from Mark Dice
Why Was the Mexican Flag Chosen to Be the Primary Symbol of the “Color Revolution” That Has Erupted in Los Angeles?
by Michael Snyder
The Economic Collapse Blog
Specific tactics may change, but the playbook is always the same. All over the world, “color revolutions” have featured graffiti, vandalism, arson, rioting, looting and violent clashes will law enforcement officers. The goal of the rioters is to pressure authorities into giving them what they want so that the chaos will stop. And “color revolutions” always feature a highly visible set of colors that are deeply meaningful to the people that are being encouraged to protest. In this case, the Mexican flag has been specifically chosen to be the primary symbol of the “color revolution” that has erupted in Los Angeles. The following comes from the New York Times…
As images of protests in Southern California have flooded television and social media in recent days, a key question has emerged: Why are so many protesters carrying Mexican flags at an American political protest?
That is a very good question.
The Spectacle of a Police State: This Is Martial Law Without a Formal Declaration of War
by John W. Whitehead and Nisha Whitehead
The Rutherford Institute
Reporter: “What’s the bar for sending in the Marines?”
Trump: “The bar is what I think it is.“
In Trump’s America, the bar for martial law is no longer constitutional—it’s personal.
Indeed, if ever we needed proof that Donald Trump was an operative for the Deep State, this is it.
Despite what Trump would have us believe, the Deep State is not the vast numbers of federal employees who have been fired as part of his government purge.
Rather, the Deep State refers to the entrenched network of unelected bureaucrats, intelligence agencies, military contractors, surveillance firms, and corporate lobbyists that operate beyond the reach of democratic accountability. It is a government within a government—an intelligence-industrial complex that persists regardless of who sits in the Oval Office and whose true allegiance lies not with the Constitution but with power, profit, and control.
L.A. More Than Insurrection, It’s Bolshevik Revolution – Larry Klayman
by Greg Hunter
USA Watchdog
Renowned attorney Larry Klayman predicted on USAWatchdog months ago that there would be full-blown, legal civil war happening in the court system. With 272 cases and counting filed against the Trump Administration, that prediction has proven spot-on. Klayman also predicted months ago that violence from the “rabid Left” would not only increase but “explode.” The LA riots prove another bullseye for Klayman. What Klayman is seeing is far more than some violent protests on the West Coast. Klayman warns, “This is a very dire period. We knew this was coming. This is more than an insurrection, this is a Bolshevik style revolution. It’s not just Bolsheviks, but it’s every conceivable leftist radical group. This is financed, undoubtedly, by people like George Soros. . .. Karen Bass is a DEI affirmative action mayor in Los Angeles. She was going to be Biden’s second choice to be vice president, God forbid. . .. They are using her. The Left is using her, and they are using Newsom and others. They want there to be some kind of tragedy in LA. They want there to be some kind of Kent State where someone gets killed. They want one of these protesters to be killed by the National Guard or by the military. This will be a flash point to carry forth this Bolshevik revolution. They want to take this county down to ground zero. This is what they are trying to do. They want to destabilize the country and bring these radicals out.”
What “Liberation Day” Could Have Been
by James Hickman
Schiff Sovereign
On July 9, 1807, after Napoleon’s crushing victory over an entire coalition of European nations, the King of Prussia was forced to sign the Treaty of Tilsit, formally putting an end to the conflict.
The peace treaty was devastating for the Prussians; they were forced to pay heavy tribute and war reparations to France, limit the size of the Prussian army, and hand over roughly 50% of their territory to Napoleon.
Just imagine what it must have been like to be living in Westphalia at the time (one of the regions that was ceded to Napoleon). One day you’re Prussian territory. The next day you’re French (and later an independent kingdom).
Everything changed. And that included the legal system.
Every Single Democratic Governor Sided with the Professional Agitators
by Martin Armstrong
Armstrong Economics
[…] “Every single Democratic governor agrees,” California Gov. Gavin Newsom posted on X along with a letter supporting the rioters. Every single Democrat received the memo that the plan to “fight Trump” entails permitting their minions to burn down another city.
