In Case You Missed It – Monday, June 9, 2025
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- Jun 9
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National Guard rolls into LA, Newsom, Bass work against US interests; CA restaurant workers help injured cops; Dems blocking Brian Burch; Red rose petals shower down during Mass in Rome; 20,000 strong complete 100km pilgrimage to Chartres – and more
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National Guard Rolls Into Los Angeles After Days Of Anti-ICE Riots
National Guard troops rolled into Los Angeles early Sunday morning on orders from President Donald Trump after riots broke out across the city against immigration enforcement operations.
U.S. Northern Command confirmed over social media that members of the 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team had arrived in the city. More troops are expected to arrive; Trump ordered 2,000 to the Los Angeles area to quell unrest and protect federal agents from violent demonstrators.
Read more at The Daily Wire
Gov. Gavin Newsom, LA Mayor Karen Bass could face federal charges over response to ICE raids, Trump’s border czar Tom Homan says
California Governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass could both face federal charges over their response to ICE raids in the city, President Trump’s border czar Tom Homan has warned.
As violence tore apart sections of downtown LA, Compton and the suburb of Paramount, the administration has accused the Golden State Dems of fueling tensions, which exploded in riots on Saturday.
“Someone is going to lose their life,” Homan warned, speaking to NBC News.
Read more at the New York Post
Cory Booker calls LA riots 'peaceful' as violence escalates
Sen. Cory Booker described the riots in Los Angeles as "peaceful protests" during an appearance on NBC’s Meet the Press Sunday, while also accusing President Donald Trump of fueling the chaos with his policies opposing illegal immigration. "The reality is, we see peaceful protests launching in Los Angeles," Booker said.
"A lot of these peaceful protests are being generated because the president of the United States is sowing chaos and confusion by arresting people who are showing up for their immigration hearings."
Read more at the PostMillennial
LAPD Chief Contradicts Newsom, Bass, Schiff: ‘Violence Is Escalating’
The violence from protesters involved in the pro-migration, foreign-flag-waving riots in Los Angeles is “escalating,” Los Angeles Police Department Chief Jim McDonnell revealed during a press conference.
During the press conference, McDonnell revealed that the violence is “getting increasingly worse and more violent” since the riots first started over the weekend. McDonnell also added that protesters were shooting “commercial grade fireworks” at LAPD officers.
McDonnell also revealed that he respects U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, adding that they are a “fellow law enforcement agency.”
Read more at Breitbart
Newsom to sue over National Guard deployment
Tensions escalated in Los Angeles late Sunday between law enforcement and protesters as California National Guard troops arrived in Southern California to quell demonstrations against President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown ...
Newsom said the Guard's deployment was "unlawful" and called on the Trump administration to rescind its order in a letter Sunday afternoon. ...
Read more at USA Today
Mexico’s President Eggs On Violent Insurrectionists in Los Angeles and Issues Threat Against America (VIDEO)
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum is egging on the violent protesters and lashing out at the Trump Administration for even trying to lay down the law. During a speech in Mexico City, Sheinbaum hailed the rioters as “good men and women” who just want to support their families.
“Mexicans living in the United States are good men and women, honest people who went to the United States to seek a better life for themselves and to support their families,” Sheinbaum said. “They are not criminals! They are good men and women!”
Sheinbaum also called for Mexicans in America to mobilize and take action if the U.S. decides to implement a tax on money sent home to Mexico. Remittances make up roughly 4% of Mexico’s gross domestic product.
Read more at The Gateway Pundit
Restaurant workers in California step in to rescue injured cops abandoned by state officials during anti-ICE riots
As chaos erupts in Los Angeles, citizens—not elected leaders—stepped up to defend law and order. Staff at a local restaurant can be seen helping injured police officers who were attacked by anti-ICE insurrectionists. Cops have been left without backup as Gavin Newsom and Karen Bass refused to authorize proper protection.
These officers have been abandoned by Democrat officials who are standing by while Mexican mobs are torching streets and blocked freeways. ...
