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Linda Allewalt's avatar

This is indeed a dress rehearsal for the end times of US democracy. Where are our courts? When will the military start balking at these orders? Do we have ANY remedy for this???

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Greeley Miklashek, MD's avatar

I still haven't recovered from seeing the Oval Office awash with gold trinkets from God only knows where, especially on the fireplace surround identical to the one on the living room fireplace of my last home in Muskegon, MI, a Georgian Revival mansion built by a banker in 1911. Tramp is no longer a wannabe king/dictator. He has arrived and many thanks to Mary for keeping an eye on him so I can get some uneasy rest. Too much like Jonestown.

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Steven Sweeney's avatar

Do you need to speak German to interact with the D.C. storm troopers?

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Vi Mooberry's avatar

"A Republic if you can keep it" said Benjamin Franklin and we are closer to losing it than we ever have been in my lifetime. Even though the Founders thought they had established safeguards with the constitutional republic and elected representatives from every state with every state giving up certain enumerated powers delegated from the states to the Federal government. All other powers are reserved to the states or the people. Say what????? "No part of the government may infringe upon the rights of the people"! ???? Surely Donald Trump has stepped on and massacred the constitution . I grow weary of his face, his voice, and the people who surround him with praise. Martial Law is coming to a city near you soon. Where are the voices of sanity in our congress and courts?

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Jay Wilson's avatar

Trump's Gestapo move was like watching a parody try to out-parody itself --

https://jaywilson1.substack.com/p/dc-felon-calls-for-law-and-order?r=10sd39

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Patricia Davis's avatar

So, are there solutions? Are there counter-moves ? On top are the assured poll droppings. This is what you voted for?

Did the founding fathers foresee this and insert a clause or two ‘if this happen then _ _ _ _ _’?

And just what are ‘all these gangs’ gonna do…? Stop their planned fentanyl/cocaine/whatever shipments? Surely the placements of military/assisted police are in the high crime areas, right?

If my shift starts at midnight do I need a special pass?

Project 2025

Alt Right on Plan.

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Carol Pladsen-Bloom's avatar

Most people in National Guard have "regular" jobs. Any news on how that's going over with employers or families who won't have paychecks to spend?

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Lynne Avery's avatar

Federalizing the Washington, D.C. police force is a rehearsal for der Trumpenfuhrer's DOJ taking over cities who do not toe the line of his authoritarian agenda.

This takeover comes on the heels of der Trumpenfuhrer seeing homeless individuals and encampments as he traveled from the White House to his Trump National Golf Club in Washington, D.C. The takeover allows him to declare that homeless people represent a security and safety threat to the city and forcefully remove them. To where, nobody knows. Maybe he needs more prisoners in his Florida concentration camp.

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David Olson's avatar

In case one wondered, it’s here. Fascism. DC federalized? Sure, and as Mary suggests watch other cities. When Trump violated Posse Comitatus in LA, not a peep from Republicans. When Trump shook down law firms and universities, crickets. Tariffs? Nada. The corporations, well Apple got it “right.” Play nice, avoid tariffs. Texas gerrymandering? Sure. Whatever works. So Republicans hear me out: you are a traitor to our Constitution. We won’t forget.

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Abigail's avatar

No more yoga for juvenile offenders? I guess in Trumpworld, yoga is reserved for sex offenders like Ghislaine Maxwell.

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Suzanna Laramee's avatar

Trump’s legal comfort zone has always been “I said it, so it’s fine.” Like telling Zelensky, “so what if ceding land is against your constitution, you’d better figure out a way *wink wink

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