Trump Corruption

The Guardian reports: California national guards troops and marines deployed to Los Angeles to help restore order after days of protest against the Trump administration have told friends and family members they are deeply unhappy about the assignment and worry their only meaningful role will be as pawns in a political battle they do not want to join. Three different …

NOTUS reports: As Donald Trump and his allies pick high-profile legal fights with prominent Democrats, lawmakers are increasingly taking out liability insurance to protect themselves. “That’s just, unfortunately, the nature of the job right now and it’s terrible,” one House Democrat told NOTUS. “It’s a terrible way to have to do this work.” Seeking insurance for legal help isn’t a …

Military.com reports: As Trump viciously attacked his perceived political foes, he whipped up boos from the gathered troops directed at California leaders, including Gov. Gavin Newsom — amid the president’s controversial move to deploy the National Guard and Marines against protesters in Los Angeles — as well as former President Joe Biden and the press. The soldiers roared with laughter …

CNN reports: President Donald Trump drew charged reactions of both admiration and ire at the Kennedy Center’s opening night of “Les Misérables” – with a greeting of cheers and boos, drama at intermission and drag queens in the audience. When the lights came on after the end of the first act Wednesday, many people cheered and clapped as the president …

NBC News reports: President Donald Trump is set to attend the opening night of “Les Misérables,” a musical set against a background of revolution and protest, at Washington, D.C.’s John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Wednesday. “I love the songs, I love the play,” Trump told Fox News Digital last week. “I think it’s great.” Protests against …

Pew Research reports: U.S. President Donald Trump receives mostly negative ratings in a new Pew Research Center survey of 24 nations. More than half in 19 of these countries say they lack confidence in Trump’s leadership of world affairs. Majorities in most countries also express little or no confidence in Trump’s ability to handle specific issues, including immigration, the Russia-Ukraine …

SEN. TAMMY BALDWIN: “Just specifically, Mr. Secretary, what is the authority that the administration is using to deploy active-duty Marines to California neighborhoods? What authority?” PETE HEGSETH: “Senator, the president has constitutional authority in order to support–” BALDWIN: “Cite the provision of the Constitution.” HEGSETH: “I’d have to pull up the specific provision, but our Office of General Counsel, alongside …

Forbes reports: Walmart heiress Christy Walton, one of the richest women in America, has joined a small group of billionaires speaking out against Trump. The 76-year-old Walton, who is worth an estimated $19.3 billion according to Forbes, paid to take out a full-page advertisement in The New York Times calling on readers to “mobilize” on Saturday, June 14. Joe Pennington, …

Mediaite reports: Peter Rothpletz reported on Tuesday through Substack that the Trump administration is seeking to get approximately 2,000 historical military costumes, which will be used in Saturday’s parade in Washington, D.C. The massive parade also falls on Trump’s 79th birthday. Citing multiple sources familiar with the situation, Rothpletz reported that the Trump administration is going through the Motion Picture …

Politico reports: President Donald Trump is celebrating the Army’s 250th anniversary — and his own 79th birthday — with a massive, multimillion-dollar military parade Saturday in Washington. But one group of otherwise devoted Trump allies largely won’t be there to celebrate: congressional Republicans. Among the 50 GOP lawmakers surveyed by POLITICO, only seven said they planned to stay in Washington …

The Associated Press reports: The White House broke ground Monday on construction projects ordered by President Donald Trump to pave over the grass in the Rose Garden and install flagpoles on the north and south lawns. The projects are part of a series of personal touches that Trump has added or is adding to the Executive Mansion and its grounds. …

The Washington Post reports: President Donald Trump said Tuesday that his administration plans to “wean” states off Federal Emergency Management Agency assistance after this year’s hurricane season, offering in the most explicit terms yet his plans for states to respond to natural disasters and other emergencies on their own. “We’re moving it back to the states, so the governors can …

The Los Angeles Times reports: Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday night accused President Trump of intentionally fanning the flames of the Los Angeles protests and “pulling a military dragnet across” the city endangering peaceful protesters and targeting hardworking immigrant families. The Democratic governor’s comments were a forceful rebuke to the president’s claims that deploying the California National Guard and U.S. …

“You know what November 5th was? It was the election of a president that loves you. And that’s when it all changed. That’s when it all changed. “Within the span of a few decades, Los Angeles has gone from being one of the cleanest, safest, and most beautiful cities on Earth, to being a trash heap with entire neighborhoods under …

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 …

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 …

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 …

“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 …

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 …

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, …