Post AxCK29ji2W2mJUUtAe by hanscees@ieji.de
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(DIR) Post #AxCGc2O2RVcC7yDO4m by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-15T14:38:50Z
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About time!#WashingtonDC sues to block #Trump #federal #takeover of its #police department as crackdown intensifiesThe nation’s capital sued to block Trump’s takeover of its PD in court on Friday, hours after his admin escalated its intervention into the city’s law enforcement by naming a federal official as the new *emergency* #PoliceCommissioner.#law #MilitaryState #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #coup #TrumpCoup2 #DC #DCAG #MPD #PamBondi #MurielBowser https://apnews.com/article/washington-dc-trump-federal-police-takeover-lawsuit-eacd387053520c9e3640c2f91924deeb?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-08-15-Breaking+News
(DIR) Post #AxCGqgNkXOtyE13ygi by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-15T14:42:01Z
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#Washington’s top legal official [#DCAG] sought an emergency restraining order in federal court blocking the move. DCAG Brian Schwalb argues the #police #takeover is illegal & threatens to “wreak operational havoc.”The lawsuit comes after US AG #PamBondi said Thurs night that #DEA boss Terry Cole will assume the police chief’s duties & approval authority for any orders issued to officers.#law #MilitaryState #Trump #DC #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #coup #TrumpCoup2
(DIR) Post #AxCH8ParhBOpMweTD6 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-15T14:45:14Z
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#DCAG Schwalb argues the new order goes beyond #Trump’s authority & implementing it would “sow chaos” in the #MPD. “The administration’s unlawful actions are an affront to the dignity & autonomy of the 700,000 Americans who call #DC home. This is the gravest threat to #HomeRule that the District has ever faced, & we are fighting to stop it,” Schwalb said. #law #MilitaryState #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #coup #TrumpCoup2 #DC #PamBondi #MurielBowser
(DIR) Post #AxCHRLGvzF1jT6M88W by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-15T14:48:39Z
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The president has more power over the nation’s capital than other #cities, but #DC has elected its own mayor & city council since the #HomeRule Act was signed.#Trump is the first president to exert control over the city’s #police since it was passed. The #law limits that control to 30 days without #congress’ approval, though he has said he’d seek to extend it. Schwalb argues the president’s role is narrow under the law, limited to requiring the mayor to provide police for federal purposes.
(DIR) Post #AxCHmUnXlT5J5shBTc by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-15T14:52:27Z
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A population already tense from days of ramp-up has begun seeing more significant shows of force across the city. #NationalGuard #troops watched over some of the world’s most renowned landmarks & Humvees took position in front of the busy main train station. Volunteers helped homeless people leave long-standing encampments — to where was often unclear.#Trump #law #DC #MilitaryState #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #Gestapo #coup #TrumpCoup2
(DIR) Post #AxCHnJo07WknI4Illo by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-15T14:52:37Z
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#DHS #police stood outside Nationals Park during a game Thursday between the Washington Nationals & the Philadelphia Phillies. #DEA agents patrolled The Wharf, a popular nightlife area, while #SecretService officers were seen in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood.#Trump #law #DC #MilitaryState #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #Gestapo #coup #TrumpCoup2
(DIR) Post #AxCHxqjIZ1zeIa7jbE by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-15T14:54:32Z
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Officers set up a #checkpoint in one of D.C.’s popular nightlife areas, drawing #protests. #Troops were stationed outside the Union Station transportation hub as the 800 #NationalGuard members who have been activated by #Trump started in on missions that include *monument security*, community *safety* patrols & *beautification* efforts, the #Pentagon said.#law #DC #MilitaryState #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #Gestapo #Nazis #coup #TrumpCoup2
(DIR) Post #AxCI03Vu0LgGWhuTEu by Lazarou@mastodon.social
2025-08-15T14:54:53Z
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@Nonilex were they checking for Foot Long Subs in Foggy Bottom? #USPOL #WashingtonDC #Fascism #SecretService
(DIR) Post #AxCJv2mHVr4ChlJDSC by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-15T15:16:26Z
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#Update#DC police chief says #Trump move is a ‘dangerous’ threat to #law & orderPolice Chief Pamela Smith’s statement came in a #court filing Friday as the city seeks to block the #federal #takeover of its #police department in court.Smith said the Trump admin’s order installing a federal official as “emergency police chief,” if allowed to stand, would upend command structure & be ‘dangerous’ threat to law & order.https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71116258/district-of-columbia-v-donald-j-trump/#law #MilitaryState #tyranny #coup #TrumpCoup2
(DIR) Post #AxCK29ji2W2mJUUtAe by hanscees@ieji.de
2025-08-15T15:17:39Z
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@Nonilex @jmb foggy bottom is a neighborhood ?there live the foggy bottom boys?
