this post was submitted on 17 Aug 2025
73 points (98.7% liked)

politics

25245 readers
2925 users here now

Welcome to the discussion of US Politics!

Rules:

  1. Post only links to articles, Title must fairly describe link contents. If your title differs from the site’s, it should only be to add context or be more descriptive. Do not post entire articles in the body or in the comments.

Links must be to the original source, not an aggregator like Google Amp, MSN, or Yahoo.

Example:

  1. Articles must be relevant to politics. Links must be to quality and original content. Articles should be worth reading. Clickbait, stub articles, and rehosted or stolen content are not allowed. Check your source for Reliability and Bias here.
  2. Be civil, No violations of TOS. It’s OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (pejorative, pejorative). It’s NOT OK to say another USER is (pejorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect! This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban.
  3. No memes, trolling, or low-effort comments. Reposts, misinformation, off-topic, trolling, or offensive. Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to "Mom! He's bugging me!" and "I'm not touching you!" Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.
  4. Vote based on comment quality, not agreement. This community aims to foster discussion; please reward people for putting effort into articulating their viewpoint, even if you disagree with it.
  5. No hate speech, slurs, celebrating death, advocating violence, or abusive language. This will result in a ban. Usernames containing racist, or inappropriate slurs will be banned without warning

We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.

All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.

That's all the rules!

Civic Links

Register To Vote

Citizenship Resource Center

Congressional Awards Program

Federal Government Agencies

Library of Congress Legislative Resources

The White House

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Senate

Partnered Communities:

News

World News

Business News

Political Discussion

Ask Politics

Military News

Global Politics

Moderate Politics

Progressive Politics

UK Politics

Canadian Politics

Australian Politics

New Zealand Politics

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

Gov. Patrick Morrisey of West Virginia said his state would send 300 to 400 troops to Washington, while Gov. Henry McMaster of South Carolina pledged 200 members. Gov. Mike DeWine said he would send another 150.

top 10 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

I'm sure those in the Guard just looooove being pawns for performative qon bullshit designed to fawn all over Taco Camacho.

[–] gmtom@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

You think people from red states that joined the military are big beleivers in democracy?

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

I'm quite sure some are. I have no idea if it's most or even a sizable portion, but...I know of anecdotal cases at least.

[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

They might love other people song this, but may be a bit pissed at personally being made to go dance for the spectacle of authoritarianism. Not that they object to the overall theme, just their personal inconvenience.

[–] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

Enjoy being booed and called fascist bootlickers. Watch out for the sandwiches. 😘

[–] Colonel_Panic_@eviltoast.org 8 points 9 hours ago

If we want to end the crime wave in DC all we have to do is arrest the grifter in the White House.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 14 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Sherman should have kept fucking marching. Fucking confeds.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 9 points 9 hours ago

Someone should point out that west Virginia has its share of challenges and the governor ought to see f he can help them, rather than spend state resources on a made up issue to Ingratiate himself

[–] xyzzy@lemmy.today 12 points 14 hours ago

How is this anything other than a Southern takeover of the nation's capital

[–] PhilipTheBucket@piefed.social 10 points 19 hours ago

I hope this shit turns out okay, seems like the rollercoaster's pretty much at the peak of that first big hill.