The entire zeitgeist has changed since the last riot season, as well as the BOM's subordinates. This smells like a desperate throw of the dice in a war the Left is losing, knows it is losing, but can't do anything else. Deploying (not "mobilizing") the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines (2/7) is a warning and a message to the political and judicial class. I think he's hoping that some district Federal judge tries to order that he cannot deploy Marines as Commander in Chief to LA. He makes an example of LA and California, the beating heart of our enemies, or he is finished, and I think he knows it, or JD Vance and Pistol Pete Hegseth will tell him, because those two are unlike the Vichy worms he had in his first administration in Pence and "Lap Dog" Mattis.
Something you might have a look at: "One organization in particular has emerged as a key player: the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, or CHIRLA. The LA-based nonprofit has long pushed radical positions on immigration – for example, in 2018, it spearheaded a campaign to abolish ICE. Its stated mission is to “build power, transform public opinion, and change policies” to achieve “full human, civil, and labor rights.”
Critics might describe CHIRLA instead as a well-funded political engine for the open-borders left.
And taxpayers might question the source of that funding. According to its 2023 audit, CHIRLA received $34 million from the government, with 96 percent from the State of California. State funding of $32.5 million in 2023 represented a dramatic increase from $11.4 million in 2022.
CHIRLA leads the LA Rapid Response Network (LARRN), a hotline launched in January to collect tips about ICE activity and dispatch activists to intervene. Mayor Karen Bass herself has admitted that the city relies on this network to monitor federal immigration enforcement.
The LA protests kicked into high gear after David Huerta, president of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) in California, was arrested for allegedly obstructing ICE officers. Huerta is a major political player in the state, leading a union of 750,000 workers that is a major donor to the Democratic Party. Though his spokesperson claimed he was merely observing, video released by the US Attorney appears to show him blocking an ICE vehicle.
CHIRLA sprang into action, organizing a rally to protest Huerta’s arrest. Demonstrators waved signs from the Party for Socialism and Liberation, a Communist group, and chanted familiar slogans: “No justice, no peace!” and “Stand up, fight back!” CHIRLA’s executive director referred to Huerta as her “brother,” highlighting the group’s close ties to organized labor.
Mayor Bass joined posted on X, “We will not stand for this” – “this” referring not to street violence, but to ICE enforcing federal law. In Spanish, she was more direct: “We are not going to permit these actions.”
Bass has a long-standing relationship with CHIRLA. Just last year, she congratulated the organization for acquiring a new building to continue advancing “justice and full inclusion for all immigrants.” In August, her office issued a press release bragging about securing federal funds for CHIRLA.
Roughly 37 percent of CHIRLA’s expenditures last year went to legal services, including representing both legal and undocumented immigrants in deportation proceedings. Whether California taxpayers should foot the bill for such services is an open question.
Far more dubious are the remaining 63 percent of expenditures. About 21 percent was spent on overhead – management and fundraising. The rest funded programs labeled “Organizing,” “Civic Engagement,” “Community Education and Outreach” and “Policy and Advocacy.” In other words, activism – and much of it overtly political.
Though it operates as a nonprofit, CHIRLA is highly politically active. In the 2023-2024 legislative session alone, it registered support for 47 bills in Sacramento and sent representatives to testify on 28 of them. Its affiliated political arm, the CHIRLA Action Fund, endorses Democratic candidates up and down the ballot – from Kamala Harris to Gavin Newsom to Adam Schiff.
No, CHIRLA staff were not the ones throwing rocks at police. But they built the infrastructure that mobilized protesters at a moment’s notice and amplified incendiary rhetoric as tensions boiled over. At minimum, their behavior was reckless, fueling the chaos.
In theory, 501(c)(3) organizations like CHIRLA are prohibited from engaging in partisan politics, but in practice, they are able to influence public opinion and lobby to such an extent the distinction seems meaningless. The Democrat supermajority in California seems happy to use nonprofits like CHIRLA to advance their ideological agenda, using taxpayer dollars, while maintaining the legal fiction of nonpartisanship." https://thespectator.com/topic/california-taxpayers-subsidize-protest-industrial-complex-fueling-la-riots/
Are the riots actually spreading? It seems to me they were hoping to persuade some mayors to buy into a summer of love but it's not happening. Maybe a few lackluster protests in major Dem strongholds like NYC...
I doubt Philly will do anything, since Governor Josh "The Bagel" Shapiro had a Molotov chucked into his dining room he's not said a word about "resisting" Trump and he's got to be nice to his State Troopers now. As for Pittsburgh, there ain't enough Diversity to do anything-Pittsburgh is majority White, and Yinzer Working Class Hero Senator Strokey Fetterman has publicly condemned the rioting in LA.
I consider this "not spreading" because "spreading" = "local infrastructure and support for the automaton 'rioters.'"
The goal was to get mayors of these cities on board and it's not happening (thankfully). I think that's the point of the essay but I was wondering if there was some place where the mayors were cooperating with the professional agitators.
The entire zeitgeist has changed since the last riot season, as well as the BOM's subordinates. This smells like a desperate throw of the dice in a war the Left is losing, knows it is losing, but can't do anything else. Deploying (not "mobilizing") the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines (2/7) is a warning and a message to the political and judicial class. I think he's hoping that some district Federal judge tries to order that he cannot deploy Marines as Commander in Chief to LA. He makes an example of LA and California, the beating heart of our enemies, or he is finished, and I think he knows it, or JD Vance and Pistol Pete Hegseth will tell him, because those two are unlike the Vichy worms he had in his first administration in Pence and "Lap Dog" Mattis.
