This past May, I graduated from UCLA Law — not as your typical student, but as a father of four who proudly wore T-shirts with American and Israeli flags every day since October 7, 2023, to show my appreciation for America and my support of Zionism. After enduring firsthand antisemitism and religious discrimination, I sued. While sitting for the Bar this past July, I settled with UCLA for a permanent injunction and <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/ucla-settles-antisemitism-suit-with-6-13m-payout-as-feds-allege-discrimination/">$6.13 million</a> (In honor of the 613 commandments in the Torah). That same day, the Justice Department found UCLA in violation of <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-finds-university-california-los-angeles-violation-federal-civil-rights">federal civil rights laws</a>. As Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon noted, &#8220;UCLA failed to take timely and appropriate action in response to credible claims of harm and hostility on its campus.&#8221;
I’m grateful for the federal government’s swift investigation and actions, including freezing $584 million in grants and proposing a $1.2 billion fine, which have begun to hold UCLA accountable. This past week a federal judge&#8217;s preliminary injunction temporarily restored most of those NIH and NSF grants amid an ongoing lawsuit, this short-term reprieve doesn&#8217;t absolve the university&#8217;s civil rights violations or halt the push for lasting penalties.
Yet, lawsuits from UC unions and statements from California officials, alongside criticism from some Jewish groups calling these efforts ‘misguided and punitive,’ sow cynicism about the real threats Jewish students face. <a href="https://jewishjournal.com/commentary/opinion/383774/trumps-ucla-funding-cut-hurts-science-and-fails-to-protect-jewish-students/">Article</a> after <a href="https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2025-08-19/ucla-1-billion-trump-antisemitism?fbclid=IwY2xjawMRwrBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETF4T1JsV25OTExCM1pDS3M3AR4Fi1kj0Y5eCUpmbtVOsPwqu8bOvRPbV7r57ot5HFAxVla808tPvx19vm-8UQ_aem_2VyFLfrWJ5zIpGSJ1dD6kQ">article</a> and <a href="https://sites.google.com/view/jewsforuc">statement</a> upon <a href="https://jpac-cal.org/2025/08/12/jpac-opposes-demand-of-a-1-billion-settlement-with-ucla/">statement</a> claim efforts to hold UCLA accountable have nefarious motivations and won&#8217;t protect Jewish students. The irony is that not holding UCLA accountable for persistent failure to address antisemitism is what truly endangers Jewish students. To those who stayed silent when Jews were excluded from campus areas and mobs called for &#8220;Intifada&#8221;: kindly sit this one out.
We can debate the details and methods for addressing UCLA&#8217;s abhorrent antisemitism, but one thing is clear: UCLA&#8217;s sidestepping shouldn&#8217;t fool anyone. They&#8217;re ignoring antisemitism, rather than confronting it head-on.
Even more troubling: Why are some Jewish organizations providing cover for UCLA? Ask <a href="https://crownheights.info/chabad-news/886911/poll-show-that-jewish-university-students-overwhelmingly-feel-chabad-on-campus-supports-them/">Jewish student leaders on campus</a>, and they&#8217;ll tell you only a handful of legacy groups have been helpful. It&#8217;s bad enough that some did nothing to empower students; now, they&#8217;re undermining our efforts.
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From personal experience, I can spotlight one: the Simon Wiesenthal Center (SWC). My friend Shabbos Kestenbaum and I met with SWC leaders, including the CEO, but nothing came of it. Now, they&#8217;ve &#8220;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DNRZv--y-en/?img_index=1">proudly</a>&#8221; signed a letter just last month with the Jewish Public Affairs Committee (JPAC) opposing the federal funding freeze and penalty, claiming it &#8220;does not make Jewish students safer&#8221; (Blind to the reality that perhaps it’s unchecked antisemitism that is making campus unsafe for Jewish students). When I contacted them about how their support spreads lies and misinformation — directly harming Jewish students and covering up antisemitism — I got no response. SWC&#8217;s credibility is now being <a href="https://www.jewishvoicesnj.org/articles/california-jewish-groups-say-trump-1b-demand-of-ucla-does-not-make-jewish-students-safer/">weaponized</a> to shield antisemites, offering silent consent to UCLA&#8217;s inaction instead of demanding real change.
The JPAC statement SWC endorses claims &#8220;meaningful progress is underway.&#8221; Here&#8217;s the reality:
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<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Governor Newsom&#8217;s &#8220;<a href="https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Golden-State-Plan-to-Counter-Antisemitism.pdf">Golden State Plan to Combat Antisemitism</a>&#8220;: This April 2024 pamphlet mentions &#8220;Islamophobia,&#8221; &#8220;Arab Americans,&#8221; &#8220;anti-Arab,&#8221; &#8220;anti-Muslim,&#8221; and &#8220;Muslim&#8221; a combined 24 times across 16 pages—undermining the supposed focus on antisemitism. It&#8217;s mostly fluff about councils making recommendations and commissions assessing data, and it&#8217;s proven ineffective at UCLA.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">A <a href="https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/press-room/updates-uc-campus-climate-efforts">Letter</a> from the UC President: It supposedly bans encampments, masking to conceal identity, and blocking campus access, while enforcing time, place, and manner restrictions. But encampments were already illegal, students are never asked to unmask, and rules are openly flouted, with little to no real enforcement.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Praise for Chancellor Frenk: He &#8220;established a dedicated antisemitism initiative, suspended student groups fostering hostility toward Jews, and delivered forceful remarks.&#8221; In truth, Frenk offers empty words. His only action against SJP followed their protest at a Jewish regent&#8217;s <a href="https://dailybruin.com/2025/02/05/pro-palestine-protesters-demonstrate-outside-uc-regent-jay-sures-home">literal doorstep</a>, harassing him and his family. In June 2024, UCLA&#8217;s Administrative Vice Chancellor, Michael Beck, needed <a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/C8Ed7ALOPSo/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">security guards</a> to fend off a masked mob — protection not extended to students.</li>
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That suspension? Meaningless. Less than two weeks later, SJP held another rally in the same spot as the encampment, complete with drums, megaphones, masks, and a poster glorifying Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar. They marched through an academic building, pulled a fire alarm to evacuate classes, blocked streets, and assaulted people — including elbowing me and stealing my USA/Israel flag from a friend nearby — in front of UCLA security.
