The Americans are Coming! The Americans are Coming!
So begins a fresh news analysis by an Austin American-Statesman reporter of reports that a military training exercise set to occur in Texas this summer is just that–and not the federal government warming up to impose martial law.
Click here to read the full rundown of events by Jonathan Tilove, the Statesman‘s chief political writer.
Spoiler: Gov. Greg Abbott this week directed troops in his command to keep a close eye on the federal soldiers in training:
Our Sources
News blog post, "The Americans Are Coming, The Americans Are Coming: on Jade Helm, Greg Abbott, Alex Jones and the politics of paranoia," First Reading blog, Jonathan Tilove, Austin American-Statesman, April 29, 2015