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nolabear

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8. Cascades is looking better all the time.

Mon Jun 16, 2025, 02:44 PM

23 hrs ago

We on the West Coast control a HUGE amount of the economy and are about as sanctuary as it gets. Here in Seattle we’ve got vocal legislators so are an even bigger target than some.

GOD I hate these assholes.

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How the HELL is this LEGAL? Sean Duffy to withhold transportation funds from cities with anti-ICE protests [View all] Miles Archer 23 hrs ago OP

California needs to withhold ALL federal taxes. Tootbsb 23 hrs ago #1

How would that work? lame54 22 hrs ago #12

Exactly how it works when they say we don't get funding congress has already voted to allocate. Tootbsb 21 hrs ago #18

It wouldn't DetroitLegalBeagle 20 hrs ago #32

That would be incredibly dumb. Individuals and businesses who had their taxes intercepted and seized by California tritsofme 21 hrs ago #20

I have been wondering the same thing Wifes husband 21 hrs ago #28

Exactly, this is just a silly slogan spread by people who are ignorant. tritsofme 19 hrs ago #37

I believe it was H.L. Mencken who said: Wifes husband 17 hrs ago #38

If my governor stole taxes withheld by my employer instead of sending it to the US Treasury, there would be hell to pay MichMan 19 hrs ago #34

Everything is "legal" when the criminals and the law enforcement are the same people. Midnight Writer 23 hrs ago #2

Were they paying attention on Saturday?? C_U_L8R 23 hrs ago #3

Exactly - any excuse to not part with "their" money lame54 22 hrs ago #13

Money is free speech ruled SCOTUS bucolic_frolic 23 hrs ago #4

Money has more rights than humans. Irish_Dem 23 hrs ago #6

No protests will be tolerated by the dictatorship. Irish_Dem 23 hrs ago #5

No, not legal. As long as the Republican congressman are cowering in the corner, they'll get away with it Walleye 23 hrs ago #7

I think SCOTUS would have a hard time with this one newdeal2 22 hrs ago #11

And there are liberals in all 50 States BOSSHOG 21 hrs ago #23

Cascades is looking better all the time. nolabear 23 hrs ago #8

That would include airports. Sean can make them safe only by shutting them down. Norrrm 23 hrs ago #9

There was only one city I noticed where transportation infrastructure was destroyed... haele 23 hrs ago #10

Democrats & Republicans serbbral 22 hrs ago #14

Intolerable Act JustAnotherGen 22 hrs ago #15

I'd rather withhold Sean Duffy from his position. He doesn't belong there. Initech 22 hrs ago #16

Brilliant! Force the commuters to walk to work and while you're at it, put Whites Only seats on the buses. Ping Tung 22 hrs ago #17

It will be raining lawsuits on his head. Stop calling this the sinkingfeeling 21 hrs ago #19

In what cities did rioters damage or destroy transportation infrastructure? WestMichRad 21 hrs ago #21

The No Kings protests were not just about ICE but the media framed it that way. live love laugh 21 hrs ago #22

No Kings was No Kings Hope22 21 hrs ago #27

"All blue cities, Democrat-run cities. And they think they're going to use them to vote. It's not gonna happen," progree 21 hrs ago #24

Hmmm. Will have to see how this plays out MichMan 21 hrs ago #25

It isn't legal, Sean Duffy needs to be fired and he can eat a bag of shit. Initech 21 hrs ago #26

It's 2025 - explain why it has to be legal? dchill 20 hrs ago #29

Divert all state funding from red counties Johonny 20 hrs ago #30

A blatant attack on freedom of speech, right to assemble, & extortion, just to begin with... NotHardly 20 hrs ago #31

Yo Duff-Trump mkp 20 hrs ago #33

It will make a hell of a court case because moniss 19 hrs ago #35

Every city had protesters. Even small towns leftyladyfrommo 19 hrs ago #36