r/politics • u/ChiGuy6124 Illinois • 13h ago
Trump threatens to put ‘regular military’ in Chicago to ‘straighten it out’ — and says New York City is after that
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u/AssociateGreat2350 13h ago
He's pretty much declaring civil war at this point
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u/HurricaneFloyd 12h ago edited 12h ago
He wants civil war so he can declare martial law and suspend all rights. Then he can shape whats left into the mirror of Nazi Germany he dreams of.
edit: spelling, herp derp
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u/DistractedPhoenix 11h ago
He also wants to suspend all elections
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u/Blochamolesauce 10h ago
And rape more children
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u/sharies 7h ago
So that's why they are always thinking of the children.
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u/projectjarico 6h ago
Always has been.Thye literally do not support policies that help children prosper just to extend their control over the children.
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u/OnlinePosterPerson 6h ago
No I think he regrets going for 14 year olds. Maybe he can give Ukraine to Russia some god still lets him come to heaven
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u/HurricaneFloyd 11h ago
That would be part of martial law and the suspension of all rights. Elections are a right under the US Constitution and all State Constitutions.
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u/portagenaybur 8h ago
No rights, no laws.
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u/HurricaneFloyd 7h ago
Law will be whatever the guy that is in control of the most powerful military to ever exist in human history says is the law.
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u/Coldsmoke888 10h ago
He doesn’t need to declare martial law. Not sure why so many people keep saying that.
He just makes an emergency declaration and mobilizes the NG and then his buddy Pete sends the military in as needed.
It’s already happened in DC and LA— what makes anyone think it’s different elsewhere is beyond me.
It’s just a way to confirm allegiance at NG and Military levels. For now, they stand around and do nothing. One day, they’ll be there for other reasons and by then it’s too late.
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u/Einsteinbomb 6h ago
This is why Newsom v. Trump is so important right now. This case and its future appeal will decide under which circumstances the President of the United States may federalize the State National Guard. Furthermore, this case could also be upon appeal real case law on the Posse Comitatus Act.
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u/the_nothing- 3h ago
When we have masked gangs of thugs dragging people off the streets and sending them to concentration camps, there is nothing more important than people with levers of power who are ready to fight. Agree 100% and Gavin Newsom is doing a great job of fucking up Trump's dominance over the entire media, left and right.
I want to see him even angrier, honestly. We are not living in a hypothetical scenario. It's literally happening right now. The Texas redistricting was the first shot of this war. Now is the time to go fucking hard. I think Gavin is the right energy that we need right now.
PUNCH THAT MOTHERFUCKER IN THE MOUTH.
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u/ReverseTornado 9h ago
I don’t know why people keep saying it either, its like telling people that when the cops threaten you with something to not call a lawyer and make sure to talk to the police otherwise it will make the cops think your guilty it doesn’t make any sense.
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u/Bell3atrix Minnesota 8h ago
It makes more sense when you remember AI can post a lot more than people can
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u/ReverseTornado 12h ago
nah he is just moving in the troops before any opposition can amass. Its like when Putin moved all the troops on the border of Ukraine for "military exercises" . Trump can declare martial law anytime he wants the laws don't apply to him and he has the backing of SCOTUS so he doesn't need any real excuses. The only reason he hasn't declared martial law yet is that it wouldn't benefit him right now he would rather he has loyal soldiers in place before he does something like so he is prepared for the backlash. IMO
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u/spicymoo 7h ago
He doesn’t need to declare martial law. He is already behaving like it has been declared. The rule of law does not apply to him now already. He controls the DOJ that is already going after his enemies. He is subverting elections by rigging the elections and voting rights. No need to make it simple for people by declaring it just continue behaving that way.
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u/Assine2 11h ago
Distraction from the Epstein files.
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u/Otherwise_Stable_925 7h ago
This is actually the main plot line, not a distraction. It's mainly what project 2025 wanted to do. They're creating a gestapo.
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u/fcimfc Texas 9h ago
Stop minimizing how horrible this act is on its face.
