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Jack Hopkins's avatar

By the way...it will be less than 30 days before ICE kills someone else. Probably soon than that...but no longer than 30 days from now. That's my bet. There are no consequences.

#Substack #TrumpIsPoison

Steven Erick's avatar

I just posted a comment to support you on this one!

Steven Erick's avatar

On July 14, 2026, the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ordered agents to suspend most vehicle stops to review safety and training after two fatal shootings during traffic stops in Maine and Texas. The following day, on July 15, President Donald Trump reversed the decision. The question is why? I have an opinion - what else is new!

The two most recent shootings happened in Texas and Maine. Both States that have razor thin Senate races that could go to Democrats, if you can believe most of the polls. So, I ask myself. beside the people who were shot and killed and their families, who else will be impacted? How about every hispanic and minority person in these two states. These shootings are a clear strategy to keep the minority citizen voters in these two competitive states from going to the polls in the mid terms for fear of being shot and killed.

The next states on the list? Alaska, Georgia, North Carolina, and Iowa. Even if nothing happens in these states, the fear has already been sewn. All voters, especially minority voters need to stay strong and informed. Fear never solves anything, only a clear mind and firm resolve can do that.

Jack Hopkins's avatar

Steven...you've got the sequence EXACTLY right...and it's the part most people missed.

Homan called it a TEMPORARY pause...not a policy change. It lasted about a DAY before the President overruled it. Whatever else that tells us...it tells us WHO'S actually setting enforcement policy...and it's NOT DHS.

But...your closing line is the one I'd underline. Fear never solves anything. A clear mind and firm resolve do. That's beautifully accurate, Steven...and a great contribution. Thank you!

Stay strong. Stay informed. And...show up anyway!

#HoldFast

-Jack

Steven Erick's avatar

Always have, always will.

Teri Gelini's avatar

Perfectly stated. I agree there will be more shot and probably killed because they always shoot more than one bullet to be sure the person is dead. We have to vote them out! I got my mail in vote today for primaries. I will be taking the mail in to the drop site. I do NOT trust USPS this go round. We have never had trouble just want to be safe and sure.

#HOLDFAST

Teri

Jack Hopkins's avatar

Teri...good on YOU for having it in hand already.

Walking it to the DROP BOX is exactly right. Not because anything's necessarily wrong with the mail...BUT...because a ballot you hand-delivered... is a ballot you never have to wonder about.

Peace of mind is worth the trip!

#HOLDFAST

-Jack

Teri Gelini's avatar

We can also call to verify it was counted

Kris Jay's avatar

I’ll be doing the same with my mail in ballot.

Jack Hopkins's avatar

Outstanding, Kris!

-Jack

Teri Gelini's avatar

Best to be safe. We can also call to verify it was counted

Deb's avatar

I so hope people start waking up in droves…. the whole extrajudicial killings (aka murders) is something that simply isn’t talked about enough. I haven’t heard any reports of ‘drug boats’ being blown out the water recently. I’m assuming it’s still happening? And ICE just up and murdering people?? What the everloving hell more do people need to actually SEE to convince them what this regime is about?!? Hot news flash, it’s not about the average citizen.

Some of the J6’ers that were pardoned have run afoul of the law, when stopped and confronted they started shooting and were actually killed by LEO (the one I’m thinking of happened in Indiana a bit ago). I suspect many former J6’ers have been hired by ICE…. jeeeeez, what could possibly go wrong with THAT??

I could really go on a rant…. and won’t, not this time anyway…. 😉 I will say when ya’ hire a clown, ya’ can’t be surprised when a circus shows up….. R’s are you listening???

Thank you, Jack for this article. I’ve restacked and hope it gets shared widely. It’s time!

Jack Hopkins's avatar

Deb...you're closer to something than you know on the ICE hiring question...and it's BETTER than a suspicion.

Raskin sent a formal letter to Bondi and Noem in January...asking flat out how many PARDONED January 6th participants have been hired. DHS's response was to call the letter reckless...disgusting...and unhinged...and NOT answer it.

Before that...an amendment BARRING the use of funds to hire ANYONE who participated in January 6 failed...15 to 17. Every NO was a REPUBLICAN.

Nobody's proven it. BUT...Congress asked...they refused to say...and when handed a clean chance to make it impossible...they voted it DOWN. Draw your own conclusion.

Oh...and the clown/circus line is going in my pocket. Thank you for the restack!

#HoldFast

-Jack

Deb's avatar
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Feel free to use my snark however you see fit! 👍

And….. yes, the silence and / or refusal to respond tells me literally everything I need to know. I wasn’t aware of the ammendment or Raskin’s letter. Thanks for that.

Jack Hopkins's avatar

You're welcome, Deb!

Gary Nelson's avatar

Keep hammering us with this Jack. Some of it will reach those who aren't in the "choir" and make a difference. They need to hear the unvarnished truth.

Jack Hopkins's avatar

Gary...that's the whole bet, isn't it.

Most of what I write lands on people who ALREADY agree. But...SOME of it gets forwarded. Some of it gets read by a brother-in-law who wasn't looking for it.

That's why I try to keep it to things that can't be argued with. Documents. Numbers. What people actually said...on the RECORD...BEFORE they said the opposite.

You can dismiss an opinion. It's harder...to dismiss a RECEIPT.

I'll keep hammering. Thanks for being here for it, Gary!

#HoldFast

-Jack

Roberta's avatar

I often feel as if we are living in a really bad movie, as if this cannot possibly be true. Were people always this rotten and just waiting for someone to say "Be as rotten as you want"? Some day, we will have to have a reckoning. How do we deal with the ICE thugs?

Concerned Citizen's avatar

What is the redline for the R’s in Congress? They are complicit in allowing the administration to abuse the Constitution and its citizens. When is enough, ENOUGH? Law and order, back the blue, fiscally responsible, etc. is no longer applicable. His rigging of the elections by threatening violence and intimidation should be a line in the sand.

Other than my parents who are deep in the Fox News hole, the majority of my friends and family are tired of Congress, as well as SCOTUS, not being the adults in the room.

#HoldFast #OutLast

Peter Botos's avatar

Fortunately, a US district judge from Florida kaboshed that $1.776 billion slush fund. Per her order, no one has access to the fund.