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Trump to federalize Illinois National Guard, Pritzker says (www.politico.com)

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[–] Triumph@fedia.io 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

No, but Illinois has a provision for a “state guard” that the governor can assemble.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Can he poach from the national gaurd?

[–] Triumph@fedia.io 2 points 5 days ago

I mean, the governor is commander of the Illinois national guard, so it would be easy to excuse service people who wanted to temp with the state guard.