This was one of many violations, including a grotesque 2024 rally on the anniversary of October 7. After these rallies, their gear is wheeled to the <a href="https://x.com/camhigby/status/1923137670005297443">Muslim Student Association</a> as security turns a blind eye and chases off journalists like Cam Higby. UCLA&#8217;s &#8220;response&#8221;? Sending Student Affairs Monitors to gently &#8220;cajole&#8221; the mob into compliance.
I know UCLA&#8217;s apathy firsthand: UCLA refused to help press charges against encampment participants or discipline any students or faculty. As Andy Ngo <a href="https://x.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1844150116518854735">reported</a>, a law student, Taylor &#8220;Sanyika&#8221; Maloney, remains an enrolled student despite assaulting pro-Israel protesters on camera — including harassing me. She celebrated the murder of Charlie Kirk, openly supported Hamas, and advocated for killing cops. Because UCLA stonewalled law enforcement, the LA City Attorney dropped charges against her and dozens more.
If UCLA truly cared, it would adopt <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1d3ERibWx5D8pS1ky_a8yUX99osE_NqlI/view">recommendations</a> from the Jewish Faculty Resilience Group (JFRG) as a baseline. Instead, this grassroots powerhouse, which has been at the forefront of fighting antisemitism at UCLA, has been ignored and retaliated against.
Donors to large Jewish organizations: Don&#8217;t ask them what they&#8217;re doing for students — ask students what they&#8217;ve done for us. Support groups that students and faculty vouch for.
UCLA&#8217;s environment silences pro-Israel voices. In May 2024, they blocked a pro-Israel speaker, as the Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ucla-blocked-pro-israel-event-conservative-student-group-says">reported</a>. The Daily Wire knows UCLA&#8217;s tactics: In 2017, they dropped an unconstitutional &#8220;<a href="https://www.thecollegefix.com/ucla-drops-unconstitutional-security-fee-demand-ben-shapiro-talk-legal-threat/">security fee</a>&#8221; for Ben Shapiro&#8217;s event. In 2024, I had the honor of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9OY9krfwX0">introducing Ben Shapiro</a> to a packed crowd (with hundreds outside), despite UCLA&#8217;s obstacles.
As a father of four children under eight — equal parts adorable and mischievous — I know misbehavior doesn&#8217;t change without consequences. Federal cuts and penalties are forcing change; they must continue despite lawsuits and smears. Research grants matter, but they should go to institutions that uphold civil rights, not violate them. Other universities, take note: Defy accountability, and pay the price.
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Yitzy Frankel graduated from UCLA Law in May 2025 and now works in criminal defense litigation with renowned trial attorney Michael D. Schwartz. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Esther, and four young children. You can follow him on X <a href="https://x.com/YitZionist">@YitZionist.</a>
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.
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Portland Police arrested conservative journalist Nick Sortor while he was covering anti-ICE protests outside of an agency facility Thursday night.
The 27-year-old <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/portland-police-arrest-conservative-journalist-another-night-chaotic-anti-ice-clashes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Fox News he was “being jumped by Antifa thugs” and trying to seek safety by going to the officers before he was arrested. Sortor, who was among three individuals arrested during clashes, was charged with disorderly conduct and ultimately released.
“This was as big of a surprise to me as it was to everybody else,” Sortor said. “All of a sudden, you know, I&#8217;m being jumped by Antifa thugs.”
“I get back up, I stumble away and go back toward cops where I think, you know, at least, all right, well, maybe that’ll be a safer place for me to go … never suspected that I was going to be the target of the arrest, that they were coming in to me,” he said.
“And when they put me into handcuffs, the first thing that went to my mind wasn’t, ‘Oh, you’re being arrested.’ It’s, ‘Oh, they&#8217;re trying to help you and get you out of here and make it look like they’re doing something.’ Because they weren’t telling me what they were doing. They weren’t telling me I was under arrest. They weren’t telling me what I was being charged with. And it took over an hour for me to find out what I was charged with,” Sortor claimed.
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Hey <a href="https://twitter.com/PortlandPolice?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PortlandPolice</a>: you made a big freaking mistake.
You PROVED what we’ve all been saying for years: you’re CORRUPT and CONTROLLED by vioIent Antifa thugs who terrorize the streets
You thought arresting me would make me shut up and go away. You couldn’t have been more wrong.… <a href="https://t.co/Dz8oJ3V8NP">pic.twitter.com/Dz8oJ3V8NP</a>
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) <a href="https://twitter.com/nicksortor/status/1974112113326239852?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 3, 2025</a></blockquote>
Following Sortor’s release from police custody, Attorney General Pam Bondi “personally called” him to share that she “has ORDERED a full investigation, led by Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon, of the Portland Police Bureau, following my wrongful arrest last night,” he <a href="https://x.com/nicksortor/status/1974121124968739069?s=46&amp;t=o-U3qwC25WnWaylJ0oeG7Q" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on X.
“You made a big freaking mistake,” Sortor wrote on X. “You PROVED what we’ve all been saying for years: you’re CORRUPT and CONTROLLED by [violent] Antifa thugs who terrorize the streets.”
“You thought arresting me would make me shut up and go away. You couldn’t have been more wrong. Stay tuned,” he added.
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Portland: it’s FO time. Buckle up. <a href="https://t.co/lp4RJ2QSi7">https://t.co/lp4RJ2QSi7</a>
— AAGHarmeetDhillon (@AAGDhillon) <a href="https://twitter.com/AAGDhillon/status/1974129262145024506?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 3, 2025</a></blockquote>
Portland Police <a href="https://www.portland.gov/police/news/2025/10/2/update-suspects-arrested-fighting-ice-protest-identified" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that they “observed two men fighting near the ICE building driveway” around 8:09 p.m. local time.
The officers called in “additional resources and officers were responding when the fight ended following one participant being knocked to the ground,” according to the Portland Police. Both parties involved were briefly detained before being released by the police.
