A commentator on CNN defended the anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles, claiming that California and the Southwest region of the United States once belonged to Mexico. “It is almost 50 percent Hispanic. Remember that California was part of Mexico, all of the Southwest is Mexico,” former Univision anchor Maria Elena Salinas said on CNN while discussing the protests and riots against ICE. “The roots are really deep in that region, and what they’re saying is ‘no, not in our community.’” UNHINGED: Former Univision anchor María Elena Salinas on CNN defending the rioting in Los Angeles: “California was part of Mexico, all of the Southwest is Mexico.” pic.twitter.com/Ue1cHMXtl9 — Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) June 10, 2025 Salinas’ comments come after days of violence in Los Angeles, with left-wing agitators throwing fireworks and rocks at law enforcement and lighting self-driving taxis on fire. ?? BREAKING POLICE HORSE BACK UNIT HIT WITH MASSIVE FIREWORK – MAJOR POLICE PUSH I am on the ground at the LA riots. This work is dangerous PLEASE FOLLOW pic.twitter.com/E3ESUGWk6t — Cam Higby | America First ?? (@camhigby) June 9, 2025 Several organizations behind the Los Angeles protests have argued that Mexico has a legitimate claim to California and the broader American Southwest, The Daily Wire revealed. Some even deny the legitimacy of the United States and want Mexico to reconquer the Southwestern states. An organization called Centro CSO pushes for “Chicano self-determination” and flies the flag of Aztlan, the mythical homeland of the Aztecs, which has been used as a symbol by political activists who deny America’s claim to the states it won in the Mexican-American War. One organizer with Centro CSO appeared to call for violence against federal law enforcement while speaking to a crowd of leftwing agitators. “They’re going to find out that we don’t play games out here,” the man, identified as Sammy Carrera, said, “We’re no longer going to be on the defense, we’re going to take the fight to them.” One far-left organizer behind the Los Angeles protests called on the agitators to ‘take the fight’ to ICE. “We’re no longer going to be on the defense, we’re going to take the fight to them.” pic.twitter.com/ekPNgeS9qn — Spencer Lindquist ?? (@SpencerLndqst) June 10, 2025 Union del Barrio, an equally radical group, also joined the protests. The race-based organization calls America an “illegal settler nation” and fights against “European colonialism” and the “Anglo settler.” The organization refers to the American Southwest as occupied Mexico and calls for international racial unity across the North and South American continents “to overturn all manifestations of colonial, imperialist, and neoliberal oppression” and reclaim the states won by the United States in its war with Mexico.

Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-CA) attempted to lay a trap for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth during a Tuesday hearing, demanding to know which federal law justified sending the National Guard in to quell violent riots on the streets of Los Angeles — and Hegseth made it clear that he would not be baited. Aguilar began his time by reading a section of U.S. Code 12406, saying that the federal statute allowed for three separate conditions under which the federal government would be justified in deploying the National Guard domestically: foreign invasion, rebellion against the federal government, and a president’s inability to effectively enforce the law. WATCH: Q: U.S. Code 12406 cites three examples to implement Guard. What is the justification to use the Guard: 1. Invasion by foreign nation. 2. In the event of a rebellion or danger of rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States. 3. If the President is… pic.twitter.com/g91l0iZ3kO — DOD Rapid Response (@DODResponse) June 10, 2025 “The U.S. Code 12406, the legal basis that the president used, cites three examples and circumstances for the guard,” Aguilar began. “Invasion by a foreign nation, a rebellion or a dangerous rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States, or the president is unable for — with regular forces — to execute the laws of the United States.” “Which authority is triggered here to justify the use?” Aguilar asked Hegseth directly. “I don’t know, you just read it yourself and people can listen themselves,” Hegseth said, adding, “It sounds like all three to me. If you’ve got millions of illegals and you don’t know where they’re coming from, they’re waving flags from foreign countries, and assaulting police officers and the president’s officers, that’s a problem.” Gift Dad an All Access Membership. Use code DAD40 at checkout to save 40%! Aguilar kept talking over Hegseth, asking, “Do you think the president’s unable to execute the laws of the United States? You just said — that the president is unable to execute the laws of the United States?” “The Governor of California is unable to execute the laws of the United States,” Hegseth shot back. “The Governor of California has failed to protect his people, along with the Mayor of Los Angeles, so President Trump has said he will protect our agents, and our Guard and Marines are proud to do it.” President Donald Trump deployed the National Guard to quell the riots after violent protesters damaged public and private property — and attacked Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and local law enforcement — in their efforts to prevent ICE from executing federal law as directed by the president.

