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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 7

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 7 OP

It wasn't a "show of force". It was state sponsored terrorism. Initech Jul 7 #1

Sounds like Iraq war where Bush's people named their operations............... Lovie777 Jul 7 #2

Did they actually arrest anyone? Renew Deal Jul 7 #3

There was no one to arrest obamanut2012 Jul 7 #13

It definitely has a criminal element ITAL Jul 8 #20

Operation "Excalibur"? Mac"Arthur" Park! Hey trump. NO KINGS, asshole! RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Jul 7 #4

Someone left a cake out in the rain... oh noooo.............. jmbar2 Jul 7 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author haele Jul 7 #5

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

They looked like clowns Prairie Gates Jul 7 #8

Wondering if Trump 'dreamed he was in a Hollywood movie, and HE was the star of that movie' Attilatheblond Jul 8 #24

An operation named after a king's sword. Interesting word choice. Efilroft Sul Jul 7 #9

Excaliber? DBoon Jul 7 #10

I didn't vote for you! Ray Bruns Jul 8 #23

Supreme executive power... Shipwack Jul 8 #25

They're playing dress-up soldiers? Baitball Blogger Jul 7 #11

I said in another thread, it looks like a practice drill, because they're not chasing anyone but themselves. Sogo Jul 7 #12

I'm guessing they were generating imagery to be enhanced with AI to show a huge violent protest... Hugin Jul 7 #14

Sounds like someone left a cake out in the rain. johnp3907 Jul 8 #15

Yes it was a farce but mountain grammy Jul 8 #16

They are so bad at this IronLionZion Jul 8 #17

It was a kidnapping of the news cycle on the 6 month anniversary of the CA wildfires. live love laugh Jul 8 #18

More like low- to-no caliber. nt eppur_se_muova Jul 8 #19

One thing is true tishaLA Jul 8 #21

Thanks for the explanation jmbar2 Jul 8 #27

Rachel Maddow said that what the assault force found was a summer day-camp of about 20 children... Hekate Jul 8 #22

Spelling correction: it was a Show of Farce. hay rick Jul 8 #26