More fights broke out as the night went on. Around 11:16 p.m., authorities arrested three people, including Sortor, and charged them with disorderly conduct, police said.
President Donald <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-authorizing-full-force-of-military-to-protect-ice-from-antifa-domestic-terrorists" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Trump</a> deployed troops to Portland last month to protect the city and any ICE facilities under attack by far-left Antifa and other domestic terrorists.
“At the request of Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, I am directing Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to provide all necessary Troops to protect war-ravaged Portland, and any of our ICE Facilities under siege from attack by Antifa, and other domestic terrorists,” the president recently posted on Truth Social.
“I am also authorizing Full Force, if necessary,” he added. “Thank you for your attention to this matter!”
The State of Oregon and the City of Portland have tried to thwart Trump’s effort by filing a lawsuit against it.
Oregon Governor Tina Kotek (D) <a href="https://apps.oregon.gov/oregon-newsroom/OR/GOV/Posts/Post/governor-kotek-and-attorney-general-fight-back-on-president-trumps-abuse-of-power" target="_blank" rel="noopener">argued</a> Sunday that the deployment is unnecessary.
“When the president and I spoke yesterday, I told him in plain language that there is no insurrection or threat to public safety that necessitates military intervention in Portland or any other city in our state,” Kotek said.
“Despite this — and all evidence to the contrary — he has chosen to disregard Oregonians’ safety and ability to govern ourselves. This is not necessary. And it is unlawful. And it will make Oregonians less safe,” she added.

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Columbia University has agreed to pay out an undisclosed sum of money to two janitors who were verbally harassed, physically assaulted, and held hostage during the anti-Israel protests that swept across the campus in the months after the October 7th massacre in Israel.
Lester Wilson and Mario Torres filed a <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/columbia-university-janitors-settle-case-being-held-hostage-anti-israel-rioters-campus">civil rights complaint</a> against the school after they were caught up in the student-led siege of Hamilton Hall — and barricaded inside the building with protesters who assaulted them, threatened them with violence, and called them &#8220;Jew lovers.&#8221;
“The university set up the situation and ended up putting them into that situation, now the issue is holding accountable those who carried it out and were responsible for the takeover and the assault,” <a href="https://brandeiscenter.com/columbia-university-janitors-ucla-jewish-community-members-sue-orgs-behind-encampments/">Brandeis Center</a> president Alyza Lewin said of their case.
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Columbia janitors trapped, attacked by anti-Israel mob and forced to scrub swastikas settle with school for undisclosed amount <a href="https://t.co/qjN2XdRCJY">https://t.co/qjN2XdRCJY</a> <a href="https://t.co/pEoFSoZM78">pic.twitter.com/pEoFSoZM78</a>
— New York Post (@nypost) <a href="https://twitter.com/nypost/status/1948522879714300319?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 24, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Trump announced earlier in the week that Columbia University had agreed to pay a penalty to the federal government: $220 million, $20 million of which was to go &#8220;to their Jewish employees who were unlawfully targeted and harassed.&#8221;
Despite the fact that neither Wilson nor Torres is Jewish, they are expected to take their settlement from the $20 million designated to go to employees who were &#8220;unlawfully targeted&#8221; by the protests — most of whom were Jewish.
Both Wilson and Torres had been with the university for five years, and according to a <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/07/24/us-news/columbia-janitors-trapped-attacked-by-anti-israel-mob-settle-for-undisclosed-amount/">report</a> published Thursday by The New York Post, have not been able to return to work since the student takeover of Hamilton Hall. Both state that they were injured during the protests.
According to the initial complaint, Torres stated that a masked protester had approached him, saying, &#8220;I’m going to get twenty guys up here to f–k you up.&#8221;
Torres said that he had responded by grabbing a fire extinguisher, which he intended to use in self-defense if necessary, and said, &#8220;I’ll be right here.&#8221;
He said that protesters later beat him, striking his back before he was able to escape the building. Wilson, who also eventually escaped Hamilton Hall, said that he was attacked with piece of furniture.
Prior to the protests, both men reported multiple instances of graffiti — including swastikas — inside Hamilton Hall.
&#8220;Mr. Wilson recognized the swastikas as symbols of white supremacy. As an African-American man, he found the images deeply distressing. He reported them to his supervisors, who instructed him to erase the graffiti,&#8221; he alleged in the complaint. &#8220;No matter how many times Mr. Wilson removed the swastikas, individuals kept replacing them with more.&#8221;
Torres said that he eventually began to throw away chalk that he found left behind in classrooms, saying that he did not want to leave potential vandals anything to write with.

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President Donald Trump on Friday night ordered officials to crack down on anti-ICE rioters, telling officials to use &#8220;whatever means is necessary&#8221; to arrest those committing crimes.
Agents for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have been targeted by anti-ICE activists in blue cities across the nation, most notably in Los Angeles. Trump on Friday said he saw &#8220;thugs&#8221; &#8220;violently throwing rocks and bricks at ICE Officers&#8221; in Texas, and called on Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Border Czar Tom Homan to tackle the issue, giving them &#8220;full authority.&#8221;
&#8220;I am on my way back from Texas, and watched in disbelief as THUGS were violently throwing rocks and bricks at ICE Officers while they were moving down a roadway in their car and/or official vehicle,&#8221; Trump posted to Truth Social. &#8220;Tremendous damage was done to these brand new vehicles.&#8221;
&#8220;I know for a fact that these Officers are having a hard time with allowing this to happen in that it shows such total disrespect for LAW AND ORDER,&#8221; the president continued. &#8220;Therefore, I am directing Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, and Border Czar, Tom Homan, to instruct all ICE, Homeland Security, or any other Law Enforcement Officer who is on the receiving end of thrown rocks, bricks, or any other form of assault, to stop their car, and arrest these SLIMEBALLS, using whatever means is necessary to do so.&#8221;
Trump added that he&#8217;s giving &#8220;Total Authorization for ICE to protect itself, just like they protect the public.&#8221;
&#8220;I never want to see a car carrying a Law Enforcement Officer attacked again!&#8221; Trump closed the post. &#8220;AUTHORIZATION IMMEDIATELY GRANTED FOR ARREST AND INCARCERATION.&#8221;
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Donald J. Trump Truth Social 07.11.25 07:32 PM EST <a href="https://t.co/eXyx1avqGB">pic.twitter.com/eXyx1avqGB</a>
— Commentary Donald J. Trump Posts From Truth Social (@TrumpDailyPosts) <a href="https://twitter.com/TrumpDailyPosts/status/1943816566140813606?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 11, 2025</a></blockquote>
“For weeks, we’ve seen violent leftists assault heroic ICE agents. They’ve thrown rocks at their vehicles, tried to violently obstruct enforcement operations, and yesterday someone even shot at them,&#8221; White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-sanctions-arrests-of-slimeball-ice-protestors-by-any-means-necessary/">said</a> of the ongoing attacks on ICE.
