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Is Trump preparing to invoke the Insurrection Act? Signs are pointing that way

79 points by throwaway5752 2y ago

throwaway5752 2y ago
If you are not disposed to read this and think it is hyperbolic, let me introduce the author Brett Wagner, now retired, served as a professor of national security decision making for the U.S. Naval War College and adjunct fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. The important part is The clock is ticking down on a crucial but little-noticed part of President Donald Trump’s first round of executive orders — the one tasking the secretaries of the Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security to submit a joint report, within 90 days, recommending "whether to invoke the Insurrection Act." This would be April 20.
- liqu0rice 2y ago
  This would be April 20. The birthday of Adolf Hitler.
  - clipsy 2y ago
    More importantly, it's a date that Elon Musk would think is funny
    - sschueller 2y ago
      April 22nd is Tesla's earnings call, that won't be so funny for Musk...
      - muddi900 2y ago
        You think the stock market will matter?
    - spl757 2y ago
      Everyone I know is trying their best not to see this for what it is: Blitzkrieg. And this is only the beginning. It's only a matter of time before we have our own military policing the streets, your thoughts, and your words.
      - brickfaced 2y ago
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      - beretguy 2y ago
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        jfengel 2y ago
        If the military is not on your side, your pop-guns aren't going to do squat. If the military is on your side, they don't need your help. People wandering around with guns, and without uniforms, get civilians killed, which is why it's a violation of the Geneva Convention.
        dang 2y ago
        Could you please stop posting unsubstantive comments and flamebait? You've unfortunately been doing it repeatedly. It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for. If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the intended spirit of the site more to heart, we'd be grateful. Edit: we've had to ask you this more than once already: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42064637 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42064637 (Nov 2024) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40852627 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40852627 (July 2024)
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readyplayernull 2y ago
Related and you will need it: https://verfassungsblog.de/the-authoritarian-regime-survival-guide/ https://verfassungsblog.de/the-authoritarian-regime-survival...
goatlover 2y ago
Question for those who flag these kind of topics, do you not believe the threat is real and it's just partisan politics as usual? Because I used to think that and then I started to pay attention to what's actually going on. You should be worried.

79 points by throwaway5752 2y ago

If you are not disposed to read this and think it is hyperbolic, let me introduce the author Brett Wagner, now retired, served as a professor of national security decision making for the U.S. Naval War College and adjunct fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. The important part is The clock is ticking down on a crucial but little-noticed part of President Donald Trump’s first round of executive orders — the one tasking the secretaries of the Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security to submit a joint report, within 90 days, recommending "whether to invoke the Insurrection Act." This would be April 20.

liqu0rice 2y ago
This would be April 20. The birthday of Adolf Hitler.
- clipsy 2y ago
  More importantly, it's a date that Elon Musk would think is funny
  - sschueller 2y ago
    April 22nd is Tesla's earnings call, that won't be so funny for Musk...
    - muddi900 2y ago
      You think the stock market will matter?
  - spl757 2y ago
    Everyone I know is trying their best not to see this for what it is: Blitzkrieg. And this is only the beginning. It's only a matter of time before we have our own military policing the streets, your thoughts, and your words.
    - brickfaced 2y ago
      [flagged]
    - beretguy 2y ago
      [flagged]
      - jfengel 2y ago
        If the military is not on your side, your pop-guns aren't going to do squat. If the military is on your side, they don't need your help. People wandering around with guns, and without uniforms, get civilians killed, which is why it's a violation of the Geneva Convention.
      - dang 2y ago
        Could you please stop posting unsubstantive comments and flamebait? You've unfortunately been doing it repeatedly. It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for. If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the intended spirit of the site more to heart, we'd be grateful. Edit: we've had to ask you this more than once already: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42064637 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42064637 (Nov 2024) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40852627 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40852627 (July 2024)

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readyplayernull 2y ago

Related and you will need it: https://verfassungsblog.de/the-authoritarian-regime-survival-guide/ https://verfassungsblog.de/the-authoritarian-regime-survival...

goatlover 2y ago

Question for those who flag these kind of topics, do you not believe the threat is real and it's just partisan politics as usual? Because I used to think that and then I started to pay attention to what's actually going on. You should be worried.