I am not 100% on Waco. The ATF knows they went crazy there. I do know there were exaggerations in regards to the children as several have admitted in interviews that they were coaxed into making some statements. Im not saying all of it was made up, but I know some of it was.

Remember that Waco happened over a firearm inspection that was done by the ATF. They saw auto conversion kits on rifles that they reported as illegal … and it turns out they were NOT illegal and the ATF knew it, but raided anyway.

Things did get crazy from there. You dont declare “total war” on an fucking end of the world cult that dreams about going out in a blaze of bullets …because they are going to go out in a blaze of bullets. The ATF knew THAT as well.

I thought he was describing Waco TX … until I saw Philly. Close enough for another example.

Shit. That is going to work. The SCOTUS will want to suck Trumps balls a little after telling him “no” 5-6 times … to make it up to him. I bet they are going to pass this.

Tyranny cannot thrive in peace. It needs conflict, even if the conflict is manufactured.

Politicians pointing out Trumps “Authoritarianism” are dumb and complicit… dont just criticize, do something. LEAD.

Heh. One picture says what’s on most every reasonable Americans mind.

I know! Those thirty three felony convictions stopped him right? So did the hundreds of lawsuits.

Sadly about 40-50% of the population are MAGA, which believe they are all temporarily inconvenienced billionaires. Any day now that MAGA person is going to get lots of money (probably the lottery) and they dont want the pay all those taxes … so they sit in their trailer park with their MAGA hat and “Let’s Go Brandon” bumper sticker just waiting to go vote how the billionaires of “team money” tell them to.

The US does operate on the principle that companies should actually have limits on how far they can grow. This was set forth in the Sherman Act of 1890. The fact that it was not there at the founding of the country, embedded in the constitution, is probably a contributing factor on why the US is falling into corruption today. The main cause is of course political parties, which should have been made illegal. George Washington predicted our current future in his exit speech when he said that political parties would be the downfall of the US … he was right.

This is how the USA works now. Not just unethical companies and monopolies but super monopolies and upright evil companies. If you ever want to make yourself mad Google EssilorLuxottica, it is the largest eyeglass manufacturer, sunglass manufacturer, eyeglass retailer … and believe it or not it also owns Eyemed eye insurance. It’s not the biggest eye insurance company … yet.

Jo gets deepdived by a dozen people. No … not the title of the next furry porn, just what is happening now on Lemmy.

Oh yeah. The US leadership is filled with Russian assets and Putin playthings.

I’ve seen the video! It’s proof! They even got his prison MS13 hand tat, you can see all the letters of “MISS13” in Calibri font clearly on his six fingers.

You know nothing [insert name here].

Banana Republic II, Electric Boogaloo, coming to a country near you

It’s almost time for Spider Man in real life! Can you see it on the horizon? It will be outlined by the eerie red glow of spiderwebs.

My thinking is that the barracuda fish was Marlin’s actual wife. Marlin started cheating on her when his best friend Steve the clown fish became a she. The barracuda found him and this new clown fish lady together and entered a bloody rage. That’s my way-less-than-normal thinking.

Hope in one hand and shit in the other, then see which one gets filled up first.

The queen of thorns was probably the most cunning and ruthless character in the show series. In the books it was Lady Stark/Stoneheart.

Yes. Do the peons. Start from the bottom up.

Theoretically, if someone would have started harassing Hitler’s low level thugs when he first got started then it would not have grown. It wouldnt need to be murderous. Slash some tires, break some windows … remember these are basically starter nazis that we are discussing.

They wear masks for a reason.