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“The police closed both sides of the street and arrested everyone still present.”

For the fourth consecutive day, protests against federal immigration enforcement have gripped Los Angeles, drawing thousands of rioters into the streets of downtown LA and Santa Ana. Demonstrations quickly descended into chaos Monday evening and police zip-tied rioters and carted them away on LAPD buses.

Rioters were given the option to disperse or face arrest after police declared an unlawful assembly. Those who did not leave were arrested. Riots and protests have been ongoing since Friday and 56 people were arrested over the weekend.

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California Governor Gavin Newsom, LA Mayor Karen Bass and the entire extremist California progressive class have egg on their faces Monday evening as the Los Angeles anti-ICE protests were neutered by the president’s shaming of Golden State officials to take action, his decision to send in the National Guard and the Marines, and his refusal to tolerate violence.

Bass, Sen. Adam Schiff, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, former vice president and failed presidential candidate Kamala Harris, and the whole Marxist gang decried Trump’s decisions—yet, as we’ve seen before, they had no interest in stopping the rampage and look pathetic now that the president is showing how things are actually done.

It’s similar to the border crisis: he shut down that garbage almost overnight. The commander-in-chief summed that up when addressing a joint session of Congress in March:

One of Trump’s standout lines during his speech was when he said, “It turned out that all we really needed was a new president” in response to how former President Joe Biden and Democrats complained they needed legislation to tackle soaring illegal immigration.

Last month, the Border Patrol recorded 8,450 migrants who crossed the southern border illegally – the lowest level in at least 25 years. For perspective, most months during the Biden administration had well over 100,000 border encounters.

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California sued the Trump administration on Monday over its decision to send in National Guard troops in response to protests over immigration enforcement, calling it an unconstitutional use of executive power that usurped the state’s authority.

The lawsuit filed in federal court in San Francisco asks the judge to set aside President Trump’s order calling in the National Guard without authorization from the state’s governor, Gavin Newsom.

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Most Americans approve of President Donald Trump’s efforts to deport illegal immigrants and crack down on the violent protests that erupted in Los Angeles over the weekend in response to immigration raids. Doing what comes naturally, elected Democrats rallied in opposition to Trump’s popular agenda as hooligans threw bricks at police officers, ransacked local shops, set fire to cars, and spit on American flags (while waving Mexicans flags).

So much for the Democratic Party’s short-lived efforts to rebrand as a no-nonsense party capable of understanding the concerns of normal Americans.

As the chaos was enfolding on the streets of Los Angeles, Politico reported that the Democratic Party was in the midst of a “Great Un-Awokening.” Ambitious Democrats were “in the middle of a slow-motion Sista Souljah moment” aiming to “ratchet back a leftward lurch on social issues some in the party say cost them the November election.” As an example, Politico praised California governor Gavin Newsom for having “muted his tone on immigration issues,” noting that in addition to proposing “cuts” to a state program that gives free health care to illegal immigrants, Newsom had also stopped using the term “sanctuary” to describe state policies that prohibit local authorities from cooperating with federal immigration officers.

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On Sunday during live coverage of the Los Angeles riots, local ABC affiliate KABC ran footage that did not match what the anchors were describing. Jory Rand went as far as to say the protestors were “having fun watching cars burn,” but would he feel that way if that was his car? Would this have been just another example of the liberal media distracting from the obvious facts?

Los Angeles took a beating earlier this year with the historic wildfires in January but has taken another pounding with the city’s breakout over ICE arrests and deportations. Again, the city and nation turn heads due to the lack of leadership and command to simply protect the people of Los Angeles, ranging from California Governor Gavin Newsom, down to Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass.

In a clip that will live infamy alongside this and this, from the Black Lives Matter riots of 2020, Rand described the footage this way:

I don’t know if there’s any police activity pushing these folks this way, or perhaps just the smoke. It’s getting too hard to breathe. More explosions here from those cars. But we do have a decent sized crowd watching these cars continue to burn. Otherwise, as Tim said, things do look relatively peaceful at this hour. We saw the folks at Aliso and Alameda sitting down on the ground. We saw the folks at Temple and Alameda just kind of waiting it out. It’s broken down to just a couple dozen people at that location, and so things seem pretty-It’s hard to say that with three cars burning, but things do seem relatively calm minus these cars that have been set on fire.

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As is the case with most pro-illegal immigration demonstrations, there are a lack of American flags flown. Odd, because you would think someone here illegally wouldn’t fly the flag of the country they are seeking “asylum” from, yet at the anti-ICE riots taking place in Los Angeles, that was the case. At least, until a handful of future Democrat staffers realized the optics problem and handed out American flags because they thought they could con people into thinking they were patriotic.

