Thousands expected at downtown LA rally and protest – NBC Los Angeles

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#JDVance is traveling to #LosAngeles Friday to meet w/ #Marines & visit federal command centers.

Vance’s office did not release a reason for his visit. But #LA has been the epicenter of #protests against the #Trump admin’s #MassDeportation ops.

Trump deployed #NationalGuard troops to LA this month in response to the protests. #California sued for a #TRO to stop the deployment, but a federal appeals court ruled in Trump’s favor Thurs night while litigation continues.

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US court lets #Trump retain control of #California #NationalGuard for now

A US appeals court let Trump late Thurs retain control over CA's National Guard while the state's #Democratic #governor proceeds with a lawsuit challenging the legality of the #Republican president's use of the #troops to *quell* #protests & unrest in #LosAngeles.

#law #Title10 #PosseComitatusAct #ExecutiveOverreach #AbuseOfPower
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#NoKings #Protest #Solidarity #Immigrants #MassDeportation #EndICE #StopICE #Project2025 #Trump #MAGA #ThisIsFascism #ThisIsWhatYouVotedFor #ElectionsHaveConsequences #SaveDemocracy #USConstitution #DueProcess #FirstAid #JustFollowingOrders #NationalGuard #July17 #OathToDefendTheConstitution #FreePress #LetsGoTaco

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San Francisco Courtroom United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit has gaveled in #NewsomVTrump

3 Judge Panel
Judges Mark J. Bennett, Eric Miller & Jennifer Sung

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#Trump #law #Title10 #PosseComitatusAct #democracy #RightToProtest #FreedomOfAssembly #authoritarianism #tyranny #Gestapo #AmericanAutocracy #LosAngeles #California #NationalGuard #Marines #USTroops #immigration

…The #military parade was overseen by the American commander-in-chief as he conducts a militarized crackdown on #immigrants in #LosAngeles, #California, driving #protests. He sent in #NationalGuard troops & #Marines not because their presence is necessary to keep the peace, but as a show of #force - & as a test run for operations in other #states & #cities, should #Trump feel angry enough to launch them, likely #illegally.

#law #dictatorship #authoritarianism #AmericanAutocracy

"In #LosAngeles, where #ICE has launched a dragnet, the LA Unified School District [#LAUSD] put in place new protective measures. Many families have nevertheless still opted to skip #graduation & #schools are streaming ceremonies for those who feel safer at home."

#Trump #immigration #terrorism #MassDeportations #law #authoritarianism #tyranny #Gestapo #AmericanAutocracy #California #NationalGuard #Marines #troops
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At Graduation Time, ICE Targets Young Dreamers

As young people are celebrating graduations, ICE has been ramping up enforcement. One new tactic: arresting teenage students.

^{Emma Winger (Immigration Impact)}

#Marines were seen standing guard outside a federal building in #LosAngeles on Friday as they started operations after #protests erupted last week over #immigration raids.

Maj. Gen. Scott Sherman, commander of Task Force 51 who is overseeing the 4,700 troops deployed by #Trump, said the Marines finished [2 days of] training on civil disturbance & are starting their operations by replacing #NationalGuard #troops.

#law #PosseComitatusAct #authoritarianism #RightToProtest
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(Apparently, per #Noem, #IRS agents have been there in person working to determine what groups are organizing the #protests in the city! Normal stuff!) She then said that the #NationalGuard & #DHS were working to “make every single community great again & safe again” before lamenting that the people of #LA were “suffering” “under the policies of Governor Newsom & under the policies of Mayor Bass.”

#Trump #law #democracy #Constitution #RightToProtest #authoritarianism #LosAngeles #immigration

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

“We are not going away,” #KristiNoem said, referring to the #NationalGuard & #DHS presence in #LosAngeles this week amid #protests against #Trump’s sweeping & drastic #deportation mission in the city. 🚨”We are staying here to liberate the city from the socialists & the burdensome leadership that this governor & that this mayor have placed on this country & what they have tried to insert into the city.”🚨

#law #democracy #Constitution #authoritarianism #tyranny #AmericanAutocracy

Just before Sen. #AlexPadilla (D-CA) was forcibly removed from a #DHS *press briefing* [#propaganda session], forced to the ground & then handcuffed for ASKING A QUESTION, DHS Secy [dog killer] #KristiNoem was in the middle of making a bizarre but crucial point.

