The National Guard isn’t taking any chances ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden. According to the Associated Press, two National Guard members have been removed from their assignments to help secure the upcoming event after they were discovered to have ties to far-right militia groups! The state or alleged militia affiliations of the […]
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Arguments for D.C. statehood grow stronger following Capitol attack and plans for inauguration violence
Following the historic events of last week, the Democratic Party’s dream of Washington, D.C., statehood appears more attainable than ever—but not just because Jon Ossoff and Rev. Raphael Warnock won majority-flipping Senate races in Georgia. That same day the Associated Press and broadcasters confirmed the pair’s victory, Jan. 6, a violent mob of President Trump’s […]
What took the National Guard so long?
As supporters of President Trump descended on Washington on Wednesday, broke glass, and stormed the Capitol building where Congress was in the midst of certifying the Electoral College’s vote for Joe Biden, the same question echoed around the country: Where is the National Guard? Capitol Police, a federal law enforcement agency charged with protecting Congress, […]
America Requires a National Guard for scientists
All of them have their roots in disasters, Which Range from the Great Depression and the Second World War to the Cold War and also 9/11. Crises have constantly been catalysts for institutional renewal and reinvention, along with the coronavirus pandemic will not be any exception. But now, when we all could see is emergency […]