So what he was referring to is he was invoking Section 740A of the DC Home Rule Act. The DC Home Rule Act is from 1973, and it sort of gives DC a little bit more representation. It gives the residents here to elect the mayor on a DC council, but Section 740A of that also gives the president the power to declare a crime emergency. And when the president does that, ultimately he have direct control over the Metropolitan Police Department for 48 hours, Chanel, unless he provides a written notice to Congress explaining why he needs extended authority over the Metropolitan Police Department for a time longer than 48 hours. He announced that he did that and ultimately that written notice would expire in 30 days. So basically what he did by invoking this specific section of the Home Rule Act, he He is saying we are going to federalize the Metropolitan Police Department for 30 days. That's a key point to understand.

Secondly, he also said he was going to be deputizing the National Guard in Washington DC. It's a little bit different from federalizing it and what he did in California because DC isn't actually a state, so he's deputizing it. And one thing I do want to highlight that is getting lost in the sauce a little bit, and this would have been a great question to ask. I went in a different direction, but this is also another good one. This isn't totally unprecedented.

Back in 1995, former President Bill Clinton, working with Congress, created something called the DC Control Board. The control board received 5 presidential appointees, and they ultimately ran the city of DC for the better. A part of 6 years from 1995 to 2001, and they overruled any type of law that was passed by the DC council and it did that because the district was struggling financially. But if you look at the results from those six years, some people have even called it a mini Gilden age here in DC.

Panic is thick this morning

Bottom of the barrel tier this morning

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Next year is the 250th anniversary of American independence. The Trump administration wants it to be spectacular. They're going to be hosting a lot of different high profile events here on the National Mall in less than a year. Do you think the president wants all of these American tourists and foreign tourists who are coming in, going to be spending their hard earned money to come to a city that is not clean, that is not safe, that is run down, that is full of graffiti, that has homeless tents everywhere. No, I guarantee you he is thinking that he wants this city. Could be sparkling for the 250th anniversary of American independence. I guarantee you that is in the back of his mind that he wants to make sure that this city is a reflection of him and his administration, so that means up to standard, up to tune, tight and buttoned up, working together.

Wonder what would trigger someone so bad to throw a sub sammich at an officer, that is standing with other officers. And then it runs away like is has a chance of getting away. Too much gear to run with, should have deployed taser.