Saturday, February 14, 2026

Trump Secretly Yanks National Guard Out of Three Blue Cities

In a humiliating defeat for Donald Trump's administration, all federalized National Guard troops have been pulled out of American cities ...

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WAPO: ".. The Trump administration has withdrawn all federalized National Guard troops from U.S. cities, after its repeated attempts to surge forces into Democrat-run states encountered judicial roadblocks." @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec ...

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-- Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) Feb 11, 2026 at 11:22 AM

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... Hundreds of service members deployed as part of Trump's federal takeover of American cities"including the 500 to Chicago, 200 to Portland, Oregon, and 100 troops remaining in Los Angeles"were quietly dispatched home by the end of January, U.S. Northern Command told The Washington Post Wednesday.

There are still National Guard service members deployed in American cities, but only ones working under a nonfederal status. More than 2,500 National Guard troops remain in Washington, D.C., where they will continue their essential work as groundskeepers for the capital city until the end of the year.

There is an ongoing presence in Memphis and New Orleans, but those deployments are being overseen by the governors of Tennessee and Louisiana, respectively. ...

Trump's embarrassing pull-out game comes after fierce opposition from state leaders and a staggering series of legal defeats.

In November, a federal judge ruled that Trump's deployment in Washington had "exceeded the bounds" of the Pentagon's authority, and a federal judge in Portland ruled that Trump "did not have a lawful basis to federalize the National Guard."

In December, a federal judge ordered him to remove National Guard troops from California, rejecting the federal government's inane assertion that protests against federal immigration agents amounted to rebellion, and the Supreme Court refused to allow the Trump administration to deploy more troops to Chicago ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-02-13 02:15 PM

AND DON'T COME BACK, NAZI MAGAT SCUM

#2 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-02-13 07:32 PM

1) Is Pres Trump's militia actually being withdrawn? Too soon to tell.

2) Will the Federal government now compensate the great state of Minnesota for the damage it intentionally caused?

#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-02-14 12:06 AM

This is subterfuge.

Strategy is to claim to be pulling out, force a media blackout, and then double efforts without public outcry.

#4 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-02-14 12:14 AM

@#4 ... This is subterfuge. ...

I'm not of that opinion yet.

But, I am waiting to see if the words match the actions.

#5 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-02-14 12:21 AM

"I'm not of that opinion yet."

I am.

The Department of Homeland Security is pushing Silicon Valley to strip anonymity from Americans who track or criticize Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The agency has fired off hundreds of subpoenas demanding names, email addresses, and phone numbers tied to anti-ICE social media accounts, the New York Times reported Friday.

Unlike traditional warrants, administrative subpoenas do not require approval from a judge before they are issued. Instead of seeking court authorization first, DHS can sign and send the demands directly to tech companies"a power civil liberties advocates say is now being deployed far more aggressively.
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If they cannot attack democracy from one angle they will just choose a different angle.

#6 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-02-14 10:53 AM

What bothers me more is that when it comes time for the House to certify the results of the midterms, J.D. Vance will not hesitate to do what former V.P. Mike Pence refused to do.

#7 | Posted by Twinpac at 2026-02-14 12:56 PM

Re 7

Your concern is fully justified.

We have to win by as big a margin as possible to prevent that type of behavior from being effective.

#8 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-02-14 01:03 PM

Also, was it really "secret"?

He is trying to retreat quietly like a dog with his tail between his legs after getting reprimanded by the entire country and the world.

He may have wanted to keep it quiet but I guarantee the Lincoln Project and others won't be quiet about it.

#9 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-02-14 01:25 PM

I don't think Trump is retreating. I think he's just regrouping to continue his attacks in a more deadly, perhaps even surreptitious, manner since the full-throated para-military approach was defeated by such overwhelming public scorn (his poll numbers) and resistance.

Trump isn't an up front kind of guy. He's a back shooter.

Trump has a lot at stake this November. Actually, it's everything!

Everything he is now or ever hopes to be is dependent upon the midterms.

If Trump is taking advice from Mr. Putin on how to manage elections, we might even see certain Republicans who are stepping out of line start falling out windows.

#10 | Posted by Twinpac at 2026-02-14 03:03 PM

We might also want to keep in mind that without funding from the Homeland Security, Trump's ICE Gestapo/agents are through.

