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Showing Original Post only (View all)Los Angeles is NOT happy... [View all]
Last edited Mon Jun 9, 2025, 07:36 PM - Edit history (1)
The sound and fury of Righteous Anger from the people.
Link to tweet
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(regarding the battalion of 700 Marines incoming)
June 9, 2025, 7:05 p.m. EST
Chief Jim McDonnell of the Los Angeles Police Department said in a statement that his agency had not been formally notified that the Marines would arrive in Los Angeles. The possible arrival of federal military forces in Los Angeles absent clear coordination presents a significant logistical and operational challenge for those of us charged with safeguarding this city, he said.
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In a sign of Californias widening anger at White House, including from the political center, the Los Angeles Civic Alliance, a coalition of business and civic leaders that for years has served as the voice of the establishment in the Los Angeles region, condemned the deployment of the National Guard in Southern California as an unconstitutional action on Monday and charged that the president had acted illegally.
Shawn Hubler
June 9, 2025, 7:04 p.m. ET30 minutes ago
The issue here goes beyond Los Angeles or California: If the president of the United States can, without notice to the governor and without the constitutionally required request of the governor, send the military into our city, he can do so in any city in America at any time and for any reason he may conjure, the group said in a rare public statement. The statement was signed by nearly two dozen civic leaders, including former chamber of commerce leaders, university officials, a former state treasurer, a former head of the University of California Board of Regents and heads of major Los Angeles nonprofits, law firms and ethnic media outlets.
June 9, 2025, 7:05 p.m. EST
Chief Jim McDonnell of the Los Angeles Police Department said in a statement that his agency had not been formally notified that the Marines would arrive in Los Angeles. The possible arrival of federal military forces in Los Angeles absent clear coordination presents a significant logistical and operational challenge for those of us charged with safeguarding this city, he said.
...
In a sign of Californias widening anger at White House, including from the political center, the Los Angeles Civic Alliance, a coalition of business and civic leaders that for years has served as the voice of the establishment in the Los Angeles region, condemned the deployment of the National Guard in Southern California as an unconstitutional action on Monday and charged that the president had acted illegally.
Shawn Hubler
June 9, 2025, 7:04 p.m. ET30 minutes ago
The issue here goes beyond Los Angeles or California: If the president of the United States can, without notice to the governor and without the constitutionally required request of the governor, send the military into our city, he can do so in any city in America at any time and for any reason he may conjure, the group said in a rare public statement. The statement was signed by nearly two dozen civic leaders, including former chamber of commerce leaders, university officials, a former state treasurer, a former head of the University of California Board of Regents and heads of major Los Angeles nonprofits, law firms and ethnic media outlets.
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https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06/09/us/la-protests-immigration-ice-trump
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I think that's a means to undermine the protesters and it smells like right wing talking points
AStern
Monday
#6
I've seen very few US flags at any of our protests so I don't know what handwringing you're referring to. -nt
CrispyQ
Monday
#28
You can disagree with it, but to say it "makes no sense" is a failure on your end. It was properly written. . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Monday
#23
If ICE were targeting Jewish people, I doubt there would be any hand-wringing if protesters were carrying Israeli flags"
Polybius
Tuesday
#72
Fox News and every other media outlet will show the public what it wants them to see
AStern
Tuesday
#79
Mark Spitz won 7 gold medals and his swim suit was the flag, as was the whole swim team.
Evolve Dammit
Monday
#43
Absolutely! I rigged my walker to support my flag pole. It's a two-fer! Shows my love of country
Attilatheblond
Monday
#52
"Ask yourself about the future you want for your children. Is it this? You can answer me." ...Crickets.
CrispyQ
Monday
#3
I read on Political Wire that this is Wyatt Russell, the son of Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn.
Efilroft Sul
Monday
#10
Arson is fucking disgusting and a favourite of agents provocateur. Please don't advocate arson here. . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Monday
#42