Activists plan more events Tuesday in New York, Chicago, Dallas and Atlanta.

The protests that roiled Los Angeles over the weekend were set to spread Tuesday across the country, as activists planned demonstrations in New York, Chicago, Dallas, Atlanta and elsewhere.

Rallies protesting ICE raids and the government’s immigration policies have spread across California and beyond this week. A series of so-called No Kings demonstrations are planned nationwide for Saturday.

Some 56 people were arrested in L.A. over the weekend as some 700 marines and more than 2,000 National Guard troops were deployed by Donald Trump in response to protests that began on Friday, sparking an extraordinary showdown with California Gov. Gavin Newsom and L.A. Mayor Karen Bass, who strongly criticized the move as executive overreach.

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    3 days ago

    what needs to be considered is how many ex military still “pretend” they are military and are all rah rah for this shit.

    we are in an incipient civil war.

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      Purely anecdotal but the two veterans I know that I’ve spoken about all of this to absolutely despise Trump. I actually talked to one of them today and he was losing his shit about Marines being sent to LA.