I agree, we should wait for confirmation before being so confident that will be a significant breakthrough long term. Some mappers (the one I trust more than the image I posted, Suriyakmaps) map it well before the Dobropilla - Kramatorsk highway. It's still pretty bad for Ukraine that they had penetrations like this in Pokrovsk center and now this.
"Reaction force" as I predicted. Trump doesn't want any more hesitation when faced with another BLM protest.
If BLM were to happen again there would need to be a nationwide plan like you say. So maybe Trump will increase the troop count at a later date, or he will use it just to terrorize a single city that doesn't listen to him and leave the rest as a "woke mess" for him to point at and say "what a disaster" like he did last time.
Is there anything behind the second belt? I guess nobody was in the second belt to begin with though, what a total disaster for the Ukrainians,jeez. Is it just open space like this map would have me believe?
What the US Army has said: “There will be about 800 Soldiers activated. During this activation, between 100-200 Soldiers will be supporting law enforcement at any given time,” the Army’s statement said. “Their duties will include an array of tasks from administrative, logistics and physical presence in support of law enforcement.”
The other 600-700 soldiers will be playing candy crush with their cop bretheren.
Getting ahead of any George Floyd -type protests by having a parallel police force controlled by the feds.
So absolutely no independent mayors that allow things like CHAZ or (horror of horrors) promises to reduce funding to the police at a later point in time that get withdrawn when the heat dies down.
The next CHAZ will see some open fire that the right was missing out on.
To think this all started because of Big Balls and his getting beat up by 2 15 year olds.
The control expires in 30 days, unless the Senate and House back an extension.
President Donald Trump announced Monday that he is putting Washington, D.C. police "under direct federal control" -- invoking Section 740 of D.C.'s Home Rule Act, which deals with control of the city's police force.
"We're taking it back. Under the authorities vested in me as the President of the United States, I'm officially invoking Section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act. You know what that is -- and placing the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department under direct federal control," Trump said.
Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Monday said D.C. will follow Trump's orders, but said the move underscored the need for D.C. to make its own decisions and advocated for D.C. statehood. Metropolitan Police Department Chief Pamela Smith said the department will work with federal partners, as it has in the past.
"While this action today is unsettling and unprecedented, I can't say that, given some of the rhetoric of the past, that we're totally surprised," Bowser said.
Trump has long threatened to take control of D.C., saying he wants to crack down on violent crime in the district although police statistics show that in the past two years, violent crime in Washington, D.C., has fallen dramatically.
D.C.'s Home Rule Act of 1973 allows D.C. residents to elect a mayor, members of D.C. Council and Advisory Neighborhood Commissioners. The act "is the result of the ongoing push by District residents for control of their own local affairs," according to D.C. Council.
Still, under the act, there is congressional oversight. Congress reviews all legislation passed by D.C. Council before it can become law and has authority over D.C.'s budget. Additionally, the president appoints D.C.'s judges and D.C. has no voting representation in Congress.
Section 740 of the Home Rule Act gives the president the ability to use D.C.'s Metropolitan Police Department for "federal purposes" that the president "may deem necessary and appropriate." On Monday, Trump said Attorney General Pam Bondi is taking command of D.C.'s police force.
Section 740 of the DC Home Rule Act does have some limitations. The emergency control will expire in 30 days, unless the Senate and House enact into law a joint resolution to extend it.
Asked about the 30-day timeframe on ABC News Live, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro said the president has sent a "real clear message" about the direction he wants to take D.C.
"I think at the end of 30 days, he will make the right decision as to what he is going to do at that point going forward," she said.
Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton -- the non-voting delegate to the House of Representatives from Washington, D.C. -- called Trump's decision "an egregious assault on D.C. home rule."
"There are more than 700,000 D.C. residents, and they are worthy and capable of governing themselves," Norton, a Democrat, said in a statement Monday. "The ultimate solution to ensure D.C. has control of its own resources is passage of my D.C. statehood bill, which would provide D.C. the same protections the states enjoy."
She says the move helps justify the need to pass legislation she has repeatedly reintroduced to establish statehood in the District of Columbia.
