2/21/25

Trump wants to take over DC. Why this Must not Happen.

Trump first thought of a takeover of DC while cowering in the White House bunker during Black Lives Matter protests. He just brought that up again.

Trump said Wednesday that city leaders are not doing enough to reduce crime, clean up graffiti, and remove homeless encampments according to Jeff Bezos's Washington Post. If you believe that, I have a bridge to sell you.

Trump intends to extend the Whitehouse permitter to miles instead of feet. He would take over the Metropolitan Police and order them to checkpoints so only a chosen few would be allowed in or to leave. He would make a military fortress out of the White House and Congress so that he could rule unimpeded and terrorize citizens outside of the walls.

Congress would first have to repeal the Wahington DC Home Rule Act in response to an emergency.

However homeless encampments and graffiti are not cause to declare a state of emergency.

Violent protests could be. That is why protests must be kept peaceful. We can't give Trump a legitimate reason to crush democracy.

2/20/25

Mother of Sam Norquist Called Police Before His Murder. Police Said She didn't.

The five charged with the murder of transman Sam Norquist

The mother of Sam Nordquist says that his murder could have been prevented if police had done their job. She said that she called the Canandaigua Police Department twice after not hearing from her son and they performed wellness checks. They told her that everything appeared to be fine.

RED FLAG: No evidence of hate crime in the killing of transgender man Sam Norquist, police said, pointing out that the five charged with murder are also LGBTQI.

Update: 2 more arrested in connection with death of Sam Nordquist, transgender man tortured and killed in New York.

The Canandaigua Police Department's chief of police, Mathew Nielsen, said in a phone call with NBC that none of his roughly 30 officers spoke with the family prior to Sam's death. He suggested that the family is confused about which law enforcement agency they called to perform the wellness checks.

The phone number that the family called matched the number of CPD's office and matched the number in a screenshot of their call log shared with NBC News.