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california is burning after the fires....

The epic battle between illegal immigrants and law enforcement has proven beyond a doubt that the Biden administration committed a grave mistake when it opened up America’s borders to a free for all.

The Los Angeles migrant riots are the result of Biden’s biggest mistake
Flag-burning liberals find out, once again, that crime doesn’t pay

BY Robert Bridge

 

Perhaps if the anti-ICE protesters in Los Angeles were seen waving the American flag as they struggled against US Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) patrols, they would have had a moral leg to stand on. Their major PR flaw was that they left ‘Old Glory’ at home. Missing the irony, they chose to hoist the Mexican flag above the smoldering LA landscape, showing support for the country they escaped from. There were even surreal incidents of the American flag being burned. That’s where things took a terrible turn for the Democrats as the Republicans seized the moral high ground.

“Insurrectionists carrying foreign flags are attacking immigration enforcement officers, while one half of America’s political leadership has decided that border enforcement is evil,” Vice President J.D. Vance said in a statement on the weekend.

“Simple message to illegal aliens: leave now. You broke our laws to get here and you will be deported,”Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) wrote on X.

Fox News late-night host Greg Gutfeld perhaps summed up the insanity best when he wrote on X, “Trying to find a country to establish a sanctuary city where I can burn shit while waving my native country’s flag, while violently demanding they don’t send me back to the native country of the flag I am waving. Is there a country I can terrorize, then demand sympathy when they want me to leave?”

The fireworks began on the morning of June 6 in Paramount, California when a Trump-authorized immigration raid was conducted within the Los Angeles Fashion District; two other raids occurred at a clothing wholesaler and a Home Depot. Protests erupted after over 100 people were arrested at the three locations. By nightfall, the Los Angeles police had authorized the use of less lethal munitions as the city was placed on tactical alert.

As the violence spiraled out of control and the Los Angeles police chief admitted that his forces were “overwhelmed,” Trump moved to nationalize the National Guard. This marked the first time a president had deployed a National Guard force without approval from a state’s governor since the Selma to Montgomery marches in 1965. He also outlawed the use of masks at the protests – “why do they need them?” – as 500 Marines were placed on standby.

Predictably, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who accused Washington of overseeing a “manufactured crisis,” went on to defend the illegal immigrants, calling Trump’s federalization of the National Guard “purposefully inflammatory.” LA Mayor Karen Bass was of the same opinion when it came to Trump’s harsh crackdown on illegals. “These tactics sow terror in our communities and disrupt basic principles of safety in our city,” she said Friday. “We will not stand for this.”

Trump was having none of it. In a post on Truth Social on Monday, the US leader demanded apologiesfrom the California governor and Los Angeles mayor: “Governor Gavin Newscum and ‘Mayor’ Bass should apologize to the people of Los Angeles for the absolutely horrible job that they have done, and this now includes the ongoing L.A. riots. These are not protesters, they are troublemakers and insurrectionists.”

Trump is right, Newsom and Bass are clearly in the wrong, and this grand failure will undoubtedly play into the Republican Party’s political fortunes if things continue the way they are. It’s no secret that Democrats are fleeing California in droves, sick and tired of failed policies that have placed them and their families in a constant state of danger. Let’s face it, once the political fallout reaches the Democratic voters’ neighborhoods, it’s game over.

Although few voters on the left would admit it, thousands of erstwhile Biden supporters are coming around to the conclusion that many of the new arrivals are simply criminals and cold-blooded killers who should never have been granted entry into ‘sanctuary cities’ in the first place. Instead of keeping the asylum seekers on the Mexican side of the border, as the Trump administration had achieved, the Biden administration allowed millions of illegals into the country, where it has become almost impossible to track each individual case as initially intended. Now, every murder committed at the hands of an illegal immigrant will be additional ammunition for the Republican ticket.

