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Trump’s Hostile Takeover: D.C. Is a ‘Test Run’ for Martial Law

Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, a constitutional rights attorney and Co-Founder of the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund, joins the show to discuss Trump’s unlawful federal takeover of D.C., declaring a “crime emergency” despite a 30-year decline in violent crimes.

Verheyden-Hilliard explains how this manufactured crisis is a prototype for martial law that he has threatened to take to Chicago and NYC next.

Constitutional rights attorney Mara Verheyden-Hilliard w/ @ThePCJF warns Trump’s endgame in D.C. is to expand martial law nationwide

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Rania Khalek

Rania Khalek is an award-winning Lebanese-American journalist and host of Dispatches on Breakthrough News, where she investigates the global consequences of imperialism, war, and systemic oppression. With over a decade of frontline reporting from conflict zones and marginalized communities, her work has been featured in The Nation, The Intercept, Al Jazeera, FAIR, and The Electronic Intifada, where she served on the editorial board.

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