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   7666 (7666@comp.lain.la)'s status on Thursday, 05-Feb-2026 06:12:06 JST 7666
   party of law and order blowing nearly 100 court orders
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     Johnny Peligro (mischievoustomato@tsundere.love)'s status on Thursday, 05-Feb-2026 06:12:05 JST Johnny Peligro

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     @7666 ICE are true heroes, breaking the law to do what's right. Teared up a bit ☺️
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     Johnny Peligro (mischievoustomato@tsundere.love)'s status on Thursday, 05-Feb-2026 06:20:54 JST Johnny Peligro

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     @7666 um no bad ☹️
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     7666 (7666@comp.lain.la)'s status on Thursday, 05-Feb-2026 06:20:55 JST 7666

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     @mischievoustomato waiting eagerly to hear the DOJ endorse timothy mcveigh by the same logic
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     cool_boy_mew (coolboymew@shitposter.world)'s status on Thursday, 05-Feb-2026 06:35:29 JST cool_boy_mew

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     @7666
     
     https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/30/ice-immigration-court-orders-00757894
     
     >“There has been an undeniable move by the Government in the past month to defy court orders or at least to stretch the legal process to the breaking point in an attempt to deny noncitizens their due process rights,”
     
     That's nonsense we cannot entertain anymore. Perhaps in the far past when there wasn't millions upon millions, but you literally cannot due process absolutely every single illegals, which there'll be several magnitude mode by the time you process one. That's a complete waste of time, resources and it's quite literally the goal of the whole affair
     
     >the chief judge on Minnesota’s federal bench
     
     It's literally the state where foreigners are defrauding tax money by the billions? Really? Why do we care what the judge there has to say?
     
     >That relocation caused the woman to miss her hearing to seek protection from being deported back to El Salvador, where she said she feared domestic abuse.
     
     ??? What?
     
     This isn't even Governmental oppression or something like that, why has this been granted at all?
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     prettygood (prettygood@socially.drinkingatmy.computer)'s status on Thursday, 05-Feb-2026 06:35:29 JST prettygood

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     @coolboymew @7666 the only thing worse than Peruvian opinions about American politics are Canadian ones.
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     7666 (7666@comp.lain.la)'s status on Thursday, 05-Feb-2026 06:49:39 JST 7666

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     @coolboymew oh look, someone else who failed to see the forest for the trees.
     
     my consistent argument has been that no single issue is worth completely undermining the rights and privileges of the entire country.
     
     he who sacrifices liberty for security deserve neither etc.
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     cool_boy_mew (coolboymew@shitposter.world)'s status on Thursday, 05-Feb-2026 06:49:40 JST cool_boy_mew

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     @7666 So like, we should have infinite foreigners that are a drain on the system because laws or some shit which doesn't benefit the common guy at all
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     7666 (7666@comp.lain.la)'s status on Thursday, 05-Feb-2026 06:49:41 JST 7666

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     @coolboymew point one: "we should break the law"
     
     point two: "we should break the law"
     
     point three: "we should break the law"
     
     cool
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     Blurry Moon (sun@shitposter.world)'s status on Thursday, 05-Feb-2026 06:54:07 JST Blurry Moon

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     @7666 @coolboymew you're right and its valid to point out the hypocrisy of republicans on this. the executive branch tho is completely overpowered because of the party duopoly taking turns and has violated the law with impunity since at least andrew jackson. trump is still certainly more concerning right now because of degree. just like, this was always what could have happened because we let it happen for infinity other smaller things in the past.
     
     there is no way out of this except to depower the presidency
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     Mitch Conner (olmitch@shitposter.world)'s status on Thursday, 05-Feb-2026 07:07:47 JST Mitch Conner

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     @coolboymew @7666 leftists have a really strange idea of what rights are. Criminals and losers get rights but people who work hard and their property are resources to seize. Everyone has to live in ugly boring cities for the convenience, comfort and safety of the lowest of the low. That's why there aren't any cool interesting public places anymore. Everything is built to be locked and hosed down.
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     Blurry Moon (sun@shitposter.world)'s status on Thursday, 05-Feb-2026 07:07:47 JST Blurry Moon

