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riversedge

(80,088 posts)
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 12:54 PM 19 hrs ago

GOLDMAN: Do you know what other regimes in the 20th century required similar proof of citizenship? LYONS:


GOLDMAN: Do you know what other regimes in the 20th century required similar proof of citizenship?


LYONS: Various nefarious regimes did that

GOLDMAN: Is Nazi Germany one?

LYONS: This is the wrong type of question

GOLDMAN: Do you know what other regimes in the 20th century required similar proof of citizenship?


LYONS: Various nefarious regimes did that

GOLDMAN: Is Nazi Germany one?

LYONS: This is the wrong type of question

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-02-10T17:03:53.686Z






Goldman: You said references to ICE as secret police encourages threats. The problem is you have it backwards sir. People are making valid observations about your tactics which are outright fascist. If you don’t want to be called a fascist regime, stop acting like one.
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Goldman: You said references to ICE as secret police encourages threats. The problem is you have it backwards sir. People are making valid observations about your tactics which are outright fascist. If you don’t want to be called a fascist regime, stop acting like one.

Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) 2026-02-10T17:29:26.504Z
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GOLDMAN: Do you know what other regimes in the 20th century required similar proof of citizenship? LYONS: (Original Post) riversedge 19 hrs ago OP
K&R sakabatou 19 hrs ago #1
More of this please. Make them squirm. nt SunSeeker 18 hrs ago #2
Never let up MustLoveBeagles 16 hrs ago #15
Lyon? BidenRocks 17 hrs ago #3
Lyons. ShazzieB 17 hrs ago #5
Chief Fascism Defender BidenRocks 17 hrs ago #6
I calls 'em like I sees 'em! 😉 ShazzieB 7 hrs ago #24
Is Lyons the one Farmer-Rick 16 hrs ago #13
That is slimeball hoosierspud 16 hrs ago #14
Suppose she could be modeling her tight jeans for more than just Corey. erronis 15 hrs ago #17
Thanks Farmer-Rick 15 hrs ago #19
This is the Fourth-Rate Reich n/t BaronChocula 17 hrs ago #4
I sure hope this gets seen other than here, the Daily Show FoxNewsSucks 17 hrs ago #7
Dan Goldman Is The Best DET 17 hrs ago #8
He absolutely rocked today! whathehell 16 hrs ago #10
Definitely! calimary 9 hrs ago #23
It's interesting that they poli-junkie 17 hrs ago #9
DURec leftstreet 16 hrs ago #11
It is exactly the right question toask Todd Lyons. irisblue 16 hrs ago #12
Exactly. "The problem is you have it backwards sir. People are making valid observations about your tactics which are Martin68 16 hrs ago #16
Todd M Lyons - Wikipedia erronis 15 hrs ago #18
"Go ahead and break the law, just don't tell any nosey busybodies about it." Typical, typical GOP attitude. eppur_se_muova 10 hrs ago #22
I remember it well. And what happened to him in the end. dixiegrrrrl 1 hr ago #25
That was my Grandpa's Republican Party ... but they're long gone now FakeNoose 47 min ago #26
TY & Rep Dan Goldman... he is Priceless! Cha 12 hrs ago #20
Killing 2 U S citizens in cold blood and then calling them domestic terrorists vapor2 10 hrs ago #21

FoxNewsSucks

(11,565 posts)
7. I sure hope this gets seen other than here, the Daily Show
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 02:37 PM
17 hrs ago

and MSNow.

They get away with it because they don't have to face real publicity.

calimary

(89,331 posts)
23. Definitely!
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 10:56 PM
9 hrs ago

He sounds good, smart, and shrewd. And he photographs well, which in/on TV is more than half the battle. WAAAAY more.

poli-junkie

(1,511 posts)
9. It's interesting that they
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 03:00 PM
17 hrs ago

get their noses out of joint when they’re called fascists. Seems to me Dems need to hammer them with calling them fascists EVERY friggen minute of EVERY friggen day!!

Hey you Repukes! You’re a bunch of lawless Nazi thugs!

irisblue

(37,085 posts)
12. It is exactly the right question toask Todd Lyons.
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 03:22 PM
16 hrs ago

From google
Todd M. Lyons is the Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Director (Acting Director) of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), a major Department of Homeland Security agency responsible for immigration enforcement,detention, and homeland security, managing over 27,400 personnel. As of February 2026, he is testifying before Congress regarding agency operations.

Martin68

(27,343 posts)
16. Exactly. "The problem is you have it backwards sir. People are making valid observations about your tactics which are
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 03:50 PM
16 hrs ago

outright fascist. If you don’t want to be called a fascist regime, stop acting like one."

erronis

(23,170 posts)
18. Todd M Lyons - Wikipedia
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 04:44 PM
15 hrs ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_Lyons

On May 12, 2025, Acting Director Todd Lyons authored a secret memorandum that was later leaked by a whistleblower. ICE officers were told to follow the memo's guidance instead of written training materials. The memo authorized ICE officers to forcibly enter people's homes without a judge's warrant, stating:

Although the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has not historically relied on administrative warrants alone to arrest aliens subject to final orders of removal in their place of residence, the DHS Office of the General Counsel has recently determined that the U.S. Constitution, the Immigration and Nationality Act and the immigration regulations do not prohibit relying on administrative warrants for this purpose.[11]


Administrative warrants are generated and signed by ICE agents and are not approved of by either federal district court or magistrate judges.[12] Historically administrative warrants were used to arrest individuals in public places, and only judicial warrants could authorize ICE agents to enter private residences.[12] The practice described by the memo is likely a violation of the Fourth Amendment which requires a warrant issued by a judge to authorize physical intrusion into private residencies.[13] Although addressed to all ICE officers, the memo was only shared with select DHS officials who were directed to verbally brief this policy to ICE officers during training.[12][13] The memo was to be kept confidential under risk of potential firing.[13]

eppur_se_muova

(41,365 posts)
22. "Go ahead and break the law, just don't tell any nosey busybodies about it." Typical, typical GOP attitude.
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 09:04 PM
10 hrs ago

Remember Nixon's "it's not illegal if the President does it ?"*











*Spoiler: Yes, it is.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,150 posts)
25. I remember it well. And what happened to him in the end.
Wed Feb 11, 2026, 06:57 AM
1 hr ago

He resigned under threat of impeachment by his own party.
I also remember when that threat alone was sufficient.

Those were the days.......:

FakeNoose

(40,793 posts)
26. That was my Grandpa's Republican Party ... but they're long gone now
Wed Feb 11, 2026, 07:15 AM
47 min ago

What's left are the fascist, angry Repukes of today and tomorrow.

Cha

(317,796 posts)
20. TY & Rep Dan Goldman... he is Priceless!
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 07:41 PM
12 hrs ago

Calling Out the Fascist Scumballs for What they ARE.

And, that Fascist Asshole PEDO Protector Lying his damn head OFF.

vapor2

(4,132 posts)
21. Killing 2 U S citizens in cold blood and then calling them domestic terrorists
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 09:04 PM
10 hrs ago

Lyons has blood on his hands period.

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