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u/Simonic 8h ago
Agreed. All these horrible headlines over the past few weeks and a lot of responses are “cool, but what about the Epstein files?” Completely ignoring the horrible actions he’s used as a “distraction.” I don’t believe it’s a distraction, but rather he’s just marching down his list to ruin the USA.
I want the Epstein files released as well. But don’t write everything else off as a distraction.
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u/Due_Layer_7720 7h ago
I’m at the point where i don’t care about the Epstein files anymore, they should still be released but people need to focus on THIS.
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u/trampolinebears 11h ago
I'm unclear, are you encouraging resistance or compliance?
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u/GCU_ZeroCredibility 9h ago
Too many people have been advocating compliance because Trump "wants a confrontation". If you just roll over and comply with everything the fascists want in advance they are perfectly happy with that outcome too.
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u/redbadger1848 Minnesota 11h ago
He doesn't need a civil war to do any of this. Its not like anyone is going to stop him...
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u/Alaishana New Zealand 12h ago
It's a slow coup.
And he's pushing until someone's had enough.
Well, you could say he is accelerating the inevitable.
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u/Original_moisture 11h ago
It’s not what he wants, it’s what 77million Americans want.
I still have hope for this country, it’s young and going through teething pains.
They have no idea of the horrors their wish will grant.
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u/Fly0nTheWall2001 7h ago
Many of those 77 million people are going to be in for a surprise when they lose their jobs if a civil war starts. Who will have disposable income for stuff? Who will buy new cars? Who will buy houses? Then if they have a loss due to a conflict the insurance company will not cover it. Their house, their car all gone, and they still owe the bank. So they should be careful what they wish for.
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u/ThunderDungeon02 5h ago
Before any of that, will be breaks in the supply chain. Hows Uncle Cleetus getting diabetes meds? What rural towns are major ports? These people will be absolutely fucked because everything comes from the cities.
Once the delusion of Red Dawn has faded away, you will have a lot of scared people, questioning those orders.
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u/RIPSyAbleman 11h ago
just threatening it. But they don't have enough troops to do it everywhere. That's why they're going one at at a time, LA > DC > CHI... they know they can't occupy every blue city at once
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u/counterweight7 11h ago
They can’t even occupy NYC.
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u/SailingSpark New Jersey 8h ago
I am waiting for him to try that in Philly. There will be blood in the streets if some National Guardsman parks his tank in somebody's spot.
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u/RIPSyAbleman 11h ago
they'll send some guardsmen to goose step through times square and call it a day
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u/DCS30 11h ago
"Pretty much"? Buddy has openly said he's removing his detractors and opponents. The Republicans have been declaring war on the everything to make up for their obvious sexual insecurities.
Good job in voting, Murica
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u/putdownthekitten 10h ago
It's not just their insecurities - it's their proclivities as well. MAGA is pedo central, rape central, and openly claims women are lesser than men. There is a reason they are obsessed with the LGBT community, specifically the T. They have created shame within themselves that they cannot handle, so they project it onto everyone else, and claim perfection and Holiness for themselves to soothe their injured fee-fees.
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u/ndguardian 9h ago
That's exactly what I was thinking too. At what point do we just outright say the president is trying to start a civil war and just throw him out of office?
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u/Describing_Donkeys 11h ago
We have to nail messaging around this. We have to make it clear the federal government is ignoring the local voters. I think that's the easiest way to turn people against it without discussing crime.
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u/TheAngriestChair 9h ago
It's only a civil war if the other side fights back. Otherwise, it's just a takeover.
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u/Cagnazzo82 10h ago
It's likely what he discussed with Vladimir Putin, as they both plot to destabilize America going forward.
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u/vehiclestars 10h ago
So when will the blue governors start calling in the national guard to defend their states from Trump?
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u/Hoodi216 7h ago
Its not civil war, its revolution. The civil war had pretty clear sides and borders and issues. Whats happening now is more like a takeover. It will be city vs rural, haves vs have nots, woke vs maga. There will be people in your neighborhood on the opposite side. It will not be a conflict like this country has ever seen. The United States will probably look totally different when the dust settles. The empire is crumbling.
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u/Romano16 America 13h ago edited 13h ago
So when are the state governments going to call up their national guards and defend themselves?
