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   >> The Donald's approach has thrown the whole country into chaos...   
   >   
   >No, it hasn't. It has thrown the blue sanctuary states/cities into chaos and   
   >their running dog media firebrands. In the rest of the country, where the   
   locals   
   >cooperate with ICE/BP, things are running smoothly.   
      
   The Donald is using his ICE squad to attack any area that did not   
   support his reelection.  Things are not "running smoothly" in red   
   areas, but they're a lot better because ICE agents are all in the   
   cities led by Democrats.  For example, I live near Dallas, and I have   
   never even *seen* an ICE agent.  I will assure you that, should the   
   Donald throw 3,000 ICE agents into Dallas, plucking people off the   
   streets, things would get very rocky very quickly.  That won't happen   
   because Texas is mostly red.  We say: "Yes, Mr. President, yes, Mr.   
   President, three bags full, Mr. President!  Baaaa!  Baaaa!"   
      
   Remember that Lincoln's most famous executive order: the Emancipation   
   Proclamation, only applied to slaves in states that were a part of the   
   Confederacy.  States where slavery was legal but remaining in the   
   Union (Kentucky, for example) weren't impacted.  Was slavery, then,   
   "running smoothly" in those states?   
      
   We'll have to wait and see what happens in the mid-term elections.   
   Who the fuck knows what happens next, but "running smoothly" is not a   
   descriptor I'd apply to the United States at this time.  Dunno how   
   much faith you put in the polls, but about 3/4 of respondents would   
   agree that things are *not* all balloons and butterflies... and you   
   pick the poll.   
      
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