Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social

13 hours ago

“Emergency” is a word w/meaning that should be justified by facts.

FBI data suggests that Memphis, Cleveland,Toledo & Little Rock have higher crime rates.

The media would do well to interrogate the basis for the exercise of emergency powers rather than “residents say crime really is bad” stories.

Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social

13 hours ago

STOP conceding that Trump can legitimately expand grab by deploying baseless claims of “emergency.”

There was NO EMERGENCY to justify tariffs. There was NO “INVASION” to justify this migrant crackdown. And there is NO “EMERGENCY” that justifies military takeover of local law enforcement in D.C.

Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social

19 hours ago

“FBI reported that fully 43 cities in those 3 states had higher rates of violent crime in 2024 than did DC. More than 1.2 million live in those cities, including more than 900,000 in Ohio alone. Yet that state’s National Guard is being deployed to DC to protect the capital’s 700,000-odd residents”

Philip Bump @pbump.com

20 hours ago

Late last night I mapped crime rates for cities in OH, SC and WV to show how often they exceeded the rate in DC — where those states’ governors are sending National Guard troops to “combat crime.” www.pbump.net/o/more-peopl...

More people in Ohio need protection from violent crime than there are people in D.C.

Governors of three states — Ohio, South Carolina and West Virginia — are sending members of their state National Guards to D.C. to … well, theoretically to combat crime but, if the past week is any in...

Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social

15 hours ago

I want to congratulate leading Democrats’ for their insistence on saying the takeover of DC is a “stunt” or a “distraction.”

It’s a rare trifecta of intellectual failure, political stupidity, and moral obtuseness.

Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social

1 day ago

The White House is mobilizing red state military forces to occupy a Democratic stronghold and let me tell you: No one has ever pretended something isn't happening harder than Democratic leaders are pretending this isn't happening right now.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social

1 day ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — South Carolina, Ohio also sending National Guard troops to DC in further escalation of federal intervention in Dem city.

Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social

1 day ago

An authoritarian regime is calling up troops from red states to occupy the capitol city, harass its residents, and further entrench his control

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social

1 day ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — South Carolina, Ohio also sending National Guard troops to DC in further escalation of federal intervention in Dem city.

@missourimtg.bsky.social

3 days ago

We are COOKED

Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social

2 days ago

In other words: They lied.