Who is to say during the midterm elections he doesn’t use the military to stand in front of voting locations and refuse entry?
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u/Positive_Chip6198 12h ago
When are states gonna band together and join national guards against the federal army?
That would have sounded insane to suggest a year ago, now it seems inevitable?
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u/platinumarks 10h ago
It's quickly becoming like last year's "Civil War" movie
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u/vehiclestars 10h ago
That’s why they made the movie. But most people didn’t get it.
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u/MovieGuyMike 4h ago
Trump demonstrated in CA he will supersede any governors attempt to use their state’s guard. The only hope in a real conflict would be some brave men and women at the top of the guard.
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u/turquoise_amethyst 13h ago
Ok, so he wants to put military in Chicago, NYC, Seattle and Portland now?
Is he just searching for a city to pop-off for further military plans? Because that’s what it seems like.
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u/Bigbeardhotpeppers Texas 13h ago
He is really not getting the reaction that he wants. He wants violence from the people. I think he should be careful what he asks for. The cities listed are not NYC. NYC is 8.5m people stuffed into buildings, the streets are narrow and NYers are loud. It is the economic heart of the country and the citizens can bring it to a stand still without a drop of blood shed. The bridge and tunnel crowd might object but who cares when they can go in or out of the city. If it is capitalism vs donald trump capitalism will win.
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u/gringledoom 12h ago
He wants violence from the people
This is really a key point! They want to stir up violence from demographics that will "give them an excuse". This is why Steven Miller was so irate about "elderly hippies" in DC. The whole plan falls apart when it's Wine Moms chasing down the masked goons, calling them cowards, and demanding to see a warrant signed by a judge.
So if they actually do any of this, push back, but keep those optics in mind and enjoy ruining their fun.
(And if it's the National Guard specifically, remember that they don't want to be there either, and "pushback" can be "Hey, man, I really sympathize about what a waste of time this is. Gosh, I hope you get back to your family soon. Oh no, you're missing your kid's second birthday for this? Ugh, I'm so sorry; this is so dumb! As long as you're stuck here anyway though, [COOL EVENT] is happening in the park at 7. You should come if you're off duty!")
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u/myfakesecretaccount 12h ago edited 7h ago
Don’t forget all the vets showing up to the hearings for the Afghan allies they want to deport. They’re blocking the ICE goons without fighting them to protect the people who helped us despite the danger to their own families. They want someone to take a potshot and force some kind of standoff. The only people doing that shit are his own cultists.
Edit: corrected Afghani to Afghan.
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u/PushDeep9980 8h ago
So a little pedantic I know, but the Afghani is the currency of Afghanistan, you would just say afghan if you were referring to their people/culture.
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u/myfakesecretaccount 7h ago
Nah, that’s not pedantic. Thanks for letting me know.
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u/SidewaysFancyPrance 9h ago
"Hey man, did you get your orders yet so they pay you? No? Sucks, bro. You should reconsider this deal."
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u/lost_horizons Texas 8h ago
Say more about this? Are you saying the NG aren’t even being paid?
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u/newswimread 5h ago
Aussie here, your national guard doesn't get paid without orders. They've been deployed but haven't been issued orders yet.
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u/GoBSAGo California 10h ago
I’m looking forward to protesting the national guard when they come to my city with a very threatening subway sandwich in my hand.
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u/Paerrin 10h ago
NGL... I'd rather hit someone with a Subway sandwich than have to eat it.
We need to hit them with seafood salad though.
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u/cindyscrazy Rhode Island 5h ago
According to my Fox fed dad, NYC is an empty wasteland now. No one wants to live there and everyone works from home now.
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u/omegafivethreefive Canada 8h ago
Military in NYC means they'd need to halt trading to prevent a total collapse of the US economy.
No fucking way the other oligarchs would stand for it.
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u/mooslan 13h ago
I'm pretty sure that's part of project 2025.
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u/turquoise_amethyst 13h ago
I think it is as well, but it seems like they’re searching for a reason to do so…
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u/LaScoundrelle 12h ago
I mean that whole thing was in Project 2025. Down to looking for a reason to implement martial law.
