{"id":12259,"date":"2025-08-12T13:20:33","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T13:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/not-about-crime-maddow-cracks-open-trumps-real-motives-in-deploying-the-national-guard-to-d-c\/"},"modified":"2025-08-12T13:20:33","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T13:20:33","slug":"not-about-crime-maddow-cracks-open-trumps-real-motives-in-deploying-the-national-guard-to-d-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/not-about-crime-maddow-cracks-open-trumps-real-motives-in-deploying-the-national-guard-to-d-c\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Not about crime&#8217;: Maddow cracks open Trump&#8217;s real motives in deploying the National Guard to D.C."},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-testid=\"video-page\">\n<div>\n<div data-testid=\"video-page__player\"><picture class data-testid=\"picture\" data-flavor=\"focal\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1240px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 758px)\"><source 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