“Like other mayors across the country, I have not asked for -– & do not need -– federal intervention,” #Portland mayor, Keith Wilson, said in a statement after #Trump’s threat. Wilson said his city had protected #FreedomOfExpression while “addressing occasional violence & property destruction.” [cause shit happens]
#law #PosseComitatusAct #democracy #RightToProtest #FreedomOfAssembly #authoritarianism #tyranny #Gestapo #AmericanAutocracy #military #USTroops #immigration #protest #resist
Earlier in September, #Trump had described living in Portland [like he’d know] as “like living in hell” & said he was considering sending in federal #troops, as he has recently threatened to do to combat crime in other cities, including #Chicago & #Baltimore.
#law #PosseComitatusAct #democracy #RightToProtest #FreedomOfAssembly #authoritarianism #tyranny #Gestapo #AmericanAutocracy #military #USTroops #immigration #protest #resist
#Trump, in comments Thursday in the Oval Office, suggested some kind of operation was in the works.
“We’re going to get out there & we’re going to do a pretty big number on those people in #Portland,” he said, describing them as “professional agitators & anarchists.”
#law #PosseComitatusAct #democracy #RightToProtest #FreedomOfAssembly #authoritarianism #tyranny #Gestapo #AmericanAutocracy #military #USTroops #immigration #protest #resist
#Trump said he was “authorizing Full Force, if necessary” of US #troops to handle “domestic terrorists” in #Portland, Oregon as he expands his illegal #military deployments to more American cities.
Note the language: “War ravaged Portland” - he thinks calling #Antifa #terrorists & Portland a #war zone will get him around the #PosseComitatusAct.
#law #democracy #RightToProtest #FreedomOfAssembly #authoritarianism #tyranny #Gestapo #AmericanAutocracy #immigration #protests #resist
This is the reason why #Trump labeled #Antifa a #terrorist organization. So he could send #military into #BlueCities where there are #protests. Because it is amorphous, he can call whatever he wants “Antifa” it’s not like #SCOTUS will stop him.
#law #PosseComitatusAct #democracy #RightToProtest #FreedomOfAssembly #authoritarianism #tyranny #Gestapo #AmericanAutocracy #military #USTroops #immigration #protests #resist
https://apnews.com/article/trump-federal-troops-portland-oregon-f8659de72f28289ef22bd924d149a52f?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-09-27-Breaking+News
For #Trump, the nation is less a #MeltingPot where #different #cultures combine harmoniously than a #crucible where foreign notions are burned off & a #homogeneous mix emerges.
“America has always welcomed those who embrace our values, assimilate into our society, & pledge allegiance to our country,” he writes. “By taking this oath, you have forged a sacred bond with our Nation, her traditions, her history, her culture, & her values.”
A federal judge’s scathing opinion explains why Trump’s deployment of #troops to #California was more than just an overreach.
The #Trump administration broke the #law. Its officials knew they were breaking the law. And they’ll likely try to do so again.
#MilitaryState #PosseComitatusAct #authoritarianism #tyranny #AmericanAutocracy #LosAngeles #Gestapo #NationalGuard #Marines #USTroops #resist
https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2025/09/trump-national-guard-law-california/684084/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxZRivk8VNFDTyCxMzZBFw8k
The #Trump admin contended that the #troops were needed in #California for federal agents to do their jobs because protesters were impeding their efforts. CA officials quickly challenged the deployment, & Judge Breyer…temporarily blocked it in June.
A 3-judge panel from the US Court of Appeals for the #9thCircuit, which included 2 appointees of Trump & 1 of President Biden, ruled that Breyer had erred.
#law #MilitaryState #democracy #authoritarianism #tyranny #AmericanAutocracy #resist
…A 19th-century #law, the #PosseComitatusAct, generally prohibits the use of the US #military for domestic civilian law enforcement, absent an #insurrection. But #Trump did not invoke the #InsurrectionAct. Rather, he argued that an overarching federal law, #Title10 of the US Code, which lays out the role of the #ArmedForces, allowed him to commandeer #NationalGuard units to execute federal law.
#MilitaryState #democracy #authoritarianism #tyranny #AmericanAutocracy #resist
#Trump also declared #crime in #WashingtonDC *emergency* in order to send federal #troops there in August, although crime rates in the nation’s capital have actually been falling & local officials said the deployment was not needed. Since then, Trump has publicly mused about sending the #NationalGuard into other #Democratic-led #cities.
