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#Trump Relishes #Troops in American Streets While Shunning Conflict Overseas
by Peter Baker
When Trump first sought to stage a #military parade in Washington, a 4-star general argued against it, telling him that “it’s what dictators do.” Trump was unbothered by the comparison, & so on Sat tanks will roll down the streets of the nation’s capital for the first time in decades.
#AmericanAutocracy #MilitaryState #ForeignPolicy #authoritarianism #propaganda
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Lone Wolf, a military robotic dog, entertains children at the America 250 Celebration at Fort Bragg in Fayetteville
Photograph: Karl DeBlaker/AP
@photography
#military
#robots
#children
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Exclusive: US #Marines carry out first known #detention of #civilian in #LosAngeles, video
shows
Marines deployed to #LA carried out the detention of a civilian on Friday, the US #military confirmed after being presented w/ Reuters images, in the first known detention by active-duty #troops deployed there by #Trump.
#Trump #law #PosseComitatusAct #democracy #RightToProtest #FreedomOfAssembly #authoritarianism #tyranny #Gestapo #AmericanAutocracy #protests
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…Josh Kovensky articulated the depravity of the moment well this afternoon:
In some ways, it’s a microcosm of how the #Trump admin has intentionally conflated #peaceful #protest w/ #criminal activity over the past week. Just as the White House order authorizing the #military deployment to #LA declares that “protests” which “inhibit” law enforcement “constitute a form of rebellion” against the US government, so does a US Senator asking a question at an open presser make him a threat.
#law
The statement said the quiet part out loud: the #military was there to “liberate” a city from its democratically elected governor & mayor.(It was also not entirely clear what “burdensome” actions she was referring to.)
Leading up to this moment in the press briefing, #KristiNoem spent several minutes thanking the #NationalGuard, #FBI, local #LawEnforcement & the #IRS (??) for their efforts on the ground in #LA.
#Trump #law #democracy #authoritarianism #tyranny #LosAngeles #Marines #immigration
Ummmm…
Not okay.
The #USArmy has announced that it is swearing in 4 #tech execs from #Palantir, #Meta, #OpenAl, & #ThinkingMachinesLab — as #ArmyReserve lieutenant colonels.
#Trump #law #surveillance #privacy #InfoSec #military
This is insane.
#Trump’s Secretary of the #Army thinks
that currently there is a US soldier on the moon.
Embarrassing AF.
#USpol #military #MilitaryPreparedness #kakistocracy #idiocracy
@LukefromDC
On #War
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... Today, a couple of drones can cause multi-billion dollar damage to #military equipment (to Russia, with love, LOL,) by itself, it would constitute an act of war. However, if the perpetrator had not been the intelligence forces of #Ukraine, but, say, an independent group of terrorists, it still would not have been a "war" in the true sense of the meaning. If it had been some "freedom fighters" (like #SuminBolivar initially,) it would merely be...
Federal agents have just handcuffed California Senator Alex Padilla and forcibly removed him from a news conference when he dared to question Kristi Noem. This is a demonstration on the body of a Latino elected official of what the Trump regime intends to do to any of us who question.
#Trump #authoritarianism #military
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Live updates: Sen. Alex Padilla forcibly removed from Kristi Noem news conference
Sen. Alex Padilla was forcibly removed from a news conference with Homeland Security Secretary Noem in Los Angeles. Follow along for live updates.Génesis Miranda Miramontes, Jonathan Lloyd (NBC Southern California)
#Trump probably wants there in the #US to police #civilians.
The US #military has authorized “the voluntary departure” of #troops’ dependents from locations across the #MiddleEast as tensions w/ #Iran have risen [which you’d think would be a reason to keep them there], 2 US ofcls said Wednesday.
One US defense ofcl said the order came from Secy of #Defense #PeteHegseth.
…after the US #military announced that 700 #Marines would join the now 5,000 #NationalGuard #troops in #LosAngeles on Wednesday, escalat[ing] the [admin’s unlawful] military response — an exceedingly rare use of active-duty #troops on #domestic soil — #Trump suggested on Tues that the #LAprotests were petering out, & gave himself credit. “By doing what I did, I stopped the violence in LA.”
#law #immigration #ICE #PosseComitatusAct #democracy #Constitution #RightToProtest
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"Los Angeles is a testing ground, a dress rehearsal for a larger and more ambitious production. If L.A. is occupied by U.S. troops, New York will be next, and Chicago, and Seattle, and so on."
~ Greg Olear
#LosAngeles #Trump #immigrants #ICE #military #PoliticsofDistraction #RealityShow #media
/18
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Passé Comitatus / We Don't Need No Insurrection
The specter of the Burr Conspiracy, the crackdown of the Bonus Expeditionary Army protest, the escalating crisis in Los Angeles, the looming Flag Day parade—and what we can do to safeguard democracyGreg Olear (PREVAIL by Greg Olear)
"Misleading photographs, videos and text have spread widely on social media as protests against immigrant raids have unfolded in Los Angeles, rehashing old conspiracy theories and expressing support for President Trump’s actions.
