# Martial Law in Today's America - daily report **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [August 14, 2025, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martial-law-in-todays-america-daily-report/1022021 "2025-08-14T02:43:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2025, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martial-law-in-todays-america-daily-report/1022021/21 "2025-08-14T17:41:44Z")
> [@JohnGalt](#): > > Here a gift link to a NYT article about a man (looks like a tourist?) who threw a wrapped Subway at a police officer. He is being charged with a felony. But he’s a _hero_ to me. I wonder if that, or anything else in this thread, will be on [My Strange Arrest](https://www.aetv.com/shows/my-strange-arrest) next season. ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2025, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martial-law-in-todays-america-daily-report/1022021/22 "2025-08-14T17:50:23Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > Is anyone gonna convict this guy? The harassment is the point, not the conviction. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2025, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martial-law-in-todays-america-daily-report/1022021/23 "2025-08-14T17:52:11Z")
At least they didn’t shoot him, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2025, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martial-law-in-todays-america-daily-report/1022021/24 "2025-08-15T03:01:39Z")
Re the sandwich tosser (no, that was Jared), sandwich thrower: I hope a good lawyer decides to take his cases _pro bono_. Why did I say _cases_? The first one is obviously the assault on law enforcement officer. The second one is the unfair or illegal dismissal from his job. I only have one thing for today’s update thus far. Y’all remember the [Stasi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stasi)? [The Washington, DC police chief has decided that’s not a bad idea after all.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/dc-police-now-allowed-assist-154130582.html) > WASHINGTON (**[DC News Now](https://www.dcnewsnow.com/)**) — In an Executive Order obtained by DC News Now on Thursday, D.C. Police Chief Pamela Smith made changes to the department’s procedures regarding officers’ cooperation with immigration enforcement authorities. > > The changes permit more cooperation between Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and District police. This comes days after President Donald Trump federalized the police department, initiating a takeover of D.C. police operations for 30 days. > > Now, the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) is able to share information about people who are not in its custody, such as those pulled over during traffic stops. Police may also provide transportation for federal immigration agency employees and detained individuals. > > In short, the order permits MPD to cooperate with ICE in ways it previously could not. So, am I guessing right here? This is the result of a “loyalty test” phone call from the ~~Orange~~ White House to high officials in the metropolitan government and police force. Don’t issue statements like this and you kiss your job goodbye. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2025, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martial-law-in-todays-america-daily-report/1022021/25 "2025-08-15T11:59:40Z")
[DC Attorney General tells the felon’s flacks they’re breaking the law and they will not goose step along with the flacks.](https://edition.cnn.com/2025/08/14/politics/pam-bondi-dc-sanctuary-city-policies-emergency-police-commissioner) > Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday evening ordered DC’s mayor and police department to accept Terry Cole, the head of the Drug Enforcement Agency, as the district’s “emergency police commissioner” and give him full control of the department during **[the federal takeover](https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/13/politics/national-guard-washington-dc-police)** — quickly drawing rebukes from the district’s mayor and attorney general, who suggested they would not comply. > > Bondi’s order formalized the federal government’s control of DC police and directed DC Mayor Muriel Bowser and the Metropolitan Police Department to end **[the capital’s sanctuary city policies](https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/14/politics/dc-police-federal-immigration-share-ice)**. > > In the first signs of significant pushback to Trump’s DC police takeover, Bowser quickly rejected the order, writing **[on social media](https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fx.com%2FMayorBowser%2Fstatus%2F1956200562124579077&data=05%7C02%7Cclay.voytek%40cnn.com%7C54a6aaf9b3f049e6b37f08dddbbbb8b3%7C0eb48825e8714459bc72d0ecd68f1f39%7C0%7C0%7C638908321479204126%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Y7C4HLfkVoPpo2y4C5ACGvdmMHmwJQu%2B%2BpnVx%2B3xpd0%3D&reserved=0)**, “There is no statute that conveys the District’s personnel authority to a federal official.” > > “Let us be clear about what the law requires during a Presidential declared emergency: it requires the mayor of Washington, DC to provide the services of the Metropolitan Police Department for federal purposes at the request of the President,” Bowser said. “We have followed the law.” > > DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb reviewed Bondi’s order and declared it illegal. In a letter to DC Police Chief Pamela Smith, Schwalb wrote, “It is my opinion that the Bondi order is unlawful, and that you are not legally obligated to follow it.” > > Schwalb determined the **[Home Rule Act](https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/12/politics/trump-federalized-dc-crime-home-rule-act-hnk)** did