United States | News & Politics @lemmy.ml fossilesque @mander.xyz 1w ago

Presidential Memoranda to approve use of US Armed Forces against American protesters, labeling riots as an act of rebellion.

www.whitehouse.gov Department of Defense Security for the Protection of Department of Homeland Security Functions

MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

United States | News & Politics @midwest.social cm0002 @lemmy.world 1w ago

www.whitehouse.gov /presidential-actions/2025/06/department-of-defense-security-for-the-protection-of-department-of-homeland-security-functions/

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Breaking into the capital, causing physical damage, attacking police officers, stealing U.S. government property. That's defending democracy.

Standing outside a federal detention center where people are being illegally held. That rebellion.

Welcome to trump's America, peace I'd was, slavery is freedom.
Waffen-SS
Hopefully the protestors can get organized enough to not be crushed. Good luck, stay safe.
feeling like fascist martial law. who could have seen it coming. i bet brandon would have stopped it. not socialists though, socialism is evil. 🙄
guess that makes this saturday just that much better of a day since so much will be tied up in the stupid parade.
These people are TOAST! If the Wanted to ACTUALLY Peacefully Protest they SHOULD have just BROKEN the CAPITOL WINDOWS, BEATEN CAPITOL POLICE, POOPED ON THE CAPITOL WALLS and USED WEAPONS!
- Maybe even shit on a desk?
- And you're going to have to ally with those people at some point to stop this fascism.
  
  I don't see how allying with fascists stops fascism.
OoooooooooK. So, who wants to start a betting pool on which day this week we get martial law? Price is Right rules?

Imma say Tuesday.
- This is basically a declaration of it.
  
  OK, so I'll put you down for Monday?
  
  I expect that declaration to be on his birthday parade when he gives his night of the long knives speech.
- He 100% wants it before his birthday
To me, this looks like yet another sign that the current regime is striving for tyranny. That, in turn, would probably mean civil war, unless US citizens are willing to accept the end of democracy.

At least, that's how it looks to me, a European. Do you feel the same way?

I mean, it's pretty obvious that the US government doesn't care about the law. And then, to top it all off, there's this ridiculous military parade for Drump's birthday ... only someone with dictator ambitions would do something like that.
- Yeah, the LA "riots" where super tame by riot AND LA standards. Like, they didn't even have to bust out the water cannons. A skateboarder tanked some tear gas and flipped them off. It's not like a bunch of people stormed the capitol building or something. This is the flimsiest excuse ever for martial law, so I have to assume it's another step towards tyranny.
  
  Apparently storming the capitol building is cool with this administration though
  
  Yes, it's frightening.
  
  I think they're using photos from other protests that make it seem more dramatic too.
- To me this has been pretty obvious since they started following the Project 2025 manifesto line by line
  
  Yes, I see it the same way. But it seems that implementation is now imminent, and I fear that resistance will be necessary, because soon it will probably be too late.
  
  I'm from Germany, and the actions of the US government remind me eerily of the rise of the Nazis in my home country back then - almost as if history were repeating itself.
  
  Honestly, it could be seen on the distant horizon as far back as the Bush administration
- From the ground, it feels like a lot of Americans are willing to trade their democracy for the illusion of peace.
  
  That's how it was in 1933, when the Nazis seized power in Germany.
Remember! They wouldn't do this if they didn't think they had to - this government action comes from a place of weakness, not strength.
- This is likely a part of the Authoritarian plan, as opposed to a response to loss of control.
  
  It's not about a loss of control, it's about maintaining control to prevent a loss of control. They don't want another BLM summer.
If you choose to go out to help, sharpie the number of a local legal non profit helpline on your arm and leave your phone at home. Bring a sharpie to write the number on others arms. Mask up. Solidarity and safety, my friends.
The funny consequences about labeling everything as an act of rebellion is that everything suddenly becomes an act of rebellion. The door opens and now we have to deal with rebels everywhere.

ICE cant be everywhere getting everyone because there is a fucking rebellion, so that means there are captured rebels in court, on trail, with jurors ... when the rebels start getting found not guilty by their local courts they are no longer rebels ... what are they? Revolutionists.
- Nah, they just label the jurors rebels and send them to CECOT
And what's a riot? Well you see, if a shopping cart is on fire then that's a riot. If the police show up in riot gear then that's a riot. If people stand up for their rights then that's a riot.
- If people are in zoot suits, that’s a riot.
Get ready for another Kent State massacre x1000
Welcome to the rebellion.
Oh cool, they’re arresting the the GOP, police and ICE?
People peacefully assembling to exercise their Constitutional rights, and the guy who planned, led, and launched an actual Insurrection which obviously attacked hundreds of cops wants to claim THAT'S a rebellion.
Well, my reading of 10 U.S. Code § 12406 argues that he's full of shit. This is a law written in case of invasion.
- You’re so wrong. Well technically absolutely correct. However since might makes it right… you’re wrong since no one is standing up to stop it.
  
  National protest. Shut down the Interstates. Hit them where it counts. Stocks and cash
What? The "land of the free"? Whoever told you that is your enemy.
They forgot to cancel the second amendement first.
- They don't give a fuck about the 3 liberals with 1911s.
Kyle Kulinski has been calling this for months now. Well, awaaaaaay we go

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