Month: May 2025

Voices, The Peoples News

May 21, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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“If we pollute the air, water and soil that keep us alive and well, and
destroy the biodiversity that allows natural systems to function,
no amount of money will save us.” — David Suzuki
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# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Recalls
Top exec at ASPCA inhumanely fired after sounding alarm about ‘dangerous’ fraud at animal rights group: suit
https://nypost.com/2025/05/20/us-news/top-exec-at-aspca-inhumanely-fired-after-sounding-alarm-about-dangerous-fraud-at-animal-rights-group-suit/

# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
Trump migrant detentions at Guantanamo Bay cost $100,000 per person daily, senator says
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-05-20/trump-migrant-detentions-at-guantanamo-bay-cost-100-000-per-person-daily-senator-says

Trump eyes foreign aid funds to remove migrants including Ukrainians who came to the U.S. from war zones
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-immigration-deportation-foreign-aid-war-zones-ukraine-haiti-b2754597.html

Migrants deported to South Sudan in violation of court order, attorneys say. Trump admin deports Asian immigrants to South Sudan in violation of court order, lawyers say. Their lawyers say they learned of the deportation plan after receiving an abrupt notice Monday evening. By Tuesday morning, the men were already on a plane.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/20/south-sudan-deportations-donald-trump-00360762

Trump wants to defy court and ship migrants to other countries on ‘brink of war’: The Department of Homeland Security under President Donald Trump is preparing to deport a plane full of migrants from various countries to South Sudan — a nation teetering on the brink of civil war — defying a court order to do so, a legal expert warned Tuesday
https://www.rawstory.com/ice-south-sudan/

Contributor: Ending birthright citizenship will mostly affect U.S. citizens: The Trump administration’s executive order to limit birthright citizenship is a serious challenge to the 14th Amendment, which enshrined a radical principle of our democratic experiment: that anyone born here is an American.
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/4015458706839-contributor-ending-birthright-citizenship-will-mostly-affect-us-citizens?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3NDc3OTMwNDU4NTM%3D

Enraged Democrats plan to “double down” on ICE visits
https://www.axios.com/2025/05/21/lamonica-mciver-ice-trump-democrats-doj-charges

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS
U.S. economy is experiencing ‘death by a thousand cuts’, says Deutsche Bank, as confidence in national debt management erodes
https://fortune.com/2025/05/20/us-economy-experiencing-death-by-thousand-cuts-deutsche-bank/

Democratic senator says he has recordings of favors ‘promised’ by Trump’s IRS pick
https://thehill.com/business/5309889-long-expected-favors-irs-debate/

China Hits Back At US Over Huawei Chip Warning, Demands Trump Administration ‘Correct Its Mistakes.’ The Chinese commerce ministry accused the Trump administration of undermining the trade talks between the two countries earlier in May.
https://stocktwits.com/news-articles/markets/equity/china-hits-back-at-us-over-huawei-chip-warning/ch0cxMSRb8f

# Education / Schools / Libraries / Museums
Hundreds rally against federal education cuts. California stands to lose potentially billions of dollars in federal funds for education, under the Trump administration’s proposed budget cuts. Today hundreds of educators and parents rallied in Balboa Park. They’re pushing back against those plans and demanding more support for San Diego schools. NBC 7’s Adonis Albright shows us how this could impact millions of students across the state.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEOOClxaWeo

Trump Administration Reveals Plans to Use False Claims Act Against US Universities. The agency created a civil rights initiative to seek out violations of the False Claims Act, which could include diversity initiatives.
https://www.highereddive.com/news/doj-trump-administration-universities-fraud-false-claims-act-dei/748652/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
US oil firms pumping secret chemicals into ground and not fully reporting it. Study shows firms in Colorado, including Chevron, have pumped 30m lbs of chemicals in 18 months without meeting all disclosure rules
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/20/us-oil-firms-chemicals-colorado

Trump administration limits environmental oversight in natural gas export decisions
https://www.ehn.org/trump-administration-limits-environmental-oversight-in-natural-gas-export-decisions

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
Bees facing new threats, putting our survival and theirs at risk. Pollinators face growing threats from war, pollution and synthetic chemicals.
https://www.rewild.org/press/bees-under-threat-solutions-for-survival

Judge orders Trump administration to reinstate environmental grants frozen under executive orders. Thirteen nonprofits and six municipalities said they filed suit after they were forced to furlough employees and pause programs intended to benefit farmers, communities and public health.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/19052025/judge-orders-trump-administration-to-restore-environmental-grant-funding/

MAJOR WIN: Frozen grants to be restored in lawsuit challenging federal funding freeze. The permanent injunction will restore the majority of the grants represented by the Southern Environmental Law Center and the Public Rights Project’s lawsuit challenging the federal funding freeze and is one of the first final judgments in a case challenging the administration’s actions.
https://www.selc.org/press-release/major-win-frozen-grants-to-be-restored-in-lawsuit-challenging-federal-funding-freeze/

# FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency]
GOP Senator Begs for Disaster Aid as FEMA Snubs Another Red State. Several conservative states have been forced to wait for disaster relief, with lawmakers publicly groveling for federal assistance
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/josh-hawley-begs-trump-administration-fema-aid-missouri-1235343815/

Trump admin cut weather service staff in Kentucky, where tornadoes killed 19. Tornadoes expose staffing crisis at National Weather Service. The National Weather Service faces staffing shortages as tornadoes hit Kentucky, raising concerns about future severe weather preparedness.
https://www.wlwt.com/article/tornadoes-expose-staffing-crisis-at-national-weather-service/64817880

# Food / General News
Does Your Ice Cream Resist Melting? It May Contain an Ingredient That’s Harming Your Health. Studies have found that emulsifiers, chemicals used to control the consistency of thousands of supermarket products, can alter the mix of bacteria in the gut, known as the microbiome or microbiota, damage the lining of the gastrointestinal tract and trigger inflammation, potentially contributing to problems elsewhere in the body.
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/ice-cream-resist-melting-ingredient-harming-health-kff/#:~:text=Studies%20have%20found%20that%20emulsifiers,potentially%20contributing%20to%20problems%20elsewhere

# General News
Trump plans to merge wildland firefighting efforts into one agency, but ex-officials warn of chaos
https://apnews.com/article/wildfires-trump-fire-service-climate-change-85a0d6bfb15677c01a4b5fbe913eef85

# Gov / Politics
Millions ‘threatened by hunger and disease’ after US policy changes. Experts sound the alarm: abrupt US policy changes could trigger a worldwide humanitarian disaster, endanger millions of vulnerable lives, and set back decades of global health progress.
https://www.news-medical.net/news/20250519/US-withdrawal-from-global-health-bodies-threatens-millions-with-hunger-and-disease.aspx

‘That’s Pathetic, Mr. Secretary’: Rubio Called Out By Senator For Detaining Student Over an Op-Ed
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/thats-pathetic-mr-secretary-rubio-called-out-by-senator-for-detaining-student-over-an-op-ed/

Trump ridiculed after declaring Food Assistance cut will ‘give everyone much more food’: Try to make any sense of what Donald Trump is saying here about Republicans’ planned cuts to food assistance. “You campaigned on lowering the price of groceries. How can you justify cutting food assistance in this [budget] bill?” a reporter asked the president
https://newrepublic.com/post/195496/trump-cut-food-assistance-budget-bill

‘Very Bad News’: Conservative Legal Scholar Slams Trump Considering His Ex-Lawyer to be a Federal Judge
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/very-bad-news-conservative-legal-scholar-slams-trump-considering-his-ex-lawyer-to-be-a-federal-judge/

Kristi Noem Goes Viral Saying Under Oath: “Habeas Corpus Is A Constitutional Right That The President Has.” Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem just gave an absolutely incorrect definition of habeas corpus, displaying a deeply alarming lack of knowledge for someone overseeing the Trump administration’s illegal immigration crackdowns.
https://www.newsbreak.com/the-new-republic-1991457/4015849828526-kristi-noem-gives-bonkers-definition-of-key-constitutional-right

Why President Trump Will Destroy Every Member of His Cabinet
https://www.thedailybeast.com/why-president-trump-will-destroy-every-member-of-his-cabinet/

MAGA Immediately Turns Biden’s Cancer Into Another Conspiracy. “What I want to know is how did Dr. Jill Biden miss stage five metastatic cancer or is this yet another coverup?”  Trump Jr. wrote on X.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/maga-immediately-turns-biden-cancer-005041169.html

Trump’s defiant seven-word reaction as Putin deploys army to NATO borders
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/trump-s-defiant-seven-word-reaction-as-putin-chillingly-deploys-army-to-nato-borders/ar-AA1F9A6m?ocid=TobArticle

‘Womp womp’: MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow mocks Trumps as new ‘mess’ falls through
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oq5-o2GlAYU

‘Completely flipped’: Expert says Trump just threw holdout Republicans’ demands under bus. President Donald Trump casually did a 180-degree swerve on a hotly contentious issue standing in the way of the House GOP consensus on the “big, beautiful bill” on tax cuts, energy deregulation, and border security
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/completely-flipped-expert-says-trump-just-threw-holdout-republicans-demands-under-bus/ar-AA1F8z48?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=5e00d83fc64a4baa8faf0ad06df6bdc6&ei=15

‘No precedent’: Experts warn Trump is ‘destroying the American presidency.’ In his May 20 column, Edsall argues that some of the damage Trump has inflicted on the United States during the last four months will take years to repair. “One thing stands out amid all the chaos, corruption and disorder: the wanton destructiveness of the Trump presidency.”
https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/other/no-precedent-experts-warn-trump-is-destroying-the-american-presidency/ar-AA1F7XxQ

‘I’ll Shove It Up Their Ass’: Trump Rails Against Political Opponents at Posh Dinner
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-kennedy-center-shove-up-ass-olympics-b2754551.html

‘Absolutely furious’ ex-ambassador drops the hammer on Trump over Afrikaner immigrants
https://www.yahoo.com/news/m-absolutely-furious-fmr-south-133809441.html

Neil Young to Trump: “I’m Not Scared of You. Neither Are the Rest of Us”: Neil Young has once again spoken out against Donald Trump, following the US president’s online attacks on Bruce Springsteen and other musicians this week.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/neil-young-trump-m-not-190326104.html

‘Entirely ignores the Supreme Court’s decision’: Appeals court slams Trump admin’s claim it can’t ‘facilitate’ return of 2nd man ‘wrongfully’ deported to El Salvador
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/entirely-ignores-the-supreme-courts-decision-appeals-court-slams-trump-admins-claim-it-cant-facilitate-return-of-2nd-man-wrongfully-deported-to-el-salvador/

What we’re seeing from Trump is the most corrupt scheme from a U.S. president in our history. What we’re witnessing from Donald Trump right now is the most corrupt scheme we’ve ever seen from a president of the United States.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oJ66MTnFtQ

# Gov / Politics / Global
UK, France, Canada threaten ‘concrete actions’ against Israel over Gaza. Husam Zumlot, Palestine’s ambassador to UK, urges arms embargo and support in holding ‘war criminals’ accountable.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/20/uk-france-and-canada-threaten-concrete-actions-against-israel

Russia builds up military presence along borders with NATO member countries
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/20/nx-s1-5403625/russia-builds-up-military-presence-along-borders-with-nato-member-countries

A moment of judgment has come at last: not just for Netanyahu but for his enablers. Israel’s renewed assault on Gaza has prompted international condemnation, but many of those critics will face their own reckoning
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/20/judgment-israel-gaza-benjamin-netanyahu-enablers

Israeli Ex-General Slams Attacks on Gaza: ‘Kill[ing] Babies As A Pastime’
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-opposition-leader-condemns-country-killing-babies-hobby

# Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA / DEA / DHS
Jan. 6 defendant who demanded ‘full compensation’ with Trump pardon now arrested for breaking into home, stealing items, cops say
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/jan-6-defendant-who-demanded-full-compensation-with-trump-pardon-now-arrested-for-breaking-into-home-stealing-items-cops-say/

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Trump administration charges congresswoman over ICE oversight visit: Acting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba, a former personal lawyer to President Donald Trump, announced charges against Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.) over a clash between lawmakers and ICE agents at a detention center near Newark earlier this month.
https://theimmigrationhub.org/press/trump-doj-charges-congresswoman-after-she-was-assaulted-by-ice-agents-during-oversight-visit/

‘Blatant political attack’: US lawmaker charged over ICE centre standoff. Democrats say the Trump administration’s decision to charge Congresswoman LaMonica McIver sets a ‘dangerous precedent’.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/20/blatant-political-attack-us-lawmaker-charged-over-ice-centre-standoff

The controversy over Rep. LaMonica McIver’s criminal charges, explained
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5310706-trump-ice-agency-newark-detention/

# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
A century ago, Hitler declared war on the ‘lying press’ and targeted a feisty little newspaper, sound familiar? In the 1920s and ’30s, Germans failed to heed the warnings of the Münchener Post. Hitler’s battles with the Post are relevant to our own perilous times. The newspaper’s fearlessness is a symbol of how a free press can challenge authoritarianism.
https://forward.com/opinion/721378/hitler-nazi-trump-journalists-targeting-munchener-post/

While many scholars have examined the rhetoric of President Donald Trump and Adolf Hitler individually, there is a void of scholarly work that highlights the similarities between the two leaders’ use of grandiloquent language to stoke the passions of their perspective nations Rise to Power
https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1061&context=undergrad-honors

# Medicare / Medicaid
New Bill Could Transform Healthcare for 68.5 Million Seniors. Medicare’s telehealth coverage was scheduled to run out on March 31, but Khanna’s new bill would continue it.
https://www.newsweek.com/medicare-change-millions-under-new-bill-2036731

‘Intentionally Hiding’: GOP Tries to Sneak Through Medicaid Cuts in Dead of Night. “It’s just over 100 days you guys have gone from promising to lower costs to ripping away people’s health care. Of course you don’t want anybody to know what you’re doing here,” Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) said. “It’s because you know this bill betrays the people who voted for you.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/intentionally-hiding-gop-tries-sneak-151159952.html

# Medical / Health News / Covid / Biologicals
Breaking: Senate Report Exposes How Federal Health Officials ‘Downplayed’ COVID Vaccine Risks, Failed to Warn Public. The report, issued today by the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, reveals previously redacted information from government records recently obtained by subpoena and by earlier requests under the Freedom of Information Act.
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/federal-health-officials-downplayed-covid-vaccine-risks-senate-report/

FDA to Limit Approvals of New COVID Vaccines to Elderly, High-Risk Groups — But Hundreds of Millions Still Eligible for the Shots
https://san.com/cc/fda-limits-covid-19-vaccine-approval-to-seniors-high-risk-groups/

Toxic chemicals in everyday products may help explain rising rates of autism. Autism spectrum disorder is now diagnosed in about 1 in 31 children in the United States, a rise of 70 percent in just four years
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3944636/

6-Month-Old Died After Receiving 6 Routine Vaccines at Wellness Visit. Less than 14 hours after 6-month-old Blessings Myrical Jean Simmons was given six vaccines during a 6-month wellness visit, the next morning, the parents found Blessings dead in her bassinet.
https://tdefender.substack.com/p/6-month-old-died-after-receiving-6-routine-vaccines-at-wellness-visit?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Delaware Legalizes Assisted Suicide. Democrat Delaware Gov. Matt Meyer signed a bill into law Tuesday that legalizes assisted suicide in the state.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5310064-delaware-becomes-11th-state-to-allow-assisted-suicide/

# Military / Militia / General News
US Army Medics Prepare for War with China. The Army extended its combat medic training course, conducted realistic rehearsals with partner nations to build relationships, and is developing distributed command-and-control nodes in the Pacific.
https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2025/05/us-army-medics-prepare-war-china/405458/#:~:text=To%20prepare%20for%20that%20possibility,and%20is%20developing%20distributed%20command

An F-35 stealth fighter flying in Texas sent classified data to an air base 5,000 miles away in Denmark. New test demonstrated F-35’s ability to collect, analyse and share advanced data across geographically dispersed networks.
https://theaviationist.com/2025/05/19/rdaf-f-35-data-sharing-test/

USAF Has Started Planning for Qatari 747 to Enter Presidential Service as Air Force One. The Air Force has started planning modifications to the 747-8 to be gifted to the U.S. by Qatar into a suitable presidential transport, promising that the jet would meet all the basic requirements of the mission
https://www.airandspaceforces.com/usaf-has-started-planning-for-qatari-747-to-enter-presidential-service-as-air-force-one/

US and China are training for new ways to get wounded troops away from the frontline. The U.S. Air Force is rethinking how it would medically evacuate thousands of wounded American troops from the Pacific in a matter of weeks if the military sustained high casualties in a war with China
https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2023/08/11/airmen-prepare-for-a-new-era-of-medical-evacuation-in-the-pacific/

RTX delivers first radar to MDA that can track hypersonic weapons. With a new Gallium Nitride array, the AN/TPY-2 radar can now detect hypersonic weapons at greater ranges, earlier in the flight path
https://breakingdefense.com/2025/05/missile-defense-agency-takes-delivery-of-first-thaad-radar-to-track-hypersonics/

# Military / General News / Global
Russian army in chaos as North Korean soldiers go on drunken ‘rape’ rampages. North Korean troops sent to bolster Russia’s war effort in Ukraine have been accused of terrorising local communities in the Kursk region
https://www.the-express.com/news/world-news/172244/russian-army-chaos-north-korean-soldiers-go-drunken-rampages-try-rape-women

Putin fighter jets spotted protecting secretive ‘shadow fleet’ passing through NATO waters. The fleet is estimated to have hundreds of vessels, including older ships with extensive wear and tear.
https://www.the-express.com/news/world-news/172256/putin-russia-nato-waters-shadow-fleet

# NASA
Scientists sound alarm after new NASA report reveals concerning phenomenon in oceans: ‘Earth’s expanding oceans are following suit.’ The sea level has risen by 4 inches
https://www.nasa.gov/missions/jason-cs-sentinel-6/sentinel-6-michael-freilich/nasa-analysis-shows-unexpected-amount-of-sea-level-rise-in-2024/

# NOAA / Weather
Trump Moves to Gut NOAA’s Climate Research. Its budget plan would also weaken hurricane forecasting by eliminating a system to track ocean conditions that affect the weather and storms.
https://www.nrdc.org/press-releases/trump-moves-gut-noaas-climate-research

# Nuclear
Why the Nuclear Gravity Bomb Has Gotten a Reboot: B61 is an air-delivered gravity bomb, so named because it is dropped from an aircraft. Gravity bombs had been a feature of aerial warfare since wooden biplanes released them over the trenches in World War I. The B61 was a revolutionary weapon, featuring a versatility not seen in a nuclear munition before or since.
https://warontherocks.com/2025/05/why-the-nuclear-gravity-bomb-has-gotten-a-reboot/

# Social Media / Internet
Terrorists Granted Paid Accounts, Blue Checks on X: U.S.-sanctioned terrorist organizations appear to be enjoying the perks of paid, premium accounts and verified blue check marks on the social media platform X, a potential violation of U.S. sanctions.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/terrorists-granted-paid-accounts-blue-223000081.html

# Space Force
Space Force Losing 14 Percent of Civilian Workers as It Faces ‘Outsize Impact’ of Pentagon Job Cuts. The Space Force is facing a 14 percent cut to its civilian workforce due to the Trump administration’s broad push to shrink the number of civilians working for the defense establishment. Instead of anticipated growth in its workforce, the Space Force’s personnel have now shrunk significantly.
https://www.stripes.com/branches/space_force/2025-05-20/space-force-civilian-workforce-hearing-17856400.html

# Space Technology
Trump Announces Plan For Golden Dome, Led By Space Force General. President Donald Trump wants his signature Golden Dome missile defense program to be up and running before the end of his term and has tapped Space Force Vice Chief of Space Operations Gen. Michael A. Guetlein to lead the project.
https://www.airandspaceforces.com/trump-announces-plan-for-golden-dome-led-by-space-force-general/

What is the Golden Dome defence system Trump announced? The $175bn ambitious space proposal aims to counter aerial threats but Washington’s adversary China says it would prompt an arms race.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/21/what-is-the-golden-dome-defence-system-trump-announced

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
Elon Musk granted exception to South Africa’s Black ownership rules to operate Starlink. South Africa will loosen its Black ownership laws to allow Elon Musk to operate his Starlink service in his home country.
https://www.rawstory.com/elon-musk-south-africa/

