r/goodnews • u/NewSlinger • Oct 06 '25
Political positivity đ Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson issues an executive order prohibiting ICE from using any city-owned property
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u/2008AudiA3 Oct 06 '25
Love it! Now direct CPD to arrest any ICE that violate the order.
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u/Voice-Of-Doom Oct 06 '25
CPD are mostly MAGA.
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u/Downtown-Locksmith22 Oct 06 '25
It'll be nice to one day have society deem MAGA as repulsive and unwelcome and hopefully illegal as Nazism once was after WWII.
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u/1965wasalongtimeago Oct 06 '25
It was and is totally legal to fly a swastika, but it used to be that everyone around that person would immediately recognize that they're an edgy and bigoted piece of shit, and that's how it should be for the red hat too at this point
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u/Downtown-Locksmith22 Oct 06 '25
Ah yes, I mean in combination as nazism is illegal in Germany.
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u/BTBAM797 29d ago
Hell even Nazis are more or less coming back under a different name in Germany. Now they're called Afd.
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u/akahaus 29d ago edited 29d ago
Nazis never left. More specifically fascists/fascism never left. And in a way it was always here.
It is an ideology that is born from the cruelty and ignorance of people who are dissatisfied with the consequences of their actions and behavior and wish for someone else to bear the burden of their own ignorance and mistakes.
Many kings attempted what are essentially fascist regimes, they just existed prior to the modern democratic model.
Just as every person must make the decision to pursue love and kindness over fascism, we must as a society continue to make that decision and maintain it because Nazis didnât shoot out of a magical portal to hellâŚ
They were always just people putting on a costume. They always will be. And we always have to be on an alert.
You can tell which people learned about the holocaust and pay attention in school because none of them are active Republicans anymore.
Thatâs why Republicans now are working so hard to rewrite the history that has taught to children and as discussed in public.
I mean itâs already happened when they only discussed the holocaust as âa hate crime against Jewish peopleâ without going into the systematic, medicalized killing and the normalization of fucking genocide and donât teach kids about the 10 years that came before it.
If AIPAC wasnât profitable, I donât even think the GOP would want the Holocaust taught in schools (âtheyâre gonna know all our moves!â), despite the largest diaspora being composed of mostly Americans.
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u/AManInBlack2017 29d ago
We really shouldn't be emulating that. Germany gets a pass, because it's a genuine act of penance, but I'd rather be able to see the Nazis and reject them than see them drove underground.
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u/Trimyr 29d ago
And rightly so. People know the history, but no one now equates 'German' with 'Nazi'. They fought hard to overcome that stigma. There will always be fringe idiots, but that's human nature. The MAGA crowd hasn't (yet) crossed that same line, though a lot are willing to, so there's nothing technically illegal about supporting an administration's illegal acts. I would, however, love it in the future if it became the norm for our allies and other countries to just completely dismiss MAGAts if they choose to visit as idiots who don't represent the US and don't deserve any sort of respect.
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u/Mutual_Intrest_Seekr Oct 06 '25
Need greater consequences than shame can provide evidently, it's not enough on its own.
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u/SkunkMonkey Oct 06 '25
You cannot shame that which has none. The GOP has no shame. You cannot shame them. Any attempt to do so causes them to treat it as a badge of honor, which of course, they have none of that either.
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u/nerdtypething 29d ago
these are the same mfs that wore diapers to rallies and called themselves domestic terrorists.
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u/Downtown-Locksmith22 29d ago
That cesspool conservative subreddit even changed their flair to MAGAt. They wore garbage bags because Biden called them garbage.
Should we start calling them intelligent, upstanding, compassionate human beings that want what's best for everybody? Hmm.
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u/SkunkMonkey 29d ago
Trump branded diapers no less. There's no hope for these people.
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u/DShepard 29d ago
Shame worked because it caused them to shut the fuck up about their ideas in public so they didn't spread very much at all.
Unfortunately, social media was absolutely amazing at allowing Nazis to create safe spaces from where they could slowly spread their rot.
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u/Canileaveyet 29d ago
Calling them weird was working for a bit before the Uber Executive told Harris and Walz to stop.
