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Trump is forcing powerful people and groups to take sides (for him, if at all possible). State, county, and city #cops seem to be loyal to Trump to the exclusion of almost all else. ICE is 100% loyal to Trump (remember the #MuslimBan? Remember that SCOTUS ordered #ICE to stop the detainments and deportations? Remember that they waited several days, ignoring the court order, and didn't stop until Trump gave them the OK? They are his police force).

My take is that Trump hates the Forestry Service (he's publicly shafted them more than once and criticized them repeatedly). He also doesn't like the Capitol #Police (they upheld their oaths on J6) or the FBI (they investigated him) or the CIA (they also probably investigated him, plus he needs that "deep state" narrative to keep the GOP all riled up).

I don't think he's sure about the military, hence the purges of leadership.

In case you didn't get this, I find all this very, very, very bad. When someone clearly staging a coup starts to line up his personal violence-making forces, that is bad. Very bad.

axios.com/2025/02/21/database-

Axios · Trump orders database on federal police misconduct to closeBy Russell Contreras
#uspol#browshirts#powerConsolidation
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Ooopsies! The first two years of #JoeBiden's term #Democrats were in charge in #Congress. Did they pass legistlation to reel this in? NOPE!

#MartialLaw Explained

The law surrounding the concept is complicated and unsettled. Congress should pass legislation that better defines its scope.

by Tim Lau and Joseph Nunn
Published: September 10, 2020

"Martial law has been declared more than 60 times in U.S. history, mostly by state and local officials. However, the concept has no established definition. The limited Supreme Court precedent on martial law is old, vague, and inconsistent. No federal statute defines what the term actually means. As a result, the exact scope and limits of martial law are dangerously unclear. Congress and state legislatures must enact new laws that better define them."

brennancenter.org/our-work/res
#MartialLaw #Resistance #Revolution #SilencingDissent #USPol #VeryBad

Brennan Center for JusticeMartial Law ExplainedThe law surrounding the concept is complicated and unsettled. Congress should pass legislation that better defines its scope.
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Guess what #JoeBiden didn't do?!! Thanks, Joe! Would it have been a mute point? Perhaps! But it would have sent a message!

Democratic senators urge Biden to try to limit Trump's ability to use the U.S. military domestically

Trump could reverse a policy directive from Biden after he takes office but, Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Richard Blumenthal are trying to highlight the issue.

Dec. 2, 2024, 7:00 AM EST
By Courtney Kube

"Two Democratic senators are urging the Biden administration to issue a policy directive that could temporarily limit President-elect Donald Trump's ability to deploy #USMilitary troops domestically after he takes office.

"Sens. #ElizabethWarren, D-Mass., and #RichardBlumenthal, D-Conn., both members of the Armed Services Committee, sent a letter dated Nov. 26 to President Joe Biden and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin that urged them to issue a policy directive that would ensure that U.S. troops can be used only when local or state authorities ask for federal help or are unable or unwilling to protect the public."

nbcnews.com/politics/national-
#USPol #MartialLaw #Revolution #Resistance #CivilWar #SilencingDissent #NationalEmergency #PresidentialPowers #PowerCorruptionAndLies #Coup #Trump #Fascism #AuthoritarianRule #CorporateColonialism #VeryBad

NBC News · Democratic senators urge Biden to try to limit Trump's ability to use the U.S. military domesticallyBy Courtney Kube
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Transcript from 13 minutes in...

"#InsurrectionAct sounds familiar because it is this is the same act that #Trump wanted to enact during the #GeorgeFloyd protests of 2020 this is a law that's almost as old as the United States and allows the United States president to deploy troops into the streets of America to maintain their idea of Law and Order and balance.

