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California Governor Gavin Newsom has formally requested that the administration rescind its unlawful deployment of National Guard troops in Los Angeles County and return them to his command.
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In short: Capitalism. Why waste money for a parade when you have better military advertisement opportunities elsewhere and cheaper that don’t fuck up the roads?
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Dolores Huerta, a 95 year old labor organizer with deep roots going back even before the Delano Grape Strike in 1965, here in Boyle Heights speaking at a protest. She called the past several days of detainments throughout Los Angeles a “horrible assault.”
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I mean who needs a Parade when you have 3 cable channels, Michael Bay, and two dozen YouTube creators to bake it in?
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AS LONG AS ONE OF US LIVES THE NCR WILL NEVER DIE
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Shiv, I’m of the red-haired, freckled, pale, vitamin D deficient people.
I never wanted it to begin with.
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The actual 'play' here is using protest and civil disobedience to bait the administration into unleashing violence on sympathetic protestors, shifting public opinion.
The classic 'how the Civil Rights Movement won' story.
You can impose a bit of friction there, but it isn't your goal. 2/
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If that feels like letting them 'get away with it,' remember that the reward for what will likely be years of discipline and careful messaging is that you win elections, and then you have the law and the courts to investigate and bring these goons to justice.
Dream of that, that's winning. /end
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The Civil Rights Movement (1954-'68) won, they defeated the segregationist American political establishment with, depending on how you count, anywhere from dozens to a few hundred deaths.
The Iraqi insurgency (2003-'11), by contrast, lost 25,000 insurgents losing to the same government. 7/
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"bluecheck derangement" predates the Elon takeover and if anything, the Elon takeover demonstrated why it is actually important for it to be difficult to acquire