Another example of what happens in the #Trump admin if you dare report #facts

#Pentagon Fires the #Defense#Intelligence Agency Chief

The move comes weeks after the agency drafted a preliminary report contradicting Trump’s contention that US strikes had “obliterated” nuclear sites in #Iran.

#military#MilitaryPreparedness#NationalSecurity #censorship #propaganda #dictatorship #authoritarianism #autocracy#DearLeader
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/us/politics/defense-intelligence-agency-chief-fired.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Another example of what happens in the #Trump admin if you dare report #facts

#Pentagon Fires the #Defense#Intelligence Agency Chief

The move comes weeks after the agency drafted a preliminary report contradicting Trump’s contention that US strikes had “obliterated” nuclear sites in #Iran.

#military#MilitaryPreparedness#NationalSecurity #censorship #propaganda #dictatorship #authoritarianism #autocracy#DearLeader
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/us/politics/defense-intelligence-agency-chief-fired.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

#law#DC#WashingtonDC#CivilRights#MilitaryState #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny#Gestapo #coup#TrumpCoup2
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/08/19/trump-dc-national-guard-republican-states/

Personnel from #WestVirginia arrived Monday, with troops from #SouthCarolina, #Mississippi & advance teams from #Ohio & #Tennessee expected to arrive Tuesday, a defense official said.….

[The #NationalGuard troops are]…operating under the command of Joint Task Force DC, which will decide where in the city to send troops in coordination w/agencies asking for assistance.

#law#DC#WashingtonDC#Trump#MilitaryState #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny#Gestapo #coup#TrumpCoup2

#law#DC#WashingtonDC#CivilRights#MilitaryState #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny#Gestapo #coup#TrumpCoup2
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/08/19/trump-dc-national-guard-republican-states/

It would be a departure from what the #Pentagon & #Army have said about the #troops being unarmed. The Army said last week that “weapons are available if needed but will remain in the armory.”

#Trump #law#CivilRights#MilitaryState #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #coup#TrumpCoup2

FFS

#Louisiana is now the sixth #Republican-led state to authorize #NationalGuard #troop deployment to #DC as part of #Trump show of force

#law#WashingtonDC#CivilRights#MilitaryState #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny#Gestapo #coup#TrumpCoup2

Analysis: 100s of Fmr Israeli Spies Are Working in US Big Tech

A $25 billion deal is the latest acquisition between U.S. tech & Israeli intelligence.

In late July, the U.S. cybersecurity giant Palo Alto Networks acquired the Israeli security firm CyberArk.

Palo Alto said the acquisition would, “unite two security leaders with similar values, strong cultures, & talented teams.”

https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/israel-technology-palo-alto-networks-microsoft-unit-8200

#BigTech#IsraeliSpies#USPol#Europol#Autocracy#US-IsraeliIntelligence .

Analysis: 100s of Fmr Israeli Spies Are Working in US Big Tech

A $25 billion deal is the latest acquisition between U.S. tech & Israeli intelligence.

In late July, the U.S. cybersecurity giant Palo Alto Networks acquired the Israeli security firm CyberArk.

Palo Alto said the acquisition would, “unite two security leaders with similar values, strong cultures, & talented teams.”

https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/israel-technology-palo-alto-networks-microsoft-unit-8200

#BigTech#IsraeliSpies#USPol#Europol#Autocracy#US-IsraeliIntelligence .

While it is not unusual for #NationalGuard units to be deployed for domestic emergencies within their states, including for civil disturbances, this “is really strange because essentially nothing is happening,” Cohn said.

“Crime is going down. We don’t have major protests or civil disturbances. There is no significant resistance from states” to federal immigration policies, she said. “There is very little evidence anything big is likely to happen soon.”…

#law#Trump#MilitaryState#Autocracy

While it is not unusual for #NationalGuard units to be deployed for domestic emergencies within their states, including for civil disturbances, this “is really strange because essentially nothing is happening,” Cohn said.

“Crime is going down. We don’t have major protests or civil disturbances. There is no significant resistance from states” to federal immigration policies, she said. “There is very little evidence anything big is likely to happen soon.”…

#law#Trump#MilitaryState#Autocracy

“When you have this tool waiting at your fingertips, you’re going to want to use it,” [especially if you’re #Trump] Nunn said. “It actually makes it more likely that you’re going to see domestic deployments — because why else have a task force?”

The proposal represents a major departure in how the #NationalGuard traditionally has been used, said Lindsay P. Cohn, an associate professor of #NationalSecurity affairs at the US Naval War College.

#law#MilitaryState#Autocracy

The strategy is further complicated by the fact that #NationalGuard members from one state cannot operate in another state without permission, Nunn said. He also warned that any quick-reaction force established for #CivilUnrest missions risks lowering the threshold for deploying National Guard troops into US cities.

#Trump #law#PosseComitatusAct#MilitaryState#Autocracy#Constitution#FreedomOfAssembly#RightToProtest#FreeSpeech

The #Trump admin is relying on a shaky legal theory that the president can act broadly to protect federal property & functions, said Joseph Nunn, an attorney at the Brennan Center for Justice who specializes in legal issues germane to the #US #military’s domestic activities.

“You don’t want to normalize routine military participation in law enforcement,” he said. “You don’t want to normalize routine domestic deployment.”

#law#PosseComitatusAct#MilitaryState#Autocracy#Constitution

The proposal being evaluated now would allow the president to mobilize #troops & put them on #Title32 orders in a #state experiencing unrest. The documents detailing the plan acknowledge the potential for #political friction should the #governor refuse to work with the #Pentagon.
Some #legal scholars expressed apprehension about the proposal.
[I should think!]

#Trump #law#PosseComitatusAct#MilitaryState#Autocracy#Constitution#FreedomOfAssembly#RightToProtest#FreeSpeech

The other kind, #Title32, is a #federal - #state status where #troops are controlled by their state #governor but federally funded. It also allows more latitude to participate in law enforcement missions. #NationalGuard troops from other states arrived in DC under such circumstances during racial justice #protests in 2020.

#Trump #law#PosseComitatusAct#MilitaryState#Autocracy#Constitution#FreedomOfAssembly#RightToProtest#FreeSpeech

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUMATTj3Ai0

Such situations have prompted some former #judges to do something most generally do not—speak out. More than two dozen retired judges appointed by Republican & Democratic presidents have formed the #ArticleIII Coalition to push back on attacks & #disinformation about the #courts.

#Trump #law #judiciary#Constitution #democracy#SeparationOfPowers#Autocracy#AbuseOfPower

Robert J. Cindrich, who helped found the group, said the country is not yet in a #ConstitutionalCrisis [really?] but that the strain on the courts is immense. Citing the admin’s response to orders, as well as its attacks on judges & law firms, Cindrich said, “The judiciary is being put under siege.”

#Trump #law #judiciary#Constitution #democracy#SeparationOfPowers#Autocracy#AbuseOfPower

Such situations have prompted some former #judges to do something most generally do not—speak out. More than two dozen retired judges appointed by Republican & Democratic presidents have formed the #ArticleIII Coalition to push back on attacks & #disinformation about the #courts.

#Trump #law #judiciary#Constitution #democracy#SeparationOfPowers#Autocracy#AbuseOfPower