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     @olmitch @coolboymew @7666 the pot can call the kettle black if the kettle is black and the gov should obey the law too
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     cool_boy_mew (coolboymew@shitposter.world)'s status on Thursday, 05-Feb-2026 07:07:48 JST cool_boy_mew

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     @7666 They're illegals, they do not have rights and privileges to a certain extent, affording them all of this cost a shitton of time and money that is not going to the local population
     
     And it's pretty funny going about rights and privileges when we have an entire system that is trying to remove the local population rights and privileges because they're mad as fuck about all the foreigners as they're being completely flooded by them and barely can afford anything anymore
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     Blurry Moon (sun@shitposter.world)'s status on Thursday, 05-Feb-2026 07:13:38 JST Blurry Moon

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     • Mitch Conner
     @olmitch @7666 @coolboymew it goes all the way back to what op said
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     Mitch Conner (olmitch@shitposter.world)'s status on Thursday, 05-Feb-2026 07:13:39 JST Mitch Conner

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     @sun @7666 @coolboymew not comprehending how that's a response to what I said
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     Blurry Moon (sun@shitposter.world)'s status on Thursday, 05-Feb-2026 07:24:52 JST Blurry Moon

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     @scathach @7666 @mischievoustomato I don't have time to dig it up right now but as soon as I do I'll get you the information links. extremely weird stuff around his accomplice.
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     fiat volvntas tva (scathach@stereophonic.space)'s status on Thursday, 05-Feb-2026 07:24:56 JST fiat volvntas tva

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     @sun @7666 @mischievoustomato Where can I read more about this? Only fishy thing I know about was that Joe Biden was working on the precursor to the PATRIOT act at the same time
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     Blurry Moon (sun@shitposter.world)'s status on Thursday, 05-Feb-2026 07:24:57 JST Blurry Moon

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     • Johnny Peligro
     @scathach @7666 @mischievoustomato incidentally have you looked into it, it was very possibly another FBI "create a terror event so it can be bravely prevented" operation that went super wrong.
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     fiat volvntas tva (scathach@stereophonic.space)'s status on Thursday, 05-Feb-2026 07:24:58 JST fiat volvntas tva

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     @7666 @mischievoustomato He would've been a hero if there wasn't a crowded daycare below the IRS office
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     [vtuber] All-bones Jones :verified: (all_bonesjones@shitposter.world)'s status on Thursday, 05-Feb-2026 07:28:24 JST [vtuber] All-bones Jones :verified:

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     @sun @olmitch @7666 @coolboymew what law?
     
     it's been overtly demonstrated via endless activism that the law is "whatever i feel like" and "whatever hurts my enemies." people coined the term anarcho-tyranny because this happens so often that they needed a way to talk about it with other people. if people have to coin this term to describe what they're dealing with, if the supreme court tells the lower courts "knock it the fuck off" and the lower courts reply "make me." if law enforcement openly talks about dragging out cases until they're dropped, then there isn't really any law left. there's just a bunch of petty assholes in dresses that nobody actually has to listen to.
     
     the purpose of law is to create a system where people don't have to use naked force to resolve disputes. if it no longer does that, if it is worse than going back to violence, then people choose to go back to violence.
     
     we are seeing the gradual return to naked force.
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     [vtuber] All-bones Jones :verified: (all_bonesjones@shitposter.world)'s status on Thursday, 05-Feb-2026 07:42:14 JST [vtuber] All-bones Jones :verified:

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     @coolboymew @7666 >What about people who got here legit forever ago? Fuck them? Why don't you care about them?
     
     because he punishes enemies and rewards friends and for him the law exists as a tool for that
     
     he will never admit to it, but this is what he is doing and why. this is why the law only applies one way in his eyes. for those reading this thread, keep what i said in mind and watch as his actions betray this belief even as he uses wordgames and lies to try and hide it
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     cool_boy_mew (coolboymew@shitposter.world)'s status on Thursday, 05-Feb-2026 07:42:15 JST cool_boy_mew

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     @7666 By completely fucking the system you basically make sure that actual cases don't get heard, or won't get heard because nobody cares anymore and wants the whole thing gone because it's been utterly completely fucking abused, and even if we grant asylum to new people... We're putting them in what? Countries whose populations are increasingly being strained? What's the point? They might as well go home
     
