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9:25 AM ET, June 10, 2025

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Matthias Gafni / San Francisco Chronicle:
‘Wildly underprepared’: National Guard troops seen sleeping on floors in exclusive photos  —  President Donald Trump's rush to deploy California National Guard troops to Los Angeles has left dozens of soldiers without adequate sleeping arrangements, forced to pack together in one or more federal buildings …
Discussion: PREVAIL
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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 …
CNN:
About 700 Marines being mobilized in response to LA protests, sources tell CNN  —  More than 700 Marines based out of the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in California have been mobilized to respond to the protests in Los Angeles, according to three people familiar with the matter …
David Dayen / American Prospect:
Cries of Defiance and Songs of Joy in Los Angeles  —  The protesters are being called unspeakably violent by the Trump administration.  I mostly saw clergy sit-ins and Tejano bands.  —  Dayen-LAprotests1-060925  —  Protesters at the El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historic Monument on June 9, 2025.
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 …
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 …
Christopher F. Rufo:
Trump Should Crush the L.A. Riots—with a Subtle Hand  —  How the president can restore order and win the war for visual symbolism  —  Los Angeles is burning.  Earlier this year, seasonal fires ripped through the Southern California city, but now, the fires are entirely manmade.
Discussion: Instapundit
Politico:
Gavin Newsom: Trump is ‘unhinged,’ speaking like an ‘authoritarian’  —  The California governor blasted Trump amid the president's deployment of National Guard troops to the Los Angeles area.  —  LOS ANGELES — California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Donald Trump's threats against him and other Democrats following …
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: MSNBC and TMZ.com
John Dickerson / CBS News:
Homan says Trump administration has “no intention to arrest” Newsom — after Trump says “I'd do it”  —  White House “border czar” Tom Homan told CBS News on Monday “there's no intention to arrest” California Gov. Gavin Newsom, after President Trump suggested he was open to the idea …
Politico:
Playbook: The LA standoff Trump wanted
Discussion: NPR
Wall Street Journal:
Marines Are Deploying to L.A. Area as ICE Protests Continue
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.
Jacob Rosen / CBS News:
California union leader charged with federal conspiracy counts after being arrested during L.A. ICE protest
State of California:
Attorney General Bonta, Governor Newsom Challenge Trump Order Seeking to Federalize California National Guard
Tom Bowman / NPR:
Trump mobilizes Marines and more National Guard troops for duty in LA
Robert F. Kennedy Jr / Wall Street Journal:
RFK Jr.: HHS Moves to Restore Public Trust in Vaccines  —  We're reconstituting an advisory committee to avoid conflicts of interest.  —  Vaccines have become a divisive issue in American politics, but there is one thing all parties can agree on: The U.S. faces a crisis of public trust.
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STAT:
Health Secretary RFK Jr. abruptly fires CDC vaccine advisory panel  —  Kennedy said the move is needed to ‘re-establish public confidence,’ but experts expressed shock  —  Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has taken the extraordinary step of firing the expert panel that advises the Centers …
Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
Kennedy Removes All C.D.C. Vaccine Panel Experts  —  The U.S. health secretary chose to “retire” members of a committee that makes significant decisions about who receives immunizations, including the vaccines for children.  —  Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the U.S. health secretary …
Washington Post:   RFK Jr. purges every vaccine adviser on CDC panel, will pick replacements
Associated Press:
RFK Jr. ousts entire CDC vaccine advisory committee
Beth Mole / Ars Technica:
Anti-vaccine advocate RFK Jr. fires entire CDC panel of vaccine advisors
Discussion: STAT
Annika Kim Constantino / CNBC:   RFK Jr. removes all members of CDC panel advising U.S. on vaccines
Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
Mark Green says he'll retire from House after megabill vote  —  Rep. Mark Green said Monday he plans to resign from Congress after four terms to accept a private-sector job offer.  The Tennessee Republican and Homeland Security Committee said his retirement would begin after the House votes again …
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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 …
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
Trump asks the Supreme Court to neutralize the Convention Against Torture  —  Federal law states that the United States shall not “expel, extradite, or otherwise effect the involuntary return of any person to a country in which there are substantial grounds for believing the person would be in danger of being subjected to torture.”
Beth Mole / Ars Technica:
NIH scientists publish “Bethesda Declaration” rebuking Trump admin … Over 300 researchers from the National Institutes of Health have published a letter rebuking its director and the Trump administration for deep, politically motivated cuts to research funding, as well as disrupting global collaboration …
Discussion: New York Times, CNN, STAT, UPI, The Hill and NPR
Politico:
House to make fixes to GOP megabill to avoid ‘fatal’ ruling with Senate parliamentarian  —  House Republicans will try to fix issues with their megabill in the Rules Committee this week based on provisions the Senate parliamentarian has identified as non-compliant with the chamber's rules …
Discussion: Alternet.org and Raw Story
Emily Mullin / Wired:
What Tear Gas and Rubber Bullets Do to the Human Body  —  So-called “less-lethal” weapons like those that have been used against demonstrators in Los Angeles can cause severe, lasting harm like nerve or brain damage or blindness.  They can also kill.  —  As protesters in Los Angeles clashed …
 
 
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New York Times:
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Lauren Wolfe / Committee to Protect Journalists:
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