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Trump’s DC Takeover is Crazier Than Everyone Realizes & The WNBA Scandal Exposes A BIGGER Problem

2025-08-11 Entertainment
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Top Comments (10)

@shiroikin 2025-08-11

Love how he puts homelessness on the same pedestal as criminals

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@howboutmaybe7559 2025-08-11

People don't get how fascisim acts, this is it. Things like bringing down crime that doesn't exsist. I hate being a history major right now

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@thetrainingstronghold 2025-08-11

“It’s a soft launch of martial law!” No. It’s a hard launch.

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@justsomeguy6474 2025-08-11

"There's a reason you separate military and the police. One fights the enemies of the state, the other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people."

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@johncamarillo6934 2025-08-11

Where was this energy on Jan 6? He cares so much about crime in DC he pardoned 1000 + criminals.

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@leah3801 2025-08-11

Martial law in the country's capital. But. Yeah. Sure. No fascism here folks.

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@formerflash1901 2025-08-11

"the homeless have to move out, IMMEDIATELY" Is he... is he trying to evict homeless people?

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@ohmygoditisspider7953 2025-08-12

I've never wanted to see an obituary this much

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@FellVoice 2025-08-12

"We're gonna replace the potholes." 😂 Like what, he's going to dig up the old ones and put down fresh new potholes?

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@PhilipDeFranco 2025-08-11

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