     And what about the local population? What about people who got here legit forever ago? Fuck them? Why don't you care about them?
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     7666 (7666@comp.lain.la)'s status on Thursday, 05-Feb-2026 07:42:16 JST 7666

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     @coolboymew here I templated it for you so you can reuse this in your mail merge for your newsletters
     
     
     "They're <insert_slur_for_group_you_don't_like_here>, they do not have rights and privileges to a certain extent, affording them all of this cost a shitton of time and money that is not going to the local population
     
     And it's pretty funny going about rights and privileges when we have an entire system that is trying to remove the local population rights and privileges because they're mad as fuck about all the <insert_name_of_group_i_don't_like_here> as they're being completely flooded by them and barely can afford anything anymore"
     
     Try it with Jews, Indians, black people, white people, Asians, whatever floats your boat!
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     Blurry Moon (sun@shitposter.world)'s status on Thursday, 05-Feb-2026 07:46:01 JST Blurry Moon

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     @feld @7666 @coolboymew I did some reading on this and minnesota somalians seem to be far worse for government aid by every metric. unclear about second-generation. most numbers come from an anti immigration lobbying group by nobody seems to be refuting them. who knows.
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     feld (feld@friedcheese.us)'s status on Thursday, 05-Feb-2026 07:46:02 JST feld

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     @coolboymew @7666 by every metric they are a benefit to the system, not a drain. They pay taxes, they contribute to the economy, and they use far fewer public services than American citizens. It's a net positive on every spreadsheet.
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     Johnny Peligro (mischievoustomato@tsundere.love)'s status on Thursday, 05-Feb-2026 07:51:31 JST Johnny Peligro

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     @7666 i *am* a hypocrite, i always said so
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     7666 (7666@comp.lain.la)'s status on Thursday, 05-Feb-2026 07:51:32 JST 7666

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     @mischievoustomato then you are a hypocrite, no surprise there, sun dried imbecile
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     sapphire (sapphire@shortstacksran.ch)'s status on Thursday, 05-Feb-2026 07:51:53 JST sapphire

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     @coolboymew @7666 yawn, its way easier to argue this properly:
     
     The constitution is a compact between “we the people of the United States” and does not apply to foreigners. Period.
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     cool_boy_mew (coolboymew@shitposter.world)'s status on Thursday, 05-Feb-2026 07:55:37 JST cool_boy_mew

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     @sun @olmitch @7666 The big problem is that all across the first world it seems evident that such international law is being completely abused to a breaking point. In Canada we got Indians coming en masse to get shitty diploma mills, a lot of them aren't functionals in the slightest, they're supposed to come with x amount of money to sustain themselves but has been allowed to work on the side and we got open youtube videos of these foreigners saying they can just get free food at food banks, which isn't supposed to be for them, they're supposed to be here with enough money to manage. And then they try to claim asylum, which completely fucks the system
     
     That's just one specific case, in a specific countries, but from what I've seen around there's all sort of weird fucked up similar shit happening all around
     
     This is stupid
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     7666 (7666@comp.lain.la)'s status on Thursday, 05-Feb-2026 07:55:44 JST 7666

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     @coolboymew It ain't illegals in Minnesota doing the shootings these days, so seems like I care about them more than you.
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     cool_boy_mew (coolboymew@shitposter.world)'s status on Thursday, 05-Feb-2026 07:55:44 JST cool_boy_mew

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     @7666 This is an horrible whataboutism, you're talking about Pretti right?
     
     The only thing I'm really gonna agree with is that ICE is poorly trained, however, I don't know in what fucking country you have people fucking with special agents feds other than in the US
     
     What's crazy is that we have footage of the dude literally kicking off a headlight of an ICE car and the guys didn't think it was worth running after him. Why is that? Because we all know that in blue states the judges generally let (the insane protestors) them get away with it. Funny thing, if the law was actually enforced in this case, he could probably be alive today
     
     So we have twitchy poorly trained agents, because the problem is massive large and huge from decades of rot, being harassed by insane emboldened protesters that are generally let off easy and may be carrying guns, who are currently extra agitated, as the state, as usual, is not being willing to enforce anything whatsoever (This is really shitty against the population, btw)
     
     All of this? They're probably protesting for a good cause right? Something worthy? Big corpos trying to kick out poor trailer park people, maybe? Nope, infinite foreigners instead
     
     Jesus christ man
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     pettanko (pettanko@tsundere.love)'s status on Thursday, 05-Feb-2026 07:57:20 JST pettanko

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     @coolboymew @7666 plus gotta strike while the iron's hot and get them all out before the Democrats win in 2028 and open the floodgates again.