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Voices, The Peoples News

May 20, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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This daily Voices, The Peoples News is posted through the blog function of www.MPEN-Ohio.net

# Indigenous
These Tribes Want a Key Piece of Oklahoma Land Returned. The governor of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes spoke with Interior Secretary Doug Burgum in early May about transferring nearly 10,000 acres.
https://oklahomawatch.org/2025/05/19/these-tribes-want-a-key-piece-of-oklahoma-land-returned/

# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
Papers please: Trump employs proof of identity tactic to monitor Americans. The data the administration is pushing for can be weaponized against people.
https://www.axios.com/2025/05/19/trump-100-days-monitor-americans

At least 50 migrants sent to El Salvador prison entered US legally, Cato Institute finds.  A subsequent CBS News investigation found that 75 percent of the men on that list had no criminal record in the United States or abroad. Less attention has been paid to the fact that dozens of these men never violated immigration laws either.
https://www.cato.org/blog/50-venezuelans-imprisoned-el-salvador-came-us-legally-never-violated-immigration-law

‘Flood the system’: US attorney unleashes new task force to crack down on blue state’s sanctuary policies
https://www.aol.com/flood-system-us-attorney-unleashes-180052293.html

ICE Deports Chinese National Security Threat. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement apprehended a Chinese national who was convicted of illegally acting as an agent of a foreign government. ICE Newark arrested Ming Xi Zhang March 24 in Newark, New Jersey, He remains in ICE custody.
https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-arrests-chinese-national-convicted-illegally-acting-agent-foreign-government

The Supreme Court has granted President Donald Trump’s request to remove legal protections for Venezuelan nationals, opening them up to potential deportation.
https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-venezuelans-deportation-trump-5589f17e0ecd5d33bfb220e15720f88d

# Business / Industry / Corporations
Dollar General shoppers urged to check bank accounts as ‘unsettling’ info-stealing devices found – victim list will grow
https://www.the-sun.com/news/14136207/dollar-general-warning-shoppers-card-skimmer-device/

# Chemicals / Herbicides / Pesticides / Bugs
# Children / Youth
Republicans are attacking childcare funding. Their goal? To push women out of the workforce
https://ifstudies.org/in-the-news/republicans-are-raiding-childcare-funding-to-push-women-out-of-the-workforce

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS
Trump says tax bill will help all Americans. President Trump’s “big, beautiful” tax-and-spending bill could come with a big, ugly cost, economists warn. It would add more than $2.5 trillion to the federal debt, currently at an all-time high of $36.8 trillion.
https://time.com/7286837/what-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-would-do-to-the-national-debt/

JPMorgan’s Dimon warns markets are underestimating geopolitical, inflation risks. The Trump administration’s fast-changing tariff policies sent markets spiralling on recession fears and concerns about the safety of US assets
https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/international/jpmorgans-dimon-warns-markets-are-underestimating-geopolitical-inflation-risks

‘Concerted effort to disrupt and destroy’: Humanities organizations sue DOGE after it ‘gutted’ congressionally approved budget
https://lawandcrime.com/trump/concerted-effort-to-disrupt-and-destroy-humanities-organizations-sue-doge-after-it-gutted-congressionally-approved-budget/

# Education / Schools / Libraries / Museums
A Teacher Dragged a 6-Year-Old With Autism by His Ankle. Federal Civil Rights Officials Might Not Do Anything. Xander Reed, has autism and does not speak
https://www.propublica.org/article/garrison-school-illinois-autistic-student-dragged-ankle

# Employment / Labor / Unions
Trump’s mass layoff threat drives U.S. government workers to resign
https://www.aol.com/news/trumps-mass-layoff-threat-drives-101003222.html

How Trump and Elon Musk’s chaotic policy has impacted tens to thousands of US government workers
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/global-trends/us-news-how-trump-and-elon-musks-chaotic-policy-mass-layoff-threat-has-impacted-tens-to-thousands-of-us-government-workers/articleshow/121292272.cms?from=mdr

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
Major energy discovery near the Wah Wah Mountains in Utah
https://secure.commoditysupercycles.com/?cid=MKT836007&eid=MKT837413&cto_pld=3ic8x0HWAQBTkKUocSzldA&assetId=AST367832&page=1

Texas pushes fracking wastewater reuse, raising fears over liability and pollution. Oil companies in Texas want legal immunity as they promote treated fracking water as a solution to the state’s growing water crisis
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/05/19/texas-legislature-produced-water-legal-protections-oil-gas/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Global
China has officially launched an artificial sun: China’s “Artificial Sun” reaches new milestone, near-limitless
https://www.google.com/search?q=china+has+officially+launched+an+artificial+sun&rlz=1C1SQJL_enUS924US924&oq=china+has+officially+launched+an+artificial+sun&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIHCAEQIRiPAjIHCAIQIRiPAtIBCTI5ODg1ajBqNKgCALACAQ&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:db35bcbd,vid:WSgmw00l-zU,st:1

China’s ‘Artificial Sun’ Breakthrough Brings Unlimited Energy Closer to Reality
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wTaxzBxo6E

China’s ‘artificial sun’ shatters nuclear fusion record by generating steady loop of plasma for 1,000 seconds
https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/nuclear-energy/chinas-artificial-sun-shatters-nuclear-fusion-record-by-generating-steady-loop-of-plasma-for-1-000-seconds

Experts raise concerns as government announces plans to go against international agreement: ‘Fatally at odds.’ The Republic of Congo is set to nearly double its oil production over the next three years despite a previous agreement to step back from fossil fuels. Chinese and French oil companies are involved
https://www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/republic-of-congo-oil-production-increase/#:~:text=Marketplace-,Experts%20raise%20concerns%20as%20government%20announces%20plans%20to%20go%20against,The%20diagnosis%20has%20been%20made.%22&text=The%20Republic%20of%20Congo%20is,step%20back%20from%20fossil%20fuels

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
Scientists issue urgent warning after witnessing collapse of iconic insect species: A new report reveals the invertebrates could go extinct within a century, threatening ecosystems and the very survival of mankind.
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/scientists-issue-dire-warning-about-collapsing-insect-populations/

Trump halts enforcement of key regulations, triggering legal concerns. President Donald Trump has ordered federal agencies to stop enforcing a wide range of regulations
https://www.ehn.org/trump-halts-enforcement-of-key-regulations-triggering-legal-concerns

Governments ramp up legal penalties to curb environmental protests
https://www.dailyclimate.org/governments-ramp-up-legal-penalties-to-curb-environmental-protests-2672168652.html

# Food General News
The Dirty Dozen: Wash These 12 Fruits and Vegetables Properly Before Eating. Your fruits and vegetables might be holding onto pesticides and chemicals. Cleaning them properly is essential if you want to stay safe.
https://www.cnet.com/home/kitchen-and-household/the-dirty-dozen-wash-these-12-fruits-and-vegetables-properly/

Publix pulls baby food pouches over lead contamination risk
https://people.com/publix-recalls-popular-baby-food-pouch-due-to-elevated-levels-of-lead-11737518

# General News
Bankrupt 23andMe Just Sold Off All Your DNA Data: Your DNA results are in — and they’re 100 percent the property of a pharmaceutical manufacturer. There’s nothing you can do about it.
https://futurism.com/neoscope/23andme-sold-dna-data

# Gov / Politics
White House Press Secretary Tells Reporters Trump ‘Remains Committed’ to ‘Obtaining Greenland’
https://www.mediaite.com/news/white-house-press-secretary-tells-reporters-trump-remains-committed-to-obtaining-greenland/

President Donald Trump is engaged in a war on government records unlike any other chief executive in modern history and he is flouting the law to suit his purpose
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-records/

Trump official rakes in $280M tax free with ‘ethics agreement’: President Donald Trump’s commerce secretary Howard Lutnick is emulating his boss by transferring away “his ownership interests in multiple affiliated companies” to trusts that will benefit his adult children
https://www.rawstory.com/howard-lutnick-trump-2672130120/

Trump has wiped Elon Musk’s name from Truth Social as GOP insiders admit he’s ‘finished, done, gone’
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-elon-musk-truth-social-mentions-b2753786.html

Republicans Are Rejoicing as They Gut a Bill That Benefits Red States
https://newrepublic.com/article/195350/republicans-rejoicing-gut-bill-benefits-red-states

President Donald Trump has set up an endless series of showdowns and confrontations with federal courts, walking right up to the line of ignoring court orders and, in some cases, being accused of actually doing so. But there is a “centuries-old” mechanism courts can use to fight back
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-civil-contempt/

Musk caused US long-term damage. A citizen should never have this much power. In recent memory, no one has upended the US federal government as much as Elon Musk.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2025/05/19/elon-musk-doge-trump-administration/83516542007/

Federal Judge Voids Trump and DOGE Effort to Dismantle Agency: ‘Gross Usurpation of Power.’ The decision comes following a dramatic standoff between USIP employees and DOGE official, who covertly entered the building with police assistance.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/19/institute-of-peace-trump-courts-00357149

‘This is what your America has become’: Trump’s repulsive mouthpiece wants America to watch its depraved decline. “You might live to see how this chapter turns out.”
https://wegotthiscovered.com/politics/sit-down-little-girl-trump-puppet-wants-demonic-americans-to-watch-the-president-dragging-america-into-his-depraved-decline/

‘They made billions last year’: Donald Trump wants Walmart to do communism for a bit so his tariffs don’t make him look bad
https://wegotthiscovered.com/politics/they-made-billions-last-year-donald-trump-wants-walmart-to-do-communism-for-a-bit-so-his-tariffs-dont-make-him-look-bad/

‘Second biggest scandal’: Trump accused of new grift that puts Qatari plane in shade.  “The $2 billion crypto investment in Trump stablecoin [by an Emirati firm] is the more offensive grift.” Now, Trump is unshackled. The president and his sons aren’t even pretending to close shop: they’re expanding, thirsty for deals like the one they signed in April to build a golf club in Qatar.
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/4014016906753-second-biggest-scandal-trump-accused-of-new-grift-that-puts-qatari-plane-in-shade?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3NDc3MDcxNjg0MDk%3D

‘I am going to call for a major investigation: Trump unable to maintain his lucidity after confusing America with Joe Biden cancer post
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/20/trump-suggests-coverup-of-bidens-cancer-as-questions-swirl-over-diagnosis

Supreme Court Weighs Birthright Citizenship Challenge. The United States’ highest court this week seemed divided over whether lower court judges had overstepped their authority in blocking the Trump administration’s attempts to limit birthright citizenship.
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/15/nx-s1-5398025/supreme-court-birthright-citizenship

# Gov / Politics / Global
Putin hitman threatens to blow US ‘to hell’ with radioactive tsunami as WW3 fears explode. The latest target of Putin’s nuclear ire is the United States, as the US Senate considers a new sanctions package designed to strangle the Russian economy.
https://www.newsbreak.com/express-u-s–316349130/4014764819691-putin-hitman-threatens-to-blow-us-to-hell-with-radioactive-tsunami-as-ww3-fears-explode

Netanyahu vows to ‘take control’ of Gaza as UK, France and Canada threaten action against Israel. Key allies call escalation ‘egregious’ and promise ‘concrete’ response if Israel does not end renewed offensive and allow aid into strip
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/19/benjamin-netanyahu-israel-take-control-gaza-uk-france-canada-threaten-action

UK, France and Canada threaten action against Israel over Gaza
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czxy19n4kpyo

Australia demands Israel allow aid into Gaza, stating ‘the population faces starvation’ in joint statement
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/20/australia-joins-demand-israel-allow-aid-into-gaza–starvation

Finland to use proceeds from frozen Russian assets to supply ammunition to Ukraine. Finland will supply 90 million euros ($101.35 million) of ammunition to Ukraine by using proceeds from Russian financial assets frozen by the European Union after Moscow’s full-scale invasion in 2022, the Finnish defence ministry said on Monday.
https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/finland-use-proceeds-frozen-russian-assets-supply-ammunition-ukraine-2025-05-19/

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
‘Should Send a Chill Down the Spine of Every American’: U.S. President Donald Trump’s Justice Department announced it is pursuing assault charges against Democratic congresswoman who took part in an oversight visit at a privately run migrant detention center in Newark earlier this month. “Every American should see this for what it is: the weaponization of the justice system in a shameful attempt to bully and intimidate those of us who stand in the way of the president’s agenda,” Menendez said.
https://newjerseymonitor.com/2025/05/20/democrats-condemn-assault-charges-facing-congresswoman/

VIDEO: Federal judge rules to restore 32 nonprofit grants following government freeze
https://www.live5news.com/2025/05/19/federal-judge-rules-restore-32-nonprofit-grants-following-government-freeze/

Trump admin made ‘error’ and ‘misrepresentations’ to federal court regarding removal of ‘unlawfully’ deported Guatemalan, still refuses to bring him back: Lawyers
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/trump-admin-made-error-and-misrepresentations-to-federal-court-regarding-removal-of-unlawfully-deported-guatemalan-still-refuses-to-bring-him-back-lawyers/

Sobbing through meetings: Nearly three-quarters of the attorneys working for the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division are leaving in protest of President Donald Trump’s policies.
https://www.rawstory.com/doj-civil-rights-division/

In latest Trump overhaul, Justice Department may change who prosecutes public corruption. The president, said one expert, “is for corruption and is undermining any federal efforts to combat it.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/doj-corruption

‘Sick to my stomach’: Critics appalled as taxpayers ordered to pay $5M to J6 rioter’s kin. Critics of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurgency were dumbfounded to learn that the Trump administration had agreed to pay nearly $5 million to the family of slain rioter Ashli Babbitt, as first reported by The Washington Post.
[Remember now, J6 rioters are Trump patriots.]
https://www.rawstory.com/ashli-babbitt-2672134585/

# Medicare / Medicaid
Republicans Are Making Their Politically ‘Suicidal’ Medicaid Cuts Even Worse. The House Energy and Commerce Committee was directed to cut $880 billion, mostly from Medicaid. A longtime Trumpworld adviser says the party’s effort to slash Medicaid is “the height of stupidity from a political perspective”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/05/12/republican-medicaid-proposal-cuts/83574876007/

GOP Cuts to Medicaid ‘Will Kill People,’ Advocate Warns and New Research Bolsters. A working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research found that Medicaid expansion saved over 27,000 lives since 2010.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/medicaid-cuts-nebr-research

US health groups vow to fight GOP cuts to Medicaid and Obamacare
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/19/republican-healthcare-bill-medicaid

GOP Senator Pestered About Medicare Fraud Scandal After Claiming Americans ‘Decided’ They Didn’t Want Healthcare: ‘Not Everyone Can Defraud Medicare’
https://www.latintimes.com/gop-senator-pestered-about-medicare-fraud-scandal-after-claiming-americans-decided-they-didnt-583373

After ‘Backroom Deal’ to Make Medicaid Cuts Even Worse, GOP Passes Budget Bill Out of Committee. “The only reason this vote passed tonight is because they’ve plotted behind closed doors to hurt even more families.”
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-tax-bill-advances-deal-130552250.html

# Medical / Health News
Superbug feeds on medical plastics, raising concerns over device safety in hospitals. A bacterium common in hospitals can digest biodegradable medical plastics, enabling it to persist on devices and potentially heighten infection.
https://www.livescience.com/health/viruses-infections-disease/hospital-superbug-can-feed-on-medical-plastic-first-of-its-kind-study-reveals

Kids, Teens Who Got COVID Vaccine Had 23% Higher Risk of Autoimmune Disease
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/kids-teens-covid-vaccine-autoimmune-disease-risk/?utm_source=luminate&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=defender&utm_id=20250519

Autoimmune and Autoinflammatory Connective Tissue Disorders Following COVID-19
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2810259

# Military / Militia / General News
Navy’s former second-in-command convicted in historic corruption case
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2025-05-19/navy-admiral-robert-burke-bribery-17845896.html

# Military / General News / Global
‘They Are Now Planning on Annihilating Khan Younis’: New IDF Displacement Order Sparks Alarm. The United Nations human rights chief called Israel’s intensifying assault on Gaza “tantamount to ethnic cleansing.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/khan-younis-evacuation

# NOAA / Weather
Trump plan would scrap critical ocean data network used by pilots, forecasters, and emergency crews. Trump budget would cut ocean data and leave boaters, anglers and forecasters scrambling for info
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/global-trends/trump-budget-would-cut-ocean-data-and-leave-boaters-anglers-and-forecasters-scrambling-for-info/articleshow/121246317.cms?from=mdr

# Security / Surveillance / Cybersecurity
Rights Groups Raise Alarm Over First US City’s Broad Use of Facial Recognition Tracking. “This is the facial recognition technology nightmare scenario that we have been worried about,” said one civil liberties campaigner.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/new-orleans-police-facial-recognition

# Social Media / Internet
How the Chinese Regime Uses YouTube to Influence Americans. Signs of the Chinese regime’s influence are becoming more prevalent on YouTube, especially in English-language content about China.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/12/13/technology/china-propaganda-youtube-influencers.html

Why is YouTube boosting anti-US, pro-Chinese communist propaganda?
https://thehill.com/opinion/international/5155350-youtube-promoting-pro-china/

# Transportation / Travel Advisories
I’m a former air traffic controller. The entire system is being stressed and the government needs to do more.
https://www.businessinsider.com/former-air-traffic-controller-system-stressed-government-help-2025-5

# Veterans / VA
VA’s growing roll of veterans getting POW benefits scrutinized by those once held captive. When the number of former prisoners of war receiving benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs nearly doubled without explanation, an American survivor of the “Hanoi Hilton” wanted answers.
https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2025-05-19/pow-veteran-counting-vietnam-gulf-17786591.html

# Water / Lakes / Oceans
Lawmakers propose game-changing new law to ban a dangerous substance found in human bodies: ‘A growing threat to our water and our health.’ The law would require testing and strategy plans to be updated every two years.
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/rhode-island-microplastics-reduction-act/

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# Indigenous
Many on Navajo Nation Blindsided by Hydrogen Pipeline Change. Pipeline company touts helping the nation; letter writing campaign raises questions. Critic says, “Just pipe the natural gas.”
https://sourcenm.com/2025/05/15/many-on-navajo-nation-blindsided-by-hydrogen-pipeline-change/

Canada’s melting ice roads leave First Nations stranded, sparking fights over mining and road funding. Indigenous peoples are navigating the slow collapse of winter roads — and an even slower pace of help.
https://grist.org/indigenous/ice-road-canada-truck-northern-ontario-first-nations-mining/

# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
Supreme Court grants Trump authority to revoke protected status of over 300,000 Venezuelans. Litigation will happen in the lower courts.
https://time.com/7286645/supreme-court-temporary-protected-status-venezuelans/

Trump Is Building a Global Gulag for Immigrants Captured by ICE. The U.S. is in talks with 19 nations, including Libya, Kosovo, Rwanda, and Moldova, to accept deportees from other countries.
https://theintercept.com/2025/05/15/trump-ice-immigrants-deport-prisons-cecot-libya/

# Children / Youth
Tom Homan On Trafficked 14-Year-Old Girl Found Pregnant: ‘This Sh*t Is Happening Every Day.’ Tom Homan recounted the recent rescue of a 14-year-old girl who had been trafficked and was found pregnant.
https://www.aol.com/tom-homan-trafficked-14-old-164706074.html

# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
DOGE Has Gutted AmeriCorps. What Happens When the Next Disaster Strikes? The loss of staffing and programs is one more blow to the US’s ability to respond to and recover from disasters.
https://www.theenergymix.com/doge-hollows-out-americorps-undermines-disaster-relief-across-u-s/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS
Senators Probe Cash Funneled To Trump IRS Nominee. Citing The Lever’s reporting, top Senate Dems say “unusually timed contributions” to Trump’s stalled IRS nominee Billy Long “potentially violate federal bribery laws.”
https://www.levernews.com/senators-probe-cash-funneled-to-trump-irs-nominee/

Rule change would allow Trump to ‘cook the books’ and hide collapsing economy: There is a new move afoot to make it permissible to fire federal financial analysts if their reports don’t paint the pretty picture the president demands
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-employee-purge/

Trump-tied World Liberty Financial Rebuffs U.S. Senator’s Probe. World Liberty Financial rebuts Senate Democrat’s probe into USD1 stablecoin and Trump’s crypto ties
https://www.theblock.co/post/354624/world-liberty-financial-rebuts-senate-democrats-probe-usd1-stablecoin-trump-crypto-ties

