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Trump has been boiling the frog since he came down the escalator and said most immigrants from Mexico are rapists and murderers.On the topic of the thread, he still seems to be inching his way towards it. Troops to be deployed in Chicago and NYC next?
Trump targets Chicago and New York as Hegseth orders weapons for DC troops
President plots expansion of crime crackdown as Pentagon chief says troops patrolling DC streets will be armedwww.theguardian.com
It's as if he's asymptotically approaching martial law, rather than jumping right to it.
I suppose nothing will be clear till the mid-terms, but can't help but wonder if this militarisation of policing in all the Democrat-controlled cities is a prelude to doing 'something' during the elections.
Together with the campaign of ruthless gerrymandering, it seems like the 'boiling a frog' trope applies.
Not to stop anti-Trump protests. To create civil unrest in order to murder Americans.Now Trump wants troops available on standby to “quell civil unrest”. That means stop anti Trump protests
Trump could expand role of national guard for ‘quick reaction’ to unrest
Pentagon considers a quick-reaction force to deploy in US cities amid unrest, raising legal and political concerns
On the topic of the thread, he still seems to be inching his way towards it. Troops to be deployed in Chicago and NYC next?
Trump targets Chicago and New York as Hegseth orders weapons for DC troops
President plots expansion of crime crackdown as Pentagon chief says troops patrolling DC streets will be armed
It's as if he's asymptotically approaching martial law, rather than jumping right to it.
I suppose nothing will be clear till the mid-terms, but can't help but wonder if this militarisation of policing in all the Democrat-controlled cities is a prelude to doing 'something' during the elections.
Together with the campaign of ruthless gerrymandering, it seems like the 'boiling a frog' trope applies.
www.bbc.co.uk
To normalize the idea, with a side of hoping someone excitable takes a shot so they can use that as further justification?I had the impression that Trump had invoked a dubious alleged Presidential power to take control of the California National Guard?
[Edit] yeah, and rubber-stamped by his pet Supreme Court
US court allows Trump to keep control of National Guard in LA
Trump deployed the troops in response to protests in the city, despite objections from city officials and California's governor.
Really, really curious to see if these moves are a prelude to something planned for the mid-terms. Will he declare the units need to be deployed to polling-stations, to deter a "repeat" of "Biden's electoral fraud"?
Maybe I'm being over-excitable in considering that, it's very hard to tell, to tread the line between over-dramatising and complacency.
I mean, if there's not such a plan here, what actually is the point of these moves? Just to impress his rural base that he's punishing those pesky liberal cities?
Why tho?
Gee, who would have guessed this was your prediction. Petey is at it again!
This is the same MO for which he was impeached. Tried to get Zelensky to say Biden is being investigated. Trump told him I just need the announcement and we'll take it from there.I had the impression that Trump had invoked a dubious alleged Presidential power to take control of the California National Guard?
[Edit] yeah, and rubber-stamped by his pet Supreme Court
US court allows Trump to keep control of National Guard in LA
Trump deployed the troops in response to protests in the city, despite objections from city officials and California's governor.
Really, really curious to see if these moves are a prelude to something planned for the mid-terms. Will he declare the units need to be deployed to polling-stations, to deter a "repeat" of "Biden's electoral fraud"?
Maybe I'm being over-excitable in considering that, it's very hard to tell, to tread the line between over-dramatising and complacency.
I mean, if there's not such a plan here, what actually is the point of these moves? Just to impress his rural base that he's punishing those pesky liberal cities?
I don’t think the media fell for it. I think they are in on it with some little watched or listened to exceptions. The media is owned mostly by billionaires.
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I guess DEI exists on a spectrum of ideas....SCOTUS about to sanction racial profiling. Racism about to become legal
Supreme Court to decide if ICE can arrest based on "apparent ethnicity"
The Supreme Court will consider staying an order that limits ICE agents from stopping people based on "apparent ethnicity."
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