Trump’s Domestic Use of Military Set to Get Worse, Leaked DHS/DoD Memo Shows: LA "hasn't been perfect" but indicates what's coming "for years to come"

[Pommer]

Poll shows a majority of Americans don't want Trump to send National Guard to major cities — as he says Chicago and Baltimore are next​

Even more respondents say they would disapprove of the president deploying the military where they live.​

37% of Americans say they would approve of the president sending soldiers to other “major cities” after D.C.

In contrast, a majority — 53% — say they would disapprove.

Three weeks after declaring a crime emergency and deploying the National Guard in D.C. — something Trump has the legal authority to do — more Americans disapprove (48%) than approve (39%) of his federal takeover of the nation’s capital.

A majority of Americans (56%) would disapprove of Trump sending soldiers to patrol their local streets (though 69% of Republicans say they would approve).

"The line is that I'm a dictator,” Trump said. “But I stop crime. So a lot of people say, ‘You know, if that's the case, I'd rather have a dictator.’” The president then added that he is “not a dictator.”

just 14% of Americans say they would approve of "the U.S. having a dictator if it led to much lower levels of crime”; 69% say they would disapprove. Even among Republicans, only 27% say they would approve of the hypothetical scenario Trump described.

Only 27%?!?

Well, see, when the “tried-and-true” (basically how we’ve been doing it for lo, these two-and-a-half centuries), leaving the cities and States sort out their own “problems” stops working (according to some invented metric that the “locals” cannot seem to be proficient in), why of course Big Government will have to “step-in” and sort things out; it’d be swell if the President at the time this happens isn’t a raging megalomanic, you know, like this time.

 

[Hans Blaster]

"The line is that I'm a dictator,” Trump said. “But I stop crime. So a lot of people say, ‘You know, if that's the case, I'd rather have a dictator.’” The president then added that he is “not a dictator.”

just 14% of Americans say they would approve of "the U.S. having a dictator if it led to much lower levels of crime”; 69% say they would disapprove. Even among Republicans, only 27% say they would approve of the hypothetical scenario Trump described.

Only 27%?!?

Sure 27% sounds bad, but sometimes it feels like it is a whole lot more. It almost makes me hopeful that things haven't gotten superbad yet. The majority of Republican voters are reachable if they can see what Trump and his cronies are up to. (The reaction of strong Trump supporters to the Epstein business is interesting as many of the most invested in learning about that business were Q-types who were obsessed with Trump and may have been irregular voters.)

My guess is that most of the 27% are hard-core Christian nationalists.

 

[Pommer]

I don't know if it's been mentioned yet, but...

Trump extends control over Washington by taking management of Union Station away from Amtrak​

Meh?
This might actually be a good move?
As part of the government that has been “taking care of” the Station badly, then it’s obvious that they should be replaced by another part of the government to do the upkeep and the train people can concentrate on the mediocre service they’re renown for!
(It’s just passenger trains after all, not like it’s a “real business”.)

 

[essentialsaltes]

 

[DaisyDay]

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At least the Civil War hat is Union....

 

[GoldenBoy89]

At least the Civil War hat is Union....

Does an AI image count as stolen valor?

 

[Hans Blaster]

Does an AI image count as stolen valor?

Yes.

 

[Pommer]

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Robert Duvall is still kicking!

 

[Pommer]

At least the Civil War hat is Union....

Does an AI image count as stolen valor?

Yes.

…meeehhh
Agree if Trump made this (or Trump caused this to be made).

Otherwise it’s fan-art.

 

[Hans Blaster]

At least the Civil War hat is Union....

The Cavalry Stetson was introduced in the late 1860s. It most associated with the cavalry wars with the Plains Indians.

The similar hat from the Civil War is the Hardee hat:

 

[essentialsaltes]

Trump says he's sending the National Guard into Memphis to 'fix' crime like D.C.​

"We’re going to Memphis. Memphis is deeply troubled," Trump said in an interview on Fox News’ “Fox and Friends” in New York. "The mayor is happy. He’s a Democrat. And the governor of Tennessee, the governor is happy. We’re gonna fix that just like we did Washington."

The president then raised the issue of lowering crime in New Orleans and Chicago, the latter city's crime rate being a frequent talking point of his.

"I can fix Chicago, much bigger than D.C., but we can bring in the military," Trump said. "We can bring in the National Guard. We’ll do what we have to do."

