Moore, Baltimore leaders work to shore up city safety as Trump threatens DC-type occupation
Gov. Wes Moore has (without the ALL-CAPS social media posts) become the East Coast bookend to California Gov. Gavin Newsom in pushing back against the bellicose Prez. As many news outlets have noted, city leaders like DC Mayor Muriel Bowser (whose city is uniquely in the feds' grasp) have found it expedient to give Trump some room to gloat, BUT grand juries in DC and around the country are declining to indict those spuriously charged by Trump or his minions as a mode of intimidation. As also noted, states are banding together to provide what the Trump regime, as long as it lasts, is refusing to provide as the federal share, prompting edgy thoughts about even more state-level consolidation.
As our People's Action fed specialist Megan E points out below, as much as the chilling sight of uniformed soldiers patrolling the Capital's streets (or picking up trash in the parks, less chilling) troubles us, the long-range plans for health care are even more blood-freezing. This is a sneak attack that might get past most people, at least until the midterm elections are behind us. Don't let that happen.
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