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   moviePig to All   
   Re: [OT] Newsom bans law enforcement fro   
   11 Feb 26 14:58:47   
   
   From: nobody@nowhere.com   
      
   On 2/11/2026 1:35 PM, BTR1701 wrote:   
   > On Feb 11, 2026 at 9:16:11 AM PST, "moviePig"  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 2/11/2026 12:45 AM, BTR1701 wrote:   
   >>>   On Feb 10, 2026 at 9:20:52 PM PST, "Dimensional Traveler"   
   >>>    
   >>>   wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>>   On 2/10/2026 6:26 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:   
   >>>>>     Dimensional Traveler   wrote:   
   >>>>>>     On 2/10/2026 12:50 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:   
   >>>>>>>     BTR1701   wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>     On Sep 20, 2025 at 7:49:59 PM PDT, "Rhino"   
   >>>>>>>>    
   >>>>>>>>     wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>     California Gov. Nuisance has signed a bill banning law   
   enforcement,   
   >>>>>>>>>     including ICE agents from wearing masks as they perform their   
   duties.   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> https://globalnews.ca/news/11438455/california-face-mask-   
   an-law-enforcement/   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>     As BTR1701 predicted recently, this is going to make it a lot   
   easier for   
   >>>>>>>>>     "activists" to identify, harass, and even kill ICE agents and   
   their   
   >>>>>>>>>     families. Apparently, some of that has already happened. Newsom   
   is   
   >>>>>>>>>     almost literally painted targets on the backs of those who are   
   only   
   >>>>>>>>>     enforcing the laws.   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>     I think it is particularly telling that the law *doesn't* stop   
   criminals   
   >>>>>>>>>     and "activists" (yes, I'm repeating myself there) from wearing   
   masks   
   >>>>>>>>>     while they carry out THEIR activities. Apparently, it is   
   "unsafe" for   
   >>>>>>>>>     ICE agents to keep their anonymity but perfectly fine for   
   criminals to   
   >>>>>>>>>     do so.   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>     And this guy is the frontrunner for the presidential nomination   
   for the   
   >>>>>>>>>     Democrats in 2028! Nonsense like this should be a compelling   
   argument to   
   >>>>>>>>>     disqualify Newsom entirely!!!   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>     As expected (and contrary to the claims of that brilliant legal   
   mind   
   >>>>>>>>     "super70s" here on RAT), a federal court has blocked Newsom's mask   
   >>>>>>     ban for law   
   >>>>>>>>     enforcement.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>     The reason being because as written it would have only applied to   
   >>>>>>     city/county law enforcement and Federal law enforcement but not   
   state   
   >>>>>>     law enforcement.  So it was discriminatory.  The judge also made if   
   >>>>>>     crystal clear that was the ONLY real reason for blocking that part.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>     The other part, that the judge upheld, was the requirement to have   
   >>>>>>     visible identification including names and/or badge numbers.  Which,   
   >>>>>>     again as written, DID apply to all levels of law enforcement.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>     My error. I said he upheld bodycams.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   Ice Barbie claims...   
   >>>   
   >>>   I actually think the moniker "ICE Barbie" is pretty funny, but I will   
   point   
   >>>   out that when people were calling Alexandria Occasional-Cortex "Communist   
   >>>   Barbie", we were all sternly admonished how misogynist that was.   
   >>   
   >> "Sternly admonished" by whom?  Her?...   
   >   
   > Everyone from the leftist corporate legacy media and their leftist pundits to   
   > Effa Pee Pee right here on RAT.   
      
   Which, I assume, doesn't include AOC herself ...whom I've always judged   
   more on style than on content.   
      
      
   >   
      
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