Trump on Tuesday told a gathering of military leaders they should use American cities as "training grounds" and described a federal crackdown on crime in major cities as "a war from within." Trump addressed dozens of top generals and admirals in Quantico, Va., where he said defending the homeland was the military's "most important priority." He signaled that the leaders in the room could be tasked with aiding in federal interventions in Democratic-led cities like Chicago and New York City. "They're very unsafe places, and we're going to straighten them out one by one," Trump said. "And this is going to be a major part for some of the people in this room. That's a war too. It's a war from within." read more
Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett: Trump's claims about autism deserve as little oxygen as possible, but it's been a depressing, infuriating week for many autistic people and those of us who love them. read more
Former Fox & Friends weekend cohost and current Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is dragging several hundred senior U.S. generals and admirals from around the world to Quantico next week for a pep rally on the "warrior ethos." read more
George Monbiot, The Guardian: A landless people and a peopleless land: these, it appears, are the aims of the Israeli government in Gaza. There are two means by which they are achieved. The first is the mass killing and expulsion of the Palestinians. The second is rendering the land uninhabitable. Alongside the crime of genocide, another great horror unfolds: ecocide. read more
Eric Trump on Wednesday claimed he was literally in the room when his father, Donald Trump, brought an end to some of the wars he's taking false credit for ending. read more
"I have here in my hand a list of 205 -- a list of names that were made known to the Secretary of State as being members of the Communist Party and who nevertheless are still working and shaping policy in the State Department."
Joe McCarthy
"Enemies Within" Speech, 1950
courses.edx.orgtype@asset+block/McCarthy.pdf
Here's a modest 141-year-old suggestion from the good folks of wild and wooly Tombstone, Arizona Territory:
Ordinance No.9:
"To Provide against Carrying of Deadly Weapons" (effective April 19, 1881).
Section 1. It is hereby declared unlawful to carry in the hand or upon the person or otherwise any deadly weapon within the limits of said city of Tombstone, without first obtaining a permit in writing.
Section 2: This prohibition does not extend to persons immediately leaving or entering the city, who, with good faith, and within reasonable time are proceeding to deposit, or take from the place of deposit such deadly weapon.
Section 3: All fire-arms of every description, and bowie knives and dirks, are included within the prohibition of this ordinance.
www.famous-trials.com
This is the law brothers Virgil, Morgan, and Wyatt Earp in tandem with Doc Holliday enforced when they left Tom McLaury, Frank McLaury and Billy Clanton dead in the dust near the town's OK Corral while Ike Clanton and Billy Claiborne fled for their lives, bug-eyed.
Stark, raving mad.