All these MSM scum are doing is normalizing evil.
All these MSM scum are doing is normalizing evil.
this morning there were just officers standing around twiddling their thumbs. do they really need backup from the marines? DJT is such a baby
for what?
Are we still waiting to see if a Constitutional crisis develops? Has Susan Collins expressed her concern?
Stupid CNN gaslighting the public. The Marines are NOT being mobilized "in response to the protests in Los Angeles." It's Trump cosplaying dictator.
Boycott regime media!
THIS!
The reaction of a five year old when his toys get taken away - not what you expect from the President of the USA. What sad and dangerous times we are witnessing - #stopTheMadness and #saveTheUS
CA national guard not eager enough to shoot their neighbors, I guess...
Some of them seemed pretty into it.
Wonder how those Marines are feeling. Not quite the job they signed up, eh?
idk, Marines in particular are pretty fashy.
My understanding is that Marines are very highly trained for those especially difficult missions. Using them in our borders seems like quite the overkill. Were it the Army, I would be more concerned.
You've clearly never met a Marine
This is true.
They love to suffer. That’s why they joined the masochist branch of armed forces.
I read they are not going to be used for crowd control ? why even bring them then the lawsuit has been filed for the illegal use of the natl. guard this is why trump fired top jag officers and the joint chief of staff don't blame the military
not that you are
They are obligated to refuse these orders. If they don't, then they are criminals and they can rot in prison.
What admin is going to put them there, pray tell?
What happened to the Posse Comitatus Act in the US? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posse_C...
How long until the nuclear option?!!!
...Monday? After the protests ended?? With ZERO cause - how is this necessary??? ...oh right, it's been the wet dream of MAGATS to kill "libs/ POCs" to "own" the libs. MFers
Trump won’t even provide lodging or enough port-a-potties for the National Guard, so where the fuck are the marines gonna sleep?
Yep.
This is bullshit
Trump is planning a military parade in DC on June 14, but the biggest story of that day will be the actions we take everywhere else. I'm rallying on No Kings Day to reject strongman politics and corruption. app.sosha.ai/s/zy9w0iqR
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It all makes sense when people realizes that Trump works for Putin.
Yeah, it's been so chaotic that LAPD participated in the Pride parade Sunday. They made clear that the protests were peaceful. This is 100% manufactured bullshit. Even LAPD has said the ONLY violence has come from folks claiming to be federal agents.
Yea don't trust the LAPD, but actually do take note that no officials who are actually here are calling for this. And anyone who thinks Bass or Newsom wouldn't be if things were really out of hand, is just too dumb to have a discussion with.
The same LAPD Officers that trampled protesters with horses? The same LAPD Officers that harass and assault Trans Women? The same LAPD Officers that shoot unarmed Black and Brown Men? The Same LAPD Officers that have been one of the deadliest gangs since their inception? Those LAPD Officers?
Yeah they’re fucking awful and yet even they were like “nah we’re good here, we can harass these groups and do some prime time crime ourselves, but thanks”
LApigz left out all their own incidences of malicious mayhem.
Yeah... there's no shortage of violence coming from the LAPD either.
Maybe Brigadier General Mark H. Clingan promised them a trip to Disney.
This is just ridiculous and a waste of marines. And now the news cycle will be about the "riots"
It’s a show for the cult members. The media must also be loving this. This is why they helped him win. Fuck these people.
A GESTAPO BY ANY NAME OR ANY OTHER LANGUAGE IS STILL A GESTAPO.
Unconstitutional!
So what are our paid elected reps going to do to take back our country and white house and democracy or else give us our money back
Trade stocks
If only we had listened to conservative Democrats and not protested against this fascist overreach then this would not have happened (or something)
You do you but this doesn’t seem like a Democratic Party problem - perhaps - just perhaps - it has to do with intentional over reach and fear mongering by the federal government executive branch because Trump is scared.
It's yes that's definitely what happened. Trump is the first mover here and fault lies with him. None of this would be happening if the government hadn't taken aggressive first actions.
What a fucking waste of tax dollars.
Pete, it sounds like your warriors are pretty inefficient and/or ineffective.
