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The Executive Order that sent the National Guard to L.A. would classify Jan 6 as a rebellion (lemmy.ml)
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[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 3 points 4 days ago

IANAL, but I'm guessing it's to bring a sense of legitimacy to an otherwise batshit insane order. I feel like the Fed knows what they're doing is illegal, but phrasing it this way makes it seem sane to their base (who too are batshit insane).