Meanwhile at the Reflecting Pool, amused visitors were peeling off bits of "American Flag Blue" paint. The mutiny of preverts sent in the #NationalGuard over this.
What a great use of our Guard soldiers' time and our tax dollars!
Lee Andrews faces return to prison in 14 days after 'talking himself out'
So dumb
US #ParkPolice, the DC fire department [#DCFD] & members of the #NationalGuard were seen responding Thursday to what appeared to be large-scale etchings of the numerals “#8647” on the grounds of the #NationalMall.
#idiocracy #Trump #GovernmentWaste
https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/06/11/apparent-etchings-86-47-seen-trump-threat-spotted-national-mall/
https://www.opb.org/article/2026/06/05/milla-payne-protester-sues-government/
According to her lawsuit, Payne had been following the officers’ orders while “voicing her objection to the treatment of a fellow protester” to two of the officers. Then, a third officer stepped toward Payne and sprayed her directly in the face.
Payne later told OPB in a December interview that the officer had told her to “step back,” to which she replied, “I’m exactly where you told me to be.”
The officer then counted aloud, “one, two,” before spraying the orange chemical irritant.
#pdx #portland #oregon #orpol #uspol #maga #trump #ice #gestapo #dhs #fps #nationalGuard #fascism #authoritarianism
National Guard has done little to reduce violent crime in D.C., a new study finds
https://www.npr.org/2026/06/04/nx-s1-5845073/national-guard-washington-dc-crime
Trump is working fast to do his worst
Donald Trump is in a hurry, and that is because knows he is in a race against three clocks: two electoral and the mortal. One electoral clock is counting down to the midterm elections in November, and the other is ticking toward the constitutionally mandated end of his presidency on Jan. 20, 2029. The mortal clock — his individual life clock — is, of course, counting down to the natural end of his existence as a pestilence. He will turn 80 years old on June 14 and looks increasingly […]https://democracywarrior.blog/2026/05/24/trump-is-working-fast-to-do-his-worst/
Today in Labor History May 23, 1934: The "Battle of Toledo" erupted when sheriffs' arrested picket leaders at the Auto-Lite plant in Toledo, Ohio, and beat an old man. 10,000 strikers blockaded the plant for seven hours, preventing strikebreakers from leaving. The crowd threw stones, bricks and bottles at the sheriff's deputies. When the authorities tried to repel the workers with a fire hose, they seized it and shot it back on the deputies. Police fled inside the plant gates. The bosses barricaded the plant and the cops shot tear gas bombs into the crowd. The strikers overturned cars and set them on fire, and they used inner tubes as slingshots to launch bricks and stones into the building. When they finally made it inside, they fought the police hand-to-hand. The following day, the National Guard arrived. The strikers initially held their ground against the troops, who shot and killed two of their members and wounded 15 others.
The Auto-Lite strike lasted from April 12 until June 3. The American Workers Party, led by the Marxist A.J. Muste, supported the strikers. He helped organize the unemployed, who numbered in the thousands due to the Great Depression, to not scab on the striking workers. On June 2, the union and management came to an agreement, that included union recognition and a 5% raise, but only after the threat of a General Strike. As of 2007, Toledo was still one of the most unionized cities in the U.S.
#workingclass #LaborHistory #strike #union #generalstrike #toledo #policebrutality #police #workerdeaths #murder #communism #toledo #nationalguard #AJMuste
Ahead of U.S. 250th Anniversary, More National Guard Troops to Arrive in D.C.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/us/politics/law-enforcement-agents-washington-dc.html
Grayling Michigan Airport Postcard.
This real photo postcard captures a "MICH NG" (Michigan National Guard) encampment at the Grayling airport. Between the rows of aircraft, the field tents, and that skeleton observation tower, you can really feel the scale of the operations hosted here.
#GraylingMI #MichiganHistory #MilitaryAviation #NationalGuard #History #RPPC #AviationHistory #Michigan #Travel #Airfield #GraylingArmyAirfield #HistoricalPhotos #AvGeek #Postcards #Military
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