Feds Indict 15 Members of Minnesota Antifa Paramilitary

The Department of Justice (DOJ) charged 15 individuals on Tuesday with conspiracy to impede or injure federal officers during the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operation Metro Surge in Minneapolis. The defendants are members and associates of a Twin Cities Antifa cell network, prosecutors said.
US Attorney for Minnesota Daniel Rosen announced that the defendants are allegedly involved with Twin Cities Direct Action, later renamed Direct Action Minnesota, or "DAMN," a collective that organizes anti-ICE operations across the Minneapolis area. The 94-page indictment alleges the cell trained extremists in surveillance, rapid mobilization, shield tactics, blockade operations, and methods designed to interfere with federal immigration enforcement.

The indictment also identifies the Black Cat Workers Collective, a Minneapolis-based Antifa affinity group, as a key component of the network. The group promotes militant tactics, physical confrontation, and revolutionary political objectives while organizing actions against ICE and law enforcement, according to prosecutors.
Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) conducted home raids on Tuesday morning and took 12 of the 15 defendants into custody. Two defendants remain at large, and another defendant was already in jail.

The defendants have been charged with conspiracy to impede or injure federal agents and officers, alleging they worked together from January through June 2026 to prevent ICE and other Department of Homeland Security personnel from carrying out federal duties.
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Most of the defendants keep a low profile, like how Antifa militants are trained, but Wagner went viral earlier this year for his social media videos urging violence against federal agents. Wagner also declared himself an Antifa member in the videos and fundraised for the movement.
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The alleged conspiracy centered on the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Fort Snelling, which houses ICE operations for the Upper Midwest. The militants organized both "hard" and "soft" blockades intended to shut down access to the facility. The indictment describes plans involving homemade shields, trailers, vehicles, and physical barriers placed in roadways used by law enforcement.
Similar tactics were deployed by Antifa in Portland and other cities during the deadly 2020 BLM-Anitfa riots after George Floyd died.
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"The charges and arrests reflect a broad federal effort to address organized lawless behavior, which seeks to disrupt the execution of federal law, endanger law enforcement, and, importantly, endanger the very communities that these defendants falsely claim to be protecting," said US Attorney for Minneapolis Daniel Rosen.
"Direct Action Minnesota emphasizes their violent militant approach to politics, and are highly critical of non-violent peaceful protest," said Rosen, explaining that the organization is "dedicated to direct action against federal law and immigration enforcement."
"This action is not peaceful. It's obstructive, disruptive, and unlawful. The organization trains its members in the aggressive use of shields against law enforcement, surveillance, operational planning, and rapid mobilization against law enforcement actions," Rosen added.

Breaking: Federal prosecutors in Minnesota have announced conspiracy charges against 15 members of an Antifa cell that allegedly conspired to impede or injure federal officers, solicitation to commit a crime of violence, interstate threats & more. pic.twitter.com/Y4EtQandO1
— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) June 16, 2026

These are the 15 members of the Direct Action Minnesota (DAMN) Antifa cell who have been charged. Antifa accounts online are freaking out after their comrades were raided.

All the defendants used secret aliases.

Isaac Auman Sant — aka Isaac Datto, Ike
Emmett James Doyle — aka… pic.twitter.com/NRRyZklh0a
— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) June 16, 2026

St. Paul, Minn. — Violent Antifa supporters gathered to attack the Warren E. Burger federal courthouse to possibly jailbreak their comrades who were federally indicted and had their first court hearing inside.

15 Antifa members were indicted by the DOJ for their alleged violent… pic.twitter.com/zckXX7L8hW
— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) June 16, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 07:02 PM

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1 Weaponized justice!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 16, 2026 07:02 PM (ExV1e)

2 Fucking pigs.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 16, 2026 07:03 PM (wOO3z)

3 Nood break the corgis!

Posted by: Brometheus at June 16, 2026 07:03 PM (dJMrS)

4 I wonder if they can include the deaths of Pretti and Goode in the charges since they wouldn't have been present to be killed but for Antifa.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 16, 2026 07:05 PM (ExV1e)

5 "Black Cat Workers Collective"

Known for their firecracker brigade.

Posted by: gp at June 16, 2026 07:05 PM (Jr5Lq)

6 Could they be imprisoned in the same jails in DC as the J6 people or at least in jails in the same condition?

Posted by: Decaf at June 16, 2026 07:05 PM (xpP6J)

7 Get Maxwell Smart on his ass!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 16, 2026 07:06 PM (Cqx++)

8 Neck tats are a proxy for deep seated homosexuality and antifa.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 16, 2026 07:06 PM (XV/Pl)

9 Please God bless Andy Ngo. Amen.

Posted by: gp at June 16, 2026 07:06 PM (Jr5Lq)

10 That’s quite a crowd of white 20&30 somethings acting up.

Posted by: tubal at June 16, 2026 07:06 PM (Gqar8)

11 Ok, so you stage a violent protest to protest the arrest of the last violent protest. Seems like a repeating loop.

Start executing until they stop repeating.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 16, 2026 07:07 PM (zZu0s)

12 Good. More Please.

Posted by: A Bullet For Each... at June 16, 2026 07:07 PM (z20w/)

13 That’s quite a crowd of white 20&30 somethings acting up.
Posted by: tubal at June 16, 2026 07:06 PM (Gqar

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At least half flew in from out of state for the festivities, most likely.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at June 16, 2026 07:07 PM (UJMvS)

14 Black Cat Workers Collective

How many are furries. Or trans?

Posted by: gKWVE at June 16, 2026 07:07 PM (/wizo)

15 8 Neck tats are a proxy for deep seated homosexuality and antifa.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 16, 2026 07:06 PM (XV/Pl)

The ne’er do well spent a load of money on them too. Always look at people who are covered with tats and think they must have access to a lot of ready cash.

Posted by: tubal at June 16, 2026 07:08 PM (Gqar8)

16 Hope the judge isn't a Marxist who will let them off with a wrist slap only.

Posted by: Skip at June 16, 2026 07:08 PM (Ia/+0)

17 Here’s something new we can point at and say good, keep at it!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 16, 2026 07:08 PM (ZVgZ4)

18 Tim Awolz arrested?

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 16, 2026 07:08 PM (APuyi)

19 Speaking of corgis, our miss Lily, a red head tricolor 20 pound well-muscled beauty, stomped a chipmunk to death today down in the mechanical room. I had baited a havahart cag with a piece of cheese nearby, but Alvin never made it to the cheese.

I know what those front paws feel like. She stomps my chest with them to wake me at dawn, and it means, hey, HEY, HEY!!!11!, wake up and lets go out and then FEED ME.

Alvin looked like a starfish just laying out there, dead as a doornail, not a toothmark on him.

Posted by: M. Gaga at June 16, 2026 07:09 PM (zeLd4)

20 Where's a rice cooker filled with rusty screws when you need one.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 16, 2026 07:09 PM (wOO3z)

21 Morgan "Juliet" Robinet is a chick with a dick, and I'll put money on that (not on his dick, eww). Probably also William "Willow" Morgan.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 16, 2026 07:10 PM (/wizo)

22 Ha Ha!

Posted by: Nelson Mandela Muntz at June 16, 2026 07:10 PM (n5tGW)

23 Good to see some real "live action" against our domestic terrorists. Even nicer if they can move up the chain and find the Soros (globalist/leftist) types funding these criminals.

