Chicago is not going to sit down for this shit. It is illegal, it is un-American, and it comes very close to declaring war on America.
Chicago is not going to sit down for this shit. It is illegal, it is un-American, and it comes very close to declaring war on America.
Trump says “I’m from the Federal Government and I’m here to help.”
Oceans rise, empires fall We have seen each other through it all And when push comes to shove I will send a fully armed battalion to remind you of my love! Da-da-da
He rules by resentment and revenge.
It is war on America. We've passed that point.
Moments away from bloodshed.
Look at that prick with the World Cup on his desk. I bet he kicks a ball worse than Diana Ross.
Get my Marine Corps flag out of your disgusting office dirtbag.
You’re right about that…Chicago is not the city to fuck with!
The fool in the White House thinks America is going to ignore his actions. We're not. And crime in DC is directly associated with trump.
Trump is imposing martial law one city at a time!!! It is very clear that the courts will not stop him. They are in lockstep with the regime!!!
Same with congress. We have one branch of government.
ICE will get its ass kicked in Chicago. Same deal in New York.
He HAS declared war… he’s now an enemy combatant and fair game.
may help to bring an end to don dildo
Un-American and certainly a Russian suggestion. Remember, Putin was elected after a highly suspect apartment bombing attributed to Chechen terrorists? There has always been speculation it was staged. What can we do? How do we find hope or hold on to it?
Where are all those 2A / well-regulated militia assholes? I thought this was exactly why they supposedly needed the freedom to own a fucking military arsenal in their basements
Turns out they wanted a Republican dictator
Yeeeeeah I think, I fear, they will have a rude welcome awaiting them. They haven't messed with anyone yet who isn't trying to stay in the country. These Homegrown's ain't having it. It will escalate things.
Trump is a terrorist
I rather hoped not.
It is as if the trump admin wants to kill the morale and reputation of of military by turning them unwillingly into domestic police. Soldiers and Marines did not volunteer to be political props and unneeded domestic police.
Their own fault for seeing a job that says "All your constitutional rights are now null and void and you can't ever leave, much like the mafia." and deciding "DAMN! WHAT A JOB!"
No we won't. We are very proud of our city.
No way we'll put up with that shit. We'll run him out of town just like when he tried to hold his rally here.
How? How will you run him out? Are you ready to take up arms in defense of the Republic? Because that is where we find ourselves now.
Chicagoland's gangs will run him out
That would be great, but I think gangs will try to keep their heads down.
They're not sending the military to Chicago for the white people, and the troops won't be in the white areas. Bannon has wanted a race war for years. That's why white supremacists infiltrated BLM protests and turned them violent. That fomenting effort failed though, luckily
Have you seen DC? Have you seen LA? They never stepped foot in any "problem" areas. It's theater. They'll be milling around Buckingham Fountain and The Bean. Driving up and down the Mag Mile. I can guarantee you, you won't see them in Englewood. When half a million people take to the streets...
But also, please let these red MAGA military members see what nice, liberal cities look like and what their own corrupt leaders are preventing them from having. Should work out REAL well for the right.
We'll see, I think he's escalating to declare martial law before the midterms
If he sends in troops he will send them into areas that are highly visible. This action is meant to intimidate and get the population to fall in line. They haven't gone into any areas in LA or DC with a heavy gang presence. This is all about intimidation.
No, he's trying to provoke violence so he can declare martial law at this point.
Your belief is if he declared martial law now it would somehow not work?
He would need to have a justification to declare martial law. He could invoke the Insurrection Act (1807) to put down "rebellions" in the USA and to help law enforcement deal with domestic violence/upheaval. Violent protests could be classified as "rebellion" by Trump.
He might be, but if violence doesn't surface, he will move to choke off and possible future resistance in its absence. If worse comes to worst, he will send in his own loyalists to act violently and then he will declare martial law. Be ready. When it happens, it will be swift.
We already ran him outta town once! We don’t need arms, we need lots of people.
And who did you run out of town? The Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, or Mississippi Nation Guard? How about the US Marines? 10th Mountain? Who? It isn't the same thing, this time. Best to wake up, get organized, get armed.
