Just walked past a group of National Guardsmen standing at the exit to the Metro to presumably catch anyone evading fares. Utterly tremendous use of resources.
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The stupid hick piles of shit probably never saw a train before
aug 20, 2025, 1:15 am • 0 0 • view
This doesn't seem like an efficient use of taxpayer $ or military resources.
aug 19, 2025, 10:59 pm • 2 0 • view
Waste, fraud, abuse, etc.
aug 19, 2025, 8:53 pm • 9 0 • view
5 Guardsman to detain a fare jumper so Metro Transit Police can write a $50 citation to a kid who qualifies for free fares anyway is going to bankrupt this country inshallah
aug 19, 2025, 9:03 pm • 30 1 • view
They can’t even see who didn’t tap their metro cards and hopped over from the exits🤣🤣 (does anyone but kids actually do that) And the stations have attendants for that anyway🤦🏻♀️
aug 20, 2025, 7:55 am • 2 0 • view
Me at the fare gates.
aug 19, 2025, 10:09 pm • 1 0 • view
🤣🤣🤣
aug 19, 2025, 11:59 pm • 0 0 • view
To catch anyone who’s darker than them.
aug 19, 2025, 11:09 pm • 0 0 • view
When they said COIN turns out they meant policing nickels and dimes
aug 19, 2025, 8:55 pm • 57 0 • view
And our tax dollars, of course. Our roads are in perfect condition, every child is fed, no one is without medical care, & everyone has affordable housing, so why not spend the taxes they extract from us on people standing around in quasi-military garb? What else do we have to spend it on, amirite?
aug 20, 2025, 12:33 am • 1 0 • view
Jesus Christ. I saw them standing outside my stop this morning with their dicks in their hands
aug 19, 2025, 10:23 pm • 12 0 • view
Oh nope. Can confirm they were behind the eastern market turnstiles this morning
aug 20, 2025, 12:42 pm • 0 0 • view
It’s already scary enough when the thing won’t read your digital smarttrip card and you can’t escape.
aug 19, 2025, 10:09 pm • 1 0 • view
Saw three National Guardsmen chatting amongst themselves at NoMA instead of stopping the Union Market Spot of Tea from taking $9 from me
aug 19, 2025, 10:21 pm • 15 1 • view
If the outcome is terrorizing Black and Brown people and getting videos of them getting arrested that they can use as propaganda, it doesn’t matter how many resources they use, so long as it appeases the MAGAs who are angry over Epstein. Aka, “don’t throw him out, you won’t see Jim Crow 2.0 then!”
aug 19, 2025, 11:28 pm • 1 0 • view
The contract with MAGA was always, “we might get you to compromise your so-called values, but we care about the ones that really matter, such as bigotry.”
aug 19, 2025, 11:29 pm • 0 0 • view
I’m sure every one of these National Guardsmen were thinking “to defend the nation against fare jumpers” when they enlisted.
aug 20, 2025, 3:54 am • 1 0 • view
Next time you pass NG, tell them. We don't need to know.
aug 20, 2025, 12:23 pm • 0 0 • view
$425k/day vs. Metro fare. So fiscally responsible
aug 19, 2025, 9:44 pm • 6 0 • view
And any day now, they’ll be armed!
aug 19, 2025, 10:37 pm • 0 0 • view
Outstanding!
aug 19, 2025, 9:26 pm • 0 0 • view
They truly have to be so embarrassed.
aug 19, 2025, 11:15 pm • 2 0 • view
Didya see theyre going to be carrying M17s, specifically? Hospitals are going to be overwhelmed with unintentional gunshot wounds
aug 19, 2025, 9:13 pm • 36 1 • view
When a command to "drop the weapon" is a hostile act.
aug 19, 2025, 10:05 pm • 8 0 • view
"DO NOT DROP! DO NOT DROP!"
aug 19, 2025, 10:55 pm • 3 0 • view
For those who don't follow military gun meme culture: this comment is very funny.
aug 19, 2025, 9:28 pm • 18 0 • view
Sorry to be a 2013 tumblr kid, but:
aug 19, 2025, 11:30 pm • 5 0 • view
Essentially the same old story: the US military took a perfectly good, solid platform in the M-9 that everyone loved and was incredibly user friendly, and spent gave billions to a contractor (Sig Sauer) to make a worse pistol that can't stop shooting random things, including military service members
aug 19, 2025, 11:33 pm • 19 0 • view
At least one death so far, a shit load of injuries, and this is AFTER they had to "fix" the trigger group for all the misfire. But it is tactical!
aug 19, 2025, 11:35 pm • 11 0 • view
Didn't Beretta offer an M9A4 updated version of the platform that adopted pretty much everything the Army required in the program? Idr what the final disposition/reason for their selection of the P320 was/what it purportedly offered over the others.
