Consider the ripple effect: a civil rights violation against one marginalized group today can easily expand to impact others tomorrow. We must stand as one against all infringements, for the sake of our shared future.
Nah. This was happening before that fight. It’s escalating because they want to craft an excuse to take over blue states through martial law. They may be a bunch of clowns, but they’re still dangerous.
He is not just using this tactic to scare or distract us.
He is and has always been actively attacking us.
To date, our downfall has been secured by our unwillingness to acknowledge that our enemies are our enemies.
In his desperation, Trump jumps from the frying pan into the fire. I really don't think Mad King Donnie has thought this through. I believe wormtongued Steven Miller is pushing this!
It’s both things: an unchecked power move to normalize police state tactics…and a convenient distraction because he got outed as a pedo and blew up his key alliance with Musk. So really a win-win from their perspective. We don’t need to all-or-nothing the distinction.
And no one ever says what it is a distraction from. Only that it is “a distraction,“ as if there’s some stupid bullshit he’s doing in secret that is somehow different or worse than the stupid bullshit he’s doing out in the wide open.
Who could ever decipher the mystery that is Donald Trump, the man who constantly looks straight into a camera and says exactly what he’s thinking with no self-awareness of how stupid it is
Actually, He's invading Los Angeles because he needs a pretense to declare martial law (basically a Reichstag fire) and there's a high chance when you put the U.S. military against a motivated group of protestors you're going to see violence.
The other stuff was the distraction. This was the plan.
No, this one of his final steps before he declares the Insurrection Act and his authoritarian regime is complete. He wanted to do this in term 1 and was stopped. He also mentioned it a couple of times in his campaign rallies before this term.
Please, for all that is holy, stop using the “distraction” framing. It makes it sound like the things they’re doing are trivial and should be ignored. They are not. They’re terrible actions and need to be addressed. Just because they distract, that doesn’t mean they’re not serious.
This. If he starts killing civilians in the streets because he's been caught on camera at Epstein's island that will be a distraction, but, it doesn't mean we should ignore it.
Let's get back to business and deny him the ridiculous pivot: SHOW US THE EPSTEIN FILES. WE NEED TO KNOW WHO DONALD TRUMP IS IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE EPSTEIN CRIMES.
It’s all a distraction from the “big beautiful bill” … watch them bring it to fruition in the middle of the night while we’re all sleeping! Don’t get distracted!
Let us not forget about the “Disgusting Abomination” bill that is being considered in the Senate.
While he threatens the military against citizens, this bill will be a death blow against our republic.
And Trump and Musk remain aligned with foreign adversaries to undermine our Republic and remove working class health, wealth, safety, and political influence.
Too bad Armed Services top brass didn't believe in honoring the Constitution they swore an oath to. The fact they take orders from Hegseth and they are helping trump become the dictator he wants to be, proves it. Right Wing has infiltrated the Armed Services completely. No pride or backbone left.
And he's evil and likes cruelty. He's a fucking lunatic narcissistic sociopath just like Nero and he has lit the fire already. George Washington didn't protest peacefully. He picked up a rifle and fought against an oppressive regime government!
Why is it a distraction from something that has zero impact on Trump instead of just exactly what Trump always said he was going to do? Help me understand.
Yes, I read that. You didn't answer my question. In what specific way is this a distraction and why?
This has clearly been the plan all along. Why would Trump need to distract from the Musk story? Musk is humiliated, on the outs with Maga and bereft of his federal nanny. Trump won.
If I were being nice, I'd say you're a reply guy troll, because the alternative is that you failed to comprehend simple English and/or are so simplistic that you can't imagine that things are complex and have more than one cause.
Everyone calls everything a "distraction". It isn't.
Attack on trans people is "a distraction"
Elon is "a distraction"
The budget bill is a "distraction"
Next thing something new will happen and the ICE deportations will be a "a distraction"
The overwhelming amount of stuff happening is not a distraction it's the tactic.
Calling something a distraction means it doesn't have it's own point in being cruel/evil.
Also just my two cents but THIS is more important than Elon and Trump's beef.
A distraction should be something you get people to focus on that's something less important. The whole "Royal Wedding" thing ya know? (Now Trump's Parade, THAT would be a distraction)
imogen: they're invading LA because they want to kidnap your neighbours and deport them, not because of any of the theatre in washington. this is the real world not the West Wing
Withdraw protests until legal ruling is made! Federal Judge makes major ruling on trump's troops in LA. Thursday 12th June. [Scroll past advert 4:23-5:48] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zC1xK9mRLD8
The rest of the world warned you about Trump. He’s a spoilt, entitled, racist, bigoted, sexist, xenophobic, corrupt moron but America voted for him anyway. All we can do is shrug and carry on without you. Can’t forgive, forget, or trust America again. You get the leaders you deserve.
A lot of the same shit happened last time he was President and Stephen Miller has a lifelong xenophobic obsession. This is not a distraction from a one-time event.
I remember Jade Helm 2015 when the conservative fuckwits claimed Obama was invading Texas during a military training exercise. Conservatives shot at members of the military and claimed it was patriotic.
