PUBLIC WARNING

Read slowly.

Understanding is not guaranteed,

but attention is required.

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Carry proof of belonging.

Present it when demanded.

Do not expect it to matter.

Belonging is conditional.

Recognition may be revoked

without explanation.

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If approached by ICE agents,

understand this is not protection.

This is allegiance wearing procedure.

Uniforms follow command,

not conscience.

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Stand still.

Stand visible.

Know that calm does not ensure mercy.

Know that harm does not require cause.

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Observe surroundings carefully.

Military presence within civic space

should be treated as permanent.

Familiar streets may no longer behave

as places meant for living.

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Adjust language immediately.

People are renamed.

Families are processed.

Loss is converted into acceptable cost.

Use these terms if you wish

to understand official speech.

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Be advised,

United States citizens have been killed

during enforcement actions.

Operations continued.

Silence followed.

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This sequence is intentional.

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Direct attention upward.

The president remains focused,

self-absorbed,

egotistic, precise.

Decisions orbit profit and preservation.

Suffering is logged,

then set aside.

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This is not error.

This is design.

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Lower expectations accordingly.

Protection is selective.

Justice is deferred.

Fatigue will assist compliance.

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If doubt arises,

repeat assurances until they sound natural.

If grief persists,

contain it.

Visibility increases risk.

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Remember what you witness.

Say it while saying remains possible.

Refuse the comfort of forgetting

what you are being trained

to accept.

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Follow them

only long enough

to survive them.