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Fiendish Thingy

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2. You know the National Guard can be federalized under presidential control with the stroke of a pen, right?

Reply to hookaleft (Original post)

Fri Jun 26, 2026, 09:33 AM

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That being said, Nationwide martial law is a physical impossibility, as is the myth of “strategic” placement of troops/ICE at blue district polling places.

Never forget this one absolute truth:

Trump is not omnipotent, and the states and the people are not powerless

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Far-right stokes fears of 'nightmare' Democratic midterm sweep to push for election takeover [View all] hookaleft Yesterday OP

Of course.............. Lovie777 Yesterday #1

You know the National Guard can be federalized under presidential control with the stroke of a pen, right? Fiendish Thingy Yesterday #2

The states National Guard is controlled by the State they are in hookaleft Yesterday #3

The president can federalize the national guard of any state Fiendish Thingy Yesterday #4

not before the state does it on it's own hookaleft Yesterday #5

That was awful reading about history in the South hookaleft Yesterday #6