• A_norny_mousse@feddit.org
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    6 days ago

    Just to clarify:

    The military is generally barred under federal laws from taking part in domestic law enforcement. Noem’s request may be a step toward the administration sidestepping those laws by invoking the Insurrection Act, two legal experts said in interviews.

    Every. Accusation. Is. A. Confession.

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        4 days ago

        I asked in another thread if there’s some media coverage of what the troops themselves think, in LA. Or how they act. You wouldn’t happen to know some?

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          I’ve seen mixed answers to that question. Some replies were that most of the grunts either don’t care or are glad to follow Trump’s orders, but another source says that calls into the military’s anonymous complaint line (or whatever it’s called) are way up.