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John Ganz: If someone were actively trying to incite a pogrom against Minnesota's Somali community, what would they do differently than Trump and his allies are doing now? And, if the government were controlled by David Duke, would it behave any differently?

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Trump has painted a target on the backs of Somali Americans in Minneapolis @saletan.bsky.social : "Trump's Attack on Somali Americans Is Vile Fascism. He's testing our country's tolerance for ethnic persecution. And we're failing the test." www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-atta ...

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-- The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) Dec 10, 2025 at 4:57 PM

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More: Don't lie to yourself that this is just about the fraud investigation. That's cover: A way to help the normies sleep at night. Trump is bashing the entire ethnic community, calling them "garbage," and menacing them as a group. It's now combined with state repression: ICE has descended on Minneapolis. A U.S. citizen was "wrongfully" detained by ICE agents for looking Somali. He was forced to his knees and put in a chokehold before being taken to a Federal facility. He said officers refused to look at his Real ID. He was released after agents finally allowed him to show his passport. Again, don't lie to yourself: this wasn't an accident. "Mistakes" like this one do the dirty work. The point is to terrorize this community. To make them feel unwelcome. To say to them, "You're not Americans, and you'll never be."

It's not an accident that this is coming in the wake of the antisemitism scandal. The right is trying to pick another, safer target for racial hate that they think Americans will mind less than picking on Jews. They tried it with Zohran. That backfired because he's just not scary enough, and even Trump realized it wasn't gonna work. Of course, this approach is morally indefensible and logically absurd. You can't libel entire ethnicities and then cry about decaying standards. You are the lower standard, you cheap thug. And just because there are cheaper thugs out there doesn't make you any less of one.

#1 | Posted by qcp at 2025-12-12 08:53 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 4

So's the attacks on Venezuela.

He's a fat demented racist -------.

#2 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-12-12 11:33 AM | Reply

They're all garbage, they come from a land of pirate's

#3 | Posted by fortfisher at 2025-12-12 12:23 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

So's the attacks on Venezuela
He's a fat demented racist -----.

#2 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-12-12 11:33 AM | Reply

...and Iran, Yemen, Gaza.



#4 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-12-12 01:03 PM | Reply

Yup

#5 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-12-12 01:47 PM | Reply

That's all he's ever had.

#6 | Posted by fresno500 at 2025-12-12 04:22 PM | Reply

Should I start quoting Ilhan Omar or other leaders of the MN Somali community?

Eff Trump for paintingwith an overly broad brush. Eff lefties who encourage Balkanization, hatred of Western values and damnation of assimilation. And eff those Somalis who come here, reap the benefits of our country and then crap all over it. Lastly, praise those Somalis who came here, assimilated and have become positive contributors.

#7 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-12-12 04:29 PM | Reply | Funny: 1 | Newsworthy 2

#7 Have you once thought how incredibly stupid you sound with this made-for-OANN bovine excrement?

"Eff lefties who encourage Balkanization, hatred of Western values and damnation of assimilation."

"Lefties" gave America this:

- 19th Amendment | Women's right to vote

- Apollo 11 | First manned moon mission (and all of the value-added innovations)

- Social Security | Social insurance program

- Medicare | Health insurance for seniors

- NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization - the political and military alliance between the US, Canada and Europe

- Medicaid | Health care program for low income people

- Securities and Exchange Act Law | Oversee the trading of securities and protect investors

- Rural Electrification Act | Federal loans for the installation of electricity to serve rural areas

- Peace Corps | American volunteers promoting friendship, goodwill and peace around the world

- Unemployment Benefits | Temporary payments to the unemployed

- Fair Labor Standards Act | Ending the cruel practice of child labor

- Servicemen's Readjustment Act | The GI Bill, which has benefited millions of returning soldiers

- Federal Home Loan Program | Guaranteed loans that allowed millions of Americans to become homeowners

- National Industrial Recovery Act | 8 hour workday, minimum wage, paid overtime, and the right to collective bargaining

- National School Lunch Act | Free or low-cost meals for children who might otherwise go hungry

- 1965 Voting Rights Act | Prohibits discrimination in voting

- National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis | Forerunner of the March of Dimes

- Head Start Program | Comprehensive services for low income families

- 1964 Civil Rights Act | Prohibits discrimination and protects civil rights

- Marshall Plan European Recovery Act | Rebuilt a secure and peaceful Europe after World War II

- Financial Aid for Higher Education Loans | Guaranteed student loans that enabled over 50 million Americans to receive a college education

- Family and Medical Leave Act | Temporary unpaid leave and job protection to employees " for qualified medical and family reasons

- Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act | Protect workers against pay discrimination

- Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act | Health care reform: Preventive care screening, lower prescription drug costs, protection for pre-existing conditions among many other benefits

- American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 | Pandemic recovery, economic stimulus payments, free vaccines, funeral expense assistance, expanded child tax credits, block grants for schools, funds for small business and many other benefits

What have the GOPyers given us?

