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Trump's America needs a new neoliberalism like a hole in the head
As the president weighs turning the military on citizens in Los Angeles, Third Wayists are still begging us to find the center.
Alex Galbraith
June 09, 2025
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The news, in brief …
Trump deploys National Guard in response to Los Angeles ICE protests
The president authorized the deployment of 2,000 members of the California National Guard, due to ongoing protests of ICE raids in the city. California Gov. Gavin Newsom called the move unnecessary and “purposefully inflammatory.”
White House downplays fight between Elon Musk, Scott Bessent
White House spox Karoline Leavitt waved away questions about a rumored altercation between the former DOGE head and the Treasury secretary. “I certainly wouldn't describe it as a fistfight,” Leavitt said Sunday on Fox News
ABC News suspends Terry Moran for calling Stephen Miller a “hater”
In its latest capitulation to the Trump administration, ABC suspended its senior correspondent for saying that the White House deputy chief of staff was full of “bile.”
Make me smarter …
"The media are aware of the manipulation": Countering Trump's spectacle begins with a press strategy
The press were once caught flat-footed by Trump’s brazen disregard for the truth and willingness to fight in the courts. A decade into the Trump era, there’s no excuse for being bamboozled by this entirely predictable president. Read more.
Sunday Scaries …
“The future of this country rests with a small number of Republicans”
Sen. Bernie Sanders, demanding that cooler heads in the GOP rein in the president’s lawlessness.
“One of our core principles is maintaining peace through strength”
House Speaker Mike Johnson, weighing the prospect of using Marines to quell protest in Los Angeles. Gov. Newsom called the idea “deranged” in a post to X.
“The bar is what I think it is”
Donald Trump, explaining his test for turning the troops on U.S. citizens. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass called the idea a “chaotic escalation.”
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Before you go …
Is "centrism" making a comeback? OK, sort of — but blink and you'll miss it
Masked agents are grabbing Americans off the street as the president’s economic policies push the country toward a long, hot, unemployed summer. The time could not be less ripe for a return to neoliberalism, but that won’t stop the nation’s op-ed industrial complex from trying. Read more.
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