Useless couchfucker had the Marines fire 155-mm artillery shells over major interstate in Calif.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/us/politics/vance-marines-california-protests.html

Vance Flexes the Marines’ Might as Thousands Protest Trump’s Agenda
Vice President JD Vance’s trip to a military base in California illustrated rising tensions between the federal government and Democratic leaders.


Vice President JD Vance delivered remarks at a Marine Corps celebration at Camp Pendleton on Saturday. Oliver Contreras/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

By Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Rachel Parsons
Oct. 19, 2025, 12:59 a.m. ET

Vice President JD Vance watched with pride on Saturday as Marines fired 155-millimeter artillery shells over a major freeway in Southern California, calling the demonstration a “testament to the corps’ strength and unbeatable power.”

Gavin Newsom, the Democratic governor of the state, deemed it an “absurd show of force” and “dangerous.”

Mr. Vance used a speech in front of hundreds of Marines to attack Democrats over the government shutdown, referring to the impasse as the “Schumer shutdown,” a dig at Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York and the minority leader. Throughout the day, protesters filled streets in American cities, including nearby Los Angeles and San Diego, lambasting the Trump administration’s domestic agenda and its consolidation of power.


Marines performed exercises at Camp Pendleton as part of a celebration of the country’s 250th birthday. Oliver Contreras/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

What the White House had initially planned as a celebration of the country’s 250th birthday and of the might of the Marines became half of a revealing split-screen: As the likely heir of Mr. Trump’s political movement showcased the power of the military over the objections of a state governor, thousands of people across the country protested a president they accused of using his power like a king.

The overlapping events amounted to a snapshot of the fractured state of American society and of the rising tensions between the federal government and Democratic leaders, who have clashed repeatedly with Mr. Trump in recent months over his use of the military in domestic affairs.

“The values Americans cherish are under assault by” Mr. Trump, Mr. Newsom said in a social media post on Saturday. He said California would continue “peacefully pushing back against the Trump Administration’s authoritarian takeover.”

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[UpInArms]

1. wtf?

As the likely heir of Mr. Trump’s political movement showcased the power of the military over the objections of a state governor, thousands of people across the country protested a president they accused of using his power like a king.

Did they not know how to spell millions?

[2naSalit]

3. It's NYT so...

[SheltieLover]

4. No. Press is incapable of using the word millions if it would offend man baby

[C Moon]

2. President Biden and VP Kamala warned us.

In the past, these were always warnings that never came to fruition. But now the nazis are feeling empowered.

[Vinca]

5. Has this ever happened before for any reason? I think we should know because, if not, the whole of them involved

need to be ousted as soon as we have the numbers.

[malaise]

6. Shady should do his homework

Politicize the military at your own expense.

[GreenWave]

7. His name is Bowman. I would sic ICE on him.