Posted by: illiniwek at June 16, 2026 07:10 PM (vbXSk)

24 Alvin looked like a starfish just laying out there, dead as a doornail, not a toothmark on him.
Posted by: M. Gaga at June 16, 2026 07:09 PM (zeLd4)

We need to send Lily to the UK. She respects the old ways.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 16, 2026 07:10 PM (zZu0s)

25 *callum robinet.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 16, 2026 07:10 PM (/wizo)

26 That's the trouble with zealot true believers. You can't get them to shut up when you need them to.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 16, 2026 07:11 PM (uhVAy)

27 "Neck tats are a proxy for deep seated homosexuality and antifa.
Posted by: Thomas Bender"

Neck tats in the local mug shots are usually accompanied by a probation violation.

Posted by: fd at June 16, 2026 07:11 PM (vFG9F)

28 I was assured nothing would happen.Btw I have heard that the unfunny Aziz Ansari was on SNL where ge portrayed Kash Patel as " the only Indian bad at his job"

Posted by: steevy at June 16, 2026 07:11 PM (YwEeS)

29 Suppose this is yet another thing happening under Tim Walz's nose that he knows nothing about.

Posted by: Another Anon at June 16, 2026 07:11 PM (4h45B)

30 It's time to go Roman on these Antifa fuckers.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at June 16, 2026 07:11 PM (9RQU8)

31 Morgan "Juliet" Robinet is a chick with a dick, and I'll put money on that (not on his dick, eww). Probably also William "Willow" Morgan.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 16, 2026 07:10 PM (/wizo)

What commenting on the AoS after a nood call can do to a person, if not unchecked....sad.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 16, 2026 07:12 PM (uhVAy)

32 No mercy for these f**ks, please.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 16, 2026 07:12 PM (zYpTz)

33 There you go, some group wants to start Civil War II

Posted by: Skip at June 16, 2026 07:13 PM (Ia/+0)

34 Suppose this is yet another thing happening under Tim Walz's nose that he knows nothing about.
Posted by: Another Anon at June 16, 2026 07:11 PM (4h45B)

I heard that another bursting scandal in Minnesota was that there were sex-trafficking of illegals going on that was hushed up.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 16, 2026 07:13 PM (uhVAy)

35 Go Roman?

Crucified on the Beltway around DC?

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 16, 2026 07:14 PM (APuyi)

36 Cop who handled my traffic accident (truck totaled, other driver at fault) had full arm tattoos. It was off putting even though he treated me very well. I am from a generation where only sailors and circus people had tattoos. I know, old.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 16, 2026 07:14 PM (ZVgZ4)

37 Suppose this is yet another thing happening under Tim Walz's nose that he knows nothing about.
Posted by: Another Anon at June 16, 2026 07:11 PM (4h45B)

He knew. He was beating his breast about how Minnesota had been invaded by the federal government to harass his beloved Somalis.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 16, 2026 07:14 PM (ExV1e)

38 I would imagine a lot of them are just mercs with a few bad ideas rolling around in their heads from the lousy indoctrination they got as kids. But - still mercs, ultimately, that Gots to Get Paid.

Posted by: tubal at June 16, 2026 07:14 PM (Gqar8)

39 The defendants are members and associates of a Twin Cities Antifa cell network, prosecutors said.

Don't worry, Democrats, they'll never follow the funding, command, and protection back to you.

After all, these cells are secret and everything is untraceable so they'll never get caught... Oh, but they did, didn't they?

Posted by: t-bird at June 16, 2026 07:14 PM (T7fic)

40 @15

>> people who are covered with tats and think they must have access to a lot of ready cash.

Tattooing is ridiculous and silly.

Neck, face and hand tattooing is a special kind of silly.

I thought the fad would have died out by now, but I guess not.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 16, 2026 07:14 PM (XV/Pl)

41 We do have a huge "justice" problem though. Politically biased judges. Almost impossible to get rid of.

Posted by: steevy at June 16, 2026 07:15 PM (YwEeS)

42 I heard that another bursting scandal in Minnesota was that there were sex-trafficking of illegals going on that was hushed up.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 16, 2026 07:13 PM (uhVAy)

Sadly, I'd be willing to bet that there aren't many states, including 'red' ones where the same couldn't be found.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 16, 2026 07:15 PM (ExV1e)

43 The herem on tattoos was another thing the Yids got right.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 16, 2026 07:15 PM (/wizo)

44 Could they be imprisoned in the same jails in DC as the J6 people or at least in jails in the same condition?
Posted by: Decaf at June 16, 2026 07:05 PM (xpP6J)

Not since we got the fountains going again. We can find other jails. Like El Salvador.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 16, 2026 07:16 PM (uhVAy)

45 Tats and nose rings are outward symbols of their tribe.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 16, 2026 07:16 PM (APuyi)

46
Black Cat Workers Collective

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LOL.

Workers.

Now I think I see why Minnesota is ground zero for ICE protests. They're facing such severe labor shortages that the Iron Range mining outfits have apparently been reduced to recruiting unemployable, overweight lesbian wine drunks with receding SSRI hairlines to swing their picks and shovels.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 16, 2026 07:17 PM (AhAak)

47 I heard that another bursting scandal in Minnesota was that there were sex-trafficking of illegals going on that was hushed up.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 16, 2026 07:13 PM (uhVAy)

Sadly, I'd be willing to bet that there aren't many states, including 'red' ones where the same couldn't be found.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 16, 2026 07:15 PM (ExV1e)

of course, its what Dems and Liberals do.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 16, 2026 07:17 PM (uhVAy)

48 Send them to England.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 16, 2026 07:18 PM (/lPRQ)

49 The indictment also alleges that several defendants participated in an "Anarchist Speaking Tour," traveling to Chicago, Ann Arbor, and Seattle to share tactics and encourage other groups around the country to adopt similar methods against federal immigration enforcement.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

LMAO...they're cooked. They not only set themselves up for arrest...they likely set up a bunch of other people as well who are now either on the watch list, or about to receive their own indictments.

Posted by: Orson at June 16, 2026 07:18 PM (dIske)

50 They seem nice.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 16, 2026 07:19 PM (3TXla)

51 From Rupert thread:

270 I am very jealous that you are retired and have tons of leasure time! So..you got that going for you.
Posted by: runner at June 16, 2026 06:49 PM (GD0B3)

Given that I retired on my terms rather than being forced out, it's pretty nice... not gonna lie.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 16, 2026 06:52 PM (ExV1e)

Fistbump

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 16, 2026 07:19 PM (QGaXH)

52 I am from a generation where only sailors and circus people had tattoos. I know, old.
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When I see a chick with a tattoo my first thought is (still) "Did you serve, or were you a stripper?".

Posted by: Crusader at June 16, 2026 07:19 PM (TN0g+)

53 Posted by: M. Gaga at June 16, 2026 07:09 PM (zeLd4)

We had a chipmunk infestation at our old house. We decided to use havahart… until we caught a skunk.

Called in an exterminator after that.

Chipmunks are super cute. And extremely destructive.

Good luck!

