They were always going to stay. That particular news feed is gone and has moved onto the next craziness for ratings. That was the plan all along. Delay, delay, delay ! Trump is a litigation terrorist. He did this during the election, long enough to get elected. He has done this his entire life.
This administration is creating so many battlefronts that organizing to stop it is virtually impossible. Especially since we don't have the numbers in Congress. Republicans are letting him do whatever the hell he wants no matter how brutal and unconstitutional.
Trump can say BS all day long. The markets- esp. the bond markets only care about the real numbers. If they bust the budget to do what they want the dollar sinks and so do the markets.
Eventually someone that Trump talks to will be upset.
This. 👆Exactly. 👆 Without downplaying the deadly seriousness of this moment, don't be overawed by the spectacle. These stunts are costing them massively in funds and public opinion, and that matters. Exploit their weaknesses. Create the conditions for backfire.
I fear multiple military blunders are imminent which will unnecessarily cost lives. We are so vulnerable to attack right now. Meanwhile we have no moral ground with so many internationally destabilizing comments and actions from our leaders. We are being led off the cliff.
Agreed!! Look for this to happen in every major city in every blue state. Drip by drip by drip is how they will complete the takeover outlined in P2025.
Kristi Noem said it best. They are there to liberate CA from their government. It’s an invasion. An insurgency. And anti-American… well she didn’t admit that. But true.
If it's a choice between admitting he was wrong or continuing the lie... Trump won't be satisfied until he's got 200,000 national guard stuffed into one federal building like the Black Hole of Calcutta. To defend against 10 stray protestors on a single square block.
Very sad actually. We should not be here. We should be in peace at home. We should not be involved in Israel and Iran. Let them duke it out. BiBI started it let him finish it. Dammit. Our troops don’t deserve to be fighting for them
Yeah, it's a hamilton quote, but the general idea of doing things where they dont expect it/have troops to make them push their resources into other areas.
They could at least have sent MPs, who at least have training for crowd control.
That might prevent fatalities, which is
what the Project 2025 architects
desire, so of course they didn’t
do that.
They’re not leaving.
Did we not listen to the secretary of DHS?
Californias votes have been nullified. Her words.
The civil war has started. Some don’t want to believe it.
Exactly.
"We are staying here to liberate this city from the socialist and the burdensome leadership that this governor and that this mayor have placed on this country,"
She wasn't kidding.
I thought the stay was for the hearing on Tuesday. What happened with that? I would think that the National Guard would be back under the authority of Newsom by now?
Hegseth just sent 2000 more there. Why?
Senate armed services committee hearing Hegseth was disrespectful to Sen Duckworth & especially Sen Slotkin. Both were exceptional. He sounded like a brat teenager talking to his female teachers because he's intimidated they are smarter & more accomplished.
This was and is, a purposeful show of takeover. Occupation, to defy the Governor’s domain and to continue to instigate violence where there is none. Staying on to be street furniture is a colossal misuse of resources and a preview of militarized cities in blue states. Welcome to Gilead.
You'll soon hear a version of an old joke designed to fool young children and MAGA. Old man spreads excess soil from his garden in the street and gets called out for it by the local kids who demand to know what he's doing. Tiger repellent says he. There are no tigers here, say the kids.
This is preparation.
Remember what Noem was saying when Padilla was arrested?
"We are staying here to liberate this city from the socialist and the burdensome leadership that this governor and that this mayor have placed on this country"
Trump is taking over the city first, then the state.
MAGAT Moron: "I came all the way from MAGAVILLE to take picktours of the GREAT American Troops defending our GREAT nation from, from, from, uh, Californians?"
Los Angeles- both city & county- is a HUGE area, massive square miles... many different municipalities & jurisdictions. They'll have a very hard time controlling all of it/us!
Link to my prev post & comments under it, with maps & figures to give perspective & for reference: https://bsky.app/profile/misssmm.bsky.social/post/3lrarfleri22x
Marial law so the states have no power and the federal govt has free reign and all those pesky lawsuits against the dictator in decline and his delinquent cabinet go away...
I'm thinking definitely. I could be wrong but, I think all big cities, blue or red, that have big protests will have permanent occupation troops, before it's over. We will hear "Show Me Your Papers" cried from every few blocks where checkpoints are erected. Vive La Démocratie!
