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Trump Tests WAR POWERS as He DECLARES WAR on American Cities

2025-10-02 People & Blogs
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Exposing Trump's Authoritarian Play: Undermining Military Integrity and Domestic Norms

Discover how planned domestic military deployments violate key US laws, signaling authoritarian escalation, and learn the specific political tactics being deployed to intimidate voters and dismantle democratic checks and balances.

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  • Deploying active military domestically for "training" directly violates the Posse Comitatus Act, inviting unprecedented constitutional crisis.
  • The administration weaponizes the Department of Justice and targets non-partisan organizations involved in voter outreach.
  • Congressional Republican leadership is intentionally abdicating its oversight role, allowing presidential power to consolidate unchecked.

This discussion features Congressman Jason Crow analyzing alarming events, starting with President Trump and Secretary Hegseth’s deeply disrespectful meeting with top military brass. The conversation maps the political strategy: using troop presence to project illegitimate power, attacking democratic foundations, and driving an agenda that disregards the rule of law and political opposition.

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In this episode of Court of History, Sidney Blumenthal and Sean Wilentz are joined by Congressman Jason Crow — former Army Ranger and decorated veteran — to expose Donald Trump’s latest power play. Trump is openly pushing to use American cities as “training grounds” for the military, a move experts warn violates the Posse Comitatus Act and echoes authoritarian regimes. Crow breaks down the unprecedented meeting with top military brass, where Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth disrespected commanders and laid out plans that could pit Americans against one another. The Court of History Newsletter https://buttondown.com/courtofhistory#subscribe-form Books: The Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson to Lincoln https://a.co/d/1dLTVjG All the Powers of Earth: https://a.co/d/imrGwQx Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@LegalAFMTN?sub_confirmation=1 Legal AF Substack: https://substack.com/@legalaf Follow Legal AF on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/legalafmtn.bsky.social Follow Michael Popok on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mspopok.bsky.social Subscribe to the Legal AF by MeidasTouch podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/legal-af-by-meidastouch/id1580828595

Top Comments (10)

@randymcmillen647 2025-10-02

Look at it this way: There are 800 credible witnesses that can verify that Trump has completely lost his mind

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@suzannebrown9111 2025-10-02

Turning the military against the American people is illegal and defies the American people..🎉

119 8 replies
@thaisboyd 2025-10-02

Invoke the 25th Amendment

102 2 replies
@jesswestet927 2025-10-02

Russia, China, Iran, and all the other countries who hate the USA are SO happy with this laughingstock 🤡💩🎪 admin!

79 4 replies
@blackbird4046 2025-10-02

An American renamed the DoD to the "Department of War" and waged War against their own country...

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@RichardPalmer-np4hb 2025-10-02

This is Trump trying to do away with the Constitution of the United States by eroding the powers of the States, the Congress and the Senate. When are our Representative going to do something about this?

53 4 replies
@AnthonyDinucci 2025-10-02

What America needs is to get all Generals to back the American people an overthrow this fascist regine

44 2 replies
@SidW-l4z 2025-10-03

GOP WILL CHEAT IN MIDTERMS. WE MUST STOP THEM

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@GoogleHater-h2o 2025-10-02

Trump is a failure as a leader... he is supported byTrump licking fools... no wisdom and no care for the US and it;s people ! Trump is a Dictator living in gold plated Office and sucking up riches. Vance is waiting axiously for Trump to kick the bucket !!

36 1 replies
@nancycarter1617 2025-10-02

Thank You Sidney, Sean and Congressman Jason Crow!

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