Already looking ahead to the turmoil his re-election could cause, Donald Trump and his allies are reportedly circling an idea to invoke the Insurrection Act on his first day in office, deploying the military to act as domestic law enforcement.

According to a Washington Post report on Sunday, the drafting of such plans has largely been ā€œunofficially outsourcedā€ thus far to a coalition of right-wing think tanks working under the title ā€œProject 2025.ā€ It was identified as an immediate priority for the hypothetical resurrected Trump administration, internal communications obtained by the newspaper showed.

In response to questions from the Post, Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung provided a statement: ā€œPresident Trump is focused on crushing his opponents in the primary election and then going on to beat Crooked Joe Biden,ā€ he said. ā€œPresident Trump has always stood for law and order, and protecting the Constitution.ā€

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    I like to think I can read pretty good, but I couldnā€™t figure out how the post summary is related to the article.

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      Dailybeast does a ā€œdoomscrollā€ load next article thing. That paragraph is from that. Its on the same page, so the bot likely just fucked up. Hereā€™s the article name if yā€™all want context:

      Inside the Mean-Girl Army Going to War for a Celebrity Dietician