June 16, 2025 - The Roundup: Army 250 Anniversary Edition
A curated roundup of critical news, organized by topic with key quotes and sources
🔥 Headlines You May Have Missed This Weekend
Organized by topic, grounded in facts, and delivered without spin.
From riots in Los Angeles to radical environmentalism in Washington State, the battle lines are drawn. Today'’s Roundup gathers the most urgent developments shaping America’s future—from law enforcement and border security to public education, energy, and media manipulation. Here’s what you need to know.
🔥 Civil Unrest, Immigration, and the L.A. Riots
Who's Behind The Anti-ICE Riots In Los Angeles, Data Republican, June 9, 2025
https://x.com/DataRepublican/status/1931508083127362024
This wasn’t spontaneous outrage. This was organized. Funded. Coordinated.
Cartel Activity In LA, Peter Schweizer, June 9, 2025
https://x.com/peterschweizer/status/1932170760799256815
Homan explained that the raids that took place in downtown Los Angeles on Friday were part of a criminal investigation into a money laundering scheme and cartel activity.
Manufactured Outrage, John Daniel Davidson, June 9, 2025
https://x.com/johnddavidson/status/1932276659065135560
There were no violent federal immigration agents hauling away peaceful immigrant families etc.
Mexico Is Complicit In The L.A. Riots — And There Should Be Consequences, John Daniel Davidson, June 10, 2025
https://thefederalist.com/2025/06/10/mexico-is-complicit-in-the-l-a-riots-and-there-should-be-consequences/
Mexico essentially lost the drug war that began in 2006, and since at least 2013 the state has been so thoroughly infiltrated by the cartels, particularly Sinaloa, that today it’s difficult to tell where one stops and the other begins.
Civil Unrest, Inc., Doug Ross, June 9, 2025
What we're witnessing isn't protest; it's warfare by other means, complete with pre-printed signs, strategically placed weapons, and political air cover from the very officials sworn to protect public safety.
Flying a Flag, Mark Hemingway, June 10, 2025
https://x.com/Heminator/status/1932473455460442583
They are now telling us that flying foreign flags in the middle of violent riot is pride in their heritage.
A Fight For Our Survival, Clandestine, June 9, 2025
From this perspective, I say give Trump whatever he needs to finish/secure the wall, and to fund ICE with as many agents as needed to undo the damage the Dems did with their open border policies.
🧼 Left-Wing Scoundrels and Progressive Policies
White Progressives Blocking Traffic, Batya Ungar-Sargon, June 10, 2025
https://x.com/bungarsargon/status/1932778370728710230
But what about my kid?
Why Gavin Newsom Will Never Be President, The Free Press, June 11, 2025
For arresting illegal migrant laborers is exactly what many Americans voted for—an end to the regime of cheap labor that undercuts American-born workers.
The Rogue's New Gallery of Left-Wing Scoundrels, Victor Davis Hanson, June 13, 2025
https://pjmedia.com/victor-davis-hanson/2025/06/13/the-rogues-new-gallery-of-left-wing-scoundrels-n4940771
Like all Americans, they are appalled by violent thugs and illegal aliens waving Mexican flags who have no wish to return to Mexico while burning American flags as they demand illegally to stay in the U.S.
Test Scores Plummet For Low-Income Students As Woke Bureaucrats Destroy Education System, Gateway Pundit, April 17, 2025
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/04/test-scores-plummet-low-income-students-as-woke/
According to the data, even as higher-achieving students began to stabilize post-pandemic, these students continued to lose ground.
King County Democrats Claim To Support Affordability And Public Safety Their Actions Say Otherwise, Jason Rantz, June 10, 2025
https://mynorthwest.com/ktth/rantz-opinion/king-county-democrats/4097540
When the bills come due for their reckless spending, the solution is always the same: grab more of your money.
🧪 Public Health, Vaccines, and Medical Freedom
And Like That, The Claim Vaccines Are The Most Tested Product On The Planet Is Gone, Aaron Siri, June 8, 2025
So, their only option is to try and co-op the truth they have lied about for decades by now admitting that the studies to show vaccines are safe do not exist.
ICWA Weekly News 6-11-25, Informed Choice WA, June 11, 2025
Board of Health hears long-awaited fluoride science review.
🌲 Environment and Energy Policy
WA Adopted CA’s 2035 Electric‑Vehicle Requirements Trump Just Overturned Them, Simone Carter, June 13, 2025
https://www.theolympian.com/news/politics-government/article308502985.html#storylink=cpy
Big rigs can’t run on unicorn laughter and rainbows, they need a realistic fuel source.
Trump Admin Pulls US Out of Agreement to Help Restore Salmon in the Columbia River, Gene Johnson, Associated Press, June 13, 2025
https://komonews.com/news/local/donald-trump-administration-pulls-agreement-help-restore-salmon-in-the-columbia-river
Deriding the plan as radical environmentalism that could have resulted in the breaching of four controversial dams on the Snake River.
What They Are Saying President Trump Stops Radical Environmentalism to Generate Power for the Columbia River Basin, The White House, June 13, 2025
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/06/what-they-are-saying-president-trump-stops-radical-environmentalism-to-generate-power-for-the-columbia-river-basin/
President Donald J. Trump took bold action to revoke the Biden Administration’s Restoring Healthy and Abundant Salmon, Steelhead, and Other Native Fish Populations in the Columbia River Basin Memorandum.
California’s Massive Dam Removal Hit A Key Milestone Now There’s A Problem, Kurtis Alexander, June 11, 2025
https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/klamath-river-dam-salmon-20350575.php
An Oregon dam upstream of the dam‑removal project in California appears to be preventing salmon from reaching the upper reaches of the Klamath River basin.
The states being directly impacted by the global NGO driven Rewilding agenda, I Am Ag on Facebook, June 12, 2025
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/19RKw3S8uo/
The states being directly impacted by the global NGO driven Rewilding agenda are the same 11 states where the federal government owns/ controls between 30%-85% of the land, water, minerals, energy … all resources.
🏛️ Government Overreach and Media Collusion
Their Report Has Been Issued Another Step Toward Tyranny, Diane L. Gruber, June 8, 2025
Their extremely selective examples of violence left out the 1,001 incidents of murder, attempted murder, assault, vandalism, arson, etc. committed by Left-wing activists of all kinds.
The Media Beast Targets The Reformers, Robert W. Malone, June 10, 2025
What we call the state is really a word for industrial interests, allied with captured agencies staffed by permanent employees, backed by shadowy military arms that operated under classified cover.
🇺🇸 ICYMI: U.S. Army 250th Anniversary Parade
Take a moment to watch the parade! It was awesome!
President Trump Participates in the 250th Anniversary of the U.S. Army Grand Military Parade, The White House, June 14, 2025
https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1ZkKzYrovPaxv
Thanks for reading this edition of The Roundup. As the headlines shift and narratives spin, I’ll keep bringing you the facts, the receipts, and the perspective you won’t find in the mainstream. Stay sharp, stay free, and stay engaged.
Nancy Churchill is a writer and educator in rural eastern Washington State, and the chair of the Ferry County Republican Party. She may be reached at DangerousRhetoric@pm.me. The opinions expressed in Dangerous Rhetoric are her own. Dangerous Rhetoric is available on Substack, X, and occasionally Rumble.