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Lynda Lamensdorf's avatar

No words today. You said it all!!

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Marlene Kern Fischer's avatar

Ty

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Susan from OC's avatar

I've lived my entire life (70.5 years) in the suburbs surrounding Los Angeles. Life is normal in the burbs.

Even in LA, the protests are confined to a few blocks surrounding the Federal Detention Center and the Fashion district where the raids took place. There were also smaller gatherings in the cities of Paramount and Compton, which are mostly minority. So of course that's where ICE/HSI conducted the raids, rounding up brown people at Home Depot and restaurants without warrants, simply because the "might be illegal". What is happening in these places is NOT NORMAL!

We had "normal" for 4 years, until January 20 when the Felon47 regime began.

Governor Newsom (his actual name) and Mayor Bass are doing what they can, along with AG Bonta and our Senators (Padilla and Schiff) and Representatives in Congress, but they need our support. We the People need to stand up to this regime and the chaos it is causing. This Saturday is No Kings Day, we can all do something, whether it's showing up to a protest, donating, posting on social media, or contacting our Representatives and Senators. Do what you can. Thank you.

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David Camp's avatar

I'm afraid for my birth country. My kids still live there.

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LeAnn Burns's avatar

I stand with LA and with California!! California has to fight for all of us; it has a big enough economy to do so. Just like Harvard.

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Patricia Williamson's avatar

Whiskey Pete is in charge and of course he screwed it up. The troops have no money for food, no place to sleep, no toilets or anything they need. They should all say, "screw this" and go home.

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Kay Ann in SNJ's avatar

Like you, I am disgusted and disheartened. It's also easy to get discouraged. We all need to fight against discouragement. We all need to do what we can where we are.

I should think protests in all 50 states should get some attention. At least I hope so.

Saturday is No Kings/No Fascists. Let's all do something. Anything. Don't let discouragement get a foothold. Stay calm and stay strong. We need to be in this for the long haul.

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Daedre Schagh's avatar

There's an interview with The Felon on CBS News from 2020 where he says "We can't move in the National Guard. I can call insurrection but there's no reason... unless we're requested by a Governor." I'm so disgusted by him also. There's no words to describe the monumental two-facedness of that FELON.

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Lee's avatar

Marlene, you are more eloquent every day. Thank you for your words of truth. I just don’t understand why so many are still blind and deaf to reality.

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Marlene Kern Fischer's avatar

I appreciate that

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Dorothy Shelley's avatar

I am sick of this admin.Kennedy just fired all the CDC scientists in charge of vaccines and is hiring his own incompetent vaccine people.I feel like you do- just give me one normal day!

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karen oconnell's avatar

Truly FU*KED indeed-- i wish i lived in Canada w/ so many of my friends up there !!

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Barbara Dibble's avatar

I was thinking that some of the videos and pictures were from a different event. I guess I was right.

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Crystal Wolverton's avatar

Again, you nailed it!💥

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