[Stephen] Miller also told Vance on the podcast that there is a “vast domestic terror movement” of left-wing organizations promoting violence and doxxing people in order to trigger violence.

“With God as my witness, we are going to use every resource we have at the Department of Justice, Homeland Security and throughout this government to identify, disrupt, disable and destroy these networks and make America safe again for the American people. It will happen, and we will do it in Charlie’s name,” Miller said.

Neither Vance nor Miller named any specific organizations that they were concerned about. They did not cite any information or reports that supported the claims of domestic terrorism or provide any other evidence.

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    I always knew the tactics of the US War On Terror would come home to roost. I’m honestly surprised it took as long as it did for it to happen. Anyway, this reeks of the same justifications they used to go to war in Iraq and their justifications for “extraordinary rendition” as well as “enhanced interrogation.” No evidence, just vague justifications for what they need to do to “keep America safe.” Saddam Hussein never had WMDs and the left isn’t a terrorism network. They’ll falsify evidence just like they did with Iraq and Saddam.

    The good ol’ imperial boomerang.

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      Still waiting on Sean Hannity to make good on his promise to get waterboarded. Surely any day now…

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      In the name of “security” we are accessing any and all private information about you including your voting records to ensure America is safe from the people we are making up.

      We really should have non-pardonable offenses that politicians would get removed from their post and or arrested after an investigation from an outside non partisan entity.

      Say knowingly lying to the public about something. Removal, 1 year prison, and no ability to hold any public office after.

      So when a politician speaks, it would actually have to be trustworthy… Something that has not happened a single day of JD Vance career.

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    Just in case y’all don’t know, there is no vast underground Leftist terror movement or organization in the United States. At all.

    We don’t have Leftists here. Not really, and certainly not in numbers or extremism, despite what chuds will tell you. It’s all a bogeyman.

    The closest thing I’ve ever seen to an actual real Leftist organization at all, outside a labor union, is the Socialist Rifle Association, and they’re absolutely not terrorists, or even scary.

    Spoiler alert: they’re just a few dorks who like to practice shooting (a fun activity that many enjoy, legally and safely), but they don’t jive with the normal right-wing gun store culture, so they made friendships with each other. That’s it.

    This country is so cooked.

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    They can’t offer specifics because they are still trying to get their talking points in order.

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      Being the VP isn’t really a job. The only thing they’re really only supposed to do is break ties in the senate. There’s no other official duties associated with it, and that’s why he’s already taken 7 holidays since taking office.

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        Or took vacations early because he knew he’d have to work hard to progress the fascist machine soon enough.

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      Job opened up at the grift factory, and someone jumped in to fill it immediately.

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    I always did kind of feel that JDV and Charlie were competing for the same spot in the right-wing extremist pipeline.

    It would’ve kind of amused me to see the two debate each other in a way. Like seeing an Andrew Tate vs Jake Paul boxing match: Either way, two fuckwits take blows.

    In this case it’s like seeing two billionaires’ bio-bots compete, Koch vs. Thiel.