A federal appeals court ruled that President Donald Trump could retain control of the California National Guard, blocking a decision from a district court judge ordering Trump to yield power to Governor Gavin Newsom following anti-ICE riots.
The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Thursday night granted an emergency motion from the Trump administration to block a ruling from District Judge Charles Breyer saying Trump violated the law when he ordered the National Guard into Los Angeles. Trump celebrated the decision, saying that the National Guard was to thank for keeping Los Angeles safe. 
“The Appeals Court ruled last night that I can use the National Guard to keep our cities, in this case Los Angeles, safe,” Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114675518227311570" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a> on Truth Social Friday morning. “If I didn’t send the Military into Los Angeles, that city would be burning to the ground right now. We saved L.A. Thank you for the Decision!!!”
The court scheduled a hearing on the case for Tuesday to hear further arguments. 
The decision is the latest in the battle between Trump and Newsom over riots that broke out last weekend in Los Angeles County after ICE began making arrests in the area, including day laborers at a Home Depot parking lot. Newsom sued Trump after the president sent in the National Guard and deployed thousands of Marines. 
L.A. Police Chief Jim McDonnell told “<a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/la-police-chief-national-guard-focused-on-immigration-agenda-not-helping-with-protests/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CBS Mornings</a>” on Wednesday that the National Guard is not assisting local authorities with street protests or riot control.
“That’s not our understanding. They have a different mission,” McDonnell said. “They’re working in support of the federal agencies that are working with ICE on civil immigration enforcement and criminal immigration enforcement.” He added, “We don’t need the National Guard, and they are not here to help us right now.”
On Thursday, Breyer sided with Newsom, saying that Trump lacked the authority to send in the National Guard. 
“At this early stage of the proceedings, the Court must determine whether the President followed the congressionally mandated procedure for his actions. He did not. His actions were illegal—both exceeding the scope of his statutory authority and violating the Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution,” Breyer <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.450934/gov.uscourts.cand.450934.64.0.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>. 
The judge, appointed by President Bill Clinton, also asserted that Trump’s actions were an “unlawful militarization” of the city and had a chilling effect on First Amendment rights, echoing Newsom’s complaints. His decision was blocked just hours later by the appeals court. 
Trump has repeatedly said that Newsom should thank him for sending in the troops, saying that the violence would have been worse had he not acted. 
“Incompetent Gavin Newscum should have been THANKING me for the job we did in Los Angeles, rather than making sad excuses for the poor job he has done,” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Thursday. “If it weren’t for me getting the National Guard into Los Angeles, it would be burning to the ground right now!”

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Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA) tried to attack Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for taking a moment to enjoy the annual Congressional baseball game, claiming that he&#8217;d left National Guard troops and U.S. Marines deployed in California without access to basic necessities.
Newsom was responding to a photo, posted by the @DODRapidResponse account, that showed Hegseth taking in the Wednesday evening game with family. &#8220;America&#8217;s @SecDef. America&#8217;s favorite pastime,&#8221; the caption read.
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America’s <a href="https://twitter.com/SecDef?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SecDef</a> 🫱🏻‍🫲🏻 America’s favorite past time <a href="https://t.co/dzQ9f86dwi">pic.twitter.com/dzQ9f86dwi</a>
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Newsom replied with one of the same photos he&#8217;d shared earlier in the week — when he&#8217;d claimed that President Donald Trump and Hegseth had deployed troops to California without ensuring that their basic needs were met — and argued further that the National Guard and Marines &#8220;weren&#8217;t needed&#8221; in the first place.
&#8220;Pete sent 4,700 troops here (when they weren’t needed) without adequate fuel, food, water or a place to sleep. But don’t worry, he’s at a baseball game,&#8221; Newsom posted.
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Pete sent 4,700 troops here (when they weren’t needed) without adequate fuel, food, water or a place to sleep.
But don’t worry, he’s at a baseball game. <a href="https://t.co/C6g0327GCF">https://t.co/C6g0327GCF</a> <a href="https://t.co/2L1G9qN3LT">pic.twitter.com/2L1G9qN3LT</a>
— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) <a href="https://twitter.com/GavinNewsom/status/1933006152784380095?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 12, 2025</a></blockquote>
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The @DODRapidResponse account responded with a photo from the riots that rocked Los Angeles for two days before Trump ordered the California National Guard to provide assistance to local law enforcement. In the photo, a man could be seen waving a Mexican flag, surrounded by smoke from the cars that were being burned in the streets. Accompanying the photo was a two-word caption, mockingly quoting Newsom&#8217;s claim that the troops &#8220;weren&#8217;t needed.&#8221;
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“Weren&#8217;t needed” <a href="https://t.co/27EfQvFhma">https://t.co/27EfQvFhma</a> <a href="https://t.co/MpFuX65eH2">pic.twitter.com/MpFuX65eH2</a>
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Protests and riots had erupted in the Los Angeles area beginning nearly a week prior, when demonstrators attempted to disrupt Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents as they conducted operations. In the days that followed, rioters destroyed property, looted stores, and attacked local law enforcement officers and federal agents. Blaming Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, also a Democrat, for failing to protect people, Trump ordered first the National Guard and then a number of active duty Marines to rein in the situation.

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The anti-ICE demonstrations and riots that broke out in Los Angeles County nearly a week ago calmed down on Wednesday night after L.A. Democratic Mayor Karen Bass issued a curfew and local law enforcement officers moved in to arrest any demonstrators who defied the order.
Bass issued a curfew on Tuesday and Wednesday night from 8:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. for most of downtown L.A. to prevent any further violence or vandalism, The Los Angeles Times <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/live/los-angeles-protests-immigration-raid-live-updates">reported</a>. An unlawful assembly was declared at 6:25 p.m. on Wednesday, and LAPD officers moved in to disperse the crowd, firing rubber bullets at 7:00 p.m. and causing many of the demonstrators to flee the scene. Thirty minutes later, the LAPD began arresting anyone who remained in the curfew zone downtown, which was around a few dozen protesters, according to the Times.
In a Thursday morning social media <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114670085083632579">post</a>, President Donald Trump took credit for the calmer nights of protests, praising the National Guard and the Marines, whom he deployed to L.A., for putting &#8220;L.A. Police in a position to effectively do their job.&#8221;
&#8220;Los Angeles was safe and sound for the last two nights. Our great National Guard, with a little help from the Marines, put the L.A. Police in a position to effectively do their job,&#8221; Trump wrote. &#8220;They all worked well together, but without the Military, Los Angeles would be a crime scene like we haven’t seen in years.&#8221;
Trump then ripped California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, saying that he &#8220;had totally lost control of the situation.&#8221;
&#8220;He should be saying THANK YOU for saving his ass, instead of trying to justify his mistakes and incompetence!!!&#8221; the president added.
L.A. Police Chief Jim McDonnell told &#8220;<a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/la-police-chief-national-guard-focused-on-immigration-agenda-not-helping-with-protests/">CBS Mornings</a>&#8221; on Wednesday that the National Guard is not assisting local authorities with street protests or riot control.
&#8220;That&#8217;s not our understanding. They have a different mission,&#8221; McDonnell said. &#8220;They&#8217;re working in support of the federal agencies that are working with ICE on civil immigration enforcement and criminal immigration enforcement.&#8221; He added, &#8220;We don&#8217;t need the National Guard, and they are not here to help us right now.&#8221;
Mayor Bass <a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/la-mayor-says-military-national-guard-presence-provoke-the-population">told</a> PBS on Wednesday that her curfews &#8220;absolutely&#8221; helped prevent more rioting in the downtown area.
&#8220;Last night was the first night of the curfew,&#8221; Bass said about the Tuesday night order. &#8220;And I will tell you, over 100 people were arrested, but they were arrested for failure to disperse and violating curfew, no violence, no vandalism. And so that is different than the night before.&#8221;
Bass continued to criticize Trump over the deployment of the National Guard, calling it &#8220;completely unwarranted&#8221; and arguing that Trump&#8217;s action provoked the rioting.
&#8220;No one asked for that help. You were talking about minor protests, but every time you do something like this, you provoke the population even further,&#8221; she said. &#8220;They are angry because of the raids, they are angry because of the National Guard being here, and now they are really going to be angry if the troops come in.&#8221;
Trump has called out both Bass and Newsom for how they handled the rioting over the weekend, when federal, state, and local law enforcement officers were attacked by agitators and buildings were vandalized and damaged. Earlier this week, the president <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-says-newsom-bass-should-thank-him-for-deploying-national-guard-to-keep-our-citizens-safe?author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=12&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+Says+Newsom%2C+Bass+Should+Thank+Him+For+Deploying+National+Guard+%E2%80%98To+Keep+Our+Citizens+SAFE%E2%80%99">accused</a> the mayor and governor of lying &#8220;to the People of California and America by saying that we weren’t needed, and that these are peaceful protests.&#8217;”
As the authorities quell the violence in L.A., the Trump administration continues to <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-06-11/los-angeles-immigration-protest-curfew">conduct</a> immigration raids throughout Southern California. The White House said on Wednesday that since last week, 330 suspected illegal immigrants in the Los Angeles area have been detained, 113 of whom had past criminal convictions. Immigration agents have targeted businesses, including at least five <a href="https://www.latimes.com/00000197-608b-d79b-adff-ecafffe80000-123">car washes</a> in Los Angeles and Orange Counties, arresting dozens of suspected illegal immigrants, according to the Times.

