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  • Trump wields little-used law to deploy National Guard to LA riots despite Gov. Newsom’s protests: ‘Unable to handle the task’

    06/08/2025 11:11:08 AM PDT · by thegagline · 49 replies
    The New York Post ^ | 06/08/2025 | Ryan King
    President Trump has ordered the California National Guard to secure Los Angeles from the anti-ICE rioters, despite the vocal objections of Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom and LA Mayor Karen Bass. It’s the first time in 60 years that the commander-in-chief deployed a state’s National Guard without the governor’s blessing, and members of the Trump administration are saying the move is justified because the protests represent a “violent insurrection” against the country. “This is a violent insurrection,” White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller posted Saturday night. Vice President JD Vance also used the word in describing the riots: “Insurrectionists carrying...
  • National Guard troops ordered to Los Angeles by Trump find quiet streets and few protests

    06/08/2025 1:18:09 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 28 replies
    AP News ^ | Udated 2:56 PM CDT, June 8, 2025 | ERIC THAYER and JAKE OFFENHARTZ
    LOS ANGELES (AP) — Around 300 National Guard troops arrived in Los Angeles early Sunday on orders from President Donald Trump, staging outside a federal complex that remained largely quiet and without major protests following two days of clashes with immigration authorities.The deployment appeared to be the first time in decades that a state’s national guard was activated without a request from its governor, a significant escalation against those who have sought to hinder the administration’s mass deportation efforts. On Sunday morning, some of the troops were stationed outside the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles, dressed in tactical...