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DC National Guard Deployment Under Fire as Costs Mount and Crime Drops Remain Elusive

A year into President Trump’s DC National Guard deployment, several troops say they’re embarrassed by the mission and skeptical of its purpose. The operation has cost about $3 million daily with billions projected if extended, and it has claimed a toll including the death of a Guard member. Despite Trump’s framing of a crime crackdown, CAP analysis finds no measurable drop in violent crime, prompting backlash and a harsh response from the White House.

via The Daily Beast|

#center-for-american-progress #crime #donald-j-trump

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Trump threatens $5B defamation suit over CAP national guard study

Trump’s personal attorney threatened a $5 billion defamation lawsuit against the Center for American Progress unless it retracts a July report that found the National Guard deployments in DC, Memphis, and Los Angeles did not measurably reduce crime and cost about $1.7 billion; CAP defended the report as factual and protected by the First Amendment.

via The Guardian|

#center-for-american-progress #crime-data #defamation

politics14 days ago•107 min saved

CAP Report Undermines Trump’s $1.7B Crime Crackdown

A Center for American Progress analysis finds Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to U.S. cities cost more than $1.7 billion and did not reduce violent crime, while noting a 24% drop in opportunistic property crime; Trump attacked the findings in a Truth Social post and threatened a lawsuit, though the White House dismissed the report.

via The Daily Beast|

#center-for-american-progress #crime #donald-j-trump

us-politics14 days ago•14 min saved

Trump blasts Apple, Walmart and more in Truth Social tirade over crime report

Former President Trump vented on Truth Social against Apple, Google, Walmart, NBC Universal and others after the Center for American Progress published a report saying his deployment of the National Guard to D.C. and other cities did not meaningfully reduce crime and cost about $1.7 billion; he labeled CAP as “Center for American Lack of Progress,” accused its donors of backing a left-leaning cause, teased lawsuits, and was echoed by allies like Tom Homan and Laura Ingraham who defended his approach.

via The Independent|

#center-for-american-progress #crime #donald-trump

politics3 months ago•1 min saved

Global Playbook: Democrats Seek International Strategy to Counter the Right on Affordability

Two potential 2028 Democratic contenders, Pete Buttigieg and Elissa Slotkin, joined Prime Minister Mark Carney and liberal European politicians at a Canada-hosted Global Progress Action meeting, organized by the Center for American Progress, to discuss how to counter the right on affordability; Neera Tanden urged nimbleness in leadership.

via Semafor|

#affordability #buttigieg #center-for-american-progress