What is the public hearing about Trump’s order to send more troops to Los Angeles? A lot of folks don’t even know who to blame. Plus, Rachel compares the fiery I.C.E. protests with how the Nazis rose to power in 1930s Germany. How Elon’s and Don’s Big Beautiful Breakup threatens the President’s tax cuts for billionaires. We unpack the DOJ’s fishy case against Kilmar Abrego Garcea and the headlines Americans are reading. And what, exactly, does tear gas taste like?

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• Newsom to Defense Secretary Hegseth: Rescind National Guard Order
• LA Protesters Angry w/ Mayor Karen Bass & Governor Gavin Newsom
• Justice Department documents re: Kilmar Abrego Garcia
• The Cycle Monday Memo: Something Wicked This Way Comes (Substack)
• POLITICO: ‘You essentially destroyed any chance I have,’ DNC chair told David Hogg in private meeting
• Hit ‘Em Where It Hurts: How to Save Democracy by Beating Republicans at Their Own Game