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ICE is targeting homeless shelters and emergency rooms in LA.

(How very classy of them.)

DHS denies this (but we all saw them lie several times live on TV today, so…)

#USA #trump #LA #ICE #DHS ( #MyThoughts )

Image includes armed individuals in tactical gear, identified as ICE agents, with a headline stating they target emergency rooms and homeless shelters in Los Angeles, as reported by the mayor.

WSJ headline 12 June 2025

/13

Charlie Sykes* talked about how he expects that MAGA will celebrate the body-slamming of a US senator by federal agents under the Trump administration.

Sadly, that checks since Trump himself often speaks of those on the Left and those who question his actions as enemies… even “animals” (like in his recent speech in front active US military).

#MyThoughts #USA #trump

* on MSNBC

/12

My point in nitpicking her words is to point out the lies and spin. #Noem said first (in FOX News, before changing up the tenses and making it sound different), that IF Padilla HAD asked to speak with her, she WOULD HAVE met with him.

(Has Padilla confirmed he met with Noem for 15 minutes after the incident as DHS claimed in their social media post?)

#USA #DHS #trump #AlexPadilla #SenatorPadilla #MyThoughts

/10

House Speaker Johnson blamed Senator Padilla, saying that there needs to be a censure for the behavior and “We can’t be having senators charging cabinet secretaries.”

🚨

(Say what?—It appeared in the video that Senator #AlexPadilla was nowhere near the podium, as evidenced by the fact that Noem wasn’t even visible in the video.)

#USA #trump #Noem #DHS #ICE #propaganda #lies #LA #California #MyThoughts

/8

Noem also said, “If he HAD* requested a meeting, I would’ve loved to have sat down and had a conversation with him.”

(So then it sounds like she did NOT have a meeting with him as DHS claimed. 👀 )

Also, when Noem spoke, she changed up tenses throughout— I *would* speak with him, we *sat* down, *we’d* probably disagree, *we’ll* exchange phone numbers and continue to talk...)

*my emphasis

#USA #trump #Noem #DHS #ICE #SenatorPadilla #MyThoughts

/2

Eventually, there could be robots capable of building other robots designed for tasks in the physical world, Altman suggested.

(Hmmm… no thank you #MyThoughts )

#AI #technology

~’ChatGPT Is Already More Powerful Than Any Human,' OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Says~

#AI #technology #tech
#MyThoughts

I mean, what could go wrong?
And no worries— though “whole classes of jobs (will be) going away,” (he wrote in his blog), “people will still love their families, express their creativity, play games, and swim in lakes."

https://www.investopedia.com/chatgpt-is-already-more-powerful-than-any-human-openai-ceo-sam-altman-says-11753197

They’re going to kick out all sorts of immigrants that are contributing to local US economies— supposedly because they are some sort of drain on the ‘system’ (?)

…which will hurt local businesses and strain local economies.

And meanwhile, millions of Americans still won’t seek healthcare because they lack health insurance. And millions more will still wonder how they are going to buy food next week.

/2
#USA #MyThoughts #immigration #deportation #trump #ICE

‘Omg go figure’

and

‘Lol— “yet”’

and

🙄

#MyThoughts #trump #USA

~ Guard Soldiers Deployed in Trump's LA Crackdown Aren't Getting Paid Yet~

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/06/11/guard-soldiers-deployed-trumps-la-crackdown-arent-getting-paid-yet.html

~Federal judge rules Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil be released from detention

( it’s about time #MyThoughts )

Per MSNBC, Mr. Khalil, a permanent US resident with 1st Amendment Constitutional rights, miss the birth of his son.

Also, the order goes into effect on Friday (per MSNBC) giving the #Trump admin time to appeal the ruling.

https://abc7ny.com/post/mahmoud-khalil-detention-federal-judge-rules-columbia-university-student-released/16725968/

That is not Trump’s military.
It serves the people of the United States.

