Ronda Grimsley

Cannot express how big the disconnect is between what Angelenos are seeing/saying to each other right now and what delusional rabid conservatives are barking online. I know it's par for the course, but this is another level.

And suddenly, no one's talking about the Epstein files any more.

Major General Randy E. Manner, former Acting Vice Chief, National Guard Bureau statement to Fox News: “The President's federal deployment of the National Guard over the official wishes of a governor is bad for all Americans concerned about freedom of speech and states rights. The governor has the authority and ability to respond to the civil disturbances with law enforcement capabilities within his state, augmented as necessary by requesting law enforcement assistance from other governors. There are over a million badged and trained members of law enforcement in this country for the governor to ask for help if he needs it. While this is presently a legal order, it tramples the governor’s rights and obligations to protect his people. This is an inappropriate use of the National Guard and is not warranted.”

Major General Randy E. Manner, former Acting Vice Chief, National Guard Bureau statement to Fox News:

"This is an inappropriate use of the National Guard and is not warranted.”

Stormtrooper-ass looking cops standing in front of a giant donut.

Give the photographer the Pulitzer Prize

It’s not just that it’s clearly intentional, it’s that it’s clearly intentional knowing that he’s being recorded. They know they can do whatever they want with complete impunity.

for context here’s a map of greater Los Angeles and the protest is the roughly the red circle

Everything that’s happened over the past six months has been a response to an imaginary crisis. There is no immigrant invasion. No trade crisis. No scientific or governance crisis. Just people completely high off their own supply trying to fundamentally reorder society. None of this had to happen.

Definitely need the National Guard to quell this... insurrection of... line dancing?

she’s like 15 feet away. absolutely that man’s whole thought process was: “I’m gonna shoot that woman”

I have been, and will continue to post this often. Your Guard, Reserve and active duty family, friends, neighbors and coworkers are going to need it.

Please share far, wide and often!

Now Trump is calling in the National Guard to Los Angeles, letting him change the subject, and let things escalate.

If you are National Guard or Active Duty military and you are being ordered to violate the Constitutional rights of US citizens then this is the number to the Gl Rights Hotline. There is support, you don't have to go through with it. tel:1-877-447-4487

This is one of those times where it really behooves us all to ground ourselves by reading legal experts who know what they're talking about, like @stevevladeck.bsky.social @joycewhitevance.bsky.social @rgoodlaw.bsky.social @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social

I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.

Virtually unrestricted nuclear launch authority.

A man you can bait with a Tweet…

The Massachusetts governor, the city, and the university needs to drop everything to locate and free this girl and make sure this doesn't happen again.

This is DEFCON-1. If they do this to someone who wrote an op-ed in a college newspaper, they will do this to anyone they don't like.

You are not the right leader for these times. Please step aside.

A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping with major retailers tomorrow, February 28, as part of an “economic blackout.”

I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott

After 3 surgeries, a blood clot, infection & being hospitalized for over a week, the moment I was discharged I rushed to the airport so I could get on a plane to DC & vote NO on Republicans’ disastrous budget plan.
Rep. Pettersen traveled from Colorado with her newborn son so she could vote NO. 🧵

Republicans just voted to slash Medicaid - the health care program relied on by 80M people who are most in need.
Behind the scenes & why I just voted NO.
This fight is not over. kevinmullin.house.gov/2025/02/26/r...

And I am an ally. If you are too, let the world know.

This is how it’s done.

It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office.

Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.

Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.

Several friends at NNSA - the organization that manages the US nuclear stockpile - lost their jobs today. All probationary employees were fired.

Trump firings cause chaos at agency responsible for America's nuclear weapons The National Nuclear Security Administration is a semi-autonomous agency within the Department of Energy that oversees the U.S. stockpile of thousands of nuclear weapons. Officials were given hours to...

Inside a chaotic 48 hours of firings and rehirings at the agency responsible for maintaining the the nation's stockpile of nuclear weapons.

Managers were given 200 characters (not words) to justify why staff shouldn't be fired.

www.npr.org/2025/02/14/n...

Democratic senators will hold the Senate floor all night long in opposition to the nomination of Russ Vought, an organizer of Project 2025, to head the OMB.

A memo listing all of the clubs eliminated by USMA.

The United States Military Academy has just eliminated all Cadet clubs and activities for POC. Most of these have existed for decades like the Society of Black Engineers. They were there when I was a Cadet in 1987. All of the religious ones remain. This isn’t DEI. It’s white Christian Nationalism.

This is a reminder that no one can convince Trump voters to no longer support Trump, better than Trump can.

The plan was to leave the World Health Organization and to silence the CDC so that pandemics can't be blamed on the president when he mishandles and ignores them.

World map with all countries in green except for the United States, symbolizing U.S. withdrawal from the World Health Organization. Caption from '@IdiotBenevolent' says "The updated World Health Organization map is a sick joke."

The joke is on us.