DoomsdaysCW<p>Let me see... <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UnaffordableHousing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnaffordableHousing</span></a>, cuts to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FoodAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FoodAid</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Medicaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Medicaid</span></a>. But hey, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Unhoused" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Unhoused</span></a> folks are the ones responsible for being poor?!! What's next? <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SoylentGreen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SoylentGreen</span></a> dump trucks to scoop up folks?! <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HungerGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HungerGames</span></a>? We all know where this way of thinking leads...</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Military</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Crackdowns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Crackdowns</span></a> Are Only Going to Get Worse<br> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LA</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DC</span></a> are only the beginning, as the president’s team has been drawing up plans to unleash federal forces in other Democratic strongholds</p><p> Tricia McLaughlin, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DHS</span></a> on Faux News: “You look at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LosAngeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LosAngeles</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Chicago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chicago</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Boston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Boston</span></a>, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NewYork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewYork</span></a> — they’re also facing record numbers of homicides and violent crimes. It’s natural for us to look at Washington, D.C. — if we can really clean this up and we can get rid of this plague of crime and violent activity that’s happening in our nation’s capital — could that be a blueprint and a model for other communities around the country? It’s something I think President Trump wouldn’t shy away from. We’ll have to stay tuned.”</p><p>By Asawin Suebsaeng, Ryan Bort <br>August 13, 2025</p><p>Excerpt: "Rolling Stone reported in October 2024 that Trump and his team have been plotting a second-term takeover of the D.C. police for a long time — regardless of the actual level of unrest or street crime. The plotting extends far beyond the nation’s capital.<br>In recent months, according to government officials and other sources with knowledge of the situation, administration staff and lawyers have crafted detailed plans and menus of options for Trump to feed his desire for replicating and proliferating his militarized crackdowns — on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigrants</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/citizens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>citizens</span></a> alike — to different Democratic strongholds. </p><p>"National Guard troops are already mobilizing in D.C., and Trump has privately said, according to two sources familiar with the matter, that if he sees something that he feels crosses his line (like if street protests in the city grow too big or if he deems them a threat suddenly), he will gladly order larger numbers of troops to nation’s capital, as he did in Los Angeles earlier this year.</p><p>"Trump has insisted to administration officials that it’s ridiculous that troops like National Guard members are not allowed to conduct various forms of domestic law enforcement, sources add. The president and his administration to some extent have had their hands tied on this due to the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PosseComitatus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PosseComitatus</span></a> Act — which prohibits using the military for domestic law enforcement — though that isn’t stopping them from actively exploring ways around the law. 'There are ways things were done, and that’s not always going to be how they should be done now or tomorrow,' a senior Trump administration official tells Rolling Stone."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-military-crackdown-get-worse-1235406382/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rollingstone.com/politics/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics-features/trump-military-crackdown-get-worse-1235406382/</span></a></p><p>Archived version:<br><a href="https://archive.ph/7dtjZ" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/7dtjZ</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FascismInTheUSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FascismInTheUSA</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpSucks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpSucks</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FashPatel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FashPatel</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DHS</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NationalGuard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalGuard</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MilitarizedPoliceForce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MilitarizedPoliceForce</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TaxBreaksForTheRich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TaxBreaksForTheRich</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CutsForThePoor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CutsForThePoor</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>