• P_P@lemm.ee
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    3 days ago

    Remember when we were living in precedented times and elections were boring?

  • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    4 days ago

    to assist local law enforcement and the Washington State Patrol as needed to quell any election-related unrest.

    The same chumps that let armed thugs roll up on him on January 6th, 2021?

    Inslee really needs to get a hold of his fucking Sherrifs. Half of these “constitutional sherrif” fuckers who think it’s up to them to interpret the constitution are in fucking Washington state. I think the movement started in Washington.

    Washington cops are out of fucking control. I don’t trust them to be neutral arbiters of the law

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      Honest question(s):

      Does the National Guard for a particular state answer to the governor as their “Commander in Chief”? What about State Police, County Sherrifs, local police?

      If the former is “yes,” and the latter is “no,” that would suggest that National Guard being mobilized is a better protection against the actions of fascist police than not.

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        Sorry, I was bitching about the cops, not the National Guard.

        You’re correct, they’re more trustworthy, and he’s right to deploy them and not just rely on cops who don’t respect him at all.

        I’m just pissed that it’s been allowed to fester this long and has gotten so bad.

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    Good. From another article posted here today, regarding NC domestic terrorists:

    In the summer of 2024, before Hurricane Helene, Veterans on Patrol was active in Spokane, Wash. In Telegram message from July 2, 2024, Veterans on Patrol announced to the police that it “would no longer be safe” for one of its officers “to work his beat.” The channel also posted the home addresses of city council members.