not give President Donald Trump the authority to remove or replace the chief of police, or alter the MPD chain of command. > > Schwalb wrote that the act “does not authorize the President, or his delegee, to remove or replace the Chief of Police; to alter the chain of command within MPD; to demand services directly from you, MPD, or anyone other than the Mayor, to rescind or suspend MPD orders or directives; or to set the general enforcement priorities of MPD or otherwise determine how the District pursues purely local law enforcement. The Bondi Order is, therefore, ultra vires.” > > Bondi’s order had further directed MPD to abandon a directive Smith signed earlier in the day giving officers limited ability to share information with federal immigration officials. And, the order said, MPD leaders “must receive approval from Commissioner Cole before issuing any further directives.” ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2025, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martial-law-in-todays-america-daily-report/1022021/26 "2025-08-15T12:22:18Z")
Daily weather report for the D.C. area: cloudy with a chance of meatball subs. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2025, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martial-law-in-todays-america-daily-report/1022021/27 "2025-08-15T13:35:21Z")
> [@Lightnin](#): > > The harassment is the point, not the conviction. He’s lost his job and they’ll harass him to prevent others from standing up. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2025, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martial-law-in-todays-america-daily-report/1022021/28 "2025-08-15T23:49:10Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > He’s lost his job and they’ll harass him to prevent others from standing up. I’m wondering how much the taxpayers are going to lose when he wins the wrongful termination suit. [The martial law rules are unraveling already–in the courts of course.](https://www.aol.com/d-c-sues-trump-administration-140008009.html) > After a hearing in the D.C. U.S. District Court Friday, the Justice Department agreed to remove its newly named D.C. emergency police chief and to rewrite a directive ending District of Columbia rules limiting cooperation between its police and federal immigration authorities. > > The District of Columbia sued the Trump administration and Attorney General Pam Bondi earlier in the day. D.C. alleges her efforts to scuttle the District’s “sanctuary” rules curbing local police cooperation with immigration authorities during the federal police takeover are illegal. > > Late Thursday night, Bondi named Terry Cole, the administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration, emergency police chief in Washington, as part of her sweeping orders to increase [federal control](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-federalize-washington-dc-legal-authority-fact-check/?ftag=YHF4eb9d17) over the Metropolitan Police Department. > > U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes heard Friday’s arguments in the case, which is centered around Section 740 of the Home Rule Act of 1973. That provision allows the president to require the D.C. mayor to provide “such services of the Metropolitan Police force as the President may deem necessary and appropriate” for up to 30 days. President Trump invoked Section 740 Monday, placing the D.C. MPD under direct federal control to crack down on crime in the district. > > “I think these are the kinds of issues that should be decided between the district and the government,” Reyes said. “If I have to step in, I will.” > > Now, D.C. Police Chief Pamela Smith will continue leading the department, according to Yaakov Roth, principal deputy attorney general in the Justice Department. At the end of the hearing, Roth said the Justice Department would make Cole an intermediary between the White House and MPD during the Trump administration’s takeover of the city’s police. For now, the federal takeover is expected to last 30 days. > > Both sides agreed to continue the arguments over immigration policy next week, after the new policies are written. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2025, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martial-law-in-todays-america-daily-report/1022021/29 "2025-08-16T22:53:37Z")
I’m surprised the troops haven’t been peppered with paintballs. Or peppered with pepper balls. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2025, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martial-law-in-todays-america-daily-report/1022021/30 "2025-08-25T07:31:56Z")
_I got carried away with posting updates on even this issue in the other thread. Me culpa. Here’s a complete quote of my post from this morning in that thread about the miltiary occupation of the capital city._ > [@The Trump Administration: The Clusterfuck Continues](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues/1010068/7620): > > [The felon has already started the Second Civil War.](https://www.aol.com/trump-threatens-send-military-baltimore-172212568.html) The next battlefield is Baltimore. > > > President [Donald Trump](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump) on Sunday threatened to send the military into Baltimore to “quickly clean up” crime. > > > > “But if Wes Moore needs help, like Gavin Newscum did in L.A., I will send in the ‘troops,’ which is being done in nearby DC, and quickly clean up the Crime,” Trump said [in a post on Truth Social,](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115084149454997135) referring to the Democratic governors of Maryland and California and using a derogatory nickname for Gavin Newsom. > > > > Trump’s