The flood of falsehoods online appeared intended to stoke outrage toward immigrants and political leaders, principally Democrats."
~ Steven Lee Myers
#LosAngeles #Trump #immigrants #ICE #military #PoliticsofDistraction #RealityShow #media
/19
“You create a sense of existential fear that social anarchy is spreading, that criminal gangs are taking over. This is the language of authoritarianism all over the world,”...
It’s like a war zone. That’s on purpose, it’s habituating Americans to see those armed forces as being in combat on the streets of American cities.”
~ Ruth Ben-Ghiat
#LosAngeles #Trump #immigrants #ICE #military #PoliticsofDistraction #RealityShow
/20
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‘The language of authoritarianism’: how Trump and allies cast LA as a lawless city needing military intervention
As a pretext to sending in the national guard, the White House marked the Ice protests as a broader threat to the USTess Owen (The Guardian)
"Because this is going to be their playbook for asserting federal control everywhere, and if they can get away with it in California, the sky’s the limit. The regime is all about boundary-testing, like a toddler or abusive lover."
~ Marcie Jones
#LosAngeles #Trump #immigrants #ICE #military #PoliticsofDistraction #RealityShow
/21
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David Huerta Released, Battle For USA Not Under Military Occupation Goes On
Somebody wake up the Democrats, this is a big deal.Marcie Jones (Wonkette)
"California — Los Angeles in particular — is in the president’s crosshairs today. But it will be Chicago, Minneapolis, Seattle or New York tomorrow. Trump is promising Americans as much. 'We’re going to have troops everywhere.'"
~ California McClatchy Editorial Board
#LosAngeles #Trump #immigrants #ICE #military #PoliticsofDistraction #RealityShow #media
/22
Asked when he last spoke to #Governor #GavinNewsom about the actual situation in #LosAngeles, #Trump seems pretty unsure.
“Ummmmm, a day ago?”
Then he accuses Newsom of causing deaths & “potential deaths”.
He also claims without his illegal action of sending in the #military against the wishes of the governor & mayor that “LA would be burning to the ground.”
#idiocracy #propaganda #LAprotests #immigration #protests #law #Title10 #PosseComitatusAct #RightToProtest #authoritarianism
"White House pool reporters are literally pouring gasoline onto a road flare held by an arsonist. They are baiting Trump into making ever more incendiary statements, which the media then repeats with staged alarm and barely concealed glee."
#LosAngeles #Trump #immigrants #ICE #military #PoliticsofDistraction #RealityShow #media
/14
Maureen Sullivan takes a deep-dive look at how Murdoch media are fanning the flames of the Trump-Los Angeles story.
"They’re on board, and of course, Trump counts on that cheerleading squad, the very same one that helped him gain both of his terms.
We all have our complaints about mainstream media but Murdoch Media is a whole other creature."
#LosAngeles #Trump #immigrants #ICE #military #PoliticsofDistraction #RealityShow #media
/15
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How Murdoch Media is fanning the L.A. flames
Plus: Why an ABC reporter should not be fired over his criticism of Stephen MillerMargaret Sullivan (American Crisis)
"What it looks like is an attempt to create confrontations that can be used to impose something that, for practical purposes, amounts to martial law.
And if that’s what it’s really about, what’s happening in Los Angeles is just the beginning. … this is all about finding excuses to use force against Trump’s critics and opponents and justify an anti-democratic power grab."
~ Paul Krugman
#LosAngeles #Trump #immigrants #ICE #military
/16
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We Finally Know What “American Carnage” Was About
Behind the sadism lies an attack on democracyPaul Krugman
"The man who launched an attempted coup on the United States in 2020 and instigated an insurrection at the Capitol that resulted in five deaths now claims that people in Los Angeles are launching an insurrection. They’re not."
~ Robert Reich
#LosAngeles #Trump #immigrants #ICE #military #PoliticsofDistraction #RealityShow
/13
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The Coward Goes to War Against America
Trump wants Americans to turn violent. We will be steadfast.Robert Reich
"Before the election, Donald Trump quoted Hitler (again) and said he would send the National Guard and the military against 'the enemy from within.'
The enemies don’t include violent insurrectionists with MAGA shirts, Trump hats, and Confederate flags who stormed the US Capitol on January 6th, attacked cops, and tried to overthrow a free and fair election."
~ Wajahat Ali
#LosAngeles #Trump #immigrants #ICE #military #PoliticsofDistraction #RealityShow
/11
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The Battle for Los Angeles and American Democracy
America has moved closer to accepting and normalizing Trump's reign of terror as MAGA is celebrating the militarized crackdown on protests in LA, which is simply a test case for future cities.THE LEFT HOOK with Wajahat Ali (The Left Hook with Wajahat Ali)
"It is obvious, at least to me, that the men breaking windows and vandalizing the police car in San Francisco are provocateurs."