That's my fear as well. And actually having "your papers" won't save anyone, as evidenced by the man detained recently in Foley, Alabama found out when they didn't accept his Real ID!
In China, during Tiananmen they pitted the uneducated guards from rural communities against educated student protesters in Beijing. So as a Marine, I would ask myself, am I uneducated? Is that why they are using us as pawns?
Federal troops were NEVER needed in LA! This was just a power play by "Old Stinky Butt", a blatant attack on states rights and democracy! This is only the beginning! It won't end until Trump becomes a total dictator!
LA is occupied territory. I expect to see Seattle, Portland, Denver, Detroit, Chicago, Philadelphia, Atlanta all occupied by guard or marines by summer’s end.
Let’s make this abundantly clear:
WE DON’T WANT NO CIVIL WAR!!!
FUCK Trump Regime/ ICE/ MAGA /Christian Nationalists/ Fascists/ GOP/ Putin who are doing all they can to start a war so Trump can declare Martial Law!!!
Trump & Company just experienced positive reinforcement for instituting something close to martial law. Soldiers came in and voila! Protesters disappeared. We don’t know if the correlation is also cause-and-effect.
DEFUND ICE IN ITS ENTIRETY!
WHERE IS ADRIAN MARTINEZ!
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@sanders.senate.gov
@warren.senate.gov
Deploying thousands of troops to empty streets isn’t precaution; it’s intimidation. It’s a warning. This is what authoritarian drift looks like: armored optics over civil liberty. A police state dressed in stars and stripes.
Exactly. Which is why it is the urgent duty of every American right now to get fired up instead of intimidated by this. We need to make sure this backfires on the fascists.
I think they're here for what's coming. The Gestapo are filled with rage for humans that do not have the right color skin. Which makes them furious out of control racists. Gestapo would prefer to murder humans.
The more he divides the troops, the less successful he will be. Having the NG in LA means they are not fighting in the war he is escalating in Iran. We will be defeated by their ignorance. Look at all the heads of depts. They don't know what their jobs are. Ignorance reigns in this administration.
Dear Rest of the World: Please for the love of God stop sending your leaders and your sports teams or anyone to the White House. There is a dangerous snake in there with bad intentions!!
So how much is it costing us as well as California to keep the NG and Marines in Los Angeles on a daily basis? It can’t be cheap but who’s counting especially when 🌮47 hops on Air Force One to go play golf at $3m per trip to Mar a Lardo!
Because he wants people talking and bitching about LA while he escalates 🇺🇸 into a ‘no skin in this game’ war between Tehran & Israel, because someone whispered into his rejuvenated ear it will make him look good & could POSTPONE the 2026 elections! 🤷🏾♀️
I feel like we just need large protests in other cities, and they will move the troops to those cities, and then we need large protests in other, different cities again.
They are there to foment trouble - these feds seem to be selected from alt right numbskulls who enjoy violence - the want to trigger riots - nothing more, nothing less.
Intimidating the blue city. Could it be more obvious.
This gets them off.
If you don’t believe that just go back and read Senator Lee’s grotesque tweet about the brutally murdered democratic law maker.
Joe Biden used the military to help us after Hurricane Helene and we cried when we heard the choppers coming to rescue people. Trump is the exact opposite, he uses the military for his sadistic agenda.
L.A. never needed the National Guard or any military presence. ICE were the ones who started trouble so TACO could get back at California for not worshipping his diapered behind. TACO forgets, we are the biggest money maker for the U.S.
It isn't for now; it's for what they are planning starting Friday, with the hopes it will rile everyone up and lead to riots. Then they can hold up those images and say, "See. We told you." And, judging by the numbers, they have big plans for the weekend. Fear them, but fight them.
Who in the hell is going to take control of this Country’s tyrannical situation?!
Obviously, Congress and Senate
have no clue or guts. And, the
Orange wanna be prez is totally insane, and lost… ?! We’re in Deep Kimchee!
#Immigrants #ICE #NationalGuard #Marines
laws have always existed for picking up actual criminals, illegal or otherwise—look behind the curtain 🇺🇸👀 this is #Fascism
Donald is doing his part to stimulate the economy. This is costing Americans $134 million. And if he can insight people to violence think of all the broken glass and building reconstruction and car replacements, he can stimulate.
