If that’s not state violence, what the fuck is?
Food for hungry kids is *not* waste, fraud, or abuse.
A $45 military parade for a draft dodging felon *is* waste, fraud, and abuse.
Paying the National Guard to attack US citizens *is* waste, fraud, and abuse.
directly at a protester (which I’m 99% is a major policy violation.)
If my nephew’s ideas on immigration had been in force a century ago, our family would have been wiped out. (2018)
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“It’s very concerning that ICE is targeting people who actually put their lives on the line for U.S. service members," Zakaria said.
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DHS claimed there were “about 1,000 rioters,” but Reuters couldn’t independently verify that number. Meanwhile, flash-bangs used against peaceful protesters ignited one of the fires captured in widely shared photos.
- Governor Gavin Newsom and Mayor Karen Bass both publicly stated they did not request National Guard assistance.
- Under normal circumstances, National Guard deployment requires state approval unless the Insurrection Act is invoked, which Trump has not done.