#LosAngeles #Trump #immigrants #ICE #military #PoliticsofDistraction #RealityShow
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"In Los Angeles, several Waymo driverless cars were set on fire by protesters. There is one photo (above) of a masked man standing atop a vandalized Waymo car between two burning cars waving a Mexican flag. More photos showed a vandalized LAPD car with a broken windshield surrounded by paving stones that had been hurled at the police cars."
#LosAngeles #Trump #immigrants #ICE #military #PoliticsofDistraction #RealityShow
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"The video images were almost identical to video taken of the Ferguson riots after the police shooting of Michael Brown in 2014 showing a man wearing black pants and a black hoodie and a backpack systematically breaking the windows of an auto parts store. He was followed by another man dressed identically who threw Molotov fire bombs into the store, setting it on fire."
#LosAngeles #Trump #immigrants #ICE #military #PoliticsofDistraction #RealityShow
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"Last night, protests spread to San Francisco, where 150 were arrested in clashes with police. Videos of the protests showed men in all-black outfits, wearing hoodies, masks, and backpacks, breaking the windows of downtown buildings with a hammer and vandalizing a SFPD patrol car."
~ Lucian K. Truscott
#LosAngeles #Trump #immigrants #ICE #military #PoliticsofDistraction #RealityShow
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The worst of all possible worlds: Trump is using the L.A. riots to set his agenda for the mid-terms
Democrats had better start getting their shit together.Lucian K. Truscott IV (Lucian Truscott Newsletter)
"Televised riots are the perfect backdrop to highlight the White House’s messaging on immigration. It is a manufactured show of force that Trump’s base will applaud."
#LosAngeles #Trump #immigrants #ICE #military #PoliticsofDistraction #RealityShow
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"Trump got his distraction, and as a bonus he got a public showdown with a political rival (Governor Gavin Newsom) over his core issue (immigration) in the bluest of blue states (California). It is a fight Trump has been girding for since he took office."
~ Dan Rather
#LosAngeles #Trump #immigrants #ICE #military #PoliticsofDistraction #RealityShow
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Produced & Directed By Donald Trump
After a bad week, Trump debuts a riotous reality showDan Rather (Steady)
"This is a pure, unfiltered, weapons-grade reality show distraction. A re-run of the oldest trick in the Trump playbook: create a crisis, redefine reality, and hope the public is too overwhelmed to notice the man behind the curtain is full of shit."
~ Michael Cohen
#LosAngeles #Trump #immigrants #ICE #military #PoliticsofDistraction #RealityShow
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LA Mayhem: Trump’s Reality Show Distraction
While protesters wave flags, Trump waves the Constitution goodbye; hiding a legislative dumpster fire behind troops, tantrums, and the lie that democracy’s biggest threat is... handmade signs.Michael Cohen (Meidas+)
"What we’re seeing is a clumsy, transparent psychological warfare campaign being executed by the federal government against American citizens. It is, of course, totally illegal and unconstitutional, but regardless, Los Angeles is being used as an example and as psychological conditioning for a national rollout of this strategy."
~ Jim Stewartson
#LosAngeles #Trump #immigrants #ICE #military #PoliticsofDistraction #RealityShow #PsychologicalWarfare
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Waymo False Flag: Militarizing America Through Psychological Warfare
A transparent, clumsy attack on Los Angeles reveals the true projectJim Stewartson (MindWar: The Psychological War on Democracy)
"L.A. was chosen for a reason; the White House wanted this to be their staging ground.
The first reason for this belief is historical: Los Angeles has for decades been a frequent site of major civil rights–related protests....
It’s almost half Latino; immigrants really are, as Mena said, the lifeblood of the city and the state."
~ Adrian Carrasquillo
#LosAngeles #Trump #immigrants #ICE #military #PoliticsofDistraction #RealityShow
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L.A. Was Destined to Be Where Trump Staged His ICE Fight
This isn’t the first time the city has stood up for immigrants and civil rights. But will Democrats stand with them or fold?Adrian Carrasquillo (The Bulwark)
According to Joyce Vance, #Trump’s use of a president’s #Title10 authority in this situation conflicts with the #PosseComitatusAct, which prohibits the use of the #military for #domestic law enforcement, including the #NationalGuard if they are federalized.
However, at least for now the admin seems to be using the Guard only to protect federal personnel & property.
#law #democracy #RightToProtest #FreedomOfAssembly #tyranny #Gestapo #AmericanAutocracy #LosAngeles #USTroops #immigration
An 18th-century wartime #law — the #InsurrectionAct is the main #legal mechanism a president can use to activate military or #NationalGuard during times of rebellion or unrest. But #Trump didn’t invoke the Insurrection Act.
Instead, he relied on a similar federal law, #Title10, that allows the president to federalize Guard troops under certain circumstances.
