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Global Affairs, American Literature, East Asian Studies. Active practitioner of Koryū Budō, Bukkyō, Shintō. Lapsed poet. Struggling Hammond Organist. Former Academic Administrator @ Columbia University & NJIT.
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you know how people in Los Angeles have a right to object to an invading military force? i invite you to consider what other communities around the world might also have the right to object to the same thing

The First Amendment to the Constitution: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; **or the right of the people peaceably to assemble** constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay...

I will be damned if I allow a bunch of Confederate-waving January 6th apologists give the American people a lecture on flag waving. There is ZERO reason to enter an argument about patriotism with people who still worship traitors to America 150+ years later. They. Are. Breaking. The. Law.

DC recently granted noncitizens the right to vote in local elections. 210 Republicans (all present) and 56 Democrats (see below) voted to block DC's ability to administer its own local elections in that way. Republicans don't believe in self-rule for DC. Dems shouldn't join them.

Lock Them Up. It's the law.

Last thing for today: domestic mil deployments are incredibly expensive and one of the most sig things Congress can do right now to reassert itself is to not fund the inevitable request for addtl approps that will be needed for this $134M+ deployment.

ICE has only existed since 2003. A Bush-era creation, it is a militarized federal secret police that has been imbued with the Supreme Court with the unconstitutional power to ignore the fourth amendment. Abolishing it and salting the earth where it grew is the moderate stance.

pizza hut stuffed crust pizza, a real american institution, is older than ICE

Greta Thunberg, arriving back in Europe after her abduction by Israel in international waters, explains in 40 seconds why western governments are colluding in genocide:

Correct. This is superficially similar to the 1960s. (I was there.) This is more like 1933. (Reichstag fire.)

confidently and quickly answering questions requiring short-term memory with plausible, detailed, yet false information is a pretty common FTD trait (among other things this could be, not trying to promote tunnel vision here)

The population of Greater Los Angeles is larger than the population of fourteen full STATES, COMBINED. 200 protestors on 3 blocks is not a fucking insurrection. We have film shoots for Nickelodeon bigger than this.

These 75 Democrats joined Republicans to "express gratitude" to ICE agents and call for greater local and state collaboration with ICE. jonathancohn.medium.com/a-tale-of-tw...

An HSI federal agent pointed a rifle with live ammunition at a protester and was taunting him. We're at the point where protesters may be shot and killed by ICE.

Yesterday's example: No physical directory at the mall. Declined to provide my cell #, so I couldn't access directory via mall wifi. Using search and map via web on mobile was janky as hell. #HostileMarketplace

An LAPD helicopter claimed to have ID'ed protesters from above and threatened to "come to your house." The threat was greeted with extreme concern by civil liberties and digital privacy groups. It suggests the LAPD could be using facial recognition to identify and retaliate against protesters.

Heads up: Trump just said he would invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807 if necessary to deal with protests in Los Angeles.

UPDATE: The California National Guard case has been assigned to Judge Charles Breyer, a Clinton appointee who is the brother of retired Justice Stephen Breyer.

If Cuomo wins I doubt it’s a walk. Mamdani is popular; Cuomo isn’t popular enough; and there are a lot of people who say they’ll vote to keep Cuomo out.

This

In other news, TCW asserts that "France has never been a functioning democracy, due to its anti-democratic tradition of citizens taking their specific political disagreements into the streets."

"it's bad that they're waving all those mexican flags because it makes them look like a teaming horde that outnumbers us dwindling yankees" does unfortunately describe a lot of people's reaction to the images coming out of LA which is why more white people should go out and bring some 🇺🇲 with them

Embattled Rockland Dem BOE Rep & DINO Nepo-baby Ally Weintraub, installed by allies of convicted felon Paul Adler in illegitimate '24 Rockland Dem Party takeover by DINO Trump-backing ethnoreligous bigots, on the hot seat as solid evidence of criminal shenaningans in 2024 Rockland elections emerges

Split screen between US troops deployed against American protesters and US troops marching to celebrate Dear Leader's birthday is going to be quite something

Robert Iler: 'People say to me, "I wish I would've met James Gandolfini.'" I say, "You would've loved him." They say to me, "I wish I would've met Tony Sirico." I say, "You did."'

Praise to the Deacons.

Only a matter of time until the chickens come home to roost & actual terroristic violence erupts from the closely allied white separatist ethno-religious terrorist communities on the West Bank of the Hudson, beyond the 2nd-class citizenship already imposed on the non-religious by venal NYS pols.

Welcome to Argentina.

www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

I’ve seen a lot of “the left is blowing this race by uniting behind a socialist like Zohran” takes but not enough “the establishment/center is blowing this race by uniting behind a sexual harasser/corrupt weirdo like Cuomo” takes

Hey pundits, if you're arguing that it's the protesters fault that Donald Trump is illegally calling out US troops to counter public protests, The Onion is mocking you. Deservedly. theonion.com/protesters-u...

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The Overton Window has shifted all the way to ban all non-white people from coming to America. It was never about illegal immigration.

There's a certain type of pundit that is utterly useless in recognizing and responding to white authoritarianism. If we want good coverage and understanding of today's politics, turn to letting the most marginalized speak and explain the historical precedent. The dudes from the Ivy League are lost.

‼️ This is absolutely absurd. Trump is actively manufacturing a crisis. The Pentagon just announced that he’s federalizing another 2,000 California National Guard troops bringing the total to 4,000, plus 700 active-duty Marines heading into LA. This is a military occupation, not public safety.

New York would like a word.

What does it take, man. They’ve arrested mayors, broken into Congressman’s offices. Does anyone doubt they would arrest governors or Senators? What line needs to be crossed before we all recognize this as lawless authoritarianism?

Less filming of protesters & more filming of AC Hotel in Pasadena guests. ICE isn't going in & out with their masks on. There's a bar. Do the ICE assholes drink there after they get through kidnapping grannies? Dear rich people who want to keep their hands clean - The revolution needs sponsors.

Felony assault with a deadly weapon. Intention of causing bodily injury under color of law. Terminate employment, strip his pension, lifetime ban on firearm possession or any employment in security, maximum sentence for the assault plus a sentencing enhancement for criming in uniform. #doxxhim

James Baldwin: 'A cop is a cop. And he may be a very nice man, but I don't have time to figure that out. All I know is he's got a uniform and a gun. And I have to relate to him that way. That's the only way to relate to him at all. Because one of us may have to die.'

If you’re in a union, maybe ask your officials if they’ve commented on this and if not why not