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cadoman

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2. it sounds like these guidelines are updated all the time

Reply to Arthur_Frain (Original post)

Mon Oct 28, 2024, 08:43 PM

Oct 2024

Part of the normal operations of government working to keep us safe.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2024/10/24/far-right-suggests-military-just-authorized-lethal-force-against-americans-ahead-of-election-it.html

https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/dodd/524001p.PDF?ver=UpTwJ66AyyBgvy7wFyTGbA==

Basically if the assistance is going to require lethal force (e.g. a police department confronting a militia) it requires approval of Secretary of Defense before deployment.

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*sigh* overheard in the local men's locker room this morning [View all] Arthur_Frain Oct 2024 OP

Dumbbells in the locker room? That gym sucks. dem4decades Oct 2024 #1

it sounds like these guidelines are updated all the time cadoman Oct 2024 #2

Yeah it's nothing more than a routine update Arthur_Frain Oct 2024 #4

The DOJ doesn't have jurisdiction over the military MacKasey Oct 2024 #3

I'm not presenting anything they said as making any sense. Arthur_Frain Oct 2024 #5

I agree with you MacKasey Oct 2024 #8

As mentioned, the DOJ doesn't have jurisdiction over the DOD Kaleva Oct 2024 #6

At least you didn't have Trump in the locker room, measuring all the guys' schlongs. PeaceWave Oct 2024 #7

Didn't feel it necessary to mention Arthur_Frain Oct 2024 #11

Wrong locker room. Another might have better reasoning and .... usonian Oct 2024 #9

Time after time the MAGAts take something said by one of them and start attributing it to "Dems". LudwigPastorius Oct 2024 #10

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