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This took a while to get done, but I've chronicled my day among the protesters in Los Angeles, and the idea that this is anything but a celebration of cultural heritage and a firm, nonviolent demand to protect family, friends and neighbors is totally ridiculous. prospect.org/justice/crie...

submitted 7 hours ago • 47 comments

Sending Marines to face off against citizens on U.S. soil is fundamentally un-American, a MASSIVE waste of taxpayer dollars, and an insult to our servicemembers. A dangerous and needless escalation by a wannabe dictator. Everyone must speak out against this abuse of power.

submitted 8 hours ago • 78 comments

Incredibly chaotic scene Los Angeles as LAPD is pushing forward a skirmish line and violently arresting anti-ICE protesters. You can also hear me grunt when police shoot me in the abdomen with some kind of projectile.

submitted 7 hours ago • 197 comments

oh boy, had my own very liberal father ask if everything was OK in LA. That tells you how bad the media is covering this. I'm literally going to an Emmy event for The Last of Us tonight. Gyms are open. People are going to the movies and hiking in Griffith Park. Don't need no Marines.

submitted 11 hours ago • 37 comments

Can protesters show more discipline than the president in a dangerous situation? @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org‬ considers The Situation in Los Angeles.

submitted 12 hours ago • 8 comments

ICE raids tried to split LA apart, but might have made it stronger. From coordinating wildfire relief to blocking ICE buses, community organizers say LA County residents keep proving that in a city of strangers, nobody fights alone.

submitted 16 hours ago • 7 comments

What is the cost of sending National Guard and active duty Marines to Los Angeles, where they are not needed? What is this political theater costing taxpayers? Talk about WASTE, FRAUD AND ABUSE.

submitted 12 hours ago • 60 comments

This is the spirit of Los Angeles. This is California. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. #FreeDavidEndRaids

submitted 13 hours ago • 278 comments

For those who live elsewhere, this is the heart of downtown #LosAngeles. My friends are here. My union is here (sup @wgawest.bsky.social). My teenager is here. People are passing out pastries & singing & praying. All we want is for our neighbors not to be kidnapped off the streets.

submitted 13 hours ago • 27 comments

A full Tejano band in a big truck rolled into the Olvera St, the lead singer has a Fuck ICE shirt on, and this protest is now a dance party

submitted 12 hours ago • 106 comments

I am in downtown Los Angeles right now and it is completely surreal to hear that Trump is sending Marines here. We are listening to mariachi music. People have dogs. There are teenagers here. It is utterly and completely peaceful. Please tell your friends.

submitted 12 hours ago • 203 comments

The situation in DTLA to which 700 Marines have been deployed is a couple dozen interfaith clergypersons leading a small crowd in prayer.

submitted 13 hours ago • 105 comments

for context here’s a map of greater Los Angeles and the protest is the roughly the red circle

submitted 1 day ago • 72 comments

Her name is Rosie: "A lot of vendors are undocumented and can't be here today. So those of us who can, we gotta show up"

submitted 1 day ago • 56 comments

During the family separation protests I helped to organize in 2019, this was one of the best things about the LA event, because it told everyone on the ground that detainees heard us fighting for them. Good good good.

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

You cannot play director or choreographer for moments of organic mobilization. I'm sorry, but even someone who understands the dynamics of what's happening (which many of you clearly don't) cannot do that. This is raw political will. You cannot direct that energy from behind a fucking screen.

submitted 17 hours ago • 11 comments

EXCLUSIVE: CA National Guard troops sent by Trump to LA amid immigration protests are sleeping on concrete floors. No fed funding for food, water, fuel, equipment or lodging. Source: “Currently, there is no plan for where everyone is sleeping tonight” www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...

submitted 15 hours ago • 103 comments

It’s surreal to live through a time that feels like an AP History test question from 2050, “What were the underlying causes and instigating events of WWIII/Civil War II”

submitted 14 hours ago • 0 comments

It is genuinely unsafe for average people to use Twitter and speak freely. It appears to be this administration's primary intelligence gathering operation.

submitted 17 hours ago • 165 comments

lol we know, if we wanted to be in “political discussion” with Nazis we’d stay on the other site

submitted 14 hours ago • 0 comments

not the main issue here but i'd really appreciate it if democratic politicians spoke out in support of big-city life and culture with the same energy and reverence that all politicians have for small towns los angeles is "real america" and so are all the other big cities the president hates

submitted 1 day ago • 375 comments

I am on the other side of the world from Los Angeles and I just heard a news grab on our national radio station of Maxine Waters telling a cop "Are you gonna shoot an elected representative? If you shoot me, you better shoot straight" and she remains one of the best to ever do it

submitted 1 day ago • 85 comments

Rep. Gomez: LA County alone is 34% foreign born, 34%. So when he says they're going to liberate us, who is he going to liberate us from? Ourselves?

submitted 1 day ago • 529 comments

Pasadena, CA: The AC Hotel has asked ICE to leave. Hosting ICE agents at your hotel is bad for business.

submitted 1 day ago • 40 comments

Nothing more LA than this woman selling dirty dogs in between rubber bullets and tear gas

submitted 1 day ago • 63 comments

protesters are seated on one side of the 101- the other side is still open, and most of the vehicles going by seem to be honking in support when angelenos are on the side of the traffic jam, you’ve lost the battle

submitted 1 day ago • 6 comments

Images of tanks pulling up for a huge PARADE that NO ONE asked for that will cost money & take military personnel away from more important things at a time when Americans are being told we don’t have money for food & healthcare seems wild to me.

submitted 1 day ago • 626 comments

Don't listen to the people bleating on social media that "no one is doing anything." What they are actually saying is that THEY aren't doing anything. The reality is that folks are working in every corner of the world, doing so much to keep themselves and others alive, while building the future.

submitted 1 day ago • 20 comments

Washington just took the reasonable step of not allowing the National Guard of other states to operate here without our agreement. It’s not the Guard personnel we are concerned about, it’s other governors in the Trump cult. katu.com/news/local/g...

submitted 49 days ago • 175 comments

They want us terrified because they know how weak they are, and how despised.

submitted 1 day ago • 9 comments

Don't BE DISTRACTED they scream at regular people. DISTRACTED FROM WHAT, SENATOR? What's the CONCRETE PLAN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS OFFERED TO STOP PEOPLE FROM LOSING THEIR HEALTHCARE?

submitted 4 days ago • 34 comments

Normal stuff

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments