Chicago Sues to Stop Trump's National Guard; Ignores Own Federal Funds Dependence
Chicago and Illinois are suing to block Donald Trump from deploying the National Guard, calling it an 'unlawful and dangerous' occupation. The AP frames this as a righteous stand against federal overreach. What they conveniently omit is Chicago's rather deep and ongoing dependency on federal funding for pretty much everything not directly involving the military. One might wonder if the city's
opposition stems more from optics than genuine jurisdictional concern. The hypocrisy is as thick as a deep-dish pizza: federal troops entering a city is an 'occupation,' but federal dollars propping up local budgets, policing, and infrastructure? That's just 'support.' Perhaps the concern isn't federal presence, but presidential disdain. It appears Chicago prefers its federal interventions to be,
shall we say, financially rather than militarily inclined.