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[link removed] [[link removed]] John, I wanted to make sure you saw this:

USA Today: “DC National Guard deployment to cost $200 million, as soldiers pick up trash, blow leaves”

President Trump’s deployment of the DC National Guard is projected to cost taxpayers $201 million—more than $1.8 million a day. And that’s just the cost for ONE of the units deployed in ONE city.

Eight states have also sent National Guard troops and Trump has also deployed staff from several federal agencies as part of his takeover of DC—and he’s making moves to extend deployments across the country.

The *full* cost of this deployment will be staggering, which is why CREW is demanding a full accounting from the federal government for the DC takeover and raising the alarm about this authoritarian power grab.

Trump claimed that the National Guard was needed to address a “crime emergency” in DC, but instead they have been picking up trash, shoveling mulch at parks near the White House and patrolling national monuments.

The reality is, Trump’s takeover is completely unnecessary and baseless, trampling DC Home Rule, costing taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars— and undermining democracy in the process.

This is a blatant misuse of the military and a startling escalation of federal overreach, which we’re now seeing Trump spread to other cities, as I’ll break down below.CREW has been sounding the alarm on Trump’s dangerous abuses of power. I recently submitted testimony to Congress about the serious threats posed by his abuse of federal authority—and we’re working every day to hold him accountable. This is a tough fight and we can’t win it without you. Chip in today → [[link removed]]

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John, unfortunately, DC is just the start of President Trump’s federal overreach targeting American cities. He sent forces to Los Angeles earlier this year and recently authorized troops to be sent to Portland and Memphis.

Trump has also threatened that Chicago, New York, New Orleans, Baltimore and San Francisco could be his next [[link removed]] targets.

This is an attempt to normalize the deployment of military personnel in our streets—and Congress must take seriously the threat posed by these authoritarian maneuvers.

In addition to the threat to democracy and local autonomy, these deployments are likely to come at a very steep cost—and the American people deserve answers.

Here at CREW, we’ve been working tirelessly to fight back against Trump’s abuses of power every chance we get.

* We’ve filed requests for information on how much the deployment of the National Guard in DC is costing taxpayers
* We’ve filed amicus briefs in support of California’s effort to block the National Guard deployment to Los Angeles and Oregon’s effort to block the deployment in Portland
* We’ve submitted testimony to Congress about the serious threats posed by this federal overreach
* And we're continuing to put pressure on Congress to put an end to Trump’s DC takeover

We won’t back down in our fight to protect our democracy and stand up to Trump and his rapid moves toward authoritarianism—and we need your support. Please, donate today to help power CREW’s work and join our fight for an ethical and accountable government → [[link removed]]If you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your tax deductible donation will go through immediately to ActBlue Charities Inc. and be disbursed to CREW within 30 days:

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Thank you,

Donald Sherman
Executive Director and Chief Counsel
CREW
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