Posted by: Ann at June 16, 2026 07:19 PM (SHHm+)

54 The indictment also alleges that several defendants participated in an "Anarchist Speaking Tour," traveling to Chicago, Ann Arbor, and Seattle to share tactics and encourage other groups around the country to adopt similar methods against federal immigration enforcement.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

LMAO...they're cooked. They not only set themselves up for arrest...they likely set up a bunch of other people as well who are now either on the watch list, or about to receive their own indictments.
Posted by: Orson at June 16, 2026 07:18 PM (dIske)

Federal offenses, crossing state lines. Tsk Tsk.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 16, 2026 07:19 PM (uhVAy)

55 LMAO...they're cooked. They not only set themselves up for arrest...they likely set up a bunch of other people as well who are now either on the watch list, or about to receive their own indictments.
Posted by: Orson

Just let the worst of the worst go. Drop all charges.
Start the rumor he talked... named names.

Posted by: MkY at June 16, 2026 07:20 PM (q6tQZ)

56 Yet, the national and international organization continues operations.

Posted by: Sam Adams at June 16, 2026 07:20 PM (X+xvk)

57 We had a chipmunk infestation at our old house. We decided to use havahart… until we caught a skunk.

Called in an exterminator after that.

Chipmunks are super cute. And extremely destructive.

Good luck!
Posted by: Ann at June 16, 2026 07:19 PM (SHHm+)

Plus they keep you up with that continual high pitched singing....

Posted by: Oldcat at June 16, 2026 07:20 PM (uhVAy)

58 Gone to Seattle???

Oh gosh, they crossed state lines!!!!!

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 16, 2026 07:20 PM (APuyi)

59
Last video: Officers, may I suggest use of the nightstick?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 16, 2026 07:21 PM (ienUH)

60 "Trump's own FBI director* said the threat comes from white supremacists — Antifa is an idea, not an organization, not militias, that's what his FBI director said."

-- Joseph Robinette Biden

*Chris Wray

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 16, 2026 07:21 PM (0sNs1)

61 Crucified on the Beltway around DC?

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 16, 2026 07:14 PM (APuyi)

That'd be a start. I've always been intrigued by a scene from the movie Spartacus (the one with Lawrence Olivier and Kirk Douglas) where the Roman Senate declares punishment on a Tribune who lost the garrison of Rome to Spartacus' band. The punishment was "No fire, water, food or shelter" was to be offered to the condemned for a distance of 400 miles around Rome. It was effectively a death sentence - levied against anyone who provided that aid - without being an actual death sentence on the condemned. I'm not sure if this truly was Roman law/process at the time but it sounds kind of cool, especially for those bleeding hearts who don't like the death penalty.

Just kill the people who provide these communist animals any aid or comfort.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at June 16, 2026 07:21 PM (9RQU8)

62 Go Roman?

Crucified on the Beltway around DC?
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 16, 2026 07:14 PM (APuyi)

Scourging and beheading for disobeying orders, iirc.

I liked the scourging first. You fucked up so bad, we need to impress to everyone that not only will you die, you'll hurt a lot first.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 16, 2026 07:21 PM (zZu0s)

63 14 Black Cat Workers Collective

How many are furries. Or trans?
Posted by: gKWVE at June 16, 2026 07:07 PM (/wizo)

I'd like to see their college transcripts. Black Studies Majors? Or like one idiot I met, a Doctorate in Ska Musik.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 16, 2026 07:22 PM (3TXla)

64 Plus they keep you up with that continual high pitched singing....
Posted by: Oldcat at June 16, 2026 07:20 PM

You say that like it's a bad thing.

Posted by: It's A Small World, After All at June 16, 2026 07:22 PM (0sNs1)

65 .

Posted by: Will Robinson at June 16, 2026 07:22 PM (zBgIx)

66 Pretti Good!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 16, 2026 07:22 PM (WONhk)

67 For each group rounded up... have another group ready to be rounded up.
Let one person out of the first group go. 2 days later, hit the next group.
What fun! The meetings may be lit

Posted by: MkY at June 16, 2026 07:22 PM (q6tQZ)

68 Chipmunks are super cute. And extremely destructive.

Good luck!
Posted by: Ann at June 16, 2026 07:19 PM (SHHm+)

Plus they keep you up with that continual high pitched singing....
Posted by: Oldcat at June 16, 2026 07:20 PM (uhVAy)

You spin me right round, baby, right round, like a record baby....

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 16, 2026 07:23 PM (3TXla)

69 Falling asleep on watch was to be beaten to death by your entire company.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 16, 2026 07:23 PM (zZu0s)

70 One article I read on this took great pains to discuss at length all the charges that had been dropped "for insufficient evidence" etc.

Propaganda to make it seem "and this is just more of the same."

IDK.
96 pages on indictment seems like quite a bit of evidence.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 16, 2026 07:23 PM (73/SM)

71 Falling asleep on watch was to be beaten to death by your entire company.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 16, 2026 07:23 PM (zZu0s)

I heard Seiko was pretty strict.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 16, 2026 07:24 PM (ExV1e)

72 Now to get a jury that will convict...

Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at June 16, 2026 07:24 PM (+0XmD)

73 We do have a huge "justice" problem though. Politically biased judges. Almost impossible to get rid of.
Posted by: steevy at June 16, 2026 07:15 PM (YwEeS)

Bukele in El Salvador seems to have done it.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 16, 2026 07:24 PM (ZVgZ4)

74 Or like one idiot I met, a Doctorate in Ska Musik.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 16, 2026 07:22 PM (3TXla)

Hey, there existed a doctorate in "parapsychology" back in the 1970s. It wasn't just a Ghostbusters joke.
Imagine getting a PhD in a field that flat does not exist fifteen years later. I'm looking at YOU, climate-change.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 16, 2026 07:24 PM (/wizo)

75 I do think if the Marxists can't get a majority in mid terms then open war will get started up. Terrorism most likely.

Posted by: Skip at June 16, 2026 07:25 PM (Ia/+0)

76 72 Now to get a jury that will convict...
Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at June 16, 2026 07:24 PM (+0XmD)

I think there is a jury in Texas that currently free.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 16, 2026 07:25 PM (3TXla)

77 M. Gaga, sounds like the time I had to make my late beagle spit out a young rabbit. I miss her. My beagle, not the young rabbit. That guy had to be buried.

Posted by: nerdygirl at June 16, 2026 07:25 PM (0Htd1)

78 Chipmunks are super cute. And extremely destructive.

Good luck!
Posted by: Ann at June 16, 2026 07:19 PM (SHHm+)

____________________________

Those little bastards got into my garage and chewed the insulation off the wires of my car engine and left acorns in my glove box....and that vehicle was only sitting for about a week and a half.

Posted by: Orson at June 16, 2026 07:26 PM (dIske)

79 Imagine getting a PhD in a field that flat does not exist fifteen years later. I'm looking at YOU, climate-change.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 16, 2026 07:24 PM (/wizo)

This guy was a pasty white nancy boy with light red hair and he was also lactose-intolerant, in Wisconsin, the land of cheese. He just make all the wrong choices, so far as I could tell.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 16, 2026 07:26 PM (3TXla)

80 Creating and recruiting for a communist army sometimes requires breaking a few eggs.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 16, 2026 07:26 PM (SRceu)

81 Strikingly different, no kidding. Don't even recognize my home town anymore. From Alpha News:

While thousands of Minnesota seniors celebrated graduation this spring, several Twin Cities ceremonies looked strikingly different from those of generations past.

Land acknowledgments, tribal drumming, speeches delivered in multiple languages other than English, and discussions of ICE deportations were among the themes at several Twin Cities graduation ceremonies reviewed by Alpha News. In one case, a graduation celebration ended in a brawl that reportedly left attendees temporarily locked inside the building after the ceremony had concluded.

