President Trump Responds to Increased Violence and Riots in Los Angeles

June 8, 2025 | Sundance |

According to most media estimates,there are over a million illegal aliens in the greater Los Angeles areawith many of them currently in a state of uprising against the United States government. President Trump has authorized the Defense Department and Dept of Homeland Security to take any and all measures to protect the life and property of American citizens now held hostage within the conflict zone.

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The U.S Northern Command is prepared to deploy additional troops and approximately 500 active-duty marines if needed.

PETERSON SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. – By direction of Secretary of Defense and in coordination with U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM), approximately 2,000 California Army National Guard soldiers have been placed under federal command and control in a Title 10 status to support the protection of federal personnel and federal property in the greater Los Angeles area.

As USNORTHCOM’s land component command, U.S. Army North stood up Task Force 51, with a two-star general, as the ground command and control element over the Title 10 forces. At this time, there are approximately 300 members of the California Army National Guard’s 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team deployed at the following locations in the greater Los Angeles area: Los Angeles, Paramount, and Compton, California.

Additionally, approximately 500 Marines from 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines at Twentynine Palms, California, are in a prepared to deploy status should they be necessary to augment and support the DoD’s protection of federal property and personnel efforts. [LINK]

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2025/06/08/president-trump-responds-to-increased-violence-and-riots-in-los-angeles/

(I wonder how much money and agitators are being sent and paid for by the EU? Very similar to the color revolutions they cause in anti EU countries in Europe.)

Republican Mike McCaul Outlines Need to Escalate Conflict with Russia Following 3-Days of Strategy Discussions in Israel

June 8, 2025 | Sundance |

I know no one likes to watch the Republican warmongers advocate for expanded intervention, conflict and escalated global violence as a means for them to retain power.However, this is one of those sickening points of advocacy that need to be watched and listened to very carefully.

Mike McCaul is Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and he has never experienced a war he didn’t enjoy. McCaul notes he is happy for the House to receive a sanction package against Russia from Lindsey Graham that will likely be voted on in the Senate tomorrow.Last week the Senate met with Ukraine officials in a closed-door session, where the after-activity review was never outlined by media.

DC is pretending the meeting never took place.

After discussing his advocacy for enhanced U.S. conflict against Russia, the Texas republican notes he has just spent 3-days in a strategy session with the leadership of Israel, specifically Benjamin Netanyahu regarding the topic of Iran. As McCaul notes, “there is no question in my mind coming out of that meeting, what Mr Netanyahu’s intentions are and that is to strike Iran when the negotiations go bad.” WATCH:

McCaul asked Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu, “at least coordinate with us if you go alone to respond to the retaliation coming out of Iran.”In essence, it will be easier for us to convince the American people to defend you, if you at least tell us after you attack Iran. This is nuts.

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2025/06/08/republican-mike-mccaul-outlines-need-to-escalate-conflict-with-russia-following-3-days-of-strategy-discussions-in-israel/

https://youtu.be/ZqXx_cgmyzw

9 Jun, 2025 12:01

Russia and Ukraine conduct prisoner swap of under 25s

The Defense Ministry in Moscow did not disclose the exact number of POWs involved

Russia and Ukraine have conducted another prisoner exchange, swapping soldiers who are under 25 years of age, Russia’s Defense Ministry announced on Monday.

In a statement on it’s official Telegram channel, the Defense Ministryreported that the first group of servicemen have been returned from territories controlled by Kiev.

”In exchange, a similar number of prisoners of war of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were transferred,” the ministry said.

The Russian servicemen are currently receiving necessary psychological and medical assistance in Belarus, according to the ministry, and will soon be returned home for treatment and rehabilitation

Moscow and Kiev had agreed to exchange certain categories of captives, including those who are seriously injured, ill, or are under the age of 25,during last week’s round of direct negotiations in Istanbul.

DETAILS TO FOLLOW

https://www.rt.com/russia/618845-moscow-kiev-pow-exschange/

9 Jun, 2025 04:32

Blast rocks largest US air base in Asia-Pacific – media

At least four people were injured at the Kadena facility in Okinawa, Japan, on Monday

An explosion has rocked a storage depot at a US air base on the Japanese island of Okinawa, injuring at least four people, according to local media and defense sources.

The blast at Kadena Air Base occurred around 11:20am local time on Monday, injuring at least four members of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces (SDF), according to military sources cited by NHK and Jiji Press. None of the injuries are believed to be life-threatening.

The affected facility is reportedly used to house unexploded wartime munitions. It is operated by the SDF’s unexploded ordnance disposal team and is located within the US military’s largest air base in the Asia-Pacific region.

Local authorities and emergency services responded to the incident in Yomitan Village. Kadena Air Base has yet to issue a formal statement, as both Japanese and US military officials continue to assess the extent of the damage.

Kadena Air Base, located in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, is the largest and most strategically significant US Air Force installation in the Asia-Pacific region. Often referred to as the “Keystone of the Pacific,” the base spans more than 2,000 hectares and houses approximately 20,000 personnel.It serves as the headquarters of the US Air Force’s 18th Wing, the largest combat wing in the service.

Kadena is jointly used by the Japanese Self-Defense Forces, including SDF logistics and ordnance teams like the one involved in Monday’s explosion.The base also routinely hosts rotating deployments of advanced US aircraft such as F-22 Raptors and B-52 strategic bombers, and plays a critical role in monitoring regional hotspots, including North Korea, Taiwan and the South China Sea.

https://www.rt.com/news/618823-us-base-japan-blast/

(Are Camp David discussions related?)

A diminished DOGE reels from the departure of the ‘Dogefather,’

Elon Musk Even before the blow-up between the billionaire entrepreneur and President Donald Trump, the cost-cutting group’s influence was waning. June 8, 20251/3

Cabinet officials and senior staffers across the Trump administration are reclaiming power from Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service, a trend that began long before the billionaire’s relationship with President Donald Trump exploded in public acrimony days after Musk formally left his White House post.

As Musk departed, some of his top lieutenants were streaming out of government. Among those heading for the exits even before Musk and Trump began feuding, according to a White House official speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive information: longtime aide Steve Davis, who was overseeing cost-cutting efforts; lawyer James Burnham, DOGE’s general counsel; and DOGE adviser Katie Miller, who is married to White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller.

Katie Miller is reportedly taking a job with Musk. Meanwhile, Cabinet officials — some of whom had clashed with Musk — are moving to rehire workers who had been pushed out by DOGE.

And while the group retains some clout, with DOGE staffers moving into permanent jobs in some agencies, unaffiliated political appointees in other departments have been forcing the cost-cutting group to back off.

Despite the exodus, White House officials said the administration remains dedicated to rooting out waste and abuse.

The administration has asked Congress to cancel more than $9 billion in spending for global health aid and for public broadcasting in the United States, an early gauge of lawmakers’ appetite for codifying DOGE’s cuts.

And the White House budget office has proposed cutting $163 billion — nearly 25 percent — from agency budgets in the fiscal year that begins in October.

“DOGE is in the DNA of the federal government, and the president is committed to seeing this mission through,” said White House spokesman Harrison Fields.

“No one is under the impression that DOGE is somehow going to disappear.” White House budget director Russell Vought is expected to pick up where Musk left off in cutting federal spending, according to two people with knowledge of the matter, speaking on the condition of anonymity for fear of retribution.

An architect of Project 2025, a policy blueprint put together between Trump’s terms, Vought told a House hearing Wednesday that the Trump administration is eager to send more requests to eliminate previously appropriated funds as DOGE shifts from a consulting role to a position “far more institutionalized” at OMB.

Still, by DOGE’s somewhat haphazard accounting, the initiative has saved only about $180 billion, a fraction of the $2 trillion Musk initially vowed to cut. That performance — along with a general recognition that DOGE created unnecessarily high levels of chaos — has left remaining members of the cost-cutting group facing growing skepticism among agency officials who, after Musk’s blowup with Trump on Thursday, no longer need to fear retaliation from the world’s richest person.

“DOGE was able to work its will because there was the perception that Musk was so close to the president that these orders were coming from the president,” said Elaine Kamarck, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, who ran a “reinventing government” initiative during the Clinton administration. “Now you’ve got a different situation.”

At the Federal Aviation Administration, for example, the DOGE team suffered a setback this week when leadership nixed their access to FAA buildings, a command center in Warrenton, Virginia, and the Air Traffic Academy in Oklahoma City, according to an employee briefed on the matter and records obtained by The Washington Post.

https://archive.is/gcUy1

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Four DOGE staffers were also stripped of their credentials and user accounts inside the FAA’s internal computer systems, the records show.

As of June 2, the staffers — Brady Glantz, Samuel Smeal, Tom Kiernan and Theodore Malaska, all of whom are employees of Musk’s SpaceX — no longer bear the title of “senior adviser to the administrator” on their online profiles within the agency, per the records.

In fact, their profiles no longer show any job title at all — nor an affiliated organization, manager, email or phone number, the records show. In a briefing Monday, managers explained their removal by noting the team owed its creation and power to an executive order, not an act of Congress — and that Musk was stepping down after his term as a “special government employee” ended, according to an employee who attended, who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation. “So they’re being pushed out,” the employee said.

DOGE still maintains a strong presence at the agencies that oversee federal spending, real estate and logistics. Its initial areas of focus included the Treasury Department, the Office of Personnel Management and the General Services Administration, where key allies are still guiding technology modernization efforts.

At some other agencies, DOGE representatives have amassed powerful jobs and portfolios.

In April, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum issued an order granting sweeping new powers to DOGE staffer Tyler Hassen, a former oil executive, The Post reported.

Under Burgum’s order, Hassen is now leading a campaign to “create significant efficiencies” and eliminate “redundant efforts” across Interior, including in IT, human resources, financial management and international affairs.

About a week later, the Energy Department named a DOGE team member, Carl Coe, as chief of staff, a top job that helps decide who has access to the energy secretary, according to an email obtained by The Post. His appointment will help “tackle the challenge of strengthening and securing the U.S. energy stem and ensuring America can lead the global race for AI leadership,” the email noted.

“The chief of staff is, behind the scenes, the duck paddling under the water making things happen,” said one Energy employee, who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of retribution. “DOGE could control the direction of the agency now.”

Elsewhere, DOGE associates brought on for their reputation as business leaders have exerted command over agency staff, overseeing new initiatives within government.

Sam Corcos, a start-up founder, has been overseeing DOGE’s work at the IRS, which is increasingly looking to off-load otherwise-monotonous agency work to artificial intelligence programs, according to a person familiar with the matter, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive information.

And Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia has been overseeing DOGE’s attempts to modernize the federal government’s paper-based retirement system, which is run through the Office of Personnel Management. Gebbia was seen by Musk allies as potentially taking over some of the broader DOGE portfolio when Musk left.

But now his fate is unclear, according to a person familiar with ongoing discussions over DOGE’s role after Musk’s departure. Resistance to DOGE in other agencies predated Musk’s blowup with Trump.

https://archive.is/gcUy1

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In early May, staffers who said they were with DOGE roamed around secure facilities within Navy Air Station Patuxent River, a Defense Department installation in Maryland where test flights and other sensitive work are carried out.

One DOGE staffer reportedly walked in behind another government worker to gain access to the building, a Defense employee said — prompting a warning from installation security officials. “At this time, [Navy Air Systems Command] Security is considering this an unauthorized access attempt,” a security official wrote in email obtained by The Washington Post.

The email instructed staffers to report people representing themselves as DOGE staffers to security officials or base police, to refuse to allow anyone to follow them into buildings, and to be on alert for suspicious behavior. In a statement, a Navy official denied that DOGE’s entry into an air station was treated as a security breach.

“DOGE representatives met with NAVAIR personnel … The meeting was scheduled.

We have no record of DOGE seeking unauthorized entry into NAVAIR facilities on NAS Patuxent River,” said Cmdr. Tim Hawkins, a Navy spokesman. “Reports to the contrary are unsubstantiated.”

In a move that could eventually infuse DOGE with more power, the Supreme Court on Friday ruled in two emergency decisions that the group could access sensitive Social Security data again, ending a legal restriction that had lasted for months. The court also ordered a judge to narrow a separate order requiring DOGE to submit discovery in a FOIA lawsuit.

James Fishback, CEO of the investment firm Azoria who developed the idea of paying a portion of DOGE’s savings directly to American taxpayers, predicted that the group is not dead yet. “The truth is that Elon set expectations that he relayed to the President, me, and the country that he did not come close to fulfilling,” Fishback said.

But “DOGE’s next chapter — under new leadership — will fully deliver on President Trump’s mission of cutting waste, looking out for taxpayers, and making government leaner and more accountable.” Still, as the week wound down, some federal employees took a few moments to celebrate the diminishment of DOGE, however brief.

One Interior employee said he and colleagues worked extra-hard, reveling in their government jobs as DOGE seemed to be on the way out. Then he went home and ate some ice cream.

At the FAA, a group of staffers went out for post-work drinks to toast the banishment of DOGE staff. Then they offered a more solemn toast to the more than two dozen colleagues they’d lost along the way.

https://archive.is/gcUy1

Treasury Sec’y Quotes Breitbart, Accuses Gavin Newsom of Encouraging ‘Criminal Tax Evasion’

Joel B. Pollak8 Jun 2025

Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent said Sunday that California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) was threatening “to commit criminal tax evasion,” quoting a story from Breitbart News that noted Newsom’s threat Friday.

As Breitbart News reported Friday, Newsom threatened to stop federal taxes from being paid by Californians in response to a threat from President Donald Trump to cut of federal funding to the state. That threat, in turn, came after Newsom defied Trump’s executive orders on transgenderism in sports by allowing biological males to compete against females at the high school level.The Trump administration has also said it would claw back federal funds to California in other areas, notably high-speed rail, which has wasted billions of dollars. There were reportsFriday that suggested that Trump is looking for even more funding to withhold.

Bessent noted that Newsom would be encouraging private businesses and state officials to break the law.He suggested instead that Newsom should cut taxes and “allow families to keep more of their hard-earned money.”

Newsom is fighting against Trump on almost every front, while also seeking $40 billion in aid for fire relief.Despite huge deficits, Newsom approved $50 million in spending for legal fights against the administration.

Bessent’s warning also came as Trump federalized 2,000 California National Guard troops and deployed them to stop rioting against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities in Los Angeles.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/06/08/treasury-secy-quotes-breitbart-accuses-gavin-newsom-of-encouraging-criminal-tax-evasion/

Mexico’s President, New York Times, Excuse LA’s Mexican-Flag Riots

Neil Munro9 Jun 2025

The New York Times tried to defend the display of Mexico’s flag in the Los Angeles riots, even as Mexico’s president denounced federal intervention in an American city transformed by Mexican illegal migration.

“For many protesters who are American citizens, the flag signifies pride in their roots,” the New York Times claimed on June 8, before admitting the flag also showed “solidarity with [illegal] immigrants who are being targeted for deportation.”

The article included comments from several flag-wavers who made the same two-step confessions of their solidarity with foreign migrant rioters above American citizens and families:

“I am a very proud American,” said Ms.[Elizabeth] Torres, whose grandparents immigrated [likely, illegally] to the United States. “But I have to show support also for our Mexican brothers and sisters.”

…“I came out here to support my people and show them where we came from,” [Eric] Torres said. “My parents are immigrants [likely, illegally]. Most of the people right here have immigrant [likely illegally] parents, so I’m here to support, show them our love.”

The article was headlined, “The Mexican Flag Has Become a Potent Protest Symbol.”

Migrants “feel attacked” by ICE enforcement, claimed Alfonso Gonzales Toribio, a pro-migration revolutionary at the University of California, Riverside, told the New York Times. He continued: “’I don’t think we are going to be able to dissuade people’ from flying the flag of their homeland. ‘It gives people a sense of pride.’”

The public intervention by Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum was not mentioned by the New York Times.

“Raids and violence are not the way to address the migration phenomenon,” Sheinbaum told the Mexican media on Sunday:

It means sitting down and working on comprehensive immigration reform [amnesty] that takes into account all Mexicans on the [U.S.] side of the border (…) always calling for peace, nonviolence, and not exacerbating any form of violent protest … Mexican men and women living [ilegally] in the United States are good, honest men and women who came to the United States to seek a better life for themselves and their families; they are not criminals.

On May 24, Sheinbaum called on Mexicans to oppose the draft tax on migrants’ remittances to Mexico that is part of President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill.”

Mexico’s government is providing aid and legal advice to the families of the 35 arrested Mexicans via its many consulates in many U.S. cities, she added.

Some pro-migration activists have long supported the use of national flags in protests against the nation’s popular immigration policies. In February, for example, Gustavo Arellano, a columnist at the Los Angeles Times, Timeste:

The moderates have always feared that Latinos waving the flags of Mexico, El Salvador, Venezuela and other ancestral countries is political suicide — that it taps into the part of the American psyche that believes Latinos will never assimilate and are sleeper agents scheming to overthrow this country. They’ve fretted especially about the Mexican flag, which is radioactive to conservatives — it’s the banner of our southern neighbor that we’ve been at war with, officially and not, for 175-plus years.

The flag wavers are the bold ones, the ones a good team offense needs. The public opinion battle might be lost in the short term, goes such logic, but these folks will push the immigration debate toward better places.

Democratic political strategist Michael Trujillo claimed the Mexican flag represents American hopes:

Sheinbaum’s open support and aid for the roughly 4 million Mexicans illegally living in the United States may become a significant factor in courtroom fights over the status of the Alien Enemies Act if the rioters are mostly Mexicans.

The 1798 law gives the President more ability to deport migrants without court intervention:

Whenever there is a declared war between the United States and any foreign nation or government, or any invasion or predatory incursion is perpetrated, attempted, or threatened against the territory of the United States by any foreign nation or government … The President is authorized in any such event, by his proclamation thereof, or other public act, to direct the conduct to be observed on the part of the United States, toward the aliens who become so liable.

Many of Trump’s top deputies are highlighting the foreign flags. For example, both Vice President JD Vance and top aide Saidehen Miller noted the foreign flags:

https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/06/09/mexicos-president-new-york-times-excuse-las-mexican-flag-riots/

Fox crew targeted with flash grenade while reporting on LA riots

Fox News' Jonathan Hunt reports the latest on the anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles. Correspondent Rich Edson details Dems' response to Trump deploying the National Guard and 'Outnumbered' co-host Kayleigh McEnany weighs in on the escalation

16:22

https://youtu.be/oXodGUK0HiA

WATCH: President Trump and Sen. Marco Rubio Briefly Stumble While Boarding Air Force One

by Jim Hᴏft Jun. 9, 2025 7:45 a

President Donald Trump, 78, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio both momentarily lost their footing while boarding Air Force One en route to Camp David on Sunday.

President Trump ascended the staircase at Morristown Municipal Airport, he caught his foot on one of the steps, causing a visible stumble — though he swiftly regained composure and pressed on. Moments later, Rubio also appeared off-balance.

The Independent reported:

The stumble came after Trump gaggled with reporters in Hagerstown, Maryland, when he was asked if he would be willing to invoke the Insurrection Act in response to the protests against immigration raids in Los Angeles.

“Depends on whether or not there’s an insurrection,” said Trump.

A reporter asked if he believes there is an insurrection taking place.

“No, no, but you have violent people,” he added. “And we’re not going to let them get away with it.”

Asked if he would deploy troops even without invoking the Insurrection Act, Trump said, “We’re going to have troops everywhere. We’re not going to let this happen to our country. We’re not going to let our country be torn apart like it was under Biden.”

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/06/watch-president-trump-sen-marco-rubio-briefly-stumble/

Tom Homan responds to Gavin Newsom's 'dare' to arrest him: 'No one's above the law'

Fox News' Jonathan Hunt provides updates on the 'tense scene' in Los Angeles and the clash between President Donald Trump and Gov. Newsom. Border czar Tom Homan joins 'Fox & Friends' to respond to California Democrats' pushback on the deployment of the National Guard.

13:43

https://youtu.be/RPg1jZEWxi8