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53 sats \ 6 replies \ @justin_shocknet OP 29 Oct \ parent \ on: Ground stop at Newark over Air Traffic Control staffing Politics_And_Law
I wasn't talking about voting

Makes you wonder if the national guard being deployed to select cities wasn't really about ICE 🍿

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0 sats \ 5 replies \ @Bell_curve 29 Oct

These are 2 different issues:

  1. national guard deployment
  2. ICE or immigration enforcement
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11 sats \ 4 replies \ @justin_shocknet OP 29 Oct

NG was deployed under the pretense of protecting ICE personnel facilities

They're different legal battles but one operation

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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @Bell_curve 29 Oct

Deploying NG to protect federal employees is valid and legal

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11 sats \ 2 replies \ @justin_shocknet OP 29 Oct

Doesn't mean it wouldn't be challenged, which it was and the Dems lost, so if shit goes sideways next week the NG is already in position without delay

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17 sats \ 1 reply \ @Bell_curve 30 Oct

JUST IN - Pentagon has ordered the National Guard to create "quick reaction" forces in every state and territory by January that are trained and equipped to respond to "riots and civil unrest" within the U.S.

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11 sats \ 0 replies \ @justin_shocknet OP 30 Oct

I think they'll need them by Monday

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