Social Security Income Could Rise as House Pushes $14.8 Trillion Tax Elimination Plan. Several lawmakers in Congress have recently introduced legislation that aims to accomplish the same goal.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/retirement/2025/05/13/trump-eliminate-social-security-taxes/83594521007/

Virginia Dem: “GOP tax cuts would be on ‘backs of millions of Americans.’ This budget is going to make the tax cuts permanent on the backs of millions of Americans losing their health care and access to SNAP benefits.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/5306387-gop-budget-proposal-mcclennan-critique/

Trump Is Furious That His Tariffs Are Doing Exactly What Economists Said They’d Do. Walmart announced it would raise prices due to tariffs. A Trumpian meltdown ensued.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/05/trump-walmart-tariffs-bessent/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
Scientists make breakthrough with underground tunnels harnessing little-known energy source: ‘One of the most critical steps’
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/geothermal-energy-cement-casing-well-integrity/

Satellites reveal global oil rigs leaking hundreds of thousands of gallons into oceans. A groundbreaking investigation led by SkyTruth has plotted and ranked the world’s most polluting offshore oil and gas facilities using advanced satellite technology to highlight the worst persistent oil slicks and greenhouse gas emissions around the world.
https://oceanographicmagazine.com/news/offshore-oil-platform-pollution-exposed-in-world-first-for-ocean/

Trump’s New Executive Order Promotes Deep Sea Mining in US and International Waters While Bypassing International Law
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/25/nx-s1-5376482/trump-seabed-mining-executive-order

Experts alarmed over Trump’s promotion of deep-sea mining in international waters. Critics call for an industry moratorium until more scientific data can be obtained.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/05/experts-alarmed-over-trumps-promotion-of-deep-sea-mining-in-international-waters/

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
Every person, in every country in every continent will be impacted in some shape or form by climate change. There is a climate cataclysm looming, and we are underprepared for what this could mean.
https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/climate-change/

Seabirds on remote Australian island found filled with plastic waste. One bird was found to have ingested nearly 800 pieces. The seabirds have become so full of plastic they crackle and crunch.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-15/birds-crunch-full-plastic-losing-war-waste/105221266

# FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency]
New FEMA chief says states must take the lead on disaster recovery this hurricane season
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/fema-hurricane-season-no-plan-39042ee6

# General Recalls / Alerts
Walmart announces nationwide recall and shoppers are surprised by the list of affected items.
https://corporate.walmart.com/recalls

# General News
A gun deemed too dangerous for cops, fine for civilians. Police reselling their SIG Sauer P320 pistols to the public.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/05/a-gun-deemed-too-dangerous-for-cops-but-fine-for-civilians/

Squatters Can Legally Take Your Home In These 8 States
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQ6P_WwFpr8

# Gov / Politics
Even Donald Trump’s MAGA Backers are Getting Sick of Him Using Presidency to Make Himself and Family Billions. Donald Trump’s National Golf Club just outside Washington, D.C., is set to transform into the ultimate playground for cryptocurrency moguls. The star-studded event isn’t about honoring contributions to the United States or charity. Instead, it’s about growing the Trump family’s private bank account.
https://radaronline.com/p/donald-trump-maga-backers-sick-using-presidency-himself-family-billions/

Trump just undermined America’s strategic partnership with India. Islamist gunmen had deliberately targeted Hindu tourists, exemplifying the persistent cross-border terrorism that India has long endured. Yet few anticipated that the decisive external actor to intervene, President Trump, would seek not to de-escalate tensions impartially, but to tilt the scales in favor of the state sponsor of terror.
https://thehill.com/opinion/international/5304742-trump-just-undermined-americas-strategic-partnership-with-india/

Al Green suggests military coup coming under Trump, refuses to pivot from attacks. The Texas lawmaker’s latest comments to Newsweek defy warnings from Democratic colleagues to step back from provocative actions and inflammatory impeachment talk and instead focus on policy.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/3415221/al-green-military-coup-trump-attacks-democratic-warnings/

“I feel like I’ve lost my country”: Americans who oppose Trump are now looking for the exits. Professional relocation consultants say they’re fielding more calls from Americans trying to leave the country https://www.salon.com/2025/05/18/i-feel-like-ive-lost-my-country-americans-oppose-are-now-looking-for-the-exits/

Senator Says The Country Is ‘Stuck With A Madman’ In The White House Because Of Dems. “It was absolutely a mistake for the party to not listen to those voters,” Sen. Chris Murphy said.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/chris-murphy-democrats-2024-loss-trump_n_682a2884e4b0bccd40f52677?origin=top-ad-recirc

Republicans resist Trump’s takeover at Library of Congress as party question unrestrained power. Quiet resistance from top Republicans has kept Trump officials out — for now. GOP congressional leaders have stood aside the past four months as President Donald Trump has attacked legislative branch prerogatives — shuttering agencies, canceling federal grants and imposing sweeping tariffs. Now he’s meddling in their actual back yard.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/14/library-of-congress-trump-takeover-carla-hayden-00349275

Trump’s own words are being thrown back in his face after his latest threat. Author James Surowiecki said, “But Trump has said over and over again that foreign countries pay tariffs, not US businesses or consumers. If that’s true, why would Walmart have to eat anything?” he then asked.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-own-words-walmart-threat/

Trump’s Threats to Defy Courts Go Nuclear as MAGA Rages at New Losses. As Trump’s hints that he will override the courts get worse, a close observer of MAGA lawlessness explains why the Trump-MAGA game plan here is more dangerous than it appears.
https://newrepublic.com/article/195387/trump-threats-defy-courts-go-nuclear-maga-rages-new-losses

# Gov / Politics / Global
Council of Europe denounces ‘deliberate starvation’ in Gaza. The Council warned that Israel’s actions risk fueling future conflict, while the UN rights chief condemned the escalating offensive and blockade as tantamount to ethnic cleansing.
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2025/05/16/council-of-europe-accuses-israel-of-deliberate-starvation-in-gaza_6741353_4.html

Iran’s blunt 12-word promise as it plans to deport 2 million illegal migrants. The extremist regime said it had no more room for refugees.
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/2056630/iran-deport-2million-illegal-migrants

# Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA / DEA / DHS
Trump Administration Dismantles Protections Against Law Enforcement Abuses
https://www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trump-administration-dismantles-protections-against-law-enforcement-abuses/

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Trump DOJ plan would let it indict lawmakers who opposed him with no oversight. The Department of Justice under Attorney General Pam Bondi is considering a plan that would let federal prosecutors investigate and indict members of Congress, unfettered by traditional oversight designed to stop political persecution.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-doj-considers-making-easier-172521167.html

Trump’s clash with the courts raises prospect of showdown over separation of powers. The fact that GOP lawmakers are including it shows how much those in power in the nation’s capital are thinking about the consequences of defying judges as the battle between the Trump administration and the courts escalates.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-restraining-order/

# Medicare / Medicaid
GOP lawmakers pushed a sweeping bill forward in a rare Sunday vote after cutting a backroom deal with far-right Republicans to fast-track deeper Medicaid cuts and slash food aid—while offering permanent tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations.
https://www.nationofchange.org/2025/05/19/house-republicans-advance-massive-budget-bill-with-medicaid-cuts-and-tax-breaks-after-secret-weekend-deal/

Federal judge blocks $11B in public health cuts. The Health and Human Services Department said the move was on the grounds that the pandemic was over. But it cast doubt on states’ ability to contain infectious diseases, ensure access to vaccines and continue substance use disorder programs, among other efforts.
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/04/judge-halts-hhs-plan-to-kill-11b-in-public-health-grants

# Medical Science / Research
Trump administration defunds autism research in DEI and ‘gender ideology’ purge
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/08/politics/universities-medical-research-funding-frozen-trump-diversity-purge

# Military / Militia / General News
Pentagon silent, aviation experts baffled by Trump’s fighter comments
https://www.defensenews.com/air/2025/05/16/pentagon-silent-aviation-experts-baffled-by-trumps-fighter-comments/

Air Force F-15 Fighters Deploy to Protect Diego Garcia as B-52s Rotate In. Multiple U.S. Air Force F-15 fighters have deployed to the strategic outpost of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean to protect the myriad of assets deployed there, including B-52 strategic bombers.
https://www.airandspaceforces.com/air-force-f-15-fighters-deploy-protect-diego-garcia-b-52s/

EA-37 Compass Call Electronic Warfare Jet Completes First Training Mission
https://theaviationist.com/2025/05/15/ea-37b-compass-call-first-mission-training-sortie/

# Military / General News / Global
Israel Just Launched Its Expanded Ground Invasion to Permanently “Conquer” Gaza. A resident says the army is firing deadly missiles into crowded neighborhoods without warning or evacuation notice.
https://truthout.org/articles/israel-just-launched-its-expanded-ground-invasion-to-permanently-conquer-gaza/

# NOAA / Weather
New storms pound the South as families mourn lost lives and homes. A string of deadly tornadoes has devastated parts of Kentucky and Missouri, and more severe storms are on the way
https://apnews.com/article/severe-storms-plains-kentucky-tornado-weather-407499784e8562419f2770ff31d5d207

# Nuclear
Trump aims to tighten White House grip on nuclear regulation. The White House is considering executive orders that would reshape nuclear oversight by curbing the independence of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and expanding control through the Department of Energy.
https://www.dailyclimate.org/trump-aims-to-tighten-white-house-grip-on-nuclear-regulation-2672110690.html

# Other Stuff
A bit of history about the White House. Best at full screen: Secret passage under Lincoln Room floorboard inside US Capitol revealed by congressman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JP5IVXR7FxQ

What’s the deal with the drones? A large number of mysterious drones have been reported flying over New Jersey and across the eastern U.S., sparking speculation and concern over where they came from and why.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/whats-the-deal-with-the-drones-heres-what-we-know

Federal report reveals the cause of mysterious drone sightings — but major mystery remains
https://nypost.com/2025/05/17/us-news/feds-knew-in-december-drones-were-airplanes-but-said-nothing/

# Pharmaceuticals
New Powerful Antibiotic That Kills Superbugs Found Hiding Deep In A Chinese Mine. “We were excited to find that saarvienin A doesn’t fit into any known category. Its unique structure could pave the way for antibiotics that bacteria have never encountered before.”
https://www.technologynetworks.com/drug-discovery/news/novel-antibiotic-from-rare-earth-mine-fights-superbugs-with-unique-strategy-399640#:~:text=Saarvienin%20A%20was%20isolated%20from,such%20as%20vancomycin%20and%20rifamycin

# Social Media / Internet
Al-Qaeda and Hezbollah leaders among terrorists who pay Elon Musk for X subscriptions, study finds
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/alqaeda-hezbollah-x-elon-musk-b2753354.html

# Social Services / Programs / SNAP [Food Stamps]
As Costs and Temperatures Rise, Trump Moves to Gut Low-Income Energy Assistance. Looking ahead to another hot summer, we can only hope that cuts don’t foreshadow a growing yet preventable death toll.
https://truthout.org/articles/as-costs-and-temperatures-rise-trump-moves-to-gut-low-income-energy-assistance/

# Transportation / Travel Advisories
Denver airport loses all air traffic control communications for 90 seconds after equipment failure. Controllers have multiple frequencies, so operators turned to their backup frequency in this case, he said. This backup went down “for approximately two minutes,” McIntosh said.
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/15/nx-s1-5399623/denver-airport-air-traffic-control-outage

# Water / Lakes / Oceans
EPA move to narrow water protections could leave small streams and wetlands exposed
https://www.thenewlede.org/2025/05/epa-clean-water-act-wotus/

Consequences of the Trump administration’s attempts to weaken PFAS drinking water protections. The Environmental Protection Agency is rolling back rules limiting forever chemicals in drinking water.
https://www.theverge.com/news/667349/forever-chemicals-pfas-drinking-water-rules-epa-trump-rollback

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May 18, 2025
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# Archaeology
Historians Thought This Was a Medieval Site Linked to King Arthur. It Turned Out to Be a Mysterious Monument Built 4,000 Years Earlier. Researchers have excavated King Arthur’s Hall, a rectangular enclosure in southwest England, and determined that it dates to at least 3000 B.C.E.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/historians-thought-this-was-a-medieval-site-linked-to-king-arthur-it-turned-out-to-be-a-mysterious-monument-built-4000-years-earlier-180985470/

# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
ICE accused of faking ‘alien harboring’ allegations to snatch activists. Ice used ‘false pretenses’ for warrant to hunt for Columbia students, lawyers say. Ice used warrant application as ‘pretext’ to try to arrest two students in order to deport them
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/16/ice-warrant-false-pretenses-columbia-students

El Salvador Insists ‘Ball Is In’ Trump’s Court to Bring Abrego Garcia Home: ‘The U.S. Is Paying to Keep Them There’
https://www.latintimes.com/el-salvador-insists-ball-trumps-court-bring-abrego-garcia-home-us-paying-keep-them-583180

In their words: What judges and Trump’s government say about Abrego Garcia’s mistaken deportation
https://www.thehour.com/news/politics/article/in-their-words-what-judges-and-trump-s-20277792.php

Supreme Court “enjoined the government from summarily deporting alleged gang members under the Alien Enemies Act while litigation over the constitutionality of those deportations works its way through the courts.”
https://www.rawstory.com/supreme-court-trap-trump-strike/

Lawyers for jailed Venezuelan migrants accuse El Salvador of ‘torture’: The lawyers are seeking “proof of life,” but say they have come up against a wall of silence from President Nayib Bukele’s administration and the Central American nation’s justice system.
https://www.barrons.com/news/lawyers-for-jailed-venezuelan-migrants-accuse-el-salvador-of-torture-11c058e3

Troop Deployment At The Border Has Cost The Pentagon Over $500 Million: Report
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/438108-pentagon-tells-lawmakers-border-missions-to-cost-at-least-534m/

AG Pam Bondi has the power to revoke green cards at any time, Justice Department claims
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/pam-bondi-green-cards-revoke-doj-b2752451.html

Indonesian student detained by Ice after US secretly revokes his visa. Aditya Wahyu Harsono, father of infant with special needs, surprised at work despite valid visa through June 2026
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/19/aditya-wahyu-harsono-immigration-indonesia

Federal judge orders ICE to immediately release Indonesian man accused of overstaying visa: Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrested Harsono at his job at a Marshall hospital, days after his student visa was revoked without his knowledge. He has been in custody for nearly two months at the Kandiyohi County Jail.
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/05/14/federal-judge-orders-marshall-man-detained-by-ice-to-be-immediately-released

How the British Red Cross tried to blow the whistle about conditions inside crisis-hit migrant detention centres
https://www.the-independent.com/news/uk/home-news/manston-immigration-detention-dover-kent-small-boat-b2746599.html

Starbucks Gift Cards and Airline Miles Offered as Consolation Prizes in Proposed Immigration Reality Show:
The winner of the contest, meanwhile, would be sworn in on Capitol Hill during a live finale and receive a “grand prize” such as a lifetime supply of gasoline.
https://www.latintimes.com/starbucks-gift-cards-airline-miles-offered-consolation-prizes-proposed-immigration-reality-show-583216

Congress asked to reimburse Texas $11B for border security costs.  The bill was filed in the U.S. Senate
https://www.ktsm.com/news/national-news/sen-cornyn-announces-11-1b-federal-reimbursement-plan-toward-texas-border-efforts/

# Border / Tourism
Some German tourists, fearing harassment or detention, are avoiding U.S: “They treat you at the border like you’re a criminal,“ Brösche told The Times after returning to Berlin. “I only wanted to visit a friend in L.A. for a few days.”
https://www.aol.com/news/german-tourists-fearing-harassment-detention-100000829.html

# DEI [Department of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion]
Major companies are anxiously awaiting to see whether or not they will be targeted by the federal government for a DEI investigation
https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2025/04/11/ibm-reportedly-walks-back-diversity-policies-citing-inherent-tensions-here-are-all-the-companies-rolling-back-dei-programs/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS
Colombia seeks to join China-based development bank as Latin America drifts away from Washington
https://apnews.com/article/china-colombia-new-development-bank-trump-us-ae2f3b0da5c330c0cf051351857d1771

While in tariff negotiations, Trump group gets approval for massive golf resort in Vietnam. Vietnam has approved a $1.5 billion proposal by the Trump Organization and its Vietnamese partner to build golf courses, hotels and real estate projects in the Southeast Asian country, state-run media reported Friday.
https://apnews.com/article/vietnam-trump-golf-estate-investment-f2aa09af5467654dff4dcf19fcdc25c9

# Employment / Labor / Unions
Behind Trump and DOGE’s Reckless Destruction Is a Determination to Crush Workers. The future of collective bargaining and labor rights in the United States is on the table.
https://truthout.org/articles/behind-trump-and-doges-reckless-destruction-is-a-determination-to-crush-workers/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
Government reveals massive $136 billion plan to change the way country is powered: ‘Necessary and consistent with the reality and development direction’
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/vietnam-renewable-energy-investment-plan/#:~:text=The%20Vietnamese%20Government%20announced%20plans,for%20carbon%20neutrality%20by%202050

Researchers make game-changing breakthrough that transforms sunlight and sugarcane into futuristic fuel: ‘Four times higher.’ The system’s design creates a cooling effect on its own.
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/zero-emission-fuel-solar-hydrogen-tech/

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
Trump’s Order to Expand Logging Threatens to Increase Climate-Fueled Wildfires. The president’s push to expand timber and fossil fuel production “is a double whammy on the climate.” President Trump has made plans to sacrifice federally protected US forests, bypassing numerous environmental protections, in an effort to boost domestic timber production.
https://earth.org/trumps-push-to-expand-logging-is-a-major-threat-to-us-forests-and-wildlife/

# Food General News
Exclusive-US aid cuts leave food for millions mouldering in storage
https://www.reuters.com/world/us-aid-cuts-leave-food-millions-mouldering-storage-2025-05-16/

McDonald’s restaurant banning dine-in service for every customer under age of 21. A McDonald’s location in Virginia is no longer allowing customers under 21 to dine in. The policy change comes after reports of multiple fights and other “disrespectful” behavior from young customers
https://people.com/a-mcdonald-s-is-banning-dine-in-service-for-all-customers-under-21-11735713

# General News
Trump’s Qatari plane needs so many upgrades it may face flight restrictions and need a military escort
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-qatar-plane-upgrades-b2751785.html

# Gov / Politics
Schumer slams Trump for apparent deal with El Chapo’s family: ‘Roll out the red carpet’
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5303198-schumer-slams-trump-for-apparent-deal-with-el-chapos-family-roll-out-the-red-carpet/

President Trump announces major shift in US policy toward Syria. President Donald Trump met new Syrian president Ahmad Al-Sharaa just hours after announcing he would lift sanctions on the country.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/17/politics/syria-sanctions-scramble-trump

The White House Frames the Past by Erasing Parts of It. As the Trump administration pulls government websites and data offline, it is selectively stripping away the public record, letting the president declare his own version of history, archivists and historians said. This is no longer hypothetical. It’s the path we’re on right now.
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-administration-not-just-erasing-history-theyre-rewriting-future-attacking-democracy-2061128

# Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA / DEA / DHS
Fmr. DC Cop Lashes Out At ‘Petty Bitch’ Trump And GOP Blocking Plaque Honoring Jan. 6 Cops. The plaque was created after Congress passed a bill in 2022 to honor those officers, but Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and others have stalled the installation of the plaque.
https://www.mediaite.com/podcasts/fanone-lashes-out-at-petty-bitch-trump-and-gop-blocking-plaque-honoring-jan-6-cops/

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka in federal court after arrest at ICE facility. Newark mayor says prosecutors tried to ‘humilate’ him by forcing redo of fingerprints and mugshot. Democrat Ras Baraka appeared in federal court for trespassing charge after arrest at Ice detention center
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/mo/st-louis/politics/2025/05/15/newark-mayor-ras-baraka-court-hearing-fingerprinting

Trump shares ally’s plan to ‘release terrorists near homes of Supreme Court justices’
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-chevy-chase-supreme-threat/

US judges who rule against Trump are being barraged with abuse and threats, experts warn. Verbal attacks by Trump and allies are creating a hostile climate that endangers judges’ safety, experts say
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/17/trump-judges-courts-threats

