"The Ninth Circuit won't even hold a hearing on this until Tuesday. So apparently you get (at least) five free days of "illegally deploying troops domestically" as a little treat."
- @normative.bsky.social
Long enough for Trump to use the threat of these troops to suppress #June14 protests in #LosAngeles & around the country. The right to protest against the government is enshrined in the US Constitution for a reason.
"Most people can ignore the construction of the prerogative state simply because it does not touch their lives. They can turn away while dissidents and scapegoats lose their political liberty. But once the prerogative state is built, as Fraenkel’s writing and experience suggest, it can swallow anyone."
#nokings #holdtheline #RMOL #dueprocess #ruleoflaw #civilliberties #1A #firstamendment
#gatekeepers #Trump
Lawyers for #MahmoudKhalil ask Judge Farbiarz, who is overseeing his case, to explicitly order his #release from #immigration #detention.
The judge's order was ambiguous on this, & the admin has not made clear whether it will, in fact, release him at 9:30 (CT) today.
#law #immigration #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #ViewpointDiscrimination #SeparationOfPowers #judiciary
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances...
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Moments after #KristiNoem made the remarks about, essentially, trying to undermine the authority of local & state elected #Democrats in #California, Sen #AlexPadilla was forcibly removed from the briefing room, forced to lay on the ground face-down & placed in handcuffs. Because he tried to ask a question.
#Trump #law #democracy #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #RightToProtest #authoritarianism #tyranny #Gestapo #AmericanAutocracy #LosAngeles #immigration
Just before Sen. #AlexPadilla (D-CA) was forcibly removed from a #DHS *press briefing* [#propaganda session], forced to the ground & then handcuffed for ASKING A QUESTION, DHS Secy [dog killer] #KristiNoem was in the middle of making a bizarre but crucial point.
#Trump #law #democracy #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #RightToProtest #authoritarianism #tyranny #Gestapo #AmericanAutocracy #LosAngeles #NationalGuard #troops #Marines #PosseComitatusAct #immigration
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things-stand/noem-says-national-guard-occupation-is-meant-to-liberate-la-from-its-mayor-and-governor
#Trump’s #FTC May Put Unusual Condition on #Ad Mega-#Merger: No #Boycotting
The FTC is considering restrictions on #Omnicom & #Interpublic to prevent the combined company from refusing to place ads on #platforms for #political reasons.
#law #democracy #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #Authoritarianism #Dictatorship #AmericanAutocracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/business/ftc-omnicom-interpublic-merger.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Trump and MAGA Republicans abhor anything that’s politically correct; except when they’re called fascists.
Then they become an incensed bunch of goose-stepping snowflakes who no longer believe in the first amendment or free speech.
#fascism #trump #musk #freespeech #maga #republicans #snowflake #firstamendment #media #news
Celebrate Flag Day during the No Kings Protests June 14
June 14, 1777 was the day that the Stars and Stripes was adopted as the official flag of the USA. And in 1949, June 14 was designated as #FlagDay.
So as we exercise our #FirstAmendment right to #protest, we should also proudly wave the US flag. Because the US flag represents the ideals that we are fighting to uphold against the tyranny of Trump.
https://medium.com/@ZhiZhu/celebrate-flag-day-during-the-no-kings-protests-june-14-1a3a206c0288
I wrote a little bit about my experiences analyzing the Trumpenreich Invasion of LA and the importance of maintaining an accurate timeline of what started all this fascist bullshit, even in the face of propaganda designed to invert victim with victimizer and demonize the protestors.
https://www.ninaillingworth.com/2025/06/11/journal-when-the-angels-scream/
Journal: When the Angels Scream
"Stephen Miller can call it an “insurrection,” and corporate American media can claim there was “violence on both sides” until they’re all blue in the face, but they can’t stop reality from being real. A protest is not a riot. Vandalism is not violence. And if blocking traffic to stop militarized Gestapo thugs from kidnapping your neighbors and carting them away to be caged like animals is a crime, it is certainly a far less grave offense to our society than the act of militarily invading a sanctuary city to conduct ethno-nationalist migrant round-ups."
#Fascism #Trump #ICE #StephenMiller #InvasionOfLA #LA #DHS #KristiNoem #Protestors #Media #Propaganda #FirstAmendment #USPol #Gestapo #WhiteNationalism
#UnitedStates Sen. #AlexPadilla (D-#California) briefly interrupted #DHS Secretary #KristiNoem’s “news” [#propaganda] conference in the #LosAngeles #FBI headquarters, saying he had questions for her. Security pushed him out, telling him to put his hands up.
#Trump #PoliceState #Tyranny #authoritarianism #AmericanAutocracy #law #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #immigration #Gestapo
Lawyers for the government have said they intend to #deport #KseniiaPetrova to #Russia, a country she fled for political reasons in 2022. She has said that if she returns, she fears arrest or even death because of her #activism.
#Trump #immigration #law #Constitution #FirstAmendment #AcademicFreedom
#KseniiaPetrova’s release is a victory, but a temporary one. She is still facing a 2-pronged prosecution: The #Trump admin began #deportation proceedings against her in Feb, & around 3 months later, after she challenged the move in court, filed #criminal *smuggling* charges against her.
#immigration #law #Constitution #FirstAmendment #AcademicFreedom
#KseniiaPetrova, the Russian #scientist who spent 4 months in #detention after failing to declare scientific samples she was carrying into the country, was freed on bail from federal custody on Thurs by a magistrate judge in Boston.
Petrova, 31, left the…Courthouse surrounded by colleagues from the #Harvard laboratory where she has worked since 2023, investigating the earliest stages of cell division.
#Trump #immigration #law #Constitution #FirstAmendment #AcademicFreedom
Russian #Scientist Released After 4 Months in Federal Custody
#KseniiaPetrova, a #Harvard #researcher, still faces #criminal charges for failing to declare scientific samples she was carrying in her suitcase.
#Trump #immigration #law #Constitution #FirstAmendment #AcademicFreedom
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/science/russian-scientist-harvard-release.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
#Texas governor says over 5,000 Texas #NationalGuard members deployed ahead of #NoKings #protests
Texas POS #GregAbbott said Thursday he has ordered the deployment of >5,000 Texas National Guard troops across the state, along with >2,000 state #police, to help local law enforcement manage protests against #Trump & ongoing federal #immigration raids.
#law #democracy #FirstAmendment #RightToProtest #FreeSpeech #FreedomOfAssembly #authoritarianism #tyranny #Gestapo
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-protests-texas-national-guard-4f8ffc07788515c0d0e7ae40c7980565
