Anonymous wrote:I hope everyone is aware that a federal takeover of DC will be a dress rehearsal for the federal takeover of "blue" cities--and possibly more. If it goes well in DC, the sky's the limit.

Aren’t you the lady that said the tanks weren’t going to leave after the parade?

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Anonymous wrote:I hope everyone is aware that a federal takeover of DC will be a dress rehearsal for the federal takeover of "blue" cities--and possibly more. If it goes well in DC, the sky's the limit.

Take your meds.

Why do you think the above response is unreasonable. Trump has made a number of statements regarding federal intervention in blue cities due to immigration enforcement or "crime." A federal takeover is not a stretch if he is not pleased with local responses to federal intervention attempts. The base would love it if he kicked around a few blue cities and/or states.

1) Trump has repeatedly threatened to take federal control of Washington, D.C., citing concerns about crime and local governance. On August 5, 2025, following an attempted carjacking involving a former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffer, Trump posted on Truth Social: “If D.C. doesn’t get its act together, and quickly, we will have no choice but to take Federal control of the City, and run this City how it should be run, and put criminals on notice that they’re not going to get away with it anymore.” He reiterated this stance to reporters on August 6, 2025, mentioning the possibility of revoking D.C.’s Home Rule or deploying the National Guard. Trump has made similar statements since his 2024 campaign, including at the March 2023 Conservative Political Action Conference and a July 2024 Florida rally, where he criticized D.C.’s crime and appearance, suggesting federal intervention to “clean it up” and make it “safe.”

2) Here is a list of cities Donald Trump has suggested warranted federal intervention due to crime:

Washington, D.C.
Chicago
Los Angeles
New York City
Detroit
San Francisco
Philadelphia
Oakland
Baltimore

These cities have been mentioned in Trump’s statements, particularly in 2024 and 2025, as targets for federal action, such as intensified ICE raids, National Guard deployment, or other law enforcement measures, often tied to his claims of high crime rates or Democratic mismanagement.

PS. I have a long list of links for his comments that I can post in successive posts if you'd like (they're too long for this one).

Anonymous wrote:I hope everyone is aware that a federal takeover of DC will be a dress rehearsal for the federal takeover of "blue" cities--and possibly more. If it goes well in DC, the sky's the limit.

Take your meds.

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Once more, 90% of DC’s murders occurred in Wards 7 & 8 east of the Anacostia.

If Trump wants to station Feds to patrol those areas, have at it.

Remove those 2 wards and the rate per 100000 drops below 5.

I hope everyone is aware that a federal takeover of DC will be a dress rehearsal for the federal takeover of "blue" cities--and possibly more. If it goes well in DC, the sky's the limit.

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Anonymous wrote:There’s a pot hole in RCP about to open into a chasm. It’s been there since June at least. I hope fixing that is on the 7 nights of action agenda.

How about putting DC’s “youth offenders” to hard work filling potholes, removing trash and scrubbing graffiti?! Having them wear conspicuous jumpsuits would be a deterrent to others.

You're thinking way too logically and efficiently. No way in hell you're a Democrat. Here are the reasons why it wouldnt happen:
1- It's RACIST blah blah blah since we know what the vast majority of offenders would look like, all in spite of the lifelong positives this experience would give to same said offenders. But calling something Racist is more important to the left than results.
2- It's oppressive! Blah blah blah it's bringing slavery back. No. It's bringing ACCOUNTABILITY back.
3- Some might have past trauma blah blah blah See above. Softness is en vogue. There's a reason why disciplining children has passed the test of centuries. Go read some testimonials from reformed criminals.
4- It's embarrassing and singles individuals out because they'll be seen in public! OH REALLY??? Then the left's cancel culture of pasting and advertising anyone's name/address that disagree with them (the Covid era) or work for ICE or Law enforcement is what exactly!! The same strategy!

Instead of having Leftists virtue signal by removing trash and doing a lot of fluff community service work, the offenders doing real work would be 10 x more beneficial for everyone. Common sense known to everyone. If you did a poll on the street, you would overwhelmingly get votes in support of this.

Exactly.

I take it you live in DC? Have you made your thoughts known to your local representatives?

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Anonymous wrote:There’s a pot hole in RCP about to open into a chasm. It’s been there since June at least. I hope fixing that is on the 7 nights of action agenda.

How about putting DC’s “youth offenders” to hard work filling potholes, removing trash and scrubbing graffiti?! Having them wear conspicuous jumpsuits would be a deterrent to others.

You're thinking way too logically and efficiently. No way in hell you're a Democrat. Here are the reasons why it wouldnt happen:
1- It's RACIST blah blah blah since we know what the vast majority of offenders would look like, all in spite of the lifelong positives this experience would give to same said offenders. But calling something Racist is more important to the left than results.
2- It's oppressive! Blah blah blah it's bringing slavery back. No. It's bringing ACCOUNTABILITY back.
3- Some might have past trauma blah blah blah See above. Softness is en vogue. There's a reason why disciplining children has passed the test of centuries. Go read some testimonials from reformed criminals.
4- It's embarrassing and singles individuals out because they'll be seen in public! OH REALLY??? Then the left's cancel culture of pasting and advertising anyone's name/address that disagree with them (the Covid era) or work for ICE or Law enforcement is what exactly!! The same strategy!

