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Drudge Retort: The Other Side of the News
Tuesday, October 07, 2025

Members of the Texas National Guard have arrived in Illinois, according to sources familiar with their whereabouts and video taken of them at an Army Reserve training facility in a Chicago suburb.

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"Illinois will not let the Trump administration continue on their authoritarian march without resisting," Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said.

"We will use every lever at our disposal to stop this power grab because military troops should not be used against American communities."

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"Let me be clear, Donald Trump is using our service members as political props and as pawns in his illegal effort to militarize our nation's cities," Pritzker said during a news conference.

To support his point, Pritzker played a video of an ICE raid conducted last week on an apartment complex in the South Shore neighborhood of Chicago, which he claimed was filmed by federal authorities with high-definition cameras for social media purposes.

He said it was the same video that Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Kristi Noem posted on social media on Saturday.

"They brought Black Hawk military helicopters and more than 100 agents in full tactical gear," Pritzker said."

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2025-10-07 05:15 PM | Reply

"They brought Black Hawk military helicopters and more than 100 agents in full tactical gear," Pritzker said."
#1 | Posted by Corky

Naked toddlers can be dangerous.

#2 | Posted by truthhurts at 2025-10-07 05:21 PM | Reply

They will do a good job picking up trash around the park like they did in DC.

#3 | Posted by Sycophant at 2025-10-07 05:33 PM | Reply

Trae Crowder Rant - On Trump Deploying Troops to US Cities to Protect ICE from Antifa (or Whatever).

www.youtube.com

#4 | Posted by Corky at 2025-10-07 07:08 PM | Reply

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