Los Angeles is on fire...again...for the second time this year
>Trump Orders Additional 2,000 National Guardsmen To LA As Riots Continue
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<There have been four days of protests and riots since they broke out in Los Angeles on June 6.
<President Donald Trump has now federalized and deployed 2,000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles to quell the violence.
<Trump has also deployed 700 Marines to Los Angeles to help the Los Angeles Police Department tame the violent protests.
<There have been dozens of arrests since the protests and riots broke out.
<Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and other top military officials are heading to Capitol Hill to testify before House committees, where lawmakers are all but certain to ask them about their response to the violence.
<"The FBI is investigating any and all monetary connections responsible for these riots," FBI Director Kash Patel told media outlet Just the News.
>Gavin Newsom And His Cruel Notion Of 'Cruel'
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<Recently, Gov. Newsom weighed in on the Trump administration’s efforts to undo the last four years of border destruction, when an estimated 10-12 million illegal aliens entered the U.S. unlawfully—among them thousands with criminal records.
<Of the recent Los Angeles efforts of ICE to detain those who entered and reside here illegally, the governor proclaimed:
<“Continued chaotic federal sweeps, across California, to meet an arbitrary arrest quota are as reckless as they are cruel. Donald Trump’s chaos is eroding trust, tearing families apart, and undermining the workers and industries that power America’s economy.”
>Los Angeles turns into battleground between Trump and California Governor Gavin Newsom
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<On the fourth day of demonstrations against Trump administration raids targeting undocumented migrants in Los Angeles, escalation appeared inevitable between the federal government and Democratic states.
<Open conflict has broken out between Washington and California. In addition to 2,000 National Guard troops, the Trump administration announced on Monday, June 9, that some 700 US Marines would be sent to maintain order in Los Angeles – a further provocation in the eyes of officials from the Democratic state, who said nothing justified such a deployment except to "fulfill the deranged fantasy of a dictatorial President," as Governor Gavin Newsom said.
<On the fourth day of protests in Los Angeles against Trump administration raids targeting undocumented migrants, escalation seemed inevitable. California had become the "ground zero" of the standoff between the federal government and Democratic states, particularly over immigration. Tom Homan, Trump's immigration adviser, even threatened to have the governor arrested if he interfered with the implementation of federal policy. On Monday, the American president applauded the idea. "I would do it if I were Tom," he said, before calling Newsom a "grossly incompetent" leader.
<The governor responded in kind to the "tough guy" Homan: "Arrest me. Let's go," he challenged him on MSNBC. "Lay your hands off 4-year-old girls," he added, referring to Sofia, a Mexican girl from Bakersfield, northeast of Los Angeles, who suffers from a rare disease and faced deportation. The measure was canceled, the White House protested, but at this point, Newsom was no longer concerned with fact-checking either.
>Washington Post: California Gov. Gavin Newsom Says Trump Is Stepping toward Authoritarianism
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<The relationship between the leader of the United States and the country’s most populous state reached a near-breaking point Monday, as President Donald Trump said that he thought California Gov. Gavin Newsom should be arrested, a claim that Newsom described as an unmistakable step toward authoritarianism.
<The back-and-forth came as Trump stepped up the military’s presence on the streets of Los Angeles, against Newsom’s will, as the two men traded recriminations.
<Trump repeatedly ridiculed Newsom, a Democrat, saying that he is “grossly incompetent” and had done “a terrible job.” Asked about a threat made by his border czar Tom Homan to arrest the governor, Trump said, “I would do it if I were Tom.”
<“I think it’s great,” Trump added, without specifying any alleged criminal wrongdoing or charges. “Gavin likes the publicity, but I think it would be a great thing.”
<“That’s an American president in 2025, threatening a political opponent who happens to be a sitting governor,” Newsom said in an interview Monday. “That’s not with precedent in modern times. That’s what we see around the globe in authoritarian regimes.”
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