The victim in that incident was Edward Coristine, a protégé of #ElonMusk & fmr #DOGE staffer known by the nickname “Big Balls.” Coristine had become well known among top WH ofcls, including Dpty Chief of Staff #StephenMiller, & his attack quickly resonated throughout the West Wing [as a ready made excuse to implement #DC takeover plans]. A frustrated #Trump posted a bloodied picture of Coristine to social media…& [threatening the takeover of DC] if it didn’t “get its act together, & quickly.”
In the 8 days that followed, #Trump refocused his attention on #DC. He enlisted AG #PamBondi to oversee the #police & #Defense Secy #PeteHegseth to call up the #troops. #JeaninePirro, who was recently approved as DC’s #USattorney, was prepared to increase prosecutions.
“We will have full, seamless, integrated cooperation at all levels of law enforcement & will deploy officers across the district with an overwhelming presence,” Trump said during a long news conference.
#law #MilitaryState #coup
In many ways, #Trump’s directive, backed by several signed executive actions, was the culmination of years of his complaints about the nation’s capital & a stated desire to rescue DC “from crime, bloodshed, bedlam & squalor, & worse,” despite a dramatic drop in incidents of violence year-over-year. But in a more narrow sense, it appeared to be a response to one specific crime, an attempted carjacking that took place…Aug 3.
#law #MilitaryState #autocracy #democracy #CivilRights #coup #TrumpCoup2
The victim in that incident was Edward Coristine, a protégé of #ElonMusk & fmr #DOGE staffer known by the nickname “Big Balls.” Coristine had become well known among top WH ofcls, including Dpty Chief of Staff #StephenMiller, & his attack quickly resonated throughout the West Wing [as a ready made excuse to implement #DC takeover plans]. A frustrated #Trump posted a bloodied picture of Coristine to social media…& [threatening the takeover of DC] if it didn’t “get its act together, & quickly.”
Those questions were answered Monday morning, when #Trump federalized the #DC #police dept & authorized some 800 #NationalGuard #troops to patrol #city streets…. Speaking to a packed White House briefing room, he gave them a far-reaching mandate to clear #homeless encampments, make #arrests & “to do whatever the hell they want” in curbing crime — an exertion of #executive #power never before attempted by any #US #president in modern history.
#law #MilitaryState #autocracy #coup #TrumpCoup2
In many ways, #Trump’s directive, backed by several signed executive actions, was the culmination of years of his complaints about the nation’s capital & a stated desire to rescue DC “from crime, bloodshed, bedlam & squalor, & worse,” despite a dramatic drop in incidents of violence year-over-year. But in a more narrow sense, it appeared to be a response to one specific crime, an attempted carjacking that took place…Aug 3.
#law #MilitaryState #autocracy #democracy #CivilRights #coup #TrumpCoup2
Even before he took office, #Trump had an informal playbook for how he would use the powers of the presidency to take #control of #DC, w/ options prepared for him such as deploying more federal law enforcement officers or taking over the entire municipal government.
The only questions, acc/to 2 people briefed on deliberations…, were which option he would choose & when he would opt to implement it.
#law #MilitaryState #autocracy #democracy #CivilRights #coup #TrumpCoup2
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/12/trump-dc-take-over-police-national-guard/
Those questions were answered Monday morning, when #Trump federalized the #DC #police dept & authorized some 800 #NationalGuard #troops to patrol #city streets…. Speaking to a packed White House briefing room, he gave them a far-reaching mandate to clear #homeless encampments, make #arrests & “to do whatever the hell they want” in curbing crime — an exertion of #executive #power never before attempted by any #US #president in modern history.
#law #MilitaryState #autocracy #coup #TrumpCoup2
Even before he took office, #Trump had an informal playbook for how he would use the powers of the presidency to take #control of #DC, w/ options prepared for him such as deploying more federal law enforcement officers or taking over the entire municipal government.
The only questions, acc/to 2 people briefed on deliberations…, were which option he would choose & when he would opt to implement it.
