Post Ax64HLU1skessJcmIa by Nonilex@masto.ai
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(DIR) Post #Ax63xIFADZCN2G6r3Y by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-12T14:49:17Z
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#GiftArticle#Trump plans to create #military ‘reaction force’ for *civil unrest*The Trump admin is evaluating plans that would establish a “Domestic Civil Disturbance Quick Reaction Force” composed of hundreds of #NationalGuard #troops tasked with rapidly deploying into #US cities facing #protests or other unrest, acc/to internal #Pentagon docs reviewed by WaPo.#law #PosseComitatusAct #MilitaryState #Autocracy #democracy #FreedomOfAssembly #RightToProtest #FreeSpeechhttps://wapo.st/46UGmic
(DIR) Post #Ax646vUjeVNhNQzDiC by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-12T14:51:01Z
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The plan calls for 600 #troops to be on standby at all times so they can deploy in as little as one hour, the documents say. They would be split into 2 groups of 300 & stationed at #military bases in Alabama & Arizona, with purview of regions east & west of the Mississippi River, respectively.#Trump #law #PosseComitatusAct #MilitaryState #Autocracy #Constitution #FreedomOfAssembly #RightToProtest #FreeSpeech
(DIR) Post #Ax648gfpjA1ZzQ17dw by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-12T14:51:22Z
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Cost projections outlined in the documents indicate that such a mission, if the proposal is adopted, could stretch into the hundreds of millions of dollars should #military aircraft & aircrews also be required to be ready around-the-clock. Troop transport via commercial airlines would be less expensive, the documents say.#Trump #law #PosseComitatusAct #MilitaryState #Autocracy #Constitution #FreedomOfAssembly #RightToProtest #FreeSpeech
(DIR) Post #Ax64HLU1skessJcmIa by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-12T14:52:53Z
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The proposal, which has not been previously reported, represents another potential expansion of #Trump’s willingness to employ the #ArmedForces on #US soil. It relies on a section of US Code that allows the commander in chief to circumvent limitations on the #military’s use within the US.#law #PosseComitatusAct #MilitaryState #Autocracy #Constitution #FreedomOfAssembly #RightToProtest #FreeSpeech
(DIR) Post #Ax64SoIx47GFRquTFA by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-12T14:54:59Z
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The documents, marked predecisional, are comprehensive & contain extensive discussion about potential societal implications of establishing such a program. They were compiled by #NationalGuard ofcls & bear time stamps as recent as late July & early Aug. Fiscal year 2027 is the earliest this program could be created & funded through the #Pentagon’s *traditional* budgetary process, the docs say, leaving unclear whether it could begin sooner through alternative funding.#Trump #law #MilitaryState
(DIR) Post #Ax64r3wyXzKgvEC9nU by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-12T14:59:21Z
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While most #NationalGuard commands have fast-response teams for use within their home states, the proposal under evaluation by the #Trump admin would entail moving #troops from one state to another.The National Guard tested the concept ahead of the #2020election, putting 600 troops on alert in Arizona & Alabama as the country braced for possible #PoliticalViolence.#law #PosseComitatusAct #MilitaryState #Autocracy #Constitution #FreedomOfAssembly #RightToProtest #FreeSpeech
(DIR) Post #Ax64vMoiLKN4avNpUO by colo_lee@mstdn.social
2025-08-12T15:00:07Z
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@Nonilex civil unrest like elections ...
(DIR) Post #Ax65A7yxmRFKvgDQzw by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-12T15:02:47Z
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The test followed months of unrest in cities across the country, prompted by the #police murder of #GeorgeFloyd, that spurred #NationalGuard deployments in numerous locations. #Trump, then nearing the end of his first term, sought to employ active-duty #combat #troops while #Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper & other Pentagon officials urged him to rely instead on the Guard, which is trained to address civil disturbances.#Trump #law #PosseComitatusAct #MilitaryState #Autocracy #RightToProtest
(DIR) Post #Ax65Qf9MEPb8Qjxi0O by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-12T15:05:46Z
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#Trump has summoned the #military for #domestic purposes like few of his predecessors.…#NationalGuard #troops can be mobilized for federal missions inside the #US under two main authorities. The first, under #Title10, puts troops under the president’s direction, where they can SUPPORT law enforcement activity but not perform arrests or investigations.#law #PosseComitatusAct #MilitaryState #Autocracy #Constitution #FreedomOfAssembly #RightToProtest #FreeSpeech
(DIR) Post #Ax65ZN7ad92h7dHvDk by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-12T15:07:22Z
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The other kind, #Title32, is a #federal - #state status where #troops are controlled by their state #governor but federally funded. It also allows more latitude to participate in law enforcement missions. #NationalGuard troops from other states arrived in DC under such circumstances during racial justice #protests in 2020.#Trump #law #PosseComitatusAct #MilitaryState #Autocracy #Constitution #FreedomOfAssembly #RightToProtest #FreeSpeech
(DIR) Post #Ax65ja8B7GdAMlQpWK by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-12T15:09:13Z
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The proposal being evaluated now would allow the president to mobilize #troops & put them on #Title32 orders in a #state experiencing unrest. The documents detailing the plan acknowledge the potential for #political *friction* should the #governor refuse to work with the #Pentagon.
