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Opinion | How the Military Became Another Instrument of Trump’s Power – The New York Times
Opinion Guest Essay How the Military Became Another Instrument of Trump’s Power Aug. 13, 2025, 5:01 a.m. ET, Listen to this article · 7:30 min Learn more By Steven Simon and Jonathan Stevenson Mr. Simon held senior positions in the State Department and at the National Security Council. Mr. Stevenson served on the National Security Council…
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Don’t federalize and militarize DC’s local police – GovTrack.us
News From Us The White House Don’t federalize and militarize DC’s local police Aug. 11, 2025 · by Joshua Tauberer When I walk my toddler home from daycare every evening, it is safe. That’s here in Washington, D.C., where I have lived since I moved to work on government accountability 15 years ago. For perhaps…
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Civil Discourse – When The President Becomes The Police – Joyce Vance
By Joyce Vance, Aug 11, 2025 The Posse Comitatus Act reserves the police power to the states, prohibiting the federal government from using the military for domestic law enforcement absent truly compelling circumstances. This principle can be extended to the National Guard when a president federalizes a state’s troops. That’s the very issue that Judge…
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Letters from an American – August 11, 2025 – Heather Cox Richardson
Heather Cox Richardson Aug 11, 2025 President Donald J. Trump’s big announcement today at his press conference—to which he showed up late—was that he is assuming control over the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department and deploying more than 100 agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and about 40 from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,…
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Miracle on the Hudson pilot Captain Sully Sullenberger weighs in on DC American Airlines crash | The Independent
News World Americas Hero pilot Captain Sully Sullenberger weighs in on DC American Airlines crash ‘We’ve had to learn important lessons literally with blood too often’, said the Captain Madeline Sherratt, Saturday 01 February 2025 12:47 GMT Source Links: Miracle on the Hudson pilot Captain Sully Sullenberger weighs in on DC American Airlines crash |…
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World champion figure skaters Shishkova and Naumov, along with young athletes, killed in plane crash in a tragic case of déjà vu | CNN
Once again, figure skaters representing the past, present and future of the sport perished in a catastrophic plane crash. Source Links: World champion figure skaters Shishkova and Naumov, along with young athletes, killed in plane crash in a tragic case of déjà vu | CNN
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I worked for President Carter’s Re-Election Campaign… by DrWeb
Years ago, in the 1980s, I worked for the Carter-Mondale Re-Election Campaign in Washington, DC. I was between things that year, and went to stay with my Mother, then living in rural Virginia community near DC. Once I got oriented, I found a way to connect to the campaign and volunteer. Each morning, I’d drive…
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Amtrak adding private rooms on Northeast Regional trains: Boston, NYC, DC
Travelers booking the rooms will get access to private onboard facilities and get to use Amtrak’s premium lounges in Boston and Washington. The overnight trains between Washington, DC, and Boston are getting slightly more bearable with upgrades coming this spring. Amtrak will offer private rooms on late-night Northeast Regional trains running between Washington and Boston…
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A Literary Guide to Washington, D.C.: Walking in the Footsteps of American Writers Webcast | Library of Congress
Kim Roberts discusses her book, “A Literary Guide to Washington, D.C.: Walking in the Footsteps of American Writers from Francis Scott Key to Zora Neale Hurston.” Editor’s Note: The below can be clicked to view, or visit the direct source to view the video… //cdn.loc.gov/loader/embed//embed-with-loader.php?uuid=826C070CB7190182E0538C93F1160182&size=largeWide&name=&type=V&image=//stream-media.loc.gov/webcasts/2018/180907rbk1500/data/180907rbk1500_1280x720_2000_bg.jpg Source: A Literary Guide to Washington, D.C.: Walking in the…
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‘It’s the End of Small Talk in Washington’ – POLITICO Magazine
But these aren’t normal times. Team Trump is showing few signs so far of hungering for the sort of social intercourse with permanent Washington that usually accompanies a new administration. And many longtime capital denizens in interviews describe themselves as put off by what they see as Trump’s personal vulgarity, and disturbed on some more…