#law #MilitaryState #autocracy #democracy #CivilRights #coup #TrumpCoup2
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/12/trump-dc-take-over-police-national-guard/
#Trump #WashingtonDC, takeover begins as #NationalGuard troops arrive
Some of the 800 National Guard members deployed by Trump began arriving in the #US capital Tuesday, ramping up after the WH ordered #federal forces to take over the city’s #police & reduce crime in what Trump called — without substantiation — a lawless city.
…He cited a #crime #emergency — but referred to the same crime that city officials stress is already falling noticeably.
#law #MilitaryState
https://apnews.com/article/washington-dc-takeover-trump-mayor-crime-48b8c936a19531cacf6bfb75e2f32231
“When you have this tool waiting at your fingertips, you’re going to want to use it,” [especially if you’re #Trump] Nunn said. “It actually makes it more likely that you’re going to see domestic deployments — because why else have a task force?”
The proposal represents a major departure in how the #NationalGuard traditionally has been used, said Lindsay P. Cohn, an associate professor of #NationalSecurity affairs at the US Naval War College.
#law #MilitaryState #Autocracy
While it is not unusual for #NationalGuard units to be deployed for domestic emergencies within their states, including for civil disturbances, this “is really strange because essentially nothing is happening,” Cohn said.
“Crime is going down. We don’t have major protests or civil disturbances. There is no significant resistance from states” to federal immigration policies, she said. “There is very little evidence anything big is likely to happen soon.”…
#law #Trump #MilitaryState #Autocracy
The strategy is further complicated by the fact that #NationalGuard members from one state cannot operate in another state without permission, Nunn said. He also warned that any quick-reaction force established for #CivilUnrest missions risks lowering the threshold for deploying National Guard troops into US cities.
#Trump #law #PosseComitatusAct #MilitaryState #Autocracy #Constitution #FreedomOfAssembly #RightToProtest #FreeSpeech
“When you have this tool waiting at your fingertips, you’re going to want to use it,” [especially if you’re #Trump] Nunn said. “It actually makes it more likely that you’re going to see domestic deployments — because why else have a task force?”
The proposal represents a major departure in how the #NationalGuard traditionally has been used, said Lindsay P. Cohn, an associate professor of #NationalSecurity affairs at the US Naval War College.
#law #MilitaryState #Autocracy
The #Trump admin is relying on a shaky legal theory that the president can act broadly to protect *federal property & functions*, said Joseph Nunn, an attorney at the Brennan Center for Justice who specializes in legal issues germane to the #US #military’s domestic activities.
“You don’t want to normalize routine military participation in law enforcement,” he said. “You don’t want to normalize routine domestic deployment.”
#law #PosseComitatusAct #MilitaryState #Autocracy #Constitution
The strategy is further complicated by the fact that #NationalGuard members from one state cannot operate in another state without permission, Nunn said. He also warned that any quick-reaction force established for #CivilUnrest missions risks lowering the threshold for deploying National Guard troops into US cities.
#Trump #law #PosseComitatusAct #MilitaryState #Autocracy #Constitution #FreedomOfAssembly #RightToProtest #FreeSpeech
The proposal being evaluated now would allow the president to mobilize #troops & put them on #Title32 orders in a #state experiencing unrest. The documents detailing the plan acknowledge the potential for #political friction should the #governor refuse to work with the #Pentagon.
Some #legal scholars expressed apprehension about the proposal.
[I should think!]
#Trump #law #PosseComitatusAct #MilitaryState #Autocracy #Constitution #FreedomOfAssembly #RightToProtest #FreeSpeech
The #Trump admin is relying on a shaky legal theory that the president can act broadly to protect *federal property & functions*, said Joseph Nunn, an attorney at the Brennan Center for Justice who specializes in legal issues germane to the #US #military’s domestic activities.
“You don’t want to normalize routine military participation in law enforcement,” he said. “You don’t want to normalize routine domestic deployment.”
#law #PosseComitatusAct #MilitaryState #Autocracy #Constitution
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