A man ambushed and opened fire on Border Patrol agents in McAllen, Texas, on Monday, before he was killed by local police and federal agents who returned fire. Then, on Thursday, a man appeared to have shot at federal agents in Camarillo, California. The FBI is <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-07-11/fbi-investigating-shooting-camarillo-immigration-operation">investigating</a> the matter.
&#8220;ICE agents are facing a 700 percent increase in assaults because of smears and lies from Democrats,&#8221; Jackson added. &#8220;This violence must end.”

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Another day, another far-Left street protest.
It gets hard to keep up with the current “thing” as activists switch out causes like the average person changes underwear. Last month’s pro-Palestine protest is yesterday’s anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) protest is today’s pro-Iran protest.
But the issue is never the issue. The issue is the revolution.
Even more concerning is how K-12 schools have been infiltrated by organizations to serve as fertile recruiting and training grounds for the next generation of far-Left activists.
Leveraging (liberated) ethnic studies courses as an access point, these outside groups hide behind “history” and “culture” to advance their radical ideology and recruit students and staff into their ranks.
School districts, in order to comply with California’s Assembly Bill 101 (2021) which mandates that students in the class of 2029-30 complete one semester of ethnic studies, have been hiring far-Left organizations to assist in developing and implementing these course curriculums, as well as running professional development trainings and conferences for teachers.
For example, an early July <a href="https://www.xicanxinstitute.org/summer-2025">ethnic studies conference</a> in Arizona features a “Pre-Institute Field Day on the Border” which includes “visiting a desert surveillance tower with local organizers.” The participants will “examine how the same technologies are used against Palestinians.”
On May 13, 2025, Stockton Unified School District’s board <a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/ca/susd/Board.nsf/goto?open&amp;id=DFJRPV6F023F">approved</a> spending $28,000 to send ten ethnic studies educators to attend the institute.
One of the institute’s <a href="https://www.instagram.com/xitotucson/p/DKk82TWSPMe/">sessions</a>, titled “Education as a Front, A Weapon &amp; A Tool,” includes panelists such as the chair of the Association of Raza Educators (ARE) and co-founder of <a href="https://www.liberatedethnicstudies.org/guadalupe-carrasco-cardona.html">Liberated Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum Consortium</a> (LESMC), and the director of Arab Resource and Organizing Center (AROC).
According to the description on Instagram, the “panel of educators and organizers will share tactics on how we can join forces by highlighting their work in the streets and in the schools, and help us identify critical fronts for cross movement solidarity.”
Both ARE and AROC openly engage in far-Left street activism. ARE’s Instagram is filled with protest propaganda, including a February 23, 2023, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/raza_educators_la/reel/DGa7kIVvqKw/?api=Selesaikan+latihan+online+untuk+menghasilkan+uang%E3%80%90GB777.BET%E3%80%91.dprv&amp;hl=zh-cn">post</a> which shows members of ARE following ICE agents to their “home base.”
Additionally, AROC helped organize the blockade of the <a href="https://www.ktvu.com/news/pro-palestine-protesters-shut-down-bay-bridge-during-apec-summit">Bay Bridge</a> in 2023, and <a href="https://www.araborganizing.org/page/port-of-oakland-shutdown/">boasts</a> about shutting down the Port of Oakland in 2024 in support of Palestine.
In 2023, San Francisco Unified School District <a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/ca/sfusd/Board.nsf/goto?open&amp;id=CU2NLP607BD5">approved</a> a four year agreement with AROC to provide “workshops in classrooms related to leadership development and cultural empowerment.” AROC is a <a href="https://www.tides.org/partner/arab-resource-organizing-center-aroc/">fiscal project</a> of the Tides Foundation.
Not only are teachers being trained to advance far-Left activism, but the ideology has been embedded in ethnic studies curriculums, including how students are graded.
On June 18, 2025, Carlsbad Unified School District’s board <a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/ca/cusd/Board.nsf/goto?open&amp;id=DH9QS96AAC48">approved</a> a year-long elective ethnic studies course which includes units on studying and engaging in activism. Grading rubrics included in the draft document reveal that students are assessed on how well they advocate for “justice in speech and perspective” and recognize “equity as essential.”
In other words, students are taught to identify oppression and injustice (critical consciousness) and to act on it (praxis).
<a href="https://www.newsmax.com/politics/critical-competency-consciousness/2023/12/07/id/1145144/">Critical consciousness</a>, a primary concept in ethnic studies, teaches students to view everything using an oppressor — oppressed binary lens. The goal is to get the youth to constantly seek out new social justice causes to which they can attach themselves.
For example, a 2023 Pajaro Valley Unified School District board <a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/ca/pvusd/Board.nsf/files/CSZQCT67A8B9/$file/June%2028%20(23)%20Board%20Slides_%20CRE%20(1).pdf">presentation</a> reveals how the district integrated into its “Ethnic Literature and Studies “ course an “Ethnic Studies Praxis Story Plot” that replaces a traditional plot diagram with one steeped in critical consciousness. Students are taught to read stories in a circular fashion, moving from exposing the problem and recognizing the oppressed and oppressor classes, to “resistance and revolution” and how to apply the lessons to their own social justice activism.
