Lincoln memorial photo

[Demovictory9]

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[dalton99a]

1. Kick

[icymist]

15. The man in the front has a designation of rank, Sargent, right under his chin.

The man down from him has a patch on the shoulder which I haven't identified.

[MontanaMama]

2. They're protecting the memorial

from what exactly?

[Maru Kitteh]

4. Something that intends to attack their nuts, apparently,

from the giant nut-shield protector thingys.

[MontanaMama]

8. That must be the technical name for that apparatus...

Nut Shield Protector Thingy’s. You can get them in Small, Extra Small and tRump.

[Maru Kitteh]

18. Trump size comes in a little Micro-SD case with way too much packaging

[MontanaMama]

23. Bwaaahaaaaa!

[sprinkleeninow]

26. tЯumpshroom sized

[Jamastiene]

5. Hell, Trump didn't even know there were three branches of government when he lied and

swore the oath to uphold the Constitution.

It's a good thing rumors are that he wears Depends, because he is going to SHIT himself when he finds out that Lincoln freed black people from slavery.

[2naSalit]

3. I don't see any identifying emblems on anyone...

So WHO are they? I don't see a flag, agency ID, are they even American?

[Jamastiene]

6. Probably remnants of Blackwater/mercenaries.

He has Erik Prince's personal army at his disposal.

[BComplex]

13. That's what I was thinking. I started a thread about it a while back.

Hasn't Prince been seen around trump/Washington DC lately?

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213532854

[Jamastiene]

20. Yes. He is recruiting ex-spies for Trump to bust unions and any other Democratic groups.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213518133

[2naSalit]

19. That's actually what I think...

I have expected them to show up for years. Ever since wcheney started funding his mercenaries. They have been all over the shit in the ME, especially where we get no info about what's going on. I even suspect they may have a lot to do with isis.

[MontanaMama]

10. Excellent point.

Who the fuck are these thugs? I didn’t even look for an emblem, insignia etc. That’s concerning in a real way...not in a Susan Collins kind of way.

[dalton99a]

11. "Military Police"

[BComplex]

14. SOME of them were military police, legitimately.

It's the rest of these goons I think are what used to be called Blackwater troops, now called Academi. Soldiers for hire via Erik Prince.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

17. The black vests say Military Police, nothing else.

[2naSalit]

21. Means nothing. ...nt

[gopiscrap]

7. that makes me sick

[captain queeg]

9. Jack booted thugs

Back during the Branch Dividian fiasco I think it was the NRA who coined that term. I guess they were pissed off that the feds attacked that group and took away their machine gun. I’m doubting the NRA will make any comments about the current police state because the protesters don’t have guns to take away. Now if some of these armed protests against Covid restrictions led to more gun restrictions that would jack up the gun lovers.

[FM123]

12. This picture makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up.

[BComplex]

16. It does me, too.

Freaked me out the minute I saw it.

[StarryNite]

22. Twilight Zone

Creepy shit!

[Jamastiene]

24. VERY creepy.

I'm actually nauseated by the sight of it.

[zipplewrath]

25. Urban camouflage

We don't do urban camouflage anymore? If they are going to keep this up, they really need to create "urban riot" patterns.

[onecaliberal]

28. Erik prince army?

I read somewhere that blackwater was in DC

[zipplewrath]

29. OMG

Please say no. It would be the "Bonus Army" all over again.

[onecaliberal]

30. I'd bet money.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

27. Disturbing as their presence is, what's shocking to me is the number of them.

It's silly to ask, but who's paying the bill for this excess just to guard one monument?

I hope Congress investigates these travesties soon.


KY........

[zipplewrath]

31. You and me baby.,

Pretty much how it works. "We" pay for everything!

[sarisataka]

32. They are Air Force, and are not even armed

the original tweet from Martha Raddatz has an additional angle.

If you zoom in you can find unit and rank insignia that shows they are airmen.

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