I'm Jesse Thorne.

Ghostface Killah told me about when he was a kid.

He found the number of his hero, Dougie Fresh.

He dialed it.

He didn't really think it through.

And he's like, hey, who this?

And it just goes quiet just like that.

Ghostface Killah.

That's on Bullseye for Maximumfund.org and NPR.

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst.

Portland and Chicago are preparing for the possible deployment of the National Guard to city streets.

As NPR's Joe Hernandez reports, it comes as the Trump

administration is ramping up its efforts to send federal forces to American cities.

The Trump administration federalized at least 300 Illinois National Guard members over the weekend.

They'll be used to protect federal law enforcement officials and

federal property in the state, according to a Pentagon memo reviewed by NPR. Trump has been

threatening to send the National Guard to Chicago for months in a move that's been widely criticized

by state and local leaders, including Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker. Separately, a federal judge in Oregon on Saturday

temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deploying National Guard members in Portland,

but National Guard members appear to be on their way nonetheless.

California Governor Gavin Newsom says Trump is sending National Guard members from California to Oregon

and that California plans to sue.

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