DOJ Designates NYC, Portland, Seattle as ‘Anarchist Jurisdictions,’ Federal Funds Withdrawn

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“We cannot allow federal tax dollars to be wasted when the safety of the citizenry hangs in the balance. It is my hope that the cities identified by the Department of Justice today will reverse course and become serious about performing the basic function of government and start protecting their own citizens,” Attorney General William Barr said in a statement.

Department of Justice says New York City, Seattle, and Portland permit anarchy and violence

By: Oma Seddiq, Business Insider, September 21, 2020:

The Justice Department designated New York City, Seattle and Portland as “jurisdictions permitting violence and destruction of property” on Monday.

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President Donald Trump released a memo earlier this month instructing the department to find ways to slash federal funding after determining which US cities are “anarchist jurisdictions.”

“We cannot allow federal tax dollars to be wasted when the safety of the citizenry hangs in the balance,” Attorney General William Barr said.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said on Monday: “You can’t bully New Yorkers.”

The Department of Justice escalated its threats to cut federal funding to major US cities by designating New York City, Seattle, and Portland as jurisdictions that permit anarchy and violence on Monday.

The department said the cities have “permitted violence and destruction of property to persist and have refused to undertake reasonable measures to counteract criminal activities,” according to a statement Monday.

The move is in response to a memo from President Donald Trump earlier this month instructing Attorney General William Barr and Department of Homeland Security acting secretary Chad Wolf to find ways to slash billions of federal dollars directed to the three cities.

“When state and local leaders impede their own law enforcement officers and agencies from doing their jobs, it endangers innocent citizens who deserve to be protected, including those who are trying to peacefully assemble and protest,” Barr said in the statement Monday. “We cannot allow federal tax dollars to be wasted when the safety of the citizenry hangs in the balance.”

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Bill
Bill
3 years ago

What’s up next for those jurisdictions?
High taxes, low property values, high insurance rates.
When the leftist/socialist/communist/anarchist fools are done there, be prepared for a move near you.

TomSJr
TomSJr
3 years ago
Reply to  Bill

“ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK” is what it will become UNLESS NY leaders do a turn about. IF they do not, THEY DESERVE WHAT IS COMING THEIR WAY, part of which we have seen already!

BYE BYE NEW YORK. May your people get tired of your tyranny and drive you out of office. NOW, IF ONLY THE BLM/ANTIFA WOULD SHUT DOWN THE U.N. AND SET IT ON FIRE.

famouswolf
famouswolf
3 years ago
Reply to  TomSJr

The way they are also threatening the postal service, firefighters, police (of course) and every other civilized institution I can think of, out into the suburbs too, it’s going to be more like ‘The Postman’, after ‘Red Dawn’.
Idiots. They would prefer a new dark ages, for a millenia or two, to the established civilization of the West.
They are going to be some sad puppies if they get what they want…at least the bedraggled survivors will.

LeslieFish
LeslieFish
3 years ago
Reply to  Bill

I must object, in the strongest possible terms, both your and Barr’s mislabeling of the AntifaBLM thugs, and their government enablers, as “Anarchists”. REAL ANARCHISTS DO NOT SEIZE GOVERNMENT POWER!!! The actions of these AntifaBLM bums prove that they are Fascists, pure and simple, no matter what they label themselves, and no matter how much Marx and Mao they quote. They’re trying to tear down the existing political system and replace it with *themselves*, using the same tactics that Fascists have done in the past. Please call them by their rightful name, and treat them accordingly.

leonore35
leonore35
3 years ago
Reply to  LeslieFish

You have a point but anarchist is a recognised term for the lawless, its synonyms are:

nihilist · insurgent · agitator · subversive · guerrilla · terrorist · bioterrorist · narco-terrorist · ecoterrorist · cyberterrorist · agroterrorist · freedom fighter · resistance fighter · rebel · revolutionary · revolutionist · Bolshevik · mutineer · insurrectionist · frondeur

LeslieFish
LeslieFish
3 years ago
Reply to  leonore35

*Sigh* “Recognized” by their opponents. None of those actually are synonyms for “Anarchist”, but the old delusions linger on.

Achmed Mohandjob
Achmed Mohandjob
3 years ago
Reply to  LeslieFish

You, also, must be somewhat of a fan of Proudhon and Bakunin.

The blm types wouldn’t know how to fend for themselves, as classic archism requires. They want strong governments, in order to steal from the productive, to give away to the lazy and shiftless. Yes, shiftless and lazy lives matter.

LeslieFish
LeslieFish
3 years ago

Yes, Bakunin in particular. I see more hope for the Libertarians, who at least uphold ideals of self-sufficiency, non-aggression, and voluntary association. These AntifaBLM petty Fascists are disgusting, and the Useful Idiots who support them are appalling. What I fear is that, however the election goes, these pious fools will throw a grand temper-tantrum that will require calling out the National Guard to put down. That will not be good for either side. I would recommend arresting the AntifaBLM thugs whenever they riot, and sentence them to exile/deportation to whatever countries will have them. This will get them out of our hair, and the experience of living in countries that believe as they do just might force those fools to grow up.

Achmed Mohandjob
Achmed Mohandjob
3 years ago
Reply to  LeslieFish

I’m more for them being dragged to the city square, publicly horsewhip them and then, have them hanged by the neck until dead.

They had their chance to “grow up”. No further need be given.

Bill
Bill
3 years ago
Reply to  LeslieFish

There’s not a lot of difference between the political extremes. Po-tay-to po-tah-to. Both have caused extreme hardships and suffering in the last century.

Great-grandma Dorothy
Great-grandma Dorothy
3 years ago
Reply to  Bill

What you’ve said is true but a lot of us are already feeling the pinch thanks to the democrats.
I got a letter in the mail a few days ago and it said that the democrats want to tax everything that we own. Meaning our car, our homes furnishings, our jewelry, e v e r y t h i n g!!! As for using the bathroom, not only does the water company charge us but the county charges us too. So even our poop is taxed – already!
Having the misfortune to live in not only a democrat run state but also a sanctuary county, my property tax is now over a quarter of my yearly income and that’s not legal but dem states make their own laws. Still I’m trying to fight it, on my own for who can afford a lawyer? No allowance for this years cost of living being more than last years; they gotta support those illegals school bills and their everything else, while the citizens are going to be out on the street when they can no longer pay the increased cost. Hey, they only left me enough to pay for a roll of stamps and about thirty dollars over that. Starvation time? Or no heat in winter if one’s to eat? I wonder how the dems would like to only have a state of illegals? How would they pay out if they don’t have us to tax to death? Go figure.
I remember when I was a kid (and I’m in my 80’s now), that was the tax system in Virginia. Ah, but the dems want to keep (and probably add) the sales taxes going and pretty soon the only thing they wouldn’t be able to tax would be the air that we breathe. But I wouldn’t put it past them to try and tax that too! Soon as they get back in, and they will unless they are all sent to Gitmo! workers will have so little left that they too would need welfare or not survive. Kinda seems that’s what the dems want. The rest of us not to be able to survive, I mean. Goes to prove they intend to lower the population of “citizens” one way or another.
God in heaven, help us! …

Bill
Bill
3 years ago

Sorry to hear your plight, Dorothy. The D’s will soon legalize bank robbery just so they can collect income from the robbers.

Great-grandma Dorothy
Great-grandma Dorothy
3 years ago
Reply to  Bill

Thank you Bill but I’ve gotten over the shock and able to turn it over to the Lord and He’s put a fighting spirit in me so if county doesn’t do right I will go to state and if state is no better, then I will trust the Lord to put me into honest hands in the federal government. This is something that needs to be stopped before they do it to others, the young without experience or the elderly who may have dementia. Can’t just walk away and let it happen to others. After all, I have no idea how long my mind will stay healthy! : )
As you know, the dems would step down as low as they can go for a buck. Why else would we be seeing the destruction we are across the country. The devil and his demons walk the streets in human form of those they have been able to oppress or possess. Who else could walk up to a ten month old in a stroller and shoot him in the head? No threat there, just a cold unfeeling heart controlled by evil. So nothing the dems will ever again do will surprise me…

Dave Jensen
Dave Jensen
3 years ago

That’s awful. I imagine when you were younger it was a beautiful place to live and just devolved a little at a time to what it is now. Thankfully, I am in a sane state but the property taxes are astronomical. They did go down slightly, or at least the valuations, this year. That doesn’t necessarily mean lower taxes since they can raise the mill levy. We will see soon. We spend way too much on deadbeats and frivolous projects doomed to failure but sound good if you aren’t paying for it, which is about half the population today.

DemocracyRules
DemocracyRules
3 years ago

Amazing… Barr actually did something useful
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felix1999
felix1999
3 years ago

Doesn’t a governor and a mayor have to swear in to uphold the Constitution? If they do, why not use that to remove and replace them till a new election can be held for those positions? If that is possible, then get ICE in there and round up the illegals and deport them too and start bringing sanity and the rule of law back. I don’t know if this can be done – just wondering….

DemocracyRules
DemocracyRules
3 years ago
Reply to  felix1999

Good points. Sedition is illegal, and helping others commit sedition is also illegal. And any effort to overthrow any US government body is sedition. And advocating such is also sedition. And any attack on police is sedition. And failing to report sedition in others is a felony. Clearly those mayors were / are aiding and abetting sedition by taking no actions against the rioters, even though those mayors are obligated to do so.

18 U.S. Code § 2385. Advocating overthrow of Government
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2385
“Whoever knowingly or willfully advocates, abets, advises, or teaches the duty, necessity, desirability, or propriety of overthrowing or destroying the government of the United States or the government … by force or violence, or by the assassination of any officer of any such government; or

Whoever, with intent to cause the overthrow or destruction of any such government, prints, publishes, edits, issues, circulates, sells, distributes, or publicly displays any written or printed matter advocating, advising, or teaching the duty, necessity, desirability, or propriety of overthrowing or destroying any government in the United States by force or violence, or attempts to do so; or…”

But Barr seems loathe to charge those mayors for their crimes.