In addition to 4,000 National Guard troops, the White House has deployed a group of 700 Marines to save the city of Los Angeles. Yet, every single Democratic governor does not care about the welfare of our troops or legal citizens. Multiple police officers have sustained injuries after these political activists pelted them with rocks and bricks. Someone even attempted to set a police horse on fire. The scene is completely uncivilized, depraved chaos that not one Democratic governor will condemn.
Silver Shines, War Rages, L.A. Burns and the Media Lies
by Byron King
Daily Reckoning
Today, silver trades at nearly $37 per ounce. It’s up sharply in the past month, while shares of silver miners are also rising. Looking back, this new price point is well over double what it was three years ago, in the summer of 2022.
Obviously, something is happening with silver. And if you’ve been stacking metal, and/or buying certain mining shares, you must feel good just now. So today, we’ll discuss silver and, in a broader sense, hard assets along with how to preserve wealth and make some money.
First, though, before we dive into silver let’s discuss how America is at war. Indeed, “We’re in the Third World War,” says no less than Steve Bannon, a close adviser to President Trump. “It’s a battlefield that’s everywhere, including in downtown Los Angeles.”
Majority Approve Trump Deploying National Guard to Quell Los Angeles Riots
by Paul Bois
Breitbart.com
A new poll shows that a majority of Americans approve of President Trump deploying National Guard troops to quell the ongoing anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles.
Surveying 1,000 likely U.S. voters on June 10, the Insider Advantage poll showed roughly 59 percent of Americans support the president sending in the National Guard versus 39 percent opposed.
[…] A recent CNN poll also showed that immigrants have dramatically shifted to the right, with a majority trusting Republicans (a 40-point shift) to handle the ongoing immigration crisis over Democrats.
[…] As Breitbart News reported, violent anti-ICE protests erupted in Los Angeles over the weekend in response to the enforcement of federal immigration laws:
The Rise of the Woke Right
Some conservatives are embracing the very trends they once mocked—including victimhood, cancel culture, and even struggle sessions.
by John Stossel
Reason.com
In 2018, some activists, appalled by woke nonsense being published by academic journals, submitted nonsensical research.
One paper claimed researchers “closely and respectfully examined the genitals of…ten thousand dogs” to learn about “rape culture and queer performativity at urban dog parks.”
Some journals published it!
In my new video, one of the hoaxers, James Lindsay, claims this “woke virus” now has spread to the right:
“There is a radical segment embedded within MAGA…that acts the same way, uses the same tactics, acts like the woke left.”
The L.A. Riots Prove that Democrats Need Illegals
by J. Robert Smith
American Thinker
ICE bad, illegals rioting good. You can bet that’s Democrats’ calculation. Riots have been underway in Los Angeles. Mask-wearing provocateurs are waving Mexican flags. LA is their Mount Suribachi. A lot of people say that if illegals love Mexico so much, then go back home. But they miss the point. What’s happening in LA is about conquest.
Hoisting Mexican flags on U.S. soil stakes a claim. This real estate is ours, declare the troublemakers, among whom are surely homegrown leftist agitators. LA, in part, smells like a George Floyd riots redo. In this instance, federal agents, acting on behalf of American citizens, are being fought. The feds tucking tail is the aim. Meanwhile, Democrats are quiet. Well, not exactly quiet, but there is no full-throated condemnation of the punks and agitators inflicting mayhem on law enforcement and innocent Angelenos. We hear weasel words instead.
Inventory of Homes for Sale in the Biggest Florida Metros Piles Up To Highest in Years as Demand Has Withered
by Wolf Richter
Wolf Street
Active Listings versus 2019: Tampa +40%, Orlando +42%, Jacksonville +25%, Cape Coral-Fort Myers +36%, North Port-Sarasota +36%, Lakeland +80%. Miami a little behind: +5%.
Active listings of existing homes for sale in Florida soared by 32% year-over-year in May to 181,822 listings, up by 26% from May 2019, and up by 34% from May 2018, after a surge that started in late 2022 from very low levels. Since then, inventory for sale has quadrupled.
The inventory levels in April and May were by far the highest in the data from realtor.com going back to 2016. There was a housing shortage in 2021 and 2022. And now there’s a flood of housing on the market.
