He’s not “standing up to Trump” for the people, but to assert his exclusive control of the territory. Which is why he is not speaking against militarized assaults on protests, which Newsom also enjoys, but rather against Trump encroaching on the governor’s fiefdom.

In a fight between fascists, you are not required to take either side. Stop reflexively licking the boot.

So you’re a technocrat fascist who opposes democracy.

Newsom has been aggressively rounding up homeless people for months, and threatening cities who protect them.

Do not go thinking he is one of the good guys.

The left unites just fine. The confusion comes in when you mistakenly believe Democrats or anarchists are on the left.

Democrats vs Republicans is just rightwing infighting. But they will always put aside their differences to oppose the left together.

Also, trying to work with self-declared anarchists is wasted energy and more mis-identifying of the left. At best, they’re naive and childish in their worldview, being a weird spin on individualist libertarians. But they’re also very commonly undercover feds. If you’re trying to establish a socialist government, don’t join with anti-government goons.

There it is. Law enforcement has openly declared to kill protesters. You now know that you must fight them like your life depends on it, because they have admitted their intent.

This is exactly the behavior your 2nd amendment rights are meant to protect you from. They are ready & excited to kill you. What are you willing to do to stop them?

Property damage is not violence.

Not at all. Tulsi has been trying to de-escalate across the board. The Harris admin wanted to escalate in Ukraine, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia.

But the GOP also has their Lindsey Grahams. Chickenhawks who do not take the threat of nuclear war seriously.

Your wording seems to imply the issue is whether or not they’re real agents. But the kidnapping is completely fucked either way.

You’re missing the point. I don’t care if he’s a real ICE agent. ICE agents’ detentions are also illegal kidnapping. If anything, it’s worse when the official agents are the ones doing it.

This comment section shows exactly why we should be wary of those who label themselves as progressive vs leftist or socialist/communist.

Y’all clearly aren’t trustworthy. Reformists who see themselves as reasoned revolutionaries. You still reflexively shove that boot in your mouth on command.

Nah, this isn’t what we feared would happen. We’re equally concerned with the actual officers committing crimes against people, if not more so due to their access to resources and being backed by the government.

People can change. That doesn’t mean they’re entitled to a position of power after they have earned a reputation for abusing power.

LoL. ‘It’s just a little ol’ military crackdown! Nobody’s perfect! He said he was sorry!!’

You’re welcome to forgive him, but it’s still disqualifying. You don’t give someone a second chance to repeat their mistakes, when that mistake was an authoritarian military crackdown on the people they were charged with protecting.

I’m not. Geo-engineering is geo-engineering.

Please quote the text of the law that makes you think this is regulating chemtrails.

LoL. You think warrantless surveillance is just a Trump thing?

‘Stop repeating unflattering facts about Democrats! 😭’

If you only oppose authoritarianism under Republicans, you don’t oppose fascism. You just prefer a flavor of it.

This just in: a hammer makes a poor screwdriver.

Tim Walz, her running mate, sent the national guard in to attack BLM protesters. This is a problem with both parties.

Oh yeah. Zero chance of it happening while the capitalists remain in charge.

Even prior to the patriot act, they were just surveilling illegally. US intelligence worked with ATT to install illegal mass wiretaps at all of their comms centers.

We really need a law explicitly banning the third-party doctrine loophole to get around the fourth amendment.