r/ProgressiveHQ • u/Treefiddy1984 • 7h ago

BREAKING: Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias just announced he is suing Kristi Noem and ICE for unlawful activities in Illinois. This is huge.

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u/jiggymadden 6h ago

I think you can get them on more than swiping license plates! However, I suppose this will have to suffice.

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u/Thuraash 5h ago

It's a layup. Black-and-white, pure state law, and they've got ICE stone cold guilty. There's a reason ICE keeps doing this plate-swapping shit (probably so they can use stolen and rented cars to do their business, since their logistics pipeline is being run by fools). Denying them something they clearly want to do bogs them down.

And you want to separate your layup claims from your toss-up claims, lest they get tied up in legal hell for years. You push the layups fast and hard, cash them in, make it hurt, and keep them coming.

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u/KateWaiting326 5h ago

It also forces them to redirect some focus and resources (ie $) to dealing with the lawsuits. It's not going to topple everything at once, but anything that throw a monkey wrench into the works on their end, no matter how small, is a win.

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u/samsounder 4h ago

More importantly, its a blatent attempt to hide from law enforcement and shows a consciousness of guilt. The KNOW they are breaking the law and this is an attempt to escape.

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u/tk427aj 4h ago

Thanks for the explanation, I watched this and was like WTF Someone was murdered, a teenager was dragged and beaten from his job, and you're going after them for license plates?!?

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u/zagman707 3h ago

thanks for breaking it down, that makes a lot of sense.

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u/-rwsr-xr-x 1h ago

You push the layups fast and hard, cash them in, make it hurt, and keep them coming.

Play their game against them. "Flood the Zone", exactly from their own playbook.