As President Donald Trump pushes the bounds of military activity on domestic soil, a debate has emerged over a nearly 150-year old law that regulates when federal troops can intervene in state issues.
President Donald Trump's recent actions have sparked debate over the Posse Comitatus Act, a law from 1878 that limits military involvement in domestic affairs.
Fuck you. This pathetic description that his blatantly illegal action “pushes the bounds” or caused “a debate” to emerge is the normalization that will destroy this country.
Testing the limit? No it’s actually breaking the law!!!
A debate? I don’t think there is a debate. Trump is breaking the law and your org just like so many have fallen to his criminality. Cowards, just god damned cowards. Good job for your cowardly BS, so strong, standing up for the truth.. LOL.
"Founded in 1846, AP today remains the most trusted source of fast, accurate, unbiased news" Doing your best to piss that trust away. If your reporter covers the Alabama statehouse, why is she reporting on what's happening in D.C.?
There's no debate you fucking rubes
You fucking cowards. CALL IT WHAT IT IS!! ILLEGAL.
Jesus fucking Christ, you should be ashamed to call yourself the press.
AP - Associates Propaganda.
Newsflash: we’re not coming back to you when this is over if you don’t do your fucking job.
Well, the fascists are pushing that. The rest of us arent really interested in “debating” direct military rule.
If you think both-sidesing this issue is part of your job then please quit.
The problem is the red states are not going to go against Trump sending in federal troops ...ever
thoughts on this debate
Jesus Christ, AP, are you a journalistic endeavor or a fucking editorial page now.
He's breaking the law! No testing it. Grow some balls AP.
The guy who desperately wants a “peace prize award” ordering the military on its own people for more control over its citizen for political reasons. - yeah right.
Trump is breaking the law and what few norms remain as he consolidates power in his fascist regime.
I know in the rise of Hitler the mass media responded in like manner. It’s too bad nothing has been learned in 80 years.
What the actual fuck are you doing
I thought only Nancy Pelosi could call in the Guard to DC?
What debate?
"A debate has emerged"... Is this how you normally report authoritarian takeovers under dodgy presidents?
Why aren’t they being deployed to places like Louisville KY with objectively astronomical crime rates?
A "debate"?
If it even exists, AP will, no doubt, provide details on this alleged "debate".
Did you just wake up from a decade-long coma? Otherwise there’s no excuse for pretending these actions aren’t part of an ongoing assault against democracy and anything fucking decent.
Guys the story here is trump is sending the American military to fight and kill Americans.
Massive L, AP. There’s no debate, just one side being fascists.
A debate? Like there are two sides civilly discussing it?
what fucking debate? they are breaking the law (again)
Is that sort of like the debate where your government was supposed to give people due process. . . and then didn't?
A "debate" you say?
I wonder how proud they are to serve a pedophile felon bossed around by Putin 🫤
Debate? GTFO
Fuck you, AP.
Shameful framing. What is wrong with you?
There is no debate. The law is clear in its intent to prevent exactly this.
stop sanewashing fascism, AP.
Either AI wrote this, and should never be allowed to again, or the person that wrote this should be fired and never work in journalism again.
He's breaking the law.
Repeatedly.
You know this, and you're lying, or you don't, and you're an idiot.
Please advise.
Tests the limits
I need a fact check AP, I need you to in fact check yourself before regurgitating the authoritarian rightwing framework for a clearly illegal action
“pushes the bounds”
“tests the limits”
You guys will never stop covering for him, will you?
Oh I see the AP is now part of the Nazi propaganda machine. Even after they humiliated you you're still gonna jump on the bandwagon? Pathetic
If "both sides" was a drug you'd be dead of an overdose by now.
Rifles are for intimidation 100% -Handguns are for self defense. This shows the real reason for the presence of these intruders.
What scenario gives authorization to use a rifle? A riot, a mass attack on them? What does that look like? Auto-fire into the crowd? What use of force policy says this?
Time to do better journalism! There is no debate. What trump is doing is wrong and very bad for the country!
A "debate" between the fascists disregarding the rule of law and our Constitution for a demonstration of intimidating oppression for their minority control to protect their corruption and the innocent American people being oppressed and abused in that public display.
President Donald Trump's recent actions have sparked debate over the Posse Comitatus Act, a law from 1878 that limits military involvement in domestic affairs.
Stop whitewashing the fact that Donald Trump has deployed the military into American cities in order to stoke fear and crush opposition or protest with this passive language.
He is violating our civil rights every damn day, eroding democratic norms and trashing the constitution.
