#NationalGuard documents show public ‘fear’ and #troops’ ‘#shame’ over #WashingtonDC presence

By Alex Horton, September 10, 2025

"The National Guard, in measuring public sentiment about President Trump’s federal takeover of Washington, D.C., has assessed that its mission is perceived as 'leveraging fear,' driving a 'wedge between citizens and the military,' and promoting a sense of 'shame' among some troops and veterans, according to internal documents reviewed by the Washington Post.

[...]

"Friday’s assessment highlights 'Mentions of Fatigue, confusion, and #demoralization - ‘just gardening,’ unclear mission, wedge between citizens and the military.'

"The National Guard was ordered to this mission and does not have a responsibility to make it palatable to the public, said Jason Dempsey, a former Army officer who studies civil military affairs for the Center for a New American Security. But, he said, military leaders should think about how deployments with political undertones could have implications for recruiting and sustaining the force.

"The themes raised in these assessments, Dempsey said, also should give pause to American citizens. National Guard troops are overseen by governors, who almost always provide their approval when those forces are mobilized for federal service overseas or within the United States. But the mission in Washington, and an earlier deployment to Los Angeles, both occurred against the consent of civil authorities in those jurisdictions.

" 'When elected representatives say, ‘We do not want them,’ but the federal government sends them, and then you see these kinds of numbers,' he said, 'it does raise existential questions for the health of the National Guard, for how America views its National Guard, and how America uses the military writ large.'

"Such concerns were also spelled out in a separate cache of internal documents that outlined another Trump administration initiative: the creation of a #QuickReactionForce of National Guard troops to respond to #CivilUnrest anywhere in the United States. In that case, first reported by the Post as Trump’s D.C. deployment got underway in mid-August, military officials voiced concern about 'potential political sensitivities' and 'legal considerations related to their role as a nonpartisan force.'

"Trump has since signed an executive order directing the formation of the quick reaction force."

Read more:
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/10/nation/national-guard-documents-show-public-fear-troops-shame-over-dc-presence/

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/UE4uh

#SilencingDissent #Clampdown #TrumpIsAFascist #Authoritarian #authoritarianism #NationalGuard

'Full force if necessary,' Trump says he's sending troops to Portland, #Oregon to protect ICE

#Trump said on social media he's sending troops to #PortlandOR to protect immigration facilities

Mayor #KeithWilson: “We did not ask for them to come. If the federal government isn’t here to lend us a hand, take a hike…it’s just a big show. The president has sent agents here to create chaos and riots in Portland. [Trump] wants to induce a violent exchange. Let’s not grant him that wish…Say no to an #authoritarian president.”

by Sarah D. Wire, September 27, 2025

" 'At the request of Secretary of Homeland Security [Secretary] #KristiNoem, I am directing Secretary of War, #PeteHegseth, to provide all necessary Troops to protect War ravaged Portland, and any of our #ICE Facilities under siege from attack by #Antifa, and other #DomesticTerrorists,' Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social Saturday. 'I am also authorizing Full Force, if necessary. Thank you for your attention to this matter!' "

Read more:
https://www.rawstory.com/portland-2674047457/

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/qfDTr

#USPol #authoritarianism #Clampdown #SilencingDissent #TrumpIsAFascist #CharacteristicsOfFascism

#Trump says he’ll send troops to #PortlandOR, to handle ‘#DomesticTerrorists’

By CHRIS MEGERIAN The Associated Press, Updated September 27, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — "President Donald Trump said Saturday he will send troops to Portland, Oregon, to handle 'domestic terrorists' as he expands his controversial deployments to more American cities.

"He made the announcement on social media, writing that he was directing the Department of Defense to 'provide all necessary Troops to protect War ravaged Portland.'

" 'I am also authorizing #FullForce, if necessary,' Trump said.

