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Pentagon puts MP Troops on standby for Minnesota deployment amid Insurrection Act talk

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Source: The New York Times
Pentagon puts MP Troops on standby for Minnesota deployment amid Insurrection Act talk
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The Pentagon ordered several hundred active-duty military police from Fort Bragg to be on standby for a potential deployment to Minnesota if President Trump invokes the Insurrection Act amid protests sparked by the Jan. 7 killing of Renee Good, joining earlier orders for 1,500 infantry in Alaska and up to 200 Texas National Guard troops.

Topics:nationpolitics#federal-troops#insurrection-act#military-police#minnesota#politics#protests
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  1. Military Police Troops Put on Alert for Possible Deployment to Minnesota  The New York Times
  2. Army orders military police to get ready for a possible Minneapolis deployment, AP source says  kstp.com
  3. Pentagon orders more active-duty soldiers to ready for possible Minneapolis deployment  MS NOW
  4. Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act. HR should prepare now for workplace disruptions.  HR Dive
  5. Trump: Insurrection Act ‘does make life a lot easier’  The Hill

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