- a $37.000,000,000,000.00 debt

- free taxpayer money to the uber wealthy

#8 | Posted by A_Friend at 2025-12-12 04:38 PM | Reply | Funny: 1 | Newsworthy 1

"Eff lefties who encourage Balkanization, hatred of Western values and damnation of assimilation."

Please identify the "Western values" we hate.

Please identify where we condemned assimilation.

I doubt there's any truth to your claims.

#9 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-12-12 05:03 PM | Reply

That's all he's ever had.

#6 | Posted by fresno500 at 2025-12-12 04:22 PM | Reply | Flag: Yes indeed.


#10 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-12-12 05:04 PM | Reply

"Argh! Stupid Balkanization! And damnation of what? Argh! Oh, yeah, assimilation! Blargh! Stupid lefties! Pflargh!"

#11 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-12-12 05:07 PM | Reply

You can't shame Trumpers.... doesn't happen. Can't shame a Cultist. (New Country Song title?)

"The phrase "Can't shame a Cultist" reflects a key insight in cult dynamics:

traditional shaming, mockery, or condemnation by outsiders often backfires, making members cling more tightly to the group by confirming the leader's narrative that the outside world is evil or wrong, strengthening in-group bonds, while effective intervention requires empathy, understanding, and focusing on the survivor's experience, not shaming them."

www.google.com

Psych 101. But verbal abuse is fun, too!

Even if it prolly shouldn't be. But hey, when half (and quickly sinking) the People can be suckered by an obvious con-artist and all-round World Quality poor excuse for a human bea'n like DJT, we have a yuge problemo.

It may require drastic measures like, oh, I don' know... Witch Dunking?

See if the evil spirits can be drowned. I mean, in The Story, they start taking the heads of people who don't agree with them; who won't take the Mark of their Beast after they have Fallen Away from the Faith. Butt, that's just in The Story.

#12 | Posted by Corky at 2025-12-12 05:27 PM | Reply

---- off Jeff, you mumbling mongoloid sack of ----.

#13 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-12-12 06:50 PM | Reply

Assimilation is a pipe dream. In a racist society you will always be "other."

Easier to be yourself and screw em!

#14 | Posted by fresno500 at 2025-12-13 03:38 PM | Reply | Funny: 1 | Newsworthy 1

Please identify where we condemned assimilation.

Hell, we have black Americans doing that every day.

#15 | Posted by boaz at 2025-12-14 10:46 AM | Reply | Funny: 1

#15 Ah, Major DEI Boazo* speaks for all the people of color!

* what Boaz' white "friends" call him behind his back.

#16 | Posted by A_Friend at 2025-12-14 10:49 AM | Reply

Please identify where we condemned assimilation.
- snoofy

You mock people that say immigrants should assimilate.

#17 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-12-14 10:56 AM | Reply

#17 Onepigironsmoothbrainaut can't answer the question, so she makes something up.

See also: Strawman Fallacy.

#18 | Posted by A_Friend at 2025-12-14 11:01 AM | Reply

It's racist to notice that we're being robbed and be upset about it?

#19 | Posted by visitor_ at 2025-12-14 11:10 AM | Reply

@#19 ... It's racist to notice that we're being robbed ...

Got links?



#20 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-14 09:33 PM | Reply

Gaslighter do you need me to link back to this page or the article it's linked to? Classic gaslighter.

#21 | Posted by visitor_ at 2025-12-15 01:25 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

They're all garbage, they come from a land of pirate's

#3 | POSTED BY FORTFISHER

You only hate pirates because you hate democracy.

We all come from the "land of pirates".

Pirates during the Golden Age (17th-18th centuries) created radical, democratic systems with elected leaders, written constitutions (Pirate Codes), voting, wealth sharing, and injury compensation, which some scholars argue were precursors to American democratic ideals, challenging monarchical rule and influencing concepts like representation and checks and balances, even if pirates also engaged in violence and piracy remained brutal.


Pirate Democracy

Elected Leadership: Captains and quartermasters (who managed internal affairs) were elected by the crew and could be voted out.

Majority Rule: Decisions, from attacking ships to distributing treasure, were often made by crew vote.

Written Laws (Pirate Codes): Agreements like the "Articles" outlined rules, punishments, and share distributions, ensuring fairness.

Compensation: Crew members received financial compensation for injuries (e.g., lost limbs).

#22 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-12-15 10:39 AM | Reply

You probably believe Somalis built this country.

#23 | Posted by fortfisher at 2025-12-15 10:59 AM | Reply

#22 | POSTED BY DONNERBOY

What does that have to do with Somali Pirates?

#24 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-12-15 11:08 AM | Reply


#17 Onepigironsmoothbrainaut can't answer the question, so she makes something up.
See also: Strawman Fallacy.

#18 | POSTED BY A_FRIEND

I didn't make it up, thats exactly what happened when I said immigrants, like myself need to assimilate, learn english being the first step.

