“These unprecedented tactics – which even the former top lawyer of the Department of Homeland Security in the first Trump administration has characterized as embarrassing, lawless and cruel – have now resulted in the fatal shootings of two U.S. citizens,” the Obamas said.

The Obamas accused the Trump administration of “escalating” the tension in Minneapolis by offering the public explanations of the shootings of Pretti and Renee Good “that aren’t informed by any serious investigation – and that appear to be directly contradicted by video evidence.”

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    You have senators and congressmen, you have mayors and district politicians, you have state capitals.

    You go the the first in the chain, their homes and offices with enough people they cannot say no, and you take them with you to the next in the chain with more people.

    It’s like you don’t realise what is happening, that you are about to become prisoners at the whims of a string of dictators. To me that would be worth a 42 hour drive and some car camping, but at the very least a ring around and a visit to my district politicians with some friends.

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        We’re still writing books about the alternative option after ~85 years.

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          You honestly think gong to the houses of politicians is going to stop trump? He OWNS them. They are his possessions.

          You don’t appeal to satan by addressing his demons.

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            When you outnumber their demons 1 million to 1 you’d be surprised what you can do.

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              lol…. Their demons can turn you into pink mist from space without losing a man. Not only that, if it came to a ground war- they’d destroy us.

              What do you think the military trains for exactly? Swimming? LMAO!

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      senators and congressmen, you have mayors and district politicians, you have state capitals.

      None of them care, they are in those positions to feed the current system, a system they benefit too much from.

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        They’ll care if they have a thousand of their constituents chanting at them day and night how much they suck and how you want them out.