Monday, September 08, 2025

Trump Threatens Chicago with Military

President Donald Trump posted a meme on social media Saturday saying that Chicago "will find out why it's called the Department of WAR," as the city's officials brace for an immigration crackdown. "I love the smell of deportations in the morning ... Chicago about to find out why it's called the Department of WAR," the post reads. Trump signed an executive order Friday to rebrand the Pentagon as the "Department of War."

Posted by REDIAL at 09:32 AM | 14 COMMENTS | permalink

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One month after sending the National Guard into Washington, D.C., President Trump is so pleased with the results that he is discussing how to put federal troops onto the streets of cities across the country -- from Chicago to New Orleans. Listen to "The Daily."

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-- The New York Times (@nytimes.com) Sep 8, 2025 at 7:55 AM

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So, according to MAGAt Mussolini, the Dept. of War (oooooh, grrrrrrrrr) is ideal for domestic use.
No more fiction, just out there, in the open, dictatorial fascism on display.
From a guy who looks and behaves like he's the compere at a Ru Paul tribute show.
Except RuPaul is way younger, much thinner, and actually has some talent.
Ah, well ...
Grrrrrrrrr.

#1 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-09-07 05:24 AM

#1: G'morning, Doc Sarvis. Dummkopf Trumpf is most analogous to Il Duce over the other authoritarian despots. Both bombastic and flirtatious with women, the two buffoons choose soft military targets for (hopefully) easy wins to enjoy pomp, grandeur, and glory. For Benito Mussolini, the Mediterranean Sea was Mare Nostrum, for Trumpf, the Western hemisphere is America's colonial playground, a la the Monroe Doctrine and the long forgotten Confederate Knights of the Golden Circle: i.redd.it

#2 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-09-07 06:14 AM

Morning, Coriolanus ...
The Golden Circle sure brings back some grad school memories of the filibusters, the filibusteros), aka piratas norteamericanos. James Walker, who ended up in front of a firing squad, is the best known of these historical footnotes. Although Henry Crabb getting his head pickled in an olla of mezcal certainly was a highlight. And, on point, your Mussolini comparison seems most apt. Ridiculous, farcical, asinine, and very dangerous. But only because Mussolini was and Trump is surrounded by people totally lacking an ethical core.

#3 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-09-07 06:37 AM

#3: Good memory, Doc. We would like to see some heads in wine barrels today, wouldn't we?

Endnote on the two bombasts, Doc. Both dictators are/were not antisemitic, but certainly racist, both have/had excellent secret services, and both use/used exile and imprisonment as their tools of suppression. "Until the outbreak of war in 1940, a total of nine executions were carried out in fascist Italy, allegedly not for political offenses, followed by another 17 until Italy's surrender in July 1943 (compared to almost 80,000 legal executions in Nazi Germany, including courts martial)." (Wiki)

#4 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-09-07 07:23 AM

Trumpers:
Morning quiz!

What is the name for the system of government where ONE person orders the military into cities for purposes of intimidation?

Bonus for not deflecting as usual!

#5 | Posted by e1g1 at 2025-09-08 10:54 AM

"What is the name for the system of government where ONE person orders the military into cities for purposes of intimidation?"

Military Dictatorship; right?

#6 | Posted by danni at 2025-09-08 11:25 AM

Chicago's murder rate for young men is higher than the death rate for US soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan.

#7 | Posted by easy_meat at 2025-09-08 01:27 PM

I guess young men in Chicago need tanks and air support.

#8 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-09-08 01:30 PM

Chicago's murder rate for young men is higher than the death rate for US soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan.
#7 | Posted by easy_meat

Now do young white men vs young black men and tell us what you see.

#9 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-09-08 01:32 PM

Chicago's murder rate is lower than cities in red state shitholes.

#10 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-09-08 01:32 PM

Chicago's murder rate for young men is higher than the death rate for US soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan.

#7 | POSTED BY EASY_MEAT

Jackson, Mississippi;
Birmingham, Alabama;
St. Louis, Missouri;
Memphis, Tennessee;
New Orleans, Louisiana,

All have higher murder rates than Chicago.

Send in the Marines!

#11 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-09-08 01:35 PM

So when does the napalm start?

Trump should burn out the whole South Side of Chicago like Philly police did to entire blocks around the MOVE HQ house.

Like US troops did to civilian young men in Fallujah.

That'll learn 'em!

#12 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-09-08 01:37 PM

All have higher murder rates than Chicago.

The study wasn't looking at all of Chicago, just the single most violent zip code.

#13 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-09-08 01:39 PM

Re 13

That Figures..

There are lies, damned lies, and maga statistics.

#14 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-09-08 02:16 PM

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