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     Johnny Peligro (mischievoustomato@tsundere.love)'s status on Thursday, 05-Feb-2026 07:57:20 JST Johnny Peligro

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     @pettanko @coolboymew @7666 hell yeah
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     ooignignoktoo (ooignignoktoo@shitposter.world)'s status on Thursday, 05-Feb-2026 08:09:14 JST ooignignoktoo

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     @mischievoustomato @7666 ICE is kinda like Batman except they go after illegal aliens and don't sport a utility belt with cool ass gadgets.
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     cool_boy_mew (coolboymew@shitposter.world)'s status on Thursday, 05-Feb-2026 08:27:15 JST cool_boy_mew

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     @rusty_shackleford @7666 @feld
     
     >I care more about my fellow citizens who are struggling the most.
     
     This is what completely eludes me in this conversation. The biggest noise always seems to be about the outsiders, when the people here, or that came here years ago are struggling the hell out and that always seems to be a complete non-factor somehow
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     rusty_shackleford (rusty_shackleford@colorlessgreenvoid.com)'s status on Thursday, 05-Feb-2026 08:27:23 JST rusty_shackleford

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     @feld @7666 @coolboymew
     
     Dont you feel like they are exploited by large corporations as a modern form.of slavery though? They are in positions where they have no recourse should they be abused.
     
     As far as econony, they compete for low skilled jobs with citizens, driving down the value of that labor, while simultaneously cometing for housing, driving up the cost.
     
     If youre talking about pure gdp, i dont care about my 401k or large corpo stock prices. I care more about my fellow citizens who are struggling the most.
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     ooignignoktoo (ooignignoktoo@shitposter.world)'s status on Thursday, 05-Feb-2026 08:28:15 JST ooignignoktoo

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     @jorgaborg @7666 @mischievoustomato
     
     ICE enforcer John Matrix disagrees with this post.
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     SpudHead (jorgaborg@brain.worm.pink)'s status on Thursday, 05-Feb-2026 08:28:16 JST SpudHead

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     @ooignignoktoo @7666 @mischievoustomato …and aren’t the good guys.

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     CapitalB (capitalb@noauthority.social)'s status on Thursday, 05-Feb-2026 09:57:49 JST CapitalB

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     @7666 @feld @coolboymew @sun

     The Danish study is clear. They are not only a drain, but the main cost factor for counties.

     In Swiss schools, special schooling exoloded and costs doubled. School is the biggest tax effort for counties. They'll never pay for the next generation.

     In Germany, immigrants are 3/4 of social welfare. That is not a "net gain" at all.

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     ooignignoktoo (ooignignoktoo@shitposter.world)'s status on Thursday, 05-Feb-2026 09:59:18 JST ooignignoktoo

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     @7666 @coolboymew
     
     Funny the anti-ICE protestors were the same dumbfucks trying to persona non grata me 3 years ago for not wanting to take the covid vaccine. Honestly I hope ICE splits open some bulb heads and these arrogant pedantic self righteous hypocrites whining about rights being violated can fuck off with their faux morality on the horse they rode in on.
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     sapphire (sapphire@shortstacksran.ch)'s status on Thursday, 05-Feb-2026 10:00:21 JST sapphire

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     @yomiel @7666 @coolboymew imagine letting people you hate dictate what you can and cannot say
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     Yomiel (yomiel@new.asbestos.cafe)'s status on Thursday, 05-Feb-2026 10:00:23 JST Yomiel

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     @sapphire @7666 @coolboymew
     >yawn
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     受不了包 (shibao@misskey.bubbletea.dev)'s status on Thursday, 05-Feb-2026 16:46:55 JST 受不了包

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     @sun@shitposter.world @7666@comp.lain.la @coolboymew@shitposter.world i just dont get that we like impeached a president for getting a blowjob and it was a national scandal but with literally everything trump has done including being in the epstein files and like its fine now, was everyone just bored in the past or something?
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     Blurry Moon (sun@shitposter.world)'s status on Thursday, 05-Feb-2026 17:02:18 JST Blurry Moon

