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kentuck

(115,311 posts)
Sat Feb 14, 2026, 10:22 AM Saturday

ICE must be abolished if democracy is to be saved. [View all]

The debate about government shutdown and DHS funding should be the line in the sand. Our democracy cannot survive with these departments operating as a police state against the American people. The only solution is to abolish them.

We see the threats coming against our elections in November. They refuse to say that armed thugs will not surround our poll places and influence the turnout or steal the ballots outright? Quite the opposite, some have suggested that is their plan.

There can be no compromise on this matter. ICE must go. All their funding must be stopped immediately. Otherwise, our democracy will not survive. That is the line in the sand that must be drawn right now. If we must bear the hardships now, it will be better than the burden of a dictator and a totalitarian state.

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Agreed Fiendish Thingy Saturday #1
I suspect 2029 will be too late. kentuck Saturday #2
Nothing can stop the Blue Tsunami in November Fiendish Thingy Saturday #4
I asked Google yesterday how much it doc03 Saturday #3
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