How hard is it for the media to use the words “illegal” and “Trump” in the same sentence?
Nuremberg
Coup d‘etat - facism @work
CNN (in the person of Natasha Bertrand) is doing its VERY best to normalize Trump's ignoring the Posse Comitatus Act. It's All No Big Deal, Folks! Just Accept It! Do Not Question! #CollaborationistsStink
“The Trump administration and mainstream conservative legal analysts claim that all actions he has taken, or will take, are protected by the Constitution, and that he has unlimited power. His extremist far-left critics and rabble-rousers disagree.” - oligarchy-owned media
Yes, they might just as well put that on a card and broadcast only that.
martial law by Saturday 😡😡😡
Every single one of the marines has abandoned their oath to uphold the constitution.
Unlawful
Semper fidelis, Marines? Not hardly, if your loyalty belongs to a lawless autocrat instead of to the United States of America and her citizens.
So, this is a pretty cut and dry violation of the Passe Comitatus Act, which obviously no one in power cares about, but anyone who thinks the Republicans are the party of law and order should care about
Vote all republicans out if you want freedom.
There was a whole West Wing plot line about it!
Let's be honest. A good portion of people who think the Republicans are the party of law and order also think eating dirt and drinking urine are a good way to stave off a virus which they think is also a hoax. TrumpanNazees are nothing if not vapid.
we have a bad track record of sending Marines as peacekeepers… using them to do your bidding is disrespecting everyone who’s ever put on the uniform especially the families of those who have been lost
i will work to the end of my days to separate california from the u.s. if marines are actually deployed against us. a mealy-mouthed “just to protect the police from the scary protesters” fig leaf won’t exculpate marines betraying their deepest oath
Military cannot police civilians full stop
So the US Marines are OK with shooting at American civilians? Have they been trained to take any orders, like "shoot yourself" or "kill your mother" or "kill some Americans" ?
Jesus, America! What have you done!?
Is this who you are now, military leaders? Stand up for your oaths.
Shame on them all.
Why is CNN only reporting 500 Marines when every other media outlet (msm and independent) are reporting 700? Trying to soften the blow? CNN seems to start bending the knee to trump, ever since Jan 20, 2025
CNN is not bending a knee. They are getting down on both knees and puckering their lips.
Sick. Ugly. Shame
And MAGA loves this. It’s a pitiful waste of our tax dollars all because Trump hates Newsom. It’s not about the protestors or the illegals. It’s all posturing except it is dangerous and unnecessary. And where is Congress?
Mostly to deflect from his “Billionaire Bailout” plan and the Epstein files. IMHO.
@down.blue
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Those journalists ain't gonna shoot themselves right?
Fascism on fast forward
Oppressive Right Wing Extremist Government Unleashes Military on Its Own Citizens in Brazenly Unconstitutional Act Fixed the headline.
Facism
Disgusting.
He's setting the stage for martial law. Full military take over of blue states and congressional Democrats are completely fucking paralyzed.
What about Texas. Are troops going to be sent there.
No only in states led by Democrats.
This motherfucker wants to start a war against the citizens, in the middle of LA. He’s fucking insane.
They should be reporting how this is a direct violation of our Constitution.
Why? It's not in their best interests to report the truth. They see what he's doing & bcuz they're scared of him, they want to be seen toeing the line. PBS has a great docuseries called "the Dictator's Playbook" which looks back at past dictators & how they came to power. Trump checks all the boxes
How has capitulating worked out for them so far? Near as I can tell, that's exactly the wrong route to go with an abuser.
Well their credibility is completely shot at this point and it will be interesting to see if they can ever recover in the future. Meanwhile faux news is reporting that Dems are to blame for what's happening in LA, as usual.
Fox is ridiculous.
That's being too nice to them. I mean faux news already lost 780 million over its lies about the 2020 election, but apparently that was a short term learning curve.
State TV
They are the model going forward, and the other members of American Magastan Media are modeling themselves accordingly.
What did they say? 3000? 🙄
700. Probably won't affect the parade though.
Arrest that traitor!!! Enough is enough!! He is ignoring our constitution without consequence!
who do you suggest arrest him? belling the cat is a super idea, if you can find someone to do it.