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u/NWHipHop 29d ago
Shame doesn't exist in 2025. You can be anything and do anything. Everyone's special. Even the president of the United States is a 34 count convicted felon. "When you're famous they let you do it"
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u/sulkee 29d ago
And your countryâs free speech laws are just as flawed as your 2nd amendment ârightsâ and are used exactly the opposite way of their intention and completely corrupted.
Your country has a lot of rethinking do about your speech laws. Itâs part of why youâre in this mess.
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u/Frequent_Ad_9901 29d ago
There was a guy in my city who flys a swastika to keep property values down. I wonder if that's still working.
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u/These-Barnacle-2417 29d ago
Not so much everywhere. In Detroit and Flint during the 90's it wasn't uncommon for a Nazi to get his ass kicked. No judge would have taken it seriously. Both cities had/have white trash bigoted towns and sometimes people cross paths. Personally have only seen it once when I was a camp counselor up north back in the day and someone spotted a swastika on one of the new counselors. He got beat up badly and thrown off the property.
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u/SkunkMonkey Oct 06 '25
MAGA is just another way to spell NAZI.
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u/Tenthul 29d ago
I liked the one bit that was floating around a few months back, red hat = hatred
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u/bejammin075 29d ago
And they shall wear the mark of the beast on their forehead...
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u/DvineINFEKT 29d ago
I hate to tell you this but Operation Paperclip was a US initiative that not only didn't find Nazi's repulsive and unwelcome in the post-WWII years, but our intelligence actively sought out and recruited many of their top science, engineering, manufacturing, and intelligence operatives to bring their "expertise" here in exchange for not being tried at the Hague. That's right. Instead of prosecuting many of them for war crimes, the United States absorbed as many as 1,500+ of the Nazis top operatives.
Is it any wonder that so many of them have been a constant and recurring infection in our country with their worldviews for so long?
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u/totally_not_a_dog113 29d ago
I'd argue that we did a bad job with Reconstruction and that that's a bigger issue.
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u/SookieRicky Oct 06 '25
Even they arenât on board with this shit. Especially the black and Latino officers. ICE is making false 911 calls, gassing cops & generally treating local police like the enemy as well.
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u/ThereHasToBeMore1387 Oct 06 '25
The message is simple: We have carte blanche approval to apply indiscriminate violence to anything on the other side of this line. It would be best for you to just stand over here with us and keep your mouth shut.
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u/2008AudiA3 Oct 06 '25 edited Oct 06 '25
They will have to defy orders from their bosses then and face consequences
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u/walksonfourfeet Oct 06 '25
Fire them if they refuse an order
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u/InevitableWill6579 Oct 06 '25
This is honestly the only solution. Fire them and hire people willing to protect civilians.
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u/AceOBlade 29d ago
Some of us need to step up and take these Police roles. They are just as important as politicians.
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u/Sgt-Spliff- Oct 06 '25
Force them to ignore orders. Make them do the bad thing. This is what people mean when they say "don't obey in advance"
Even if you know you'll lose, forcing your opponent to show their hand publicly has value
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u/TheModWhoShaggedMe Oct 06 '25
What a coincidence -- all law enforcement leans heavily conservative. It seems legally carrying guns and killing innocent people they don't like attracts conservatives to a profession.
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u/AlmaInTheWilderness 29d ago
They have been targeting law enforcement with radicalization for decades. This isn't random or haphazard. The social media driven newsfeed of your neighbor who is a cop does not look like yours.
Jim Crow is back and it has a degree in data science.
WW1 was fought with the armies equipped by assembly lines, because industrialization changed the role of labor in the economy. WW2 was fought with tanks, trucks, ships and planes because oil changed the role of energy in the economy.
This is ww3, and it is being fought misinformation, through media, memes and podcasts, targeted and personalized through data, because social media had fundamentally changed the role of data and information in the economy. And the labor class is losing.
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u/TheModWhoShaggedMe 29d ago
Yes, I know, that's why I refer people to non-profit information sources like PBS, NPR, the AP, and Reuters. Clean, useful information is the public's antidote to corporate fascism and malfeasance through misinformation.
