Larry, your latest post, “L.A. The Rehearsal, D.C” . Is the Power Play presents another media-fueled biased rant that skips factual information and focuses heavily on emotional fearmongering. Your narrative frames troop deployment in Los Angeles and the upcoming D.C. parade as evidence of authoritarian overreach but detailed examination reveals your argument falls apart. Let’s break it down.
Los Angeles: Not a Rehearsal, a Response
The National Guard and Marines in Los Angeles do not serve as a “rehearsal” for Trump’s D.C. parade, according to the facts. Federal authorities deployed 4,000 Guard troops and 700 Marines to address violent riots and attacks on ICE officer,s along with widespread looting. The federal response to the breakdown of order wasn’t an attempt to seize power. Instead, it resulted from the inability of local leaders, such as Mayor Karen Bass and Governor Gavin Newsom, to manage the chaos. Arson attacks destroyed businesses while police officers faced physical assaults that led to the collapse of public order. Federal intervention is necessary when local governments fail to fulfill their duties, serving as a safeguard for citizens rather than merely serving political interests.
Your fear is misdirected. Your attention should turn to the sponsored anarchist groups that are violently tearing through cities instead of focusing on Trump. The individuals causing destruction operate within organized groups that utilize Saul Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals to achieve their destructive goals. The Open Society Foundations directed $220 million from George Soros towards “racial justice” groups that led to riots during 2020. The Tides Foundation acted as a liberal financial source to support the “Defund the Police” movement during widespread city unrest. True danger to stability comes not from tanks stationed in D.C.
D.C. Parade: Ceremony, Not Tyranny
The Washington parade on June 14 is a commemorative event for the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army. The event happens to match Trump’s birthday but this timing is purely coincidental and not part of any conspiracy. Worldwide, democratic nations hold military parades, including France, which displays tanks on Bastille Day, yet no one labels it as a dictatorship. Significant events typically require 20 miles of fencing, along with magnetometers and police patrols, for enhanced security. The 2021 inauguration had similar measures. This isn’t unique to Trump.
Your comparisons between this situation and Soviet or Latin American regimes demonstrate a profound misunderstanding. Such dictatorships didn’t have the United States’ system of checks and balances through Congress and courts and a free press system. A parade doesn’t erase those safeguards.
Legal Limits and Context
You mention the Posse Comitatus Act and the Insurrection Act yet provide no proof that Trump violated these regulations. The D.C. parade did not result in the use of the Insurrection Act or the special exceptions you propose. Specific triggers such as a governor’s request or a declared insurrection activate those conditions and neither condition exists in this situation. You’re conflating issues to scare people.
Trump’s remarks about “big force” were directed at violent disruptors and not toward peaceful demonstrators. The First Amendment defends freedom of speech but doesn’t extend protection to acts of vandalism or assault. Yet you gloss over the real danger: Antifa-affiliated groups hijacked protests to carry out violent acts and created $2 billion worth of damage in 2020 according to AXA Insurance. Bass and Newsom’s refusal to prosecute or condemn radicals results in the erosion of democratic principles.
Local Leadership Failures
Where’s your outrage at Bass and Newsom? After praising Scientology and Fidel Castro Bass has overseen a decline into lawlessness that resulted in homelessness and escalating crime before reaching riot levels. Newsom’s California is a progressive disaster: skyrocketing homelessness, fleeing businesses, and soft-on-crime policies. The radical and unilateral agendas of these leaders have left residents vulnerable which necessitated federal intervention. Incompetence from local leaders stands out as the true villain here, not Trump.
The Real Concern
Your post exhibits Trump Derangement Syndrome through selective evidence that labels the government as a “military junta” but fails to recognize the radical left’s attack on law enforcement. People who fear power grabs should examine how liberal oligarchs fund anarchy along with local leaders who support these activities. That’s the story you’re missing.
