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Abernathy wrote: ↑Mon Jan 26, 2026 4:50 pm That Trump is targetting Democrat -run blue states and cities like Minnesota and Minneapolis is surely no coincidence. Red states will no doubt be insisting that all is well and those lovely ICE lads are doing a grand job, while places like Minneapolis are hotbeds of insurrection. There doesn't have to be stuff that can be portrayed as insurrection in every state - Trump is likely to claim falsely that there is if/when he wants to mobilise the Insurrection Act to cancel the mid-term elections.

There really isn’t anything you wouldn’t put past this malevolent looney and his sinister advisers and strategists.

Agreed. Also, if this was really about rounding up illegal migrants, Florida and Texas would be the best places to look (according to whichever Yank commentator it was I was watching last night). But of course those states are given a free pass because a) they're Red and b) it's nothing to do with immigration.

Jeebus on a ride on mower.

What's the world come to when Sepp Blatter is the hero we need?

Sepp Blatter suggests fans should not travel to US for World Cup


https://www.theguardian.com/football/20 ... -world-cup

Former Fifa president Sepp Blatter on Monday suggested he supports fans boycotting World Cup matches in the United States this year due to security concerns.

Blatter gave his support to comments from Swiss anti-corruption lawyer Mark Pieth, who worked with Fifa on potential reforms when Blatter was president, saying fans should stay away from the US for the tournament.

The italics are mine.

He hates Infantino its just his personal battle.

But yeah broken clock and so on.

What's the world come to when Sepp Blatter is the hero we need?

Give him the Trump Peace Prize.

Oboogie wrote: ↑Mon Jan 26, 2026 6:04 pm
Agreed. Also, if this was really about rounding up illegal migrants, Florida and Texas would be the best places to look (according to whichever Yank commentator it was I was watching last night). But of course those states are given a free pass because a) they're Red and b) it's nothing to do with immigration.

Quite a lot of the illegal migrants in Texas will be in the blue parts of the state- Houston, San Antonio, Austin- which might be next in line for Trump. They wouldn't have a Democrat state governor to fight their corner, unlike Mineapolis, Chicago, Los Angeles etc.

But there must be tons of illegal migrants in the non-blue parts of Texas, especially working in construction (where the biggest boom areas are often outside the cities) and in agriculture.