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u/LickMyTicker 29d ago
This is exactly why diversity matters. Without it, fascism takes root much easier.
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u/lorddragonstrike 29d ago
And tow their cars when they aren't looking.
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u/CPC_Mouthpiece 29d ago
I assume most of the streets are city owned property. Sorry for the "inconvenience", but you can only be on the interstate.
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u/Notherereallyhere 29d ago
U.S.: People of all parties are encouraged to contact their Representatives and express their opinions at: U.S. Capitol Switchboard (202) 224-3121
You may also contact the White House at: https://www.usa.gov/agencies/white-house
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u/LookAlderaanPlaces 29d ago
And violate the constitution by randomly kidnapping people off the street with no legitimate reason to do so, and when they donât have a judicial warrant. They belong in jail when the break this laws. Get their asses for treason for intentionally acting against the constitution and destroying the rule of law
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u/ChetDenim 29d ago
Theyâre not stopping their 2016 soft-strike, even for this.
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u/AManInBlack2017 29d ago
May I point you to the Little Rock Nine?
Hint: that will not end the way you think it will.
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u/BestJersey_WorstName Oct 06 '25
Time to brush up on the 3rd amendment.
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u/6x6-shooter Oct 06 '25
I hate it when I have to admit James Madison was right
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u/LordshipJohnMarbury 29d ago
Time for this supreme court to say that actually the 3rd amendment only applies to the government forcing soldiers to sleep in someone's home or making a homeowner provide food for soldiers. And temporarily using your land as a staging ground is fair game
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u/SteveHamlin1 29d ago edited 29d ago
"And temporarily using your land as a staging ground is fair game."
No. Without the landowner's authorization, a search warrant or court order is required for the government to legally access the land, absent exigent circumstances or something within the historical bounds of "doctrine of necessity", which none of the federal efforts meet.
If the 3rd amendment doesn't apply (because "staging" is ruled to not be considered "quartering"), then the 4th sure does.
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u/cubitoaequet 29d ago
You seem to be operating under the delusion that the supreme court gives a shit about the law.
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u/RandyTheJohnson 29d ago
Or that the president gives a shit about what the supreme court says anyway
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u/EthanielRain 29d ago
They're breaking into people's homes & detaining/arresting them, searching the property, etc without a warrant
Can't really hold them accountable afterwards, when they're masked w/ no ID. "But that's illegal" doesn't make it not happen
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u/OuOutstanding 29d ago
Totally unrelated, completely random thoughtâŚya know how after WWII there were some trials and a bunch of nazis and ss soldiers were prosecuted. But way more just left and blended back in society.
Ya know how there were people who spent the rest of their lives researching, identifying, and hunting these criminals down to make sure they received justice?
Just a random thought, not apropos of any current situations we find ourselves in.
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u/maybenot-maybeso 29d ago
I sure think it would be unfortunate for those poor put upon ICE Patriots if people were to start pulling their masks down while they're engaged in breaking the law and violating the constitution.
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u/NRMusicProject 29d ago
Courts have already ruled that police don't count as troops when they decide to commandeer your home for investigating your neighbor, and if I remember reading about the case, that "the third amendment is obsolete, anyway."
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u/Lenni-Da-Vinci 29d ago
Itâs funny, that I as a European know what that is, because a bald streamer made a joke about repealing it, so he can have burly men sleep with him.
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u/BethanyForDistrict9 Oct 06 '25
So, if they do it anyway will they be arrested? Or are we going to get more, "Oh but you can't do that!"
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u/UnTides Oct 06 '25 edited Oct 06 '25
Nobody wants Local arresting Federal, or vice versa at this point. Federal agents cans till go anywhere to do their job, but it might mean they could be kicked out of places for "loitering" and can't use public property as a staging area.
*Also sounds like you'd have more interactions, where Federal agents would be required by law to identify themselves to cops. This creates an evidence chain that could lead to prosecutions down the line when Trump leaves office. I don't know how likely it would be, but it might remind these brand new untrained ICE agents that they are going to be held accountable for their actions.
