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If we’ve learned anything in recent weeks, it’s that President Trump has no intention of limiting his use of military power to Washington, D.C. The president is now openly talking about sending the National Guard into Chicago and, after that, possibly New York City. These aren’t just trial balloons. They’re warning signs of how far he’s willing to go in expanding executive authority under the guise of “public safety.” And if you think this ends neatly after one deployment, I’ve got a bankrupt Atlantic City casino to sell you.
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Illinois Governor JB Pritzker was quick to cut through the spin, calling the proposed deployment a “manufactured crisis.” He’s right. There is no emergency that justifies military involvement in Chicago. Crime is not spiraling out of control. Local law enforcement has not asked for assistance. Yet the president is pressing forward, because the goal isn’t safety; it’s spectacle. By painting Democratic-led cities as lawless “hellholes,” he positions himself as the singular force capable of restoring order. It’s political theater, except the props here are armed troops and the backdrop is one of America’s great cities.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson echoed this concern, warning that federal troops on city streets could undo fragile progress in community relations and potentially inflame tensions. That’s not alarmism; it’s fact. The presence of armed troops in civilian spaces has never de-escalated a situation; it almost always heightens the risk of confrontation. And in Chicago, a city already grappling with longstanding mistrust between residents and law enforcement, the risk is profound. If Johnson sounds worried, it’s because he has every reason to be.
In Washington, D.C., we’re already seeing how this plays out. Roughly 2,000 National Guard troops have been deployed across the capital, initially unarmed. Now, at the direction of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, they’ve been issued weapons. This shift represents more than a tactical adjustment; it’s a deliberate escalation. Once rifles are in the hands of soldiers standing in crowded public spaces, the margin for error disappears. One misunderstanding, one panicked reaction, and you’re not just dealing with optics anymore; you’re dealing with potential tragedy. And if that sounds like a recipe for disaster, it’s because it is.
Equally concerning is Trump’s own admission that he may declare a national emergency once the 30-day deadline on the D.C. deployment expires. Why? Because a declared emergency would give him the authority to keep troops in place indefinitely. That is a dangerous precedent. It allows a president to sidestep Congress, override local leadership, and normalize the use of military force in domestic governance. That’s not just bending the rules; it’s rewriting them altogetherhttps://open.substack.com/pub/meidastouch/p/your-c...
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"There's a reason you separate military and the police. One fights the enemies of the state. The other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people."
- Commander Adama, Battlestar Galactica
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If we’ve learned anything in recent weeks, it’s that President Trump has no intention of limiting his use of military power to Washington, D.C. The president is now openly talking about sending the National Guard into Chicago and, after that, possibly New York City. These aren’t just trial balloons. They’re warning signs of how far he’s willing to go in expanding executive authority under the guise of “public safety.”SNIP
“Nine Days, Zero Murders: Trump’s D.C. Crackdown Delivers Results”
“As of this week, Washington, D.C. has now gone nine consecutive days without a single murder — a striking and rare milestone in a city long plagued by violent crime.
While the left-wing media hesitates to give credit where it's due, the facts are clear. This sudden drop in violence follows directly on the heels of President Donald Trump's decisive federal crackdown on crime in the nation’s capital.
Since the crackdown began, arrests have surged. Hundreds of criminals, including repeat offenders and undocumented individuals with lengthy records, have been taken off the streets. Violent crime has dropped dramatically. Carjackings, robberies, and assaults are down. And for over a week now, not a single person has been murdered in a city that has too often accepted daily violence as the norm.
This outcome is not a coincidence. It is what happens when leadership stops making excuses and starts enforcing the law. For years, progressive policies and soft-on-crime prosecutors have turned a blind eye to criminal behavior, emboldening gangs and repeat offenders while everyday citizens suffered. The Trump administration’s willingness to step in and do what local leaders refused to do has made an immediate difference.”
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The move drew predictable outrage from liberal politicians and legacy media outlets, who clutched their pearls over “federal overreach" and claimed it as an attack on black people. However, D.C. residents, who have been afraid to step foot outside their homes for years, welcomed the return of visible law enforcement and a renewed sense of order.”
Take Note! This article is from a RIGHT LEANING BLOG. Don’t be distracted by the left saying it is all lies. THE LEFT CAN’T HANDLE THE TRUTH
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/08/...Onward to Chicago and New York City to the dismay of democrats and the Left.
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"There's a reason you separate military and the police. One fights the enemies of the state. The other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people."
- Commander Adama, Battlestar Galactica
Commander Adama (original Battlestar Galactica)
Commander Adama is a fictional character in the ABC television series Battlestar Galactica created by Glen A. Larson and portrayed by Canadian actor Lorne Greene.