The focus on identity politics and immigration issues comes at a time when a majority of Minnesota public school students are not meeting state proficiency standards in reading or math.

Posted by: beckster at June 16, 2026 07:27 PM (kX27y)

82 That'd be a start. I've always been intrigued by a scene from the movie Spartacus (the one with Lawrence Olivier and Kirk Douglas) where the Roman Senate declares punishment on a Tribune who lost the garrison of Rome to Spartacus' band. The punishment was "No fire, water, food or shelter" was to be offered to the condemned for a distance of 400 miles around Rome. It was effectively a death sentence - levied against anyone who provided that aid - without being an actual death sentence on the condemned. I'm not sure if this truly was Roman law/process at the time but it sounds kind of cool, especially for those bleeding hearts who don't like the death penalty.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at June 16, 2026 07:21 PM (9RQU

Yeah it was fairly common, but it was an upper class penalty. One man, Rutilius Rufus got it for 'oppressing the provincials' in a rigged verdict, then confounded them by moving to the people he supposedly oppressed.

Another man, Milo, who organized counter thugs to fight Clodius' own thugs who then murdered him was forced to flee to Massilla, current day Marseilles France

Posted by: Oldcat at June 16, 2026 07:27 PM (uhVAy)

83 Anti-fascism is not illegal. Fortunately courts are where all Trump's bullshit gets stopped. Their political prosecutions can’t get past jurors, if they even manage to get past judges.

They're not trying to win cases, they're trying to bother people

Not bother. Intimidate into submission and bankrupt them. They want financial ruin and the courts should recognize the pattern and kill it immediatly

what the fuck does "antifa ties" mean lol?

It just means they disagree with Trump and since "Antifa" is a "Terrorist Organization", its an easy label to throw on any people Trump wants to crush.

Judge will throw it out. These maga lawyers need to be sanctioned and disbarred. Or imprisoned.

They are trying to scare you and dissuade you from protesting because it was effective in Minnesota. things calmed down a bit after Bovino got canned for his failures in Minnesota. They're still out there kidnapping people randomly but usually just in small teams

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 16, 2026 07:27 PM (ycI94)

84 That’s quite a crowd of white 20&30 somethings acting up.
Posted by: tubal at June 16, 2026 07:06 PM (Gqar

I blame the parents. This is proof that we need to go back to spanking.

Posted by: nerdygirl at June 16, 2026 07:28 PM (0Htd1)

85 To be fair, we have a number of radicals in the Commentariat here at the HQ.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 16, 2026 07:28 PM (0sNs1)

86 One already in jail?

They snitched.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 16, 2026 07:28 PM (APuyi)

87 80 Creating and recruiting for a communist army sometimes requires breaking a few eggs.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 16, 2026 07:26 PM (SRceu)

Or busting some nuts

Posted by: Heidi "Snu Snu" Beirich at June 16, 2026 07:29 PM (/wizo)

88 Anti-fascism is not illegal.

I'm willing to bet that they weren't indicted over being confused about what they are but, rather, over the specific, illegal, actions they took in furtherance of that.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 16, 2026 07:29 PM (ExV1e)

89 Rutilius Rufus sounds like an aspiring rapper.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 16, 2026 07:30 PM (wOO3z)

90 Last video: Officers, may I suggest use of the nightstick?
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 16, 2026 07:21 PM (ienUH)

We want to help you, Mr. Valentine. My brother and I run a privately-funded program to rehabilitate culturally disadvantaged people. We'd like to supply you with a home of your own, a car, a generous bank account, and employment with our company.

Posted by: Randolph Duke at June 16, 2026 07:30 PM (z20w/)

91 Trump says screw that whole Ukraine war bullshit? Thousands of miles away? - nice.

Now do Iran, sir. Now.

Posted by: Myron at June 16, 2026 07:30 PM (hyQrc)

92 Poor performance on the Roman battlefield could get your unit decimated: 1 man out of 10, chosen by lot was to be killed by the other 9, armed with staves. Most people don’t know what they are talking about when they use the word decimated.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 16, 2026 07:30 PM (ZVgZ4)

93 ...Another man, Milo, who organized counter thugs to fight Clodius' own thugs who then murdered him was forced to flee to Massilla, current day Marseilles France

Posted by: Oldcat at June 16, 2026 07:27 PM (uhVAy)

I thought Milo moved to Athens and opened the first pizza parlor.

Athens Georgia that is.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at June 16, 2026 07:30 PM (9RQU8)

94 And the Spheniscidaephiles are probably foremost here.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 16, 2026 07:31 PM (0sNs1)

95 Imagine getting a PhD in a field that flat does not exist fifteen years later. I'm looking at YOU, climate-change.
---
Met a gal today with a degree in social work.
She's been unemployed for a while.
Has no idea when she'll get another job.
Refuses to get any job but one in social work.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 16, 2026 07:31 PM (73/SM)

96 Funny how all this stuff is beginning after Bondi left.

Posted by: Butch at June 16, 2026 07:31 PM (98xTj)

97 5 "Black Cat Workers Collective"

Known for their firecracker brigade.
Posted by: gp at June 16, 2026 07:05 PM (Jr5Lq)

That made me smile. Good times.

Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at June 16, 2026 07:31 PM (qivay)

98 Or like one idiot I met, a Doctorate in Ska Musik.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 16, 2026 07:22 PM (3TXla)

Hey, there existed a doctorate in "parapsychology" back in the 1970s. It wasn't just a Ghostbusters joke.
Imagine getting a PhD in a field that flat does not exist fifteen years later. I'm looking at YOU, climate-change.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 16, 2026 07:24 PM (/wizo)

I knew a dude who was helping a Physics professor at my Grad School college do research on it. He said that he could tell it was all fraud, every time they adjusted the hardware of the tests results went to 0 until the subjects and prof learned how to subvert them. Finally the Amazing Randi sent in some magicians to fool him and published it to embarrass him.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 16, 2026 07:32 PM (uhVAy)

99 Refuses to get any job but one in social work.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 16, 2026 07:31 PM

Is not Starbucks social work?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 16, 2026 07:32 PM (0sNs1)

100
My graduation ceremony was in the Before Times, and totally normal. I was still super pissed about having to go, and only acquiesced for my parents' sake. It was a waste of my now-adult time to be on that stupid field shaking hands with those detestable old fools.

If it was some damned dog and pony show with land acknowledgements and gay hippies sermonizing in Tagalog, I'd have made a cardboard standee of myself and told my folks to go there and take a photo with that.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 16, 2026 07:32 PM (BI5O2)

101 There's something both funny and somewhat depressing watching all those pathetic idiots swarming in with their cameras after the doors are closed.

Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at June 16, 2026 07:33 PM (qivay)

102 84 That’s quite a crowd of white 20&30 somethings acting up.
Posted by: tubal at June 16, 2026 07:06 PM (Gqar

I blame the parents. This is proof that we need to go back to spanking.
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 16, 2026 07:28 PM (0Htd1)
_____________________________

It is interesting that these generation malcontents surfaced about the same time someone came up with the half-assed idea of a "time out" being as effective as a leather belt.

