TRUMP TO ORDER NATIONAL GUARD INTO D.C.
Source: Reuters
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Aug 10 (Reuters) - The U.S. military is preparing for the activation of hundreds of National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., two U.S. officials told Reuters on Sunday.
The officials, who were speaking on the condition of anonymity, said a final decision was still to be made by U.S. President Donald Trump but the troops were prepared to deploy.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-military-preparing-national-guard-activation-washington-dc-officials-say-2025-08-11/
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truthisfreedom
(23,460 posts)Why the constant distractions?
After tomorrow no one will ever mention the Epstein files again. No one will opine about the evil of rich guys sexually abusing young girls on an island because the rapist and convicted felon has decided to occupy a majority black city. Thanks Mitch mcconnel, thanks John roberts.
The blame your enemies for what you do, a nazi strategy, will fail on the land where Ellis Island greets all.
CentralMass
(16,435 posts)
IronLionZion
(49,762 posts)that is really not what Trump wants you people talking about for some reason. hmm....
vapor2
(2,947 posts)
slightlv
(6,488 posts)for whatever reason they're doing it. I know I shouldn't let it get to me, but damn! How can it not? I gave up some of my best years to serve this country, first in the military and then in DoD. What he's doing is illegal. It's unconstitutional. It's against our civil rights and liberties. It's shoving the idea of a police state into our face so as to normalize it. Somebody take out the entire regime we're living under, because the death of one man only ain't gonna do it. I tell ya, I've got some deep, dark thoughts rushing through my brain right now. These are so painful to me... but no more painful than seeing our country turned into a Russian satellite country. Why doesn't trump just go ahead and rename the country? He's already ruined the United States of America. We definitely aren't that any longer. He killed that entire concept and ideal. And if and when we ever get these fascists out of our government again, I never want to hear anything again touted that comes from the Heritage Foundation or any of the other traitor right wing think tanks. In fact, I want to see every single one of them declared a terrorist organization! And maybe, once the great orange savior is dead and gone, we could maybe then get the guts to name him "traitor."
bluestarone
(20,170 posts)He maybe the chosen one, BUT not by whom the religious right believe he is. Sad that our great country is being invaded from the inside. 
slightlv
(6,488 posts)from inside the house. Outside, you can generally gather others to help kill it. But from the inside, there's too much dissension and division. 
bluestarone
(20,170 posts)Hard to believe Americans would even think about attacking Americans. Sad to say, that's where we are at, Good Americans against evil Americans.
slightlv
(6,488 posts)trump IS the Anti-Christ. According to Nostradamus, he is AN Anti-Christ; but according to Xtian scripture, he is THE Anti-Christ. I once found a website that listed all the ways trump compared to Revelation scripture. Going through my enormous saved docs folder the other week, I found it again. If it weren't so long, I'd post it. The way he fits their scripture is absolutely mind-blowing. If I were a Christian, it would sure have me denouncing him every chance I got. And to think, the Dominionists, the NAR, the Fundamentalists and Evangelicals all bow down and worship this devil. Although it was foretold by John, I still shake my head at the audacity to go so far astray from scripture, and be proud and loud about it! I truly hope there IS a god of their own making after their death. And I want to be a butterfly in the wind when they approach their pearly gates, only to be turned away!
bluestarone
(20,170 posts)Mind boggling how in that movie is exactly how i see what's happening now. Totally unexplainable.
AverageOldGuy
(2,884 posts)My DC-lawyer 50-something-yr-old daughter just called me in tears -- she and several of her friends have heard this news.
Sadly, there is not a single Flag Rank officer -- General or Admiral -- with the balls to tell SECDEF Hogsbreath and Trump to GFY.
The claim is that they will perform "administrative tasks" to free up cops. And if you believe that . . . .
IF YOU HAVE FAMILY OR FRIENDS IN DC -- you need to call them NOW, tell them the news, tell them it is CRITICAL THAT NO ONE DO ANYTHING STUPID -- NO RIOTS, NO THROWING ROCKS AND BRICKS, NOTHING TO GIVE HIM AND EXCUSE TO DECLARE MARTIAL LAW.
DC Mayor Bowser needs to get on the tv now and tell everyone to stay calm, don't do anything stupid. All it will take is one person throwing a brick and Trump will declare martial law.
BOSSHOG
(43,627 posts)Write fitness reports? Critique the chow at the galley? Inventory supply to ensure proper requisitions on hand throughout the fiscal year? Adjudicate report chits? Approve leave requests? Check medical census? Review Awards Submissions? Make sure non white people behave themselves?
Norrrm
(2,818 posts)Seinan Sensei
(1,125 posts)than Jeffrey Epstein was suitable for managing a talent agency
Metaphorical
(2,514 posts)Everything is beginning to fall apart for him, and he's now reacting by trying to take over the country as Emperor Trump.
He's putting a figleaf of justification on it, but that's been his intent for a while now. I don't see this as the action of a man confident in his power, but one who's desperately trying to keep the wolves at bay.
underpants
(192,521 posts)IronLionZion
(49,762 posts)to give them a reason. Any reason will do.
C Moon
(13,128 posts)
BidenRocks
(2,089 posts)We are a test.
This must end!
