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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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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.
San Francisco Chronicle:
Exclusive: DHS secretary seeks military arrests in Los Angeles in leaked letter  —  One day before the Trump administration deployed U.S. Marines to confront protesters in Los Angeles, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem asked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to direct the military to detain or arrest …
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: Raw Story, TMZ.com and MSNBC
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
Discussion: CBS News, Raw Story and Al Jazeera
Washington Post:
How viral images are shaping views of L.A.'s immigration showdown  —  Social media is amping up passions on both sides with posts designed to spread outrage and misinformation.  —  As protesters and police officers clashed in the streets of Los Angeles, a parallel conflict raged on social media …
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 …
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 …
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.
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 …
CNN:
About 700 Marines being mobilized in response to LA protests, sources tell CNN
Politico:
Gavin Newsom: Trump is ‘unhinged,’ speaking like an ‘authoritarian’
John Dickerson / CBS News:
Homan says Trump administration has “no intention to arrest” Newsom — after Trump says “I'd do it”
Politico:
Playbook: The LA standoff Trump wanted
Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog and NPR
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.
Paul Krugman:
We Finally Know What “American Carnage” Was About
Discussion: Mediaite
Austin Williams / FOX 11 Los Angeles:
LA protests: Riot gear distributed by masked group sparks questions
Discussion: IJR and Breitbart
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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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
RFK Jr. breaks promise to senators, guts CDC vaccine panel of independent experts
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
Kennedy Removes All C.D.C. Vaccine Panel Experts
Associated Press:
RFK Jr. ousts entire CDC vaccine advisory committee
Washington Post:   RFK Jr. purges every vaccine adviser on CDC panel, will pick replacements
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: Vox
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Greg Olear / PREVAIL:   Passé Comitatus / We Don't Need No Insurrection
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 …
emptywheel:
Banging on a Gate: Pam Bondi Found a Cyber Investigator Who Doesn't Check Phone Logs!  —  Less than three weeks ago, Pam Bondi's DOJ got admonished by a Magistrate Judge for charging first, investigating latter.  —  When dismissing Ras Baraka's charges on May 21, Magistrate Judge André …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Jacob Rosen / CBS News:
California union leader charged with felony conspiracy after being arrested during L.A. ICE protest
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
ABC is too cowed to state the obvious about Stephen Miller  —  📰 Public Notice is possible thanks to paid subscribers.  If you appreciate our fiercely independent coverage of American politics, please support us by clicking the button and signing up for a paid subscription.  👇
Discussion: RedState and Ace of Spades HQ
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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Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
Airlines Don't Want You to Know They Sold Your Flight Data to DHS  —  A contract obtained by 404 Media shows that an airline-owned data broker forbids the feds from revealing it sold them detailed passenger data. … A data broker owned by the country's major airlines, including Delta …
Discussion: Wired
Washington Post:
Amid Trump standoff, Smithsonian says only secretary can hire and fire  —  The Board of Regents publicly backed Smithsonian leader Lonnie G. Bunch III and called for nonpartisanship after Trump attempted to fire a museum director.  —  The Smithsonian's Board of Regents said on Monday night that …
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 …
Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:
Blue state Republicans are the problem  —  When it comes to housing reform in the Northeast, right-NIMBYs are quiet online but loud in state legislatures. … Last week, Scott Wiener's SB-79 creating mandatory upzoning near mass transit stops passed the California state senate by a 21-13 margin.
 
 
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New York Times:
White House Pushes Texas to Redistrict, Hoping to Blunt Democratic Gains
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