After threats of violence to U.S. jurists, 500 CT lawyers sign a ‘recommitment to the rule of law’
https://www.ctpost.com/connecticut/article/ct-lawyers-rule-of-law-trump-bar-association-20328765.php

Loan him a pen, land on a watchlist: Trump sanctions ICC prosecutors for doing their jobs. The International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Karim Khan has officially been sanctioned by the Trump administration. He has lost access to his Microsoft email, his bank accounts are frozen, and American staffers at the ICC have been warned that if they travel back to the U.S., they risk arrest.
https://wegotthiscovered.com/politics/loan-him-a-pen-land-on-a-watchlist-trump-sanctions-icc-prosecutors-for-doing-their-jobs/

Supreme Court ‘directly communicated’ profane response to Stephen Miller: Kirschner zeroed in on the most recent example, which saw seven of nine justices ruling that immigrants are entitled to due process.
https://www.rawstory.com/supreme-court-direct-message-miller/

# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
‘Where is the evidence?’ CNN anchor presses DHS spokesperson on claim of genocide on White South Africans
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/17/politics/video/homeland-security-tricia-mclaughlin-defends-refugee-status-afrikaners-blackwell-digvid

# Medicare / Medicaid
Trump demands GOP back his ‘big beautiful bill’ to kick millions off Medicaid, warns of ‘suffering.’
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/right-wingers-pull-power-play-on-trumps-big-beautiful-bill.html

WH study warns 9 million Americans could lose health insurance in ‘major’ recession if Trump budget bill fails. A talking point about cuts to Medicaid inflates the legislation’s effects by about five million people.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/upshot/medicaid-cuts-democrats-republicans.html

# Medical / Health News
Don’t push people with disabilities to give up their lives by legalizing doctor-assisted suicide
https://nypost.com/2025/05/16/opinion/dont-push-disabled-people-to-give-up-their-lives-by-legalizing-suicide/

Assisted suicide kills people with disabilities and devalues disabled lives without ever mentioning us explicitly. It does so with overly broad definitions and poor, unenforceable safeguards.
https://cdrnys.org/assisted-suicide/

Can Americans really make a free choice about dying? In a country that treats disabled people like expensive burdens and that teaches people to hate and fear disabilities, activists argue that true bodily autonomy is not possible.
https://19thnews.org/2023/05/end-of-life-option-act-california-choice-death/

Car bombing at Palm Springs fertility clinic an ‘intentional active terrorism,’ FBI says. Attorney General Pam Bondi said that violence against the fertility clinic was “” unforgivable.”
https://www.newsnationnow.com/crime/fertility-clinics-targeted-by-groups-that-oppose-ivf-ex-fbi-agent/

# Medical Science / Research
A 19-year-old won $100,000 for inventing a cheaper, faster way to make antiviral drugs out of corn husks
https://www.snexplores.org/article/antiviral-drugs-corn-chemistry-isef

Experts issue warning that new US policy could block development of life-saving drugs: ‘This is what I was expecting.’ Scientists fear the move could harm research into deadly diseases.
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/dangerous-gain-of-function-research-funding-freeze-trump/

# Military / Militia / General News
US military would be unleashed on enemy drones on the homeland if bipartisan bill passes
https://pfluger.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2368

# Military / General News / Global
One of the Royal Navy’s most advanced warships shot down a supersonic missile in ‘historic first’
https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news/2025/may/16/250516-royal-navy-warship-destroys-supersonic-missile-in-historic-first

# NOAA / Weather
Trump ‘significantly reduced’ forecasting staff — and then a deadly tornado came
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-tornado-kentucky-cuts/

Federal cuts have left Kentucky’s National Weather Service offices understaffed, impacting their ability to provide timely forecasts and warnings, especially during severe weather events
https://www.reddit.com/r/tornado/comments/1kourdj/more_context_on_the_decreased_nws_staffing_that/

Severe weather leaves at least 27 dead, including 18 in Kentucky. At least 27 people have been killed by storms systems that swept across part of the U.S. Midwest and South, with Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear announcing Saturday that 18 of the deaths came in his state and 10 others were hospitalized in critical condition.
https://www.thestar.com/news/world/united-states/severe-weather-leaves-at-least-27-dead-including-18-in-kentucky/article_94311dad-37e9-502b-bbdc-0633b37f4a3c.html

# Nuclear
Fears of catastrophic radiation leak as engineers race to repair damage on Chernobyl protective dome from Vlad’s strikes. Watch our exclusive interview with the Ukrainian Government branch official that manages Chernobyl’s fragile protective cover
https://www.the-sun.com/news/14260539/chernobyl-dome-radiation-leak-putin/

Russian scientists make incredible breakthrough that could revolutionize nuclear power: ‘Will cut its use of natural uranium by 50%.’ Scientists like these continue working to integrate fission energy into our daily lives
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/balanced-nuclear-fuel-cycle-russia-fission-reactor/

# Pharmaceuticals
HHS Sec Robert F Kennedy Jr: American patients pay more so others can pay less, that stops now. Trump’s executive action on prescription drugs aims to end global free-riding on US patients who pay up to 10 times more for identical medications
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/hhs-sec-robert-f-kennedy-jr-american-patients-pay-more-so-others-can-pay-less-stops-now

# Social Media / Internet
# Social Services / Programs / SNAP [Food Stamps]
Social Security officials pull plug on ‘ineffective’ DOGE program that sparked mass chaos
https://www.rawstory.com/doge-social-security-2672035110/

Alaska gives food stamp recipients’ personal information to federal officials. the federal government normally collects information to determine a SNAP applicant’s financial eligibility for the program. The new request goes beyond that, to cover name, date of birth, address, contact information, Social Security number, citizenship status and information about people living in a recipient’s household.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/alaska-gives-food-stamp-recipients-135504103.html

# Sports
Combat sport clubs used to recruit for white nationalist hate group, report says. Clubs are smaller, looser networks of white supremacist groups, where members train in mixed martial arts. Through sport, they bond over white nationalist ideologies, SPLC said.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/combat-sport-clubs-boost-recruitment-white-nationalist-hate-group-report/

Donald Trump evicts World Championship sports team from hotel for billion dollar deal. President Donald Trump’s visit of Qatar has been all over the news, but there was also another huge event going on in the country which saw a sports team forced out of their hotel
https://www.themirror.com/sport/other-sport/president-donald-trump-qatar-usa-1156194

# Transportation / Travel Advisories
Airlines Are Collecting Your Data And Selling It To ICE. An aviation industry clearinghouse is collecting passenger information from billions of past and future flights and selling it to Trump’s immigration enforcers.
https://www.levernews.com/airlines-are-collecting-your-data-and-selling-it-to-ice/

This Air-Traffic Controller Just Averted a Midair Collision. Now He’s Speaking Out. Jonathan Stewart says controllers didn’t walk off the job after recent FAA equipment outages; ‘I don’t want to be responsible for killing 400 people’
https://www.wsj.com/business/airlines/this-air-traffic-controller-just-averted-a-midair-collision-now-hes-speaking-out-30d389c7

U.S. Issues Travel Advisories for 2 Popular Tourist Destinations in Europe. Currently, there are more than a dozen countries that are at a Level 4: Do Not Travel. They include Somalia, Venezuela, Burma, Russia, North Korea, Burkina Faso, Yemen, Iran, South Sudan, Syria, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Central African Republic, Belarus, Iraq, Ukraine, Haiti, Libya, Mali and Sudan.
https://www.aol.com/u-issues-travel-advisories-2-211312711.html

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May 17, 2025
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# Indigenous
In the name of efficiency, Navajo president calls on Trump administration to preserve Bears Ears
https://idahocapitalsun.com/briefs/in-the-name-of-efficiency-navajo-president-calls-on-trump-administration-to-preserve-bears-ears/

# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
“This Is Pure Evil” — People Are Floored By The Trump Administration Considering A Reality TV Show Where Immigrants Compete For Citizenship
https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexalisitza/trump-admin-immigrant-competition-show-reactions

ICE use of National Guard would need states’ OK: Active-duty military is already assisting on the US southern border
https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/national-guard-ice-deportations/

Family of ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán is Using Witness Protection as Strategy to Keep Control of Sinaloa Cartel
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/05/14/el-chapo-family-enter-united-states/83619614007/

Mexican President Presses Trump Admin on ‘El Chapo’ Family’s Entering The U.S.: ‘They Need To Explain Themselves.’ 17 relatives of ‘El Chapo’ and son Ovidio Guzmán entered the U.S. last Friday
https://www.latintimes.com/sheinbaum-presses-trump-administration-answers-el-chapo-family-entry-us-583066

Study: Ending Birthright Citizenship Would Increase, Not Decrease, Unauthorized U.S. Population
https://www.borderreport.com/immigration/nations-undocumented-population-would-swell-if-birthright-citizenship-ended-study-finds/

# Business / Industry / Corporations
New policy shockwaves hit the auto industry as Tesla becomes sole beneficiary of massive exemption, here’s what’s happening. The tariff exemption for Tesla could be viewed as a major boost for the company.
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/tesla-tariff-exemption-us-manufacturing/

Musk Adviser May Make as Much as $1 Million a Year While Helping to Dismantle Agency that Regulates Tesla and X
https://www.propublica.org/article/doge-elon-musk-chris-young-cfpb-tesla-x

Corporate Landlords Show Racist Eviction Patterns. A new study reveals that large national landlords in Los Angeles are disproportionately evicting Black tenants.
https://prospect.org/infrastructure/housing/2025-05-16-corporate-landlords-show-racist-eviction-patterns/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS
Trump just blew it with ‘strongest adversary we’ve ever had’: Ex-defense leaders. Trump has made tariffs the centerpiece of his economic and foreign policy, claiming a means to bend other countries to his will but in practice repeatedly retreating or allowing carve-outs.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-china-tariffs-2672019128/

‘Taxing poor to give to the rich’: MAGA Republican hammers own party, “it’s reverse class warfare. Hawley told CNN
https://www.rawstory.com/josh-hawley-medicaid-cuts-2672018626/

US loses perfect credit rating in historic blow as Moody’s issues shock downgrade. In lowering the US rating from ‘AAA’ to ‘Aa1’, Moody’s noted that successive US administrations had failed to reverse ballooning deficits and interest costs.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/loses-perfect-credit-rating-historic-35241417

Senate Democrats poised to enable Trump’s crypto corruption. They would also destabilize the financial system.
https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2025-05-16-senate-democrats-trumps-crypto-corruption/

# Employment / Labor / Unions
Trump moves to reclassify federal workers, making it easier to fire them, but they have some legal protections
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/trump-moves-to-reclassify-federal-workers-making-it-easier-to-fire-them

‘Plainly unreasonable’: Judge halts Trump ‘retaliatory’ order stripping bargaining rights from federal unions that have challenged the administration
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/plainly-unreasonable-judge-halts-trump-retaliatory-order-stripping-bargaining-rights-from-federal-unions-that-have-challenged-the-administration/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
‘Rogue’ communication devices found on Chinese-made solar power inverters. The devices could give adversaries a way to disable power grids, damage energy infrastructure and trigger blackouts, specialists say.
https://www.utilitydive.com/news/rogue-communication-devices-found-on-chinese-made-solar-power-inverters/748242/

# FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency]
‘Get FEMA out of Homeland Security’: FEMA is not ready for hurricane season.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5305312-michael-brown-suggests-fema-dhs-split/

Dozens of members of Congress from both parties plead with Trump to unfreeze FEMA grants. The bipartisan group of lawmakers sent a letter to the Federal Emergency Management Agency urging support for a grant program that helps local communities strengthen their preparedness for natural disasters.
https://www.govexec.com/management/2025/05/more-80-lawmakers-both-parties-urge-trump-unfreeze-fema-funding/405323/

# Food General News
Shoppers fume as America’s second-largest grocery store found overcharging customers with fake prices
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/may/14/kroger-supermarket-sales-tactics

# General News
Expert gobsmacked as Trump pushes through ‘by far most dangerous’ act yet: The sale of bump-stocks, a device which enables regular firearms to fire like machine guns, will be permitted by the Trump administration
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-bump-stock-ban/

Ivanka’s husband faces scandal in new Trump hotel development as officials find forged documents. Trump luxury hotel project on hold after official admits to forging documents. Goran Vasic, director of Serbia’s Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments, confesses to inventing expert opinion to justify decision to strip historic site of protected status
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-hotel-belgrade-serbia-forgery-b2751435.html

# Gov / Politics
“This Is Deeply Fascist”: People Are Floored That This Banner Was Actually Placed On A Government Building In DC. As one commenter pointed out, this kind of visual dominance is also common among today’s controversial leaders. Kim Jong Un, Vladimir Putin, Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro have all displayed their likenesses prominently in public spaces, Mao Zedong’s image at Tiananmen Gate, Saddam Hussein of Iraq, Muammar Gaddafi of Libya, and Fidel Castro of Cuba, who’ve all also done the same.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/alanavalko/trump-banner-usda-building?ref=bfnsplash

The End of Rule of Law in America: From across the ages, Frederick Douglass is crying out that we Americans never forget: “The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress.” The 47th president of the United States may wish he were a king. But in America, the law is king, not the president.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/05/law-america-trump-constitution/682793/?gift=j9r7avb6p-KY8zdjhsiSZ5_Ed7Grr313g_wxR0-8814

Trump seeks a return to America’s racist roots, and he’s moving fast. The Trump administration is fighting against diversity, equity and inclusion and for a return to extreme racial exclusion, inequality and white supremacy.
https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/5302561-trump-administration-diversity-equity-inclusion/

Trump’s stance against South Africa is not just about white farmers. It’s also about Hamas and Iran
https://apnews.com/article/trump-refugees-south-africa-dei-israel-dacca8dc9aa023ea642ff3602f108440

Trump inadvertently admits he sacrificed lives to make $2T with Middle East trip. President Donald Trump admitted Friday evening that he chose to go on a three-nation Middle East tour instead of attending the Russia-Ukraine talks in Istanbul, which failed to reach a resolution.
https://www.newsbreak.com/irish-star-1693764/4011450478253-trump-inadvertently-admits-he-sacrificed-lives-to-make-2t-with-middle-east-trip

Tulsi Gabbard Fires Officials After Assessment Finds Trump’s Tren De Aragua Claims False. The entire basis for Trump invoking the Alien Enemies Act is probably false, according to an assessment from the National Intelligence Council.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tulsi-gabbard-tren-de-aragua-venezuela_n_6824db67e4b0a84e35c704c1

The damage Donald Trump is doing is worse than you think. That’s just the tip of the iceberg, for every MAGA announcement that dominates the 24-hour news cycle and sparks national outrage, there are countless others that don’t.
https://newsone.com/playlist/the-damage-donald-trump-is-doing-is-worse-than-you-think/item/3

Trump Alarms Reporters on Air Force One by Telling Them ‘We Need’ 8-Fighter Plane Escort: ‘Is It a Threat?’
https://www.mediaite.com/news/trump-alarms-reporters-on-air-force-one-by-telling-them-we-need-8-fighter-plane-escort-is-it-a-threat/

Trump Freaks After SCOTUS Trashes His Birthright Citizenship Arguments. Donald Trump apparently can’t handle the fact that the justices thought his arguments were bad.
https://newrepublic.com/post/195343/donald-trump-supreme-court-birthright-citizenship

# Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA / DEA / DHS
House Democrat: DHS ‘going to come after US citizens’:  They are already doing it to children, to immigrants, to asylum-seekers. And we cannot give them more money to do this. And now they’re going after members of Congress,” Garcia continued. “So this is an incredibly dangerous moment for this country, and we’ve got to take it very seriously.”
https://thehill.com/national-security/5302973-house-democrat-dhs-going-to-come-after-us-citizens/

Texas gunman casually walked away after allegedly killing Afghan refugee over a parking space, and the DA won’t charge him: video
https://abc13.com/post/afghan-refugee-shot-killed-houston-during-parking-spot-dispute-shooter-faces-no-charges/16306544/

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
After court appearance, Newark mayor accuses Trump administration of ‘authoritarianism’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/court-appearance-newark-mayor-accuses-192742057.html

The Trump DOJ Tells SCOTUS Its Plan to Ignore the Courts. A majority of the court has expressed misgivings about sweeping injunctions that box in the executive branch—but during arguments, the administration’s brash claims may have reminded the justices why these tools are so crucial in the first place.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/05/trump-doj-ignore-scotus-amy-coney-barrett-elena-kagan.html

# LGBTQ / Gender
Federal Judge Strikes Down LGBTQ Protections Against Workplace Discrimination. Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk’s ruling marks one of the most alarming judicial rollbacks of LGBTQ rights in recent memory.  Title VII no longer protects LGBTQ+ people from workplace discrimination.
https://truthout.org/articles/federal-judge-strikes-down-lgbtq-protections-against-workplace-discrimination/

# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
Bondi shreds Biden-era protections for journalists as Trump White House hunts leakers. Attorney General Pam Bondi has opened the door to “subpoenas, court orders, and search warrants to compel” reporters to reveal information about their sources, warning that the Justice Department “will not tolerate disclosures that undermine President Trump’s policies.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/bondi-journalism-protections

Justice Sonia Sotomayor defends ‘fearlessly independent’ judiciary amid Trump attacks. Remarks by the liberal justice came as President Donald Trump and his allies have harshly criticized judges for blocking his agenda.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/justice-sotomayor-defends-independent-judiciary-trump-attacks-rcna198660

# Medicare / Medicaid
House Republicans move forward with plans to cut Medicaid and Food Stamps, reducing coverage for millions. These agendas would cut benefits for low-income families while cutting taxes for those with higher incomes. In total, as many as 14 million people could have their coverage terminated, with nearly 4 million losing food assistance.
https://www.medicarerights.org/medicare-watch/2025/05/15/house-republicans-move-forward-with-plans-to-terminate-insurance-coverage-food-assistance-for-millions

GOP Lawmaker Quickly Correcting Himself From ‘Medicaid Cuts’ to ‘Medicaid Reforms’ Draws Fire Online; ‘Truth Slipped Out’: GOP Lawmaker Insists People Can ‘Keep Their Medicaid’ If They ‘Just Get a Job’
“The person we’re taking it away from is the able-bodied adult with no children who refuses to work.”
https://www.latintimes.com/gop-lawmaker-insists-people-can-keep-their-medicaid-if-they-just-get-job-583247

‘Oops’: A GOP slip of the tongue confirms ‘Medicaid cuts’ are coming, despite Trump’s denials. GOP Rep. Jason Smith has said the quiet part loud and confirmed what we all suspected: Medicaid cuts are imminent.
https://wegotthiscovered.com/news/oops-a-gop-slip-of-the-tongue-confirms-medicaid-cuts-are-coming-soon-despite-trumps-denials/

Republican bill cuts Medicaid for unemployed, undocumented children, Planned Parenthood. New rules would restrict access to the low-income health insurance program, punish states covering undocumented children, and shift costs to states.
https://insurancenewsnet.com/oarticle/republican-bill-cuts-medicaid-for-unemployed-undocumented-children-planned-parenthood

# Medical / Health News
‘Living a nightmare’: GOP law reportedly causing ‘absolute horror show’ in Georgia: The body of a legally dead woman is being forced to carry her baby to term, her family was told she was not allowed to actually die because she was nine weeks pregnant at the time.
https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/other/living-a-nightmare-gop-law-reportedly-causing-absolute-horror-show-in-georgia/ar-AA1EUUmx

Trump administration again blocked from cutting billions in federal health money
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ap-us-med-hhs-funding-clawback-lawsuit_n_68277e53e4b0a2fcab72970f?origin=top-ad-recirc

# Medical Science / Research
Trump Administration cuts funding for Sickle Cell research
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-administration-cuts-funding-sickle-232407391.html

RFK Jr. Insists He Hasn’t Fired ‘Any Working Scientists.’ After Firing Hundreds Of Them. The HHS secretary “clearly believes that the more he tells a lie, the more it becomes the truth,” Sen. Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rfk-fired-scientists-angela-alsobrooks_n_68253fc0e4b0a84e35c73dc8

# Military / Militia / General News
Futuristic Grenade Launcher From Colt And Northrop Grumman Seen Being Fired For First Time
https://www.twz.com/land/futuristic-grenade-launcher-from-colt-and-northrop-grumman-seen-being-fired-for-first-time

