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ancianita

(42,077 posts)
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 05:00 PM 22 hrs ago

Trump Administration Propagandize An All Democrats Enemies List on White House and DHS Websites

https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/09/democrats-unhinged-crusade-against-ice-fuels-bloodshed/

"...Democrats have spent years vilifying ICE as “fascists,” “the Gestapo,” and “slave patrols,” inciting a 1,000% surge in assaults on agents and a wave of Radical Left terror. Their words aren’t just reckless — they’re a battle cry for violence.

Gov. Tim Walz smeared ICE as the “modern-day Gestapo.”
Gov. Gavin Newsom likened ICE to “secret police,” calling them “authoritarian” and proclaiming a “right to push back.”
Gov. JB Pritzker claimed the country is becoming “Nazi Germany” because ICE is “grabbing people off the street… and disappearing them.”
Rep. Robin Kelly smeared ICE as the “Gestapo” and a “betrayal.”
Rep. Jasmine Crockett compared ICE to “slave patrols.”

Rep. Sylvia Garcia referred to ICE agents as “thugs.”
Rep. Delia Ramirez attacked ICE as “a terror force.”
Rep. Pramila Jayapal called ICE agents “deranged,” accused them of “kidnapping,” and said “resistance” to ICE is “inspiring.”
Rep. Rashida Tlaib said ICE is “terrorizing our communities” and “turning our country into a fascist police state,” and called it a “rogue agency.”
Rep. Ayanna Pressley said ICE is “terrorizing our communities.”

Rep. Max Frost compared ICE operations to “some of the worst horrors and crimes against humanity” in history.
Rep. John Larson said ICE is “the SS” and “the Gestapo.”
Rep. LaMonica McIver incited people to “shut down the city” because “we are at war.”
Rep. Stephen Lynch smeared ICE agents as “the Gestapo” and “nondescript thugs.”
Rep. Dan Goldman compared federal agents to “secret police” who must be unmasked.

Rep. Becca Balint called ICE agents “vigilantes” who can’t be trusted.
Rep. Ilhan Omar said ICE agents are “vile and beyond cruel,” and that the agency should be abolished.
Rep. Nikki Budzinski called ICE agents “dangerous and reckless.”
Sen. Bernie Sanders asked people to “figure out a way to stop ICE from what they are doing as soon as possible.”
Sen. Elizabeth Warren claimed ICE is “intentionally stok[ing] fear” and “tear[ing] communities apart.”

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries implored people to “fight” the Trump Administration “in the streets” and declared ICE agents “will be unsuccessful” in protecting their identities “no matter what it takes.”
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu compared ICE agents to the neo-Nazi group NSC-131.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson accused ICE of being “secret police” who are “terrorizing our communities.”
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass spread a disgusting, fabricated hoax that ICE “kidnapped” a woman on her way to work.
Rep. Gil Cisneros claimed ICE has “terrorized” people through “racial profiling.”

Rep. Eric Swalwell said it was his “priority” to ensure ICE agents “are no longer faceless,” comparing them to “some 1800s bank robber or some KGB officer in Russia.”
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said ICE “should not exist.”
Rep. Kweisi Mfume challenged the Trump Administration to “a street fight.”
Rep. Jerry Nadler accused ICE agents of “hiding misbehavior because otherwise why would they be wearing masks?”


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https://www.techdirt.com/2025/10/02/trump-publishes-enemies-list-to-white-house-website-and-its-just-democrats-speaking-the-truth/


"... as recently as last week when the DHS did the same thing because people weren’t being deferential enough to the thuggery that makes up ICE’s daily activities.

...of course, everyone on the list is a member of the Democratic Party, ... another indictment of the complete cowardice of the GOP, which also includes supposed “libertarians” like Rand Paul who can’t be bothered to vehemently attack egregious government overreach when it’s Republicans wearing the jackboots.

To read the list is to ask “where’s the lie?” “Modern day Gestapo.” “Secret police.” “Authoritarian.” “Thugs.” “Rogue agency.” “Terrorizing communities.” “Vile and beyond cruel.” “Tearing communities apart.” “Racial profiling.” And so on.

These phrases are enough to get politicians like Tim Walz, Gavin Newsom, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Talib, Hakeem Jeffries, JB Pritzker, and a long list of others added to Trump’s enemies list.

No one here did anything wrong. All they ever did was describe what they were seeing, using the best available analogies.
ICE and Trump haven’t changed their tactics, which strongly suggests both entities actually believe these terms are compliments, but ... still socially aware enough to realize that it would be bad to embrace these descriptions publicly.

Trump says the things said by these people are a “battle cry for violence.” If only that were true...."

IMHO, When Americans go to these websites and read that our words are "a battle cry for violence," they are manipulated to believe that it is Democrats trying to foment civil war, and not this administration itself fomenting war
on Democrats, non-white residents of Democratic cities, and Democratic majority states.

I hold out hope that Gov. Newsom and Gov JB Pritzker -- two "enemies" named above -- will hold a joint press conference to
a) reveal to Americans what this official executive branch propaganda is attempting to do, and
b) defend the history and accomplishments of the Democratic Party to the American people.




