President Donald Trump stood in the White House press briefing room Monday morning, declaring it “Liberation Day in D.C.” and announcing that he was taking over Washington, D.C.’s police force. Invoking Section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, a rarely used provision of federal law, Trump said he was placing the Metropolitan Police Department under direct White House control and deploying the D.C. National Guard into city streets.

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    Satire:

    All hail trump, narcissist and senile fascist leader of the immigrant yet somehow pure blood Americans! He has graced us all with another glorious decision! There is really no other way to get rid of the homeless infestation (except ofc providing a minimum safety net and having a semblance of empathy). He just has the balls to do what other, democratic, leaders don’t dare (like full dictatorship).

    Real talk:

    Good luck out there.

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      Sure, the homelessness situation in the USA is dire, but there is only one reason to single out Washington DC, and it surely isn’t homeless people.

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      Also, republicans can fire him at any time. This is a job that the American people allegedly hired him to do. He’s doing a super shitty job by any measure. Fire his ass.

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        We need Congress to step up and be a full branch of government.

        My hope is that a number of Republicans have been biding their time until they can coordinate and actually be effective. Until then, whatever, kiss the ring to not out yourself. But prepare to defend America.

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          The senate is lost to corporate interests. The corporate interest is currently (as it was with Mussolini) with authoritarian rule. There is more hope in the house but the same factors are at play. The military is also extremely powerful. You’re going to have to seize power at the point of production.

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      Yeah, but this is actually more disqualifying than the Epstein files. This isn’t a distraction; this is the main event.

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        I think the Epstein files that no doubt clearly document tRump having sex with children is one of a very very very very few divisive issues amongst the almost-have-no-ethics MAGA base. I think it’s the most threatening thing to Chump this year. I think he knows this and is trying to distract people from the Epstein files any way he can. There will be another DoC. Idk if there will be another Epstein files

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    So many people are taking this as a joke. It’s parallels to 1930s Germany is so scary. I always used to think that the German people only became Nazis because they feared for their own lives. Now I’m starting to think from the way I see people reacting online that most people are born Nazis and I was the one who misjudged everything. Until the day I die I will never understand people’s hatred against one another. We are all born naked, and we will all die alone. Most of us have around 60 years in between and some people choose to fill their days by making it worse for others. We will wipe out our own race through fear and ignorance.

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      Republicans claim to want less federal control but support trump asserting total federal control

      Really they just want to tell others what to do but don’t like when they get told what to do

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      Yes, is the answer. They want to eat the cake and to still have it. By selectively enforcing or ignoring law, they get to exert more control over the agenda.

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    Ironic to see a post like this in a “liberal gun owners” community, yet I haven’t heard ANYTHING about Americans standing up to ICE or other fascists by using their guns. It’s as if Americans were cowards and willing to lay down in front of literal nazis

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      Don’t frame it like it won’t turn out to be a big deal. That’s a bad idea, intentional or not. Deploying military assets against American citizens should be considered a serious escalation every single time it happens.

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      This is different than LA. DC is not a city in a blue state. LA happened before Trump declared homelessness illegal.

      We are days away from sending homeless people to concentration camps.

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      This is part of their plan to put DC under federal control. Different objective, at least for now. He has taken direct control of DC’s police force in this case. He mentioned “sanctuary cities” in his speech, so it wouldn’t surprise me if he also takes over LA and other cities in the future.