<p><a href="/tags/giftarticle/" rel="tag">#GiftArticle</a><br>🚨Trump plans to create <a href="/tags/military/" rel="tag">#military</a> reaction force for *civil unrest*</p><p>The <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> admin is evaluating plans that would establish a “Domestic Civil Disturbance Quick Reaction Force” composed of hundreds of <a href="/tags/nationalguard/" rel="tag">#NationalGuard</a> <a href="/tags/troops/" rel="tag">#troops</a> tasked with rapidly deploying into <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> cities facing <a href="/tags/protests/" rel="tag">#protests</a> or other unrest, acc/to internal <a href="/tags/pentagon/" rel="tag">#Pentagon</a> docs reviewed by WaPo.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/possecomitatusact/" rel="tag">#PosseComitatusAct</a> <a href="/tags/militarystate/" rel="tag">#MilitaryState</a> <a href="/tags/autocracy/" rel="tag">#Autocracy</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#democracy</a> <a href="/tags/freedomofassembly/" rel="tag">#FreedomOfAssembly</a> <a href="/tags/righttoprotest/" rel="tag">#RightToProtest</a> <a href="/tags/freespeech/" rel="tag">#FreeSpeech</a><br><a href="https://wapo.st/46UGmic" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>wapo.st/46UGmic</a></p>
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<p>Judge rules <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> troop deployment in <a href="/tags/la/" rel="tag">#LA</a> <a href="/tags/illegal/" rel="tag">#illegal</a> </p><p>The federal judge found that the deployment exceeded legal limits that generally prohibit the use of the <a href="/tags/military/" rel="tag">#military</a> for domestic law enforcement.</p><p>The Trump admin illegally used thousands of military <a href="/tags/troops/" rel="tag">#troops</a> in <a href="/tags/california/" rel="tag">#California</a>, a federal judge said on Tues, in a ruling that accused Trump of effectively turning nearly 5k <a href="/tags/marines/" rel="tag">#Marines</a> & <a href="/tags/nationalguard/" rel="tag">#NationalGuard</a> soldiers into a national police force.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/possecomitatusact/" rel="tag">#PosseComitatusAct</a> <a href="/tags/militarystate/" rel="tag">#MilitaryState</a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/us/judge-ruling-trump-national-guard-los-angeles.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/us/judge-ruling-trump-national-guard-los-angeles.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/us/</span><span class="invisible">judge-ruling-trump-national-guard-los-angeles.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/oregon/" rel="tag">#Oregon</a> sues <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> admin over order to deploy <a href="/tags/troops/" rel="tag">#troops</a> in <a href="/tags/portland/" rel="tag">#Portland</a><br>
The <a href="/tags/defense/" rel="tag">#defense</a> secretary issued a memo saying 200 members of the Oregon <a href="/tags/nationalguard/" rel="tag">#NationalGuard</a> would be activated, an action state leaders say is <a href="/tags/unlawful/" rel="tag">#unlawful</a>.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/possecomitatusact/" rel="tag">#PosseComitatusAct</a> <a href="/tags/militarystate/" rel="tag">#MilitaryState</a> <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/09/28/trump-portland-national-guard/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/09/28/trump-portland-national-guard/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.washingtonpost.com/nationa</span><span class="invisible">l-security/2025/09/28/trump-portland-national-guard/</span></a></p>
<p>The <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> admin says a federal operation is underway in <a href="/tags/memphis/" rel="tag">#Memphis</a>, while <a href="/tags/portland/" rel="tag">#Portland</a>, OR readies for the arrival of <a href="/tags/nationalguard/" rel="tag">#NationalGuard</a> <a href="/tags/troops/" rel="tag">#troops</a> & <a href="/tags/chicago/" rel="tag">#Chicago</a> braces for a potential deployment.</p><p>In a progress report posted on X, <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> AG <a href="/tags/pambondi/" rel="tag">#PamBondi</a> said on Tuesday that 219 officers had been "special deputized," touted 9 arrests & said 2 illegal firearms had been confiscated.</p><p>"Our operation in Memphis is now underway, & we're just getting started," she wrote.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/militarystate/" rel="tag">#MilitaryState</a> <br><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/09/30/nx-s1-5557337/chicago-portland-memphis-national-guard" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.npr.org/2025/09/30/nx-s1-5557337/chicago-portland-memphis-national-guard"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.npr.org/2025/09/30/nx-s1-5</span><span class="invisible">557337/chicago-portland-memphis-national-guard</span></a></p>