I'd expect Pritzker to activate the Illinois NG to take out said forces
The President can "federalize" any state's National Guard under Title 10 U.S. Code, Section 12406, to "execute the laws of the United States" when "unable with the regular forces" to do so. He did so when he ordered the California National Guard into Los Angeles. Illinois is no different.
The time is coming when you will need arms. When his newly formed, loyal security forces come, they won't hesitate to open fire against protestors. I've seen it before in other places, under other flags. The minute they fire, the crowds will scatter, rightly afraid for their lives.
If you don’t have a dog in this fight, or you’re unwilling to fight with the people you’re so eager to criticize, then you should knock it off.
If you think asking questions or seeking clarification is criticism I don't know what to tell you. And I have many dogs in this fight. Don't you?
Perhaps governors should remind NG that following illegal orders is also grounds for a court martial, and it would be pretty easy to prove you followed that illegal order if this goes to court (it will) and a judge rules "Yes, that is illegal." Need to teach them there are consequences for obeying.
EPSTEIN FILES!
DICTATOR!!
We absolutely will not! We the people hold the power! We must rise and stand together against their tyranny! The Declaration states that when the form of government becomes destructive we must abolish it and institute a new government! It is our right!
I can’t imagine the other side being able to achieve anything least of all conquering a city. They’re imbeciles.
Go Chicago!!!!
New Yorkers will eat him and his pansy ICE goons for breakfast.
They will be deployed to the whitest, safest places. ICE is full of cowards. They would -never- and I mean NEVER walk into anyplace more dangerous than a Taco Bell. Why else do they pick people up in court houses? They're not going to be armed. Fucking cowards, every last single one of them.
Since New York is so overrun with criminals, New York police should conveniently stop guarding Trump Tower just to see what happens.
We have such an incredibly dangerous imbecile in the White House. A fucking traitor-fascist.
Not to mention how fricking idiotic he looks with his stupid red hat. I was waiting for him to start doing merch sales from the oval office.
Of course both mayors are Democrats and both will relish a fight with Trump.
They are planning something, after they try and take over blue cities. Right before midterms. hmmm...what could it be????
THIS is when it gets real....
kinda tired of acquiescence by SCOTUS.
And his reasons, they go round and round and his painted ponies go up and down. We're captive on the carousel of crime. We can't return we can only look behind From where we came And go round and round and round In his circle game.
We're ready to welcome them with our 2A rights. 🙌
Fux up with his eyes?
No one is gonna stop him. He’s going to keep steam rolling illegal acts until he dies. He’s going to declare himself eligible to run in 2028 and he’s gonna win cause he’s gonna rig the election. That’s just how it’s gonna go until the end and then people will go “I can’t believe this happened.”
He's trying to turn us into Russia - who is gonna stop this madness 💥
Regular army against Americans on American soil. Do we still use the word "illegal" ? Or does nothing matter anymore ?
It doesn't matter anymore. As long as Americans sit on their asses, whining about it on social media, he will get away with it. Americans don't have thenintestinal fortitude that is required to fight back in this moment.
Would help if we had a leader. Where are the new Sons of Liberty?
We (they) only use the word “illegal” when it refers to undocumented immigrants and/or actions they don’t like.
OCCUPY CHICAGO!
FIGHT!
If he wants to declare war on American citizens, it's time for a revolution.
He can just F all the way off.
Dementia ridden fool
Not one American should sit down for this shit.
They are going to do nothing but sit down. Americans are too soft and scared and self-absorbed. They will watch watch on social media as the country falls to authoritarianism and do nothing but whine about it. Americans do not have the courage to do what now must be done.
I think it IS war.
The only one that needs to be grabbed by the military is Trump. The only one that needs to go to prison is Trump and I firmly believe that he could be up for the death penalty. I vote yes legally by law.
Chicago is not Washington DC. 🤔
The military is a disgrace if they do this.
It is a declaration of war.
Trump makes the word ”help” sound like a four-lettered one. Christ.
``Very close??`` LOL MAGA openly declared war on sane pro-democracy, pro-civil rights, anti-crimes against humanity america. MAGA/Conservatives are to America what nazis were to Germany in the 30s. This ends in mass murder guarantee. FFS Israel and the US are ALREADY mass murdering palestinians
Putin didn’t fire one shot. Effective infiltration.
