What’s that about?

along with PR and our other voting territories.

While it pass the House, it was the likes of Joe Manchin and Krysten Sinema that opposed it.

IMHO: racism.

and the closest it got - at least for finally getting a "real" voting Representative. (versus a "Delegate" ), was when Orrin Hatch proposed adding another Rep. in Utah along with a D.C. one (for a total of 437 Reps vs 435 in the House) in exchange for his vote and that legislation actually passed the Senate but in the House, didn't get any further due to the NRA goons pushing for Amendments to repeal D.C.'s gun regulations. It ended up on indefinite hold.

"While this action today is unsettling and unprecedented, I can't say that given some of the rhetoric of the past, that we're totally surprised," said Mayor Muriel Bowser.

cops and military leadership to make up their fucking minds.

If the orders contravene current law or violate constitutional rights they will claim ignorance. Most will look around and do what they see others are doing. There's a courage of the crowd and also a cowardice of the crowd.

but think of Kent State and Jackson State back in the day.

won't fight against takeover, what hope is there? I guess maybe get the entire city out into the streets, protesting... but it would have to be every man, woman, and child who is not a police/gov't rep worker/ICE worker, etc. Only huge assed numbers are going to make a difference. If he sees the people in HIS dictatorship marching against him like the people in other countries have done against their autocrats, he might have a damned heart attack (at last!)

Douchebag needs to appear strong for when his boss arrives. That meeting is in Alaska but he wants to turn DC into Moscow for next time I guess?

In Germany is was the Gypsy's and mentally ill first, then onto communists, labor unionists, Jehovah witnesses and Jews...

Trump: 1. Immigrants 2.Homeless 3.?

It's just a matter of time.

When he claimed he was going to rid the city of criminals, many of us hoped he was leaving.

never come back. Live out his Russian dreams in Siberia where nobody will be mean to him about his Epstein connections.

Most of the 32 Federal Police Agencies in DC are just security guards.

There already is a cooperative agreement.

https://mpdc.dc.gov/page/covered-federal-law-enforcement-agencies]

and I can well imagine that he will round up all the homeless in DC and send them to some BLUE city to deal with, in addition to all the homeless those cities have already.

Exactly what Texas Governor Abbott did, when he sent TENS OF THOUSANDS of immigrants to Denver Colorado last fall.

I pity our National Guardsman who couldn’t be called when the Capital was under siege but are when the enemy is homeless street people.

Some of whom are veterans.

A test of will and test of push back.

"Oh well, just a few bums and beggars got themselves shot."

Look up Douglas MacArthur and the Bonus Army .

I am disgusted and afraid to see it potentially happening again.

Trump Sucks.

So one of the main felons involved in the theft of all Americans' private data is a hero because he intervened in a carjacking by teenagers...and that's why we need martial law. This is just the latest chapter in the history of flimsy pretexts. Wonder what the excuse will be to selectively cancel or delay elections in 2026. Please raise your hand if you don't see that coming.

A gangster taking over a city, and the first thing he wants to do is get rid of the homeless. We're living in a Batman comic book, but there is no Batman, no Superman, no Marvel heroes. He'll want to do the same to Chicago, and many other cities. And eventually, the crown jewel - NYC.

is that they are acting more like the "BORG" with every passing moment.......

doing absolutely nothing but praise their Fuhrer.

Are you faithful to your oath, or does that not mean a fucking thing to you either?

Do they really want to go down in History viewed as such?

There is a LOT of crime in DC. It's centered at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

My family was the only white family for a couple of blocks in any direction, and I welcomed martial law at that time because buildings were being looted and burned, including a shopping center two blocks from where we lived. I hadn't felt so safe in three or four years as when there was a National Guardsman stationed down at the end of the block. The rioting was the last straw and we moved to suburban Maryland four months later.

But the current situation is in NO WAY like the one in 1968 and the President ordering martial law in 1968 was not a madman*. Military chiefs need to say "NO" now and refuse to order National Guard troops or Federal troops into D. C.

*Yes, he was an asshole, but not a madman.

Fake plant decorations spray painted with cheap gold paint hung on the Lincoln Memorial.

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

Someone forgot to take down this webpage:

www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/v...

— Steve Vladeck (@stevevladeck.bsky.social) 2025-08-11T02:22:49.289Z

This isn't how it begins. This is many steps well into the process of repeating what happened back then.

Anyone who thought this type of thing couldn't happen in America is getting a rude awakening. We're not as special as many thought. The echos of 1930's Germany are everywhere today.

Sent in the National Guard and the Marines based on a blatant lie. LA was not at all in a state of chaos. Now the same routine. DC’s crime rate is historically lower. But Trump is using a growing crime rate as justification for taking over the city. But like almost everything he says that is a lie.

How can he be stopped?

FASCISTS NEVER NEED ARREST WARRANTS
THANK YOUR ELECTED REPUBLICANS

The man who unleashed a mob on January 6th on law enforcement and then pardoned those convicted, now says there is too much crime in DC. Wut?

trump cannot control D.C. police for more thabn 48 hours with congressional approval and congress is in recess

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Which is why he probably did it. That said...

So now what? Are you saying he's in control of DC police until Congress reconvenes?
If so, how are the constitutional rights of the homeless protected?
It's highly doubtful that even if there's a filing done on behalf of homeless plaintiffs, that it would stop the felon.

There's no help coming for the most vulnerable in this country.

are the people who are homeless causing the crime?

by his BS side shows of lame ass distractions.

If you follow Trump’s orders you lose your pay, seniority and pension
Problem solved.