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Laurel Rosenhall / New York Times:
Newsom Says Trump Is Destroying U.S. Democracy in Speech on L.A. Protests  —  Gov. Gavin Newsom of California called on Americans to stand up to President Trump in a nationally televised address.  —  Gov. Gavin Newsom made the case in a televised address Tuesday evening that President Trump's decisions …
Associated Press:
Marines that deployed to Los Angeles have not yet responded to immigration protests  —  National Guard troops began protecting immigration agents as they made arrests in Los Angeles on Tuesday, an expansion of their duties that had been limited to protecting federal property.
Michael R. Blood / Associated Press:
California governor says ‘democracy is under assault’ by Trump as feds intervene in LA protests  —  Calling President Donald Trump a threat to the American way of life, Gov. Gavin Newsom depicted the federal military intervention in Los Angeles as the onset of a much broader effort by Trump …
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
Trump's ludicrously sloppy legal rationale for occupying LA
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
Today President Donald J. Trump made it clear that the provocations he and his administration …
Politico:   Playbook: The leader of the opposition
US Department of Justice:
Congresswoman Charged for Forcibly Impeding and Interfering With Federal Officers  —  For Immediate Release  —  U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Jersey  —  NEWARK, N.J. - U.S. Representative LaMonica McIver was charged in a three-count indictment today for forcibly impeding …
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Raquel Coronell Uribe / NBC News:
Rep. LaMonica McIver indicted on federal charges over clash with law enforcement at ICE facility in New Jersey  —  Interim U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba said the Democratic lawmaker, who plans to plead not guilty, was indicted on three counts of interfering with law enforcement.
Punchbowl News:
6/11/25 ☀️ AM: … Top administration officials are aggressively making the case …
Discussion: Axios
Mike Catalini / Associated Press:
US Rep. LaMonica McIver indicted on federal charges from skirmish at New Jersey immigration center
Katie Sobko / NorthJersey.com:
Acting NJ U.S. Attorney Alina Habba says Rep. LaMonica McIver indicted
Discussion: Bloomberg
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Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Stephen Miller can't make America white. LA is paying for his impotent rage
Discussion: Forbes
Chris Cameron / New York Times:
Trump Says Army Bases Will Revert to Confederate Names  —  The move would reverse a yearslong effort to remove names and symbols honoring the Confederacy from the military.  —  President Trump, during a speech at Fort Bragg, N.C., said on Tuesday that he would restore the names of all Army bases …
Discussion: USA Today, Raw Story and NewsMax.com
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Jason Lalljee / Axios:
Trump orders names restored to Army bases honoring Confederate leaders
Wall Street Journal:
X's Sales Pitch: Give Us Your Ad Business or We'll Sue  —  Elon Musk and CEO Linda Yaccarino launched a campaign to strong-arm advertisers back onto the platform  —  Late last year, Verizon Communications got an unusual message from a media company that wanted its business: Spend your ad dollars with us or we'll see you in court.
Scott Dance / Washington Post:
Trump says governors should be able to handle disasters without FEMA  —  In remarks to reporters, the president said the administration plans to “wean” states off FEMA assistance after hurricane season ends.  —  President Donald Trump said Tuesday that his administration plans to “wean” …
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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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Liam Archacki / The Daily Beast:
Tulsi Gabbard Admits to Asking AI What to Classify in JFK Files  —  EASIER THAT WAY  —  Gabbard revealed that she fed tens of thousands of documents about the JFK assassination into an AI program for review.  —  Tulsi Gabbard relied on artificial intelligence to determine what to classify …
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
The Silence of the Generals  —  As President Donald Trump crossed a dangerous line at Fort Bragg, the brass failed to speak out in the Army's defense.  —  President Donald Trump continued his war against America's most cherished military traditions today when he delivered a speech at Fort Bragg.
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 …
James Fanelli / Wall Street Journal:
Appeals Court Keeps Trump's Sweeping Tariffs in Place for Now  —  Court will hear fast-track oral arguments this summer  —  A federal appeals court on Tuesday granted the Trump administration's request to keep the president's far-reaching tariffs in effect for now but agreed to fast track its consideration of the case this summer.
Politico:
Most GOP lawmakers plan to skip Trump's big parade  —  POLITICO surveyed 50 Hill Republicans.  Only six said they'd stick around Saturday for the big show.  —  President Donald Trump is celebrating the Army's 250th anniversary — and his own 79th birthday — with a massive, multimillion-dollar military parade Saturday in Washington.
Scott Nover / Washington Post:
The U.S. granted these journalists asylum.  Then it fired them.  —  Three employees at Voice of America's fact-checking unit fled Putin's wrath and are now among the many journalists losing their jobs under Trump's orders.  —  When Leonid Martynyuk got off the train from Sochi to Krasnodar …
Washington Post:
Trump to ramp up transfers to Guantánamo, including citizens of allies  —  The administration is preparing to send thousands of foreigners to the infamous detention facility, including people from Britain, France and Italy, with no plans to notify their home governments, officials said.
Jemima McEvoy / Forbes:
Billionaire Walmart Heiress Promotes Nationwide Anti-Trump Protests  —  The 76-year-old Christy Walton has aligned herself with “No Kings,” an organization planning mass protests across the country this Saturday.  —  SaveComment  —  Walmart heiress Christy Walton, one of the richest women in America …
Jorge García Herrero / Zero Party Data:
“Localhost tracking” explained.  It could cost Meta 32 billion.  —  What happened?  —  Meta devised an ingenious system ("localhost tracking") that bypassed Android's sandbox protections to identify you while browsing on your mobile phone — even if you used a VPN, the browser's incognito mode …
Michael Luciano / Mediaite:
Bob Costas Condemns Mainstream Press for Doing ‘MAGA Media’: 'There Really Isn't Two Sides'  —  Legendary sportscaster Bob Costas criticized the media over its handling of President Donald Trump's second term during an awards ceremony on Monday night.  —  Costas took several major media organizations …
Helen Branswell / STAT:
STAT+: Ousted CDC vaccine adviser says RFK Jr.'s message is clear: ‘Scientific expertise is no longer of use’  —  Helen Chu went through a multi-year process to finally gain a seat on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's vaccines experts panel, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.
David Gilbert / Wired:
AI Chatbots Are Making LA Protest Disinformation Worse  —  Amid fast-moving events in Los Angeles, users are turning to chatbots like Grok and ChatGPT to find out what's real and what's not—and getting inaccurate information.  —  Disinformation about the Los Angeles protests is spreading …
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 the Supreme Court ruling …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
 
 
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PRRI:
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