Trump deploys troops to crush dissent — and escalate his war on America
Trump deploys troops to crush dissent — and escalate his war on America
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Trump deploys troops to crush dissent — and escalate his war on America
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I'm an advocate for the French spelling, 420647
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187 47
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Here's another number that everyone should remember... P01135809
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Don’t forget that Donny’s having a birthday military parade coming up. We need to show up and sound off. If he wants America to be great we need to show how great we are against him and this regime.
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Those 77.3 million Trump voters must be loving all this.
It's a shame they aren't rounded up and shipping off somewhere.
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Trump voters just want to see people they don’t like being hurt. That’s pretty much it. The boot on their opponent’s neck and inflict pain until they submit. They’re all about punishment.
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Some are, the latinos...
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there's a traitor right there within the executive branch
Within the executive? I think this time around it’s pretty safe to say the entire executive branch is an enemy organization within the government.
For the first Trump term sure, maybe a bunch of them were just innocent regular republicans who only want to hurt the people who “deserve” it. You know, wrong skin color, wrong balance sheet balance, wrong bloodline, the usual violations… But anybody there now cannot pretend like they don’t support the dismantling of our form of government.
…ok sure of course they can pretend. Delusion and dodging cognitive dissonance is like breathing for them. But they sure can’t deny it— shit wait yes they can and it will work. Never mind!
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More than one
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The Taliban are jealous. Imagine, the Taliban never touched American soil. But the president is putin boots on the ground. Against Americans!
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We cannot be silent in the face of Trump’s dictatorial move. Silence is acquiescence. We must be brave in resisting him. But we must not succumb to violence.
What is needed is peaceful civil disobedience. Americans locking arms to protect those who need protection. Americans sitting in the way of armored cars. Americans singing and chanting in the face of the Americans whom Trump is drafting into his handmade civil war.
Because peaceful civil disobedience definitely wont be met by force with 0 repercussions
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I honestly do not believe anything short of violent revolt will achieve any results. I am happy to be proven wrong as someone who isn't really keen on that, but I just don't see it.
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Well, you guys have guns. Time to use them what your founding fathers want you all to use them for, if it comes to it.
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War on America? You guys realized that you have oil of your own and don't need to invade other countries anymore?
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You're joking, but accurate with the recent push to start drilling in our national parks :(
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The US produces the most oil of any country in the world, for several years now if I remember right
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Its about having operating bases around the world, to make sure you can reach/strike/influence anywhere you need.
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This could be the American Reichstag.
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The Reichstag was the parliament of the Weimar Republic, the democratic precursor to Germany that was taken over by the Nazis in 1933. Today, the building where the Bundestag, Germany's current parliament, meets is still called the Reichstag.
However, the similarity lies in the fact that the current US administration is acting very much like the Nazis did in 1933 - in my opinion, they are in the process of overturning the democratic constitution in order to establish a fascist state.
That's probably what you mean, but it's a bit strangely worded.
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Russian scum
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This ia what they have been waiting for.
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The military should have refused the orders and arrested the Orange Jackass.
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Meanwhile the US citizens are hell-bent on speedrunning Martin Niemöller's best hits.
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Even martial law doesn't allow him to deploy the military on American soil.
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Gotta pass that big beautiful bill somehow... Human hostages...
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No troops have been deployed.
“Trump wants to deploy troops to look tough” is a better headline.
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Trump signed a memo late yesterday ordering 2,000 members of the National Guard to be deployed in Los Angeles County after federal immigration agents in riot gear squared off with hundreds of protesters for a second consecutive day
Life isn't instant.
He ordered it, if it doesn't happen it's because someone in the chain of command is disobeyi g orders.
Not saying that's a bad thing, or that it'll happen.
But he has 100% ordered troop to be deployed and it's actively in process. The headline is 100% correct
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It's not clear that he has the authority to order it, especially over the objection of the state governor. https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/presidents-power-call-out-national-guard-not-blank-check is from 2024, largely about when Trump 1 ordered National Guard to DC, and why it's different in states.
TL; DR: National Guard is a state organization; if the President federalizes it, then it becomes subject to posse commitatus, same as the Army.
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I thought the national guard was mobilized ?
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It has been there are videos of them in the area preparing to do whatever.
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NYT has some video of some troops guarding the "Metropolitan Detention Center", so we have proof of at least the seven troops pictured.
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You're an idiot.
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This is the point that will be referenced in history books as the beginning of the second civil war.
As if Americans won’t roll over and accept this as normal just as they have for every other batshit betrayal of their principles that’s taken place this century.
There is a point where people can't roll over and accept it. It's going to be when food and water scarcity becomes wider spread.
The goal for the last century was to reduce the ability for people to be self-sufficient and make them entirely reliant on an employer. When people can no longer rely on their employer for basic needs, things get fucky.
You gotta remember Americans are irrational, and largely unpredictable. In the long run, the goal of the regime will fail, but not before doing significant damage.
John Brown has been on my mind a lot, truly one of the greatest Americans to live, and he aptly said after Harper’s Ferry “I am quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood. I had, as I now think vainly, flattered myself that without very much bloodshed it might be done.”
It will say something like:
"The twitter wars. Millions of people posted comments on social media and upvoted posts, and were shocked when it changed absolutely nothing."
Arguably, that was April 15. This is the first demonstration of force though. I say demonstration because they aren't actually doing anything yet other than trying to look big and tough.