Unlike the recent federal #takeover of policing in #WashingtonDC, the #Chicago operation is not expected to rely on the #NationalGuard or #military & is focused exclusively on immigration instead of being cast as part of a broad campaign against crime, the ofcls said.

#MilitaryState#WhiteSupremacy #law#PosseComitatusAct #tyranny

#FreeDC #washingtondc#DC

Y’all. People in DC are walking behind national guard playing the Darth Vader theme and filming it.

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6sa64AL/

#FreeDC #washingtondc#DC

Y’all. People in DC are walking behind national guard playing the Darth Vader theme and filming it.

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6sa64AL/

#FreeDC #washingtondc#DC

"If we ever got to the point in which a president was sending the military into cities for purely political reasons, aggressive policing wouldn’t be our most urgent problem. Our most urgent problem would be authoritarianism.

And so here we are."

~ Radley Balko

#Trump#WashingtonDC #military #authoritarianism #fascism

#Trump #Biden #health #media #fascism
/9

https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/liberals-cannot-stop-authoritarianism

The grand jury refused to indict The Sandwich Guy who had been charged with a felony for throwing a sandwich into a group of federal officers in DC!

He's become the symbol of resistance in DC, and here he is, tossing a sandwich and hitting Steven Miller. This is in the Howard University neighborhood.

#FreeDC#DC#WashingtonDC #resist#StreetArt

The grand jury refused to indict The Sandwich Guy who had been charged with a felony for throwing a sandwich into a group of federal officers in DC!

He's become the symbol of resistance in DC, and here he is, tossing a sandwich and hitting Steven Miller. This is in the Howard University neighborhood.

#FreeDC#DC#WashingtonDC #resist#StreetArt

"The administration’s solution is not to fund violence prevention programs and local law enforcement—two methods proven to work—but instead to use the power of the government to terrorize communities.

There is a frantic feel to that effort, as if they feel they must convince Americans to fear crime more than they fear rising grocery prices or having to take their children past police checkpoints on their way to school."

#Trump #authoritarianism #fascism #dictator #military#WashingtonDC
/12

"The administration’s solution is not to fund violence prevention programs and local law enforcement—two methods proven to work—but instead to use the power of the government to terrorize communities.

There is a frantic feel to that effort, as if they feel they must convince Americans to fear crime more than they fear rising grocery prices or having to take their children past police checkpoints on their way to school."

#Trump #authoritarianism #fascism #dictator #military#WashingtonDC
/12

“The line is that I'm a dictator, but I stop crime. So a lot of people say, ‘You know, if that's the case, I'd rather have a dictator.'

With Trump underwater on all his key issues and his job approval rating dismal, the administration appears to be trying to create support for Trump by insisting that the U.S. is mired in crime and he alone can solve the problem."

#Trump #authoritarianism #fascism #dictator #military#WashingtonDC
/11

"Today, for the second time in as many days, President Donald J. Trump suggested that Americans want a dictator. In a meeting in the Cabinet Room that lasted more than three hours, during which he listened to the fulsome praise of his cabinet officers and kept his hands below the table, seemingly to hide the bad bruising on his right hand, Trump said:"

~ Heather Cox Richardson

#Trump #authoritarianism #fascism #dictator #military#WashingtonDC
/10

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-26-2025

"The sight of soldiers on American streets—camouflage-clad, armed and patrolling the same avenues where tourists once lined up for food trucks—should never have become normal. Yet under Donald Trump’s leadership, Washington, DC was transformed from a civic capital into a stage set for authoritarian theater."

~ Mark Mansour

#Trump #authoritarianism #fascism #dictator #military#WashingtonDC
/9

https://mmansour.substack.com/p/the-dangerous-normalization-of-trumps

Within hours after being inaugurated, Trump signed an executive order targeting people like their child and defining sex as only male or female. Gorman says,

“'I don’t foresee this movement ending with the end of the Trump administration … I think that the rot is much deeper,' said Gorman."

Ashifa Kassam

#Trump #fascism #military#ICE#WashingtonDC#Chicago#KilmarAbregoGarcia #gender #trans
/11

“'If he wouldn’t have a huge base of support, Trump is just, you know, your crazy uncle yelling things on a porch. That base of support needs to be addressed. Why was there support for this kind of fascism?' he added. 'And that’s a much deeper question. I would not personally feel safe going back to a country that doesn’t fully reckon with its fascist impulses.'"

#Trump #fascism #military#ICE#WashingtonDC#Chicago#KilmarAbregoGarcia #gender #trans
/12

Within hours after being inaugurated, Trump signed an executive order targeting people like their child and defining sex as only male or female. Gorman says,

“'I don’t foresee this movement ending with the end of the Trump administration … I think that the rot is much deeper,' said Gorman."

Ashifa Kassam

#Trump #fascism #military#ICE#WashingtonDC#Chicago#KilmarAbregoGarcia #gender #trans
/11

Immediately after Trump's election in 2024, Benjamin and Chrys Groman made plans to sell their house, cars, most of their belongings and move to Barcelona. They were determined to leave the country before his inauguration, because they have a child whose passport has the non-binary X for gender.

#Trump #fascism #military#ICE#WashingtonDC#Chicago#KilmarAbregoGarcia #gender #trans
/10

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/25/americans-moving-europe-trump

"Tonight, California governor Gavin Newsom’s social media account posted: 'Trump’s militarization of Los Angeles seems to have been just the start of an authoritarian takeover of American cities. This is not leadership. This is a scary, unlawful grab for power, and we should all be deeply concerned.'”

~ Heather Cox Richardson

#Trump #fascism #military#ICE#WashingtonDC#Chicago#KilmarAbregoGarcia
/9

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-24-2025