This is not what "we're supposed to do." You don't need a concealed carry permit in Texas. Texans do not have to show our IDs to police unless we are lawfully detained (reasonable suspicion) or arrested (probable cause). This guy would rather sacrifice his own rights than break the party line.

It’s neat how the entire intellectual framework of one political party has collapsed down to “say things that feel vaguely correct if your brain is a stew of Fox News blurbs”

Texas does not require a permit to concealed carry. You can still get one, but it's only for reciprocity in other states.

I think its worth pointing out, over and over and over again we're hearing stories of ICE detaining and even deporting people who are not in the country illegally, people who have legal status, they just arrested a corrections officer in my city who is cleared to work till 2029

Alex Jones becoming a "trust the state and our brave cops" guy remains one of the weirdest sidebars of this era. He was born to lick boots.

i think john fetterman should stop taking his blood pressure drugs and try cocaine

AOC: "How rich is it that she is saying showing up to the scene of a protest with a legally owned weapon should be grounds for a person's death, execution at the hands of the state, by the same party and administration that praises Kyle Rittenhouse."

This is exactly the conclusion that myself and everybody I’ve talked to so far about this insane new 3000 foot ban on drone operations near even moving ICE convoys amounts to: you’ll find out you’ve violated the rule when they take out your drone and possibly you.

I am working on collecting more info from disturbingly silent DHS and FAA official sources on this. More info here: www.autonomyglobal.co/oped-mobile-...

There is a very disturbing current NOTAM that appears to prohibit drone flights within 3000 feet of DHS and ICE operations, including moving and (presumably) disguised vehicles. Proceed with EXTREME caution when flying drones anywhere near areas in which ICE is active.

okay hear me out

Nothing and I mean nothing scares these thugs more than a crowd of angry who will not be bullied. You can see the fear in their eyes. They really think we’re all paid opposition.

“You can’t kill us all” has been a common chant at every protest I’ve attended since they murdered Renee Good and it fills my heart with strength.

you should be horrified and your blood should be boiling, but a guy shouting "you'll have to kill me" at these goons to protect his neighbors should bring you the opposite of despair

That man was out there to protect the safety and security of his neighbors. Violence makes his neighbors less safe and secure. This isn’t a thought experiment for us here in Minneapolis: we want our city to survive, which means peaceful, relentless resistance in the face of intolerable provocation.

He sounded like an amazing human being and they murdered him for it

Maybe they don’t trust the guys with the guns lol

During the 2020 protests, the uniformed military, national guard, did a far better job not escalating than regular police forces and that’s very much what they don’t want

holy crap youtube.com/shorts/hyqtA...

ARREST THEM

This is plain-view textbook definition Obstruction of Justice. ARREST THEM

Glory to the martyrs who defend the Republic

Update: game over, there's no chance they have 8 votes.

Do you honestly think people in the civil rights movement and other nonviolent movements faced no violence themselves? They practiced nonviolence because it works, because the oppressor wants a shooting war, which is the war it will win

2 people die LARPers: THE ONLY OPTION LEFT IS VIOLENCE, IT'S ALL OVER, THEY'RE GOING TO KILL US ALL You don't actually have to piss yourself in public like this, you can just keep it to yourself

cortez masto was anti-shutdown from the very beginning last time and didn’t waver from it

that’s ballgame on this

"They say they're coming to save us from some evil? They're talking about our neighbors who take care of us ... Alex was murdered while he was helping. Mr Rogers said look for the helpers, & right now the helpers have a target on our forehead ... Mr Rogers would be here right now too, so I'm here."

He is going to die begging and pissing himself.

Walz: "It's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of our state, and today that campaigned claimed another life. I've seen the video from several angles and it's sickening. But I have a strong statement here for our federal govt: Minnesota's justice system will have the last word."

They really are high on their own supply and genuinely think this sort response will benefit them. It will not.

the extent to which this administration is out of control is really summed up by the fact that they immediately went with “this was an armed terrorist there to kill law enforcement” knowing that video from multiple angles completely disproving them was out there and would be seen by everyone

The essential criteria for a firearm for basically anyone go like this -Fits your budget -legal within your locality -practical for you to source ammunition to train with, to the tune of at minimum a few thousand rounds a year (yes, really) -practical for your body size Details are just details.

Soberly and responsibly does indeed include, not going out and buying a gun because you are angry. Or buying a gun that you won't or can't keep safe especially in a house with kids. Or buying a gun as a protective totem against evil, which you will not train with.

Echoed. The Second Amendment, as currently interpreted, is a political and civic right for all Americans. Please do not take this as a statement of encouragement or me being some gun nut. This is a plain English descriptive fact of US law. If you choose to exercise it, do so soberly and responsibly.

this isn't my discipline but this scans to me like big-boy work

lays it out pretty starkly who's fighting what here

was working on RNA cancer therapies as recently as 2023

i think the guy they murdered helped run research studies for the fucking VA

Our initial analysis is up. The video footage appears to show that the gun was taken away from the man before he was shot. He was UNARMED before any of the shots were fired.

LEGAL PERMIT TO CARRY. I AM RAGE.

I have spent my entire adult life being lectured by Republican politicians and conservative legal movement types about how important it is to preserve the sacred constitutional right to self-defense of *specifically this person* and then secret police murdered him in the street

I've got people in my mentions calling me a coward for saying armed conflict is bad 🤷‍♂️ Accelerationism is all fun and games until your neighbors take drills to your kneecaps and leave your mangled corpse rolled in a rug by the side of the highway. Ask me how I know!!

Three apartments worth of people on their balconies here are heckling agents down below. One person has produced a white board that says "ICE can suck my dick." "Fuck you all! Kill yourselves!"

You can say, "what does this guy know," but I had to investigate a thing because NCIS are a bunch of lazy bastards and my CI had a finding of fact of attempted murder. Like I know this because I officially made this determination for the Marine Corps.

ICE's *official* position is concealed carry without brandishing is grounds for summary execution I didn't think we'd end up with the *2nd* Amendment in the divorce somehow

on like a basic fundamental level those outside the law are homo sacer and that’s what your ushering in by not bringing charges

It doesn’t matter if you can’t get a conviction because of uncooperative fed you need to bring state charges

it is correct for state officials to call for peace, they should not encourage extralegal violence but the best way to convince people that extralegal violence is not a good option is to enforce laws against the murderers killing their friends, family, and neighbors

As best I can reckon, *everything* DHS/Noem /Leavitt /Bovino have ever said after shooting or other ICE/CBP violence has quickly been shown to be a lie. (Renee Good "running over" ICE, "domestic terrorist," etc.) Anyone recall a case where their immediate reaction turned out to be true?