Joe Jervis

Judge Sets Thursday Hearing On Deploying Troops

NBC News reports: A federal judge in California scheduled a hearing for Thursday on the state’s request for an emergency order to bar the Trump administration from using the military for immigration enforcement actions in Los Angeles. State officials asked U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer to issue a temporary restraining order today, but he instead granted the Trump administration’s request …

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ABC News Fires Top Reporter For Criticizing Voldemort

The Associated Press reports: Correspondent Terry Moran is out at ABC News, two days after the organization suspended its correspondent for a social media post that called Trump administration deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller a “world class hater.” The network said Tuesday that it was at the end of its contract with Moran “and based on his recent post …

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Sen. Tom Cotton: “Send In The Troops, For Real”

First, a reminder from Reason: Five years ago last Tuesday, The New York Times, after considerable internal turmoil, published an op-ed by Sen. Tom Cotton (R–Ark.) advocating that the federal government unilaterally send military troops to quell the riots ripping through the country in the wake of the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd. The piece led directly to the …

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Walsh: “Terminate All Immigration From Third World”

“Instead of simply targeting illegal aliens, the president should use his authority to immediately terminate all migration from the Third World. We should start being extremely selective about the legal migration we allow, which means not allowing an unchecked flood of Third World migration into this country. The United States has for far too long functioned as essentially a giant …

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HHS Budget Defunds LGBTQ Youth Suicide Hotline

NBC News reports: The Department of Health and Human Services’ proposed budget for 2026 eliminates specialized suicide hotline services for LGBTQ youth and young adults. The budget proposal, which the department published Friday, designates $520 million for 988, the suicide prevention line, and behavioral health crisis services, which is the same amount the Biden administration provided for 988. However, the …

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Bloomberg Endorses Cuomo For New York City Mayor

The New York Times reports: Former Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg on Tuesday announced that he was backing Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo in the New York City mayor’s race, giving Mr. Cuomo an endorsement coveted by many of the Democratic candidates in the race. Mr. Bloomberg said in a statement that it had been difficult to watch the city struggle since …

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Trump May Pull California’s Federal Education Funding

Politico reports: The Trump administration is considering cutting federal education funds to California, according to people familiar with the administration’s thinking. The discussion comes as Gov. Gavin Newsom and Trump feud over the president’s deployment of the National Guard to Los Angeles to stop immigration protests. A Trump administration employee told POLITICO the Education Department may stop the disbursement of …

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MTG: Calling Out Antisemitism Only Brings More Of It

“Antisemitic hate crimes are wrong, but so are all hate crimes. Yet Congress never votes on hate crimes committed against white people, Christians, men, the homeless, or countless others. Tonight, the House passed two more antisemitism-related resolutions, the 20th and 21st I’ve voted on since taking office. “Meanwhile, Americans from every background are being murdered — even in the womb — …

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CA Seeks Restraining Order Against Deploying Troops

Just in via press release: California Attorney General Rob Bonta and California Governor Gavin Newsom today asked the court to take immediate action to block President Donald Trump, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and the U.S. Department of Defense from using the military and the federalized California National Guard to patrol our communities and engage in other law enforcement activity. They …

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Johnson: Newsom Should Be “Tarred And Feathered”

“I’m not going to give you legal analysis on whether Gavin Newsom should be arrested. But he ought to be tarred and feathered, I’ll say that. He’s standing in the way of the administration of carrying out federal law. He is applauding the bad guys and standing in the way of the good guys. He is a participant, an accomplice.” …

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Trump Vows Military Reprisals Against Birthday Parade Protesters: “They Will Be Met With A Very Heavy Force”

“We have tanks, we have planes, we have all sorts of things, and I think it is going to be great. We are going to celebrate our country for a change. You know, recently, as you know, with World War II, the victory of World War II, I called up France and they were celebrating the victory. Well, we helped …

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Senate Bill Would Raise Minimum Wage To $15/Hour

NBC News reports: Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., introduced a bill with Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt., on Tuesday to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour, making him a rare congressional Republican to endorse the historically liberal cause. The Higher Wages for American Workers Act would set the nationwide minimum wage to $15 on Jan. 1 of the first …

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Cultists Scream After Walmart Heiress Funds Full-Page NYT Ad Promoting Saturday’s “No Kings Day” Protests

The cult is screaming about this: Christy Walton, an heiress to the Walmart fortune, is facing blowback from MAGA-inspired Republicans over a full-page ad in The New York Times promoting the “No Kings Day” protests against President Trump. The paid political ad features an image of the Statue of Liberty alongside a series of public declarations, including “WE honor our …

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DHS Flew Predator Drones Over Los Angeles Protests

404 Media reports: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) flew two high-powered Predator surveillance drones above the anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles over the weekend, according to air traffic control (ATC) audio unearthed by an aviation tracking enthusiast then reviewed by 404 Media and cross-referenced with flight data. The use of Predator drones highlights the extraordinary resources government agencies are …

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Wired: Literal Bleach Drinkers Are “Thrilled” With RFK

Wired reports: In the months since US health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. mentioned chlorine dioxide during his Senate confirmation hearing, the online community advocating for the use of the toxic bleach solution as a cure for everything from malaria to autism has become emboldened. Activity on bleach-supporting social media groups is exploding, and influencers are reemerging in an effort …

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No Prison Time In Theft Of Ashley Biden’s Diary

Courthouse News reports: A federal judge sentenced a Florida man to time served with no supervised release on Tuesday afternoon for his role in a plot to steal President Joe Biden’s daughter’s diary and sell it to the conservative media outlet Project Veritas for $40,000. Robert Kurlander and his co-defendant Aimee Harris were charged together in New York’s Southern District …

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Politico: 9000 Migrants To Be Sent To Gitmo This Week

Politico reports: The Trump administration is planning to dramatically ramp up sending undocumented migrants to Guantanamo Bay starting this week, with at least 9,000 people being vetted for transfer, according to documents obtained by POLITICO. That would be an exponential increase from the roughly 500 migrants who have been held for short periods at the base since February and a …

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Gabbard Claims “Political Elites And Warmongers Have The World Closer Than Ever To Nuclear Annihilation”

Mediaite reports: Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard issued a searing rebuke of “political elites” and “warmongers” she claimed were bringing the world “closer to the brink of nuclear annihilation than ever” by “fomenting” tensions between nations while shielding themselves in bunkers. The DNI said that she had “recently” visited Hiroshima, marking 80 years since the U.S. dropped an …

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Pentagon: Cost Of Deploying Troops To LA Is $134M

The Huffington Post reports: After persistent questioning about the cost of sending National Guard members and Marines to Los Angeles, Hegseth turned to his acting comptroller, Bryn Woollacott MacDonnell, who said it would cost $134 million. Hegseth defended Trump’s decision to send the troops, saying they are needed to protect federal agents as they do their jobs. The House Defense …

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ICE Barbie Urges Hegseth To Let Troops Make Arrests

The Daily Beast reports: Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has asked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to instruct soldiers deployed to Los Angeles to help arrest rioters, even though the military is generally barred from domestic law enforcement. In a leaked letter, Noem asked Hegseth on Sunday to have the Pentagon give “direction to [Department of Defense] forces to either detain, …

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