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US military preparing for National Guard activation in Washington D.C., officials say (www.reuters.com)
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[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Who’s taking bets on what city’s up next? Chicago? NY? Boston? SF? Denver? Detroit? Philly? Who knows!

[–] Tronn4@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Democratic strongholds. Sanctuary cities. Big name ones first

[–] zombiewarrior@techhub.social 5 points 1 year ago

@cm0002 lol fucking christ
lets solve massive income inequality between stupidly overpaid lobbyists and dc parasites and the poor bastards who have to live and work there in middle class jobs by deploying a billion dollars worth of facism

[–] Hugin@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

This is to get us used to Trump activating the guard for domestic operations. That way when he tries coup V2 we and the media think it's just another stupid stunt.