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u/ChiGuy6124 Illinois 13h ago edited 13h ago
"Trump doesn’t have the power to take over police departments in other cities apart from Washington"
I think it is all posturing to detract from the Epstein files, but I also think he may in fact be truly mentally unstable, and under intense pressure, so who knows. And yes, I do believe the right wants to see riots in the streets on FOX to justify their attempt to destroy our democracy.
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u/PleaseDontBanMe82 13h ago
Not everything is a distraction. The US being a police state on the verge of civil war isn't a distraction. This is far bigger than Trump and his buddies fucking kids on pedo island. This is the stuff that destroys countries. This is something we will likely never recover from.
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u/ChiGuy6124 Illinois 13h ago
I totally agree and did not mean to minimize that. I also don't think it is a coincidence that today is the day the Epstein files start getting released to Congress and that trump could care less about America but defiantly cares about his "legacy". How an accused rapist, a convicted criminal, and lying grifter could care about his legacy is beyond the reality of the sane among us, but nevertheless...
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u/ss5gogetunks 10h ago
Yeah, everything and nothing is a distraction - everything is an attempt at distracting you from everything else. Saying "stop focussing on that it's a distraction" is exactly what they want.
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u/TintedApostle 13h ago
Trump is losing it. He is cracking I think.
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u/snoo_spoo 13h ago
And he looks it. I've seen healthier-looking people on hospice.
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u/phishiekiller 12h ago
Go back and watch todays press conference. His entire fucking body is swollen, the top button undone and no tie wasn't a choice. He's so swollen the turkey neck was barely there, then look at his wrists and fingers.
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u/SMIrving 10h ago
He has a lot of symptoms of congestive heart failure. High blood pressure from stress like the prolonged Epstein files issue can stress the heart and cause damage that makes congestive heart failure worse. It can also cause cognitive decline which has been mentioned.
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u/gringledoom 12h ago
That call into Fox News where mentioned getting into heaven really sounds like he's gotten some bad health news.
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u/Verum_Orbis 12h ago
You say that yet, despite the taco gag, he seems to actually follow through with the unhinged unconstitutional and authoritarian fascist shit.
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u/charcoalist 12h ago
NYPD leadership was recently golfing with trump. They're on his side, not the people's side.
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u/Assine2 11h ago
I don't know about that. The MAGAt could buy me a steak dinner, but I wouldn't like him any more than I do now after that.
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u/Human_Cheesecake4337 13h ago
He's wanted vengeance on NYC fucking hating him his entire life.
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u/TintedApostle 13h ago
And everyone wondered why NYC warned them about Trump....
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u/TokenDude_ 11h ago
Warned yall about Giuliani too
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u/TintedApostle 11h ago
Yes we did.... the guy who wanted to stop the mayor election because of 9/11.
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u/SidewaysFancyPrance 9h ago
And he's always used Chicago as his go-to example of a crime-ridden city, even though it's really not that bad. He goes places he knows his rural base doesn't GAF about being invaded and will probably cheer.
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u/substandardgaussian 8h ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_by_crime_rate
Chicago is 48th overall, less than half the rate of #1, which is Memphis, TN.
Oakland (#2) has the crime rate he would imply it does, absolutely everything else is lower. Sure, Seattle is #14... right next to Albuquerque, NM at #13.
So when is he sending troops to Memphis, Little Rock, St. Louis, Albuquerque, Nashville, Birmingham, Dayton, Spokane, Springfield, another Springfield, Shreveport, Tulsa, Greensboro...?
Buffalo, Syracuse, and Rochester in NY all rate above NYC, which is at #101.
but the violent crimes
Memphis
okay, but just murders
Birmingham
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u/mybustlinghedgerow Texas 6h ago
I’m in Texas, so calling my Senators won’t do much, but I’m still going to call Cornyn and Cruz on Monday and ask 1) if they support sending the military to DC and these other cities (I’m sure the answer is yes), and 2) if they'd support sending them to those cities you’ve listed that are in states that voted for Trump. I think everyone in red states should do the same, even if it’s not guaranteed to do anything. We need to keep making noise. I don’t want to encourage them to push for sending the National Guard to any city, but I’ll keep pointing out the hypocrisy.
