Noem fumes she's dealing with a "bunch of pansies" in Portland, while Texas Guard troops arrive outside Chicago

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : "It's been invoked before, as you know," Trump said during an Oval Office meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.
50% : And if the governor can't straighten it out, we'll straighten it out," Trump said.
50% : Later, Trump added that "Democrats are like insurrectionists, OK?
50% : He's sitting there and he's getting ready to cut things," Trump said.
50% : Asked about it yesterday, Trump at first indicated that it was, in fact, under consideration.
48% : " On his Truth Social account, Trump posted, without comment, a photo of a 1963 memo from then-Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy justifying federalizing 17,000 troops from the Alabama National Guard to allow black students to attend nine previously all-white schools in Birmingham, Alabama.
46% : " "We have cities where there's tremendous crime, and Chicago's one of them.
46% : On the Frontline of National Security and the Rule of Law," with retired Adm. John Richardson, former chief of naval operations and member, CNAS board of directors; James Baker, professor and director at the Syracuse University Institute for Security and Law and former chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces; retired Rear Adm. James McPherson, former Army undersecretary and former judge advocate general of the Navy; and Carrie Cordero, CNAS senior fellow and general counsel https://www.cnas.org/events/virtual-event-judge-advocates-general 5:30 p.m. 529 14th St. NW -- Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft book discussion: The Fort Bragg Cartel: Drug Trafficking and Murder in the Special Forces," with author Seth Harp https://quincyinst.org/events/the-fort-bragg-cartel-an-in-person-conversation-with-author-seth-harp/ THURSDAY | OCTOBER 9 2 p.m. -- Government Executive Media Group virtual discussion: "Smarter Systems, Safer Missions: Enabling AI Through Unified Cybersecurity," with Macy Dennis, CXO adviser at Netskope https://events.govexec.com/smarter-systems-safer-missions 3:30 p.m. -- Foundation for Defense of Democracies Center on Military and Political Power discussion: "Countering the Axis of Aggressors," with retired Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, former national security adviser; and retired Gen. Laura Richardson, former U.S. southern commander https://www.fdd.org/events/2025/10/09/countering-the-axis-of-aggressors 2:15 p.m. 1000 Massachusetts Ave.
42% : BONDI GRILLED ON FBI SURVEILLING GOP, EPSTEIN FILES, AND NATIONAL GUARD DEPLOYMENTS Good Wednesday morning and welcome to Jamie McIntyre's Daily on Defense, written and compiled by Washington Examiner National Security Senior Writer Jamie McIntyre (@jamiejmcintyre) and edited by Christopher Tremoglie.
41% : Despite a law that Trump signed during his first term that guarantees federal workers will get full back pay after a government shutdown ends, Trump's Office of Management and Budget circulated a draft memo this week suggesting that such payments would not be automatic for workers who stayed home because they were deemed nonessential.
41% : Editorial: Hamas must accept Trump's peace deal or face consequences AP: Federal government shutdown grinds into a second week, but quiet talks emerging Washington Post: Rare trilateral mission secretly extracts U.S. sailor's mother from Gaza AP: Trump calls Canadian PM Carney a 'world class leader,' but also 'very nasty' Reuters: Pentagon's Hegseth OKs US Navy Next-Generation Fighter, Sources Say Air & Space Forces Magazine: Analysis: Ukraine's F-16 Force: Innovation, Impact, and Resolve in the Face of Aggression The War Zone: Thales Anti-Drone Rockets Now Being Used in Ukraine Defense News: Bangladesh Air Force Gets Nod to Spend Billions on Multirole Fighters Task & Purpose: Hegseth Directs New Task Force to Come Up with 'Barracks Investment Plan' Air & Space Forces Magazine: Nominee to Lead Pentagon's Indo-Pacific Shop Calls on Allies to Up Defense Spending Breaking Defense: Defense to 'Anchor' Exploding Satellite Market over Next Decade: NovaSpace Air & Space Forces Magazine: How the Space Force Is Getting a Head Start on Defense Acquisition Reform Air & Space Forces Magazine: B-2 Crews Ace Weapons Test New York Times : They Celebrated Vigilante Justice on the Battlefield.
39% : AS PART OF TRUMP DEPLOYMENT TRUMP: 'IF THE GOVERNOR CAN'T DO THE JOB, WE'LL DO THE JOB': President Donald Trump continues to make no-so-veiled threats to invoke the Insurrection Act, which would allow the use of active-duty military in a law enforcement role, if courts rule against his mobilization of National Guard troops.
37% : But publicly, Republicans and President Trump are hanging tough, with Trump renewing his threat to permanently eliminate federal jobs, and suggesting furloughed workers may not get back pay.
30% : Despite the constitutional duty of the committee to exercise oversight over the Justice Department, Bondi clearly felt no obligation to answer even the simplest questions posed by the Democrats.

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