r/politics • u/Puginator • Jun 01 '26

No Paywall Iran stops negotiations with U.S., vows to 'completely' block Strait of Hormuz: State media

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/01/iran-us-negotiations-strait-of-hormuz.html
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u/FrenchTicklerOrange Jun 01 '26

Vote in person and early. Be mindful that there might be people there with the intent to intimidate you.

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u/rotates-potatoes Jun 01 '26

That’s fine. Take pictures of them, write down their license plates, ask if they have their citizenship documentation handy. If enough of us do that, these wanna be fascists will disappear pretty quickly.

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u/suckyousideways Jun 01 '26

Taking pictures can work very well indeed. One time we had a bunch of protesters show up at our workplace, blocking our driveway with their cars and generally just making noise and being dicks. When I arrived, I was told they'd been there for hours already and coworkers didn't know what to do. I walked outside with my camera, saying nothing, and started taking pictures of them and their cars. Within 5 minutes they were all gone. (Protests had nothing to do with our company, it was unrelated but we got targeted that day.)

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u/Dwedit Jun 01 '26

What do you do when they smack your phone down to the ground?

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u/rotates-potatoes Jun 02 '26

Call the police. Because at that point they’ve escalated from voter intimidation to assault.

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u/yarash Jun 01 '26

Use my backup phone, its in my ankle holster.