FYI, I clicked the link to comment on the Roadless Rule, and oppose the admin's attempt to open forests to logging and mining; but what I see says that the public comment period is closed (as of Sept 2025).
I did send a message to my Sens and Rep opposing procurement of shock gloves. Thank you so much for that action item - those gloves sound super alarming!
What do you mean by "go one higher"? Is there a place on the .gov page to do that? Or is it some other action I should take? I'll be more than happy to do that if I understand how to do so.
The link about commenting on "roadless" incursions on our national forests is from 2025 and the comment section was closed as of 9/19/2025. Therefore, either the link provided is incorrect or this is old news.
I read an article or post yesterday that was about a public school in Omaha where those gloves were being used as a trial. Apparently nobody including the principal and the district superintendent knew that this was happening but when the information came out parents were in an uproar and the gloves were removed the very next day
I don't think anybody thinks this is a good idea. Another nail in the Republican coffin.
"The Trump administration is attempting — again — to open pristine stands of federal forest to logging and development roads. The Department of Agriculture announced this week it is attempting to rescind a landmark 2001 “Roadless Rule” that protects nearly 45 million acres of national forest from resource exploitation."
Love to know who among the cognoscenti has been buying up logging rights.
Sorry, I took a screenshot and do not remember the source of this. I think it was a Facebook group called Trump resistance movement. It was an article about a public school in Omaha where the gloves had been used in a trial, unbeknownst to anyone in the school system. Here's part of the article. Some truly disgusting comments here by law enforcement
"ICE plans to buy thousands of pairs of the same gloves, through a no-bid contract, for its agents.
The device, marketed by its manufacturer, a Kentucky-based company called Compliant Technologies LLC, as an "invisible partner" and a "force multiplier," is prized by some officers for a telling reason: as one police official touted, the pain it inflicts leaves "no burn marks or scars."
That was Adam Glueck, an assistant police chief in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, who explained the appeal on a podcast: "In today's society, you know, everybody's filming everything, everybody has a cell phone." A punch caught on camera can go viral; even a Taser leaves puncture wounds. But the glove, he said, "is low optic, and it looks better on camera, and it looks better to those witnesses."
Other officers have been just as blunt about the draw. Bob Couey, of the Floyd County Sheriff's Office in Georgia, recommended the gloves "to anybody that's looking for a utility they can use that is conducive to not leading to lawsuits." A Kentucky jailer, Justin Hall of Nelson County, called them "a great tool as far as mitigating liability." The pain is the same. What the gloves remove is the evidence.
So what happens if ICE and their victims are both wearing shock gloves? Do they transport into outer space? I keep thinking there will be some flaws in the manufacturing that results in major shocks for the wearers. Buyer beware!!!!
Great messaging, Conntrarian! Detailed calls to action. And that doesn't mean "OK, we can sit down, everything's being taken care of". NOW is the time.
I love when you guys offer these actionable options!
I have a heart pacemaker. If one of those murderous ICE creeps touches me with those electric gloves, I will be dead before I hit the ground.
You definitely will be. And at least half the protesters I see in pictures are senior citizens. So this is not a small risk.
Wonder how our senior GOP leadership feels about endangering fellow senior Americans.
Ask them. Personally.
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ICE THUGS with new torture devices! Mengele Miller must be giddy. Bet he'll go out and secretly experiment on the homeless.
FYI, I clicked the link to comment on the Roadless Rule, and oppose the admin's attempt to open forests to logging and mining; but what I see says that the public comment period is closed (as of Sept 2025).
I did send a message to my Sens and Rep opposing procurement of shock gloves. Thank you so much for that action item - those gloves sound super alarming!
Eileen, go one higher and complain that the public comment period was closed nearly a year ago.
I did that
And?
What do you mean by "go one higher"? Is there a place on the .gov page to do that? Or is it some other action I should take? I'll be more than happy to do that if I understand how to do so.
Eileen, I'm in Australia. What is your Representative for?
U.S. House of Representatives; California...
The link about commenting on "roadless" incursions on our national forests is from 2025 and the comment section was closed as of 9/19/2025. Therefore, either the link provided is incorrect or this is old news.
Who do you complain to about an out-of-date link which is still necessary?
New podcast sounds intriguing. “My God! Now what?”
The title certainly expresses my daily thoughts
I read an article or post yesterday that was about a public school in Omaha where those gloves were being used as a trial. Apparently nobody including the principal and the district superintendent knew that this was happening but when the information came out parents were in an uproar and the gloves were removed the very next day
I don't think anybody thinks this is a good idea. Another nail in the Republican coffin.
Sure. There's no there there.
"The Trump administration is attempting — again — to open pristine stands of federal forest to logging and development roads. The Department of Agriculture announced this week it is attempting to rescind a landmark 2001 “Roadless Rule” that protects nearly 45 million acres of national forest from resource exploitation."
Love to know who among the cognoscenti has been buying up logging rights.
Maybe they could add a guest speaker like our president to update his daily lies.
We can also just check on “TruthSocial” or more correctly, “LiesSocial”!
"Antisocial lies"?
Sorry, I took a screenshot and do not remember the source of this. I think it was a Facebook group called Trump resistance movement. It was an article about a public school in Omaha where the gloves had been used in a trial, unbeknownst to anyone in the school system. Here's part of the article. Some truly disgusting comments here by law enforcement
"ICE plans to buy thousands of pairs of the same gloves, through a no-bid contract, for its agents.
The device, marketed by its manufacturer, a Kentucky-based company called Compliant Technologies LLC, as an "invisible partner" and a "force multiplier," is prized by some officers for a telling reason: as one police official touted, the pain it inflicts leaves "no burn marks or scars."
That was Adam Glueck, an assistant police chief in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, who explained the appeal on a podcast: "In today's society, you know, everybody's filming everything, everybody has a cell phone." A punch caught on camera can go viral; even a Taser leaves puncture wounds. But the glove, he said, "is low optic, and it looks better on camera, and it looks better to those witnesses."
Other officers have been just as blunt about the draw. Bob Couey, of the Floyd County Sheriff's Office in Georgia, recommended the gloves "to anybody that's looking for a utility they can use that is conducive to not leading to lawsuits." A Kentucky jailer, Justin Hall of Nelson County, called them "a great tool as far as mitigating liability." The pain is the same. What the gloves remove is the evidence.
So what happens if ICE and their victims are both wearing shock gloves? Do they transport into outer space? I keep thinking there will be some flaws in the manufacturing that results in major shocks for the wearers. Buyer beware!!!!
Tried to comment on the roadless rule but forest service website says closed to comments, although it also says comments open until September 15.
Great messaging, Conntrarian! Detailed calls to action. And that doesn't mean "OK, we can sit down, everything's being taken care of". NOW is the time.
If we are going to talk about surveillance - let's include all of Palantir's info collection too.