At aurora_marie’s request, I merged in a thread she started that was largely on the same topic. There’s about five new posts in the thread as a result.
And Portland is off limits. For now:
The money quote from the judge (regarding Trump’s description of Portland):
“The President’s determination was simply untethered to the facts.”
An understandable observation, given that the President himself is untethered from facts.
(And yes, I know that this only matters if the Orange Peril, Kegsbreath et.al. pay attention to it. But any pushback, however small, should be noted.)
Consientious Objection in relation to martial law in America is in the news.
Here is the homepage for About Face: Veterans Against the War.
“The president’s repeated depictions of Portland as “on fire” diverged from reality, the judge found,”
— NY Times
I like that phrase, “diverged from reality.” In other words, complete and utter bullshit.
Which, of course, explains why the felon’s skin tone and hair color look like diarrhea.
Trump apparently can’t take “no” for an answer-It looks like he is leaving the Oregon National Guard alone…and instead is sending over California National Guard to harass Portland.
And, instead, he’s back to saying he’s sending troops into Chicago.
And now that’s been blocked by the judge.
Great quote by Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield
"The judge’s ruling was not some minor procedural point for the president to work around like my 14-year-old does when he doesn’t like my answers.”
If el donald can’t order the California national guard to invade Oregon, maybe he can order the Nebraska navy to invade Venezuela
I’d not be surprised if he ordered the Ohio and Nebraska National Guard Naval divisions in.
Could he deputized the Eastern Oregon Portland-haters?
He thinks he can send the CA National Guard to harass Portland?
Does he remember that Governor Newsom is NOT his BFF?
Where are the big men in white coats with the nets?
He’s not going to politely ask Newsom to please sent California National Guard troops to Portland, his plan is to federalize them so they’re under his direct control and send them to Portland. Newsom has no part of his plans.
Legally he can’t do that shit, because the ability of the POTUS to federalize the National Guard (outside of DC at least) only happens under very narrow circumstances and requires the approval of a Congress that can’t even pass a budget to keep the government running, but it doesn’t stop him from acting like he can while playing fake tough guy online.
But, but, but… Why doesn’t he just try to do that with Oregon’s NG???
Ah, fuckit. Never mind.
And just as a reminder, the courts already told Trump he can’t do any of this.
A federal judge late Sunday night blocked the Trump administration from deploying any federalized National Guard units to Oregon, including hundreds of out-of-state soldiers. It came hours after the government dispatched California National Guard members to Oregon.
That insane far left lunatic commie activist judge was appointed by Trump, for what it’s worth.
And he’s already saying he doesn’t know her and is blaming others for her nomination.
I mean, why not? He never, ever takes responsibility for anything he doesn’t like, and lies all the time.
I forgot to add, he initially tried to do that, but a judge blocked it, so that’s when he changed to trying to bring California’s NG in, and the judge blocked that as well (and said he can’t mobilize them from any other state either). Unfortunately those rulings only apply to Portland, and nowhere else that he’s trying to use NG troops to harass people, like Chicago.
Illinois just filed suit.