By deploying troops without state consent, the President is overriding state sovereignty, undermining federal law and defying the foundational documents of the Republic.
I predict that during Thursday's hearing U.S. District Court Judge Charles Breyer will issue a federal court order deeming Trump's conduct illegal and ordering U.S. military OUT of California and ordering the California National Guard to remain under the sole control of California Gov. Newsom.
Judge Charles Breyer was a former WATERGATE PROSECUTOR, which is really bad news for Donald Trump and Republicans. Judge Charles Breyer's brother is liberal former U.S. Supreme Court justice Stephen Breyer.
Trump is so illiterate he does not understand that certain words in certain federal statutes have very specific legal meanings, such as "rebellion" and "invasion."
Illiterate racist fucks Stephen Miller and Donald Trump think those terms mean whatever Trump and Miller say they mean, which is factually incorrect.
Today Trump said, "People who burn the flag should go to jail for one year. We're going to try to get that done."
Trump also said ANY PROTESTERS who show up to protest his $50 million birthday/tank parade will be arrested.
We're talking about a big, giant orange fatass fool and his deranged hyper-Nazi Stephen Miller.
Trump is so illiterate he thinks protesting itself is illegal and requires corporal punishment.
Trump just said, "Any protesters who come out to protest will be met with great force."
Trump is an ignorant, woman-hating racist White Supremacist who has no idea how our government, courts and due process works.
Trump has filed more frivilous lawsuits than anyone in U.S. history and has lost more lawsuits and legal actions than any person in U.S. history.
Trump deserves no respect whatsoever and should be sent to federal prison for the rest of his life.
Unfortunately weakass, worthless Democrats are scared piles of shit for not at least holding daily press conferences responding and rejecting Trump and Stephen Miller's daily criminal and unconstitutional conduct.
Every day Trump issues massive lies that go unchecked by Democrats - which in the minds of many voters lends credence to Trump's lies.
Governor Newsom suing President Trump and Department of Defense for illegal takeover of CalGuard unit - “An unmistakable step toward authoritarianism”
What you need to know: Standing up for state sovereignty throughout the nation, California Governor Newsom and Attorney General Bonta are suing the Trump administration for its illegal takeover of the California National Guard (CalGuard).
LOS ANGELES – Following President Trump’s call to arrest Governor Gavin Newsom, the Governor and Attorney General Rob Bonta today are filing a lawsuit against the Trump administration to end the illegal and unnecessary takeover of a CalGuard unit, which has needlessly escalated chaos and violence in the Los Angeles region.
The lawsuit, which names President Trump, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and the Department of Defense, outlines why the takeover violates the U.S. Constitution and exceeds the President’s Title 10 authority, not only because the takeover occurred without the consent or input of the Governor, as federal law requires, but also because it was unwarranted.
“Donald Trump is creating fear and terror by failing to adhere to the U.S. Constitution and overstepping his authority.
This is a manufactured crisis to allow him to take over a state militia, damaging the very foundation of our republic.
Every governor, red or blue, should reject this outrageous overreach.
This is beyond incompetence — this is him intentionally causing chaos, terrorizing communities, and endangering the principles of our great democracy.
It is an unmistakable step toward authoritarianism. We will not let this stand.”
Governor Gavin Newsom
“President Trump’s order calling federalized National Guard troops into Los Angeles – over the objections of the Governor and local law enforcement – is unnecessary and counterproductive.
It’s also deeply unfair to the members of the National Guard who are hard at work every day protecting our state, preparing for and responding to emergencies, and training so that, if called, they can fight our nation’s wars,” said Attorney General Bonta.
“Let me be clear: There is no invasion. There is no rebellion.
The President is trying to manufacture chaos and crisis on the ground for his own political ends.
Federalizing the California National Guard is an abuse of the President’s authority under the law– and not one we take lightly.
We’re asking a court to put a stop to the unlawful, unprecedented order.”
Under the California Constitution, Governor Newsom is the Commander-in-Chief of the California National Guard.
In the lawsuit, Governor Newsom and Attorney General Bonta explain that the federal government has overstepped its legal authority and bypassed the Governor’s approval to take over a unit of CalGuard, in a situation where federal government intervention was not needed and did not meet the necessary criteria for federalization.
The unrest in Los Angeles is nowhere close to rising to the level of a “rebellion” beyond the capacity of local and state authorities to control, nor is it different in kind from other similar situations in recent years that were brought under control by local authorities with no need for military intervention.
