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Mariel Garza @marielgarza.bsky.social · 5h

What to expect when you are expecting the arrival of 100 federal troops.
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First the feds came for L.A. Now San Francisco. Here's what to expect

We in Los Angeles saw the effects of Trump's constant lying and terrorizing of immigrant communities. Now the feds are arriving in the Bay Area.

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Mariel Garza @marielgarza.bsky.social · 19h

Hmm, the president seems focused on punishing California of late. I wonder what's that about. Is there an election coming up or something?

St. John Barned-Smith @stjbs.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Major federal immigration operation headed to San Francisco Bay Area www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

Exclusive: Major federal immigration operation headed to San Francisco Bay Area

More than 100 federal agents, including some from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection to Alameda base.

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Patt Morrison @pattmlatimes.bsky.social · 23h

Lying is simply his default software. "It won't interfere with the current building. It'll be near it but not touching it," Trump said.
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Trump Administration Live Updates: White House Changes Course and Will Demolish Entire East Wing

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Mariel Garza @marielgarza.bsky.social · 22h

So excited to see my talented former colleague @sammyroth.bsky.social set free to write important, impactful climate pieces without the constraints of corporate journalism. Please subscribe to his newsletter. open.substack.com/pub/climatec...

Why I'm writing about climate and culture

I never expected to leave the Los Angeles Times and start a Substack. Then a story about Disneyland caught me by surprise.

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Mariel Garza @marielgarza.bsky.social · 2d

True

Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 2d

This is the asymmetry in our politics and media. If this was the other way around, Biden had pardoned someone then charged with trying to kill Trump, it would be the biggest story in America and every Republican commentator, congressman, news outlet, would be screaming about it in unison.

Pardoned Capitol rioter charged with threatening to kill Hakeem Jeffries at NYC event this week

A pardoned Capitol rioter was arrested last weekend for allegedly threatening to kill the top House Democrat.

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Paul Thornton @paulthornton.bsky.social · 2d

Follow @goldenstatereport.bsky.social for more from @marielgarza.bsky.social, me and others.

Golden State Report @goldenstatereport.bsky.social · 2d

What the heck was the Marine Corps thinking?
It said shooting shells over Interstate 5 as part of a celebration was no big deal. Then, oops, one exploded over what was thankfully an empty freeway.
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What the heck was the Marine Corps thinking?

It said shooting shells over Interstate 5 as part of a celebration was no big deal. Then, oops, one exploded over what was thankfully an empty freeway.

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Golden State Report @goldenstatereport.bsky.social · 2d

What the heck was the Marine Corps thinking?
It said shooting shells over Interstate 5 as part of a celebration was no big deal. Then, oops, one exploded over what was thankfully an empty freeway.
goldenstatereport.substack.com/p/what-the-h...

What the heck was the Marine Corps thinking?

It said shooting shells over Interstate 5 as part of a celebration was no big deal. Then, oops, one exploded over what was thankfully an empty freeway.

goldenstatereport.substack.com

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Mariel Garza @marielgarza.bsky.social · 2d

What the heck was the Marine Corps thinking? It said shooting shells over Interstate 5 as part of a celebration was no big deal. Then, oops, one exploded over what was thankfully an empty freeway.
open.substack.com/pub/goldenst...

What the heck was the Marine Corps thinking?

It said shooting shells over Interstate 5 as part of a celebration was no big deal. Then, oops, one exploded over what was thankfully an empty freeway.

open.substack.com

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Mariel Garza @marielgarza.bsky.social · 4d

It’s a good day to replay this classic from my my childhood youtu.be/WvOZs3g3qIo?...

SchoolHouse Rock - No More Kings

YouTube video by tennesseejed93

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Mariel Garza @marielgarza.bsky.social · 5d

So I'm doing a little thing on Substack (for now) with a former L.A. Times colleague. Here's the latest.
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Of course Proposition 50 is a power grab

No one’s hiding it. Getting voters to approve a new congressional map is a ploy to deny Republicans control of the House and check Trump.

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Mariel Garza @marielgarza.bsky.social · 12d

This is the kind of incoherent ranting you'd expect from someone who is experiencing a drug-induced break from reality. But because this dude has a bazillion dollars it's legitimized in lectures, news stories.

www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction

In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.

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Paul Thornton @paulthornton.bsky.social · 13d

I've been working on a new journalism project; details TK. In the meantime, I've been beta-testing content with my partner on this, Mariel Garza, for a small Substack audience. Our first video interview is up; it's on CA secession, and it's with Joe Mathews.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kL1s...

California secession? It's already happening

YouTube video by Golden State Report

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Robin Abcarian @rabcarian.bsky.social · 13d

For the record, I do not give a you-know-what about @katieporteroc.bsky.social snapping at a reporter or a staffer. Are you freaking kidding me? Have you checked out the state of our democracy lately? I haven't picked a side in the gov's race, but give me a freaking break on this meaningless crap.

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 13d

Can we please get our $20 billion back?

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Stuart Leavenworth @sleavenworth.bsky.social · 14d

And, of course, it would have to be a "Florida Man."

@craigtimes.bsky.social

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Florida man accused of intentionally starting fire that destroyed Pacific Palisades

Jonathan Rinderknecht accused of intentionally starting fire that destroyed Pacific Palisades

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Mariel Garza @marielgarza.bsky.social · 19d

Good for them for standing on principle. Now they should band together and start a competing digital news site. No better time. People are sick of craven corporate media organizations.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/u...

Journalists at 3 Newspapers Quit Over Edits to a Charlie Kirk Story

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Mariel Garza @marielgarza.bsky.social · 23d

Sounds like a dare. From Newt Gingrich, the shutdown king himself.

Opinion | There’s Only One Way to Win a Shutdown. Democrats Don’t Have What It Takes.

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Mariel Garza @marielgarza.bsky.social · 27d

Would they rather have a shopping mall or massive housing development? I would love to have a cemetery as a neighbor. Green and quiet. What's not to love? www.latimes.com/california/s...

A Woodland Hills nursery is turning into a cemetery. Some locals are fighting it

Boething Treeland Nursery has served flora to the San Fernando Valley for the last seven decades, but plans by its new owner call for a cemetery on the 32-acre property in Woodland Hills. Locals are c...

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 29d

Uh, might that be called….SOCIALISM???!!!!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29d

BARTIROMO: The idea of government owning portions of public companies -- this is something that free-market have to get their heads around.

BESSENT: Maria, there are decisions that the US government makes that we believe are good for society

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Mariel Garza @marielgarza.bsky.social · Sep 23

I will believe it when I see it. Seems like we haven't hit rock bottom yet.

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Sep 23

I can’t tell you exactly how I know but after sixty years in and around politics I’ve developed a sixth sense, and my sixth sense tells me the tide is now turning on Trump.

This past week did it. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-sleeping-giant-is-awakening

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Alissa Walker @awalkerinla.bsky.social · Sep 22

Just to illustrate how much LA's services suck right now, this couch that I filed an 311 request for on September 9 has still not been picked up. This type of request used to take a few days and no longer than a week.

And these service levels are about to get even worse