Crackdown or invasion? National news media needs to stop with the transcription.
Washington Post has an exclusive story about how Trump's Pentagon "plans military deployment in Chicago as Trump eyes crackdown." The story, as per usual from national news media these days, adopts the Trump frame, amplifying Trump's false claim that Chicago is a desperately violent city in need of a military "crackdown." Here is the lead of the story by Dan Lamothe. "The Pentagon has for weeks been planning a military deployment to Chicago as President Donald Trump says he wants to crack down on crime, homelessness and undocumented immigration, in a model that could later be used in other major cities, officials familiar with the matter said. "The planning, which has not been previously disclosed, involves several options, including mobilizing at least a few thousand members of the National Guard as soon as September to what is the third most populous city in the United States." It is absolutely terrifying and unprecedented - this news th...