This is a convicted felon.

I mean, think about that, who's threatening to jail me.

I got to say this guy's unhinged, he's insecure, he's a wannabe dictator, and there's

one thing I really want to say to Donald Trump.

If you come from my people, you come through me. So come and

get me. Wow, fighting words. Hi again, everyone. It's now five o'clock in New York. Come and get me.

Governor of Illinois standing firm in the face of very public and escalating threats in the face

of intimidation. Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker speaking there

rather bluntly to my colleague Jacob Soberoff today, responding to an earlier threat from the

President of the United States that he, along with Chicago's mayor, should be jailed for not

wanting the deployment of National Guard troops in their city.

In a post on social media, Governor Pritzker posed the question.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on a path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Despite opposition from the governor, the mayor, other local leaders, and the people of the city of Chicago,

the National Guard is now patrolling and on the ground in the Chicago area.

According to a press release from the Pentagon, there will be about 500 total troops from both the Illinois and Texas National Guard combined.

According to the Trump administration,

the National Guard is there to protect ICE and other federal agents carrying out deportation efforts

across the city. But what we have seen with our own eyes from those federal agents is an unprecedented

use of harsh and dehumanizing and escalating tactics.

There have been agents repelling from Black Hawk helicopters onto and into apartment buildings

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