The Department of Defense’s mobilization order also failed to comply with President Trump’s own direction to coordinate with the Governor and the National Guard.
Trump’s Illegal Takeover
On Friday, June 6, 2025, the federal government, through Immigration and Customs Enforcement, began conducting widespread operations throughout Los Angeles without providing notification to local law enforcement.
During the course of these operations, ICE officers took actions that inflamed tensions, including the arrest and detainment of children, and military-style operations that sparked panic in the community.
The Department of Homeland Security reported that its enforcement activities on June 6 resulted in the arrest of 44 individuals, two of whom appear to have been minors.
Only five of those arrested reportedly had any criminal history.
In response, community members began protesting to express opposition to these violent tactics, the President’s heavy-handed, violent immigration agenda, and the arrest of innocent people, and to express solidarity with and concern for the individuals and families most directly impacted by the enforcement actions taking place in their community.
Protests continued for two more days, and although some violent and illegal incidents were reported — leading to justified arrests by state and local authorities — these protests were largely nonviolent and involved citizens exercising their First Amendment right to protest.
At no point did these protests necessitate federal intervention, and local and state law enforcement remained in control of the situation.
Local law enforcement, despite no communication or advanced notice from the federal government, responded quickly and did not request federal assistance.
No Basis For Takeover
Soon after protests began, on June 7, President Trump issued a memorandum entitled “Department of Defense Security for the Protection of Department of Homeland Security Functions,” purporting to authorize the Department of Defense to call up 2,000 National Guard personnel into federal service for a period of 60 days, and declaring a “rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States” and directing the Secretary of Defense to coordinate with state governors and the National Guard to commandeer state militias.
This order was not specific to California and suggests that the President could assume control of any state militia.
President Trump then began posting to social media that the protests in California were out of control and that the federal government had taken over the California National Guard — further inflaming fear in the community, inciting fear and violence, and endangering state sovereignty.
Notably, by the time the National Guard arrived on Sunday morning, the protests had dissipated thanks to local law enforcement, and the streets were quiet.
The President’s Actions and the military presence inflamed the very protest and violence it was supposedly meant to suppress.
President Trump’s unprecedented order attempts to usurp state authority and resources via 10 U.S.C. § 12406, a statute that has been invoked on its own only once before in modern history and for highly unusual circumstances — when President Richard Nixon called upon the National Guard to deliver the mail during the 1970 Postal Service Strike.
This is also the first time since 1965 — when President Johnson sent troops to Alabama to protect civil rights demonstrators — that a president has activated a state’s National Guard without a request from the state’s governor.
And as U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem previously said, federalization of the National Guard “would be a direct attack on states’ rights.”
Ending Trump’s abuse of power
Today, Governor Newsom and Attorney General Bonta stand up for all states’ authority through this lawsuit.
The lawsuit asks the court to end the federal government’s gross overstep of authority and require President Trump and Secretary Hegseth to follow the appropriate legal steps to take over any state militia, including an order issued through the Governor.
The lawsuit also explains that:
The federalization of the California National Guard deprives California of resources to protect itself and its citizens, including those working on drug interdiction at the border, and of critical responders in the event of a state of emergency — such as the January 2025 firestorm in Los Angeles, which CalGuard responded to.
10 U.S.C. § 12406 requires that the Governor consent to federalization of the National Guard, which Governor Newsom was not given the opportunity to do prior to their deployment.
The President’s unlawful order infringes on Governor Newsom’s role as Commander-in-Chief of the California National Guard and violates the state’s sovereign right to control and have available its National Guard in the absence of a lawful invocation of federal power.
The situation in Los Angeles didn’t meet the criteria for federalization, which includes invasion by a foreign country, rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States, and being unable to execute federal laws.
At no point was this the case in the Los Angeles area, where local and state law enforcement remained in control.
Democratic Party Senators and Reps should hold a daily press conference attacking what Trump said and did every damn day - every 24 hours.
Democrats have NOT learned the losing lesson of losers Biden and Harris who allowed Trump to make wild insane proclamations and lies WITHOUT responding to Trump's vicious daily lies.
Low information voters believe Trump's lies as Trump goes completely unchecked by Democrats.
Democrats must hold a daily press conference pointing out, cataloging and discussing TRUMP LIES or low information voters will believe Trump's lies because they don't hear Democrats pushing back on Trump's daily lies and felonies.
Democrats should give a name to their daily press conference the media will propagate, such as DEMOCRATS DAILY TRUMP CRIME REPORT. Trump literally violates federal laws, state laws, and individual constitutional rights each and every day, yet Trump's crimes go completely unchecked and without party response.
