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They can provide pro bono defense but they could decide to do a shitty job representing their clients.

OOOOH! "private-sector pro bono assistance"!

This must be Trump trying to circumvent the non-suggestion of the Insurrection Act last week.

His way of doing it without declaring it

But do military? What about “pro bono assistance?”

So they're going to make Paul Weiss do the legal work?

Cancel all international events; this country is not a safe destination anymore.

so vigilantes

This is dogwhistle for a deputized brown/blackshirt brigades — or Iran-style revolutionary guards, take your pick

Yes. We gotta stay strong and stick together.

“Militias”

Mercs. Oh, sorry, PMCs.

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I think this is also using the techbros and their databases to find people who abhor this government, who protest and even if they have been non-violent, to accuse them of crimes they haven't committed but might. To ratchet up surveillance.

that was exactly the set of words that really jumped out at me....as in, is someone going to be jumping out at me?

Likely some are. Hard to know when they hide their faces during abductions.

Our policing is a remnant of slave patrols (also called “militias”).

I mean obviously policing is a huge problem, especially in America. This post is more about Foucault’s boomerang, and it’s a quote from a decades old sci-fi series.

Ah. “Militias.” I see where this might be headed…

They mean protests people.

"Within 90 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Attorney General, shall determine how military and national security assets, training, non-lethal capabilities, and personnel can most effectively be utilized to prevent crime." What the HELL?!?!?

I’m asking for anyone to please share this link hoping it reaches people that can help gofund.me/2dd3c67b

Should see a lot of new case law on what constitutes state action for 4th and 5th Amendment purposes.

yep.. you know he's planning to fucking use quid pro quo...

The law firms who thought they were clever enough to cut a deal where they would keep their hands relatively clean. Craven slimy spineless dolts the lot of them…

Our… D-D-D-Dem- Dem… our D…Dem..Democ… errr our government is toast.

Thus the civil war begins

So who has standing to start the legal cases against this awful EO?

Can they do something about the crimes being committed in The White House?

This DOES NOT feel good! 🤬

Martial law and roving militia groups. What could go wrong?

What

The logic is transparent just as for tariffs. Canada has 0.1% of fentanyl across : they become enemies. Dems protest in the streets some crazy new EO : this is an insurrection let’s send the military. Sinking polls make protesters on a collision course with Military in the streets.

True. They just shoot people. Let god sort them out.

It's not really in the police skillset either

I mean if you think being brown is a crime, they have the perfect skill set.

Which crime?

I am not a lawyer and I KNOW POSSE COMITATUS ACT..for fucks sake..

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You're right but this administration doesn't care about the constitution of SCoTUS.

The pro-bono stuff is in the section of the EO regarding the provision of legal assistance for dirty cops, not the section dealing with the domestic use of the military. It seems to be referring to the pro bono work the big firms have agreed to do to stay off the Admin’s shit list.

Link to text?

Nothing like lawyering up before you send the police and military out to "assist." I say this, as a lawyer. Everything about this reeks.

Fascist order, straight up!

Martial Law is a great stocking stuffer. Love, Ron Vara

“Private-sector pro bono assistance” so those big law firms that made deals with the administration are going to be helping with neighborhood watch.

It's not vigilantism, it's "pro bono assistance."

Pro Bono? They want them to help for free??

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START SENDING EMAILS AND MAKING PHONE CALLS TO YOUR REPS.

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from the fascist playbook

This is the gateway to martial law

Wow your local police department gets a free MRAP

Don't miss that part about private industry

God damn Nazis.

Same! That was 90 days from his EO

There was a delay, because our cosplaying Dhs bitch lost her purse and our secdef had to sober up, do his makeup, and find his personal phone first.

Then that explains this meme then

Abusers always isolate their victims

Hey now—there’s still plenty of time for them to trap us behind the Moron Curtain and still make their martial law deadline.

I have that same card 😭😭

This sucks

Tanks on the streets. Checkpoints next.

And turn our Police forces into 47's personal Gestapo

One example is the restricting of access to Congress members, a practice adopted after email came along: www.change.org/p/let-s-make...

Here's an example of a FA right all but taken away:https://www.change.org/p/let-s-make-congress-listen-to-the-people

"excess assets"? Is that, like, non-essentials?

Get ready for sandbagged checkpoints manned by heavily armed sociopaths. They will probably check your phone for anti-Trump posts and if they find them, plant bomb making materials or weapons in your vehicle and arrest you for "terrorist" activities. Or, execute you on the spot.

Mobilizing military assets domestically for police purposes is illegal and is only a step away from martial law. Republicans better begin to rein this in before it’s too late.

Yeah fuck this

Holy shit this is bad

The storm clouds gather. How long before marshal law?

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Ah. The Insurrection Act Lite.

That's about the same time the shelves at retailers will be empty

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Creepy, but the lyrics somehow fit (provided that you have the same dark twisted sarcasm):

How are we to live our lives now that we know we’re all about to be murdered by the federal government?

As you say, definitely setting the stage for military involvement with civilians.

Sort of - for sure the foundation for it

Fk this

We did this before, which is how small police forces ended up with armored personnel carriers. I wonder what they’ll be getting this time

My parents told me of the time that the German soldiers started coming through Amsterdam. First, for the Jews, then the young men to serve in their war machine. At first it was meant to be orderly, then the shooting “anything that moved wrong” began. We MUST NOT let that happen here.

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So far within 2 months and two rallies in front of two Social Security Administration offices in Boston and Cambridge there were always two homeland security officers located there. I know it's a hotbed of anti regime activity at the SSA. It's bizarre and intimidating.

Marshall Law?

Began right after 9-11.

Yeah, this is going to be messy.

(b) unlawfully engage in discrimination or civil-rights violations under the guise of “diversity, equity, and inclusion” initiatives that restrict law enforcement activity or endanger citizens.

Where is the EO you are reading???

Thank you very much!!