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"Outside Agitators" was very literally made up by the Klan to blame white northerners for uprisings against Jim Crow. www.crmvet.org/nars/peter1....

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If anyone is having trouble following my (increasingly long) thread tracking incidents where police assaulted journalists at protests in Los Angeles this weekend, it's also in spreadsheet form here. This is the more organized version I've been sending to lawyers, agency chiefs, electeds, etc.

submitted 11 hours ago • 29 comments

Senator Ted Cruz posted a dramatic video of LAPD cars on fire with the caption “this… is… not… peaceful.” What he didn’t mention? The footage was from 2020, not 2025. His post on X falsely implied it was current, part of a broader effort to spread lies and manufacture a crisis.

submitted 12 hours ago • 1179 comments

Interesting interview, worth watching.

submitted 4 hours ago • 1 comment

Newsom...Trump is a "stone cold liar" Gov. Newsom tells President Trump to 'stand down' amid L.A. protests youtu.be/qOA3zvgTQKs?...

submitted 4 hours ago • 0 comments

Or that non violence is “peaceful” in the sense of calm, or that “passive resistance” if even referred to is only the passive without the resistance.

submitted 4 hours ago • 0 comments

This is Donald Trump weaponizing the federal government to terrorize communities. I stand in solidarity with people of good conscience peacefully standing up to protect their neighbors.

submitted 16 hours ago • 21 comments

Trump Calling Troops Into Los Angeles Is the Real Emergency www.nytimes.com/2025/06/08/o...

submitted 10 hours ago • 0 comments

The french dip sandwich was invented downtown. The cheeseburger was invented in Pasadena. The Cobb salad was invented in Hollywood. The Chinese chicken salad was invented in Santa Monica with an assist from Cary Grant.

submitted 11 hours ago • 39 comments

"... Officials said Glendale was consistently ranked as one of the safest cities in the nation and GPD was highly trusted by residents. “At this time, it is in our best interest to not allow that trust to be undermined,” a statement read."

submitted 10 hours ago • 2 comments

Ordinary Germans did not come out in numbers to try to block the troops taking their Jewish neighbors away, so this moment is giving me a lot of hope and pride. Americans aren't ready to capitulate to fascism

submitted 22 hours ago • 9 comments

workerorganizing.org/what-is-a-se...

submitted 10 hours ago • 0 comments

even though LA is a sexy news story, neighbors have been protecting neighbors across the country all year and they will continue to. You have a community right outside your door. Care for it.

submitted 13 hours ago • 7 comments

From a strategic standpoint, it seems important to remember that the 'center of gravity' of a protest movement is not control of the streets, but public opinion. The challenge that creates is a common strategic challenge: the emotionally satisfying thing is not the effective thing.

submitted 1 day ago • 11 comments

We hear about how pro-immigrant side is extreme. There is literally nothing more extreme than this statement. Being willing to sacrifice the country’s foundations for an evil goal

submitted 1 day ago • 156 comments

Worth bearing in mind that illegal entry is a misdemeanor and being unlawfully present in the country is not even a criminal offense, but a civil one. This is the equivalent of saying we need to torch the Constitution & send in the SWAT team to catch jaywalkers & people with overdue library books.

submitted 10 hours ago • 45 comments

This article steered me in the right direction ages ago and it will continue to serve Bottom line: respirators are pretty cheap and good actually

submitted 11 hours ago • 3 comments

There are concerts and plays happening. Pride parties. People who live in DTLA (80k+) and people out at bars and restaurants in Downtown L.A.

submitted 10 hours ago • 12 comments

It is truly amazing how much Trump says “I have an unfettered right to rule” and how much the Constitution says “nobody has the right to rule; the people govern themselves” and nobody with any kind of platform or power points out the problem with this

submitted 14 hours ago • 10 comments

Keep fighting, LA. It’s working.

submitted 12 hours ago • 0 comments

Also point this out to anyone you can. These were not planned protests. These were normies getting the supplies for their weekend projects or at a restaurant and saw their servers getting hauled off and were like this is some bullshit.

submitted 17 hours ago • 9 comments

“A pretext to provoke whatever “ I’d buy that t shirt

submitted 11 hours ago • 0 comments

There is no fucking reason for any of this shit. Nobody was threatened by immigrants. They were working for a living like the rest of us, not hurting anybody. The whole thing is BULLSHIT. Pure fear-mongering BULLSHIT. Lies intended to promote a fascist dictatorship.

submitted 14 hours ago • 13 comments

Veterans lead demonstration at Camp Pendleton against potential LA military deployment. Veterans urge Marines to consider the legality of potential orders. www.cbs8.com/article/news...

submitted 13 hours ago • 18 comments

I took a nap earlier so clearly I have to rage tonight

submitted 11 hours ago • 1 comment