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Thursday, August 28, 2025

Trump mobilized the DC National Guard under the guise of restoring security in the nation's capital, despite DC's crime rate being at a 30-year low.

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Orange Idi Amin will do this while cutting SNAP and health care for poor people.

It's a matter of choices.

#1 | Posted by Nixon at 2025-08-26 07:15 AM | Reply

i.imgur.com

#2 | Posted by MSgt at 2025-08-26 11:00 AM | Reply

On the positive side, the streets in NW DC are cleaner than ever, with all those guardsmen swinging brooms, stooping for cigarette butts and shooting at rats with their M-16s...

#3 | Posted by catdog at 2025-08-28 05:03 PM | Reply

@#2

Yeah, those are the optics that Pres Trump is hoping for.

But is that the reality?

Or are what Democrats trying to protect, not violent criminals but, the Constitution and the Rule of Law?


#4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-08-28 06:29 PM | Reply

How many extra arrests has that $1M per day bought us? How many crimes have been stopped? I'm guessing 0 since the Guard isn't actually doing anything except some trash pickup and gardening.

#5 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2025-08-28 10:51 PM | Reply

@#5 ... How many crimes have been stopped? ...

That's my main concern.

Attacking the symptom instead of the root cause, apparently for the only purpose of the optics.

If Pres Trump had really and actually wanted to reduce crime in Washington, D.C., then he would have worked with the city leaders to help reduce the cause of the crime.

Instead, he seemed to have chosen the optics of masked military-garbed men.

#6 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-08-28 11:29 PM | Reply

#5

How many consecutive days did DC go without a homicide once the guard was deployed?

Also, you may recall, in 2021 the guard was deployed in DC from Jan 2021 through May 2021.

#7 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-08-29 01:42 AM | Reply

How many extra arrests has that $1M per day bought us? How many crimes have been stopped? I'm guessing 0 since the Guard isn't actually doing anything except some trash pickup and gardening.

#5 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce

They are trumping up the charges against everyone too using federal law.

Spit on a cop? Face a misdemeanor generally and a week or two in jail AT MOST.

But because they are federal officers working at Trump's direction, spitting on a National Guard or Homeland Agent is now being charged by the DOJ as a violent felony with up to 8 years in jail.

And they are charging EVERYTHING to the max to pretend it's violent crime.

This is of course AFTER Trump pardoned all the J6 protestors who literally tried to kill cops, actually led to several officers dying, and were trying to kill the VP and members of Congress.

#8 | Posted by Sycophant at 2025-08-29 01:45 AM | Reply

#@#7 ... How many consecutive days did DC go without a homicide once the guard was deployed? ...

Fact check: Trump's barrage of false claims about crime in Washington,DC
www.cnn.com

... President Donald Trump delivered a barrage of false claims about crime in Washington, DC, during a series of Monday comments defending his takeover of the police force and deployment of the National Guard in the nation's capital.

Touting an ongoing 11-day period with no reported murders in Washington, Trump falsely claimed it had been "many years" since the city had previously had a murder-free stretch of even a week; in fact, Washington had three such periods since late February of this year, one of them 16 days long.

Trump falsely claimed Washington now has not only no murders but "no crime" at all; while reported crime is down during his takeover, there have still been hundreds of offenses ...


What else yer current alias got? Besides, that is, apparently quoting what Pres Trump seems to espouse as truth?


#9 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-08-29 02:01 AM | Reply

How many consecutive days did DC go without a homicide once the guard was deployed?
#7 | Posted by BellRinger

*Fact Checked into Oblivion*
#9 | Posted by LampLighter

It's always fun watching Pedo Lover Jeff Bellringer get obliterated with easy to find facts.

Now we play the game!

Will he...
(a) Change the subject and pretend he never said that
(b) Claim without evidence the numbers are rigged
(c) Run away!

Fun Fact: Trump is spending $1 million per day for the National Guard to be on the streets of D.C. That's more than DOUBLE the cost of police patrol officers in D.C.

So I guess according to Jeff, we just have to TRIPLE+SOME the budget of every police department in the US! Anyone got an extra $350 billion lying around?

#10 | Posted by Sycophant at 2025-08-29 02:33 AM | Reply

BTW, that $350 billion is more than 1/3 the ENTIRE military budget.

#11 | Posted by Sycophant at 2025-08-29 02:36 AM | Reply

#2 | Posted by MSgt

Jesus Christ you're a pathetically stupid pile of s*&^.

#12 | Posted by jpw at 2025-08-29 02:38 AM | Reply

How many consecutive days did DC go without a homicide once the guard was deployed?

Also, you may recall, in 2021 the guard was deployed in DC from Jan 2021 through May 2021.

#7 | Posted by BellRinger

Oh look, "I don't like Trump" disingenuous s*&&bag shows up to carry more Trump diarrhea water.

Your first line is proof you're easily dazzled by bulls*&^. Because you're stupid. Or because you're just such a hack you believe whatever you have to to avoid asking the hard questions.

