Pentagon was scrambling Monday to establish rules to guide U.S. Marines who could be faced with the rare and difficult prospect of using force against citizens on American soil, now that the Trump administration is deploying active duty troops to the immigration raid protests in Los Angeles.

U.S. Northern Command said it is sending 700 Marines into the Los Angeles area to protect federal property and personnel, including federal immigration agents. The 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines are coming from Twentynine Palms, California, and will augment about 4,100 National Guard members already in LA or authorized to be deployed there to respond to the protests.

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      You know it’s sarcasm because they would never say “kidnap”. If asked, those kids had it coming just like the dead babies that voted for Hamas.

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      No don’t listen to this guy. You joke stands firm and tall in the land of absurd punctuation and capitalization.

      Do not ever become reliant on the crutch of /s. /S is for the comedically weak. It is false humor that can at best lead only to a light chuckle. If your joke needs /s in order to be a joke then it’s not a good joke, and you need to take the L, study the mistake, then move on.

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      Yeah I’m assuming /s and the tell is the outrageousness but that is almost verbatim the administration’s press release