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At 3 pm Wed., a woman was stabbed just off a busy intersection on H Street, NE. National Guard members were dining al fresco at a taqueria DIRECTLY across the street, yet the suspect got away. "So safe," a local texted us.
— Ashley Parker (@ashleyrparker.bsky.social) 2025-08-29T18:46:58.412Z
Our postcard from an Occupied D.C.: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Klarkashton
(3,784 posts)Their goddamn bank accounts looking at all the money they are making standing around doing nothing.
Fuck them I have no respect for that shit.
marble falls
(67,858 posts)Last edited Tue Sep 2, 2025, 07:57 AM - Edit history (1)
... them one day short of benefits activation, and then reactivating them a day later. Don't blame the troops, blame il Douche who is interfering with the DC police.
Klarkashton
(3,784 posts)That's not the issue The issue is that they are there.
They could resign if they wanted to but they don't because they get paid to be there.
Like I said I don't have any respect for that shit at all and no pity either.
Angleae
(4,745 posts)These people have partial housing allowance, no health care, and their paycheck, being paid as active duty military, lags far behind their civilian paychecks.
marble falls
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Tactical Peek
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