The Trump administration reportedly plans to mobilize up to 1,700 National Guard troops across 19 states in the coming weeks to support its immigration and anti-crime crackdowns, a dramatic expansion of the controversial operation that’s seen federal agents and Guard troops carrying out activities across Washington, D.C.

The troops, who will largely be activated across Republican-controlled states, will serve in support of the administration’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations, as well as other law enforcement priorities, according to comment from unnamed Pentagon officials and documents obtained by Fox News.

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    Where’s the fucking epstein list donnie? People aren’t going to forget no matter how many distractions you try.

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        Fucking for real… I also want them to keep it in the news cycle, but not everything is a fucking distraction when you’re country is literally in the midst of a fascist takeover

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        If anything, Epstein is the distraction. Not one piece of new information has come out in years. People made fucking jokes about lolita island 20 years ago. His supporters do not care. At all. All this does is fire up the conspiracy folks, who all support him and will continue to support him.

        Trump takes over a police departmment and sends national guardsmen, with weapons now, to police the streets. ‘But what about the thing everyone on this planet has known about forever?’ Motherfucker has video of him talking about his good friend who ‘likes girls on the younger side.’ We already know. Shut the fuck up with this distraction shit.

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        Well his ilk seem to be ok with the militarization of US cities. They don’t seem to be cool with trump diddling kids so let’s keep the news cycle focused on the one that may drive him out of office. Trump sending troops to stand around and be photographed is bad but not end of the world bad.

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      If people just sit around and let him impose martial law then it doesn’t matter what anybody remembers.