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 The Trump administration has withdrawn all federalized National Guard troops from U.S. cities, after its repeated attempts to surge forces into Democrat-run states encountered judicial roadblocks."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1) Is Pres Trump's militia actually being withdrawn?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.
www.msn.com

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

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