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That might actually be one of the least wrong things i'vve heard him say in a while
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Exactly! The Right now wants to add MORE regulations and government oversight of Big Tech? That is great! Let’s have some hearings and pass some laws and regulations! The funny part is is the one thing he wants to regulate, the first amendment kind gets in the way of that but Twitter was mean to the Prez so the Republicans should completely change their ideology on regulation. Can a Banker or a Coal Mining Exec call him a liar too?
 
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TenderLovingKiller® said:
Exactly! The Right now wants to add MORE regulations and government oversight of Big Tech? That is great! Let’s have some hearings and pass some laws and regulations! The funny part is is the one thing he wants to regulate, the first amendment kind gets in the way of that but Twitter was mean to the Prez so the Republicans should completely change their ideology on regulation. Can a Banker or a Coal Mining Exec call him a liar too?
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It's interesting that populist right wingers over here also often complain about their opinions censored when they have ample space to express them but are just widely criticised. They don't just want free speech but also be a applauded for their opinions
 
A CNN News crew was arrested in Minneapolis this morning during a live broadcast covering the riots.

They were live on air for the 5am news program when the police told them to move. They did not move because they were on air so they were arrested on live television.

The issue was a curfew was put into place to keep people off the streets because of the riots. The police told the news crew they had to move. They were violating the curfew and could not be out on the street.

The news crew has now been released and the Governor has apologized for their arrest.
 
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TenderLovingKiller® said:
Can you imagine wanting 4 more years of this bullshit?
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Tell me about it.

We also have Trump saying that Minneapolis lacks leadership and control. He also warned the mayor that the US 'will assume control; shoot looters if needed'.

So we have a bunch of angry protesters looting, likely many of which are minorities, and Trump wants to call in the Military and shoot them.
 
I'm not saying that for sure this guy is Jacob Pederson or a cop, though based on pictures and info coming out I would believe it, but I am saying this dude isn't down with the protests and something stinks really bad here..

 
RenegadeMonster said:
Tell me about it.

We also have Trump saying that Minneapolis lacks leadership and control. He also warned the mayor that the US 'will assume control; shoot looters if needed'.

So we have a bunch of angry protesters looting, likely many of which are minorities, and Trump wants to call in the Military and shoot them.
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This will start a war. He has to see that. He can't be that stupid, can he? Or is that exactly what he wants?
 
Tillman said:
I'm not saying that for sure this guy is Jacob Pederson or a cop, though based on pictures and info coming out I would believe it, but I am saying this dude isn't down with the protests and something stinks really bad here..

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Y, this video that has been making the rounds has not been played at all by local media. The StP police did respond saying that he was not one of theirs.... Whether this person is a stare agent or not they were certainly organized.

About 170 businesses were looted last night in StP. Several fires and another auto parts store burned down. Fire sirens going off still as i type
 
RenegadeMonster said:
Tell me about it.

We also have Trump saying that Minneapolis lacks leadership and control. He also warned the mayor that the US 'will assume control; shoot looters if needed'.

So we have a bunch of angry protesters looting, likely many of which are minorities, and Trump wants to call in the Military and shoot them.
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When Trump tweeted that the National Guard were already on the ground and had been called in earlier in the day. He also used the term "THUGS" to dog whistle the dog whistled. Twitter took it down for violating terms but not before it made the rounds.
 
Tillman said:
I'm not saying that for sure this guy is Jacob Pederson or a cop, though based on pictures and info coming out I would believe it, but I am saying this dude isn't down with the protests and something stinks really bad here..

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I HATE speculative internet sleuthing. My assumption is it’s a nut job using the chaos of the protest as cover to destroy property. It could be a cop, it could be Antifa, it could be a Anarchist but I really I am not gonna jump to some sinister underlying motives until there is more proof than a grainy photo of someone’s eyes. Social media can suck sometimes.
 
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As someone living in Minneapolis for the past 10 years, it is sad to see our communities being burned to the ground. I could care less about the targets and us banks, but the local businesses being burnt down is truly sad. That being said, there is a reason all of this is happening. The community has reached a boiling point of years/decades of injustice and POC suffering because of that and the people that are putting down the looting need to realize that. Our Mayor ran on police department reform and that was one of the reasons I voted for him. I don't think he is doing a terrible job, but giving them a budget increase of $8 million this year is not the right look, n'or is it likely the right move. I truly hope that leadership in the police department is forced out of there because of this and people like Bob Kroll are forced out of the union, otherwise we won't see any meaningful change. As a white person, I can never know the pain that POC are going through right now, but I hope that my city can change because no one deserves to live in fear of the people that our put there to protect us.
 
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