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I don’t understand the motivation here. Is he testing this out for future use? Is he trying to get folks used to the idea of martial law for when he uses it to postpone elections? Is he trying to incite violence like he did in LA but failed, or is this just police state stuff?

NEW: Sen Whitehouse is asking for the following info on the sex offender status waiver and subsequent transfer of Ghislaine Maxwell. I got some of these answers in my reporting. If you work at BOP & have the answers, my signal is in my bio. I’ll keep you anonymous. open.substack.com/pub/muellers...

/2 The question is: are you really deciding that martial law is the response to homelessness?

I mean, if you use "dangerous" and "unsafe" to mean "I have to see poor and mentally ill people living on the streets and it is unsanitary and it upsets me," then lots of American cities are dangerous and unsafe.

So tearing everything thing up wasn’t enough. They decided to loot the restaurant. Why did they plan on a party afterwards? There needs to be some jail time coming up. But Bondi won’t even have it investigated. I can only hope local or state police start serving arrest warrants.

The Aliens are watching this whole shit show. The whole thing.

When they show up in November we better have all this #Epstein and pedo pres solved, or they aren't gonna let us go with them.

They will leave us with these MAGAts and their killer pedo kult.

#SheShed

VOTEVETS RESPONDS TO TRUMP'S "HORRIFYING MISUSE" OF THE NATIONAL GUARD IN DC "The National Guard, when federalized, is no different from the active force. As a retired Soldier, I am calling this out for what it is - and what others who have served surely recognize - a horrifying misuse of our military. "Using the National Guard has become a pattern for Trump. This isn't the first time or city we've seen this tactic used, but it needs to be the last.. Using the military to create political theater as a means of distraction is nothing more than intimidation. Make no mistake - the deployment of active duty Marines and federalized California National Guard in Los Angeles was blatant political intimidation, as well. "Right now, Republicans are lying about abysmal job numbers and trying to gerrymander Texas because they can't run on their record. The National Guard should not be called upon to pose for photographs and intimidate residents to make Trump look tough on crime. "Trump himself refused to activate the Guard when our Capitol was under attack; he should be embarrassed he is activating them now - specifically in blue state cities - to be the shiny object during an already failed presidency." MG (Ret.) Paul Eaton, VoteVets Senior Advisor WV VoteVets

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NEW: VoteVets Responds to Trump’s Use of the National Guard in DC:

“Trump himself refused to activate the Guard when our Capitol was under attack; he should be embarrassed he is activating them now.”

#saynotofascism

As the White House Felon cries out for attention, moving to militarize a city that doesn't like him, here's a reminder:

His billionaire buddies left REAL victims in their wake whose stories deserve our attention.

#ReleaseTheFiles

There is no substitute for the tariffs and deals that President Trump has made. One year ago, the United States was a dead country, and now, because of the trillions of dollars being paid by countries that have so badly abused us, America is a strong, financially viable, and respected country again. If the United States were forced to pay back the trillions of dollars committed to us, America could go from strength to failure the moment such an incorrect decision took effect.

John Sauer says that if the US had to pay back all the taxes it illegally collected from consumers, it might ruin the country.

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Why would the judge not throw this out the minute they read the sentence about other countries paying the tariffs? Surely the judge will understand how tariffs work, right? Why would they accept something so blatantly dishonest?

AP: A federal judge in San Francisco will consider evidence and hear arguments on whether Trump violated federal law by deploying the National Guard and Marines to Los Angeles.

I'm old enough to remember when Republicans believed in states' rights.
#ProudBlue #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice

E.P.A. Moves to Cancel $7 Billion in Grants for Solar Energy

Just so we’re clear: when Trump & Republicans go after renewable energy what they’re really doing is forcing Americans to pay more on their energy bills. This move – to illegally stop a program that helps working families save $$ by installing solar panels – will do just that.

Judge denies DOJ bid to unseal grand jury material in Ghislaine Maxwell case The judge said the public would learn virtually nothing new from the documents and “would come away feeling disappointed and misled.”

