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Your opposition to this proposed legislation because minorities won't be able defend themselves against white supremacists is admirable.

If it ever gets to trial it will be an easy acquittal for Lemon, who was just acting as a reporter and trying to get an interview. His text messages will show he had no part in organizing or leading this mob.

Exactly.

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/11/20/congress/trump-democratic-lawmakers-sedition-00661504 Trump calls for Democratic lawmakers to face trial for ‘seditious behavior’ President Donald Trump on Thursday called for six Democratic lawmakers to face arrest and trial after they made a video encouraging U.S. service members and members of the intelligence community to refrain from following orders if they broke the law. “It’s called SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL,” Trump charged in a post on Truth Social. “Each one of these traitors to our Country should be ARRESTED AND PUT ON TRIAL. Their words cannot be allowed to stand - We won’t have a Country anymore!!! An example MUST BE SET.” The president then reposted 16 Truth Social posts, including one that advocated for hanging the Democrats, like “GEORGE WASHINGTON WOULD.” “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!” he later wrote. Sens. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) and Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), as well as Reps. Jason Crow (D-Colo.), Chrissy Houlahan (D-Penn.), Maggie Goodlander (D-N.H.) and Chris Deluzio (D-Penn.) were featured in the Tuesday video. They are all either military veterans or worked in national security-focused roles before taking office. “We know you are under enormous stress and pressure right now,” they said. “Americans trust their military. But that trust is at risk. This administration is pitting our uniformed military and intelligence community professionals against American citizens. Like us, you all swore an oath to protect and defend this Constitution. Right now, the threats to our constitution aren’t just coming from abroad, but from right here at home. Our laws are clear, you can refuse illegal orders.” In a joint statement Thursday, House Democratic leadership condemned Trump’s “disgusting and dangerous death threats” and called for him to delete the posts, urging their Republican colleagues to say the same. The statement — co-signed by Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Minority Whip Katherine Clark and Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar — said House leadership had been in contact with the House sergeant at arms and the United States Capitol Police to “ensure the safety” of the members mentioned in Trump’s posts. “Donald Trump incited a violent attack on the Capitol on January 6th as part of a treacherous attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election,” they wrote. “The President’s violent and unhinged rhetoric against American patriots is consistent with his well-documented history of attacking prisoners of war, Gold Star families and war heroes. There is no bottom when it comes to Donald Trump.”

They don't have a clue.

No, typo, I see you and all your racism against Latinos, Blacks and Indigenous people, I see you and all your bigotry against Muslims that you always refer to as savages. And I see you and your constant anti-gay, anti-lesbian and anti-trans slurs that prove on a daily basis your hatred of LGBTQ folks.

Looking more and more likely that he intends to invoke it. JD Vance on NBC this morning: https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1977378253368176835 (video clip at link) WELKER: Are you seriously looking at invoking the Insurrection Act? VANCE: The president is looking at all of his options, right now he hasn't felt he needed to. But we have to remember we are talking about this because crime has gotten out of control in our cities WELKER: Crime is down in both Chicago and Portland VANCE: Crime is down in Chicago and Portland often because they are so overwhelmed at the local level they are not even keeping the statistics properly

What would that have proven if she was?

What does being a lesbian have anything to do with the validity of her opinion or advice to the troops?

Yes I do and I see all you racism against Latinos, Blacks and Native Americans, bigotry towards Muslims and Somalians plus hatred expressed towards gay men, lesbians and transgender folks.

https://twitter.com/cmclymer/status/2013331503464259664

Do you seriously believe a member of Congress would be funding a Somalian terrorist group? That is absurd and there is still not one shred of evidence she had anything to do with or had any knowledge of this fraud of government funds in Minnesota. Again, the only connection seems to be that she was born in Somalia and nothing else.

