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Trump administration 2024-2028

The federal relationship with DC is difficult to follow, but I also noticed that he plans to "change the statutes" in places like New York and Chicago to eliminate 'non-cash' bail. I didn't know he had the authority to change statutes, let alone state-level ones.

Perhaps there is some 'emergency' provisions in a federal law that his minions have uncovered. I'll betcha the crafters of the law granting the president wide 'national emergency' powers never envisioned it would be used like this.
 
Although SecDef is incompetent and in way over his head, his promotion of his pastor who has disturbing beliefs of women’s role in society and the separation of church and state is extremely troubling.

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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth promotes repealing women's right to vote

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, who oversees about 3 million military service members and civilian employees, reposted a video last week advocating repealing the 19th Amendment, which guarantees women the right to vote.
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lenaitch said:
The federal relationship with DC is difficult to follow, but I also noticed that he plans to "change the statutes" in places like New York and Chicago to eliminate 'non-cash' bail. I didn't know he had the authority to change statutes, let alone state-level ones.

Perhaps there is some 'emergency' provisions in a federal law that his minions have uncovered. I'll betcha the crafters of the law granting the president wide 'national emergency' powers never envisioned it would be used like this.
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I don’t think any of the crafters of any law regarding the presidency expected the President to do what he has done.

He treats the courts like my company treats union grievances, let cases stack up so that by time they get around to them it’s years later and too late to do much about them.
 
The Bread Guy said:
That's what they say for now ...
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Oh yeah I'm sure that report is going to get memory holed and whoever wrote it will be fired for making the dear leader look bad. Also deep state Biden operatives lied about everything.

edit: on the other hand if they set up some kind of reward tip line i can tell them where a convicted felon and accused rapist lives. He's also trying to prevent the release of a list of pedophiles.
 
That is classic dictatorship move: seize the capital with military force.

I love how he had a board showing the murder rates in various world capitals (judiciously selected because they were low), but absolutely no other American city to offer a comparison. Everybody knows that the US is one of the world's countries with some of the highest homicide rates. The real question should be how does DC compare to other American cities of the same size. I would think it's pretty favourable in comparison.
 
MrWhyt said:
Yeah THIS is going to go well.




edit: Trumps own DOJ says crime is down in DC. Violent crime at 30 year low
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Also, if crime were such a problem in the area, then why did the feds cut funding for law enforcement there?

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Trump to take control of Washington police, deploy National Guard

U.S. President says the move is to ‘help re-establish law, order and public safety’ in the capital, which saw violent crime hit a three-decade low in 2024
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Trump’s own Federal Emergency Management Agency is cutting security funding for the National Capital Region, an area that includes D.C. and nearby cities in Maryland and Virginia. The region will receive US$20-million less this year from the federal urban security fund, amounting to a 44-per-cent year-on-year cut.
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BBC, as usual, has a good live thread on it.

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Trump deploys National Guard to Washington DC as he pledges crime crackdown - live updates

The US president has declared a public safety emergency as he promises to tackle crime and homelessness in the nation's capital.
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Trump is so utterly, profoundly dishonest in so much of what he says.

A president standing at a podium saying police “can do whatever the hell they want” is such an incredibly dangerous thing for a democracy. There WILL be violent excesses out of this stupid rhetoric he’s spouting.

For context, remember that DOJ has recently ended civil rights investigations and enforcement into various police departments in the U.S. that followed felony convictions of police officers in killings where there was excessive police force. Because DC has no state-level governance, the administration really is able to extend police pretty close to carte blanche to act without fear of prosecution or empowered oversight.
 
Quite right, Brihard. Police forces, like any large organization, has some Bozos in it. When freed from the restrictions of the rule of law, some will absolutely do stupid things just because they can get away with it.
 
Oldgateboatdriver said:
Quite right, Brihard. Police forces, like any large organization, has some Bozos in it. When freed from the restrictions of the rule of law, some will absolutely do stupid things just because they can get away with it.
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Just replying to draw your attention to my additional edit to that post, re DOJ.
 
Oldgateboatdriver said:
Quite right, Brihard. Police forces, like any large organization, has some Bozos in it. When freed from the restrictions of the rule of law, some will absolutely do stupid things just because they can get away with it.
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It’s much like what we’re seeing with ICE. They have been pretty much freed of acting like a responsible law enforcement agency and are now one step above goon squad.
 
Oldgateboatdriver said:
That is classic dictatorship move: seize the capital with military force.

I love how he had a board showing the murder rates in various world capitals (judiciously selected because they were low), but absolutely no other American city to offer a comparison. Everybody knows that the US is one of the world's countries with some of the highest homicide rates. The real question should be how does DC compare to other American cities of the same size. I would think it's pretty favourable in comparison.
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Unless there is a literal riot storming the Capitol building, in which case you delay deploying them and let people die first.
 
Congress has authority over DC's municipal government, not the executive. If Democrats try hard enough, I suspect they can peel off enough Republicans in the House and Senate to actually assert some Congressional authority. If they got to 51 in the Senate, I suspect a preference cascade would result (ie. politicians wanting to be on the "right" side of an issue already across the margin).
 
Brad Sallows said:
Congress has authority over DC's municipal government, not the executive. If Democrats try hard enough, I suspect they can peel off enough Republicans in the House and Senate to actually assert some Congressional authority. If they got to 51 in the Senate, I suspect a preference cascade would result (ie. politicians wanting to be on the "right" side of an issue already across the margin).
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Yes, I’m sure a reach out to Congressional republicans to try to curb MAGA executive overreach will definitely work this time.
 
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