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Joy Behar predicted on Tuesday that President Donald Trump&#8217;s decision to deploy the National Guard to Los Angeles was likely to result another tragedy like the one that played out at Ohio&#8217;s Kent State University in May of 1970.
Behar made the comments during a regular broadcast of ABC&#8217;s &#8220;The View,&#8221; as she and her cohosts continued to complain about Trump and claim that the violent riots — where federal agents had been targeted and property had been destroyed — were peaceful and &#8220;orderly&#8221; until the National Guard arrived.
Whoopi Goldberg took the lead, claiming that videos of the violence were misleading because some news sources were not showing the peaceful parts of the protests. &#8220;It&#8217;s quite different when you&#8217;re talking to people in L.A.,&#8221; she said, adding that the riots had been &#8220;peaceful for days.&#8221;
&#8220;There is no crisis in Los Angeles that ICE did not cause. That&#8217;s the fact of the matter,&#8221; Sunny Hostin chimed in, saying the protests were &#8220;very, very orderly&#8221; and claiming that if immigration authorities had not showed up to enforce federal immigration law, there would be no problem.
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Using the latest liberal buzzwords meant to stir up fear and hate, Hostin warns that Trump is &#8220;militarizing&#8221; the state of California as a &#8220;test run&#8221; for cracking down on other sanctuary cities. 
&#8220;There is a plan,&#8221; she ominously fearmongers. <a href="https://t.co/ZfrDHw7zMB">pic.twitter.com/ZfrDHw7zMB</a>
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Hostin followed that by restating her point from the day before — that Trump was &#8220;militarizing&#8221; the National Guard — and claiming that Trump was moving ahead with cracking down on Los Angeles because he wanted a &#8220;test run&#8221; for going after other &#8220;sanctuary cities.&#8221;
It was then that Behar invoked the memory of <a href="https://www.kent.edu/may-4-historical-accuracy">Kent State</a>, saying that bringing in the National Guard reminded her of the situation that had played out there in 1970 when anti-war (Vietnam) protesters had effectively cornered the National Guard troops who were brought in by then-Governor James Rhodes. Several of the National Guardsmen fired their weapons, killing four and wounding nine. A 1974 criminal trial against eight National Guardsmen was dismissed by District Judge Frank Battisti mid-trial after he said that the prosecution&#8217;s case was so weak that the defense need not present its case at all.
&#8220;You know, and sometimes kids get killed when this happens. In my day, it was Kent State and they killed four kids, American students, and nine were injured very severely in those days, and I think that they&#8217;ve got to be very careful what they&#8217;re doing because that&#8217;s the next thing that will happen,&#8221; Behar said.
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Faux conservative Alyssa Farah Griffin compares the National Guard in L.A. to U.S. troops in Afghanistan. &#8220;I have a major issue with the National Guard going in and now the U.S. Marines&#8230; [its] significantly more U.S. forces than we had in the winddown of Afghanistan.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/KHSoM0MPR0">pic.twitter.com/KHSoM0MPR0</a>
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) <a href="https://twitter.com/NickFondacaro/status/1932461296139571711?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 10, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Alyssa Farah Griffin argued that bringing in the National Guard and the Marines — even after federal agents and local law enforcement had been clearly harassed and targeted with projectiles — was excessive because there were more deployed to Los Angeles than during the &#8220;wind-down of Afghanistan.&#8221;

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Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-NY), the chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus, said on Tuesday that she believes President Donald Trump&#8217;s troop <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-sends-another-2000-national-guard-troops-to-l-a" target="_blank" rel="noopener">deployment</a> in response to the violent anti-ICE protests around Los Angeles is worthy of impeachment.
In a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3VMJlLi9nw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press conference</a> on Capitol Hill, a reporter asked whether the descriptors that Democrats have applied to Trump&#8217;s actions — specifically: &#8220;lawlessness, and unconstitutional, and a violation of human rights&#8221; — would &#8220;rise to the level of impeachment&#8221; and whether they are &#8220;impeachable offenses.&#8221;
Clarke responded in the affirmative.
&#8220;Well, you know, I believe it is. I definitely believe it is,&#8221; the influential Democrat said, &#8220;but we’ll cross that bridge when we get to it.&#8221;
The president invoked the ire of Democrats for sending National Guardsmen and U.S. Marines to Los Angeles amid violent anti-ICE protests, leading to a legal standoff with California Governor Gavin Newsom, who <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-sues-trump-over-national-guard-deployment-says-president-manufactured-crisis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sued</a> the Trump administration and is trying to <a href="https://x.com/yashar/status/1932506908461838759" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stop</a> the deployment.
&#8220;Look, if we didn’t get involved, right now, Los Angeles would be burning &#8230; Los Angeles right now would be on fire. And we have it in great shape. I am not playing around,&#8221; Trump <a href="https://x.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1932477437549425074" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
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When asked about Clarke&#8217;s view on impeachment, House Democratic Caucus Chairman Pete Aguilar (D-CA) indicated his party is not ready to go there.
“I&#8217;ve said before, from this podium, that House Democrats aren’t focused on impeachment today,” Aguilar <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59sURASZvos" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> during another press conference. &#8220;We are focused on holding the president and House Republicans accountable for the policies that attack the basic needs, like health care and food assistance.&#8221;
Some Democrats have tried <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rejected-by-his-own-party-democrat-backs-down-on-forcing-trump-impeachment-vote" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pushing impeachment</a> during this session of Congress, accusing Trump of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-democrat-moves-to-impeach-trump-over-dastardly-deeds" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;dastardly deeds&#8221;</a> and other alleged offenses, but they have all fizzled out as the Republicans who are largely aligned with the president control the House.
But Aguilar went on to suggest an inquiry could be a consideration in the future — if Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairwoman Suzan DelBene (D-WA) leads her party to seize back the House with the midterm elections in 2026.
&#8220;There will be plenty of time, when Suzan DelBene guides us to the majority, for us to exercise oversight where we can ask some very difficult questions [about] the policies that the administration is going currently, but right now that isn&#8217;t our focus,&#8221; Aguilar said.