Instead of seeking out meaningful resolutions and solutions, these courses, such as in Carlsbad and Parajo Valley schools, create perpetual social justice activists who bounce from one cause to the next in an effort to tear down the “oppressive” system and foment “revolution.”
While far-Left ethnic studies consultants make millions in consulting fees to advance their anti-Western Civilization ideology in schools, they are simultaneously turning K-12 students into the next generation of campus and street revolutionaries.
As liberated ethnic studies expands its tentacles across the country, parents, board members, administrators, teachers, and policymakers must grapple with this destructive ideology masquerading as “culture” and “history.”
The metastasis of these far-Left recruiting and training programs in our K-12 schools must be stopped.
American families deserve schools that teach children to read, write, and do math at the highest of standards — not indoctrination into social justice activism.
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Rhyen Staley is the Research Director for Defending Education. He holds a master&#8217;s degree in elementary education and has over a decade of classroom experience in both public and private schools. He has over 25 years of volleyball coaching experience from Women’s Division I down to junior high.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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Democrats and other misprints in the Book of Life are celebrating a rare victory after a weekend of “No Kings” protests resulted in there being no American kings.
The Democrat comeback ended a frustrating period of months in which party officials sought for some way to convince the American electorate that they were not just hollow glove puppets being manipulated by the sinister unseen hands of Communists and jihadis, while still remaining true to their goal of being hollow glove puppets manipulated by the sinister unseen hands of Communists and jihadis.
The turnaround came after Chairman of the Democrat National Committee, Abaddon Pazuzu, delivered a rousing and inspiring speech to the golden statue of a goat-headed god, saying, “Oh Lord of Darkness, come to our aid so that we may know we haven’t traded away our souls in vain. We have sought to win back the love of the American people by setting their cities on fire, interfering with their law enforcement officers in the rightful performance of their duties, mutilating their children, persecuting their politicians, silencing their opinions, dividing them into hostile camps according to their various races, and shutting their churches and synagogues while simultaneously cheering on acts of Islamist terror so horrifying in their apocalyptic evil we thought they’d be sure to win at least as loyal a following as Nancy Pelosi. And yet somehow, nothing we’ve done has managed to recapture the affection of the nation we’re trying so desperately to destroy. Guide our steps to success, oh unholy one, so that we might raise our approval ratings, which are in double digits only when expressed as fractions.”
Shortly after this address, the DNC staged the nationwide &#8220;No Kings&#8221; protests, which were so successful even the protesters themselves were amazed. As one 80-year-old wearing the rags of what used to be a Woodstock t-shirt wrote in his leatherette-bound diary, “I was beginning to worry I had wasted my life supporting delusional policies that promised utopia but instead turned everything they touched to crap. But now, in a single weekend, our protests managed to reduce Donald Trump from a mighty king to nothing but the President of the United States, leader of the free world and commander-in-chief of the most lethal fighting force on earth. I feel my dreams have become a reality for the first time since we put an end to all wars by ushering in the Age of Aquarius.”
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Left-Wing Activist Bruce Flapjaw, president of the Enlightened Institute of Endemic Imaginary Outrages — or E-I-E-I-O — celebrated the victory with a jubilant press release, saying “With the geriatric Trump forming a far-right monarchy in network newscasts and other fantasies, we were able to mobilize thousands of know-nothing political quacks, geriatric white women in mu-mus, and ivy league educated dumb-clucks until, with a mu-mu here and a mu-mu there, here a quack, there a quack, everywhere a dumb-cluck, old man Donald’s far-right form was expelled by the E-I-E-I-O.”
The Democrats mean to follow up their triumph later in the summer with a nationwide series of &#8220;No Alchemist&#8221; protests, pledging that they will not relent until they have rid the nation of every long-bearded man in a conical starry cap who is trying to turn lead into gold.
Excited by the success of the Democrats in expelling the kings from the U.S., Right-Wing anti-semites plan to follow suit, staging their own protests against imaginary outrages by declaring they will not die for Israel. The Groypers say they plan to illustrate their protest signs with pictures of doughty Christian knights to show what a brave and noble thing it is not to do what no one is asking them to do but what they would eventually have to do if the Jews weren’t currently doing it for them. After the “I Will Not Die for Israel” marches, the Groypers plan to gather to celebrate the triumphant fact that not one of them has died for Israel, marking the accomplishment by unleashing a barrage of social media posts, spelling the word Jew with two o’s to proclaim to all the world that they don’t know how to spell the word Jew.
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This excerpt is taken from the opening satirical monologue of “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/show/the-andrew-klavan-show" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Andrew Klavan Show</a>.”
The views expressed in this satirical article are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.
Andrew Klavan is the host of “The Andrew Klavan Show” at The Daily Wire. Follow him on X: <a href="https://x.com/andrewklavan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@andrewklavan</a>
Klavan is the bestselling author of numerous books, including the Cameron Winter Mystery series. The fourth installment, “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1613165536?ref_=dbs_m_mng_rwt_calw_thcv_3&amp;storeType=ebooks" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A Woman Underground.</a>” His most recent nonfiction release is “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Kingdom-Cain-Finding-Literature-Darkness/dp/0310368340/?_encoding=UTF8&amp;pd_rd_w=nMYjR&amp;content-id=amzn1.sym.bc3ba8d1-5076-4ab7-9ba8-a5c6211e002d&amp;pf_rd_p=bc3ba8d1-5076-4ab7-9ba8-a5c6211e002d&amp;pf_rd_r=133-8344803-2786917&amp;pd_rd_wg=7a8J3&amp;pd_rd_r=5791ea0f-6d96-4732-9d6a-3a4e6b348bb5&amp;ref_=aufs_ap_sc_dsk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Kingdom of Cain: Finding God in the Literature of Darkness.</a>” (May 2025, Zondervan/HarperCollins).

Anti-Trump “No Kings” Protests Pop Up Across The Country

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A Democrat lawmaker in North Carolina is facing blowback over a photo she posted to social media depicting a beheaded President Donald Trump.