As Donald Trump tests the illegal use of military to control Americans on domestic soil, the media works to normalize the concept to ease the transition to full authoritarianism.
There, fixed it for you @apnews.com.
Absolutely bullshit reporting. He's not "pushing boundaries," he's breaking the law. If it was a Dem, you wouldn't hesitate to say so.
No debate emerging, you utterly useless buffoons
A debate? It's the wrong debate. The debate needs to be over how to reign in a US President who doesn't give a fuck about federal or any other regulations, about the SCOTUS, about norms, about humanity, about anything that doesn't enrich his wallet or ego. Our President is a flat-out dic(k)tator.
Call it what it is, authoritarian, or we are all doomed. DO YOUR JOB!!!!!
I swear to whatever god will get you to believe me: you do not in fact have to sanewash this assclown.
As packed trains lumber toward President Trump’s beautiful work-for-freedom facilities, a debate has emerged over whether seats should be provided in the overcrowded cars.
— The AP, probably, if this behavior continues unchecked
Donald Trump raped children
A debate? A debate suggests discussion & input on both sides of an issue, not one side just doing something with zero regard to legality &/or ethics
Dear @apnews.com,
THERE ARE NO STATE ISSUES, ONLY DICTATOR ISSUES.
DO YOUR FUCKING JOB!
“Drug cartels push the bounds of operating pharmacies outside of traditional brick and mortar stores…”
Do you hear how ridiculous you sound?
Stop saying‘president’. Trump isn’t the president, he cheated.
He's not pushing boundaries. He breaking the law.
I missed the “debate”.
Oh fuck off!
Equiv•o•cate: use ambiguous language so as to conceal the truth or avoid committing oneself.
Not reading this article solely based upon this BS headline.
There’s no debate. He’s breaking the law.
Changed my mind, you don't deserve to get back into the WH press room if you're gonna both-sides martial law in the capital city
What debate? What bounds? He’s illegally using the power of the government to terrorize America and you’re soft-selling it to us
“As Ed Gein pushes the bounds of interior decorating…”
"Both sides."
Don't write headlines
The Press is selling out the American people and democracy to kiss the ass of a tyrant buffoon. Yall suck.
Love right wing debate style: Fuck You, Do Something About It
Keep debating while the confederacy rises again...
A “debate” over whether to comply with the law or to violate it.
He’s not pushing the boundaries, he’s breaking the law.
There’s no debate. Magats want the military to kill as many civilians as possible, and the rest of us aren’t into it.
Stop giving these elected criminals the benefit of the doubt.
You love Fascism.
DC is not a state, douchebags. Intervene in what?
History will judge you. Your grandchildren will be disgusted and ashamed to be descended from people who gleefully normalized fascism. Fuck you.
This is a disgusting narrative from you! The man is committing a military coup and you release this milquetoast bullshit!
It’s only a “debate” in our feckless media who are easily manipulated into entertaining these bad faith arguments. Also, DC is not a state.
AP: Laws Are Really Just Resolution Prompts for Debates
THERE. IS. NO. DEBATE.
A debate?
And when do we start talking about how he's killing tourism with all of this nonsense talk about how crime is so bad
“Pushes the bounds”??
AP has had the best headlines and some of the best journalism amidst nearly every other major outlet failing, but this verbiage is CNN/NYT tier sane-washing.
Laws are being broken, call it what it is.
Have you seen what these thugs are doing in DC? There is no legitimate reason for what Trump is doing.
Are bank robbers ‘pushing the bounds’ when they shoot security guards, tellers and customers as they knock over a bank? Or are they egregiously and flagrantly BREAKING THE LAW?
What are you doing here? Because you’re certainly not doing journalism.
Debate Emerges as Area Man Pushes Bounds of Old Law Against Wearing a Clown Costume While Dumping Bodies in Ravine
A debate, huh? Would you not be more of a journalism organisation if you read the law and told us what it says?
This nation is one manufactured 'Reichstag Fire' incident away from having it's 250 year experiment in democracy come to an ignominious end. Drumpf has already overstepped the bounds of military activity on domestic soil. The only "debate" we should be having is how to stop him before its too late.🫤
A debate? Like how raping a trafficked child is a debate over the age of consent?
“Pushes the bounds???” Deploying troops against its own citizens is waaaayy beyond the bounds
Don't say "pushed the bounds" when you know he's exceeding and erasing the bounds.
It is not ethical to “report both sides” when one side is clearly making up fantasy (eg crime “emergency” when crime rates are down) and the other side respects facts. The AP knows very well that there is no “debate.” I have lost respect for the AP.
