He said no decisions have been made on the request & that the base has not received an official request to support a #NationalGuard deployment.

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Trump’s admin has asked a military base outside Chicago for support on immigration operations, the base said Thurs, signaling a push to expand its law enforcement crackdown to other [democratic] #cities.

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https://apnews.com/article/trump-immigration-military-base-4be8ec065a8749bafd326333a1f1c767?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-08-28-Breaking+News

How long do you think it will be before Trump shows fake sympathy but no reform and uses this horrific school shooting to justify sending troops to Minneapolis and having a showdown with Gov Tim Walz? #fascism #autocracy

How long do you think it will be before Trump shows fake sympathy but no reform and uses this horrific school shooting to justify sending troops to Minneapolis and having a showdown with Gov Tim Walz? #fascism #autocracy

#Transportation Secy Sean Duffy announced Wednesday that his department is taking management of #UnionStation, the main transportation hub in #Washington, away from #Amtrak, in another example of how the #FederalGovernment is exerting its #power over the nation’s capital.

#law#US #military#NationalGuard#WashingtonDC#HomeRule#MilitaryState #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #coup#TrumpCoup2
https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-8-27-2025

These developments could herald a shift from America’s vaunted #FreeMarket system to one that resembles, at least in some corners, a form of #state-managed #capitalism more frequently seen in #Europe &, to a different degree, #China & #Russia, say lawyers, bankers & academics steeped in the history of #HostileTakeovers & international #business

#Trump #economy #law #fascism #authoritarianism #dictatorship #autocracy #tyranny
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/23/business/trump-intel-us-steel-nvidia.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Smith attributes much of the drops in violent #crime to a focus in #Chicago on the #systemic drivers of #violence, rather than the #militaristic approach #Trump has touted in #WashingtonDC. She encouraged more federal investment in researching these types of #ViolencePrevention strategies.

“Kind of out of necessity Chicago has become a hub for innovation in gun violence prevention,” she said.

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Violent #crime in #Chicago dropped significantly in the first half of the year, representing the steepest decline in over a decade, according to city data. Shootings are down 37%, & homicides have dropped by 32%, while total violence crime dropped by over 22%.

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He has drawn controversial comparisons between the city & war zones like Afghanistan, & in 2017, vowed to “send in the feds” in response to #gun violence—a move that came even as the city was experiencing a broader trend of declining violent #crime.

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https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-8-25-2025#00000198-e235-d5ab-a1bd-e2ff139b0000

#law#FreeSpeech #democracy #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #tyranny
https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/496/310

https://web.archive.org/web/20080222063040/http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/faclibrary/case.aspx?case=US_v_Eichman

#Trump to sign #ExecutiveOrder directing AG to prosecute flag desecration

Trump is expected to sign an executive order on Monday that directs #US AG #PamBondi to prosecute those who desecrate the American #flag, including by burning, according to a *fact* sheet from the White House.

#FreeSpeech #democracy #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #tyranny
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-sign-executive-order-directing-ag-prosecute-flag-desecration-2025-08-25/