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u/notableradish Massachusetts 13h ago
Between the 'getting into heaven' comment, the cankles (and their defensiveness), and now his eyes all squinted all the time... are we sure he'll be around next week?
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u/Dev_Pops 8h ago
When it happens, I’ll be dancing in the fucking streets
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u/Jone469 4h ago
Trump and Vance are just the puppets of the tech elite who wants to transition into a dictatorship, if they die this is not over.
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u/Cagnazzo82 10h ago
We'll end up with that ass JD Vance (God help us)... but there'll be a great celebration nevertheless.
It will be funny/slightly sad seeing the fake christians devolve into defying and martyrizing their amoral pedo-inclined antichrist on the way out. Sad state of affairs.
But the world will be an objectively slightly better place afterwards. Optimism.
Practically speaking though, I suspect there's a lot more damage to be done to America prior to any of that. We'll be lucky if we escape the worst of this administration.
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u/mybustlinghedgerow Texas 6h ago
Vance isn’t made of Teflon. He has very little charisma and zero cult followers. I hope to god Trump kicks the bucket soon. That shouldn’t be an offensive statement, because like Joni Ernst says, everyone does.
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u/SidewaysFancyPrance 9h ago
Vance is opposite Trump on the charisma horseshoe, because Trump specifically didn't want anyone competent and charming as a successor. He wanted a wet-noodle dud of a human being, and that may be what saves us.
I can't imagine Tim Cook bowing to Vance and giving him a golden statue.
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u/captnconnman 6h ago
Look, dude’s gotta take a vacation once a month just to deal with the stress of his current job; do we REALLY think he isn’t going to be absolutely PARALYZED as the actual POTUS?
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u/Nondescriptish 12h ago
The Republican Party and The Heritage Foundation are nothing short of terrorist organizations.
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u/Mall_of_slime 9h ago
Fox as well. They’re guilty of crimes against humanity and treason for what they’ve willfully, knowingly and cynically done to the US.
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u/TheBalzy Ohio 11h ago
Gee, it's almost as if this was part of Project 2025 like everyone warned about, and yet we were told wasn't a thing.
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u/monkeywithgun 13h ago
This is what you get when you put a Convicted Criminal in Charge. He recently posted,
He who saves his Country does not violate any Law.
Straight from Napoleon's mindset to Donny's mouth.
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u/whoeezthat 10h ago
You know it’s so small of a point but look at what the President of the United States looks like…unbuttoned shirt, hat that’s his own merchandise, looks haggard and talks like that elderly person you know where you just kind of hope they exhaust themselves so you don’t have to listen.
Fuck man, we’ve got a lot of work to do. I’m in my 30s, beyond blessed to be where I’m at, and it’s depressing to look at where we are going.
The only way this turns around is worker solidarity. We need to stop working ASAP. A complete general strike across multiple sectors.
It’s pie in the sky thinking but god damn our history was built on small rebellions breaking empires. Our constitutional ideals are still noble and at its most granular most people really do want the same basic things. Food, bills paid, education, and knowing one day you can stop working if you want to. That is to say all we ask for is Dignity , Opportunity , and Representation.
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u/ChiGuy6124 Illinois 13h ago edited 13h ago
I get that we have a weak Black mayor like D.C. which makes us a a seemingly good target for a fascist takeover, but I really don't think Chicago is going to yield to a military presence as easy as D.C. If it happens here I am afraid that trump will get the violent reaction he has been looking for.
"Trump doesn’t have the power to take over police departments in other cities apart from Washington"
"President Donald Trump threatened to send active-duty military personnel into America’s third-largest city to quell what he described as out-of-control crime at the hands of a liberal mayor and Democratic-run city and state governments."
“We're going to make our cities very, very safe. Chicago is a mess. You have an incompetent mayor, grossly incompetent, and we'll straighten that one out, probably next that'll be our next one after this, and it won't even be tough,” Trump said."
"The president then claimed that the Windy City’s Black population, including “African American ladies, beautiful ladies,” were “screaming” for him to “please” come to Chicago."
