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Don't let this get lost in all the autocratic shock & awe: America's own "little green men" w/o insignias—a la Russia's troops who seized Crimea.

NPR reports Bill Barr (who ordered attack on protesters) deploying "riot teams" from Bureau of Prisons. Prison guards on US streets.
Bill Barr’s special forces/prison guards are boosting their numbers in Washington DC… for a vigil led by clergy. These mercenary-like troops under DOJ Bureau of Prisons jurisdiction are from Texas. Who flew them to DC & who paid for it? @aletweetsnews
😱What could possibly go wrong? Armed prison guards—already trained to view Black people as criminals—overseeing protesters protesting Black people being treated as criminals? #BlackLivesMatter #GeorgeFloydProtests #AmericanSpring
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#BREAKING James MATTIS Denounces President Trump, Describes Him as a Threat to the Constitution. In an extraordinary (overdue!) condemnation, the former defense secretary backs protesters, says the president is trying to turn Americans against one another.theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
🔥General MATTIS: “We are witnessing the consequences of three years of [Trump’s] deliberate effort [to divide us]… the consequences of three years without mature leadership. We can unite without him, drawing on the strengths inherent in our civil society. This will not be easy”
"Never did I dream that troops taking that same oath would be ordered under any circumstance to violate the Constitutional rights of their fellow citizens—much less to provide a bizarre photo op for the elected commander-in-chief, with military leadership standing alongside.”
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.@DonLemon: We in the media have to be more savvy about how this admin operates. They put on reality shows for their base. Barr walking around the WH w/ military police protection delivers a message of "law & order."

It's probably also to counter wimpy Trump #bunderboy image.
🔥@Acosta: Trump invoked the 1807 Insurrection Act—an extraordinary use of military force—to clear out peaceful protesters at the White House, so he could walk with aides to St John's Church. He mobilized US military for the first time in 200 years—for a photo op. Extraordinary.
There it is. Dictator Trump had the US military attack peaceful protesters w/ tear gas so he could have this "law & order" Bible-holding photo-op. He mumbled some Trumpy crap too: "It's not going to take long. It's a great country. It's coming back. Greater than ever before."
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Trump Threatens White House Protesters With ‘Vicious Dogs’ and ‘Ominous Weapons’ – a whole day after pretending he wasn’t stoking racism & violence in “looting & shooting” tweet about protests in #Minneapolis, via @maggieNYT nytimes.com/2020/05/30/us/… #GeorgeFloydProtests
@maggieNYT 😧"MAGA loves the black people" isn't the worst thing Trump said today.

😨WORSE: He invited his fans to the WH to counter & clash w/ anti-racist #GeorgeFloyd protesters

😰EVEN WORSE: He said WH Secret Service was "just waiting for action" w/ "vicious dogs" & "ominous weapons."
@maggieNYT MUCH WORSE: Trump threatened to "step in" w/ "unlimited Military power" if "Liberal Governors & Mayors" aren't "MUCH tougher" on protesters.

He's fomenting civil war w/ insane & illegal dictator BS to hurt Democrats—to get re-elected. Sick beyond words.

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