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June 21, 2026 Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ “Wisdom is only found in truth.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
ICE halts efforts to open several immigration jails. While the news is an important victory, the immigrant rights movement must continue to grow. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and ICE have halted and scaled back portions of a controversial initiative to convert empty industrial warehouses into mega-detention centers across the U.S. The pause follows intense public pushback, lawsuits, and infrastructure concerns raised by local municipalities
https://www.spotlightpa.org/news/2026/04/dhs-ice-detention-warehouse-pause-immigration-federal-government/

Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Fight Is No Longer Just a Court Case. It Is A Family Crisis Waiting At America’s Door. It has entered hospital rooms, kitchen tables, school enrollment offices, passport appointments, and the quiet fears of families who have always believed that a child born on American soil begins life with one clear promise: citizenship. Now that promise is being tested.
https://www.newsbreak.com/easy-everyday-recipes-380399510/4719229616371-trump-s-birthright-citizenship-fight-is-no-longer-just-a-court-case-it-is-a-family-crisis-waiting-at-america-s-door

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents have brutally shot and murdered a person in Minneapolis again. Amica Center denounces the lethal tactics of federal law enforcement. We cannot normalize the unchecked violent occupation of neighborhoods and cities under the guise of immigration enforcement. This is not immigration enforcement—it’s racist, brutal attacks dressed up in an ICE uniform.
https://amicacenter.org/statements/ices-continued-violence-in-our-communities-must-end/

The Human Cost of ICE Raids: Impact on the Community & Families: The President has issued Executive Orders mandating large-scale apprehension, detention, and deportation of all undocumented immigrants. In response, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) rescinded long-standing enforcement priorities and began indiscriminately arresting immigrants
https://www.americanbar.org/groups/crsj/resources/on-demand/human-cost-ice-raids-impact-community-families/

ICE is disrupting societal norms and democratic ideals: NPR has covered this issue extensively, documenting social media evidence of ICE using excessive force against a growing number of residents. Exposure to these images across news and social media platforms amplifies the impact of police brutality to a national scale.
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/ice-is-disrupting-societal-norms-and-democratic-ideals/

How communities are continuing the struggle against ICE. Across the country, communities are continuing the fight against ICE. Trump’s deportation campaign hasn’t stopped, but neither have the organizers resisting him.
https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/uncategorized/communities-stand-by-immigrants-fear-enforcement/

# Drugs / Trafficking / DEA / Gangs / Cartels
A drug Houston hadn’t seen at this scale in years is now flooding the region. Agents say cartels are shifting from fentanyl to meth, leading to quadrupled confiscations across the region. The Houston DEA seized more than 200 pounds of methamphetamine hidden inside rope. The shipment was coming in from Monterret, Mexico.
https://www.fox26houston.com/news/houston-dea-hpd-seize-200-pounds-meth-hidden-spools-rope?link_source=ta_thread_link&taid=69a99f280f0abb0001fce768&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=threads.net

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banking / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
What most Americans don’t realize is that bank deposits aren’t stored the way they think. A bank deposit is treated as an unsecured loan to the bank. The bank takes ownership of your cash, issues you an “IOU,” and immediately lends the bulk of it out to others. You can learn more about how this systemic circulation works by reading the Investopedia Fractional Reserve Banking Guide.
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/f/fractionalreservebanking.asp

# Education / Schools / Libraries and Museums / Childcare
Emergency Loans Are Costing US Schools Millions — and Lining Wall Street Pockets. States’ political failures are causing a massive transfer of wealth from classrooms to the richest banks in the nation.
https://truthout.org/articles/emergency-loans-are-costing-us-schools-millions-and-lining-wall-street-pockets/

# Environment / Climate / Weather / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands / Water
All the grass on the White House lawn has been utterly destroyed by Trump’s stupid UFC ring.
You can be assured this will somehow cost millions more in taxpayer dollars to fix.
https://thesource.com/2026/06/20/white-house-chaos-ufc-lawn-damage-14-7m-algae-pool-and-demolished-east-wing/

DUCK DOOM? Trump’s poisoning the reflecting pool with industrial hydrogen peroxide makes bad times for the canal’s cutest inhabitants. Those poor little ducklings.
https://www.facebook.com/OccupyDemocrats/photos/breaking-duck-doom-trumps-poisoning-the-reflecting-pool-with-industrial-hydrogen/1561432672754968/

