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More: According to the joint task force, all National Guard members who come to D.C. have been deputized as special police by the U.S. Marshals Service and issued a firearm, which is rare for a domestic National Guard deployment. Guard troops are not authorized to make arrests, although they can detain someone until arresting officers arrive.

The troops in D.C. are largely performing what are called "presence patrols," walking in small groups around popular areas of the city to act as a deterrent for crime and allow law enforcement to focus on other areas.

But two different studies " including one out this week by the progressive Center for American Progress " have both found that the National Guard presence in D.C. has had little to no effect on violent crime and that the recent drop in crime would have likely happened regardless of the troops.

"These trends have been going on since before the deployment, since before Trump's second inauguration even. It should tell people that actually this is not part of the solution," says Chandler Hall, associate director on the public safety team at CAP and lead researcher of the study.

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As the length of the deployment, as well as the size, increases, so does the cost to taxpayers. With the current summer surge, the cost per day is hovering around $3 million, according to an estimate by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.

Using that number, the Project on Government Oversight, an independent nonpartisan watchdog, estimates the deployment with this new 2029 extension will cost somewhere between $2.5 billion and $3.4 billion in total, depending on how many troops remain in the city.

This, folks, is the President of the United States:

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
Oil is flowing like never before, thanks to the awesome Power of the United States Military. A special salute to Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Dan Caine, and Commander of the United States Central Command, Admiral Brad Cooper. Because of them, and all members of the Most Powerful Military anywhere in the World, BY FAR, the Strait of Hormuz is open to ALL Ship traffic except for Iran " and that is because of their lying, violent, malicious leadership, which is taking them down the path of TOTAL DESTRUCTION. We will therefore have a FULL Blockade, but only on Ships coming to and from Iranian ports, or carrying anything have to do with Iranian cargo. Based on highly productive conversations with Middle East leadership, I have decided to replace the 20% United States Reimbursement Fee with Trade and Investment Deals that the various Gulf States will be making into the United States. Those Investments will be MASSIVE but, at the same time, extraordinarily good for them, and their future. As everyone is aware, we have the largest Dollar Investment into the United States, of any Country in History, but these new Investments will make that Number even larger, and we will see Factories, Plants, and Equipment pour into the United States at Historic levels, which will create additional millions of High Paying AMERICAN Jobs! America is WINNING again, winning like never before. The days of Iran killing hundreds of thousands of people, including 52,000 protestors, are OVER and, most importantly, IRAN WILL NEVER HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP
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There, problem solved.

Good account from the photographer - see also www.theguardian.com - who's line about being an Army photographer is classic.

As for the bison, really hard to overstate: they are EXTREMELY dangerous, easily riled, fast, and can turn on a dime. The bearded guy seemed to be doing about what he could. The buffalo appeared to have staked out that table, perhaps as a feeding area? Anyway, when in places like Yellowstone it helps for perspective's sake to bear in mind you've crossed over the wall between your world and theirs. Think of it kind of like Jurassic Park. Or Florida.


Israeli Settlers have murdered 1,244 Palestinians in the West Bank over the past three years (2023 - 2025), according to Oxfam's analysis of UN data.

Since 1948 under both Democratic and Republican Party administrations, the peace-loving, hardworking American taxpayer has sent the Labor and Likud governments of Israel, a prosperous and nuclear-armed country with world class universal healthcare for her residents, over $317.9bn, the most US economic aid given to any nation in the world.

In 2025 alone, the US sent Israel $12 billion which could have instead paid for 1,982,488 American families with one year's free groceries. That would have been a pragmatic use of American taxpayer dollars.

Carpetbagging mega-oligarch Michael Bloomberg spent millions of dollars on Michael Bennet, an AIPAC-funded candidate who lost the Democratic Party primary to Phil Weiser and will now face this exorcist on Tuesday 3 Nov 2026.

There is no evidence that Colorado AG Phil Weiser has accepted blood money from AIPAC, like incumbent Colorado US Senator John Hickenlooper (D) seeking re-election against Mark Baisley (R): Foreign interference continues in US elections There is no evidence so far that Mark Baisley has accepted AIPAC blood money and Richard Marx stated he won't accept their financial support.
In 2025, fabulously wealthy alter cocker Michael Bloomberg also spent millions of dollars trying to defeat NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) -- but failed miserably -- like in Colorado with Michael Bennet. Now two non-AIPAC candidates are running to be Colorado's governor.


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