“This militarized spending comes at the expense of federal programs—like public housing—that actually do prevent crime and improve health and education outcomes,” said researcher Hanna Homestead Last week, when Trump federalized Washington, DC’s police force and deployed the National Guard to occupy its streets, one of his main orders was to “end vagrancy” by destroying homeless […]
[content id=”79272″] The attorney general of Washington, DC said recently that contrary to the president’s claims, “violent crime in DC reached historic 30-year lows last year, and is down another 26% so far this year.” Trump: “Mayor Bowser better get her act straight or she won’t be mayor very long because we’ll take it over […]
[content id=”79272″] One critic accused the president of “testing the limits of his power, hoping to intimidate other cities into submission to his every vengeful whim.” The Trump administration’s military occupation of Washington, D.C. is expected to expand, a White House official said Wednesday, with President Donald Trump also saying he will ask Congress to approve a […]
Did you know that the Purple Heart is America’s oldest military award? In 1782, although the Revolutionary War was basically over and peace talks were happening in Paris, Gen. George Washington needed a way to quell the talk of rebellion. Congress was running out of money after years of war against England. Troops were hungry […]