Tag: National Guard

'I love the smell of deportations in the morning ... Chicago about to find out why it's called the Department of WAR.'

The elderly president, vengeful and bearing a grudge, is conducting an all-out war against individuals, private and public institutions, cities and against U.S. states.

Would-be autocrat Trump is deliberately testing the limits of his power. In doing so, he is forcing his country down an extremely dangerous path.

By assuming command of the local police, the president takes another step toward autocracy.

The administration's response to the protests is clearly excessive and an abuse of its legal authority.

[C]ivil war-like conditions are prevailing in America’s second-largest metropolis.

[P]eople did not expect this when they voted for Trump even though he repeatedly promised he would do so.

We can only hope that people in the United States will not be blinded by the game of chess between red and blue.

The situation gives new substance to concerns about authoritarianism and xenophobia.

The dispute is part of the president's broader attempt to expand his power.