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The Politics of Donald Trump’s War on Cities
Democratic leaders condemn federal agent deployments as militarization of law enforcement, with 58% of Americans opposing such tactics in cities, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll.
- This past week, Texas National Guard troops arrived in Chicago amid clashes between federal law enforcement agents and local officials, prompting Democratic leaders to call the deployments fascist.
- President Donald Trump has framed certain cities as battlefields, declaring some 'war zones' and urging arrests of officials who resist ICE, while raising the possibility of invoking the Insurrection Act in cities like Los Angeles and Portland.
- A Chicago resident recorded in viral footage shows a federal agent pointing a military rifle at him, while journalists have been detained and tear-gassed, and agents conducted raids with helicopters and arrested 37 people last month.
- Court rulings so far have been mixed, with attorneys general and residents in Illinois, California and Oregon mounting legal challenges and Judge Karin Immergut ruling conditions didn’t merit deployments.
- A Reuters/Ipsos poll found 58% oppose militarizing law enforcement, while a TIPP Insights poll of 1,459 adults shows Trump's approval at 47% versus 44% disapproval ahead of No Kings protests on October 18.
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S.E. Cupp: The politics of Donald Trump’s war on cities
A masked, federal agent in combat uniform leans out the passenger window of a Jeep and points a military rifle directly at the face of a U.S. citizen in Chicago, simply for recording him. It should send a chill down every American’s spine. President Trump’s revenge on America’s liberal cities is an authoritarian abuse of power. Americans in 2025 should not have to live in police states or with the National Guard patrolling their streets or point…
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Leaning Left4Leaning Right4Center2Last UpdatedBias Distribution40% Left, 40% Right
Bias Distribution
- 40% of the sources lean Left, 40% of the sources lean Right
40% Right
L 40%
C 20%
R 40%
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