#USA #trump #USmilitary #USpol #MyThoughts

/4

Internal 82nd Airborne Division communications reviewed by Military.com
reveal a tightly orchestrated effort to curate the optics of Trump's recent visit, including handpicking soldiers for the audience based on political leanings and physical appearance. The troops ultimately selected to be behind Trump and visible to the cameras were almost exclusively male.
One unit-level message bluntly said "no fat soldiers."
"If soldiers have political views that are in opposition to the current administration and they don't want to be in the audience then they need to speak with their leadership and get swapped out," another note to troops said.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/06/11/bragg-soldiers-who-cheered-trumps-political-attacks-while-uniform-were-checked-allegiance-appearance.html

Accessed: 11 June 2025 at 1645 CST

You can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave.

#X #Musk #MyThoughts
/3

~ X's Sales Pitch: Give Us Your Ad Business or We'll Sue ~

https://www.wsj.com/business/media/x-twitter-ad-revenue-campaign-lawsuit-a882b5c6

Pressure campaign
Image-sharing platform Pinterest had paused its ad-buying on X, partly because of upheaval after the Musk takeover. In calls to Pinterest's legal team in January, a lawyer for X demanded that the company commit to its pre-takeover spending level for two years or face legal action, said a person familiar with the conversations.
Pinterest decided not to do so after having bought ads on other platforms that it concluded delivered stronger results than X, that person said.

https://www.wsj.com/business/media/x-twitter-ad-revenue-campaign-lawsuit-a882b5c6

Accessed: 11 June 2025 at 1459 CST

As part of its agreement, Verizon pledged to spend at least $10 million on X this year. That figure could rise to $25 million if the initial ad effort performs well and ads don't appear near content that Verizon deems inappropriate, some
of those people said. In 2020, before the takeover, Verizon had spent roughly $80 million on X, one of the people said.

https://www.wsj.com/business/media/x-twitter-ad-revenue-campaign-lawsuit-a882b5c6

Accessed: 11 June 2025 at 1459 CST

Yaccarino consulted Musk's personal lawyer, Alex Spiro, for advice on getting advertisers back on X, according to people familiar with the matter. Spiro, who represents many Fortune 500 companies, made the case to brands to resume advertising on X, but didn't advise Yaccarino on any litigation.
Before calling advertisers, X's team pulled records of what brands spent on the platform before Musk's takeover, according to a person close to X. The team's goal was to get them to return to spending at least that amount, but in some cases an in-house X lawyer asked for double the amount, the person said. The team focused on ad agencies, which could help boost ad revenues across their client bases, the person said.

https://www.wsj.com/business/media/x-twitter-ad-revenue-campaign-lawsuit-a882b5c6

Accessed: 11 June 2025 at 1459 CST

Though it seems convoluted, claiming some conspiracy among advertisers in violation of antitrust laws WAS at least a legal argument, as opposed to just outright threats…

Oh wait— X lawyers eventually used the lawsuit to threaten advertisers more, proving they intended from the beginning to strong-arm them into submission to relinquish their money to Musk to keep his playground afloat.

#musk #X #MyThoughts
/2

~ X’s Sales Pitch: Give Us Your Ad Business or We’ll Sue ~

https://www.wsj.com/business/media/x-twitter-ad-revenue-campaign-lawsuit-a882b5c6

In meetings on Capitol Hill, Musk told Rep. Jim Jordan (R., Ohio) that advertisers were boycotting X, people familiar with the matter said. He complained in particular, they said, about the Global Alliance for Responsible Media, an initiative by the World Federation of Advertisers intended to protect brands from what it deemed "unsafe" online content. Jordan,
who heads the House Judiciary Committee, later subpoenaed GARM for documents, seeking evidence of anticonservative bias.

https://www.wsj.com/business/media/x-twitter-ad-revenue-campaign-lawsuit-a882b5c6