The goal is to avoid any more in-kind Republican campaign ads like this one.

This may surprise you, but the left aren’t sending their best and brightest. In Los Angeles, the worst and dimmest run rampant.

A handful of organizers, or at least one of the progressive NGOs funded by progressive billionaires, attempted to do something about it, as captured on the ground by Aldo Buttazzoni. They are giving out American flags. I think the goal is that when people see photos of them flying American flags, it will mask how much they hate America IRL.

They would have gotten away with it, too, had it not been for one thing that was overlooked…

They never told people that flying the American flag upside down was a bad thing.

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The latest L.A. riots came after ICE began enforcing immigration law and rounding up illegals in downtown Los Angeles, and the New York Times is desperately trying to downplay the radical and violent nature of the so-called protests by calling them “largely peaceful” (i.e., somewhat violent, as a trove of photos from Los Angeles prove).

A representative piece is “What to Know About the Immigration Protests in Los Angeles,” with this subhead attached: “Demonstrations against the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration have been largely peaceful, but tensions flared after President Trump ordered National Guard troops to deploy to the city.”

The story is wrong right from the subhead. Riots were already ongoing, with stones hurled at cop cars, while the National Guard troops were sent to protect the Los Angeles Federal Building, which came under siege Friday by protesters.

The byline was shared by breaking news reporters Yan Zhuang, Anushka Patil, and Remy Tumin, who used that ridiculous phrase “largely peaceful” three more times in their actual report (was “mostly peaceful” still taken by CNN, after the last round of national rioting five years ago?).

That defensive description held even as the story documented many violent acts:

The protests have been largely peaceful but have flared up in pockets of downtown Los Angeles and in nearby suburbs, as well as in San Francisco.

Demonstrations on Sunday afternoon near a downtown detention center were largely peaceful, but some protesters fired fireworks at police officers under a bridge on the nearby U.S. 101 freeway. Several driverless Waymo cars were set on fire in downtown Los Angeles.

Mr. Trump described the largely peaceful demonstrators as “insurrectionist mobs” on social media on Sunday, and said Los Angeles had been “invaded and occupied.”

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“At this point, this has been very peaceful. It has been tense at some points, but we haven’t seen any violence happening here,” CNN correspondent Julia Vargas Jones said as the network showed rioters on motorbikes circling a car on fire in the middle of an intersection.

A similar video was shown on CNN as Rep. Nanette Barragán (D., Calif.) accused the Trump administration of “targeting peaceful protests.”

… Former vice president Kamala Harris accused the Trump administration of “stoking fear” and said the “demonstrations in defense of our immigrant neighbors have been overwhelmingly peaceful.”

“I continue to support the millions of Americans who are standing up to protect our most fundamental rights and freedoms,” she said in a statement.

Rep. Judy Chu (D., Calif.) also blamed Trump for the destruction, accusing him of creating a “manufactured crisis” by deploying the National Guard. As she argued on MSNBC that the Los Angeles Police Department had the situation under control, the network showed multiple large fires burning in the street. CNN anchor Dana Bash, meanwhile, suggested the disruption wasn’t “a real riot.”

“I just want to state for the record that what did happen in 1992 was so different from what we’re seeing now,” she said. “That was a real riot that went all across the city of Los Angeles after a verdict in the Rodney King case.”

A local ABC affiliate anchor, Marc Brown, described the rioters as “just a bunch of people having fun watching cars burn into a massive confrontation and altercation between officers and demonstrators.” NBC News correspondent Steve Patterson called them “peaceful people that want to get their message across.”

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Constitutional scholar Alan Dershowitz predicted on Monday that Gov. Gavin Newsom’s lawsuit against President Donald Trump over the Los Angeles riots will go down in flames, just like his city.

Speaking on his program “The Dershow,” Dershowitz expressed doubt that the U.S. Supreme Court would “second guess” Trump’s decision to federalize thousands of California National Guardsmen and deploy them to the epicenters of riots taking place across L.A. Gavin quickly sued Trump, accusing the president of “unlawfully” ordering soldiers under his control to put down the unrest.

“The Supreme Court will not second-guess the President of the United States on this issue,” Dershowitz said. “They will say, whether right or wrong, the president had the authority to make this decision and he had the authority to make it over the lack of consent of the governor,” Dershowitz explained.

“Let’s be clear, there was violence. You can see it on television; there were bombings, fire bombings, and burnings of Teslas and other self-driving cars. There were rocks being thrown at ICE officers. There were threats against ICE officers, threats against their families. Was it a full-blown insurrection? No.”

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President Donald Trump called in the National Guard to help after the violence against federal agents, the police, and the property damage erupted.

Meanwhile, Democrats were denying the violence and claiming things were in hand when they weren’t. Instead of truly standing focused against the riots, they were spending their time attacking Trump and inciting people.

But now, Mayor Karen Bass has truly given away the game in her latest remarks during a press conference she gave Monday night. She called on the federal government to stop the ICE raids. She claimed that on Thursday, it was peaceful until the intervention of the federal government [the ICE raids].

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Attorney General Pam Bondi said Monday that the suspect accused of assaulting a federal officer during the anti-ICE demonstrations in Los Angeles has been identified.

The FBI initially asked for the public’s help by offering a $50,000 cash reward for information leading to the man’s arrest. He was accused of injuring a federal officer after throwing rocks at law enforcement vehicles, according to the FBI.

Bondi was a guest on “Hannity” Monday night, when she broke the news to host Sean Hannity.

The FBI has identified a man accused of throwing rocks and injuring a federal officer while damaging federal property during the LA riots on Saturday. (FBI)

“The FBI has identified him,” Bondi said. “That guy has just been identified, and they are doing a search warrant on his house, as we speak. And he has been identified…his name is Reyes. He is going to be on the Most Wanted list.

“He has been identified by the great police work by the FBI,” she continued. “So, you can run, you can’t hide. We are coming after you federally. If you assault a police officer, if you rob a store, if you loot, if you spit on police officers, we’re coming after you.”

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President Trump’s deployment of the National Guard and Marines to Los Angeles to stop rioting could last 60 days and is estimated to cost at least $134 million, the Pentagon revealed Tuesday — as House Democrats slammed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over his role in the mission.

Trump took control of California’s National Guard Saturday to deploy 4,100 of its members to halt violent protests against immigration enforcement raids. He also ordered 700 Marines to the area Monday to help provide security for federal buildings and officials.

Looting and clashes with police continued for a fourth straight night Monday in downtown Los Angeles.

“We stated very publicly that it’s 60 days because we want to ensure that those rioters, looters and thugs on the other side assaulting our police officers know that we’re not going anywhere,” Hegseth told Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.) during a House budget hearing Tuesday.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that troops deployed to LA could remain there 60 days.

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“If Governor Gavin Newscum, of California, and Mayor Karen Bass, of Los Angeles, can’t do their jobs, which everyone knows they can’t, then the Federal Government will step in and solve the problem, RIOTS & LOOTERS, the way it should be solved!!!” Trump wrote.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said that 2,000 National Guard troops will be sent to Los Angeles to arrest protesters.

 

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The military has activated about 700 active-duty Marines who could be sent to Los Angeles, joining National Guard troops who were sent to the city to respond to protests, the U.S. Northern Command said in a statement.

Members of the Marine Corps could start arriving in the Los Angeles area as soon as Tuesday, a defense official told CBS News. The Marines are based in Twentynine Palms, a city east of Los Angeles.

Northern Command said the Marines will “seamlessly integrate” with hundreds of members of the National Guard to protect “federal personnel and federal property.” They have been trained in “de-escalation, crowd control and standing rules for the use of force,” the military added.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said Monday that around 700 Marines “are being deployed to Los Angeles to restore order.”

California Gov. Gavin Newsom suggested late Monday he could take legal action over the planned use of Marines, calling it illegal.

In a post on X, he wrote, “U.S. Marines serve a valuable purpose for this country — defending democracy. They are not political pawns. The Secretary of Defense is illegally deploying them onto American streets so Trump can have a talking point at his parade this weekend. It’s a blatant abuse of power. We will sue to stop this. The Courts and Congress must act. Checks and balances are crumbling. This is a red line — and they’re crossing it. WAKE UP!”

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Haxhiaj has been charged with one count of assault and battery on a police officer and one count of interfering with police

Worcester, Massachusetts City Councilor Etel Haxhiaj has been charged with assault and battery on an officer as well as interfering with police following a May 8 ICE operation in the city that saw the District 5 city councilor captured on camera attacking authorities as they carried out an arrest. ; ;

Per the Telegram & Gazette, court records released on June 4 found that the police department had sought three charges against Haxhiaj, however, at a closed-door hearing on June 4, an assistant clerk-magistrate found probable cause to issue two of the charges. ; ;

Haxhiaj has been charged with one count of assault and battery on a police officer and one count of interfering with police. Police had sought two counts of assault and battery on an officer. She is set to be arraigned on July 23. ; ;

Haxhiaj wrote in a statement regarding the charges, “Our community continues to be shocked and devastated by the events on Eureka Street as our country staggers from political upheaval. It is frustrating to now be targeted by this criminal prosecution as well. I am a mother, an immigrant and elected leader who attempted, along with other Worcester residents, to protect a traumatized young person, two mothers and an infant. I did the humane thing to do in this situation, nothing more, nothing less.”

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The Trump administration gave Customs and Border Protection the green light to move forward with border wall projects across Arizona and New Mexico.

The Department of Homeland Security instructed CBP to ignore environmental regulations and immediately begin building 36 miles of barrier along the U.S.-Mexico border, CBP announced Thursday.

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem issued a waiver, including against the National Environmental Policy Act, for the federal government to begin construction of 18- to 30-foot slatted walls and roads without having to wait for normal administrative approvals.

The largest part of the 36-mile project, 24 miles called the Tucson Sonoita Project, will go up in the Nogales, Arizona, region, and another two miles of the project will be constructed in the Tucson region of the border.

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A federal judge on Thursday blocked the Trump administration from deporting the family of Mohamad Soliman, the individual suspected of firebombing a gathering of Israel supporters in Boulder, Colorado, on Sunday.

Judge Gordon P. Gallagher’s ruling stated that the administration cannot remove Soliman’s wife and five children from the District of Colorado or the United States pending a ruling from the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals. “[T]he Court finds that deportation without process could work irreparable harm and an order must issue without notice due to the urgency this situation presents,” the judge wrote.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested the family earlier this week and was preparing to deport them before the judge’s ruling, The Hill reported.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is preparing to deport the family of Boulder, Colo., attacker Mohamed Soliman’s wife and five children.

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem said Tuesday that the family had been detained in connection with the investigation, saying they would face questioning over whether they had any knowledge of the attack.

But according to a DHS statement Wednesday, ICE was said to be “processing them for removal.”

The statement sheds new light on a White House social media post Tuesday that said the family “could be deported by tonight.”

“Six One-Way Tickets for Mohamed’s Wife and Five Kids. Final Boarding Call Coming Soon,” the White House’s post said, along with an emoji of an airplane.

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Over the past couple weeks, the U.S. government has unleashed a barrage of policies that would restrict the ability of Chinese students to study in the United States. These measures strike at a key pillar of U.S.-China relations, and they have generated intense anxiety among current and prospective Chinese exchange students. According to data from the Institute of International Education, between 2023 and 2024, there were 277,398 Chinese students studying in the U.S., generating over $14.2 billion for the American economy.

A cable signed last Tuesday by Secretary of State Marco Rubio ordered American embassies around the world to stop scheduling new appointments for student visas and announced an expansion of social-media vetting of student applicants. The week prior, the Department of Homeland Security revoked Harvard’s ability to enroll international students, who currently make up 27 percent of Harvard’s total enrollment. Last Wednesday, the State Department announced it would “aggressively revoke visas for Chinese students, including those with connections to the Chinese Communist Party or studying in critical fields,” and “enhance scrutiny of all future visa applications from the People’s Republic of China and Hong Kong.” (On Thursday, a U.S. federal judge extended an order blocking the government measures related to Harvard.)

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Rep. Becca Balint (D-VT) is now at the center of a massive controversy of her own making after she made a highly offensive comment to her constituents about immigrants. The statement was made during a town hall event in Newport, Vermont, in response to a question about current U.S. immigration policy.

In her response to the question, Balint said that a crackdown on illegal immigration will leave residents of the state without “anyone around to wipe our a–es.”

“Our economy is completely bound up in immigration and migrant labor,” Balint said to her constituents during the event. “We have to come to a place in Congress where it is no longer a political issue, but we see it as an existential issue for the country.”

“If we don’t have avenues for people to come here legally to work or to build a home here, I’m going to be really crude right now — we’re not going to have anybody around to wipe our a–es because we don’t have enough people in our country now to fill the jobs that we have,” she continued.

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Democrat Newark Mayor Ras Baraka filed a lawsuit against Interim US Attorney Alina Habba for “false arrest and malicious prosecution.”

Ricky Patel, a Special Agent in Charge of the Newark Division of Homeland Security, was also named as a defendant.

Baraka’s lawyers accused Alina Habba of acting as a “political operative” in the 17-page complaint.

Read the full complaint here.

The lawsuit alleges Alina Habba violated Ras Baraka’s Constitutional rights, including his Fourth Amendment, First Amendment and Fifth Amendment rights.

On Monday evening, Alina Habba blasted Ras Baraka after his office ‘leaked’ that he was planning to file a lawsuit against the Feds.