Marines. In American cities. In June and July. “Guarding” federal offices and intimidating demonstrators.
And now, we’ve learned that smaller units have been sent to Florida and are prepping for deployment to Texas and Louisiana. The memo wasn’t a warning. It was a blueprint. A playbook for turning the world’s most powerful military force inward and turning constitutionally protected First Amendment political dissent into a “national security threat.”
Don’t believe Trump’s PR spin or the media’s pretending this isn’t as illegal and anti-democracy as it is. Don’t let the uniforms fool you into thinking this is routine.
This is not normal.
This is not legal.
This is not American.
This memo, which Pete Hegseth and friends didn’t intend you and I would ever be able to read:
Urges DHS to persuade top military brass to view immigration enforcement as a “homeland defense mission.”
Seeks to embed armed, kill-trained military personnel inside ICE and CBP to “increase information sharing” and support “nationwide operational planning.”
Frames transnational gangs and cartels as equivalent to al-Qaeda, a dangerous, dishonest leap that pretends to justify extreme, deadly force.
And it admits, in its own words, that due to the “sensitive nature” of the meeting it documents, “minimal written policy or background” should be preserved.
Personally, I’m glad to see America’s military turned inward. Better than turning it outward.
The world just has to hold out until the American economy collapses. The American left (both the Democrats and the grassroots movements) is completely ineffectual, but the more Trump’s idiocy starts to impact the pocketbooks of his right-wing supporters the greater the chance for change.
You do realize that when dictatorships/kleptocracies burn through their economic output at home, they tend to turn outward (to war) to keep the pyramid scheme going? It’s not in anyone’s interest to let America metastasize like this.
Would you rather they start their invasions when they’re still strong? Yeah, it would’ve been nice if Americans gave a damn about democracy and actually responded to their country’s obvious slide to fascism over the last 20+ years, but it’s clear now that that was never in the cards. The only options were fascism under a self-centred moron like Trump, who’ll keep more of the damage contained to within the United States, or fascism under a Bush-style warmonger, who’s first response to any problem would be to start bombing.
Yeah, I saw a couple troops leaving for work this morning in Austin, Texas at the hotel I work out. I asked him some questions, but I didn’t believe his answers
Personally, I’m glad to see America’s military turned inward. Better than turning it outward.
The world just has to hold out until the American economy collapses. The American left (both the Democrats and the grassroots movements) is completely ineffectual, but the more Trump’s idiocy starts to impact the pocketbooks of his right-wing supporters the greater the chance for change.
You do realize that when dictatorships/kleptocracies burn through their economic output at home, they tend to turn outward (to war) to keep the pyramid scheme going? It’s not in anyone’s interest to let America metastasize like this.
Would you rather they start their invasions when they’re still strong? Yeah, it would’ve been nice if Americans gave a damn about democracy and actually responded to their country’s obvious slide to fascism over the last 20+ years, but it’s clear now that that was never in the cards. The only options were fascism under a self-centred moron like Trump, who’ll keep more of the damage contained to within the United States, or fascism under a Bush-style warmonger, who’s first response to any problem would be to start bombing.
Not sure about that distinction you’re making. Trump just threatened to invade Mexico.
Yeah, I saw a couple troops leaving for work this morning in Austin, Texas at the hotel I work out. I asked him some questions, but I didn’t believe his answers
What questions and what answers?
Are you here to round up Mexicans, are you based in Austin? The answer was no for both.