Democrats should be using the media everyday to paint Trump as the hardcore habitual liar and criminal that he and his co-conspirators are.
Democrats could be getting millions of dollars of FREE PUBLICITY by holding a daily press conference attacking Trump's lies and crimes.
Even if Democrats would hold a WEEKLY TRUMP CRIME AND LIES REPORT Democrats could attack Trump's conduct and memorialize Trump conduct and Democrats response to Trump's conduct, so Dem candidates could use these reports in their campaigns.
Democrats should hire somebody like me to make a weekly video report cataloging Trump's lies and crimes for the week of such and such.
Democrats are guilty of NORMALIZING Trump's lies and crimes by remaining silent as Trump's lies and crimes go unchecked.
You would think that Democrats would have already learned this lesson after Joe Biden ordered his staff and ALL Democrats to stop talking about Trump's crimes. Do you remember that?
That was one of the stupidest things Joe Biden ever did was to allow Trump to attack him and Harris daily without a Dem response.
I remember it like yesterday. Biden refused to attack Trump for a whole year!!!
Trump's lies went completely unchecked and lots of low information voters took Trump's repetitive lies to heart, as Biden gave no response to Trump's daily lies and attacks on Biden and Democrats.
I clearly remember Biden telling Democrats to stop talking about Trump's felonies while Biden ATTACKED PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATS DURING THAT WHOLE YEAR BIDEN WOULD NOT ATTACK TRUMP.
Protests ENHANCE TRUMP'S LIES and do not provide specific party pushback on Trump's daily lies and crimes.
It's as if Democratic Party leaders do not want to provide any institutionalized memory of Trump's daily lies and crimes.
Apparently the Democratic Party plan is to remain silent and allow Trump's daily lies and crimes to go unanswered - which is a HUGE UNFORCED ERROR by the Democratic Party.
Every day or week Democrats should hold a press conference cataloging Trump's lies and crimes and make a list of daily comments and questions addressed to Donald Trump, so later Democrats can show voters how Democrats responded to Trump's lies and crimes as it happened, instead of dead radio silence.
Every day and week Trump uses the media to get hundreds of millions of dollars of FREE PUBLICITY in support of Trump's lies and crimes, while Democrats remain dead silent.
Democrats are not saying anything about INSANE Republican immigration policy statements made by red state Republicans REPEATEDLY on CNN and other media outlets:
Republicans keep saying they are deporting all undocumented immigrants because Republicans believe once they are deported and no longer applying for jobs at day labor centers, then Americans will fill those day labor and farm worker jobs.
100% FALSE.
Republicans say they are deporting immigrant farm and field workers because Republicans say they will force lazy Americans to do that farm and field work.
Republicans also say they plan to impose a 25% tax on poor and middle class workers to pay down the national debt and will increase that 25% tax rate to 50% by 2027 and then to a 75% tax rate by 2030.
DEMOCRATS REMAIN SILENT ON REPUBLICAN INSANITY.
If Democrats do not get their ass out there and start holding press conferences responding to daily crazy Republican and Trump claims, Democrats will lose again in the midterms.
Not to worry. Lincoln made things up, ignored the courts, and did what he thought had to be done to save the nation too. Didn't that turn out all right?
California is incapable of self governance. The intent of the Tenth only applies if the State is able to manage its own affairs, not when the State is engaged in war with its Citizens.
Thank you for this clear eyed assessment of this Administration. To my mind there is not one member of the Administration (elected or appointed) who has the qualifications, integrity, moral fiber or intellect to carry out the duties of their positions. And Congress is awol; out of fear, or cowardice or being bought off; these are supposed to be our representatives who are tasked with ensuring our communities can thrive in every way. As for SCOTUS, they gave the President the green light to follow the steps of the fascist playbook, step by step. America has to decide what kind of country we want to be; do we want to fulfill our ideals and promise that so many sacrificed so much for, or succumb to worshiping demagogues. But I am still so very curious about why you (and Elizabeth) never addressed this Presidency before now and still don’t use anyone’s name; except for RFK Jr. who you mention by name. He is an integral part of this Administration. We will have to wait to see how the policies of this leadership play out. But we still need to make our voices heard; we still live in a democracy………..for now.
Beating another dead horse, Dennis. They can conjure up all sorts of emergencies that will be approved by the Supreme Court and then their (not our) military will kill enemies foreign and domestic, just as they agreed to in writing when they signed up. Those acts you referenced allow it.
