U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi sent a letter to Minnesota Democratic Governor Tim Walz demanding the state take three specific actions before federal immigration agents would consider reducing their presence in Minneapolis, including handing over voter rolls.

In the letter, Bondi blamed both state and local leaders for the unrest that has come in response to the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement operations. She said that Walz could “restore the rule of law.”

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    What about the regimes’ narrative that ICE’s presence is necessary and there are dangerous criminals they’re looking for? Surely if ICE needed to be there, they wouldn’t be able to pull back in exchange for voter info

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    They need this data to conduct vote tampering.

    This is why they want it.

    They will target machines with high use of Dem voters.

    There is zero reason why the federal government should have that list except for nefarious intentions.

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    Never forget she was AG of Florida from 2011 to 2019, and could readily have prosecuted Epstein herself. It’s not like he stopped offending in 2008.

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    So the fascists say they will stop murdering people if Minnesota just identifies the names and addresses of all people in the state who did not vote for fascism? Jesus. Fucking. Christ.

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    Oh, Like Kamala wasn’t going to shoot citizens in the head to extort voter information in order to rig the election.

    Honestly you liberals are so dumb.

    spoiler

    /s

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    What the fuck kind of extortion/racketeering is this?

    “Our armed thugs will continue terrorizing your constituents until you give us confidential information that can be used to identify anyone who votes against us” fuck outta here!

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        At least she looks like she’s aging in dog years. It’s a small consolation knowing that selling your soul to the devil won’t keep your vanity intact for very long. Hatred really does leave its marks on ones face…

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    before federal immigration agents would consider reducing their presence in Minneapolis,

    “Consider” is doing a lot of work there. It guarantees this is an empty promise. I mean, it was anyway, even if it had stronger language, but this means it can be ignored.

    Also, why is Bondi blackmailing states? Why are the feds interfering with states’ rights?

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    She said that Walz could “restore the rule of law.”

    Classic reverse victim and offender.

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    Tim, your answer is:

    “We, in the United States, do not negotiate with terrorists.”

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    I see we’ve now hit the “Trump is tired of this and wants to TACO, but you have to make it look like he’s winning something” stage.