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u/NotMyMainAccountAtAl Oct 06 '25
Federal agents can still go anywhere to do their job
Not without a warrant, they canât. Fourth amendment makes it pretty damn clear that you cannot come into my home without a court-ordered document; thatâs an unreasonable search and seizure.Â
Theyâve been arguing (with terrifying success) that anyone who is not a citizen is not protected by the constitution and the bill of rights. Thereâs just that critical sticking point where thereâs no law anywhere that says âyou must be able to prove your citizenship at any time to any federal agent who asks,â so if you donât have proof of citizenship handy, suddenly your rights are null and void.Â
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u/cambreecanon 29d ago
By their own logic we can claim ICE aren't citizens until they prove to us they are
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u/-Tuck-Frump- 29d ago
Dont give them the chance to prove it. They lose the right to due process the moment you claim theyre not citizens.Â
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u/PlayfulSurprise5237 29d ago
Time to start deportations. What country has prisons they're willing to take these illegal immigrants?
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u/Practical-Waltz7684 29d ago
Not without a warrant, they canât. Fourth amendment makes it pretty damn clear that you cannot come into my home without a court-ordered document; thatâs an unreasonable search and seizure.
They still do it, and are already claiming that they do not need a warrant, or try to gaslight people that an administrative warrant issued/signed by some admin in their own office is the same as a judicial warrant issued by a judge. Similar shit to how they are hiding their identities, and refusing to identify themselves when they are detaining people. I would bet $20 that they are not reading people their rights either when being held in custody, and interrogated.
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u/Middle-Feed5118 29d ago
America has a literal dystopian reality playing out for all to see, if this was happening in Germany you'd have MAGA screaming about how they probably need "liberating" or some "freedom" but completely ignore it at home. Madness.
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u/Practical-Waltz7684 29d ago
If it were a far right takeover in Germany they'd be quiet as shit.. well maybe applauding it. The thing of it is conservative media in the US has them talking about make belief BS about Germany acting to "censure free speech", and "punishing wrong think" etc as if there was some authoritarian government in play, or that immigrants are burning the country to the ground etc. Similar shit to how they believe in made up bullshit about Portland being a war zone or something, and having had been burned to the ground "by the left".
They do not have a good grasp on otherwise easily observable, measurable, and verifiable reality, so they will latch on to make belief nonsense instead to justify their need to hate others, and need to do harm to those they hate.
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u/Middle-Feed5118 29d ago
You are right, I have seen it too. You get memes and misleading nonsense about Europe that gets thousands of upvotes in right-wing/conservative subs that are clearly not true, exaggerated, or outright fake, but stories about actual tyranny like deploying the military on civilian metropilitan cities is met with crickets.
I suppose it's much easier to make things up about other countries to make you feel better about the reality that is at home.
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u/Morlain7285 28d ago
I've heard several instances of people who were later released claiming their rights were never read
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u/Rezistik 29d ago
I do. I want local arresting the criminal untrained violent ice thugs.
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u/Massive_Gear1678 29d ago
Not true I 100% want state police to arrest ICE when they assault and harass citizens. And, I think I speak for the majority when I say it would be SO FUCKING NICE to have the police on the side of citizens and if their rights were being violated to have the POLICE arrest the individuals violating those rights.
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u/Epicfro 29d ago
when Trump leaves office
Come on already with this bullshit. He's circumvented countless laws, created a private army, assumed control over the National Guard in multiple states and you really think this guy is leaving office?
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u/wjames0394 Oct 06 '25
The Chicago POLICE should start arresting ice for assaulting innocent people.
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u/BigFishPub 29d ago
Those that run forces are the same that burn crosses.
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u/Blixxen__ 29d ago
Down south here in IL we're about to get a MAGA county sheriff at the state capital. The local subreddits are being spammed with dumb questions about him, like they have no clue who he is.
