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BREAKING: Donald Trump begins authoritarian takeover of Washington, D.C. (www.advocate.com)
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President Donald Trump stood in the White House press briefing room Monday morning, declaring it “Liberation Day in D.C.” and announcing that he was taking over Washington, D.C.’s police force. Invoking Section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, a rarely used provision of federal law, Trump said he was placing the Metropolitan Police Department under direct White House control and deploying the D.C. National Guard into city streets.

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[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 113 points 2 months ago

This is absolutely part of an overall plan to normalize military occupation of US cities and a continuation of what was started in LA by equating protest with rebellion.

This will continue to escalate.