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Trump’s D.C. Takeover Began With Discomfort at Seeing Homeless People on His Golf Route Images from his motorcade drive — tents, a sleeping man, and roadside trash — spurred a rare Section 740 federal intervention, reflecting an aesthetic priority over a public safety emergency

Trump’s D.C. Takeover Began With Discomfort at Seeing Homeless People on His Golf Route
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Resistance from Sea to Shining Sea I've been traveling, which means being blessedly offline a lot more than usual, but I'm settled for a while, and there's so much to say. Before I say anything elaborate or essayistic, I just want to s...

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If Same-Sex Marriage is Overturned An explainer for the worst case scenario.

If Same-Sex Marriage is Overturned
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Trump and his NFP hold a news conference The autocrat in chief announces his takeover of D.C.'s Metropolitan Police Department

Trump and his NFP hold a news conference
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Pete Hegseth’s big mouth—announcing National Guard units “flowing into the streets of Washington in the coming week"—could cost Trump in a landmark trial in Los Angeles.

California’s attorney has moved to enter Hegseth’s comments of having done “the same thing” in LA into evidence. trib.al/zxjZc6Q

Jesusfuckingchrist

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YouTube video by LastWeekTonight Immigration Enforcement: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

ICYMI
John is spot on.

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But I was told by everyone on the right that the only person who could deploy the National Guard (or prevent the deployment of the National Guard) was Nancy Pelosi.

Geezus

And he’s still all over the epstein files.

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

Genuinely incredible that she's saying this with 2 accused rapists on either side of her

Fact. The only time when DC was not safe to me was when a bunch of maga numbskulls stormed the capitol

What a whore’s palace. Hope that shit falls off easily.

I will never forgive or forget.

The weirdest thing about Trump deploying the National Guard to the Nation's Capital is that he still hasn't released the Epstein files despite campaigning on that pledge, probably because he's directly complicit in a massive sex trafficking operation that targeted children.

100%

The United States government has declared war on people of color in this country. Make no mistake about what is happening.

So, no national guard on January 6th, but definitely on August 11th. Makes total sense.

I wouldn’t doubt it.

Is he giving Alaska to Russia?
😬🤡😬🤡

Listening to this press conference it seems clear that Trump is mentally gone and that his team is consolidating power for President J.D. Vance.

REACTION: Il Duce on the Potomac Thank you Kathy Utley, Cat, Iulia Huiu, Mike Harkreader, Sandra Tuttle, and many others for tuning into my live video, reacting to Donald Trump’s decision to “liberate” Washington, DC.

Wanna bet dipshitler wants to rename Washington DC, Trump DC?

REACTION: Il Duce on the Potomac
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BREAKING: Donald Trump Places D.C. Police Under Federal Control and Deploys National Guard I have lived in D.C. for eight years. I am not leaving the city I call home. Get ready for on the ground, live coverage from the nation's capital.

BREAKING: Donald Trump Places D.C. Police Under Federal Control and Deploys National Guard
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Can’t come soon enough.

Governors Can Not Remove Elected Legislators. Period. A democracy must have an independent legislature. Only voters elect and unelect representatives.

History and Article IV’s Guarantee Clause makes clear that a state’s governor cannot remove members of the legislature. No governor has ever claimed such power. It runs against the full history of Texas and American democracy as a whole.

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There are more than a million Dominicans in NYC, and yesterday on 6th Avenue I felt every bit of that pride.

Thank you for welcoming me in to celebrate the vibrant, beautiful culture and community that does so much for our city. 🇩🇴

BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.