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Master Thread Dance Your Cares Away/Fraggle/Law Abiding Citizens
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No way Trump gives back $600B.
So she’s part of a paid resistance? That sounds an awful lot like an enemy combatant.
Michael McCune
is in Benson, AZ.
𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐭 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬.𝐅𝐞𝐰 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐭 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝.
What feels like chaos is often perspective without context.
While attention is pulled toward outrage,
the real decisions are being made quietly,
several moves ahead.
The loudest voices aren’t the ones in control.
The most emotional reactions aren’t the ones that matter.
This moment isn’t random.
It isn’t impulsive.
And it isn’t accidental.
Once you see the pattern,
the noise fades
and the moves begin to make sense.
This isn’t chaos.
It’s intention.
𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭, 𝐈’𝐦 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 — the frustration, the demand for accountability, and why that accountability cannot happen just yet.
Democrats crossed the line long ago.
What you’re watching now is not opposition — it is 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, engineered to exploit the law, manipulate perception, and bait reaction without accountability.
This isn’t chaos.
𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐬.
I’ve read your comments, and I want to say this clearly:
𝐈 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.
What we are witnessing today is not principled opposition. It is coordinated rhetoric and behavior that repeatedly 𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐡 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 — not the fabricated January 6 narrative endlessly projected onto Donald Trump, but conduct designed to encourage defiance of federal law, obstruct enforcement, and erode constitutional order, all while carefully avoiding direct legal consequence.
So when people ask, “Why doesn’t Trump act?”
That question makes sense.
But the answer isn’t emotion.
𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐲.
To understand it, you have to zoom out and look at the entire chessboard.
𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐯𝐬. 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐍𝐨𝐰
Not long ago, American politics still operated within a shared framework.
Democrats largely believed the welfare of the public was the responsibility of government.
Republicans largely believed the role of government was to protect citizens, while limiting unnecessary intrusion into people’s lives.
Those views were different, but they were 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐢𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞.
For decades, that divide held.
Then something changed.
That shift did not begin abruptly.
It began under Barack Obama.
Obama was smoother. More disciplined. More careful with language.
But under his leadership, the incentives of the Democratic Party fundamentally changed.
Politics became less about serving the public and more about 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫.
The administrative state expanded.
Media coordination tightened.
Loyalty to the system outweighed accountability to the people.
Obama did not wield power recklessly.
𝐇𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝.
Once that precedent was set, restraint disappeared.
The 2016 campaign of Hillary Clinton made that shift unmistakable.
Politics was no longer about persuasion.
𝐈𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐬.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐅𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝
Donald Trump’s unexpected victory shattered a carefully constructed assumption.
A plan failed.
So a new one was set in motion.
Trump was politically inexperienced.
He trusted people he shouldn’t have.
Meanwhile, 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 — 𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 — 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦.
What followed were coordinated tactics — Russia collusion, media narrative control, censorship, and suppression of damaging information.
And yet, they failed again.
They underestimated the American people.
𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐬. 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝.
There are 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐬 in America.
The court of law.
And the 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧.
The second one decides elections.
And 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭.
𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐍𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐎𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬
Narrative failed.
So the tactics escalated.
When persuasion stopped working, it gave way to 𝐜𝐨𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐧.
They began creating confrontations, arrests, and images stripped of context — then embedding those visuals back into the narrative.
“Dictator.”
“Authoritarian.”
“King.”
𝐎𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬.
𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬.
𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞.
𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐖𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐬
𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐧.
Act too early, and Democrats don’t lose in court —
they win in perception.
Between now and the midterms, that cannot happen.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐧𝐝𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞
Restraint is not surrender.
𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞.
After the midterms, the calculus changes.
Then accountability lands.
Then comes the reckoning.
𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡
This isn’t chaos.
𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧.
It’s chess.
And restraint, right now, isn’t weakness.
𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐲.
𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 · 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫
James L Wells Digital Creator ·
Renee Good’s same-sex partner made a devastating admission shortly after a shooting.
It was made on camera, in real time, before narratives had settled and before lawyers shaped language. In that video, she said, clearly and repeatedly, “This is all my fault. All my fault. She did not want to come today and I made her do it.”
Those words matter. They matter because they were spoken immediately, without calculation, and because they frame what followed not as an accident imposed by law enforcement, but as the culmination of choices made earlier in the day.
That on-camera statement does not stand alone. What happened next must be understood in the context of witness testimony, audible commands captured on video, and the physical evidence recorded during the incident itself.
Taken together, those sources establish a clear sequence of events.
For an extended period of time, Renee Good and her partner deliberately followed ICE agents with the intent of interfering with their work. This was not incidental contact. It was not coincidence. It was sustained pursuit.