The Truth About The Los Angeles Riots – Video commentary
"[The rioters] rip entire neighborhoods to shreds, turn them into raging infernos, violently attack cops. Then when there's any kind of pushback, declare it to be 'police brutality.’ Governor Newsom blasted Trump's move to quell the chaos as purposefully inflammatory," Paul Joseph Watson says. "Watch these clips and decide for yourself who's being purposefully inflammatory."
Watch at Paul Joseph Watson YouTube Channel
Scott Presler's take on the LA riots
Read at Scott Presler on X
ICE is enforcing the law. Trump is right to send National Guard to protect them -- Opinion
The images of fires burning and smoking rising above the streets of Los Angeles make America's second-largest city look like a war zone.
But it's not war. It's what happens when a Republican president enforces the law in a state as far left and as lost as California.
President Donald Trump ordered 2,000 National Guard troops to restore peace in Los Angeles after protesters set fires, defaced buildings, slashed vehicle tires and hurled pieces of concrete at local police and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.
Read more at USA Today
The Left Loves Riots Because It Hates Civilization
A lot of people are upset about these images of violent protesters in Los Angeles waving the Mexican flag. If they love Mexico so much, why are they so upset at enforcing our laws against illegal entry?
To fully appreciate their significance, it’s important to understand that, over the last several decades, the people who run California and its major cities came to a new consensus: a large number of our laws were racist and oppressive.
Biden’s team sent migrant children to abusers; sponsors who impregnated girls among disturbing cases
The Biden administration placed some illegal immigrant children with sponsors who got them pregnant, the Homeland Security Department said Thursday.
In other cases, minors who showed up at the border without parents were sent to live with adults who possessed child pornography, had serious criminal records or forced the children into labor.
Hundreds of thousands of these unaccompanied alien children surged into the U.S. as part of the Biden border breakdown. ...
Read more at The Washington Times
Ex-Migrant Shelter Director Blows Whistle on Fraud
John Fetherston, a former migrant shelter director in Maura Healey’s Massachusetts, reveals the scope of the fraud and corruption costing taxpayer’s billions and done under the guise of compassion
View at Nate Friedman YouTube
Trump Is Racking Up Court Victories
Despite delusions of grandeur at the district court level the White House is winning.
While mainstream news outlets, cable networks and social media obsess over Elon Musk’s latest antics, they have neglected a far more important story — the Trump administration is accumulating a significant catalogue of appeals court and SCOTUS victories.
Last Friday alone three more wins were added to the list. ...
Read more at The American Spectator
Ted Cruz Condemns Abortion: “Every Life is Worthy of Protection”
Texas Senator Ted Cruz is making a bold move to honor preborn babies — by officially designating June as “Life Month.”
Cruz introduced a new resolution to honor the anniversary of the Supreme Court’s monumental decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in 2022 — a ruling that sent shockwaves across the country and empowered states to protect preborn children once again. Texas led the charge, becoming the first state to ban abortion.
Read more at Life News
The kill switch for dementia sufferers: Inventor behind the suicide Sarco pod reveals plans for implant that will automatically kill patients when their condition worsens
The inventor of the Sarco suicide pod is building a 'kill switch' implant which could allow dementia sufferers to seal the time of their death years in advance.
Dr Philip Nitschke, whose controversial capsule ended an American woman's life in Switzerland last September, has told MailOnline that his newest device is nearing the testing phase.
Read more at the Daily Mail
Trump Admin Slams UN for Supporting Population Control in China
The Trump administration sharply criticized the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) during a recent Executive Board meeting, accusing the agency of complicity in China’s coercive population control policies.
The critique comes after [the US recently announced] the complete withdrawal of U.S. funding [from UNFPA], totaling $335 million, under the Kemp-Kasten Amendment.
Read more at Lifenews
Republicans Have No Good Reason To Vote Against Funding Mass Deportations
The Republican-led House narrowly passed the “big, beautiful bill” in May following intense debate within the Republican caucus. Still, the legislation faces hurdles in the Senate, where some Republicans oppose the bill, including Sen. Rand Paul, who says he is a “no” because it will raise the debt ceiling.
But no concern — not even national debt — outweighs the most vital effect of this legislation — funding mass deportations.
