William Kristol

RT @Carrasquillo: Really enjoyed my chat with @BillKristol that touched on everything from 9/11 (I was at Stuyvesant blocks away) to Andor…

Combine Trump's love of the exercise of authoritarian power with Stephen Miller's hatred of non-white immigrants coming here, and you get the terrible sight of troops deployed at home in the service of a mass deportation. I discuss w/ @Carrasquillo. https://t.co/JJWPRAMoqR

Fact check: True. https://t.co/sawRxr35zp

Speaker of the House: Using active duty Marines on the streets of an American city is just “peace through strength.” ‼️ So we can’t count on the Speaker to defend the rule of law, or to defend the military against misuse.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar

JON KARL: Could we really see active duty Marines on the streets of LA? MIKE JOHNSON: One of our core principles is maintaining peace through strength. We do that on foreign affairs and domestic affairs as well. I don't think that's heavy handed. https://t.co/gNzjnzVnJ2

Trump’s order stops short of Insurrection Act…BUT we’re on a slippery slope. Hegseth can mobilize as many Guard and regular troops as he wants. They’re to protect “federal functions,” which is elastic. Once use of military is normalized won’t Trump seek any excuse to go further?

FYI, in last night’s Presidential Memorandum: “The Secretary of Defense may employ any other members of the regular Armed Forces as necessary to augment and support the protection of federal functions and property in any number determined appropriate in his discretion.”

The military isn’t being employed to carry out an immigration policy. The immigration policy, and especially the way the administration is choosing to carry it out, is an excuse to call out the military.

RT @MarkSalter55: Unless you’re breaking into the Capitol and trying to hang the VP.

Testing the waters for Trump invoking the Insurrection Act of 1807?

Stephen Miller @StephenM

An insurrection against the laws and sovereignty of the United States.

"You know you’ve sunk into the middle of a total Assholocaust when Hitler-loving Kanye is stepping in as a cooler head, tweeting: 'Broooos please noooooo,' which he followed with a hugging emoji. 'We love you both so much.'” https://t.co/itP3UohJSk

RT @BulwarkOnline: "It is up to us to get him back. It is up to us to free him because the US is a government still, for this moment, of by…

“This is a war of identity. Understanding that is key to not just resisting authoritarianism, but unmasking it…For MAGA loyalists, the argument is not a pathway to truth but a fortress of identity. Their talking points aren’t to persuade but to protect.” https://t.co/MX4fMS2pXN

I’m for the U.S. Army having lots of tanks. I’m against having them in the streets of Washington, D.C.

Benjamin Alvarez @BenjAlvarez1

Tanks, fighting vehicles and howitzers arrive in Washington, D.C. ahead of next week's military parade. They departed from Texas on June 2. https://t.co/J3XMILQJBa

Trump v. Musk? Trump winning. "As of early Saturday, Musk's Epstein-related post was no longer showing, with X users receiving a notice that reads: 'Sorry, that post has been deleted.' And it’s not the only post of Musk’s that has been deleted.' https://t.co/nBZqQXi2iY

I apologize for the Nazi analogy. But Trump-Musk feels a bit like 1934's Night of the Long Knives, when the Leader, encouraged by his top loyalists, Goring and Himmler (cf. Vought and Miller), purged Rohm and the SA (cf. Elon and DOGE) for being troublesome and uncontrollable.

It's possible the split with Elon will persist, divide MAGA, and weaken Trump. I think it far more likely that there'll be no real divide in the ranks, Trump will crush Elon, and Trump will emerge stronger than ever. It's Putin vs. Khodorkovsky, not a fight between equals.