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LOS ANGELES, CA — Mass protests over the federal government's crackdown on illegal immigration received a touch of Latino flavor over the weekend, as one Mexican rioter added a lime wedge to his Molotov cocktail. The innovative twist occurred Sunday afternoon when a large mob of protesters clashed with law enforcement in downtown L.A., as a rioter later identified as 26-year-old Mexican national Alejandro Rodriguez stuffed a slice of lime into the opening of the Modelo bottle he used to fashion his improvised incendiary device. "This will add the perfect kick of citrus," Rodriguez was heard saying before lobbing the...

… Brian Higgins, a professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York, said, in most states, including California, the determination of a riot lies in whether multiple people are involved and whether they are committing acts of violence. "One person is not a riot and neither is a group that is nonviolent," he said. "They can even be breaking the law, like refusing to disperse. It's when you add in the factor of violence that it becomes a riot." … In California, a riot is defined as follows: "Any use of force or violence, disturbing the public...

Hundreds of Marines have been mobilized to Los Angeles after Donald Trump sent National Guard troops to quell the immigration protests. Chaos erupted after protesters clashed with immigration officials across downtown Los Angeles over the weekend, leading to three days of violence and 74 arrests. Looters targeted businesses across the city amid the demonstrations, which saw cars torched and security forces firing tear gas at rioters. Despite the National Guard's presence, the military is set to temporarily deploy about 700 Marines from the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms to the city. It is unclear what grounds...

[Catholic Caucus] Monsignor Christory announces that Pope Leo XIV himself is praying for the pilgrims of Chartreshttps://x.com/ab_couet/status/1932125317495394691?s=46&t=IydJ-X8H6c0NM044nYKQ0w

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~ Road Trip: Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany, GeorgiaMarine Corps Logistics Base Albany is a United States Marine Corps base located just outside Albany, Georgia. The primary mission of the units on the base is to rebuild and repair ground combat and combat support equipment and to support installations on the East Coast of the United States. Today one of MCLB Albany’s most important facilities is the Marine Corps Logistics Command's Maintenance Center.Albany was chosen as the site for the logistics base after a two-year search in the early 1950s for a level area convenient to...

U.S. — Law enforcement agencies across the country saw a sudden surge of popularity today after word got out that they were shooting journalists with tear gas and rubber bullets. While the general public had been at least somewhat divided over law enforcement's crackdown on illegal aliens over the last several months, support for police exploded overnight after officers began to open fire on members of the mainstream media. "I was on the fence until I heard they were shooting reporters," said one citizen. "Once I found out that they were blasting journalists, I threw my support behind them, one...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom believes Donald Trump’s choice to deploy U.S. Marines into Los Angeles as the protests against ICE continue is the “deranged fantasy of a dictatorial President.” Trump initially announced Monday that 700 marines were being deployed into Los Angeles to support the National Guard as the city’s protest against the most recent ICE raids against undocumented individuals spilled into day four. Newsom was quick to fire back his thoughts on the escalation. “U.S. Marines have served honorably across multiple wars in defense of democracy. They are heroes,” Newsom wrote. “They shouldn’t be deployed on American soil facing...

The number of vacant houses in Japan has surged to a record high of nine million – more than enough for each person in New York City – as the east Asian country continues to struggle with its ever-declining population. Abandoned houses are known in Japan as “akiya” – a term that usually refers to derelict residential homes tucked away in rural areas.

A pair of farmers go up against bird flu hysteria and government overreach. MAHA Man to the rescue? Hundreds of healthy ostriches owned by a small family farm in Canada are marked for death — unless U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. can win them a stay of execution. Karen Espersen and Dave Bilinski's Universal Ostrich Farms in the Kootenay region of British Columbia has become an international touchstone for hysteria over avian flu, government overreach, and the property rights of farmers. Cull me, maybe On Dec. 19, 2024, the couple noticed that one of their...

California - it's one of the top states in the nation for lots of things, like gas prices, traffic, and blackouts. Visit California, and get a little glimpse into the future of any socialist nation.

Robert Salas was one of the men on duty in 1967 that experienced a nuclear silo being shutdown. He was name dropped in the article so he's taken the time to author a rebuttal. He gives his perspective and I tend to think that we should probably read it as it's a good data point to add to the fray. X Post by Robert Salas linking to Google Doc.

