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hairofadog | 1 month ago

Two interesting bits I've read/seen on this recently:

Can Trump Really Use the Insurrection Act?

https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/can-trump-really-use-...

> The other point that I want to make is that if the military were being deployed to try to bring ice under control, that would be one thing. That’s not the purpose. The purpose of deploying the military here would be to enable the violence and lawlessness that we’re seeing from ice. And so even if the military itself is not engaging in these kinds of destructive actions, it is there to insure that ice is able to do so. It would serve in that way as a force amplifier for ice.

And then a more optimistic take in which Jamelle Bouie talks about how difficult it would be for Trump to disrupt upcoming elections in any meaningful way:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRV-9vO4Grs

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