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<Thread> I figure I need to explain how extreme and irresponsible is the June 7 Memorandum federalizing the National Guard and authorizing regular armed forces. Those saying anything in support of this action may not realize what they’ve gotten into. (It will also escalate from here.) Preview⤵️

submitted 21 hours ago • 47 comments

Escalating to escalate. "Roughly 500 Marines based out of the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in California have been mobilized ... and will join the National Guard troops that were activated ... over the weekend without the consent of California’s governor or the city’s mayor."

submitted 19 hours ago • 138 comments

1/ Important for Americans to know what are the "Standing Rules for the Use of Force" for U.S. military deployed to Los Angeles (or elsewhere) and whether modified. As a baseline: Here's the DECLASSIFIED Standing Rules for the Use of Force (RUF) 2005: www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...

submitted 18 hours ago • 27 comments

Highly recommend this thread! Or not It’s up to you 🤷‍♀️

submitted 8 hours ago • 0 comments

Grossly escalatory and illegal Sunday Noem letter to Hegseth requested DoD give "direction to DoD forces to either detain, just as they would at any federal facility guarded by military, lawbreakers under Title 18 until they can be arrested and processed by federal law enforcement, or arrest them."

submitted 12 hours ago • 62 comments

CNN’s reporter on scene in Los Angeles: I’m being detained..

submitted 11 hours ago • 723 comments

submitted 11 hours ago • 2 comments

Fucking LAPD using horses to trample a non-violent and complying protester. Protests are almost always peaceful until the pigs show up.

submitted 10 hours ago • 1 comment

For Trump, This Is a Dress Rehearsal Ordering the National Guard to deploy in Los Angeles is a warning of what to expect when his hold on power is threatened. By David Frum www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

submitted 16 hours ago • 35 comments

🎩 @kylekulinskishow.bsky.social 👀

submitted 9 hours ago • 0 comments

Something to think about. What’s happening is deliberate, planned n may not be for reasons we think. What don’t we know that’s been hidden from us? And, what we do know why was it leaked? I remember Michelle Obama warning us about something sinister in DC then Anonymous repeated same thing.

submitted 9 hours ago • 0 comments

EXCLUSIVE: ActBlue is firing back at a House GOP investigation into its workings. The Dem online fundraising platform says the probe appears to be an unconstitutional abuse of power to help the White House.

submitted 20 hours ago • 382 comments

Politics Girl AND Elizabeth Warren?! I’m in 👏💙

submitted 9 hours ago • 0 comments

If you agree, please share!

submitted 2 days ago • 502 comments

Trump doesn't care. He thinks he's above the law.

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submitted 18 hours ago • 3 comments

3 very important topics in the Guardrails newsletter this week! Esp important read on data collection by the government!

submitted 15 hours ago • 0 comments

This: www.bbc.com/news/article... + www.theguardian.com/environment/... Despite the fascists and the wars, climate change is still the bigger threat. Businesses are made of us, supported by us. We have to leverage our power to save the planet. We have to stop them from killing the oceans.

submitted 20 hours ago • 0 comments

This has a high probability of being used by Israel to justify starting a full war with Iran. apnews.com/article/iran...

submitted 20 hours ago • 0 comments

Civil war.

submitted 15 hours ago • 2 comments

submitted 23 hours ago • 30 comments

She was right.

submitted 22 hours ago • 545 comments

ABC capitulated! Just ridiculous As if they gain ANYTHING By doing so

submitted 14 hours ago • 0 comments

www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

The preprint of this article was covered and even fêted in the WSJ, Atlantic, and Nature. Yikes. What a wild read.

submitted 24 days ago • 1 comment

Putin's spies are building a hit list of journalists, politicians, and public figures across Europe. GRU agents are ordered to collect home addresses of Kremlin critics for potential "active measures," investigative Dossirt Center reveals 🧵Here’s why they’re doing it — and please RT

submitted 41 days ago • 11 comments

Bernie Sanders: "We have a president who is moving this country rapidly toward authoritarianism...to a large degree the future of this country rests with a small number of Republicans in the House & Senate who know better, who do know what the Constitution is about, and it's high time they stood up"

submitted 2 days ago • 309 comments

🎯 #NeverForgetJanuary6th

submitted 1 day ago • 460 comments

Musk did not dare to stick to what he knows!

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

If you were reasonably certain that we'd have genuine elections in 2026 and 2028, I hope you realize now that we really might not.

submitted 2 days ago • 33 comments

The FAKE President WANTS VIOLENCE! DO NOT COMPLY!

submitted 1 day ago • 22 comments

Everything is just for publicity and his rating. Pathetic.

submitted 15 hours ago • 1 comment

The day is approaching. This we’ll defend! 🇺🇸

submitted 3 days ago • 6 comments

If you are National Guard or Active Duty military and you are being ordered to violate the Constitutional rights of US citizens then this is the number to the GI Rights Hotline. There is support, you don't have to go through with it. ☎️ 1-877-447-4487 From #veterans to #activeduty personnel.

submitted 1 day ago • 159 comments

This is still a democracy, right?!? If Democrats are excluded, then it’s a simple conclusion-we’re NOT! It’s time to fight back!!! 👊👊🏻👊🏼👊🏽👊🏾👊🏿

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Please, and quickly!

submitted 15 hours ago • 0 comments

#ProudBlue This is what is happening in LA right now. We don’t need help. We don’t want the Marines or National Guard. Our city & state are fine!!! GET OUT! @jesscraven101.bsky.social video credit

submitted 16 hours ago • 99 comments