The MAGA crowd are cheering Trump directing the military to blow up a tiny Venezuelan boat that barely had enough cocaine for a bachelor party (if it had drugs at all) without any proof of guilt or a trial. So, civilians from other countries allegedly brining drugs to the US in international waters now merits the death penalty? https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/us-military-kills-11-people-strike-alleged-drug-boat-venezuela-trump-says-2025-09-03/ US military kills 11 people in strike on alleged drug boat from Venezuela, Trump says WASHINGTON, Sept 2 (Reuters) - The U.S. military killed 11 people on Tuesday in a strike on a vessel from Venezuela allegedly carrying illegal narcotics, President Donald Trump said, in the first known operation since his administration's recent deployment of warships to the southern Caribbean. "We just, over the last few minutes, literally shot out a boat, a drug-carrying boat, a lot of drugs in that boat," Trump told reporters at the White House. "And there's more where that came from. We have a lot of drugs pouring into our country, coming in for a long time ... These came out of Venezuela." He later shared a video on his Truth Social platform that appeared to show footage from overhead drones of a speedboat at sea exploding and then on fire. "The strike resulted in 11 terrorists killed in action. No U.S. Forces were harmed in this strike," Trump said. He added that the U.S. military had identified the crew as members of Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, which the U.S. designated a terrorist group in February. He repeated allegations that Tren de Aragua is being controlled by Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, accusations that Caracas denies.

I do, but if it is a thread I have recently started I monitor the messages to correct any misinformation or falsehoods. And a fraud involving federal funds like this, although despicable, is not considered an act of treason, nor has it ever been.

Doesn't that sound like something Hitler or Stalin might have said? Except they would have been referring to countries they invaded that couldn't stop them.

Agreed with the bolded but not the two following that. Ilhan Omar has been a naturalized U.S. citizen since 2000, so she could theoretically be deported if she were found to have committed significant immigration or naturalization fraud. However, there has not been a shred of proof offered by Trump or anyone else that she was involved in any way with the Somalian fraud scheme in Minnesota or even had knowledge about it. The only connection seems to be that she was born in Somalia.

Not a duplicate thread. This a thread for all news and issues regarding Omar, not just on Trump's rant about her today on Truth Social.

My posts in this thread are about setting the record straight as to what really happened here, not defending any community. Once again for those who missed it, here are the facts, which can pretty easily be verified: Don didn’t lead a group of protestors into a church or organize anything. He was told a group would be protesting in the church and he simply went inside to document and interview. Note: It has been reported that one of the pastors of the church is an ICE agent (which I have been unable to verify) which apparently was the reason for the protest that Lemon was simply covering as a reporter.

I am correcting the record and false narrative you have posted here. To repeat: Don didn’t lead a group of protestors into a church or organize anything. He was told a group would be protesting in the church, and he simply went inside to document and interview. I’m sure a simple court order of text messages etc will easily corroborate this.

https://x.com/MaileOnX/status/2013101222946123891 (tik tok video at link): Don Lemon, just made a TikTok confirming this. He says he was simply engaged in "an act of journalism." "Why don't you talk to the actual person who is in charge of the organization and whose idea it was to have the protests at the church before you start blaming me for stuff."

As I suspected, the real story is not what is reported in the OP.

https://x.com/JoyceWhiteVance/status/2013211636543213756 Joyce Alene @JoyceWhiteVance · 1/ About 1,500 active-duty soldiers, two infantry battalions of the Army's 11th Airborne Division, are under prepare-to-deploy orders for possible action in Minnesota. This means Donald Trump is actively contemplating invoking the Insurrection Act. Absent that, deployment of active duty members of the military is prohibited by the Posse Comitatus Act. 2/ It bears repeating that the American military isn’t meant to be used for domestic law enforcement against American citizens, barring extraordinary circumstances that simply aren’t present here. 3/ Trump could become the first President to direct the use of U.S. military forces against American citizens during peacetime. And he’s doing it in a situation where the “unrest” is mostly peaceful protests resulting from Trump’s efforts to inflame the city. The situation is hardly the kind of insurrection, domestic violence, or conspiracy the Act contemplates, 4/ The 11th Airborne’s mission: “decisively defeats any adversary in extreme cold weather..through large scale combat operations.” They are ready to “deploy, fight & win decisively against any adversary.” Learn more about what Trump is doing here: https://joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-ahead-7f3