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Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-CA) parroted the attacks made by Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA) regarding the National Guard troops who were deployed to put an end to dangerous and violent riots in Los Angeles — namely that President Donald Trump and the Defense Department under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth — had sent in troops without providing them with food or lodging.
Newsom posted the attack on Monday afternoon, sharing photos and addressing Trump directly: &#8220;You sent your troops here without fuel, food, water or a place to sleep. Here they are — being forced to sleep on the floor, piled on top of one another.&#8221;
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You sent your troops here without fuel, food, water or a place to sleep.
Here they are — being forced to sleep on the floor, piled on top of one another.
If anyone is treating our troops disrespectfully, it is you <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDonaldTrump</a>. <a href="https://t.co/4i8VIiYZLr">https://t.co/4i8VIiYZLr</a> <a href="https://t.co/sUYD2KHu6O">pic.twitter.com/sUYD2KHu6O</a>
— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) <a href="https://twitter.com/GavinNewsom/status/1932157825117208729?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 9, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Aguilar&#8217;s line of questioning, directed at Hegseth less than 24 hours later, could have been lifted directly from Newsom&#8217;s post: &#8220;&#8230; troops sleeping on the floor, and have not been provided fuel, food, or water by DoD. How long will this deployment last and why were we unprepared to provide them basic necessities such as food and water?&#8221; he asked.
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. <a href="https://twitter.com/SecDef?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SecDef</a> just dismantled the accusation that our troops in California are not being fed or housed.
We have a secretary that is putting our warfighters needs FIRST! <a href="https://t.co/9ziFCvt10f">pic.twitter.com/9ziFCvt10f</a>
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&#8220;The commanders and troops in the field are very well prepared,&#8221; Hegseth replied. &#8220;They responded incredibly rapidly to a deteriorating situation with equipment and capabilities. We have made sure from the top down. As the Secretary of Defense who has been in a unit holding riot shields outside the White House during the chaos of the summer of 2020, I know what it&#8217;s like to be immediately deployed into a situation like that.&#8221;
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&#8220;There are moments where you make do as best you can, temporarily,&#8221; he continued, adding, &#8220;But we are ensuring they&#8217;re housed, fed, water, capabilities in real time, from my office, because I care that much about the California Guard and the Marines and the men and women who are supporting our ICE agents on the ground.&#8221;
&#8220;Those are photos of yesterday, so you should check with your office,&#8221; Aguilar jabbed at Hegseth.
&#8220;It&#8217;s true every day,&#8221; Hegseth shot back. &#8220;And that&#8217;s a disingenuous attack that misrepresents how much we care about our troops and what they&#8217;re doing to defend ICE agents.&#8221;
Aguilar attempted to talk over Hegseth, but the Defense Secretary was not having it: &#8220;I&#8217;m not going to take the fact that &#8216;we don&#8217;t care about the troops,&#8217; nobody cares more about the troops at the top than this Secretary and the Chairman and our department.&#8221;
Aguilar redirected then, asking how long the troops were being deployed — and Hegseth said that the orders were for 60 days.
&#8220;We want to ensure that those rioters, looters, and thugs on the other side assaulting our police officers know that we&#8217;re not going anywhere,&#8221; he said.

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President Donald Trump made it abundantly clear that he would not back down from intervening in the anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles, declaring, “I am not playing around.”
On Monday night, Trump mobilized an additional 2,000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles to join the 2,000 Guardsmen deployed by the Trump administration over the weekend, along with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-deploys-hundreds-of-marines-to-los-angeles">700 Marines</a> that were sent on Monday.
&#8220;If I didn’t &#8216;SEND IN THE TROOPS&#8217; to Los Angeles the last three nights, that once beautiful and great City would be burning to the ground right now, much like 25,000 houses burned to the ground in L.A. due to an incompetent Governor and Mayor,&#8221; Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114659367372751138">posted</a> on Truth Social on Tuesday morning.
Later in the day, speaking to a panel on Fox Business, Trump stated, “Last night was terrible. The night before that was terrible. As you’ve seen, it was on most of your networks, people with big, heavy hammers pounding the concrete and pounding curbs, pounding, breaking up, and handing these big chunks of concrete to people. And they were taking that concrete, going up on bridges, and dropping it into the roof of a car. They were throwing it at our police; they were throwing it at our soldiers that are there.”
“And we got it stopped and we have them in custody right now,” he continued. “Look, if we didn’t get involved, right now, Los Angeles would be burning just like it was burning a number of months ago with all the houses that were lost. Los Angeles right now would be on fire. And we have it in great shape. I am not playing around.&#8221;
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President <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDonaldTrump</a>: “If we didn’t get involved, right now, Los Angeles would be burning&#8230; and we have it in great shape. I am not playing around.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/Cj0JuW4YMd">pic.twitter.com/Cj0JuW4YMd</a>
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California <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-sues-trump-over-national-guard-deployment-says-president-manufactured-crisis?author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=1&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=California+Sues+Trump+Over+National+Guard+Deployment%2C+Says+President+%E2%80%98Manufactured+Crisis%E2%80%99">filed a lawsuit</a> against the Trump administration on Monday over the National Guard deployment, arguing that the president infringed on Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom’s role without there being a clear threat of “invasion” or “rebellion.” Sending in the National Guard is a power typically exercised by governors but also granted to the president in certain circumstances.
But National Review published an <a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/06/restoring-order-in-los-angeles/">editorial</a> explaining why Trump has the right to send the National Guard:
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The president is relying on what a 1971 Office of Legal Counsel memo called his “inherent authority to use troops for the protection of federal property and federal functions,” as well as <a style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;" href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/12406" data-testid="standard-link">10 U.S.C. 12406</a>, which provides for the emergency mobilization of the National Guard. That statute says the president can call up the Guard when there’s an actual or threatened invasion or rebellion, or when he can’t execute the laws with regular federal forces.
Given what’s being done to attack and obstruct ICE agents who are simply enforcing the immigration laws, the latter condition applies. This is not an invocation of the Insurrection Act, which would involve federal troops taking on general law-enforcement functions. Instead, the role of the Guard is limited, as the presidential proclamation stipulates, to ensuring“the protection and safety of Federal personnel and property.”
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“There need not be an actual rebellion — only the danger of one — for the president legitimately to call the Guard into federal service,” former Assistant United States Attorney Andrew McCarthy, who led the 1995 terrorism prosecution against Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman and eleven others,  <a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/06/president-trump-has-legal-authority-to-suppress-the-siege-in-l-a/">added</a>. “Moreover, the explicit purpose of the ongoing rioting and mayhem is to thwart the enforcement of the federal immigration laws. Section 12406 expressly authorizes the use of military force when ordinary law enforcement has been violently prevented from carrying out federal functions.”
Zach Jewell contributed to this article.