House Judiciary Committee Ranking Democrat Rep. Jamie Raskin, in a statement, said he will be introducing a resolution in the House, pursuant to the District of Columbia Home Rule Act of 1973, to reverse "this plainly ridiculous" state of local emergency and "restore full home rule powers to the mayor, council and people of the District of Columbia."
It's unclear when the Maryland Democrat would introduce this legislation. The House is still on their August recess, but he could bring it up during a pro-forma session, which would mean he does not have to wait until next month to introduce it.
On Capitol Hill, many Democrats have said the moves are a power grab by the president and a distraction from other matters, such as Trump's involvement with the Jeffrey Epstein files.
"Violent crime in Washington, D.C. is at a thirty-year low. Donald Trump has no basis to take over the local police department. And zero credibility on the issue of law and order. Get lost," House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries wrote in a post on X.
Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy said in a post on X that "Trump's decision to take over the DC police isn't about public safety" and is "another attempt to distract from Trump's corruption and suppress dissent."
Sen. Patty Murray said Trump's decision was a distraction.
"He's a pathetic wannabe dictator who wants to distract you from his connection to the Epstein files, skyrocketing costs, and his weak job numbers," the Washington Democrat said in a post on X.
Republicans have lauded the announcement, claiming that Trump is "making D.C. safe again."
"President Trump is RIGHT. We can't allow crime to destroy our Nation's Capital," House Speaker Mike Johnson said in a post on X. "Every American should be able to visit and enjoy Washington, D.C. without fear. House Republicans support this effort to CLEAN UP Washington, END the crime wave, and RESTORE the beauty of the greatest capital in the world."
Republican Sen. Josh Hawley applauded Trump's decision, saying on X, "Make DC beautiful — and SAFE — again!"
DC becoming a state? That would have been a great idea to pass that WHILE you had a majority in congress as well as the executive branch, but the party was busy doing other things.
Things like funding the police to the hilt and hoping that appeases them. And arresting protestors. The DC police union approves of this move to bring the police force under the presidents control. So that worked.
And the main retort we hear from Hakeem Jeffries and Chris Murphy is "crime is at an all time low." Yeah bud, it's at an all time low after a big push to repress dissent. What that tells the Trump administration is that the repression is working and that we should spread military police into cities to override "woke anti police" policy decisions. Trump was also standing next to a bar chart with DC crime being the highest level in comparison to I think other cities which is BS lol they aren't listening to facts.
Local members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, who build and maintain fighter jets, including the F-15 and F/A-18 models, voted on Sunday to reject Boeing's latest contract offer.
They turned down a 40% pay increase and it's unclear what they're asking for in return. Reading the full statement didn't really tell me much, but here it is anyway. The pay increase is for new employees only lol. For old employees of the war machine they would be making less than they did in the 2000s. Those war profits weren't for you, settler man.
As for the many warfronts abroad from the states this probably won't amount to anything anyways just due to the fact it's not drones or missiles they're stopping. But who knows.
But the doozy to me is that there exists a scabbing workforce contingent under the leadership of Boeing Air Dominance vice president and general manager and senior St. Louis site executive Dan Gillian. I'm pretty sure Game of Thrones characters had less crazy titles.
"We're disappointed our employees rejected an offer that featured 40% average wage growth and resolved their primary issue on alternative work schedules," Dan Gillian, Boeing Air Dominance vice president and general manager and senior St. Louis site executive, said in a statement on Sunday. "We are prepared for a strike and have fully implemented our contingency plan to ensure our non-striking workforce can continue supporting our customers."
Boeing officials noted that their contingency planning ensures there are no security issues related to using a non-union workforce, though impacts to operations will depend on the length of the strike.
So a couple days ago the Trump admin tried to deny FEMA relief funds to states and cities that follow BDS. Not that there are any right now, most states have anti-BDS laws already in place. But yesterday they've changed their mind and the new FEMA terms and conditions to receive aid do not mention BDS or anything like it.
I don't really care what the other asshole in the other post said, go ahead and ban them. Seems like a wrecker account anyway. But ADL talking points about burning a Zionist rag do not constitute Antisemitism.
anti beanitism