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

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 …

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 …

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 …

Trump Should Crush the L.A. Riots—with a Subtle Hand  —  Los Angeles is burning.  Earlier this year, seasonal fires ripped through the Southern California city, but now, the fires are entirely manmade.  In response to the Trump administration's deportation policy, left-wing activists …

Elon Was Right, Trump Is Compromised and Knows It: Ex-Aide  —  ‘KOMPROMAT’  —  The president may be compromised—but not exactly how Musk alleged, according to Anthony Scaramucci.  —  Even if Donald Trump's not in the Epstein files, Anthony Scaramucci suspects the president's real vulnerability lies somewhere even more alarming.

RFK Jr. breaks promise to senators, guts CDC vaccine panel of independent experts  —  Before his confirmation, the HHS secretary said he'd leave the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices alone.  Now he's doing the opposite.  —  In early February, when there was still some question …

Bannon calls for special counsel probe of Musk  —  Former White House aide and conservative pundit Steve Bannon says President Trump's administration should launch a special counsel investigation into Elon Musk following last week's explosive falling out the world's richest man had with the president last week.

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 …

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 …

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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 …

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 …

DOJ Employee Spiked Girlfriend's Drink With Abortion Pill, Police Allege  —  A Department of Justice (DOJ) employee was arrested in Texas on Friday for allegedly spiking his girlfriend's drink with the abortion pill, according to local police.  —  Thirty-eight year old Justin Anthony Banta …

Trump administration to cut all USAID overseas roles and axe thousands of staff  —  State department to take control of US foreign assistance programs in mass restructuring by 30 September  —  Joseph Gedeon and Robert Tait in Washington  —  The Trump administration will eliminate all USAID …

How Murdoch Media is fanning the L.A. flames  —  Over the weekend, the New York Post, blasted this front page headline in their usual huge cover type: “L.A. War.”  —  In an already highly inflamed situation, the Trump-friendly tabloid had no hesitations about escalating things …

Passé Comitatus / We Don't Need No Insurrection  —  The specter of the Burr Conspiracy, the crackdown of the Bonus Expeditionary Army protest, the escalating crisis in Los Angeles, the looming Flag Day parade—and what we can do to safeguard democracy  —  I. The 1807 of It All