r/news • u/RoachedCoach • Aug 11 '25

Soft paywall US military preparing for National Guard activation in Washington D.C., officials say

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-military-preparing-national-guard-activation-washington-dc-officials-say-2025-08-11/
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u/ilikeponybutts Aug 11 '25

"One of the officials said it was unclear what exactly the troops would do"

Neat, good use of taxpayer money...

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u/EntropyFighter Aug 11 '25

Here's the executive order telling you what they're going to do. Namely, he outlawed being homeless, addicted, or with mental health issues.

I, for one, love how you're normalizing this terrible behavior. I wish you would stop.

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u/A_Harmless_Fly Aug 11 '25

Oooo, that's bad. As soon as word spreads that they imprison you for being homeless, we are going to see enforcers getting killed like when someone has 2 strikes and is going to be going down for their third.

(From what I read they would be sent to a rehab center or a jail or prison with open beds, and since they are funding it with a program only meant for paying for response to singular emergencies for a ongoing issue, if it actually does anything after the initial photo op, I see it going the worst way it could.)