Incidentally, the mayhem that quickly ensued in Los Angeles brings to mind the violence that overwhelmed four blocks of Seattle, Washington during the “summer of love” 2020 at the ‘Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone’ (CHAZ). Here, Antifa insurgents thought they could find peace and harmony in a state of anarchy – without order, without restraint, without any government oversight. After several days of living in this world of youthful delusion, after the predictable violence and killings began to occur as night fell, many of the rebels quickly gave up their doomed experiment and called the police for protection.

Yet even to this day, there are millions of liberals who have come to associate law and order with outright tyranny, and those who would protect life and liberty with villainy. In their world, the members of law enforcement - while admitting to the inevitable bad apples in the ranks - have come to represent the worst form of oppression. At the same time, they willfully place an inordinate amount of trust and faith in the intentions of complete strangers who suddenly showed up on America’s doorstep without invitation (many of whom are genuinely worthy of care and compassion). Thus, the Democratic leadership has relinquished their primary responsibilities to the American people – their political constituents – who it is their absolute duty to defend.

How long will the Democrats continue to take the side of chaos and lawlessness over law enforcement?

https://www.rt.com/news/618858-los-angeles-riots-biden-migrants/

 

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         Gus Leonisky

         POLITICAL CARTOONIST SINCE 1951.

 

retaliation .....

 

'A Declaration of War': Trump Sends National Guard to LA Over Anti-ICE Protests
"The Trump administration's baseless deployment of the National Guard is plainly retaliation against California, a stronghold for immigrant communities," one advocate said.

BY Olivia Rosane

 

U.S. President Donald Trump deployed 2,000 National Guard members in response to protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity in Los Angeles over the weekend, as Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth threatened to call in the marines. 

The protests kicked off on Friday in opposition to ICE raids of retail establishments around Los Angeles. During Friday's protests David Huerta, president of SEIU California and SEIU-United Service Workers West, was injured and then arrested while observing a raid. His arrest sparked further protests, which carried over into Saturday in response to apparent ICE activity in the nearby city of Paramount. 

"The Trump administration's baseless deployment of the National Guard is plainly retaliation against California, a stronghold for immigrant communities, and is akin to a declaration of war on all Californians," Victor Leung, chief legal and advocacy officer at the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Foundation of Southern California, said in a statement. 

"They yell 'invasion' at the border—but this is the real one: Trump is seizing control of California's National Guard and forcing 2,000 troops into our streets."

Saturday's most dramatic protest occurred outside a Home Depot in Paramount following rumors of an ICE raid there. However, Paramount Mayor Peggy Lemons told the Los Angeles Times that the ICE agents may instead have been staging at a nearby Department of Homeland Security (DHS) office. There were also rumors of an ICE raid on a meatpacking plant that never occurred. 

"We don't know what was happening, or what their target was. To think that there would be no heightening of fear and no consequences from the community doesn't sound like good preparation to me," Lemons said. "Above all, there is no communication and things are done on a whim. And that creates chaos and fear."

According to the LA Times, the Home Depot protests began peacefully until officers lobbed flash-bang grenades and pepper balls at the crowd, after which some individuals responded by throwing rocks and other objects at the ICE cars, and one person drove their vehicle toward the ICE agents. 

"Many of the protesters did not appear to engage in these tactics," the LA Times reported.

In another incident, Lindsay Toczylowski, the chief executive of Immigrant Defenders Law Center, wrote on social media that ICE agents threw a tear-gas canister at two of the center's female attorneys after they asked the agents if they could see a warrant and observe their activities.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California said that over a dozen people were arrested on Saturday for interfering with the work of immigration agents.

The first member of the Trump administration to mention sending in the National Guard was White House border czar Tom Homan, who told Fox News, "We're gonna bring National Guard in tonight and we're gonna continue doing our job. This is about enforcing the law."

Trump then signed a memo Saturday night calling members of the California National Guard into federal service to protect ICE and other government officials.

"To the extent that protests or acts of violence directly inhibit the execution of the laws, they constitute a form of rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States," the memo reads in part.

