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No, JD, belonging in America does not depend on how many generations of your family have lived here. The values of this country matter - deeply - to who we are and what it means to be American.

The most important thing to know about Trump’s manufactured crisis in DC is that his administration is still covering up what’s in the Epstein files.

What a great line from Judge Engelmayer in slapping down govt request to unsear grand jury materials: "The one colorable argument under that doctrine for unsealing in this case, in fact, is that doing so would expose as disingenuous the Government’s public explanations for moving to unseal." OUCH

Idiot. The Russians tried to establish an airhead outside Kyiv, and were defeated at the battle of Antonov Airport. Then they rolled tank columns down both sides of the Dnieper—using highways!—and were beaten back.

"Let me be crystal clear: crime in DC is ending and ending today."

LEAK: Trump's DC Deployment Order Read the National Guard order sending troops to our nation's capital

DC National Guard deployment order leaked to me. Read it here: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/leak-trump...

Vogue cover with Lauren Sanchez on tbe cover, in her wedding dress. Not to be unkind, but it's a fashion nightmare.

Ok now I understand. Anna Wintour took one look at this and quit.

Folks are going to go into debt over groceries.

Trump did this 👇🏾

One way to understand what’s happening right now: the American people are ready, willing and able to resist authoritarianism.

But, very few of the institutions meant to represent us—from the political system, to the Democratic Party, to civil society organizations—are able to mount a resistance.

Hey DC, let’s push back against the negative narrative about our city. Share why you love our beautiful home and help show the world the real DC. #TheRealDC

All these jerkwads think D.C. - a perfectly lovely place, if you're not a chickensh-- yokel from a one-story backwater that's never seen a horseless carriage before - is hell on Earth because they have to fly in from the Red Wasteland and get frightened by all the Brown folks

ANNAPOLIS, MD– Today, Maryland Governor Wes Moore released the following statement on President Trump’s decision to deploy the National Guard in Washington, D.C.: “President Trump's decision to mobilize the National Guard to conduct municipal policing in D.C. lacks seriousness and is deeply dangerous. “As someone who has served overseas in uniform and is commander-in-chief of the Maryland Guard, I take how, when, and why we deploy members of our armed forces personally and seriously. These actions by the president lack both data and a battle plan. He is simply using honorable men and women as pawns to distract us from his policies, which continue to drive up unemployment and strip away health care and food assistance from those who need it most. “If the president wants to have a serious conversation about how to reduce violent crime, he should look at what we’ve been able to do in Maryland. We’ve achieved among the most impressive drops in violent crime anywhere in the country over the past two and a half years, and according to the most current data, homicides are down by more than 20% statewide since our inauguration. Baltimore is the safest it has been in five decades, through strong partnerships with Mayor Brandon Scott, law enforcement, and the people who call Baltimore home. “We await outreach from the White House if they want to have a serious conversation about public safety. But we won’t hold our breath.”

ANNAPOLIS, MD– Today, Maryland Governor Wes Moore released the following statement on President Trump’s decision to deploy the National Guard in Washington, D.C.: “President Trump's decision to mobilize the National Guard to conduct municipal policing in D.C. lacks seriousness and is deeply dangerous. “As someone who has served overseas in uniform and is commander-in-chief of the Maryland Guard, I take how, when, and why we deploy members of our armed forces personally and seriously. These actions by the president lack both data and a battle plan. He is simply using honorable men and women as pawns to distract us from his policies, which continue to drive up unemployment and strip away health care and food assistance from those who need it most. “If the president wants to have a serious conversation about how to reduce violent crime, he should look at what we’ve been able to do in Maryland. We’ve achieved among the most impressive drops in violent crime anywhere in the country over the past two and a half years, and according to the most current data, homicides are down by more than 20% statewide since our inauguration. Baltimore is the safest it has been in five decades, through strong partnerships with Mayor Brandon Scott, law enforcement, and the people who call Baltimore home. “We await outreach from the White House if they want to have a serious conversation about public safety. But we won’t hold our breath.”

President Trump's decision to mobilize the National Guard to conduct municipal policing in D.C. lacks seriousness and is deeply dangerous.

We await outreach from the White House if they want to have a serious conversation about public safety. But we won’t hold our breath.

Live updates: Bowser calls Trump’s takeover of D.C. police department ‘unsettling and unprecedented’ Get the latest news on President Donald Trump’s second term and the Republican-led Congress.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) called President Trump’s use of the National Guard to police D.C. a “deeply dangerous” move that “lacks seriousness.”

“These actions by the president lack both data and a battle plan,” Moore said.

Violent Crime in D.C. Hits 30 Year Low Total violent crime for 2024 in the District of Columbia is down 35% from 2023 and is the lowest it has been in over 30 years, according to data collected by the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) a...