WH Arrival 6/9/25

‘I Am Not Playing Around’: Trump Hammers Home His Determination On L.A. Riots

Crime

Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-CA) attempted to lay a trap for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth during a Tuesday hearing, demanding to know which federal law justified sending the National Guard in to quell violent riots on the streets of Los Angeles — and Hegseth made it clear that he would not be baited.
Aguilar began his time by reading a section of U.S. Code 12406, saying that the federal statute allowed for three separate conditions under which the federal government would be justified in deploying the National Guard domestically: foreign invasion, rebellion against the federal government, and a president&#8217;s inability to effectively enforce the law.
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Q: U.S. Code 12406 cites three examples to implement Guard. What is the justification to use the Guard: 
1. Invasion by foreign nation. 
2. In the event of a rebellion or danger of rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States. 
3. If the President is… <a href="https://t.co/g91l0iZ3kO">pic.twitter.com/g91l0iZ3kO</a>
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&#8220;The U.S. Code 12406, the legal basis that the president used, cites three examples and circumstances for the guard,&#8221; Aguilar began. &#8220;Invasion by a foreign nation, a rebellion or a dangerous rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States, or the president is unable for — with regular forces — to execute the laws of the United States.&#8221;
&#8220;Which authority is triggered here to justify the use?&#8221; Aguilar asked Hegseth directly.
&#8220;I don&#8217;t know, you just read it yourself and people can listen themselves,&#8221; Hegseth said, adding, &#8220;It sounds like all three to me. If you&#8217;ve got millions of illegals and you don&#8217;t know where they&#8217;re coming from, they&#8217;re waving flags from foreign countries, and assaulting police officers and the president&#8217;s officers, that&#8217;s a problem.&#8221;
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Aguilar kept talking over Hegseth, asking, &#8220;Do you think the president&#8217;s unable to execute the laws of the United States? You just said — that the president is unable to execute the laws of the United States?&#8221;
&#8220;The Governor of California is unable to execute the laws of the United States,&#8221; Hegseth shot back. &#8220;The Governor of California has failed to protect his people, along with the Mayor of Los Angeles, so President Trump has said he will protect our agents, and our Guard and Marines are proud to do it.&#8221;
President Donald Trump deployed the National Guard to quell the riots after violent protesters damaged public and private property — and attacked Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and local law enforcement — in their efforts to prevent ICE from executing federal law as directed by the president.

