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Warpy

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10. OK, that's a BIG crack in the dam

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Tue Feb 3, 2026, 08:19 PM

13 hrs ago

much bigger than GOPs simply staying home on election day and judgesissuing a bunch of peperwork without anything backing it up. The military command refusing to violate Posse Comitatus is a really big deal, not even for Fat Jebus.

When dams finally burst, they go all at once, so let's hope cracks keep on forming.

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Military stands down troops ordered to prep to deploy to Minneapolis [View all] riversedge 16 hrs ago OP

The sky will be filled with US Army paratroopers parachuting into the city. Irish_Dem 16 hrs ago #1

No. Aviation Pro 16 hrs ago #2

They will do what Trump tells them to do or lose their rank and pension. Irish_Dem 15 hrs ago #8

Paratroop or Marine formations can not be deployed in American cities. They are assault troops. Not cops. flashman13 13 hrs ago #13

You are behind the times my friend. US troops can and will be called out to US cities. Irish_Dem 12 hrs ago #14

It's absolutely disgusting their deployment to MN was even being considered groundloop 16 hrs ago #3

The imagine in itself will put majority of Americans ................ Lovie777 16 hrs ago #4

To Greenland instead? IronLionZion 16 hrs ago #5

This whole thing has been a fiasco for republicans. C_U_L8R 16 hrs ago #6

My step-son is Army Airborne, stationed at Elmendorf-Richardson. Americanme 16 hrs ago #7

Is trump pulling defenses out of Alaska to cede it back to the russians? erronis 13 hrs ago #9

OK, that's a BIG crack in the dam Warpy 13 hrs ago #10

So they're refusing to go to Minnesota? FakeNoose 13 hrs ago #11

I read it as the Pentagon refusing to send them Warpy 13 hrs ago #12

I hope that is the case Bayard 12 hrs ago #15

Sounds like the threat of martial law and invocation of the Insurrection Act is being reduced. If military troops were Martin68 11 hrs ago #16

When this feels like good news.... Lulu KC 11 hrs ago #17