpower to do much about this problem of theirs, and they don't control enough courts. They're just trying to provoke us again. Maybe winding up for another cheesy false-flag manufactured event.

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"Maybe winding up for another cheesy false-flag manufactured event."

I think you're pretty safe on that musing. Their manufactured event machinery is never inoperative. They're either executing the current setup(s) or planning those to come. I mean, seriously:

The Russia hoax. Manufactured.

The Ukraine phone call/whistleblower impeachment. Manufactured.

The Jan 6-driven impeachment. Manufactured.

Whitmer kidnapping. Manufactured.

The systematic & transparent shenanigans leading to the declaration of a Joe Biden Electoral College victory. Manufactured.

Jan 6 "insurrection." Manufactured.

Covid hysteria/fudging the stats/acting like there is no cheap, safe effective treatment/acting like the jabs, lockdowns and cloth masks are all both safe and effective. Manufactured.

The idea that people who effectively oppose The Regime are domestic terrorists, probably white supremacists, and constitute the nation's single greatest national security threat. Manufactured.

The mass censorship of inconvenient truths. Manufactured.

I could go on. Any of us could. The manufactured event is all they have, and they'll not let go of it as long as they have the power to hang on to it. There are more to come. How could it possibly be otherwise?

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They are desperately trying to rid themselves of Trump and his popular appeal. He is rousing the non-elites and the establishment fears a popular revolt. This is just more top down scare tactics (pathetic attempt to forestall popular anger). to keep the lid on the populace. As the climb down and Clawback gathers momentum. Anything like the freedom convoy happens in this country and the narrative is shredded. And if Trump rides along, lord help Mitch.

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You think they are trying to set it up so they can arrest us just on the basis of what THEY say our thoughts are, algorithmically? If you doubt that just consider 1/6 and then consider "big tech." Amazing how this has all happened so fast... until you consider the possibility that it has all been planned over many years. The "Patriot Act." Yeah, right. We are not quite "Back in the U.S.S.R." , but we are here:

<i>The dream police, they live inside of my head (live inside of my head)

The dream police, they come to me in my bed (come to me in my bed)

The dream police, they're coming to arrest me, oh, no

Well, I can't tell lies

'Cause they're listening to me

And when I fall asleep

Bet they're spying on me tonight, tonight

'Cause they're waiting for me

They're looking for me

Every single night

They're driving me insane

Those men inside my brain

I try to sleep, they're wide awake, they won't let me alone

They don't get paid to take vacations or let me alone

They spy on me, I try to hide, they won't let me alone

They persecute me, they're the judge and jury all in one</i>

But remember that what they want is not what they will get. Resist, be informed, be smart, be moral, and stay strong in the knowledge of God, who laughs at the plans of the evil leaders of this world (Psalms 2:4, Psalms 37:13).

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Yep, even if they say opposing things from one day to the next. Unless of course YOU are a Democrat, in which case you can simply issue an apology to escape incarceration.

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Does it seem like the Wokesters are on a winning streak? That's because they are...going on 70 years now. I hate to crush any hopes you might have that we might be rounding a bend into calmer waters after a couple years of crazy, but see if this powerfully made case does not disabuse you. The author posits that we have only just begun to diagnose our dire situation--and have taken pitifully few steps to actually fight it effectively.

https://theupheaval.substack.com/p/no-the-revolution-isnt-over

The dude just ruined my week...

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Note that the very next day Mitch got on the right side of history:

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/feb/8/mitch-mcconnell-calls-jan-6-violent-insurrection-p/

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"false or misleading narratives regarding unsubstantiated widespread election fraud" should be dealt with, and are easy to deal with. Prove that they are false or misleading narratives. The lack of curiosity and downright hostility to all claims of irregularities and illegalities has succeeded in convincing most of us that such claims are justified.

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To state the formerly obvious, people should be able to reach their own conclusions on what THEY judge to be false or misleading (after unfettered investigation), free of what the government or its media arms determine to be false or misleading.

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It is even more obvious that if you avoid investigation, destroy evidence and actively impede any efforts to determine what really happened it is because far from proving no fraud took place you are afraid or even know this to be the case.

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So, what are my rights as a citizen when the government has essentially declared war on me? By the way, if I remember my history correctly, King George also restricted "mis-" and "dis-" information in the Colonies. How'd that work out for him?

Do I have to wait for things to go kinetic?

The Left is doing everything it can to consolidate power. Jefferson said we have the right “to alter or to abolish” a government that becomes “destructive” of the ends for which it was formed, namely, securing our rights. His qualifier was, of course: but only when we have been reduced to “absolute Despotism.”

We there yet?

It sure feels like it. Although this absolute rule may not be by a single individual, it is only the more scarier to me that it is absolute rule by this current group of fanatics.

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As heretofore stated, we now have fascism without the cool uniforms/great music. Instead, we have obese, multi-pierced purple-haired somethings traveling somewhere between Chromosome X & Y, dragging their blubber along behind them.

Stop the world. I want off.

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"Confession by projection." It's really quite a theme with these sociopaths.

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"The govt lies frequently."

Whoa! Are you encouraging people to distrust the government?

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