Breyer allows Riley to play video of Hegseth's statements during press conference this morning.

There's a break while Riley tries to get the video on the display.

Breyer eventually says let's recess until 1 pm [4 pm for those of us on the east coast.]

And we break until 1 pm/4 pm ET.

Sherman says he was ultimately not the official who approved the operation that took place on July 7 in MacArthur Park. It went to the Secretary of Defense for approval.

We move on to the operation in Camarillo, CA. This took place after Sherman left his role as commanding general with TF51. So he doesn't have personal knowledge as to what happened.

But Riley shows a photo. It apparently show TF51 members wearing face shields. He doesn't know what they're doing.

Sherman reads part of the Capentria assessment aloud: "No indication that failure to act would result in loss of life or significant property damage to federal personnel at both traffic control points..."

Now we're talking about the Mecca operation at the marijuana farm.

Sherman says there were approximately 300 TF51 soldiers involved, 50 military vehicles.

Riley displays photos, which I can't see on the Zoom.

She says the individuals shown are wearing camo. Sherman can't tell from photo whether it's TF51 troops.

More photos in which Sherman can ID TF51 vehicles. Says he doesn't know what the troops are doing in the photos.

We're back from recess.

RIley publishes a page from Exhibit 15 [which I can't see, but Sherman reads].

The paragraph says, in part, that use of troops such as "an arrest or detention of civilians for violations of the federal criminal code would be a violation of the Posse Comitatus Act"

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Now, however, California is seeking injunctive relief based on a different law: The Posse Comitatus Act, which generally prohibits use of the military for domestic law enforcement.

California says that national guard troops and marines deployed in the state violated the Posse Comitatus Act.

Northern District for California District Court seal, featuring an eagle

COMING UP: Judge Charles Breyer is set to preside over a bench trial in Newsom v. Trump

The suit, brought by Governor Gavin Newsom, challenges Trump’s use of federal military forces to enforce immigration in California.

I plan to live-post for @lawfaremedia.org.

Follow along ⬇️🧵

I think we've all seen the videos shared by the Irish far-right regarding an incident at a charity football match in Adamstown, Lucan, Co Dublin. No one knows the real story behind it. But BJ Winter wants to 'hang' the kids, he's endorsed by 'Waterford Says No' bigot Eric English naturally 🙄

The Week Ahead August 10, 2025

2/Hegseth reposted a CNN report featuring a religious leader, Doug Wilson sharing his backward views, which Hegseth clearly supports. “Women are the kind of people people come out of,” Wilson says, “it doesn’t take any talent.” More in my newsletter joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-a...

1/Trump’s Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, seems interested in making women 2nd class citizens. A tweet he posted late last week isn’t getting nearly enough attention. In any other administration, there would have been swift calls for his resignation. Here, mostly crickets.

Trump announces police can now do “whatever the hell they want” to residents of Washington, DC

Trump has repeatedly called for police brutality in DC as the way to combat crime

Trump: It’s embarrassing. I’m going to see Putin. I’m going to Russia on Friday.



(Alaska)

Taking a stand against Trump’s emerging ICE police state is not just about standing up for immigrants and protecting our communities. It’s a stand against fascism. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-you-and-your-neighbors-can-become

Dear members of the White House Press Corps:

ASK ABOUT THE FUCKING EPSTEIN FILES!

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!

Under the DC Home Rule act, Trump is allowed to federalize DC police during an emergency (which doesn’t exist right now), but only for 48 hours. This can possibly be extended to 30 days with notice to Congress, but it’s also subject to judicial review.

Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics…

#ICYMI: Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.

She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.

Zelenskyy Suggests Trump Give Florida to Russia "Florida should be on the table,” Zelenskyy said. “With Florida, you have cards.”

Zelenskyy Suggests Trump Give Florida to Russia
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YouTube video by Seth Abramson Hounds, “Hands Off DC”

(🚨) BREAKING NEWS: Donald Trump Will Deploy Nearly 1,000 FBI Agents and National Guardsmen to Deal With PLUMMETING Violent Crime Rate in D.C.

The only reaction that makes sense:

Trump’s lie-fest press conference about DC is underway.

DHS is a Menace A human rights abomination unfolds

From Florida everglades to infamous Angola prison in Miss., Trump is creating a gulag system. Reports of deaths, serious gaps in medical treatment, unsanitary conditions, rotted and insufficient food, and overcrowding put us in the company of dictatorial regimes open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth promotes repealing women's right to vote Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, who oversees about 3 million military service members and civilian employees, reposted a video last week advocating repealing the 19th Amendment, which guarantees wo...

This is the same pastor who called Southern slavery "a mutually beneficial relationship."

WATCH: Ben of @meidastouch.com rattles off some of the damage Trump’s trade war and Medicaid/food stamp cuts in his big ugly bill are doing to Tennessee.

(And Marsha and every TNGOP Rep voted yes and continue to act like these are good things)

FULL: youtu.be/A1MEbIUkZh4?...

The waddling here is so embarrassing ... between this and the military parade, there appears to be a posture crisis among uniformed officials

A typed document outlining what’s happening in D.C.

The only thing we need in D.C. are the EpsteinFiles

Southern Europe swelters under deadly heatwave as temperatures pass 40C Scientists warn of ‘molotov cocktail’ of climatic conditions fuelling vast wildfires across Mediterranean

🚨 All perfectly normal 😬
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