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Lance Ellisor @ellisor.net · 3h

this is Nazi shit
(and check out his name)
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PORTLAND

VIDEO: ICE detains, threatens Oregon man despite U.S. citizenship

by: Amanda Rhoades
Posted: Oct 8, 2025 / 02:05 PM PDT
Updated: Oct 8, 2025 / 03:00 PM PDT

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Lance Ellisor @ellisor.net · 3h

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Lance Ellisor @ellisor.net · Nov 3

can you *prove* you’re a US citizen?

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Lance Ellisor @ellisor.net · 3h

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Lance Ellisor @ellisor.net · Mar 20

so, when are you going to cut our taxes?

they should be asked this question every single day

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Lance Ellisor @ellisor.net · 6h

perhaps.

I still hold a tea candle of hope for minimal violence.

stories like this buoy me.

news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/g...

Grand Jury Declines to Indict Two Chicago-Area ICE Protesters (3)

Charges were dropped against two Chicago-area protesters accused of assaulting law enforcement agents after a grand jury declined to indict them.

news.bloomberglaw.com

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Lance Ellisor @ellisor.net · 6h

it is worth your time to read all of this
news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/g...

Grand Jury Declines to Indict Two Chicago-Area ICE Protesters (3)

Charges were dropped against two Chicago-area protesters accused of assaulting law enforcement agents after a grand jury declined to indict them.

news.bloomberglaw.com

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Lance Ellisor @ellisor.net · 6h

okay.

I think that it’s still possible for a peaceful movement to stop all this. the numbers are there, and this regime’s incompetence is obvious for all to see.

that said, I myself am less optimistic about this than I was in January— and I wasn’t too optimistic then.

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Lance Ellisor @ellisor.net · 21d

not sure the palatable ones are still possible

Lance Ellisor @ellisor.net · Mar 28

the number of ways this all plays out is dwindling down maybe 5 or less, and only 1-2 are palatable.

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Lance Ellisor @ellisor.net · 7h

most if not all were more repressive than the current US regime, which is currently *mostly* bluster. certainly the US has a stronger democratic inertia than any of those did.

it’s possible we end up at a point of no return. not quite there yet.

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Lance Ellisor @ellisor.net · 7h

increasingly obvious that he’s not really calling the shots.

he is a marionette of his inner circle.

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Lance Ellisor @ellisor.net · 7h

ridicule them at every opportunity because they are, in fact, ridiculous

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Kristi Noem ‘stares down’ Antifa. It was reporters and a guy in a chicken costume

Trump has claimed Portland is ‘war-ravaged’ - but residents and local authorities dispute that

www.independent.co.uk

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Lance Ellisor @ellisor.net · 7h

yup.

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Lance Ellisor @ellisor.net · 5d

hi! this you?
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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 5d

A protester tackled and arrested by state police for trying to block an ICE vehicle.

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Lance Ellisor @ellisor.net · 8h

howdy!

I’ll give you more than one successful peaceful revolution.

and I don’t even mention Gandhi’s and MLK’s great work.
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Lance Ellisor @ellisor.net · Apr 29

Portugal, the Carnation Revolution, 1974.
Philippines, People Power Revolution, 1986.
Czechoslovakia, Velvet Revolution, 1989.
Indonesia, 1998.
Georgia, Rose Revolution, 2003.
Ukraine, Orange Revolution, 2004.
...

the "Would You Like To Know More?" meme from Starship Troopers.

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Lance Ellisor @ellisor.net · 9h

I believe you! (thus my 'inexpert' asterisk)
I wish we had more than 300 characters for me to understand why that is so.

cheers.

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Lance Ellisor @ellisor.net · 9h

I live in Austin.

if it's necessary for this very American (and very Texan) expression of free speech to continue, I hereby pledge $1000 toward the $140,000 fee. I feel confident we could find 139 other Austinites willing to do the same (I could probably find 5-10 myself).

let freedom ring, man.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

"I'd love to do something about that" -- Trump floats the idea of stopping a planned protest in Austin

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Lance Ellisor @ellisor.net · 9h

and this
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Lance Ellisor @ellisor.net · 2d

I think the Dem governors and mayors can and should do more, legally and nonviolently. some ideas off the top of my head
- order DOT to close roads near ICE facilities
- conduct routine power and water maintenance to facilities
- mire them in endless legal knots
- refuse any support whatsoever

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Lance Ellisor @ellisor.net · 9h

first off, I'm sorry you're having to deal with that. this Texan is *on your side* (i.e. on the side of a kind, rational, democratic United States).

this thread is what I have to say about that. in short: pressure your local leaders to remove the oxygen of the feds.
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Lance Ellisor @ellisor.net · 1d

and “peaceful” is the key. it’s the only way to go and we all know it in our hearts.

“kinetic” is for unimaginative toddler losers. effective peaceful resistance takes intelligence, creativity, and far more grit than paramilitary cosplay.

Lance Ellisor @ellisor.net · 1d

it’s time for the real resistance, not just posting memes and blue heart emojis. real, active, peaceful, sustained, intense, broad resistance.

we have to persuade leaders to lead it and support them when they do.

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Lance Ellisor @ellisor.net · 12h

that's a long-standing argument for the folks of DC and it has constitutional aspects that are beyond me.

but in principle, yeah, I am absolutely on that side.

for AZ-7, though, it's about going from "we were legally represented" to "now we're not." which is IMO a cut-and-dried case.

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Lance Ellisor @ellisor.net · Nov 3

can you *prove* you’re a US citizen?

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Lance Ellisor @ellisor.net · 12h

oh hi

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Lance Ellisor @ellisor.net · 1d

it’s time for the real resistance, not just posting memes and blue heart emojis. real, active, peaceful, sustained, intense, broad resistance.

we have to persuade leaders to lead it and support them when they do.

Lance Ellisor @ellisor.net · 2d

I think the Dem governors and mayors can and should do more, legally and nonviolently. some ideas off the top of my head
- order DOT to close roads near ICE facilities
- conduct routine power and water maintenance to facilities
- mire them in endless legal knots
- refuse any support whatsoever

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Lance Ellisor @ellisor.net · 13h

someone in AZ-7 needs to sue him under the 14A as they are currently not represented in the House, and unconstitutionally so

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Lance Ellisor @ellisor.net · 15h

that is vile.

I am always on the side of non-violence, no matter the target.

will MAGA join me in this stance?

Lance Ellisor @ellisor.net · 17h

the look in this guy's eyes: a melange of fear, fatigue, impatience, and, frankly, just stupidity.

zoom-in of the original photo, centered on the balaclava'd face of the "agent" in question. his eyes are wide and his nostrils are flared. he looks unwell to me.

Lance Ellisor @ellisor.net · 17h

they don’t care.

they only need to give the 38% their jollies; the remaining 62% either don’t care or don’t care enough to really do anything substantial about it.

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Lance Ellisor @ellisor.net · 1d

this is the stupidest fucking thing, Mo

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Lance Ellisor @ellisor.net · 1d

yes but for real.

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Lance Ellisor @ellisor.net · 1d

it’s time for the real resistance, not just posting memes and blue heart emojis. real, active, peaceful, sustained, intense, broad resistance.

we have to persuade leaders to lead it and support them when they do.

Lance Ellisor @ellisor.net · 2d

I think the Dem governors and mayors can and should do more, legally and nonviolently. some ideas off the top of my head
- order DOT to close roads near ICE facilities
- conduct routine power and water maintenance to facilities
- mire them in endless legal knots
- refuse any support whatsoever

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