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Federal troops be immediately removed from the city.

There was no threat. There was no lunging.

Trump is not a monarch and should stop acting like one.

The rule of law has increasingly been given way to the rule of Don.

Trump and his loyalists, they thrive on division because it allows them to take more power and exert even more control. And by the way, Trump, he’s not opposed to lawlessness and violence, as long as it serves him.

Authoritarian regimes begin by targeting people who are least able to defend themselves. But they do not stop there.

This is about all of us. This is about you. California may be first, but it clearly will not end here. Other states are next. Democracy is next. Democracy is under assault before our eyes. This moment we have feared has arrived.

Let me be clear: There is no invasion. There is no rebellion. The President is trying to manufacture chaos and crisis on the ground for his own political ends.

There is no invasion or rebellion in Los Angeles, only the kind of civil unrest that occurs from time to time that is typically the purview of local law enforcement.

Defendants, including President Trump and Secretary of Defense Hegseth have sought to bring military personnel and a ‘warrior culture’ to the streets of cities and towns where Americans work, go to school and raise their families.

The federalized National Guard and active-duty Marines deployed in Los Angeles will engage in quintessential law enforcement activity in violation of the PCA.

The Fed does not have a 'good handle on how the tariffs are going to affect either spending in the labor market or inflation.'

The most recent and optimistic estimate I’ve seen suggested that the average household will see on the order of $1,000 reduction in income.

I would expect inflation, on a year-over-year basis of this year, to shoot up to at least 3%, or slightly over, because of the tariffs.

I definitely expect that we’re going to see them impact pricing.

If they can handcuff a U.S. Senator for asking a question, imagine what they will do to you.

I am Senator Alex Padilla, I have questions for the secretary.

The Founding Fathers did not live and die to see that happen in this country for no reason whatsoever other than vanity theater to instill fear, to incite a response.