MV-75 Official Designation Given To Future U.S. Army Tiltrotor Assault Aircraft (Updated). The Army is now pushing to speed up delivery of its baseline MV-75s, with special operations versions also on the horizon.
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/101st-airborne-mv-75-aircraft/

The nuclear bomber carrying USS United States was to be America’s first supercarrier, its purpose was nearsighted but its design was imaginative, with elements incorporated into later designssome are more relevant today than ever.
https://www.19fortyfive.com/2025/03/uss-united-states-the-aircraft-carrier-that-was-halted-after-5-days/#:~:text=The%20USS%20United%20States%20was,commander%20of%20the%20USS%20Hornet

# Military / General News / Global
Long-Range ‘Deep Precision Strike’ Missile To Be Developed By UK And Germany. The weapon targets a 2,000km range, is spurred by the Russian threat and could emerge as a ballistic or cruise missile.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66CoMoUmRM8

Our Best Look Yet At Ukraine’s AIM-9 Sidewinder-Toting Magura-7 Drone Boat. A newly released video offers new views of the Magura-7 and offers more details about its capabilities.
https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2025/05/first-image-of-ukraines-sidewinder-armed-magura-v7-surface-drone/

# Social Services / Programs / SNAP [Food Stamps]
Social Security Administration is raising the retirement age this month. The age to receive full benefits has officially risen to 67. To increase the full retirement age would cut benefits for nearly three-quarters of Americans and threaten low- and moderate-income workers with economic insecurity once they leave the workforce.
https://www.newsweek.com/social-security-retirement-age-changes-when-claim-2072670#:~:text=The%20full%20retirement%20age%20for,has%20officially%20risen%20to%2067

Elizabeth Warren and top Democrats are asking Social Security to halt plans they say would pave the way for more DOGE firings
https://www.yahoo.com/news/elizabeth-warren-top-democrats-asking-154749424.html

Panic as Social Security slashed for seniors over decades-old forgotten debts. Hundreds of thousands of older Americans are at risk of having their Social Security checks cut as a result of decades-old student loan debts.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/yourmoney/article-14720353/older-americans-social-security-cut-student-loan-debts.html

Social Security Administration wrongly declares Americans dead in major error. In working to remove beneficiaries who have died, the Social Security Administration has accidentally marked living people as dead
https://www.themirror.com/money/social-security-administration-mistakenly-dead-1154844

DOGE said 40% of the Social Security Agency’s calls were ‘fraudulent.’ Data suggests it was actually less than 1%
https://www.yahoo.com/news/doge-said-40-social-security-171438243.html

House GOP plan to slash over $230B in spending, reform food stamps clears committee. An estimate from the Congressional Budget Office concluded that the committee’s plan exceeds that goal, but didn’t specify by how much. Some Republicans on the Agriculture panel suggested it could slash spending by as much as $300 billion.
https://nypost.com/2025/05/15/us-news/house-gop-plan-to-slash-over-230-billion-in-spending-reform-food-stamps-clears-committee/

McConnell announces HUD is allocating $1.5 million to state recovery housing program
https://www.wymt.com/video/2025/05/12/money-allocated-kentucky-recovery-housing-program/

# Sports
U.S. Basketball Player Could Potentially Face Firing Squad After Arrest. The player is accused of a crime that is not considered to be as severe elsewhere but the punishment is unthinkable. The Southeast Asian country has extremely strict drug laws, and convicted smugglers are sometimes executed by firing squad
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jarred-shaw-arrest-firing-squad_n_682764d3e4b0f10918e340ed

# Transportation / Travel / Advisories
‘We are facing a crisis’: While Trump enjoys a $400 million private jet, the FAA is scavenging for aircraft parts on eBay
https://wegotthiscovered.com/politics/we-are-facing-a-crisis-while-trump-enjoys-a-400-million-private-jet-the-faa-is-stuck-scavenging-for-aircraft-parts-on-ebay/

Veteran Air Traffic Controller Spills All on Trump-Era Safety Crisis
https://www.yahoo.com/news/wsj-veteran-air-traffic-controller-043146650.html

# UFO / UAP Disclosure
Bob Thompson, an Army vet who spent almost 15 years with US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), has dropped a bombshell and revealed startling footage of UFO Branded ‘The Cigar’ After it Soared Across U.S. Border. There does not seem to be an actual explanation for the startling footage.
https://radaronline.com/p/army-whistleblower-never-before-seen-footage-ufo-cigar/

# Water / Lakes / Oceans
Public outrage swells after policy restrictions on iconic lake threatens millions of Americans: ‘This has massive impacts on coastal communities.’ “The basic scientific supplies that we use … [are] being restricted.”
https://www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/great-lakes-algal-bloom-toxicity-noaa-trump/

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# Indigenous
The Chinook people continue to fight for their sovereignty, but recently discovered documents reveal they should have won their freedom years ago. Federal recognition provides tribes with critical health care and education. But there are nations the U.S. refuses to recognize.
https://www.cascadepbs.org/environment/2021/04/chinook-indian-nations-120-year-fight-sovereignty

# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
To end birthright citizenship, Trump is rewriting Civil War history. The case hinges on an 1868 amendment that has always covered ex-slaves, confederates, and migrants. The first sentence of the 14th Amendment, passed by Congress a year after the Civil War, is the Citizenship Clause: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States.”  This is the phrase the government is asking the courts to reinterpret into a fictional absurdity.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/05/birthright-citizenship-supreme-court-civil-war-history/

Trump refugee program backfires as Afrikaner immigrant’s antisemitic posts surface online: Antisemitic social media posts were discovered, and they were reportedly written by one of the first arrivals. This is interesting because the Trump administration has tried to block and deport immigrants for similar reasons, yet let white immigrants come through.
https://wegotthiscovered.com/politics/trump-refugee-program-backfires-as-afrikaner-immigrants-antisemitic-posts-surface-online/

DHS launches investigation into California program aiding aged, blind, disabled immigrants. The probe will examine the program’s records going back to January 2021
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2025/05/13/DHS-investigation-California-immigrant-cash-program/2991747117659/

Trump administration threatens groups that distributed federal aid for migrants. Fema-run program withholds funds it owes service providers and claims they may have aided ‘illegal activities’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/15/migrant-service-providers-trump-administration

Episcopal Church Ends 40-Year Resettlement Relationship With U.S. Government Over White South African ‘Refugees.’ Episcopal Church leader says helping Afrikaners over other refugees is ‘unfathomable’
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/13/nx-s1-5395887/afrikaners-refugees-trump-episcopal-church

‘So we can neutralize them’: Trump admin allowed to use taxpayer info for ‘criminal’ immigration enforcement, judge rules
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/so-we-can-neutralize-them-trump-admin-allowed-to-use-taxpayer-info-for-criminal-immigration-enforcement-judge-rules/

Department of Homeland Security asks for 20,000 National Guard troops to help with deportations
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/15/nx-s1-5399656/national-guard-immigration

# Chemicals / Herbicides / Pesticides / Bugs
Fouride spill eats through concrete
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szL2Ofzvpcs

EPA delays PFAS water deadlines and drops limits for four chemicals
https://www.thenewlede.org/2025/05/epa-dropping-drinking-water-limits-on-four-toxic-pfas/

# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
Elon Musk’s DOGE Deletes Dozens of Claims of Cost-Cutting After Investigation Reveals They Are False
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/elon-musks-doge-deletes-over-40-claims-of-cost-cutting-after-investigation-reveals-they-are-false/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS
A Chinese Network Is Making Millions Laundering Money For The Sinaloa Cartel In The U.S.: Report
https://san.com/cc/cartels-cash-and-cover-ups-how-drug-money-moves-through-us-banks/

Federal funding shortage freezes Section 8 vouchers
https://nlihc.org/news/nlihc-statement-trump-administrations-decision-freeze-federal-grants-and-loans

Amazon Reportedly Lobbies To Stop, Amend States’ Bills Targeting Government Contracts With Chinese Firms
https://www.aol.com/amazon-reportedly-lobbies-stop-amend-215336582.html

A protracted U.S.-China trade war would be a gift to Russia. Moscow could pick up some of the economic slack and forge closer relations with Beijing.
https://carnegieendowment.org/russia-eurasia/politika/2025/05/russia-china-trade-wars-opportunities?lang=en

Trump Signals US Will Inform Countries Of New Tariff Rates In Coming Weeks
https://thehill.com/business/5303496-donald-trump-new-tariff-rates-after-pause/

The United States Is Insolvent — Not Bankrupt, Yet: Insolvency is when you can’t pay your bills when they’re due. When you can’t pay your bills and you can’t borrow the money to cover them, then you are bankrupt.
https://dcjournal.com/the-united-states-is-insolvent-not-bankrupt-yet/

# Education / Schools / Libraries / Museums
Big Tech rolling out technologies for mass surveillance of school kids. Tech firms have outfitted classrooms with data-gathering surveillance technologies that undermine education and privacy.
https://truthout.org/articles/school-surveillance-earns-tech-companies-billions-students-pay-the-price/

Several Scholarships Funding Black Medical Students In Cincinnati Are Under Review By The Trump Administration
https://afrotech.com/scholarships-funding-black-medical-students-in-cincinnati-being-reviewed

Parents push for school transfers after cancer concerns near cell tower in Missouri district
https://www.yahoo.com/news/cancer-fears-kc-area-parents-110000422.html

# Employment / Labor / Unions
‘Plainly unreasonable’: Judge halts Trump ‘retaliatory’ order stripping bargaining rights from federal unions that have challenged the administration
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/plainly-unreasonable-judge-halts-trump-retaliatory-order-stripping-bargaining-rights-from-federal-unions-that-have-challenged-the-administration/

Older people in crosshairs as government restarts Social Security garnishment on student loans
https://www.aol.com/older-people-crosshairs-government-restarts-022001754.html

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
China signs deal with Russia to build a power plant on the moon — potentially leaving the US in the dust. Agreement energizes plans for joint base, setting stage for long-term human presence on the moon
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3310315/china-and-russia-sign-nuclear-reactor-deal-fuel-lunar-research-station

Scientists discover clean energy under USA that could power earth for 170,000 years
https://bgr.com/science/scientists-may-have-found-a-clean-energy-source-hidden-under-the-earth/

Moderate Republicans call for fixes to energy tax credit cuts in House GOP megabill. More than a dozen House Republicans want changes to the Ways and Means Committee’s Inflation Reduction Act rollbacks.
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/05/14/congress/moderate-republicans-call-for-fixes-to-energy-tax-credit-cuts-in-house-gop-megabill-00350139

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
Polar sea ice loss beginning to affect the bottom of the food chain. Dramatic loss of sea ice due to global heating is changing the quality of light reaching algae at the base of the polar marine food chain.  This could have potentially disastrous effects on polar marine ecosystems.
https://cosmosmagazine.com/nature/marine-life/sea-ice-loss-affects-polar-ocean-light-quality-and-much-more/#:~:text=Dramatic%20loss%20of%20sea%20ice,effects%20on%20polar%20marine%20ecosystems

# General News
The law has spread its tentacles over protest, effectively making all of it illegal.  redefining sincere, democratically engaged citizens as dangerous enemies of society who belong behind bars. This is serious.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/13/the-law-has-spread-its-tentacles-over-protest-effectively-making-all-of-it

# Gov / Politics
Price Tag for Trump’s Military Festival Could Reach $45 Million. The parade, to commemorate the U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary, will be held June 14, the same day as President Donald Trump’s 79th birthday, and will include representation from all active Army divisions
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/us/politics/trump-parade-army-birthday-cost.html

The president has racked up more corrupt enterprises than most politicians manage in their whole careers. CREW is tracking Trump’s unprecedented corruption (again)
https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-investigations/crew-is-tracking-trumps-unprecedented-corruption-again/

‘Trump has given away the game’: Attorney says president’s new move reveals his true goal​. “We’re here because Donald Trump is intent on usurping as much of the power of government as he can into his own hands. And what is more fundamental than assigning citizenship?
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-gave-game-birthright-vance/

Trump’s Attempt to Unilaterally Control State and Local Funding Is Dangerous, Dumb, and Undemocratic
https://www.aclu.org/news/civil-liberties/trumps-attempt-to-unilaterally-control-state-and-local-funding-is-dangerous-dumb-and-undemocratic

Presidential ethics attorneys flag ‘even worse’ Trump violation than Qatar plane. They aren’t just talking about the $400 million from Qatar. The three believe “his crypto entanglements are just as bad — perhaps even worse.”
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-qatar-2672016835/

Democratic senators call for probe into whether Trump is ‘intervening’ to aid Musk’s Starlink
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/mo/st-louis/news/2025/05/15/democratic-senators-investigation-trump-administration-elon-musk-starlink-foreign-deals

White House ties to neo-Nazis exposes Trump’s fight against antisemitism as a sham: report
https://www.newsbreak.com/raw-story-2096750/4007432346173-white-house-ties-to-neo-nazis-exposes-trump-s-fight-against-antisemitism-as-a-sham-report

America Alone: How Isolationism Made the World More Dangerous — and the U.S. Less Respected by Losing the World Stage. There’s a difference between leading the world and leaving it.
https://libbysuethewriter.medium.com/america-alone-how-isolationism-made-the-world-more-dangerous-and-the-u-s-d29a827bdd60

Trump Thinks He’s All Powerful. He’s Got It All Wrong
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-thinks-hes-all-powerful-hes-got-it-all-wrong/

Trump used his first foreign trip to further isolate Iran, and forced Tehran to blink. If Trump’s peace proposals and partnerships with Syria, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and other Gulf nations congeal, it would mean unprecedented peace in the region and fewer American resources, lives and treasure expended there.
https://justthenews.com/government/white-house/trumps-four-dimensional-middle-east-diplomacy-isolating-iran

Trump to meet South African leader at White House next week
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-south-africa-refugees-meeting-b2751947.html

# Gov / Politics / Global
Israel Fatally Shot 12-Year-Old Palestinian Boy Set to Testify Against IDF for Ambush on First Responders, Aid Workers. The boy was scheduled for a second testimony alongside pediatric psychologists before he was murdered.
https://www.latintimes.com/israel-fatally-shot-12-year-old-palestinian-boy-set-testify-against-idf-ambush-first-responders-583156

# Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA / DEA
Arrests by masked federal agents are “slippery slope,” former DHS attorney warns. The practice of federal agents wearing masks to shield their identity during arrests is becoming more common. But some critics say it undermines legal protections.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/arrests-by-masked-federal-agents-are-slippery-slope-former-dhs-attorney-warns/

‘No trace of alcohol’: Police thought Amazon worker’s stroke was a DWI, then threw him in jail for 7 hours and caused him to go blind, lawsuit says
https://lawandcrime.com/lawsuit/no-trace-of-alcohol-police-thought-amazon-workers-stroke-was-a-dwi-then-threw-him-in-jail-for-7-hours-and-caused-him-to-go-blind-lawsuit-says/

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Trump Sends Thinly Veiled Warning to Supreme Court Justices
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7f2JaAyxsww

Trump Rages at Comey ‘Calling for Assassination’ — says Justice Department Will ‘Handle It.’ President Donald Trump lit into former FBI Director James Comey for claiming he didn’t know a social media post would be construed as an assassination message.
https://www.newsbreak.com/mediaite-520570/4010658179805-trump-rages-at-comey-calling-for-assassination-says-justice-department-will-handle-it

Federal Judge Rules Department of Justice Likely Retaliated Against American Bar Association In Abruptly Cancelling Grants to Support Domestic and Sexual Violence Survivors
https://democracyforward.org/updates/federal-judge-rules-department-of-justice-likely-retaliated-against-american-bar-association-in-abruptly-cancelling-grants-to-support-domestic-and-sexual-violence-survivors/

# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
Trump admin already selling off news agency’s home after DOGE’s ‘accelerated disposal’: The Trump administration is preparing to sell off the longtime home of Voice of America, marking the latest push to downsize the federal government and shut down the international news agency
https://www.rawstory.com/voice-of-america-2672025817/

# Medicare / Medicaid
GOP tax cuts for the rich advance as Republicans push record-breaking Medicaid and SNAP cuts
https://www.nationofchange.org/2025/05/15/gop-tax-cuts-for-the-rich-advance-as-republicans-push-record-breaking-medicaid-and-snap-cuts/

Missouri Republican Tells Medicaid Recipients in His State: ‘Show Me Why You Should Be Using Taxpayer Money.’ After months of insisting they will not touch Medicaid, Republicans seem poised to do just that in their spending bill, under which 10.3 million recipients would lose coverage.
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/missouri-republican-tells-medicaid-recipients-in-his-state-show-me-why-you-should-be-using-taxpayer-money/

Sanders on GOP Medicaid cuts: ‘Thousands and thousands of low-income and working people will die.’ Morally wrong and politically suicidal.’ “If Congress cuts funding for Medicaid benefits, Missouri workers and their children will lose their health care. And hospitals will close. It’s that simple. And that pattern will be replicated in states across the country.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5302085-bernie-sanders-republican-medicaid-cuts/

House Panel Green-Lights Sweeping Cuts To Medicaid Despite Outcry From Disability Advocates. In a marathon session marked by the arrest of dozens of disability rights activists, Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives pushed ahead with plans to drastically reduce Medicaid spending
https://www.disabilityscoop.com/2025/05/15/house-panel-green-lights-sweeping-cuts-to-medicaid-despite-outcry-from-disability-advocates/31455/

Andy Biggs wants to move Medicaid recipients to Obamacare — which he’s trying to repeal.
https://rumble.com/embed/v6r4sol/?pub=1d24rz

# Medical / Health News
Deranged Man Suddenly Says Sane Things; “I don’t think people should be taking medical advice from me.” – Health and Human Services secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
https://futurism.com/neoscope/health-secretary-rfk-jr-medical-advice?utm_term=Futurism%20//%20051525&utm_campaign=Futurism_Actives_Newsletter&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email

4 Vaccines for Pregnant Women? Doctors and Scientists Explain Why CDC Recommendation Is Dangerous
https://www.infowars.com/posts/4-vaccines-for-pregnant-women-doctors-and-scientists-explain-why-cdc-recommendation-is-dangerous

# Medical Science / Research
Infant with rare, incurable disease is first to successfully receive personalized gene therapy treatment
https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/infant-rare-incurable-disease-first-successfully-receive-personalized-gene-therapy-treatment

# Military / Militia / General News
Trump Touts ‘F-55’ Fighter: Is There a Twin-Engined F-35 in the Air Force’s Future?
https://www.airandspaceforces.com/trump-touts-f-55-fighter-is-there-a-twin-engined-f-35-in-the-air-forces-future/

Pentagon Will Use Health Screenings, Commanders to Ferret Out Trans Troops for Separations
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/05/15/pentagon-will-use-health-screenings-commanders-ferret-out-trans-troops-separations.html

# Military / General News / Global
Kim Jong-Un urges North Korean troops to make ‘full preparations for war.’ After he observed special forces exercises, the dictator said that his country had to be ready for “all levels of modern warfare”, according to state media.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndtNvNl_8E4

# NASA
China is sharing priceless moon samples with international partners, but NASA can’t be a part of it. A 2011 law prevents most cooperation between NASA and China’s space program.
https://www.space.com/astronomy/moon/china-is-sharing-priceless-moon-samples-with-international-partners-but-nasa-cant-be-a-part-of-it

# Pharmaceuticals
A Devastating New Exposé of Johnson & Johnson Indicts an Entire System. An investigative history of the scandal-plagued company shines a light on a health care industry riddled with corruption and criminality.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/devastating-expos-johnson-johnson-indicts-100000964.html

# Security / Surveillance / Cybersecurity
Lawmaker demands explanation for Trump administration’s ouster of intelligence analysts
https://wibqam.com/2025/05/14/lawmaker-demands-explanation-for-trump-administrations-ouster-of-intelligence-analysts/

# Social Services / Programs / SNAP [Food Stamps]
House Republicans’ proposal to cut SNAP spending would save roughly $300B. That gives the committee enough wiggle room to include a $60 billion farm bill package in reconciliation, according to CBO estimates.
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/05/13/congress/house-republicans-reconciliation-proposal-snap-save-300-billion-00344403

# Space Technology / Global
China’s Space Projects on US Doorstep Have Military Worried
https://www.newsweek.com/chinas-space-projects-us-doorstep-have-military-worried-2073127