In the real world where criminals overwhelm a city, hopefully the military will step in and join forces with the local police, help the police take back control of their city and then quietly leave.
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LurkerMom: “Nine Days, Zero Murders: Trump’s D.C. Crackdown Delivers Results”
A fellow who knew a little something on this subject once said: "Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety".
BTW, D.C. has had other similar murderless streaks in the past without the Gestapo.
Also, release the complete Epstein files.
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In the real world where criminals overwhelm a city,
The words of someone who is truly lost in the lies
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Hundreds of criminals, including repeat offenders and undocumented individuals with lengthy records, have been taken off the streets.
Still waiting for them to arrest the multiply-convicted felon in that white house.
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In the real world where criminals overwhelm a city
You mean DC, as Spankee IS a multiply-convicted felon overwhelming the city...
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A fellow who knew a little something on this subject once said: "Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety".
You need a little history lesson..
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WITTES: The exact quotation, which is from a letter that Franklin is believed to have written on behalf of the Pennsylvania General Assembly, reads, those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
SIEGEL: And what was the context of this remark?
WITTES: He was writing about a tax dispute between the Pennsylvania General Assembly and the family of the Penns, the proprietary family of the Pennsylvania colony who ruled it from afar. And the legislature was trying to tax the Penn family lands to pay for frontier defense during the French and Indian War. And the Penn family kept instructing the governor to veto. Franklin felt that this was a great affront to the ability of the legislature to govern. And so he actually meant purchase a little temporary safety very literally. The Penn family was trying to give a lump sum of money in exchange for the General Assembly's acknowledging that it did not have the authority to tax it.
SIEGEL: So far from being a pro-privacy quotation, if anything, it's a pro-taxation and pro-defense spending quotation.
WITTES: It is a quotation that defends the authority of a legislature to govern in the interests of collective security. It means, in context, not quite the opposite of what it's almost always quoted as saying but much closer to the opposite than to the thing that people think it means.
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The Nation Guard is only allowed to be in DC for 30 days, not forever as the left wants to scare people into thinking the National Guard will be in DC indefinitely.
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“The 1973 Home Rule Act gives the president command of D.C.'s National Guard. It also allows him to use local police for federal purposes during emergencies — but only for up to 30 days without authorization from Congress, which is on recess until early September.”
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The words of someone who is truly lost in the lies
pastorbill has reduced himself to spewing childish spit-balls.
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"pastorbill has reduced himself to spewing childish spit-balls." - LM
Pointing out facts to you is not a childish spitball. Just because you find that fact inconvenient doesn't make it childish. It just means you would rather use sources that confirm your worldview (even if they tell you untrue things) than a source that informs you (if it makes you uncomfortable).
That is a great way to stay ignorant but feeling good about yourself.
Somehow you are going to whine that this is an insult even though it is factual and probably the most important thing someone could ever tell you if you really cared about not continuing to wallow in ignorance.
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Umm, thanks for helping reelect Trump :) Isn't all of this wonderful.
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LurkerMom: “Nine Days, Zero Murders: Trump’s D.C. Crackdown Delivers Results”
Compared to the same period a year ago, there was slightly more crime under Trump's bullshit occupation.
You get your lies from shit sources.
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Trump's lies are so easily debunked by these things called search engines.
"Trump falsely claimed it had been “many years” since the city had previously had a murder-free stretch of even a week; in fact, Washington had three such periods since late February of this year, one of them 16 days long. Trump falsely claimed Washington now has not only no murders, but “no crime” at all; while reported crime is down during his takeover, there have still been hundreds of offenses."
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"Umm, thanks for helping reelect Trump :) Isn't all of this wonderful." - LOLJedi
Only in LOLJedi world did I help re-elect Trump.
Don't you have a streetcorner to go rant on? Maybe an appointment with your therapist to show him where the mean liberal touched you?
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Don't you have a streetcorner to go rant on? Maybe an appointment with your therapist to show him where the mean liberal touched you?
Hate to tell you, Ummm, but social media is nothing but a gigantic streetcorner.
He’s where he belongs, but the question the rest of us should be asking is:
“Are we?”
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Umm, thanks for helping reelect Trump :)
Can you elaborate? I think the mess with Biden, and his late dropping out of the race, was more responsible than anything. But, what is your view on how the Felon won? Maybe a bit of grumbling on the left that there were no Dem primaries. What else? Genuinely want to know. I don't think pronouns came into this time, but that's just my opinion.
