This is going to escalate big. It’s already escalating. If this continues like this, at some point soon, there will be a casualty (on one side or the other), and then all breaks loose.

Needless to say, the events occurring in the US at the hands of its tyrannical government are disturbing and concerning. The line has to be drawn soon, otherwise North America will descend into chaos. This MAGA cult marks a very dark turn for Western civilization. I’m not a religious person, but I’ve read the gospels multiple times, and this MAGA movement so closely represents the sanctimonious villains of those stories that it’s as absurd as a Greek or renaissance satire.

Protests are the solution.

But to find success, protesters need to take on risk and to disrupt the tyranny. Otherwise they’re impotent. Elon Musks’s home country was learning this all the way back to the Boers. But Ghandi is the most well documented by artists:

If, by chance, you haven’t seen the Ben Kingsley Gandhi film by Richard Attenborough:

And in this case, life imitates art... but the inspiration for this art is the early 20th century rise of fascism.

If you haven’t seen Babylon 5, it’s a very 1980s level show with early 2000s level CG, made in the 1990s, but with a 2010/20 style storytelling (it was ahead of its time). It didn’t fear being political, like so many shows fear doing today. It’s about a Cold War situation in the galaxy between the Vorlons and Shadows (if you’ve read the Silmarillion, it's B5's main inspiration) with several other species/races stuck in the middle... and the rise of fascism in every single one civilization in the galaxy, including humanity. ICE-like gestapo forces and brownshirts taking control of things. There were protests happening, and then Earth Alliance sent troops to the various colonies, then this happened:

And Andor, which just played (so, I'll put it in spoilers)

No pasarán
Never again.

Trump: Well, we're going to have troops everywhere. 

Reporter: What’s the bar for sending in the Marines 

Trump: The bar is what I think it is.

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— Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) 8 June 2025 at 22:38

SHOCK VIDEO: On-The-Ground Footage Shows Motorcycles Crash Into LAPD Officers At Anti-ICE Protest

On-the-ground footage shows motorcycles crash into LAPD Officers at the anti-ICE protest in Los Angeles, California.

ICE Raid Protest LIVE: Riot Police & Anti-ICE Protesters Clash In LA After Immigration Raids | N18G

Military-style vehicles seen in Los Angeles early Sunday, after President Donald Trump's administration said on Saturday (June 7), it would deploy 2,000 National Guard troops as federal agents in the city faced off against a few hundred demonstrators during a second day of protests following immigration raids.

Governor says Donald Trump “hoping for chaos” in LA by deploying National Guard | BBC News

The governor of California has said that President Trump is “hoping for chaos” by deploying National Guard forces in Los Angeles. Gavin Newsom condemned the move as “purposefully inflammatory”. It comes after three days of protests against immigration raids in the city.

FREEWAY TAKEOVER: Los Angeles rioters take to major highway

Not surprising all the comments on Fox News support ICE

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/martin-niemoeller-first-they-came-for-the-socialists

The USA might already be beyond help, self destruction sequence in progress.

For those who want to keep up with the protests but don't want to have to handle American news media:

BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cvg7vxx888kt

Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/jun/09/los-angeles-protests-live-tensions-flare-trump-deploys-national-guard-troops

Officer fires rubber bullet at Australian reporter covering LA protests | Raw video

LIVE: Aerial Shots of Anti-ICE Protests in Los Angeles | Trump Deploys National Guard in LA




L.A. protests erupt in rage as Trump says 'bring in the troops' - day 3

All of Downtown Los Angeles has been declared an unlawful assembly area

CNN witnessed police using flash-bangs and tear gas to disperse crowds, with some hitting protesters, as well as protesters setting self-driving cars on fire. Police have declared all of Downtown Los Angeles an unlawful assembly area after arresting dozens over the weekend.

Trump is fighting a battle he cannot win.
Even if he forces the protest to dissolve, the discontent will go nowhere.

Fucking Disgusting Pig.

That was very obviously intentional, he turned around and aimed directly at her and shot her, she was posing absolutely zero threat, she was doing nothing to warrant being shot at with a rubber bullet, that dude is just a power tripping bastard. Hope they sue the shit out of the law enforcement and this dude gets fired but it's America, he will be transferred to another division with a pay raise.

Something very rotten with America lately, they're very quickly becoming the next Hungary/Belarus. Local media is utterly useless at calling out the current administration, a mixture of fear and the fact that local media is owned by right-wing billionaires so they support Trump and meanwhile foreign media gets shot at for reporting on the reality.

Via @btnewsroom A protester was shot in the head as Los Angeles riot. Police fired rubber bullets, during an anti-ICE protest. Community members say police refused to call an ambulance despite her bleeding. Her current condition is unknown.

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— Being Liberal ®🗽🇺🇲🇨🇦🇲🇽🇪🇺🇺🇳🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈 (@beingliberal.bsky.social) 9 June 2025 at 11:50

Scum.

LAPD when they think nobody is watching

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— mensrea (@mensie.bsky.social) 9 June 2025 at 05:01

• Puts a guy on the ground.
• Goes to smack him with a baton for sitting up.
• The bang interrupts the cops attempted brutality.
• Kicks him with the horse which he reacts to.
• Tramples all over him with another horse, that looked very intentional, but even if it wasn't, shows how shit of a horse rider that cop was and he has no control over his horse.
• Smacks him for the crime of sitting there.
• He tries to move out of the way of being trampled by horses.
• He gets slammed to the ground again.

Two more lawsuits incoming.