NB: T2 posts are political/ mainly about militarization of US civilization. 

–if the National Guard in DC just calls the cops because they’re being followed, why are they there.

[“Hey man, if you’re going to keep following us, we can contact Metro PD and they can come handle you if that’s what you want to do. Is that what you want to do?” a National Guard sergeant asked O’Hara, who did not respond.]
In addition to the alleged First and Fourth Amendment violations, the lawsuit states that the officers are liable for false arrest, false imprisonment, and battery…. [Joshua Kastenberg, a former Air Force lawyer and current law professor at the University of New Mexico, said the sergeant himself had a right to call the police if he was being harassed or if it interrupted his duties. 

“We have the right to freedom of speech, but when your speech is intended to provoke others, you’re also responsible for the provocation that ensues,” Kastenberg said. “Frankly, a National Guardsman calling the police instead of exercising violence on his own or confronting is exactly what we want the military to do. We have never wanted the military to take matters into their own hands.” — T&P]

they clearly needed more resilience training. perhaps instruction that they were not there as a noise patrol or a neighborhood watch they were there to stop crime not created.. they failed the second block war.. they actually ought to get back to guarding the sandwich shops and subways.

Borderliners: [The new fee applies to anyone who receives humanitarian parole after Oct. 16, Homeland Security Kristi Noem’s [aka, Krusti Gnome] office said Thursday.

The agency says it is to prevent fraud and increase accountability.

“Through the implementation of this new fee, President Trump and Secretary Noem are guaranteeing that foreign nationals, who wish to stay here, have skin in the game and do not exploit the system. This immigration parole fee notice is another tool to stop the degradation of our immigration system and restore law and order to our country,” Homeland Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said.]

Skin in the game, aka, welcome to the casino, sucker.

your shut-down forces hard at work in rubber boats on the Rio Grande.

privatization of government .. The troops don’t get paid, but we get new toys to populate Barbies dream house ..

REFS: Task & Purpose. AND Dan Rather’s “steady” substack

Second, a timeline – :

January 9: Doctors against the confirmation of RFK, Jr (18,000+ signatures) 

January 13: Public heath professionals against the confirmation of RFK, Jr. (700 signatures)

April 14: House Republicans against cuts to Medicaid in the Big Beautiful Bill (12 signatures) 

April 22: Colleges and University Presidents against Political Interference with Academia (644 signatures)

May 6: Current and former federal judges against the arrest of Judge Dugan in her courthouse (150+ signatures) 

May 30: Palantir ex-employees against Palantir’s work for the Trump admin to construct a searchable database merging all private information of all Americans (13 signatures) 

June 9: NIH Staff against cuts and changes to mission (484 signatures)

June 27: US Catholic Bishops against cuts to healthcare in the Big Beautiful Bill (20 signatures)

July 1: Every former NASA science chief against proposed budget cuts to NASA (7 signatures) 

July 16: DOJ alumni against the confirmation of Emil Bove (900+ signatures) 

August 25: FEMA staff against cuts and changes to mission (192 signatures)  

August 30: EPA staff against cuts and changes to mission (620 signatures)

September 4: Federal judges against the Supreme Court’s use of the emergency docket to give rulings in favor of Trump admin actions without any legal justifications (10 of 12 judges interviewed) 

September 19: Senate Democrats for recognition of Palestinian Statehood (46 signatures) 

October 7: College Presidents and other Officials against so-called academic compacts (7 of 9 universities did not accept the compact)

October 18: Members of the Pentagon Press corps against only writing on articles pre-approved by the Trump administration in return for physical access to the building (55 of 56 news outlets did not accept the agreement)  

October 22: Democratic Senators against Israeli annexation of the West Bank (46 signatures)