Trump administration makes plea to Republican governors: Nationwide Guard personnel will probably be deployed from pink states to Washington, D.C., underneath a deal between President Donald Trump and three Republican governors.
Some 800 Nationwide Guardsmen are already deployed in D.C. for Trump’s law-and-order present of pressure. South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster will ship one other 200 from his state; Gov. Patrick Morrisey will ship 300–400 from West Virginia; and Gov. Mike DeWine will add 150 Ohioans to the combo. “Pentagon press secretary Kingsley Wilson instructed reporters Thursday that [National Guardsmen] is not going to be making arrests, however they might ‘quickly restrict the motion of a person who has entered restricted or secured space with out permission,'” stories Axios, which makes it sound like their position will probably be considerably pointless and performative.
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Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen, a Democrat, known as this entire factor a “manufactured emergency” (and pivoted to speaking about January 6, naturally) and “a chance for Donald Trump to play dictator” on MSNBC. “Crime in D.C. is at a 30-year low and on a downward trajectory,” he added to ABC, repeating a standard speaking level that is grounded in possibly-suspect stats (extra right here). Many Democrats, together with D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, cannot fairly resolve the stance they need to take: simply citing the “30-year low” statistic, or conceding that there are particular issues in D.C.—hotspots of carjackings, for instance—however that Trump’s deployments aren’t truly concentrating on them successfully up to now.
Scenes from New York: Late final week, Mayor Eric Adams—who’s operating for re-election towards socialist Zohran Mamdani, disgraced former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, and based mostly beret-wearer Curtis Sliwa—introduced that he would prioritize forcibly shifting drug customers off the streets and permitting hospital employees to pressure them into therapy (following court docket approval).
He introduced this at a Manhattan Institute occasion, saying “the proof is correct there in entrance of us.”
“Individuals brazenly utilizing unlawful medication on the streets and in our parks, handed out in doorways and sidewalks, encampments littering with syringes and vials and unsanitary situations which might be a risk to public well being and public order,” he added. “This can’t be allowed to proceed.”
“The mayor’s proposal additionally known as for a brand new drop-in middle in a Bronx neighborhood the place The New York Publish has been documenting complaints about public drug abuse; a pilot program to reward folks with substance abuse issues who preserve to their therapy plans, a follow often known as ‘contingency administration’; and funding to supply cellphones to individuals within the metropolis’s Relay program, which gives assist to individuals who have been taken to emergency rooms for overdoses,” stories The New York Instances. “The objective is to facilitate follow-up calls.”
QUICK HITS
- Geographically, the place has federal legislation enforcement been deployed in D.C.?
The @washingtonpost tracked the place Trump’s forces are patrolling in Washington. Spoiler alert: They don’t seem to be the place the crime is. pic.twitter.com/hH1QFdFFz5
— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) August 17, 2025
There are additionally some stories that Anacostia, a crime-ridden neighborhood within the southeastern a part of D.C., has had a rise in Nationwide Guard exercise; it is a troublesome factor to measure.
Anacostia is positioned in Southeast D.C., throughout the river from Capitol Hill in Ward 8. D.C. has seen a rise in Nationwide Guard and federal property, and we requested the native supervisor at @DCitySmokehouse what his views on the rise in federal patrols.
“They’re making their… pic.twitter.com/xUYjiCA5kL
— Wid Lyman (@Wid_Lyman) August 16, 2025
- No breakthroughs within the Trump-Putin Alaska talks, per Bloomberg.
- “A social-media marketing campaign launched late final month touted immigration enforcement as a chance for father-son bonding and to ‘deport illegals together with your absolute boys,’ a slang time period for shut pals,” based on a Wall Road Journal report. “The Division of Homeland Safety has invoked world-war-era imagery and touted Nineteen Nineties Superman actor Dean Cain in an all-out blitz to steer Individuals they need to be part of ICE’s ranks. The federal authorities additionally provided hefty incentives: as much as $50,000 in signing bonuses and as much as $60,000 in pupil mortgage forgiveness. No undergraduate diploma is required. DHS additionally lifted the age cap for law-enforcement roles, opening a deportation officer place particularly for folks over 40, and tried to woo again retired law-enforcement officers with a ‘return to mission’ marketing campaign.”
- Meet the Iowa Democrat who seems like a Republican and is presently operating for governor.
- Sturdy modifications to immigration screening:
NEWS — The Trump administration issued a memo signaling it would extra closely scrutinize functions filed by authorized immigrants looking for U.S. citizenship, its newest effort to tighten immigration advantages.
It expands the inquiry into whether or not somebody has “good ethical character.” pic.twitter.com/IBFCk5xeun
— Camilo Montoya-Galvez (@camiloreports) August 16, 2025
- I agree with this, however your mileage could differ; libertarians come down in very totally different locations right here.
Embryonic choice turns the parent-child relationship right into a consumer-product relationship.
We have already got a few of that with sex-selective abortion, however the promise of embryonic choice is one in all excellent customization of a client good.
— Santi Ruiz (@rSanti97) August 17, 2025
This spherical of embryonic screening/choice discourse was began by the wonderful Ross Douthat interview of Orchid founder Noor Siddiqui.
Observe the rhetorical gadgets used within the Orchid ethical campaign: The implication is that when you do not display screen your kids and as a substitute select to have them naturally, you are neglectful, otherwise you’ve abdicated your duty to them. https://t.co/D2Gex56JP3
— Liz Wolfe (@LizWolfeReason) August 16, 2025
