"Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned that the Pentagon was prepared to mobilize active-duty troops "if violence continues" in Los Angeles, saying the Marines at nearby Camp Pendleton were "on high alert."
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/white-house-aide-calls-los-angeles-anti-ice-protests-an-insurrection-2025-06-07/


"It is the first time since 1965 that a president has activated a state's National Guard force without a request from that state's governor, according to Elizabeth Goitein, senior director of the Liberty and National Security Program at the Brennan Center for Justice, an independent law and policy organization. The last time was when President Lyndon B. Johnson sent troops to Alabama to protect civil rights demonstrators in 1965, she said."
New York Times

"Former Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper said President Donald Trump inquired about shooting protesters amid the unrest that took place after George Floyd's murder in 2020."
https://www.npr.org/2022/05/09/1097517470/trump-esper-book-defense-secretary

"Gen Mark Milley, the top US military leader, resisted Donald Trump's demands that his forces "crack skulls" and "beat the f@uck out" of protesters marching against police brutality and structural racism, according to a much-trailed new book."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jun/25/donald-trump-general-mark-milley-crack-skulls?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

~ could the BI - OT collective acquire this . . . ?

https://www.reddit.com/r/sanfrancisco/comments/1l5tjbt/a_tech_investors_plan_to_buy_a_landmark_sf_bar/

prospeCt said:

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~ could the BI - OT collective acquire this . . . ?

https://www.reddit.com/r/sanfrancisco/comments/1l5tjbt/a_tech_investors_plan_to_buy_a_landmark_sf_bar/

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Best part of that link:

Worst part: no price stated.

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This was organized. Funded. Coordinated.

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* Chavez Ravine secured and the Dodgers pacified early this morning, Disneyland is in flames, but Mickey made a run for it and is still at large.

It's good TV. Trump takes credit for restoring peace in LA just like he did for turning on the water to end fires.

Trump has been sending naval combat ships to the US-Mexico border.

Is he going to start a fight with their drug cartels? So we are invading Mexico now?

Or is he going to abduct migrants and jail them on the ship, then transport them?

Picking fights, that's what Trump does.
Someone eventually is going to punch him back. Or punch us. Hitler got all of Germany and Europe punched up!

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trumps-pentagon-keeps-sending-destroyers-163749743.html

Anarchistbear said:

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It's good TV. Trump takes credit for restoring peace in LA just like he did for turning on the water to end fires.

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Trump would LOVE to destroy California.


Gavin Newsom threatened to not pay federal taxes. Is he leading some sort of secession plan? No. It's empty commentary.

concordtom said:

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Trump has been sending naval combat ships to the US-Mexico border.

Is he going to start a fight with their drug cartels? So we are invading Mexico now?

Or is he going to abduct migrants and jail them on the ship, then transport them?

Picking fights, that's what Trump does.
Someone eventually is going to punch him back. Or punch us. Hitler got all of Germany and Europe punched up!

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trumps-pentagon-keeps-sending-destroyers-163749743.html

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Your answer is in the article you posted. You just have to read it.

"The Navy said that the Cole's deployment to the southern border "aims to enhance maritime security and support interagency collaboration in the region through presence operations" and the support of the Coast Guard operators, who can perform vessel boardings, searches, and seizures to target drug trafficking, illegal immigration, and maritime criminal activity."

I don't know who this kid is but he is awesome
https://bsky.app/profile/jeremotographs.bsky.social/post/3lr2duyta5k2y

Are you suggesting that the cartels are transporting drugs by sea?
Because the rest of those words were like the adults in Charlie Brown films.

"enhance maritime security and support interagency collaboration in the region through presence operations"

concordtom said:

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Are you suggesting that the cartels are transporting drugs by sea?
Because the rest of those words were like the adults in Charlie Brown films.

"enhance maritime security and support interagency collaboration in the region through presence operations"

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While this is hardly narrowed to what the Navy said, of course cartels transport drugs by sea.

It may be warranted.
And now that the presence of our Navy is announced, alternative routes will be secured.

The takeaway I'd like you to get is that Trump is an agitator without positive ends.
So when everything he touches dies, don't say you weren't warned.

"Tom Homan, Trump's appointed border czar, defended the president's decision to deploy 2,000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles despite opposition to the move from local leaders, including Gov. Gavin Newsom……and warned that the governor and L.A.'s mayor could be arrested."
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/paramount-california-home-depot-protest-rcna211650

Los Angeles protests live: First troops arrive in LA after Trump signs order to send 2,000 National Guardsmen - BBC News


https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cvg7vxx888kt

concordtom said:

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It may be warranted.
And now that the presence of our Navy is announced, alternative routes will be secured.

The takeaway I'd like you to get is that Trump is an agitator without positive ends.
So when everything he touches dies, don't say you weren't warned.

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If we take away a route, new routes just easily pop up, so why bother, right?

dajo9 said:

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I don't know who this kid is but he is awesome
https://bsky.app/profile/jeremotographs.bsky.social/post/3lr2duyta5k2y

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Definitely awesome. A hero that we need

MAGATS are embarrassments

VOTE BLUE

Go Bears Forever

Newsom being arrested would be the best thing that ever happened to him, The Rosa Parks of the organic vegetable and electric car set