Ha, legume revolution. Took me a second
I still don't get it. Give me a hint.
Legume aka bean aka beaner revolution
Of course! Thanks!
Something you might have a look at: "One organization in particular has emerged as a key player: the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, or CHIRLA. The LA-based nonprofit has long pushed radical positions on immigration – for example, in 2018, it spearheaded a campaign to abolish ICE. Its stated mission is to “build power, transform public opinion, and change policies” to achieve “full human, civil, and labor rights.”
Critics might describe CHIRLA instead as a well-funded political engine for the open-borders left.
And taxpayers might question the source of that funding. According to its 2023 audit, CHIRLA received $34 million from the government, with 96 percent from the State of California. State funding of $32.5 million in 2023 represented a dramatic increase from $11.4 million in 2022.
CHIRLA leads the LA Rapid Response Network (LARRN), a hotline launched in January to collect tips about ICE activity and dispatch activists to intervene. Mayor Karen Bass herself has admitted that the city relies on this network to monitor federal immigration enforcement.
The LA protests kicked into high gear after David Huerta, president of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) in California, was arrested for allegedly obstructing ICE officers. Huerta is a major political player in the state, leading a union of 750,000 workers that is a major donor to the Democratic Party. Though his spokesperson claimed he was merely observing, video released by the US Attorney appears to show him blocking an ICE vehicle.
CHIRLA sprang into action, organizing a rally to protest Huerta’s arrest. Demonstrators waved signs from the Party for Socialism and Liberation, a Communist group, and chanted familiar slogans: “No justice, no peace!” and “Stand up, fight back!” CHIRLA’s executive director referred to Huerta as her “brother,” highlighting the group’s close ties to organized labor.
Mayor Bass joined posted on X, “We will not stand for this” – “this” referring not to street violence, but to ICE enforcing federal law. In Spanish, she was more direct: “We are not going to permit these actions.”
Bass has a long-standing relationship with CHIRLA. Just last year, she congratulated the organization for acquiring a new building to continue advancing “justice and full inclusion for all immigrants.” In August, her office issued a press release bragging about securing federal funds for CHIRLA.
Roughly 37 percent of CHIRLA’s expenditures last year went to legal services, including representing both legal and undocumented immigrants in deportation proceedings. Whether California taxpayers should foot the bill for such services is an open question.
Far more dubious are the remaining 63 percent of expenditures. About 21 percent was spent on overhead – management and fundraising. The rest funded programs labeled “Organizing,” “Civic Engagement,” “Community Education and Outreach” and “Policy and Advocacy.” In other words, activism – and much of it overtly political.
Though it operates as a nonprofit, CHIRLA is highly politically active. In the 2023-2024 legislative session alone, it registered support for 47 bills in Sacramento and sent representatives to testify on 28 of them. Its affiliated political arm, the CHIRLA Action Fund, endorses Democratic candidates up and down the ballot – from Kamala Harris to Gavin Newsom to Adam Schiff.
No, CHIRLA staff were not the ones throwing rocks at police. But they built the infrastructure that mobilized protesters at a moment’s notice and amplified incendiary rhetoric as tensions boiled over. At minimum, their behavior was reckless, fueling the chaos.
In theory, 501(c)(3) organizations like CHIRLA are prohibited from engaging in partisan politics, but in practice, they are able to influence public opinion and lobby to such an extent the distinction seems meaningless. The Democrat supermajority in California seems happy to use nonprofits like CHIRLA to advance their ideological agenda, using taxpayer dollars, while maintaining the legal fiction of nonpartisanship." https://thespectator.com/topic/california-taxpayers-subsidize-protest-industrial-complex-fueling-la-riots/
A lot of this is protecting legacies of power and money in certain states like California and New York.
I expanded on this in my own substack post - about the underlying causes which have more to do with what you're talking about than just party politics - https://streamfortyseven.substack.com/p/insurrection-open-and-not-so-open
It blows my mind that anyone could see these sweaty squatemalans running around causing trouble and feel anything other than pure revulsion.
I honestly don’t see a difference between Al Qaeda and members supportive of the DNC at this point.
https://torrancestephensphd.substack.com/p/mexican-and-palestinian-flag-waving
Excellent
Are the riots actually spreading? It seems to me they were hoping to persuade some mayors to buy into a summer of love but it's not happening. Maybe a few lackluster protests in major Dem strongholds like NYC...
I doubt Philly will do anything, since Governor Josh "The Bagel" Shapiro had a Molotov chucked into his dining room he's not said a word about "resisting" Trump and he's got to be nice to his State Troopers now. As for Pittsburgh, there ain't enough Diversity to do anything-Pittsburgh is majority White, and Yinzer Working Class Hero Senator Strokey Fetterman has publicly condemned the rioting in LA.
Adams in NYC stepped on the rioters hard.
Finally an African American who realizes that when it comes to replacement they are second in line and even less liked by most immigrant groups.
I consider this "not spreading" because "spreading" = "local infrastructure and support for the automaton 'rioters.'"
The goal was to get mayors of these cities on board and it's not happening (thankfully). I think that's the point of the essay but I was wondering if there was some place where the mayors were cooperating with the professional agitators.