It is serious enough to penetrate the weekend.
You have seen the intentionally provocative ice raids in Los Angeles and the demonstrations generated. Not long ago, the immigration tsar from the White House Tom Homan said he was sending the National Guard to control the situation. He was not clear what he said since the California National Guard came under the Governor of California. The president must nationalize the guard to put him under his command. About fifteen minutes ago, Governor Newsom tweeted a statement that the nationalized president is custody of the state of California. The exact words of his declaration were “the federal government which moves to take over the California National Guard and deploy 2,000 soldiers”. But that’s clear what it means.
