Trump Deploys #Marines to a “Manufactured Crisis,” Defense Official Says

A defense official told The Intercept that #Trump's move to use Marines to stifle anti-#ICE protests in #LosAngeles is a “provocation.”

from #TheIntercept
Nick Turse
June 9 2025, 8:26 p.m.

https://theintercept.com/2025/06/09/la-ice-protests-national-guard-marines-trump/

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#DueProcessForAll
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Trump Deploys Marines to a “Manufactured Crisis,” Defense Official Says

A defense official told The Intercept that Trump’s move to use Marines to stifle anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles is a “provocation.”

The Intercept

Millions across US turn out for ‘No Kings’ protests against Donald Trump

Protesters demonstrate at about 2,000 sites nationwide on day US president holds military parade in Washington

from #TheGuardian #Guardian
Rachel Leingang in Minneapolis, Andrew Gumbel in Los Angeles and Melissa Hellmann in Philadelphia
Sat 14 Jun 2025 18.45 EDT

"“No Kings organizers estimated the day’s events have so far drawn millions of people, with some hundreds still under way in all 50 states and to some cities abroad. These included over 200,000 in New York and over 100,000 in Philadelphia, plus some small towns with sizable crowds for their populations, including the town of Pentwater, Michigan, which saw 400 people join the protest in their 800-person town, the No Kings coalition said.”"

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/14/no-kings-protests-trump-military-parade?CMP=share_btn_url

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USA #US #USPolitics #politics #Trump
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Millions across US turn out for ‘No Kings’ protests against Donald Trump

Protesters demonstrate at about 2,000 sites nationwide on day US president holds military parade in Washington

The Guardian
Blocked by Judge, U.S. Shifts Rationale for Detaining Mahmoud Khalil

A federal judge ruled this week that the government could not continue to hold the Columbia University graduate under the rarely invoked law it originally used to detain him.

The New York Times

Mainstream media: Trump deploys Marines to LA to frontline of protests

Mastodon: protesters deploy mariachi bands to frontline of protests.

Trump 0, protesters 1

#ProtestIsNotACrime

“When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not ill-treat them. The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the Lord your God."
— Leviticus 19.33-34

Pew pew.

#LA #Andor #CriminalisationOfDissent #protest #ProtestIsNotACrime #authoritarianism #Trump #PoliceState #ACAB #Leviticus #graffiti

Protesters are probably doing net bemefit to the economy through the police overtime pay.
#losangeles
#losangelsprotest
#ProtestIsNotACrime
Live footage of an officer being injured during the #LAProtests
#losangeles
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Maybe someone needs to bring the LAPD a Pepsi?

#LAProtests
#losangeles
#ProtestIsNotACrime

Oh damn, easily 10k people outside the fed building in #losangeles
More streaming in

#ProtestIsNotACrime

Shit is about to hit the fan, LAPD has setup a kettle #losangeles
#ProtestIsNotACrime