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maxsolomon

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80. In Seattle, the Homeless encampments become public health hazards.

Mon Aug 18, 2025, 12:55 PM

Aug 2025

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There is a process where campers are given 24 hours to pack it up and leave - many still wind up losing valuables. Last one I heard about were dentures.

No clue if DC's homeless (of which there are 10x less than in Seattle) are being given notice. Or shelter options "far from the Capitol".

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First-hand report from Gestapo-occupied DC. It's not pretty. [View all] AverageOldGuy Aug 2025 OP

It's getting grim fast. I hope that your daughter and her friends stay safe. Dave Bowman Aug 2025 #1

It's what they want of course, but people can only take so much, and they know that Cheezoholic Aug 2025 #2

It's clearly what they want liberalgunwilltravel Aug 2025 #27

They are accelerating, popsdenver Aug 2025 #49

If they just go ahead slightlv Aug 2025 #68

I hope she remains safe. Throwing away the meager belongings of the homeless is just LoisB Aug 2025 #3

These a$$holes are nothing if not CRUEL. MLWR Aug 2025 #18

Yes! I imagine none of us would be able to sleep or look at ourselves in the mirror. They LoisB Aug 2025 #28

I picture ICE agents as guys like Kyle Rittenhouse-- willing to ignore the law and mo remorse even for killing someone. Lonestarblue Aug 2025 #76

They want the homeless popsdenver Aug 2025 #50

He is a fool if he thinks we are all going to roll over for him. LoisB Aug 2025 #55

Really? EmmaLee E Aug 2025 #70

Wow, Excellent Descriptive OP... TY AOG! Cha Aug 2025 #4

"throwing all the belongings from homeless people into trash trucks" :( speak easy Aug 2025 #6

I know... my face when I read that, too... Cha Aug 2025 #7

86 47 Then Ice Ice Baby... MayReasonRule Aug 2025 #72

Sounds Reasonable to me. TY Cha Aug 2025 #83

Works for me, too. calimary Aug 2025 #88

Ugh, the NYC Parks Dept have nimble black trash trucks just for that ugly task IbogaProject Aug 2025 #19

normal day in any american city quakerboy Aug 2025 #57

I did not know that :( speak easy Aug 2025 #58

In Seattle, the Homeless encampments become public health hazards. maxsolomon Aug 2025 #80

Krasnov awaits the response so he can declare martial law. GoodRaisin Aug 2025 #5

I expect sooner rather than later. flashman13 Aug 2025 #8

Time to hold a strike in DC or leave angrychair Aug 2025 #9

Emptying cities (especially the blue ones) brakester Aug 2025 #84

I keep hearing that angrychair Aug 2025 #85

All it is going to take is a tiny spark... S/V Loner Aug 2025 #10

Riots - What they want bpod1 Aug 2025 #11

Welcome to DU! Wednesdays Aug 2025 #21

Or even better, popsdenver Aug 2025 #51

If people ain't fighting against that and standing up against oldmanlynn Aug 2025 #63

these are people who refuse to do ANYTHING about chronic gun carnage Skittles Aug 2025 #69

Welcome to DU LetMyPeopleVote Aug 2025 #81

Creepy! I wonder if this was what they had planned for downtown Los Angeles. C Moon Aug 2025 #12

Undoubtedly. B.See Aug 2025 #43

I use ICEtapo, instead of Gestapo. I think more people relate to ICE instead of Ges. n/t aggiesal Aug 2025 #13

It's all intended to provoke caraher Aug 2025 #14

This is why i don't believe JustAnotherGen Aug 2025 #34

I think the little shit lied Hekate Aug 2025 #42

It looked like JustAnotherGen Aug 2025 #73

My son and his family live in DC mcar Aug 2025 #15

I hope resturants and delis can selectively close temporarraly if the IceStazi show up IbogaProject Aug 2025 #23

