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“Today, general officers no longer seem to see themselves as guardians of the constitutional order. It now seems clear to us that the military will not rescue Americans from Mr. Trump’s misuse of the nation’s military capabilities.”

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Jason KottkeMOD

How Trump Is Undermining the National Guard — and America:

If this continues, the next peaceful protest you attend — whether about wages, climate change, civil rights, or even government overreach — might be met not just by police, but by soldiers in uniform. They may be your neighbors, your friends, or the person you sit next to at church, acting under orders to see you not as a fellow citizen but as a threat. That's not the America I served. And it's not the America we can afford to become.

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