You will notice that I no longer say “ICE agents” when referring to the goons attacking immigrants, people of color, and protesters in U.S. cities. I call them what they are, ICE troops. Trump is arming ICE to the hilt and will, I’m sure, use them to impose martial rule in more places and settings as time goes on. They are his shock troops, his personal army. 1/
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Simply state terrorism
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ICE-hats
ICE-holes
ICE-hatzgruppen
@heidilifeldman Welcome to Trumpistan, the banana dictatorship formerly known as the USA, which used to have a constitution protecting rights.
Fully correct. How is this even legal?
@heidilifeldman Over here in Germany, we used to call them "GEheime STAatsPOlizei"
Translation: "Secret Police of the government"
Abbreviation: "Gestapo"
@heidilifeldman I still am saying now. We shouldn't have democrats and republicans. We shouldn't have parties. We can have our own opinions on what is right or not, but we shouldn't vote based on the color of your skin, tie, or party animal.
But that's too much for me to ask human beings to do.
@heidilifeldman Goon Squad basically oath keepers j6ers and proud boys
They are only "shock troops" against unarmed civilians.
Let's see how they go against seasoned, pissed off veterans and genuine patriots.
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Heading toward Anne Frank time.
@heidilifeldman I’m very disappointed that much of the news reports that they “arrest” people. AIUI an arrest requires a crime, a warrant, or probable cause, and brings with it the first steps of due process. I don’t know what the right word is, but what ICE does is none of those.
@heidilifeldman They are the brown shits in the King Trump plane.
@heidilifeldman thugs or even american Gestapo
they are thugs and bullies. but thugs and bullies can still be dangerous, particularly if there is no law/legal system to restrain them.
This totally doesn’t remind me of Hitler’s re-armament in the 1930s.
Although Germany had been chafing under the treaty of Versailles restrictions, and it always been trying to rebuild its military since the end of World War I, the reconstruction began in earnest under the Nazis who used financial engine engineering to get around the terms of the treaty of Versailles, but come on everybody could tell they were manufacturing weapons
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I prefer Iceholes, but recognizing that they're troops is important.
@heidilifeldman no no no
Troops got discipline. These dipshits are jackbooted goons
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ICE Brownshirts?
Here we have ICE troops invading a Mexican-American neighborhood in Chicago today. https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/23/feds-make-arrests-deploy-tear-gas-during-face-off-with-protesters-near-little-village-discount-mall 2/
Robocop imagery. :(
@heidilifeldman Who gave Mr. Magoo a gun?
@heidilifeldman Did you know you can buy skunk oil paint balls? I did not but apparently you can!
https://mcsxs.com/products/skunk-rounds-tube-of-10
I’m not saying that these ICE troops are any type of lean mean fighting machine - not yet, they aren’t. But it is important to realize they are troops - instructed to attack and shoot and menace. They don’t have to be well trained to be dangerous and frightening. Here they are marauding in Portland, OR. https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2025/10/ice-in-oregon-pointing-rifles-at-family-stopping-minors-at-gunpoint-laying-on-top-of-man-during-arrest.html 3/
@heidilifeldman Why do they speak german? At least one voice clearly does.
Indeed, troops can often be *more* dangerous when they're *less* well-trained.
A paramilitary force is a military force. What makes it “para” is that it is not the lawfully constituted military of nation. The people carrying out paramilitary operations are soldiers, not lawful ones, but still soldiers following orders and engaging in warfare. That’s ICE and CPB (Customs and Border Patrol) on the streets of American cities today. Troops serving a Fascist Republican President, with the full support of other officers of the Fascist Republican Party. 4/
@heidilifeldman It's frightening that the democrats aren't taking more drastic and meaningful measures to put a stop to this. Protesting only goes so far. You have to stand up directly to the bullies.
If we don’t tell it like it is, we make it harder to oppose. We have to face and explain what we are up against. 5/5
@heidilifeldman TY. I've been warning about them as paramilitaries since the invasion of LA, when a lot of them appeared to be moonlighting corrections officers & bounty hunters intermingled with ICE & CBP. People scoffed at me, but these seem to be textbook paramilitaries.
@heidilifeldman I believe the current wave of activities is primarily aimed at training those thugs to be
- morally stable (ruthless)
- numbed to resistance reactions they encounter
- get soaked in the group dynamic that enables them to commit reprehensible actions
The target are not immigrants, but large quantities of americans.
@heidilifeldman they're ready for the next jan 6 to make sure the correct guy wins. Trump considered the last election a referendum on the last jan 6 coup attempt so he's got all the justification he needs already, just needs the troops.
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So they are basically Chump's version of Hitler's Schutzstaffel
@heidilifeldman I bet these guys feel *real cool* with all their *cool guy gear*. If like five of them work together they can take down one landscaper, but they still gotta call for backup if they need to deal with a roofing crew.
@heidilifeldman These second-rate flunkies look like a group of dudes who take paintball too seriously
@heidilifeldman I call them ICE nazis myself.
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