A judge rebuked the DOJ for trying to unseal grand jury records in the Ghislaine Maxwell case.

The judge said public would learn virtually nothing new from the documents and “would come away feeling disappointed and misled.”

How the f**k are WE supposed to "not let him"??? You're a Senator --- DO SOMETHING!!!!

There’s some of the Arctic Ocean shelf directly north of Alaska. Russia wants it. Right now they’re already claiming most of the Arctic Ocean for seabed minerals extraction. Maybe he will cede that? Not part of the Ukraine deal but maybe a new Moscow tower would probably be a good deal for him.

NO CRIME WAVE…just another DISTRACTION from the EPSTEIN FILES 😵‍💫
#TrumpEpsteinPedoFiles

5th grader, Louis Johnson, dies by suicide after being bullied by teacher.

A fifth-grade teacher Dawn White bullied Johnson, a Legacy Elementary School student, and recruited other students to bully him.

A lawsuit has been filed.

YouTube video by FIVE MINUTE NEWS Putin controlling Trump as European leaders suggest plan for ending war, ahead of Alaska summit.

Putin still controlling Trump as European leaders suggest plan for ending war, ahead of Alaska summit.
youtu.be/7adzZ641nZc

When we have the US military being used to police US citizens within the US, I think it’s safe to say we are living within an authoritarian and, in this case, fascist state.

No more “approaching.” No more “resembles.”

This is it. It might not be in its fullest form yet, but this is it.

This is a BIG DEAL. @housedemocrats.bsky.social and @democrats.senate.gov need to come back to D.C. and stand united to denounce this abuse of power. This cannot be business as usual.

1/Trump’s Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, seems interested in making women 2nd class citizens. A tweet he posted late last week isn’t getting nearly enough attention. In any other administration, there would have been swift calls for his resignation. Here, mostly crickets.

The Week Ahead August 10, 2025

2/Hegseth reposted a CNN report featuring a religious leader, Doug Wilson sharing his backward views, which Hegseth clearly supports. “Women are the kind of people people come out of,” Wilson says, “it doesn’t take any talent.” More in my newsletter joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-a...

Admitting that they want military in the streets at all times in all cities

NEW: VoteVets Responds to Trump’s Use of the National Guard in DC:

“Trump himself refused to activate the Guard when our Capitol was under attack; he should be embarrassed he is activating them now.”
Thank you @votevets.org

Farmers displaced by $1.5bn Trump golf course reportedly being offered rice and cash - NewsBreak White House denies suggestions resort in Vietnam presents conflict of interest amid row over compensation rates

Farmers displaced by $1.5bn Trump golf course being offered rice and cash.

Villagers whose farms in Vietnam will be bulldozed to make way for a resort by Trump, will be offered rice provisions and cash compensation as little as $12 for a square metre of land.

share.newsbreak.com/ehd68mnm?s=i16

The Trump Administration terminated union contracts for more than 400,000 VA workers.

This is another outrageous attack on workers and veterans.

Will continue to stand alongside unions and all those who’ve served.

Earlier this year, over 230 Venezuelan men were sent to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador by the Trump administration.

Our @propublica.org team spent months looking into who they were to find the truth behind their stories. projects.propublica.org/venezuelan-i...

NPR: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reposts video of pastors saying women shouldn't vote

You know how people called women hysterical for predicting the right wing would take down Roe v. Wade (which they've done) and then attack access to birth control (which they're doing)?

Hear me when I say that women's very right to vote is next.

www.npr.org/2025/08/09/n...

Thank you Mark Kelly for seeing these women. Standing up for fairness and humanity is not a partisan issue—it’s about doing what’s right. Thank you for listening, caring, and giving them hope. They are moms not drug runners, rapists or murderers

#FreeKellyYu #FreeMariaPelaez

"Trump also seeks political control over agencies that have long operated at arm’s length from the White House, like the Bureau of Labor Statistics and Federal Reserve. That, too, has echoes of China where the bureaucracy is fully subordinate to the ruling party..."

www.wsj.com/economy/the-...