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Yes, the National Guard is really cleaning up Washington:
At least they aren't machine gunning the squirrels!
At least they aren't machine gunning the squirrels!
I thought he was going to be the 'no war' president.He seems to not understand that the War Department was the Army only (when there was no USAF, USSF) and the Department of the Navy were separate. Oh well, the whole crew are historical morons.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/25/trump-pentagon-name-change-00523335
No indictment against man accused of throwing sandwich at CBP agent: Sources
Prosecutors failed to secure an indictment against the man accused of throwing a sandwich at a Customs and Border Patrol agent in Washington, D.C., sources familiar with the matter confirmed to ABC News on Wednesday.
Prosecutors similarly failed to convince a federal grand jury in D.C. to indict a woman, Sidney Reid, accused by the government of assaulting and FBI agent during an inmate swap with ICE, despite three separate attempts.
The White House went as far as releasing a video showing a cadre of heavily armed agents carrying out his arrest, despite his attorney saying he had previously offered to surrender willingly.
Yes, the National Guard is really cleaning up Washington:
At least they aren't machine gunning the squirrels!
Don’t they typically use convicts to do that job in the US?Can you imagine what that does for morale if you are a National Guard member, called out from your civilian job because of an alleged "emergency" crime situation in DC and you end up doing that for most of your day?
Good. That was an absolute farce. He was a drunken idiot who deserves a liquor ticket and maybe a night in the drunk tank. Instead they tried to go full federal on him including a super cringey high resolution video of a full tactical raid on his residence. Even within the law enforcement community - and I’m in some US-dominated LEO-only social media space - we were almost universally saying it was embarassing. That drunk idiot winning the foot pursuit and getting away wasn’t any better.There’s a saying down south that a grand jury can indict a ham sandwich.
Not anymore.
Also…
Back to the sandwich thrower…
Just imagine if they had access to the talent of Leni Riefenstahl and Dr Goebbels. The MAGA crowd would be swooning.That is absolutely pathetic.
Well no shit, if you temporarily and unsustainably flood an area with police you’re going to see crime go down in that patch of ground for the time that surge is sustained. Any of us who did time in Kandahar were playing a similar game. But it won’t be sustained. FBI, HSI, CBP etc all have their actual work to do and it’s not getting done. Every day some FBI guy is standing on a corner in DC getting beaked off at by a drunk, they aren’t investigating extremism, cybercrime, child porn, counterintelligence… And the federal deployment ends at the municipal borders of DC. They don’t cross the street (literally) into the neighbouring municipalities. It would be like dumping the federal portion of the RCMP into policing Vancouver but meanwhile everything just temporarily flows from the downtown east side into Burnaby or Richmond or Surrey.![]()
DC Mayor Bowser reverses course, admits Trump's federal crime crackdown is working
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser changed her stance on President Donald Trump's federal officer surge after initially calling it "unsettling," now praising its effectiveness in reducing crime.www.foxnews.com
Sounds like Trump made the right call.
And Canadian jurists await Canada's response to the poking ....Poke, poke, poke ...
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Trump slaps sanctions on Canadian International Criminal Court judge
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration slapped sanctions on a Canadian judge on the International Criminal Court as the U.S. State Department continues to push back on the tribunal.www.thecanadianpressnews.ca
More than just the CAN judge according to the State Dep't info-machine - highlights mine
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Probably a case of picking our battles. There’s no win in this one, nor any likelihood we can budge the U.S. position on the ICC where their investigations implicate U.S. personnel or allies. We have plenty more Canadians working for them who face this risk too. Unfortunately it’s a reality at this point that working for international bodies in a manner deemed contrary to U.S. policy or interests brings a sanctions risk.And Canadian jurists await Canada's response to the poking ....
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Law advocates slam Ottawa for silence on Trump sanctioning Canadian ICC judge
OTTAWA - Advocates for international law say Ottawa is letting Washington chip away at the global rules-based order by remaining silent a week into American sanctions against a Canadian jurist.www.thecanadianpressnews.ca
Too easy, call them the Department of Peace.I thought he was going to be the 'no war' president.
No, he wants a Piece of the companies.Too easy, call them the Department of Peace.
Why not both?No, he wants a Piece of the companies.
USSC didn't rule on the legality. They just put it back with the states.You mean the same way the decided on abortion being legal?
Not really. See here for a dose of proportion and reason. Note particularly the US's own history of using trade policy to support diplomatic policy.IOW: 'National' Socialism...
The government having a vote and stake is peak state capitalism. If the US wants to be theNot really. See here for a dose of proportion and reason. Note particularly the US's own history of using trade policy to support diplomatic policy.
How many corporations does our government own, control, have a minority stake in, etc? Start counting here. Knock yourself out.The government having a vote and stake is peak state capitalism. The cognitive dissonance surrounding this is insane. I guarantee if our government had done this first, people would be self-immolating in protest of Comrade Carney.