Defense Secretary Hegseth Testifies To House And Senate Appropriations Committee

Democrat Tries To Set Trap For Pete Hegseth Over National Guard In Los Angeles

Military

President Donald Trump mobilized an additional 2,000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles Monday night as the city cleans up the damage from a weekend of rioting and seeks to stave off more agitators.
The new batch of National Guard troops will join 2,000 Guardsmen who were deployed by the Trump administration on Saturday, along with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-deploys-hundreds-of-marines-to-los-angeles">700 Marines</a> sent to L.A. on Monday, bringing the total number of mobilized military personnel in the city to at least 4,700, The Washington Post <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/06/09/la-protests-ice-live-updates/">reported</a>. Trump said on Tuesday morning that his decision to deploy troops to L.A. saved the city from &#8220;burning to the ground.&#8221;
&#8220;If I didn’t &#8216;SEND IN THE TROOPS&#8217; to Los Angeles the last three nights, that once beautiful and great City would be burning to the ground right now, much like 25,000 houses burned to the ground in L.A. do [sic] to an incompetent Governor and Mayor,&#8221; Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114659061147166064">wrote</a> on Truth Social.
California <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-sues-trump-over-national-guard-deployment-says-president-manufactured-crisis?author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=1&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=California+Sues+Trump+Over+National+Guard+Deployment%2C+Says+President+%E2%80%98Manufactured+Crisis%E2%80%99">filed a lawsuit</a> against the Trump administration on Monday over the National Guard deployment, arguing that the president infringed on Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom’s role without there being a clear threat of “invasion” or “rebellion.” Sending in the National Guard is a power typically exercised by governors but also granted to the president in certain circumstances.
On Monday, Newsom <a href="https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/06/09/100885/">sent 800</a> more state and local law enforcement officers to Los Angeles &#8220;to clean up President Trump&#8217;s mess.&#8221; Newsom and L.A. Democratic Mayor Karen Bass argue that the rioting in pockets of L.A. County was under control until Trump intervened to deploy the National Guard.
&#8220;Chaos is exactly what Trump wanted, now we are sending in hundreds more law enforcement to pick up the pieces. State and local leaders stand together, coordinated and resolute to ensure the safety of the Los Angeles region,&#8221; Newsom said.
Bass added, “While Washington choreographed these chaotic events, the LAPD and local law enforcement continue to effectively respond.”
The protests-turned-riots in L.A. were sparked by federal immigration raids in the region last week, one of which arrested suspected illegal immigrants in a Home Depot parking lot. Some of those arrested in the raids included people convicted on gun and drug charges, Fox News’ Bill Melugin <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gang-members-sex-offenders-and-more-heres-who-ice-actually-picked-up-during-la-raids?author=Virginia+Kruta&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=5&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Gang+Members%2C+Sex+Offenders%2C+And+More%3A+Here%E2%80%99s+Who+ICE+Actually+Picked+Up+During+LA+Raids" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
The rioting picked up over the weekend as agitators attacked law enforcement officers by throwing rocks and cement and shooting fireworks at them. Rioters — some of whom waved Mexican flags — also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/waymo-suspends-service-in-downtown-l-a-after-rioters-burn-5-of-its-self-driving-vehicles">set fire</a> to multiple Waymo robotaxis in the street. A total of 42 agitators were arrested, and some of them face charges of assault on an officer and attempted murder, CBS News <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/downtown-la-protests-looting-burned-cars-vandalism-arrests/">reported</a>.
The cleanup process has begun in a section of downtown L.A. after rioters destroyed planter boxes, pedestrian signs, and public benches and chairs. At least three businesses, a T-Mobile store and two athletic footwear stores, were ransacked by looters, and a Jordan Studio 23 and Adidas store suffered shattered glass in their front doors. What remained of five burned-out Waymo vehicles was also being cleaned up in the street. Waymo suspended service in downtown L.A. after the rioters targeted the robotaxis.
While L.A. looks to clean up the damage, more anti-ICE rioting has hit San Francisco, where around 150 people were arrested Sunday night and at least two police officers were injured, ABC 7 <a href="https://abc7news.com/post/hundreds-protesters-rally-ice-raids-san-francisco/16701175/">reported</a>.

L.A. riots

Trump Sends Another 2,000 National Guard Troops To L.A.