#25 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-12-15 11:09 AM | Reply


Got links?
#20 | POSTED BY LAMPLIGHTER

As I have proven time and time again, you don't bother to read the links. So what does it matter?

#26 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-12-15 11:10 AM | Reply

Lumpers like to talk about community, then support the idea that there's 20 languages on the ballots.

Community - feeling of fellowship with others, as a result of sharing common attitudes, interests, and goals.
"the sense of community that organized religion can provide"

You can't have community where people are talking a different languages. Common language is the foundation of a community.

#27 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-12-15 11:15 AM | Reply

You probably believe Somalis built this country.

#23 | POSTED BY FORTFISHER AT 2025-12-15 10:59 AM | FLAG:

I bet you think Somalis haven't contributed to "building America" because that's how ignorant and hateful you are.

...

#22 | POSTED BY DONNERBOY

What does that have to do with Somali Pirates?

#24 | POSTED BY ONEIRONAUT

A better question is what do Somali Americans have to do with Somali Pirates?

Fartfisher mentioned Pirates so I took the opportunity to teach him a little about Pirates. It's ok if you learned something about Pirates too Commie Spyboy.

#28 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-12-15 11:23 AM | Reply

Stealing is contributing LOL

#29 | Posted by fortfisher at 2025-12-15 11:30 AM | Reply

They're a bunch of in breed turnip heads.

#30 | Posted by fortfisher at 2025-12-15 11:31 AM | Reply

#27

How many languages are spoken in China?

"China is incredibly linguistically diverse, officially recognizing over 300 living languages (around 281-309), encompassing numerous Chinese dialects (like Mandarin, Cantonese, Wu) and minority languages from families like Sino-Tibetan, Altaic, Tai-Kadai, and Hmong-Mien, with Mandarin Chinese serving as the official language."

www.google.com

So... according to 1TrumpNut Chinese Community (see Communism) can't exist.

- ... immigrants, like myself need to assimilate, learn english being the first step.

jajaja! The comedy just writes itself.

#31 | Posted by Corky at 2025-12-15 11:35 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Stealing is contributing LOL

#29 | POSTED BY FORTFISHER

You'll have to ask Trumpy about that. Yiu seem to be fine with his stealing from the American taxpayer.

Somalis have started numerous businesses, revitalized neighborhoods, and taken jobs in sectors like hospitality, transportation, and cleaning, filling roles others might avoid.

Somali Minnesotans alone pay millions in state and local taxes annually, contributing significantly to public funds.

Studies estimate Somali Minnesotans have billions in economic impact, generating substantial income and boosting local GDP.

So yes. Somalis immigrants are helping to "build America".

#32 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-12-15 11:37 AM | Reply

The Attack on Somalis Is Hate Politics

Exhibit A

They're a bunch of in breed turnip heads.

#30 | POSTED BY FORTFISHER

#33 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-12-15 11:40 AM | Reply

I bet some of them can spell, "inbred".

#34 | Posted by Corky at 2025-12-15 11:42 AM | Reply

#25 Of course you made it up, Onepigironsmoothbrainaut.

See also: Strawman fallacy.

#35 | Posted by A_Friend at 2025-12-15 11:45 AM | Reply

#26 You haven't proven sh*t, Onepigironsmoothbrainaut.

You're welcome, sweetheart.

#36 | Posted by A_Friend at 2025-12-15 11:46 AM | Reply

Yeah, I should have asked Ilan Ohmar bet she knows

#37 | Posted by fortfisher at 2025-12-15 11:46 AM | Reply

#37 WTF is "Ilan Ohmar," phartphischer?

#38 | Posted by A_Friend at 2025-12-15 12:05 PM | Reply

more SFS from the DR coven of dopes.

latest estimate is a billion in fraud ....and much if not most going to Somalians / somalian

groups leading to terrorists....

NOW WE KNOW why harris picked a closet tim for VP....he had access to millions of unaccounted for

money.

---a POS who set up phone lines for people to report their neighbors for his stupid and

unnecessary covid abuse of freedoms.

#39 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2025-12-15 01:22 PM | Reply

#39 As always, shrimpgenitalsdisguisedasataco"dan":

Thank you for your in-kind contributions to the Democratic Party and its candidates.

You're a real chump champ, rotund turd.

#40 | Posted by A_Friend at 2025-12-15 01:25 PM | Reply

#39 Gosh, shrimpgenitalsdisguisedasataco"dan", you mean "access to millions of unaccounted for money"?

Millions???

Christ-on-a-popsicle-stick, in the age of the Trump, "millions" is just chump change.

Set your sights higher, shrimpgenitalsdisguisedasataco"dan"

Oh, and thank you for your in-kind contributions to the Democratic Party and its candidates.

You're a real champ, rotund turd.

#41 | Posted by A_Friend at 2025-12-15 01:30 PM | Reply

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