Trump is trying to distract from his Epstein connections and utter failure in Alaska.
Trump is a Russian Asset.
This is what real journalism looks like:
A DEBATE? WTF are you doing here AP?
In my view, this kind of post is HELPING Trump turn the USA into a full on fascist dictatorship with him and his family in charge.
America is over man. I’d leave. Scary shit goin on.
There is no “debate” when one side is objectively wrong. There are just “people who are correct” and “people who are incorrect”.
What the fuck is this headline? Either grow a spine or close down.
Alright the weasel language of the media is now making shit up. There's no "debate" happening between anyone, one faction is pointing out that this is illegal and the perpetrators are saying nothing
Is the debate “should we enforce laws”?
fuuuuuuuuck off with this framing
Fuck you.
Pushes the bounds instead of 'breaks existing laws and precedents' is an editorial choice AP. Why are you covering up his criminal actions for him?
ugh, AP with this both sides bullshit
As Stephen Miller throws and eats his own feces and a debate has emerged over a nearly a million year history about whether it’s good to eat your own shit
Americans need to show up in DC and fight. Fuck the military and the president. They're clearly standing against the American People and the American People know how to treat fascists.
What is there to "debate"? It's a law, a 150-yr old law. It's illegal as hell. But the media is so neutered that you bow to the illegal circumvention of it.
What would you say if this was happening in another country? Say that because it's happening here.
Saying it's "pushing the bounds" suggests that there is some borderline issue here.
He isn't pushing the bounds. He's breaking the law.
WTF are you talking about? There is no debate. The Military does not belong on the streets of America.
"Tests the limits".
Grow a spine, @apnews.com
I can't say it better than this: bsky.app/profile/bria...
Is there a bright line anywhere in your world view, or will he just be “pushing boundaries” as he establishes a literal dictatorship?
You feel good about being this big of a simp for a would-be dictator in your reporting, or are you rightly ashamed of this framing?
can you see how pathetic you sound?
"Debate", my freckled Irish ass.
"a debate has emerged over a long time law after a man beat the hell out of another for no apparent reason"
do you see how stupid this sounds?
@apnews.com, @reuters.com, @nytimes.com, @cnn.com @washingtonpost.com etc
All of you have no credibility left for allowing fascism to rise without reporting on it.
Your #1 job is to investigate and report abuse of power. All of you have failed. Completely.
Yeah, you should remain banned from the White House press pool
this is some sick shit you've written AP
No - no debate is being pushed because we have never had a despot for a US president. This is fascism. Say it clearly or find a new line of work if you can't perform the basics of journalism.
STOP SANEWASHING THE FASCIST TAKEOVER.
There goes the corporate media again, complicit in normalizing in your face fascism. Disgusting and pathetic. Un-American to it's core.
A debate? Pushes the bounds? Seriously, AP. This is neither helpful nor correct. Practicing unbiased journalism doesn’t (and shouldn’t) mean spouting flatly inaccurate nonsense
Oh a debate has emerged, has it?
You misspelled Pedophile.
There's no debate, 😂. Oh wait, do you mean like there's a debate about climate change, evolution, plate techtonics? That kind of debate, 🤣?
EPSTEIN’S BESTIE IS BREAKING THE LAW.
WHAT ARE WE EVEN DOING HERE?!?!?!?!?
What Trump is pushing are the bounds of media servility, which remain hard to detect.
"A debate has emerged" over whether posse comitatus, the law of the land for 150 years, really needs to be obeyed. On the one side, you have 90% of the American public, including 99% of the legal community.
On the other side, you have Stephen Miller.
The "debate" has "emerged!"
Fuck you, you worthless NAZI fucking enablers. Fuck you. You are disgusting. Fuck you.
It's not a debate. Please learn what words mean.
There is no fucking debate.
He’s breaking the law. Full stop.
Cowards.
this is bullshit journalism that promotes fascism
It’s unreal seeing once legitimate outlets sanewash a madman and both-sides fascism. And for what—“objectivity”?
MAGA doesn’t do anything in good faith; even Gavin Newsom has realized that after his own failed both-sides experiment. Get with the program, dudes.
Its fascism. Why are you against freedom?
this "debate" can choke in a fucking hole, we solved it a long time ago.
A debate? Pushes the bounds? WTF, AP?
Who are the bigger cowards, Democratic leadership, or every political reporter in Washington?
he's not gonna fuck you AP, you don't need to do this kinda shit
Donald Trump raped children.
