"They would rather send the military against Americans than stand with Ukraine against Putin. They would rather attack disabled people and marginalized communities than confront real problems facing Americans that require difficult solutions. When you go on offense against Trump and MAGA, they quickly play the role of victim and show what sociopaths they are."
~ Ben Meiselas
"There is no emergency in Chicago that calls for armed military intervention. ...
Donald Trump wants to use the military to occupy a U.S. city, punish his dissidents, and score political points. If this were happening in any other country, we would have no trouble calling it what it is: a dangerous power grab.”
"This is not about fighting crime. This is about Donald Trump searching for any justification to deploy the military in a blue city in a blue state to try and intimidate his political rivals. This is about the president of the United States and his complicit lackey Stephen Miller searching for ways to lay the groundwork to circumvent our democracy, militarize our cities, and end elections."
~ J.B. Pritzker via Heather Cox Richardson
"Something shifted between last week and this one. Almost overnight, a growing chorus of political elites became comfortable calling America under Trump a fascist state or an authoritarian state. Trump’s escalation is terrible, but it’s an objectively good thing to see more elected officials and public figures acknowledge what’s happening and sound the alarm."
~ Melissa Ryan
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Building power in a nation where our rights and freedoms have become more limited is a challenge. What do we do now?Melissa Ryan (Ctrl Alt Right Delete)
"If the deployments were really about crime, he would be threatening to occupy cities with rates much higher than that of DC, like Memphis, Cleveland, and Hattiesburg, but instead those GOP states have sent their guard members to DC. ...
DC is just the beginning, an appetizer before the main course."
"Thus far, President Donald Trump has deployed National Guard members in two major American cities. He’s not going to stop there. ...
Every city he has alleged is a crime-ridden hellhole that must be fixed by military occupation is a sanctuary jurisdiction."
~ Lisa Needham
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DC is just the appetizer.Lisa Needham (Public Notice)
"Trump is trying to normalize the militarization of our country. This is where it starts, not where it will end. Trump is dropping the pretense of abiding by the rule of law. ...
This manner of operation makes it clear that it’s not about democracy and the American people; it’s about Trump and protecting Trump."
~ Joyce Vance
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Armed National Guardsmen have been deployed in the District of Columbia to keep American citizens in line.Joyce Vance (Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance)
#Boasberg says just return the planes then figure out the answer, rather than simply ignoring the order.
#DOJ then says that isn't what they're arguing & then shifts to their third argument, which is inherent presidential authority to move military forces.
/again, these were not #military flights!
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#law #Constitution #ChecksAndBalances #JudicialBranch #Judiciary #SeparationOfPowers #AbuseOfPower #Trump #AlienEnemiesAct
A Coast Guard Commander Miscarried. She Nearly Died After Being Denied Care.
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U.S. service members have long faced strict limits on abortions, even when used to resolve miscarriages. Under federal #law, the #military will only pay for abortions in cases of rape, incest or to save the mother’s life.
#News #Abortion #Health #Government #Healthcare #Insurance
U.S. service members have long faced strict limits on abortions, even when used to resolve miscarriages. Under federal law, the military will only pay for abortions in cases of rape, incest or to save the mother’s life.ProPublica
“Google employee who became the most visible opponent of a company contract with the Israeli military said on Tuesday that she would resign after claiming Google had tried to retaliate against her for her activism.”
#google #military #israel #activism #BigTech #ai
A Google employee who became the most visible opponent of a company contract with the Israeli military said on Tuesday…inkl