(DIR) Post #AxCu68IOvxJXM0v4ue by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-15T22:01:46Z
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#New #UpdateJudge: #DC #PoliceChief remains in command, but #Trump can likely demand help on #immigration
Mayor #MurielBowser & #DCAG Brian Schwalb said the order by Attorney General #PamBondi was unlawful & suggested they would not comply.
A federal judge convinced the #DOJ to walk back Trump’s efforts to assert #control over the DC #police & signaled that she would issue a temporary restraining order [#TRO] if the changes are not complete by Friday evening.#law #MilitaryState #TrumpCoup2
(DIR) Post #AxCuGQ29q5PRGOE7Ae by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-15T22:03:40Z
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After hearing arguments on an emergency request from #DC officials to block the #Trump admin’s #takeover of the 3,100-member #MPD, US District Judge Ana C. Reyes forged a compromise of sorts between the 2 sides—without issuing a ruling—on the key question of who runs the #police dept.
But the court did not rule on another key aspect of the case: Whether Trump can commandeer DC police officers to enforce #immigration violations. That issue is likely to be resolved next week, Reyes said.#law
(DIR) Post #AxCuSol3jzetQ38ome by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-15T22:05:54Z
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At the end of Friday’s hearing, #DOJ attorney Yaakov Roth said the admin would agree to change a key section of #PamBondi’s order that named the #DEA chief, Terry Cole, as the commissioner of the #DC #police. Local officials said that removing #PoliceChief Pamela A. Smith, who was appointed by Mayor #MurielBowser, from her duties would be perhaps the gravest violation in history to DC #HomeRule.#Trump #law #DC #MilitaryState #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #Gestapo #coup #TrumpCoup2
(DIR) Post #AxCudMCcFYhc2c3XtY by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-15T22:07:48Z
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“We’re just going to say Mr. Cole is the designee of the attorney general for the purposes of requesting services” from #DC #police, Roth told the judge at the hearing’s conclusion.
“He’s going to have to go through the mayor. All right?” Judge Reyes responded. If the order is not changed by 6:30PM, the judge said, she would issue a temporary restraining order [#TRO] blocking Cole from taking charge.#Trump #law #MilitaryState #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #Gestapo #coup #TrumpCoup2
(DIR) Post #AxCvBRVT2II0Ky7w8W by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-15T22:13:58Z
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#DCAG Schwalb said that #Trump’s assertion of total control & #PamBondi’s attempt to rewrite #MPD policy are entirely outside of the bounds of temporarily using local law enforcement for a “federal purpose." He also argued that the actions violated the District clause of the #Constitution, which gives #Congress ultimate #authority & #oversight of the capital & its laws, & Congress’s #HomeRule Act intended to narrowly limit the president’s authority & gave the mayor authority over #police.#law
(DIR) Post #AxCvTtOG6UGg1tYKjA by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-15T22:17:18Z
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DC’s #law limiting cooperation with #ICE — known as the #Sanctuary Values Amendment Act of 2020 — has recently drawn attention from #Congress. The #Republican-controlled #House voted to nullify DC’s #SanctuaryCity law & mandate full cooperation with the federal authorities, part of a steady drumbeat of bills #GOP lawmakers have taken up that intervene in #DC #policy.#Trump #law #DC #MilitaryState #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #Gestapo #coup #TrumpCoup2
(DIR) Post #AxCvUoadR92JQmmWQq by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-15T22:17:29Z
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The bill’s chances are unclear in the #Senate, where the #filibuster would require support from #Democrats. But if #PamBondi’s order were carried out, it would achieve the same end.#Trump #law #DC #MilitaryState #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #Gestapo #coup #TrumpCoup2
(DIR) Post #AxCzTVuJoPnp10ci5g by mls14@social.vivaldi.net
2025-08-15T23:02:00Z
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@Nonilex They went to some of the safest parts of the city. They don’t care about crime at all. Anybody can tell them where the higher-crime neighborhoods are. Chickens.
(DIR) Post #AxD8Krqll8os3CuoGu by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-16T00:40:55Z
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#Trump AG #PamBondi rescinded Order No. 6370-2025 as ordered in today’s hearing & issued a new Order No. 6372-2025 to avoid Judge Reyes issuing a #TRO.The new Order is attached (pic).The key change in the orders is that #DEA chief Terry Cole is NOT named the commissioner of the #DC #police but rather the AG’s *designee* [Assistant to the Regional Manager].#law #DC #police #MPD #MilitaryState #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #Gestapo #coup #TrumpCoup2