<p>The <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> admin plans to <a href="/tags/federalize/" rel="tag">#federalize</a> 300 members of the <a href="/tags/illinois/" rel="tag">#Illinois</a> <a href="/tags/nationalguard/" rel="tag">#NationalGuard</a>, Democratic Gov <a href="/tags/jbpritzker/" rel="tag">#JBPritzker</a> says.</p><p>Pritzker, who called the move “absolutely outrageous & un-American,” said the Guard received word from the <a href="/tags/pentagon/" rel="tag">#Pentagon</a> on Saturday morning that the <a href="/tags/troops/" rel="tag">#troops</a> would be called up. He did not specify when or where they would be deployed, but Trump has long threatened to send troops into <a href="/tags/chicago/" rel="tag">#Chicago</a>.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/possecomitatusact/" rel="tag">#PosseComitatusAct</a> <a href="/tags/militarystate/" rel="tag">#MilitaryState</a> <a href="/tags/authoritarianism/" rel="tag">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="/tags/tyranny/" rel="tag">#tyranny</a> <br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/chicago-illinois-trump-national-guard-acbf033191926157c5771825470eb2f8?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-10-04-Breaking+News" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="apnews.com/article/chicago-illinois-trump-national-guard-acbf033191926157c5771825470eb2f8?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-10-04-Breaking+News"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/chicago-ill</span><span class="invisible">inois-trump-national-guard-acbf033191926157c5771825470eb2f8?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-10-04-Breaking+News</span></a></p>
<p>About time</p><p><a href="/tags/illinois/" rel="tag">#Illinois</a> Sues <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> Over <a href="/tags/nationalguard/" rel="tag">#NationalGuard</a> Deployments, Expanding Multistate Fight</p><p>The lawsuit seeks to block the White House from sending <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> National Guard <a href="/tags/troops/" rel="tag">#troops</a> to <a href="/tags/chicago/" rel="tag">#Chicago</a>. It came hours after a federal judge blocked deployments to <a href="/tags/portland/" rel="tag">#Portland</a>, <a href="/tags/oregon/" rel="tag">#Oregon</a>.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/righttoprotest/" rel="tag">#RightToProtest</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/possecomitatusact/" rel="tag">#PosseComitatusAct</a> <a href="/tags/militarystate/" rel="tag">#MilitaryState</a> <a href="/tags/martiallaw/" rel="tag">#MartialLaw</a> <a href="/tags/authoritarianism/" rel="tag">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="/tags/autocracy/" rel="tag">#autocracy</a> <a href="/tags/tyranny/" rel="tag">#tyranny</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/cbp/" rel="tag">#CBP</a> <a href="/tags/gestapo/" rel="tag">#Gestapo</a> <a href="/tags/sturmabteilung/" rel="tag">#Sturmabteilung</a> <a href="/tags/whitesupremacy/" rel="tag">#WhiteSupremacy</a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10/06/us/national-guard-trump-oregon-chicago?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10/06/us/national-guard-trump-oregon-chicago?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10/0</span><span class="invisible">6/us/national-guard-trump-oregon-chicago?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/nationalguard/" rel="tag">#NationalGuard</a> members from <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> are illegally in <a href="/tags/illinois/" rel="tag">#Illinois</a> in Trump's latest move to send troops to cities</p><p>Guard members from Texas were at an Army training center in Illinois on Tuesday, the most visible sign yet of the <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> admin’s plan to ignore the <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> & send <a href="/tags/troops/" rel="tag">#troops</a> to the <a href="/tags/chicago/" rel="tag">#Chicago</a> area despite a lawsuit & vigorous opposition from <a href="/tags/city/" rel="tag">#city</a> & <a href="/tags/state/" rel="tag">#state</a> elected leaders.