Also worth noting, that with DHS funding reduced to smaller peripherals, Trump will no longer need people like Kristi Noem and Corey Lewandowski hanging around muddying up his name.

Take from that what you will.

#11 | Posted by Twinpac at 2026-02-14 03:25 PM

What will Trump do to divert attention away from his bungles?

The answer is . . . Start a war. Probably with Iran.

He knows that voters are reluctant to make big changes in the middle of a war.

It might not work. America is usually against senseless wars. And Trump's reputation as being tetched (unstable) in the head precedes him.

#12 | Posted by Twinpac at 2026-02-14 03:47 PM

The USS Gerald R. Ford ACG is making its way to the Middle East to join the USS Abraham Lincoln ACG already under USCENTCOM control.

Two multi-billion dollar nuclear-powered ACGs in the same AOR = War.

The IDF High Command warned their citizens about this war against Iran (and the West Bank and Lebanon) on 31 Dec 2025.

Amazing how a tiny country the size of New Jersey had the ability to summon two ACGs from a country as large and as powerful as the United States of America.

Since the intended targets are Muslims, the MSM and most members of the US Congress won't care; but the vast antiwar bloc, a movement as old as the American Revolution itself, does care and will not vote for anybody on Tuesday 3 Nov 2026 who supports an attack against Iran.


#13 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-02-14 04:14 PM

The USS Gerald R. Ford ACG is making its way to the Middle East to join the USS Abraham Lincoln ACG already under USCENTCOM control.

They would have sent the USS Humpy Trumpy but it had too many Hull spurs.

#14 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-02-14 04:35 PM

Hah!

#15 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-02-14 04:41 PM

Who's going to stop him. Trump has surrounded himself with "Never say no to Trump" people. Certainly not our kiss-ass Congress.

#16 | Posted by Twinpac at 2026-02-14 05:50 PM

The USS Gerald R. Ford ACG is making its way to the Middle East

Well, it's going back to the Middle East after being taken away to be a stage prop in Venezuela.

#17 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-02-14 06:23 PM

FYI-

A U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier Strike Group (CSG) costs approximately $6.5 million to $8 million per day to operate. This comprehensive figure includes the daily running costs for the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, its embarked air wing, accompanying escort ships (destroyers, cruisers), a fast-attack submarine, and personnel, covering fuel, maintenance, and salary expenses.

#18 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-02-15 10:45 AM

Funny how We the People have to pay all those costs but don't seem to get a say in how it's spent.

#19 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-02-15 11:04 AM

A country the size of New Jersey-- which offers world class universal healthcare for all its residents unlike the US-- has the power to move a USN Aircraft Carrier Strike Group (CSG) from one part of the world to the other to attack a country that is a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and has not been indicted by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) or the International Criminal Court )ICC) for genocidal or apartheid-like practices like Israel.

US Senator Chuck Schumer (D-Israel) got to go ASAP.


#20 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-02-15 03:33 PM

@#7 ... What bothers me more is that when it comes time for the House to certify the results of the midterms, J.D. Vance will not hesitate to do what former V.P. Mike Pence refused to do....

100% agreement.

#21 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-02-15 08:17 PM

Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth (1966)
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Lyrics excerpt ...

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"For What It's Worth" is one of the most widely known protest songs of the 1960s.

[Verse 1]
There's something happening here
But what it is ain't exactly clear
There's a man with a gun over there
A-telling me I got to beware

[Chorus]
I think it's time we stop
Children, what's that sound?
Everybody look what's going down

[Verse 2]
There's battle lines being drawn
And nobody's right if everybody's wrong
Young people speaking their minds
Are gettin' so much resistance from behind

[Chorus]
It's time we stop
Hey, what's that sound?
Everybody look what's going down

[Verse 3]
What a field day for the heat (Ooh-ooh-ooh)
A thousand people in the street (Ooh-ooh-ooh)
Singing songs and a-carryin' signs (Ooh-ooh-ooh)
Mostly say, "Hooray for our side" (Ooh-ooh-ooh)

[Chorus]
It's time we stopped
Hey, what's that sound?
Everybody look what's going down

[Verse 4]
Paranoia strikes deep
Into your life, it will creep
It starts when you're always afraid
Step out of line, the man come and take you away

[Chorus]
We better stop
Hey, what's that sound?
Everybody look what's going down
...


#22 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-02-15 08:26 PM

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