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Ken Klippenstein: Los Angeles Troop Deployment Was Illegal, Judge Says
The battle over troops in America’s streets is just beginning.
When Maj. Gen. Scott Sherman, a seasoned Army National Guard officer, questioned the way homeland security was carrying out its operations in Los Angeles earlier this year, Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino questioned his loyalty to the country.
That fascinating nugget is contained in the 52-page ruling by federal judge Charles Breyer, who today said that President Trump violated the Posse Comitatus Act, a 150-year-old law that severely restricts how the military can engage in domestic law enforcement.
(Ken Klippenstein more…)
Ken Klippenstein: Leak Confirms Chicago Military Action
Memo reveals homeland crackdown has already begun
LAWdork: The Posse Comitatus Act comes for Trump’s authoritarianism
Trump’s efforts to go after U.S. cities — first Los Angeles and D.C., with, it appears, Chicago next — are alarming. A lot happened, as to all three cities, on Tuesday.
Lucian K. Truscott IV: A scalpel and an axe: I read the Posse Comitatus Act decision against Trump so you don’t have to
Steve Vladeck: Illinois v. Texas
A quick look at President Trump’s (apparent) plan to send uninvited and un-federalized Texas National Guard troops into Illinois—and how it could (and maybe should) quickly end up in the Supreme Court
Judd Legum and Rebecca Crosby: Criminal propaganda
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Even one shooting is too many. But this ABC News piece does not mention until the 35th paragraph, after cataloging numerous individual shootings, that “violent crime in Chicago has dropped significantly in the first half of the year.”
Moreover, the underlying assumption of the ABC News headline — and Trump’s rhetoric — is that deploying the military is an effective way to reduce violent crime. The ABC News article does not scrutinize that premise at all.
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Heather Cox Richardson: Letters from an American – September 2, 2025
In the early hours of Sunday morning, in the middle of a three-day holiday weekend, the Trump administration attempted to take children out of government custody and ship them alone to their country of origin, Guatemala.
…Trump’s apparent distance from that earlier removal comes to mind now because the other big story over Labor Day weekend was Trump’s relative disappearance from public view since last Tuesday. …
Although he posted “NEVER FELT BETTER IN MY LIFE” on social media on Sunday, Trump continued to keep a long distance between himself and the press.
…Trump’s attempt to defend Russian president Vladimir Putin took another hit yesterday when Russia appeared to jam the GPS of an airplane carrying European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen to Bulgaria.
(Heather Cox Richardson more…)
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Al Jazeera: China’s Xi oversees massive military parade with Putin, Kim in attendance
![DF-5C intercontinental ballistic missiles are displayed during a military parade in Beijing's Tiananmen Square on September 3, 2025 [Greg Baker/AFP]](https://kewus.net/yesterday/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/AFP__20250903__738W2TQ__v1__HighRes__ChinaDefenceAnniversaryWwiiParade-1756869059.webp "DF-5C intercontinental ballistic missiles are displayed during a military parade in Beijing's Tiananmen Square on September 3, 2025 [Greg Baker/AFP]")
(Al Jazeera more…)Bulwark: The Saddest Little Dictator
Trump is so weak that Xi Jinping doesn’t even feel the need to manipulate him anymore. Meanwhile the rest of the world is moving on from America too.
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arsTECHNICA: Trump’s move of SPACECOM to Alabama has little to do with national security
The Pentagon says the move will save money, but acknowledges risk to military readiness.
Charlotte Clymer: You Don’t Get Half an Hour
Trump’s dangerous gamble on our national security.
…There are a number of reasons Trump’s decision is bad, but you really only need one.
An intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launched from Russia can reach the U.S. in 27 minutes. An ICBM launched from North Korea takes about 30-33 minutes; some estimates have it as low as 24 min.
(Charlotte Clymer more…)
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Al Jazeera: Trump says 11 killed in strike on alleged drug-carrying boat from Venezuela
Miles Taylor: One step closer to bombing civilians
Why Trump’s military strike on a drug boat should spook America.
…No one provided proof that the people on board were armed. Indeed, the White House gave no explanation for why the drug mules were hit with a missile and incinerated, rather than just arrested. And there’s no indication that these individuals posed any imminent threat to the United States.
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Guardian: Top FDA official demands removal of YouTube videos in which he criticized Covid vaccines
Channel was an attempt to ‘preserve’ what officials in current Trump administration said during the pandemic
arsTECHNICA: OTC nasal spray seemed to cut COVID infections by 67% in mid-sized trial
The Phase 2 trial is not definitive, but it comes as vaccine access is severely restricted.
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Bulwark: DeSantis Declares War on Woke Sidewalk Chalk
(Bulwark more…)
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James Eagle: Bond markets now listen less to the Fed
I’ve been writing about this disconnect all week, and it still astounds me. The textbook relationship between Fed cuts and Treasury yields has completely broken down. In the previous seven cutting cycles by the Federal Reserve going back to the 1980s, the yield on the 10-year Treasury was lower 100% of the time 100 days after the first rate cut. This time? The exact opposite.
(James Eagle more…)
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Daily Kos: Not even Fox News can spin Trump’s biggest grift yet
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FreePress: I Posted on X. The British Police Arrested Me.
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EFF: From Book Bans to Internet Bans: Wyoming Lets Parents Control the Whole State’s Access to The Internet
(EFF more…)Boing Boing: Texas students challenge 10 p.m. ban on campus free speech
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David R. Lurie: Potemkin village populism
Trump thinks he’s fooling the public, but he’s only deceiving himself.
Timeline: Tracking the Trump Justice Department’s Anti-Voting Shift
Tracking the Lawsuits Against Trump’s Agenda
Trump Pardons Database
Project 2025 Tracker
DOGE Tracker
ProPublica: Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew
Wired: 6 Tools for Tracking the Trump Administration’s Attacks on Civil Liberties
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