Trump posted this meme on his Internet site, “Truth Social.” He intended to invade Chicago but changed his plans after massive pushback from the people of Chicago and the Governor of Illinois, JB Pritzker.
His next target is Memphis, where federal intervention has been welcomed by Republican Governor Bill Lee, but not the mayor of Memphis.
Remember when Republicans used to believe in local control and small government? I do.
The meme stirred outrage and controversy, as he intended. Senator Tammy Duckworth of Illinois said in a tweet that he should not wear a military cap since he dodged the draft five times. Stolen valor, she said. Duckworth was a helicopter pilot in Iraq who lost both legs when her copter was shot down.
From the web:
She lost her right leg near the hip and her left leg below the knee from injuries sustained on November 12, 2004, when the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter she was co-piloting was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade fired by Iraqi insurgents. She was the first American female double amputee from the Iraq War.
Trump, the war-lover, posted this meme:
So far as I know, no one asks what the point of this action is. Will the Guard stay for 30 days, then leave? What happens when the National Guard is withdrawn? Will crime return to previous levels? Will the President station the Guard in every big city indefinitely? Is this all a diversion from the Epstein files, inflation, other bad economic indicators?
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Who does this? Is this Presidential behavior? Yet, we cannot speak will of Charlie Kirk for fear of being arrested??!!
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Diane — “IT” finally made it to California. I didn’t know where to put this, but here goes: https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/09/17/historic-california-science-of-reading-bill-heads-to-gov-gavin-newsom/?utm_email=B59274634408248195B2D5B6BD&lctg=B59274634408248195B2D5B6BD&active=no&listId=%23Listrak%5clistId%23&utm_source=listrak&utm_medium=email&utm_term=https%3a%2f%2fwww.mercurynews.com%2f2025%2f09%2f17%2fhistoric-california-science-of-reading-bill-heads-to-gov-gavin-newsom%2f&utm_campaign=bang-multi_pubs-morning_report-nl&utm_content=manual
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I just received my latest NYSUT (NY Teacher) newsletter where it featured New York’s teacher training for the Science of Reading, despite the fact there is not a shred of evidence to support its value. It is disappointing when liberal leaning states drink right wing Kool-Aid. Peter Greene recently posted this article on the right wing political connection of SOR. https://teachingindangeroustimes.substack.com/p/how-emily-hanfords-sold-a-story-became-0a8
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Trump’s every move is designed to push aside the boundaries of executive power. It has been openly declared now that the Republican Party is opposed to representative government. Their leaders openly say what many of them have always thought: people cannot lead themselves, they must be guided by good men ( notably not women). Some of the faithful think they are talking about a Christian state, but they do not universally accept this, and those in power will jettison religious ideas just as soon as they become restrictions on their own power.
What will the bastard child of Curtis Yarvin and Ayn Rand look like?
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The Tennessee governor is welcoming the convicted felon’s National Guard? But if the governor needs the National Guard, he can call his state National Guard on his own accord. He doesn’t need convicted felon’s help on that.
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Don’t ask Bill Lee to be reasonable. He is too busy with his nose in a place we shall not discuss
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FBI CRIME REPORT SHOWS THAT 5 OF THE 20 MOST CRIME-RIDDEN CITIES ARE IN TEXAS ALONE!!! — SO SEND THE TROOPS INTO TEXAS RIGHT NOW!!!
The FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program data for 2024 shows that OUT OF THE 20 MOST CRIME-RIDDEN CITIES in America, 5 of the 20 are IN TEXAS ALONE — so, if President Trump wants to send in troops to fight crime, HE SHOULD SEND THEM INTO TEXAS instead of into Chicago which is down at #14, behind #5 San Antonio and #9 Houston.
Los Angeles, where Trump has already sent troops, claiming he had to do so to fight crime, doesn’t even make the Top 20 and ranks down at number 30 in the FBI data.
Here is the FBI data:
UNITED STATES OVERALL NATIONAL AVERAGES:
Total Crime per 100,000 Residents: 2199
Violent Crime per 100,000 Residents: 359
STATE DATA:
#1. MEMPHIS, TN
Total Crime per 100,000 Residents: 9400
Violent Crime per 100,000 Residents: 2501
#2. PORTLAND, OR
Total Crime per 100,000 Residents: 6426
Violent Crime per 100,000 Residents: 720
#3. SEATTLE, WA
Total Crime per 100,000 Residents: 5782
Violent Crime per 100,000 Residents: 775
#4. DENVER, CO
Total Crime per 100,000 Residents: 5755
Violent Crime per 100,000 Residents: 993
#5. SAN ANTONIO, TX
Total Crime per 100,000 Residents: 5218
Violent Crime per 100,000 Residents: 594
#6. PHILADELPHIA, PA
Total Crime per 100,000 Residents: 5457
Violent Crime per 100,000 Residents: 908
NASHVILLE,TN
Total Crime per 100,000 Residents: 5634
Violent Crime per 100,000 Residents: 1124
#8. DETROIT, MI
Total Crime per 100,000 Residents: 6087
Violent Crime per 100,000 Residents: 1781
#9. HOUSTON, TX
Total Crime per 100,000 Residents: 5442
Violent Crime per 100,000 Residents: 1148
#10. BALTIMORE, MD
Total Crime per 100,000 Residents: 5763
Violent Crime per 100,000 Residents: 1606
#11. SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Total Crime per 100,000 Residents: 4526
Violent Crime per 100,000 Residents: 597
#12. CHARLOTTE/MECKLENBURG, NC
Total Crime per 100,000 Residents: 4439
Violent Crime per 100,000 Residents: 733
#13. WASHINGTON, DC
Total Crime per 100,000 Residents: 4514
Violent Crime per 100,000 Residents: 926
#14. CHICAGO, IL
Total Crime per 100,000 Residents: 4012
Violent Crime per 100,000 Residents: 540
#15. DALLAS, TX
Total Crime per 100,000 Residents: 4010
Violent Crime per 100,000 Residents: 658
#16. INDIANAPOLIS, IN
Total Crime per 100,000 Residents: 4214
Violent Crime per 100,000 Residents: 878
#17. LOUISVILLE, KY
Total Crime per 100,000 Residents: 4034
Violent Crime per 100,000 Residents: 707
#18. AUSTIN, TX
Total Crime per 100,000 Residents: 3709
Violent Crime per 100,000 Residents: 467
#19. OKLAHOMA CITY, OK
Total Crime per 100,000 Residents: 3570
Violent Crime per 100,000 Residents: 676
#20. FORT WORTH, TX
Total Crime per 100,000 Residents: 3158
Violent Crime per 100,000 Residents: 458
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In the same report:
The FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program data for 2024 shows a significant decrease in violent crime (estimated 4.5%) and property crime (estimated 4.5%), marking the lowest violent crime rate since 1969, according to an August 2025 release.
Also, the FBI does not collect immigration status. maybe they don’t want to know on purpose.
An AI compilation notes:
Official statistics on the percentage of criminal offenses committed by illegal immigrants are not available at the federal level. However, research consistently shows that immigrants, including those without legal authorization, have lower crime rates than native-born U.S. citizens. .
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From the biggest fake of all time who calls all truthful criticism fake. Fake military cred (hat), fake physique (arms), fake hands (where’s the cankles?), fake human.
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He’s an asshole. That’s the problem.
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