Trump to take over D.C. Law Enforcement
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Mulberry Heel
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I posted this on another thread, but according to a January 2025 Justice Department report violent crime in DC is at a thirty-year low, and has dropped 35% since 2023. But because Dear Leader doesn't like having to see homeless people and because one of his DOGE flunkies nicknamed "Big Balls" was attacked by a couple of teenagers drastic action needs to be taken to "take back" our Capitol. From whom, exactly? If crime is actually the lowest in three decades who is he trying to reclaim the District from? Given that only 38% of the District is classified as white, I have a hunch.
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Two things can be true at once — the crime rate has dropped significantly in the District AND the crime rate is still too high in the District.
Trump clearly yearns to implement authoritarian control of American cities and this seems to be the next test run (after using National Guard in law enforcement roles and U.S. Marines in more limited roles in Los Angeles).
Meanwhile, what he is threatening today sounds a lot like his plan for Gaza applied to the homeless — forcibly relocate them somewhere else. Out of sight, out of mind, I guess.
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And all the MAGAs are hoping and praying that amidst this crackdown, somehow, someway, those doing the rounding up will not notice the difference between what Republicans see as the human trash infesting the District of Columbia and Democratic Senators, Representatives, and their lackies and assistants, who also infest DC. And all of them will be swept-up and sent to re-education camps in the Western Plains where they will learn the necessary skills needed to replace the illegals that are being thrown out like the trash MAGAs preceive them to be. This is the MAGA fever dream. "Someday, a real rain will come and wash all this scum off the streets."
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FLASHBACK:
www.cnbc.com
“… Five men who as teenagers were wrongfully convicted in the so-called Central Park Five jogger rape case sued Trump in October, accusing the then-Republican presidential nominee of defaming them.
They cited a number of statements Trump made during his Sept. 10 presidential debate against former Vice President Kamala Harris, accusing him of falsely stating that the men killed somebody and pled guilty to the crime.
"These statements are demonstrably false," they wrote in their filing against Trump.
The five men — Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana, Kevin Richardson, Antron McCray and Korey Wise — spent years in prison for the rape and assault of a white female jogger, a crime they were later exonerated of and did not commit.…”
Trump loses latest bid to get Central Park Five defamation lawsuit tossed
It is the latest blow to President Donald Trump's efforts to dismiss the defamation case filed against him.
“… Five men who as teenagers were wrongfully convicted in the so-called Central Park Five jogger rape case sued Trump in October, accusing the then-Republican presidential nominee of defaming them.
They cited a number of statements Trump made during his Sept. 10 presidential debate against former Vice President Kamala Harris, accusing him of falsely stating that the men killed somebody and pled guilty to the crime.
"These statements are demonstrably false," they wrote in their filing against Trump.
The five men — Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana, Kevin Richardson, Antron McCray and Korey Wise — spent years in prison for the rape and assault of a white female jogger, a crime they were later exonerated of and did not commit.…”
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“… during the September debate at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Trump said that at the time the teenagers “admitted – they said, they pled guilty. And I said, well, if they pled guilty they badly hurt a person, killed a person ultimately.” The victim in the case is still alive and deals with lingering health effects from her attack. The five never pled guilty for the crimes they were charged with.FLASHBACK:
Trump loses latest bid to get Central Park Five defamation lawsuit tossed
It is the latest blow to President Donald Trump's efforts to dismiss the defamation case filed against him.
“… Five men who as teenagers were wrongfully convicted in the so-called Central Park Five jogger rape case sued Trump in October, accusing the then-Republican presidential nominee of defaming them.
They cited a number of statements Trump made during his Sept. 10 presidential debate against former Vice President Kamala Harris, accusing him of falsely stating that the men killed somebody and pled guilty to the crime.
"These statements are demonstrably false," they wrote in their filing against Trump.
The five men — Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana, Kevin Richardson, Antron McCray and Korey Wise — spent years in prison for the rape and assault of a white female jogger, a crime they were later exonerated of and did not commit.…”
… Prior to the comments Trump made during the debate last month in Philadelphia, there have been a number of times Trump has falsely claimed that the men were responsible for the attack, according to the lawsuit.
Following the assault of the jogger in 1989, Trump famously took out full-page ads in the city's major newspapers calling for the return of the death penalty for those responsible — further inciting racial tensions in the city.…”
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I think whatever he does here is merely performative theater to appeal to his MAGA base with the hope they will forget about or at least be distracted from the Epstein files and moving Maxwell to a prison spa.
