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crud

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8. In Sacramento, the RCAF

Reply to maxrandb (Original post)

Fri Jun 20, 2025, 12:55 PM

Jun 20

which stands for Royal Chicano Air Force, were a group of Chicano art students from Sac State that would cos-play soldiers and accompany Cesar Chavez whenever he was in Sacramento. They didn't actually provide security, as far as I know.

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Do Democrats need to have their own militia? [View all] maxrandb Jun 20 OP

yes rampartd Jun 20 #1

Do all our circular firing squads count? W_HAMILTON Jun 20 #2

You owe me a new keynoard! LOL maxrandb Jun 20 #5

We have a winner... Wuddles440 Jun 20 #12

No, an organized force is what they want. Then they declare us an insurrection and shoot to kill. Attilatheblond Jun 20 #3

I feel you... FirstLight Jun 20 #4

I doubt we'd gain much by going there. bucolic_frolic Jun 20 #6

You mean a militia of sternly worded letter writers? flvegan Jun 20 #7

That already exists maxrandb Jun 20 #10

The red line is where you decide it will be Kaleva Jun 20 #13

In Sacramento, the RCAF crud Jun 20 #8

I've said all along that the police and military would always support the GOP synni Jun 20 #9

An organized resistance sounds better flamingdem Jun 20 #11