Carrying "foreign flags?" Would that be like the traitors' rag that was carried into the Capitol Building on Jan. 6?
Unfortunately, I know the answer. I also know, because I'm older than dirt, that a certain segment of Republicans (and now most of them) have wanted to let "the troops" loose to mow down protesting citizens and anyone else that got in their way, for decades. Now, they have a monster in the White House that will do it for them.
"The law cited by Trump’s proclamation places national guard troops under federal command. The law says this can be done under three circumstances: when the US is invaded or in danger of invasion; when there is a rebellion or danger of rebellion against the authority of the US government; or when the president is unable to “execute the laws of the United States”, with regular forces.
But the law also says that orders for those purposes “shall be issued through the governors of the States”. It’s not immediately clear whether the president can activate national guard troops without the order of that state’s governor."
As with every emergency power the Cheeto Hitler invokes, the conditions in the first paragraph don't really exist, but only the courts can sort that out, and that never happens in the moment. But here, in the second paragraph, is a seemingly very clear statement that his order was unlawful.
And that's where this gets interesting, because that means the chain of command in the California Guard obeyed an unlawful order, which has very chilling broader implications, and which should open them up to charges in courts martial.
If the Army brass stays with the Cheeto, regardless of the legality of his orders, we are cooked.
Carrying "foreign flags?" Would that be like the traitors' rag that was carried into the Capitol Building on Jan. 6?
Unfortunately, I know the answer. I also know, because I'm older than dirt, that a certain segment of Republicans (and now most of them) have wanted to let "the troops" loose to mow down protesting citizens and anyone else that got in their way, for decades. Now, they have a monster in the White House that will do it for them.
This says
"The law cited by Trump’s proclamation places national guard troops under federal command. The law says this can be done under three circumstances: when the US is invaded or in danger of invasion; when there is a rebellion or danger of rebellion against the authority of the US government; or when the president is unable to “execute the laws of the United States”, with regular forces.
But the law also says that orders for those purposes “shall be issued through the governors of the States”. It’s not immediately clear whether the president can activate national guard troops without the order of that state’s governor."
As with every emergency power the Cheeto Hitler invokes, the conditions in the first paragraph don't really exist, but only the courts can sort that out, and that never happens in the moment. But here, in the second paragraph, is a seemingly very clear statement that his order was unlawful.
And that's where this gets interesting, because that means the chain of command in the California Guard obeyed an unlawful order, which has very chilling broader implications, and which should open them up to charges in courts martial.
If the Army brass stays with the Cheeto, regardless of the legality of his orders, we are cooked.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/07/trump-national-guard
Oh, Liz. Disburse =/= disperse.
Why doesn’t Newsom order the Guard units back to their homes? They work for him.
The word riots need quotation marks around it. ICE “riots” in Los Angeles. The way it looks now, it's just the chyron on Fox News for the next month.
Progressives Are Letting The World Know That Anarchy, Violence Against Law Enforcement, and Chaos Rule The Day
https://torrancestephensphd.substack.com/p/progressives-are-letting-the-world
Surely TraitorTot and his Merry Band Of Fascists can see that these "insurrectionists" are nothing more than tourists peacefully sightseeing in LA.