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Liberal/progressive pescatarian living in RED beef cattle state. Some days are better than others. Thank goodness for a bit of acreage and natural beauty to help keep distance and maintain sanity.
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Noem posted this only a year ago:

Crowds at the LA Football Club chanting Fuck ICE! Music to my ears!

@repmaxinewaters.bsky.social pleads with National Guard to not use their guns, yesterday.

SHARE this as a reminder to EVERY member of our military: “We don't take an oath to a King. We don't take an oath to a wannabe dictator” “We take an oath to the Constitution." #FreedomToDissent

Insane scenes in Downtown Los Angeles as the cops open fire indiscriminately on people milling about. The cops shattered a business’s windows while firing on a live-streaming journalist. Keep this in mind when people talk about the protesters causing property destruction. 🎥 : AXN News on YouTube

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David Dayen: “The correct way to connect the authoritarian presence in LA and the Big Beautiful Bill is that the bill gives the government the resources to do this in dozens of cities at once. So if you don't like what's happening in LA, it's coming to your town if the bill passes.” #CallYourSenator

RFK Jr.‘s extreme anti-vax views — and his related conflicts of interest — were a huge problem during his confirmation process. So he promised not to change the vaccine advisory panel. Today, he fired every single expert on that panel. It's a public health disaster.

ICE agents concealing their faces: Can they really do that?

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.

You be the judge, have we arrived? Never thought this was possible in the United States of America, but here we are…

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I’m not sure why Gavin Newsome doesn’t activate the rest of his army guard to prevent the president from it or force him to overrule it…. Then fight on the second amendment guaranteeing a state a right to a militia. How can a state have a militia if the president can simply federalize it

Area Report Suspended for Reporting the Truth

Hello. I live in Los Angeles. The president is lying.

Apologies #4: Margaret Atwood #edusky #academicsky

My favorite picture from yesterday. They can't stop our joy. They can't stop our love. They can't stop our support for our kids.

Really Cool how nobody wanted to take this shit seriously

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LAPD when they think nobody is watching

And the "thin blue line" phrase was always stupid to me even when i was an officer. If police are public servants then we should want that line to be thick! Not thin. Its a divisive phrase that promotes an us vs them mentality. Effective policing is reinforced with strong COMMUNITY ties.

Also, don't flush your eyes with milk if you're tear gassed; it's ineffective and potentially dangerous. Use saline or distilled water.

Here’s the WH memo, I will leave analysis of this to others who know more about various national guard deployment authorities, just putting it up here because access to primary sources is a good thing www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

What we’re seeing in L.A. isn’t an insurrection—so why federalize the National Guard? Why the threat of using the U.S. military against civilians? We’re not there yet—but we’re closer than we think. Watch this Project 2025 reminder until the end. Then view everything happening through that lens.

The look. The flawless delivery. This is LA.

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The deployment of federalized National Guard troops to California, without consent from local or state officials, is deeply troubling. These are tactics seen in authoritarian regimes, not in America. We want to be clear, the military should not be used to police civilians.

Even if every other aspect of his character and his professionalism was perfect, just this alone is enough for me to despise anyone who saw this and still voted for the moronic manchild. #Chump

70+ Legal Experts Accuse Pam Bondi of 'Serious Professional Misconduct' www.commondreams.org/news/pam-bon...

What country is this?

"my brothers you think you're doing the right thing," one demonstrator says to police "you're not.

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If you're watching what's happening in the US & you don't want it to happen in Canada, now is the time to start contacting your MP about strengthening democracy & combatting disinformation spread & supported by political parties. Don't wait until the next anxiety-inducing election.

“universities contributed patents underpinning 50% of FDA-approved drugs… NIH-funded basic science has contributed to the development of more than 90% of new medicines, vaccines, and devices… 75% of scientists in America were considering leaving the country.” www.statnews.com/2025/06/06/u...

Hypocrites & liars, what about January 6th??? Trump deploying National Guardsmen to address the lawlessness Karoline Leavitt said. The Trump administration has zero tolerance policy for criminal behavior & violence, when violence aimed at law enforcement officers. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

Never forget the unforgivable pardons of 1,500+ Insurrectionists from January 6th, an insurrection the American people witnessed with their own eyes… Insurrectionists had full benefit of their due process rights. You CANNOT change history, the guilty can deny it, but you can’t change the facts!