[Catholic Caucus] Archbishop Aguer: Pope Leo XIV’s presentation brings ‘more glorious times’ to mindFrancis' long pontificate will be left behind, his witticisms forgotten. The Church always faces her mission according to the Lord's command: to make disciples of all nations.The presentation of the new Pope Leo XIV brought to mind more glorious times of the Church. He appeared on the loggia dressed in papal vestments, and the name he chose refers to Leo XIII, the pope of Rerum Novarum, the initial document of an updated exposition of the Catholic social teaching.From 1903 to 1958, within a history full of contrasts,...

🇺🇸Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem 🇮🇱(6/10/25)[Prayer]Water, Rivers, and Streams in the BibleNumbers 33:3-143 The Israelites set out from Rameses on the fifteenth day of the first month, the day after the Passover. They marched out defiantly in full view of all the Egyptians, 4 who were burying all their firstborn, whom the Lord had struck down among them; for the Lord had brought judgment on their gods. 5 The Israelites left Rameses and camped at Sukkoth. 6 They left Sukkoth and camped at Etham, on the edge of the desert. 7 They left Etham, turned back to Pi Hahiroth,...

Washington — The Supreme Court on Thursday revived a lawsuit from an Ohio woman who claimed she was the victim of reverse discrimination because her employer denied her a promotion because she is straight. In a unanimous decision in the case of Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services, the high court tossed out a ruling by a federal appeals court that dismissed Marlean Ames' claims because she failed to clear a higher bar applied to members of a majority group in order for her employment discrimination case to proceed. (snip) The background circumstances rule required plaintiffs who are members...

Last week, Elon Musk was calling for President Donald Trump’s impeachment. This week, Musk is back to praising the administration, softening his tone after the two powerful leaders’ very public breakup. The whiplash came as protests erupted in Los Angeles over actions by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and immigration raids. Over the weekend, Musk deleted some of his most incendiary X posts about the president, including the call for his impeachment and the allegation, without providing evidence, that Trump’s name appeared in documents related to the crimes of convicted sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein. Musk appeared to wholeheartedly...

Leftist groups in Florida are promising to take to the streets “in solidarity with Los Angeles,” where rioters have been burning the American flag, waving the Mexican flag, targeting officers, destroying police vehicles, looting, and more, in protest against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations resulting in the arrest of illegal aliens with convictions for murder, sexual battery, and more. A post shared in a collaboration among Occupy Florida, 50501 Florida, Resistance Support, the Florida Valkryies, and Voices of Florida previews plans for a “RAPID RESPONSE PROTEST” in front of Tampa City Hall on Monday afternoon in support of...

During a raid in Los Angeles, California, known as one of the nation’s most enthusiastic sanctuary jurisdictions, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested what they are calling the “worst of the worst” criminal illegal aliens. While California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (D) continue to side with rioters taking to the city streets to oppose the enforcement of federal immigration laws, ICE agents have continued arresting convicted criminal illegal aliens. “These heinous criminals, including child abusers and pedophiles, are some of the illegal aliens arrested yesterday in Los Angeles,” Department of Homeland Security (DHS)...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump made no secret of his willingness to exert a maximalist approach to enforcing immigration laws and keeping order as he campaigned to return to the White House. The fulfillment of that pledge is now on full display in Los Angeles. The president has put hundreds of National Guard troops on the streets to quell protests over his administration’s immigration raids, a deployment that state and city officials say has only inflamed tensions. Trump called up the California National Guard over the objections of Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom — the first time in 60 years a...

[Catholic Caucus] Vatican quietly removes Rupnik images from official website amid abuse scandalThe Vatican’s decision to remove alleged abuser Marco Rupnik’s images comes nearly a year after Vatican officials defended them.The Vatican has quietly removed images of mosaics by Father Marko Rupnik from its official website, marking a significant reversal amid ongoing outrage over the disgraced priest’s alleged abuse history.Rupnik, once a celebrated Jesuit “artist,” stands accused of sexually, psychologically, and spiritually abusing dozens of women – most of them nuns – over a 30-year period.His alleged abuse was part of his “creative process,” according to his victims. They say...

In vile posts calling for violence against law enforcement, the hotels where federal agents are staying in Los Angeles have been released online, with one agitator saying 'burn them.' The exact address of where Border Patrol agents stayed in Ranch Cucamonga, California just outside LA was posted on Instagram by a self-proclaimed 'leftists'. 'ICE at Hilton, car filled goggles, tuff ties, and riot shields,' the video said, even though the cars were clearly marked Border Patrol, which is a sister agency of Immigration and Customs Enforcement or ICE. Border Patrol has been called in to help ICE as it carried...