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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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Raw Story, The Left Hook with Wajahat Ali, Twitchy, USA Today, Axios, Reason, The Guardian, NewsMax.com, Bloomberg and Mediaite
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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 …
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MSNBC, Newsweek, The Hill, Alternet.org, SanDiegoVille, Washington Times, Axios, IJR and Townhall, more at Mediagazer »
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.
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NewsMax.com, Breitbart, The Intercept, Washington Examiner, National Review, New Jersey Online, New York Post, The Independent and CBS News
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.
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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 …
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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 …
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HuffPost, New Republic, Alternet.org, Washington Examiner and ABC News
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 …
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The Hill, NewsNation, Daily Mail, El País, Blaze Media, Washington Examiner and The Barbed Wire
Michael R. Blood / Associated Press:
California governor says ‘democracy is under assault’ by Trump as feds intervene in LA protests
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Los Angeles Times, Reason, Washington Times, Washington Examiner and The Guardian
Associated Press:
Marines that deployed to Los Angeles have not yet responded to immigration protests
Marines that deployed to Los Angeles have not yet responded to immigration protests
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Washington Examiner, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, New York Sun, CalMatters, Politico, NPR, Mediaite, Slate, New York Times, Raw Story, Associated Press, The Intercept, Bloomberg, Scripps News, Townhall, UnHerd, Mercury News, FOX 11 Los Angeles, Reuters, Foreign Policy, Rolling Stone, PoliticusUSA, WBUR, Chalkbeat, New Jersey Online, Boston.com, The Hill, Fox News and CBS News
Paul Blumenthal / HuffPost:
Donald Trump v. America
Donald Trump v. America
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Townhall, The Guardian, The Bulwark, Politico, NewsNation, ABC News, Raw Story, Forbes, Fox News, Washington Times, New York Magazine, MSNBC, The Hill and spiked
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
Trump's ludicrously sloppy legal rationale for occupying LA
Trump's ludicrously sloppy legal rationale for occupying LA
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Just Security, Pepperspectives, Roll Call, The Independent, HuffPost, Blaze Media, Daily Mail, TREASON with Miles Taylor, The Long Memo, NBC News, NewsMax.com and The Hill
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Despite administration rhetoric, ICE heavily targets non-criminals
Despite administration rhetoric, ICE heavily targets non-criminals
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Townhall, The Hill and YouGov /Research Reality
Jemima McEvoy / Forbes:
Billionaire Walmart Heiress Promotes Nationwide Anti-Trump Protests
Billionaire Walmart Heiress Promotes Nationwide Anti-Trump Protests
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Newsweek, Raw Story, Breitbart, Blaze Media, The Daily Caller, Washington Times and Washington Examiner
Yan Zhuang / New York Times:
Texas Governor Will Deploy National Guard to Immigration Protests
Texas Governor Will Deploy National Guard to Immigration Protests
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KSAT-TV, Bloomberg, Scripps News, CBS News, NewsMax.com, Newsweek, Houston Public Media, Fox News, Associated Press, ABC News and CalMatters
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
Today President Donald J. Trump made it clear that the provocations he and his administration …
Today President Donald J. Trump made it clear that the provocations he and his administration …
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HuffPost, Civil Discourse …, Newsbusters, Blaze Media, MSNBC, Washington Examiner, Democracy Docket, Rolling Stone, Reason and Slate
Zoë Richards / NBC News:
Trump's border czar says protests are making immigration raids more ‘difficult’ and ‘dangerous’
Trump's border czar says protests are making immigration raids more ‘difficult’ and ‘dangerous’
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The Daily Caller and WIS-TV
Axios:
Republicans warn Trump that some deportations go too far
Republicans warn Trump that some deportations go too far
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Reuters, Alternet.org, New York Sun and CBS News
The Atlantic:
The White House Is Delighted With Events in Los Angeles
The White House Is Delighted With Events in Los Angeles
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The Hill, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Times and CNN
Tal Axelrod / Axios:
MAGA feasts on red meat as Trump escalates L.A. showdown
MAGA feasts on red meat as Trump escalates L.A. showdown
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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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Scripps News, Bloomberg, Deseret News, NewsNation, Alternet.org and Raw Story
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Gabe Cohen / CNN:
Trump says he plans to phase out FEMA after 2025 hurricane season
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The Hill, Raw Story, MyNorthwest.com, KRDO, E&E News, NewsMax.com and MeidasTouch News
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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Mediaite, NewsMax.com, Reuters, CBS News, Raw Story, The Independent and ABC News
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Jasmine Baehr / Fox News:
Trump announces he is ‘restoring’ the names of several bases changed under Biden
Tony Romm / New York Times:
President Says Bases Will Revert to Confederate Names
President Says Bases Will Revert to Confederate Names
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HuffPost, Military and Veteran …, Associated Press, USA Today, Reuters, The Post Millennial and ABC7
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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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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The Hill, Politico, CBS News, Wall Street Journal, Associated Press and New York Post
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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.
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The Hill, New Jersey Online, Roll Call, Washington Examiner, The Gateway Pundit, Chicago Tribune and Associated Press
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 …
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Townhall
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David Gilbert / Wired:
AI Chatbots Are Making LA Protest Disinformation Worse
AI Chatbots Are Making LA Protest Disinformation Worse
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The Hill, The Federalist, PolitiFact and JURISTnews
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.
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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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Associated Press, Fox News, The Gateway Pundit and The Daily Caller
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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.
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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 …
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Mediaite, Associated Press, The Register and Raw Story
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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Axios, Mediaite, The Daily Beast, New York Post, New Jersey Online, Associated Press, Fox News, Z100, Al Jazeera, Raw Story, RedState, Alternet.org, Townhall, The National Pulse, The Hill, Los Angeles Times, The Independent, Newsbusters, The Wrap, Deadline, Bloomberg, The Hollywood Reporter, Salon, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller and Diane Ravitch's blog, more at Mediagazer »
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 …
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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.
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Raw Story, NBC News, Alternet.org, Daily Mail, E&E News and The National Pulse
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 …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money, City Journal, Reuters, New York Post, Mediaite, Fox News, PJ Media, HotAir, Chicago Tribune, KFTC-TV, New York Sun and Breitbart
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.
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Reuters, Bloomberg, New York Times, UPI, Associated Press, Raw Story, Washington Times, The Hill, Fox News, Washington Examiner, The Gateway Pundit, RedState and New York Sun
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.
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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.

