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Texas Secures Its Southern Borders In Direct Opposition To The Illegitimate Federal Government & The Captured SCOTUS

2nd Smartest Guy in the World • 3262 implied HN points • 26 Jan 24
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Border Security Supreme Court National Guard
  1. Texas and 25 other red states are joining forces to secure their southern borders against the federal government and the Supreme Court
  2. The Cloward-Piven Strategy aims to destabilize society through overwhelming bureaucracy and unfettered immigration
  3. Texas is defying the captured Supreme Court and ramping up efforts to stop the border invasion

Transcript: America This Week, Episode 73, January 26, 2024

TK News by Matt Taibbi • 1236 implied HN points • 27 Jan 24
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Border control Populism Supreme Court National Guard Biden administration
  1. The Supreme Court allowed border control agents to remove razor wire Texas installed at the Mexico border due to obstruction issues.
  2. The story only pertains to the specific technique of using razor wire at the border and not Texas' broader efforts to secure it.
  3. The Biden administration argued that the razor wire hindered agents' duties, making it harder to enforce the law and control irregular migration.

Victory! Gavin Newsom Calls In National Guard For San Francisco Drug Dealing Crackdown

Michael Shellenberger • 1459 implied HN points • 22 Apr 23
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics National Guard Governor Public Safety
  1. Gavin Newsom called in the National Guard to crackdown on drug dealing in San Francisco.
  2. The action was celebrated by a coalition of parents, recovering addicts, and residents.
  3. The initiative aims to improve public safety by targeting fentanyl trafficking and holding drug peddlers accountable.

The 2nd Amendment's Misconstrued 'Militia'

Stark Realities with Brian McGlinchey • 857 implied HN points • 01 Apr 23
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Second Amendment Gun Control National Guard Constitutional Rights
  1. The Bill of Rights sets prohibitions against the government infringing on pre-existing human rights.
  2. The Second Amendment explicitly recognizes the right of the people to keep and bear arms, not just for those in militias.
  3. Today's National Guard, under federal control, does not serve as a militia in the sense of the Second Amendment.

A Shameful History, Part 2

The View from Rural Missouri by Jess Piper • 119 implied HN points • 12 Oct 23
💾 History Governor National Guard
  1. The lynching of a Black man in Maryville, Missouri in 1931 involved a large crowd, planning, and a gruesome death.
  2. Government and law enforcement officials failed to prevent or stop the lynching, leading to questions of complicity and inaction.
  3. This historical event highlights the disturbing reality of racial terror lynchings, where victims were often seized from custody by mobs with little resistance from authorities.
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Republican Governor Latest to Encourage Texas To Ignore US Supreme Court Ruling

The Washington Current • 0 implied HN points • 26 Jan 24
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Governors Supreme Court National Guard Border Security Federal Government
  1. Multiple Republican politicians are encouraging Texas to ignore a US Supreme Court ruling.
  2. The Supreme Court decision allowed the federal government to remove razor wire placed by Texas law enforcement on the border wall.
  3. There is potential for President Biden to federalize the National Guard in Texas to enforce the court's ruling, leading to significant tension.