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3) Under city’s #HomeRuleAct, #president can take over #DC #police for up to 30 days by declaring “special conditions of an #emergency nature exist.” After that time, police would revert to local control unless #Congress passes a law allow a longer period of federal control. #trump has been functioning without #congressional #oversight since Jan 2025. There is no #congressional engagement #military #militarization #EpsteinFiles #coverup #GhislaineMaxwell
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3) Under city’s #HomeRuleAct, #president can take over #DC #police for up to 30 days by declaring “special conditions of an #emergency nature exist.” After that time, police would revert to local control unless #Congress passes a law allow a longer period of federal control. #trump has been functioning without #congressional #oversight since Jan 2025. There is no #congressional engagement #military #militarization #EpsteinFiles #coverup #GhislaineMaxwell
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"If D.C. doesn’t get its act together, & quickly, we will have no choice but to take Federal control of the City," #Trump added.
Trump’s latest threat to take over #WashingtonDC came after he learned that #ElonMusk protégé & former #DOGE staffer known as #BigBalls was injured in an attempted carjacking Sunday morning in #DC.
#law #democracy #Constitution #ArticleOne #HomeRuleAct #DCstatehood
https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution-conan/article-1/section-8/clause-17
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"If D.C. doesn’t get its act together, & quickly, we will have no choice but to take Federal control of the City," #Trump added.
Trump’s latest threat to take over #WashingtonDC came after he learned that #ElonMusk protégé & former #DOGE staffer known as #BigBalls was injured in an attempted carjacking Sunday morning in #DC.
#law #democracy #Constitution #ArticleOne #HomeRuleAct #DCstatehood
https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution-conan/article-1/section-8/clause-17
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#Trump threatens to take over #WashingtonDC governance
Trump said on Tues the #FederalGovernment could take control of #Washington, #DC if the local govt "doesn't get its act together," with his comments coming in a social media post complaining about crime in the #US capital.
"The Law in DC must be changed to prosecute these 'minors' as adults, & lock them up for a long time, starting at age 14," Trump posted.
#law #democracy #Constitution #ArticleOne #HomeRuleAct
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-threatens-take-over-washington-dcs-governance-2025-08-05/ -
#Trump threatens to take over #WashingtonDC governance
Trump said on Tues the #FederalGovernment could take control of #Washington, #DC if the local govt "doesn't get its act together," with his comments coming in a social media post complaining about crime in the #US capital.
"The Law in DC must be changed to prosecute these 'minors' as adults, & lock them up for a long time, starting at age 14," Trump posted.
#law #democracy #Constitution #ArticleOne #HomeRuleAct
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-threatens-take-over-washington-dcs-governance-2025-08-05/ -
GOP Georgia congressman Andrew Clyde wants to end local government in D.C. - Axios Washington D.C. https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2022/07/20/town-talker-dc-foe-in-andrew-clyde A congressional takeover. Clyde has said he's drafting legislation to repeal the #HomeRuleAct the 1973 law that enshrined local autonomy for D.C.
“These are issues we can all agree on,” he says. “Let’s make our city safe again.”
In addition to an abortion ban, Clyde said he wants to institute a law allowing D.C. residents to carry handguns without a permit. #TooManyGuns -
GOP Georgia congressman Andrew Clyde wants to end local government in D.C. - Axios Washington D.C. https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2022/07/20/town-talker-dc-foe-in-andrew-clyde A congressional takeover. Clyde has said he's drafting legislation to repeal the #HomeRuleAct the 1973 law that enshrined local autonomy for D.C.
“These are issues we can all agree on,” he says. “Let’s make our city safe again.”
In addition to an abortion ban, Clyde said he wants to institute a law allowing D.C. residents to carry handguns without a permit. #TooManyGuns