Evening Roundup, June 13
Featuring the Democracy Movement, Mimi Rocah, Carron J. Phillips, Liza Goitein & Jen Rubin, Marvin Kalb, Brian O'Neill, Meredith Blake, Marissa Rothkopf, our Pet(s) of the Week, & Ruben Bolling!
The Contrarian covers the Democracy Movement
The Trump administration mobilized Marines and deployed more National Guard troops to California—which the governor did not request—in response to a large, peaceful protest that began Friday in response to Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in Los Angeles. Protests broke out across the country as tensions in L.A. escalated.
Court declares no rebellion, no National Guard
By Mimi Rocah
A federal judge ruled the president could not deploy the National Guard in California, but an appeals court stayed the order for now.
For a man who won two elections, Trump sure is obsessed with losers
By Carron J. Phillips
The president and his supporters don’t seem to realize or care that the Confederacy and a certain German dictator lost.
Americans have the right to protest! Liza Goitein on the L.A. protests & Newsom's suit against Trump
While thousands of Americans get ready to protest this Saturday for No Kings Day, the National Guard has been stationed in L.A. for days and will remain there throughout the weekend.
A Showdown Made in Heaven
By Marvin Kalb
He observed it from afar, and loved what he saw. It was 1989, and Tiananmen Square in Beijing was flooded with tens of thousands of protesting Chinese students, angrily objecting to communist rule. The regime, frightened and embarrassed, dispatched tanks and troops and mercilessly crushed the uprising, leaving the streets as bloody testimony to deep, popular discontent.
Watching with fascination from New York, real estate magnate Donald Trump thought the Chinese leaders...
The deal-maker was left out of the deal
By Brian O’Neill
Trump’s foreign policy fantasies collapse in Iran.
Memo to Trump: Don't Mess With Los Angeles
All week, the Trump administration has been using Los Angeles as a stage for fascist theatrics.
Nutella No-Bake Cheesecake
On a weekend I suggest that, along with the The Contrarian bunch, we all actively eschew kings on No Kings Day, I ask that we make one exception to the rule and consider Nutella, the king of desserts.
Tom the Dancing Bug
Follow Ruben Bolling on Substack here; Join Tom the Dancing Bug’s Inner Hive here; and here is the Tom the Dancing Bug website, with information about the new book, “It’s the Great Storm, Tom the Dancing Bug!"
The new Comer committee looking into Newsom's and Bass's actions is a thigh slapper.
The Fascist party doesn't do anything unless they can libel and slander Democratic politicians. I hope they get the proper answers.
No fascist party looking into the treatment of Sen. Padilla. Figures.
Lisa Murkowski spoke out after videos circulated Thursday of Senator Alex Padilla being forcibly removed from a news conference held by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in Los Angeles. Called the incident "shocking," "I've seen that one clip. It's horrible. It is shocking at every level. It's not the America I know," she said.
Where's Don Bacon? Roger Wicker? Where are Mike Turner? Jerry Moran? Mike Bost?
Please get them on the record.
BTW my colleague, Moe Davis has annouced his candidacy for the House from Ashville. https://moedavis.com/