President Donald Trump made it abundantly clear that he would not back down from intervening in the anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles, declaring, “I am not playing around.” On Monday night, Trump mobilized an additional 2,000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles to join the 2,000 Guardsmen deployed by the Trump administration over the weekend, along with 700 Marines that were sent on Monday. “If I didn’t ‘SEND IN THE TROOPS’ to Los Angeles the last three nights, that once beautiful and great City would be burning to the ground right now, much like 25,000 houses burned to the ground in L.A. due to an incompetent Governor and Mayor,” Trump posted on Truth Social on Tuesday morning. Later in the day, speaking to a panel on Fox Business, Trump stated, “Last night was terrible. The night before that was terrible. As you’ve seen, it was on most of your networks, people with big, heavy hammers pounding the concrete and pounding curbs, pounding, breaking up, and handing these big chunks of concrete to people. And they were taking that concrete, going up on bridges, and dropping it into the roof of a car. They were throwing it at our police; they were throwing it at our soldiers that are there.” “And we got it stopped and we have them in custody right now,” he continued. “Look, if we didn’t get involved, right now, Los Angeles would be burning just like it was burning a number of months ago with all the houses that were lost. Los Angeles right now would be on fire. And we have it in great shape. I am not playing around.” President @realDonaldTrump: “If we didn’t get involved, right now, Los Angeles would be burning… and we have it in great shape. I am not playing around." pic.twitter.com/Cj0JuW4YMd — Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) June 10, 2025 California filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on Monday over the National Guard deployment, arguing that the president infringed on Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom’s role without there being a clear threat of “invasion” or “rebellion.” Sending in the National Guard is a power typically exercised by governors but also granted to the president in certain circumstances. But National Review published an editorial explaining why Trump has the right to send the National Guard: The president is relying on what a 1971 Office of Legal Counsel memo called his “inherent authority to use troops for the protection of federal property and federal functions,” as well as 10 U.S.C. 12406, which provides for the emergency mobilization of the National Guard. That statute says the president can call up the Guard when there’s an actual or threatened invasion or rebellion, or when he can’t execute the laws with regular federal forces. Given what’s being done to attack and obstruct ICE agents who are simply enforcing the immigration laws, the latter condition applies. This is not an invocation of the Insurrection Act, which would involve federal troops taking on general law-enforcement functions. Instead, the role of the Guard is limited, as the presidential proclamation stipulates, to ensuring“the protection and safety of Federal personnel and property.” “There need not be an actual rebellion — only the danger of one — for the president legitimately to call the Guard into federal service,” former Assistant United States Attorney Andrew McCarthy, who led the 1995 terrorism prosecution against Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman and eleven others,  added. “Moreover, the explicit purpose of the ongoing rioting and mayhem is to thwart the enforcement of the federal immigration laws. Section 12406 expressly authorizes the use of military force when ordinary law enforcement has been violently prevented from carrying out federal functions.” Zach Jewell contributed to this article.