Uncle Sam’s Credit Rating Story is Serious News: But Does it Matter?
by Jane L. Johnson
Mises.org
American elected officials and taxpayers ignore at their own peril the recent May 16 reduction in the US credit rating. From the highest AAA rating to the next-lower Aa1 rating by Moody’s Ratings, this reduction is the third since 2011, when S&P Global Ratings reduced its rating, followed by Fitch Ratings in 2023.
It does not, however, mean that the US government may default on its Treasury bond obligations or fail to make interest payments on that debt. Rather, the three ratings agencies lowered their ratings because of mounting federal debt (currently over $36 trillion, 122 percent of US GDP) and annual budget deficits (currently about $1.7 trillion, 6.2 percent of GDP). Most economists consider these levels unsustainable.
Yawns and Indifference
This latest rating downgrade met with little fanfare. Stock market investors seemed almost indifferent to the news; stock indices have moved up and down in the intervening days and weeks, with no discernible pattern. There has been no dramatic stock market plunge similar to that following President Trump’s April 2 “Liberation Day” announcement of his reciprocal tariff proposal.
Gold’s Current Consolidation: Driven By Tariffs and Global Uncertainty
by Money Metals
GoldSeek
On the latest Money Metals podcast, host Mike Maharrey welcomed Michael Pento, founder of Pento Portfolio Strategies, for an in-depth look at the gold market and broader financial trends.
Michael Pento believes gold is in a clear consolidation phase after hitting a record $3,500 per ounce in mid-April.
“The rally was driven by two main factors,” he explained — tariffs weakening global trade and a decline in the U.S. dollar.
“When you cut off global trade, you’re going to really hurt growth,” Pento noted, adding that this dynamic pushed investors away from stocks and bonds into gold.
Who Has Been Spending Enormous Amounts of Money to Equip the Protesters in Los Angeles with Brand New Riot Gear?
by Michael Snyder
The Economic Collapse Blog
If the protests in Los Angeles are supposed to be peaceful, why is brand new riot gear being trucked in and given to the protesters? And why isn’t this making front page news all over the country? First of all, protesters only need riot gear if riots are going to break out. Secondly, it is becoming clear that someone purchased large quantities of riot gear in advance. So who funded those purchases, and who knew that riots would erupt in Los Angeles at this specific time? If corporate news outlets in this country were still employing real journalists, those are the types of questions that those journalists would be asking.
As Eric Daugherty has accurately pointed out, Fox News actually captured footage of “bionic shields” that normally cost 60 dollars each being handed out to rioters on the streets of Los Angeles…
Miller: L.A. Mayor “Explicitly” Threatening More “Mob Violence” and “Insurrection”
Unless ICE is withdrawn from LA
by Steve Watson
Modernity News
White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller has charged that LA mayor Karen Bass is openly threatening to allow the violence against ICE agents to continue happening in the city.
During a press briefing Tuesday, Bass inferred that unless ICE withdraws and stops operating in LA, the rioting will be allowed to carry on.
Bass blamed President Trump for the uprising, stating “We need to stop the (ICE) raids,” and adding “This was chaos that was started by Washington, D.C.”
Is Putin’s Soft Touch Bringing War in its Train?
by Dr. Paul Craig Roberts
PaulCraigRoberts.org
“If Mr. Putin genuinely wants to save the lives of his soldiers and of his civilians then he should end the war conclusively and dramatically right now. This, I believe, is well within his power if he has the will and the vision to act as the situation requires.” — Gilbert Doctorow
I am pleased to see Gilbert Doctorow’s concurrence with my longstanding position that the greatest threat to peace is Putin’s reluctance to bring the conflict in Ukraine to a quick decisive end. Putin’s ongoing war is a direct road to wider war.
In his ever-widening war Putin has done nothing to prevent the Kiev government from continuing the war. I have suggested that Putin hoped to use peace negotiations to achieve a wider understanding with the West. Others have attributed Putin’s inaction to his concern that if Russia acts decisively, the result will be to unite the West to more hostile action. Still others attribute the never-ending conflict to Russian weakness. Whatever the cause, the longer the war continues the more it spins out of control. Although dismissed by Putin, the attack on Russia’s triad is a very serious matter.
