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Former natl political blogger, Pam's House Blend (2004-2013) during OG citizen journo era. Dipping back into pol discourse here. Spinal fusion vet (3x). DM only if I know IRL. Durham, NC native, now in Central Valley CA. PHB history: https://is.gd/vdqpej
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Major General Randy E. Manner, former Acting Vice Chief, National Guard Bureau statement to Fox News: "This is an inappropriate use of the National Guard and is not warranted.”

@covie93.bsky.social, you've got that right...they will be CECOT-bound. ✈️ 📸 Photo of feeble Donald Trump tripping up the stairs to Air Force One. But will Jake Tapper report it? 🤔

Finally! @governor.ca.gov steps up. Challenge bullies like cosplay 🤡s like Homan & ICE Barbie. We *need* electeds to put themselves on the line; show up so your constituents see & understand the danger — our freedom & democracy are at stake. #ShowNoFear #OnTheStreets 📺 bsky.app/profile/atru...

🔥 + 🎤 drop. Felon47 self-own. 📺 bsky.app/profile/bria...

Omg. Look at this Australian reporter get shot covering the fracas in LA. She's not near any protesters — and the masked thug takes aim right at her, camera rolling on him... JFC, it won't be long before we have body bags, dealt out by the hands of the state. 📺 bsky.app/profile/luck...

If Medicare is not off the table, watch out. They'll try to find ways to shiv seniors so their fat cat buds get their tax cut. Call your senators this week... ☎️ 5 Calls 5calls.org 📩 Email: democracy.io 📠 Fax Senate: is.gd/YZNOly 📺 bsky.app/profile/atru...

Johnson got busted on that one. There's no way that pious sack of crap could seriously defend a tanning bed tax cut...but he tried. 🤣 📺 bsky.app/profile/atru...

"When conservatives destroy these public goods, it doesn’t necessarily lead to a Democratic backlash at the ballot box, and they see this as a long-term investment in a more ignorant population reliant on sources of information they can control — a docile population that can be easily manipulated."

LA: “Trump! Let’s be clear! Immigrants are welcome here!” From @btnewsroom.bsky.social : www.instagram.com/reel/DKqCYmo...

Eff that sh*t. The bar is *not what he thinks it is.* He cannot just do whatever he wants — and the reporters don't even push back. 📺 bsky.app/profile/acyn...

Okay, this is priceless... 📸 bsky.app/profile/cold...

This is what Temu Goebbels, the real taskmaster of this ethnic cleansing policy, wants. His guiding white nationalist vision is what DHS and DOJ are executing. Plus a doofus, demented, FELON, eager to celebrate with a grand military parade as a fascist King. #NoKings 📺 bsky.app/profile/acyn...

Kamala Harris releases a statement about the events going on in Los Angeles...

@governor.ca.gov formally writes #DUIHireHegseth for the regime to "rescind their unlawful deployment of troops in Los Angeles county and return them to my command." He noted that it "is a serious breach of state sovereignty" Letter: is.gd/nbY9aX 🧾 Modesto Bee: amp.modbee.com/news/califor...

It could be right out of the mouth of Temu Goebbels or ICE Barbie Kristi Noem... 🦋 bsky.app/profile/feol...

Has Jake Tapper weighed in yet on the decline of FOTUS? 🧐 We know that clips of Biden stumbles were on loop with Qs about his feeble nature on Faux News... 📺 bsky.app/profile/acyn...

It's sad this is where we are, but it's important info to pass along to share... Who knows what this regime is going to attempt in certain cities on #NoKings day to instigate. 📺 bsky.app/profile/iwil... Image w/ALT via @annaraven.bsky.social

@joesudbay.bsky.social & I were just talking about the grotesque, policy pusher in the WH, Temu Goebbels (govt name Stephen Miller). This white supremacist is having the time of his life, now able to make his ethnic cleansing dream a reality. Good read by @tusk81.bsky.social: 🧾 is.gd/8DUnfR

📺 At least BBC is covering what's happening in Los Angeles live... www.bbc.com/news/live/cv...

📣 ESSENTIAL WATCH! Be careful out there. The Trump/Miller regime is going after peaceful people who are not even demonstrating at this point... People w/phones just trying to document ICE actions on the street are being targeted. 🎯 📺 bsky.app/profile/thun...

Not surprised that Terry Moran was suspended. He expressed a truth about Temu Goebbels & ABC isn't Fox, so it cannot stand behind a personal opinion of one of its journalists. It doesn't want another bogus Trump lawsuit. Nothing wrong w/advocacy journalism, but that's not the ABC News ethos.

At a time where we need a free press, able to hold power to account, legacy media has the reach, but is failing. Corporate ownership has broken it. And Beltway/WH media are too chummy w/electeds, staffers, consultants, etc. They serve their next book rather than The People & the Constitution.

🇺🇸 This is OUR flag to proudly wave in support of our Constitution. The fascists that want to extinguish democracy defile our flag, use it as a prop. It is OUR White House. The Office of the President belongs to the people. Show the FELON he's a temporary occupant, not a KING. #NoKings Share.

Trump’s order stops short of Insurrection Act…BUT we’re on a slippery slope. Hegseth can mobilize as many National Guard and regular troops as he wants. They’re to protect “federal functions,” which is elastic. And once some use of military is normalized, won’t Trump seek any excuse to go further?

Has @governor.ca.gov emerged to appear on Sunday chat shows to brief us? - What federal/state/local law enforcement is happening in LA; - What comms has he had w/the WH re: the prez memo; - What's his plan to address any WH escalation? (Recall Newsom was omnipresent on TV during wildfires.)

Explainer by @stevevladeck.bsky.social about what Trump did/didn't do in ordering 2,000 National Guard in LA. - The Insurrection Act not invoked; - NG cannot perform law enforcement activities just logistically support ICE; - Otherwise, it violates the Posse Comitatus Act. More: 🧾 is.gd/k50NN8

A good 🧵 to contemplate in light of what we saw yesterday in LA. The different story is coming out of the Temu Goebbels & Trump WH, which has to justify its legally shaky escalation adding 2K National Guard to the mix...versus what is actually happening on the ground. 🦋 bsky.app/profile/debp...

We have "war fighter", racist, & sick #DUIHireHegseth, ready to turn Los Angeles into a war zone. Our country deserves better than to fall under authoritarian rule, with a bunch of unqualified, mentally, & emotionally unregulated people in charge. Think they will give up power in Jan 2029?

Temu Goebbels & Trump want maximum violence, arrests. The goal is the ethnic cleansing, and Miller's birth state of CA is the perfect target of his ire. This regime must be stopped. Where is @governor.ca.gov to inform residents of the gravity of what is occurring? Where are the news networks?

What's happening tonight is anything but law and order. Don't be deceived.

No bigger story, yet our governor is MIA, serving up bland pablum on his social media. Battle ready he is not. Residents of the state not well-versed in the details of fed/state powers deserve to hear from Gov. Newsom on his position & how he plans to *lead*, or even what's he's said to the admin.

Here is where Trump tries to assert his legal authority to deploy the Guard, indicating the SecDef will "coordinate with the Governors of the States and the National Guard Bureau..." So where is @governor.ca.gov on all this? IDK. His last post: is.gd/hqlNey 🧾 www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Bumping this up...Trump has asserted Title 10 presidential authority (🧾 is.gd/oXMfGl) to mobilize 2,000 National Guard. But it looks like FELON is stepping all over Posse Comitatus: 🦋 bsky.app/profile/joyc... This may be why we don't see his *official memorandum* on the WH website.