We are in dangerous, uncharted waters

 

 

BASIL DANNEBOHM

Stephen Miller, White House deputy chief of staff, described Saturday's demonstrations in Los Angeles as an “insurrection.”

“An insurrection against the laws and sovereignty of the United States,” Miller wrote in a Saturday post online. He doubled down on his claims in an X post later Saturday, writing, “This is a violent insurrection.”

FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino said Saturday on social media the bureau was investigating alleged instances of Los Angeles demonstrators obstructing immigration enforcement operations.

In response to the protests, Trump deployed the National Guard to Los Angeles. Governor Gavin Newsom confirmed that the federal government commandeered the state's national guard and deployed some 2,000 troops to Los Angeles.

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said active duty marines at Camp Pendleton will also be mobilized if the unrest continues.

“A message to the LA rioters: you will not stop us or slow us down. @ICEgov will continue to enforce the law,” Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem wrote on the social media platform X Saturday.

“These operations are essential to halting and reversing the invasion of illegal criminals into the United States. In the wake of this violence, California’s feckless Democrat leaders have completely abdicated their responsibility to protect their citizens,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement.

This is a disturbing development.

The language, specifically the use of the words: "insurrection," "obstructing," and "abdicated," combined with the overall tone and approach toward this situation is the regime's way of preparing to justify and declare martial law. They are almost certainly being coached by the very constitutional lawyers who were the architects of Project 2025.

It is highly unlikely, bordering on impossible, to hold midterm elections in the United States while a federal declaration of martial law is in effect.

We are in dangerous, uncharted waters.

(Photo taken June 7th, 2025 by Eric Thayer/AP.)