"The only threat to safety today is the masked goon squads that the administration has deployed to terrorize the communities of Los Angeles County."

Instead of using the Insurrection Act, as some had speculated he might, Trump federalized the guard members under the president's Title 10 authority, which allows the president to place the National Guard under federal control given certain conditions, but does not allow those troops to carry out domestic law enforcement activities, which invoking the Insurrection Act would enable.

"On its face, then, the memorandum federalizes 2,000 California National Guard troops for the sole purpose of protecting the relevant DHS personnel against attacks," Georgetown University Law Center professor Steve Vladeck explained in a blog post Saturday. "That's a significant (and, in my view, unnecessary) escalation of events in a context in which no local or state authorities have requested such federal assistance. But by itself, this is not the mass deployment of troops into U.S. cities that had been rumored for some time."

Indeed, several state leaders spoke out against the deployment. 

"The federal government is moving to take over the California National Guard and deploy 2,000 soldiers," California Gov. Gavin Newsom wroteon social media Saturday. "That move is purposefully inflammatory and will only escalate tensions. LA authorities are able to access law enforcement assistance at a moment's notice. We are in close coordination with the city and county, and there is currently no unmet need."

"The Guard has been admirably serving LA throughout recovery," he continued, referring to the devastating wildfires that swept the city early this year. "This is the wrong mission and will erode public trust."

Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) posted on social media that he "couldn't agree more."

"Using the National Guard this way is a completely inappropriate and misguided mission," Padilla said. "The Trump administration is just sowing more chaos and division in our communities."

Rep. Norma Torres (D-Calif.) added, "They yell 'invasion' at the border—but this is the real one: Trump is seizing control of California's National Guard and forcing 2,000 troops into our streets."

While the National Guard's mission is currently limited, Vladeck argued that there were three reasons to be "deeply concerned" about the development. First, troops could still respond to real or perceived threats with violence, escalating the situation; second, escalation may be the desired outcome from the Trump administration, and used as a pretext to invoke the Insurrection Act after all; and third, this could depress the morale of both National Guard members and the civilians they engage with while degrading the relationships between federal, local, and state authorities. 

"There is something deeply pernicious about invoking any of these authorities except in circumstances in which their necessity is a matter of consensus beyond the president's political supporters," Vladeck wrote. "The law may well allow President Trump to do what he did Saturday night. But just because something is legal does not mean that it is wise—for the present or future of our Republic."

Leung of the ACLU criticized both the ICE raids and the decision to deploy the Guard. 

"Workers in our garment districts or day laborers seeking work outside of Home Depot do not undermine public safety," Leung said. "They are our fathers and mothers and neighbors going about their day and making ends meet. Rather, the only threat to safety today is the masked goon squads that the administration has deployed to terrorize the communities of Los Angeles County."

He continued: "There is no rational reason to deploy the National Guard on Angelenos, who are rightfully outraged by the federal government's attack on our communities and justly exercising their First Amendment right to protest the violent separation of our families. We intend to file suit and hold this administration accountable and to protect our communities from further attacks."

National political leaders also spoke out Sunday morning.

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.)  wrote on social media that it was "important to remember that Trump isn't trying to heal or keep the peace. He is looking to inflame and divide. His movement doesn't believe in democracy or protest—and if they get a chance to end the rule of law they will take it. None of this is on the level."

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) posted that the entire incident was "Trump's authoritarianism in real time."

Meanwhile, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth threatened further escalation Saturday night when he tweeted that "if violence continues, active duty Marines at Camp Pendleton will also be mobilized—they are on high alert."

Newsom responded: "The Secretary of Defense is now threatening to deploy active-duty Marines on American soil against its own citizens. This is deranged behavior."

"This is an abuse of power and what dictators do. It's unnecessary and not needed."

Hegseth then doubled down on the threat Sunday morning, replying on social media that it was "deranged" to allow "your city to burn and law enforcement to be attacked."