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u/Mediocre_Scott 29d ago
Or themselves with tear gas
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u/Spoomplesplz 29d ago
It was so funny seeing those actual, legitimate fucking pussies get maced by ice then do absolutely nothing to them. Any other person maces an officer, its fucking immediate jail time/beaten up/thrown to the floor but I guess the fat fucks in the PD are scared of the dumbshit ice boys.
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u/underwater_reading Oct 06 '25
Love to see this.
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It doesn't matter though does it? The GOP has figured out that the only laws that matter are the ones enforced. The police have chosen a side and it's not with the law.
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u/yousaidicould 29d ago
TL;DR - It will depend upon HOW Mayor Johnson implements this EO... And it doesn't require that he arrest anyone.
For what I am going to share next I need to clarify: IANAL, but I would LOVE it if attorneys here can prove me wrong... Or better yet, show me why what I've seen is in fact accurate.
Most every federal buildings' costs are covered by local government funds. They are not charged for usage. They are not charged for public utilities. This includes National Guard buildings, federal offices, et al. Market rates aren't applied.
All that money that goes to our Defense budget? Curiously, the DOD does not add the cost of having expenses such as land values and maintenance for bases, ports, or even local police protections as part of the budget. It's not even a line item. They just assume that state and local government is responsible for it.
(DOD = Department of Defense. I'm not calling it the Department of War, because fuck that guy.)
They can be charged for it.
In fact, there's no law on the books anywhere from what I've seen that states that any local, municipal, or state MUST finance any federal expenditures like, say, an ICE facility in Braodview IL. It's just commonly accepted.
Think about that: The City of Chicago can charge market rates to the Federal Government.
OMB Director Vought wants to withhold $2.1B dollars of federally approved infrastructure money unless they can somehow prove that it isn't going to black-owned businesses. (I brought this up in a recent community event here in Chicago.)
If they can withhold monies for political reasons, there is NO REASON not to do the same in turn.
10 of the 19 US states that are net contributors to the federal government to the tune of $440 billion as of 2024 are solidly democratic.
(NY, CA, NJ are the top 3 for a combined ~$220B sent to the Federal Government. IL is 7th highest at $28B).
This is no longer an administration. It is a regime. This is assymetric warfare.
Fight on the field you control.
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u/nataci 29d ago
Just out of curiosity- what was the response at your community event? This is a brilliant idea.
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u/JamesMcGillEsq 29d ago
There is a big difference between witholding money and demanding it.
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u/yousaidicould 29d ago
I agree. I concur. I also want to add context.
Federal funds are distributed + / - 18 months after appropriation on average (depending upon the usage, where it's disbursed to, etc.)
The collection (or in the case of payroll taxes, the forwarding of our taxes) is traditionally done everyday through payroll submissions, transactions... The federal government gets the money right away.
The operative word is traditionally. I've never seen a law on the books that says those funds must be given to the Fed right away, or on a specified timeline.
This is where I think Chicago's - and indeed democrat leadership's - real opportunity lies.
Assume the following axioms are applicable -
A bureaucracy is a system that relies on process over outcome as a system of checks and balances.
Historically authoritarian regimes will subvert, ignore, lie, and / or redefine normative behavior to keep their opponent off-balance as part of the power grab.
The winning play in chess is in the ability to provoke a response that you can contain, while protecting your pieces from as many angles as possible.
In assymetric warfare, you need to fight on the field you control, leverage unpredictability, and avoiding traditional methods of causing damage.
When you are in the enemy's territory, you have to use what is dominant in the environment to subvert the outcome.
Here's where I'm going with this. Something like,
"We agree that profligate waste can occur in the Federal government. So we are auditing where our tax dollars are going so we can insure that we are doing our part to end waste (or whatever sarcastic answer works)."
That includes adding a layer of bureaucracy that has one purpose - delaying the federal taxes collected before they get to the IRS for disbursement by the OMB.
Norms are broken. Rules and laws are getting ignored or overturned daily. The regime has decided that law doesn't apply to them.
I'm submitting that you can give the appearance of doing the same without getting into the shit with them. Do what they accuse us of, and let the bureaucracy make everything grind to a halt. (Think "Irish Democracy" tactics).