China has fired a warning shot at the Philippines following a close naval encounter with the U.S. defense treaty ally earlier this week near a contested feature in the South China Sea.
https://www.newsweek.com/china-warns-philippines-scarborough-shoal-south-china-sea-2073068

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
Major Data Breach Exposes Social Security Numbers, Financial Records and Much More
https://dailysecurityreview.com/security-spotlight/data-breach-at-disa-impacts-3-3-million-compromising-social-security-numbers-and-financial-data/

A Software Engineer Was Replaced by AI and Forced to Live in a Trailer (After Getting Rejected from 800 Jobs) “I feel like I’m filtered out before a human is even in the chain.”
https://futurism.com/software-engineer-trailer-ai

U.S. Companies Honed Their Surveillance Tech in Israel. Now It’s Coming Home
https://theintercept.com/2025/04/30/israel-palestine-us-ai-surveillance-state/

# Transportation / Travel / Advisories
Veteran Air Traffic Controller Spills All on Trump-Era Safety Crisis
https://www.yahoo.com/news/wsj-veteran-air-traffic-controller-043146650.html

As crisis grows at U.S. airports, feds are buying replacement parts on eBay or 3D printing them. The nation’s airline traffic control system is blinking red with warning after a midair collision, several outages, a worker shortage and an antiquated computer system.
https://justthenews.com/government/federal-agencies/crisis-grows-us-airports-feds-are-buying-replacement-parts-ebay-or

# Water
Trump EPA rolls back protections from toxic forever chemicals in drinking water
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/14/trump-epa-to-weaken-drinking-water-limits-on-toxic-forever-chemicals-00347905

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# Indigenous
Colorado tribe demands urgent action after pipeline leak contaminates land and threatens Animas River
https://www.southernute-nsn.gov/2025/05/05/for-immediate-release-tribe-calls-for-urgent-action-from-enterprise-products-to-address-pipeline-spill/

# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Recalls
De-extinction of the dire wolf is a dangerously deceptive publicity stunt. Colossal’s so-called dire wolf is not a resurrected species. It’s a genetically modified grey wolf. Its creation is a publicity stunt designed to generate profit, with serious consequences.
https://theconversation.com/colossal-biosciences-attempt-to-de-extinct-the-dire-wolf-is-a-dangerously-deceptive-publicity-stunt-255046

# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments at 10 a.m. ET this morning in three cases challenging Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship via executive order…
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/15/nx-s1-5395840/birthright-citizenship-supreme-court

For first time, U.S. charges Sinaloa Cartel leaders with narco-terrorism. Charges included material support of terrorism for trafficking fentanyl, cocaine, methamphetamine and heroin.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_ecc8533d-2adf-48e1-9a81-2fb170ffa81e.html

Pentagon Spent at Least $21 Million on Flights to Guantanamo, Which Currently Holds 32 Migrants
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2025-05-12/guantanamo-deportations-migrants-military-flights-17766772.html

‘Florida Men’ Arrested For Kidnapping Teens Turn Out To Be Illegal Immigrants. Two undocumented immigrants are facing kidnapping charges after authorities discovered them in Florida with two missing teenage girls from North Carolina.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/05/13/florida-men-arrested-kidnapping-ericson-leonel-ullo-flores-edwin-alberto-cardenas/

College student detained by ICE following a mistaken traffic stop: “My life is here.” “While local Dalton officials dropped her charges, the facts remain: she was driving illegally without a license and has no legal basis to remain in the United States.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3e4ZuSOU884

College Student Faces Deportation Even After Cops Admit Mistake
https://www.yahoo.com/news/college-student-faces-deportation-even-175738308.html?guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAJzYK9V41NYE8q0FVhWhl_E3lwBSya7Z-9AeHkFo9U7eVG7Yxu4bQXOEYLv8fKAnpcVIh0JjmMPsUONVqut0tD6EYXPrwXkjTrNpfiB8he8k63_zI0gyBxWzxIcowt5iM64u3Qv3VpXRBMDPfBjHsi5nPh40W9eBOAJuXbVJUU1x

# Business / Industry / Corporations
AFRL Taps Rocket Lab for Space Cargo Experiment. An ambitious U.S. military program to explore using rockets to deliver cargo around the globe took another step forward with an announcement of an experimental mission planned for 2026.
https://news.satnews.com/2025/05/11/rocket-lab-partners-with-u-s-a-f-afrl-for-neutron-launch-for-rocket-cargo-missions/

# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
Trump’s Budget Hawk Takes Over the DOGE Agenda. First Up: The Military. Russ Vought is picking up where Elon Musk is leaving off. He has already waded into a fight over military spending.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/doge-russ-vought-trump-elon-musk-0a1bbeb4

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS
Trump-GOP tax bill delivers $5 trillion to billionaires while slashing aid for working families. The legislation extends Trump-era tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy, adds new corporate giveaways, and revives controversial provisions targeting civil society, while gutting Medicaid and SNAP.
https://www.nationofchange.org/2025/05/13/trump-gop-tax-bill-delivers-5-trillion-to-billionaires-while-slashing-aid-for-working-families/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
Energy Department pushes major rollback of appliance and energy efficiency rules. https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5296169-energy-department-proposes-to-cut-47-rules-in-largest-deregulatory-effort-in-history/

Industry and consumers push back against moves to dismantle Energy Star program
https://www.dailyclimate.org/trump-administration-moves-to-dismantle-energy-star-program-despite-pushback-from-industry-and-consumers-2672016729.html

Texas Oil and Gas Companies Drill With River Water During Extreme Drought
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/13052025/texas-rio-grande-pecos-river-fracking/

Trump administration seeks to open more public lands to oil, gas and mining under new Interior plan. President Trump’s “mine everywhere” executive order calls for a list of national public lands with potential mineral deposits and the prioritization of mining on those lands—a move that would cut off access to some of America’s most iconic places.
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/inside-trumps-plan-to-sell-out-americas-public-lands-to-mining/

Texas oil companies drain billions of gallons from key rivers amid historic drought. Oil and gas companies have used billions of gallons of Rio Grande and Pecos River water for drilling in the past four years, according to an exclusive Inside Climate News analysis.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/13052025/texas-rio-grande-pecos-river-fracking/

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
The new African Rift: African rift stretches 2,000 miles, entire continent is splitting open and forming ‘an ocean basin’ like the Red Sea. GPS receivers reveal that the land itself is stretching.
https://www.earth.com/news/great-continental-rift-african-splitting-landmass-creating-ocean-basin/

EPA scientists told to reapply for new jobs amid reorganization push
https://www.ehn.org/epa-scientists-told-to-reapply-for-new-jobs-amid-trump-era-reorganization-push

Congress’ Tax Bill Is Selling Out America’s Public Lands and Waters
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/congress-tax-bill-is-selling-out-americas-public-lands-and-waters/

Scientists sound alarm on ‘silent killing machines’ that are devastating wildlife: ‘This is very serious.’ “We may be witnessing a defaunation [rapid extinction of wildlife] process along the canal,” Gallego-García said, “This is very serious for the conservation of wildlife species and a problem that has so far been kept silent.”
https://www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/water-canal-deaths-animals-populations/

# General News
Trump’s Free Plane Is Not So Free
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/12/trump-qatar-air-force-one-taxpayer-costs-00342299

Trump’s Attempted Library of Congress Takeover Thwarted as Two of His Appointees Were ‘Escorted Off the Premises.’ Except the Library of Congress is not part of the executive branch — it’s under the legislative branch.
https://www.mediaite.com/news/trumps-attempted-library-of-congress-takeover-thwarted-as-two-of-his-appointees-were-escorted-off-the-premises-cbs-news/

Twin celebrations for Trump’s birthday and the Army’s 250th anniversary will include as many as 25 tanks rolling through Washington, D.C., in a celebration that will cost $25 million to $45 million.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/cost-military-parade-trump-birthday_n_682582f9e4b0da44a3e0859f

# Gov / Politics
Trump’s Saudi corruption exposed by U.S. Senator who brings receipts. U.S. Senator Chris Murphy delivers a blistering condemnation of Trump’s foreign policy corruption, highlighting his use of the office to enrich himself while putting U.S. national security at risk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XCM7JSe_U0

Donald Trump Just Made A Move So Wild That Even His Most Loyal Followers Are Upset. “Corruption in plain sight.” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer added: “Nothing says ‘America First’ like Air Force One, brought to you by Qatar. It’s not just bribery, it’s premium foreign influence with extra legroom.”
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-latest-move-fury_n_68218edae4b09e4e8c343313

2 more Fetterman aides leave embattled senator’s office amid spiraling health fears
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14709733/John-Fettermans-aides-abandon-health-fears.html

‘Factually and legally nuts’: Trump Admin flirting with suspending due process has legal scholars seeing red
https://wegotthiscovered.com/news/factually-and-legally-nuts-trump-admin-flirting-with-suspending-due-process-has-legal-scholars-seeing-red/

Trump Is “Unrestrained” in Use of Presidency for Pursuit of Personal Wealth. “These are conflicts on a scale that we’ve never seen before in American history,” says NYT reporter Eric Lipton.
https://truthout.org/video/trump-is-unrestrained-in-use-of-presidency-for-pursuit-of-personal-wealth/

Trump Struck Secret Deal with El Chapo’s ‘Terrorist’ Cartel. Mexican security chief confirms cartel family members entered US in a deal with Trump administration
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/13/el-chapo-family-ovidio-guzman-plea-deal

Dems demand military investigation into Qatar’s plane gift to Trump
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2025/05/14/dems-demand-military-investigation-into-qatars-plane-gift-to-trump/

New ruling cuts off key tool to protect minority voters. The ruling, which applies in seven states, further weakens the ability of the landmark civil rights law to protect voters, and could lead to the Supreme Court settling the issue.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/new-ruling-cuts-off-key-tool-to-protect-minority-voters/

‘Factually and legally nuts’: Trump Admin flirting with suspending due process has legal scholars seeing red
https://wegotthiscovered.com/news/factually-and-legally-nuts-trump-admin-flirting-with-suspending-due-process-has-legal-scholars-seeing-red/

“These are the descendants of the people who created the most diabolical system of white supremacy in human history, apartheid,” said Richard Stengel. ‘Moral ugliness’: Ex-official shreds Trump move after hearing ‘worst lie I’ve ever heard.’
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-south-africa/

Cruz introduces bill to use taxpayer funds to invest in savings accounts for U.S. children
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_8ee943c6-b321-4ac3-a455-ab0f439f4c78.html

Lawmakers Frustrated by Lack of Details for Trump’s Defense Budget. Senior U.S. lawmakers expressed frustration that they are being cut out of some of the Trump administration’s most central decisions on military policy and spending.
https://www.airandspaceforces.com/lawmakers-frustrated-lack-defense-budget-details-trump/

Trump Writes Congress out of the Constitution—and Congress Says Fine. Both of his biggest moves of the past week entail the evisceration of a constitutional role the Framers very plainly and expressly wanted Congress to play.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-writes-congress-constitution-congress-150027617.html

The Drafters of a Key 1940s Law Feared an American Dictator. Trump Is Blowing That Law Up.
https://www.reddit.com/r/law/comments/1klm98x/the_drafters_of_a_key_1940s_law_feared_an/
Link to website mentioned above Phillip Cooper has set up a website:
https://web.pdx.edu/~pcooper/publiclaw2-css.html

# Gov / Politics / Global
Germany bans the largest ‘Reich citizen’ group and arrests 4 leaders
https://apnews.com/video/germany-bans-the-largest-reich-citizen-group-and-arrests-4-leaders-7295608316dc49c3907ac5b36fcf41cc

Putin is a no-show in Turkey for peace talks, but Trump says he hopes Russia and Ukraine can ‘do something.’ Russian President Vladimir Putin has declined to take part in the talks he called for in Istanbul today, instead sending a low-level delegation headed by a former culture minister.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense/3411666/putin-is-a-no-show-in-turkey-for-peace-talks/

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Judge Arrested by Trump Administration Fights Back With Trump’s Own Immunity Case
https://www.newsweek.com/judge-cites-trump-supreme-court-immunity-ruling-bid-dismiss-ice-case-2072333

Threats are rising against judges who rule against Trump. As Trump continues to rail against the judiciary, several federal judges have faced harassment or threats of violence after ruling against his extreme policies
https://newrepublic.com/post/194803/judges-rule-against-trump-target-maga-threats

Judiciary officials cite threats against judges as they make case to Congress for more security funding. The U.S. Judicial Conference is set to ask lawmakers to hike spending nearly 20% for programs to counter the rising risks facing federal judges and courthouses.
https://www.courthousenews.com/judiciary-officials-cite-threats-against-judges-as-they-make-case-to-congress-for-more-security-funding/

# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
Bezos’ WaPo forgot its martyr, Trump embraced his killer: Memory fades. It has, unfortunately, at The Washington Post, which now seems to hardly remember a columnist who was the victim of a despicable act of state murder.
https://www.newsbreak.com/thedailybeast-513346/4008089193316-opinion-how-bezos-wapo-forgot-its-martyr-as-trump-embraced-his-killer

# Marijuana / Hemp
# Medicare / Medicaid
House GOP plows ahead on hundreds of billions in Medicaid cuts despite infighting
https://apnews.com/video/germany-bans-the-largest-reich-citizen-group-and-arrests-4-leaders-7295608316dc49c3907ac5b36fcf41cc

It’s Time To Dismantle The Medicaid State: “In no uncertain terms, millions of Americans will lose their health care coverage,” said Democratic Rep. Frank Pallone of New Jersey in a press release. “Hospitals will close, seniors will not be able to access the care they need, and premiums will rise for millions of people if this bill passes.”
https://dailycaller.com/2025/05/13/elizabeth-warren-frank-pallone-house-republicans-medicaid/

Republicans advance bill with steep cuts to Medicaid as part of Trump agenda. Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee advanced legislation Wednesday afternoon containing cuts to Medicaid and health care provisions
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5299154-republicans-advance-medicaid-bill-trump-agenda/

The House Republicans’ Budget Bill Guts Basic Needs Programs for the Most Vulnerable Americans to Give Tax Breaks to the Rich. The House Republican budget plan would eviscerate Medicaid and food assistance and shift resources toward the wealthiest Americans.
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-house-republicans-budget-bill-guts-basic-needs-programs-for-the-most-vulnerable-americans-to-give-tax-breaks-to-the-rich/

# Medical / Health News
Hep B Vaccines Come With High Risk, Little Benefit — Why Does CDC Recommend Them for Every Newborn? So what led the CDC advisers to recommend that every baby get this vaccine on the day they’re born? Especially given the limited clinical trial data and lack of safety monitoring?
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/hep-b-vaccines-high-risk-little-benefit-cdc-recommends-every-newborn/

‘Only very sick kids should die’: Deadly measles outbreak exploding even as RFK Jr spews vaccine lies
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/4003884079768-only-very-sick-kids-should-die-deadly-measles-outbreak-exploding-even-as-rfk-jr-spews-vaccine-lies?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3NDcxNTQ2ODk0MzI%3

Wall Street Gutted Steward Health Care. Patients Paid the Price. One of America’s biggest for-profit hospital operators is bankrupt, broken, and responsible for countless mistreated patients—thanks to its private equity overlords.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/05/steward-health-care-medical-properties-trust-hospitals-bankruptcy-ralph-de-la-torre/

UnitedHealth CEO Steps Down as Luigi Trial Escalates. His departure was announced Tuesday as the company said he was leaving for ‘personal reasons’, without elaborating.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14706929/UnitedHealth-CEO-Andrew-Witty-resigns-Luigi-Mangione.html

# Military / Militia / General News
From North Carolina to Shooting Down Drones in 22 Hours: A Team Effort to Defend Israel from Iran
https://www.airandspaceforces.com/north-carolina-shooting-down-drones-22-hours-team-effort-defend-israel-from-iran/

Pentagon Taps 12 More Companies for Space Data Transport Network Demos
https://www.defensenews.com/space/2025/05/12/pentagon-taps-12-more-companies-for-space-data-transport-network-demos/

New 85th Fighter group trains first Polish F-35 pilots with more on the way from Poland, Finland, Germany, Switzerland, Singapore, and other partners.
https://www.aetc.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/4180680/85th-fighter-group-reaches-initial-operational-capability/

USAF’s Planned E-7 Fleet on Trump’s Chopping Block
https://www.airandspaceforces.com/future-usaf-new-e-7-fleet-may-face-cuts/

Air Force Launching New Artificial Intelligence ‘Center of Excellence’
https://www.airandspaceforces.com/air-force-launching-new-artificial-intelligence-center-of-excellence/?src=dr

Helsing unveils Lura and SG-1 Fathom – autonomous mass to surveil and defend the depths
https://helsing.ai/newsroom/helsing-unveils-lura-and-sg-1-fathom-autonomous-mass-to-surveil-and-defend-the-depths

Hegseth’s plan to cut senior military jobs could hit more than 120 high-ranking officers
https://apnews.com/article/pentagon-generals-admirals-cuts-b751b428db23e5da682eed5cfd3c44be

A Biotech arms race based on fear
https://www.mintpressnews.com/us-chinese-cyborg-soldiers-biotech-militarization/289559/

The F-47 Next-Generation Air Dominance fighter will have a combat radius of greater than 1,000 miles—nearly double that of the F-22—and the Air Force plans to acquire more than 185 of them
https://www.airandspaceforces.com/air-force-reveals-range-and-inventory-goals-for-f-47-ccas/#:~:text=The%20F%2D47%20Nex,the%20social%20media%20site%20X

US-Saudi $142 Billion Defense Deal Sparks Questions, Few Answers. The Trump administration called its $142 billion defense deal with Saudi Arabia “the largest defense sales agreement in history.” Critics aren’t so sure.
https://www.gazettextra.com/news/nation_world/us-saudi-142-billion-defense-deal-sparks-questions-few-answers/article_2c97617d-389e-59ac-bcbc-be8063840c64.html

F-35 Lots 18 and 19 May Be Combined; Award Now Expected Late June. The Air Force and Lockheed Martin are in talks to accelerate the contract award for Lot 19 of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter “potentially into the second quarter” by combining it with Lot 18, company Chief Financial Officer Evan Scott said
https://breakingdefense.com/2025/05/lockheed-expects-june-award-of-combined-f-35-production-deal/

# Military / General News / Global
Vladimir Putin’s troops spotted massing near NATO border sparking WW3 fears
https://www.themirror.com/news/world-news/vladimir-putins-troops-spotted-massing-1146858

# Nuclear
The US Nuclear Base Hidden Under Greenland’s Ice for Decades: “While flying above the Arctic Circle last spring, a team of NASA scientists testing a new radar system over northern Greenland detected something unusual,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
https://www.wsj.com/world/greenland-us-camp-century-nuclear-base-91e8abea?reflink=article_copyURL_share&st=cKVMT9

# Social Services / Programs / SNAP [Food Stamps]
House Republicans unveiled a new spending plan yesterday that would significantly restructure the food stamp program by linking federal funding to each state’s payment error rate.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/05/13/house-gop-food-stamp-states-high-error-rates/

# Veterans / VA
Some veterans accruing debt from overpayments in VA benefits. The audits uncovered underpayments and overpayments, which the VA attempts to collect from veterans when they are identified. Some veterans accruing debt from overpayments in VA benefits.
https://www.legion.org/information-center/news/veterans-benefits/2025/may/some-veterans-accruing-debt-from-overpayments-in-va-benefits#:~:text=Overpayments%20can%20result%20in%20the,the%20House%20Veterans’%20Affairs%20Committee

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# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Recalls
Scientists sound alarm after witnessing disturbing changes in wild animal behavior: ‘That does create problems.’ “We can get creative with the ways we live together.”
https://www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/synurbization-wild-animals-urbanization-behavior/

# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
Trump Signs Self-Deportation Executive Order With Free Flights to Anywhere ‘As Long as It’s Not Here’: Trump asserted that the “deportation bonus will save American taxpayers billions and billions of dollars. Eventually, when the illegals are gone, it will save us trillions of dollars.”
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/project-homecoming-inside-trumps-new-plan-for-migrants-who-self-deport-from-us-free-flights-cash-bonus-8387782

