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Trump's Washington, DC, takeover begins as National Guard troops arrive (apnews.com)
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Some of the 800 National Guard members deployed by President Donald Trump began arriving in the nation’s capital on Tuesday, ramping up after the White House ordered federal forces to take over the city’s police department and reduce crime in what the president called — without substantiation — a lawless city.

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[–] David_Eight@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

I'm guessing no, they get some sort of financial benefit for being active and that's all they're considering at the moment. They're probably diluting themselves into thinking that they're just there for show and will get "boiled frog" into becoming Nazis.