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@#3 ... It's too bad Obama didn't throw all the teatards into FEMA camps like they swore he was going to do. ...

FEMA camps conspiracy theory
en.wikipedia.org

... The FEMA camps conspiracy theory is a belief, particularly within the American Patriot movement,[1] that the United States Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is planning to imprison United States citizens in concentration camps, following the imposition of martial law in the United States after a major disaster or crisis.[1][2][3][4] ...

So, yet another right-wing wack-o conspiracy theory?


@#16 ... a huge banner with the US Constitution's "We The People," preamble that people could sign ...

The Constitution of the United States: A Transcription
www.archives.gov

...We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. ...
[emphasis theirs]


Another view ...

Huge crowds gather in cities across United States for 'No Kings' protests against Trump
www.euronews.com

... More than 2,600 rallies were organised on Saturday across the country, attracting thousands of protesters in cities like Washington and New York.

Americans across the United States packed the streets on Saturday to protest the direction of their country under President Donald Trump during nationwide "No Kings" demonstrations.

Demonstrators took to places like New York City's Times Square, the historic Boston Commons, Chicago's Grant Park, Washington, DC and hundreds of smaller public spaces. More than 2,600 rallies were organised throughout the country.

Before noon local time, several thousand people had already gathered in New York City's Times Square, as well as in Washington. They chanted "Trump must go now," and waved sometimes-profane signs with slogans insulting the president and condemning his immigration crackdown.

They rallied with signs like "Nothing is more patriotic than protesting" or "Resist Fascism," and in many places it looked more like a street party. There were marching bands, a huge banner with the US Constitution's "We The People," preamble that people could sign, and protesters in frog costumes, which have emerged as a sign of resistance in Portland, Oregon. ...



@#5

'I am not a king': Trump's quirky response to 'No Kings' protests goes viral as massive demonstrations hit US
www.msn.com

... President Donald Trump has insisted he's not a king ahead of nationwide No Kings protests planned for Saturday. "No King" protests are set to take place across the country on Saturday in a mass demonstration against his administration.

The president told Fox Business, "They're referring to me as a king. I'm not a king," in an interview clip released Friday. ...


More from the article...

... One woman's voice shook as she asked, "What kind of police go around without license plates?"

And then this from another: "Should we just run from them?"

During a tense public meeting days later, Mayor Valerie Amezcua and the City Council asked their police chief whether there was anything they could do to rein in the federal agents " even if only to ban the use of masks. The answer was a resounding no. Plus, filing complaints with the Department of Homeland Security was likely to go nowhere because the office that once handled them had been dismantled. There was little chance of holding individual agents accountable for alleged abuses because, among other hurdles, there was no way to reliably learn their identities. ...

Current and former national security officials share the mayor's concerns. They describe the legions of masked immigration officers operating in near-total anonymity on the orders of the president as the crossing of a line that had long set the United States apart from the world's most repressive regimes. ICE, in their view, has become an unfettered and unaccountable national police force. The transformation, the officials say, unfolded rapidly and in plain sight. Trump's DHS appointees swiftly dismantled civil rights guardrails, encouraged agents to wear masks, threatened groups and state governments that stood in their way, and then made so many arrests that the influx overwhelmed lawyers trying to defend immigrants taken out of state or out of the country.

And although they are reluctant to predict the future, the current and former officials worry that this force assembled from federal agents across the country could eventually be turned against any groups the administration labels a threat. ...

[emphasis mine]

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