Quote from: Lori Dee on August 11, 2025, 06:35:17 PMI wonder if he thinks the People are ready to throw him out, and is preparing to defend his throne with police and military force.

And, just as predicted...

Republican-led states to send hundreds more National Guard troops to D.C.
National Guard troops in Washington may soon carry weapons, a reversal of their initial orders.
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The Washington Post - Gaya Gupta and Karen DeYoung
Updated
August 16, 2025 at 4:57 p.m. EDT

Three Republican-led states, responding to a Trump administration request, said Saturday they will send up to 750 National Guard troops to join 800 already mobilized in D.C.

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster said he would deploy 200 troops "to stand with President Trump as he works to restore law and order to our nation's capital." Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine pledged 150, according to local news reports.

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What exactly are they protecting that they need so many guns?

Who is the enemy? A bunch of unarmed protesters? Justice Dept employees throwing sandwiches?

Is anybody old enough to remember Kent State? (Trigger Warning if you plan to Google it.)
Is anybody paying attention?

Mississippi becomes fourth state to send National Guard troops to DC in expanding federal crackdown
https://apnews.com/article/washington-dc-federal-police-takeover-national-guard-fb91f9884c928b98036754885a7c0180

Nobody seems to know why DC needs so many federal agents from the DEA, ICS, FBI, Secret Service, plus the DC police, and now hundreds of National Guard troops. Yes, crime is bad. No, crime is not THAT bad.

The Texas Democrats have returned to Texas, ending their walkout to prevent gerrymandering of the state's voter district maps. California and other states have now vowed to gerrymander their own state maps to counteract the GOP power grab. Texas, at the request of Donald Trump to "get five more" GOP seats in the House, has sparked protests all over the country. The GOP knows its majority in Congress is only held by a slim margin, and they could easily lose that majority in the mid-term elections. It has happened before, and when the Democrats took control last time, Donald Trump was impeached... twice.

The next step being taken by Trump to retain his throne goes beyond rigging voting maps and deploying hundreds of armed federal agents. Now he is promising to issue an Executive Order to ban mail-in ballots. He has no authority to do so, but that hasn't stopped him before. This will be challenged in the courts, but in the meantime, the MAGA base will spread more disinformation about ballot security and election fraud.

Trump says lawyers are drafting executive order to end mail-in voting
Announcement comes days after Putin allegedly told Trump US elections were rigged because of postal ballots
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I wonder how much the People will put up with. Nationwide protests are not working. Democrat legislature walkouts are not working. It will be up to the People to do something, and the mid-term elections should prove interesting.

It to stop demonstrations against his corrupt leadership, remember how they caught Al Capone? maybe he could be taken down  on tax swindles!