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Donald Trump Manufactured the Crisis in Los Angeles (jacobin.com)

submitted 4 months ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/usa@midwest.social

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The Trump administration claims to be fighting an existential battle against insurrectionary forces in Los Angeles. In truth, it created this cynical spectacle itself, deploying troops and inflaming tensions to distract from its policy failures.

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[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 34 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Reminds me of the 2019 Hong Kong protests.

[–] benignintervention@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago

Ooof, felt that deep

[–] masta_chief@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 months ago

And BLM. The people lost both times in the long run. We need a concrete goal.

Maybe, and not me but people have been saying, we could call this July 4th "Stop Listening to Him Day" where everyone just starts ignoring the guy. Gonna stay vague for legal reasons, but everyone's been saying it.

[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 months ago

China is asshoe.