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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 …
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 …
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 …
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.”
Emily Bloch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
John Fetterman slams ‘anarchy’ in LA  —  U.S. Sen. John Fetterman (D., Pa.) has criticized the protests in Los Angeles, calling the scene “true chaos.”  The latest chapter for the senator, whose alienation from the rest of his party is a common talking point, began unfolding Monday night …
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.
Stacey Dec / ABC News:
Trump warns ‘any’ protesters at military parade will be ‘met with heavy force’
Leo Sands / Washington Post:
L.A. protests live updates
Barbara F. Walter / New York Times:   Trump's Flawed Message to Los Angeles
Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Trump on Insurrection Act: ‘I would certainly invoke it’
April Rubin / Axios:
Nearly half of U.S. adults disapprove of Trump's handling of protests: Poll
Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
Newsom: Hegseth is ‘an embarrassment’
Associated Press:
Hegseth faces sharp questions from Congress on deploying troops to LA and Pentagon spending
April Rubin / Axios:
Judge rejects Newsom's request to immediately intervene against Trump
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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Time:   Inside Donald Trump's Mass-Deportation Operation
Brian Stelter / CNN:
ABC News drops Terry Moran over late-night post attacking Trump and Stephen Miller  —  ABC News is parting ways with veteran correspondent Terry Moran, two days after he posted a missive on X calling President Donald Trump and deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller “world-class haters.”
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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
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
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.
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 …
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
Nicholas Wu / Politico:
Eleanor Holmes Norton says she's seeking reelection amid age questions  —  Eleanor Holmes Norton, D.C.'s nonvoting House delegate, told reporters Tuesday she intends to seek reelection amid mounting questions about her ability to serve in Congress.  “Yeah, sure,” she said when asked about running for reelection.
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. …
Benjamin Guggenheim / Politico:
House Republicans warn Thune over megabill ‘budget gimmicks’  —  Rep. Lloyd Smucker has previously shown his ability to force leadership's hand when it comes to the contours of the GOP's domestic policy package.  —  Thirty-eight House Republicans are warning Senate leaders against using …
Discussion: The Hill, Raw Story and Alternet.org
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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 …
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 …
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 …
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: Raw Story and The Forward
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 …
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 …
Ruth Graham / New York Times:
Southern Baptists Endorse Effort to Overturn Same-Sex Marriage  —  The nation's largest Protestant denomination was motivated by conservative Christians' success in reversing Roe v. Wade.  —  Southern Baptists voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to call for the overturning of Obergefell v. Hodges …
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 …
Joel Wertheimer / Silver Bulletin:
Can anyone beat Cuomo?  And is it Zohran?  —  Today's newsletter is a guest post from Joel Wertheimer.  Even if you don't care about New York, I think you'll like the post.  It contains some nerdy diversions into game theory and ranked choice voting, a system that can introduce …
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 …
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 …
Giselle Ruhiyyih Ewing / Politico:
TikTok star detained by ICE, leaves US amid Trump immigration crackdown  —  Another TikTok personality, self-described pro-Trump influencer Bo Loudon, took credit for Lame's departure.  —  As President Donald Trump ramps up his immigration crackdown, not even TikTok's most-followed star is immune from removal from the U.S.
Discussion: MSNBC, New York Times and TheGrio
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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