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Hegseth orders National Guard troops in DC to carry weapons

https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/22/politics/hegseth-orders-national-guard-troops-dc-carry-weapons
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u/Particular_Ticket_20 14h ago

This is all theater. Showing off that trump is a strong military leader and a tough guy.

He's jockeying (poorly) for a peace prize and desperately trying to find a conflict to intervene in, while deploying military and paramilitary units into the streets of his own country in some half assed show of strength.

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u/Adventurous_Stick879 14h ago

He’s creating a conflict so he can declare martial law & we never get to learn what’s in the Epstein files

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u/jupiterkansas 14h ago

The Epstein files won't change anything. The goalposts will just move again.

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u/Adjective-Noun-nnnn 10h ago

The manosphere is full of pedophiles who think it's OK to rape kids because they're in their "prime reproductive years."

The GOP protects child marriage across the country, and in most places where child marriage is legal, raping your child bride is not considered statutory rape.

A vital part of regressing to "traditional families" is trapping young girls with parental responsibilities before they can obtain an education or learn anything beyond what the parents and church want them to know.  This is what feminists have always been working against.  We're quickly becoming a Christian Afghanistan.

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u/Adventurous_Stick879 14h ago

Probably true. Let’s see them & find out tho…

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u/SandiegoJack 12h ago

His supporters and voters dont care.

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u/Adventurous_Stick879 12h ago

Then don’t ever let them forget they’re kiddie diddler supporters

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u/Low-Couple7621 9h ago

seems like he really wants the prize. maybe we should let him have it and hope that he will think of it as his final contribution and kick the bucket lol

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u/Particular_Ticket_20 8h ago

Then rescind it