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35 shot, 5 dead, in Chicago amid Trump's threat to deploy National Guard
ABC News via Yahoo ^ | August 31st, 2025 | BILL HUTCHINSON

Posted on 08/31/2025 5:02:37 PM PDT by Mariner

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To: Mariner

Taking territory before the guard arrives.


41 posted on 08/31/2025 6:14:31 PM PDT by Kakaze (I'd like the Republic back)
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To: Mariner

And two nights to go—let’s go Brandon!


42 posted on 08/31/2025 6:17:26 PM PDT by lightman (Beat the Philly fraud machine the Amish did onest, ja? Nein, zweimal they did already!)
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To: Mariner

It’ll go up …. the Crowne is flowing …..


43 posted on 08/31/2025 6:20:24 PM PDT by wardamneagle
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To: rlmorel

“The Democrats hate black people and want them to die.”
I agree with you. Democrats have always used black people.
Then they brought in illegal immigrants to use.
Then they used us all.
A lot of it without our knowledge until recently.
And it’s obvious, since covid, that they didn’t care if we all died.


44 posted on 08/31/2025 6:24:06 PM PDT by doc maverick
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To: Leaning Right
It would become a federal problem when there is uncontrolled mass rioting, with gangs battling each other in the streets.
Where is that written?
45 posted on 08/31/2025 6:26:46 PM PDT by lewislynn (If you think Elon Musk is a genius, you haven't seen his "truck".)
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To: Leaning Right

As bad as Chicago is, we aren’t there yet.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
WRONG! It’s a federal problem, first because the level of crime can, and probably already does, interfere with interstate commerce, and second it threatens the safety of nonresidents of the state who must for whatever reason be physically present in that city.


46 posted on 08/31/2025 6:32:57 PM PDT by fortes fortuna juvat (President Trump is America's long-awaited SUPREME Commander in Chief. Deus Hoc Vult!)
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To: Leaning Right
Let them rot with overfilled morgues, and emptied businesses. Unless the city thugs effect airports, interstate commerce, or federal buildings, let them kill each other, destroy local commerce, and circle the drain.

Their elected representatives want that. Let them have it, good and hard.

47 posted on 08/31/2025 6:35:53 PM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) "Diggin the scene with a gangster lean" (Mayfield, Curtis) )
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To: fortes fortuna juvat

You can make that argument. But then the next Democrat president can send in federal troops to seize a coal-fired power plant in a Republican state. After all, the “pollution” affects people in other states.

I’m not making light of your argument. It has merit. But the 10th Amendment should have teeth. Federal interference in a state’s problems should be reserved for only the most extreme problems.

Chicago isn’t there yet.


48 posted on 08/31/2025 6:41:34 PM PDT by Leaning Right (It's morning in America. Again.)
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To: lewislynn; Leaning Right

“Where is that written?”

It’s not. And the USSC has determined that POTUS has exclusive and total authority to determine whether conditions meet the threshold of its’ invocation.

https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/25/19/

Technically, he can invoke it and exercise those powers for any reason he chooses. The ONLY recourse is impeachment and removal.


49 posted on 08/31/2025 6:41:40 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: PeterPrinciple

And Trump is honestly trying to help cut down the carnage.
The Dems are trying to insult the law enforcement officers, falsify the data, pressure victims to not go to court and saying to just get used to the killings.

Those are differences.


50 posted on 08/31/2025 6:41:41 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: Mariner

Weekend not over yet.😎


51 posted on 08/31/2025 6:47:55 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: Leaning Right

Chicago isn’t there yet.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>....
Was it “there yet” when the Feds went after Capone and other murderous gangsters in the 1920s and 1930s?


52 posted on 08/31/2025 6:49:42 PM PDT by fortes fortuna juvat (President Trump is America's long-awaited SUPREME Commander in Chief. Deus Hoc Vult!)
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To: lewislynn

Violation of federal civil rights....used against l.a. cops re Rodney King , also..George Floyd, trying it on Kyle Rittenhouse, In this case it might be used against Mayor of Chicago, and Pritzker, since they are conspiring to prevent law enforcement from enforcing the law against the gangs, and if anyone gets their civil rights violated,the conspirators (including the impeding politician) could be liable ..
They could probably use that angle against Newsom, Bass, Bonta..and mayor of Denver, and his D.A...fun,fun,fun...


53 posted on 08/31/2025 6:50:57 PM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and harder to find. )
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To: Mariner

Sounds like the Prixster and his boy Johnson are really on their crime problems. 35 shot isn’t bad. 5 dead is a little low.


54 posted on 08/31/2025 6:52:18 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Is this damn country so hard up for Judges that we have to hire Sparkle Sookananan from Trinidad?)
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To: albie

Journalists use the word “amid” because it’s short and undefined. Its meaning is so generic that it means whatever you think it means, or nothing.

It’s a weasel word.


55 posted on 08/31/2025 6:52:36 PM PDT by I want the USA back (America is once again GREAT! Blue Lives Matter! White lives matter. )
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To: Mariner

It’s okay, all these shootings are just mutual combat.


56 posted on 08/31/2025 6:53:55 PM PDT by Colinsky
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To: fortes fortuna juvat

Interesting point. But the Feds went after Al Capone for tax evasion. And they went after other gangsters for violating federal Prohibition laws.

They weren’t patrolling the streets as regular police officers.

Don’t get me wrong. The concern about crime in Democrat cities is justified.

But the 10A - and the Bill of Rights in general - is meant to limit federal power. Sometimes those limitations allow bad people to do bad things.

We are both arguing from a conservative viewpoint, anyway. The gentle disagreement is where the balance should be.


57 posted on 08/31/2025 7:01:15 PM PDT by Leaning Right (It's morning in America. Again.)
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To: Getready
Violation of federal civil rights....used against l.a. cops re Rodney King , also..George Floyd, trying it on Kyle Rittenhouse, In this case it might be used against Mayor of Chicago, and Pritzker, since they are conspiring to prevent law enforcement from enforcing the law against the gangs, and if anyone gets their civil rights violated,the conspirators (including the impeding politician) could be liable .. They could probably use that angle against Newsom, Bass, Bonta..and mayor of Denver, and his D.A...
Those things weren't mentioned as the threshold to trigger federal intervention.

It would become a federal problem when there is uncontrolled mass rioting, with gangs battling each other in the streets.

58 posted on 08/31/2025 7:06:10 PM PDT by lewislynn (If you think Elon Musk is a genius, you haven't seen his "truck".)
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To: Mariner

Each day, Trump should give names and ages of victims killed in each blue state and cities. Pictures also.


59 posted on 08/31/2025 7:17:04 PM PDT by Mark (DONATE ONCE every 3 months-is that a big deal?)
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To: blackdog

You said it more bluntly than I did. But yeah, you’re on the right track.

The people of Chicago voted for this. In the last election, the had a choice between an incompetent radical (Johnson) and a moderate endorsed by the police union (Vallas). It was kinda close, but the radical won.

Let Chicago sort out its own problems without federal interference - but an exception should be made in cases of voter fraud.

And, yeah. I know innocents will suffer. The only way to fix that is to put federal troops on every street corner. That’s scary, and not necessary, yet.


60 posted on 08/31/2025 7:25:19 PM PDT by Leaning Right (It's morning in America. Again.)
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