comments are the latest in a line of threats to replicate the D.C. deployment in cities across the country after hundreds of National Guard troops were brought to D.C. in what he’s described as an effort to fight crime, though critics have [painted the move](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/black-mayors-leaders-decry-trumps-threats-deploy-national-guard-cities-rcna224403)as an overreach for political purposes. > > > > Reached for comment, Moore said in a statement that Trump “would rather attack his country’s largest cities from behind a desk than walk the streets with the people he represents.” > > > > “The President should join us in Baltimore because the blissful ignorance, tropes, and the 1980s scare tactics benefit no one,” Moore continued. “We need leaders who are there helping the people who are actually on the ground doing the work.” > > > > Trump’s push to deploy National Guard troops to cities like D.C. is a significant departure from how presidents typically deploy the Guard, which is usually used to respond to situations like natural disasters and civil unrest. > > There. I’ve called it what it is. The felon is waging war on America. > > [He’s already armed his troops occupying DC.](https://www.aol.com/trump-expands-cities-targeted-possible-181916800.html) > > > WASHINGTON (AP) — Some National Guard units patrolling the nation’s capital at the direction of President [Donald Trump](https://www.yahoo.com/people/donald-trump/) have started carrying firearms, an escalation of his military deployment that makes good on a [directive issued late last week](https://apnews.com/article/washington-federal-intervention-trump-national-guard-df942130ec117288cfc648ab4e37f031) by his defense secretary. > > > > A Defense Department official who was not authorized to speak publicly said some units on certain missions would be armed — some with handguns and others with rifles. The spokesperson said that all units with firearms have been trained and are operating under strict rules for use of force. > > > > An Associated Press photographer on Sunday saw members of the South Carolina National Guard outside Union Station with holstered handguns. > > > > A statement from the joint task force that has taken over policing in the nation’s capital said units began carrying their service weapons on Sunday and that the military’s rules say force should be used “only as a last resort and solely in response to an imminent threat of death or serious bodily harm.” It said the force is committed to protecting “the safety and wellbeing” of Washington’s residents. > > > > The defense official who spoke to The Associated Press said only troops on certain missions would carry guns, and that would include those patrolling to establish a law enforcement presence throughout the capital. Those working in transportation or administration would likely remain unarmed. > > Likely, huh? Why do I not feel all warm and fuzzy about that? _And a further update for this thread (the proper place)._ [And, evidently, Chicago is also going to be another battlefield in the Second Civil War.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/officials-planning-weeks-send-national-024814564.html) > The Trump administration has been planning for weeks to send the National Guard to Chicago, two officials told CNN, as President Donald Trump looks to expand his anti-crime agenda and [crackdown](https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/23/politics/dc-crime-immigration-arrests-trump?cid=external-feeds_iluminar_yahoo) on immigration in major cities across the United States. > > It is not yet clear how many troops would be sent to Chicago, or when those deployments would start. > > Trump seemed to [preview those plans](https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/22/politics/chicago-national-guard-trump-crackdown?cid=external-feeds_iluminar_yahoo) in the Oval Office on Friday, saying, “I think Chicago will be our next, and then we’ll help with New York.” > > Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, a Democrat, said Friday that the city has not heard from the White House about the deployment or any increased law enforcement presence, adding that such a move would be “uncalled for” and “unlawful.” > > “There are many things the federal government could do to help us reduce crime and violence in Chicago, but sending in the military is not one of them,” Johnson said in a [statement](https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.chicago.gov%2Fcity%2Fen%2Fdepts%2Fmayor%2Fpress_room%2Fpress_releases%2F2025%2Faugust%2FStatement-National-Guard-Chicago.html&data=05%7C02%7Cisabelle.dantonio%40cnn.com%7C984344511cf942547c7308dde2b541de%7C0eb48825e8714459bc72d0ecd68f1f39%7C0%7C0%7C638915990337436606%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=4D2xGh74YkJWqcNPDeSwGWGKa0cC7t79l5PiXq4R1JU%3D&reserved=0). > > Johnson told MSNBC on Sunday the city would take legal action if Trump sent troops into the city, adding that “the people of this city are accustomed to rising up against tyranny.” > > “What he is proposing at this point would be the most flagrant violation of our Constitution in the 21st century. The city of Chicago does not need a military occupation,” Johnson said. “That’s not what we need. In fact, we’ve been very clear about what we need. We need to invest in people to ensure that we can build safe and affordable communities.” Washington DC, Baltimore, Chicago, New York. I don’t think it’s the crime statistics driving this inane battle strategy. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2025, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martial-law-in-todays-america-daily-report/1022021/31 "2025-08-25T22:42:19Z")