Posted by: Orson at June 16, 2026 07:33 PM (dIske)

103 about F'n time. No joy until they're in PMITA prison.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 16, 2026 07:34 PM (l3cgK)

104 Poor performance on the Roman battlefield could get your unit decimated: 1 man out of 10, chosen by lot was to be killed by the other 9, armed with staves. Most people don’t know what they are talking about when they use the word decimated.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 16, 2026 07:30 PM (ZVgZ4)

Agreed. People incorrectly use it as a substitute for massacre - like Custer's 7th. In reality 10% casualties are considered relatively light in warfare. Most units would still perform effectively with 10% casualties.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at June 16, 2026 07:34 PM (9RQU8)

105 Bill Murray destroyed comedically parapsychology.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 16, 2026 07:34 PM (APuyi)

106 There was always the Tarpien Rock. Reusable.

But evidently Aurelian would tie two young trees together (bent to greatest extent.) Attach man to both trees (his limbs.) Cut rope.

That was for having affairs with other men's wives. Aurelian did not fuck around.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 16, 2026 07:34 PM (zZu0s)

107
The military intelligence style organization and tactics of Antifa have been their most effective aspect. And may now be the means of demonstrating and proving conspiracy.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 16, 2026 07:35 PM (ienUH)

108 What's the over/under on trannies? If it's 6.5 or less, I'm betting the over.

Posted by: Wally at June 16, 2026 07:35 PM (FmOvA)

109 Poor performance on the Roman battlefield could get your unit decimated: 1 man out of 10, chosen by lot was to be killed by the other 9, armed with staves. Most people don’t know what they are talking about when they use the word decimated.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 16, 2026 07:30 PM (ZVgZ4)

Your mess group of buddies in the Roman army was 10 dudes. That was who they were beating, the dude they had been living with for years and years.

It didn't get used too often, even the Cannae survivors weren't decimated. Crassus used it in the war against Spartacus and his slaves.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 16, 2026 07:35 PM (uhVAy)

110 Most people don’t know what they are talking about when they use the word decimated.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

Make "Devastation" Great Again

Posted by: FeatherBlade at June 16, 2026 07:35 PM (vJrRc)

111 35 Go Roman?
Crucified on the Beltway around DC?
Posted by: Anna Puma

Traffic congestion there is bad enough, without encouraging rubbernecking.

Posted by: nerdygirl at June 16, 2026 07:35 PM (0Htd1)

112 Not gonna lie...the "DAMN" acronym made me chuckle a little.

As to the Antifags....nuke 'em from orbit.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 16, 2026 07:35 PM (Wnv9h)

113 >>I'm willing to bet that they weren't indicted over being confused about what they are but, rather, over the specific, illegal, actions they took in furtherance of that.

I'm willing to be not a single one of them even knows what the word fascism means. And I'll win.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 16, 2026 07:37 PM (viF8m)

114
It looks like Antifa has input from trained experienced professionals. I would like to know who they are.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 16, 2026 07:37 PM (ienUH)

115 Going medieval >>>>>> Going Roman

Posted by: Jules Winnfield at June 16, 2026 07:37 PM (0sNs1)

116 Venkman also had a PhD in psychology and I guess he got to keep that.
I'm kind of interested in his thesis.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 16, 2026 07:37 PM (/wizo)

117 100
My graduation ceremony was in the Before Times, and totally normal. I was still super pissed about having to go, and only acquiesced for my parents' sake.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 16, 2026 07:32 PM (BI5O2)

Graduation ceremonies are the worst.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 16, 2026 07:37 PM (zYpTz)

118 It is interesting that these generation malcontents surfaced about the same time someone came up with the half-assed idea of a "time out" being as effective as a leather belt.

Posted by: Orson at June 16, 2026 07:33 PM (dIske)

Along with not keeping score in soccer games. So the other team could still feel good about itself. Amazing how it's the seemingly trivial things that make civilizations fall. Heh.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at June 16, 2026 07:38 PM (9RQU8)

119 We want to help you, Mr. Valentine. My brother and I run a privately-funded program to rehabilitate culturally disadvantaged people. We'd like to supply you with a home of your own, a car, a generous bank account, and employment with our company.
Posted by: Randolph Duke at June 16, 2026 07:30 PM]/i]

Thank you. You been he'pful.

Posted by: Billy Ray Valentine (Capricorn) at June 16, 2026 07:38 PM (Wnv9h)

120 Washington sent the Army to kill the fuckers.
Fuck arrest, fuck indictment, just go in a kill them.
They want a WAR
Give them a WAR
TA fucking DA

Posted by: r hennigantx at June 16, 2026 07:39 PM (/+uur)

121 Scourging and beheading for disobeying orders, iirc.

I liked the scourging first. You fucked up so bad, we need to impress to everyone that not only will you die, you'll hurt a lot first.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

I was hoping for flaying! I'm disappointed.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 16, 2026 07:39 PM (SKC9R)

122 I imagine the Cannae survivors (who weren't many) already bore the punishment of "#1 Carthaginian Bottom Bitch" for the rest of their lives, so decimation was a moot point.
Their veterans at least could perhaps be counted on to be valiant at Zama.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 16, 2026 07:39 PM (/wizo)

123 Decimate 1 out of 10
Devestaed AL them goat fuckers

Posted by: r hennigantx at June 16, 2026 07:39 PM (/+uur)

124 Along with not keeping score in soccer games. So the other team could still feel good about itself. Amazing how it's the seemingly trivial things that make civilizations fall. Heh.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at June 16, 2026 07:38 PM (9RQU

Teams score in soccer games?

Posted by: Oldcat at June 16, 2026 07:40 PM (uhVAy)

125 It looks like Antifa has input from trained experienced professionals. I would like to know who they are.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 16, 2026 07:37 PM

We need to remember that antifa does not exist. We have been told for the last six years that antifa does not exist and that name is just a right wing racist dog whistle.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 16, 2026 07:40 PM (0N4FZ)

126 Venkman also had a PhD in psychology and I guess he got to keep that.
I'm kind of interested in his thesis.
Posted by: gKWVE

His theory was this: "All brontosauruses are thin at one end, much, much thicker in the middle, and then thin again at the far end. That is the theory that I have and which is mine and what it is, too."

Posted by: Tonypete at June 16, 2026 07:42 PM (SKC9R)

127 I imagine the Cannae survivors (who weren't many) already bore the punishment of "#1 Carthaginian Bottom Bitch" for the rest of their lives, so decimation was a moot point.
Their veterans at least could perhaps be counted on to be valiant at Zama.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 16, 2026 07:39 PM (/wizo)

They were collected in a couple of legions and posted in Sicily and never given leave or allowed to quit. Thirteen years later they got the chance to fight at Zama to get forgiven.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 16, 2026 07:42 PM (uhVAy)

128 It looks like Antifa has input from trained experienced professionals. I would like to know who they are.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 16, 2026 07:37 PM (ienUH)

I would like to know what country they’re from.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 16, 2026 07:42 PM (ZVgZ4)

129 I imagine the Cannae survivors (who weren't many) already bore the punishment of "#1 Carthaginian Bottom Bitch" for the rest of their lives, so decimation was a moot point.
Their veterans at least could perhaps be counted on to be valiant at Zama.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 16, 2026 07:39 PM (/wizo)

They begged to be allowed to die in battle for years. Iirc, they were used as bait in a trap and got what they wanted.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 16, 2026 07:42 PM (zZu0s)

130 Publius Rutilius Rufus was an important man in his own time, a consul who fought against the Cimbri, and helped defeat Jugurtha.

