It is the first time since 1965 that a president called National Guard troops to respond to civil unrest without a governor's official request for assistance, according to Elizabeth Goitein, the senior director of the Brennan Center's Liberty and National Security Program.
"Peace through strength" in a domestic setting is a means of authoritarianism. The Trump administration is manufacturing a crisis in order to give him more power. It's un-American.[image or embed]
-- The Lincoln Project (@lincolnproject.us) Jun 9, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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