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NonilexThis is outrageous. Armed <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Federal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Federal</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/troops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#troops</a> placed handcuffs on a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DC</a> man through the window of his apartment.An alphabet soup of federal agencies have been circulating in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WashingtonDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WashingtonDC</a>. In the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Petworth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Petworth</a> neighborhood, roughly 20 officers from the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FBI</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DHS</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NPS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NPS</a> Police & US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Marshals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Marshals</a> descended on an apartment building on Tuesday morning. A man extended his hands out a window while officers cuffed him.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MilitaryState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MilitaryState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#autocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Gestapo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Gestapo</a> <a href="https://apnews.com/article/washington-dc-donald-trump-d0466bbf98d89b6c4b909cf325ba87cf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://apnews.com/article/washington-dc-donald-trump-d0466bbf98d89b6c4b909cf325ba87cf</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Louisiana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Louisiana</a> mobilized 135 personnel over the weekend & expect them to arrive in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Washington" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Washington</a> on Tuesday, said Lt. Col. Noel Collins, a spox for the Louisiana <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalGuard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NationalGuard</a>.  Information about where the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/troops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#troops</a> would patrol & where they would be housed has been scant. A <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> admin official said Monday that the Guard members “will protect federal assets, create a safe environment for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> enforcement officials to carry out their duties when required, & provide a visible presence to deter crime.”

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalGuard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NationalGuard</a> troops from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Louisiana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Louisiana</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Mississippi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mississippi</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ohio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ohio</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SouthCarolina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SouthCarolina</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Tennessee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tennessee</a>, & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WestVirginia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WestVirginia</a> have begun arriving in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Washington" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Washington</a> joining 800 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/troops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#troops</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> already deployed in the capital.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DC</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WashingtonDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WashingtonDC</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CivilRights</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MilitaryState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MilitaryState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#autocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tyranny</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Gestapo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Gestapo</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#coup</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpCoup2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpCoup2</a> <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/08/19/trump-dc-national-guard-republican-states/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/08/19/trump-dc-national-guard-republican-states/</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> said Tuesday that the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UnitedStates</a> will help defend <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ukraine</a> AFTER its war with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Russia</a> but that there will NOT be <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/troops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#troops</a> on the ground [they’ll be too busy in Democratic US cities].  “You have my assurance,” Trump said in a FauxNews interview, a day after a White House summit with Ukrainian President Volodymyr <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Zelensky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Zelensky</a> & other European leaders.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#geopolitics</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MafiaState</a>

NonilexThe number of state <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalGuard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NationalGuard</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/troops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#troops</a> detailed to Trump’s effort from the 6 states — <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Louisiana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Louisiana</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Mississippi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mississippi</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Tennessee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tennessee</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WestVirginia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WestVirginia</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SouthCarolina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SouthCarolina</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ohio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ohio</a> — amount to >1,100. Governors said they were responding to requests from the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> admin.It is not clear why the admin requested additional support. About 800 troops have already been called up from the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WashingtonDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WashingtonDC</a>, Guard & have had a limited assigned role so far in Trump’s 10-day-old attempted takeover of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DC</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> enforcement.

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Washington" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Washington</a> has been informed about the intent for the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalGuard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NationalGuard</a> to now be <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/armed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#armed</a>, though it has not received details about when that could happen or where armed Guard members could be deployed in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DC</a>….It would be a departure from what the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Pentagon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Pentagon</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Army" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Army</a> have said about the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/troops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#troops</a> being unarmed. The Army said last week that “weapons are available if needed but will remain in the armory.”<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CivilRights</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MilitaryState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MilitaryState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#autocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tyranny</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#coup</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpCoup2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpCoup2</a>

