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‘Affront to Democracy’: Trump's National Guard Troops Seen in Front of Ballot Box in DC

Amid fears that President Donald Trump will send armed agents to intimidate voters during the midterms, the DC Board of Elections told Common Dreams on Friday that it is responding to complaints of National Guard troops stationed outside a ballot drop box near downtown Washington shortly before voting was set to open. On Thursday, Bryan K. Randolph, a…

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