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Trump Activates Militia, Calls All Capable of Bearing Arms to Carry
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| 1 April, 2017
| Dean Weingarten
Posted on 04/01/2017 7:34:34 AM PDT by marktwain
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To: Leaning Right
...Maximum Waters, spokesperson for the Democrat Party.I thought that was funny!
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posted on
04/01/2017 4:23:39 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(President Trump is not a politician.)
To: marktwain
Obviously an April fools joke. Didn't even need to read to the bottom of the article.
The order will go into effect on 1 April, 2017, at 24:59:59 Pacific time, and extend until 00:00:01 on 2 April, 2017, Eastern Standard time.
Pacific time is 3 hours behind Eastern Time. The order ends 2 hours 59 minutes and 58 seconds before it even begins.
To: PJBankard
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posted on
04/01/2017 4:58:04 PM PDT
by
marktwain
(President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
To: BenLurkin; All
Your Governor has that power. Not the Prz, yes
Governors have the power to call up the militia in their state.
The President can call up the militia nationally.
The Congress has the power to call up the militia in the Constitution, and they delegated the power to the President as Commander in Chief, in 1795.
The power of the President to call up the militia has been upheld by the Supreme Court as late as the 1980’s.
Thought the cases involved the National Guard, the militia consists of all men capable of bearing arms. The president could certainly activate them when needed in a national emergency.
http://www.heritage.org/constitution/#!/articles/2/essays/87/commander-of-militia
This is a significant political fact, considering that some commentators have actively wondered about a military coup against President Trump, and that there are, literally, millions of well armed, unorganized militiamen that would likely answer the President’s call.
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posted on
04/01/2017 6:09:20 PM PDT
by
marktwain
(President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
To: Big Red Badger
Pintle mount it, like a .50 machine gun.
CC
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posted on
04/02/2017 1:31:37 AM PDT
by
Celtic Conservative
(CC: purveyor of cryptic, snarky posts since December, 2000..)
To: marktwain
To: BuffaloJack
During the Civil War at the battle of Gettysburg a man, 70+ years old showed up at the battle line and offered his services to the yankees. Turns out he was a veteran of the war of 1812 and fought alongside the troops with his “brown bess” musket for the better part of the day. After a few near misses, the local Commanding officer sent him home for his own good.
CC
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posted on
04/02/2017 1:40:29 AM PDT
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Celtic Conservative
(CC: purveyor of cryptic, snarky posts since December, 2000..)
To: Leaning Right
I thought “Maximum Waters” was cute.
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posted on
04/02/2017 1:51:42 AM PDT
by
21twelve
(http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts FDR's New Deal = obama)
To: marktwain
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posted on
04/02/2017 2:50:18 AM PDT
by
Candor7
((Obama fascism article:(http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
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