One might think that the word “homeland” is mere post-9/11 sloganeering, but Donald Trump’s new National Security Strategy, now in final edits, makes the United States and the Western Hemisphere the single top priority for the military and the national security agencies, multiple government sources say. Trump is taking “America First” literally. For the first time ever…
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If President Donald Trump makes good on his threats, Zohran Mamdani may become the first New York City mayor forced to navigate an uninvited federal deployment of the National Guard. Last month, Trump insinuated that he’d send troops to “clean up” the country’s biggest city if Mamdani won the election, as he did decisively Tuesday night. Trump administration officials have also threatened to ramp…
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A newly released Department of Defense (DOD) memo calls for all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and U.S. territories to form “quick reaction forces” within the National Guard that will be trained in “riot control” procedures — the latest indication that President Donald Trump is set to escalate his militarization of cities across the country. The October 8 memo was signed by Major General Ronald…
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President Donald Trump alarmed many critics this week when he once again mused about deploying the military on the streets of US cities. As reported by The New York Times, Trump told a group of American troops stationed in Japan on Tuesday that he could send the military into US cities under the pretense of fighting crime. “We have cities that are troubled, we can’t have cities that are…
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In a Fox News interview this past weekend, President Donald Trump claimed that invoking the Insurrection Act would allow him to have “unquestioned power,” and even suggested that it could be used to suspend court cases — despite nothing in the statute indicating as such. Trump has sent National Guard troops to a number of U.S. cities, ostensibly to assist other federal agents carrying out…
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