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YouGov /Research Reality:
Do you approve or disapprove of deploying Marines to the Los Angeles area to respond to protests over the federal government's immigration enforcement?  —  YouGov surveyed 4309 US adults  —  Approve  —  34%  —  Disapprove  —  47%  —  Not sure  —  19%  —  Download Image
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Steven Lee Myers / New York Times:
Fake Images and Conspiracy Theories Swirl Around L.A. Protests  —  Disinformation spreading on social media platforms has stoked an already tense situation.  —  Misleading photographs, videos and text have spread widely on social media as protests against immigrant raids have unfolded in Los Angeles …
Christopher F. Rufo:
Trump Should Crush the L.A. Riots—with a Subtle Hand  —  Los Angeles is burning.  Earlier this year, seasonal fires ripped through the Southern California city, but now, the fires are entirely manmade.  In response to the Trump administration's deportation policy, left-wing activists …
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Unrestrained Trump flirts with Insurrection Act as Marines deploy to L.A.  —  President Trump is edging closer than ever to invoking the Insurrection Act, driven by a vision of executive power free from the guardrails, governors and generals who stifled him in 2020.
Politico:
Troops deployed to LA will cost $134M, Pentagon predicts  —  The estimate came during a budget hearing with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who said the president is enforcing “law and order.”  —  President Donald Trump's decision to deploy troops to Los Angeles amid mass deportation protests …
Leo Sands / Washington Post:
L.A. protests live updates  —  Trump calls up Marines, doubles National Guard deployment as unrest calms  —  The standoff between the White House and California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) threatened to escalate Tuesday, even as protests in downtown Los Angeles appeared to quiet overnight.
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Mike Johnson says Newsom should be “tarred and feathered”  —  House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) declined to say Tuesday whether he believes California Gov. Gavin Newsom should be arrested — but he did say that the Democrat should be “tarred and feathered.”
Barbara F. Walter / New York Times:
Trump's Flawed Message to Los Angeles  —  President Trump thinks he's sending a message.  By deploying waves of National Guard officers and active duty Marines to Los Angeles, he's trying to show that he's powerful and in control, that anyone who protests his policies will pay a price.
April Rubin / Axios:
Nearly half of U.S. adults disapprove of Trump's handling of protests: Poll
San Francisco Chronicle:
Exclusive: DHS secretary seeks military arrests in Los Angeles in leaked letter
Patrick Smith / NBC News:
Anti-ICE protests held coast-to-coast after L.A. unrest as national movement grows
Emily Bloch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
John Fetterman slams ‘anarchy’ in LA
Associated Press:
Hegseth faces sharp questions from Congress on deploying troops to LA and Pentagon spending
Stacey Dec / ABC News:
Trump warns ‘any’ protesters at military parade will be ‘met with heavy force’
Wall Street Journal:
The White House Marching Orders That Sparked the L.A. Migrant Crackdown  —  After deportations fell short of President Trump's campaign promises, federal agents summoned to a meeting in Washington were told to ‘just go out there and arrest illegal aliens’  —  Even with the high-profile arrests …
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Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
ABC is too cowed to state the obvious about Stephen Miller  —  📰 Public Notice is possible thanks to paid subscribers.  If you appreciate our fiercely independent coverage of American politics, please support us by clicking the button and signing up for a paid subscription.  👇
Discussion: Esquire and Newsweek
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Politico:
Trump team plans to send thousands of migrants to Guantanamo starting as soon as this week  —  The use of the facility would send another signal of deterrence amid immigration crackdown.  —  The Trump administration is planning to dramatically ramp up sending undocumented migrants …
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Josephine Harvey / The Daily Beast:
Elon Was Right, Trump Is Compromised and Knows It: Ex-Aide  —  ‘KOMPROMAT’  —  The president may be compromised—but not exactly how Musk alleged, according to Anthony Scaramucci.  —  Even if Donald Trump's not in the Epstein files, Anthony Scaramucci suspects the president's real vulnerability lies somewhere even more alarming.