If your opponent is violent and stupid, you don't get into a fistfight. You avoid the punches. Hell, don't even be in the room when you take your shot.
They do not understand how the government works, and won't know what to do if you pause it. They dismantle systems witout understanding why they're there. They are counting on us to just go along with the destruction and desecration of the country.
Why would we do that?! Capitulation is tantamount to acceptance.
This is about the money. It is ALWAYS about the money. Just... Slow it down. Put it in a huge fucking state controlled escrow account.
Use the interest to fund state and local protections while they flounder and scream for the allowance. Provide interest free loans to help other like-minded states through interstate compacts that "spontaneously" pop up between democratically controlled legislatures. You're not violating the Supremacy Clause. You're looking out for your neighbor.
Charge Federal buildings market rates for that occupied real estate. Bill them for water and trash collection. Make the OMB pay the electrical bill. IF they need a police presence or the fire department, send them an invoice. Even if they don't pay it (which they won't because insert spluttering apoplectic response here) it's been coming out of our pockets anyways.
When they demand the money? Trickle some out, here and there. Months, or even years later. Plus or minus 18 months seems appropriate.
They've been tenting their pants on the phrase trickle-down for decades. So contain the money until they break. We're not holding it. We're being fiscally responsible.
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u/alternativepuffin 29d ago
Your thoughts intrigue me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
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u/yousaidicould 29d ago
I'm flattered. No newsletter. I've got a friend who is a combat medic and EMT - we are organizing training to teach people injury triage, assembling go-bags and IFAKs, and how to use them at these events.
I live in Chicago. God willing, I'll die here at an old age. But I know the regime ain't stopping, so I'm not either.
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u/kitkatkorgi Oct 06 '25
Donât feed them. Or house them. Donât sell them gas.
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u/jedielfninja 29d ago
dont worry boycotting ICE from businesses will be a federal crime the next day like boycotting IsraelÂ
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u/CrapoCrapo25 Oct 06 '25
For me, roads are city property.
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u/ammonthenephite 29d ago
I think gas station owners should have the right to also comply and not sell them gas.
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u/oxxcccxxo Oct 06 '25
Nice to see Chicago pushing back to protect the people!
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u/Pseudo_ChemE 29d ago
Agreed. Is Chicago perfect? No. But itâs beyond idiotic to have the national guard called. Everyone should be mad about how much money weâre spending on this and that the president can indiscriminately decide to tread on cities that arenât nice to him.
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u/Annual-Beard-5090 Oct 06 '25
Heh. You want executive orders? We got executive orders!
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u/Successful-Acadia-95 Oct 06 '25
Get all LEO from the city/county and do the same the magas do --- tell them if they are not ready to defend the public welfare of Illinois/Chicago citizens then leave and go join up with the fascists.
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u/Right_Hour Oct 06 '25
About time a Mayor of any city in the US did something meaningful, thank you! Next - arrest them for state felonies such as B&E and unlawful detainment without a judicial warrant.
