• A_norny_mousse@feddit.org
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    18 hours ago

    Goodness…

    Experts question the legality of the (something the US government does)

    Such a small sentence. We hear it so often these days yet not enough people stop to think what it really means.

    It almost goes without saying, but I’ll quote it nevertheless:

    it is unclear under what authority Trump and the Defense Department did so

    (…)

    The Posse Comitatus Act bars federal troops from participating in civilian law enforcement.

    And this:

    “Military presence is not needed. The state is already working with local partners to surge 800+ additional state and local law enforcement officers into Los Angeles to clean up President Trump’s mess,” Tara Gallegos, a spokesperson for Newsom, told The Intercept by email.

    Though I’m sure many frame it as California government “being on the rioters side”

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    24 hours ago

    Any day now, they will be mowing down protesters. Frank Freeway and Susie Soccermom will turn on the latest Kardashian news.

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      23 hours ago

      I hope you ate wrong but sooner or later Trump will make anyone not kissing his orange ass a enemy of the state. Thats why he is calling for Newsime to be arrested, to exercise his authority over his enemies

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        18 hours ago

        sooner or later Trump will make anyone not kissing his orange ass a enemy of the state

        Isn’t this happening already? I guess it depends on how you define “make someone an enemy of the state”.

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          16 hours ago

          I mean Federal Law Enforcement actively attempting to arrest and detain people who just speak out against Trump.

          We’re not there yet, but just wait for a couple of months. We’ll be there soon.