I predict that during Thursday's hearing U.S. District Court Judge Charles Breyer will issue a federal court order deeming Trump's conduct illegal and ordering U.S. military OUT of California and ordering the California National Guard to remain under the sole control of California Gov. Newsom.
Judge Charles Breyer was a former WATERGATE PROSECUTOR, which is really bad news for Donald Trump and Republicans. Judge Charles Breyer's brother is liberal former U.S. Supreme Court justice Stephen Breyer.
Trump is so illiterate he does not understand that certain words in certain federal statutes have very specific legal meanings, such as "rebellion" and "invasion."
Illiterate racist fucks Stephen Miller and Donald Trump think those terms mean whatever Trump and Miller say they mean, which is factually incorrect.
Today Trump said, "People who burn the flag should go to jail for one year. We're going to try to get that done."
Trump also said ANY PROTESTERS who show up to protest his $50 million birthday/tank parade will be arrested.
We're talking about a big, giant orange fatass fool and his deranged hyper-Nazi Stephen Miller.
Trump is so illiterate he thinks protesting itself is illegal and requires corporal punishment.
Trump just said, "Any protesters who come out to protest will be met with great force."
Trump is an ignorant, woman-hating racist White Supremacist who has no idea how our government, courts and due process works.
Trump has filed more frivilous lawsuits than anyone in U.S. history and has lost more lawsuits and legal actions than any person in U.S. history.
Trump deserves no respect whatsoever and should be sent to federal prison for the rest of his life.
Unfortunately weakass, worthless Democrats are scared piles of shit for not at least holding daily press conferences responding and rejecting Trump and Stephen Miller's daily criminal and unconstitutional conduct.
Every day Trump issues massive lies that go unchecked by Democrats - which in the minds of many voters lends credence to Trump's lies.
Governor Newsom suing President Trump and Department of Defense for illegal takeover of CalGuard unit - “An unmistakable step toward authoritarianism”
What you need to know: Standing up for state sovereignty throughout the nation, California Governor Newsom and Attorney General Bonta are suing the Trump administration for its illegal takeover of the California National Guard (CalGuard).
LOS ANGELES – Following President Trump’s call to arrest Governor Gavin Newsom, the Governor and Attorney General Rob Bonta today are filing a lawsuit against the Trump administration to end the illegal and unnecessary takeover of a CalGuard unit, which has needlessly escalated chaos and violence in the Los Angeles region.
The lawsuit, which names President Trump, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and the Department of Defense, outlines why the takeover violates the U.S. Constitution and exceeds the President’s Title 10 authority, not only because the takeover occurred without the consent or input of the Governor, as federal law requires, but also because it was unwarranted.
“Donald Trump is creating fear and terror by failing to adhere to the U.S. Constitution and overstepping his authority.
This is a manufactured crisis to allow him to take over a state militia, damaging the very foundation of our republic.
Every governor, red or blue, should reject this outrageous overreach.
This is beyond incompetence — this is him intentionally causing chaos, terrorizing communities, and endangering the principles of our great democracy.
It is an unmistakable step toward authoritarianism. We will not let this stand.”
Governor Gavin Newsom
“President Trump’s order calling federalized National Guard troops into Los Angeles – over the objections of the Governor and local law enforcement – is unnecessary and counterproductive.
It’s also deeply unfair to the members of the National Guard who are hard at work every day protecting our state, preparing for and responding to emergencies, and training so that, if called, they can fight our nation’s wars,” said Attorney General Bonta.
“Let me be clear: There is no invasion. There is no rebellion.
The President is trying to manufacture chaos and crisis on the ground for his own political ends.
Federalizing the California National Guard is an abuse of the President’s authority under the law– and not one we take lightly.
We’re asking a court to put a stop to the unlawful, unprecedented order.”
Under the California Constitution, Governor Newsom is the Commander-in-Chief of the California National Guard.
In the lawsuit, Governor Newsom and Attorney General Bonta explain that the federal government has overstepped its legal authority and bypassed the Governor’s approval to take over a unit of CalGuard, in a situation where federal government intervention was not needed and did not meet the necessary criteria for federalization.
The unrest in Los Angeles is nowhere close to rising to the level of a “rebellion” beyond the capacity of local and state authorities to control, nor is it different in kind from other similar situations in recent years that were brought under control by local authorities with no need for military intervention.
The Department of Defense’s mobilization order also failed to comply with President Trump’s own direction to coordinate with the Governor and the National Guard.