Witnesses observed the SUV following federal officers throughout the day. Video recordings capture repeated positioning of the vehicle to obstruct movement. On multiple occasions, the SUV blocked lanes of traffic, physically preventing ICE vehicles from passing. This was not expressive conduct. It was not speech. It was physical interference using a motor vehicle.
Under federal law, knowingly impeding or obstructing federal officers engaged in official duties constitutes a criminal offense. When that obstruction is repeated, coordinated, and carried out using a vehicle, it rises to felony conduct. A vehicle used in this manner is a dangerous instrumentality. Courts consistently recognize that a car, when used to block, pursue, or strike, functions as a deadly weapon.
The conduct did not occur in isolation. It was coordinated.
Witness accounts and recorded audio establish that the passenger was directing actions inside the vehicle. She was heard encouraging continued pursuit. She was heard urging defiance of law enforcement commands. This establishes agreement, coordination, and shared purpose.
When federal agents issued lawful commands to stop and exit the vehicle, those commands were clear, audible, and unmistakable on video. Compliance was required. Instead, the commands were ignored.
Audio captured during the incident records the passenger instructing the driver to disregard those commands and continue moving. This was not confusion. It was refusal. It was encouragement to escalate rather than disengage.
The driver then took actions that fundamentally changed the nature of the encounter.
The vehicle reversed.
The steering wheel was turned toward a federal agent.
The vehicle accelerated forward.
At that moment, the SUV ceased to be transportation and became a weapon.
The vehicle struck the agent.
What followed is not speculation. It is established by physics and ballistics.
The fatal shot entered through the front windshield and struck the driver in the head. That trajectory is only possible if the vehicle was facing and advancing toward the officer at the moment the shot was fired. A vehicle turning away, passing laterally, or retreating would not produce that entry path.
The orientation of the vehicle confirms the threat.
The direction of travel confirms the danger.
The point of entry confirms the immediacy.
Deadly force was not the cause of this event. It was the response to an imminent threat created by the use of a vehicle against a federal officer.
Causation matters.
Law enforcement did not initiate this confrontation. Law enforcement did not create the danger. Law enforcement did not compel the vehicle to turn, accelerate, or strike. The chain of events was driven—legally and literally—by civilian actions that escalated from unlawful interference to felony obstruction and finally to assault with a deadly weapon.
The partner’s on-camera admission matters because it establishes that Renee did not want to be there and was compelled to come. The remaining evidence matters because it establishes intent, coordination, escalation, and agency throughout the encounter.
Confusion does not explain hours of pursuit.
Confusion does not explain repeated obstruction.
Confusion does not explain refusal of lawful orders captured on audio.
Confusion does not explain turning a vehicle toward a person and accelerating.
Stress responses do not erase agency. Fear does not nullify causation. A fight-or-flight reaction does not excuse the use of a vehicle against another human being.
This was not an unavoidable tragedy. It was a foreseeable outcome.
When civilians choose to physically interfere with federal officers, when they escalate rather than disengage, when they refuse lawful commands and use a vehicle as a weapon, the law does not treat the result as an accident. It treats it as the natural and predictable consequence of reckless and criminal conduct.
Law enforcement’s role here was reactive, not causal. Officers responded to a threat that had been deliberately created and repeatedly reinforced over the course of the day.
This case is not about politics.
It is not about identity.
It is not about selective sympathy.
It is about actions, intent, escalation, and consequence.
And when those elements are presented fully, honestly, and without omission, the conclusion is unavoidable:
This death was not caused by law enforcement.
It was caused by deliberate interference, sustained obstruction, coordinated defiance, and the final decision to drive a vehicle into a federal agent.
That is the record.
That is the law.
And that is the truth.
Asmongold nails it. Clear video evidence and not a single person changed their mind. There is zero chance we get past this mess without civil war. These people will keep doing the childlike game of "i'm not touching you" and "quit hitting yourself" and they will do it with a straight face and be dead serious.
If Minn tries to railroad this ICE agent I hope Trump immediately declares the insurrection act and removes the entire government of Minn and rolls in the troops until order is restored. The optics would be bad it has to be done. They are completely loony right now and nothing short of shock therapy will snap them out of it.
I saw one lawyer say that Trump already has a separate authority ready to go so if they rule against him he will just do them again under a different authorization and they will have to go all the way back through the courts. Biden did this to hurt the country... we can do it to do a little good.
Like I said... Loony. Woman just got shot and their plan is to storm their hotel and threaten them with violence.... It's like that disease that rats get that makes them have zero fear toward cats. They can watch the cat eat their friends and they just keep mousing around like nothing is going on.
And to add... watching a live feed and people are climbing the hotel trying to get to the roof.
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More things the European mind just cannot comprehend.
Those video's with the British kids and headmaster are really good
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