Exactly!
Threaten Americans to shut them up about the destruction to the U.S. #economy Trump is causing & the crimes Trump & Elon are committing.
Then nobody has to talk about cuts to #Medicaid & #Medicare & #SocialSecurity.
Keep Americans afraid & distracted.
Rinse & repeat.
He's distracting you from the fact that Washington is quickly filling with military hardware in preparation for the coup next weekend. Ignore this fact at your peril.
A distraction that puts the people in grave danger. At this point, even the distractions require our attention. This particular distraction could unleash the Insurrection Act and Martial Law, so we can't ignore it. We do need to get better at not neglecting the other important issues though.
This is the moment we realize that with the anonymous tac-team raids, they've been dipping their toes into crossing the line between the military and law enforcement to see if we respond.
Todays commandeering of the NG is the same—if the American people do not respond, they will escalate
A distraction from what? He is destroying the country via these “distraction”. How many “distractions” does there need to be before democratic leaders and the people in general stand up. What are you waiting for?
A lot of people punching down on here today. It IS a distraction, but that doesn't in any way diminish the acts of authoritarianism from the would-be dictator. It's a strategy to implement martial law. But people need to stop attacking obvious allies simply because they express their own opinion.
This is straight out of P2025, fully premeditated. LA has historically rioted and is extremely diverse. For those reasons and the fact that it's CA & Trump hates Newsom, LA is an international target. NG is there now. Martial law looms ever possible. Wake up.
The economy has been destroyed for years because capitalism has a natural tendency for profit rates to fall. Trump wants to restore profit rates at our expense. He needs to break our resistance to do that. The LA invasion is not a distraction, it's the whole point.
I disagree. I believe this is part of the plan for Trump to rule as a complete dictator. They are looking for an excuse to deploy the military and declare martial law.
It is not happening.
He may wish for it, but it is just not happening.
There are the 1%, then the rest of us.
The "middle" class is squeezed out with taxes, unemployment, expensive healthcare, housing, and education. It knows the rich will not help, just like they don't help the working poor.
That guy is making fun of those who were saying that the fight between Trump and Musk was a distraction from something else. That's more obvious than recent Onion articles.
You know. We can hold 2 truths at the same time. Trump is a fascist pig that holds nothing but himself as sacred. He will use all the tools. He hates people with melanin AND he wants to be king AND he's a pedo. Anyone checking the DNA on Ivanka kids?
Jess, this isn't a fucking distraction. They told us during the campaign they were going to do all of this. This is the whole point. The Musk stuff is just noise.
Bullshit. He did the same to BLM 5 yrs ago, remember? Why is it so hard to say that this white man is just a racist thug in every direction? Why the obsessive quest to find intelligence in everything he does?
This is bullshit. Did Trump attack BLM in exactly the same racist, thuggish way as a distraction? Violent racism is the main event in US history, not any distraction. It is the supreme goal of your family, friends & neighbors who refer to genocide, slavery & apartheid as #MAGA
Agree. This isn’t distraction. This is code to his followers that the economy may be tanking and they are losing jobs but white supremacy is still the goal so don’t worry. As long as black and brown ppl are suffering, maga will tolerate and cheer on anything while getting unemployment checks.
Nope, this was their plan all along. They’re laughing at our “we’ll get them midterms” because they know Martial Law will be in effect and no elections will be held. We are a day late and dollar short. Evil never plays fair.
Where’s leadership? Where’s our plan? I’m not being radical but I’m not seeing much positivity going forward. We are one step away from dictatorship and I’m weary of hearing “just wait till midterms”. There’s a good chance fair elections are a thing of the past.
I too believe “just wait until the midterms” is ludicrous. But Trump does not have the means to just cancel elections. If we’re going to win we need to understand the country we’re fighting for and preemptive despair is dangerous
Read up on martial law. He can stop future elections. I’m so saddened what is happening in the country that my father and so many others sacrificed so much for. I’m just disheartened that all our social media shows is optimism without a plan. We need more.
I have a PhD in political science so I’m pretty confident of my grasp of the essentials here. If you’re disheartened get off this site and go do something tangible in the real world.
I mean, they were pretty up front about not wanting to ever have elections again, but the response to that is to treat it like an illegitimate government, whatever that means to you.
I’m a full on resister but there’s no concentrated effort, and more importantly, a plan being put forth. The civil rights movement was successful because MLK led instead of doing press and filing useless bills. Where is our Project Now? Where is leadership?
Leadership is dispersed, so that no one person can be killed to disrupt things. Furthermore, no leaders are putting themselves in the public eye for exactly the same reason. The US government never stopped killing protest leaders. Just ask the folks from Ferguson.