But he also had the perspicacity to try and save his (smeared) reputation by publishing an autobiography that later became a primary source for historians of the late, lamented Republic.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 16, 2026 07:43 PM (BI5O2)

131 Teams score in soccer games?

Posted by: Oldcat at June 16, 2026 07:40 PM (uhVAy)

If you fall down and fake an injury it's one score.

Posted by: Anti-antifalala at June 16, 2026 07:43 PM (VQm5s)

132 So, it's true, isn't it? Men ARE always thinking about the Roman Empire.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 16, 2026 07:44 PM (zYpTz)

133
125

We need to remember that antifa does not exist. We have been told for the last six years that antifa does not exist and that name is just a right wing racist dog whistle.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 16, 2026 07:40

-------

They definitely exist now. They're finally getting the treatment they should have gotten years ago. It could have been done, but clearly they were being protected from inside the US government.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 16, 2026 07:44 PM (ienUH)

134 Jesus went to the Temple as the Father to warn the sinful, money changers, and abusers of the Temple.
He fashioned a whip and beat them.
Who would not know that the Father would come back and beat them for their sins??

Posted by: r hennigantx at June 16, 2026 07:44 PM (/+uur)

135 Along with not keeping score in soccer games. So the other team could still feel good about itself. Amazing how it's the seemingly trivial things that make civilizations fall. Heh.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at June 16, 2026 07:38 PM

The kids kept score, or stopped playing.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 16, 2026 07:44 PM (ZVgZ4)

136 I bet Venkman's doctorate had something to do with how you could effectively bamboozle parapsychology students so the hot girls would sleep with the professor. Only in academic bafflegab.

Posted by: RandomDave at June 16, 2026 07:45 PM (aJQbY)

137 Funny how all this stuff is beginning after Bondi left.
Posted by: Butch at June 16, 2026 07:31 PM (98xTj)

Well! I never! I mean...gosh. My hair and nails were perfect and I really really tried but I mean, gosh, I mean, I looked good, didn't I? I mean, what did you want from me? Some icky arrests? Sooooo low brow...I mean, arrest someone? Yuck!

Posted by: Pam Bondi, All Smoke and No Fire at June 16, 2026 07:45 PM (z20w/)

138 So, it's true, isn't it? Men ARE always thinking about the Roman Empire.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 16, 2026 07:44 PM (zYpTz)

They produce a lot of good stories.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 16, 2026 07:45 PM (uhVAy)

139 andy ngo has a hundred times the brass balls most guys have. god protect him

Posted by: gnats local 678 at June 16, 2026 07:45 PM (CWTWj)

140 As and adendum to the above...O'keefe's "OMG" had a journalist inside of the NJ ANTIFA for eight months, and just published a list of names of the members....most work in IT or Design in some fashion or another. Some are actually holding "real" jobs.

Posted by: Orson at June 16, 2026 07:45 PM (dIske)

141 These federal agents are showing remarkable constraint. Me? I'd have a M134 minigun hosing these batshit insane assholes into the afterlife with their master, Satan.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at June 16, 2026 07:45 PM (XMwZJ)

142 Agreed. People incorrectly use it as a substitute for massacre - like Custer's 7th. In reality 10% casualties are considered relatively light in warfare. Most units would still perform effectively with 10% casualties.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at June 16, 2026

The word itself has evolved, as language does. The official, current definition for decimated is:

1 kill, destroy, or remove a large percentage or part of:
2 historical: kill one in every ten of a group of soldiers or others) as a punishment for the whole group:

Posted by: Piper at June 16, 2026 07:45 PM (pZEOD)

143 Spare the rod and spoil the child is not just folk wisdom: it’s true.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 16, 2026 07:46 PM (ZVgZ4)

144 So, it's true, isn't it? Men ARE always thinking about the Roman Empire.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 16, 2026 07:44 PM

Thinking about the Roman Empire >>>>> thinking about gladiator movies

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 16, 2026 07:46 PM (Wnv9h)

145 "They were collected in a couple of legions and posted in Sicily and never given leave or allowed to quit. Thirteen years later they got the chance to fight at Zama to get forgiven."

I would imagine that the desertion rate would of been quite high. Are there any records of that?

Posted by: Will Robinson at June 16, 2026 07:46 PM (zBgIx)

146 They were cool.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 16, 2026 07:46 PM (zZu0s)

147 Venkman Venkman Peter Venkman

Posted by: r hennigantx at June 16, 2026 07:46 PM (/+uur)

148 The kids kept score, or stopped playing.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 16, 2026 07:44 PM (ZVgZ4)

You're right. Ironically they were smarter - had more wisdom - than their freaking teachers/coaches.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at June 16, 2026 07:46 PM (9RQU8)

149 Are the UK rape gangs nearing Red Army levels of rape of Berlin/German women, or long ago surpassed it?

Posted by: 13times at June 16, 2026 07:47 PM (jwE7e)

150
Chance they find 12 members of jury to convict in Minneapolis?

Zero Point Zero

Posted by: Heroq at June 16, 2026 07:47 PM (e4LaW)

151 So, it's true, isn't it? Men ARE always thinking about the Roman Empire.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 16, 2026 07:44 PM (zYpTz)

Gluttony and orgies...well no wonder.

Posted by: Anti-antifalala at June 16, 2026 07:47 PM (VQm5s)

152 re: that last video: will they get the jan 6 treatment?

Posted by: gnats local 678 at June 16, 2026 07:47 PM (CWTWj)

153 "They were collected in a couple of legions and posted in Sicily and never given leave or allowed to quit. Thirteen years later they got the chance to fight at Zama to get forgiven."

I would imagine that the desertion rate would of been quite high. Are there any records of that?
Posted by: Will Robinson at June 16, 2026 07:46 PM (zBgIx)

Hard to walk off of Sicily, and you'd be leaving 13 years of salary behind in the legion pension bank. And be executed.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 16, 2026 07:48 PM (uhVAy)

154 I would imagine that the desertion rate would of been quite high. Are there any records of that?
Posted by: Will Robinson at June 16, 2026 07:46 PM (zBgIx)

From what I remember, they were shunned by their families. The other soldiers looked at them with a mixture of pity and horror for surviving.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 16, 2026 07:48 PM (zZu0s)

155 143 Spare the rod and spoil the child is not just folk wisdom: it’s true.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 16, 2026 07:46 PM (ZVgZ4)
____________________

Unfortunately, people hear that phrase and misunderstand it. They think it is instructional instead of consequential.

Posted by: Orson at June 16, 2026 07:48 PM (dIske)

156 147 Venkman Venkman Peter Venkman
Posted by: r hennigantx at June 16, 2026 07:46 PM (/+uur)

Imagine hearing that squealed through the office door when you just had questions about your term paper

Posted by: gKWVE at June 16, 2026 07:49 PM (/wizo)

157 I would imagine that the desertion rate would of been quite high. Are there any records of that?
Posted by: Will Robinson at June 16, 2026 07:46 PM (zBgIx)

From what I remember, they were shunned by their families. The other soldiers looked at them with a mixture of pity and horror for surviving.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 16, 2026 07:48 PM (zZu0s)

I believe they also had a legion tattoo to mark them. Without a pass they'd be pretty vulnerable to being caught.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 16, 2026 07:50 PM (uhVAy)

158 So, it's true, isn't it? Men ARE always thinking about the Roman Empire.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 16, 2026 07:44 PM

Men are more complex than we let on.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 16, 2026 07:50 PM (0sNs1)

159 Meme of the wife in bed looking at the husband: “He’s thinking of other women.”
Husband in bed, turned away, thinking: “Was there some way for the Romans to have won at Cannae?”