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/judiciary/" rel="tag">#judiciary</a> <a href="/tags/constitution/" rel="tag">#Constitution</a> <a href="/tags/possecomitatusact/" rel="tag">#PosseComitatusAct</a> <a href="/tags/militarystate/" rel="tag">#MilitaryState</a> <a href="/tags/martiallaw/" rel="tag">#MartialLaw</a> <a href="/tags/tyranny/" rel="tag">#tyranny</a> <a href="/tags/gestapo/" rel="tag">#Gestapo</a> <br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/national-guard-chicago-portland-trump-5c8666818de9f18e9e26860aab814d17?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-10-07-National+Guard" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="apnews.com/article/national-guard-chicago-portland-trump-5c8666818de9f18e9e26860aab814d17?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-10-07-National+Guard"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/national-gu</span><span class="invisible">ard-chicago-portland-trump-5c8666818de9f18e9e26860aab814d17?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-10-07-National+Guard</span></a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/troops/" rel="tag">#TROOPS</a> IN <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> CITIES</p><p><a href="/tags/nationalguard/" rel="tag">#NationalGuard</a> deployments by the <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> admin</p><p><a href="/tags/chicago/" rel="tag">#Chicago</a> area: 500<br>About 300 <a href="/tags/illinois/" rel="tag">#Illinois</a> troops & 200 <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> troops are expected on the streets soon.</p><p><a href="/tags/portland/" rel="tag">#Portland</a>, <a href="/tags/oregon/" rel="tag">#Oregon</a>: Currently None<br>Federal judge temporarily blocked deployment of <a href="/tags/california/" rel="tag">#California</a> troops staged near the city.</p><p><a href="/tags/washingtondc/" rel="tag">#WashingtonDC</a>: 2,400<br>Deployed in August in what the admin called a *crime* fighting push.</p><p><a href="/tags/losangeles/" rel="tag">#LosAngeles</a>: 300<br>Peaked at 4,700 in June. Trump is appealing a ruling that the deployment was <a href="/tags/illegal/" rel="tag">#illegal</a>.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> probably wants there in the <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> to police <a href="/tags/civilians/" rel="tag">#civilians</a>.</p><p>The US <a href="/tags/military/" rel="tag">#military</a> has authorized “the voluntary departure” of <a href="/tags/troops/" rel="tag">#troops</a>’ dependents from locations across the <a href="/tags/middleeast/" rel="tag">#MiddleEast</a> as tensions w/ <a href="/tags/iran/" rel="tag">#Iran</a> have risen [which you’d think would be a reason to keep them there], 2 US ofcls said Wednesday.</p><p>One US defense ofcl said the order came from Secy of <a href="/tags/defense/" rel="tag">#Defense</a> <a href="/tags/petehegseth/" rel="tag">#PeteHegseth</a>.</p><p><a href="/tags/nationalsecurity/" rel="tag">#NationalSecurity</a> <br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/state-department-embassy-baghdad-f892ebd6a50850ef5650f31819541bff" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="apnews.com/article/state-department-embassy-baghdad-f892ebd6a50850ef5650f31819541bff"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/state-depar</span><span class="invisible">tment-embassy-baghdad-f892ebd6a50850ef5650f31819541bff</span></a></p>
<p>In response to <a href="/tags/california/" rel="tag">#California</a> / <a href="/tags/gavinnewsom/" rel="tag">#GavinNewsom</a> suit, <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> admin argues it has no obligation to consult with or get consent of the <a href="/tags/governor/" rel="tag">#governor</a> before sending in <a href="/tags/nationalguard/" rel="tag">#NationalGuard</a> <a href="/tags/troops/" rel="tag">#troops</a> or <a href="/tags/marines/" rel="tag">#Marines</a>.</p><p><a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.450934/gov.uscourts.cand.450934.22.0.pdf" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.450934/gov.uscourts.cand.450934.22.0.pdf"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">storage.courtlistener.com/reca</span><span class="invisible">p/gov.uscourts.cand.450934/gov.uscourts.cand.450934.22.0.pdf</span></a></p><p>The Trump admin defends sending ~5,000 troops to LA: "The statute empowers the President to determine what forces 'he considers necessary' to 'suppress' a 'rebellion' or to 'execute' federal 'laws'—not the Governor, & not a federal court."</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/possecomitatusact/" rel="tag">#PosseComitatusAct</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> Says He Is Prepared to Send ‘More Than the <a href="/tags/nationalguard/" rel="tag">#NationalGuard</a>’ Into US <a href="/tags/cities/" rel="tag">#Cities</a></p><p>In a speech to American <a href="/tags/troops/" rel="tag">#troops</a> assembled in Japan on Tuesday, Trump said he would escalate his orders to active duty branches of the <a href="/tags/military/" rel="tag">#military</a> if he decides it is appropriate.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/constitution/" rel="tag">#Constitution</a> <a href="/tags/freedomofassembly/" rel="tag">#FreedomOfAssembly</a> <a href="/tags/righttoprotest/" rel="tag">#RightToProtest</a> <a href="/tags/civilrights/" rel="tag">#CivilRights</a> <a href="/tags/abuseofpower/" rel="tag">#AbuseOfPower</a> <a href="/tags/authoritarianism/" rel="tag">#Authoritarianism</a> <a href="/tags/autocracy/" rel="tag">#Autocracy</a> <a href="/tags/dictatorship/" rel="tag">#Dictatorship</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/tyranny/" rel="tag">#Tyranny</a> <a href="/tags/mafiastate/" rel="tag">#MafiaState</a> <a href="/tags/militarystate/" rel="tag">#MilitaryState</a> <a href="/tags/martiallaw/" rel="tag">#MartialLaw</a> <a href="/tags/possecomitatusact/" rel="tag">#PosseComitatusAct</a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/us/politics/trump-japan-national-guard-us-cities.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/us/politics/trump-japan-national-guard-us-cities.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/us/</span><span class="invisible">politics/trump-japan-national-guard-us-cities.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
<p>Good morning to our readers; <a href="/tags/kyiv/" rel="tag">#Kyiv</a> remains in Ukrainian hands.</p><p>Ukrainian <a href="/tags/forces/" rel="tag">#forces</a> have achieved another world first: a successful <a href="/tags/offensive/" rel="tag">#offensive</a> using only <a href="/tags/drones/" rel="tag">#drones</a>, without the use of human <a href="/tags/troops/" rel="tag">#troops</a>.</p><p>The Counteroffensive is the first to publish a detailed play-by-play of this milestone.</p>
<p>…after the US <a href="/tags/military/" rel="tag">#military</a> announced that 700 <a href="/tags/marines/" rel="tag">#Marines</a> would join the now 5,000 <a href="/tags/nationalguard/" rel="tag">#NationalGuard</a> <a href="/tags/troops/" rel="tag">#troops</a> in <a href="/tags/losangeles/" rel="tag">#LosAngeles</a> on Wednesday, escalat[ing] the [admin’s unlawful] military response — an exceedingly rare use of active-duty <a href="/tags/troops/" rel="tag">#troops</a> on <a href="/tags/domestic/" rel="tag">#domestic</a> soil — <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> suggested on Tues that the <a href="/tags/laprotests/" rel="tag">#LAprotests</a> were petering out, & gave himself credit. “By doing what I did, I stopped the violence in LA.”</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/possecomitatusact/" rel="tag">#PosseComitatusAct</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#democracy</a> <a href="/tags/constitution/" rel="tag">#Constitution</a> <a href="/tags/righttoprotest/" rel="tag">#RightToProtest</a><br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06/11/us/los-angeles-protests-trump-ice/heres-the-latest?smid=url-share" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06/11/us/los-angeles-protests-trump-ice/heres-the-latest?smid=url-share"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06/1</span><span class="invisible">1/us/los-angeles-protests-trump-ice/heres-the-latest?smid=url-share</span></a></p>
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<p>Call it the 911 presidency.</p><p>Despite insisting that the <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> is rebounding from calamity under his watch, <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> is harnessing <a href="/tags/emergencypowers/" rel="tag">#EmergencyPowers</a> unlike any of his predecessors.</p><p>Whether it’s leveling punishing <a href="/tags/tariffs/" rel="tag">#tariffs</a>, deploying <a href="/tags/troops/" rel="tag">#troops</a> to the <a href="/tags/border/" rel="tag">#border</a> or sidelining <a href="/tags/environmentalregulations/" rel="tag">#EnvironmentalRegulations</a>, Trump has relied on rules & laws intended only for use in extraordinary circumstances like <a href="/tags/war/" rel="tag">#war</a> & <a href="/tags/invasion/" rel="tag">#invasion</a>.</p><p><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/executivepower/" rel="tag">#ExecutivePower</a> <a href="/tags/abuseofpower/" rel="tag">#AbuseOfPower</a> <br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-emergency-powers-tariffs-immigration-5cbe386d8f2cc4a374a5d005e618d76a" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="apnews.com/article/trump-emergency-powers-tariffs-immigration-5cbe386d8f2cc4a374a5d005e618d76a"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/trump-emerg</span><span class="invisible">ency-powers-tariffs-immigration-5cbe386d8f2cc4a374a5d005e618d76a</span></a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/republican/" rel="tag">#Republican</a> *lawmakers* & <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> admin ofcls lined up on Sun morning to support Trump’s decision to activate 2k members of the <a href="/tags/california/" rel="tag">#California</a> <a href="/tags/nationalguard/" rel="tag">#NationalGuard</a> to <a href="/tags/losangeles/" rel="tag">#LosAngeles</a> as part of a crackdown on <a href="/tags/protests/" rel="tag">#protests</a> over <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> enforcement.</p><p>Trump’s decision to deploy <a href="/tags/troops/" rel="tag">#troops</a> came in direct opposition to the wishes of Gov <a href="/tags/gavinnewsom/" rel="tag">#GavinNewsom</a> & <a href="/tags/la/" rel="tag">#LA</a> Mayor <a href="/tags/karenbass/" rel="tag">#KarenBass</a>, both <a href="/tags/democrats/" rel="tag">#Democrats</a>, who said that local authorities have it under control.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/title10/" rel="tag">#Title10</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#democracy</a> <a href="/tags/righttoprotest/" rel="tag">#RightToProtest</a> <br><a href="https://www.notus.org/us-news/republicans-line-up-to-back-trumps-l-a-national-guard-deployment" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.notus.org/us-news/republicans-line-up-to-back-trumps-l-a-national-guard-deployment"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.notus.org/us-news/republic</span><span class="invisible">ans-line-up-to-back-trumps-l-a-national-guard-deployment</span></a></p>
<p>‘Wildly underprepared’: <a href="/tags/nationalguard/" rel="tag">#NationalGuard</a> troops sleeping on floors</p><p>The <a href="/tags/troops/" rel="tag">#troops</a> — whose makeshift quarters are shown in photographs exclusively obtained by the Chronicle — arrived WITHOUT federal funding for <a href="/tags/food/" rel="tag">#food</a>, <a href="/tags/water/" rel="tag">#water</a>, <a href="/tags/fuel/" rel="tag">#fuel</a>, <a href="/tags/equipment/" rel="tag">#equipment</a> or <a href="/tags/lodging/" rel="tag">#lodging</a>, said the source, who was granted confidentiality under SF Chronicle policies. This person said <a href="/tags/state/" rel="tag">#state</a> ofcls & the <a href="/tags/california/" rel="tag">#California</a> National Guard were not to blame.</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#democracy</a> <a href="/tags/righttoprotest/" rel="tag">#RightToProtest</a> <a href="/tags/losangeles/" rel="tag">#LosAngeles</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a><br><a href="https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/national-guard-california-photos-20368334.php" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/national-guard-california-photos-20368334.php"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.sfchronicle.com/california</span><span class="invisible">/article/national-guard-california-photos-20368334.php</span></a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> can keep <a href="/tags/nationalguard/" rel="tag">#NationalGuard</a> deployed to <a href="/tags/losangeles/" rel="tag">#LosAngeles</a> for now, appeals court rules</p><p>US appeals court late Thurs allowed Trump to maintain his deployment of National Guard <a href="/tags/troops/" rel="tag">#troops</a> in <a href="/tags/la/" rel="tag">#LA</a> amid <a href="/tags/protests/" rel="tag">#protests</a> over aggressive <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> enforcement, temporarily pausing a lower court's ruling blocking the mobilization.<br>The <a href="/tags/9thcircuit/" rel="tag">#9thCircuit</a> Court of Appeals' decision does not mean the court will ultimately agree w/Trump, but it means he will maintain command of the guard for now.<br><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a><br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-can-keep-national-guard-deployed-los-angeles-now-appeals-court-rules-2025-06-13/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-can-keep-national-guard-deployed-los-angeles-now-appeals-court-rules-2025-06-13/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.reuters.com/world/us/trump</span><span class="invisible">-can-keep-national-guard-deployed-los-angeles-now-appeals-court-rules-2025-06-13/</span></a></p>
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<p><a href="/tags/marines/" rel="tag">#Marines</a> were seen standing guard outside a federal building in <a href="/tags/losangeles/" rel="tag">#LosAngeles</a> on Friday as they started operations after <a href="/tags/protests/" rel="tag">#protests</a> erupted last week over <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> raids.</p><p>Maj. Gen. Scott Sherman, commander of Task Force 51 who is overseeing the 4,700 troops deployed by <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a>, said the Marines finished [2 days of] training on civil disturbance & are starting their operations by replacing <a href="/tags/nationalguard/" rel="tag">#NationalGuard</a> <a href="/tags/troops/" rel="tag">#troops</a>.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/possecomitatusact/" rel="tag">#PosseComitatusAct</a> <a href="/tags/authoritarianism/" rel="tag">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="/tags/righttoprotest/" rel="tag">#RightToProtest</a> <br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/immigration-raids-national-guard-lawsuit-los-angeles-f4809c7f39d09e4fdfa01982f44ec995" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="apnews.com/article/immigration-raids-national-guard-lawsuit-los-angeles-f4809c7f39d09e4fdfa01982f44ec995"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/immigration</span><span class="invisible">-raids-national-guard-lawsuit-los-angeles-f4809c7f39d09e4fdfa01982f44ec995</span></a></p>
<p>"In <a href="/tags/losangeles/" rel="tag">#LosAngeles</a>, where <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> has launched a dragnet, the LA Unified School District [<a href="/tags/lausd/" rel="tag">#LAUSD</a>] put in place new protective measures. Many families have nevertheless still opted to skip <a href="/tags/graduation/" rel="tag">#graduation</a> & <a href="/tags/schools/" rel="tag">#schools</a> are streaming ceremonies for those who feel safer at home."</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/terrorism/" rel="tag">#terrorism</a> <a href="/tags/massdeportations/" rel="tag">#MassDeportations</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/authoritarianism/" rel="tag">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="/tags/tyranny/" rel="tag">#tyranny</a> <a href="/tags/gestapo/" rel="tag">#Gestapo</a> <a href="/tags/americanautocracy/" rel="tag">#AmericanAutocracy</a> <a href="/tags/california/" rel="tag">#California</a> <a href="/tags/nationalguard/" rel="tag">#NationalGuard</a> <a href="/tags/marines/" rel="tag">#Marines</a> <a href="/tags/troops/" rel="tag">#troops</a> <br><a href="https://immigrationimpact.com/2025/06/12/graduation-ice-targets-young-dreamers/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="immigrationimpact.com/2025/06/12/graduation-ice-targets-young-dreamers/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">immigrationimpact.com/2025/06/</span><span class="invisible">12/graduation-ice-targets-young-dreamers/</span></a></p>
<p>🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨</p><p>Exclusive: US <a href="/tags/marines/" rel="tag">#Marines</a> carry out first known <a href="/tags/detention/" rel="tag">#detention</a> of <a href="/tags/civilian/" rel="tag">#civilian</a> in <a href="/tags/losangeles/" rel="tag">#LosAngeles</a>, video<br>shows</p><p>Marines deployed to <a href="/tags/la/" rel="tag">#LA</a> carried out the detention of a civilian on Friday, the US <a href="/tags/military/" rel="tag">#military</a> confirmed after being presented w/ Reuters images, in the first known detention by active-duty <a href="/tags/troops/" rel="tag">#troops</a> deployed there by <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a>.</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/possecomitatusact/" rel="tag">#PosseComitatusAct</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#democracy</a> <a href="/tags/righttoprotest/" rel="tag">#RightToProtest</a> <a href="/tags/freedomofassembly/" rel="tag">#FreedomOfAssembly</a> <a href="/tags/authoritarianism/" rel="tag">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="/tags/tyranny/" rel="tag">#tyranny</a> <a href="/tags/gestapo/" rel="tag">#Gestapo</a> <a href="/tags/americanautocracy/" rel="tag">#AmericanAutocracy</a> <a href="/tags/protests/" rel="tag">#protests</a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-marines-carry-out-first-known-detention-civilian-los-angeles-video-shows-2025-06-13/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.reuters.com/world/us/us-marines-carry-out-first-known-detention-civilian-los-angeles-video-shows-2025-06-13/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.reuters.com/world/us/us-ma</span><span class="invisible">rines-carry-out-first-known-detention-civilian-los-angeles-video-shows-2025-06-13/</span></a></p>
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<p><a href="/tags/giftarticle/" rel="tag">#GiftArticle</a></p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> Relishes <a href="/tags/troops/" rel="tag">#Troops</a> in American Streets While Shunning Conflict Overseas</p><p>by Peter Baker</p><p>When Trump first sought to stage a <a href="/tags/military/" rel="tag">#military</a> parade in Washington, a 4-star general argued against it, telling him that “it’s what dictators do.” Trump was unbothered by the comparison, & so on Sat tanks will roll down the streets of the nation’s capital for the first time in decades.</p><p><a href="/tags/americanautocracy/" rel="tag">#AmericanAutocracy</a> <a href="/tags/militarystate/" rel="tag">#MilitaryState</a> <a href="/tags/foreignpolicy/" rel="tag">#ForeignPolicy</a> <a href="/tags/authoritarianism/" rel="tag">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="/tags/propaganda/" rel="tag">#propaganda</a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/14/us/politics/trump-military-parade-israel-iran.html?unlocked_article_code=1.O08.h7ef.Jfy0NJRp1gFf&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2025/06/14/us/politics/trump-military-parade-israel-iran.html?unlocked_article_code=1.O08.h7ef.Jfy0NJRp1gFf&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2025/06/14/us/</span><span class="invisible">politics/trump-military-parade-israel-iran.html?unlocked_article_code=1.O08.h7ef.Jfy0NJRp1gFf&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
<p>🤬🤬🤬</p><p>US court lets <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> retain control of <a href="/tags/california/" rel="tag">#California</a> <a href="/tags/nationalguard/" rel="tag">#NationalGuard</a> for now</p><p>A US appeals court let Trump late Thurs retain control over CA's National Guard while the state's <a href="/tags/democratic/" rel="tag">#Democratic</a> <a href="/tags/governor/" rel="tag">#governor</a> proceeds with a lawsuit challenging the legality of the <a href="/tags/republican/" rel="tag">#Republican</a> president's use of the <a href="/tags/troops/" rel="tag">#troops</a> to *quell* <a href="/tags/protests/" rel="tag">#protests</a> & unrest in <a href="/tags/losangeles/" rel="tag">#LosAngeles</a>.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/title10/" rel="tag">#Title10</a> <a href="/tags/possecomitatusact/" rel="tag">#PosseComitatusAct</a> <a href="/tags/executiveoverreach/" rel="tag">#ExecutiveOverreach</a> <a href="/tags/abuseofpower/" rel="tag">#AbuseOfPower</a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-court-lets-trump-retain-control-california-national-guard-now-2025-06-20/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.reuters.com/world/us/us-court-lets-trump-retain-control-california-national-guard-now-2025-06-20/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.reuters.com/world/us/us-co</span><span class="invisible">urt-lets-trump-retain-control-california-national-guard-now-2025-06-20/</span></a></p>
<p>Trump's conflicting messages sow confusion [& disbelief] over the <a href="/tags/iranwar/" rel="tag">#IranWar</a></p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> says the <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> is winning the <a href="/tags/war/" rel="tag">#war</a> with <a href="/tags/iran/" rel="tag">#Iran</a> even as thousands of additional American <a href="/tags/troops/" rel="tag">#troops</a> deploy to the <a href="/tags/middleeast/" rel="tag">#MiddleEast</a>.<br>He has pilloried other countries for not helping the US, only to say later he does not need their assistance. He has 2X delayed deadlines for Iran to reopen the <a href="/tags/straitofhormuz/" rel="tag">#StraitOfHormuz</a>.</p><p><a href="/tags/factcheck/" rel="tag">#FactCheck</a> <a href="/tags/trumplies/" rel="tag">#TrumpLies</a> <a href="/tags/trumpswar/" rel="tag">#TrumpsWar</a> <a href="/tags/propaganda/" rel="tag">#propaganda</a> <a href="/tags/rulesofwar/" rel="tag">#RulesOfWar</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/warpowers/" rel="tag">#WarPowers</a> <a href="/tags/geopolitics/" rel="tag">#geopolitics</a> <a href="/tags/economy/" rel="tag">#economy</a><br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-iran-war-conflicting-messages-f9269cc4fe1cee914501b68ec5b6c217" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="apnews.com/article/trump-iran-war-conflicting-messages-f9269cc4fe1cee914501b68ec5b6c217"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/trump-iran-</span><span class="invisible">war-conflicting-messages-f9269cc4fe1cee914501b68ec5b6c217</span></a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/giftarticle/" rel="tag">#GiftArticle</a></p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a>’s National Guard <a href="/tags/troops/" rel="tag">#Troops</a> Are Questioning Their Mission in <a href="/tags/la/" rel="tag">#LA</a>.</p><p>Thousands of <a href="/tags/nationalguard/" rel="tag">#NationalGuard</a> members have served in the <a href="/tags/losangeles/" rel="tag">#LosAngeles</a> region since last month. 6 <a href="/tags/soldiers/" rel="tag">#soldiers</a> spoke in interviews about low morale over the deployment.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/constitution/" rel="tag">#Constitution</a> <a href="/tags/freespeech/" rel="tag">#FreeSpeech</a> <a href="/tags/freedomofassembly/" rel="tag">#FreedomOfAssembly</a> <a href="/tags/domestic/" rel="tag">#domestic</a> <a href="/tags/military/" rel="tag">#military</a> <a href="/tags/deployment/" rel="tag">#deployment</a> <a href="/tags/possecomitatusact/" rel="tag">#PosseComitatusAct</a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/us/trump-national-guard-california.html?unlocked_article_code=1.XU8.DHg3.DiDSwciqqUpD&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/us/trump-national-guard-california.html?unlocked_article_code=1.XU8.DHg3.DiDSwciqqUpD&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/us/</span><span class="invisible">trump-national-guard-california.html?unlocked_article_code=1.XU8.DHg3.DiDSwciqqUpD&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
<p>"Donald Trump’s unlawful war in Iran is escalating rapidly, and the gap between what he’s saying and what’s actually happening has never been wider. We are now seeing the deployment of one of the most elite rapid-response forces in the United States military, the 82nd Airborne Division. This is not a symbolic move or a small advisory presence."</p><p>~ Ben Meiselas</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/iran/" rel="tag">#Iran</a> <a href="/tags/war/" rel="tag">#war</a> <a href="/tags/military/" rel="tag">#military</a> <a href="/tags/troops/" rel="tag">#troops</a> <br>/1</p><p><a href="https://www.meidasplus.com/p/trumps-war-spins-out-of-control-as" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.meidasplus.com/p/trumps-war-spins-out-of-control-as"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.meidasplus.com/p/trumps-wa</span><span class="invisible">r-spins-out-of-control-as</span></a></p>