beSpacific<a href="https://mstdn.social/@GottaLaff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@GottaLaff</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/NationalGuard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NationalGuard</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/troops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#troops</a> deployed to <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DC</a> are preparing to carry <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/weapons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#weapons</a> in the coming days, according to people familiar with the change, a shift that comes days after President <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> said he was sending them to “take back” the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/capital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#capital</a> from what he described as violent criminals....<a href="https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/national-guard-soldiers-prepare-to-carry-weapons-in-washington-d-c-3965923c" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/national-guard-soldiers-prepare-to-carry-weapons-in-washington-d-c-3965923c</a> and contrary to the snarky comments on this article there are lots of folks who live, work and visit DC who are now much less <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/safe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#safe</a> with the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Fear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fear</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/vigilante" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vigilante</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ICE</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/violence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#violence</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/guns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#guns</a>

beSpacificAnd <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#trump</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/humiliating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#humiliating</a> cadre of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#American</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/troops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#troops</a> by ordering them to kneel on the ground in front of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Putin</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/jet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#jet</a> at the bottom of the steps to roll out a very long <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/redcarpet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#redcarpet</a> for the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/warcriminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#warcriminal</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#putin</a>

NonilexOfficers set up a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/checkpoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#checkpoint</a> in one of D.C.’s popular nightlife areas, drawing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#protests</a>. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Troops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Troops</a> were stationed outside the Union Station transportation hub as the 800 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalGuard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NationalGuard</a> members who have been activated by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> started in on missions that include *monument security*, community *safety* patrols & *beautification* efforts, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Pentagon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Pentagon</a> said.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DC</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MilitaryState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MilitaryState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#autocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tyranny</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Gestapo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Gestapo</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Nazis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Nazis</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#coup</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpCoup2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpCoup2</a>

NonilexA population already tense from days of ramp-up has begun seeing more significant shows of force across the city. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalGuard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NationalGuard</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/troops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#troops</a> watched over some of the world’s most renowned landmarks & Humvees took position in front of the busy main train station. Volunteers helped homeless people leave long-standing encampments — to where was often unclear.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DC</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MilitaryState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MilitaryState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#autocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tyranny</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Gestapo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Gestapo</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#coup</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpCoup2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpCoup2</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WashingtonDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WashingtonDC</a> officials & advocates spent much of the day trying to clear <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/homeless" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#homeless</a> camps in the capital, which number in the dozens, urging people to go to shelters ahead of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/federal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#federal</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/raids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#raids</a> across NW <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Washington" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Washington</a> that appeared to begin at about 9PM. All 800 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalGuard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NationalGuard</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/troops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#troops</a> that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> activated as part of his takeover of policing in the nation’s capital have now been mobilized, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Pentagon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Pentagon</a> said.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/unhoused" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#unhoused</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MilitaryState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MilitaryState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#coup</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpCoup2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpCoup2</a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/us/politics/dc-homeless-camps-trump.html?smid=url-share" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/us/politics/dc-homeless-camps-trump.html?smid=url-share</a>

Kingsley Bugarin PLY OAM 🇦🇺<a href="https://mastodon.green/@gimulnautti" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@gimulnautti</a> "The critical moment for sending <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/troops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#troops</a> to help <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ukraine</a> get the situation under control is right now."Russia has been waging war against Europe for some time with its guerilla attacks on infrastructure. European "leaders" are all just too spineless to admit it because then they would have to respond.Europe doesn't even need to put soldiers on the ground. European air forces could provide air support to Ukrainian ground forces while also destroying Russian air defences.That would be a major force multiplier for Ukrainian ground forces and allow more Ukrainian long range drones and missiles to reach their targets deep in Russia.Ideally, three main targets in Moscow need to be destroyed. The GRU headquarters, the FSB headquarters and the Kremlin.

Toni AittoniemiYou may have heard Russia broke through main Ukrainian defence lines in <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Donbas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Donbas</a>.It is true. Unfortunately.Any chance of Russia seeking peace without maximalist demands went there. They’ll want even more now.Russia doesn’t care about losses. These dirt-poor countryside folk paid more than their entire lives? Russians are totally okay with them dying.The critical moment for sending <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/troops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#troops</a> to help <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ukraine</a> get the situation under control is right now.Or our children WILL fight Russia.