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 16, 2026 07:50 PM (ZVgZ4)

160 *Roman Republic

Posted by: gKWVE at June 16, 2026 07:51 PM (/wizo)

161 I graduated high school in 1984. Dick Cheney (WY representative at the time) was the guest speaker. Do not remember single word of his wonderfully lofty speech about going forth. I left as soon as the ceremony was over, got a few photos with the parents and grandparents, then I was out the door. Walked home.

I loathed school, from the day I walked into kindergarten until graduation day. Somehow I endured getting an Associates degree in drafting after the Army, which led me to where I am now. Which is a good place.

But, Lord, I hate school.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, I've got friends in crawl spaces at June 16, 2026 07:51 PM (0aYVJ)

162 They begged to be allowed to die in battle for years. Iirc, they were used as bait in a trap and got what they wanted.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 16, 2026 07:42 PM (zZu0s)

Yeah, Romans didn't take that sort of shit lightly. They hunted for the lost standards at Teutoberg for 30 years until they gathered them all back up.

And Augustus was rumored to have screamed "QUINTILIUS VARUS BRING BACK MY LEGIONS" during fits of pique for the rest of his life.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 16, 2026 07:52 PM (BI5O2)

163 Husband in bed, turned away, thinking: “Was there some way for the Romans to have won at Cannae?”
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 16, 2026 07:50 PM (ZVgZ4)

Oh! I know this one!

Posted by: Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus at June 16, 2026 07:52 PM (/wizo)

164 “Was there some way for the Romans to have won at Cannae?”
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 16, 2026 07:50 PM (ZVgZ4)

Varro was a complete and utter idiot.

And he lived, iirc.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 16, 2026 07:52 PM (zZu0s)

165 you'd be leaving 13 years of salary behind in the legion pension bank.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 16, 2026 07:48 PM

Tell us about it.

Posted by: zombies of Legio XVII, Legio XVIII, and Legio XIX at June 16, 2026 07:52 PM (0sNs1)

166 Rutilius Rufus sounds like an aspiring rapper.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

Rufus the Bull > Rutilius Rufus
https://tinyurl.com/msvuxn2r

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 16, 2026 07:53 PM (ycI94)

167 Has Queen Fagtifa been designated a terrorist organization yet?

Posted by: ... at June 16, 2026 07:53 PM (vE0+H)

168 I don't think much about the Roman Empire beyond Augustus. I think about the Roman Republic a lot though.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 16, 2026 07:53 PM (BI5O2)

169 I heard that another bursting scandal in Minnesota was that there were sex-trafficking of illegals going on that was hushed up.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 16, 2026 07:13 PM (uhVAy)

And illegal alien children.

Also Vince Boelter has pled guilty on all charges for his assassination and attempted assassination.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 16, 2026 07:54 PM (rbvCR)

170 Meme of the wife in bed looking at the husband: “He’s thinking of other women.”
Husband in bed, turned away, thinking: “Was there some way for the Romans to have won at Cannae?”
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 16, 2026 07:50 PM (ZVgZ4)

Well as Fabius Maximus both before Cannae and after did, the best way to fight Hannibal was to NOT fight him, just follow him about to keep him busy. Cannae was a deliberate reversal of the Fabian strategy, building a double sized army which outnumbered Hannibals by about 2-1 but still managed to get surrounded and cut up. About 60000 were dead on the field.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 16, 2026 07:54 PM (uhVAy)

171 >>Men are more complex than we let on.

Not all of us.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 16, 2026 07:54 PM (viF8m)

172 I loathed school, from the day I walked into kindergarten until graduation day.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I've got friends in crawl spaces at June 16, 2026 07:51 PM (0aYVJ)

Man, I did, too. I guess that's unusual for a girl, but I guess I don't like confinement and rules and cliques. Seems like I was in trouble all the damn time.

Those people who think their school years were the best of their lives? We are not the same.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 16, 2026 07:55 PM (zYpTz)

173 Varro was a complete and utter idiot.

And he lived, iirc.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 16, 2026 07:52 PM (zZu0s)

He got a Senatorial award for "Not despairing of the Republic" and running off somewhere.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 16, 2026 07:56 PM (uhVAy)

174
So, it's true, isn't it? Men ARE always thinking about the Roman Empire.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 16, 2026 07:44 PM (zYpTz)

_________

*looks blankly*

Marius. Was he Consul six times or seven?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 16, 2026 07:56 PM (O0L8i)

175 Daily Mail click-bait headline: "Scientists calculate humanity's end date with 95% certainty"

They surely consulted with the SMOD first.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at June 16, 2026 07:56 PM (cWLG3)

176 So, it's true, isn't it? Men ARE always thinking about the Roman Empire.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 16, 2026 07:44 PM (zYpTz)

Speaking of Rome, decades ago, at the end of my tour in Germany, my wife and I spent a couple of weeks touring Italy and most especially Rome since I love their history so much. What disappointed me greatly was how run-down the country was, even the ancient historical sites in Rome - The Forum, the statues of famous Emperors/Caesars with graffiti on them. Coming from Germany, which was fastidiously clean back in the 80's, it was a real let-down to see this rich history, this cradle of civilization so run down. Don't know about now but this was 40 years ago and like I said, I was deeply disappointed.

Oh, and btw, the pizza sucked. 'Merican pizza is lots better.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at June 16, 2026 07:56 PM (9RQU8)

177 Hannibal's army used proper Loxodonts, not those UK-ized elephants that are in many of the Café videos.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 16, 2026 07:56 PM (0sNs1)

178 150
Chance they find 12 members of jury to convict in Minneapolis?

Zero Point Zero
Posted by: Heroq

Aren't these Federal charges? They pull from a much larger district if so, and a good prosecutor should try to weed out the most extreme ideologues.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 16, 2026 07:57 PM (ycI94)

179 I don't think much about the Roman Empire beyond Augustus. I think about the Roman Republic a lot though.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 16, 2026 07:53 PM (BI5O2)

There's a lot of interesting times in those 400 years or so. I find the last 100 years very interesting, despite the poor records remaining.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 16, 2026 07:57 PM (uhVAy)

180 Marius. Was he Consul six times or seven?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 16, 2026 07:56 PM (O0L8i)

The old goat was 7 times a consul.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 16, 2026 07:58 PM (BI5O2)

181 One a nurse practitioner. Another - gender unclear in photo - a special Ed teacher, perhaps with a private academy. A pro cleaner. Some with questionable names. Kyle Wagner, cult leader.

Typical.

How long has this been going on? So it's good but I'll wait to see the final outcome before becoming a believer for justice.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 16, 2026 07:58 PM (NFX2v)

182
Men are more complex than we let on.

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Men are complex about things women would find ridiculous.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 16, 2026 07:58 PM (O0L8i)

183 I don't think much about the Roman Empire beyond Augustus. I think about the Roman Republic a lot though.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 16, 2026 07:53 PM (BI5O2)

There is a lot of stuff in the later years. The Third Century Crisis. Aurelian trying to hammer everything back together and getting assassinated over something petty. Adrianople. Influx of unassimilated migrants.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 16, 2026 07:59 PM (zZu0s)

184 Men are complex about things women would find ridiculous.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 16, 2026 07:58 PM

Like parallel parking?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 16, 2026 07:59 PM (0sNs1)

185 Are the UK rape gangs nearing Red Army levels of rape of Berlin/German women, or long ago surpassed it?

Posted by: 13times at June 16, 2026 07:47 PM (jwE7e)

All surviving women in Berlin were in peril of rape from the Russian Army. In the UK only working class girls of a certain age (about 10~12 years and up) were targeted by the muslim rape gangs. Of course Berlin was an occupied capitol that had just lost a devastating war. What justifies the UK tolerating, even fostering, this organized criminal activity is a good topic for discussion.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 16, 2026 07:59 PM (ZVgZ4)

186 >>Aren't these Federal charges? They pull from a much larger district if so, and a good prosecutor should try to weed out the most extreme ideologues.

