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A pair pushes a stroller as members of the California Nationwide Guard stand watch exterior the Edward R. Roybal Federal Constructing on the morning of June 10, 2025, in Los Angeles, following one other day of protests in response to federal immigration operations. A whole lot of Marines are because of arrive in Los Angeles on Tuesday after US President Donald Trump ordered their deployment in response to protests towards immigration arrests and regardless of objections by state officers. The 700 troops will be a part of Nationwide Guard troopers, amping up the militarization of the tense state of affairs within the sprawling metropolis, which is residence to hundreds of thousands of foreign-born and Latino residents. The unrest was sparked by a sudden intensification of Trump’s signature marketing campaign to deport unlawful migrants, with raids performed on workplaces. (Photograph by RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP) (Photograph by RONALDO SCHEMIDT/AFP through Getty Pictures)
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We’ve mentioned in quite a few posts over the spring that Donald Trump’s effort to construct a dictatorial, autocratic presidency is essentially a battle over public opinion. I’ve additionally famous in a sequence of posts that the states and their separate sovereignties are a key, defensive supply of power within the effort to defeat Trump. Since they’re a supply of power, they’re by definition additionally a goal. We’re seeing each these realities play out within the chaotic state of affairs in Los Angeles.
Let me begin with a number of observations concerning the common state of affairs.
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