“Individuals entering into society must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest. The magnitude of the sacrifice must depend as well on situation and circumstance, as on the object to be obtained.” -George Washington, Letter of Transmittal
@lametro we watched a driver (76 bus #1822, WB @ Eastern & Valley) close his doors on an older lady limping to get on while doors were still open.
Driver actually waived his finger at her AND drove off.
Regardless of metro policy, it was rude & terrible customer service.
Hollywood Blvd, 11:46am:
Confronted Congressman Ted Lieu and Congresswoman Judy Chu for voting to honor Charlie Kirk.
Brad Sherman and Laura Friedman got some, too.
The City of LA NEEDS to fundamentally change the way it handles its finances.
We cannot continue with overestimating revenues and spending over budget while cutting City services and depleting our Reserve Fund to cover budget deficits.
BREAKING: Journalist and college professor Stacey Patton goes viral by penning a stunningly powerful statement about how she was on Charlie Kirk’s “digital hit list” and recounting the horror that he inflicted on her.
We cannot allow this tragic assassination to whitewash Kirk’s legacy…
“I am on Charlie Kirk’s hit list,” Patton wrote to her 215,000 followers on Facebook. “His so-called ‘Professor Watchlist,’ run under the umbrella of Turning Point USA, is nothing more than a digital hit list for academics who dare to speak truth to power. I landed there in 2024 after writing commentary that inflamed the MAGA faithful. And once my name went up, the harassment machine roared to life.”
“For weeks my inbox and voicemail were deluged. Mostly white men spat venom through the phone: ‘bitch,’ ‘c*nt,’ ‘n****r.’ They threatened all manner of violence,” she continued.
“They overwhelmed the university’s PR lines and the president’s office with calls demanding that I be fired,” Patton wrote. “The flood was so relentless that the head of campus security reached out to offer me an escort, because they feared one of these keyboard soldiers might step out of his basement and come do me harm.”
“And I am not unique,” she added.
“Kirk’s Watchlist has terrorized legions of professors across this country. Women, Black faculty, queer scholars, basically anyone who challenged white supremacy, gun culture, or Christian nationalism suddenly found themselves targets of coordinated abuse,” Patton wrote.
“Some received death threats. Some had their jobs threatened. Some left academia entirely. Kirk sent the loud message to us: speak the truth and we will unleash the mob!” she continued.
“That is the culture of violence Charlie Kirk built. He normalized violence. He curated it, monetized it, and sicced it on anyone who dared to puncture his movement’s lies,” she wrote.
“And now, in the wake of his shooting, there’s all this national outpouring of mourning, moments of silence, yellow prayer hands, and tributes painting him as a civil debater,” Patton continued. “But the truth is that Kirk and his foot soldiers spent years terrorizing educators, trying to silence us with harassment and fear!”
“And now the same violence he unleashed on others has come full circle.”
“But what i find especially jarring is the dissonance in public mourning for a smug white man whose life work was actively hostile to certain groups,” she continued. “Kirk spent years demonizing LGBTQ people, mocking gun survivors, spewing racism about Black folks, and pushing policies that literally shorten lives.”
“It is so revolting to watch a bipartisan wave of grief sweep over this hateful racist as if he was a neutral community servant,” she concluded.
This is pure unvarnished truth from Patton. Charlie Kirk did not deserve what happened to him, but nor did his victims deserve the hell that he unleashed on them. If Americans are going to build a more peaceful future for ourselves we must condemn political violence while also condemning the hateful, bigoted rhetoric that made Kirk a multimillionaire.
Please retweet and ❤️ if Patton’s message struck a chord with you!
This cop removed his name from his helmet and refused to ID to the lawyer who sued to get LAPD rosters. Cop refused to give his badge number to the lawyer responsible for getting LAPD badge numbers. Then the cop shot him. Thankfully the cop was identified because this same lawyer sued and got the LAPD to release all their pictures.
BREAKING: Trump’s VA just gave doctors the green light to refuse treatment to veterans who are Democrats or unmarried.
Yes—you read that right. Serve your country, risk your life, and when you come home, your care depends on your politics and marital status.
Never forget that Karen Bass literally bankrupt the city of Los Angeles by giving all of our money to LAPD. The same LAPD that is supporting and collaborating with ICE & DHS.
@MayorOfLA has declared war on the people of this city.
California will keep fighting on behalf of all our people including in the courts.
If some of us can be snatched off the streets without a warrant, based only on suspicion or skin color, then none of us are safe.
Authoritarian regimes begin by targeting people who are least able to defend themselves. But they do not stop there. Trump and his loyalists thrive on division because it allows them to take more power and exert even more control.
Sending in the National Guard is stupid. They don’t want any smoke with the protesters. They never do.
Been through that in 2020, and the national guard didn’t do anything to intervene.
Re: Today's ICE Raids in the City of LA
As City Controller, we will be formally requesting information from the LAPD to determine the financial impact these ICE raids have had in using City resources, such as the LAPD’s involvement and response to the resulting demonstrations.
seems like the skyrocketing costs associated with deporting a handful of non-violent undocumented immigrants could be spent on something better, such a healthcare or housing