I wish I knew. This is so fucked up. Time to storm the barricades.
trump thinks it's fun to poke a sleeping bear with a stick, and maybe it is...until the bear wakes up
Here we go, just in time for his birthday.
Those marines had better remember the oath they took to the constitution.
Mobilising troops against at civilians doesn't end well. Look at what happened in Northern Ireland.
The marines will NOT be armed with guns. Batons and riot shields.
If that were true, which it is not, that does not allow the president to use US Marines against US citizens in the United States. Has nothing to do with how they are armed.
I am not arguing the legality of what he is doing. I am trying to ease any fearmongering that might happen. Where are you getting your information from? I am getting mine from a marine source in CA.
First I've seen Natasha in like 8 years.
Republicans were never anti-government. That was a lie. They were pro fascism. The worst form of government ever devised by man. A government that is antithetical to Freedom and liberty.
Impeachment!
If we’re monitoring Nazi “domestic enemies” within behavior, wouldn’t mobilizing active duty troops in US cities, be somewhere near the top?
Looks like the seditious traitor just declared war on America. He’ll regret that.
We will have to make him regret it. I keep thinking of the final scene of Andrew Garland’s film of last year, Civil War.
I hope he’d pick that ending a million times over how this ends.
So, you are imagining a Qaddafi or Mussolini type end for him?
Worse. That would be too good for him.
Please elaborate. I’m dying for some happy thoughts.
I imagine something more. Imagine every death in Game of Thrones rolled into one. That deep satisfaction of comeuppance you can feel in your spine.
I'm sure he'll choke on something or have a heart attack long before any accountability reaches him.
That’s certainly more likely. I still hope for something more befitting. Like, death by fireant swarm, after being struck by lightning on the golf course.
Some sort of Act of God would seem appropriate and involves no person taking blame. We can pray.
Or King Edward II
The Viking blood eagle?
And to think, he could have been in jail right now 🙄🙄🙄
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, now would be a great time for a milquetoast passive-aggressive two paragraph complaint letter no one will care about or you could call for hearings, investigations, and arrest anyone who refuses to testify. Do something or step aside and find someone who will.
Serious Q for @sodrock.bsky.social or anyone who can answer. Where do they land when they get here? Are they gonna commandeer The Rose Bowl or something?
Impeach trump Arrest Hegseth Free America
And Trump lying about the situation is 3....2....1
8647
Crime
Thanks, SCOTUS.
Remember: "I was just following orders," is not a defense.
MAKE NO MISTAKE: THOSE 500 WERE HAND-PICKED TO BE THE MOST RABID KKKRISTOFASCIST HEGSETH KKKLONES THEY COULD FIND AND THE CONSIDER THIS THE EVE OF ALL THEIR FAVORITE KKKRISTOFASCIST FANTASIES COMING TRUE. THE NORMAL PROGRESSION OF A VIOLENT FASCIST CRACKDOWN IS TAKING PLACE.
🤬
The American military shooting American citizens. This is where we are.
President Pedophile has greenlit #OperationEpstein
Exactly!
Sure seems more like operation #StephenMiller.
Stage a sit in. Sing. Stay peaceful. Flood the group with American flags. Record everything.
It’s hard to feel sorry for them.
This was how the National Guard was treated when called to DC in June 2020 and then when they were finally called in after 6pm on 1/6/21. This may be how some of the military will be housed this weekend in warehouses for the military parade too
Good. They're getting a taste of how people, including children, who ICE are abducting are being treated in the facilities they are being locked up in. Maybe now the Natl Guard will think harder about what they are doing & stop participating in the violation of constitutional rights & human rights.
Peaceful protests about immigration! Report the whole story! Headlines MATTER!
This is unlawful & dangerous 😳
Nothing like overkill for non violent protests.
The phrase you are looking for is “to provoke”, not “in response to”.
So far they’ve managed to shoot an Australian and a British journalist. Did they get the idea of targeting journalists from Netanyahu? Or Putin?
The US has been killing journalists around the world for decades, what are you talking about?