Some #legal scholars expressed *apprehension* about the proposal.[I should think!]#Trump #law #PosseComitatusAct #MilitaryState #Autocracy #Constitution #FreedomOfAssembly #RightToProtest #FreeSpeech
(DIR) Post #Ax667YDtrQA9OpXNkO by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-12T15:13:33Z
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The #Trump admin is relying on a shaky legal theory that the president can act broadly to protect *federal property & functions*, said Joseph Nunn, an attorney at the Brennan Center for Justice who specializes in legal issues germane to the #US #military’s domestic activities.“You don’t want to normalize routine military participation in law enforcement,” he said. “You don’t want to normalize routine domestic deployment.”#law #PosseComitatusAct #MilitaryState #Autocracy #Constitution
(DIR) Post #Ax66LP4MgtwF40gOe0 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-12T15:16:03Z
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The strategy is further complicated by the fact that #NationalGuard members from one state cannot operate in another state without permission, Nunn said. He also warned that any quick-reaction force established for #CivilUnrest missions risks lowering the threshold for deploying National Guard troops into US cities.#Trump #law #PosseComitatusAct #MilitaryState #Autocracy #Constitution #FreedomOfAssembly #RightToProtest #FreeSpeech
(DIR) Post #Ax66X3UYk1tJcKUViC by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-12T15:18:10Z
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“When you have this tool waiting at your fingertips, you’re going to want to use it,” [especially if you’re #Trump] Nunn said. “It actually makes it more likely that you’re going to see domestic deployments — because why else have a task force?”The proposal represents a major departure in how the #NationalGuard traditionally has been used, said Lindsay P. Cohn, an associate professor of #NationalSecurity affairs at the US Naval War College.#law #MilitaryState #Autocracy
(DIR) Post #Ax66j63R2X352WXtdw by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-12T15:20:20Z
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While it is not unusual for #NationalGuard units to be deployed for domestic emergencies within their states, including for civil disturbances, this “is really strange because essentially nothing is happening,” Cohn said.“Crime is going down. We don’t have major protests or civil disturbances. There is no significant resistance from states” to federal immigration policies, she said. “There is very little evidence anything big is likely to happen soon.”…#law #Trump #MilitaryState #Autocracy
(DIR) Post #Ax677bqYULu4akD4b2 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-12T15:24:45Z
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Moreover, Cohn said, the proposal risks diverting #NationalGuard resources that may be needed to respond to natural disasters or other emergencies.The proposal envisions a rotation of service members from #Army & #AirForce #NationalGuard units based in multiple states. Those include Alabama, Arizona, California, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, South Carolina & Tennessee, the docs say.#Trump #law #military
(DIR) Post #Ax67JWnF6RM2OTLMX2 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-12T15:26:55Z
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Carter Elliot, a spox for Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D), said governors & #NationalGuard leaders are best suited to decide how to support law enforcement during emergencies. “There is a well-established procedure that exists to request additional assistance during times of need,” Carter said, “& the #Trump administration is blatantly & dangerously ignoring that precedent.”#law #PosseComitatusAct #MilitaryState #Autocracy #Constitution #FreedomOfAssembly #RightToProtest #FreeSpeech
(DIR) Post #Ax67XiExL8oDwy4PGS by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-12T15:29:29Z
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One action memo contained in the documents, dated July 22, recommends that #Army #military #police & #AirForce security forces receive additional training for the mission. The document indicates it was prepared for #PeteHegseth by Elbridge Colby, the #Defense Department’s under secretary for #policy.#Trump #law #PosseComitatusAct #MilitaryState #Autocracy #Constitution #FreedomOfAssembly #RightToProtest #FreeSpeech
(DIR) Post #Ax67qHis9hdxD3v3C4 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-12T15:32:40Z
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The 300 #troops in each of the two headquarters’ locations would be outfitted with weapons & riot gear, the documents say. The first 100 would be ready to move within an hour, with the second & third waves ready to move within two & 12 hours notice, the documents note, or all immediately deployed when placed on high alert.
The quick-reaction teams would be on task for 90 days, the documents said, “to limit burnout.”#Trump #law #MilitaryState #Autocracy #Constitution #FreeSpeech
(DIR) Post #Ax69MjYOJenAkM3MsC by HarriettMB@beige.party
2025-08-12T15:49:53Z
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@Nonilex Will SCOTUS _ever_ stop the march of a Trump dictatorship and military control? Do they not see the dangers, even to themselves, as this continues and increases? It will be too late, if they ever wake up.
(DIR) Post #Ax69SrrgKQ0oGE08hM by lakelady@mstdn.social
2025-08-12T15:50:58Z
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@Nonilex troop transport on a moments notice on commercial airlines might be cheaper but it'll piss off everyone who gets bumped from their flights. It's not like airlines have empty planes sitting on the ground not being used.
(DIR) Post #Ax6E9xNw501XeMtE1Y by huntingdon@mstdn.social
2025-08-12T16:43:36Z
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@Nonilex Trump would use 600 or more for a single Democratically-run city he doesn't like. He's using 800 in DC, rotating in three shifts. So the announcement likely severely misunderestimates the number of troops being trained and mobilized to be ready to respond to whatever night-sweat dreams afflict Donald Trump.
(DIR) Post #Ax6HGiwCUbVWjRpq9A by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-12T17:18:28Z
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@HarriettMB Not this SCOTUS
(DIR) Post #Ax6JEvbGdvsrKhJbyC by MiriShuli@mstdn.social
2025-08-12T17:40:23Z
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@Nonilex You know which troops will agree to be apart of such a force? The skinheads, the NeoNazis, the racists and the misogynists. What a nightmare.
(DIR) Post #B0Ft8pBGGqns4XEiTg by mike@thecanadian.social
2025-11-15T02:11:28Z
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@Nonilex AKA storm troopers.
(DIR) Post #B2NktL2dlhCMKFpLxA by Sylviaborin@mastodon.social
2026-01-17T17:00:57Z
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@NonilexMuch like the Sarollah units, which are deployed by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards as an internal security force.#GiftArticle #military #Trump #NationalGuard #troops #US #protests #Pentagon #law #PosseComitatusAct #MilitaryState #Autocracy #democracy #FreedomOfAssembly #RightToProtest #FreeSpeech