The destructive anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles continue – and the state&#8217;s Democratic leaders are doubling down on their support. Democrats accuse Trump of overstepping his authority by using the National Guard to protect California – but America has a long history of “sending in the troops.” And, California taxpayers might be unknowingly funding the L.A. protests. We speak to a woman who says she has the receipts.
It’s Tuesday, June 10, and this is the news you need to know to start your day.
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<h2>California Leaders Fiddle As L.A. Burns</h2>
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Topline: Pockets of Los Angeles are still under siege by anti-ICE rioters &#8212; and now the Marines are stepping in.
After a weekend of riots, on Monday afternoon, President Donald Trump deployed hundreds of Marines expected to protect federal personnel and property. They will join the 2,000 National Guardsmen who’ve already been activated. 
The move came as the unrest entered its fourth day. The chaos continued over the last 24 hours with rioters downtown shutting down a highway, setting self-driving autotaxis on fire, and lobbing bricks, Molotov cocktails, and fireworks at police. In one incident, rioters smashed out the windows at LAPD headquarters. In another, a number of businesses, including a Jordan sneaker store, were broken into and looted. Dozens of arrests have been made, but violent crowds continued to form overnight, vowing to riot until federal agents cease their deportation raids.
Trump has thus far refused to back down. The president said on Truth Social that he would “deal with the violent, instigated riots in California” and that without his deployment of the National Guard, “Los Angeles would have been completely obliterated.”
However, Republicans have accused many California Democrats of offering tacit support to the rioters while blaming President Trump for the violence:
Governor Gavin Newsom wrote on <a href="https://x.com/CAgovernor/status/1931916549490929862">X</a>, “Donald Trump is putting fuel on this fire. Commandeering a state&#8217;s National Guard without consulting the Governor of that state is illegal and immoral,” and the governor has announced plans to sue the administration for deploying California’s National Guard without permission. In an interview with <a href="https://x.com/DOGE__news/status/1931911364487876934">MSNBC</a>, Newsom challenged Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, to arrest him. “Come after me. Arrest me. Let’s just get it over with, tough guy. I don’t give a damn.”
(For his part, Trump responded Monday by saying, “I would [arrest him] if I were Tom. Gavin likes the publicity.”)
Senator Alex Padilla characterized the protests as <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1932081379082129886">“peaceful” and “passionate”</a>. “The vast majority of protesters and demonstrators are peaceful. … When you come into a community like Los Angeles, the way the Trump administration has, you need to expect to be countered with people who are passionate about defending fundamental rights.”
California Congresswoman Maxine Waters falsely claimed on CNN that there has been “no violence,” and later <a href="https://x.com/Mrgunsngear/status/1931839150145069529">taunted</a> members of the National Guard, saying, “What are you gonna do, shoot some kids? You gonna shoot an elected official? If you shoot me, you better shoot straight. I don’t know why you’re in my city … this is Trump.”
The White House has argued these riots are proving their point — that illegal aliens are wreaking havoc on American cities.
<h2>National Guard Legal Dispute</h2>
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Topline: President Trump dispatched National Guard troops to Los Angeles this weekend despite the protests of local Democrat leaders. While disputes over National Guard deployments are unusual, they aren’t entirely unprecedented.
The federal government is typically barred from deploying military resources for law enforcement purposes in the United States – with one exception, found in the Insurrection Act, which says that the military can be deployed to enforce the law or quell rebellion. Constitutionally, its use relies on Congress’s authority to “provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions.”
The last time the National Guard was called on to quell riots was, coincidentally, also in Los Angeles, when President George H. W. Bush called them in to crack down on the Rodney King riots. One big difference between 1992 and today is that Bush had the backing of California’s governor and the mayor of L.A. Trump has neither, and that has been a focus of criticism.
California filed a lawsuit against the federal government on Monday, arguing that Trump&#8217;s mobilization of the National Guard violated constitutional procedure and the state’s sovereignty.
“[Trump’s order] abused the federal government&#8217;s authority and violated the 10th Amendment and federal law,” California Attorney General Rob Bonta <a href="https://x.com/cspan/status/1932142229793239207">said</a>. “As a result, I, in partnership with Governor Gavin Newsom, [am] suing President Trump and asking the court to set aside the president&#8217;s unlawful action federalizing the California National Guard.”
Republicans have largely supported the president’s actions and condemned the ongoing unrest.
“I spent 20 years in the military,” Congressman Tony Gonzales (R-TX) told <a href="https://x.com/RepTonyGonzales/status/1931746619201827272">CBS</a> on &#8220;Face The Nation.&#8221; “I fought in two wars. I fought to give people the freedom to protest whatever the hell they want to. But what we&#8217;re seeing in L.A. are not advocates. We&#8217;re seeing anarchists, and the President of the United States should absolutely put down the mob as soon as possible.”
<h2>Activists Create Anti-ICE Infrastructure</h2>
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Topline: The anti-ICE protests sweeping through the Los Angeles area are being promoted and organized by left-wing activist groups, including a prominent nonprofit that receives tens of millions of taxpayer dollars from California.
The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, or CHIRLA, has been identified as one of the key financial backers of the ongoing anti-ICE protests. <a href="https://x.com/LauraPowellEsq">Laura Powell</a>, civil liberties attorney and founder of Californians for Good Governance, told The Daily Wire that CHIRLA received $34 million from the state government in 2023, primarily from the California Social Services Department.
“There&#8217;s a rapid response network that was set up that is a coalition of various nonprofits, but [CHIRLA] seem[s] to be the central one because it&#8217;s their phone number that&#8217;s used as this hotline,” Powell said. “People on the street can call in to report when ICE is in the area and then they can deploy people to go to that area …and in some cases interfere with the officer&#8217;s work.”
In addition to tens of millions of dollars from the state government, CHIRLA received $450,000 from the Department of Homeland Security with the assistance of L.A. Democratic Mayor Karen Bass.
An investigation by Californians for Good Governance has also uncovered deep ties between CHIRLA and California’s Democratic establishment.
“Mayor Bass of Los Angeles is very connected to them. They&#8217;ve supported her. She&#8217;s bragged about helping them get federal funding in the past,” Powell told The Daily Wire. “They endorsed Kamala Harris, of course, Gavin Newsom, Adam Schiff. … They can&#8217;t directly endorse candidates because they&#8217;re a 501(c)(3), but they have a 501(c)(4) that they use for those candidate endorsements. They also sponsor a lot of legislation at the state level.”

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Morning Brief: L.A. Riot Round-Up

