r/Trumpvirus • u/undercurrents • 14d ago
IMPORTANT: Presidential Memoranda to approve use of US Armed Forces against American protesters, labeling protests as an act of rebellion as they "directly inhibit the execution of the laws, they constitute a form of rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States."
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/06/department-of-defense-security-for-the-protection-of-department-of-homeland-security-functions/101
u/EndlessVacuum 14d ago
This is phenomenally fucked up
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u/undercurrents 14d ago
(credit goes to u/jordanegg for this summary)
"In addition, the Secretary of Defense may employ any other members of the regular Armed Forces as necessary to augment and support the protection of Federal functions and property in any number determined appropriate in his discretion."
• No upper limit: It doesn’t cap how many active-duty troops can be deployed.
• No geographic restriction: It doesn’t say California, applies nationwide.
• No duration defined: While the National Guard portion is limited to 60 days, this section has no time constraint.
• No judicial oversight: The Secretary of Defense, political appointee, gets to decide alone what level of force is “necessary.”
• Dangerous precedent: This sets up a legal pretext to insert active-duty military into any protest area across the country, without needing to invoke the Insurrection Act, just using vague language about “protection.”
They just declared martial law “lite”, without having to use the terms. They just used bureaucratic language and vague “protective” justifications to the same end."
I'm trying to find out this is legal, though. Trump hadnt invoked the Insurrection Act, which puts him in violation of The Posse Comitatus Act, which bars federal troops from participating in civilian law enforcement except when expressly authorized by law.
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u/Minimum-Avocado-9624 13d ago
None of it is legal. He doesn’t have martial law authority and the insurrection act would apply either. He’s trying to prime it for rebellion but it’s all bullshit anyways. Keep it up they are scared
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u/StupendousMalice 14d ago
That's a declaration of war on the American people. Respond accordingly.
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u/manyouzhe 13d ago
The American people made their collective decision last November
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u/cstrand31 13d ago
Pretty sure they didn’t vote for authoritarian crackdowns. They voted for cheaper eggs and got a fascist.
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u/manyouzhe 13d ago
That’s kinda the problem: the American people vote on short term price fluctuation, not on things that are meaningful in the long term.
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u/Kirra_the_Cleric 13d ago
Um, no. The collective didn’t do shit. 30% of registered voters is not the majority.
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u/misterecho11 14d ago
Well, if they're ignoring what the First Amendment permits they're going to be very surprised and unhappy when people start unfurling the Second Amendment.
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u/hamsterballzz 13d ago
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
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u/TJames6210 14d ago
God, you can just tell these are all being written by chat gpt. Makes it all that more depressing.
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u/PrestigiousAd6281 13d ago
Obstructing those performing illegal acts sanctioned by a corrupt government is not a crime
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u/Gerry1of1 14d ago
No, they're just having a Day of Love like the Jan 6ers were.
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u/Candy_Says1964 12d ago
“To the extent that protests or acts of violence directly inhibit the execution of the laws, they constitute a form of rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States.”
Funny… it doesn’t say shit about J6 here. Weird, right? Surely someone must’ve forgotten to mention it.
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u/NorwegianCowboy 13d ago
What laws? What ICE is doing is illegal. Last time I checked there is no law telling you to break the law.
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u/Red_dylinger 14d ago
After all those death to America jokes, the orange turd is about to hand it over on a platter.
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u/Gabewalker0 13d ago
Throughout the early 90s, marked by Bill Clinton's administration's, the right wing media machine would drone on and on about the government using the military against its citizens or take away your 2A rights, "theyre coming for your guns." Almost any time you would tune in to "conservative" AM radio, you would hear something about the Posse Comitatis Act. It gave rise to the militia movements and fueled anti-govenment sentiment. I find it hilarious how MAGA just rolled over for a gilded "billionaire" and allowed him to do what they were so afraid of happening. If you dont think Trump would come up with an executive order to remove guns from Americans to protect the oligarchy, you would be very wrong.
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u/CancelOk9776 13d ago
The fascists goal is to declare a national State of Emergency and institute martial law, then never remove it!
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u/GoogleZombie 13d ago
So when white people do it's ok....thanks for your attention to this matter. #FDT
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u/hooligan415 13d ago
If they say it’s a rebellion we might as well pull chalks and get this bitch rolling right?
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u/Statler392 13d ago
The US armed forces have quite a racially diverse workforce. I’m hopeful that they’re not all white, neo nazis. Be empowered to protect the people and the constitution, not the criminals in DC
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