August 24, 2025. As the administration of President Donald Trump is using loopholes in the nation's laws

to claim the right to use the military against American citizens, Democratic governors are pushing back.

The administration has taken control of the Washington, D.C. police under the 1973 Home Rule Act,

which permits that takeover if special conditions of an emergency nature exist.

Although the Department of Justice itself reported that crime in the city is at a 30-year

low, Trump declared a crime emergency in the District of Columbia on August 11th to take control of the police.

The Home Rule Act limits the President's takeover to 30 days unless the House and Senate

pass a joint resolution to extend that time. On Friday, Representative Andy Biggs, a Republican

of Arizona, introduced a bill to extend the takeover for about six months and to make that

time the default for all future emergencies.

Tonight, California Governor Gavin Newsom's social media account posted,

Trump's militarization of Los Angeles seems to have been just the start of an authoritarian takeover of American cities.

This is not leadership.

This is a scary, unlawful grab for power, and we should all be deeply concerned.

Newsom has been calling attention to Trump's erratic behavior and mental incapacity

by imitating the president's disjointed all caps social media posts and mimicking

the president's merchandise. He recently replaced Trump's name with his own on ball caps,

for example, to say Newsom was right about everything after Trump appeared Friday with a cap saying

Trump was right about everything,

and has offered flags that say, Make America Gavin again, to troll Trump's make America great

again slogan.

Right-wing media complaints about Newsom's unprofessional behavior highlight Trump's instability, for Newsom is simply imitating Trump.

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