Discussion: Raw Story
Tom Cotton / Wall Street Journal:
Send In the Troops, for Real  —  When local police can't restore order, the federal government has a duty to do so with a show of force.  —  Violent insurrectionists turned areas of Los Angeles into lawless hellscapes over the weekend, with anarchists setting fire to vehicles …
Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
Airlines Don't Want You to Know They Sold Your Flight Data to DHS  —  This article was primarily reported using public records requests.  We are making it available to all readers as a public service.  FOIA reporting can be expensive, please consider subscribing to 404 Media to support this work.
David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
Is Trump's Birthday Parade a Celebration of the Army or a Funeral Cortege for Democracy?  —  ANYBODY WANT CAKE?  —  The president is, once again, disrespecting our armed forces by hijacking the U.S. Army's 250th birthday celebrations—and turning it into a party for himself.  —  OPINION
Discussion: Just Security and The DSR Network
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Trump Declares Dubious Emergencies to Amass Power, Scholars Say  —  In disputes over protests, deportations and tariffs, the president has invoked statutes that may not provide him with the authority he claims.  —  To hear President Trump tell it, the nation is facing a rebellion in Los Angeles …
Discussion: Reason
Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
World Bank Forecast Underscores Cost of U.S. Trade War  —  Along with a sharply downgraded projection for global output this year, it urged a “course correction” on trade to help preserve living standards.  —  The global economy is projected to slow sharply this year as President Trump's …
Politico:
GOP eyes cuts to Trump's tax promises  —  Presented by IN TODAY'S EDITION:  — GOP senators target Trump's tax priorities  — New X-date gives megabill breathing room  — RFK Jr. to fire CDC's vaccine advisers  —  Senate Finance Republicans are increasingly looking to dial …
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ProPublica:
The DOGE 100: Musk Is Out, but More Than 100 of His Followers Remain to Implement Trump's Blueprint  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published.  —  In an effort launched shortly after DOGE's creation …
Politico:
Mike Bloomberg to endorse old foe, Andrew Cuomo, in mayor's race  —  The billionaire ex-mayor will back the Democratic frontrunner as socialist Zohran Mamdani rises.  —  NEW YORK — Former Mayor Michael Bloomberg is prepared to endorse his old nemesis, Andrew Cuomo, for mayor Tuesday …
Josh Fiallo / The Daily Beast:
MAGA Whisperer Maggie Haberman Iced Out by Trumpworld Sources  —  WHOLE NEW ERA  —  The Trump biographer said White House chief of staff Susie Wiles running a “much tighter ship” is partially to blame.  —  Maggie Haberman is not enjoying the unfettered access to Trumpworld that she had in the president's first term.
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
RFK Jr. breaks promise to senators, guts CDC vaccine panel of independent experts  —  Before his confirmation, the HHS secretary said he'd leave the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices alone.  Now he's doing the opposite.  —  In early February, when there was still some question …
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
GOP Sen. Josh Hawley introduces bill to raise federal minimum wage to $15 per hour  —  It's an unusual move for a Republican, as the party has successfully thwarted previous attempts by Democrats to increase the nationwide wage floor.  —  WASHINGTON — Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo. …
Aaron Pellish / Politico:
Gabbard warns of ‘nuclear holocaust’ in ominous social media video  —  The director of national intelligence said the world is “closer to the brink of nuclear annihilation than ever before.”  —  Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard warned of a “nuclear holocaust” and chastised …
Anna Merlan / Mother Jones:
The Head of a New RFK-Backing Group Promoted 9/11 Conspiracy Theories and the Protocols of the Elders of Zion  —  Leland Lehrman is a key figure in the MAHA world, despite decades of pushing extremist ideas.  —  Before May, most people in Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s …
Discussion: The Forward
Drew Altman / KFF:
Making the Marketplaces Great Again?  —  Share this page on Facebook (opens in a new tab) Share this page on LinkedIn (opens in a new tab) Share this page via Email Print this page  —  It's a rare event that one of the most interesting findings in a KFF poll is hidden in the demographics …
Patrick Wintour / The Guardian:
UK places sanctions on two far-right Israeli ministers over ‘monstrous’ Gaza comments  —  Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich face travel bans and asset freezes as Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Norway also impose measures  —  The UK has been joined by Australia, Canada …
 
 
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