#NationalGuard troops briefly deployed to #Portland despite judge’s order, federal trial reveals

The revelation came to light Wednesday in federal court in Portland, where US District Court Judge Karin Immergut will decide if #Trump acted lawfully or violated the #StatesRights by trying to deploy the National Guard.

#law #judiciary #MilitaryState #PosseComitatusAct
https://www.opb.org/article/2025/10/29/oregon-national-guard-portland-ice-immigration-karin-immergut-donald-trump/

As reported in August (see boosted thread)

#Pentagon orders states’ National Guards to form ‘quick reaction forces’ for ‘crowd control’

Pentagon memo details plan to train >20,000 #NationalGuard members across the US to carry out #Trump’s order on *subduing# civil *unrest*

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/29/pentagon-memo-quick-reaction-forces

As authority, Burkett cited Trump’s August executive order that deployed the guard to fight *crime* in #WashingtonDC. The same order required the secretary of #defense to create “a standing National Guard quick reaction force … available for rapid nationwide deployment” in “quelling civil disturbances”.

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The memo, signed on 8 October by Maj Gen Ronald Burkett, the director of operations for the #Pentagon’s #NationalGuard bureau, sets thresholds for the size of the quick reaction force to be trained in each state, with most states required to train 500 national guard members, for a total of 23,500 troops nationwide.

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A top US #military official has ordered the national guards of all 50 US states, DC & US territories to form “quick reaction forces” trained in “riot control”, including use of batons, body shields, Tasers & pepper spray, according to an internal Pentagon directive reviewed by the Guardian.

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As reported in August (see boosted thread)

#Pentagon orders states’ National Guards to form ‘quick reaction forces’ for ‘crowd control’

Pentagon memo details plan to train >20,000 #NationalGuard members across the US to carry out #Trump’s order on *subduing# civil *unrest*

#law #Constitution #RightToProtest #CivilRights #AbuseOfPower #Authoritarianism #Autocracy #Dictatorship #fascism #Tyranny #MafiaState #MilitaryState #PosseComitatusAct
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/29/pentagon-memo-quick-reaction-forces

Those emails were submitted to the court as a trial exhibit.

https://www.opb.org/pdf/Ex%20201%20Rieger%20Depo%20EX014%20EMAIL%20DAILY%20SITREP%2010-4-25%20PUBLIC_1761786827754.pdf

“At 11:35 PDT today, a force of nine MPs arrived at the ICE facility in downtown Portland, Oregon where they assumed their first support mission,” wrote Col. Jeff Merenkov at 3:28 p.m. on Oct. 4.

The email included a schedule that showed the troops’ “shift conclusion” was set for midnight.

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#NationalGuard troops briefly deployed to #Portland despite judge’s order, federal trial reveals

The revelation came to light Wednesday in federal court in Portland, where US District Court Judge Karin Immergut will decide if #Trump acted lawfully or violated the #StatesRights by trying to deploy the National Guard.

#law #judiciary #MilitaryState #PosseComitatusAct
https://www.opb.org/article/2025/10/29/oregon-national-guard-portland-ice-immigration-karin-immergut-donald-trump/

#Trump Says He Is Prepared to Send ‘More Than the #NationalGuard’ Into US #Cities

In a speech to American #troops assembled in Japan on Tuesday, Trump said he would escalate his orders to active duty branches of the #military if he decides it is appropriate.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/us/politics/trump-japan-national-guard-us-cities.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

#Trump has increasingly used speeches to the #military to air his grievances & bolster his accomplishments. Still, the scene was striking: a #US president defending #war & military deployments on US soil, & employing #partisan talking points on the global stage.

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But throughout his hourlong speech, his usual ramblings about the physical appearances of audience members & steam-powered catapults were laced with dark warnings about how he might choose to deploy #military forces.

“We have cities that are troubled, we can’t have cities that are troubled,” #Trump said. “And we’re sending in our #NationalGuard, & if we need more than the National Guard, we’ll send more than the National Guard, because we’re going to have safe cities.”

#law #PosseComitatusAct

#Trump told #US troops assembled in Japan on Tuesday that he was prepared to send “more than the National Guard” into cities to enforce his crackdowns on crime & #immigration, further escalating how he has talked about using the #military at home & abroad.

Speaking to thousands of military service members aboard an aircraft carrier at the Yokosuka Naval Base in Japan Tuesday, Trump delivered a #partisan speech that resembled his raucous campaign rallies.

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#Trump Says He Is Prepared to Send ‘More Than the #NationalGuard’ Into US #Cities

In a speech to American #troops assembled in Japan on Tuesday, Trump said he would escalate his orders to active duty branches of the #military if he decides it is appropriate.

#law #immigration #Constitution #FreedomOfAssembly #RightToProtest #CivilRights #AbuseOfPower #Authoritarianism #Autocracy #Dictatorship #fascism #Tyranny #MafiaState #MilitaryState #MartialLaw #PosseComitatusAct
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/us/politics/trump-japan-national-guard-us-cities.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

The appellate ruling lifted a temporary block on the deployment of #Oregon #soldiers by Judge Karin J. Immergut of the Federal District Court for the District of Oregon. It was not immediately clear whether the order also allowed #Trump to use #NationalGuard soldiers from other states, as he has suggested he might do.

#law #PosseComitatusAct #Portland

Appeals Court Lifts Block on #Trump’s #Oregon Troop Deployment

Deployment can move forward, for now, under a preliminary ruling by the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. But #legal wrangling will likely continue.

#law #Portland #PosseComitatusAct #NationalGuard
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/us/appeals-court-national-guard-troops-portland-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Judge Perry says the order will say defendants are "temporarily enjoined from ordering the federalization & deployment of the #NationalGuard of the #UnitedStates within #Illinois."
👏👏👏

You have to be very clear with these snakes.

#Court is adjourned.

Once Judge Perry’s written order is posted, I will link it (she said Friday) Isn’t it nice when justice is served & democracy is upheld?

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Judge Perry says the order will say defendants are "temporarily enjoined from ordering the federalization & deployment of the #NationalGuard of the #UnitedStates within #Illinois."
👏👏👏

You have to be very clear with these snakes.

#Court is adjourned.

Once Judge Perry’s written order is posted, I will link it (she said Friday) Isn’t it nice when justice is served & democracy is upheld?

#Trump #Chicago #law #judiciary #PosseComitatusAct #MilitaryState #MartialLaw #immigration #fascism #tyranny

Judge Perry: "Any reason I can't just say 'National Guard'?"

Wells' co-counsel: "You could say 'National Guard of the United States.'"

Wells' co-counsel also reminds Perry that members of the #California #NationalGuard are also in #Illinois [wait, I thought it was just #Texas].

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Judge Perry is back on the bench.

Trump admin lawyers had left the courtroom, though. So now Perry is waiting on them.

Christopher Wells from #Illinois tells Perry "we would request the addition of language intended to cover #NationalGuard from other states, or the National Guard of the #UnitedStates.

"We don't want to get into an #Oregon situation."

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