Masked federal agents with military gear have been firing flash-bang grenades, teargas and rubber bullets at civilians in the streets of Los Angeles for the last three days.
On Saturday, Trump federalized the National Guard to help crush protests
— not just there but potentially anywhere in the U.S. where people demonstrate against federal law enforcement.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has threatened to send in the Marines.
They have come for immigrants, as they always said they would.
Tackling day laborers at Home Depot, but also seizing whoever, wherever.
Workers, students, shoppers, tourists, parents, and little children have been abducted from schools, homes, restaurants, construction sites, and courthouses.
We’ve all seen something, so now let’s say something and
— more important— do something.
Do like the Californians, who are flooding the streets to tell the Trump administration and ICE:
Hell no. Get out.
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Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to crush protests against ICE’s deportation raids has only fueled the uprising.Merula Furtado (Truthout)
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June 15 is the 10th anniversary of when the fascist descent began.
We’ve been living with the MAGA nightmare for exactly a decade.
On that day in 2015, Trump rode down his golden escalator to announce his bid for President.
We all know what he said about crime, drugs, and “rapists” from Mexico.
But he prefaced his dehumanizing language more broadly:
“The U.S.,” he said, “has become a dumping ground for everybody else’s problems.”
He was being perfectly clear,
but many didn’t take it seriously.
Soon after in The New York Times, Ross Douthat wrote,
“There’s something that’s joyfully ridiculous about his candidacy.”
In August, Maureen Dowd welcomed Trump into the race:
“Sometimes you need a showman in the show.”
Another Times writer, though, came to a different conclusion after Trump repeated his “dumping ground” line at a rally that month in Dallas
... show moreIf you’re still looking for a sign, here’s another one:
June 15 is the 10th anniversary of when the fascist descent began.
We’ve been living with the MAGA nightmare for exactly a decade.
On that day in 2015, Trump rode down his golden escalator to announce his bid for President.
We all know what he said about crime, drugs, and “rapists” from Mexico.
But he prefaced his dehumanizing language more broadly:
“The U.S.,” he said, “has become a dumping ground for everybody else’s problems.”
He was being perfectly clear,
but many didn’t take it seriously.
Soon after in The New York Times, Ross Douthat wrote,
“There’s something that’s joyfully ridiculous about his candidacy.”
In August, Maureen Dowd welcomed Trump into the race:
“Sometimes you need a showman in the show.”
Another Times writer, though, came to a different conclusion after Trump repeated his “dumping ground” line at a rally that month in Dallas:
The problem with this particular clown is that his words are not clownish.
The language he uses about immigrants is dehumanizing and vile.
The audiences that adore him are animated not just by infatuation,
but by the age-old catalysts of fear, resentment and hate.
This is what moves the Trump effect into the realm of the frightening,
rather than amusing or fascinating.
truthout.org/articles/la-prote…
LA Protests Signal Public’s Readiness to Rebel Against Anti-Immigrant Fascism | Truthout
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