It’s Always Darkest Before It Goes Pitch Black We’re not alarmed enough by what Trump’s doing in Los Angeles.

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"Trump understands the breadth of his order. When asked by a reporter yesterday if he planned to send troops to Los Angeles, he answered: “We’re gonna have troops everywhere.”"

*Everywhere*

What Tear Gas and Rubber Bullets Do to the Human Body So-called “less-lethal” weapons like those that have been used against demonstrators in Los Angeles can cause severe, lasting harm like nerve or brain damage or blindness. They can also kill.

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"not explicitly designed to kill, these so-called “less-lethal” weapons can cause serious health effects—and, in some cases, lasting harm. The use of these weapons can result in respiratory problems, head injuries, and even death."

‘The language of authoritarianism’: how Trump and allies cast LA as a lawless city needing military intervention As a pretext to sending in the national guard, the White House marked the Ice protests as a broader threat to the US

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"As a pretext to this action, the Trump administration had characterized the protests as a broader threat to the nation. On X, White House deputy chief of staff, Stephen Miller, called Los Angeles “occupied territory”."

For Trump, This Is a Dress Rehearsal Ordering the National Guard to deploy in Los Angeles is a warning of what to expect when his hold on power is threatened.

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"close observers of his presidency have feared a specific sequence of events that could play out ahead of midterm voting in 2026:

Step 1: Use federal powers in ways to provoke some kind of made-for-TV disturbance—flames, smoke, loud noises, waving of foreign flags.

Step 2: ..."

If Trump Orders Soldiers To Shoot Americans, He Seems To Have A Willing ‘Yes Man' At The Pentagon Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at his confirmation hearing refused to rule out opening fire on protesters if Trump ordered it.

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During Trump's first term, he was surrounded by fairly typical Republican opportunists & conservative social climbers. That was bad enough.

This time Trump has surrounded himself with eager sycophants, sadistic racists, pathological liars and psychopaths.

Trump’s troop deployment is a warning sign for what comes next, legal scholars fear Trump has cited a provision of U.S. law that allows the president to use the National Guard to suppress the “danger of a rebellion.”

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Many military & police recruits come from rural counties, recent high school graduates where job prospects are few.

These are also the areas where Trump won >70% of the vote.

We got #maritallaw Friday, May 2nd, 2025

Opposition lawmakers keep up claims refuted by US embassy in Seoul South Korean opposition lawmakers continued to claim Monday that US Amb. Philip Goldberg complained about the Yoon Suk Yeol administration with Washington officials in the aftermath of a short-lived m...

Opposition lawmakers keep up claims refuted by US embassy in Seoul.

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#SouthKorea experienced a major political upheaval on Tuesday night as the National Assembly swiftly overturned President Yoon Suk Yeol's declaration of martial law.

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Calling all journalists!
If you want to understand what is going on in South Korea, please read this op-ed by @heesoojang.bsky.social. Please share.
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March 30, 1976 - Evening Post - Patrick Troughton's wife wins her divorce suit only days after filing it, an unusual turn in British marital law.
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