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Was Donald Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to Los Angeles to quell demonstrations a dress rehearsal for what’s to come in other states or nationally?
The Atlantic’s David Frum thinks it is.
And he’s not alone in this fear.
If so it’d be another longtime-prediction by those accused of having Trump Derangement Syndrome having come true.
There are increasing indications the administration will expand its use of the military domestically.
500 marines are rep…

@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2025-06-11 05:02:34
Content warning: USPol Baptists relevant?

One has to wonder why anyone would even care what baptists think about this or any other social issue, really. stuff.co.nz/world-news/3607199

@karlauerbach@sfba.social
2025-06-08 20:05:18

Another useful article:
"What to know about Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to LA protests"
apnews.com/article/insurrectio

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2025-06-10 11:50:48

California Sues Trump Over National Guard Deployment in Los Angeles (Mariah Timms/Wall Street Journal)
wsj.com/us-news/california-tru
memeorandum.com/250610/p16#a25

National Guard gathers in L.A.;
Mayor Bass calls deployment ‘posturing’ by Trump administration
National Guard troops arrived in L.A. on Sunday morning at the request of the Trump administration after confrontations between protesters and immigration agents carrying out raids of local businesses.

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2025-06-09 19:35:51

California says Trump's deployment of National Guard violates state sovereignty (Politico)
politico.com/news/2025/06/09/c
memeorandum.com/250609/p99#a25

Trump took extraordinary action on Saturday by calling up 2,000 National Guard troops to quell immigration protests in California,
making rare use of federal powers and bypassing the authority of the state’s governor, Gavin Newsom.
It is the first time since 1965 that a president has activated a state’s National Guard force without a request from that state’s governor

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2025-06-10 00:45:47

California plans to file lawsuit against Trump over National Guard deployment to protests (Associated Press)
apnews.com/article/los-angeles
memeorandum.com/250609/p149#a2

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2025-06-09 19:35:51

'Wildly underprepared': National Guard troops seen sleeping on floors in exclusive photos (Matthias Gafni/San Francisco Chronicle)
sfchronicle.com/california/art
memeorandum.com/250609/p98#a25

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2025-06-10 20:45:51

Meet the judge overseeing the Trump National Guard case: Justice Breyer's brother (Politico)
politico.com/news/2025/06/10/c
memeorandum.com/250610/p101#a2