There are certain sections of New York I wouldn’t advise them to try to invade. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2025, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martial-law-in-todays-america-daily-report/1022021/32 "2025-08-25T22:51:08Z")
I got the reference. Nicely played. ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2025, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martial-law-in-todays-america-daily-report/1022021/33 "2025-08-25T23:35:10Z")
Me too. One of my favorite movie lines ever. Chapelle told a joke about why Batman never came to his neighborhood: “Robin, I could’ve _sworn_ we parked the Batmobile _right here.”_ ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2025, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martial-law-in-todays-america-daily-report/1022021/34 "2025-08-26T02:32:41Z")
[The felon wants to overtun another election.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-sends-shocking-threat-top-100000771.html) > President [Donald Trump](https://www.nj.com/topic/donald-trump/) threatened to remove D.C. Mayor [Muriel Bowser](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/democratic-mayor-slams-trump-takeover-162700948.html) (D) if she does not “get her act straight." > > Trump [escalated his attacks](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/democratic-mayor-slams-trump-takeover-162700948.html)on Bowser in recent days after he ordered a federal takeover of Washington, D.C. earlier this month. He has repeatedly accused her of[falsifying crime statistics](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-tells-democrats-change-ways-191609444.html) of the nation’s capital despite presenting no evidence for his claim. > > Trump threatened to remove Bowser and take over Washington, D.C. during a press conference on Friday afternoon. > > “I’m tired of listening to these people say how safe it was before we got here. It was unsafe. It was horrible. And Mayor Bowser better get her act straight, or she won’t be there very long, because we’ll take it over with the federal government run it like it’s supposed to be run,” Trump said on Friday. > > “The numbers were horrible. There was a crime infested rat hole, and they do have a lot of rats. We’re getting rid of them too. And we’ve made a lot of progress,” he continued. [Governor of Maryland warns the felon about trying a military takeover of Baltimore.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/maryland-governor-blasts-trump-scare-175319160.html) > The war of words between Donald Trump and Democratic Gov. Wes Moore of Maryland escalated Sunday with the president threatening to send National Guard troops to Baltimore to attempt to reduce crime, and the first-term governor suggesting Trump was peddling outdated racist tropes he referred to as “blissful ignorance” to score political points. > > The tit-for-tat comes as the Trump administration is looking to expand the use of military personnel to the streets of Democratic-run cities which he often describes as crime-ridden, including the use of more than 2,000 National Guard troops in Washington. It also comes days after Moore issued a challenge to Trump by [formally inviting him](https://governor.maryland.gov/Documents/Letter%20to%20President%20on%20Public%20Safety.pdf) to the state to take part in a public safety walk next month. > > “Governor Wes Moore of Maryland has asked, in a rather nasty and provocative tone, that I ‘walk the streets of Maryland’ with him,” Trump [wrote on Truth Social](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115084149454997135), the social media platform he owns. “Wes Moore’s record on Crime is a very bad one, unless he fudges his figures on crime … I will send the ‘troops,’ like what’s being done in nearby D.C.” And then the felon threatened to go scorched earth > “Also, I gave Wes Moore a lot of money to fix his demolished bridge. I will have to rethink that decision,” Trump later added, referring to the deadly March 2024 collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge that killed six people after it was struck by a massive cargo ship. This Second Civil War is not shaping up the way the traitor/felon wanted it. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2025, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martial-law-in-todays-america-daily-report/1022021/35 "2025-08-26T08:57:28Z")
[To nobody’s surprise, the felon lied about Chicago.](https://www.aol.com/news/pritzker-tells-trump-stay-chicago-213816504.html) > Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday railed against President Donald Trump for [suggesting he would deploy federal forces](https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/22/politics/chicago-national-guard-trump-crackdown?cid=external-feeds_iluminar_yahoo) to Chicago, accusing the administration of “searching for ways to lay the groundwork to circumvent our democracy, militarize our cities and end elections.” > > “If this were happening in any other country, we would have no trouble calling it what it is, a dangerous power grab,” Pritzker said at a press conference in Chicago, flanked by an array of city leaders including Mayor Brandon Johnson. > > Pritzker also said that the administration had failed to contact his office or the mayor ahead of the reported deployment, and he slammed the lack of coordination. & > The administration’s plans for Chicago, first reported by the [Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/08/23/trump-chicago-military-national-guard/), would [be different](https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/12/politics/trump-federalized-dc-crime-home-rule-act-hnk?cid=external-feeds_iluminar_yahoo) from the ongoing [law enforcement