"The National Guard, and Marines if need be, stand with ICE," he posted.

Journalist Ryan Grim noted that it was an "ominous development" for the secretary of defense to be commenting on immigration policy or local law enforcement at all.

Rep. Nanette Barragán (D-Calif.) said of Trump and Hegseth's escalations: "This is an abuse of power and what dictators do. It's unnecessary and not needed."

Writing on his Truth Social platform early Sunday, Trump praised the National Guard for their work in Los Angeles. Yet local and state leaders pointed out that the Guard had not yet arrived in the city by the time the post was made.

As of Sunday morning, the National Guard had arrived in downtown Los Angeles and Paramount, ABC 7reported.

In the midst of the uproar over Trump's actions, labor groups continued to decry the ICE raids and call for the release of Huerta.

National Nurses United wrote on Friday: "With these raids, the government is sowing intense fear for personal safety among our immigrant and migrant community. Nurses and other union workers oppose this, and are standing up in solidarity with fellow immigrant workers. We refuse to be silent, and people like David Huerta are bravely putting their own bodies on the line to bear witness to what ICE is doing. It's appalling that ICE injured and detained him while he was exercising his First Amendment rights. We demand his immediate release."

AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler and AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Fred Redmond said in a statement Saturday: 

The nearly 15 million working people of the AFL-CIO and our affiliated unions demand the immediate release of California Federation of Labor Unions Vice President and SEIU California and SEIU-USWW President David Huerta. As the Trump administration's mass deportation agenda has unnecessarily targeted our hard-working immigrant brothers and sisters, David was exercising his constitutional rights and conducting legal observation of ICE activity in his community. He was doing what he has always done, and what we do in unions: putting solidarity into practice and defending our fellow workers. In response, ICE agents violently arrested him, physically injuring David in the process, and are continuing to detain him—a violation of David's civil liberties and the freedoms this country holds dear. The labor movement stands with David, and we will continue to demand justice for our union brother until he is released.

The unrest in Los Angeles may continue as Barragán toldCNN on Sunday she had been informed that ICE would be present in LA for a month. She argued that the National Guard deployment would only inflame the conflict.

“We haven't asked for the help. We don't need the help. This is [President Trump] escalating it, causing tensions to rise. It's only going to make things worse in a situation where people are already angry over immigration enforcement."

https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-national-guard-la

 

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         POLITICAL CARTOONIST SINCE 1951.

arrest newsom?....

US President Donald Trump on Monday accused protesters in Los Angeles of insurrection and threatened they would be "hit harder" than ever if they disrespect security forces during clashes triggered by anger over immigration raids.

Demonstrators in a small part of the second biggest US city's downtown area torched cars and looted stores in ugly scenes Sunday that saw law enforcement responding with tear gas and rubber bullets.

Trump posted he had deployed National Guard troops "to deal with the violent, instigated riots" and "if we had not done so, Los Angeles would have been completely obliterated".

"The people are causing the problems are professional agitators and insurrectionists," he told reporters in Washington.

On social media, he said protesters spat at troops and if they continued to do so, "I promise you they will be hit harder than they have ever been hit before. Such disrespect will not be tolerated!"

California Governor Gavin Newsom accused the president of deliberately stoking tensions by using the National Guard, a reserve military force usually controlled by state governors.

"This is exactly what Donald Trump wanted. He flamed the fires," Newsom said, adding California would be suing the federal government over the deployment.

Trump shot back, saying "I would do it" when asked if Newsom should be arrested.

The protests in Los Angeles, home to a large Latino population, were triggered by dozens of arrests of what authorities say are illegal migrants and gang members.

Trump's border czar Tom Homan said Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was targeting members of cartels in Mexico and Colombia.

Many locals painted a different picture.

They are "people who are here earnestly trying to improve their lives (and) deserve a chance and don't deserve to be treated as criminals", Deborah McCurdy, 64, told AFP at a rally where hundreds gathered on Monday.

