A decision isn't expected to be imminent, one source said, but debate within the administration has shifted recently to more deeply exploring how and when the act might be invoked.

WASHINGTON — White House officials have held increasingly serious discussions in recent days about President Donald Trump’s invoking the Insurrection Act, a rarely used 19th century law that gives the president the power to deploy active-duty troops inside the United States for law enforcement purposes, five people with knowledge of the talks told NBC News.

  • A_norny_mousse@feddit.org
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    5 days ago

    Even the word “seriously” has lost all meaning.

    I mean, what else were they if not dead serious since January, yet also absolutely ridiculous.

    They could say they’re serious and never do it. They could say they’re only joking, then overdeliver tenfold.