Trump’s Illegal Takeover
On Friday, June 6, 2025, the federal government, through Immigration and Customs Enforcement, began conducting widespread operations throughout Los Angeles without providing notification to local law enforcement.
During the course of these operations, ICE officers took actions that inflamed tensions, including the arrest and detainment of children, and military-style operations that sparked panic in the community.
The Department of Homeland Security reported that its enforcement activities on June 6 resulted in the arrest of 44 individuals, two of whom appear to have been minors.
Only five of those arrested reportedly had any criminal history.
In response, community members began protesting to express opposition to these violent tactics, the President’s heavy-handed, violent immigration agenda, and the arrest of innocent people, and to express solidarity with and concern for the individuals and families most directly impacted by the enforcement actions taking place in their community.
Protests continued for two more days, and although some violent and illegal incidents were reported — leading to justified arrests by state and local authorities — these protests were largely nonviolent and involved citizens exercising their First Amendment right to protest.
At no point did these protests necessitate federal intervention, and local and state law enforcement remained in control of the situation.
Local law enforcement, despite no communication or advanced notice from the federal government, responded quickly and did not request federal assistance.
No Basis For Takeover
Soon after protests began, on June 7, President Trump issued a memorandum entitled “Department of Defense Security for the Protection of Department of Homeland Security Functions,” purporting to authorize the Department of Defense to call up 2,000 National Guard personnel into federal service for a period of 60 days, and declaring a “rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States” and directing the Secretary of Defense to coordinate with state governors and the National Guard to commandeer state militias.
This order was not specific to California and suggests that the President could assume control of any state militia.
President Trump then began posting to social media that the protests in California were out of control and that the federal government had taken over the California National Guard — further inflaming fear in the community, inciting fear and violence, and endangering state sovereignty.
Notably, by the time the National Guard arrived on Sunday morning, the protests had dissipated thanks to local law enforcement, and the streets were quiet.
The President’s Actions and the military presence inflamed the very protest and violence it was supposedly meant to suppress.
President Trump’s unprecedented order attempts to usurp state authority and resources via 10 U.S.C. § 12406, a statute that has been invoked on its own only once before in modern history and for highly unusual circumstances — when President Richard Nixon called upon the National Guard to deliver the mail during the 1970 Postal Service Strike.
This is also the first time since 1965 — when President Johnson sent troops to Alabama to protect civil rights demonstrators — that a president has activated a state’s National Guard without a request from the state’s governor.
And as U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem previously said, federalization of the National Guard “would be a direct attack on states’ rights.”
Ending Trump’s abuse of power
Today, Governor Newsom and Attorney General Bonta stand up for all states’ authority through this lawsuit.
The lawsuit asks the court to end the federal government’s gross overstep of authority and require President Trump and Secretary Hegseth to follow the appropriate legal steps to take over any state militia, including an order issued through the Governor.
The lawsuit also explains that:
The federalization of the California National Guard deprives California of resources to protect itself and its citizens, including those working on drug interdiction at the border, and of critical responders in the event of a state of emergency — such as the January 2025 firestorm in Los Angeles, which CalGuard responded to.
10 U.S.C. § 12406 requires that the Governor consent to federalization of the National Guard, which Governor Newsom was not given the opportunity to do prior to their deployment.
The President’s unlawful order infringes on Governor Newsom’s role as Commander-in-Chief of the California National Guard and violates the state’s sovereign right to control and have available its National Guard in the absence of a lawful invocation of federal power.
The situation in Los Angeles didn’t meet the criteria for federalization, which includes invasion by a foreign country, rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States, and being unable to execute federal laws.
At no point was this the case in the Los Angeles area, where local and state law enforcement remained in control.
https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/06/09/governor-newsom-suing-president-trump-and-department-of-defense-for-illegal-takeover-of-calguard-unit/
Democratic Party Senators and Reps should hold a daily press conference attacking what Trump said and did every damn day - every 24 hours.
Democrats have NOT learned the losing lesson of losers Biden and Harris who allowed Trump to make wild insane proclamations and lies WITHOUT responding to Trump's vicious daily lies.
Low information voters believe Trump's lies as Trump goes completely unchecked by Democrats.
Democrats must hold a daily press conference pointing out, cataloging and discussing TRUMP LIES or low information voters will believe Trump's lies because they don't hear Democrats pushing back on Trump's daily lies and felonies.
Democrats should give a name to their daily press conference the media will propagate, such as DEMOCRATS DAILY TRUMP CRIME REPORT. Trump literally violates federal laws, state laws, and individual constitutional rights each and every day, yet Trump's crimes go completely unchecked and without party response.
