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the fact that people were told “today you are going to an elementary school to lie to teachers and kidnap kids” and didn’t immediately tell their bosses to go fuck themselves is all you need to know about why ICE should be dismantled

submitted 6 hours ago • 220 comments

Absolutely grotesque abuse of government power. Lying to educators in order to entrap children. No wonder they want to hide their identity.

submitted 6 hours ago • 22 comments

It would make sense if Marines were tasked with going in to protect civilians who are peacefully protesting from these rioting LEO’s.

submitted 6 hours ago • 2 comments

What a scary riot! Call the Marines!!

submitted 6 hours ago • 0 comments

Heckling! Heckling! Civilians calling armed agents of the state rude names! This definitely requires 4000 active duty members of the military to handle it!

submitted 8 hours ago • 0 comments

This is reprehensible. Trump has deployed 500 marines to fight Americans in LA. Trump is using thug war criminal Putin’s playbook. This is what happens in Russia

submitted 12 hours ago • 18 comments

You don't have to stamp your feet or even raise your voice Violence is not the answer

submitted 8 hours ago • 11 comments

Trump should know better than anyone that what’s happening in Los Angeles isn’t an insurrection. After all, the last real insurrection in the US was his own masterpiece. Guess he’s got at least one area of expertise. #3E

submitted 9 hours ago • 3 comments

MAGA Republicans are loyal to a dictator, not to the United States. They ought to wave a flag other than the stars and stripes.

submitted 8 hours ago • 0 comments

2020 TRUMP: “We have laws… we can’t call in the National Guard unless we’re requested by a governor.” (H/T @realdlhughley.bsky.social )

submitted 9 hours ago • 69 comments

From the halls of Montezuma, to the shores of Tripoli, from Guadalcanal to Okinawa to Iwo Jima to....Los Angeles? The Marines will engage in combat with its own citizens in L.A.? What an insult to the USMC legacy.

submitted 9 hours ago • 0 comments

California AG Bonta announces lawsuit challenging Trump’s mobilization of the National Guard in LA. Press conference live now: www.youtube.com/live/w50aB-l...

submitted 14 hours ago • 23 comments

It’s basically an episode of Naked and Afraid, but with clothes, vehicles, food, air-conditioning, and Candy Crush.

submitted 13 hours ago • 14 comments

This is an important reminder: even the LAPD acknowledged yesterday that everything was peaceful. Then Trump brought the chaos. He is responsible.

submitted 1 day ago • 185 comments

On January 20, Donald Trump signed an Executive Order to prevent "weaponizing..Federal law enforcement agencies..against those perceived political opponents" Because "These actions appear oriented more toward inflicting political pain than toward pursuing..legitimate governmental objectives"

submitted 15 hours ago • 17 comments

Snippet from #Wikipedia describing Posse Comitatus: He has been WANTING to use OUR #military against US for years. Do NOT underestimate him - and please stand strong against #unconstitutional orders, military friends.

submitted 133 days ago • 7 comments

For dictators, laws don't matter. If they want to arrest someone, they just do. When the orange dictator says he's for law and order, he lies. He tries to get away with breaking laws. It's the definition of criminality.

submitted 15 hours ago • 0 comments

As you see Trump defending his decision to deploy the National Guard into LA and potentially elsewhere, just remember that he did not order the DC Nat Guard to protect the Capitol on Jan. 6. I debunked that lie, told by some of his prominent surrogates, here: www.justsecurity.org/93316/anatom...

submitted 1 day ago • 26 comments

She was right.

submitted 15 hours ago • 528 comments

The LAPD whenever they think no one can see

submitted 1 day ago • 631 comments

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.”

submitted 1 day ago • 298 comments

They lie as easily as they breathe.

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Merit is back baby! Cabinet official so toxic and incompetent that the Veep and White House Chief of Staff have to spend their time trying to staff his office.

submitted 15 hours ago • 8 comments

ICYMI: While Trump and Musk were having a messy, public feud online, @democracydefendersfund.org released a breaking report investigating potential conflict-of-interest violations by Musk during his time at DOGE. Co-author Ginny Canter joined Jen to discuss the findings.

submitted 15 hours ago • 3 comments

There is no end to his emptiness. No amount of subservience or adulation could ever fill it.

submitted 15 hours ago • 0 comments

ICE agents intentionally started the violence in LA.

submitted 16 hours ago • 308 comments

So, it turns out the Medicaid Fraud was real… ask Ron & Casey Desantis, Rick Scott & those JUST pardoned for stealing MILLIONS from Medicaid.

submitted 1 day ago • 15 comments

"Trump’s scheme to upend the rule of law in this country — and install himself as a quasi-dictator, who gets a 'taste' of whatever business he chooses — is going to induce many investors to look elsewhere to make their investments." — @davidrlurie.bsky.social

submitted 17 hours ago • 62 comments

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People do believe that, in part because an entire political party, cable network, and media landscape work all day to make them believe it! Almost all immigrants are here because they want to work hard in legal jobs, raise families, be safe from instability and persecution, boring stuff like that

submitted 17 hours ago • 6 comments

An unfortunate reality check.

submitted 1 day ago • 136 comments

Well, I guess trump has scratched the 1st. Amendment from the Constitution. What's next? apnews.com/video/austra...

submitted 18 hours ago • 4 comments

This is the way

submitted 17 hours ago • 1 comment

WATCH: “Here’s the big scary LA protest — look: you don’t see the cops or the National guard here… are there any fires or chemical smoke? Wonder why that is.” The people are peaceful. Law enforcement is doing the escalating. Intentionally. This has always been Trump’s plan.

submitted 17 hours ago • 58 comments

People of color are singled out for especially harsh and life threatening treatment. White South Africans are singled out for favorable treatment. All female and black 4 star admirals and generals have been fired. A wildly unqualified white male is Defense Sec.

submitted 17 hours ago • 0 comments

Donald Trump is blowing up essential government functions in ways that may take decades to restore. This nihilism deserves a new name—nihilocracy. @normornstein.bsky.social‬ explains.

submitted 18 hours ago • 29 comments

Really Cool how nobody wanted to take this shit seriously

submitted 1 day ago • 358 comments

It's not about "unrest" in LA. Trump has spent years saying he would use the military to respond to protests. talkingpointsmemo.com/live-blog/tr...

submitted 18 hours ago • 6 comments

submitted 2 days ago • 474 comments

He’s disappearing innocent people off of our streets and ordering the military onto our streets. He does not give a damn about the rule of law. He is the very tyrant our founding generation rose up against 249 yrs ago. It’s time for the American people to rise up again.

submitted 19 hours ago • 600 comments

The Trump administration is recklessly using our military as a political tool to escalate tensions, silence dissent, and crush opposition - violating our fundamental right to peaceful protest and our most basic constitutional principles. #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

Fox News

submitted 1 day ago • 2 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

The MAGA universe relies 100% on lies and deception. Truth is its mortal enemy.

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments