Trump’s Unsolicited U.S. Military Deployment to LA Raises Alarms

The only Democratic safeguard Trump hasn't crushed

Trump wants blood.The spectacle is the point. The helicopters. The uniforms. The rumble of armored personnel carriers down the boulevards of Los Angeles. The former president of the United States — now reinstalled in the White House through judicial (Citizens United) and electoral (Musk’s money and X) sleight-of-hand that would make Orbán proud — sent U.S. Marines into an American city.Marines who are trained in killing people. Quickly, efficien…

Trump crushed every democratic safeguard — except one

Trump wants blood.The spectacle is the point. The helicopters. The uniforms. The rumble of armored personnel carriers down the boulevards of Los Angeles. The former president of the United States — now reinstalled in the White House through judicial (Citizens United) and electoral (Musk’s money and ...

Trump’s unsolicited U.S. military deployment to LA raises alarms

How ironic that President Donald Trump considers the protesters in Los Angeles to be ”insurrectionists," yet he had the audacity to pardon the undeniable insurrectionists responsible for the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on our Capitol. If you agree with Trump, you can get away with anything. If you disagree, it’s a crime. He says he’s savings billions by cutting necessary services, yet he wastes $45 million on a military parade to show his compadres in …

‘Sanctuary city’ governors object to Trump deployment of troops into Los Angeles

Left to right, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul are sworn in before the start of a hearing with the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee at the U.S. Capitol on June 12, 2025 in Washington, D.C.  (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — Three Democratic governors from states that leave immigration enforcement to the federal government said Thursday they oppose President Dona…