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Today in Labor History April 3, 1891: Deputized members of the National Guard fired on immigrant strikers in the Morewood massacre, in Pennsylvania. They killed at least ten workers and injured dozens more. The workers were organized with the new United Mine Workers, and were fighting Henry Clay Frick, the same industrialist responsible for the massacre at Homestead the following year, and the man who anarchist Alexander Berkman attempted to assassinate, also in 1892.

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A fmr #AirForce fighter pilot, Maj Anthony Bourke, added: “When you disclose operational security, people can get killed.” He said that “these things are not taken lightly. I have never met anybody in the #military who does not know this.”

#Hegseth, a fmr #FoxNews weekend host, served as a #NationalGuard infantryman.

Cmdr Parker Kuldau, a fmr #Navy F/A18 pilot, called Hegseth’s disclosures, & subsequent response to them, “infuriating.”

I'm just gonna park this here..you know, for future reference

A #VanityFair article by #BessLevin dated September 17, 2020

Testifying before lawmakers, D.C. #NationalGuard Major #AdamDDeMarco said that in the hours before protesters were forcibly cleared from #LafayetteSquare, federal officials started to stockpile #ammunition and “seek devices that could emit deafening sounds and make anyone within range feel like their skin is on fire"

#LongRangeAcousticDevice #LRAD

vanityfair.com/news/2020/09/tr

Vanity Fair · The Trump Administration Wanted to Use a Weapon on Protesters to Make Their Skin “Feel Like It Was On Fire”By Bess Levin
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"The #KentStateMassacre, which occurred on May 4, 1970, involved the Ohio #NationalGuard shooting unarmed #CollegeStudents during a #protest against the Vietnam War at Kent State University, resulting in four deaths and nine injuries. This tragic event sparked widespread outrage and led to the largest student strike in U.S. history."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_Sta
#USHistory #Histodon

en.wikipedia.orgKent State shootings - Wikipedia

"Tin soldiers and Nixon's comin'
We're finally on our own
This summer I hear the drummin'
Four dead in Ohio

Gotta get down to it
Soldiers are gunning us down
Should have been done long ago
What if you knew her and
Found her dead on the ground?
How can you run when you know?"
- #NeilYoung, Ohio

youtube.com/watch?v=YdVMGKOFIw
#KentState #Resistance #History #NationalGuard #KentStateShootings #May4th #May41970

Speaking of #KristiNoem. I came across this very interesting article from #OpenSecrets! I'll betcha Kristi is #Trump's pick for 2028 (assuming he doesn't try and stay in power until...) Anyhow, apparently #JDVance has lost favor already (hasn't sucked up enough?).

#Trump administration profile: Kristi Noem

By Emma Rose Brown
February 5, 2025

"Shortly after winning the election in November, President Donald Trump nominated Kristi Noem to be secretary of homeland security in his second administration. Following a Jan. 17 hearing, her nomination cleared the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and she was confirmed by the Senate on Jan. 25. The longtime Trump loyalist immediately began carrying out his hardline immigration agenda.

"Who is she? After serving in the South Dakota Legislature for four years, Noem represented the state in the House of Representatives from 2011 to 2019, before becoming governor in 2019. As a member of Congress, Noem backed Trump’s Executive Order 13769, which banned travel to the United States by citizens of seven #Muslim-majority countries and temporarily halted the U.S. refugee program. While governor, she deployed dozens of #SouthDakota #NationalGuard members to the southern border in coordination with Texas officials. A lifelong rancher and farmer, Noem was under consideration to be Trump’s running mate until she wrote about killing a family dog in her 2024 memoir, 'No Going Back.'

#FollowTheMoney

"Noem has raised nearly $35 million (see federal and state data), in total, for her eight elections. Her two gubernatorial races brought in more than $24 million, and about half of those donations came from out of state. In her most recent gubernatorial election, she received $2.9 million from the Republican Governors Association, more than double its contribution to her first campaign.

"After being elected to Congress, she soon separated herself as a top fundraiser in the freshman class. She raised $169,000 in the first quarter of 2011, the third-most of any first-term member of Congress. During her time in Congress, PACs donated over $3 million, with over half a million in contributions from health professionals and $370,000 from the insurance industry.

"In 2017, she ranked in the top third of members of Congress in terms of wealth, with an estimated net worth of $2.35 million. Her husband, Bryon Noem, owns an insurance agency, which was then valued between $1 million and $5 million.

