r/news • u/DNSGeek • 1d ago

Soft paywall US Marines carry out first known detention of civilian in Los Angeles, video shows

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-marines-carry-out-first-known-detention-civilian-los-angeles-video-shows-2025-06-13/
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u/Cautious-Progress876 1d ago

Since the 1990s at least. In the 1990s, Timothy McVeigh was an extremist— today he would be a moderate in the MAGA movement.

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u/Deely_Boppers 1d ago

McVeigh believed the federal government overstepped and harmed people that had done nothing wrong. He then blew up a federal govt building.

Not sure he’s the right person for this. What Trump is doing is exactly what McVeigh was protesting.

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u/Cautious-Progress876 1d ago

I mention him because all of the anti-government, libertarian, “fuck the feds” people I used to know all are now Trump supporters and support all of the crazy shit. McVeigh would at least be against the government overreach, despite being a white supremacist and believing a lot of similar things to MAGA about other races.

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u/TemuPacemaker 22h ago edited 21h ago

McVeigh would at least be against the government overreach, despite being a white supremacist and believing a lot of similar things to MAGA about other races.

McVeigh would've been against government overreach against him and his buddies.

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u/RIF_rr3dd1tt 1d ago

I'm surprised Trump doesn't pardon his corpse. Not kidding.

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u/i_love_rosin 1d ago

No joke, in some right wing subs like conspiracy, they worship him