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cclark's avatar

Will the National Guard troops be unarmed?

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John Desper's avatar

20 years ago, Katrina hit NOLA

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Joknit's avatar

They wanted our VT Republican Gov. to send 12 of our National Guardsmen to Washington. It's an effort to show fealty to DT. Thankfully, our guy, said, "no thanks, we need our people here." You are right, Tim. Nuts.

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Jeff Biss's avatar

The problem are CONSERVATIVES! These people are a cancer in our liberal society. They are by their very nature authoritarian, scared of everything, belligerent, violent and have supported the militarization of our police departments, read Radley Balco's "Rise of the Warrior Cop", because of their nature. It is this simple.

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Kathleen Leary's avatar

I am so outraged that Mike DeWine sent the Ohio National Guard to DC. Here’s the thing—he knows better. All of these normie Republican guys in Ohio—DeWine, my congressman Mike Turner, Jon Husted—they all know better but they don’t resist. I just don’t understand why someone like DeWine would do a thing like this. I really want answers.

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James Cartledge's avatar

Red states sending troops into Blue cities to take control - is this not a definition of civil war?

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Darline Rowe's avatar

If only he had sent troops to DC on Jan 6 to protect the Washington Monument and Capitol.

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Michael Brockman's avatar

I love that Tim airs his concerns about the abuse of power by Trump and his obedient supplicants. Tim, I can’t thank you enough.

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Rick G's avatar

I live in North Texas and Shreveport crime rate is meme worthy.

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Rick G's avatar

When I tell people I am going to Shreveport they are like "Why, That place is #$##$?".

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Sharon L. James's avatar

Sorry to comment again but I am so outraged! How can anyone, of any party, least of all governors, congress persons and military, not be similarly outraged? Sickening!

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Sharon L. James's avatar

It is the manipulation of the military to have a full police state.

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Sharon L. James's avatar

Trump is insane. He is destroying DC, the US, and literally his mania is destroying the world.

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Eugenie Taylor's avatar

I would love to believe that there are some La National Guard who are not MAGA. Not sure tho...

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ME's avatar

Nice

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Suzi's avatar
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Duh. You’re right-the idea that Trump is amassing and consolidating military forces in DC for the stated reasons is a RUSE. What we need to ferret out is the REAL reason why this is happening. We have to get reporting on the real reasons why forces are being deployed en masse to DC. The strikes me as similar to the images of Russian tanks lined up along the border of Ukraine several years ago with Putin saying he had no plans to invade Ukraine. Trump must be planning something domestically that can only be accomplished by military force and the DC National Guard is insufficient to get it done. But what is it? Historians? This can’t be the first time this has happened. Where are our lib conspiracy theorists! (I can’t be the only one) LOL

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Charlie Siefert's avatar

Tim says "...it makes no sense." That is absolutely true for any sane person.

But for the many government elected officials in the Republican Party who are (and have been) accepting of Trump's authoritarian takeover of our democracy, they're probably pissed that it's taken so long...

Dammit!🤬

😁☕️

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