A big tech company refused to work with any organization denounced by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), a left-wing group that has been frequently criticized for smearing conservative organizations as “hate groups.” In an email reviewed by The Daily Wire, an employee of Bonterra Tech — which provides customer relationship management software to nonprofits — declined to work with the Ruth Institute, which promotes biblical sexual values, because the SPLC named it a hate group. “It pains me to say that we cannot move forward with the Ruth Institute. It makes it even harder as I am aligned with the beliefs of your Organization and I think it’s absolutely RIDICULOUS that the SPLC gets to pick and choose who is a hate group,” the email said. “Doesn’t make any sense and they should be shut down. My CEO agrees that you shouldn’t be on there, she took it up to our board and they said that is one rule they will not make an exemption on. If an Organization is on the SPLC list, we cannot work with them.” This is the latest evidence that Bonterra discriminates against conservatives. In a 2024 report to the Senate Commerce Committee, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) revealed that Bonterra’s terms of service prohibited it from working with clients that denied “rights to the LGBTQ community,” “a woman’s right to reproductive choice,” “racial justice,” or “climate change.” At the same time EveryAction stipulated that nonprofits it worked with could not be “Not Progressive Aligned,” meaning that they “Can’t be a Republican org,” “Can’t go against LGBT+,” and “Can’t be against pro-choice.” Bonterra also refused to renew contracts with Wisconsin Right to Life, Idaho Family Policy Center, Deaconess Pregnancy & Adoptions, and Stand for Health Freedom. Cruz believes that Bonterra weaponized its policies to deny conservatives access to its services. “My committee’s investigation exposed what we long expected: Big Tech companies like Bonterra have used vague, broadly worded terms of service agreements as a political weapon to deny conservatives access to essential business technology,” Cruz told The Daily Wire. “Conservative companies should not be forced to choose between staying silent or potentially shutting down.” Cruz on Tuesday is introducing the “TERMS Act,” legislation he told The Daily Wire would challenge “the unchecked power” of “Big Tech oligarchs and protect the right of free speech for every American business targeted by Big Tech censorship.” Cruz’s proposal would mandate that online service providers “disclose their acceptable use policies, provide users with written notice before the termination of a user’s account, and publish an annual report detailing actions taken to enforce their acceptable use policies, and for other purposes,” according to a copy of the bill shared with The Daily Wire.  The bill would mandate that acceptable use policies are publicly disclosed and easily accessible, that customers would be given advance warning of account restriction or cancellation, and post public reports of enforcement of acceptable use policies. Republican Senators Marsha Blackburn (TN), Katie Britt (AL), Tom Cotton (AK), Mike Crapo (ID), Cynthia Lummis (WY), Jim Risch (ID), Senator Roger Marshall (KS), and Eric Schmitt (MS) are also backing the legislation. The Southern Poverty Law Center was founded by a former employee of the notorious segregationist George Wallace, who decided opposing white supremacy was a more profitable path. As The Daily Wire has reported last year, the group doxxed employees of Not The Bee, a Babylon Bee affiliate site that publishes true stories so absurd that they seem like parodies. “They did it because they’re left-wing activists masquerading as journalists,” Babylon Bee CEO Seth Dillon said at the time, calling the group a “scandal-ridden smear factory.”