Don’t even have to look abroad are far back in history, it happened all the time during the 2020 protests.
Indeed.
Something creepy about this baby girl who seems oblivious to the nuances and gravity of the situation “Importantly, marines will be joining the National Guard”
This is absolutely unconstitutional. The time is NOW for everyone who is still sane to take to the streets!
I know it was a long time ago, 1956 and 1968, but when the Hungarians and the Czechoslovakians revolted against the communists, their own soldiers were not willing to turn on their own people. That's when Soviet or other Warsaw Pact forces were deployed against the civilian population.
Marines, remember your oath to protect the Constitution!!!
It’s 700
What Constitution?
It's unconstitutional to deploy troops on U.S. soil.
Impeachable offense...
And who exactly is going to do the impeaching? Do you have the slightest idea how impeachment works?
Didn't say that he would be impeached, especially since the GOP controls both the House and Senate. Mobilizing the active-duty military to perform law enforcement activities, however, is a violation of Posse Comitatus which is a violation of federal law (hence the impeachable offense).
Totally nuts.
This is Fucking MADDENING ‼️
Civil War 2.0. East vs West.
It'll be the center against the coasts. Hint - the coasts have more resources.
Trump is showing his new vision of our military—setting our grand troops up with poor organization and command, faulty legal standing, future moral conscious struggles, and giving the world a vision of weakness and cruelty. Then his King fantasy military parade will cement that story to the world.
More Presidential Retribution Paid For By The People. Trump created a problem and then says he will fix it by starving what he considers the beast (California) by decimating its budget, economy, & spirit with a “let it burn” mandate paid by taxpayer funds, while his private funds are safe & secure
The Republic of Magadonia is now in full effect. They are now wholly drunk on power.
700 not 500
All for a few folks dancing in the street….
Looks pretty peaceful to me…
Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 restricts the use of federal military forces in domestic law enforcement roles, meaning that the military cannot be used to enforce domestic laws against U.S. citizens without specific authorization.
But Trump sacked all the senior military lawyers early on in his presidency and if he replaced them it was with people who would not argue with him
Everything they do is a performance.
How messed up is it that we have a POTUS and Deputy Chief of Staff just giddy with delight at having instigated street violence in a "blue city". Eff them all. Just eff 'em.
This is what 77 million old white nationalists & Christian fundamentalists hypocrites voted for, The Trump’s Fox News Administration Appointees Authoritarian “Reality Show” The Roman Circus of bread & sand. The mob trash of America. Are you not entertained ? * www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMDv...
Are they bringing their M16's so they can shoot U.S. citizens?
And foreign reporters
They gonna bunk on the floor with the national guard? Cram like 100 soldiers in a windowless room each with no bathroom? Bc people are protesting horrifying ICE prisons? Lollll
free idea: release the ICE prisoners to free up the space for the military to bunk there
@lazytato.bsky.social lol 😂
because Trump is immune from crime. The courts found it illegal 3 months later, yawn !
Shout out to CNN supporting the fashys by not delivering the news as it is.
CNN delivering this news with nonchalant commentary is so Typical
What fresh hell is this- this administration is a disgrace!!! As a baby boomer, I saw the effects of excessive force on college campuses- is Trump the new Nixon- how many people is he going to get killed?
CNN should say “500 marines are being mobilized so that Trump can project his power against American citizens”.
I knew that would happen. More here: youtu.be/DtHQRKt6ams?...
They swore oaths. They are either with the People against this unconstitutional take over or they’re with the insurrectionists
Put the best killers we have against protesters. 🤷♂️ that's an even fight Republicans love setting up one sided blood baths.
So much for Posse Comitatus or Ex parte Milligan This regime *wants* bloodshed They're looking for their own Gulf of Tonkin moment so that martial law can be declared Jesus fuck I hate this timeline
They make it worse!
What protest? Last I saw there was a band playing.
We need to prevent Trump from escalating further, and the only way to do that is for everyone in LA to stay away from the area where the military is staged. Starve MAGA of the violence they crave!
Shame!