Taking up arms against people on American soil has been tried before. It didn’t end well. (Freshman witness to the shootings by the National Guard of unarmed students at Kent State, May 4, 1970)
Stop carrying water for the fascist goons
It is an unlawful overreach.
Fuck you. It's not legal. That is NOT up for debate. Fuck you AP.
Is this what you imagined you'd become in J School, "journalists" of the Associated Quisling Press?
FYI, making your readers less informed is the opposite of journalism.
delete your career
Where did that debate emerge from? Were Dems and Rs sitting in a DC cafe debating random statutes over lattes? You’d save a lot of words and ink by just acknowledging the fascism driving all of this.
Seriously. We need to push back hard against shit like this from the media that is meant to help shift public perception on what is acceptable in this country to a more fascist-friendly perspective.
"pushes the bounds of military activity"? You mean engages in unconstitutionally, targeted, racist acts in cities?
Stop fucking sane-washing his shit.
Now ask yourself why that law was fucking implemented to behind with and look at how he's fucking violating it now.
No, there is no debate. HE IS BREAKING THE LAW.
Came here in a huff to make a snarky comment about the AP soft pedaling fascism... But, ahhh, I see you beat me to it.
Thank you fellow bsky'rs ❤️
It ceases to be a "debate" when the boots hit the ground.
Do you all ever go home from your job saying it's terrible to run cover for them and I shouldn't be doing this?
Great job AP, normalising fascism.
ridiculous framing
do better
Fuck you AP.
There’s no debate.
This is fascism.
Both-sidesing fascism
Are you seriously trying to both sides the US president using federal forces to invade US cities? Are you out of your fucking minds?
no debate. just lawlessness.
(the lawlessness is often abetted by obtuse dipshits in the media who like to pretend it's not really happening. can't think of a particular example rn, but i'll get back to you when i think of one.)
Nope
Something is deeply wrong with you
Dear god, he's breaking the law not joining fucking debate club.
You know fascism doesn't end well for the press, either, right, you idiots? His activities are illegal. There's no good faith debate.
This is sooooooo poor @apnews.com. And lazy. And dangerous.
Stop surrendering in advance. Reporting that a lawbreaker is flagrantly flouting the law doesn’t make you biased, it makes you accurate.
this is not normal
This type of ‘pushing the bounds’ framing by the media is what got us here. Call it what it is - illegal, unconstitutional, unnecessary given crime rates have declined, etc. This administration is manufacturing a crisis.
The media is complicit in this. You have bent the knee to Trump.
Emerged?
It's not "a little known codicil" and this isn't National Lampoons.
"out with it!"
Fucking bothsides framing
"opinions on shape of earth differ". You can clear the low bar of the NYT/WaPo if you put in any effort @apnews.com
Let me fix this for you:
“The AP is so terrified of Trump, we are working extra hard to both-sides his illegal order.”
"a debate has emerged" The Associated Pisstakers totally useless bunch of cnts
his name must be ALLLLL OVER that list 😅
He’s a fascist committing crimes, you pathetic bootlickers
Wtaf AP. This is whitewashing, not journalism.
Cowards
As Fuhrer Adolf Hitler pushes the bounds of military activity on domestic soil, a debate has emerged over a nearly 150-year old law that regulates when federal troops can intervene in state issues.
Has the AP now cave on the Gulf of Mexico too? Because they sure as hell are kissing the ring with this crap.
Burn your press card.
He is in violation of so many laws I think we should proceed with one big beautiful consumer suit since mass groups of people will be or have been affected negatively by the crimes he committed amd have him arrested immediately
As Donald Trump, who is ineligible to hold elected office per the 14th Amendment, violates the Constitution yet again, the mainstream media yet again tries to whitewash and both sides the issue to give him another free pass to avoid accountability.
Seriously, do you hear yourselves?
@apnews.com do y’all read these comments at all? Does it affect your work in the slightest? Do you gather it and consider it? Because the response to this is not good.
Fascist enablers
Is there really a debate?
Fascinating that when Trump blatantly breaks the law, y’all pretend he’s not and imply that it’s the people pointing out his lawlessness and corruption who have to defend their stance, or that Trump has a legit stance. He’s breaking laws every day! Say that!
He's breaking the fucking law and attacking US civilians on US soil, not "pushing the bounds."
Try telling the truth now and then, bootlickers.
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Trump is in Coup d'etat mode. The law has been suspended in his mind. He sees himself as the law, IMO. Stop him.
There’s no debate. It’s wildly illegal.
There is no debate you motherfuckers you live here too take a damn side for the sake of your children what the fuck did you get into journalism for you worthless cowards
