https://xcancel.com/Acyn/status/1932165375611031775#m
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/09/politics/marines-mobilized-los-angeles-protests
Roughly 500 Marines based out of the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in California have been mobilized to respond to the protests in Los Angeles, according to three people familiar with the matter, and will join the thousands of National Guard troops that were activated by President Donald Trump over the weekend without the consent of California’s governor or LA’s mayor.
The deployment of the full Marine battalion marks a significant escalation in Trump’s use of the military as a show of force against protesters, but it is still unclear what their task will be once in LA, the sources said. Like the National Guard troops, they are prohibited from conducting law enforcement activity like making arrests unless Trump invokes the Insurrection Act.
One of the people familiar with the Marine mobilization said they will be augmenting the Guard presence on the ground in LA. Over 2,000 members of the California National Guard have been activated by the president, but only about 300 have been deployed to the streets of LA so far. Those initial 300 people were on a routine National Guard drill weekend when they were mobilized, which is why they were able to arrive so quickly, the person familiar said; it can take up to 72 hours for other Guardsmen to be mobilized. The Marines are expected to bolster some of the Guard members who have been deployed to LA in the last two days, this person said.
While their tasks have not been specified publicly, they could include assignments like crowd control or establishing perimeter security. Lawyers within the Defense Department are also still finalizing language around the use of force guidelines for the troops being mobilized, but the person familiar said it will likely mirror the military’s standing rules of the use of force.
What percentage of liberals are going to blame this on the protestors?
Already seen a CNN commentator say that any protestor carrying a Palestinian flag is an outside agitator.
https://xcancel.com/kenklippenstein/status/1931902684774457789#m
Pelosi will blame Russia again
I believe you mean "still"
You mean China
Recently on Bluesky (the last ~12 hours or so) - I started to see comments like "The people protesting are not the ones rioting." An example is this post by Alt National Park Service.
In their(?) bio the word "team" is used. So - I'll use "they"
They are the 11th biggest account on Bluesky. They recently made a "88" post and claimed it was a mistake due to ignorance - https://hexbear.net/post/5175526
Their bio has a link to their site and - of course - they sell merch.
I'd love to see somebody wearing their t-shirts in person. I'd walk up to them smiling
"Do you know who made your shirt?"
"Why yes I do. The Alt National Park Service! I bought the shirt for myself."
"They might be Nazis."
90%