Raiding an elementary school graduation, throwing tear gas into cars stuck at a traffic light, running down protestors, sending masked militarized cops, threatening to jail the CA Gov is not distraction from fascism is is fascism
Or his masterplan is working! The Russian Muskrat traitor is playing both sides to increase aggression while gaining relief for Tesla’s Fireball death traps; to save his company after making Chicken Tiny $2.9 billion. Unless the Muskrat produces Epstein’s criminal evidence, he’s bluffing! Playing US
Wrong, wrong, wrong. He's invading Los Angeles because the people of Los Angeles are standing up to ICE and chasing them out of their communities to defend their neighbors, and Trump is afraid of what that represents. Don't deny these people credit for their heroism.
or Or OR *all of that* is a distraction from the fact that we are on the doorstep of actual fascism. Sorry, this is more important than their twitter spat
The real goal is No King Day next weekend - competing with military parade for dear leader. I believe that is why the escalation in violent pushback against initially a few hundred protesters in LA.
They will go to EVERY EXTREME to stop the opposing narratives next weekend!!
nobody is gonna forget he skullfucked the economy, we have to pay for groceries, we know it. okay. try to keep more than one thought in your head at a time.
You must be so smart to have figured out that the violent suppression of people in the streets and the steps towards martial law are a distraction from some mean tweets online. You're fucking disgusting, how low can you get to even consider posting something like this?
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He is and has always been actively attacking us.
To date, our downfall has been secured by our unwillingness to acknowledge that our enemies are our enemies.
I suspect something more sinister myself…
https://apnews.com/article/insurrection-act-trump-troops-newsom-military-national-guard-a842f79e1c0e244039be274a6f266a7a
Find an excuse to send troops in, create conflict, and then declare Martial law.
It's in the dictator's handbook. This one was not hard to predict.
They get off on this and it drowns the sorrows of their pitiful lives.
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#2FU2BALL
The other stuff was the distraction. This was the plan.
Even now, Trump is promising to attack First Amendment rights.
It was never a matter of "if he would start shit here" it was only a matter of "when"... Now we have the answer.
The Regime wants Ultimate Power.
They know poking CA with their tactics will bring out the people who will Stand against these tactics.
This is all on Miller.
While he threatens the military against citizens, this bill will be a death blow against our republic.
Hey Non voters: You happy?
And Trump and Musk remain aligned with foreign adversaries to undermine our Republic and remove working class health, wealth, safety, and political influence.
Anyone denying is lying.
Did you not read the "both" part?
This might help.
It's the parts you're not reading.
https://bsky.app/profile/scottthejanitor.bsky.social/post/3lr4fnioqhc2r
This has clearly been the plan all along. Why would Trump need to distract from the Musk story? Musk is humiliated, on the outs with Maga and bereft of his federal nanny. Trump won.
So you read it and are still asking?
If I were being nice, I'd say you're a reply guy troll, because the alternative is that you failed to comprehend simple English and/or are so simplistic that you can't imagine that things are complex and have more than one cause.
I saw and disagree with the argument
People can disagree about things and that's what I'm doing.
You have the right to be wrong.
You never were arguing, though.
You just tossed out a bunch of logical fallacies.
They wanted this and pushed for it.
Why it's happening at this moment?
Convenient and Trump's ego is bruised.
This may have always been part of Project 2025, but no doubt Trump wants to divert people from his breakup.
Attack on trans people is "a distraction"
Elon is "a distraction"
The budget bill is a "distraction"
Next thing something new will happen and the ICE deportations will be a "a distraction"
Like I've seen ALL of these labelled that.
Calling something a distraction means it doesn't have it's own point in being cruel/evil.
We don't have time for a distraction. It is just shit always happening.
A distraction should be something you get people to focus on that's something less important. The whole "Royal Wedding" thing ya know? (Now Trump's Parade, THAT would be a distraction)
Trump the 'Bully': How Childhood & Military School Shaped Him
"He learned the power of bullying and being cruel to get ahead. A method he'd carry into the future."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nc5-Uw13V-w
In his parallel universe, he thinks that his actions WON'T come back to haunt him.
It’s either part of a nefarious plan, or he’s lost what’s left of his mind.
Or both.
Shut it down.
https://youtu.be/XYOz12OG8mI?si=JzJzIWmNmqqj4hLf
Threaten Americans to shut them up about the destruction to the U.S. #economy Trump is causing & the crimes Trump & Elon are committing.
Then nobody has to talk about cuts to #Medicaid & #Medicare & #SocialSecurity.
Keep Americans afraid & distracted.
Rinse & repeat.
Todays commandeering of the NG is the same—if the American people do not respond, they will escalate
Pathetic
We just don't know who they are.
Maybe we will never know, except that they have lots of money.
Taco…
Weird…
"our charred bodies are a distraction from elon saying trump smells weird"
Regardless, the correct response is to reinforce the people of LA against their PD, the LASD, ICE, DHS, and the National Guard. Do not look away.
He may wish for it, but it is just not happening.
There are the 1%, then the rest of us.
The "middle" class is squeezed out with taxes, unemployment, expensive healthcare, housing, and education. It knows the rich will not help, just like they don't help the working poor.
...well, forever, really.
https://bsky.app/profile/juddlegum.bsky.social/post/3lr6myzhvv62p
They will go to EVERY EXTREME to stop the opposing narratives next weekend!!
It won't work
This is still prologue.
It’s coming.