The President is now deploying red state military to blue states over the objective of people's elected representatives in those states.
He's ordering U.S. troops to patrol cities in places that - at worst - have a couple blocks that could use a few more police, or even some federal law enforcement. A judge that Trump appointed just ruled that Trump's deployment isn't legal, saying there's no evidence that the protests were "significantly violent or disruptive."
But Trump is sending U.S. troops in anyway, from a red state, right after he told a room full of generals that the country is at war with an enemy from within, and after the President just told the Navy that the country has to "take care of" the Democrats.
The President is sending our military in to protect an army of masked federal agents who - while they may have begun by focusing on violent criminals - are now arresting legal residents and American citizens so they can hit Stephen Miller's quota or lose their jobs.
They are filming themselves using force against people who have not yet been found guilty of a crime. They are violating the basic 4th and 5th Amendment rights of Americans - every day. The person they report to - the most powerful White House official - calls the opposition party a domestic extremist organization, and accuses judges who rule against him of being legal insurrectionists.
I honestly don't know how Democrats can have any part of funding a government that will use the money to continue this. I don't know how this is not the focus right now.
UPDATE: Hegseth today called up 400 members of the Texas National Guard, with Gov. Abbott's apparent permission, to be deployed "where needed, including in the cities of Portland and Chicago." politico.com/news/2025/10/05…
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Hey @jonfavs - I think these folks count on fragmented pushback. Hence the removal of ICE apps from Apple (Mine got hit over weekend - but we can install on web.). Trust is an issue tho. So, made a free one focused on chicago to give to orgs. Trying for any movement to resist. Would love to hear your thoughts or whom to get it to. @mehdirhasan thoughts as well...
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