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I read the Clifton case cited by Blanche. To avoid state prosecution, the federal agent needs to be operating within the scope of authority and the actions are necessary and proper. So no blanket immunity for wanton bloodshed. But states also need to have an appropriate set of facts to prosecute.

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Of course it would be very circumstance dependent whether state law conflicted with federal. But for example, what would be a federal defense to the unprovoked attack on the priest outside the ICE facility by a rooftop sniper shooting pepper balls? Seems like assault and battery under any law.🤷

Lawyer here. There could be state charges if it doesn't conflict with federal law. For example, federal agents could not commit any and all types of state crimes with total impunity. Remember Trump was charged in Georgia with state election law crimes.

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Not Sure 488 @variant488.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

I was just debating trolls over on X on this question. If the federal agents are acting outside the scope of their authority, I see no reason why they couldn't be criminally prosecuted under state law. For example, the unprovoked attack on a clergyman with a pepperball shot to the head.

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We're in big trouble then because it was the same message last November and look what happened. We're talking Orwell's proles here.

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Not Sure 488 @variant488.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

So they're stupid and slow but have guns. Got it. 🤦

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Not Sure 488 @variant488.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

And MAGA wonders why need immigrants to do so many jobs in America.

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Not Sure 488 @variant488.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

I may make this into a sign for the next No Kings rally.

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You are showing great restraint not to burn the O'Reilly stuff.

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Is this why admiral Holsey resigned? Otherwise the timing is awfully coincidental.

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I find it sad how he cruelly toys with Ukrainian hopes for more serious assistance only to see it end like this every time. He is an incorrigible conman who is not on Ukraine's side.

Just donated. Best wishes to all the victims to recover as much sight as possible with the help of this equipment. 💙💛

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Johnson is just lies on wheels isn't he.

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I heard the rumors, but is this Trump's way of telling us he has fecal incontinence?

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This administration lies like the rest of us breath, so it's impossible to believe anything they say or show. Was there really a submersible associated with this attack or was the video unrelated or fabricated? It doesn't add up to just release the survivors after all of their big talk.

This is great to see but kinda funny coming from the UK since they literally have a king. 😄 But thanks for the support.

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I agree with you about not needing any more conservative white men. We already have a surplus. Problem is that we are so far under water with the power structure in this country and seemingly still sinking, I have trouble seeing a way out without people defecting from MAGA in big numbers.

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I would still take Garland over any Trump pick for SCOTUS. Garland was just not cut out for the AG job. Someone with a more aggressive prosecutorial mindset was needed, not someone whose main goal was to try to appear impartial to GOP/MAGA. They scream bias anyway.

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Am I the only one wishing he had maybe done something else with those ships under his command to help turn around this mess?

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I was just saying the same in reply to another post. He opened the Pandora's box with his treatment of the Garland nomination and it's been downhill ever since.

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Not Sure 488 @variant488.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

I think this shit started frankly with McConnell refusing to bring Garland up for a vote. It opened the floodgates for crapping on all the traditional norms and rules that we relied on for a civil society. Pandora's box was opened.

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No one should be claiming ignorance about their intentions. They gave us plenty of advanced warning in 2024 before the election and still too many people failed to take the simple step of voting to prevent it. I fear we are cooked, absent some miracle.

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We were at Lowe's in Chicago last weekend and the place was a ghost town. It really seemed like something was off.

What the Trump administration is doing with ICE is nothing short of ethnic cleansing.

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Just somebody give the frog a light saber and this nightmare would be over in no time.

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Aren't many of these folks already social outcasts/misfits, which is why they're doing this shit in the first place? What more can be done to them?

Not hate America, just Mike 'Moses' Johnson specifically.

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Thanks Don for coming to our town. Sorry I couldn't get through you debating with that nitwit.

Not Sure 488 @variant488.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Well they better check the local ordinances on amount of allowable impermeable surface. You can get into a lot of trouble with the municipality over that.

Not Sure 488 @variant488.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

I love the name of your account. Wish I'd thought of it. 😄

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Not Sure 488 @variant488.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

This day is so shameful, I had to remove the U.S. flag from my profile. 🤦

Not Sure 488 @variant488.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

NATO should trade U.S. for Ukraine. Ukraine would be a more reliable defense partner.

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Not Sure 488 @variant488.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

I wouldn't put it beyond these clowns to try anything, altho I would expect it to lose in the courts. It seems tho that Musk doesn't need the presidency. He has enough money to just pay for anything he wants to see happen and apparently bribes are ok now.

Not Sure 488 @variant488.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

The requirement for the president to be a natural born citizen is in the original Article II of the Constitution. That's separate from birthright citizenship added after the Civil War in the 14th amendment. So the Article II requirement for the presidency would remain independent of 14th amendment.