Trump said he decided on Memphis after someone on the board of Fedex, which is headquartered in that city, brought up the crime rate there to him.

 

[essentialsaltes]

ONLY I CAN SAVE THEM!!!

The only reason crime is somewhat down in Memphis is because the FBI, and others in the Federal Government, at my direction, have been working there for 5 months - on the absolutely terrible Crime numbers. Likewise, in Chicago and Los Angeles! But the real work by us has barely begun. That happens after we make the official announcement that WE’RE COMING, and when we do that, as we did in now VERY SAFE WASHINGTON, D.C., the no crime “miracle” begins. ONLY I CAN SAVE THEM!!! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DJT

 

[essentialsaltes]

ICE is considering using a naval base north of Chicago as its hub when potential enforcement raids take place in that city.​

[ooh, how about an amphibious landing! That'll take the criminals by surprise!]

US Customs and Border Patrol boats spotted on Chicago River amidst ‘Operation Midway Blitz’​

The boats were seen traveling east on the Chicago River and armed federal agents were spotted aboard the boats.

The Chicago Tribune reported the boats docked near the Chicago Harbor Lock ... one of the busiest locks in the country for commercial and recreational boat traffic, according to officials.

“It’s just further proof that this administration is only committed to intimidating people and working to strike fear into the hearts, into the minds of the people in this city,” Mayor Brandon Johnson said. “I don’t really see how this is helping anyone, anywhere. I do not know what they are up to.”

 

[essentialsaltes]

Next stop, Portland OR

Trump is deploying troops to Portland, Ore., authorizing ‘full force’ if necessary​

The action escalates a campaign to use the U.S. military against Americans that has little modern precedent.

There are still ~250 nationalized guard in Los Angeles, and ~2,000 NG operating in the nation's capital.

 

[Hans Blaster]

Next stop, Portland OR

Trump is deploying troops to Portland, Ore., authorizing ‘full force’ if necessary​

The action escalates a campaign to use the U.S. military against Americans that has little modern precedent.

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There are still ~250 nationalized guard in Los Angeles, and ~2,000 NG operating in the nation's capital.

War-torn Portland, eh?

It must be The Battle of Portland ? No? That was 370 years ago in the English Channel? Oh.

Surely it was the Battle of Portland Harbor then? America in civil war, brother against brother? Oh, *that* Civil War 160 years ago, but in Portland, right? No? Wrong Portland again, this time in Maine? Oh.

Old man Trump is confused again, you say? Perhaps someone should look into that.

 

[essentialsaltes]

Criminal investigation launched after feds fire pepper ball at CBS Chicago reporter's truck​

Well, I suppose in the heat of a chaotic protest... wait, I'm getting a message.

Reporter Asal Rezaei said there was no active protest or protesters at the facility, and she was alone with no one around her at the time of the incident.

In a report filed with Broadview police, Rezaei said she was driving her truck with her driver's side window down, while approaching the 25th Avenue entrance to see if any activity was taking place, before leaving the area.

That's when she said a masked ICE agent, who saw her window down, shot a pepper ball about 50 feet from the inside of the fence, hitting her truck's driver's side panel, causing the chemical agents to engulf the inside of her truck.

Broadview Police Chief Thomas Mills responded to the incident in a statement, saying, "The Village of Broadview Police Department has launched a criminal investigation into an allegedly unprovoked attack on a CBS Chicago TV news reporter's vehicle by a chemical munition fired from the direction of U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement detention facility. The victim declined medical attention. The Broadview Police Department expects the full cooperation by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security into our criminal investigation."

 

[essentialsaltes]

After Weeks of Threats, Trump Sends Federalized Troops To Downtown Chicago​

President Donald Trump has started sending federalized troops to Chicago on Sunday after threatening to do so for weeks.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) — soon after clips of troops and immigration agents patrolling The Windy City started circulating on X on Sunday — posted that he was aware of the development.

“I am closely monitoring the confirmed reports of federal agents on Michigan Ave.,” Johnson said. “While Chicagoans and visitors are enjoying another gorgeous Sunday, they are being intimidated and threatened by masked federal agents flaunting automatic weapons for no apparent reason.”

Gregory Bovino, a border patrol chief, told local radio station WBEZ that agents were arresting people based on “many different factors,” including “how they look.”