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irisblue

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Sun Aug 24, 2025, 11:57 AM Aug 24

Ohio Gov. DeWine sending guard troops to D.C. makes him complicit in Trump's military occupation [View all]

Source-https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/08/20/ohio-gov-dewine-sending-guard-troops-to-d-c-makes-him-complicit-in-trumps-military-takeover/


snip-"What Pandora’s Box has Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine opened by joining other Republican-led states in sending hundreds of reinforcement National Guard troops to Washington, D.C. to join the 800 military already mobilized on the streets of the nation’s capital?"

Whatever possessed the lame duck Republican governor to become complicit in Donald Trump’s authoritarian power grab to seize control of an American city with a manufactured “crime emergency” and boots on the ground?


snip-"The militarized patrols have had a chilling effect on free speech and the exercise of assembly, but that’s right out of the authoritarian’s playbook."







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