Potus ???

[Steven P]

I am surprised though, thought you'd be all over this thread this morning, not fussed whether he drinks or not or picking up semantics but bigging up his no noncense approach to civil liberties, to send in the Marines to quell some civil disorder along with the threats to arrest the democratically elected government officials.

 

Not seen heard of deaths yet, unlike January 6th.

 

Thought that would be this mornings hero worship of Trump.

[Haironyourchest]

The rioters are foreigners, destroying American infrastructure under a foreign flag. It's an international matter, outside of the CA governor's remit.

[GarethM]

13 minutes ago, Steven P said:

I am surprised though, thought you'd be all over this thread this morning, not fussed whether he drinks or not or picking up semantics but bigging up his no noncense approach to civil liberties, to send in the Marines to quell some civil disorder along with the threats to arrest the democratically elected government officials.

 

Not seen heard of deaths yet, unlike January 6th.

 

Thought that would be this mornings hero worship of Trump.

Can someone grab a dictionary and check what "civil" means.

 

I think those car burning mobs of foreign rioters didn't get the memo, as peaceful protest usually doesn't turn a place into a dumpster fire.

[Steven P]

...but not out of the ability for the LA authorities to deal with considering the scale of them (they arn't big 'riots' but more isolated pockets)... noting that in many cases there are more reporters than rioters!

[GarethM]

22 minutes ago, Steven P said:

...but not out of the ability for the LA authorities to deal with considering the scale of them (they arn't big 'riots' but more isolated pockets)... noting that in many cases there are more reporters than rioters!

So how many days would you like to give them ?.

 

Or are we just going to say when the fires and looting reach the airport ?.

[GarethM]

3 minutes ago, Big J said:

Legal ICE raids. 

 

If I were part of a community that was at risk of being back sent home, I would be pretty pissed off. 

Fixed those typos for you.

[Haironyourchest]

Liberals really love their foreign gangsters. Same psychology that makes sheltered girls go for the abusive bad boys, played out at a macro level. 

[Haironyourchest]

"These idiots waiving Mexican flags during the LA riots just gave Donald Trump the greatest political gift," Republican strategist Matt Wylie, who founded Freedom Project USA, told Newsweek. "It will be 'Exhibit A' as proof of an invasion. Those images have done more in the last few days to strengthen his ability to crackdown on illegal immigration than weeks of messaging ever could."

 

 

Credit to the photographers, they captured some magnificent shots.

 

Edited June 10 by Haironyourchest

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[GarethM]

15 minutes ago, Big J said:

But the raids that they are doing have got nothing to do with deporting criminals. Stephen Miller has said as much, demanding that ICE target 7 11s and Home Depot (hardly the hangouts of criminals):
 

Stephen Miller targets Home Depot and 7-Eleven to round up undocumented migrants

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White House Deputy chief of staff ‘eviscerated’ ICE leaders and has created ‘fearful environment,’ report reveals

 

The White House is doing a few things simultaneously. Firstly, the bulk of ICE activity is in states regarded to be liberal. This consolidates support for MAGA in traditionally red states. The Right Wing media spins these protests (and the massively heavy-handed government response) as if they were a repetition of the LA Riots. 

 

California didn't ask for the National Guard, nor the Marines. The last time the National Guard was deployed in the US was in the 1960s by Lyndon B Johnson, to protect (civil rights) protesters, not to oppress them.

 

Secondly, Trump is testing the water to see how the American public responds to US military on the streets of the US. His grip on power may depend on his ability to normalise domestic military deployment, and with the mid-terms not far away and the courts thwarting many of his executive orders, retention of power by any means necessary is within the Trump playbook.

 

As a point aside (because I think it's worth asking) - those of you here that are supportive of Trump obviously wouldn't agree with me that he is a fascist. 

 

If he isn't a fascist (or indeed if you think he is) please could you define what exactly constitutes fascism and how it differs from the current state of affairs in the USA?

 

What's somewhat frightening is that the Nazis took far longer to consolodate power in Germany in the 1930s. We're not even 5 months into the Trump regime.....

Right wing media, what right wing media.

 

Or are you just talking about the editor apologies section.