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The
motto
“Taxation
Without
Representation”
could
soon
have
a
whole
new
meaning.
If
it
were
up
to
Trump,
Washinton
D.C.
wouldn’t
even
be
represented
by
its
own
police
force.
The
federal
takeover
of
local
police
power
is
an
extreme
action
that
should
only
be
invoked
with
good
cause,
and
the
city
is
pushing
back
against
Trump’s
power
grab.
Bloomberg
Law
has
coverage:
Washington
DC
is
asking
a
federal
court
to
immediately
block
the
Trump
administration’s
effort
to
take
over
the
city’s
police
force,
saying
that
the
move
is
illegal
and
risks
public
safety.
…
The
complaint,
which
was
filed
in
Washington
federal
court,
alleged
that
Trump
exceeded
the
authority
granted
by
Congress
in
taking
those
steps.
City
officials
also
asked
a
judge
Friday
to
block
the
federal
government
from
assuming
control
of
the
metropolitan
police
force
or
issuing
any
further
orders.
A
hearing
on
the
issue
is
set
for
2
pm.
The
truth
of
the
matter
is
that
DC
crime
is
going
“up”
in
the
same
way
that
prices
were
supposed
to
go
down
since
Trump’s
first
day
in
office:
It
is
worth
saying
that
someone
on
Trump’s
team
has
enough
sense
to
back
up
some
of
his
hyperbole
on
the
White
House
website
that’s
complete
with
a
polemic
tone,
red
scare
and
gratuitous
comparisons
to
places
with
Muslim
sounding
names:
Snopes
recently
fact
checked
the
claim
that
violent
crime
in
Washington
D.C.
was
at
an
all
time
low
and
found
it
to
be
true.
What
I
will
say
in
the
spirit
complete
transparency
is
that
I
hold
a
degree
in
law,
not
statistical
analysis.
That
said,
I
do
know
that
it’s
a
little
like
textualism
in
that,
if
you
set
your
mind
to
it,
you
can
brush
away
good
faith
analysis
and
use
a
pool
of
data
to
walk
away
with
whatever
biases
or
justifications
you
were
looking
to
find:
Questions
of
statistical
interpretation
aside,
who
needs
woke
nonsense
like
“data”
when
you
can
invoke
personal
anecdotes?
The
administration’s
given
reason
for
putting
the
former
reality
TV
star
in
control
of
the
police
force
is
because
of
“[an]
emergency
that
has
arisen
in
our
nation’s
capital
as
a
result
of
failed
leadership.”
A
little
reading
between
the
lines
lands
you
on
some
recent
ball
busting.
Remember
Big
Balls
—
the
kid
Elon
Musk
hired
as
part
of
the
effiency
chainsawing
that
saved
less
than
5%
of
what
they
purported
to?
He
got
his
ass
beat
in
an
alleged
car
jacking
and
Trump
is
trying
to
use
it
as
a
basis
for
a
state
of
exception:
To
stay
informed
on
the
content
of
the
hearing,
make
sure
to
keep
tabs
on
Kyle
Cheney’s
coverage
of
the
emergency
bid:
Washington
DC
Sues
Trump,
Calling
Police
Takeover
Illegal
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