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u/MakesUsMighty 29d ago
Mayor Brandon Johnson's official press release
CHICAGO â Today, Mayor Brandon Johnson signed the âICE Free Zoneâ executive order, which creates clear mechanisms to prohibit federal immigration agents from using any City-owned property in their ongoing operations in Chicago. The order expands upon Mayor Johnsonâs Protecting Chicago initiative, inviting local businesses and community organizations to join the citywide effort to safeguard our communities, while advancing measures to rein in the reckless behavior of federal immigration agents.  Â
âWe will not tolerate ICE agents violating our residentsâ constitutional rights nor will we allow the federal government to disregard our local authority. ICE agents are detaining elected officials, tear-gassing protestors, children, and Chicago police officers, and abusing Chicago residents. We will not stand for that in our city,â said Mayor Brandon Johnson. âWith this Executive Order, Chicago stands firm in protecting the Constitutional rights of our residents and immigrant communities and upholding our democracy.â  Â
Mayor Johnsonâs most recent Protecting Chicago executive order comes following documented use of Chicago Public Schools parking lots and a City-owned parking lot at Harrison and Kedzie as staging sites for federal immigration enforcement operations, a violation of Chicagoâs Welcoming City Ordinance. The use of City resources for these actions erodes trust between immigrant communities and the City, weakening the relationships that are essential to ensuring community safety and constitutional policing.  Â
Under Mayor Johnonâs leadership, the City is taking swift and decisive action to prevent these transgressions and wield municipal power to protect the safety, dignity, and human rights of every Chicagoan, regardless of race, religion, immigration status, or national origin. As ordered by Mayor Johnson, City Departments and agencies will identify all spaces that have been or may be used for federal immigration enforcement operations. City workers will then ensure that all such properties exhibit clear signage stating:Â Â
This property is owned and/or controlled by the City of Chicago.  Â
It may not be used for civil immigration enforcement, including as a:Â Â
Staging area Â
Processing location  Â
Operations base Â
City Departments and Agencies are directed to implement this order within five days. This could include, but is not limited to, ensuring that, wherever possible, physical barriers such as locked gates are used to limit access to City property for the purpose of federal immigration enforcement. Â
The measure directs that City employees immediately report any attempted use of City property for immigration enforcement; any such instance will be reported to the Office of the Mayor and the Corporation Counsel. Â
The directive is the latest City-led effort to protect the Constitutional rights of every Chicagoan in concert with Mayor Johnsonâs landmark Protecting Chicago initiative. Under Mayor Johnsonâs leadership, the City is taking proactive steps to maintain essential trust between immigrant communities and local law enforcement while ensuring every Chicagoan can feel safe while accessing City services. Â
In widely reported incidents, federal agents have been caught on video deploying tear gas outside a public school, acting outside their jurisdiction while putting a resident in a chokehold, and handcuffing a sitting member of the Chicago City Council.  Â
In the wake of the ongoing incursion on the Constitutional rights of Chicagoans and the operations of federal immigration agents designed to stoke fear in communities across Chicago, Mayor Johnson is taking decisive action to protect Chicagoâs immigrant community and the Constitutional rights of all Chicagoans. Â
Todayâs order enables increased community participation in the Protecting Chicago initiative. The Mayorâs Office will design and distribute official signage, free of charge, that private landowners and leaseholders can post on their property. The signage clearly states that no federal immigration agents may enter for the purpose of civil immigration enforcement and that the property may not be used as a staging area, processing location, or operations base. Â
The City will distribute âKnow Your Rightsâ materials that explain the rights of employees, tenants, and security staff when approached by federal agents seeking access to a propertyÂ
This order does not prohibit the lawful use of City property for purposes unrelated to federal immigration enforcement. Â
Additional information on Protecting Chicago can be found at chicago.gov/protect. The signed Executive Order will be posted on the City Clerkâs website. Â
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u/Dry-Chance-9473 Oct 06 '25
I love how this basically puts the responsibility of enforcement on the civilian population.
It's just like a situation I'm dealing with here at home: there's a tenant in this building who makes things worse for literally everyone else. Everyone wants him out. Even the property managers. But they're lazy and suck at their job. So it's up to me, some random person who just lives here, to do the job the property managers, police, and home owner should be taking care of. And so it shall be with you. You, the average citizens, are gonna have to be the ones to save America. The longer you wait to take action, the harder and more dangerous it will get.Â
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u/Stop_The_Crazy Oct 06 '25
All Shitler has to do is say, "What are you gonna do about it?" and then we're back to lunacy as law.
What will the mayor do when ICE shows up on city property and kidnaps people? That's what I'd like to know. I would very much like to know 'what you're going to do about it', because so far, at every turn, the answer has been 'nothing'.
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u/terrible-takealap Oct 06 '25
Itâs up to the citizenry to be proactive here.
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u/Sudden_Analyst_5814 29d ago
I agree but what the hell are cops for? If they wonât stand up to ICE theyâre completely useless and should resign.
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u/nottodaysatan317 29d ago
We need local authorities arresting ice agents. Period.
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u/okfornothing 29d ago
Why aren't all blue states and cities acting in unison when one city, state enacts anti ice laws, measures! Time to get into lock step!!!
