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In reply to the discussion: Part 1: On April 20th, 2025, the United States may Cross the Point of No Return. [View all]littlemissmartypants
(27,212 posts)23. Haven't troops already...
Been deployed to the border?
...using the military to carry out mass roundups and deportations runs contrary to this country’s longstanding tradition of keeping the military out of domestic affairs. The Insurrection Act was never intended for those purposes. Troop deployments in our cities or at the border are an attack on the freedoms Americans enjoy and moves us closer towards being a police state where those freedoms are threatened.[14]
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Part 1: On April 20th, 2025, the United States may Cross the Point of No Return. [View all]
littlemissmartypants
Apr 2
OP
Yes. This group is working to have more clarity from lawmakers so they can stop him in court.
Passages
Apr 2
#34
even if he does, I don't see how they can effectively institute martial law in this huge and diverse country
LymphocyteLover
Apr 2
#13
Citizens around the county are getting more angry each day with what they are seeing. This is literally his trump card.
jalan48
Apr 2
#17
Seriously, how does this unsourced "probabilistic forecast" help us? Even the footnotes have no sources.
ancianita
Apr 2
#27