“Tin soldiers and dipshits coming.”
Thus spake Charles P. Pierce about the governors of Ohio, South Carolina, and West Virginia sending National Guardspersons to “help police” the crime-ridden hellhole that is* Washington, D.C., which escalates the performative bullshit to DUMBCON 3.
Charlie further notes that Philip Bump, late of The Bezos Post, has assembled an interactive map “illustrating all the places in Ohio, West Virginia, and South Carolina that are actually more crime-ridden than Washington,” yet somehow muddle along with nothing heavier than the local coppers.
Parody throws its arthritic paws in the air and says, “Chieu hoi! I give.”
* Or is not.
Mad Blog Media 
There will not be an election in 2028.
I take it you’ve seen ’Is Lardship’s plans to croak voting machines, voting by mail, and voting by Democrats?
Why are the people who are so convinced that they are right also deathly afraid of proving it at the voting booth?
“At the request of the Trump administration, I have directed the @WVNationalGuard to support the President’s initiative to make D.C. safe and beautiful. We are deploying 300–400 skilled personnel to the nation’s capital, reflecting our commitment to a strong and secure America,” West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey said in an X post on Saturday.
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I love how he added the “… and beautiful” part. Funny how the Kiwi on Gubbinor Pat’s lips matches the polish on Der Führer’s brogues.
Hell actually is an unincorporated community in Livingston County in the U.S. state of Michigan. Every wannabe motorcycle gang putz simply has to roar into the bar there and knock a few back and then menace the country roads nearby. I’m thinking maybe the National Guards could police there? After cracking open a few belligerent Harleyheads, they could move on to nearby Ann Arbor and practice baton work and cable-tie techniques on all those violent libs sipping Pinot Grigio at cafes on Main Street.
We have the Natural Guards here “on non-law enforcement duties to assist APD officers in critical incidents and day-to-day operations,” according to APD. They don’t get to tear down libtards’ protest signs, round up brown people for the ICEholes, or pound hippies and queers (but I repeat myself).
I haven’t seen the troops in the field, but of course I am a law-abiding, right-thinking citizen* and taxpayer.
* Some restrictions apply.
Martial law trial run. More to follow.
Yep. Best way to cancel the Bill of Rights is gradually, then suddenly.
“We’ll give you your rights and a few lefts too! Bang, pow, to the Moon, Alice!”
Over at The Nation Joan Walsh (h/t Digby’s Hullabaloo) writes that with all these red states adding Natural Guard troops to the original DeeCee deployment we are inching ever closer to a “mass-casualty event.” Oh, good. …