GOP Rep Calls ICE Threat to Arrest Democrat Reps ‘Very Drastic’: ‘We Can Peacefully Protest In This Country.’ “I’m just curious, should ICE be arresting or even threatening to arrest members of Congress?” O’Keefe asked.
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/gop-rep-calls-ice-threat-to-arrest-democrat-reps-very-drastic-we-can-peacefully-protest-in-this-country/

ICE agents arrest woman holding newborn baby as neighbors try to stop them. This isn’t an isolated situation with undocumented Irish people being rounded up in the US as part of Trump’s immigration crackdown.
https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/ice-agents-arrest-woman-holding-35202836

Seven Deaths, Zero Accountability: Inside Trump’s ICE Facilities. At least seven migrants have died in ICE custody since January, as the Trump administration expands detention and dismantles oversight across a system plagued by abuse, neglect, and inhumane conditions.
https://www.nationofchange.org/2025/05/05/seven-dead-in-ice-custody-in-trumps-first-100-days-as-detainee-population-swells/

Private Prison CEO on ICE Contracts: We’re a Better Deal Than El Salvador’s CECOT. Private prison firms CoreCivic and GEO Group are thrilled about ICE’s spending spree, but they’re already facing local opposition.
https://theintercept.com/2025/05/08/ice-private-prison-profits-corecivic-geo-group/

ICE planning uptick in deportation flights this week.
https://thehill.com/homenews/5294935-trump-administration-boosts-deportation-flights/

# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
‘No statutory authority whatsoever’: Judge rubbishes DOGE in case over Trump’s efforts to mass fire federal workers, issues temporary restraining order
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/no-statutory-authority-whatsoever-judge-rubbishes-doge-in-case-over-trumps-efforts-to-mass-fire-federal-workers-issues-temporary-restraining-order/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS
‘Total reset negotiated’: Trump started a trade war with China and is already looking for a way out
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/us-and-china-to-slash-tariffs-for-90-days-as-trump-and-xi-likely-to-talk-maybe-at-the-end-of-the-week-101943792.html

US, China to Slash Tariffs in Step Back from Decoupling Brink. Geneva talks mark first high-level US-China meeting since Trump’s return. Trade war halted $600 billion in bilateral trade, sparking stagflation fears
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/us-china-reach-deal-slash-tariffs-officials-say-2025-05-12/

“It’s Real Y’all”: People Are Sharing Their Tariff Receipts, And My Wallet Is Not Ready For What’s Coming. “The product cost is $524 and the tariff charge is $890.”
https://www.buzzfeed.com/meganeliscomb/trump-tariff-receipts-may-2025

# Education / Schools / Libraries / Museums
Students Studying at Columbia Library Were Suspended for Protest They Took No Part In. After being threatened with losing their housing, several students who weren’t involved in the protests had their suspensions lifted.
https://theintercept.com/2025/05/10/columbia-library-gaza-protests-students-suspended/

# Employment / Labor / Unions
Trump expands federal purge of firing Democrats at independent agencies: President Trump ‘s new wave of firings at independent agencies could spark another legal firestorm over his attempts to leverage his executive branch power.
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/4001574617829-trump-expands-federal-purge-of-firing-democrats-at-independent-agencies?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3NDcwNTE2NjM4NDg%3D

California’s top lawmaker calls on federal judge to block ‘illegal’ mass firings by Trump government. The lawsuit, filed this week, challenges the firing of 10,000 HHS employees, agency closures, and workforce reductions in departments essential to disaster response, food safety, and mental health.
https://www.newsbreak.com/golden-gate-media-1351221/4000175395348-california-s-top-lawmaker-calls-on-federal-judge-to-block-illegal-mass-firings-by-trump-government

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
Energy Secretary Hints at Cancelling Billions of Dollars in Biden’s Green Energy Loans
https://freebeacon.com/energy/trump-energy-sec-opens-door-to-canceling-billions-of-dollars-in-green-projects/

US Won’t Move Forward With Billions in Biden-Era Energy Loans. Energy Secretary Wright Says Department Evaluating Projects Springing From $400 Billion Green Bank
https://www.ttnews.com/articles/energy-wright-biden-projects

Trump’s Energy Department just discovered $93 Billion in green energy loans in the 3 months before Trump took office. In the 3 months between the 2024 election and the 2025 inauguration, the office committed an additional $93 billion in loans, which is concerning given the office’s history of making questionable loans.
https://energynewsbeat.co/trumps-energy-department-just-discovered-93-billion-in-green-energy-loans-in-the-3-months-before-trump-took-office/

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
A Republican push to sell public lands in the West is reigniting a political fight. Without clear details how it will work, skeptics worry it could be a giveaway for developers and mining companies and do little to ease the region’s housing crisis.
https://apnews.com/article/west-public-lands-sale-republicans-e153dcb4d4391dd849e4409123bfecfe

Florida criminalized homeless people sleeping in parks. They got creative. The legislation requires local governments to provide temporary housing and treatment services for those in need
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yViSSKy3KSQ

Running blind: The silencing and censoring of environmental threats to US national security
https://www.gleick.com/blog/censorship-deletion-and-purging-of-us-defense-and-intelligence-assessments

# Food General News
Experts issue dire warning as food prices rise faster than inflation: ‘This process is affecting multiple regions worldwide.’ “Crop production is growing at a slower pace than needed to meet domestic and international demand.”
https://www.thecooldown.com/sustainable-food/economists-food-prices-climate-change-brazil/#:~:text=multiple%20regions%20worldwide’-,Experts%20issue%20dire%20warning%20as%20food%20prices%20rise%20faster%20than,meet%20domestic%20and%20international%20demand.%22

# Gov / Politics
U.S. added to int’l human rights watchlist over Trump attacks on democratic norms
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2025/05/11/CIVICUS-Trump-watchlist/3341747013972/

‘He thinks he’s a king’: Trump accepts a lavish ‘Flying Palace’ from a foreign power, but don’t worry, it’s totally not bribery. News of present known as ‘flying palace’ from royal family to replace Air Force One has ignited accusations of bribery and corruption
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/11/trump-accept-luxury-plane-gift-qatar

Trump thinks he is shaping the Middle East. Instead, it’s Gulf states that will dictate US foreign policy. The US president travels to meet the region’s leaders facing an uncomfortable reality: he may need them more than they need him
https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2025/may/11/donald-trump-middle-east-gulf-states-us-foreign-policy

Carolinas lawmakers urging amendments to U.S. Constitution. Legislation pending in the Carolinas legislatures would authorize each state to join a convention to amend the U.S. Constitution to limit the power and spending of the federal government.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/north_carolina/article_c7d70c9a-f81a-4677-9acd-aae63835ea38.html

‘Prodded onto the shakiest of limbs:’ States sue Trump over ‘fake’ energy emergency he declared in ‘unsupported and unlawful’ executive order, suit says
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/prodded-onto-the-shakiest-of-limbs-states-sue-trump-over-fake-energy-emergency-he-declared-in-unsupported-and-unlawful-executive-order-suit-says/

Russia tortured a Ukrainian journalist to death — yet Trump wants to negotiate
https://thehill.com/opinion/international/5291103-russia-tortured-a-ukrainian-journalist-to-death-yet-trump-wants-to-negotiate/

Government accountability expert tells ’60 Minutes’ fraud ‘is not a political issue,’ optimistic on DOGE
https://www.foxnews.com/media/government-accountability-expert-tells-60-minutes-fraud-is-not-political-issue-optimistic-doge

Ocasio-Cortez slams GOP threats to Medicaid: ‘They’re robbing people’
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5294120-ocasio-cortez-slams-gop-threats-to-medicaid-theyre-robbing-people/

Trump is using immigration law to ‘criminalize political opposition’: legal expert
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-leah-litman/

Democrats Woke Up to Trump’s Crypto Grift. Will They Stop Other Scammers? “Many of the potential issues we see with the Trump family’s crypto practices are a feature — not a bug — of the crypto industry.”
https://theintercept.com/2025/05/08/democrats-trump-crypto-stablecoin-maxine-waters/

A Trumped Up Police State Is Coming. From militarized crackdowns to legal impunity, Trump’s policing agenda is designed to crush dissent and critics, explains Radley Balko.
https://theintercept.com/2025/05/08/trump-police-crime-radley-balko/

MAGA Civil War Looms as Loyalists Plot to Oust Fellow Republicans in Senate Race
https://nevertrumpers.quora.com/MAGA-Civil-War-Looms-as-Loyalists-Plot-to-Oust-Fellow-Republicans-in-Senate-Race

The Path to American Authoritarianism, What Comes After Democratic Breakdown
https://electionlawblog.org/?p=148599

# Gov / Politics / Global
Iran calls latest nuclear talks with US ‘difficult’ but both sides agree negotiations will continue
https://www.yahoo.com/news/iran-us-hold-4th-round-091641116.html

Iran and US conclude a fourth round of negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program in Oman
https://apnews.com/article/iran-us-nuclear-talks-oman-mideast-tensions-trump-1b47c24a5f97e20bfebbc34ad8047e90

Zelenskyy hopes for truce, says he’ll meet Putin ‘personally’ in Turkiye. Ukraine’s leader has insisted there must be a full, temporary ceasefire in place before any direct talks with Russia.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/11/putin-proposes-direct-russia-ukraine-talks-in-istanbul-on-may-15

Putin’s spokesman says Moscow will ‘continue’ invasion while blaming Ukraine for not being ‘ready’ for peace
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/putin-s-spokesman-says-moscow-will-continue-invasion-while-blaming-ukraine-for-not-being-ready-for-peace/ar-AA1EzMfu

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
‘They’re gonna confine him’: Legal expert flags evidence Supreme Court will rein Trump in: The issue at hand, according to Vance, “is whether a district judge can issue an injunction that takes effect nationwide, or whether their decision is only applicable within their judicial district, or even limited just to the parties in front of them.”
https://www.newsbreak.com/raw-story-2096750/4003410637838-hot-mess-expert-says-supreme-court-has-strongest-case-possible-to-rule-against-trump

Judge temporarily blocks Trump administration from laying off federal employees. The ruling puts on hold the White House’s plans to implement government-wide layoffs at a number of agencies.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/09/judge-blocks-trump-administration-federal-employees-layoffs-00340243

Trump uses Supreme Court birthright citizenship case in bid to limit judges’ power
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5292906-supreme-court-birthright-citizenship/

‘Hot mess’: Expert says Supreme Court has ‘strongest’ case possible to rule against Trump
https://www.rawstory.com/supreme-court-strongest-case-trump/

# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
Fox News pundit: Trump must suspend habeas corpus if Supreme Court can’t ‘understand’ law. Right-wing attorney Mehek Cooke argued that President Donald Trump should suspend habeas corpus rights if the U.S. Supreme Court “cannot understand” that he has a legal right to deport migrants without due process.
https://www.newsbreak.com/raw-story-2096750/4003014625491-fox-news-pundit-trump-must-suspend-habeas-corpus-if-supreme-court-can-t-understand-law

# Medicare / Medicaid
New Mexico governor says potential GOP cuts to Medicaid would ‘destroy health care as we know it’
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5294811-new-mexico-governor-potential-gop-cuts-medicaid/

What the GOP Isn’t Saying About the True Cost of Medicaid Cuts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M99NADj7bjQ

House Republicans unveil Medicaid cuts that Democrats warn will leave millions without care
https://apnews.com/article/medicaid-cuts-trump-tax-cuts-bill-1e2b12a91a3d12ceb0420ce7053de58e

Republicans unveil Medicaid portion of Trump tax bill. Still, millions of people would lose health insurance under the plan through policies such as work requirements and a new cost-sharing requirement for certain beneficiaries.
https://apnews.com/article/medicaid-cuts-trump-tax-cuts-bill-1e2b12a91a3d12ceb0420ce7053de58e

‘Under Cover of Night,’ GOP unveils plan to kick 8 million off medicaid: Trump and Republicans have been lying when they claim they aren’t going to cut Medicaid and take away people’s healthcare.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/republican-medicaid-bill-text

# Medical / Health News
Most baby boomers can’t afford assisted living and are weighing on the housing market by staying in their homes, ‘Oracle of Wall Street’ says
https://www.allsides.com/news/2025-05-10-1615/technology-most-baby-boomers-cant-afford-assisted-living-and-are-weighing

Trump admin weighs cutting protections for mental health treatment coverage. Most of the public oppose major federal cuts to health agencies and programs and say they have been made “recklessly.” The public, including most republicans, oppose medicaid cuts; MAGA supporters are divided
https://www.kff.org/affordable-care-act/press-release/most-of-the-public-oppose-major-federal-cuts-to-health-agencies-and-programs-and-say-they-have-been-made-recklessly/

# Medical Science / Research
Medicinal Mushrooms Show Promise for Treating Brain Disorders. Recent scientific research reveals that certain edible and medicinal fungi contain powerful bioactive compounds that could transform treatment approaches for central nervous system (CNS) disorders.
https://scienceblog.com/medicinal-mushrooms-show-promise-for-treating-brain-disorders/

# Medical Technology
Trump administration stops funding research for babies with heart defects
https://www.aol.com/trump-administration-halts-funding-research-185047550.html

# Military / Militia / General News
Thousands of beneficiaries are finding out they are being disenrolled from Tricare health care coverage in the West Region because they didn’t set up recurring payments by an April 30 deadline
https://www.militarytimes.com/pay-benefits/mil-money/2025/05/09/thousands-in-west-region-being-booted-out-of-militarys-tricare/

# Military / General News / Global
India and Pakistan reach ceasefire agreement, with US help. But all not quiet on the front
https://thebulletin.org/2025/05/the-india-pakistan-conflict-continues-for-a-third-day-so-does-the-possibility-of-nuclear-escalation/

# NASA
NASA Unveils New High-Resolution Ocean Floor Map, Finds Nearly 100,000 Previously Unknown Underwater Mountains
https://www.earth.com/news/nasas-new-underwater-map-reveals-nearly-100000-hidden-ocean-mountains-seamounts/

Vast Liquid Water Reservoir Found Deep in Martian Crust
https://www.sciencealert.com/new-signals-hint-at-a-lost-ocean-of-water-concealed-within-mars

# Pharmaceuticals
Trump to sign executive order he says will slash drug prices by up to 80%: The order, as described by Trump on Truth Social, is based on a “most favored nation” pricing model, a policy approach that his first administration previously tried and failed to implement following legal challenges.
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trumps-prescription-drugs-executive-order-explained-2070775

# Science / Science Engineers
Eliminating US science advisory committees will harm the public and open the door to special interests
https://thebulletin.org/2025/05/eliminating-us-science-advisory-committees-will-harm-the-public-and-open-the-door-to-special-interests/

# Social Media / Internet
Deepfakes, Scams, and the Age of Paranoia. As AI-driven fraud becomes increasingly common, more people feel the need to verify every interaction they have online.
https://aitopics.org/doc/news:FCDCDA82

# Social Services / Programs / SNAP [Food Stamps]
Former SSA Commissioner Martin O’Malley urges Democrats to ‘not let up’ on Social Security
https://www.aol.com/former-ssa-commissioner-martin-o-100000287.html

Social Security rules around new retirement age announced as new rules begin in May
https://www.kiplinger.com/retirement/social-security/changes-coming-for-social-security-in-2025

Democrats’ Bill Would Extend Social Security and Medicare Solvency ‘As Far as the Eye Can See.’ “Working-class seniors pay into Social Security and Medicare their whole careers so they can enjoy a dignified retirement, but they end up paying a much larger share of their income in taxes than billionaires because the tax code is rigged in favor of the rich.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/social-security-medicare-2671925476

# Veterans / VA
Despite a congressional mandate to expand care for veterans, internal Veterans Affairs messages paint a stark portrait of how chaotic cost cutting has already imperiled tests of treatments for cancer, opioid addiction and more.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-veterans-affairs-budget-staff-cuts-jeopardize-cancer-research

# Water
Federal government abruptly shuts down science centers monitoring national safety risks: the White House ordered the closure of 25 scientific centers that monitor U.S. water levels for flooding and drought while also managing supply levels to save communities from running out of water.
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/usgs-water-science-centers-closed-trump-admin/

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# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
Grandmother in U.S. without documentation faces deportation after wrong turn in San Diego
https://www.lipstickalley.com/threads/grandmother-in-u-s-without-documentation-faces-deportation-after-wrong-turn-in-san-diego.5897518/

Trump asks Supreme Court to allow him to end humanitarian parole for 500,000 people from 4 countries
https://apnews.com/article/trump-immigration-parole-supreme-court-6282e48ef9bf41bd5c77e8e2b0642e89

CBS News: Trump administration asks African countries to accept deportations from United States
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/u-s-deportation-deals-with-angola-equatorial-guinea/

‘This is un-American’: Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman on the arrest of Newark mayor at ICE facility
https://www.msnbc.com/the-weeknight/watch/-this-is-un-american-rep-bonnie-watson-coleman-on-newark-mayor-s-arrest-at-ice-facility-239289925517

Dem Mayor Ras Baraka Calls His ICE Arrest ‘Targeted’
https://www.msnbc.com/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/-they-obviously-targeted-me-newark-mayor-describes-chaotic-arrest-in-confrontation-at-ice-facility-239297605589

Trump administration threatens more arrests after showdown outside ICE detention center: DHS spokesperson threatens arrests of House Democrats who were at N.J. ICE facility. Tricia McLaughlin accused members of Congress of assaulting and even body-slamming ICE officers. A congresswoman who was present denied the allegation.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/dhs-spokesperson-threatens-arrests-house-democrats-nj-ice-facility-rcna206052

US military using high-tech radar amid drone threat on border. Aerial incursions are a concern at the Southern border. The US military is using high-tech radar to monitor skies. The Defense Department’s presence has increased at the border
https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/southwest/us-military-using-high-tech-radar-amid-drone-threat-on-border/

# Business / Industry / Corporations
‘Impossible to make jobs in America’: Another small business owner who thought Donald Trump was his golden ticket to economic prosperity is now watching his livelihood go up in flames.
https://wegotthiscovered.com/news/impossible-to-make-jobs-in-america-seller-who-backed-trump-to-spite-liberals-gets-harsh-wake-up-call-after-tariffs-punishes-his-business/

# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
Elon Musk’s ever-alarming Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) now wants to consolidate the federal government’s vast data reserves. They’re currently siloed across government agencies, and DOGE wants to merge them into a sprawling centralized database.
https://futurism.com/the-byte/doge-elon-musk-data-hackers

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS
Federal Reserve is testing a Central Bank Digital Currency. that would give the government the power to: Track every dollar you spend. Freeze your account at will, and potentially erase your savings with the click of a button
https://fedpaymentsimprovement.org/news/blog/federal-reserve-explores-central-bank-digital-currency/

Investors pull money out of US equity funds for a fourth straight week
https://www.reuters.com/business/investors-pull-money-out-us-equity-funds-fourth-straight-week-2025-05-09/

‘Time is running out’: Ex-Trump official gives grim prediction of ‘unnecessary recession’
https://www.rawstory.com/scaramucci-prediction-recession-trade/

US, Chinese Officials Begin Tariff Talks in Geneva
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/10/nx-s1-5394399/u-s-and-china-begin-talks-amid-tensions-over-trumps-tariff-war

# Employment / Labor / Unions
Trump fires director of U.S. Copyright Office, she refused to rubber-stamp Elon Musk’s efforts to mine troves of copyrighted works to train AI models.
https://democrats-cha.house.gov/media/press-releases/morelles-statement-abrupt-firing-shira-perlmutter-register-copyrights

Want to Stop Trump’s Attacks on the NLRB? History Shows Strikes Are the Answer. Workers’ legal rights are inherently precarious in a capitalist economy. Only periodic mass upheaval has renewed them.
https://truthout.org/articles/want-to-stop-trumps-attacks-on-the-nlrb-history-shows-strikes-are-the-answer/
NLRB: National Labor Relations Board https://www.nlrb.gov/

# FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency]
‘I will run right over you’: New FEMA boss hurls aggressive greeting at staff. David Richardson replaced acting FEMA head Cameron Hamilton, who was fired for telling Congress the emergency response agency shouldn’t be dissolved.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/05/09/fema-head-run-right-over-staff/83533958007/

# General News
New pope predicts the biggest threat facing humanity. Pope Leo XIV showed that he is committed to the same causes as the late Pope Francis after he warned of the dangers of Artificial Intelligence
https://www.the-express.com/news/world-news/171359/Pope-Leo-artificial-intelligence-warning

