Federal troop deployments to US cities cost taxpayers $496M and counting The Trump administration's deployment of federal troops to six U.S. cities has cost taxpayers about $496 million through December.

"WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration’s high-profile deployment of federal troops to six U.S. cities has cost taxpayers roughly $496 million through the end of December...

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The commander of U.S. Northern Command testified there is no “enemy within,” directly contradicting claims used to justify domestic National Guard deployments and exposing a civil-military credibility gap. #Trump #NationalGuard #CivilMilitary #CommandIntegrity #DomesticDeployment #TheHill

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Military Times/AP: Tennessee governor to keep Guard in Memphis while state appeals ruling

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The Economist: Can Donald Trump deploy the National Guard whenever he likes? --- The Supreme Court seems likely to say no

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Chicago. Portland. Memphis. These aren’t war zones. They’re communities. Families. Citizens. Deploying troops into cities without local consent isn’t defense, it’s occupation rehearsal. #DomesticDeployment #CivicDuty

Does ICE know?
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#Undocumented

Unpacking Trump’s Order Authorizing Domestic Deployment of the Military The president's move represents an unprecedented, dangerous, and legally doubtful exercise of power.

Brennan Center analysis shows Trump bypassed the Insurrection Act by invoking a rare statute and claimed inherent authority to authorize domestic military deployments. #StatutoryLoophole #PosseComitatus #DomesticDeployment #CivilMilitaryRelations #AuthoritarianRisk #BrennanCenter

Pentagon plan would create military ‘reaction force’ for civil unrest Documents reviewed by The Post detail a prospective National Guard mission that, if adopted, would require hundreds of troops to be ready around-the-clock.

Pentagon planning documents reveal a proposal for a permanent National Guard quick reaction force, institutionalizing rapid military deployment for U.S. civil unrest. #NationalGuard #DomesticDeployment #QuickReactionForce #PosseComitatus #ProtestRights #PentagonPlanning #AuthoritarianRisk

Trump's domestic troop deployment tests the limits of a nearly 150-year-old law President Donald Trump's recent actions have sparked debate over the Posse Comitatus Act, a law from 1878 that limits military involvement in domestic affairs.

California’s lawsuit over Trump’s Los Angeles Guard deployment could redefine the Posse Comitatus Act’s limits, setting precedent for future federalizations in U.S. cities. #PosseComitatus #DomesticDeployment #CivilMilitaryRelations #WarOnTheRocks #InstitutionalAccountability

Would the U.S. Military Repress Protesters? Lessons from the Arab Spring - War on the Rocks In early June, President Donald Trump threatened to unleash active-duty troops on American citizens protesting the killing of George Floyd. As he put it

A 2020 analysis comparing U.S. military culture to Arab Spring armed forces provided a framework for predicting troop compliance with protest suppression orders. #ProtestResponse #MilitaryEthics #NationalGuard #PosseComitatus #DomesticDeployment #CivilRights #MilitaryObedience #WarOnTheRocks

The Trump administration expanded covert ops & used military domestically, risking lives. #USDefense #TrumpEra #MilitaryRisks #CovertOps #DomesticDeployment

Press Under Fire & Call for Local Control Amid Crisis

FROM FULL EPISODE Live Chat With James June 10
#NationalGuard #LosAngeles #laprotests #news #california #Trump #TrumpCrimes #Marines #USMarines #domesticdeployment #HumanRights #SocialJustice #Protestors #LosAngelesProtests #LosAngelsICERaids

Terrified Child’s Ordeal and Trump’s Call to Arrest Media Leaders

FROM FULL EPISODE Live Chat With James June 10

#NationalGuard #LosAngeles #laprotests #news #california #Trump #TrumpCrimes #Marines #USMarines #domesticdeployment #HumanRights #SocialJustice #Protestors #LosAngelesProtests

Host Outraged Over Trump's Deployment of Military in Los Angeles

#NationalGuard #LosAngeles #laprotests #news #california #Trump #TrumpCrimes #Marines #USMarines #domesticdeployment #HumanRights #SocialJustice #Protestors #LosAngelesProtests #LosAngelsICERaids

National Guard Left in Inhumane Conditions

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#NationalGuard #LosAngeles #laprotests #news #california #Trump #TrumpCrimes #Marines #USMarines #domesticdeployment #HumanRights #SocialJustice #Protestors #LosAngelesProtests

Shocking TRUMP Tweet Sparks Chaos in Los Angeles!

#NationalGuard #LosAngeles #laprotests #news #california #Trump #TrumpCrimes #Marines #USMarines #domesticdeployment #HumanRights #SocialJustice #Protestors #LosAngelesProtests #LosAngelsICERaids #ICERaids #ICE #PresidentTrump #USGovernment

👑 Moral of the story?

Put troops in the streets for “security,”
and you’ve already written the second-to-last chapter.

The last one starts with a general you promoted too recently.

#LA #NationalGuard #ICE #DomesticDeployment

The President’s Power to Call Out the National Guard Is Not a Blank Check Domestic deployment under Section 502(f) has its limits, and for good reason.

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#ThereAreLimits

The US Military Debates Possible Deployment on US Soil Under Trump Trump has said he wants to use active duty U.S. troops to quell protests and round up immigrants. Will the military comply?

One fear is that #domesticdeployment of active-duty troops could lead to #bloodshed given that the regular #military is mainly trained to shoot at and kill #foreignenemies. The only way

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