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   From: katt@gmail.com   
      
   On Sun, 22 Feb 2026 08:07:46 -0800,  Alan says...   
      
   > > So you're in favor of theft???   
      
   > Oh, spare us!   
   >   
   > You're in favour of armed insurrection, right?   
      
   You mean like the Democrats commit 365 days a year or the ONE day variety,   
   like Jan. 6th?   
      
   Road Blockages - Hundreds of incidents; notably in Los Angeles (February 2025)   
   where thousands blocked the US 101 freeway and surface streets.   
   ICE Facility Disruptions - "Dozens" of instances where protesters physically   
   intervened to prevent arrests or blockaded law enforcement vehicles and   
   facilities.   
      
   "Day of Action" Spikes - Large single-day events (e.g., April 5, June 14, and   
   January 30) saw protests in all 50 states simultaneously.   
   Violence/Clashes - While 97% of demonstrations remained peaceful, specific   
   clashes occurred in cities like Sacramento and Los Angeles, where protesters   
   barricaded detention center doors in early 2026.   
      
   Key Incidents of Disruption   
      
   Obstruction of Federal Agents: In 2025, there was a reported 1,300% increase   
   in assaults and a 3,200% increase in vehicular attacks against ICE officers,   
   according to DHS. This includes protesters pulling individuals away from   
   arresting agents and using their bodies to block transport vans.   
      
   "No Housing for ICE" and Boycotts: Beyond physical blockades, the "No Housing   
   for ICE" campaign pressured hotels to stop accommodating federal agents, while   
   the "#DontServeICE" movement targeted local businesses to refuse them service.   
      
   Facility Blockades: In January 2026, protesters in San Francisco and Los   
   Angeles targeted federal buildings and detention centers. In Los Angeles, a   
   crowd   
   gathered at the Metropolitan Detention Center, barricading doors and clashing   
   with agents following a vigil.   
      
   Temporary Disruptions: Most "road blockages" were temporary rather than   
   permanent "no-go zones." For example, the February 2025 Los Angeles freeway   
   occupation   
   lasted several hours before demonstrators voluntarily vacated.   
      
   "No-Go Zones" and Occupations   
      
   Minneapolis (George Floyd Square): This area remains the most prominent   
   example. While the city approved a "flexible-open street" plan in late 2025,   
   activists   
   have maintained barricades and "autonomous" control to varying degrees for   
   over 2,000 consecutive days (since May 2020).   
      
   Recent Escalation: In January 2026, the square became a staging ground for   
   resistance against "Operation Metro Surge" (a federal ICE deployment).   
   Protesters   
   reinforced barricades to prevent federal vehicles from entering the   
   neighborhood, leading to a standoff where the city eventually cleared some   
   'makeshift   
   barricades" in early February to allow for emergency services.   
      
   2. Blocking Roads and ICE (2025-2026)   
      
   Protests specifically aimed at 'direct action" against immigration enforcement   
   have spiked significantly this year.   
      
   Days of Disruption : There were approximately 45-60 days in 2025 where major   
   road or facility blockages occurred across the U.S., largely concentrated   
   during   
   "National Days of Action" in the summer and fall.   
      
   2026 Surge (January-February): In the first 50 days of 2026 alone, there have   
   been at least 20 days of significant road blockages.   
      
   January 23,2026: A "General Strike" in the Twin Cities saw thousands block   
   major thoroughfares and the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP)   
   to stop   
   deportation flights.   
      
   February 2026: Ongoing rolling blockades have hit Los Angeles (US 101),   
   Portland, and New York City, where protesters use "soft blockades" (standing   
   in the   
   street) to prevent ICE transport vans from leaving federal buildings.   
      
   3. Direct Interference with ICE   
      
   Tactical Resistance: Protesters are increasingly using 'mutual aid" networks   
   to monitor ICE radio frequencies and physically stand between agents and their   
   targets.   
      
   The "Homan Drawdown" (Feb 12,2026): The federal government recently announced   
   a partial drawdown of agents in Minnesota, citing the "safety of officers from   
   protesters" as a primary reason. This followed several weeks where community   
   members in neighborhoods like Whittier and Powderhorn Park physically blocked   
   agents from conducting door-to-door raids.   
      
   The situation in Minneapolis is currently the most intense "insu   
   rection-style" conflict in the country, specifically because the city and   
   state (Governor Walz   
   and Attorney General Ellison) are currently suing the federal government to   
   stop the operations, creating a unique legal and physical "no-go" tension   
   between   
   local and federal authorities.   
      
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   "Trump Derangement Syndrome" Is a Real Mental Condition   
      
   All you need to know about "Trump Derangement Syndrome," or TDS.   
      
   "Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) is a mental condition in which a person has   
   been driven effectively insane due to their dislike of Donald Trump, to the   
   point   
   at which they will abandon all logic and reason."   
      
   Justin Raimondo, the editorial director of Antiwar.com, wrote a piece in the   
   Los Angeles Times in 2016 that broke TDS down into three distinct phases or   
   stages:   
      
   "In the first stage of the disease, victims lose all sense of proportion. The   
   president-elect's every tweet provokes a firestorm, as if 140 characters were   
   all   
   it took to change the world."   
      
   "The mid-level stages of TDS have a profound effect on the victim's   
   vocabulary: Sufferers speak a distinctive language consisting solely of   
   hyperbole."   
      
   "As TDS progresses, the afflicted lose the ability to distinguish fantasy from   
   reality."   
      
   The Point here is simple: TDS is, in the eyes of its adherents, the knee-jerk   
   opposition from liberals to anything and everything Trump does. If Trump   
   announced he was donating every dollar he's ever made, TDS sufferers would   
   suggest he was up to something nefarious, according to the logic of TDS.   
   There's   
   nothing - not. one. thing. - that Trump could do or say that would be received   
   positively by TDSers.   
      
   The history of Trump Derangement Syndrome actually goes back to the early   
   2000s - a time when the idea of Trump as president was a punch line for   
   late-night   
   comics and nothing more.   
      
   Wikipedia traces its roots to "Bush Derangement Syndrome" - a term first   
   coined by the late conservative columnist Charles Krauthammer back in 2003. The   
   condition, as Krauthammer defined it, was "the acute onset of paranoia in   
   otherwise normal people in reaction to the policies, the presidency - nay -   
   the very   
   existence of George W. Bush."   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)