# Gov / Politics
Chief Justice Roberts affirms judiciary must ‘check the excesses’ of Trump and Congress. As Judges face attacks from President Trump, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. says government “doesn’t work if the judiciary is not independent.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/05/07/chief-justice-roberts-judicial-independence-buffalo/

‘We’re not playing’: DHS spokesperson reveals plans on CNN to arrest members of Congress. A spokesperson for the agency stated there are plans to arrest more lawmakers in the coming days.
https://www.rawstory.com/dhs-arrest-members-of-congress/

Trump advisory board member pushes for Jan. 6 as national holiday to ‘honor American heroes.’ “That would be the biggest way to honor these American heroes who risked their lives, freedom and honor to protest what they perceived to be a stolen election.”
https://nypost.com/2025/05/10/us-news/trump-advisory-board-member-wants-jan-6-to-be-a-national-holiday/

Opinion: The power to cut off funds is important for civil rights, but Trump is abusing it
https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/5290821-trump-funding-universities-civil-rights/

Aide reveals Trump considering scrapping cornerstone of US Constitution: ‘It’s an option.’ White House is “actively looking at” suspending the ability of migrants to challenge their detention in court, according to Bloomberg.
https://www.rawstory.com/stephen-miller-immigration/

Is Trump Out-of-Touch, Senile, Nuts or Something Worse?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dh7jTM7gyd4

If Dems Want to Stand Up to Trump, They Must Stand With Palestine Protesters. Michigan’s attorney general is posing as an anti-Trump champion. So why is she helping Trump’s FBI to target protesters?
https://truthout.org/articles/if-dems-want-to-stand-up-to-trump-they-must-stand-with-palestine-protesters/

Trump signs order TARGETING ActBlue! After consolidating total, unchecked power in Washington, Donald Trump is now trying to threaten grassroots Democratic fundraising ahead of the midterms.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/24/trump-to-target-actblue-in-presidential-memorandum-00307251

# Gov / Politics / Global
France and Poland’s reconciliation is a sign of Europe’s alarm over US disengagement. A new pact could be the first step towards extending France’s nuclear shield over central Europe
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/08/france-and-polands-reconciliation-is-a-sign-of-europes-alarm-over-us-disengagement

Russia’s Putin proposes direct talks with Ukraine in Istanbul on May 15, ‘without preconditions’
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/11/putin-proposes-direct-russia-ukraine-talks-in-istanbul-on-may-15

# Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA / DEA
Texas jail guard accused of helping and laughing as four inmates killed another prisoner over $40 debt. Bexar County jail detention officer is accused of allowing four inmates beat 46-year-old Francisco Bazan to death on April 28. He now faces a murder charge. The four inmates have been charged with first-degree murder and remain in custody
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/texas-jail-guard-arrest-murder-b2748011.html

National Guard deploys to NM city as youth crime rises.
https://www.aol.com/national-guard-deployed-blue-city-080017362.html

# Medicare / Medicaid
Congressional Republicans’ Proposals To Slash Medicaid Could Cost Tens of Thousands of Lives
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/congressional-republicans-proposals-to-slash-medicaid-could-cost-tens-of-thousands-of-lives/

Medicaid Reform Proposals in Congress: Republican lawmakers are divided over a potential change in Medicaid funding that pits moderates against fiscal hawks and threatens to further delay the budget reconciliation process.
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/09/nx-s1-5392357/republicans-medicaid-trump-reconciliation-bill

# Military / Militia / General News
Pentagon orders Military libraries to get rid of materials related to DEI, gives deadline to comply. Another memo told academies to ignore ‘race, ethnicity or sex’ in admissions but athleticism could be considered
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/10/pentagon-dei-gender-ideology-books

Iowa National Guard unit deploying to Middle East scheduled for late May: Iowa National Guard 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry, or “Ironman Battalion,” will first train at Fort Johnson in Louisiana. From there, troops will be deployed to the Middle East for Operation Inherent Resolve. 1,800 Iowa National Guard soldiers will be part of the deployment.
https://www.messengernews.net/news/local-news/2025/03/guard-soldiers-gear-up-for-mission/

# NOAA / Weather
Dismantling NOAA Threatens the World’s Ability to Monitor Carbon Dioxide Levels. A small group of scientists are scrambling to preserve our ability to track atmostpheric carbon dioxide. The agency maintains the global backbone of measurements of CO2 and other gases, but these are at risk of being curtailed if the foreshadowed cuts to NOAA are realized.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/05/noaa-dismantling-threatens-keeling-curve-climate-research-trump-doge-cuts-national-oceanic-asmospheric-administration/

# Social Services / Programs / SNAP [Food Stamps]
Social Security to Reinstate Overpayment Recovery Rate. The Social Security Administration (SSA) announced it will increase the default overpayment withholding rate for Social Security beneficiaries to 100 percent of a person’s monthly benefit.
https://blog.ssa.gov/social-security-to-reinstate-overpayment-recovery-rate/

GOP lawmakers advance proposals to reduce federal benefits, gut civil service protections. One Republican who voted against the cuts to federal benefits cast doubt that the provisions would end up in the final version of the GOP reconciliation bill.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/congress/2025/05/gop-lawmakers-advance-proposals-to-reduce-federal-benefits-gut-civil-service-protections/

Senate advances bill that could unravel decades of protections for vulnerable communities: ‘This impacts our community first and worst’
https://economicsecurityproject.org/news/community-orgs-push-back-as-texas-senate-advances-legislation-that-undermines-families-economic-security/

# Transportation / Travel / Advisories
New driving law means any driver in the US could be sued for breaking it
https://www.tcf-fca.ca/new-driving-law-in-the-us-2025/#google_vignette

# Veterans / VA
Homeless Veteran On Trial Until Judge Heard His Name And Stood Up In Silence
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRbHkWXKIeg

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# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
U.S. visitors are already being asked if they have applied for a ‘Trump Card Visa’ on immigration forms. Visa would allow wealthy people to buy residency in U.S., but how it would work remains unclear
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-gold-card-visa-immigration-forms-b2747326.html

# Chemicals / Herbicides / Pesticides / Bugs
Another PFAS-containing pesticide headed for US registration.  US regulators are poised to approve a pesticide made with a controversial class of toxic chemicals. The new active ingredient is cyclobutrifluram.  The new pesticide product contains fluorinated chemicals, which, by definition, makes them per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), which can persist in the environment for decades or even centuries.
https://www.thenewlede.org/2025/05/pfas-in-pesticide-epa/

# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
Bill Gates Goes Nuclear on Elon Musk: ‘The World’s Richest Man Killing the World’s Poorest Children’
https://www.axios.com/2025/05/08/bill-gates-foundation-elon-musk-doge

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS
‘Corruption is staggering’: Trump officials push tariffed nations to approve Musk business. “The glaring conflict of interest inherent in this pressure to preference a Musk-owned company is disgusting,” said Public Citizen co-president Lisa Gilbert.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/elon-musk-starlink

‘It’s made up’: Expert says Trump gave a ‘gross misrepresentation of the truth’ on taxes
https://www.rawstory.com/tariffs-2671917644/

Denmark to field unmanned vessels for monitoring busy shipping routes. U.S.-based Saildrone will deploy four large unmanned surface vessels in Danish waters next month
https://www.c4isrnet.com/global/europe/2025/05/08/denmark-to-field-unmanned-vessels-for-monitoring-busy-shipping-routes/

Trump hints tariff cuts as US, China set to resume trade talks
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/09/nx-s1-5392399/u-s-china-trade-negotiations

# Education / Schools / Libraries / Museums
U.S. Senate Dems launch forums to spotlight ‘bulldozing’ of Department of Education
https://protectborrowers.org/senate-dems-spotlight-radical-effort-to-decimate-ed-condemn-chaos/

Texas voters reject far right school boards in sweeping backlash to book bans. Dozens of candidates who backed book censorship policies lost their seats in school board elections across Texas, signaling public fatigue with partisan attacks on students, educators, and libraries.
https://truthout.org/articles/voters-oust-several-book-banning-incumbents-in-school-districts-across-texas/

# Employment / Labor / Unions
DOGE Killed Dozens of Grants That Supported Women Workers. Advocates say the cancellations will lock women out of construction and manufacturing jobs—and may violate the law.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/05/doge-womens-grant-construction-manufacturing-cancelled/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
Elon Musk’s Memphis AI hub operates gas turbines without air permits, raising health concerns. Despite claims from local officials that xAI was only operating 15 of the turbines, thermal imaging showed nearly all of the 35 turbines were running.
https://www.selc.org/press-release/new-images-reveal-elon-musks-xai-datacenter-has-nearly-doubled-its-number-of-polluting-unpermitted-gas-turbines/

Lithuania’s defense minister on reading Trump, the cruelty of mines. “We are going to have mines on our territory, but they will either be Russian … or our own, where we will know where they are,” said Dovilė Šakalienė
https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2025/05/08/lithuanias-defense-minister-on-reading-trump-the-cruelty-of-mines/

GOP Advances Bill to Fast-Track Fracking, Logging and Mining on Public Lands. The legislation would make it harder to file legal challenges against controversial mines and pipelines.
https://truthout.org/articles/gop-advances-bill-to-fast-track-fracking-logging-and-mining-on-public-lands/

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
Trump administration dismisses nearly 400 scientists working on congressionally mandated national climate report for the federal government.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/national-climate-assessment-report-scientists-fired/

The biggest US cities are sinking. A new study reveals that uneven land subsidence could impact 29,000 buildings across the America’s most populated metropolises. Groundwater extraction seems to be the most common culprit, and its impact on land movement has direct implications for the infrastructure in the country’s most populated neighborhoods.
https://gizmodo.com/all-28-of-the-u-s-s-largest-cities-are-sinking-study-finds-2000599621

# FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency]
Trump’s acting FEMA chief fired a day after breaking from the administration. Cameron Hamilton, the acting disaster chief, appeared to contradict Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem by defending the agency
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/08/fema-chief-fired-cameron-hamilton-00335840

FEMA head, librarian of Congress ousted in latest federal firings
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/09/trump-congress-librarian-fired

# Food General News
Moderates fight back as GOP crafts major food assistance changes
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5288637-moderates-snap-food-assistance-changes/

PFAS chemicals found in popular beers as water contamination seeps into brewing process.  Perfluorosulfonic acids, particularly PFOS, were detected, with PFOA or PFOS above U.S. EPA’s Maximum Contaminant Limits in some beers.
https://www.wral.com/lifestyle/food/beer-forever-chemicals-may-2025/

# General News
Why Elon Musk Is Now Threatening to Sue Canada; here’s the reason and why Mark Carney could be on the back foot. Zero-Emission Vehicles (iZEV) program blocked Tesla from receiving tax credits worth up to $30 million, as per a report.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-threatens-sue-canada-200249096.html

# Gov / Politics
‘No more woke handouts’: Trump vows to kill law that helps veterans and minorities
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-digital-equity-act/

‘National Embarrassment’: Marjorie Taylor Greene Mocked for Suggesting the U.S. Owns the Gulf of Mexico
https://www.newsbreak.com/ok-magazine-561398/3997961255250-national-embarrassment-marjorie-taylor-greene-mocked-for-suggesting-the-u-s-owns-the-gulf-of-mexico

The Segregationist Administration: How Trump’s Team Is Systematically Dismantling Civil Rights. Last week, the Justice Department announced that it would be lifting a school desegregation order in Louisiana, calling its existence a “historical wrong.” DOJ officials also suggested that similar orders dating back to the Civil Rights Movement be reconsidered as well.
https://newsone.com/6138983/trump-team-systematically-dismantling-civil-rights/

The Administration That Pardoned Jan. 6 Rioters Is Trying to Jail a Guy Over a Protest Banner
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/05/08/ed-martin-jan-6-trump-pardon-protester-00334168

Why Washington is worried about Burkina Faso’s young revolutionary leader. Taking power in 2022, the young military leader expelled French troops, ejected Western corporations, aligned his country with Russia, Cuba, and Venezuela.
https://www.mintpressnews.com/ibrahim-traore-burkina-faso-west/289538/

“Fact-Checked In Real Time”: Trump Met With Canada’s New Prime Minister, And Things Went Downhill So Quickly
https://www.yahoo.com/news/people-losing-trump-seemed-prove-234927698.html

Trump 2.0 at 100 days: A tale of enablers and resisters. In just over three months, the president’s second term has been defined by broken promises, sweeping executive actions and growing resistance across the country.
https://www.onceuponahill.com/p/trump-second-term-first-100-days-special-edition

Trump Two is a formula for hell on earth. Donald Trump is a modern-day Joe McCarthy with more destructive reach, set to supercharge climate chaos, social disintegration and global instability. With Elon Musk as his billionaire accomplice, “President Chaos” promises a sequel of authoritarianism and environmental ruin that could seal the planet’s fiery fate.
https://www.fairobserver.com/world-news/us-news/trump-two-is-a-formula-for-hell-on-earth/

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem openly flouted a Supreme Court order to facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the U.S., insisting that there is “no scenario” in which the Maryland man will be in the country again
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kristi-noem-supreme-court-order-kilmar-abrego-garcia_n_681cd152e4b0a178bbffc98e

Trump’s Repressive Measures Show US Imperialism Has Come Home to Roost. Under Trump’s direction, the US government is going to war against its own population.
https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-repressive-measures-show-us-imperialism-has-come-home-to-roost/

# Gov / Politics / Global
China claims its hypersonic weapon with Mach 20 speed can strike global targets in 30 mins
https://interestingengineering.com/military/china-hypersonic-missile-gets-mach-20-speed

Germany’s new chancellor urges US officials to stay out of his country’s politics. “That is our business,” said Friedrich Merz, speaking on his first full day in office.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/07/friedrich-merz-germany-us-00333340

Kremlin elites are poised for Putin’s grip on power to falter. As the embattled Russian leader addressed his nation on TV, calling up reservists to fight in Ukraine, he looked glassy-eyed, stilted and old. He is in his end phase and succession in Moscow is usually messy
https://www.thetimes.com/world/russia-ukraine-war/article/kremlin-elites-are-poised-for-putins-grip-on-power-to-falter-xgkqc60cf?region=global

Russian Elites Are Breaking the Old Taboos of Putin’s Power Vertical. They’re seeking out new models of behavior for a world without the longtime president.
https://carnegieendowment.org/russia-eurasia/politika/2025/05/russia-elites-transit-anticipation?lang=en&utm_source=carnegieemail&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=autoemail&mkt_tok=ODEzLVhZVS00MjIAAAGaSZ_D7Xk8gb2ykR7DjqzKP00PtQ0IiSUgxM7_4wK_rO3EfJD14nN3YgXZzwnAq4lLk6t_VnLRSxoCgnhYEwTgo-1hfaDDyBpRwYEKX7T_oham

Putin’s Proxy Diplomats Are Undermining the Coherence of Russian Foreign Policy. While informal diplomacy helps the Kremlin to be more nimble, in the long term it risks undermining Russia’s reliability as an international partner.
https://carnegieendowment.org/russia-eurasia/politika/2025/04/russia-proxy-diplomacy-dilemma?lang=en

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Judges strike down Alabama congressional map as racially discriminatory
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-judges-strike-down-alabama-congressional-map-as-racially-discriminatory/

‘The quantum of proof is nonexistent’: Judge tears into speechless DOJ lawyer over Trump’s attacks on law firms
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/the-quantum-of-proof-is-nonexistent-judge-tears-into-speechless-doj-lawyer-over-trumps-attacks-on-law-firms/

The Supreme Court made your rights harder to defend — Congress must now step up
https://www.npr.org/2024/06/10/nx-s1-4998861/supreme-court-chevron-doctrine

# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
The Texas-Sized Plan To Shut You Up. Texas is considering a sweeping set of legislative changes that would erode First Amendment protections, emboldening corporations and powerful individuals to use retaliatory lawsuits to silence their critics. A corporate-led attack on free speech in Texas is making odd bedfellows and tearing the state’s GOP apart.
https://www.levernews.com/the-texas-sized-plan-to-shut-you-up/

# Medicare / Medicaid
House Republicans Drop Plans for Largest Medicaid Cuts. Work requirements remain on the table but Congress will not cut the matching rate for the Affordable Care Act expansion or impose per capita limits on states.
https://www.governing.com/finance/house-republicans-drop-plans-for-largest-medicaid-cuts

# Medical / Health News
RFK Jr. says autism database will use Medicare and Medicaid info
https://firstwordpharma.com/story/5957558

Hiltzik: RFK Jr.’s plans for vaccine testing are highly unethical and a danger to your health. Here’s why
https://www.yahoo.com/news/hiltzik-rfk-jr-plans-vaccine-100000685.html

Gates Pledges $200 Billion to Global Health, Criticizes Musk’s Policies
https://evrimagaci.org/tpg/bill-gates-pledges-200-billion-amid-elon-musk-criticism-348882?srsltid=AfmBOor_9tX27zHgMR_FnFjhwHlO-eFaAMNbnjY-ENwQ26mgbonFJwpl

Hospital superbug eats medical plastic. Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a strain of bacterium that often causes antibiotic-resistant infections in hospitals, can produce an enzyme that can break down medical-grade plastic.
https://phys.org/news/2025-05-superbug-digest-medical-plastic-dangerous.html

# Medical Science / Research
‘Indefensible’: Merck Designed Gardasil Trials to Mask HPV Vaccine Harms. A newly unsealed expert report from Danish physician and world-renowned research methodologist Dr. Peter C. Gøtzsche, reveals that Merck intentionally misrepresented the safety profile of its Gardasil HPV vaccine.
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/merck-designed-gardasil-trials-mask-hpv-vaccine-harms/

# Military / Militia / General News
Up to 1,000 transgender troops being separated under new Pentagon memo. The Pentagon will immediately begin moving as many as 1,000 openly identifying transgender service members out of the military and give others 30 days to self-identify under a new directive issued Thursday.
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2025/05/08/up-to-1000-transgender-troops-being-separated-under-new-pentagon-memo/

# Military / General News / Global
Macron, Merz vow closer defense ties in reboot of French-German couple. The countries will establish a Franco-German defense and security council to tackle common threats. On his first official visit since he was elected chancellor on Tuesday, Friedrich Merz met with Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Wednesday. The two leaders committed to increasing security efforts in the context of Russia’s war in Ukraine.
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/europe/article/2025/05/07/france-and-germany-vow-to-cooperate-more-closely-on-defense_6741017_143.html#

Lithuania to lay antitank mines along its borders with Belarus, Russia. The Ministry of Defense announced the decision on May 5, stressing the mines’ intended effect of restricting the movements of invading forces
https://radar.am/en/news/world-2693011466/

India-Pakistan: 125 Jets Clash in One of Largest Dogfights in Recent History
https://www.newsweek.com/india-pakistan-125-jets-clash-one-largest-dogfights-recent-history-2069570

# NASA
Elon Just Embarrassed NASA – but This Is So Much Worse: Elon Musk Drops BOMBSHELL about Astronaut Rescue, Calls ISS Commander a Liar and R*tard…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcqVd4Yd5Tc

# NOAA / Weather
Funding cuts for Arctic sea ice monitoring risk key climate data. Scientists worry as services that provided detailed and historic information about sea ice, snowpack, glaciers and other Arctic conditions are being discontinued
https://alaskabeacon.com/2025/05/07/trump-administration-stopping-noaa-data-service-used-to-monitor-sea-ice-off-alaska/

# Social Services / Programs / SNAP [Food Stamps]
SSA Will Suspend Automatic Payments from May If You Fail to Meet These New Requirements
https://unionrayo.com/en/goodbye-social-security-checks-suspended-may-2025/

Trump Admin Proposes Eliminating Section 8 Housing Vouchers, Slashing Federal Housing Assistance. The plan would also cap rental aid for able-bodied adults at two years
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/02/nx-s1-5374077/trump-budget-housing-rental-aid-hud-homelessness-funding

The end of the global aid industry. USAID’s demise is an opportunity to prioritize industrialization over charity.
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/end-global-aid-industry

Escalating Anti-Homeless Policies Fall Hardest on Disabled People in the US. As legislative attacks on unhoused people ramp up, disabled people are on the front lines.
https://truthout.org/articles/escalating-anti-homeless-policies-fall-hardest-on-disabled-people-in-the-us/#:~:text=Experts%20warn%20that%20even%20more,to%20make%20medications%20more%20expensive

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