"Trump said the decision was necessary to protect U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities, which he described as 'under siege from attack by Antifa, and other domestic terrorists.'
Since the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, the Republican president has escalated his efforts to confront what he calls the 'radical left,' which he blames for the country’s problems with political violence.

"Earlier in September, Trump had described living in Portland as 'like living in hell' and said he was considering sending in federal troops, as he has recently threatened to do to combat crime in other cities, including #Chicago and #Baltimore."

Read more:
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/27/nation/trump-portland-oregon-troops/

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/NhuxZ

#Clampdown #TrumpIsAFascist #Authoritarian #authoritarianism #NationalGuard

Yikes!

#PineTreeActivism from earlier today (9/24/2025)

"THIS is really f*cked up. Read the article and how odd, how rare, this is.
Speculation online goes from a dismantling of the military & top 100 or so ‘admirals & generals (replacing them with sycophant yesmen) to ordering 2 mass crushing of dissent, to Epstein distraction. #RESIST "

#USPol #Hegseth #GovernmentShutdown #SilencingDissent #Clampdown?

#Hegseth ordering all the generals back? And right before a #GovernmentShutdown? Nothing to see here...

#USPol #Clampdown? #MartialLaw?

Tuesday, August 12, 2025

Russian forces pierce Ukrainian defense in Donetsk Oblast, bypassing fortifications — Ukrainian drones strike Russian missile component plant in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast — Russia’s Saratov oil refinery halts operations after Ukrainian drone strike — What were so many deaths for? Ukrainians react to Trump-Putin ‘peace plan’ ahead of Alaska summit … and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/08/tuesday-august-12-2025/

Another #Goosestep toward full-on #authoritarianism !

This Bill Would Fine Social Media Companies $5 Million Every Day for Not Fighting '#Terrorism'

The #StopHateAct wants social media platforms to report their #moderation policies and outcomes to the government. And it’s not the only #censorial measure Rep. #JoshGottheimer wants.

Matthew Petti | 7.24.2025 5:25 PM

"The idea that the federal government even talked to social media platforms about their moderation was a major scandal. After the Twitter Files leak revealed that the Biden administration was privately leaning on one platform to suppress "misinformation," the courts blocked officials from communicating with social media companies for several months on free speech grounds.

"A bipartisan bill, however, would make it mandatory for social media companies to work with the federal government. The Stopping Terrorists Online Presence and Holding Accountable Tech Entities (STOP HATE) Act would require companies to provide triennial reports on their moderation policies—and violations they catch—to the U.S. attorney general.

"The bill requires companies to issue specific policies for groups the federal government designates as terrorists and the director of national intelligence to also begin reporting on terrorist usage of social media. Companies would be fined $5 million per day that they fail to comply.

"Reps. Josh Gottheimer (D–N.J.) and Don Bacon (R–Neb.) had first proposed the bill in November 2023. It died in committee at the time. Gottheimer and Bacon announced that they would be reintroducing the bill at a press conference on Wednesday alongside Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt.

" 'There is no reason why anyone, especially terrorists or anyone online, should access social media platforms to promote radical, hate-filled violence,' Gottheimer said at the press conference. He cited supportive social media comments about the May 2025 murder of two Israeli embassy staffers in Washington, and the AI platform Grok's sudden decision to declare itself 'MechaHitler' earlier this month.

"#Meta, the company that runs #Facebook and #Instagram, is already known to have a list of 'dangerous individuals and organizations' banned from the platform. When the list was leaked to The Intercept in 2021, it included around 1,000 entries taken straight from the U.S. government's foreign terrorist list, as well as various foreign and domestic entries sourced to private think tanks."

Read more:
https://reason.com/2025/07/24/this-bill-would-fine-social-media-companies-5-million-every-day-for-not-fighting-terrorism/

#USPol #CriminalizingProtest #SilencingCritics #SilencingDissent #Fascism #TrumpSucks #SocialMedia #Clampdown #Censorship #Decentralize #DecentralizeSocialMedia #CharacteristicsOfFascism