#Trump #law #democracy #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #RightToProtest #authoritarianism #tyranny #Gestapo #AmericanAutocracy #LosAngeles #NationalGuard #troops #Marines #PosseComitatusAct #immigration
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Noem Says National Guard Occupation Is Meant To ‘Liberate’ LA From Its Mayor And Governor

Just before Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) was forcibly removed from a Department of Homeland Security press briefing, forced to the ground and then handcuffed for…

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#politics #alt #trump #coup #jan6 #military #fascism #militarisation #missouri #texas #nationalguard

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Militarization is the Plan

#Trump can keep #NationalGuard deployed to #LosAngeles for now, appeals court rules

US appeals court late Thurs allowed Trump to maintain his deployment of National Guard #troops in #LA amid #protests over aggressive #immigration enforcement, temporarily pausing a lower court's ruling blocking the mobilization.
The #9thCircuit Court of Appeals' decision does not mean the court will ultimately agree w/Trump, but it means he will maintain command of the guard for now.
#law
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More proof this is entirely unnecessary & serves #Trump’s interests alone.

• Distract you from his many other #illegal activities, his ineffectuality geopolitically, & his tanking of the #economy.

• Finally achieving his long coveted goal of creating an #authoritarian #MilitaryState in which no one is allowed to criticize him or even say they don’t like him.

#law #PosseComitatusAct #democracy #RightToProtest #Gestapo #California #NationalGuard #Marines #immigration
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Well, the #PosseComitatusAct has officially been violated.

#NationalGuard troops have detained #civilians in #LAprotests, commander says

National Guard troops already have temporarily detained civilians in the #LosAngeles #protests over #immigration raids, the commander in charge said Wednesday, but they quickly turned them over to *#LawEnforcement* [the 30 second rule is only for food fools].

#Trump #law #democracy #RightToProtest #authoritarianism #tyranny #Gestapo
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In response to #California / #GavinNewsom suit, #Trump admin argues it has no obligation to consult with or get consent of the #governor before sending in #NationalGuard #troops or #Marines.

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The Trump admin defends sending ~5,000 troops to LA: "The statute empowers the President to determine what forces 'he considers necessary' to 'suppress' a 'rebellion' or to 'execute' federal 'laws'—not the Governor, & not a federal court."

#law #PosseComitatusAct #immigration

…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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US #protests against #Trump & his tyrannical #immigration raids — photos from the AP

#Louisville, #Kentucky

#SantaAna, #California

#Washington

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#law #Title10 #PosseComitatusAct #democracy #RightToProtest #FreedomOfAssembly #authoritarianism #tyranny #Gestapo #AmericanAutocracy #LosAngeles #ICE #NationalGuard #Marines #USTroops

The #Pentagon says the unnecessary deployment of #NationalGuard members & #Marines to #protests over #immigration raids in #LosAngeles is costing $134M.

After persistent questioning from #Democrats in #Congress on Tues, #Defense Secy #PeteHegseth turned to his acting comptroller, Bryn Woollacott MacDonnell, who provided the total & said the money will come from operations & maintenance accounts.

#Trump #law #Title10 #PosseComitatusAct #RightToProtest #authoritarianism
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‘Wildly underprepared’: #NationalGuard troops sleeping on floors

The #troops — whose makeshift quarters are shown in photographs exclusively obtained by the Chronicle — arrived WITHOUT federal funding for #food, #water, #fuel, #equipment or #lodging, said the source, who was granted confidentiality under SF Chronicle policies. This person said #state ofcls & the #California National Guard were not to blame.

#Trump #law #democracy #RightToProtest #LosAngeles #immigration
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In a sign of #California’s widening anger at the #Trump admin, including from the political center, the #LosAngeles Civic Alliance, a coalition of #business & #civic leaders that for years has served as the voice of the establishment in the Los Angeles region, condemned the deployment of the #NationalGuard in SoCal as an “#unconstitutional action” on Monday & charged that Trump had acted illegally.

