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Irish_Dem

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4. Yes Trump's personal mercenary army is paid for by the US taxpayer.

Reply to kentuck (Reply #2)

Tue Mar 24, 2026, 07:33 AM

21 hrs ago

And he will pardon all of them for their crimes.
They have little or no training.
Their mission, is to kill, harm, intimidate, bully all of us into compliance.

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And so it begins... [View all] kentuck 21 hrs ago OP

Trump is demonstrating that he has a personal Army he can send anywhere in the US. Irish_Dem 21 hrs ago #1

They are paid well with taxpayer dollars... kentuck 21 hrs ago #2

Yes Trump's personal mercenary army is paid for by the US taxpayer. Irish_Dem 21 hrs ago #4

Just like popsdenver 15 hrs ago #22

The new recruits... GiqueCee 20 hrs ago #9

THIS malaise 21 hrs ago #3

Daily Beans is breaking this morning that ICE in airports IS INDEED, Volaris 20 hrs ago #7

He's also showing us what he's going to do Farmer-Rick 19 hrs ago #14

Just as Trump has ICE, Hitler had his Brown Shirts. The Wizard 14 hrs ago #26

Indeed! Never forget and Never again! calimary 11 hrs ago #30

Mission as I see it.... FarPoint 21 hrs ago #5

it is madness, that i don't know how it ends. Republicans are sick cowards. Shitblimp won't sign any new bills LymphocyteLover 20 hrs ago #6

Because EuterpeThelo 20 hrs ago #11

Thanks--that sounds like a relatively decent outcome, considering all the bad ways it can go LymphocyteLover 15 hrs ago #24

Are you sure about that? Dave says 12 hrs ago #29

As long as EuterpeThelo 9 hrs ago #33

ShitBlimp made me laugh - TY. NoMoreRepugs 19 hrs ago #12

Fascism marches forward. Joinfortmill 20 hrs ago #8

Goosesteps would be more accurate. The Wizard 14 hrs ago #27

I believe it's now a federal police force. A Gestapo of sorts JohnnyRingo 20 hrs ago #10

Stop Flying America Tbear 19 hrs ago #13

That works (for some) but what happens when they come to the polling places? BWdem4life 16 hrs ago #18

My thoughts were that it would send an economic lesson (thedonald seems to notice those) Tbear 15 hrs ago #23

Each day we seem to lose more rights and gain more monitoring. democrank 19 hrs ago #15

Well, at least they know they're free. . . DinahMoeHum 19 hrs ago #16

Wait until he makes it our new national anthem. littlemissmartypants 16 hrs ago #17

Hmmm isn't there a big protest coming up on March 28th? 1WorldHope 16 hrs ago #19

The sliver lining to trump's SS Gestapo at airports, republianmushroom 16 hrs ago #20

And what they are seeing isn't very impressive, displacedvermoter 13 hrs ago #28

I find it interesting that ICE thugs are sans masks at airports. Prairie_Seagull 15 hrs ago #21

I'm hoping people are taking lots of pictures of the non-masked iceassholes oberle 6 hrs ago #34

May be smart to record them from a gate Prairie_Seagull 3 hrs ago #36

If more TSA agents stop showing up bacause they're fed up with having paid goons over their shoulders ChicagoTeamster 14 hrs ago #25

'so it begins' GenThePerservering 11 hrs ago #31

This is the plan. To cause chaos at the polling stations LiberalLovinLug 10 hrs ago #32

This is control..mental abuse having to wait hours with musical propaganda blaring like N Korea 🤬 Deuxcents 6 hrs ago #35