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New Breed Leader

(937 posts) Sun Aug 10, 2025, 07:30 PM Aug 2025

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Sources close to DC mayor and police say Trump will deploy National Guard tomorrow

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Sources close to DC mayor and police say Trump will deploy National Guard tomorrow (Original Post) New Breed Leader Aug 2025 OP

Will not work...... Lovie777 Aug 2025 #1

Will not work AT ALL!!!! elleng Aug 2025 #3

Beating up on the poor and a homeless. C_U_L8R Aug 2025 #2

Deploy the National Guard to do what, exactly? sop Aug 2025 #4

Yes, please tell me too! murielm99 Aug 2025 #6

to distract from epstein Fullduplexxx Aug 2025 #9

He didn't deploy the NG on January 6 when the Capitol was under attack. Is there something more pressing now? sop Aug 2025 #11

Sit out in the heat and humidity newdeal2 Aug 2025 #7

They will be permanent Nigrum Cattus Aug 2025 #15

to distract from epstein Fullduplexxx Aug 2025 #8

Poor Big Balls! orangecrush Aug 2025 #5

Distract from Epstein and protect TSF johnnyfins Aug 2025 #10

This +1 Emile Aug 2025 #16

Wait! I thought that was the Speaker of the House's job. GoCubsGo Aug 2025 #12

WHY? Jimvanhise Aug 2025 #13

I think these guard deployments may simply be . . . Stinky The Clown Aug 2025 #14

What? Oh brother! LeftInTX Aug 2025 #17

Cancel the Texas special session. This is a major emergency. They are needed in DC until December! LeftInTX Aug 2025 #18

Lovie777

(23,741 posts)

1. Will not work......

Reply to New Breed Leader (Original post)

Sun Aug 10, 2025, 07:32 PM

Aug 2025

elleng

(141,926 posts)

3. Will not work AT ALL!!!!

Reply to Lovie777 (Reply #1)

Sun Aug 10, 2025, 07:39 PM

Aug 2025

C_U_L8R

(49,531 posts)

2. Beating up on the poor and a homeless.

Reply to New Breed Leader (Original post)

Sun Aug 10, 2025, 07:37 PM

Aug 2025

His 'Christian' supporters will, of course, find some twisted way to justify this barbaric act.

sop

(19,311 posts)

4. Deploy the National Guard to do what, exactly?

Reply to New Breed Leader (Original post)

Sun Aug 10, 2025, 07:40 PM

Aug 2025

murielm99

(33,084 posts)

6. Yes, please tell me too!

Reply to sop (Reply #4)

Sun Aug 10, 2025, 07:44 PM

Aug 2025

Fullduplexxx

(8,633 posts)

9. to distract from epstein

Reply to murielm99 (Reply #6)

Sun Aug 10, 2025, 08:04 PM

Aug 2025

sop

(19,311 posts)

11. He didn't deploy the NG on January 6 when the Capitol was under attack. Is there something more pressing now?

Reply to murielm99 (Reply #6)

Sun Aug 10, 2025, 08:22 PM

Aug 2025

newdeal2

(5,607 posts)

7. Sit out in the heat and humidity

Reply to sop (Reply #4)

Sun Aug 10, 2025, 07:46 PM

Aug 2025

If they’re lucky, Trump will TACO before winter.

Nigrum Cattus

(1,355 posts)

15. They will be permanent

Reply to newdeal2 (Reply #7)

Sun Aug 10, 2025, 09:53 PM

Aug 2025

As the repugs take away more and more from us
they will use them to protect themselves from harm.
I'm sure they don't trust the D.C. police

Fullduplexxx

(8,633 posts)

8. to distract from epstein

Reply to sop (Reply #4)

Sun Aug 10, 2025, 08:04 PM

Aug 2025

orangecrush

(31,150 posts)

5. Poor Big Balls!

Reply to New Breed Leader (Original post)

Sun Aug 10, 2025, 07:43 PM

Aug 2025

Daddy will protect you!

johnnyfins

(3,990 posts)

10. Distract from Epstein and protect TSF

Reply to New Breed Leader (Original post)

Sun Aug 10, 2025, 08:12 PM

Aug 2025

I wonder what else will be "announced" tomorrow...

Emile

(43,268 posts)

16. This +1

Reply to johnnyfins (Reply #10)

Sun Aug 10, 2025, 09:54 PM

Aug 2025

GoCubsGo

(35,000 posts)

12. Wait! I thought that was the Speaker of the House's job.

Reply to New Breed Leader (Original post)

Sun Aug 10, 2025, 08:30 PM

Aug 2025

Or, is that only the case when your cult is trashing the Capitol while a Democrat is Speaker? Fucking fucker.

Jimvanhise

(604 posts)

13. WHY?

Reply to New Breed Leader (Original post)

Sun Aug 10, 2025, 08:31 PM

Aug 2025

Crime is down 30%. This is just another distraction which the hungry media will bit on instead of the Epstein scandal and the crimes being committed by ICE agents.

Stinky The Clown

(68,964 posts)

14. I think these guard deployments may simply be . . .

Reply to New Breed Leader (Original post)

Sun Aug 10, 2025, 09:36 PM

Aug 2025

. . . sticks in blue city eyes to foment unrest that could be spun into the need for martial law. If that fails it still pisses off the locals and occupies a few news cycles without Epstein/Maxwell news . . . . . or Gaza news . . . . or Ukraine news . . . . or shitty jobs news . . . . or mhittyinflation news . . . . . or shitty tariff news . . .

LeftInTX

(34,852 posts)

17. What? Oh brother!

Reply to New Breed Leader (Original post)

Sun Aug 10, 2025, 10:16 PM

Aug 2025

All because of Big Balls BS....

LeftInTX

(34,852 posts)

18. Cancel the Texas special session. This is a major emergency. They are needed in DC until December!

Reply to New Breed Leader (Original post)

Sun Aug 10, 2025, 10:18 PM

Aug 2025

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