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🗓️ 12 June 2025
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0:00.0 | Amazon offers employees up to £8,000 for education and training, like Juliet. |
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0:10.0 | And to her, the sound of machinery in need of repair, reminds her of how far she's come. |
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0:32.6 | From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch. |
0:41.2 | Los Angeles is quiet, at least for a couple of nights after a curfew imposed by Mayor Karen Bass. But the national debate over |
0:47.8 | Donald Trump's deportations is far from over. California Governor Gavin Newsom has decided to make |
0:54.0 | himself the voice and face of the |
0:57.0 | opposition against Donald Trump's immigration policy and the deployment of State National Guard |
1:03.4 | and Marines to the city itself. Who has the political upper hand here as protests are planned for the weekend across the |
1:13.4 | country? That's our subject for today on Potomac Watch, the daily podcast of WSJ opinion pages. |
1:20.1 | I'm Paul Gigo, and I'm here with two of my colleagues, Barton Swain, and Alicia Finley, |
1:25.7 | California and our chief chronicler of all things, California. |
1:30.3 | Why have things quieted down in California, Alicia? |
1:34.3 | Well, I think it's partly because of the curfew. |
1:36.3 | You've got more law enforcement on the streets. |
1:38.3 | I think there could also be an element of college students have to actually take their final exams. |
1:43.3 | And right now is final exam times. |
1:45.0 | And you saw on Sunday a lot of the people out on the streets were young people. |
1:48.3 | So don't underestimate that component of it. |
1:51.1 | I think the other element is there's probably just a little bit fatigue. |
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