Achmed Mohandjob
Achmed Mohandjob
3 years ago
Reply to  DemocracyRules

Fat Willy’s favorite old commercial was, “Talk, talk, talk … When do we eat?

WadeBaker
WadeBaker
3 years ago
Reply to  felix1999

I’ve been asking that for a while, hopefully somebody associated with the White House is looking into options/legalities.

TomSJr
TomSJr
3 years ago

AWESOME! It is about time. States that become lawless, deserve NOTHING from the Federal govt OR the American people.

Andy_Lewis
Andy_Lewis
3 years ago

So much for “limited government”, “states rights”, and “constitutional conservatism.” Republitards are nothing but stinking, rotten hypocrites.

LeslieFish
LeslieFish
3 years ago
Reply to  Andy_Lewis

What are “states rights” worth when the rulers of a state are foaming idiots?

leonore35
leonore35
3 years ago
Reply to  Andy_Lewis

The worst stink is coming from the other side. Democrats who are supporting the attempted overthrow of democracy

ed
ed
3 years ago
Reply to  Andy_Lewis

Your goateed and pony-tailed, limp-wristed college liberal arts professor would be SO proud of your comment here tonight….

Great-grandma Dorothy
Great-grandma Dorothy
3 years ago
Reply to  Andy_Lewis

Surely no one’s that much of an idiot. Oops, except for another blind and brainwashed democrat.
If you feel that way then you should try to do something about how democrats keep putting a brick wall up every time Trump tries to help us in anyway.
Like when the government workers were out of work. The only way Trump could get them back paychecks was to “have no choice” but to sign and give the damn dems the pork that had padded the bills with. It’s like that every single time. If Trump doesn’t sign, he’s the bad guy and if he does sign then the dems have gotten more millions of our taxes into their pork!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
About time you started looking at the whole story instead of looking at ways to blame the republicans…

Achmed Mohandjob
Achmed Mohandjob
3 years ago
Reply to  Andy_Lewis

Hi, Andi. So, you are of the belief that states rights supersede the constitution? In other words, if a state bans abortions, that overrides Roe v Wade? Or, if a state declares slavery legal, no problem …. States Rights?

Aren’t you the silly little one?

presterjohn1966
presterjohn1966
3 years ago

DOJ isn’t bullying New Yorkers. It just isn’t going to waste my tax money on the sh**ty of New York. Leave that up to Red Ted. Anarchy deserves not one red cent, pun intended.

leonore35
leonore35
3 years ago

Cuomo does not represent New Yorkers, he only represents himself and any fellow left wiingers there

Great-grandma Dorothy
Great-grandma Dorothy
3 years ago
Reply to  leonore35

But it was the New Yorkers that voted him into office in the first place so are they not getting just what they wanted and expected? He sure didn’t get in office all on his own and since they put him there, wouldn’t he think they wanted the same that he wanted?
Goes to reason IMO…

Great-grandma Dorothy
Great-grandma Dorothy
3 years ago

Two things matter to Democrats. Power and money. Either one bring them the other.
Take away Federal Funds and it may, that’s a big may; make them think twice. So we can only hope this will stand true and Federal Funds really will be removed. Well we’ve been told other things which didn’t come about so it’s a “wait and see” moment…

Kuffar
Kuffar
3 years ago

Cities defund police, we defund you. Actions have consequences.

UR.carrion
UR.carrion
3 years ago

When will the looters get to Soros’s house?

Laddyboy
Laddyboy
3 years ago

The Federal government along with the Militia of each of these States need to move to ARREST, CHARGE, PROSECUTE these DOMESTIC TERRORIST, ANARCHIST / “antifa” / ‘blm’ individuals and any organizations to the FULLEST EXTENT of the American SUPREME LAW of the LAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dan Roley
Dan Roley
3 years ago

I am exactly an Ex Seattle resident.
From exactly that Area of Capital Hill called _ CHAZ_.
ITS Far Far worse than anything the Media are able to show you.
It’s definitely Lesbian Leaders
It’s Fueled by easy access to nearly Free synthetic drugs. Like Angel dust crap.

danE DanE
danE DanE
3 years ago

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WE ARE IN THE LAST DAYS OF GRACE PERIOD FOR GENTILES!!! The “END POINT” is ETERNAL HELL for ALL UNBELIEVERS, OR eternal LIFE with YOUR CREATOR the Lord Jesus Christ for ALL BELIEVERS!!! True DEATH is being SEPARATED FROM YOUR CREATOR!!! PREPARE TO MEET THY CREATOR!!! JESUS IS COMING!!! BELIEVE ON HIM!!! ON THE CROSS JESUS DIED AND SHED HIS BLOOD FOR ALL, HE WAS BURIED AND ROSE ON THE THIRD DAY, AND ASCENDED TO HEAVEN!!! PRAY AND TELL HIM YOU BELIEVE THIS!!! SEE bethelchurchmo.com, or Gene Kim, or Robert Breaker both on youtube, MORE INFORMATION on how TO AVOID HELL!

patd
patd
3 years ago

Excellent now send in the Military to clean up the mess!!!

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