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Chris Hayes noted on his show today, that THIS would have been the top story today, if not for the the authoritarian-treatment just doled out to California Senator Padilla.
Despite all the other “top contenders” crashing the news-feeds, I tend to think Mr Hayes has a point … especially given the “agenda-revealing” aspect of it:
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While holding a news conference in Los Angeles, [Kristi] Noem pledged to continue with immigration operations in LA while warning violent protesters of arrest and prosecution.
“We are not going away. We are staying here to liberate this city from the socialist and burdensome leadership that this Governor Newsom and this mayor placed on this country and what they have tried to insert into this city,'' Noem said, echoing President Trump’s criticism against California Governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass.
Although she did not provide evidence whether workplaces where ICE operations occurred involved the “worst of the worst” criminals that her department is going after, she confirmed that more immigration enforcement operations are coming.
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www.nbclosangeles.com — June 12, 2025
Chris went on to make some comments about how:
‘they just gave away their real game plan’ …
‘it’s not really about immigration, it’s about the politics and power’ …
something like that anyways.
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I would add that it’s about “silencing speech” … “chilling dissent” …
and even “besting Putin, at his own game” ...
[See: scheduled festivities in DC this weekend.]
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Because as (former Deputy National Security Advisor) Ben Rhodes noted, later in the All-In show:
“It took Putin over 20 years, before he arrested his first politician, in the opposition party.”
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Guess Team Trump has decided to accelerate that Putin time-table, speaking of “burdensome leadership that they have placed on this country” …
If I am reading the DHS cos-player’s ‘Freudian threats’ correctly.
It’s about wielding their power — with no regard for the Law, the Courts, for “states rights,” or the American Constitution. They got Putin beat by an Authoritarian mile, on each of those counts.
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Footnote, on the opening image … just a prelude, to today’s events:
A federal judge took federal prosecutors to task in astonishing fashion Wednesday over what he called the “hasty arrest” of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka and their decision to drop his federal trespassing charge Monday, just 10 days after his arrest.
newjerseymonitor.com — May 21, 2025
Instilling fear is their mission.
Full stop. Fall in line.
No Resistance. No Dissent.
— Trump’s orders.
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History has a strange way of Rhyming, especially in times like these.
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