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🚨Trump's DC Takeover & Putin's Summit: The Dress Rehearsal Is Over
The dry run ended today. What we witnessed in Washington D.C. wasn't about crime - it was the tightening grip of a totalitarian leader.
Donald Trump invoked Section 740 of the 1973 D.C. Home Rule Act, placing the Metropolitan Police Department under federal control and deploying 800 National Guard troops to a city where crime is at a three-year low, down 30% since 2023. He branded this federal seizure "Liberation Day" while Pam Bondi—an ambulance-chasing lawyer—now commands D.C.'s police force. The same force that would control any protests against his administration.
Here's what Trump said…
The skinny
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