During a Tuesday hearing at the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, the DOJ urged a three-judge panel to issue an emergency stay of a lower court order and allow the Trump administration’s deployment of the California National Guard to continue in Los Angeles — going so far as to argue a president’s federalization of militia can’t be second-guessed by the courts, even if the chief executive mobilized forces from all 50 states and Washington, D.C., simultaneously.

    • Lightor
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      81 day ago

      How do you read “take responsibility for their impact” and then jump to “solely to blame.” I swear people just hear what they want so they have a reason to be angry.

    • nickwitha_k (he/him)
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      220 hours ago

      They were too small a group to appeal to

      That was always a lie. But they are among the least reliable voters.

      • @Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world
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        220 hours ago

        That was always a lie. But they are among the least reliable voters.

        I mean, you can’t ignore people or treat them with undisguised contempt if you want them to be reliable voters.

        • nickwitha_k (he/him)
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          114 hours ago

          I think that that is looking at the problem from the wrong angle (even if it is extremely common). We need to not give a fuck what they think of us as we subvert their party and force it into something that’s actually at all Left of center. That’s impossible with people sitting out elections (especially primaries) and offering zero meaningful resistance to or action against the fascist Right.

          • @Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world
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            213 hours ago

            That’s impossible with people sitting out elections (especially primaries)

            democrats successfully argued in court that they don’t need to run honest primaries. They didn’t even have them last year.