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PS they can't afford to pay for all this.
It's a fair point, but I'm not relying on it.
Trump can say BS all day long. The markets- esp. the bond markets only care about the real numbers. If they bust the budget to do what they want the dollar sinks and so do the markets.
Eventually someone that Trump talks to will be upset.
We're all stuck with the results here but not the blame.
Immigration enforcement had zero to do with it.
They couldn't give a damn about the illegals.
Illegals get counted in the census which gives Dems more House seats.
Thinking caps on people!
And then move the protests again, leaving them guarding nothing every time.
But peaceful protesting is the "stike".
That's all
That's why they are there
That might prevent fatalities, which is
what the Project 2025 architects
desire, so of course they didn’t
do that.
Did we not listen to the secretary of DHS?
Californias votes have been nullified. Her words.
The civil war has started. Some don’t want to believe it.
"We are staying here to liberate this city from the socialist and the burdensome leadership that this governor and that this mayor have placed on this country,"
She wasn't kidding.
Senate armed services committee hearing Hegseth was disrespectful to Sen Duckworth & especially Sen Slotkin. Both were exceptional. He sounded like a brat teenager talking to his female teachers because he's intimidated they are smarter & more accomplished.
And why 700? Not a standard unit.
We don’t need to be babysat with your guns, thanks… we are peaceful 💙
Exactly!
Remember what Noem was saying when Padilla was arrested?
"We are staying here to liberate this city from the socialist and the burdensome leadership that this governor and that this mayor have placed on this country"
Trump is taking over the city first, then the state.
MAGAT Moron: "I came all the way from MAGAVILLE to take picktours of the GREAT American Troops defending our GREAT nation from, from, from, uh, Californians?"
Link to my prev post & comments under it, with maps & figures to give perspective & for reference: https://bsky.app/profile/misssmm.bsky.social/post/3lrarfleri22x
TACO will never remove troops if the courts allow this coup to continue. He wants US to get used to seeing military in our streets.
Please do not count on elected Dems to help us.
We are finally on our own…
If they can’t find it, they’ll create it.
Aggressive tourists?
Reject fascism!
Revolution is now!
🌊🇺🇸🇺🇦🌈🟧🌍💙
Civil War
Let’s make this abundantly clear:
WE DON’T WANT NO CIVIL WAR!!!
FUCK Trump Regime/ ICE/ MAGA /Christian Nationalists/ Fascists/ GOP/ Putin who are doing all they can to start a war so Trump can declare Martial Law!!!
NO KINGS!!END ICE!!
https://youtu.be/OXAcZ_IPK5c?...
In any case, I see this as pretty ominous.
WHERE IS ADRIAN MARTINEZ!
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@sanders.senate.gov
@warren.senate.gov
...has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.
...depriving us... of the benefits of Trial by Jury...
...transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences...
Sound familiar?
Can't Governor Gavin Newsom ORDER His National Guard troops to: "Stand down! and At ease, Soldiers!" - It's his Constitutional Right and Duty.
Fuck Fucking Dementia ridden Dictator in the Gold guilded White House, Oval office - Asshole Fuck!
🇺🇸
#ResistFascists
They’re there awaiting orders to overthrow the Cali gov’t, take the courts hostage. 😔
Out of the Regime’s own Nazi dictator mouths. 🤬
Lots of pictures.
Of thousands of armed men, doing nothing.
All to stop protesters in a 1 sq mile area of downtown.
This is ridiculous...
It’s just US citizens that have to fuck off.
But peaceful protesting.
#StoptheICEraids
This gets them off.
If you don’t believe that just go back and read Senator Lee’s grotesque tweet about the brutally murdered democratic law maker.
That'll confuse 'em.
Now go….
Love, mom.
Obviously, Congress and Senate
have no clue or guts. And, the
Orange wanna be prez is totally insane, and lost… ?! We’re in Deep Kimchee!
They plan on many more.
They will make the Armed Services the best job in America.
Just like Russia.
We are being dragged to the wrong side of history.
What happened?
It's about invasion and acquisition.
dog killer said so on t.v
Wake up.
laws have always existed for picking up actual criminals, illegal or otherwise—look behind the curtain 🇺🇸👀 this is #Fascism