They are indeed federal charges. They can pull from a much wider area than the Twin Cities.

We need to stop declaring defeat before the fight even starts.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 16, 2026 08:00 PM (viF8m)

187 Marius. Was he Consul six times or seven?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 16, 2026 07:56 PM (O0L8i)

Seven. Just before he died.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 16, 2026 08:00 PM (zZu0s)

188 I read Colleen McCollough's Rome books some years ago, and learned a lot. But I also learned that she really needed a more brutal editor. It was simply too much to absorb. So, I will go back and read historical stuff.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, I've got friends in crawl spaces at June 16, 2026 08:00 PM (0aYVJ)

189 Well as Fabius Maximus both before Cannae and after did, the best way to fight Hannibal was to NOT fight him, just follow him about to keep him busy. Cannae was a deliberate reversal of the Fabian strategy, building a double sized army which outnumbered Hannibals by about 2-1 but still managed to get surrounded and cut up. About 60000 were dead on the field.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 16, 2026 07:54 PM (uhVAy)

I thought he - Fabius Maximus had the moniker Cunctator - The Delayer. Which was his strategy you so well describe.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at June 16, 2026 08:00 PM (9RQU8)

190 So, it's true, isn't it? Men ARE always thinking about the Roman Empire.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 16, 2026 07:44 PM (zYpTz)

_________

*looks blankly*

Marius. Was he Consul six times or seven?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 16, 2026 07:56 PM (O0L8i)

Seven, but the last was only a few weeks long before the maniac had a stroke performing purges in Rome. He also made his nephew Julius Caesar the Flamen Dialis, thus banning him from any future military career.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 16, 2026 08:00 PM (uhVAy)

191 Like parallel parking?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 16, 2026 07:59 PM (0sNs1)

Oof!

I can parallel park, dammit!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 16, 2026 08:01 PM (zYpTz)

192 >> They surely consulted with the SMOD first.

Apophis will get within Geosynchronous orbital distance on Friday, April 13, 2029.

JPL assures no chance of impact or keyhole threading (that would ensure a future pass did hit).

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 16, 2026 08:01 PM (w6EFb)

193 Third Century Crisis.

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Maximinius Thrax had the coolest name of any Roman """emperor."""

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 16, 2026 08:02 PM (BI5O2)

194 Influx of unassimilated migrants.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 16, 2026 07:59 PM

Dude. Do you have any idea how hard it is to carry all those scrolls around proving your immigration status all the time?

Posted by: Roman H1Bs at June 16, 2026 08:02 PM (0sNs1)

195 I thought he - Fabius Maximus had the moniker Cunctator - The Delayer. Which was his strategy you so well describe.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at June 16, 2026 08:00 PM (9RQU

Romans loved their nicknames, because they had so few names to tell each other apart. Boys usually used the same three or four names in a branch of the family, and girls were usually just called Julia number 1, 2, and so on.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 16, 2026 08:02 PM (uhVAy)

196
Sulla retired and traveled about in Rome without an escort, having killed all his enemies.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 16, 2026 08:03 PM (O0L8i)

197 The Cafe is nood.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 16, 2026 08:03 PM (ExV1e)

198 Maximinius Thrax had the coolest name of any Roman """emperor."""
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 16, 2026 08:02 PM (BI5O2)

Also a complete and utter psychopath.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 16, 2026 08:03 PM (zZu0s)

199 If not for Ricimer, the Western Empire may have survived.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 16, 2026 08:04 PM (cx1bp)

200 I can parallel park, dammit!
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 16, 2026 08:01 PM

Ok, you're an 'ette.

But the rule still applies. Pics, or it didn't happen.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 16, 2026 08:04 PM (0sNs1)

201 Yeah, Fabius was totally unappreciated by his countrymen, but practically deified by later military strategists. Such is life.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 16, 2026 08:04 PM (BI5O2)

202 The same thing that doesn't particularly alarm the politicians, press, etc. in NYC when someone on the subway is murdered by a lunatic.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 16, 2026 08:04 PM (NFX2v)

203 So, it's true, isn't it? Men ARE always thinking about the Roman Empire.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 16, 2026 07:44 PM (zYpTz)

Please. There is also late pre-columbian and colonial era Latin America.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 16, 2026 08:05 PM (rbvCR)

204 194 Influx of unassimilated migrants.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 16, 2026 07:59 PM

Dude. Do you have any idea how hard it is to carry all those scrolls around proving your immigration status all the time?
Posted by: Roman H1Bs at June 16, 2026 08:02 PM (0sNs1)

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Romannnnn! Romeo! Romcom! Romidomdom! On the road, makin' copies

Posted by: Richmeister, the Office Scribe at June 16, 2026 08:05 PM (cWLG3)

205 159 Meme of the wife in bed looking at the husband: “He’s thinking of other women.”
Husband in bed, turned away, thinking: “Was there some way for the Romans to have won at Cannae?”
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 16, 2026 07:50 PM (ZVgZ4)

Or that Vince Young run against USC

Posted by: r hennigantx at June 16, 2026 08:06 PM (/+uur)

206 Dude. Do you have any idea how hard it is to carry all those scrolls around proving your immigration status all the time?
Posted by: Roman H1Bs at June 16, 2026 08:02 PM (0sNs1)

Romani Eunt Domus? Romans go to your house????

Heh.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at June 16, 2026 08:07 PM (9RQU8)

207 Oh goody! Another stacked Gavin Newsom taskforce.

Newsom patron>client. He's quietly created a gigantic client system far beyond the NGO scam.

"California Independent Commission on Public Defense."

It's so new a search on it won't return results.

Posted by: 13times at June 16, 2026 08:10 PM (fnZRl)

208
Please. There is also late pre-columbian and colonial era Latin America.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 16, 2026 08:05 PM (rbvCR)

But Tlacoatzintepec is just too damn hard to say, let alone write.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 16, 2026 08:11 PM (cx1bp)

209 If not for Ricimer, the Western Empire may have survived.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 16, 2026 08:04 PM (cx1bp)

It was too far gone by then, he had to appeal to the Eastern Empire for strength and thus abandon Majorian once the Vandals had burned his fleet. Then he died and the entire operation crumbed into dust in about a decade.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 16, 2026 08:11 PM (uhVAy)

210 Where will the trial be held? Because that's all the matters.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 16, 2026 08:12 PM (Vvh2V)

211 >>Men are more complex than we let on.

Pull my finger!

Posted by: Anti-antifalala at June 16, 2026 08:16 PM (VQm5s)

212 “Get your f—king guns and stop these f—king people”

Careful what you wish for, boy. Two can play that game.

Posted by: Bea Arthur's Dick at June 16, 2026 09:02 PM (pE12i)

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