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I tried to find a better source but there wasn't one. The article is at the Bulwark which is Bill Kristol's lib-funded shitrag. I ran out of space in the title. if he does - it will be by the end of the month. See the bit in bold.

Will Trump Invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807 Next? - thebulwark.com

The White House did not respond to a request for comment on whether Trump will invoke the Insurrection Act before April ends.

The Insurrection Act of 1807, which allows the president to deploy U.S. armed forces and the national guard against Americans in situations of civil unrest, was last invoked in 1992 to put down the Rodney King riots after the four white police officers who were filmed beating King were acquitted. The nonpartisan Brennan Center has called the law “dangerously overbroad and ripe for abuse.”

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As a reminder, the executive order declaring a national emergency at the southern border framed what is happening there as an “invasion” that threatens “America’s sovereignty” as part of its justification for Trump’s decrees.

“This whole strategy from Trump is really based on the demonization of immigrants and the idea we’re being invaded as justification of all executive orders that are trampling on our civil rights and freedoms,” Vanessa Cárdenas, the executive director of immigrant rights group America’s Voice, told The Bulwark. “They’ve been demonizing immigrants for a long time to psychologically prepare people for these actions, and we need to reject and denounce it.”

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Insurrection Act of 1807 - wikipedia.org

The Insurrection Act of 1807 is a United States federal law that empowers the president of the United States to deploy the U.S. military and federalized National Guard troops within the United States in particular circumstances, such as to suppress civil disorder, insurrection, or rebellion.

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DECLARING A NATIONAL EMERGENCY AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER OF THE UNITED STATES - whitehouse.gov

The White House

January 20, 2025

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[–] ANarcoSnowPlow@hexbear.net 55 points 2 days ago (27 children)

Suppose he activates the military.

There's not enough military to continue adventurism and suppress cities. Even if you called up all the national guards. Like a few cities could be covered tightly maybe, but not all of them.

You'd have to start calling up "militias" and shit. That shit isn't gonna be as disciplined as the regular military.

Sounds like a dumbass recipe to all the sudden lose control and balkanize the whole country.

Hell, California is already talking about inking independent trade deals with foreign countries.

There's a point at which I think certain states will just start ignoring the feds.

Either way, it's not gonna be fun for us smallfolk.

[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 27 points 2 days ago (3 children)

You'd have to start calling up "militias" and shit. That shit isn't gonna be as disciplined as the regular military.

i usually spell that word "freikorps"

[–] john_brown@hexbear.net 10 points 2 days ago

frycorps

Burger brigades

[–] ClimateChangeAnxiety@hexbear.net 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You’re forgetting to Americanize it. They’ll be like “Freedom Squads” or something even more lame

[–] sleeplessone@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago

Freedom Fry Corps

[–] Dessa@hexbear.net 12 points 2 days ago

That's a completely different spelling

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