I tried to find a better source but there wasn’t one. The article is at the Bulwark which is Bill Kristol’s lib-funded shitrag. I ran out of space in the title. if he does - it will be by the end of the month. See the bit in bold.

Will Trump Invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807 Next? - thebulwark.com

The White House did not respond to a request for comment on whether Trump will invoke the Insurrection Act before April ends.

The Insurrection Act of 1807, which allows the president to deploy U.S. armed forces and the national guard against Americans in situations of civil unrest, was last invoked in 1992 to put down the Rodney King riots after the four white police officers who were filmed beating King were acquitted. The nonpartisan Brennan Center has called the law “dangerously overbroad and ripe for abuse.”

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As a reminder, the executive order declaring a national emergency at the southern border framed what is happening there as an “invasion” that threatens “America’s sovereignty” as part of its justification for Trump’s decrees.

“This whole strategy from Trump is really based on the demonization of immigrants and the idea we’re being invaded as justification of all executive orders that are trampling on our civil rights and freedoms,” Vanessa Cárdenas, the executive director of immigrant rights group America’s Voice, told The Bulwark. “They’ve been demonizing immigrants for a long time to psychologically prepare people for these actions, and we need to reject and denounce it.”

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Insurrection Act of 1807 - wikipedia.org

The Insurrection Act of 1807 is a United States federal law that empowers the president of the United States to deploy the U.S. military and federalized National Guard troops within the United States in particular circumstances, such as to suppress civil disorder, insurrection, or rebellion.

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DECLARING A NATIONAL EMERGENCY AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER OF THE UNITED STATES - whitehouse.gov

The White House

January 20, 2025

  • iByteABit [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
    55·
    2 days ago

    What would be the point though? There is zero resistance to the regime’s fascism in its current form, making it an explicit dictatorship can only create problems for them by giving life to resistance.

    If I were a fascist running the USA at this point of time, I would simply go with the tried and tested Democrats way, going full Third Reich as far as economics and imperialism go, but keep the Law and Civility™ aesthetics and some tiny treats to the working class every now and then.

    In any case I hope all of you in the US to be safe, things are looking very fucking grim

    • hello_hello [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
      11·
      1 day ago

      Trump sets himself up as the fall guy for austerity and the controlled opposition party gets to keep his cuts without all the negative media attention.

      This happens in the Republic of Samsung and Housing Debt every couple of years.

    • InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
      31·
      2 days ago

      What would be the point though?

      I think there are two things.

      Trump decides to push things to 11 because he’s unhinged, deluded, and impatient to rule the US with an iron fist. I think it’s possible that the assassination attempt broke his brain completely and nearly broke his connection to reality. And once he got reelected - he started to think of himself as an Übermensch.

      If he invokes the act, etc - I think the GOP won’t stop him in any way, shape, or form. The most they’ll do is tell the media they are “very concerned”. If Trump continues on his insane path and I think he will - election day next year will* be the biggest bloodbath for the GOP ever. The US economy will be wrecked. And via doge/Elon - Trump will have defunded Medicare, Medicare, and Social Security. Plus Trump will have defunded and/or damaged other large parts of the federal government.

      *If elections are free and fair. I think they won’t be in the red states.