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Trump Administration Propagandize An All Democrats Enemies List on White House and DHS Websites (Original Post) ancianita 22 hrs ago OP
Several dept auto email replies reportedly doing the same SheltieLover 22 hrs ago #1
Is this about the headline on DU's Main Page? ancianita 22 hrs ago #5
Yes SheltieLover 21 hrs ago #7
Thanks. ancianita 21 hrs ago #8
I know. It's insane! SheltieLover 21 hrs ago #9
Right? ancianita 21 hrs ago #10
Absolutely! SheltieLover 21 hrs ago #13
I am telling you LyfeTimeDem 22 hrs ago #2
I hear you. ancianita 22 hrs ago #6
what most people want doesnt matter LyfeTimeDem 18 hrs ago #14
That's your opinion. But it's not your call because in fact, you don't know "most people." But ancianita 18 hrs ago #15
what the fuck are you talking about, none of that is part of the equation LyfeTimeDem 18 hrs ago #16
If that's your response, then I'll say this: wanna know wut the fuck I'm talking about? Lurk more and learn more. ancianita 18 hrs ago #17
I've been around a LOOOONG time LyfeTimeDem 18 hrs ago #18
I have been here for at least a decade LyfeTimeDem 18 hrs ago #19
And hannah 22 hrs ago #3
JD Vance LyfeTimeDem 22 hrs ago #4
Fauxnews and notnewsmax have been fomenting hatred against the left for years. yellow dahlia 21 hrs ago #11
Yes. The Right Wing is using its self admitted "entertainment channel" (to the federal courts) to criminalize ancianita 21 hrs ago #12
A pasty maga snowflake made this SunImp 18 hrs ago #20
Sorry, I don't understand... who made what. ancianita 18 hrs ago #21
I'm saying the maga who made this list is a basement dwelling loser SunImp 18 hrs ago #22

ancianita

(42,077 posts)
8. Thanks.
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 05:59 PM
21 hrs ago

The fomenting of violence is spreading, e.g., that guy calling for the AZ Democrat's execution.


SheltieLover

(74,179 posts)
9. I know. It's insane!
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 06:01 PM
21 hrs ago

I think maybe one of the comments to that op stated 5 agency email auto responses changed. I'll bet all agencies were affected!

ancianita

(42,077 posts)
10. Right?
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 06:05 PM
21 hrs ago

But as the Party of Sanity, we can't just be mad.

We have to stand up and have press conferences that inform Americans about the propaganda used to foment violence against the historically factual people's party of FDR.



LyfeTimeDem

(137 posts)
2. I am telling you
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 05:10 PM
22 hrs ago

They WANT a Civil War...

The Dark Enlightenment kick off


So you arent supposed to call Nazis Nazis.

ancianita

(42,077 posts)
6. I hear you.
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 05:28 PM
22 hrs ago

But most Americans do NOT want a civil war, and most polls reflect that. Trump knows this, so he's going for Internet fomenting 0f hits on Democratic leadership, non-whites of Democratic cities, and Democratic majority states -- from official executive branch websites.

He lies to his base that their own violence is defense in the exact same way Putin lied to the world in that his attacking Ukraine was to defend Russia against NATO's "dangerous encroachment."

ancianita

(42,077 posts)
15. That's your opinion. But it's not your call because in fact, you don't know "most people." But
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 09:08 PM
18 hrs ago

it IS the call of "most people."

It doesn't have to be the America I was born into nor should it be; otherwise we'd be back in trump's "great again" era.

I'm speaking about the America that uses numbers, sciences, engineering, education, to map Reality and to map a way forward to a better future.

Polling numbers are snapshots about what Americans think because what they think still matters and is profitable to measure on a weekly basis.

LyfeTimeDem

(137 posts)
16. what the fuck are you talking about, none of that is part of the equation
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 09:13 PM
18 hrs ago

No.....we crossed the Rubicon and aare in the Twilight zone now

Military are repelling out of Black Hawk Helicopters and are chainsawwing down doors and destroying furniture in the middle of the night...buck naked children are being dragged to UHaul trailers wearing handcuffs

We are officially going to need a serious stroke of luck to survive the next 3+ years ....

We are going to be lucky to even have a midterm election at this point... we need to start considering what happens and what we do if we don't...

ancianita

(42,077 posts)
17. If that's your response, then I'll say this: wanna know wut the fuck I'm talking about? Lurk more and learn more.
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 09:21 PM
18 hrs ago

You haven't been on this site long enough to predict the future. You want to believe we need luck? And that we should prepare for not winning?

Lurk and learn.

LyfeTimeDem

(137 posts)
18. I've been around a LOOOONG time
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 09:24 PM
18 hrs ago

But since you have something I need to learn

Please do tell.....I'll be right here waiting for you

Signed
No Longer Lurking

LyfeTimeDem

(137 posts)
19. I have been here for at least a decade
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 09:27 PM
18 hrs ago

That's three election cycles....I know whats up.

But please do teach me oh wise one ..

What did I post that was false?

hannah

(371 posts)
3. And
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 05:11 PM
22 hrs ago

Democrats make a list of Trump Administration treats, if only a rich person would buy a streaming channel.

yellow dahlia

(3,251 posts)
11. Fauxnews and notnewsmax have been fomenting hatred against the left for years.
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 06:16 PM
21 hrs ago

It has been ramping up for months.

They call the left radical lunatic violent terrorists.

They have been putting targets on many peoples' backs, for years.

They are trying to flip the reality - it is what they do.

They are the ones inciting people to violence. And the ones they are firing up are the ones with guns.

And now the govt of the United States is actively putting targets on the backs of Democrats. The current regime is not the govt for all the people - only for their people.

ancianita

(42,077 posts)
12. Yes. The Right Wing is using its self admitted "entertainment channel" (to the federal courts) to criminalize
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 06:19 PM
21 hrs ago

the Democratic Party and its members and voters -- and foment the propaganda of political violence.

SunImp

(2,537 posts)
22. I'm saying the maga who made this list is a basement dwelling loser
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 09:37 PM
18 hrs ago

Makes me mad that they can smear & missuse people's words like this & get away with it. Maybe one day we'll get even

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