DHS Confirms Barr Will Be Deploying His Black Ops Interagency Army Nationwide

[RandySF]

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Josh Marshall
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Deputy Secretary of DHS Ken Cuccinelli tells NPR not only are they not stopping the Portland tactics they're going to take them nationwide.

[Wounded Bear]

1. K & R...for visibility...nt

[Zoonart]

2. Call your Congresspeople.

They need to defund this department pronto!

[cp]

15. Second your plea

Time to take this seriously. Call your Congress critters. Shine a light on this and defund it pronto.

[wnylib]

48. My congressman is a tea party Republican.

Waste of time to call him. Better for me to contact a Dem Housr member nearby in next district.

The House MUST stop this by cutting off funds to DHS until it is resolved.

[Ferrets are Cool]

3. Somehow, this must be stopped.

[coti]

4. Local police are going to need to be prepared to confront these people.

This is illegal in a number of ways.

[superpatriotman]

5. You mean the ones certain folks want to defund?

Yeah. Don’t count on them for much help.

[MyOwnPeace]

24. This is NOT a domestic or mental health issue where

a social worker would perhaps be better equipped to handle such a situation - this is NATIONAL SECURITY and CONSTITUTIONAL LAW!

"Defund" does NOT eliminate - it directs funds in a more appropriate way.

[oasis]

8. That'd be fine provided the local constabulary isn't in cahoots with them.

[WyattKansas]

16. Then higher levels of local and State law enforcement needs to arrest them.

None of the Secret Federal Force should be allowed to deploy without all necessary paperwork and steps taken. If anything is out of place or any law is violated, arrest everyone involved and refuse bail until they rat out their chain of command and follow up that chain. If locals are involved in illegal activity, then they need to be removed from their jobs immediately by their bosses, which is ultimately the people. Force the stand off and confrontation they want to impose... They are not in a position of being on solid ground with the public, especially when the assholes that put them there are plummeting in the polls and approval ratings.

[oasis]

21. Let's hope what you outline here happens. This crap must not

be allowed to get out of control.

p.s. I made a minor edit of my original post for reasons of clarity.

[Skittles]

17. where I live I am sure the local police would go nuts over this shit

seriously

[madamesilverspurs]

28. Same here,

dammit.


.

[Blue_playwright]

42. Pretty sure Wichita cops would NOT welcome them.

Pretty sure Wichita cops would NOT welcome them. They would likely be pissed.

[Frustratedlady]

6. Time to buy stock in pitchforks.

I have a feeling they will be a popular commodity before long.

Good grief, what are they thinking? They must be ashamed of what they are doing, or they'd identify themselves. This secrecy shit is beyond anything I would have believed could happen in America, but here we are.

[Freethinker65]

7. Nah. Just liberal cities. They need scary footage for pro -Trump campaign ads.

They want white rural areas scared and to believe only Trump can save them from scary urban people. Might work in some places, but not as effective this time around.

And Trump thinks suburban Soccer moms will fall for the same racist nonsense. Not going to happen.

[lostnfound]

10. What's "not gonna happen" is effective opposition to dictatorship via a muddled disputed election

America will slide down the drain with barely a whimper.
Quite worried.

[Firestorm49]

12. Man, you got that one right!

[orangecrush]

22. Yup.

[Freethinker65]

38. I am worried about that too, if he assumes a second term.

I just think at this point in time it is all for image and propaganda. If people are able to vote, and have their vote counted, Trump should go down in flames.

[Celerity]

39. +100000

All of this force projection is test-bedding for a shitshow of a power grab utilising quasi-constitutional gamesmanship via hybrid, non-linear warfare and reflexive control. The resultant multi-faceted fog of war will present the opportunity to go for the biggest power play that is deemed possible.

[frogmarch]

9. Nebraska governor Pete Ricketts will

be all for it, the dirty effer.

[Firestorm49]

11. The election can't get here soon enough.

I can only hope that, barring a complete takeover of the country by Trump before November (which I don’t doubt is on their minds) that charges can be filed against Barr as well as Trump after what we idealise as a free and fair election.

The framers of our Constitution must be rolling in their graves.

God help us all.

[MerryBlooms]

13. They're declaring war on protests and sending in mercs.

Time for Portland to have a Naked Athena bicycle protest ride.
Stay strong, Portland! I miss you so much.

[stillcool]

14. if there is not enough civil unrest...

they will create it. 'We the people' have to be smart. Let the white supremacists fight the Gestapo

[SunSeeker]

19. I hope the ACLU gets a nationwide restraining order ASAP. This is sickening.

[sop]

20. These are Trump's Anti-Antifa shock troops, dispatched to round up black-clad protesters at all

those "terrorist leftwing gatherings" taking place in cities controlled by Democrats. Didn't Republicans already try this during the Reagan years? They were called "Contras" back then; US-backed and funded right-wing paramilitary groups who committed atrocities in Central America.

Republicans are bringing home all the repressive tactics they once used to control leftist movements in third world countries, and are now targeting Americans. So far they've kidnapped a few people and merely taken them for a ride. I suppose it won't be long before they'll be taking them for one-way rides in helicopters, and disappearing them.

