This isn't going to stop with Washington, D.C. or Chicago. Also, taking >100 FBI agents off of whatever they are doing and assigning them as temporary beat cops in DC has to be the dumbest, most wasteful and demoralizing use of federal law enforcement I've seen in a while. The one thing you can be sure about is that the stated reason for these actions -- cracking down on crime -- is not in fact the goal. You know it's not, because that's what they said was the reason.
@briankrebs Occupied Los Angeles agrees.
@briankrebs somethihng, something, seen this episode before. something, something, streets of Berlin.

@briankrebs in all seriousness though he's laid the ground work to ship people off to camps now. Remember he's also allowed authorities to begin detaining people with "mental illness" without cause. i.e. it's up to the "discretion" of the person of authority what they deem as "mental illness" which as we all know could cover a very LARGE range or more than likely not even apply. What's to stop a cop from labeling someone that is LGBTQ as mentally ill? and now he wants to remove the homeless...ok so what's to stop a cop/FBI agent from detaining someone who isn't homeless but simply low income? what about people who are couch surfing? the hidden homeless?

If a Democrat is giving a 24+ hour filibuster are they now considered homeless because they've been in a government building for over 24 hours?

@briankrebs @rozodru It really is shocking how more folks aren't talking about this. :/

@briankrebs And how many members of congress and judiciary will disappear? How many from the media who have been trying to publish articles that are critical of him will disappear? Then it will spread to those cities and/or states that the orange taco doesn't like.

This is a coup and no one in the former GOP has the balls to say enough and remove him and the corrupt judges in the supreme court will ignore all attempts to hold him accountable or simply cheer him on.

@briankrebs

Distracted you from Epstein, didn't it?

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Unless you count being a Trump/Trump administration critic as a crime. This is exactly where they're going with all of this. With the calls to arrest the members of the Texas state congresspeople for not showing up to work, it's becoming more and more overt. This country is rapidly flying down the Autobahn to dictatorial fascism, no question about it.

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If they wanted to crack down on crime, they should start with the White House…
@knutson_brain @briankrebs Yes, crime really is a problem in DC. It seems to be concentrated around the mall and capitol hill Getting a "loyal" police force in place makes me think there will be another attempt at a coup soon.
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Clarification : INSIDE the White House
@knutson_brain @briankrebs The crimes... are coming from inside the (White) house!
@briankrebs they didn’t even do this during the capital riot🤯🤷
@briankrebs DC crime is at a 30-year LOW. There is NO EMERGENCY. Trump is desperate to distract from Epstein and economic disaster. This is the precursor to martial law and an “emergency” excuse to cancel elections. #MAGA #project2025 #martiallaw #fascism #resist #resistance
@briankrebs Trump: The sky is blue
Me: Crap, now I'm not sure.
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bunch of feckin traitors that need snatching and putting in cages in gitmo asap at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
But they won't cause they all be low-key traitors too.

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They're still trying to find the deep state aren't they?

@briankrebs all preparation for the seconds insurrection
@briankrebs Dumbies aplenty in this Whitehouse.
@briankrebs I wonder if there will be midterms next year. I wonder if the republicans will even get more votes. I wonder how a country with the most Nobel price winners, the best universities (still, but fading) in the world accepts to be ruled by Hitler 2.0.
I wonder when this will spill over even more to Europe. I wonder if Germany is ready for their next holocaust. I wonder, when people will understand that all the surveillance tech you give democratic people now, can be misused by authoritarians next time. I wonder when I dont have to defend my way of life enforcing as much privacy as I can, because it is not about today, it is about tomorrow. I wonder …
@briankrebs And what is the real reason?

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Trump is a fascist. His authoritarian reflexes will drive the USA into chaos and possibly worse.

@briankrebs Aside from which Mr. Trump's claims about DC crime are complete bullshit.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/violent-crime-dc-hits-30-year-low

Violent Crime in D.C. Hits 30 Year Low

Total violent crime for 2024 in the District of Columbia is down 35% from 2023 and is the lowest it has been in over 30 years, according to data collected by the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) and announced by United States Attorney Matthew M. Graves. A breakdown of the data is available here.

@briankrebs Every cop should refuse to serve this felon.
@aka_quant_noir I'm sure some will, and that will further help him weed out non-loyalists.
@aka_quant_noir @briankrebs Except that cops love the guy. Police unions all over the country turned their backs on the Capitol police so they could polish Don's knob.

@blaise @briankrebs

Yeah they love impunity. Power without constraint. Same reasons people joined the Nazis.

@briankrebs Well after all those tasked with combing the Epstein files were pulled off (no doubt for 'Reasons") they have extra staff that bug eye boy did not fire yet
Violent Crime in D.C. Hits 30 Year Low

Total violent crime for 2024 in the District of Columbia is down 35% from 2023 and is the lowest it has been in over 30 years, according to data collected by the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) and announced by United States Attorney Matthew M. Graves. A breakdown of the data is available here.

@briankrebs I'd be less worried about the dumbness and wastefulness and more frigging alarmed that this is following the 1933 nazification playbook... (I know that you are, but just saying it out loud)

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If Trump cared about crime in D.C. he would not have pardoned hundreds of convicted Jan 6th criminals

@johndgriffith Exactly. He's about 1,678 days late in calling in the National Guard to DC.
@briankrebs Probably trying to create a distraction from the Epstein affair

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Drunk with power, Trumpster is executing the fascist playbook.

@briankrebs To be honest, it could be worse. See the Buster Keaton film "Cops", where the whole police department ends up chasing after him due to a series of misunderstandings (but, unlike Trump, Buster Keaton is incredibly funny):

https://archive.org/details/Cops1922BusterKeatonFullFilmHDPelculaCompleta

Cops (1922) Buster Keaton : Silent Movie Cinema : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Cops (1922) Buster Keaton Cops is a 1922 comedy short silent film about a young man (Buster Keaton) who accidentally gets on the bad side of the...

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@briankrebs Those FBI agents should resign. That's not why they became agents.

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FBI vs. Homeless = Ali vs. Me

Absurdist nonsense.

Pathological.

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The GOP punches in only one direction -- down.