The second line is just another pile of goop sharted from your non-functional mind. We remember. We also remember, unlike you, why they were deployed.

F*&^ing idiot.

#13 | Posted by jpw at 2025-08-29 02:42 AM | Reply

$BTW, that $350 billion is more than 1/3 the ENTIRE military budget.

#11 | POSTED BY SYCOPHANT"

Assuming the reported numbers are even correct - $1 million per day for 35 days is $35 million. Your number is WAY off. Astronomically so.

Typo on your part?

#14 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-08-29 02:43 AM | Reply

"#13 | POSTED BY JPW AT 2025-08-29 02:42 AM | REPLY | FLAG:"

When pressed by Eberly you claimed you plonked LegallyGivesHead.

Yet, you emulate that POS 80% of the time. I am beginning to think the only reason you have that despicable bot "plonked" is because it is you and you think that you are so smart (Vizzini) that a simple obfuscation will confuse us plebes into questioning the possibility (likelihood) that LGH is a sock puppet account of your creation.

#15 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-08-29 02:49 AM | Reply

"e also remember, unlike you, why they were deployed."

For 4 months?

You are in a conundrum. You don't see it, yet, but when you do you are going to be FURIOUS with me for recognizing it.

#16 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-08-29 02:51 AM | Reply

When pressed by Eberly you claimed you plonked LegallyGivesHead.

No, I didn't. I said I don't read its posts. Eb(*&^erly said he plonked it.

Try harder.

I am beginning to think

#15 | Posted by BellRinger

Trust me, what you're doing is NOT thinking.

#17 | Posted by jpw at 2025-08-29 02:56 AM | Reply

For 4 months?

You are in a conundrum. You don't see it, yet, but when you do you are going to be FURIOUS with me for recognizing it.

#16 | Posted by BellRinger

I'm sure this will be bulls*&^, but go on.

#18 | Posted by jpw at 2025-08-29 02:57 AM | Reply

$1 million per day for 35 days is $35 million.
#14 | POSTED BY BULLBRINGER

You're okay with spending $35 million taxpayer dollars so the national guard can pick up trash.

But. You're not okay with student loan forgiveness.

And you wonder why everyone considers you a dumb fkkking piece of shht.

#19 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-08-29 03:05 AM | Reply

That dips*&^ is fine with whatever Trump tells him to be fine with.

Expecting any sort of standard, consistency or integrity from ballwasher is like expecting...well...I don't know. I can't think of anything that absurd.

#20 | Posted by jpw at 2025-08-29 03:08 AM | Reply

"I'm sure this will be bulls*&^, but go on.

#18 | POSTED BY JPW AT 2025-08-29 02:57 AM"

The national guard presence post J6 was 'ostensibly' to guard the capitol. I am not aware of any credible reporting that the J6 riot was anything other than a protest that turned violent for a few hours.

I have never seen any allegations, certainly not backed by credible reporting, that J6 was anything other than a one-off. Yet, the core capitol buildings were temporarily transformed into military compounds for 4 months without any credible evidence of anything remotely akin to a repeat event.

This thread is about the exorbitant cost of the deploying the guard for 1/4 of the time they were deployed in 2021 and they are being much more active than being stationed to "deter" a threat that no longer existed vs. being productive for this time frame.

For the record, My only opposition to National Guard troops being deployed to DC for 4 months during 2021 was because it seemed like it was purely to create a narrative that J6ers were a genuine threat when it was already neutralized within a day.

That's all it did.

Yet, the recent deployment has resulted in seriously tangible results in actual crime reduction.

As a Federalist, broad executive actions need constraints. So, when Trump talks about doing the same in Chicago...No. Not without consent or with narrow quelling of ongoing riots and passive protection of federal assets.

I hope that provides light as to where I am currently at with all of this.

#21 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-08-29 03:16 AM | Reply

"You're okay with spending $35 million taxpayer dollars so the national guard can pick up trash. "

You cheered 4 times that much being spent in a less productive manner Jan - May 2021 'protecting' federal buildings that were not in any kind of danger....

#22 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-08-29 03:19 AM | Reply

5 DC cops perished because Patricide Jeff's child-raping hero lost an election.

#23 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-08-29 03:29 AM | Reply | Funny: 1

"That dips*&^ is fine with whatever Trump tells him to be fine with.

Expecting any sort of standard, consistency or integrity from ballwasher is like expecting...well...I don't know. I can't think of anything that absurd.

#20 | POSTED BY JPW AT 2025-08-29 03:08 AM | REPLY | FLAG:"

Learn how to understand conceptual arguments.

1. Right now - Spending this kind of money on a daily basis to facilitate keeping the peace (with measurable results) resulting in substantial reduction in crime rates across almost every metric, arose the board.

2. Back in 2021 - Spending 3 times period of time to "guard" buildings that were under no tangible threat that required already established security that required any back up beyond what was already in place.

