This is horrifying! 
A few excerpts...
Live Updates: Trump Orders #NationalGuard to #WashingtonDC and Takeover of Capital’s Police
President Trump ordered what was expected to be a 30-day takeover of D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department and suggested the federal intervention could be expanded to other cities.
August 11, 2025
Michael Gold: "Under the part of the Home Rule Act that Trump cited in his announcement, the president must send a message to the top lawmakers on the committees that oversee D.C. if he plans to take control of the police for more than 48 hours. A spokeswoman for Representative Robert Garcia of California, the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, said that he had not yet received such a letter, which must include both an explanation for the president’s action and the duration that is expected to last."
Katie Rogers: "A White House official confirms that the federal takeover of the Metropolitan Police Department is intended to last for 30 days."
Zolan Kanno-Youngs: "President Trump says his administration has begun to remove #homeless people from encampments in parks in Washington. The president has not outlined where he plans on moving those people. The city has struggled in recent years with a shelter system pushed to capacity."
Shawn McCreesh: "President Trump’s framing here is that Washington will be a kind of guinea pig; he’s using it as a test lab to prove that Republicans can clean up and run cities better than Democrats, and that the changes to come will set an example for blue cities across America."
Katie Rogers: "Over one hour in, and this news conference has meandered from the federal takeover of Washington police to Trump’s meeting this week with President Vladimir Putin of #Russia; the future of the Russia-Ukraine war; tariffs against China; the proposed White House ballroom; and talk about the president’s experience in real estate. All the while, members of the president’s cabinet continue standing behind him.
"Trump, perhaps acknowledging their unease, just tried to redirect reporters back to questions about Washington. But after a single question, Trump is now talking about his meeting with #Putin again."
Read more:
https://nytimes.com/live/2025/08/11/us/trump-news
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/RY0Ur
$50K signing bonus is a big draw to a lot of cash-strapped Americans, it turns out."
with MAGA instincts, esp xenophobia & amorality, are surely sought by this inhumane regime.