Accessed: 11 June 2025 at 1459 CST

Last August, X sued the World Federation of Advertisers and several advertisers, accusing them of engaging in an illegal boycott of the platform by conspiring to withhold advertising in violation of antitrust laws. The lawsuit cited allegations by Jordan's committee that GARM's activities "that rob consumers of choices [are]
likely illegal under the antitrust laws." The ad trade group disbanded GARM shortly after the suit was filed.

https://www.wsj.com/business/media/x-twitter-ad-revenue-campaign-lawsuit-a882b5c6

Accessed: 11 June 2025 at 1459 CST

The trade group and advertisers moved to dismiss the suit, which they called in a legal filing "an attempt to use the courthouse to win back the business X lost in the free market." The
filing said the companies acted independently when deciding whether and how to make changes to advertising on X.
Some antitrust experts said X faces a high bar to prove its claims. "It would be an antitrust violation if the advertisers got together and said,
'Let's boycott X to get lower ad rates,'" said Cardozo Law School Professor Sam Weinstein, a former Justice Department antitrust lawyer. But if advertisers were motivated by a desire not to be associated with the kind of speech X was allowing, he said, "that's unlikely to be an antitrust violation."

https://www.wsj.com/business/media/x-twitter-ad-revenue-campaign-lawsuit-a882b5c6

Accessed: 11 June 2025 at 1459 CST

The day the lawsuit was filed, X's Yaccarino posted on the site what she called an open letter to advertisers. "To those who broke the law,
, " it
read in part, "we say enough is enough. We are compelled to seek justice for the harm that has been done by these and potentially additional defendants, depending what the legal process reveals."
Since then, X lawyers have told some reluctant advertisers that the company would add them to the lawsuit if they didn't spend money on the platform.

https://www.wsj.com/business/media/x-twitter-ad-revenue-campaign-lawsuit-a882b5c6

Accessed: 11 June 2025 at 1459 CST

How is this not extortion? 🤔

~”Late last year, Verizon Communications got an unusual message from a media company that wanted its business: Spend your ad dollars with us or we’ll see you in court.

It worked. Verizon, WHICH HADN’T ADVERTISED on X SINCE 2022, pledged to spend at least $10 million this year on the platform…”

#musk #X #MyThoughts
/1

~ X’s Sales Pitch: Give Us Your Ad Business or We’ll Sue ~

https://www.wsj.com/business/media/x-twitter-ad-revenue-campaign-lawsuit-a882b5c6

It worked. Verizon, which hadn't advertised on X since 2022, pledged to spend at least $10 million this year on the platform, a person familiar with the matter said.
Fashion company Ralph Lauren also agreed to resume buying ads on X after receiving a lawsuit threat, people familiar with the matter said. All told, at least six companies that had either received lawsuit threats or were motivated in
part by pressure tactics have struck ad deals with X, according to people familiar with the negotiations. The agreements include both firm ad-spending commitments and nonbinding targets.

https://www.wsj.com/business/media/x-twitter-ad-revenue-campaign-lawsuit-a882b5c6

Accessed: 11 June 2025 at 1459 CST

The legal threats are part of an extraordinary pressure campaign that Musk and X CEO Linda Yaccarino launched to boost revenue by cajoling advertisers-including Amazon, Unilever, Pinterest and Lego-to spend money on their platform. X has accused some of them of illegally colluding with one another on an ad boycott. Its tactics have generated a climate of fear on Madison Avenue.
"The strong-arm tactics" are unusual and worrisome for marketers, given Musk's influence in Washington and "bully pulpit" of 221 million followers, said Greg Paull, president of global growth for MediaSense, a consulting firm that helps match advertisers with ad agencies.
Despite his fallout with Trump last week, Paull said, Musk still has plenty of access to government officials.

https://www.wsj.com/business/media/x-twitter-ad-revenue-campaign-lawsuit-a882b5c6

Accessed: 11 June 2025 at 1459 CST

Who knows what this SCOTUS will rule 35 years later, though. It hasn’t seemed to rely on precedent. Perhaps Trump is trying to push the matter to SCOTUS once again so a court that is more friendly to his goals will overturn its previous rulings and give him another political ‘win’ 🤔

But much of his strategy is also being driven by those around him.