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The Trump administration deployed between 500 and 700 U.S. Marines to Los Angeles on Monday to assist the National Guard and local law enforcement as anti-ICE riots blew up in part of the city over the weekend.
CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/la-protests-ice-raids-trump-06-09-25#cmbpf2l0s00003b6mldlq5r1h">reported</a> that 500 Marines from the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in California were mobilized, while ABC News <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/live-updates/la-immigration-protests-live-updates-trump-deploys-2000/?id=122621279&amp;entryId=122667907">reported</a> that 700 Marines from the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines at Twentynine Palms, California, were sent into the city.
Just before the Marines&#8217; deployment was reported, Trump told ABC News, &#8220;We’ll see what happens&#8221; when asked about the possibility of sending them to L.A.
&#8220;I mean, I think we have it very well under control,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;I think it would have been a very bad situation. It was heading in the wrong direction. It&#8217;s now heading in the right direction.&#8221;
On Saturday, Trump deployed the National Guard to the city, angering Democratic leaders such as Gov. Gavin Newsom and L.A. Mayor Karen Bass. Trump slammed Newsom and Bass for allowing the anti-ICE protests to turn into riots as federal, state, and local law enforcement officers were attacked by agitators slinging rocks and cement and shooting fireworks at them.
One person told CNN that the Marines are expected to relieve some of the 2,000 National Guard troops who have been in the city for two days now. Of the 2,000 National Guardsmen in L.A., only around 300 have been deployed to the streets. According to CNN, Defense Department lawyers are finalizing use-of-force guidelines for the Marines.
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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said on Saturday that &#8220;active duty Marines at Camp Pendleton&#8221; were standing ready on &#8220;high alert&#8221; in case of escalating violence. Newsom <a href="https://x.com/GavinNewsom/status/1931565409440088175">called</a> Hegseth&#8217;s statement &#8220;deranged behavior.&#8221; Newsom has argued that the riots have been sufficiently contained by state and local authorities, but President Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-says-newsom-bass-should-thank-him-for-deploying-national-guard-to-keep-our-citizens-safe?author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=4&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+Says+Newsom%2C+Bass+Should+Thank+Him+For+Deploying+National+Guard+%E2%80%98To+Keep+Our+Citizens+SAFE%E2%80%99">said</a> on Monday that the city “would have been completely obliterated” without his action. Trump also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/i-would-do-it-trump-says-it-would-be-great-if-his-border-czar-arrested-newsom?author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=2&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=%E2%80%98I+Would+Do+It%E2%80%99%3A+Trump+Says+It+Would+Be+%E2%80%98Great%E2%80%99+If+His+Border+Czar+Arrested+Newsom">told</a> reporters on Monday that it would be “great” if his border czar, Tom Homan, arrested Newsom.
“He’s done a terrible job,” the president said of Newsom. “Look, I like Gavin Newsom, he’s a nice guy, but he’s grossly incompetent.”
California <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-sues-trump-over-national-guard-deployment-says-president-manufactured-crisis">sued</a> the Trump administration over the president&#8217;s order to deploy the National Guard, alleging the president &#8220;is trying to manufacture chaos and crisis.&#8221; The lawsuit argues that Trump unconstitutionally called in the National Guard and infringed on Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom’s role without there being a clear threat of “invasion” or “rebellion.”
Newsom said that Trump&#8217;s move lays the groundwork for him to &#8220;send the military into ANY STATE HE WISHES.&#8221;

Protests Erupt In L.A.

Trump Deploys Hundreds Of Marines To Los Angeles

California filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on Monday, alleging the president &#8220;is trying to manufacture chaos and crisis&#8221; after he deployed 2,000 National Guard troops to quell anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles over the weekend.
The lawsuit argues that President Donald Trump unconstitutionally called in the National Guard and infringed on Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom&#8217;s role without there being a clear threat of &#8220;invasion&#8221; or &#8220;rebellion,&#8221; The Washington Post <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/06/09/california-newsom-trump-lawsuit-national-guard/">reported</a>. Trump deployed the National Guard, a power typically exercised by governors, on Saturday as anti-ICE protests turned into riots and agitators attacked federal, state, and local law enforcement and set fire to cars in the street.
“Let me be clear: There is no invasion. There is no rebellion,” California Democratic Attorney General Rob Bonta said. “The President is trying to manufacture chaos and crisis on the ground for his own political ends.”
Newsom <a href="https://x.com/GavinNewsom/status/1932147258033934643">added</a>, &#8220;This is a manufactured crisis. He is creating fear and terror to take over a state militia and violate the U.S. constitution. The illegal order he signed could allow him to send the military into ANY STATE HE WISHES. Every governor &#8212; red or blue &#8212; should reject this outrageous overreach. There’s a lot of hyperbole out there. This isn’t that. This is an unmistakable step toward authoritarianism that threatens the foundation of our republic. We cannot let it stand.&#8221;
On Monday, Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-says-newsom-bass-should-thank-him-for-deploying-national-guard-to-keep-our-citizens-safe?author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=3&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+Says+Newsom%2C+Bass+Should+Thank+Him+For+Deploying+National+Guard+%E2%80%98To+Keep+Our+Citizens+SAFE%E2%80%99">defended</a> his decision to send National Guard troops to Los Angeles, saying that the city “would have been completely obliterated” without his action.
“The very incompetent ‘Governor,’ Gavin Newscum, and ‘Mayor,’ Karen Bass, should be saying, ‘THANK YOU, PRESIDENT TRUMP, YOU ARE SO WONDERFUL. WE WOULD BE NOTHING WITHOUT YOU, SIR,&#8217;” Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114654277401980803">wrote</a> on Truth Social. “Instead, they choose to lie to the People of California and America by saying that we weren’t needed, and that these are ‘peaceful protests.&#8217;”
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In his order to deploy the National Guard, Trump <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/12406">cited</a> U.S. Code Title 10, Section 12406, which allows the president to call in the National Guard under invasion from a foreign nation, a rebellion &#8220;or danger of rebellion&#8221; against the U.S. government, or if &#8220;the President is unable with the regular forces to execute the laws of the United States.&#8221; The statute has not faced much judicial scrutiny, according to Bonta, but he said he feels confident that the courts will side with California.
Trump could also point to the Insurrection Act of 1807, which allows the president to federalize the National Guard and deploy the U.S. military to quell domestic disorder or violence. Asked about invoking the Insurrection Act on Sunday, Trump <a href="https://www.c-span.org/program/white-house-event/president-trump-speaks-to-reporters-in-morristown-new-jersey/660975">replied</a>, &#8220;It depends on whether or not there&#8217;s an insurrection.&#8221; At the time, he said that the current situation didn&#8217;t amount to an insurrection, adding, &#8220;But you have violent people and we&#8217;re not going to let them get away with it.&#8221;

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California Sues Trump Over National Guard Deployment, Says President ‘Manufactured Crisis’

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