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10:15 AM ET, June 11, 2025

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Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump's Fury at Gavin Newsom Backfires—and Reveals His Own Weakness … With President Donald Trump sending more troops into Los Angeles amid protests there, a remarkable image has gone viral on social media.  It shows members of the National Guard crowded into a sterile-looking office …
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Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:
‘No Kings’: Millions to Protest Trump's ‘Dictator-Style Birthday Parade’  —  A national day of protest is set for June 14.  Can non-violent resistance counter Trump's authoritarian show of force?  —  Even before Donald Trump militarized his crackdown on pro-immigrant protesters in Los Angeles …
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Democrats Enter Risky Political Terrain as Protests Grip California  —  Scenes of unrest in Southern California, stoked by President Trump as he tries to deport more immigrants, have left Democratic leaders worried the confrontation elevates a losing issue for the party.
Politico:
From Los Angeles to Washington, Trump leans in as commander in chief  —  On one coast, military forces are arriving by the thousands to defend federal buildings and agents.  On the other, they're readying a celebration of American military might.  —  President Donald Trump loves displays of military force.
Discussion: Axios and Plain Dealer
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 …
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Trump Wants to Be a Strongman, but He's Actually a Weak Man  —  President Trump thinks it is a sign of strength to send in troops to deal with protesters in Los Angeles.  To that end, he has federalized a portion of the California National Guard and mobilized nearby Marines to support Immigration …
Marlene Lenthang / NBC News:
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to deploy National Guard across the state in response to protests  —  The move comes ahead of a planned protest in San Antonio and follows days of protest in L.A. and across the nation.  —  Texas Governor Greg Abbott said he'll deploy the National Guard to locations across the state …
Associated Press:
Marines that deployed to Los Angeles have not yet responded to immigration protests
Paul Blumenthal / HuffPost:
Donald Trump v. America
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
Trump's ludicrously sloppy legal rationale for occupying LA
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Despite administration rhetoric, ICE heavily targets non-criminals
Zoë Richards / NBC News:
Trump's border czar says protests are making immigration raids more ‘difficult’ and ‘dangerous’
Discussion: The Daily Caller and WIS-TV
Tal Axelrod / Axios:
MAGA feasts on red meat as Trump escalates L.A. showdown
Discussion: Alternet.org
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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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 …
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Jasmine Baehr / Fox News:
Trump announces he is ‘restoring’ the names of several bases changed under Biden
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
Punchbowl News:
6/11/25 ☀️ AM: … Top administration officials are aggressively making the case …
Discussion: Axios
Reuters:
Trump says China will supply rare earths, US to allow students  —  “WE ARE GETTING A TOTAL OF 55% TARIFFS, CHINA IS GETTING 10%.  RELATIONSHIP IS EXCELLENT!”  Trump wrote on Truth Social without elaborating.  —  A White House official said the agreement allows the U.S. to charge a 55% tariff on imported Chinese goods.
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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.
Matthias Gafni / San Francisco Chronicle:
We published real photos of troops sleeping on a floor in L.A. Right-wing critics called them fake  —  In the hours after the Chronicle published two exclusive photos of California National Guard troops sleeping on the concrete floor of a Los Angeles federal building, a torrent of false claims …
Discussion: Townhall
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David Horowitz / Daily News:
ICE detains local teen despite legal authorization to be in U.S.  —  DAVID MAMARIL HOROWITZ  —  [email protected]  —  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement seized and detained a local teenager in Bowling Green who has legal authorization to be in the country, according to a Teranga Academy-partnered nonprofit.
Discussion: Associated Press
Jeremy Turley / Flatwater Free Press:
Immigration raid rocks Nebraska meatpacking plant; protesters and law enforcement clash  —  Editor's note: Earlier reports indicated that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducted raids at multiple locations in Omaha.  ICE has since confirmed worksite enforcement operations at one location.
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Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
This Is What Trump Does When His Revolution Sputters  —  His military deployment in Los Angeles follows a long, disturbing tradition.  —  Revolutions have a logic.  The revolutionaries start with a big, transformative, impossible goal.  They want to remake society, smash existing institutions, replace them with something different.
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
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 …
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.”
New York Times:
Rubio Is Pressing to Open Sanctions Investigation Into Harvard  —  Experts and former officials said it was unusual for a cabinet secretary to try to influence the Treasury Department's sanctions process to target a domestic entity.  —  Secretary of State Marco Rubio is pushing …
Discussion: Reuters and NewsMax.com
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.
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.
David Dayen / American Prospect:
Here Lies Regular Order (2025-2025)  —  As soon as Senators tried to do their jobs to propose amendments to legislation, their colleagues didn't like it.  So that's the end of amendments.  —  U.S. Capitol At Night  —  The U.S. Capitol seen at night on January 5, 2023.
Discussion: The Hill and NewsMax.com
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Stephen Miller can't make America white.  LA is paying for his impotent rage  —  Mass deportations were never going to work, so Trump and Miller resort to authoritarian theater  —  Donald Trump loves authoritarian theater, but let's not forget that Stephen Miller is also to blame for the violence and chaos in Los Angeles.
 
 
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Dylan Matthews / Vox:
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Reuters:
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Discussion: CBS News and NewsMax.com
Yasmeen Hamadeh / The Daily Beast:
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Washington Monthly:
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Julia Ainsley / NBC News:
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Reuters:
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Hamed Aleaziz / New York Times:
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PRRI:
New PRRI Poll: Three-Quarters of Americans Oppose Trump's Military Parade
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