Resistance or bust: Military troops in U.S. cities signal a national inflection point - Velshi - MSNBC

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Thousands of U.S. troops have been deployed to Los Angeles in response to largely peaceful demonstrations against ICE raids. Donald Trump’s presidential memo authorizing the National Guard's deployment stops short of invoking the Insurrection Act. But the legal debate over whether he’s formally invoked it may be beside the point. In practice, Trump is already behaving as if he holds those emergency powers.

Author and radio host Thom Hartmann warns this is an inflection point for the country. America’s current oligarchic phase will give way to one of two paths, he argues: full-blown autocracy, or mass resistance. And when that resistance begins, Hartmann says, the oligarchs face a choice: “Are we going to bring down the fist—or are we going to back off? And so far, what we are seeing is the fist.” This moment, Hartmann adds, is a moment of decision–“for the country, for the oligarchs, and for all of us.” - Aired on 06/15/2025.