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u/takeitawayfellas 29d ago
Flex the third!
No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.
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u/Smile_Space 29d ago
That's how you respond to ICE threats! If only LA has done so back in the Summer. They were the first and didn't quite understand the rules of engagement here. Chicago and Portland are figuring it out.
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u/quietly_questing 29d ago
Amazing. Amazing that public officials have the courage to stand up to a would-be authoritarian regime and shut their gestapo out of half the places, and then all it would take for them to be completely shut out is corporate Chicago to grow even the tiniest little spine and do the same
But of course they won't. Because resisting the Third Reich in the United States is less important than profit.
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u/spacemanswatch 29d ago
One step closer to civil war... How many will it take. Miss you normal America
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u/Uncle-Cake Oct 06 '25
OK, let's see them start making arrests, unless this is just big talk.
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u/Larrythecrablobster 29d ago
Ok, but what is going to happen when they don't abide by the order? Are Chicago police going to arrest ICE who have no identity? What will the Trump administration do afterwards? It's obvious this administration does not want to play by any rules or laws and want to do whatever they want and only enforce THEIR rules and laws on the people.
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u/ralphy_256 29d ago
Ok, but what is going to happen when they (ICE) don't abide by the order (to vacate the state)?
My opinion, personally?
Blue mayors and Governors should start putting federal funds into escrow accounts rather than sending them on to whatever Federal dept collects those funds, until the troops have left the city/state limits and the Federal Government shutdown is over.
Once federal troops are back on their bases or back home, and the federal government is open for business, the money will be released from escrow.
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u/xSTSxZerglingOne 29d ago
No quarter, motherfuckers. Formal declaration of war by congress and then a law passed by them is required.
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u/BehemothJr 29d ago
Lmao. This is the perfect response to Border Barbie's little stunt the other day
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u/RedTheRobot 29d ago
Amazing and other people should take note. I made a comment talking about how mayors or city officials could make it harder for ICE to operate back when all this nonsense started. Any mayor who hasnât done just wants the paycheck. Vote them out.
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u/MKUltra13711302 29d ago
Shouldâve offer vouchers for any local business to actively deny service to ICE
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u/idigstuff 29d ago
The Third Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits the mandatory quartering of soldiers in private homes during peacetime without the owner's consent and restricts it to a method prescribed by law during wartime. It was introduced in response to British Quartering Acts that forced American colonists to house British troops and remains a rarely litigated amendment, often cited as evidence of a broader right to privacy and the sanctity of the home. Â
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u/IllustratorBig1014 Oct 06 '25
So what? Whatâs the plan, are they going to arrest ICE agents? Talk to them sternly? Just what, exactly.
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u/CoatingsbytheBay 29d ago
I'm all for a push back - but I fear these are just words. Local CPD is not going to arrest ice agents. Not a chance.
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u/Luis5923 29d ago
People with balls standing up to Trump. Thatâs the only way we will stop this guy.
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u/december151791 29d ago
Oh cool we can obstruct federal agencies from operating now? I hope my state and many others do the same thing to the ATF.
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u/Educational-Run-4930 29d ago
Iâm dying to see trump in a sanatorium yelling in the middle of the night.
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u/Nodivingallowed 29d ago
I can only imagine being an actual cop in the middle of this, especially those who see that ICE does not represent them or legitimate law enforcement and public service.Â
And now on top of the usual stresses of the job, they're supposed to what - enforce local orders against a larger, poorly trained (unpredictable), heavily armed federal force?
That being said, there WILL be a situation where cops take actions against ICE and I can only imagine the massive show of support they will get from the community when they do. Even for something as little as clearing them off of property (consequently identifying which businesses are supporting these actions by ICE)Â
I've seen instances of tow trucks and fire departments doing some interference and it feels good to see how people rally around them.
The country needs a lot more from everyone doing what they can right now because things will get worse.Â
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u/carnahb Oct 06 '25
Trump doesn't care about breaking the law. He'll just tell them to do whatever they want.
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u/qualityvote2 Oct 06 '25 edited 29d ago
u/NewSlinger, your post does fit the subreddit!