crackdown](https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/22/politics/hegseth-orders-national-guard-troops-dc-carry-weapons?cid=external-feeds_iluminar_yahoo) in Washington, DC, where Trump and in turn the federal government have more leeway in directing troops and a range of federal authorities. > > Instead, the administration’s future plans, including in Chicago, are expected to look like Trump’s deployment of the National Guard earlier this summer to Los Angeles to quell immigration protests, sources previously told CNN. > > Trump signed an executive order Monday tasking Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth with establishing “specialized units” in the National Guard that will be “specifically trained and equipped to deal with public order issues” — the clearest sign yet he intends to expand the US military’s domestic role. So, no; it’s not hyperbole. The felon is waging war on the United States of America. Also, the governor’s parting shot was awesome. > “Earlier today in the Oval Office, Donald Trump looked at the assembled cameras and asked for me personally to say, Mr. President, can you do us the honor of protecting our city? Instead? I say, Mr. President, do not come to Chicago. You are neither wanted here nor needed here,” Pritzker said. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2025, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martial-law-in-todays-america-daily-report/1022021/36 "2025-08-26T09:33:42Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > The felon wants to overtun another election. Thank you, @Monty , that’s exactly what I was thinking when I read that news. “The people’s choice of their mayor doesn’t matter any more? Trump can (heh) trump your popularly-elected mayor because the US President doesn’t like it?” That’s not democracy; that’s a dictatorship. Let’s call a spade a fucking shovel: the US is now a fascist dictatorship. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2025, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martial-law-in-todays-america-daily-report/1022021/37 "2025-08-26T10:36:04Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Thank you, @Monty , that’s exactly what I was thinking when I read that news. “The people’s choice of their mayor doesn’t matter any more? Trump can (heh) trump your popularly-elected mayor because the US President doesn’t like it?” That’s not democracy; that’s a dictatorship. Let’s call a spade a fucking shovel: the US is now a fascist dictatorship. Here’s the thing. I live in China, an actual authoritarian dictatorship. I know what one looks like. As for dictators, _Remember: every day is Day One of the rest of your life, and the rest of the Second Felonial Era, too_. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2025, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martial-law-in-todays-america-daily-report/1022021/38 "2025-08-26T12:02:52Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > trump your popularly-elected mayor I no longer use that term for the most powerful suit in the deck. My close friends and I now, taking our cue from a [South Korean card game](https://www.pagat.com/picture/mighty.html), call that the _mighty suit_. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2025, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martial-law-in-todays-america-daily-report/1022021/39 "2025-08-27T06:46:59Z")
[“The most illegal search I have ever seen in my life,”](https://www.aol.com/local-dc-cases-landing-federal-000831635.html) > WASHINGTON (AP) — Citing “the most illegal search I have ever seen in my life,” a magistrate judge is upbraiding the federal government for the way it has handled arrests in the District of Columbia this month and says the possible effects — violations of rights and the potential for illicit detentions — are not legally acceptable. > > “We don’t just charge people criminally, throw them in the jail for a few weeks and then bring them in here and say, ‘Oops, my bad,’” Judge Zia Faruqui said from the bench Monday. “I have never ever in my life seen something close to the illegality of this search.” > > He spoke during a series of hearings this week for people who landed in federal courtrooms on the direction of the Justice Department on charges that, in most jurisdictions, would be handled by local authorities. > > Over a very odd two weeks, hundreds have been arrested since [President Donald Trump’s crime crackdown](https://apnews.com/article/washington-dc-trump-federal-law-enforcement-e779ad9059d1c65754b2cb176b6a322b) flooded the nation’s capital with federal agents and troops. What’s happening to them after their arrests is alarming many defense attorneys — and at least one judge — as the cases stack up in federal courtrooms. > > Some people facing nonviolent charges have remained jailed for days in Washington while waiting for their initial court appearances. Their lawyers believe the government is prosecuting lower-level cases that are typically handled by local authorities and don’t belong in federal court — or any court. Do you want to know what this is _really_ about? Check out this next bit of the article. (The **bolding** is mine.) > The White House says over 1,000 people have been arrested since the operation started Aug. 7. They’re facing a wide range of charges, including assaulting law-enforcement officers and illegal possession of drugs and firearms. **Nearly half of the arrests are for immigration cases** , according to one list circulated by law enforcement. Crime is not out of control in Washington, DC. What’s out of control is the felon’s plummeting approval numbers and this is how he’s decided to chuck out some chum to his supporters. ---
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