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Sending 500 Marines to #LA?

This is silly. #Marines from 29 Palms “patrolling” LA streets with rifles, Machine guns in Amphibious vehicles?

They will have ZERO law enforcement power.

This is #Trump’s Geriatric Birthday Parade - West Coast Edition.

#USA

One of the first things the #Trump #regime did when they came into power in January was fire the inspector generals and the military’s top #JAG officers — the lawyers — who would have told them that #Marines can NOT be used for civilian law enforcement.

#USA

As someone with a long career in public health, I find this alarming and enraging. Please call your representatives in Congress, especially if they sit on committees related to health (particularly the Senate HELP Committee). Let’s make Republican Senators regret that they voted for #rfkjr , who is becoming a mass murderer. There’s no other word for it. And make them act.
#vaccines #ACIP #infectiousdiseases #prevention #measles #polio #COVID

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I am over collecting hot peppers. I bring in handfuls every day. I don't know how much salsa two people can eat. It did turn out well though. Hot, but not too hot for us.

Report: Pentagon concerned that Trump's "Love Thy Dictator" parade while troops are in a major U.S. city could backfire big time

I recall...

The US Coast Guard made over 1000 helicopter rescues during #HurricaneKatrina.
The US Marines never made it
#insurrection
#TrumpInsurrection
#newsrewind
#UnitedStates

I’m old enough to remember when Hillary Clinton saying half of the MAGA movement were deplorables made news for months.

And always worth noting: one can love Israel and criticize these ministers just as one can love the Palestinian people and criticize Hamas just as one can love the United States and criticize Trump. Be wary of anyone who uses the individual to stereotype the group.

The #Pentagon says the unnecessary deployment of #NationalGuard members & #Marines to #protests over #immigration raids in #LosAngeles is costing $134M.

After persistent questioning from #Democrats in #Congress on Tues, #Defense Secy #PeteHegseth turned to his acting comptroller, Bryn Woollacott MacDonnell, who provided the total & said the money will come from operations & maintenance accounts.

#Trump #law #Title10 #PosseComitatusAct #RightToProtest #authoritarianism
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Democratic Senator Chris Murphy
tweeted:

“Important to remember that Trump isn’t trying to heal or keep the peace.

He is looking to inflame and divide.

His movement doesn’t believe in democracy or protest
– and if they get a chance to end the rule of law they will take it.

None of this is on the level.”

Airlines sell passenger data to the feds through a separate data broker they spun up and put in the contract that DHS is not allowed to tell anyone that it comes from the airlines:

404media.co/airlines-dont-want

The symbolic aid the Madleen was carrying will be passed along to Palestinians. But it’ll do basically nothing to help, especially not compared to the 1,200 aid trucks that have entered Gaza from Israel in the past fortnight alone. This was nothing more than “irresponsible grandstanding”. As the Israeli Foreign Ministry put it: “There are ways to provide aid to the Gaza Strip – they don’t involve Instagram selfies.”

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Ibraheem from Gaza wrote on FB, "One day before Eid, Hamas members were handing out green papers—US dollars—to their loyalists. Before that, it was flour, back when people couldn't find a single bite to eat. Since they took over Gaza, we haven’t seen a single good day. All our days under their rule have been dark: repression, theft of property, arrests for speaking out. I’m certain they were the ones hijacking the flour trucks—just to pay salaries to their men. For me, getting rid of Hamas is more urgent than ending the occupation. Because Hamas has never thought about the people. They never cared if we starved or died. All they cared about was staying in power."

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