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Jon Margolis's avatar

Your friend Robert Hubbell wrote this about June 14th this morning: "Every American who values our democracy must show up in the streets, town squares, freeway overpasses, government buildings, parks, malls, parking lots—anywhere our voices can be heard. We need tens of millions of Americans protesting in thousands of locations. Trump and his enablers can’t possibly keep up with overwhelming, decentralized protests." He's right. And people need to learn about non-violent civil disobedience--avoiding violence and being willing to be arrested, among other aspects.'

Keep the faith!

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Victoria Brown's avatar

The protest in LA today

was a beautiful example

of how it's done.

Thousands marching

peacefully with their

signs.

Do Not give Trump the

pretext he wants to

unleash he'll. Persist

peacefully. Not one step back.

Boomer 💜

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Liz Ayer, Nyc/MA's avatar

So disturbing seeing images of the reserves in LA and yes he’ll start doing it where he can — his objective is capture the media as he prevails in his attempt to makes MAGA happy and people are going to get wounded and killed and imprisoned and TACO just want the tv images of his power.

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Judith Matlock's avatar

If LA was so riot-stressed that the Guard had to be called, it wasn't serious enough to keep Trump from being ringside with Mike Tyson that night.

On 6/14 no movement, no commerce, just quiet shaming, one finger brushing over the other. I am ashamed of this government.

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Sharon Stearley's avatar

You are not alone!

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Sandra P. Campbell's avatar

"“In places where there is a true breakdown of the rule of law, such as the most dangerous neighborhoods in Chicago, the next president should use every power at his disposal to restore order. And, if necessary, that includes sending in the National Guard or the troops.”

A true breakdown in the rule of law??? Ok, asshole, send your troops to the White House!

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JDinTX's avatar

If protestors don’t choose to sing or sit, the escalations will continue. Good trouble is essential…

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Maggie's avatar

Thats what I thought - if they just sit down & be still - the good trouble will bug the crap out of these idiots! I think the protests Saturday will be very very well organized and set up. These LA protests kind of happened!

Honestly, in the beginning, looking at those ICE agents just standing there doing nothing but irritating the heck out everyone - THATS what set it off. You could see it coming.

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Dennis M. Sienkiewicz's avatar

Reports coming in say Marines are being deployed to LA…here we go…

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TCinLA's avatar

All protests being held in front of the National Guard troops have been nonviolent all day. The word that violence helps TACO appears to have gotten to the folks who were in the streets this weekend.

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Dennis M. Sienkiewicz's avatar

Now there are images of guys in masks and hoodies doing vandalism in SF and Fucks Noise is running with reports and film on this. 2,000 more CNG troops being called up and more cops coming into LA. Shit’s gonna get serious really fast with TACO pulling the strings, hoping for some pretext to go full tilt martial law on blue states that defy him and cheered on by the GOP. Fort Sumter 2.0 2025 style?

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Bryan Sean McKown's avatar

Friday AfternoonLegal Developments:

ABC National news just broadcast at 5 PM Pacific Trump has ordered 700 U.S. Marines to Los Angeles.

Governor Newsom through the our capable CA Attorney General, ROB BONTA has filed a lawsuit against the Wreck Gang to stop the National Guard deployment abuse.

I have not seen CA AG Bonta's case complaint as filed but, I recommend skipping a "TRO" as a waste of time & go straight to a PERMANENT injunction to halt the stream of autocratic. "orders".

Spoiler Alert: GRANTED.

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August Johnson's avatar

And now I see on CNN:

"Roughly 500 Marines based out of the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in California have been mobilized to respond to the protests in Los Angeles, according to three people familiar with the matter, and will join the National Guard troops"

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TCinLA's avatar

It's 700.

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Cheryl Towers's avatar

TACO isn’t going to be happy until he burns the whole country down and all of us with it. My fantasy is not more than three people showing up at his parade Saturday.

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TCinLA's avatar

I sure do wish the forecast was for rain!

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Cheryl Towers's avatar

Torrential downpour, tornados, and maybe a hurricane.

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Sharon Stearley's avatar

Let us pray! Maybe less than 3!

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August Johnson's avatar

Trump's really trying to turn this into a war!

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Kathy Hughes's avatar

Which is why we don’t give him what we wants.

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Judith Matlock's avatar

I want the Marines there the next time Trump tries to enter a women's dressing room, and I want to see a flying takedown to maintain law and order.

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Sharon Stearley's avatar

That is what I saw on TV. 700! The bigger the better for the imbecile!

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SAH Vashon's avatar

😩😡

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GarySanDiego's avatar

Times of San Diego (an independent source) reports “over 700” coming from Camp Pendleton. I sure hope those jar heads know about the Posse Cometatus Act. (Spelling?)

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TCinLA's avatar

Coming from a Pendelton unit that's out at Twentynine Palms.

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Kathy Hughes's avatar

Posse Comitatus Act. It requires Congress to agree to call out the National Guard without the governor’s consent, and Trump has decided to ignore Congress with the High School Putz whispering into his ear.

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SAH Vashon's avatar

😣

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GarySanDiego's avatar

A very cogent summary, Tom.

Someone needs to get these protests organized. Back in the civil rights era the Southern Christian Leadership Conference took the lead and trained protestors to not meet violence with violence and use passive means to obstruct the bad guys. We need that now. Even isolated instances of stupid violence can be magnified in this social media environment and poison a lot of minds out in the rest of the country. We need to put violence on hold.

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Victoria Brown's avatar

Indivisible is doing this

Gary. They have

nationwide groups in all

states, even red states,

that are organized and a

protesting.

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Sharon Stearley's avatar

Thank you, TC. So senseless!

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Kent Anderson's avatar

And now, he brings in the Marines. Holy shit!!!

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TCinLA's avatar

There's no holy shit to it Kent. We're going to appear in front of them completely non-violently. Veterans like me, wearing identifiable "vet clothes" will be calling to them to be the Marines they are and to remember that Marines don't violate their oath, which is to the Constitution, not to a traitor.

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Kent Anderson's avatar

I fucking hope so. If not, we're ALL doomed.

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Bryan Sean McKown's avatar

Short trip from Camp Pendleton.

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TCinLA's avatar

They're coming in from Twentynine Palms, 140 miles away up on the high desert.

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Linda MacDonald's avatar

LA and California along with any "blue" state. Miller, from Santa Monica, is the guy in charge. Noem cares about her hair extensions, and Homan is a buffoonish villain. Still, the damage is real. Thank you for standing up LA and California. Like Mr. Hubble has said, the demonstrations and opposition must grow. Frankly, the felon in chief wants to distract from these Epstein images.

http://youtube.com/post/Ugkx3DNn7IuKS470Y9b6Yvcv1IxCIvfCkFkT?si=Uxe8iNYA6RDMfwKv

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TCinLA's avatar

Deflect from that, and the law cases he's about to lose big time, and the declaration his tariffs are illegal, and the fact his Big Ugly Bill is failing in the Senate. LOSER LOSER LOSER. DONNIE BOY'S A LOSER!!

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Kathy Hughes's avatar

Tom Homan is a meathead.

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