Oh wow, DC, Memphis, Chicago… I REALLY do wonder what they have in common? Another economic anxiety moment I’m sure
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Tbf, they never actually got deployed in Chicago for whatever reason
Because the state government didn't let it happen, I'm guessing. DC doesn't have that protection, and Tennessee is fucking chud central.
I'm sure DC could have if bowser fought it, but she was doing that shit already for months without his need for approval.
trump has too many opps in o block
Surprised at not sending goons to Baltimore yet
goon
testing the limits of presidential power
The fucking media.
"It's perfectly alright for him to do this twice, but if he does it a third time, that's downright unpresidential!"
He's still sticking to something resembling the law which is odd in a way. Why bother? He already violated it with LA. The liberals have all collectively bent the knee or committed mass suicide since January, so why bother pretending to care that the Illinois governor said "no." Yeah it would result if a possibly insane situation and "constitutional crisis" but is that not what these guys are purposely doing anyway? They're just breaking all the institutions without much of anything seemingly planned on the other side. Nothing beyond lofty meaningless rhetoric anyway. The dumbest thing possible.
All the institutions are dead, anyway. The liberals are stupid for even pretending they care anymore.
gotta turn the dial up slowly just for the thrill
turning a knob labeled authority looking back at the audience for approval like a contestant on The Price is Right
I think the simplest answer is just that they're a pack of grifters out to do as much graft as possible and get away with it, and understand that what they publicly do is just kayfabe albeit a brutal one that crushes the innocent beneath it constantly and by design. The may understand that just declaring "there's no law that says a president can't do crimes!" with a shit eating grin while their frenemies splutter in indignation and insist there is such a law may be working out for them so far but if they actually just ratchet up the violence then regardless of what their opponents do their own internal rivalries for position and graft opportunities are going to turn deadly and they'll get eaten alive by their own.
They seem earnestly terrified of the idea some of their would-be victims might fight back as well, but at least some of them have to be aware that it's their own followers who are doing all the violence and that there are these deep conflicts between their internal factions and bitter interpersonal rivalries between everyone with an ounce of power. Like if they set the standard of open roving death squads, then suddenly they've got to be worried about what their coworkers are going to do when there's an argument over who gets a specific share of the graft pie.
My friend (who is black) lives in memphis it's worriyng.
I moved from memphis a few months ago. I have a lot of friends there. It's pretty fucked and there's nothing I can do about it
Yeah :(