aug 20, 2025, 1:53 am • 2 0 • view
Yes, and it was excellent (basically the same M9, but with rail mounts so you could go cool guy flashlights on it and stuff). They picked the P320 because it had more (bespoke, extra expensive) whizbang gizmos you could strap on it (again, for a fee)
aug 20, 2025, 3:31 am • 1 0 • view
But does it cosplay better for our meal-team 6, Vanilla ICE, and Ya’ll Qaeda militias? I’m pretty sure we could beat them armed with subway sandwiches if it really came down to it.
aug 20, 2025, 4:31 am • 0 0 • view
How many school lunches could have been provided with this wasted money?
aug 20, 2025, 1:49 pm • 2 0 • view
The crime rate hasn't changed since their mission changed. We never needed any of those guys. We've been paying them a lot of money to do nothing.
aug 20, 2025, 3:25 am • 0 0 • view
Let them know British soldiers will soon stand at a real front line with Ukraine
aug 19, 2025, 10:07 pm • 1 0 • view
The other thing while they collect train fares is to ask what medal they will get for this deployment. Thomas the Tank engine?
aug 19, 2025, 10:10 pm • 2 0 • view
"presumably catch anyone evading fares" - nope, to catch anyone of color other than white honky evading fairs.
aug 20, 2025, 1:34 pm • 0 0 • view
And they know it. They so do not want to be there.
aug 20, 2025, 12:23 am • 0 0 • view
Tax the rich, make it free
aug 20, 2025, 11:43 am • 0 0 • view
Pathetic, yet funny: In NYC (I was there a short time ago), there were officers/Nazis/fuckbrains outside of subway stops near Central Park—recruiting. Eight “crime fighters,” doing nothing and being completely ignored by the public. Information desk, pamphlets, outreach people… nothing, baby.
aug 20, 2025, 2:47 am • 1 0 • view
Thank you for this post This is what happens in Black neighborhoods everyday This is being over-policed They wait for the smallest, most trivial infraction, the provoke violence and use excessive force It’s a George Floyd moment when America can SEE what we mean when we say we are still oppressed
aug 20, 2025, 12:33 am • 2 0 • view
And this breaks my heart.
aug 20, 2025, 2:53 am • 1 0 • view
What's the opposite of "thank you for your service" "Thanks for the oppression?" "Thanks for trying to intimidate people?"
aug 19, 2025, 9:10 pm • 18 0 • view
TYFYS has been a throwaway line for years. Saying nothing is probably the most powerful statement.
aug 19, 2025, 11:55 pm • 2 0 • view
But make no mistake: Putting troops on the streets is squandering the benign/passive goodwill of the American people that was behind TYFYS.
aug 19, 2025, 11:59 pm • 0 0 • view
If they are out patrolling American citizens...they need to hear that, that is NOT their job.
aug 20, 2025, 12:30 am • 1 0 • view
"Thank you for your service," but dripping with obvious sarcasm. It isn't their fault for being deployed by an idiot, so maybe it seems unfair. But they are the tools, the front line, of oppression. So they need to be the target of our scorn.
aug 20, 2025, 10:50 am • 2 0 • view
There may come a time when they just have to refuse to obey.
aug 20, 2025, 6:24 pm • 1 0 • view
Don't count on it. I hate to say it, but I think the notion about soliders refusing to obey unlawful orders is mostly wishful thinking. That can prove dangerous if we miscalculate based on that assumption.
aug 20, 2025, 6:59 pm • 0 0 • view
"piss off"
aug 19, 2025, 10:25 pm • 1 0 • view
Golf clap as you walk by. Wolf whistle or any variant of what is traditionally yelled at women as they walk by. Compliment their sartorial splendor, specifically how their patches are attached, their boot laces tied, the jaunty angle of their helmets. Remind them to stay hydrated.
aug 20, 2025, 11:34 am • 1 0 • view
I hope you mentioned exactly how despicable they are to their faces
aug 20, 2025, 1:42 pm • 0 0 • view
How do you know until you see what the fares add up to?
aug 20, 2025, 2:50 am • 0 0 • view
Looking for another sub sandwich!!😂😂
aug 19, 2025, 10:10 pm • 1 0 • view
You mean like Hochul did?
aug 19, 2025, 9:45 pm • 0 0 • view
Fare thee well
aug 19, 2025, 8:56 pm • 24 0 • view
The crime of riding the Metro for free is down 30% to an all time low.
aug 19, 2025, 9:16 pm • 5 0 • view
But it's not enough to the hysterics at DCUM
aug 19, 2025, 9:21 pm • 0 0 • view
Yep high crime out there …
aug 19, 2025, 11:43 pm • 0 0 • view
It’s just so ridiculous.
aug 19, 2025, 11:51 pm • 3 0 • view
Feels like it might all be a bit poorly conceived imo
aug 19, 2025, 11:51 pm • 4 0 • view
So … a Trump policy like all the others.
