Night before last, the military conducted "training" in Long Beach in the middle of the night, and only sent out a text to warn residents at 10pm. They set off explosions and played with gunfire sounds and invaded a mall.

In September, Trump said he would do this. He said he would do it to prepare for going to war with Blue cities.

And now he has done it. Now he has indicated that war with blue cities is imminent. It's the only conclusion to be drawn, because that's what he said, and (2)

and because there would literally be no other reason to practice invading a Long Beach mall.

Gavin Newsom has said NOTHING about it. But yesterday, he did post this. From fucking Long Beach.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/RIOkrm0wGGw

Governor #Newsom Tours #Vast #Space HQ in #LongBeach #shorts #california #gavinnewsom #economy

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We have to understand something very fucking real: If he said this about a foreign country, and then did a "training" exercise right in one of their major cities, it would be an act of war, because it is. The federal government is definitively at war with the citizens. This is not ICE. This is the military.

This is what he said in September: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5528730-trump-military-training-cities-crime-crackdown/

I have a family member in Long Beach who turned me onto this happening--I haven't seen it in the news. I'm not on Instagram, but she is, and you can see a first hand account here (In the upper right corner you can go to the website without getting the app)

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZMxOk8gsbZ/

Greg on Instagram: "#politics #leftist #democrat #news #longbeach"

21K likes, 1,535 comments - gregfromvideo1 on June 5, 2026: "#politics #leftist #democrat #news #longbeach".

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Now, here's the thing: Obviously, we don't know when they'll decide to take the next step and have the military attack the citizens. My guess is they'll do something so outrageous there will be no choice but to take to the streets, at which point the military will be called in, and an actual bloody war is upon us.

The citizens have to start organizing a response NOW. Every neighborhood, town, city needs to have people who will spring into action--and they need to know what action & what trigger

Trump is already making things muddy for the upcoming election in November. This can't be counted on. Not at all. In fact, I would expect us to not make it through the summer without something happening, what with the food shortage. But I would guess that election is their deadline for a true fascist takeover, wherein there's no doubt that there is nothing we can do.

We have to get in control before that.

A safe, secure meeting space is called for. And I know it sounds strange, but I would find a sympathetic church if possible. There are a lot of Christians who hate what's happening, too, and while it's obviously not failsafe, it's at least a private place to meet.

We need a zine network.

We need community gardens that can help feed the people.

We need people who can fight. We need people who can spy. We need people who can transport.

@smutmag If you would have told me a couple years ago I'd be spending this much time in churches nearly every week and not get struck by lightning or spontaneously combust... I simply would not have believed you.
@katharta @smutmag I have all kinds of limitations that make it hard for me to do more than I do from a screen, but I am grateful for folks like you both who are doing the damned thing. ✌️🙏🏻
@revndm @smutmag There is plenty can be done behind a screen, from answering hotlines to coordinating things or even just being emotional support. The work you do too is valid, important, and desperately needed.
@revndm “They also serve, who only stand and wait” The person to whom that quote is attributed is saying that everyone contributes and that all such contributions are valuable. I can’t do physically what I’d like to but I feel like I’m still in the game. @katharta @smutmag
@smutmag hell of a lot of the people who can fight are locked up
@Mercurial Prison breaks may need to be something people plan for, too. Because we are so large, we're gonna have to do what we can city by city. That's both good and bad. If we can all get going organizing in different ways, and if we also find ways to share information about what we're doing, we will quickly be able to reclaim our democracy, and in a democratic way. But the bad news is everything has to be accounted for individually in every city. We just don't have a database, so we delegate
@smutmag
We need neighborhood mutual aid groups that meet face to face, regularly. Groups that network with each other across the country, with little or no use of the internet—and what use they DO make has to be through encrypted platforms such as Signal.
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Timothy Snyder, an historian who has written extensively about dictators from the 20yh century on, has something to say about it in "Trump's Military Dictatorship Budget - The proposal only makes sense as a bribe" He says it’s a bribe to officers and soldiers so that they will side with him when he tries to overthrow the Constitution and stay in power indefinitely. https://open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p/trumps-military-dictatorship-budget
Trump's Military Dictatorship Budget

The proposal only makes sense as a bribe

Thinking about...
@smutmag has ICE not started this already?
@smutmag One of my mutuals here on the Fedi posted about Long Beach that night. tRump and Kegsbreath fired live rounds over 101 previously to scare Newsome and the people of CA. Yes it’s the military doing that shit. People who follow me know I’ve been saying for years he will use NG and regular military against people and we need to be able defend ourselves. I’m going to boost each of your posts to help awareness and because I agree with you. #selfdefense #liberalgunowners #armyourfriends