The Federalization of DC was just the start...
...a thread 🧵 "Coming to a City Near You"...
Watch the method... DC is the template Op...
Pattern: Crime emergency > Title 32 Guard > Marshals deputization > arming ready > terrain control...
2/ Setting the frame...
Crime emergency declared...
“Safe & Beautiful” stood up...
One lawful spine pulls agencies into a single mission... paper before patrols... dot I's... cross T's...
3/ Title 32 on the street
~800 Guard mobilized in support of federal & MPD...
Presence first... arrests stay with sworn officers...
Civil primacy visible, capacity scaled...
Must proceed slowly for optics...
4/ Build the legal bridge...
Select DC Guard leaders/MPs deputized by the US Marshals... precise federal authority while command stays Title 32...
Cases clean... chain of custody tight... legal binding...
5/ Scale with allied states...
Reinforcements announced from WV, SC, OH...
Hundreds inbound under the same choreography...
Portable, repeatable, resilient... pay attn. here...
Interstate cooperation breaks down public resistance elsewhere... 5GW...
6/ Shift to arming readiness...
Initial line... “weapons are available… but will remain in the armory"...
Units told to prep to carry “in the coming days”...
WH... National Guard “may be armed"...
Deterrence first.... hammer later... OPTICS...
7/ Tighten terrain control... control the territory...
Encampments near federal nodes clear faster...
Access control expands where needed...
Outcomes change, not just headlines...
8/ Civil primacy preserved... optics are key...
After a judge’s warning, DOJ retools...
MPD chief stays in day-to-day command under federal conditions...
Layered jurisdiction, not a raw handoff...
9/ Structural escalation held in reserve...
No public Title 10 handoff... not yet...
Posture remains Title 32 support... hold the line...
Broad deputization across units is an option, but tiered choices protect legitimacy...
OPTICS... OPTICS... OPTICS...
10/ Add real time tells...
Juvenile curfew zone extensions and targeted perimeter posts show terrain shaping without citywide lockdowns...
Slow burn... easing into strategic parameters...
Slowly tighten the net...
11/ Why DC first...
Hardest legal arena, maximum scrutiny...
Prove the method where resistance is strongest...
Port it with minimal rewrite... (use elsewhere)...
Even critics frame DC as the test case...
In systems dynamics framing, this is a pilot launch...
Ground softening... cultural preparation...
12/ Head on swivel... GO criteria...
What flips the switch... look for...
- A written arming order with ROE cards issued...
- Security lines/checkpoints at key federal sites...
- A curfew or clearly marked restricted zones...
- Broad Guard deputization or a Title 10 joint task force in charge... especially the ladder...
If two or more of these happen in quick succession, it means active operations, not a rehearsal...
13/ How it scales to 12+ cities...
Same strategic TEMPLATE with local tuning...
Federal trigger > Title 32 support > Marshals deputization > surge forces → mission-dependent carry > rapid access control at federal/critical infrastructure...
Reporters are already frame DC as the model...
14/ Law and money move in parallel...
Synthesis from EO and DOJ posture...
As security tightens, prosecutors and regulators cut the cash lines.. asset freezes, forfeiture, RICO filings, banking audits, and suspensions of shady nonprofits...
Courts issue injunctions, donors face subpoenas, and intermediaries lose their shields...
Funding dries up, political cover collapses, and gains on the street harden into durable control... we are already seeing it... watch...
15/ A systems play is nothing without metrics...
The metrics that matter...
Arrests tied to federal lanes...
Interdictions near protected corridors...
Time-to-case throughput... (outcome metrics)...
Mixed outlets tally 100+ arrests in early days alongside the 800 Guard posture...
Why? Metrics reinforce public mandate... "wins"...
16/ The Signal inside the Signal...
👁️Spot the five tells landing together...
1- Federal trigger...
2- Guard activation...
3- Marshals deputization...
4- Arming ready posture...
5- Rapid access control...
...and you’ll know the template arrived in your city...
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