The Republic of Texas
The firefight between the Texas State Guard and “certain undisclosed elements of the United States Armed Forces” in Dallas, Texas resulted in the outgoing governor of Texas ordering the Texas State Guard to lockdown all Federal Department of Justice facilities in Texas. Their tanks soon rolled up to the facilities in question, their commanders popped the hatches to wave in a friendly manner, and the Feds on the inside proved to be most expeditious in their willingness to avoid any further firefights. The new President was not so quick to decide that he did not wish to mess with Texas. He ordered the Army and Marine units based in Texas to deal with the situation. Again. They failed to receive his orders due to a communications error. Again. The President persisted sending his orders, with ever more explicit demands pertaining to what exactly they were supposed to do to the previous President (Impeached) and his allies, until someone leaked the orders to the media. At which point, the commander of Fort Hood was quick to announce at a news conference that military intelligence was looking into whoever had fabricated those obviously false orders meant to defame the President. It was unconstitutional for the military to deploy against American citizens, after all.
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