Is America bringing freedom to North Carolina & Oregon & Minnesota?
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Yet a couple of short years ago it was their civic duty to wear masks .Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents wear masks, President Donald Trump and his supporters have insisted, because if they have to show their faces, then they will be doxxed. More specifically, Republicans have argued, bystanders could take photos of agents’ faces, identify them and use that information to harm them.
An untold number of law enforcement officers in the U.S. go to work every day not only with their faces visible but also with their names on their chests. To argue that ICE agents are vulnerable to doxxing by showing their faces is to argue that all law enforcement officers who show their faces are. But other law enforcement officers work with their faces visible, which was an indication, long ago, that ICE officers could ditch the masks, too.
But after dispatching ICE to 14 major U.S. airports where unpaid Transportation Security Administration workers are quitting or calling out sick, Trump said Monday on social media that “I would greatly appreciate…NO MASKS” at the airports.
They did so at airports on Monday; their faces were clearly visible. Less clear was what the agents were doing at the airports. Photos and videos from some airports showed ICE officers walking or standing around, doing little — if anything — to relieve TSA agents.
The apparent inability of ICE agents to do anything to speed up the long security lines at airports isn’t the only thing we’ve learned about the agency in recent days. “Trump realized ICE agents don’t need masks in airports,” Rep. James Walkinshaw, D-Va., told MS NOW’s Lawrence O’Donnell on “The Last Word” on Monday night.
“If they don’t need masks in airports, then I don’t understand why they need masks when they’re wandering around communities across the country. We now know they don’t need the masks. That’s good news.”
Opinion | Trump told ICE agents to unmask in airports — and exposed a MAGA lie in the process — MS NOW
If there were a legitimate threat to ICE agents who show their faces outside airports, then that threat would also exist inside airports.apple.news
Health Canada didn't understand the basics of mask specifications. It was just a compliance test.
Health Canada knew exactly the specifications of masks needed during COVID from the beginning, and there was a shortage. I gave my stack (box of 50 or a 100) of N95’s to a relative at the beginning that has an Auto-Immune disease, who’s also a nurse (or was until COVID) that I had from Princess Auto for my SideGrinder.
Canada paid (prepaid) for its supply from China, and then the Chinese in turn resold Canada’s supply to another nation that “out-bid” us for the masks we already paid for, and then didn’t return our money. Trudeau had all of our eggs in one basket, so then any & all K or N 95 masks we had where reserved for the medical professionals, etc…& even then there wasn’t enough.
Thus the switch from K or N 95’s to have your grandma knit you a few, etc…& a lot of that was a mixture of compliance and virtue signalling and something is better than nothing logic.
Then the Street-Folks started wearing the Temu silk-screened ninja looking full face (except for the eyes) masks for the same reasons US ICE Agents wear them. The Junkies and homeless eventually stopped wearing masks after Covid, but ICE didn’t.
N95 has too large of openings for covid, making it ineffective for anything other than thought control.
The single best thing that came out of this was people became more aware of the need to wash their hands. And cough into their elbow instead of on the fresh veggies in the store.
The single best thing that came out of this was people became more aware of the need to wash their hands. And cough into their elbow instead of on the fresh veggies in the store.
Learned that if they where sick, to take a day or two away as they’re not welcomed into a crowded office in that state, so avoid it becoming a Petri dish like a classroom.
I learned that most people look better in masks. Even better'n that in burlap sacks.
That was another important lesson that I hope sticks.
America is on the cusp of its first “authoritarian” election. In his May 10 Truth Social post, Trump wrote about employing an “Election Integrity Army in every single State to preserve the sanctity of each legal vote.” Citing this “Army” as the reason he won in 2024, Trump continued, “We will be doing the same again in 2026, but it will be much bigger and stronger.”
On Tuesday, ironically, as the president was departing for Communist China, Trump was asked if “he would send National Guard or ICE officers to voting locations,” and replied, “I do anything necessary to make sure we have honest elections.”
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche also appears supportive of employing ICE. And recall what former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said about the midterms: “We’ve been proactive to make sure that we have the right people voting.” Therefore, Americans must be concerned about voter safety and potential authoritarian-style activity on Election Day.
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On Tuesday, ironically, as the president was departing for Communist China, Trump was asked if “he would send National Guard or ICE officers to voting locations,” and replied, “I do anything necessary to make sure we have honest elections.”
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche also appears supportive of employing ICE. And recall what former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said about the midterms: “We’ve been proactive to make sure that we have the right people voting.” Therefore, Americans must be concerned about voter safety and potential authoritarian-style activity on Election Day.
Update: 7 reasons the midterms will be the most dramatic and dangerous ever — The Hill
The 2026 midterm election is predicted to be the most dramatic and dangerous in U.S. history, with Trump fearing a loss of control of Congress, gerrymandering, potential voter intimidation, and a record number of voters feeling powerless.
Do Returning Officers, Deputy Returning Officers and scrutinizers make ours authoritarian?America is on the cusp of its first “authoritarian” election. In his May 10 Truth Social post, Trump wrote about employing an “Election Integrity Army in every single State to preserve the sanctity of each legal vote.” Citing this “Army” as the reason he won in 2024, Trump continued, “We will be doing the same again in 2026, but it will be much bigger and stronger.”
On Tuesday, ironically, as the president was departing for Communist China, Trump was asked if “he would send National Guard or ICE officers to voting locations,” and replied, “I do anything necessary to make sure we have honest elections.”
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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche also appears supportive of employing ICE. And recall what former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said about the midterms: “We’ve been proactive to make sure that we have the right people voting.” Therefore, Americans must be concerned about voter safety and potential authoritarian-style activity on Election Day.
Update: 7 reasons the midterms will be the most dramatic and dangerous ever — The Hill
The 2026 midterm election is predicted to be the most dramatic and dangerous in U.S. history, with Trump fearing a loss of control of Congress, gerrymandering, potential voter intimidation, and a record number of voters feeling powerless.
I copy&pasted. Lots to chew on at the link. I think the authoritarian comment ties more to the posting of ICE agents at select jurisdictions voting centres, but…