Well, the groundwork was laid using immigrants as the scapegoat.

The escalation is beginning using the homeless and "criminals" as scapegoats.

Citizens will have zero effective rights by year's end at this pace.

I'll just leave this here ... www.bbc.com

#13 | Posted by Bluewaffles

Soooo...highlighting the deployment of the national guard after anti-American s*&^bags rioted for Trump on January 6 is...what? Some sort of justification for Trump now deploying them to police an American city without a need to do so?

You're a f*&^ing idiot. A viciously stupid, disingenuous pile of idiotic s*&^.

I think y'all are mistaken in thinking this is driven by a desire to distract from the Epstein fiasco.

I think this would have went off this way regardless of the Epstein file sideshow.

DC has to be federalized, hardened and turned into a fortress to protect Trump and his minions when they begin abusing the rank-and-file Americans. Because they know his base will take it on the chin the hardest.

I predict in short order they'll start installing security fencing and traffic barriers to begin closing off access to monuments, The Smithsonian ect while controlling/restricting traffic flow.

LA was initiate and normalize. DC is expand and normalize stripping of citizen's rights. I think y'all can guess what phase III will be.

#31 | Posted by oneironaut

F(*& off, s*&^bag.

Thank Joe Biden for enabling this really working out isn't ! All the ---- you wanted just enabled Trump to do this.
Morons.

#32 | Posted by oneironaut

Duhhhhh JoE bIdEnZ!!!

Again, f*&^ off, s&^%bag.

Oh, and couple this with the directive to the military to begin acting against cartels? It's a pincer movement to illegally insert active duty military into domestic law enforcement.

I've visited these sites several times in the past few years. What does Trump get out of closing off access to these places?

#49 | POSTED BY EBERLY

Control.

It's about fortifying DC against unrest. You start by removing access to things that draw people then move outward as crowd size dwindles.

I predict this thread will remain awfully devoid of any significant posting from our resident righties.

"I'll have to see how it turns out" will be the mildest reply from ballwasher. The other scum will cheer because they'll enjoy seeing homeless people manhandled.

I don't see D.C. being closed off. I see tRump militarizing it, crushing dissent, protests, banning and criminalizing graffiti, and more. He'd then point to D.C. as an example of what other states should do, or they should let the Federal Government do it (Los Angeles, Seattle, New York, etc.). Keep in mind about 40% of Americans are favorable towards fascism or authoritarianism.

#56 | Posted by YAV

I don't think DC will be closed off either. Just heavily controlled with movement through set up (ie predictable) avenues.

They want to know who's there and, if possible, where they're going and what they're doing.

Blue Cities.

Redundant.

Cities in blue states will be the first targets, for sure.

But cities in red states will be targets as well. If they are targeted quicker than blue state cities, it will be because of compliant governors who go along with activating state NG to deploy to urban areas at Trump's demand.

so when you said "closing off access to monuments" I was supposed to ignore that?

#70 | Posted by eberly

Restricting access to specific sites isn't closing off the entire city.

Where have some of the most poignant protests taken place in our nation's history? The National Mall. The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. The Washington Monument.

They're not going to let that happen.

Apparently this raetard has never lived in a location where the NG took over because local LEOs couldn't/wouldn't do their jobs.

Hey dumbf*&^, they were doing their jobs. Unless you want to just say crime has been dropping spontaneously.

Just STFU idiot. You're actively cheering a tyrant because you're a pathetic, anti-American sack of s*&^ who needs a "win," even if it means hitching his wagon to this s*&^. There is zero need for this from an rational standpoint.

#74 | Posted by lfthndthrds

And no, I have. Have you?

When was the last time a local PD was taken over and controlled by the fed government/AG?

So Fake Doctor pDh is now the authority on what's going on crime wise in D.C.? I think not.

I don't have to be you f*&^ing idiot. Jesus Christ you're a stupid motherf*&^er.

Even if Trump was half as bad as you say... You're still a 19%er - there are reason(s)
Democrats couldn't occupy the office of dog catcher these days.

#82 | Posted by lfthndthrds

And you have to go and confirm it.

You're more worried about bulls(*& political nonsense than what's happening before you eyes.

How about an answer to my question? Give me a time in the past where this has happened.

Yeah...bad look and I'm not sure what people would be protesting anyway.

#83 | Posted by eberly

I don't know for sure either. I don't have a crystal ball.

But I'm guessing what's to come will get people angry.

You really are stupid. DO you even read the articles at all - even skim it a bit? Or just straight to rage comment off a headline.
First of all it's an another ghost source - but lets go with that not being an issue here, we'll just take all of this at face value.

I read more than the linked article, you stupid piece of s*&^.

I didn't ask about activation of NG. I know there's precedence for that.

I'm asking last time feds took over a local PD.

Here, I'll help you. The feds can only legally take control of the DC PD. But only for 30 days.

That has never happened before now.

So what precedence is there for the current waters we're navigating?

I dont know the last time it happened, but the last time it happened for me was Hurricane Katrina.
Now do you really believe that the NG is going to go into DC and take over the entire operation? Lets get this part on record, moron. And the museums, monuments and reflection pools??? Be clear about your predictions.

#91 | Posted by lfthndthrds

The NG assisted local PD during Katrina response. Again, that is something that I don't deny has happened and it has always been at the request and in cooperation with local/state government.

Also, I thought Trump didn't have the power to deploy the NG for an emergency in DC...

So exactly what "feds" are you talking about.

#94 | Posted by lfthndthrds

DC PD is now under the control of Pam Bondi.

I wouldn't have pegged sitz as a blood and soul kinda guy.

Personally I would love to see the streets of all America cities "cleaned up".

Legally.

Before Trump, these sorts of initiatives would be met with cries of soshulizm and wasting tax dollars.

Now, these initiatives are cheered and necessary and right...because the means is more brutal that before while the cost isn't really changed.

So, what MAGA is showing us is that they weren't actually concerned with the costs of programs in the past, they just didn't think the means were brutal enough to reach the desired end.

Righties have gone awfully quiet...