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Welcome to The Logoff: The Pentagon is moving to create new National Guard “quick reaction forces” to be used for crowd control around the country.

What’s happening? National Guard quick reaction forces aren’t new, but the focus on crowd control — “quelling civil disturbances” — is. Existing quick reaction units focus primarily on responding to natural disasters, and aren’t intended for nationwide deployment on short notice.

The creation of these new units dates back to an August executive order, but new reporting this week sheds light on the plan’s implementation. The forces will consist of about 23,500 tot

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