No pizza for Nazis! Blues Heron Aug 2025 #26

That's right. Starve them out! ReRe Aug 2025 #52

So many restaurants closed due to Covid mcar Aug 2025 #53

Rest of the world, you are free to liberate us from this nightmare any time you like! Initech Aug 2025 #16

If we need the rest of the world to solve this problem, we do not deserve a country. OldBaldy1701E Aug 2025 #17

Elections won't save us, the law won't save us... Initech Aug 2025 #20

Militias JustAnotherGen Aug 2025 #38

And, numbers. OldBaldy1701E Aug 2025 #74

I'm on Threads quite a bit JustAnotherGen Aug 2025 #75

Protip, don't use a baseball bat, use a 4' piece of 2x4. sir pball Aug 2025 #77

Totally agree. hamsterjill Aug 2025 #82

I just don't see how we win a violent outcome MadameButterfly Aug 2025 #92

Well, none of us want it. hamsterjill Aug 2025 #94

I agree with every word MadameButterfly Aug 2025 #96

Agree JustAnotherGen Aug 2025 #37

They won't JustAnotherGen Aug 2025 #36

Too many countries are dealing with their own fascist turds. Initech Aug 2025 #40

DO the White House, Congress, government building use local restaurants and other services? question everything Aug 2025 #22

What about all the people working there that can't pay their rent or feed their families if they aren't working? MichMan Aug 2025 #39

Who are the regular employers for all of these Ilsa Aug 2025 #64

OK, but that has absolutely nothing to do with what I posted MichMan Aug 2025 #65

No, I was thinking about small businesses from Ilsa Aug 2025 #66

It should be called trump gestapo California Kid Aug 2025 #24

We need national strikes, work stoppages and maybe even hadEnuf Aug 2025 #25

"The Gestapo spent yesterday throwing all the belongings from homeless people into trash trucks and hauling it away." WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2025 #29

This is sadism. I wish that some would set a protest, that someone in Congress will decry this question everything Aug 2025 #79

That does look like trash to me? TnDem Aug 2025 #90

When people are living rough, their belongings do tend to look like trash, particularly by the time governors show up to WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2025 #95

The Gestrumpo Disaffected Aug 2025 #30

It won't be long before passports and leaving will be moniss Aug 2025 #31

Every day the term "serious shit" carries a brand new meaning SSJVegeta Aug 2025 #32

Yes I fear violence is in the future. Kablooie Aug 2025 #33

Thank you for sharing the account. yellow dahlia Aug 2025 #35

The Feds/ Presidents have a record of at least one really nasty removal: the Bonus Army Hekate Aug 2025 #41

What in the world? MIButterfly Aug 2025 #44

Numerous federal district courts, including Washington D.C., have found citizens have a First Amendment right sop Aug 2025 #45

It's possible to photograph their activities, but I wouldn't do it with a cellphone FakeNoose Aug 2025 #62

Trump's Gestapo/Secret Police patrol in squads, not pairs. Norrrm Aug 2025 #46

Thanks for info. elleng Aug 2025 #47

Well hey, we KNEW (didn't we?) that B.See Aug 2025 #48

I'm pretty sure it's illegal, but.... COL Mustard Aug 2025 #54

saw this on bsky orleans Aug 2025 #56

Good thing Republicans are 'better for the economy' ! Jack Valentino Aug 2025 #60

Number one priority: Don't carry a cellphone if you're going anywhere near them FakeNoose Aug 2025 #59

Bullies prefer to pick on the vulnerable, madamesilverspurs Aug 2025 #61

Time to get ... alimbalt Aug 2025 #67

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That Was The Consensus Deep State Witch Aug 2025 #78

People with next to nothing Ruby the Liberal Aug 2025 #86

That's what they want. Glaisne Aug 2025 #87

DC seems like a test drive KentuckyWoman Aug 2025 #89

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Tin soldiers and Nixon's comin' We're finally on our own This summer I hear the drummin' Four dead in Ohio BradBo Aug 2025 #93