[Fiendish Thingy]

23. They don't have the manpower to occupy every major city in the US

Unless they are going to leave the border checkpoints and every red state federal courthouse unstaffed, they don’t have the manpower to simultaneously invade every major city.

Personally, I’d like to see them try it in Chicago...

[hunter]

25. Apparently Barr and Trump are now "boofing" without a girl.

[ellie]

26. Time to defund

DHS. The House holds the purse strings.

[Bayard]

32. My first thought as well

But wouldn't trump have to sign the bill?

[Blue Owl]

27. Fuck that shit

Time to take the gloves off with these motherfucking grifting thugs...

[warmfeet]

43. That is were we are at.

I hope we are willing to fight for our lives.

[LiberalFighter]

29. I hope something bad happens to Cuccinelli and Barr.

[vapor2]

51. why haven't they contracted covid yet?

[Takket]

30. local/state officals shouldn't put up with this.

they should order the police to treat any unmarked gestapo member as "impersonating an officer" and arrest them.

[Fiendish Thingy]

31. Some important statistics to consider:

The invasion in Portland is primarily involving CBP officers from the BORTAC (equivalent of SWAT) team. Wikipedia says CBP has 45,000 sworn agents and officers, of which approx. 21,000 are officers. Of those 21,000, Only 220 CBP officers are currently Active on the BORTAC team.

The other federal service being used in the Portland invasion is the US Marshalls Special Operations Group. The US Marshalls has approx. 4,000 sworn deputies, of which only a small portion are SOG trained.

Portland is a city of 650,000, and I’m guessing there are maybe a couple dozen federal agents wreaking havoc in this invasion. This quote is attributed to Ken Cuccinelli, a long time GOP operative. I believe he was one of The RWNJ’s pushing the illegal immigrant voting fraud nonsense after Trump lost the popular vote.

They can try to “take this nationwide”, and while they may succeed in terrorizing some communities, with limited resources and growing outcry, it’s bound to fail. The more cities they try to invade, the more Trump’s poll numbers will drop.

Like I said in another post, I’d like to see them try to invade and control the streets of Chicago, or L.A., or Detroit, or Atlanta...

[ancianita]

50. Yah that shit's not gonna fly. Piss off Lightfoot and JB Pritzker & you've got civil war trouble.

Watch what black gangs with guns do.

[FloridaBlues]

33. Who's going to stop this from happening? What power does the Governor's have.

Oregon Gov went on tv to ask them not to be there but no difference. They are still there.
Seriously who can stop them from being at any city?

[WVreaper]

34. Lavrentiy Beria

The head of Stalin's secret police, the NKVD, was executed when Nikita Khrushchev came to power. Ken Cuccinelli, please remember that.

[Ilsa]

35. Barr probably can't wait to send them

to Atlanta to harass Keisha Lance Bottoms, and bolster Kemp who will welcome them.

What amazes me is that people on social media believe that it is the protestors doing damage vs the provocateurs.

[bucolic_frolic]

49. Wonder if Barr has put a bounty on protestors

You know, they seem to have no problem with that tactic against our own troops

[johnthewoodworker]

36. The right wing 'boogaloos' and others are armed and ready. How many on the left can say the same?

When the shit hits the fan in the next 6 months I don't think calls to our congressmen, or signing an online petition is going to carry much weight. Very hard times are ahead of us.

[warmfeet]

44. Many of us can say the same.

If this is what needs to happen, let it happen. I am ready. I fear Covid-19 far more than boogielose. I may even help them to find their lost boogie.

[Gilbert Moore]

37. Solid analysis !

[link:https://www.balloon-juice.com/2020/07/17/the-federal-police-operations-will-not-stay-in-portland/|

Wise words to look upon here.

P.S. Randy SF, I lurked for years, but your work and dedication to this site made me come aboard.

[niyad]

55. Welcome, and glad you came in from the cold.

[BadgerMom]

40. I hesitate here.

A fellow Santa Fean on Twitter noticed federal agents and their unmarked vehicles outside the Post Office and Federal Courthouse yesterday. She said she asked why they were there and got a non-answer. She called Gov. Grisham’s office and got crickets. New Mexico is a blue state. I wonder what’s up in Sacramento, Albany, Springfield, etc.

[triron]

41. i'm calling governor Luhan Grisham's office Monday.

And also Senators Heinrich and Udall.

Send this to Rachel.

[Tommymac]

45. K & R with a shining light...

...gotta make them start scuttling about.

[bucolic_frolic]

46. Did they say when they will take over the banks?

That should concern even Trumpers. There is no end to this policy once it gets established.

[WVreaper]

47. Stop this shit right now.

[dhill926]

52. game on, motherfuckers....

they are WAY overstepping here....

[LudwigPastorius]

53. Who would have thought that a giant, Orwellian-named

security agency would eventually live up to its proto-fascist name?

[cynical_idealist]

58. yes

on it

[vapor2]

54. I think part of this has to do with the court fast tracking trump's taxes

He will do anything and everything to change the narrative and at any expense. Dems need to fight fire with fire

[Initech]

56. Funny that the party that claims to be against tyranny in all its forms...

Elected and continues to support the most tyrannical administrations in American history.

[TryLogic]

57. Get Barr the hell our of there! Now!

Trump and other fascists (and Putin) want civil war. I think they might just get it.