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Should the National Guard patrol U.S. cities? Charles Fain Lehman, Jesse Arm, Renu Mukherjee, and Judge Glock unpack Trump’s push to deploy troops to Chicago, New York, and Baltimore. They debate federal overreach, whether crime justifies military intervention, and why public perception often skews the data. Plus: Is government investment in big business, like Trump’s equity play in tech, the new political normal?

Charles F. Lehman: https://x.com/CharlesFLehman
Renu Mukherjee: https://x.com/RenuMukherjee1
Jesse Leg: https://x.com/Jesse_Leg
Judge Glock: https://x.com/JudgeGlock

01:30 – Trump’s National Guard Proposal
06:40 – Are Blue Cities Ignoring Crime?
10:50 – Can the Feds Actually Do Anything?
14:15 – D.C. Stats, Perception vs. Reality
19:00 – Public Safety and Federal Overreach
24:10 – Would Troops in NYC Make a Difference?
27:55 – Intel, AI, and the Government’s Equity Stake
35:45 – The New Normal: State Ownership of Big Tech?
41:50 – Zohran Mamdani’s Gym Fail & NYC Politics