*For far less expenditure #1 is accomplishing more than #2 ever did, for less cost.

-----

I don't want this current DC blitz to go beyond 30 days. I absolutely don't want it to go to Chicago unless it's consensual.

LA was different- prolonged riots were fomenting and the guard was sent in to protect a federal building and to protect ICE officials carry out their duties. Contrary to 2020 these riots were very short-lived.

#24 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-08-29 03:40 AM | Reply

I am not aware of any credible reporting that the J6 riot was anything other than a protest that turned violent for a few hours.

gonna stop here.

You're a dishonest piece of shit.

Fuck off.

#25 | Posted by jpw at 2025-08-29 03:53 AM | Reply

I'll add a stupid piece of shit as well.

I wish you poor fortune in the war to come. Stupid fuck.

#26 | Posted by jpw at 2025-08-29 03:55 AM | Reply

Actually, I think this is saving money. Consider the cost of a murder. A human costs about $100,000 to feed, clothe, educate, medicate, entertain, etc... to age 18, maybe a lot more. And that same person is supposed to produce about $1+ million in goods and services over their lifetime. And a third of that is tax revenue.

People are expensive and valuable.

Stopping the rest of the crime probably helped a bit too. Plus, it helps to stop business theft.

#27 | Posted by HeliumRat at 2025-08-29 03:56 AM | Reply

I am not aware of any credible reporting that the J6 riot was anything other than a protest that turned violent for a few hours.
gonna stop here.
You're a dishonest piece of shit.
Fuck off.

Posted by jpw at 2025-08-29 03:53 AM | Reply

Bears repeating.

#28 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2025-08-29 03:57 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

You're a dishonest piece of shit.

He's gonna wear this as a trophy.

BullBringer is a troll.

That's pretty much it.

#29 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-08-29 04:11 AM | Reply

JPW lionizes the homicides and all of the other attrocrites of of the 2020 "Summer of Love" riots and then acts like 4 hours during J6, while bad, were exponentially worse than a mass extinctive event.

Screw you with well beyond Snoofy equivalencies.

#30 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-08-29 04:26 AM | Reply | Funny: 1

exponentially worse than a mass extinctive event.

That was trump pardoning them, then trying to prosecute a guy as a felon for throwing a sandwich at ICE.

Cool strawman, BTW. Downplaying J6 is a sad desperate trick.

#31 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-08-29 04:56 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

"Assuming the reported numbers are even correct - $1 million per day for 35 days is $35 million. Your number is WAY off. Astronomically so.
Typo on your part?
#14 | POSTED BY BELLRINGER AT 2025-08-29 02:43 AM"

Day-am.
That's about the cost of one Birthday Parade!

LOL!

#32 | Posted by TrueBlue at 2025-08-29 07:28 AM | Reply

"4 hours during J6, while bad"

Tell us what was bad about the J6 Failed Coup Attempt. What was the goal of the civil unrest?

And tell us was bad about the 2020 Civil Rights Protests. What was the goal of the civil unrest?

Now tell us how are you even comparing the two.

#33 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-08-29 08:40 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

A.I. knows more than JeffJ?
Crazy, right!

The January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol was not just a protest that turned violent; it involved significant criminal activity, including assaults on law enforcement and property destruction, as documented in numerous court cases and evidence presented in trials. Many participants have been convicted for their actions during the event, which has been described as one of the darkest days in American democracy. duckduckgo.com

Understanding the January 6 Capitol Riot
Nature of the Event
The January 6, 2021, event at the U.S. Capitol is widely recognized as an insurrection rather than a mere protest. It involved a violent breach of the Capitol building, where rioters assaulted law enforcement, vandalized property, and disrupted the certification of the 2020 presidential election results.

Evidence of Violence
Numerous court cases and extensive evidence, including video footage and testimonies, confirm that the riot was marked by significant violence. Rioters attacked police officers, broke windows, and sought to confront lawmakers. This behavior has been documented in hundreds of criminal cases, leading to numerous convictions.

Claims of Peaceful Protest
While some narratives suggest that the rioters were peaceful or mischaracterized, these claims have been debunked. Many participants openly stated their intent to support then-President Trump, and various conspiracy theories attempting to downplay the violence have been widely discredited.

Law Enforcement Response
The initial law enforcement response was inadequate, with the Capitol Police failing to prepare for the scale of violence anticipated. Requests for National Guard support were delayed, contributing to the chaos as rioters breached security perimeters.

Conclusion
The January 6 incident is characterized by its violent nature and the serious implications for American democracy. It is essential to rely on verified evidence and court findings to understand the true events of that day.

#34 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-08-29 08:54 AM | Reply

BullBringer is a troll.
That's pretty much it.

I'm a borderline Hall of Fame troll, Alexandrite. I easily elicit multiple responses with a single post. And it doesn't take any effort.
#27 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-04-06 05:42 PM

#35 | Posted by lee_the_agent at 2025-08-29 09:05 AM | Reply

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