Democrats should be using the media everyday to paint Trump as the hardcore habitual liar and criminal that he and his co-conspirators are.
Democrats could be getting millions of dollars of FREE PUBLICITY by holding a daily press conference attacking Trump's lies and crimes.
Even if Democrats would hold a WEEKLY TRUMP CRIME AND LIES REPORT Democrats could attack Trump's conduct and memorialize Trump conduct and Democrats response to Trump's conduct, so Dem candidates could use these reports in their campaigns.
Democrats should hire somebody like me to make a weekly video report cataloging Trump's lies and crimes for the week of such and such.
Democrats are guilty of NORMALIZING Trump's lies and crimes by remaining silent as Trump's lies and crimes go unchecked.
You would think that Democrats would have already learned this lesson after Joe Biden ordered his staff and ALL Democrats to stop talking about Trump's crimes. Do you remember that?
That was one of the stupidest things Joe Biden ever did was to allow Trump to attack him and Harris daily without a Dem response.
I remember it like yesterday. Biden refused to attack Trump for a whole year!!!
Trump's lies went completely unchecked and lots of low information voters took Trump's repetitive lies to heart, as Biden gave no response to Trump's daily lies and attacks on Biden and Democrats.
I clearly remember Biden telling Democrats to stop talking about Trump's felonies while Biden ATTACKED PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATS DURING THAT WHOLE YEAR BIDEN WOULD NOT ATTACK TRUMP.
Protests ENHANCE TRUMP'S LIES and do not provide specific party pushback on Trump's daily lies and crimes.
It's as if Democratic Party leaders do not want to provide any institutionalized memory of Trump's daily lies and crimes.
Apparently the Democratic Party plan is to remain silent and allow Trump's daily lies and crimes to go unanswered - which is a HUGE UNFORCED ERROR by the Democratic Party.
Every day or week Democrats should hold a press conference cataloging Trump's lies and crimes and make a list of daily comments and questions addressed to Donald Trump, so later Democrats can show voters how Democrats responded to Trump's lies and crimes as it happened, instead of dead radio silence.
Every day and week Trump uses the media to get hundreds of millions of dollars of FREE PUBLICITY in support of Trump's lies and crimes, while Democrats remain dead silent.
Democrats are not saying anything about INSANE Republican immigration policy statements made by red state Republicans REPEATEDLY on CNN and other media outlets:
Republicans keep saying they are deporting all undocumented immigrants because Republicans believe once they are deported and no longer applying for jobs at day labor centers, then Americans will fill those day labor and farm worker jobs.
100% FALSE.
Republicans say they are deporting immigrant farm and field workers because Republicans say they will force lazy Americans to do that farm and field work.
Republicans also say they plan to impose a 25% tax on poor and middle class workers to pay down the national debt and will increase that 25% tax rate to 50% by 2027 and then to a 75% tax rate by 2030.
DEMOCRATS REMAIN SILENT ON REPUBLICAN INSANITY.
If Democrats do not get their ass out there and start holding press conferences responding to daily crazy Republican and Trump claims, Democrats will lose again in the midterms.
Not to worry. Lincoln made things up, ignored the courts, and did what he thought had to be done to save the nation too. Didn't that turn out all right?
California is incapable of self governance. The intent of the Tenth only applies if the State is able to manage its own affairs, not when the State is engaged in war with its Citizens.
Thank you for this clear eyed assessment of this Administration. To my mind there is not one member of the Administration (elected or appointed) who has the qualifications, integrity, moral fiber or intellect to carry out the duties of their positions. And Congress is awol; out of fear, or cowardice or being bought off; these are supposed to be our representatives who are tasked with ensuring our communities can thrive in every way. As for SCOTUS, they gave the President the green light to follow the steps of the fascist playbook, step by step. America has to decide what kind of country we want to be; do we want to fulfill our ideals and promise that so many sacrificed so much for, or succumb to worshiping demagogues. But I am still so very curious about why you (and Elizabeth) never addressed this Presidency before now and still don’t use anyone’s name; except for RFK Jr. who you mention by name. He is an integral part of this Administration. We will have to wait to see how the policies of this leadership play out. But we still need to make our voices heard; we still live in a democracy………..for now.
Beating another dead horse, Dennis. They can conjure up all sorts of emergencies that will be approved by the Supreme Court and then their (not our) military will kill enemies foreign and domestic, just as they agreed to in writing when they signed up. Those acts you referenced allow it.