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it’s his favorite type of action. Pointless, evil, and performative
Mulberry Heel
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Maybe, but given the attention span of most Americans I think the great majority of his base has already largely forgotten about the Epstein files, not that the release of the files would have turned them against him anyway. I think he's doing this because he truly hates having large numbers of homeless living in "his" capital city, because it feeds into the longtime belief of rural and suburban conservatives that all big cities are crime-ridden hellholes, and because DC is a majority-minority city and taking away home rule would thrill his MAGA base, especially given that some liberals have pushed for decades for just the opposite - statehood for DC. "See, my adoring cult followers? We're owning those libruls yet again and making them cry! MAGA, baby!"
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He’s trying to create Panem.
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Phil and Pete Hegseth have been involved in discussions about long term deployments of U.S. troops inside the USA:
www.thedailybeast.com
“… The document, obtained by The New Republic, details plans for how the Trump administration could use the military to assist with domestic law enforcement as part of its mass deportation agenda for “years” to come.
… Carrie Lee, senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund, told The New Republic the contents of the memo are “disturbing” and outline intent to use the “military within the United States at a level not seen since Japanese internment.”
… He [Phil Hegseth] is now alleged to have written a memo that outlines a July 21 meeting between senior DHS and Pentagon officials discussing how the departments could coordinate “in defense of the homeland.”
That includes convincing leading military officials, such as Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, of the “urgency” of the so-called “homeland defense mission.”
The memo also suggests this ramping up of military deployment is needed as foreign gangs and drug cartels that Trump has listed as terrorist organizations pose a similar threat to “Al Qaeda or ISIS cells and fighters operating freely inside America.”…”
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The focus has been on using military for immigration and drug law enforcement but we should keep an eye on whatever plan emerges from Trump to “clean up” D.C. more generally …
New Hegseth Leak Reveals Secret Plan for Years of Troops on U.S. Streets
Phil Hegseth wrote the document laying out how the Pentagon and DHS could help Donald Trump’s immigration plans “for years.”
“… The document, obtained by The New Republic, details plans for how the Trump administration could use the military to assist with domestic law enforcement as part of its mass deportation agenda for “years” to come.
… Carrie Lee, senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund, told The New Republic the contents of the memo are “disturbing” and outline intent to use the “military within the United States at a level not seen since Japanese internment.”
… He [Phil Hegseth] is now alleged to have written a memo that outlines a July 21 meeting between senior DHS and Pentagon officials discussing how the departments could coordinate “in defense of the homeland.”
That includes convincing leading military officials, such as Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, of the “urgency” of the so-called “homeland defense mission.”
The memo also suggests this ramping up of military deployment is needed as foreign gangs and drug cartels that Trump has listed as terrorist organizations pose a similar threat to “Al Qaeda or ISIS cells and fighters operating freely inside America.”…”
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The focus has been on using military for immigration and drug law enforcement but we should keep an eye on whatever plan emerges from Trump to “clean up” D.C. more generally …
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“…Joseph Nunn, counsel for the Liberty and National Security Program at the Brennan Center, told The New Republic that the memo suggests “military involvement in domestic civilian law enforcement” on the streets of the U.S. is about to become “more common.”Phil and Pete Hegseth have been involved in discussions about long term deployments of U.S. troops inside the USA:
New Hegseth Leak Reveals Secret Plan for Years of Troops on U.S. Streets
Phil Hegseth wrote the document laying out how the Pentagon and DHS could help Donald Trump’s immigration plans “for years.”
“… The document, obtained by The New Republic, details plans for how the Trump administration could use the military to assist with domestic law enforcement as part of its mass deportation agenda for “years” to come.
… Carrie Lee, senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund, told The New Republic the contents of the memo are “disturbing” and outline intent to use the “military within the United States at a level not seen since Japanese internment.”
… He [Phil Hegseth] is now alleged to have written a memo that outlines a July 21 meeting between senior DHS and Pentagon officials discussing how the departments could coordinate “in defense of the homeland.”
That includes convincing leading military officials, such as Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, of the “urgency” of the so-called “homeland defense mission.”
The memo also suggests this ramping up of military deployment is needed as foreign gangs and drug cartels that Trump has listed as terrorist organizations pose a similar threat to “Al Qaeda or ISIS cells and fighters operating freely inside America.”…”
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The focus has been on using military for immigration and drug law enforcement but we should keep an eye on whatever plan emerges from Trump to “clean up” D.C. more generally …
… The younger Hegseth was a podcast producer and social media poster for a conservative think-tank before his brother’s rise from the Fox & Friends Weekend couch to being in charge of the world’s most powerful military. He is not technically a Pentagon employee, but one of the Department of Homeland Security, which means anti-nepotism rules are not directly engaged [although Phil’s office is in the Pentagon near his brother’s SECDEF office]….”