Spyke
lemmy.world

It was obvious the moment they increased ICE funding 10x, to more than most militaries.

It will take years to install nazi loyalists and culture throughout the existing military and intelligence agencies, so the nazis chose to convert a small federal agency into their own secret police; explicitly recruiting as many far right criminals, extremists, and terrorists as possible.

ICE will be used to implement the military dictatorship by terrorizing all antifascists from here on out.

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BenjiRenjireply
feddit.org

Exactly right. Increased budget, increased personnel, expanded "responsibilities" and Congress is not planning to defund or limit them.

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At what point is all benefit of the doubt forfeited with the oligarch-controlled opposition? How overt does the fascism have to get before the fascism-voting Democrats are also considered nazi collaborators, and an enemy of the people?

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piefed.social

Excuse me but what the fuck? I can somehow rationalize the US wanting some additional security for their athletes. It's weird but America is weird so whatever. But what part of fucking IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT agency indicates "we do operations on foreign soil"? Considering the level of their training they're probably the biggest threat at the Olympics.

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SilverCodereply
lemmy.ml

Maybe they are there to make sure the US Olympic team don't try and make a run for it.

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Ah the North Korean approach to sports. They are one of the most elite sporting nations, so makes sense to copy.

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They're dabbing on us every day

"Yeah the "immigration enforcement" is blatantly my personal militia, it doesn't have to male sense to you, you can't do anything about it anyway. Watch me send them to Italy; see? it doesn't matter!"

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Oyu F'kareply
mander.xyz

I expect their main role would be to stop us european foreigners sneaking on board the return flight, lol!

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What if it is the opposite, to make sure all murican athletes gets back on the plane and not flee to Europe. North Korean style.

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So we're really just dropping the pretense that their scope of authority and responsibility is immigration enforcement, huh? They're just Trump's new personal militia to do with as he pleases?

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87Sixreply
lemmy.zip

Once they step foot in Italy they become what they sought to destroy

Ironic..

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How does stepping on Italy make them American?

Jokes aside, it is very ironic.

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They just know the Charlie Kirk shooter wrote it on their bullet casings, so they assume it's something an "antifa terrorist" would sing...

Well, they're half-right...

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lemmy.ca

She's been in over her head for years, this will end her government.

Elon has been trying to breed her for years.

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sh.itjust.works

The Italians have a proud tradition of anti-fascists hiding in the mountains and hunting Nazis...

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Well I'd definitely have a look around the fascist monument in Bolzano. Wouldn't be surprised to find them taking group pics

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well this is just right out of the Nazi playbook. If this is for Vance and whomever else then generally this is the job of the Secret Service but it's clear now the administration doesn't trust the SS and would rather have their own people involved. Hitler pulled the same shit with the SA.

In fact I wouldn't be surprised if eventually Trump just dissolves the secret service in favor of ICE. It would be very convenient for them wouldn't it? all of sudden your former political enemies (Obama, Biden, Clinton) no longer have Secret Service protection and they can either go without or have ICE...yeah nothing at all could go wrong here.

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lemmy.world

Time to ban the U.S from international sporting events I guess

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Bazellreply
lemmy.zip

This is a stop frame from a TV show that was upscaled in resolution with usage of AI. Partial distortion makes it even more funnier.

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Bazellreply
lemmy.zip

I didn't had an option to use professional GUI software to upscale the resolution via standart methods of image processing. But, noted. I will update this image to a be not AI.

Edited: updated. Looks worse as for me.

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If it’s just a screen grab of the show then it doesn’t need to “look better” than the show.

All the sloppy ai artifacts actually make it look way worse in fact.

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lemmy.zip

Italy should declare them persona-non-grata

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Didn't Italy elect Meloni who is a living relative of benito fucking mussolini?

EDIT: Rachele Mussolini was in Meloni's party but left because Meloni was checks notes ....too right.

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lemmy.zip

They know they can’t deport Italians from Italy right?

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Maybe they'll shoot suspected transgender athletes from other countries

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You are aware that they don't care for the law, be it american or international?

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Italy has a long history of dealing with outside agitators. History tells me lions should be involved.

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Maybe a good opportunity to capture them and put them in front of courts for their crimes or at least being complicit

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feddit.org

Italians have a proud history of hanging fascists in public spaces. Maybe they can try and tap into that part of their history?

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lemmy.world

Does ice know that everyone there doesnt have an American accent? Those racist assholes are going to be so confused.

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lemmy.ca

Wait til they hear people speaking Italian, which is almost the same as Spanish

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sopuli.xyz

Foreigns agents have no semblance of authority outside their country.

When in doubt call the Carabinieri. Or the local Mafia chapter.

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fedia.io

I wonder how likely it is that the Mafia would like and respect ICE agents. And if that's not likely at all, whether they know of any very deep holes.

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The Mafia and most, if not all organized crime syndicates, started as a way for people to defend themselves from abusive governments, officials, etc. Mafia thrives by getting along with people, not openly prey on them.

Syndicates also tend to be patriotic, in the sense that they are defending or at least looking to preserve their interests where they are rooted.

Mafia tends to arbour great disdain for police and similar forces. They can be useful if bribeable or somehow coherced to look the other way but they are still police. The enemy.

I'll give you an extreme example.

In Brasil, the Comando Vermelho is one of the largest, if not te largest, criminal organization on the country. They are well known for their extremely violent and cruel methods. Yet they are the biggest employers in the areas they control. They build schools, pay people for their work (mostly unrelated to criminal activities), distribute food, run clinics. They act as de facto police, courts and punishers, to keep peace. They nearly replace the state because the state nearly abandoned the poorest of poor, amongst who they set grounds, in the favelas.

I can't imagine the resistance they would pose to an invading force.

And, I can't confirm this, but I have a memory of reading somewhere that during WW2, the Mafia helped the Allies infiltrate areas.

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I'd put my money on Donny little dick wanting to push the "Trump powerful Trump everywhere" agenda.

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It's their bonus payment from trump - free trip to Italy to watch the winter olympics - for ice agents with highest number of arrests to date, lol!

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Is anyone else just not feeling the Olympics this year?

I'm not a sports person and don't have a whole lot of national pride on a good day, but I've liked watching the Olympics since I was a kid.

I enjoy seeing people from all over the world with such outstanding abilities, experiencing the aesthetics of people from different places, and rooting for the underdogs.

This year, I'm just embarrassed of America. I hate seeing the rise of right wing ideology worldwide. I miss and worry about my former co-workers in Ukraine. There's constant pain, suffering, and death in Palestine and the middle east.

I don't know...it should be a bit of an escape, but the whole thing is bumming me out this year.

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Meloni will be inviting the Camorra to assist as their counterpart. International harmony! ❤️🤗

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