Trump says he’ll seek ‘long-term’ control of DC police and signals he’ll target other cities next
Trump says he’ll seek ‘long-term’ control of DC police and signals he’ll target other cities next
So military control of blue states is normal now? Might be time to stand up against this 🤔
"What's all this, then??"
He might be able to get away with it in DC, which has always had second-rate status in America, with nobody watching out for them. He won't be able to do that in states with hostile governors who are not only NOT afraid of him, they are itching for a fight.
Any body else thinking this Nazi wants to be a king?
Don't worry,
Naaaaahhhhh couldn’t be
King for 5 years while he still remembers things and doesn't pee his pants accidentally.
He already shits em, peeing is the litmus test?
Where the files Epstein Donald?
I hear you, but also:
Literal Dictator shit happening here. This is worth paying attention to.
If Trump starts ordering the military to shoot you and your family I doubt you'd appreciate people saying "but what about the Epstein Files?"
The Epstein Files aren't news. They aren't going to change anyone's opinion. They are the distraction here.
Lemmy liberals would absolutely say that while waiting for their turn against the wall
See, this is the part where I expect the non-Americans to get very loud about us not doing anything.
And I expect they will receive silence from Americans.
Because as soon as that distance from DC to anywhere starts getting smaller, it will be anything but silent offline.
The problem is there's no counter-leadership to the regime. Not even a grass roots level. People in general need someone to rally behind, even a small focused group, and on the left that doesn't exist. The closest you might possibly have to have is the California Governor. Bernie isn't it, AOC isn't it.
The other problem is the American people have been conditioned to essentially "not have time nor the resources, financially" for it. Healthcare tied to employment, Right to work states, Cost of living, etc, etc, etc. This of course is by design. It's hard for a nation to revolt if it means their family won't be eating next week. It's hard for the average person to justify it. Carry on and hope it works out in the end.
And it's clearly evident right now that Republicans won't play by the rules. Law, they've decided, doesn't apply to them and they can simply ignore it. So you need a Leader who is willing to play the same game and currently no one on the Democrat side is willing to do that. They insist on continuing to use a system they believe in which is now painfully evident to be broken.
The US people need a Leader who is strong enough to rally millions behind them and is also willing to throw down.
LOL what?
Are you saying Americans will rise up once Trump imposes martial law in the next place?
Sure, sure. I'm certain thats the line Americans will not allow him to cross.
No. I'm saying that the distance makes it pretty damn difficult to do anything outside our own locale. And DC is small compared to his other targets.
DC has a population of ~700,000. Chicago has a population of ~2,700,00. LA has a population of ~3,800,000. NYC has a population of ~8,500,000.
And those are just the city boundaries, not the areas around them.
A guy threw a sandwich at a cop yesterday. He was out numbered. He probably knew he was going to get arrested. But he did it anyway. In the bigger cities? People have far less patience than he did.
You won't hear squat about resistance efforts anywhere. OPSEC is a thing people are well aware of.
So what's your reason for not doing anything.
Gestapo expansion. First step.
I thought we were on step 17. Maybe I got the version that breaks the steps up into baby steps.
Makes the fascism slightly easier to digest
Slightly
Ah, so laying clear obvious groundwork for martial law. I can't wait for another slew of news articles somehow soft-balling this whole issue.
Of course he will. This is just a the lithmus test to see how far he can push the envelope and seeing what new laws need to be instituted or changed to get his desired outcome. If he doesn't get much push back from DC, he'll move on to a larger city, new state. Not New York or California, too big, too soon. But maybe something smaller like New Mexico, where you can add on the border as an issue. I'm not familiar with New Mexico any of their cities having immigration problems? You're hardly ever hear anything about New Mexico, they must be pretty chill down there.
And I understand a DC provides certain specific powers that he doesn't have in other states.They've already overturned a few of his decisions, but it doesn't seem to slow him I'm down much anyway. So I got a feeling they're only going to keep escalating.
The march of fascism continues.
Well Americans, THIS is the time to protest and rebel non-stop until the Cheetos is gone because if you don't do it now, it will be never
After over 180 homicides in DC alone last year, should we keep letting people commit violent crime or should something be done about the lawlessness? Criminals have no fear, they have freedom in a revolving door of a "justice system."
You honestly think 180 homicides in a city the size of D.C. calls for a federal takeover?
So if the Department Of Justice released stats that show that all crime is down, in fact the city is at a 30 year low in violent crime, you'd concede that this is a publicity stunt? Or maybe it's a fascist attempt to control the police and our nation's capitol. I guess we'll find out...
https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/violent-crime-dc-hits-30-year-low
Show us the society that has solved crime.
What a pathetic take. Crime exists so authoritarian takeovers of our cities is justified?
Hope you're one of the first to die in the war.
What do you keep in your head? Must be nice to have that compartment everywhere you go
Um….
Wow.
Edit: can't delete, not sure what's going on.
State's rights until it isn't.
"Washington D.C. is not a state; it is a federal district, officially the District of Columbia. Its creation and governance are directly established by the U.S. Constitution, which designates it as the seat of the United States government."
Correct, but I was hypothesizing that when they try to do the same things in other cities as suggested in other comments, all the people that were vocal about state;s rights on other topics will likely be silent.
Just Nazi progression
see ya in Philly, Trumpy.
That's just his way of saying "Stop talking about the Epstein files!"
This is the next step in his facsist takeover. Losing your democracy is not a distraction.
The Epstein Files seem to be an excellent distraction from the facists takeover however.
What the fuck are you even talking about? This is a fascist takeover of blue cities, this is not a distraction from anything Jesus Christ
Do people truly not understand just how bad this is? Read a fucking history book
Well it certainly has stopped the chatter about Epstein, fascist takeovers tend to supplant other news
Or, it is a genuine threat and consolidation of power.
It's both.