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     @shibao @7666 @coolboymew was Clinton or the fbi or the atf punished for waco
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     Blurry Moon (sun@shitposter.world)'s status on Thursday, 05-Feb-2026 17:05:26 JST Blurry Moon

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     @shibao @7666 @coolboymew anyhoos both Clinton and trump were impeached
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     7666 (7666@comp.lain.la)'s status on Friday, 06-Feb-2026 03:46:23 JST 7666

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     @coolboymew @feld >a lot of money got out of the country
     
     if that was really your concern, please research the following:
     
     $21.7 billion to israel in 2 years https://apnews.com/article/israel-gaza-war-military-aid-83cebb16b3e504f70112e374a0c74bfc
     
     diversification out of US assets due to tariff threats and general US foreign policy unpredictability https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-02-05/-quiet-quitting-of-us-assets
     
     while we are on the topic of tariffs and trade policies: https://www.forbes.com/sites/suzannerowankelleher/2025/07/03/us-tourism-lose-29-billion-trump-policies/
     
     and whatever the fuck this is supposed to end up being. half a trillion right into a bubble. https://apnews.com/article/trump-ai-openai-oracle-softbank-son-altman-ellison-be261f8a8ee07a0623d4170397348c41
     
     my guess is you just don't like certain people and will grasp at any possible fact in your favor to continue not liking them because you are prioritizing the wrong things deliberately. like this isn't whataboutism, it's selectively ignoring bigger problems that should be prioritized first but won't be because of who is in charge.
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     cool_boy_mew (coolboymew@shitposter.world)'s status on Friday, 06-Feb-2026 03:46:24 JST cool_boy_mew

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     @feld @7666
     
     >I say the same thing about Americans every day
     Whew, nice virtue signaling son
     
     Did you stroke your cock while writing this?
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     cool_boy_mew (coolboymew@shitposter.world)'s status on Friday, 06-Feb-2026 03:46:24 JST cool_boy_mew

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     @feld @7666 No matter what, people that shouldn't be there doing fraud is really fucking bad, as it could've been avoided. The whole story also implies a lot of this money got out of the country, so it's not even coming back around, and I'll let you know, usually these communities, when let free to gather a lot like this, usually ends up creating micro economies that mostly tend to themselves, all the while (even without fraud) sending a lot of money abroad to their home countries, which makes us all poorer as a result
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     cool_boy_mew (coolboymew@shitposter.world)'s status on Friday, 06-Feb-2026 03:46:27 JST cool_boy_mew

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     @feld @7666 terrible whataboutism
     
     I've seen a bunch of them testify, they're barely even functional. Why are they here?
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     feld (feld@friedcheese.us)'s status on Friday, 06-Feb-2026 03:46:27 JST feld

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     @coolboymew @7666
     
     > they're barely even functional. Why are they here?
     
     I say the same thing about Americans every day
     
     The news has successfully blown this up into the latest iteration of the "welfare queen" scandal and they're using it to manipulate people against /the others/
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     cool_boy_mew (coolboymew@shitposter.world)'s status on Friday, 06-Feb-2026 03:46:30 JST cool_boy_mew

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     @feld @7666 It's that annually, and it's probably been going on for years, so that could add up, yes
     
     Either way, it's still very fucking bad
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     feld (feld@friedcheese.us)'s status on Friday, 06-Feb-2026 03:46:30 JST feld

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     @coolboymew @7666 buddy, the lizards are convincing you that illegals are draining the government's coffers with fraud when the real fraud is being done by real white American businessmen, especially in the healthcare sector.
     
     this is just regular levels of defrauding the government. It happens everywhere. The solution isn't to eliminate the programs, it's to actually hire enough people to audit the system.
     
     imagine if we put the same level of investigative journalism energy into all the medicare fraud, like how there's still doctors writing fake ass prescriptions for my mom that shows up on her medicare billing but nothing happens when we report it?
     
     they're collectively doing $150M in fraud PER DAY ($60 billion per year) but we can't deport them or turn a raging mob against them because of their skin color so we should just let this one slide eh
     
     and this is only *medicare*
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     feld (feld@friedcheese.us)'s status on Friday, 06-Feb-2026 03:46:32 JST feld

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     @coolboymew @7666
     
     > foreigners are defrauding tax money by the billions?
     