State Rep. Julie von Haefen published a video over the weekend showing a number of images from a &#8220;No Kings&#8221; protest in Raleigh, including one of a woman holding up a sign with a guillotine and a message that read, &#8220;In these difficult times some cuts may be necessary.&#8221; On one end hung what appeared to be Trump&#8217;s head with a powdered wig. A man&#8217;s head with a swastika emblazoned on the forehead hung from the other side.
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Wow this is sick. North Carolina State Rep Julie von Haefen (D) posted a photo from the “no kings” protest which calls for Trump to be beheaded‼️ <a href="https://twitter.com/FBI?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FBI</a> <a href="https://t.co/ETn7O6e8cu">pic.twitter.com/ETn7O6e8cu</a>
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The Libs of TikTok account on X shared a screen grab of the violent image, calling it <a href="https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/1934099871557976378" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;sick&#8221;</a> and tagging the FBI. Von Haefen <a href="https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/1934269780397338734" target="_blank" rel="noopener">deleted</a> her X account and Libs of TikTok noted the lawmaker reposted her video on Facebook, but edited to remove the execution-themed photo.
Von Haefen later released a statement.
&#8220;Yesterday, I posted a video on social media containing crowd photos from the No Kings protest in Raleigh. One of the images of a protestor holding a sign was inappropriate, and I later edited the video to remove the photo,&#8221; she said on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/juliefornc/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Facebook</a>.
Von Haefen also made reference to the shootings in Minnesota in which House Democrat leader Melissa Hortman and her husband were killed and another lawmaker and his wife were injured. A suspect, Vance Boelter, has been <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/authorities-catch-suspected-minnesota-assassin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">apprehended</a> by authorities and could face the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06/16/us/minnesota-shootings" target="_blank" rel="noopener">death penalty</a> if convicted on murder charges.
&#8220;Let me be clear: I condemn political violence in all forms,&#8221; von Haefen claimed. &#8220;My focus remains on bringing people together and fighting for the values that matter to North Carolinians. Like so many, I was horrified by the violence in Minnesota. There is no place for that kind of extremism in our democracy, no matter the target, no matter the party.&#8221;
Still, a number of Republican lawmakers expressed their disgust with von Haefen.
&#8220;Political violence is not okay — the Left should stop encouraging it,&#8221; <a href="https://x.com/RepMarkHarrisNC/status/1934329543206093034" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Rep. Mark Harris (R-NC).
North Carolina&#8217;s Speaker of the House Destin Hall said in a <a href="https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/1934371481313808412" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> that he was &#8220;examining next steps with our legislative attorneys to ensure this behavior does not continue&#8221; in response to von Haefen&#8217;s actions.
&#8220;On the same weekend that a gunman in Minnesota targeted state lawmakers in an act of political violence, and after two attempted assassinations of President Trump within the past year, Representative von Haefen (D-Wake) shared an image of a ‘protest sign’ that glorifies violence against her political opponents- including President Donald Trump,&#8221; Hall said. &#8220;Her disgraceful behavior fails to meet the standards expected from House members and sets a dangerous precedent in an already volatile political climate.&#8221;
The North Carolina GOP <a href="https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/1934643461090627700" target="_blank" rel="noopener">called</a> for von Haefen to <a href="https://x.com/NCGOP/status/1934277389812724165" target="_blank" rel="noopener">resign</a>.
Back in 2017, comedian Kathy Griffin <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/election-night-kathy-griffin-retweets-infamous-pic-of-her-with-trumps-severed-head" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posed</a> for a photo while she held a mock severed Trump head, a move that led to a firestorm of criticism.

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“No Kings” protests cause chaos as the Army celebrates its 250th anniversary, a Minnesota manhunt concludes following a political assassination, and President Donald Trump ups the pressure on Iran.
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<h2>&#8220;Mostly Peaceful&#8221; Protests And A Birthday Parade</h2>
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Topline: As President Trump presides over the celebration of the U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary – “No Kings” protests erupt in violence.
Multiple rioters were arrested near Portland’s ICE facility over the weekend after police declared that a planned protest had devolved into a riot. The chaos in Portland, which left several officers injured, was part of a wave of anti-Trump protests across the country and coincided with Trump&#8217;s celebration of the Army’s 250th birthday.
The Portland &#8220;No Kings&#8221; protest included <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/multiple-arrests-near-portland-ice-building-after-police-declare-riot">tens of thousands of people</a>. While city officials touted the event as a &#8220;large-scale free speech gathering,” eventually the focus became on an ICE facility. Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/officers-injured-portland-rioters-breach-ice-building-explosives-rocks">told Fox News Digital</a> that the rioters broke glass and forcibly entered the building. During the attack, they threw rocks and launched fireworks and smoke grenades at federal law enforcement. Officials say at least four officers were injured.  Four rioters were initially arrested for what the Portland Police Bureau stressed was “violent activity,” and they said in a press conference early Sunday that more could be rounded up.
We saw yet <a href="https://apnews.com/article/no-kings-protest-trump-philadelphia-los-angeles-immigration-raids-a3b67d23733cd060f8d01aef1e391dbf">more violence</a> in Los Angeles, which has become the epicenter of these protests and riots. Law enforcement used tear gas and other crowd-control munitions to clear out rioters over the weekend. Then there was Salt Lake City, where a “No Kings” protest featured a shooting. Police said Sunday that three people were taken into custody, including the shooting suspect, and that the motive was still being investigated.
These “No Kings” demonstrations were planned nationwide in response to Trump holding that massive celebration of the U.S. Army. The military parade marked the 250th anniversary of the founding of the Army, which came a year before the Declaration of Independence. It also happened to coincide with Trump’s 79th birthday.
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<h2>Assassination Shakes Minnesota</h2>
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Topline: The assassin suspected of killing a Minnesota state lawmaker and critically injuring another was captured by authorities late Sunday night after a two-day search.
The nation was rocked over the weekend after a prominent Minnesota lawmaker and her spouse were gunned down in an apparent politically motivated assassination. Early Saturday morning, Democratic state Senator John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, were left in critical condition after being shot inside their home. Police, fearing the crime was politically motivated, proactively checked the homes of several other lawmakers, including Melissa Hortman, the top Democrat in the State House. When officers arrived, they found what appeared to be a police SUV with flashing blue lights in the driveway, and a man dressed as a cop exiting the house. That man immediately opened fire on police before fleeing the scene on foot. When officers searched the home, they found Hortman and her husband dead. 