Jack Valentino
(3,131 posts)'Thank you for your attention to this matter.'
johnnyfins
(2,731 posts)What else will be "announced" tomorrow. You dont call up the NG to move homeless people.
johnnyfins
(2,731 posts)with poll numbers like his.
Historic NY
(39,259 posts)IronLionZion
(49,762 posts)the kind that results in deaths, injuries, property damage, criminal court cases, evidence, prison time, and then blanket presidential pardons. So typical of tourists
msongs
(72,231 posts)2MuchNoise
(444 posts)underpants
(192,521 posts)
Silent Type
(10,796 posts)underpants
(192,521 posts)LudwigPastorius
(13,299 posts)We've got another three and a half years of this shit to put up with.
Bayard
(26,738 posts)He has no excuse there of riots. Maybe he's planning on doing this in every majority Dem city.
Bayard
(26,738 posts)He's going to claim DC is out of control because of one carjacking. Any excuse will do.
And he wants to clean out all the homeless:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=3510523
IronLionZion
(49,762 posts)Eliot Rosewater
(33,767 posts)He needs civil unrest a civil war, to solidify his base and that’s exactly what he’s doing.
MrWowWow
(949 posts)SonOfNebanaube
(51 posts)muriel_volestrangler
(104,474 posts)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_tree_of_Thomson_family
https://www.britannica.com/topic/news-agency
IronLionZion
(49,762 posts)Reuters is owned by the Canadian company Thomson.
You may be referring to their brief partnership with Russian company TASS for news content, which ended when Russia invaded Ukraine. Reuters stopped allowing TASS content in March 2022.
brakester
(433 posts)IronLionZion is correct.
I'm glad because I rely on Reuters for unbiased news.
BidenRocks
(2,089 posts)
Warpy
(113,867 posts)Someone needs to remind the NG about the necessity of refusing illegal orders.
LetMyPeopleVote
(168,961 posts)Someone forgot to take down this webpage:
— Steve Vladeck (@stevevladeck.bsky.social) 2025-08-11T02:22:49.289Z
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republianmushroom
(21,176 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(168,961 posts)
LetMyPeopleVote
(168,961 posts)Someone forgot to take down this webpage:
— Steve Vladeck (@stevevladeck.bsky.social) 2025-08-11T02:22:49.289Z
www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/v...
Bengus81
(9,248 posts)He suddenly hits the deck,smears more phony WWE blood on his face and jumps up point in a "direction" the supposed shot came from.
LetMyPeopleVote
(168,961 posts)If crime rates in the nation’s capital are already at their lowest levels in decades, why is the White House launching yet another power grab?
Fascist Trump to deploy the National Guard to D.C., place local police under federal control.
— hateGOP (@hategop.bsky.social) 2025-08-11T17:57:53.893Z
If crime rates in the nation’s capital are already at their lowest levels in decades, why is the White House launching yet another power grab?
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-deploy-national-guard-dc-place-local-police-federal-control-rcna224303
Trump announces he's placing the DC police department "under direct federal control" and deploying the National Guard in the city
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2025-08-11T14:42:53.334Z
As far as the White House is concerned, this is apparently the first in a series of related steps. After referencing New York City, Baltimore and Oakland by name, the president told the White House press corps in reference to his new gambit, “This will go further. We’ll starting very strongly with D.C.”
Crime rates in New York City, Baltimore and Oakland have already sharply improved, and while Trump has repeatedly insisted that crime in nation’s capital is “out of control,” in reality, crime in D.C. has dropped.....
As for the latest announcement, Trump also took the opportunity to share some related thoughts about how his newly deployed forces would treat criminal criminal suspects.
"You knock the hell out of them. It's the only language they understand ... you spit and we hit. And they get hit real hard ... now they are allowed to do whatever they want" -- Trump on the police response to crime in DC
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2025-08-11T14:50:56.398Z
As for whether any of this is legal, The Washington Post reported, "Under the Home Rule Act, President Donald Trump can assume control of D.C. police for 48 hours if he 'determines that special conditions of an emergency nature exist which require the use of the Metropolitan Police force for Federal purposes.' The takeover may be extended with approval of the members of Congress who oversee D.C. affairs. Any request of over 30 days must be passed into law."
The presidential announcement, in other words, was the first step, not the last, and the legal and political disputes that will soon follow are likely to be dramatic. Watch this space.
LetMyPeopleVote
(168,961 posts)trump cannot control D.C. police for more than 48 hours with congressional approval and congress is in recess
Link to tweet
https://www.notus.org/trump-white-house/trump-congress-dc-police-home-rule
Per federal law, the president can federalize the metropolitan police for 48 hours on his own. To extend that to a maximum of 30 days, the president needs to notify the congressional committees with jurisdiction over Washington, D.C. Anything longer than 30 days has to be authorized by Congress......
The White House has 48 hours from the moment it officially declares control of the D.C. police to notify the four members’ offices. If it fails to do so within that time frame, federal law prohibits the president from keeping control of the department for more than two days.
The politics get more complicated the longer Trump wants to control Washington police. A joint resolution to authorize the federalization of the D.C. police force beyond 30 days would require two-thirds of both chambers to pass, and it’s highly unlikely that Democrats would support it.
brakester
(433 posts)before one of those deadlines, he will declare Martial Law.