     REALLY? Minnesota's child-care subsidy program is BILLIONS of dollars? That would be fucking amazing if true, but instead it's under $200M
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     feld (feld@friedcheese.us)'s status on Friday, 06-Feb-2026 07:42:47 JST feld

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     • rusty_shackleford
     @rusty_shackleford @7666 @coolboymew what kind of fucking brain worms do you have where you say
     
     > well we don't want their cheaper labor, we want white Americans to do those jobs but get paid much higher wages
     
     but not grasp the costs of housing is directly influenced by the costs of labor
     
     You're going to drive the costs of housing up. You're going to drive the costs of food up. Everything will go up.
     
     :brainworms:
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     rusty_shackleford (rusty_shackleford@colorlessgreenvoid.com)'s status on Friday, 06-Feb-2026 07:42:48 JST rusty_shackleford

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     "not really, most of the jobs they do are stuff nobody else wants to."
     
     Nice cnn talking point. It implies that work is fine for brown neo-slaves, but that americans are above it. The other problem is that citizens would do those jobs if they paid better wages and not slave wages. But the market for unskilled labor is terrible because millions of illegals drive down the cost of that labor. Which is what giant corporations and wider industries that take advantage of that labor want. If you ignore this you are being intellectually dishonest.
     
     Not gonna be watsing what little time i have left on this earth reading the rest of your regurgitated cnn talking points. Take it easy man.
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     feld (feld@friedcheese.us)'s status on Friday, 06-Feb-2026 07:42:50 JST feld

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     > Dont you feel like they are exploited by large corporations as a modern form.of slavery though? They are in positions where they have no recourse should they be abused.
     
     H1B visa tech workers? Absolutely. But that's not who's being picked up by ICE.
     
     So which corporations are you referring to that are hiring these people without legal status? Because if they are, they're doing it illegally and need to be raided. Only examples I can think of right now are meatpacking plants.
     
     > As far as econony, they compete for low skilled jobs with citizens, driving down the value of that labor,
     
     not really, most of the jobs they do are stuff nobody else wants to. You want to work on a farm and milk cows, spend all day in the sun picking produce? You want to hang drywall or paint all day? It's not fun and the pay isn't great for the amount of damage you do to your body. I can absolutely do this work, grew up doing all of this. But I would never ever do it unless I was absolutely desperate. The work SUCKS. Same with factory work. Been there, done that. Wanted to kill myself. At least factories used to be cool. My mom used to build phone equipment for the telco, said it was basically 8 hours of socializing with your friends while you did some soldering. Factory jobs aren't like that anymore...
     
     > while simultaneously cometing for housing, driving up the cost.
     
     This is a lie, they can't afford houses, can't get a mortgage, so they're not fucking with the housing market. They have almost no impact on apartment prices. They're so broke that's why they have so many people living in one unit. You can Thanos snap and remove every undocumented person from the country and it won't move the housing markets. But it will open up a bunch of derelict housing in places nobody wants to live anyway, and that will probably get demolished and sold to a giant corporation who will build something new there. Well, they would build something new there if they could afford to pay the labor which is now gone. Oh wait, that means we have to hire AMERICANS for construction jobs. Guess what happens to the prices of all housing and trades labor now? up up up up up -- we just made it worse and now have a ton of condemned properties
     
     > If youre talking about pure gdp, i dont care about my 401k or large corpo stock prices. I care more about my fellow citizens who are struggling the most.
     
     Nah, that's not what I'm talking about. They aren't moving your 401k or any of the stock prices of the stocks in the NASDAQ, etc.
     
     They spend their money in your community if they're in your community. Because they have to. They probably do a better job of building a circular economy in your community than everyone else. Mostly because they have to to survive. And then you get the ones with legal status opening up grocery stores, restaurants, etc. The impact is real.
     
     Our economy is 100% reliant on these people. This is something we let happen. We can't undo it. The only thing we can do is fix their status so they get the protections they deserve, and fix the immigration system so it doesn't happen like this ever again.
     
     also hang some billionaires by their toes for intentionally creating this system.