"Noem’s efforts to send National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border in 2019 were supported by a $1 million donation from #WillisJohnson, the #billionaire Republican donor and founder of junkyard company #Copart."

Why does it matter?

As DHS secretary, Noem will be tasked with overseeing federal immigration policy as well as domestic terrorism. Johnson’s support for National Guard activity, though legal, concerned experts who worried that the private funding of military actions could further politicize the military and set a dangerous precedent."

opensecrets.org/news/2025/02/t
#USPol #Idiocracy

Today in Labor History February 8, 1919: A General Strike occurred in Butte, Montana against a wage cut. Inspired by the Seattle General Strike, members of the IWW and the Metal and Mine Workers Union, Local 800, organized Soldiers’, Sailors’ and Workers Councils to lead the strike. Streetcar workers joined in, shutting down transportation for 5 days. Soldiers, returning from World War I, joined the pickets. Montana’s governor called in the National Guard. They bayoneted 9 workers. The workers ultimately called off the strike out of fear that there would be fatalities.

[17:07] Donald Trump pauses US tariffs on Mexico for a month; vows to hold talks with Canadian PM Trudeau later today

US President Donald Trump will pause new tariffs on Mexico for one month after Mexico agreed to reinforce its northern border with 10,000 National Guard members to stem the flow of illegal drugs, particularly fentanyl, he said on Monday on social media.

independent.ie/world-news/dona

#US #DonaldTrump #Mexico #onemonth #10,000 #NationalGuard #Monday

Irish Independent · Donald Trump pauses US tariffs on Mexico for a month; vows to hold talks with Canadian PM Trudeau later todayBy Daphne Psaledakis, David Lawder and Bart H Meijer
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"I've deployed active duty US #military & #NationalGuard troops to the #border to assist in repelling the *invasion*. It was really an invasion. We will not allow our territory to be violated after 4 long years."

"Before even taking office, my team negotiated a ceasefire agreement in the #MiddleEast, which wouldn't have happened without us."

"Our efforts to secure a peace settlement between #Russia & #Ukraine are now, hopefully, underway…."

#Trump

I humbly submit this suggestion to the gov't officials responding to the #CaliforniaWildFires. How about using some of the #NationalGuard to start building temporary housing for those displaced by the fires? The #Olympics will be here in a few years & I've read about plans to build Olympic villages to house athletes? How about start on something like that now? & convert some of the stadiums that are in L.A. & will house gymnastics, track & field, et al. into temporary housing.

I humbly submit this suggestion to the gov't officials responding to the #CaliforniaWildFires. How about using some of the #NationalGuard to start building temporary housing for those displaced by the fires? The #Olympics will be here in a few years & I've read about plans to build Olympic villages to house athletes? How about start on something like that now? & convert some of the stadiums that are in L.A. & will house gymnastics, track & field, et al. into temporary housing.

nydailynews.com/2024/12/28/wom

Yep. Going to be having conversations with relatives how its not safe to walk around here. One never knows when a car my run up on a sidewalk and kill or disfigure you.

Congestion pricing is too light a touch. Sending yet another message to Hochul about the terrorism of cars. Maybe we need National Guard to patrol the streets?

Today in Labor History December 13, 1636: The U.S. National Guard was created. The military force was originally created as a militia, by the Massachusetts Bay Colony, to protect its economic interests by killing local indigenous people, especially members of the Pequot tribe. In 1877, they were used to protect the interests of capital during the Great Train Strike, the wave of wildcat strikes that had broken out across the country. During that wave, National Guards and Police killed at least 100 workers. They also protected the interests of capital by providing the majority of soldiers for 19th century imperialistic wars, like the Mexican-American War and the Spanish-American War. Governors used them to suppress the Watts Riot (1965), the Rochester Race Riot (1964) and antiwar protests at Kent State. In each of these deployments, they shot and killed unarmed civilians.

Read my article on the Great Train Strike here: michaeldunnauthor.com/2024/03/

10 U.S. Code § 12406

Whenever—
(1) the United States, or any of the Commonwealths or possessions, is invaded or is in danger of invasion by a foreign nation;
(2) there is a rebellion or danger of a rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States; or
(3) the President is unable with the regular forces to execute the laws of the United States;

the President may call into Federal service members and units of the National Guard of any State in such numbers as he considers necessary to repel the invasion, suppress the rebellion, or execute those laws. Orders for these purposes shall be issued through the governors of the States or, in the case of the District of Columbia, through the commanding general of the National Guard of the District of Columbia.