Originally published at: DC Still Flooded With National Guard After Trump Pulls Them Out Of Other Blue Cities
National Guard troops still patrol non-state Washington D.C. after President Trump ended the deployments (or attempted deployments) in Chicago, Portland and Los Angeles. “We are removing the National Guard from Chicago, Los Angeles, and Portland, despite the fact that CRIME has been greatly reduced by having these great Patriots in those cities, and ONLY by…
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In NOLA until through Mardi Gras, eh? Might that depress attendance? By locals as well as tourists?
Apropos of nothing, I have always believed that sparklers should never be used indoors.
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Brilliant move! Already destroying the international hospitality industry, Trump decides to destroy the domestic hospitality industry as well.
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OT but in reference to Josh’s AI post, from the great Terry Pratchett "Some humans would do anything to see if it was possible to do it. If you put a large switch in some cave somewhere, with a sign of it saying “End-of-the-World Switch. PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH”, the paint wouldn’t even have time to dry.”
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Besides, Trump has cast his baleful gaze elsewhere:
In fact, the federal crackdown is likely to only grow in scope and intensity, as Reuters reported. And as three former DHS officials in contact with their former colleagues at the agency each described to me, the expectation among current officials is that one Democratic-led city in particular is about to become the next focus of arrests, detentions, and deportations: Phoenix.
More here:
(Anyone else noticing how leaking his administration is gwtting?)
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Remember during the 2015/2016 presidential campaign when the opinion of DJT was expressed that “he lacked the required temperament to hold the office of President of the United States?” That advice was ignored at our peril. True then, true now.
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And he’s about the BRIGHTEST among contemporary Republicans.
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Cracker Barrel Made Another Quiet Change, And It’ll Make Your Blood Boil
I’m seething just reading the headline.
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Old news from August 2025. 
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Hell, he’s destroying the economy generally. What’s one more sector?
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If you get to The Old Absinthe House, have one for me!
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Oh, that jolly, candy like button! …. 
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Well then, somebody, somewhere owes me five months of seething.
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