Footage from a home security system shows a man dressed as an officer approaching the front door, wearing a life-like rubber mask.
Immediately after the shootings, police issued a shelter-in-place order for a three-mile radius surrounding the home, but the killer was able to flee the area on foot and make it to another car he owned. Authorities quickly identified 57-year-old Vance Boelter as the suspect, a Minnesotan with no past criminal history. While Boelter escaped the crime scene, by Sunday afternoon, police had located his second vehicle 50 miles southwest of Minneapolis in Sibley County. By 10 pm Sunday, he was in custody after being caught hiding out in a patch of woods. 
Police say a manifesto was found in Boelter’s car, but they have not released it to the public, although they’re confident this was a politically motivated attack. Authorities say a list of potential targets was also found in Boelter’s car — it reportedly included a number of prominent Democrats, along with abortion providers in the state. The suspect’s roommate told reporters he believed Boelter voted for Trump, but was unaware of his views on state politics. 
 Boelter also had ties to Democratic Governor Tim Walz, who appointed him to the Governor’s Workforce Development Board back in 2019. Previous Democrat Governor Mark Dayton had appointed Boelter to the same position in 2016.
<h2>Iran vs Israel: Dueling Airstrikes</h2>
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Topline: As Israel and Iran trade blows, President Trump ratchets up the pressure on Tehran.
Things have changed rapidly since Israel launched its attack on Iran on Thursday, and the situation will likely keep changing fast. Since launching Operation Rising Lion, Israelis have carried out more than 700 different strikes against nuclear sites, military, and leaders of the Iranian regime. In retaliation, Iran has fired salvos of drones and missiles at Israeli population centers.
“These missiles have been coming in by the dozen over the last couple of nights,” Jonathan Schanzer, the executive director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, who has been sheltering in place in a bomb shelter inside Jerusalem, told The Daily Wire. “Last night there were a couple of direct hits, destroying buildings, destroying a full half of one building or even a half of a city block in one case. I think, you know, what we&#8217;re looking at is a potential war of attrition if things go the way that Iran would like them to go. The regime understands that there&#8217;s a finite number of missile defense interceptors that the Israelis can use. And they have a lot of ballistic missiles… The one kind of wrinkle that I&#8217;m watching right now is that the US is helping to defend the skies over Israel, and it appears that a number of Western countries may also be deploying assets to the region as well.”
American involvement in the broader conflict is uncertain. In the opening hours after the first Israeli airstrikes, officials from the Trump administration denied any American involvement in the operation. However,  they appear to have been given prior warning. 
Many of Israel’s key military platforms – including the F-16 and F-35 fighters, both of which have featured prominently in its air war against Iran – are American-made, and the two countries are close allies.
“I think there&#8217;s also a high degree of intelligence sharing,” Schanzer told The Daily Wire. “The fact that the Israelis attacked on day 61 after Donald Trump&#8217;s 60-day deadline does suggest that there was some degree of coordination here. The big question that I think everyone is asking right now is whether the United States will get involved.”
Some of Iran’s nuclear facilities, including an underground uranium enrichment facility at Fordow, appear to be hardened against conventional attacks, although larger “bunker buster” bombs in the American inventory could break through their defenses. Israel lacks an equivalent stockpile and has asked America to join its air campaign.
Publicly, President Trump continues to call for negotiations with Iran and has pressured Tehran to abandon its nuclear program in exchange for peace. “Iran and Israel should make a deal and will make a deal, just like I got India and Pakistan to make,” the president wrote on <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114687664442020232">Truth Social</a> on Saturday. “We will have PEACE, soon, between Israel and Iran! Many calls and meetings [are] now taking place.”

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Four suspected illegal immigrants, referred to as &#8220;public safety threats,&#8221; escaped from federal authorities at a building used by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Newark, New Jersey, as chaotic scenes erupted outside the facility on Thursday.
The escapees, identified as two Honduran and two Colombian nationals by the Department of Homeland Security, broke through a wall and escaped from the Delaney Hall detention center, the Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/article/immigration-detention-center-newark-new-jersey-delaney-hall-cf1e9043626136c46b5b67aeda2e9183">reported</a>. Detainees being held inside Delaney Hall reportedly became enraged over delayed meals, and protesters showed up at the detention center, pushing against the gates and attempting to block vehicles from passing through.
Delaney Hall is the same facility where Newark Democratic Mayor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/newark-mayor-arrested-after-dem-reps-storm-new-jersey-ice-facility-charge-past-security-officers">Ras Baraka</a>, along with Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrat-indicted-over-ice-facility-clash-faces-up-to-17-years-in-prison">LaMonica McIver</a> (D-NJ), were arrested during altercations with law enforcement after they attempted to storm into the building last month.
An attorney representing one of the suspected illegal immigrants being detained at Delaney Hall told the AP that the situation became violent on Thursday after meals for the detainees arrived hours later than normal.
“Apparently the guards lost control of them,” the attorney, Mustafa Cetin, said. “And they started to, you know, create a disturbance.”
On Friday, the DHS <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/06/13/law-enforcement-offers-10000-reward-information-leading-arrest-4-dangerous-criminal">said</a> it is offering $10,000 for information leading to the apprehension of the escapees, identified as Franklin Norberto Bautista-Reyes and Joel Enrique Sandoval-Lopez — both Honduran men — and Colombian men Joan Sebastian Castaneda-Lozada and Andres Pineda-Mogollon. Homeland Security added that it has brought in &#8220;additional law enforcement partners&#8221; as they continue to search for the escapees.
DHS pushed back against reports claiming that an &#8220;uprising&#8221; was taking place at the detention facility.
