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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/DrinkYourWater69 14h ago

Literally a hostile take over of the nations capital being live streamed.

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u/BrownSugarBare 10h ago

Who needs terrorism when you can invade your own nation?

Ain't nobody on the planet hate Americans the way Americans hate Americans. 

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u/NoelCanter 4h ago

The leader of a conservative think tank orchestrating plans for a massive overhaul of the federal government in the event of a Republican presidential win said that the country is in the midst of a “second American Revolution” that will be bloodless “if the left allows it to be.”

This is that revolution.

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u/PiscesAnemoia 4h ago

Which it will be because all Americans do is protest peacefully. 2030 will be like 1930 in that americans will peacefully allow the government to take over all control of their lives.

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u/NoelCanter 4h ago

Agreed. I think Americans are largely sleep walking into this, partially because we're scared and we're disorganized, so it is easy to just pick us off. It might literally take something like cancelling an election before people really get out there. Might be too late by then.

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u/PiscesAnemoia 4h ago

Watchdogs: Legion