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Trump uses LA protests to redirect dissent from policy failures to the ‘enemy within’ (www.theguardian.com)

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Critics see deployment of the national guard as an authoritarian flex by a strongman who has relentlessly trampled norms

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[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Any word on how the Governor of California is responding?

[–] floo@retrolemmy.com 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

He sent a very nicely worded letter to Trump asking if he would pretty please return control of the national guard to him.

I got a good laugh out of it.

[–] ToastedRavioli@midwest.social 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

You cant really blame a governor for congress having abdicated their responsibility to impeach him, or the military abdicating their responsibility to depose him. Hes breaking the law, and no one is stopping it who can. The hell is Newsome supposed to do?

At this point Trump could literally order him arrested and there is no clarity as to whether anyone would stop it