Some of the 800 National Guard members deployed by President Donald Trump began arriving in the nation’s capital on Tuesday, ramping up after the White House ordered federal forces to take over the city’s police department and reduce crime in what the president called — without substantiation — a lawless city.

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      Yeah which is why this isn’t a fucking distraction and it’s getting tiresome seeing it in the comments of very fucking serious shit.

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      For real. The end result and what we want is the same, and it’s guided by much more than these two things. All of you that are pushing this “only talk about one thing” narrative either need to reevaluate the way you’re thinking, and if not, fuck off.

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        everyone in the epstein files should rot in a cell until the end of time. but that will never ever happen if people don’t start focusing on the more pressing things, like the takeover of our federal government. why would those files change anything right now? we know many people in power are pedophiles, and it’s pretty common that some big name gets discovered as a pedo and absolutely nothing changes. they rarely even lose their job. why would that change now?

        y’all are chasing those files without realizing it’s a carrot on a stick, a tantalizing taste of actual change that will never have any effect until the other more pressing issues with our government are resolved.