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Letters to the Chowderheads, Sep 8 [1]

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Date: 2025-09-08

Over the weekend, the current occupant of the Oval Office declared war, explicitly, not metaphorically or rhetorically, against the city of Chicago. This is not art. It is not hyperbole. It is not being taken out of context. It is a threat.

This behavior is abnormal. It is dangerous. It is reprehensible. It signals a descent into authoritarian spectacle, where military force is wielded against American citizens for political theater. People will be harmed. People may be killed. If you remain silent, you are not neutral. You are complicit.

If this communication sounds angry, it is because I am incandescently angry. These violations against Americans cannot be tolerated. I do not comprehend how you can remain silent.

Let me be clear: if any previous president had even hinted at sending troops into an American city, you would have rioted. You would have flooded the airwaves with outrage. Your silence now is either cowardice or complicity.

Are you waiting until troops arrive in Salt Lake City? In Provo? In Ogden? Because if you are, by the time they’re here, it will be too late.

I am calling on you to act. Not tomorrow. Not after polling. Now.

Refuse the deployment. Denounce the threat. Defend the cities and communities that make this country worth living in.

If you do not, the blood spilled will stain the hands of this administration, and it will stain the hands of people like you who could have stopped it.

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