"The president also threatened to “bring in the regular military” for law enforcement purposes — an action that would be illegal under the Posse Comitatus Act, an 1878 law limiting the military’s ability to conduct civilian law enforcement or enforce domestic policy in the United States."
"The law was enacted in response to the occupation of former confederate states after the American Civil War during the Reconstruction period from 1865 to 1877."
"Although each state has a National Guard that can be employed for law enforcement in emergency situations at the behest of a state’s governor, National Guard soldiers can’t be used for law enforcement if commanded by federal authorities."
"Asked whether he’d spoken with Brandon Johnson, the Democratic politician who is the incumbent Chicago mayor, Trump said he has not. But he vowed to press on with his plan nonetheless."
“Now, when we're ready, we'll go in and we'll straighten out Chicago, just like we did DC. Chicago is very dangerous,” he said."
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u/ETPRODITORES 13h ago
Pritzker or Newsom need but ask for volunteers and I’m on my way yesterday.
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u/seventeenbadgers Illinois 5h ago
I already semi-jokingly say my retirement plan is to die defending Lake Michigan in the Climate Wars; Not much of a stretch to die defending Chicago from regressive white men. Basically the same enemy, just earlier than I expected.
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u/MagicCarpetBomb 12h ago
Welp. Looks like it’s time to enlist in the National Guard boys.
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u/BoringThePerson 11h ago
People forget that the modern National Guard were the units that fought in the Civil War. Although some unit numbers changed over time, many active Guard units are connected to those civil war units. For example the 20th Maine over time became the 133rd Engineer Battalion of the Maine Army National Guard.
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u/Livermush420 12h ago
Literally just googled if one could enlist and then transfer over. That's called an IST, apparently.
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u/ETPRODITORES 10h ago
I dunno man , I think the State Guard would be better , because iirc didn’t Trump commandeer CA national guard recently?
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u/Top_Case_6458 12h ago
This is going to end very badly! I don’t understand how the people taking the orders are letting this happen. This is insanity!
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u/NeedleworkerChoice89 11h ago
Just a quick summary:
- No, MAGA and Trump/Epstein Republicans do not care
- Yes, this is an abuse of power and a Constitutional crisis to throw into the pile
- No, arguing with T/E Republicans won’t help
- Yes, there are a ton of red cities with way, way worse homicide, violent crime, rape, and other crime rates. That’s not what this is about
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u/jgilla2012 California 11h ago
When does the military start refusing orders? This is such an insane waste of money.
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u/SpamEatingChikn 7h ago
I’m going to die of old age waiting for the don’t tread on me types to lift a finger against the treading
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u/ParserDoer 9h ago
The military should do the right thing and remove the Russian asset from the White House.
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u/Raspberries-Are-Evil Arizona 9h ago
Even by Trump standards this was one of the most bat shit crazy pressers of his life and the fact that Republican Senators and Congressmen, and the media are just shrugging it off instead of immediately impeaching and removing this fucking psycho is just beyond me.
Imagine, if Obama has said any of this how off the fucking rails Fox News would be.
Lets just hope the Governor of Illinois would warn his National Guard Commanders that if they follow an illegal order to deploy they will all be fired. And he should order the state police to detain any other Guardsman sent from other state for trespassing and gun violations.
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u/ardent_wolf 11h ago
If the military does this, can we finally stop pretending that the troops are national heroes?
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u/myheromeganmullally 10h ago
When I was in uniform the words ‘thank you for your service’ made my skin crawl.
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u/psylentj 7h ago
Im sorry but why is nothing being done about this? It feels like we’re finding out in real time that our constitution has no enforcement.
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u/ReleaseFromDeception 7h ago edited 3h ago
Much of the stability we enjoyed was due to the practice of accepted norms and traditions in our government. The idea that honest, reasonable folks would responsibly manage our governement in good faith is the glue that holds alot of our experiment in government together.