Nonilex…According to White House ofcls, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/troops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#troops</a> will be deployed to protect federal assets & facilitate a safe environment for law enforcement to make arrests. The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> admin believes the highly visible presence of law enforcement will deter violent crime. It is unclear how the admin defines providing a safe environment for law enforcement to conduct arrests, raising alarm bells for some advocates.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WhiteSupremacy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MilitaryState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MilitaryState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#autocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#democracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CivilRights</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#coup</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpCoup2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpCoup2</a>

NonilexAs <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DC</a> the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalGuard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NationalGuard</a> arrived at their HQ Tuesday, for many residents, the prospect of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/federal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#federal</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/troops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#troops</a> surging into neighborhoods represented an alarming violation of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/local" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#local</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/agency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#agency</a>. To some, it echoes uncomfortable historical chapters when politicians used language to paint historically or predominantly <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Black" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Black</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cities</a> & neighborhoods with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/racist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#racist</a> narratives to shape public opinion & justify aggressive <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#police</a> action.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WhiteSupremacy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MilitaryState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MilitaryState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#democracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CivilRights</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#coup</a>

NonilexTrump's rhetoric about <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DC</a> echoes a history of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/racist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#racist</a> narratives about <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/urban" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#urban</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#crime</a><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> has taken control of DC’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#police</a> & ordered <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalGuard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NationalGuard</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/troops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#troops</a> to deploy onto the streets of the nation’s capital, claiming the extraordinary moves are necessary to curb an urgent public safety crisis.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WhiteSupremacy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MilitaryState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MilitaryState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#autocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#democracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CivilRights</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#coup</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpCoup2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpCoup2</a> <a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-washington-dc-takeover-race-39388597bad7e70085079888fe7fb57b?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-08-12-Trump%27s+DC+rhetoric" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://apnews.com/article/trump-washington-dc-takeover-race-39388597bad7e70085079888fe7fb57b?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-08-12-Trump%27s+DC+rhetoric</a>

NonilexIn the 8 days that followed, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> refocused his attention on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DC</a>. He enlisted AG <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PamBondi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PamBondi</a> to oversee the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#police</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Defense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Defense</a> Secy <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PeteHegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PeteHegseth</a> to call up the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/troops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#troops</a>. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JeaninePirro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JeaninePirro</a>, who was recently approved as DC’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USattorney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USattorney</a>, was prepared to increase prosecutions.“We will have full, seamless, integrated cooperation at all levels of law enforcement & will deploy officers across the district with an overwhelming presence,” Trump said during a long news conference.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MilitaryState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MilitaryState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#coup</a>

NonilexThose questions were answered Monday morning, when <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> federalized the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DC</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#police</a> dept & authorized some 800 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalGuard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NationalGuard</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/troops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#troops</a> to patrol <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/city" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#city</a> streets…. Speaking to a packed White House briefing room, he gave them a far-reaching mandate to clear <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/homeless" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#homeless</a> encampments, make <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/arrests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#arrests</a> & “to do whatever the hell they want” in curbing *crime* — an exertion of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/executive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#executive</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#power</a> never before attempted by any <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/president" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#president</a> in modern history.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MilitaryState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MilitaryState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#autocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#coup</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpCoup2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpCoup2</a>

Sue Wainscott<a href="https://mastodon.social/@simple_sabotage" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@simple_sabotage</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/troops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#troops</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeDC</a>

NonilexThe 300 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/troops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#troops</a> in each of the two headquarters’ locations would be outfitted with weapons & riot gear, the documents say. The first 100 would be ready to move within an hour, with the second & third waves ready to move within two & 12 hours notice, the documents note, or all immediately deployed when placed on high alert.  The quick-reaction teams would be on task for 90 days, the documents said, “to limit burnout.”<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MilitaryState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MilitaryState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Autocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Constitution</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeSpeech</a>

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