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.

      • valkyrieangela@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        8 hours ago

        I grow apathetic of the purity politics and blind gluttony of the left, yet as a progressive I am obliged to play their game? Fuck that. The price of ignorant bliss is suffering, and I refuse to pander to privileged electorates that think they can afford to play with peoples lives. This isn’t centrism, it’s giving up.

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          6 hours ago

          The price of ignorant bliss is suffering, and I refuse to pander to privileged electorates that think they can afford to play with peoples lives.

          As opposed to a party that is taking advantage of a situation that lets them move as far to the right as they want without accountability.

          This isn’t centrism, it’s giving up.

          six of one, half dozen of the other.