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12:35 PM ET, June 10, 2025

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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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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 …
Discussion: Raw Story, TMZ.com and MSNBC
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 …
San Francisco Chronicle:
Exclusive: DHS secretary seeks military arrests in Los Angeles in leaked letter  —  One day before the Trump administration deployed U.S. Marines to confront protesters in Los Angeles, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem asked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to direct the military to detain or arrest …
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.
Patrick Smith / NBC News:
Anti-ICE protests held coast-to-coast after L.A. unrest as national movement grows  —  Activists plan more events on Tuesday, with events due in New York, Chicago, Dallas, and Atlanta.  —  Dozens of protests and rallies opposing ICE raids and government immigration policies were held across …
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
This Is What Autocracy Looks Like  —  Since Donald Trump was elected again, I've feared one scenario above all others: that he'd call out the military against people protesting his mass deportations, putting America on the road to martial law.  Even in my more outlandish imaginings, however …
Associated Press:
Pentagon draws up rules on possible use of force by Marines deployed to LA protests  —  The Pentagon was scrambling Monday to establish rules to guide U.S. Marines who could be faced with the rare and difficult prospect of using force against citizens on American soil, now that the Trump administration …
Washington Post:
How viral images are shaping views of L.A.'s immigration showdown  —  Social media is amping up passions on both sides with posts designed to spread outrage and misinformation.  —  As protesters and police officers clashed in the streets of Los Angeles, a parallel conflict raged on social media …
Edward Luce / Financial Times:
Trump is coming for the ‘enemy within’  —  Sending the National Guard into LA is the administration's clearest step yet towards authoritarianism  —  It is a fraught moment to stage a military parade in America's capital.  The display of tanks, aircraft and march-bys on Saturday will coincide …
Associated Press:
Hegseth faces Congress for first time since Signal leaks and Marine deployment to Los Angeles
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:   June 9, 2025  —  At 10:19 last night, White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller posted on social media: “Stand with ICE.
Paul Krugman:
We Finally Know What “American Carnage” Was About
Discussion: Mediaite
New York Times:
700 Marines Are Deploying to LA Protests to Join Federal Response
Politico:
Playbook: The LA standoff Trump wanted
Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog and NPR
Politico:
Gavin Newsom: Trump is ‘unhinged,’ speaking like an ‘authoritarian’
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 …
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Paul Wiseman / Associated Press:
Citing trade wars, the World Bank sharply downgrades global economic growth forecast to 2.3%
Discussion: Bloomberg and KRDO
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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Politico:
House to make fixes to GOP megabill to avoid ‘fatal’ ruling with Senate parliamentarian
Discussion: Raw Story
Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
Mark Green says he'll retire from House after megabill vote
New York Times:
White House Pushes Texas to Redistrict, Hoping to Blunt Democratic Gains
Discussion: The Texas Tribune
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
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 …
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr / Wall Street Journal:
RFK Jr.: HHS Moves to Restore Public Trust in Vaccines
Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
Airlines Don't Want You to Know They Sold Your Flight Data to DHS  —  A contract obtained by 404 Media shows that an airline-owned data broker forbids the feds from revealing it sold them detailed passenger data. … A data broker owned by the country's major airlines, including Delta …
Discussion: Wired
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Bannon calls for special counsel probe of Musk  —  Former White House aide and conservative pundit Steve Bannon says President Trump's administration should launch a special counsel investigation into Elon Musk following last week's explosive falling out the world's richest man had with the president last week.
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Shelby Talcott / Semafor:
Musk's administration allies become targets
Discussion: MM Press, Alternet.org and Raw Story
Washington Post:
Amid Trump standoff, Smithsonian says only secretary can hire and fire  —  The Board of Regents publicly backed Smithsonian leader Lonnie G. Bunch III and called for nonpartisanship after Trump attempted to fire a museum director.  —  The Smithsonian's Board of Regents said on Monday night that …
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.  👇
Jonathan Cohn:
A Tale of Two Resolutions: 75 Dems Join GOP in Resolution Praising Trump's Mass Deportation Regime  —  Yesterday, the US House voted on two resolutions that both claimed to be about condemning antisemitism, but only one truly was.  —  HRES 481, which condemns the recent attack in Boulder …
emptywheel:
Banging on a Gate: Pam Bondi Found a Cyber Investigator Who Doesn't Check Phone Logs!  —  Less than three weeks ago, Pam Bondi's DOJ got admonished by a Magistrate Judge for charging first, investigating latter.  —  When dismissing Ras Baraka's charges on May 21, Magistrate Judge André …
Discussion: Los Angeles Times and Raw Story
IJR:
DOJ Employee Spiked Girlfriend's Drink With Abortion Pill, Police Allege  —  A Department of Justice (DOJ) employee was arrested in Texas on Friday for allegedly spiking his girlfriend's drink with the abortion pill, according to local police.  —  Thirty-eight year old Justin Anthony Banta …
Discussion: The Post Millennial and Mediaite
Margaret Sullivan / American Crisis:
How Murdoch Media is fanning the L.A. flames  —  Over the weekend, the New York Post, blasted this front page headline in their usual huge cover type: “L.A. War.”  —  In an already highly inflamed situation, the Trump-friendly tabloid had no hesitations about escalating things …
Discussion: Poynter
Greg Olear / PREVAIL:
Passé Comitatus / We Don't Need No Insurrection  —  The specter of the Burr Conspiracy, the crackdown of the Bonus Expeditionary Army protest, the escalating crisis in Los Angeles, the looming Flag Day parade—and what we can do to safeguard democracy  —  I. The 1807 of It All
 
 
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Jerusalem Post:
Greta Thunberg among voluntarily deported activists, eight remain in detention
Ethan Bronner / Bloomberg:
US Holds Deep Doubts About Palestinian State, Ambassador Says
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Agencies Tracked Foreigners Traveling to See Musk
Discussion: HotAir
Oliver Willis Explains:
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Austin Williams / FOX 11 Los Angeles:
LA protests: Riot gear distributed by masked group sparks questions
Discussion: IJR and Breitbart
Garrett Haake / NBC News:
Trump's red Tesla is no longer parked outside the West Wing
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Crooked Media:
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