Weekly Scramble: The LA riots perfectly symbolize everything that is currently wrong with this country

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🗓️ 13 June 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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The LA riots perfectly symbolize everything that is currently wrong with this country.

The images of cars set ablaze, protesters tossing rocks at police and officers firing nonlethal rounds and tear gas at protesters hearkens back to the last time a president sent the National Guard to respond to violence on Los Angeles streets.

But the unrest during several days of protests over immigration enforcement is far different in scale from the 1992 riots that followed the acquittal of white police officers who were videotaped beating Black motorist Rodney King.

President George H.W. Bush used the Insurrection Act to call in the National Guard after requests from Mayor Tom Bradley and Gov. Pete Wilson. After the current protests began Friday over Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids, President Donald Trump ordered the deployment of 4,100 National Guard troops and 700 Marines despite strident opposition from Mayor Karen Bass and Gov. Gavin Newsom.

University of Minnesota set to close Les Bolstad golf course

The University of Minnesota announced last week plans to close the Les Bolstad golf course in Falcon Heights.

"We recognize this course holds generations of memories for our community," the statement from the University of Minnesota reads. "This decision reflects careful consideration and was made in light of today’s challenging financial environment. As a public university, we have a responsibility to ensure that our land and resources are aligned with our core mission: supporting students, advancing research, and serving the state of Minnesota."

"The golf course does not generate funding needed for the extensive repairs and upkeep that would ensure its ongoing viability," the university adds. "The University is in a constrained economic environment and must ensure every investment is core to our mission. In unpredictable times, it’s more important than ever to be clear about who we are and strategic in how we deploy resources."

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1:11.8	My name is Chris Revers. With me, as always's time for the weekly scramble podcast. My name is Chris Revers. With me as always. His name is Mike Fredelone. Hello, Michael. I do in Revers. I am doing
1:17.0	well, doing well. I kind of, it's one of those days where, and we had to do it on a different day
1:23.2	for scheduling issues, but it's one of those days where there's so much crap to get to. I really don't know where to begin.
1:28.4	Oh, yeah.
1:28.8	But let's start at the beginning.
1:30.0	Okay.
1:31.1	But one of the things that I really wanted to talk to you about today was it's going to be a
1:35.4	huge day all around the country tomorrow because of the no king's protest taking place.
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