I’m picturing something more targeted, more inclusive, and more customized to specific locales. Recruit insiders in businesses run by GOP politicians and directly disrupt them. Track them with people taking shifts as their schedules allow, physically follow them and hound them whenever they show up in public to shop, eat, whatever. Then dissipate and hound the next asshole on the list. Surround ICE buildings with 5000 people for a day and keep them from doing anything.
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that was a thing, too, for several weeks
The Occupy ICE PDX protest at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) holding facility began on June 19. On June 20, ICE closed the office on Southwest Macadam Avenue amid security concerns, as protesters blocked employees from leaving the parking lots.
On June 25, the U.S. Attorney for Oregon gave individual protesters notices to vacate the property, and threatened to arrest anyone who continued to block entrances and driveways.
In turn, protesters called for more people to join them.
On June 28, federal police cleared entrances to the ICE building and arrested nine protesters.
On July 2, the office reopened on a modified status. The building resumed normal operations on July 3 – two weeks after protesters first camped out.
On July 9, federal agents arrested three protesters. One was arrested in the morning for breaking the barrier between police and protesters. Two more were arrested that afternoon during an incident when federal agents entered the protest camp.
On July 11, eight protesters were arrested after several people linked arms and blocked the driveway to the ICE holding facility.
On July 15, federal officers arrested one protester around midnight for assaulting an officer and failing to comply with orders, according to Robert Sperling, spokesman for the Department of Homeland Security.
Earlier that day, Occupy ICE PDX posted a video showing children’s music blaring from the ICE building. As some tweeters noted, the music was used as torture in the television show The Walking Dead.
On July 23, after a month of declining to get involved in the situation, Mayor Ted Wheeler said the city was encouraging protesters to leave the camp. He said the camp was no longer sustainable.
“It’s time to move on to the second phase of this. To a more sustainable front that focuses on immigration policy over the next months and years,” Wheeler said.
Notices were given to campers saying the camp would be cleared starting on July 24.
"Persons who have not vacated any campsite will be subject to citation or arrest by police,” the notices said.
Several protesters were seen leaving the camp. By that night, less than a dozen remained.
Portland police swept the camp in the early morning hours of July 25.
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And that is the key.
https://twitter.com/samirasawlani/status/1228630122779021313?s=21
For strike action to work, it needs to be maintained for as long as it takes.
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I know I have talked a bit about my congressional district before in this thread (the 27th district in NY) because well; it was a prime example of Trumpy disfunction seeing how my congressman was the first to endorse Trump, ran an attack ad on his opponent that intentionally mistranslated what he said in Korean, not doing any town halls except for one in NYC that was broadcasted on CNN where his constituents had to drive 7-8 hours to get to it and getting literally caught on camera insider trading on the White House lawn.
Well, the guy who is now running for congress on the gop side after Collins had finally stepped down and in now in jail had pulled off possibly one of the worst dick moves in New York politics history against his democratic rival
When Nate McMurray ran against Chris Collins in 2018 for the NY-27 congressional seat, there was no apparent problem with his employer, Buffalo-based Delaware North.
He kept his job. He kept his salary.
During his tenure as supervisor in Grand Island, he kept his job. He kept his pay.
Two weeks ago, Delaware North informed McMurray he was being placed on leave without pay. He wasn’t given an explanation.
Delaware North is owned by the family of Chris Jacobs, McMurray’s opponent in the April 28 special election for the NY-27.
McMurray said he and his family are presently getting by on vacation pay and an earned bonus.
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This has to be illegal, right? RIGHT?!
Fuck this timeline.
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It’s looking pretty likely that Albany is going to step in and do an investigation as soon as they get word of it.
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I don’t know NY law, but if it is a “Employment At Will” state, he can be fired at any time for any, or no, reason at all. At least how it works here in VA.
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Pretty sleazy, but it needs the other hand clapping: What was the Russian involvement in backing those loans?
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A reminder that Trump is merely the latest iteration. A thread:
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I think it would be interesting to see a pic with Trump and Miller’s parents Pennywise and Ed Gein at the wedding
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Who on earth would marry that ?
According to reports, Miller is getting married to Katie Waldman, who formerly served as spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security before Vice President Pence hired her as his press secretary last September.
Never mind.
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Not really fair to Miller’s parents, who seem like decent people.
Ed Gein jokes (“Geiners”) were pretty popular when I lived in Wisconsin. I used to think they were funny, until I discovered that he was (a) still alive, and (b) living a short bike ride from where I lived.
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Should we start a gofundme vasectomy fund as a wedding gift?
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There are more satisfying ways to make sure he doesn’t reproduce. Cheaper too.
As a bonus, it can be used to keep his vile shit inside him, sparing us all a lot of rage and aggravation. Win–win!
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Pandora’s butt-plug.
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What if he really likes it?
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It’s a risk I’m wiling to have him take.
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