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The Hill
a day ago
- Politics
- The Hill
Newsom knocks Border Patrol presence at redistricting announcement: ‘Sick and pathetic'
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) criticized Border Patrol as 'sick and pathetic' after armed agents made a show of force outside the governor's Thursday press conference to announce retaliatory redistricting measures. 'It just said everything you need to know about the setting that we're under,' Newsom said after the event. ' That they chose the time, manner, and place to send their district director outside right when we're about to have this press conference.' He added, 'It's everything we know about Donald Trump's America.' Border Patrol agents made one arrest in the area near the presser, located at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles. Gregory Bovino, the local Border Patrol chief, denied that there was any other motive in the agency's presence downtown. 'Breaking the law is not coincidental. Breaking the law is breaking the law,' he told local reporters. At the news conference, Newsom formally announced that he would seek a ballot measure to temporarily bypass the state's independent redistricting commission in favor of a partisan map meant to counter any GOP redistricting measures in Texas. The California governor, widely seen as a 2028 presidential hopeful, has sought to fashion himself as a policy foil to President Trump. On style, however, Newsom has more recently taken a leaf out of Trump's playbook. 'BORDER PATROL HAS SHOWED UP AT OUR BIG BEAUTIFUL PRESS CONFERENCE! WE WILL NOT BE INTIMIDATED!' his press office wrote on social platform X in response to the agents. Redistricting battles have sprung up across the U.S. after Texas Democrats fled the Lone Star State to delay passage of a new Congressional map that would give Republicans at least five more House seats ahead of the 2026 midterms. Democratic states, including Illinois and New York, have also threatened to fight back with their own mid-decade redistricting plans.
Boston Globe
2 days ago
- Politics
- Boston Globe
Border Patrol agents show up outside of Newsom's press conference in LA
'BORDER PATROL HAS SHOWED UP AT OUR BIG BEAUTIFUL PRESS CONFERENCE! WE WILL NOT BE INTIMIDATED!' Newsom's office posted on X, using all caps in a style meant to mock Trump's Truth Social posts. Gregory Bovino, chief of the Border Patrol's El Centro, Calif., sector, was part of the patrols. 'We're here making Los Angeles a safer place since we don't have politicians that will do that,' Bovino told a reporter with KTTV in Los Angeles. He said he didn't know Newsom was inside nearby. Advertisement 'This was widely publicized that the governor and many of our other elected officials were having a press conference to talk about redistricting, and they decided they were going to come and thumb their nose in front of the governor's face. Why would you do that? That is unbelievably disrespectful, it's a provocative act,' Bass said. 'They're talking about disorder in Los Angeles and they are the source of the disorder in Los Angeles right now,' she added. Material from the Associated Press was used in this report. Alyssa Vega can be reached at
Yahoo
18-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Rock Band Makes Bold Move After Iconic Song Used in Political Message
Add Semisonic to the list of artists unhappy that their songs have been used for political purposes. A video posted to social media by the official White House and Border Patrol accounts that appears to show individuals being deported features the band's 1998 hit "Closing Time" as its soundtrack. 🎬 🎬 The video includes a snippet of the song with the lyrics 'closing time / you don't have to go home but you can't say here' as a man wearing shackles and a grey sweatsuit is shown. As the song's chorus 'I know who I want to take me home' is heard, the scene changes to show a sign that reads 'BORDER PATROL' as individuals climb stairs to enter an airplane. View the to see embedded media. The Minnesota trio took to social media to distance themselves from the video, posting on X, formerly Twitter, 'We did not authorize or condone the White House's use of our song 'Closing Time" in any way. And no, they didn't ask. The song is about joy and possibilities and hope, and they have missed the point entirely.' Semisonic joins a long list of artists who have spoken out when one of their songs has been used by team Trump in the past, including Celine Dion, Rihanna, Adele, Steven Tyler, Neil Young, the White Stripes, the Rolling Stones and others. 'Closing Time' has appeared in several films and TV shows, including How I Met Your Mother and is played at nightspots 'last call' anthem of sorts. In a 2018 interview with Billboard, singer-songwriter Dan Wilson revealed the song was also inspired by the birth of his daughter, Coco. 'I thought 'Closing Time' would be a good title,' he said. 'We had spent seven years of our lives at that point, four nights a week entertaining people. That was our life. Some bouncers yelling things, closing time coming, all that imagery, literally, that's how the song started and then when I was halfway done, I started realizing the whole thing was a pun about being born, so I just made sure that the rest of the thing could ride with that double meaning, but nobody got the joke and I didn't bother to explain. I thought everyone would get it.' Next:
