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10:35 AM ET, June 9, 2025

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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
It's Always Darkest Before It Goes Pitch Black  —  U.S. and Chinese officials will meet today in London to give deescalation from the current trade war the old college try.  This might have been more difficult before, when Trump's saber-rattling was focused primarily on China.
Discussion: Breitbart and The Atlantic
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CBS News:
Australian reporter covering Los Angeles immigration protests hit by rubber bullet on live TV  —  An Australian television journalist reporting live from downtown Los Angeles amid the large-scale protests over President Trump's immigration crackdown was hit in the leg by a rubber bullet, her network said.
NBC Los Angeles:
Live updates: Protest spills onto 101 Freeway in downtown LA … What to Know  — Crowds gathered in downtown Los Angeles and Boyle Heights Sunday for a third straight day of protests over recent immigration raids.  — A march that began Sunday in Boyle Heights arrived …
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Read: Newsom demands Trump pull National Guard from LA protests  —  California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Sunday formally that requested President Trump's administration withdraw the National Guard from Los Angeles County, where troops are responding to immigration raid protests.
MSNBC:
'Tom, arrest me.  Let's go.': Gov. Gavin Newsom responds to Trump border czar's threat  —  In an exclusive interview with NBC News' Jacob Soboroff, California Governor Gavin Newsom said that President Trump “has created the conditions” surrounding the Los Angeles protests.
Wall Street Journal:
The Deportation Wars Begin  —  Trump has a mandate, but protests in California show the trouble that might lie ahead.  —  Rounding up and deporting millions of illegal migrants was never going to go down without protest.  But President Trump is determined to do it, and no one can say he didn't tell voters during the campaign.
David R. Lurie / Public Notice:
A felon in the White House is making crime legal  —  🚨 Public Notice is possible thanks to paid subscribers.  If you appreciate our fiercely independent coverage of American politics, please support us by clicking the button and signing up for a paid subscription.  👇
Robert Reich / The Guardian:
We are witnessing the first stages of a Trump police state  —  The national guard's deployment in Los Angeles sets the US on a familiar authoritarian pathway.  History shows the results  —  Now that Donald Trump's tariffs have been halted, his big, beautiful bill has been stymied …
9News:
Protests intensify in Los Angeles after Trump deploys hundreds of National Guard troops  —  Tensions in Los Angeles have escalated again as thousands of protesters took to the streets in response to President Donald Trump's extraordinary deployment of the National Guard …
Harold Meyerson / American Prospect:
ICE: Crossing State Lines to Incite Riots
New York Times:
Trump Calling Troops Into Los Angeles Is the Real Emergency
Colin Meyn / The Hill:
Trump says he's meeting with military leaders at Camp David
Ruth Ben-Ghiat / Lucid:   What Trump and Hegseth Really Fear
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
June 8, 2025  —  Flatbed train cars carrying thousands of tanks rolled into Washington …
Discussion: Newsweek
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:   The Most Dangerous Week in American History (So Far)
Erkki Forster / The Daily Beast:
Trump Border Czar Threatens to Arrest Newsom and LA Mayor
Financial Times:
Donald Trump tests limits of presidential authority by sending troops into Los Angeles
Politico:   Playbook: Trump: ‘BRING IN THE TROOPS’
Josephine Harvey / The Daily Beast:
Newsom Slams Trump as ‘Stone-Cold Liar’ Over Phone Call
Punchbowl News:
6/9/2025_3 ☀️ Punchbowl News AM … Senate Republicans have three weeks to meet their leadership's goal of passing a massive party-line reconciliation bill before the July 4 recess.  —  Privately, GOP senators, the White House and House Republican leaders are split on whether they can pull it off.
Discussion: NewsNation and E&E News
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Benjamin Guggenheim / Politico:
The stealth Senate dealmaker who could deliver Trump's tax cuts
Discussion: Blaze Media and Punchbowl News
Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:   What's a Medicaid cut? Senate GOP tiptoes around $800B question
Politico:
Democrats' big bet on the Big Beautiful Bill
Discussion: Associated Press and Raw Story
NBC News:
White House struggles to find qualified people willing to work for Pete Hegseth  —  At least three people have turned down potential roles working for the defense secretary and former Fox News host.  Supporters say his leadership has been effective.  —  WASHINGTON — The White House …
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
2 New York Representatives Are Denied Access to ICE Facility  —  Representatives Adriano Espaillat and Nydia Velázquez were turned away when seeking to inspect a migrant detention area inside a Manhattan federal building.  —  Federal officials prevented two members of Congress on Sunday …
Associated Press:
NIH scientists publish declaration criticizing Trump's deep cuts in public health research  —  In his confirmation hearings to lead the National Institutes of Health, Jay Bhattacharya pledged his openness to views that might conflict with his own.  “Dissent,” he said, “is the very essence of science.”
Yesica Fisch / Associated Press:
Israeli forces prevent aid boat carrying Greta Thunberg and other activists from reaching Gaza  —  Israeli forces stopped a Gaza-bound aid boat carrying Greta Thunberg and other activists early Monday and diverted it to Israel, enforcing a longstanding blockade of the Palestinian territory …
Reuters:
How Trump defanged the Justice Department's political corruption watchdogs  —  Stripped of its authority and nearly all its staff, the U.S. Justice Department's storied Public Integrity Section is on life support.  Former prosecutors say the overhaul could make it easier to prosecute Trump's opponents.
Warner Bros. Discovery:
Our Brands  — Guiding Principles - Inclusion - Impact  —  Enhanced Strategic Focus and Flexibility Will Better Position Storied Brands Across Entertainment, Sports and News to Drive Shareholder Value  —  New York - Warner Bros. Discovery (NASDAQ: WBD) (the “Company,” “WBD,” “we,” “us …
Graham Lanktree / Politico:
Trump promised Britain a trade deal.  So where is it?  —  LONDON — In a much-hyped split-screen Oval Office phone call a month ago, U.S. President Donald Trump promised Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer that the two had struck an “historic” trade deal.
Discussion: Bloomberg and Daily Mail
Edward Helmore / The Guardian:
ABC News suspends journalist after calling Trump and adviser ‘world-class’ haters  —  Terry Moran to be evaluated after now deleted post said Stephen Miller is ‘richly endowed with capacity for hatred’  —  ABC News has suspended its senior national correspondent after he described top White …
 
 
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DGA:
Statement from Democratic Governors on Donald Trump's Use of California's National Guard
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Trump directs a new threat at Elon Musk, with an eye toward the 2026 midterm elections
Discussion: Time and Reuters
Gideon Rachman / Financial Times:
What Musk can learn from Ma and Khodorkovsky
Associated Press:
Unsubstantiated ‘chemtrail’ conspiracy theories lead to legislation proposed in US statehouses
Paul Krugman:
Nobody Expected the MAGA Inquisition
Clea Caulcutt / Politico:
Macron: Greenland is not up for grabs (nor is Antarctica)
Discussion: New York Times
Erika Edwards / NBC News:
As ivermectin goes over the counter, some pharmacists worry about a lack of guidance
 Earlier Items: 
Olivia George / Washington Post:
Army video of parade prep appeared to show ‘Hang Fauci’ graffiti
Ken Thomas / Wall Street Journal:
Group Backed by George Soros to Plow Millions Into Turning Texas Blue
Discussion: Raw Story
Kat Lonsdorf / NPR:
What Trump's national emergencies could mean for American democracy
Discussion: The Japan News
Alison Gash / Washington Monthly:
Ten Years After Obergefell: Is Same-Sex Marriage Safe?
Discussion: USA Today
Scott Rosenberg / Axios:
Silicon Valley's not crying for Musk
The Economist:
Putin unleashes a summer offensive to break Ukraine
Discussion: Bloomberg
Helen Branswell / STAT:
STAT+: With U.S. vaccine policy in flux, four members of CDC advisory panel receive termination notices
NBC News:
Trump aims to slash Pell Grants, which could limit low-income students' college access
Discussion: Vox, CBS News and NewsMax.com
 

 
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Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
WBD splits into two publicly traded companies: Global Networks, with CNN and other cable channels, and Streaming & Studios, with HBO Max and its studio business

Ted Johnson / Deadline:
ABC News suspends senior national correspondent Terry Moran over a now-deleted X post calling Trump administration official Stephen Miller a “world class hater”

Max Tani / Semafor:
Politico's editorial union says its new AI tool generates garbled or made-up DC intelligence, including a fictional basket-weaver guild; Politico defends it
 
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