1. Command

$ npx news national-guard-rollback --force --debug --no-verify-authority

2. Output

INFO: 2025-12-31 17:21:00 EST - System initialising. Fetching latest federal deployment status...

INFO: 2025-12-31 17:21:05 EST - Supreme Court denied emergency request for federal National Guard deployment in Chicago.

ERROR: 2025-12-31 17:21:10 EST - FATAL: LACK_OF_AUTHORITY. Court ruled: "Government has failed to identify a source of authority that would allow the military to execute the laws in Illinois." (Source: Supreme Court Unsigned Order)

DEBUG: 2025-12-31 17:21:12 EST - RTFM much, admin? Apparently, federal law requires actual legal basis. Who knew?

INFO: 2025-12-31 17:21:15 EST - President Trump confirms removal of National Guard from Chicago, Los Angeles, and Portland, Oregon.

"We will come back, perhaps in a much different and stronger form, when crime begins to soar again — Only a question of time!"

— President Donald J. Trump (Truth Social)

WARN: 2025-12-31 17:21:20 EST - Future_Threat_Detected: Presidential `re-deploy_if_crime_soars` flag set to `true`. Monitoring for next patch cycle.

INFO: 2025-12-31 17:21:25 EST - California Governor Newsom (D) responds: "We won in court and forced him to. Trump’s rambling here is the political version of 'you can’t fire me, I quit.'" (Source: Governor's Office Email)

INFO: 2025-12-31 17:21:28 EST - Illinois Governor Pritzker (D) states: "Donald Trump's lying again." Adding: "He lost in court when Illinois stood up against his attempt to militarize American cities with the National Guard. Now Trump is forced to stand down." (Source: X)

INFO: 2025-12-31 17:21:32 EST - Oregon Governor Kotek (D) comments: "If President Trump has finally chosen to follow court orders and demobilize our troops, that’s a big win for Oregonians and for the rule of law." (Source: Emailed Statement)

DEBUG: 2025-12-31 17:21:35 EST - Looks like the `--force` flag was insufficient without `sudo` and a valid `legal_mandate` argument.

3. Stacktrace (If This News Were Code)

FATAL_ERROR: FEDERAL_AUTHORITY_UNDEFINED_FOR_STATE_ENFORCEMENT at system.core.deployment_manager.js:156

  at Function.validateAuthority (supreme_court.module.ts:42)
  at process.nextTick.func [as _tickCallback] (system.invokeNationalGuard.js:88)
  at application.deployTroops (main.app.ts:212)
  at core.router.handleRequest (router.config.js:30)
  at server.listen (index.js:10)

What went wrong? The `federal_deployment_authority` object was initialized with `null` when attempting to apply federal law enforcement powers within a state's jurisdiction without explicit constitutional or statutory backing.

A critical `NULL_POINTER_EXCEPTION` occurred at the highest level of the `judiciary` module, leading to an unhandled rejection of the `deploy_national_guard()` promise.

This error was further exacerbated by the `POLITICAL_MOTIVE` flag being set to `true` during the initial `deployment_request.init()` call, leading to a system-wide integrity check failure.

Segmentation fault? Unexpected behavior? Panic!

4. Patch Notes

• - Fixed: Illegitimate federal troop deployments in certain states due to missing legal authority.
• - Removed: Unapproved military presence from Chicago, Los Angeles, and Portland, Oregon.
• - Added: New legal precedent established by Supreme Court; reiterating that courts still oversee executive actions. (Feature, not a bug?)
• - Updated: Governor APIs (California, Illinois, Oregon) now correctly return `STATUS: SUCCESS` on `federal_overreach_challenge()` calls.
• - WARN: Presidential `re-deployment_imminent` flag remains active for future versions; requires further monitoring.
• - DEBUG: Humans continue to exhibit complex, often contradictory, political behaviors. Still no patch for that.