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Here Come The Secret Police…And More!

Yet Americans still don’t seem completely ready to admit genuine lunatics are running things in many places in this country right now, starting at the top…

Eric J Scholl
5 min readJul 20, 2020

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There’s no way what’s been going on in Oregon with unidentified Homeland Security agents picking people off the streets isn’t a test run for expansion to a lot of other places.

In fact, the acting Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security admits — or really threatens — as much. Ken Cuccinelli telling NPR:

We’re seeking to prosecute as many people as are breaking the law as it relates to federal jurisdiction….[T]his is a posture we intend to continue not just in Portland but in any of the facilities that we’re responsible for around the country.”

Doesn’t make it right, but maybe this really shouldn’t be that much of a surprise. Because one of the first things President Trump did when he took office was an executive order directing the hiring of thousands more border patrol agents. They actually turned out to be much more difficult to recruit than expected, so the White House did another…

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Eric J Scholl
Eric J Scholl

Written by Eric J Scholl

Peabody award winning journalist. Streaming media pioneer. Played @ CBGB back in the day. Editor-In-Chief "The Chaos Report" www.thechaosreport.com

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