&#8220;On June 12, four criminal illegal aliens breached security at Delaney Hall. Contrary to current reporting, there has been no widespread unrest at the Delaney Hall Detention facility,&#8221; Homeland Security <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/06/13/law-enforcement-offers-10000-reward-information-leading-arrest-4-dangerous-criminal">said</a> in a statement. &#8220;This privately held facility remains dedicated to providing high-quality services, including include around-the-clock access to medical care, in-person and virtual legal and family visitation, general and legal library access, translation services, dietician-approved meals, religious and specialty diets, recreational amenities, and opportunities to practice their religious beliefs.&#8221;
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Bautista-Reyes was arrested by the Wayne Township, New Jersey, Police Department in May on charges of aggravated assault, attempt to cause bodily injury, terroristic threats, and possession of a weapon for unlawful purposes. He crossed the border illegally in 2021, according to the DHS. Sandoval-Lopez, who entered the United States illegally in 2019, was arrested by the New Jersey Passaic Police Department last October for unlawful possession of a handgun. He was arrested again in February for aggravated assault.
Castaneda-Lozada, who has been living in the country illegally since 2022, was arrested in May by the New Jersey Hammonton Police Department for burglary, theft, and conspiracy to commit burglary. Pineda-Mogollon, who the DHS says overstayed a tourist visa after entering the country in 2023, was nabbed by the New York City Police Department in April for petit larceny. He was arrested again in May by the Union, New Jersey, Police Department for residential burglary, conspiracy to commit residential burglary, and possession of burglary tools.
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SCOOP: The <a href="https://twitter.com/nypost?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@nypost</a> can report that these are the four ICE detainees who escaped from the Delaney Hall detention center in Newark yesterday. A $10,000 reward is being offered to anyone who can help track them down.
Franklin Norberto Bautista-Reyes An illegal alien from Honduras… <a href="https://t.co/u6MNhmVaNs">pic.twitter.com/u6MNhmVaNs</a>
&mdash; Jennie Taer 🎗️ (@JennieSTaer) <a href="https://twitter.com/JennieSTaer/status/1933586157066973686?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 13, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Delaney Hall, which is operated by the GEO Group, a private company, has been the center of protests since last month, as Democrats and activists <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/four-detainees-newark-ice-facility-are-missing-senior-officials-say-rcna212893">claim</a> that detainees at the 1,000-bed facility are subject to poor treatment. Democrats, such as Mayor Baraka, have attempted to gain entry to the facility, arguing that it “lacks sufficient oversight of every basic detail — including local zoning laws and fundamental constitutional rights.&#8221;

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Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott announced Tuesday night that he would deploy the National Guard &#8220;across the state&#8221; as anti-ICE protests hit major cities.
Protests against President Donald Trump&#8217;s illegal immigration crackdown started earlier this week in <a href="https://www.fox4news.com/news/dallas-joins-anti-ice-protests-immigration-crackdown-intensifies">Dallas</a> and <a href="https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/live-blog-ice-protest-at-texas-capitol/">Austin</a>, and more demonstrations are planned for San Antonio on Wednesday and Saturday. In a <a href="https://x.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1932656855764861152">post</a> on X, Abbott said he was mobilizing the National Guard as a precautionary measure &#8220;to ensure peace &amp; order.&#8221;
&#8220;Peaceful protest is legal. Harming a person or property is illegal &amp; will lead to arrest,&#8221; the governor added. &#8220;@TexasGuard will use every tool &amp; strategy to help law enforcement maintain order.&#8221;
In Austin, the state&#8217;s capital, police used pepper spray and tear gas to disperse a group of protesters who were ignoring warnings to clear out of the street, KXAN Austin <a href="https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/live-blog-ice-protest-at-texas-capitol/">reported</a>. Officers with the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Austin Police Department arrested more than a dozen people during the protest Monday night, according to Abbott. During the demonstration, a federal building where Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) holds detainees was vandalized with messages reading, “ICE NEEDS 2 SURRENDER &amp; RELEASE THE HOSTAGES” and “MODERN DAY SLAVERY DISGUISED AS CRIMINAL REFORM.”
Six men arrested during the Austin demonstration were charged with felony criminal mischief, resisting arrest, among other offenses, according to the <a href="https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/abbott-deploys-national-guard-san-antonio-protests-20371032.php">San Antonio Express-News</a>.
&#8220;Peaceful protesting is legal. But once you cross the line, you will be arrested,&#8221; Abbott <a href="https://x.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1932304416435998771">wrote</a> on social media early Tuesday morning, adding, &#8220;FAFO,&#8221; the acronym for &#8220;F*** Around and Find Out.&#8221;
The protest in Dallas on Monday turned &#8220;tense&#8221; as some demonstrators clashed with police officers, The Dallas Morning News <a href="https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2025/06/09/protestors-in-dallas-rally-to-show-solidarity-with-la-demonstrators-amid-ice-crackdowns/">reported</a>. After sunset, authorities deployed pepper spray to disperse the crowd and appeared to make some arrests.
Texas National Guard troops will be on &#8220;standby in areas where mass demonstrations are planned in case they are needed,&#8221; according to Abbott&#8217;s office. Demonstrations, organized by a group called &#8220;No Kings&#8221; are <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-issues-warning-to-any-protester-that-wants-to-come-out-during-d-c-military-parade">planned</a> for cities in all 50 states on Saturday as the U.S. Army will hold a massive parade in Washington, D.C., coinciding with the president&#8217;s birthday, with Trump in attendance.
Protests, some of which have turned into <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/anti-ice-riots-break-out-in-san-francisco-as-more-troops-deploy-to-l-a">riots</a>, have already popped up in cities across the country after anti-ICE rioters attacked law enforcement officers and damaged businesses and public property in Los Angeles last weekend. President Trump deployed the National Guard to L.A. on Saturday and then sent in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-sends-another-2000-national-guard-troops-to-l-a">reinforcements</a> days later, including 700 Marines, as he blasted Democrat officials, including California Gov. Gavin Newsom and L.A. Mayor Karen Bass.
California then sued the Trump administration over the National Guard deployment, arguing that Trump infringed on Newsom&#8217;s power. Trump has defended his decision, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-sends-another-2000-national-guard-troops-to-l-a?author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=2&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+Sends+Another+2%2C000+National+Guard+Troops+To+L.A.">claiming</a> that L.A. would be &#8220;burning to the ground&#8221; without his action.

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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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