aug 19, 2025, 11:52 pm • 5 0 • view
Any "arrest" can be used as numbers to justify the felons actions
aug 20, 2025, 1:18 am • 1 0 • view
it's also ruining the "guards" life's. The repugs don't care
aug 19, 2025, 9:38 pm • 1 0 • view
Doesn’t the DoD have a hotline for reporting fraud, waste, and abuse?
aug 19, 2025, 10:12 pm • 1 0 • view
When will they deploy NG Apaches and Eagles to patrol the freeway and ensure there aren't ricer kiddies going 20 over the speed limit???
aug 19, 2025, 8:55 pm • 5 0 • view
Standing next to these guys with a large sign reading YOUR TAX DOLLARS HARD AT WORK
aug 19, 2025, 9:27 pm • 5 0 • view
Agree.
aug 20, 2025, 8:06 am • 0 0 • view
That photo will haunt me in my dreams. Christ.....
aug 20, 2025, 2:22 am • 1 0 • view
Let's just hope the mental health of these troops holds strong. Can you imagine when one finally loses his/her shit? I can. It is not pretty.
aug 20, 2025, 4:08 pm • 0 0 • view
Sadr City station :(
aug 19, 2025, 9:20 pm • 0 0 • view
What a huge waste of time, resources and money. Shameful.
aug 20, 2025, 12:17 am • 0 0 • view
I hope the D.C. heat & humidity is making these f’ers absolutely miserable.
aug 20, 2025, 4:53 pm • 0 0 • view
Make a presumption, follow with a firm conclusion. Cool.
aug 20, 2025, 2:51 am • 0 0 • view
Everyone should be making fun of them as they walk by. They know it's embarrassing. Make sure they know we know it's embarrassing.
aug 19, 2025, 9:34 pm • 1 0 • view
It was likely not enough, but I did guffaw at the “public safety recruiters” recently in NYC.
aug 20, 2025, 2:50 am • 0 0 • view
🙄
aug 19, 2025, 9:44 pm • 0 0 • view
And I’m sure the Guardsmen are pleased about being taken from family and jobs to be used as props in DJT’s TV show.
aug 20, 2025, 2:15 pm • 0 0 • view
Ask them where they are from. Put them at-ease. Then ask them when they lost their soul.
aug 19, 2025, 9:38 pm • 3 0 • view
They were back bright and early today! Turnstiles at L’Enfant secured 🇺🇸👊🔥
aug 20, 2025, 9:51 am • 0 0 • view
The National Guard has been reduced to catching fare jumpers How is this Making America Great Again or is that all over with?
aug 20, 2025, 1:09 am • 3 0 • view
NG and cops inside and outside subway stations of NYC. What a performative jack-off waste.
aug 20, 2025, 2:52 am • 0 0 • view
Who's going to interview a sample of them and ask what their primary jobs are, what their families are doing while they're away, whether they have job/health ins/benefits security away from their primary jobs. etc. The public knows little about how the NG members are affected.
aug 19, 2025, 10:45 pm • 2 0 • view
Everyone, and I do mean everyone, should look these pricks right in their eyes and tell them to go fuck themselves at every opportunity.
aug 19, 2025, 9:25 pm • 1 0 • view
Your tax dollars at work!!
aug 20, 2025, 3:12 am • 0 0 • view
Not paying fares correlates strongly with more serious forms of criminality.
aug 19, 2025, 10:59 pm • 2 0 • view
We've fired half the government for bullshit reasons, but we can afford to pay a bunch of gangs of halfwit thugs to loiter in the subway cosplaying tough guys.
aug 19, 2025, 11:07 pm • 9 2 • view
…at the *exit*?
aug 19, 2025, 9:43 pm • 2 0 • view
Do these people not understand how fare gates work
aug 19, 2025, 9:43 pm • 5 0 • view
What, are you telling me Metro escalators aren't pay as you go? I'd been swiping my Metrocard along the entire length of the handrail to make sure it accurately captured my usage data this whole time, and I only got a new kind of plague like...weekly, at MOST
aug 19, 2025, 10:03 pm • 5 0 • view
Well look at you defending criminal behavior because Orange Man Bad.
aug 19, 2025, 10:20 pm • 0 0 • view
aug 19, 2025, 10:35 pm • 3 0 • view
Overused memes. Bold move.
aug 19, 2025, 10:54 pm • 0 0 • view
You're gotdamned right it was!
aug 24, 2025, 3:07 am • 0 0 • view
Weak. Quit while you're behind.
aug 24, 2025, 10:20 am • 0 0 • view
Thank every Republican voter you unfortunately have to see.
aug 19, 2025, 11:31 pm • 0 0 • view
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aug 20, 2025, 7:07 pm • 1 0 • view