A violent assault on the Capitol? No National Guard.

D.C. crime at a 30-year low? Let’s deploy the troops.

Live Updates: Trump Orders National Guard to Washington and Takeover of Capital’s Police

Trump deploying the National Guard to D.C. and placing D.C. police under federal control is a blatant power grab.

Trump is again trying to inject chaos into the system by threatening cities across the nation.

One City at a Time: Trump Sends National Guard Into D.C. Lessons from the 1850s abolitionist fight against federal overreach.

Trump’s takeover of D.C.’s police is part of a city-by-city plan to distract from his corruption and paint Democratic cities as chaos and himself as the fix. The 1850s abolitionists offer lessons for resisting federal power targeting local self-rule.

www.waleed-shahid.com/p/one-city-a...

I do know of someone who I believe committed multiple crimes in D.C. with no consequence - he is even allowed to live in the White House!!! If the National Guard and newly Federalized police are looking for criminals....

A reminder that on January 6th, neither Donald Trump nor any of the Republicans cheering on the Federal Siege of Washington, D.C., called for the National Guard or Federal Troops to protect Caroline Edwards from being beaten by the Republican mob.

A stronger case for why D.C. should become a state has never been made. Trump’s seizure of power today is based on false pretext and is meant to distract from Epstein. But it has real consequences.

The people of D.C. should not be ruled by a tyrant. This is intimidation without representation.

Today, New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham and Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller issued the following joint statement: Once again, President Trump is making unilateral decisions that appear politically motivated rather than focusing on building appropriate responses to public safety challenges and strengthening communities. His deployment of 800 National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., without local request or coordination demonstrates a fundamental misunderstanding of effective public safety strategy. President Trump’s massive executive overreach in Washington sets a dangerous precedent and undermines safety in our nation’s capital. Here in New Mexico, we are addressing public safety challenges by bringing local and state resources together to make our communities safer. This frees our trained police officers to focus on proactive, community-centered policing and combating the fentanyl crisis and rising violent juvenile crime, while our National Guard provides scene security, medical aid, and prisoner transport without weapons or law enforcement functions. At a time when we don’t have sufficient police officers anywhere in the country, including here in New Mexico, this collaborative approach creates the right kind of support system that enables local law enforcement to keep our communities safer and effectively address crime. President Trump is attempting to use the National Guard as a city police force in a similar manner he used the military in California, which is about politics, not fighting crime. The contrast couldn't be clearer: while President Trump uses the National Guard to trample local leadership, New Mexico brings together local and state governments to make our communities genuinely safer. As a result, we are maintaining momentum in reducing crime through the summer months. President Trump’s unilateral actions in Washington, D.C., do nothing to keep Americans safe, and show an alarming contempt for our laws and democratic norms.

President Trump’s unilateral actions in Washington, D.C., do nothing to keep Americans safe, and show an alarming contempt for our laws and democratic norms.

I cannot emphasize enough:

We DO NOT WANT anyone who takes orders from that man policing us. Not in D.C., not anywhere.

His people cannot wait to sic ‘em & see what they can get away with.

(From a police-accountability standpoint, they can get away with a lot.)

Trump didn’t call the National Guard when insurrectionists attacked the Capitol.

Now he’s deploying them to enforce his cruel anti-homeless agenda in D.C.

We need housing and dignity—not militarized streets.

Donald Trump is scared to f*cking death. Fact. Authoritarians aren’t fearless conquerers. They. Are. Paranoid. Survivors. Fear is one of their primary operating systems.

Opinion | Fighting crime in D.C. cannot end with Trump’s show of force The president’s takeover of the D.C. police will be temporary. Longer-term solutions will be needed.

That’s funny, I was told that this Opinions department was doubling down on personal liberties — a little hard to square with an editorial arguing Trump’s military takeover of DC on the pretext of an imaginary crime surge is wrong because…it’s too temporary www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

“As things stand, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine will not be present as the Russian and American leaders discuss the fate and borders of his country,” the Financial Times’ Gideon Rachman writes. “And, as the saying goes: ‘If you are not at the table, you’re on the menu.’”

Residents and demonstrators in Washington D.C. react to President Donald Trump’s plan to fight crime in the city by federalizing the police and deploying the National Guard.

Hey National Guard, if you’re looking for the bad guys in D.C., we have good intel that there’s a criminal enterprise made up of Nazis, pedophiles, and billionaires that is run out of the White House.

Live Updates: Trump Orders National Guard to Washington and Takeover of Capital’s Police

1/ Donald Trump continues his pitiful—and dangerous—performance as an authoritarian wannabe. Crime in D.C. is at a 30-year low, but Trump is hellbent on abusing his power to politicize local law enforcement, undermining trust, progress, and public safety.