Trump threatens to invoke Insurrection Act in Portland

The Constitution does not allow the president to unilaterally blow suspected drug smugglers to smithereens

If the Trump administration wants to use military power, it should seek authorization from Congress, says Sen. Rand Paul.

Trump’s Everywhere War: An Insurrection Against the Constitution

by John W. Whitehead, Rutherford Institute: “When they came in the middle of the night, they terrorized the families that were living there. There were children who were without clothing, they were zip tied, taken outside at 3 o’clock in the morning. A senior resident, an American citizen with no warrants, was taken outside and […]

Donald Trump considering using 200-year-old law to deploy active SOLDIERS on the streets to reduce crime and arrest illegal migrants

President Donald Trump could bring back a rarely used 19th century law to deploy active soldiers on city streets.The US President left open the possibility that he might use the Insurrection Act to sidestep any court rulings blocking the dispatch of Guard troops into Democratic-led cities, over the objections of local and state officials.A federal judge has temporarily barred Guard troops from heading to Portland, Oregon, though a separate judge…

More than half of U.S. Jews say antisemitism is routine; Trump threatens to invoke Insurrection Act

In this Media Miss Minute, more than half of Jewish Americans say facing antisemitism has become the norm for them. And President Donald Trump has threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act in Democrat-led cities across the U.S. Media Miss by the left: 1 in 3 US Jews take action against antisemitism now seen as normal: Survey More than half of Jewish Americans, 57%, say antisemitism is a “normal” part of their lives, according to a new joint surv…

National Guard troops are outside Chicago and could be in Memphis soon in Trump’s latest deployment - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports

ELWOOD, Ill. (AP) — National Guard troops are positioned outside Chicago and could be in Memphis by Friday, as President Donald Trump’s administration pushes ahead with an aggressive policy toward big-city crime — whether local leaders support it or not. National Guard members from Texas had settled in at an Illinois Army Reserve center by early Wednesday, despite a lawsuit and vigorous opposition from Democratic elected leaders. Their exact mis…

Trump’s Everywhere War: An Insurrection Against the Constitution - The Ron Paul Institute for Peace & Prosperity

When the government can label anyone or anything an enemy in order to wage war, we are all in danger. That danger is no longer theoretical. In the same breath that the administration touts lethal military strikes against Venezuelan boats in Caribbean waters, federal agents are conducting coordinated militarized raids on homes in Chicago, rappelling down on apartment buildings from Black Hawk helicopters, dragging families out of their homes, sep…