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth left no doubt in anyone’s mind that he was serious about rooting out Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives within the military and returning to traditional priorities. “DEI is dead,” he declared from Capitol Hill during a Tuesday hearing. Hegseth laid out the priorities of the Defense Department under his leadership and that of President Donald Trump, saying first that “restoring the Warrior Ethos” was at the top of the list. The Warrior Ethos, as described in the Soldier’s Creed, is as follows: “I will always place the mission first. I will never accept defeat. I will never quit. I will never leave a fallen comrade.” “President Trump has charged me with focusing on war-fighting, lethality, meritocracy, standards, and readiness,” Hegseth explained, adding that there was no room for DEI in a DoD with those priorities. “That’s exactly what we’re doing.” WATCH: . @SecDef “We are focused on what is important. WARFIGHTING and WARRIORS… DEI IS DEAD. We replaced it with a colorblind gender-neutral merit-based approach.” pic.twitter.com/TgIeCdN94W — DOD Rapid Response (@DODResponse) June 10, 2025 “We are focused on what is important. War-fighting and warriors. We’re sweeping away distractions and bloated bureaucracy. We’ve set standards that are high, equal, and unwavering. DEI is dead. We replaced it with a colorblind, gender-neutral, merit-based approach.” Gift Dad an All Access Membership. Use code DAD40 at checkout to save 40%! Hegseth went on to say that the response to those changes had been positive — and, in fact, had led to record recruitment numbers in recent weeks. Later on in the hearing, Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL) ribbed Hegseth about the changes, asking whether any troops had complained about not being able to include their preferred pronouns in military correspondence. “Is that not a priority for the folks that are now signing up for our military?” he asked. Hegseth laughed: “Well, sir, if they wanted to get a woke indoctrination, they could just go to college. Instead, they are joining the military, where we are focused on basics. We know men are men and women are women. Standards will be high, and we’re getting rid of the distractions, the ideologies, the politicization that was in our ranks so that soldiers, men and women can do their jobs on behalf of the nation.” WATCH: Q: Is it not a priority for the folks of our military to use pronouns. @SecDef “If they want to get a woke indoctrination they can just go to college. Instead, they are joining the military where we are focused on basics. We know MEN ARE MEN and WOMEN ARE WOMEN. STANDARDS WILL… pic.twitter.com/G0uvpdqTrB — DOD Rapid Response (@DODResponse) June 10, 2025

Simone Biles apologized to Riley Gaines on Tuesday for their online spat over trans-identifying males in women’s sports, the Olympic gymnast adding that she believes the current women’s sports system is “flawed.” The two athletes clashed on Friday when Biles attacked Gaines seemingly out of the blue, calling the former University of Kentucky swimmer a “sore loser” and telling her to “bully someone your own size, which would ironically be a male.” “I wanted to follow up from my last tweets,” Biles posted Tuesday on X. “I’ve always believed competitive equity & inclusivity are both essential in sport. The current system doesn’t adequately balance these important principles, which often leads to frustration and heated exchanges, and it didn’t help for me to get personal with Riley, which I apologize for.” I wanted to follow up from my last tweets. I’ve always believed competitive equity & inclusivity are both essential in sport. The current system doesn’t adequately balance these important principles, which often leads to frustration and heated exchanges, and it didn’t help for me… — Simone Biles (@Simone_Biles) June 10, 2025 This is so disappointing. My take is the least controversial take on the planet. Simone Biles being a male-apologist at the expense of young girls’ dreams? Didn’t have that on my bingo card. Maybe she could compete in pommel horse and rings in 2028. https://t.co/Ptn35pyEvh — Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) June 6, 2025   Biles claimed she did not mean to push policies that “compromise fairness” in women’s sports. “These are sensitive, complicated issues that I truly don’t have the answers or solutions to, but I believe it starts with empathy and respect. I was not advocating for policies that compromise fairness in women’s sports,” Biles said. “My objection is to be singling out children for public scrutiny in ways that feel personal and harmful. Individual athletes — especially kids — should never be the focus of criticism of a flawed system they have no control over.” “I believe sports organizations have a responsibility to come up with rules supporting inclusion while maintaining fair competition. We all want a future for sport that is fair, inclusive, and respectful,” she said. Gift Dad an All Access Membership. Use code DAD40 at checkout to save 40%! Biles had initially responded to a post from Gaines last week criticizing a high school girls’ softball team that won a state championship after the team’s trans-identifying male pitcher pitched five straight games in which he gave up just one run. “Bully someone your own size, which would ironically be a male,” Biles told Gaines. The Olympian also posted, “You’re truly sick, all of this campaigning because you lost a race. Straight up sore loser,” adding that Gaines should be “uplifting the trans community.” “But instead… You bully them… One things for sure is no one in sports is safe with you around!!!!!” Biles said. Gaines responded, telling Biles her comments were “disappointing.” “This is so disappointing. My take is the least controversial take on the planet. Simone Biles being a male-apologist at the expense of young girls’ dreams? Didn’t have that on my bingo card. Maybe she could compete in pommel horse and rings in 2028,” Gaines posted. Gaines’ 2022 tie with trans-identifying male swimmer Lia Thomas, after which Thomas was given the trophy, helped ignite the battle to keep men out of women’s sports. After Biles’ apology on Tuesday, Gaines quickly responded. “I accept Simone’s apology for the personal attacks including the ones where she body-shamed me. I know she knows what this feels like. She’s still the greatest female gymnast of all time,” Gaines posted on X. I accept Simone's apology for the personal attacks including the ones where she body-shamed me. I know she knows what this feels like. She's still the greatest female gymnast of all time. A couple of things. Sports ARE inclusive by nature. Anyone can and everyone SHOULD play… https://t.co/V8YbMvs3xf — Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) June 10, 2025 Gaines added that competition “by definition is exclusive.” “To suggest that women and girls must be silent or ignore a boy who is PUBLICLY hurting or humiliating them is wrong,” Gaines said. “You can’t have any empathy and compassion for the girls if you’re ignoring when young men are harming or abusing them. I am not ashamed to be a voice for the voiceless.” Gaines added that she agrees that the blame is on lawmakers and leaders, which she said is why she is suing the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and joined President Donald Trump when he signed an executive order on women’s sports. “I didn’t see you there or championing this effort with your platform,” Gaines told Biles, adding that she welcomes Biles to the “fight to support fair sports and a future for female athletes. Little girls deserve the same shot to achieve that you had.”

