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      Yeah I want to out too but we are way past the point of those things mattering at all. This is s prelude to civil war. Oath Keepers will join up with the regular military and those fuckers will just start shooting because there will be no consequences for them. The blue states need to activate their NG now and have them ready.

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          If they pull that shit in an actual state, not a district, they can be charged with an unpardonable state crime. And I’m often a naysayer against hope, but they do not have nearly enough people to demand obedience.

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      those are only ‘scary’ if you’re listed in them.

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    Monday’s order calls for the creation of “an online portal for Americans with law enforcement or other relevant backgrounds and experience.” Agency heads then “shall each deputize the members of this unit to enforce federal law.”

    This is scary.

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    Doesn’t this mean we can just dress like Proud Boys and Trump’s Gestapo and no one would be the wiser? Get behind the front lines, people.

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    Beginning of the article:

    An executive order signed Monday by US President Donald Trump may permit “random fascist vigilantes” to help him crack down on protests across the country, according to one prominent civil rights lawyer. The new order, which comes amid wider concern about Trump’s militarized takeover of Washington, DC, directs Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to ensure that each state’s National Guard is equipped to "assist Federal, State, and local law enforcement in quelling civil disturbances and ensuring the public safety.”

    Link to the EO

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    Hey, at least the article didn’t seem to act like this is “a sign of the start of the descent into fascism”. That’s a big improvement over most of the articles we’re seeing acting like the US isn’t fully locked in to a fascist dictatorship already.

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    Gettin’ his personal army of brownshirts all legitimized and stuff so they can mow down any protesters and disappear any ‘troublemakers’.