Instead of having Leftists virtue signal by removing trash and doing a lot of fluff community service work, the offenders doing real work would be 10 x more beneficial for everyone. Common sense known to everyone. If you did a poll on the street, you would overwhelmingly get votes in support of this.

Exactly.

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Anonymous wrote:There’s a pot hole in RCP about to open into a chasm. It’s been there since June at least. I hope fixing that is on the 7 nights of action agenda.

How about putting DC’s “youth offenders” to hard work filling potholes, removing trash and scrubbing graffiti?! Having them wear conspicuous jumpsuits would be a deterrent to others.

You're thinking way too logically and efficiently. No way in hell you're a Democrat. Here are the reasons why it wouldnt happen:
1- It's RACIST blah blah blah since we know what the vast majority of offenders would look like, all in spite of the lifelong positives this experience would give to same said offenders. But calling something Racist is more important to the left than results.
2- It's oppressive! Blah blah blah it's bringing slavery back. No. It's bringing ACCOUNTABILITY back.
3- Some might have past trauma blah blah blah See above. Softness is en vogue. There's a reason why disciplining children has passed the test of centuries. Go read some testimonials from reformed criminals.
4- It's embarrassing and singles individuals out because they'll be seen in public! OH REALLY??? Then the left's cancel culture of pasting and advertising anyone's name/address that disagree with them (the Covid era) or work for ICE or Law enforcement is what exactly!! The same strategy!

Instead of having Leftists virtue signal by removing trash and doing a lot of fluff community service work, the offenders doing real work would be 10 x more beneficial for everyone. Common sense known to everyone. If you did a poll on the street, you would overwhelmingly get votes in support of this.

Do you live in DC?

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Anonymous wrote:In the past five years I’ve been the victim of three crimes in DC. I only filed a police report on one of them since it involved several thousands of dollars of loss and I needed a report for insurance. I’m sure there are hundreds more like me. Crime in DC is really bad.

I’ve lived here 25 years and have never had even a package stolen and don’t know a single person who is a victim of crime.

But neither my anecdote or yours is relevant nor your made up extrapolation…that’s like me saying there must be zero crime because I have never been a victim.

What neighborhood are you in? Would be helpful context. I’m in LaFayette ES area and I’d say almost 50% of neighborhood have had a package stolen or car window smashed. Most do not call police because they know it would be pointless and could potentially hurt property values.

I live in the Janney ES catchment area and have never had a package stolen here. We did have one package stolen off our porch in the ten years we lived in Petworth. And I once had a grill taken off my patio in Dupont Circle, but possibly by the condo association.

I wouldn’t say I spend any time worrying about porch theft. I also wouldn’t say package theft is likely to be addressed in any way by whatever show of force the White House has in mind.

Columbia Heights haven't had any package theft in over 8 years; this is after we put in a mailroom door. There is theft if delivery folks don't buzz into the building or use the code.

Also haven't had any car break ins on our buildings property - some illegal parkers but no break ins.

Why would they risk stealing your package when they can take exactly what they want from the target in their preferred color and size?

He’s so concerned about DC crime rates?!? Wait until he finds out about Baltimore. I’d love to see him try to take it over. As Chris Rock once said in his joke about taking over Baghdad-you couldn’t even take Baltimore in a day. 😂😂

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Anonymous wrote:There’s a pot hole in RCP about to open into a chasm. It’s been there since June at least. I hope fixing that is on the 7 nights of action agenda.

How about putting DC’s “youth offenders” to hard work filling potholes, removing trash and scrubbing graffiti?! Having them wear conspicuous jumpsuits would be a deterrent to others.

You're thinking way too logically and efficiently. No way in hell you're a Democrat. Here are the reasons why it wouldnt happen:
1- It's RACIST blah blah blah since we know what the vast majority of offenders would look like, all in spite of the lifelong positives this experience would give to same said offenders. But calling something Racist is more important to the left than results.
2- It's oppressive! Blah blah blah it's bringing slavery back. No. It's bringing ACCOUNTABILITY back.
3- Some might have past trauma blah blah blah See above. Softness is en vogue. There's a reason why disciplining children has passed the test of centuries. Go read some testimonials from reformed criminals.
4- It's embarrassing and singles individuals out because they'll be seen in public! OH REALLY??? Then the left's cancel culture of pasting and advertising anyone's name/address that disagree with them (the Covid era) or work for ICE or Law enforcement is what exactly!! The same strategy!

Instead of having Leftists virtue signal by removing trash and doing a lot of fluff community service work, the offenders doing real work would be 10 x more beneficial for everyone. Common sense known to everyone. If you did a poll on the street, you would overwhelmingly get votes in support of this.

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Anonymous wrote:Where exactly do DC residents WANT extra law enforcement?

3 am at Logan Circle. What’s open at Logan Circle or in DC at 3 am Sunday morning? Drugs and trans hookers.

This! Big balls was not having dinner at 3 am.

Big balls and anyone else should be allowed to walk down a street at 3am and not expect to be robbed. That YOU believe that is normal behavior is disturbing.

You clearly don’t live in DC. Of course I don’t think people should expect to be robbed. I have been down on U St/Logan Circle a million times (fave bar is there). In my 25 years of living in DC, I have never been a victim of crime. But also DC is not NYC, there isn’t a lot going on at 3 am that is anything good. Nothing good happens at 3 am in DC.

Anonymous wrote:Ship them off to California

Trump thinks big. They’re going to Sudan or Liberia or Cecot.