What a joke! Nothing but Trump theater! They don’t need marines on the streets of LA! He is going to do this all over the country in blue cities. Welcome to fascism!
That shit be so illegal
It’s a *ock stroke. Call it what it is.
Oh cool. They can sleep on the floor too, violating the constitution and California’s Sovereignty. Either you follow the constitution or a criminal dictator. Choose wisely.
DESTRACTION from Trump failures and your taking the BAIT
SAY HOW RIDICULOUS IT IS!FFS
Even Tom Lehrer didn‘t foresaw the Marines being send to that kind of „theater“. Hope some way of de-escalation comes around before shots get fired. Hope and pray this is another #TACO move.
For anyone in active service being given illegal or unconstitutional orders please call the GI Rights Hotline (877) 447-4487. It is a group of non-government affiliated NPOs dedicated to providing confidential counseling and accurate information.
If only Congress had a "shut up and go home" power. Something they could do that would stop this insanity. Oh right, it's called the power to impeach!
The country is on the brink of civil war. This is what happens when a fascist who believes he has absolute power rules. Good luck.
okay we can play that game youtu.be/tcc2ltIjNU0...
Fucking Nazi Germany here
The TACO King.
W. T. F.
Please proceed with Jake Tappers book sales pitch, fascist enablers.
He wants to incite violence. He wants unrest. He wants to kill people. He.Is.Evil.
He is instigating civil war.
I blame a lot of this on the conservatives on the court that empowered a known sociopath. A president is not a king, and even a king has a duty to _all_ of his people. They really need to undo their insane case empowering him.
What are the marines going to do, shoot and kill protesters? This isn’t a war? Do they think this will prevent people from mobilizing, I don’t think so.
It’s charging up the opposition
Impeach!
Ever heard of the Posse Comitatus Act? Marines need to sit this one out and remind #SecDef that law still applies no matter what Trump or Miller think.
Marines and Angelenos wouldn't be in this situation AT ALL if Obama and Biden were serious about defeating Russia in Ukraine. Ukraine victory in 2014-2023 would have meant NO Trump candidacy whatsoever, no POTUS Trump plus, most likely, no Twitter takeover by Elon Musk.
Actually the Biden admin just needs to have gone after Trump and put him in jail. It doesn't even have to be eleventy dimensional chess.
Very much.
Oh shut up. How is this information helpful today? If Ralph Nader hadn’t run, Al Gore would have won and we might all have jet packs. So what?
I hear Democratic party struggles with what's next. Admitting major mistakes and finally throwing down the idols might be be a good start.
Back at you.
That's a pile of what-tfs that would never have happened, unfortunately. :/
Ridiculous. Where the fuck are you Congressional Republicans. What a dumpster fire. 🔥
What’s actually wrong with you? It’s been a decade and you’re still acting like they’ll wake up? That’s a you problem at this point.
It’s rhetorical. But thanks for your participation.
Sorry. I see libs saying this seriously all the time on here
I hear you. All good.
Congress should step in. These people can’t really believe that Trump is not going to ruin them too.
FUCK. He’s gonna get his damn martial law isn’t he?
Of course he is, even if he has to plant disruptors to do it. Just like the BLM protests.😡
That has always been the plan.
I just never really thought we’d be here. So fast. Should have believed my worst fears
And thus, in classic American fashion, the solution to civil unrest is not listening or reform, but sending in the Marines. Because nothing says "we hear you" like camo, boots, and a Humvee full of tear gas.
Trump is foaming at the mouth to use the military as his own militia. Don't give in to the violence. That's what he needs 😪💔
and here we go crossed the line we are now an occupied by the military nation lock downs and monitored curfews next PEOPLE time to strike ..stay home
A Commander that leads these forces MUST be held accountable throughout the chain of command.
This Republican Party is crazy.
In violation of Congress and Federal Law..
If I could give any advice to Los Angelenos, be peaceable, lawful and non-confrontational but, turn out. Make Trump's actions look like the theatrical overaction that they are. Americans will see mobile phones vs M27s, and they will know who the problem is.
“Now let’s turn to disgraceful shill Scott Jennings for his take”
Did I miss something?