"Now the smarty pants Folks at NPR summarized the Insurrection act as granting the power to the president to suppress any Insurrection domestic violence unlawful combination or conspiracy which is direct language but it's still pretty broad. Okay it's Broad and Trump knows that it's broad which is why he openly said that he regretted not enforcing the Insurrection act back in 2020. Now David Gross also points out that whenever you hear discussions surrounding border use and the word Invasion it is likely so that the state can point to Article 1 Section 10 of the Constitution this section denies States the power to engage in war unless they are invaded which is why they use the word invading in the section before. Article 1 Section 9 protects habus Corpus unless in case of #rebellion or Invasion where the #PublicSafety may require it so you can see what they're starting to set up here. Okay they're setting up this idea of a border crisis they are projecting what's happening at our Southern border mostly as an invasion. I mean are you doing that to invoke the constitutional rights you have to start a war or like lock people up without trials like starting to look a little spooky here..."

youtube.com/watch?v=glhGgUZCLp
#BorderCrisis #MartialLaw #InsurrectionAct #GeorgeFloydUprising #Resistance #Revolution #SilencingDissent #USPol #Revolution #Resistance #CivilWar #NationalEmergency #PresidentialPowers #PowerCorruptionAndLies #Coup #Trump #Fascism #AuthoritarianRule #CorporateColonialism #VeryBad

YouTubeJudicial Insanity | How Trump May Declare Martial Law in AmericaBy Under The Desk News
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"V" uses humor and sarcasm to get their point across! A must watch!!!

Under The Desk News, Feb 7, 2025

"It’s Friday night, and you’re staring at the movies on your local streaming service. Up next in the queue is a little film called 'Martial Law,' which leads you into two questions. One, why wasn’t Cynthia Rothrock a bigger star? And two, what even IS #MartialLaw?

"Outside of the context of that film, martial law is a loosely defined concept that would enable the president to enact FULL power over the law and the troops in the event of an emergency. Think a state of emergency, like we saw in the recent Hurricanes, but to the max: martial law is a forced curfew, trial by MILITARY, and a complete dissolution of our civil rights like we’ve never seen before.

"But how likely is it to happen in America? Has it happened before? And will it happen again? The answer honestly shocked the hell out of me - it may shock you, too." [It shocked me!]

youtube.com/watch?v=glhGgUZCLp
#USPol #MartialLaw #Revolution #Resistance #CivilWar #SilencingDissent #NationalEmergency #PresidentialPowers #PowerCorruptionAndLies #Coup #Trump #Fascism #AuthoritarianRule #CorporateColonialism #VeryBad

YouTubeJudicial Insanity | How Trump May Declare Martial Law in AmericaBy Under The Desk News
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I listened to a very informative YouTube video today (and looked up some stuff). Oh boy...! A LOT to unpack. We all have some decisions to make soon. Life or death stuff (unless the courts or congress does the right thing). After what I've heard and read today, I am convinced that #Trump is a #Putin asset, as is #TulsiGabbard and #ErikPrince. And their goal is to suppress the #Resistance. And it seems that #BillClinton, #BarackObama and #JoeBiden did NOTHING to prevent what Trump is attempting to do, even though they could have... (And don't get me started as to why they didn't codify #RoeVsWade or #EqualRights or a number of other things when they had the chance...) Anyhow, I'll try to remember to use #USPol, but I might forget. But yeah... Wow... Where to even begin... (Maybe I'll start with the YouTube video)
#Fascism #AuthoritarianRule #Oligarchy #CorporateColonialism #VeryBad!

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And that's how you come up with the #AntiLife equation (old comic book reference).

Creating ‘Mirror Life’ Could Be Disastrous, Scientists Warn

Breakthroughs in synthetic biology could create mirror versions of natural molecules, with devastating consequences for life on Earth

By Simon Makin
December 14, 2024

"A category of synthetic organisms dubbed “mirror life,” whose component molecules are mirror images of their natural counterpart, could pose unprecedented risks to human life and ecosystems, according to a perspective article by leading experts, including Nobel Prize winners. The article, published in Science on December 12, is accompanied by a lengthy report detailing their concerns.

[...]

"In 2010 researchers at the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) in California installed synthetic DNA into a cell to create the first cell with a fully synthetic genome."

Read more:
scientificamerican.com/article

Scientific American · Creating ‘Mirror Life’ Could Be Disastrous, Scientists WarnBy Simon Makin
#JackKirby#JackKingKirby#NewGods
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