'Isolated'

On Monday morning, a heavy police presence stood watch in downtown LA, where streets were quiet.

Overnight, vandals had set fires and smashed windows, adding to the scenes of damage left after five Waymo self-driving cars were torched. Obscene graffiti was daubed over many surfaces.

Despite isolated and eye-catching acts of violence, officials and local law enforcement stressed the majority of protesters over the weekend had been peaceful.

Schools across Los Angeles were operating normally on Monday, while the rhythms of life in the sprawling city appeared largely unchanged.

Mayor Karen Bass told CNN that in contrast to Trump's rhetoric, "this is isolated to a few streets. This is not citywide civil unrest."

Immigration arrests were designed to stir tensions, she said, while the troop deployment was "a recipe for pandemonium".

The United Nations warned against "further militarisation" of the situation, in remarks likely to anger the White House.

After initial confrontations between demonstrators and federal forces on Sunday, local law enforcement took the lead, using what they called "less lethal weapons" to disperse crowds.

Viral footage showed one rubber bullet being fired at an Australian TV reporter, who was hit in the leg on live television.

At least 56 people were arrested over two days and five officers suffered minor injuries, Los Angeles Police Department officials said, while about 60 people were arrested in protests in San Francisco.

The National Guard is frequently used in natural disasters, and occasionally in civil unrest, but almost always with the consent of local authorities.

The former vice president and Trump's opponent in the 2024 election called it "a dangerous escalation meant to provoke chaos".

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Monday condemned the violence, while calling on the United States to respect migrant rights.

Sheinbaum urged Mexicans living in the United States "to act peacefully and not give in to provocations".

(FRANCE 24 with AFP)

 

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250608-troops-sent-by-trump-reach-protest-hit-los-angeles-over-governor-s-wishes

 

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         Gus Leonisky

         POLITICAL CARTOONIST SINCE 1951.

incompetence....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgHPYpfVQBs

Host Shocked as Border Czar Exposes How MSNBC Re-Edited His Words

 

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         POLITICAL CARTOONIST SINCE 1951.

 

SEE ALSO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gY8s2D64j44

 

SEE ALSO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ci-aVVzbn0A

flags....

As riots raged in Los Angeles on Sunday, The New York Times rushed to reassure readers that Mexican flags being waved by protesters were symbols not of insurrection or lawlessness, but of “pride in their heritage.” The Times’ sympathetic view of anti-law-and-order rioters is hardly notable, but comparing its glowing review of the symbolism and meaning of the Mexican flag’s use in the L.A. upheaval to its screeching hysteria over the Alito flags a year ago is a sharp reminder of just how biased the paper is.

 

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https://thefederalist.com/2025/06/11/new-york-times-hypocritical-tale-of-two-flags-coverage-encapsulates-medias-seething-bias/

 

 

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         Gus Leonisky

         POLITICAL CARTOONIST SINCE 1951.

visit LA.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtvB_gtjlmY

Los Angeles Riots Parody | Visit LA! - Tourism Advert

 

Welcome to Los Angeles: Land of Looting & Luxury! This upbeat parody takes you on a guided tour through boarded-up boutiques, burning Teslas, and blissfully broken policies. It’s part tourism jingle, part dystopian sitcom, and all sarcasm.

Tear gas? Included.
Protest art? Certified.
2028 Olympics? Book now before the tents fill up!

This video pokes fun at the modern state of LA — where the streets are hot, the laws are soft, and the leaders are... photogenic. Packed with biting commentary, catchy rhymes, and a glossy “tourist ad” vibe, this parody is for anyone who’s watched the news and thought: “Wait, they want us to visit that?”

 

IN BAD TASTE? OF COURSE... GOOD...

 

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YOURDEMOCRACY.NET RECORDS HISTORY AS IT SHOULD BE — NOT AS THE WESTERN MEDIA WRONGLY REPORTS IT.

 

         Gus Leonisky

         POLITICAL CARTOONIST SINCE 1951.