This is a must watch to understand what is really happening in California. Thank you @shellenberger for breaking it down so succinctly 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 pic.twitter.com/aKlziQJKnW
— Michelle Maxwell (@MichelleMaxwell) June 9, 2025
[Afternoon update]
The LA chaos is an illusion, and Trump will not fall for it.
I know the narrative we are supposed to be talking about is anti-immigration protest, but I have a few questions:
Why does the phrase LA Riot seem so familiar?
Why is it not surprising to turn on the TV and see vehicles on fire, people looting the Nike Store stealing Air Jordans, while a person talks about this being a peaceful protest?
This seems like a man-made event that is occurring in a singular place called Paramount California, so why are people calling this a test of Donald Trump?
To be fair, I heard a similar riot was attempted in NYC, but NYPD shut it down and arrested people. Other than a few news stories, it was over in a couple of hours. Therefore, I think this is a local LA story and local leadership failing to provide civil order.
Final question, this is the second big news event of LA civilian leadership failing to protect the citizens and businesses in LA. How much do they pay these leaders to fail them?
Keep in mind that Trump is contributing to these riots. He could ignore it and it’d burn itself out in a few days or weeks. By acting tough, he’s inciting more such protest on larger scale. This is the same formula he used with the Floyd riots back when.
Cybertruck is the only autonomous armored vehicle on the market. Google should pivot to WayMRAP.
For an armored vehicle, it seems rather lightly protected.
From what I have seen the body panels will stop 9mm and .45 Auto bullets fired at close range. That should be enough for most American riots. Bullet resistant windows and run-flat tires would be nice options.
A bomb went off in the bed of a cybertruck not so long ago. The interior wasn’t damaged.
When you see a pallet of red bricks being dropped off at a parking lot a week before the riots, where no nearby buildings, walkways or landscaping uses red bricks…
…That might be your first clue…
Um, maybe it’s for reconstruction of houses in Pacific Palisades?
I heard something like 18 permits have been issued, and builders are eager to get started.
Umm, it’s 29 miles from Paramount to Pacific Palisades…
Dude, bro, it’s a sarcastic/ironic joke.
Any bricks acquired for fire-damage reconstruction in California would be quickly confiscated as an evironmental-law violation.
And re-purposed for the rioters to use.
I though you were going to say that Progressive Construction Unions had hired “migrants” to hand carry the bricks to Pacific Palisades due to a shipping error. 🙂