#USA #trump #law #SCOTUS #MyThoughts

/3

Along with indiscriminately fishing for easy targets, perhaps the Trump admin is purposely aiming to hurt California’s economy. After all, they have had all sorts of negative things to say about the state for years. Perhaps they’re trying to take it down a notch, so to speak, in order to control it better.

#MyThoughts

So, #Trump turned a “salute” to the #USA Army’s 250th anniversary into a political hate speech while he dehumanized Americans. He also appears to be seeking to turn the US military against US citizens. 🚨

#MyThoughts

/2

Trump insulted & disparaged protesters in LA, calling them “animals,” among other things.

👀 Critically—
Active US military behind him (who were/are supposed to remain apolitical) seemed to approve of his remarks and ~ “booed the media, California Governor Newsom, transgender athletes and former President Joe Biden.”

/1

#trump #USA
#MyThoughts (in the following post)
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https://www.wsj.com/us-news/l-a-spends-another-night-on-edge-as-trump-sends-in-marines-a7c6780a

The president, wearing a maroon hat in a nod to the Airborne forces, said in Tuesday's speech he decided to deploy thousands of National Guard troops and Marines to protect law enforcement from what he described as "attacks of a vicious
and violent mob, and some of the radical left." The protesters, he said, "are animals."

https://www.wsj.com/us-news/l-a-spends-another-night-on-edge-as-trump-sends-in-marines-a7c6780a

Accessed: 10 June 2025 at 1923 MST

As he spoke, dozens of Army soldiers assembled behind him signaled their approval of the president's remarks. The soldiers booed the media, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, transgender athletes and former President Joe Biden. The Defense Department has historically frowned upon such behavior by troops in its bid to keep the military apolitical.
"All members of the Armed Forces should always avoid actions that could reasonably be perceived as implying DoD sponsorship, approval, or endorsement of partisan political activity," the Pentagon advises. A Fort Bragg spokeswoman said the troops standing behind the president were told not to be demonstrative or show any
political leanings during the president's speech.

https://www.wsj.com/us-news/l-a-spends-another-night-on-edge-as-trump-sends-in-marines-a7c6780a

Accessed: 10 June 2025 at 1923 MST

A worker wearing a safety vest cleans graffiti from the side of a federal building in Los Angeles. The wall features various messages and artwork, including the phrase, “When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.”

Image caption: A worker scrubbed graffiti from a federal building in Los Angeles on Tuesday. PHOTO: (JACK MORPHET/WSJ)

https://www.wsj.com/us-news/l-a-spends-another-night-on-edge-as-trump-sends-in-marines-a7c6780a

Accessed: 10 June 2025 at 1923 MST

Trump threatened to arrest the governor of California, Gavin Newsom, for ‘obstruction of federal enforcement.’ 😳

Newsom responded by saying that it was a “step toward authoritarianism.”

#USA #USpol #trump #authoritarianism #Newsom

(When do we realize that we have already taken steps off the cliff?)
#MyThoughts

https://www.latimes.com/california/live/los-angeles-protests-immigration-raid-updates#p=president-trump-suggests-gov-newsom-should-be-arrested-newsom-decries-step-toward-authoritarianism

President Trump suggests Gov.
Newsom should be arrested;
Newsom decries 'step toward authoritarianism'

Here is RFK Jr.’s explanation—

He says he fired all of the vaccine panel experts because of conflicts of interests they have with the pharmaceutical companies that make the vaccines and he seeks to earn back the “public’s trust” 😐

(oh, that last part is rich! *)

* #MyThoughts
#USA #PublicHealth #health #vaccines #rfkjr #CDC