Federal officers and National Guard troops fanned out around a mostly empty Los Angeles park in a largely immigrant neighborhood ...
I've obtained a trove of leaked documents about today's federal crackdown on Los Angeles' MacArthur Park. One revelation is its codename: "Operation Excalibur"
-- Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein.bsky.social) Jul 7, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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Reminds me of ...
Richard Harris - MacArthur Park (1967)
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Lyrics excerpt ...
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[Verse 1]
Spring was never waiting for us, girl
It ran one step ahead
As we followed in the dance
Between the parted pages and were pressed
In love's hot, fevered iron
Like a striped pair of pants
[Chorus]
MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark
All the sweet green icing flowing down
Someone left the cake out in the rain
I don't think that I can take it
'Cause it took so long to bake it
And I'll never have that recipe again, oh no
[Verse 2]
I recall the yellow cotton dress
Foaming like a wave
On the ground around your knees
The birds like tender babies in your hands
And the old men playing checkers
By the trees
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Governor Gavin Newsom may want to order the State Police to establish DUI and speeding checkpoints around the saloons and taverns the ICE and DHS goons gather to get sloshed after a long day of bullying defenseless people. A recent CHP dragnet caught several DUIs and unsafe drivers. Link: www.chp.ca.gov
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