Donald Trump’s “Border Czar” Tom Homan said Saturday the administration is planning to send in the National Guard Saturday evening to quell protests in Los Angeles.
“This is about enforcing the law, and again, we’re not going to apologize for doing it,” Homan said on Fox News. He continued: “We’re already ahead of the game. We were already mobilizing. We’re gonna bring National Guard in tonight. We’re gonna continue doing our job. We’re gonna push back on these people, and we’re gonna [enforce] the law.”
On Saturday night, following Homan’s on-camera remarks, both national Democratic and Republican figures were scrambling to figure out if he was just mouthing off, or if the federal troops were actually on their way, or just … what the hell was going on.
Two Trump administration officials say they learned about the alleged National Guard plans from journalists such as Rolling Stone’s who had reached out to them on Saturday evening, asking for clarification.
Homan did not immediately respond to messages seeking comment.
“The federal government is moving to take over the California National Guard and deploy 2,000 soldiers,” California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) wrote on Bluesky Saturday evening. “That move is purposefully inflammatory and will only escalate tensions.”
He added, “LA authorities are able to access law enforcement assistance at a moment’s notice. We are in close coordination with the city and county, and there is currently no unmet need. The Guard has been admirably serving LA throughout recovery. This is the wrong mission and will erode public trust.”
The president can request, but not order, a governor to deploy their state’s National Guard. The governor can refuse the request, and Trump would not be allowed under the Constitution to send National Guard troops to California from other states. However, the Trump administration has previously mulled invoking the Insurrection Act, which could allow the president to deploy the U.S. military domestically, federalize the National Guard, and send in troops to quell uprisings or civil disorder.
Editorializing beyond here:
The Insurrectionist invokes the Insurrection Act.
In bad country, protests against the government are silenced with military force.Trump’s Kent State moment? If anything is to be learned from that, it is that libs will celebrate the national guard firing on protestors once again.
Bluesky is all over the map right now. It’s quite something. And this is the clearest divide between libs and leftists I’ve ever seen there.
A lib reporter who has no idea what’s happening in LA…
Just to recap, Trump has taken the extraordinary step of federalizing 2000 member of the California National Guard — over the objections of the state’s governor — in response to a protest that currently involves A FEW DOZEN PEOPLE AT A HOME DEPOT
https://bsky.app/profile/juddlegum.bsky.social/post/3lr2u4tlu2k2f
He has ~400K followers and politics is his beat. How can he not know what’s happening? I scrolled and just two posts down was a post that was just ~5m old by a leftist citizen journo is live tweeting LA stuff…
Paramount, CA: Several CBP and ICE vehicles drove through the crowd of protesters and had their windows smashed this afternoon after kidnapping workers at the Home Depot.
[video embed with part of the vid obscured for obvious reasons.]
https://bsky.app/profile/chadloder.bsky.social/post/3lr2txcrgps2j
Bypass paywall https://subium.com/profile/chadloder.bsky.social/post/3lr2txcrgps2j
I mean, I’m sure you know this, but the liberals are willingly blind.
Their worldview fundamentally cannot comprehend that their institutions have crumbled into chaos that they cannot moralize they way into having an ‘enlightened’ position on.
They cannot comprehend that the system is not equitable with minor tweaks.
That it can completely break.
Sadly, this is all broadly historically predictable far beyond the point of infuriating to anyone with an actually competent understanding of world history.
They cannot comprehend that what they have enabled is not only possible, but presently occuring.
So, the cognitive dissonance override activates.
… cowards.
EDIT: Oh then there’s the whole just plain elitism thing for a journo:
If I don’t know about it, it isn’t happening, because I am a seasoned professional in my field, and certainly I wouldn’t be kept from information on highly secretive, illegal, paramilitary operations under taken by my government!
OPSEC? Social Media block outs? Neverheard of em.
… so in addition to coward: clown!
Live Updates: Trump to Send National Guard to L.A. to Quell Immigration Protests
President Trump signed a memo late on Saturday ordering 2,000 National Guard members to be deployed in Los Angeles County
He did not invoke the Insurrection Act and a Bluesky post says…
1/ If accurate, this is almost certainly a conflict with the Posse Comitatus Act, which prohibits the use of the military for domestic law enforcement, including the National Guard if they are federalized.
https://bsky.app/profile/joycewhitevance.bsky.social/post/3lr2rnbagdc2b
I mean, he can attempt that, but uh… yeah, it is extremely cut and dry clear that the only way this is legal, constitutional… is if he invokes the Insurrection Act.
