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Mon Aug 25, 2025, 07:13 AM Monday

Trump start a civil war? More precisely, will he invoke the Insurrection Act to maintain a veneer of legality?

Johnson, Pritzker, other local leaders ponder steps to counter potential Pentagon plans to deploy National Guard in Chicago
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/24/illinois-chicago-leaders-react-trump-national-guard-deployment/

Illinois and Chicago elected leaders worked Sunday preparing plans to counter President Donald Trump’s potential deployment of National Guard members in the city, the latest White House move to combat what it calls the “lawlessness” of Democratic policies, but one that Democrats described as an attempt to spread public fear by using an uninvited occupying military force on domestic soil.

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Trump start a civil war? More precisely, will he invoke the Insurrection Act to maintain a veneer of legality? (Original Post) 4th Monday OP
In 2024 project 2025 creators basically echoed that they would be................ Lovie777 Monday #1

Lovie777

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1. In 2024 project 2025 creators basically echoed that they would be................
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 07:32 AM
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"looking at all avenues to declare "Martial Law".........................

So yes, this is their goal. But with themselves ignoring rules and laws and judges unfavorable to them, the masses can do the same. and with the USA allowing citizens with almost all types of weaponry, here we are.

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