I have a feeling before trump is finished,it's gonna be Americans against the military gestapo. Not only the military but all law enforcement agencies as well. They need to pick a side or prepare to face off against their own families.
So like 3 million vs 300 million plus?
We hopefully will win but it won't be pretty.
Seems like local law enforcement in most places is A-OK with this. White supremacists have spent decades infiltrating these organizations.
Defending what? Lack of healthcare? Overpriced groceries? Economic stagnation?
True.
Yeah, no, he's gonna FAFO if he brings that shit to the Chi!!!
Nope, no you won’t, the American people will push back on your Authoritarianism. We will not obey.
Maybe Chicago can convince surplus coastal diehard Democrats to move strategically into the states north of Texas so they can get the Senate to go Democratic permanently. Otherwise, what else can they do besides violent opposition, which will lead to counterproductive massacres?
Oh hell no we won’t!!!
An American president sitting in the Oval Office with an oversized campaign hat on. Our country has no dignity anymore.
He is again telling us all what he is going to do .. he will call the Marshal Law one day
I chortled when i read that. Good luck talking shit before fuckin about in the Chi.
Seth, actual question: are there actually enough troops in active deployment that they could even feasibly send them to all major cities? I wonder if there will come a point when they will expose the limits of the American active military by overextending to a comic level.
it doesn't come close. that's exactly what it is. that's what it's been the entire time.
He wants a Civil War & he's going to get one. He'll lose
They really want a race war. Bannon has been trying to foment one for years
He knows it’s coming - it’s why he’s militarizing DC.
Bingo
I agree, but I fear Americans are too soft and to self-centered. No one is pushing back against gis authoritarianism. Before we know it, the Republic will no longer exist. Americans are unwilling to organize and do what must be done.
Parts of what he wants to do are physically or logistically impossible such as national martial law. You can fear it all you like but it is literally impossible.
Nothing is impossible for maga. They own our entire government & SCOTUS. They are trampling on the Constitution, ignoring lower courts & getting away with everything. If someone doesn't agree with him, he fires them. This is not normal
Nobody has talked about a national martial law. If he does it, he will do it in select metros in Blue states or in metros that went Blue in Red states. And in doing so, he can suspend Constitutional rights, depriving opponents of Due Process, including the 4A, 5A, 6A, 8A, and 14A protections.
We're fractured & maga is self centered. We're doomed at this rate
Are you sure? Because you idiots seem to have let him do it in DC just fine without any real pushbacks.
He has a legal excuse in DC since it is a federally administrated city. Chicago is not. LA is also not a similar example as NG there were 1. From CA, and 2. Only guarded fed buildings. Did not police. This is blatantly illegal though and isn't actually similar to what he did before.
He declared war on the US a long time ago. With his salami tactic. Every day, he cuts a bit of freedom, spirit, and values out of the flesh of America.
A heady mix of dementia and narcissism, now with a heavy layer of megalomania on top.
…a lot of mouth for a waster who fought hard to avoid the draft… …on more than one occasion.
very close???
Encourage this. There aren’t enough of them. Even he’s stretched thin enough it will be completely ineffective.
He seems to need 5-10k soldiers for his occupations. Which would put him at 90 million for full occupation of US at that amount. I don't think the US has 90 million soldiers.
Exactly! A variation on how the Russians won the war of 1812, even though Napoleon had a much bigger army.
Come on, people. The GOP declared war on America decades ago. They've never accepted their Civil War defeat, and they'll never give up the fight as long as polite society welcomes them back to government afterwards.
Pritzker better be clear on his response. He should mobilize the Illinois national guard to stop it - before Trump can illegally mobilize it.
Trump will get red state NG sent then. And then you have the situation of Illinois NG facing down some red state NG. But it may just have to happen at this point.
Agreed seal the entry points no outside military forces allowed etc and other states should send gaurd to support Chicago
I wonder if he's trying to deport or silence @katmabu.bsky.social in the confusion, and will do the same to Zohran in NYC She must be strong and we must be strong for her
Trump’s Gestapo is armed and deployed in D.C.; Chicago up next. The birth of an American police state is underway. Is your city next?