Any one out there on the streets may want to remind those Marines that even though they, or an immigrant among them trying to get in the right way are not assured citizenship when they're done with you. #DeportedVeterans
It's not in response to the protests, it's in response to their fascism which relies on intimidation. bsky.app/profile/acyn...
Sounds correct.
Protesters need to watch out. There is a necessary component for deploying troops domestically without looking foolish: violence. Bet your bottom dollar, there are agents provocateur being deployed as well to ensure that it happens.
Wearing Hawaiian shirts and crew cuts.
He wants to invoke the Insurrection Act!
This is all about liberal tears flowing through the streets. All of it is.
Marines should tell Trump to GFH.
THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING - Trump deploys National Guard and US Marines to repress protests against his deportation policy--but refused to deploy these weaponized forces when his mob-supporters attacked the US Capital, chanted death to VP Pence, and assaulted Law Enforcement. UNDERSTAND THIS!!!
Many stationed there come from these exact neighborhoods.
Will they be willing to shoot their neighbors in deference to a fascist traitor?
lol they will do it with a smile on their face, this is why they signed up, to kill people.
I hope they listen to this guy.
Protecting a building where immigrants are jailed in an office basement (not any type of facility meant to house ppl), families separated so children are crying out for their parents behind the locked doors across the hall. Inadequate food and water. Limited bathroom access. It’s inhumane.
Because of how my brain works I half expected the camera to finally pan to who he's talking to and it's the workers at one of those outdoor Starbucks setups. But this probably makes more sense.
Less funny though.
They hear him but we’ll see if they stand up or act like cowards.
Thats allegedly kurt n goldies kid. If so hes got the plissken genes
Publicist says it's not Wyatt Russell. I don't know if he has been identified yet.
I want him on TV by Wednesday night.
I don't know. Maybe he is better left out of the media circus. Being Everyman is a strong message.
We need more everymen in the media. Not all white guys are Nazis.
Right. We need as many white males fighting this as possible. It is a much stronger statement when someone from the oppressive group speaks out in defense of the oppressed, because more people are likely to listen. Black people have been screaming at the top of their lungs about the rot in our
We keep getting Hispanic ones lately though which is just bizarre
He was ID'd on a different posting. And it's been confirmed he's not Kurt Russell's son.
Well he should be then🙂
Cue Escape From Los Angeles theme music
This age group did not study Hitler. They were playing HALO.
Yes. History teaches us that much.
Just following orders.
They almost cert made sure to hand pick marines from out of state.
I was thinking that same thing.. at least in the 90s they did.
Yeah, and they joined the Marines and likely voted for that guy. I hope every one of them that shows up ends up in a complete shitshow in LA and get fights on every front.
You can't occupy LA.
Maybe the protests will go to their neighborhoods and near their families then maybe they will care when they shoot off their baton rounds.
Go for it trump! In your finest charade yet! I, of psychopaths, have always referred to it as picture painting. You are painting this picture for others to see & come to the conclusion that you want them to believe, that it’s protestors’ existence there that’s a problem. Call off your troops & see
This is an unwarranted escalation by Trump that will not end well.
Do they like oatmeal or chocolate chip cookies the best?
Deploying active duty Marines to our cities. Boy I sure thought that was a red line or something.
This is wildly illegal.
I wish everyone would stop with "oMg this is soooo illegal" We know ..nobody fucking cares to stop it though.
Boy that’s false too and banking that things are illegal is deeply important
It's not false. Everything this man is going to do is illegal. It's all he has ever done. We don't need to beat a dead horse.
This. Like. Legality is a social construct and we can and should maintain are reinforce that social construct in this situation. And saying horrendous and illegal things are in fact, illegal, is one of the ways we do that
RIP American democracy When the military whose entire purpose is to protect its citizens turns on them, freedom is dead
I wish they was a crying response!
White people: "They're peaceful patriots taking a tour of the Capitol." Brown people: "Send in the Marines!"
This horrific ! US Military service men being used against US citizens, what a nightmare. The administration has gone too far. I pray for those Marines being sent to partake in this. I pray that they know which side to land on in this constitutional crisis.