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Prairie Gates

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8. They looked like clowns

Reply to jmbar2 (Original post)

Mon Jul 7, 2025, 10:26 PM

Jul 2025

Riding horses and doing armored vehicle assaults on an empty park to the puzzled looks of various passersby. Anyone involved in the operation should be embarrassed by their leadership and their own behavior. Cringeworthy stuff.

Show of force? It was a show of farce.

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Exclusive: Operation Excalibur in Los Angeles Was Show of Force [View all] jmbar2 Jul 2025 OP

It wasn't a "show of force". It was state sponsored terrorism. Initech Jul 2025 #1

Sounds like Iraq war where Bush's people named their operations............... Lovie777 Jul 2025 #2

Did they actually arrest anyone? Renew Deal Jul 2025 #3

There was no one to arrest obamanut2012 Jul 2025 #13

It definitely has a criminal element ITAL Jul 2025 #20

Operation "Excalibur"? Mac"Arthur" Park! Hey trump. NO KINGS, asshole! RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Jul 2025 #4

Someone left a cake out in the rain... oh noooo.............. jmbar2 Jul 2025 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author haele Jul 2025 #5

Read about this earlier from a thread in Bluesky... haele Jul 2025 #7

They looked like clowns Prairie Gates Jul 2025 #8

Wondering if Trump 'dreamed he was in a Hollywood movie, and HE was the star of that movie' Attilatheblond Jul 2025 #24

An operation named after a king's sword. Interesting word choice. Efilroft Sul Jul 2025 #9

Excaliber? DBoon Jul 2025 #10

I didn't vote for you! Ray Bruns Jul 2025 #23

Supreme executive power... Shipwack Jul 2025 #25

They're playing dress-up soldiers? Baitball Blogger Jul 2025 #11

I said in another thread, it looks like a practice drill, because they're not chasing anyone but themselves. Sogo Jul 2025 #12

I'm guessing they were generating imagery to be enhanced with AI to show a huge violent protest... Hugin Jul 2025 #14

Sounds like someone left a cake out in the rain. johnp3907 Jul 2025 #15

Yes it was a farce but mountain grammy Jul 2025 #16

They are so bad at this IronLionZion Jul 2025 #17

It was a kidnapping of the news cycle on the 6 month anniversary of the CA wildfires. live love laugh Jul 2025 #18

More like low- to-no caliber. nt eppur_se_muova Jul 2025 #19

One thing is true tishaLA Jul 2025 #21

Thanks for the explanation jmbar2 Jul 2025 #27

Rachel Maddow said that what the assault force found was a summer day-camp of about 20 children... Hekate Jul 2025 #22

Spelling correction: it was a Show of Farce. hay rick Jul 2025 #26