He's already declared war on America. J6 showed us he couldn't handle dissent. Now he's pouring bleach all over our mosaic society while destroying the institutions that help protect us around the world.
Seth, let's be real. Chicago isn't going to do anything. Neither is New York. Why? Because Americans are soft and naive and aren't willing to do what must be done.
I’ll take ‘slow moving coup via Marshall Law in all blue or purple states’ for $1,000, Seth.
We need to do something before he does.
Blue state governors need to match this asshole move for move, if not preempting him. Pritzker, Newsom, Hochul, Moore, et al., need to deploy their own National Guards to red parts of their respective states and start turning up the heat.
“The Moral Basis of Democracy” by Eleanor Roosevelt is a short booklet every concerned human should read today. She wrote this as the Third Reich was gaining power. It’s tragic that it’s relevant almost a century later on our home soil.
How are more people not speaking out?
Still time for the Illinois legislature to pass a stand your ground law that applies specifically to a government invasion of Chicago
He's a traitor
I keep thinking it's awfully convenient that they're choosing states without a State Defense Force to test the waters.
this is something i was wondering, but honestly don't know much about -- has anyone talked about these SDFs yet? any governors made noises about them?
I mean, normal working conditions are for an SDF to handle local emergency management stuff, e.g. disaster response. I imagine it would be seen as a further escalation to deploy a state SDF against a federalized National Guard; it's sticky, also I'm certain Trump doesn't know anything about this.
Oops, he explicitly called out New York and San Francisco, both NY and CA have a State Defense Force...this might get very interesting
Considering that’s exactly what he’s doing, that is a safe assumption. How much closer do you want him to get? This is Civil War. Exactly what it looks like. Except it’s time we start fighting back.
Not the National Guard? They were just a gateway drug for the regular military?
It's also a test for the army. They need to start asking themselves if they signed up to deploy against Americans.
Let him fucking try it!
He is doing industrial scale insider trading. His family are marketing their availability for bribes & corruption. They are stealing billions. Not 1 police force boss, city mayor, professional lawyer, judge, state AG, congress rep, or senator, is willing to enforce the law as it stands.
Agree 100%, but I think you stop shorter than I would. How is sending the military to presumably attack US citizens NOT declaring war on USA? Isn't that what war IS?
Oh, Pritzker is waiting for you, Trump. Like Newsom, he's not having any of your shit.
That stupid red hat got even bigger so that moron criminal could add more bigly words. What a loser.
Working hard on the civil war project.
It’s part time he was removed from office
That won't go well. He's pushing until he can declare Marshall Law. Might as well get it over now. It is inevitable if we want to save the US.
Doddering old fool. And why isn't he dressed appropriately? Zelensky looked better in his attire supporting his troops!!
Like I said: he is aiming for civil war.
Ever time I hear this I just can’t believe Americans are not up in arms, he has his own Wagner Group, complete with the proud boys, oath keepers CEO’s of many US companies, Supreme Court, Say what you want You guys are really fucked 🇨🇦🇺🇦✌️ @schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
It would take a military with a size of 10 million to occupy the US.
He sounds and looks like a lunatic.
You should’ve stopped the 🦧 from enlisting more Gestapo - if there’d been more of a fight people might’ve thought twice re joining ICE But now there’s no stopping bullies rapists wife beaters … WHEN IS THE MILITARY INTERVENE?They’re supposed to protect the constitution that 🦧man is trampling on?
He's not helping. Just like he was never a protector.
The shooting starts soon
Very soon. Did you not see the article about him wanting to arm the military in DC?
Hegseth already ordered this, I believe
Man he looks Old And sickly …
this is f*n bullshit - he's targeting democrats. it is nothing less than a fascist f* declaring war on blue states. those governors need to declare an emergency and organize their military and law enforcement resources and take a stand. the war is on, whether we like it or not.
I’m sorry, but he needs to go. I don’t care how anymore.
President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Camacho in charge!
It’s time. Past time, actually. Impeach him. Now.