Trump's takeover of Washington law enforcement begins as National Guard troops arrive
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Some of the 800 National Guard members deployed by the Trump administration to assist with law enforcement have begun arriving in Washington, D.C.

Some of the 800 National Guard members deployed by President Donald Trump began arriving in the nation’s capital on Tuesday, ramping up after the White House ordered federal forces to take over the city’s police department and reduce crime in what the president called — without substantiation — a lawless city.

    • AllHailTheSheep@sh.itjust.works
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      6 days ago

      no actually. don’t let Epstein distract you from the fact that this is quite literally a fascist takeover of our government. yes, trump is a pedophile, but weve known this for years, there is no new information from the Epstein files regarding trump. the time to be angry about him being a pedophile was years ago, the time to be angry at a con man organizing a fascist takeover of the seat of our federal government is now.

        • Whostosay@sh.itjust.worksBanned from community
          12·
          6 days ago

          For real. The end result and what we want is the same, and it’s guided by much more than these two things. All of you that are pushing this “only talk about one thing” narrative either need to reevaluate the way you’re thinking, and if not, fuck off.

          • AllHailTheSheep@sh.itjust.works
            71·
            6 days ago

            everyone in the epstein files should rot in a cell until the end of time. but that will never ever happen if people don’t start focusing on the more pressing things, like the takeover of our federal government. why would those files change anything right now? we know many people in power are pedophiles, and it’s pretty common that some big name gets discovered as a pedo and absolutely nothing changes. they rarely even lose their job. why would that change now?

            y’all are chasing those files without realizing it’s a carrot on a stick, a tantalizing taste of actual change that will never have any effect until the other more pressing issues with our government are resolved.

        • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
          3·
          5 days ago

          Yeah which is why this isn’t a fucking distraction and it’s getting tiresome seeing it in the comments of very fucking serious shit.