#law #MilitaryState #PosseComitatusAct #authoritarianism #tyranny #Gestapo #AmericanAutocracy #resist
…the #DOJ, which defended the #Trump admin in the lawsuit, is expected to #appeal the decision & could receive more favorable consideration from the US Court of Appeals for the #9thCircuit.
#law #MilitaryState #PosseComitatusAct #democracy #RightToProtest #FreedomOfAssembly #authoritarianism #tyranny #Gestapo #AmericanAutocracy #LosAngeles #California #NationalGuard #Marines #USTroops #immigration #protests #resist
#AmericanAutocracy #indoctrination
#Oklahoma will require applicants for #teacher jobs coming from #California & #NewYork to pass an exam that the #Republican state’s top *#education* ofcl claims will safeguard against “radical leftist ideology,” but which opponents decry as a “MAGA loyalty test.”
#RyanWalters, OK #PublicSchools superintendent, said #teachers coming from the #BlueStates must pass an exam administered by #PragerU, a *conservative* *nonprofit*.
#law
https://apnews.com/article/oklahoma-teacher-test-ideology-california-new-york-1d08d0ef4e6e3dc71d8537601d8455e9
Trump…has privately discussed whether to intercede in [the #NYC] …race for mayor to try to stop #ZohranMamdani, the #Democratic nominee, according to 8 people briefed on the discussions.
In recent weeks, Trump has quizzed a Republican congressman & #NY businessmen about who in the crowded field of candidates, which includes Mayor #EricAdams & former Gov #AndrewCuomo, has the best chance of beating #Mamdani, the leftist front-runner.
AYFKM?!
This is NOT a #democracy.
#Trump Weighs Getting Involved in #NYC Mayoral Race
The possibility that Trump will seek to intercede could inject *an element of unpredictability* [total-complete-utter-undiluted #authoritarianism] into an already fractious contest.
#law #elections #illiberalism #dictatorship #AmericanAutocracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/nyregion/trump-nyc-mayor-cuomo-adams-mamdani.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
#Columbia Agrees to $200 Million *Fine* to *Settle Fight With* [#appease] #Trump
The White House had canceled more than $400 million in #research #funding to the #university, saying it had failed to *protect* Jewish students from *harassment* [quash #FreeSpeech regarding #HumanRights].
#law #AmericanAutocracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/nyregion/columbia-trump-funding-deal.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
That is the expansive plan #Trump’s top #immigration ofcls intend to enact after months of struggling to overcome staffing shortages & logistical hurdles that have stymied his pledge to record the most #deportations in US history.
After weeks of pressuring members of #Congress into supporting his domestic policy #legislation, #Trump has secured an extraordinary injection of funding for his immigration agenda—$170 billion, the vast majority of which will go to #DHS over 4yrs.
#ICE Set to Vastly Expand Its Reach With New Funds
After the passage of #Trump’s domestic policy #law, #DHS is poised to hire thousands of new #immigration agents & double detention space.
Thousands of new #deportation agents deployed into American #cities. A doubling of #detention space to hold tens of thousands of immigrants before they are expelled. Miles of new border wall, along with #surveillance towers equipped with #ArtificialIntelligence.
#AmericanAutocracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/12/us/politics/ice-expansion-concerns.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
The #DOJ since January has been purging employees who worked on matters involving #Trump or his supporters.
Fourteen attorneys who worked on #JackSmith's team were fired on January 27 because of work on cases against Trump, becoming some of the department's earliest casualties in the #purge.
#law #MafiaState #authoritarianism #dictatorship #tyranny #AmericanAutocracy
#DOJ fires 9 more employees from JackSmith's team
#US AG #PamBondi on Friday fired at least 9 more *#Justice* Dept employees who worked for Special Counsel #JackSmith to investigate #Trump's retention of #ClassifiedDocuments & efforts to overturn the 2020 election, according to 5 people familiar with the matter.
#law #MafiaState #authoritarianism #dictatorship #tyranny #AmericanAutocracy
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-justice-fires-nine-more-employees-jack-smiths-team-sources-say-2025-07-12/
“An #FBI employee’s loyalty is to the #Constitution, not to the director or deputy director,” said James Davidson, a former agent who spent 23 years in the bureau. “It says everything about Patel’s weak constitution that this is even on his radar.”
#Trump #KashPatel #law #fascism #authoritarianism #dictatorship #tyranny #AmericanAutocracy
