In 2023, how are these threats not immediately traceable and punished? Even burner phones have to be registered these days, right?
this post was submitted on 25 Nov 2023
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There is a long history of law enforcement not taking threats of violence seriously, when they come from white conservative groups.
The Secrete Service might. As far as I know they take all threats to the president as pretty serious. But that only helps the president, not the rest of us.
Perhaps in the past, but at least as of a few years ago, the USSS was heavily infiltrated by MAGA fascists.
Carol Leonnig’s book Zero Fail: The Rise and Fall of the Secret Service goes into great detail on how compromised that organisation has become.
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Considering what happened to the January 6th insurrectionists, even if they're caught, they'll get a slap on the wrist.
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The cops and FBI are on their side, that's why.
Hell, a decent chunk of the posts are probably from cops.
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Remember when hrc was lambasted for calling these folks deplorable?
I always thought she was right and she should doubled down.
She was proven right in polls about their attitudes soon after.
Unfortunately for her those deplorables vote.
Well, anyone holding deplorable positions was not going to vote for her, no matter what. All the pearl-clutching tone police seem to overlook that when they lecture her...
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Unfortunately, being right doesn't matter in a popularity contest.
I do wonder how things would have panned out if she'd won - I can't help but think Trump would have been replaced by someone better able to overthrow democracy...
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I guess when the judges start dying, we'll think about taking this seriously, but not really.
it also sounds like a few hundred people need investigating.
Yes but it's hard to investigate right-wing terrorists when you can't seem to take off these damn kid gloves.
Not to mention a lot of the terrorists being the the same people as the cops who would look into "it".
Never forget "We have investigated ourselves and have found no evidence of wrongdoing" might as well be the motto of US policing.
Just going to leave this here... 🙂
Every Single House Republican Voted Against Investigating Neo-Nazis in the Military
All 208 House Republicans thumbed their noses at an amendment to a bill that would order the government to investigate white supremacist and neo-Nazi activity in the military and federal law enforcement.
Yeah, they are going to need those guys when they attempt their coup.
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Its whack how we have a whole ass terror cell in our government nobody does anything about.
Well the FBI just designated Antifa as terrorists, so.... Wait yeah we're doing nothing.
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I hope they are doing their best to track each one of these terrorists down and throwing the book at them. All the better to have these thugs wrapped up in the justice system with trials, prison time, etc...give them something to occupy their time, esp. if some other big event calls them (like J6), they can stay away due to serving time or having to show up to trial, etc...
I hope they are doing their best to track each one of these terrorists down and throwing the book at them.
I'm sure justice will be as swift and harsh as it was for the January 6 insurrectionists. Which is to say, they'll slow walk it and hand out insultingly minor sentences when they absolutely have to do anything at all.
Federal judiciary doesn't take kindly to threats. Neither does the FBI.
I sure hope they start taking this all very seriously before the orange blob (or a proxy) is able to seize power.
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FBI is part of it but the us Marshalls oversee Federal courts, they're not super politically biased and will fuck some people up if given a reason. Don't fuck with the federal Marshall service.
So innocent. Right folks?
I highly doubt these mental midgets took care to properly hide their identity when making these calls. I'm fairly confident they could easily be round up and charged with criminal threats against an officer of the law.
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Trump already violated Engoron’s gag order twice, costing him $15,000.
I gagged. That’s less than the cheapest car on the market. For violating two gag orders in a civil fraud trial.
Unsurprising. Republicans are cunts like that.
I mean, his rights? Isn't the point of the judicial system to strip away some rights when you do something illegal?
in this case its all about the drawn out appeal. trumps famous not for winning, but for dragging cases out so long it doesnt matter anymore.
in this case, hes already guilty hes just literally throwing tantrums to create noise that might allow for an appeal. and its a longshot, as no one appears to be giving him an inch of appealable activity.
its painful to watch, but its all about the appeal avoidance.
Fucking terrorists plain and simple
Talk is cheap, anyone can talk shit behind a phone or computer
It doesn't matter how cheap the speech is or whether few of them would actually turn their talk into action. The death threats themselves are serious even if none of these people intend to act on it. Also, these threats are illegal whether or not these people intend to act on it. Finally, all it takes is one person who decides to act on Trump's marching orders.
If you were getting these threats, would you be resting easy with the thought that most of these people wouldn't come to your home (which they'd know the address of)? Or would you - more likely - be afraid to go home or answer your phone?
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They did storm the US capitol alley being told to take the country back in "trial by combat."
They did shoot Gabby Giffords after conservative propaganda that literally drew a crosshair on her.
They did try to kidnap a governor.
They did take over a federal building and receive no punishment.
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Well, that's always been Trump's play: talk a big game from a veeery safe distance, and incite other people to do his dirty work for him.
"I'll be right there with you" my ass.
The issue - as January 6th has shown - is that there are enough insurgents and domestic terrorists who are willing to commit violence on Trump's behalf.
This is why the call to GA was such a massive fuckup for him. He made that call personally, and he's reaping the consequences of getting his own hands dirty.
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