The Capitol Police, Armed With $2 Billion in New Funding, Expanding Operations Outside of D.C.
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AOC and two other Squad members -- who spent months chanting "Defund the Police" -- had the power to stop this. They originally agreed to vote "no," but instead voted "present" at the last minute to avoid angering Pelosi. @AOC was particularly craven here: 
The unleashing of a newly empowered law enforcement and "intelligence" agency now spreading to other states, commanded by Congress, has been enabled by one tactic: the weaponization and exaggeration of the events of January 6 and the supposed grave domestic threat it reflects.
Before Biden was even inaugurated, he made clear he intended to launch a new War on Terror -- this one domestic -- in the name of fighting "domestic extremism." This radically expanded Capitol Police force is the latest step in that war:
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In response to my inquiry, the @ACLU sent me this statement condemning what it calls the "unnecessary expansion" of the Capitol Police to locations outside DC and becoming a new intelligence agency -- all enabled by @AOC's "present" vote on giving them $2 billion more.
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