As Washington, D.C., prepares for the June 14 military parade to celebrate the Army’s 250th birthday, President Donald Trump warned on Tuesday that anyone who wants to protest the event “will be met with very big force.” The parade, which also falls on Trump’s 79th birthday, will feature tanks, helicopters, and thousands of troops marching in uniforms that represent periods going all the way back to the Revolutionary War, NBC Washington reported. Nationwide protests, including in cities surrounding D.C., are planned for Saturday to counter the Army parade, according to Axios. Going by the name “No Kings,” the demonstration organizers hope to attract protesters in 1,500 cities across the country and all 50 states. However, no “No Kings” protest is planned for D.C., as the organizers said they want to “create contrast, not conflict.” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office, “We’re going to be celebrating big on Saturday.” “And if there’s any protester that wants to come out, they will be met with very big force,” Trump said, adding, “And I haven’t even heard about a protest, but you know, [these are] people who hate our country, but they will be met with very heavy force.” .@POTUS on this weekend's Army 250 Celebration in D.C.: "We're going to be celebrating big on Saturday — and if there's any protester that wants to come out, they will be met with very big force." pic.twitter.com/b1rCFuJI9x — Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) June 10, 2025 Trump’s comments on the upcoming military parade come after he deployed thousands of National Guard troops and hundreds of Marines to Los Angeles in response to anti-ICE riots that started over the weekend. The president also said on Tuesday that his actions to mobilize the military to L.A. kept the city from “burning to the ground.” California sued Trump over his move to send in the National Guard, arguing that it infringed on Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom’s power and that Trump’s move was “a manufactured crisis.” During his gaggle with reporters in the Oval Office, Trump defended his decision, saying he didn’t want to repeat the approach he took during the riots in the summer of 2020, which broke out following the death of George Floyd while in police custody. “I’ve been here before, and I went right by every rule. And I waited for governors to say, ‘Send in the National Guard.’ They wouldn’t do it, they just wouldn’t do it, and it kept going on and on. It got worse and worse, and in Minneapolis, that city was burning down.” “I said to myself, ‘If that stuff happens again, we’ve got to make faster decisions,'” the president added. "I've been here before and I went right by every rule," says @POTUS on deploying the National Guard. "I waited for governors to say, 'Send in the National Guard'. They wouldn't do it … I said to myself, 'If that stuff happens again, we've got to make faster decisions.'" pic.twitter.com/bQAaIkbSCn — Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) June 10, 2025

'He allegedly purchased a firearms store in Houston, Texas,'

And the winner of Riley Gaines v. Simone Biles ... RILEY GAINES

'They were strangers and this guy was just going from apartment to apartment, opening and knocking on doors'