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Internal documents obtained by The Washington Post and reported on Tuesday reveal a secret Pentagon plan by the Trump administration to create a standing force of military personnel that could be rapidly deployed to U.S. cities or communities to quell public protests or any situation President Donald Trump deems "domestic civil unrest."

The proposal to create what it dubs a "Domestic Civil Disturbance Quick Reaction Force"—which evidence shows has been under serious consideration by the administration over recent months—would utilize existing statute, including invocation of Title 32, to authorize the deployment of specialized National Guard units anywhere in the country within hours, according to the documents.

"You don't want to normalize routine military participation in law enforcement," Nunn warned. "You don't want to normalize routine domestic deployment."

"When you have this tool waiting at your fingertips, you're going to want to use it,” he added. "It actually makes it more likely that you're going to see domestic deployments—because why else have a task force?"

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[–] Deflated0ne@lemmy.world 55 points 1 day ago (2 children)

This is so stupid.

Our Reichstag Fire is a dork named big balls getting his shit rocked by a couple 9th graders.

[–] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 26 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

a dork named big balls getting his shit rocked

Allegedly. I don't buy the story at all.

Not that it matters ultimately: Trump would have used the excuse of a cat stuck in a tree to roll out his fascist agenda if he had to.

[–] marsza@lemmy.cafe 8 points 1 day ago

The stupid part is mods removing comments about stopping it.

[–] reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net 21 points 1 day ago

Oppressive governments get more afraid of the population the more they oppress it

[–] Glitterbomb@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago
[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 day ago

Okay. Plan the general strike.

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago

You're right, it's not normal. And theyre going to get people shooting back if they think putting down peaceful protests by military force is the right response.

This is going to get out of hand quick, much quicker than I expected. These idiots in the Pentagon think theyre in control, and they're really not.

Pitting people against their neighbors and coworkers in the national guard isnt going to go the way they expect either...

Release the Trump/Epstein files