ICE raids won’t stop despite protests: DHS spokesperson

(NewsNation) — Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said Tuesday the Trump administration will not be deterred by protests and “will double down” on immigration enforcement operations, including those that have sparked unrest in Los Angeles.

“We will not be deterred. We will not be intimidated by these violent rioters, and we will keep going,” McLaughlin said on NewsNation’s “Elizabeth Vargas Reports.” 

She defended the deployment of Marines and National Guard troops to Los Angeles, saying they are necessary to protect Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, who she says are facing increased attacks.

McLaughlin said ICE operations in the past 72 hours have resulted in arrests of gang members, a child rapist, murderers and convicted felons. She criticized Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass for calling on the federal government to stop the raids, saying Bass is doing a “disservice to citizens” and immigrants alike.

The protests in Los Angeles began Friday after ICE raids targeted migrant workers at locations including Home Depot and a clothing store. Approximately 1,000 protesters surrounded ICE officers at a federal building, with some throwing rocks and burning American flags while hoisting foreign flags, according to McLaughlin.

President Donald Trump said Los Angeles “was under siege” and that his administration “will not allow the city to be invaded and conquered by a foreign enemy.” McLaughlin said Trump showed “moral courage” in deploying additional law enforcement resources.

The LA police chief said his department received no formal notification about the military deployment and that it has created logistical challenges. However, McLaughlin said it took LAPD two hours to respond when ICE officers were allegedly under attack Friday.

Similar protests have spread to Chicago, Dallas, Atlanta and San Francisco. McLaughlin blamed politicians she said compared ICE officers to Nazis, saying this gives “violent rioters a free pass” to attack federal agents.

Reports suggest DHS officials demanded ICE arrest 3,000 people daily, triple previous numbers. McLaughlin said the administration is delivering on Trump’s campaign promise of mass deportations, claiming about 75% of those arrested have prior convictions.

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‘Roadkill Ratatouille’: RFK Jr’s new cooking show buried in mockery



Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. nauseated the nation Thursday when he launched a cooking show critics feared would likely include roadkill.

"The Real Food Show" launches Thursday on his department's website and will feature celebrity chefs helping to prepare meals like "Crispy Salmon Cakes with Apple, White Bean & Green Salad" and highlighting some personal favorites like kimchi, yogurt and sauerkraut, reported USA Today.

“I use store-bought sauerkraut,” he told the newspaper, then described the correct way to eat the fermented cabbage. “The way that you're supposed to eat it is bite for bite. You take a bite of the meat, take a bite of the sauerkraut. That is kind of the prescribed, perfect way of eating it. You know, I don't do that perfectly every time that I try.”

Kennedy converted other Trump administration officials, including Vice President JD Vance, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, to the sauerkraut diet, and he said they'd all lost weight since then.

“I will literally eat anything because I don't have a gag reflex," Kennedy said. “I love experimenting with foods. When I travel, I'll eat … street vendors’ cooking."

Kennedy said he cooks two “rudimentary” meals a day, adding that his repertoire was eggs, bacon, cheeseburgers and hamburgers, but he said his wife Cheryl Hines is a much better cook.

“I can cook a really good omelet,” Kennedy said, "and then my specialty would be steaks and meat and fish.”

The show's launch generated some skeptical coverage given Kennedy's history of handling roadkill and overseeing an outbreak of several food-borne illnesses since taking over the nation's public health.

"Why is Kennedy directing his attention to making cooking videos instead of managing these real problems? One reason could be that Kennedy has reportedly 'checked out' of his job and barely attends meetings, showing up to work at 10 a.m. only to leave around 4 p.m. He seems to care only about overhauling dietary guidelines and pushing an anti-vaccine agenda. The latter has led to a 35-year record high for measles cases in the U.S.," noted The New Republic.

"Because who doesn’t want to prepare grub with the guy who, among many things, has a brain part-eaten by worms; a supposed car full of severed animal parts; and a history of snorting lines off toilets?" asked Jezebel, suggesting that Kennedy might share recipes with viewers for "Roadkill Ratatouille," "Lemongrass Liver Salad" and "Anti-Diarrhea Yogurt."

"Roadkill Collector Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Launches Cooking Show and Warns America: ‘I Don’t Have a Gag Reflex,'" announced Mediaite.

"Someone posted this in slack and I actually thought it was The Onion," laughed MS NOW's Brandy Zadrozny.

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60 Minutes Exec Producer Scolds About Leaks in ‘Stern’ Memo — Which Gets Leaked: Report

60 Minutes executive producer Nick Bilton sent a "stern" memo to the staff, scolding them about "the steady stream of leaks" -- in a memo that was then leaked.

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