Read more at The Federalist
Chinese Scientist and Her Boyfriend Arrested At Detroit Airport Smuggling Dangerous Fungi Pathogen
View video commentary at Millionaire Morning Show with Anton Daniels
Read United States Attorney's office press release here
Belgian police arrest pro-life, child advocates for protesting child transgender procedures
Police in Brussels arrested pro-life activist Lois McLatchie Miller and child protection advocate Chris Elston on Wednesday for peacefully displaying signs that advocated for the protection of children against transgender medical treatments.
The incident occurred when Miller, a Scottish senior legal communications officer with ADF International, and Elston, a Canadian pro-child activist known as “Billboard Chris”, were surrounded by an angry mob as they held signs that read: “Children are never born in the wrong body” and “Children cannot consent to puberty blockers.”
Read more at Catholic News Agency
Right-wing Colombian presidential candidate shot at rally
A Colombian senator and presidential candidate was shot on Saturday in Bogotá, the government and his campaign said.
Miguel Uribe, 39, was hosting a campaign event in a public park in the Fontibon neighborhood when "armed subjects shot him in the back."
Musk’s father says Elon made a mistake going nuclear on Trump, predicts prez ‘will prevail’
Tech mogul Elon Musk’s father lamented his son’s scorched-earth war of words with President Trump as a “mistake” and warned that the US leader would ultimately prevail in the nasty spat.
Errol Musk, who has had a strained relationship with his billionaire son, explained that Elon had been under tremendous stress and was optimistic the two personality giants could patch things up. ...
Read more at the New York Post
Democrats Blocking Brian Burch for Vatican Ambassador
Continuing their commitment to obstructing much of what President Trump has attempted to do to strengthen relationships with global leaders, the Democrats have now insulted millions of faithful Catholics by blocking the confirmation of Brian Burch, the President’s choice to serve as the Ambassador to the Vatican.
It was a strategic move on the part of the Democratic Senators to demand an unprecedented cloture vote on Burch, requiring three-fifths of the Senate to vote in favor of the nominee. The denial by the Senate prevented Burch from participating in Pope Leo XVI’s installation as pontiff on Sunday, May 18, and has significantly impeded his ability to begin to establish a working relationship with the new pope.
Read more at The American Spectator
Leo pontificate praised for swift removal of Rupnik art from Vatican News website
The Vatican under Pope Leo XIV has removed from the Vatican News website a piece of artwork by accused serial predator Marko Rupnik – marking a seeming reversal after officials had dismissed complaints about the controversial artist’s materials appearing on Vatican sites.
Catholic writer Amy Welborn was one of several who noticed over the weekend that a Rupnik mural was featured on the Vatican News webpage dedicated to the feast of Mary, Mother of the Church (the Monday after Pentecost).
Read more at Catholic Vote
Pope Leo XIV on Pentecost: the Holy Spirit challenges our digital isolation
Pope Leo XIV has marked Pentecost Sunday by describing how the Holy Spirit “is the Gift that opens our lives to love” and opens borders in people’s hearts. This is in sharp contrast to what he discussed as the isolating impact of social media and modern communication platforms that leave people “confused and solitary travellers” overwhelmed by the crowd.
“The Spirit accomplished something extraordinary in the lives of the Apostles,” said the Pope, speaking on the Solemnity of Pentecost that marks the day when the Holy Spirit came down on the 12 Apostles, ten days after the Ascension of Jesus.
Read more at the Catholic Herald
A Triumph of Traditional Catholicism
20,000 mostly young European Catholics arrived from Paris to the famous Chartres Cathedral – a 100km pilgrimage – for the closing Traditional Latin Mass.
See Pentecost Monday's Closing Mass of the Chartres Pilgrimage at historic Notre-Dame de Chartres Cathedral here
See also here rorate-caeli.blogspot and here
Some History of the Chartres Pilgrimage here
The spectacular tradition of red rose petals fluttering down through the oculus of the Pantheon
On Pentecost Sunday, the Pantheon in Rome hosts a unique tradition where red rose petals are released from an opening at the top of the dome during Mass. This symbolic gesture is a powerful reminder of the tongues of fire that appeared above the Apostles when the Holy Spirit descended upon them.
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