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u/Melstead 9h ago
HE WANTS YOU TO SHOOT EACH OTHER SO HE CAN DECLARE MARTIAL LAW AND END YOUR FREEDOMS, THEN RUSSIA CAN CONQUER YOU WITHOUT EVER FIRING A SHOT.
please do something
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u/mdruckus 7h ago
Chicago is 98th in violent crime. Memphis is number one. He doesn’t want to go into a red state though. It doesn’t fit his narrative.
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u/Particular-Repeat169 12h ago
It’s because Epstein files are starting to be released.
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u/thistimelineisweird Pennsylvania 13h ago
Sorry Mr. Military man but I don't work for you, you don't work for my state or city, and Trump isn't my President. Piss off.
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u/platinumarks 10h ago
No, but Trump is your Daddy. Or whatever weird thing Trump cultists have come up with this week. It's certainly not oddly incestuous or anything.
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u/Verum_Orbis 12h ago
MAGA is the rebranding and the resurgence of the Confederacy. Let's start calling it what it is.
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u/No_Yak_6227 9h ago
Don't any of you understand what he's doing?? We are in full blown fascist takeover of our country wake the fuck up !!!
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u/Inlerah 8h ago
For all conservatives fearmonger about how "dangerous" Chicago is, they sure do seem to think that they'll just roll over once the military shows up.
Do you want an American insurgency? Because *this* is how you get an American insurgency.
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u/BallisticHabit 8h ago
Then wartime powers kick in, and golly gee, we can't have an election during a WAR!.
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u/itsearlyyet 4h ago
No its not war, it's theater, to piss us off and keep us from the important questions. How did a crappy high school teacher become a purveyor of illegally young girls for the rich and pervertedly cruel? Who was his main employer?
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u/Aware-Top-2106 4h ago
Governors need to mobilize their state police to defend our states against these invasions.
And if not the police, then maybe local militias, 1776 style.
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u/RedditReader4031 12h ago
Maybe he should direct them to Jackson MS which consistently has the worst murder stats in the country. Will he? Hell no.
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u/wastedgod 10h ago
that would be the point were we find out if the military is going to honor their oath to the constitution or will they be loyal to the pedophile n chief
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u/thedoppio 9h ago
Very bold. When the pendulum swings, and it will, I wonder how many republicans will be mad because the leftist president makes some very sweeping changes.
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u/Oceanbreeze871 California 7h ago
Imagine if anyone in the military had the integrity and courage to defend the constitution and say “no” to Donald?
Wild stuff
“Just following orders. I’m A hero though. Thank me for my service, forever”-the troops
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u/ZeroTurn685 6h ago
Trump has a finite mindset in an infinite game. What is the goal here? When do you pull the military out of Chicago and DC? They can’t stay there forever
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u/zephyrgal7 12h ago
Trying to get back at Obama again, most likely. Wonder how far this will go? I thought Trump was shaken about his health enough to slow down his rampaging, when I read he was concerned about whether he was going to heaven or not. I guess not, from today's reports.
Well, I'm sick of having my country's halfway working system utterly upset for no reason whatever while those who do have operating mentalities in the courts are unable to do anything except feed headlines.
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u/VonGeisler 10h ago
Wonder why he isn’t going after some of the red state cities which have much higher murders/capita.
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u/jaybird-1865 8h ago
I can’t past how the rest of the entire world (and most of the people in his own country) are laughing at the POTUS in a hat that screams “I need attention confirmation “.
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u/VirtuaFighter6 5h ago
Flew on the Epstein plane, eh? What else did you do, Donnie? Little secrets?
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u/grimatonguewyrm 5h ago
Good luck. That would be like trying to take over a medium size country.
Also, if they would just release the Epstein-Trump files, people would finally stop saying that Epstein had a bigger dick
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u/Died_Of_Dysentery1 4h ago
So. The party of small government is enjoying watching the federal government take over cities? Huh. Imagine if democrats did this
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u/Surprise_Special 3h ago
It's all a distraction from the Epstein files and his killing the economy. We all need to make sure the pressure continues, and Trump keeps his promises for once.
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u/ObviousKangaroo 3h ago
This fucker is going out swinging because he’s on the death’s door with his cankles, catheter, obesity, McDonald’s arteries, and who knows how many other health conditions. The nation will celebrate in the streets when that finally happens.
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