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Man Who Led Insurrection Threatens to Invent Another

October 8, 2025 · 1:50 pm ET · Leave a Comment

Texas National Guard troops crossed into Illinois last night — against the explicit wishes of Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) — in what amounts to a state-on-state confrontation unprecedented in modern America.

President Trump this morning also called for both Democrats to be jailed.

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