Federal agents intimidating a sitting governor is an affront to the United States federal system. Anyone failing to protest this only reveals they have no actual allegiance to federalism and only ever view it as a useful tool to bang on when they are not in power in Washington.
We are in deeply dangerous waters as a country.
I think his logic is sound, for the redistricting response in California that he's threatening, for example.
Unity is a force multiplayer, too, so I'll grant my support until we get through this authoritarian flu.
Be unified in your support of peaceful disagreement.
They are going after immigrants without concealed carry licenses now, but it won’t be long before a leftist decides it’s past time to exercise their 2A rights.
Or maybe not. I'm not sure that the Border Patrol really want to be in a real live firefight. Maybe they're bullies, and want to look tough, but maybe they aren't actually tough.
If you have ever done any research that covers “boogaloo boys” or any of those types of groups, you’d know that this is the exact moment in history that they have been waiting for. All the requirements have been checked for them to go off with impunity.
In fact, this push by Newsom to preemptively ratfuck blue districts before Texas does, really pushed the needle that much closer to the red/blue civil war these groups have been going for for decades
And in fact, politically, it's already total war. When they're talking about redistricting now, openly saying that it's to pick up seats for Trump, that's open political warfare.
It's total war on the information front, too. Killing the labor statistics is one sign of that, but there are others.
It's total war on the legal front. When Trump is threatening to remove judges who rule against him, when the budget denies funding for courts that do a particular part of their job, that's a war without restraint on the legal front.
The only area on which it is not already open warfare is the physical front. If nothing changes, though, it's coming.
That said, it would be pretty fucking cool if all the other democratic states started to actually do something while all of us in California deal with our communities being threatened and attacked and kidnapped.
Look, I'm probably more conservative than a lot of people here. I claim that the federal government has the legitimate authority to remove everyone without the legal right to be in the country.
They don't have the legitimate authority to be brownshirts, thought. The only words I can think of for that are inappropriate for this site.
With the difference that they were a paramilitary/militia kind of group and here they are part of the government (probably they have the same cult mentality, but they are using public funding and government power to do those things
And observe how they are being more agressive little by little to see if someone will react. I'm here waiting to see if someone will.
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There’s video…everywhere.
…and if you are not familiar with where the press conference was held (Japanese American National Museum) - it’s the “Japan Town” of LA. Incredibly amazing Japanese community with amazing food, shopping, and art.
To send in federal agents to that area is nothing more than intimidation. This area is so calm and quiet, pissed off for my neighbors.
I’ll leave with this though. Little Tokyo in LA is what I credit as being the birth of the LA punk scene. Little Tokyo business owners embraced the counter culture youth and gave them a safe space to perform and hang out.
You cannot intimidate punks. Punks hate nothing more than bullies.