#law #PosseComitatusAct #RightToProtest #authoritarianism #immigration
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I like this guy. More of this!

#AntifaAF #LosAngeles #Resist #Protest #ICE #NationalGuard #StopICE

Soldiers, police, National Guard have the right & duty to disobey unlawful orders - e.g., orders that infringe upon people's constitutional freedom of assembly &right to peacefully protest.

If you are in the National Guard or Active Duty military &you are being ordered to violate the constitutional rights of US citizens or unsure about the legality of orders, call the GI Rights Hotline, 1-877-447-4487

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#LA #LosAngeles #USMC #NationalGuard #Trump #Hegseth

It appears Waymo's are surveillance tools for law enforcement.

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#LosAngeles
#LA
#Surveillance

LAPD Publishes Crime Footage It Got From a Waymo Driverless Car

Police are starting to realize they can demand footage from driverless cars.

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How extreme is the June 7 Memorandum on federalizing the National Guard?

One of several issues: It has NO geographic limit. None. No mention of California or any other state. It's open-ended.

Now this from President Trump: "Well, we're going to have troops everywhere."⬇️

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video of Trump in link:
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#Trump #NoKing #NationalGuard #LosAngeles #Marines #fascism #ICE #protest

The playbook:

"Ratchet up raids on peaceful people to hit impossible quotas (ICE came close, but did not meet, Miller’s 3,000 arrest quota on two days last week).

Use protests against that draconian invasion to arrest Democratic leaders and invade a blue city.

Point to the chaos created by Miller’s draconian ICE raids to demand passage of the Big Ugly bill, which will codify and expand precisely that kind of draconian ICE raid.

Create chaos, and then use that chaos to try to codify authoritarian power."

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#trump2 #TrumpFascism #nationalguard #USA #protests
#iceraids #biguglybill #humanrights

The Big Ugly: Stephen Miller Uses His War on Home Depot to Invade California - emptywheel

Stephen Miller is transparently using the chaos he created by his demand for impossible arrest numbers from ICE to, first, federalize response to mostly-peaceful protest and, in turn, use the chaos created by that to call for passage of the Big Ugly …

^emptywheel

Worth noting:

"The last time the National Guard was activated without a governor's permission was in 1965, when President Lyndon B. Johnson sent troops to protect a civil rights march in Alabama, according to the Brennan Centre for Justice."

POTUS pursuing justice then, distorting justice now.
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#NationalGuard #LosAngelesFires #dystopia

Protests intensify in Los Angeles after Trump deploys hundreds of National Guard troops

Law enforcement used tear gas, rubber bullets, and flash bangs to control the crowd.

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The #Democratic Governors Association condemned #Trump’s decision to send #NationalGuard #troops into #LosAngeles over the objections of Governor #GavinNewsom as “an alarming abuse of power.” The association, which includes every Democratic #governor in the country, said in a statement that they stand with Newsom.

#law #Title10 #PosseComitatusAct #democracy #RightToProtest #FreedomOfAssembly #authoritarianism #tyranny #Gestapo #AmericanAutocracy #California #immigration

#Protesters breached a #police line guarding the entrance to Highway #101 & now a police convoy has blocked traffic for the #protest to proceed onto the highway. The 101 has been blocked at #immigration & #RacialJustice #demonstrations many times in years past.

#Trump #law #Title10 #democracy #RightToProtest #FreedomOfAssembly #authoritarianism #tyranny #Gestapo #AmericanAutocracy #LosAngeles #California #USTroops #NationalGuard #immigration

#LAPD orders some #protesters to disperse

The intersection mentioned in the post is right next to the federal building where #NationalGuard troops were stationed & protesters are gathered.

Several #police vehicles have driven into the area.

A helicopter circling the crowd in downtown #LosAngeles is announcing via loudspeaker that the #protest is an “unlawful assembly”

#Trump #law #democracy #RightToProtest #FreedomOfAssembly #authoritarianism #tyranny #Gestapo #AmericanAutocracy #immigration