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BREAKING: Donald Trump begins authoritarian takeover of Washington, D.C. (www.advocate.com)

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President Donald Trump stood in the White House press briefing room Monday morning, declaring it “Liberation Day in D.C.” and announcing that he was taking over Washington, D.C.’s police force. Invoking Section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, a rarely used provision of federal law, Trump said he was placing the Metropolitan Police Department under direct White House control and deploying the D.C. National Guard into city streets.

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[–] MorksEgg@lemmy.world 200 points 3 days ago (16 children)

So many people are taking this as a joke. It's parallels to 1930s Germany is so scary. I always used to think that the German people only became Nazis because they feared for their own lives. Now I'm starting to think from the way I see people reacting online that most people are born Nazis and I was the one who misjudged everything. Until the day I die I will never understand people's hatred against one another. We are all born naked, and we will all die alone. Most of us have around 60 years in between and some people choose to fill their days by making it worse for others. We will wipe out our own race through fear and ignorance.

[–] A_norny_mousse@fedia.io 85 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Trust me, we are not taking this as a joke. And the comparison to 1930s Germany is not hyperbole. Many have seen it since January; by now everybody should.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 65 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Many of us have seen it since long before January 2025. We were told we were overreacting.

[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I expected it to be bad. I expected it to be worse than first term.

I didn't expect it to be this bad.

[–] azertyfun@sh.itjust.works 15 points 3 days ago

Then, and I'm being deadly serious here, you should do a complete review of where you get your news from. This was all in the open long before the election, as part of the project 2025 leaks. "News" media refusing to cover it isn't media worth listening to.

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