Otherwise it is a clear and plain violation of Posse Comitatus.
But uh… well I guess the state of California is going to have to start sueing the Federal government literally right now and … somehow expedite this up to the Supreme Court with unimaginable haste, if we want any chance of a legal ruling and potential stop this via formal law…
What will actually occur is the Cali Nat Guard members called into this will have to decide right fucking now where their loyalties lie.
… and, potentially, whether or not they are willing to defend that decision with force of arms.
clear and plain violation of Posse Comitatus.
Just… Throw it over there on the pile
I mean, he can attempt that, but…
Ah, I am getting tempted to make yet more predictions. But my Soothsayer Hat will stay off. I’ll just say - I’m waiting with bated breath for what happens - especially tomorrow.
Yeah, this is fundamentally unpredictable chaos.
I’ll just be looping RATM’s Battle of Los Angeles untill further notice.
The riot be the rhyme of the unheard.
You made me curious what Tom Morello tweeted about what’s happening in LA - https://xcancel.com/tmorello/with_replies
The answer? Nothing. That’s not a joke. Nothing. 9 hours ago he retweeted a 90 second vid. And that’s it.
… perhaps he is currently literally in the protests?
I have no idea, I don’t keep tabs on him lol.
literally in the protests
Could be. But I think he’s only in it for the money now. Also on my list for tomorrow - check Morello’s Twitter account.
The Trump administration has previously mulled invoking the Insurrection Act
I think the main question is - will ICE continue on with what they are doing in LA and elsewhere? If so - I’m nearly certain Trump will invoke the act. His military birthday parade is next week. He will want the focus of the nation on him. And he can’t look strong and powerful if American cities are in chaos fighting ICE, the cops, etc.
I anticipate raids to continue and escalate, with national guard presence at each one
If anyone is in LA, or knows anyone who is:
Milk for pepper spray / pepper rounds.
Lots of water for tear gas.
No contacts, no makeup; gas and pepper stick to them.
Do not, I repeat, DO NOT pick up a tear gas cannister, they will burn the shit out an exposed hand.
Instead, go for a field goal/free kick.
As indicated by my ‘editorial’, my very strong suspicion is that Trump, if he knew any Latin, or history, has basically just said:
alea iacta est
BREAKING EDIT
Trump is trying to have his cake and eat it too now - https://hexbear.net/comment/6219909
I am now entirely out of predictions. God only knows what President Dipshit will do next.
-–
The higher functioning part of his brain is surely constantly reminding the lizard part that he shouldn’t fuck up his Very, Very Important Big Boy Parade. Maybe in the middle of next week - ICE suddenly tones things down, on Sunday Trump has his parade, on Monday ICE doubles down, and then Trump invokes the act. That way he can have his cake and eat it too. But Trump is an impulsive, deluded moron who ignores common sense so I guess anything is possible in the next 8 days.
This NYT 17 second video has mesmerized me. For me it really has the vibe of raw footage of a rehearsal on a movie set.
As night fell, some demonstrators in Compton started to throw glass bottles filled with a substance that smelled like gasoline at the police. Some have barricaded themselves behind a dumpster. As some protesters slowly advance toward a police line, others are waving flags and beating a drum.
The Bluesky post by one of the journos who wrote the article - https://bsky.app/profile/swin24.bsky.social/post/3lr2pubzokk2g
“There’s a reason you separate military and the police. One fights the enemies of the state. The other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people.” -William Adama
The other serves and protects the people.
The other serves and protects the people.
Cuck thinking
I liked BSG reboot for being good sci-fi slop back in the day and Ron D Moore’s pedigree showed etc its still a very good show at least for the first few seasons, specialy the pilot.
But that quote is peak liberalism though, the show is speaking to liberals that believe this myth of police as a social service and not exactly as he describes, a force to fight the enemies of the capitalist state. The only difference is merely external vs internal forces. Never mind the police budget worth more than most of the world’s military to begin with etc.
We saw the whole defund the police cycle and how that turned out among libs, they don’t realy believe this shit in the real world anymore, heck the show is already 20 years out of date on that alone.
As much as there is a whole theory of the function and form of the police under a socialist state, I’m not giving that benefit of doubt they are not talking about this.
There’s a reason you separate military and the police. One fights the enemies of the state. The other fights the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people.
Fixed it for you.