Montana lawsuit says Forest Service invented an emergency to greenlight logging in grizzly habitat. “They were planning this timber sale for 3 years, no emergency here, only unlawful behavior.”
https://www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/us-forest-service-lawsuit-flathead-national-forest/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Power Plants
State of Texas: Regulators delay decision on 765 kV transmission line project. Texas regulators delayed a vote on a major power line project that has pitted ranchers and rural landowners against the state’s largest electric utilities.
https://www.eenews.net/articles/texas-slows-electric-transmission-review-process/

# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
Jeffrey Epstein’s history of exploiting women began decades ago — and his first victim was his mother
https://www.aol.com/news/jeffrey-epstein-history-exploiting-women-123000021.html

Epstein Met First Known Victim At MI Summer Camp: Court Docs. Officials said the 13-year-old girl was a voice student at a Michigan summer camp in 1994 when she first met Jeffrey Epstein.
https://patch.com/michigan/across-mi/epstein-met-first-known-victim-mi-summer-camp-court-docs
You can read more about the unsealed records regarding his earliest victims in coverage by ABC News: https://abcnews.com/US/rise-fall-jeffrey-epstein-timeline-financiers-legal-troubles/story?id=64507847
or the Miami Herald: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/article238237729.html

What’s missing from the Epstein files? A lot of information that would help the public understand the case is still under wraps. Financial records, internal memos from prosecutors who investigated Epstein’s alleged sex-trafficking ring, key material obtained from the searches of Epstein’s palatial homes — none of it figured prominently in the documents
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/19/epstein-files-justice-department-missing-00701512

# Gov / Politics / US
Trump wants a list of every citizen. States to get citizenship lists before voters can check for errors, new memo on Trump’s anti-voting order makes clear. If allowed to stand, the order, which was issued in March and election experts have said is blatantly unconstitutional, could have a major impact on voting in the midterm elections by significantly restricting mail voting. It aims to ensure that only voters on a federal government list can receive a mail ballot.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/states-to-get-citizenship-lists-before-voters-can-check-for-errors/

Trump Threatens to Impose Hormuz Transit Toll If Final Iran Peace Deal Not Reached
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-us-impose-strait-hormuz-204129436.html

Trump admin vows to stop reparations programs, accuses officials of ‘virtue signaling’ to get ‘votes.’ “Our philosophy here at this Department of Justice, consistent with recent Supreme Court precedent, is that all Americans are entitled to be judged on their own merits and not instead as part of some bucket of collectives,” Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon of the Justice Department’s (DOJ) Civil Rights Division
https://www.aol.com/articles/trump-admin-vows-stop-reparations-140051255.html

Trump says US will begin charging tolls in Strait of Hormuz if final Iran deal not reached in 60 days
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5932836-trump-threatens-strait-of-hormuz-tolls/

Rep. Schneider Says Trump Is The First U.S. President To Sign A Surrender Agreement, Vows To Vote Down Iran Deal Unless Nuclear Path Is Permanently Closed. “President Trump is now the first U.S. President to officially sign a surrender agreement, made even more of a disgrace by the fact that he unilaterally started this war without the support of Congress or the American people.
https://schneider.house.gov/media/press-releases/schneider-statement-memorandum-understanding-between-us-and-iran
Surrender Agreement: https://content.next.westlaw.com/Glossary/PracticalLaw/I4cf896a7ef2a11e28578f7ccc38dcbee?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29
Surrender: A Comprehensive Guide to Its Legal Meaning and Use Definition & meaning:
https://legal-resources.uslegalforms.com/s/surrender

‘Shameful’: Pete Hegseth Attacks NATO, Makes Wild Claim Allies Put American Soldiers ‘At Risk’ During Iran War because they wouldn’t cooperate when called upon by the U.S. for help.
https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/shameful-pete-hegseth-attacks-nato-makes-wild-claim-allies-put-american-soldiers-at-risk-during-iran-war/

Latino Trump Voters in South Texas Are Sending Republicans a Midterm Warning Over the Economy. The erosion of Latino support for President Trump, combined with dissatisfaction with the economy, signals danger for competitive GOP-held seats in the 2026 midterm elections.
https://www.axios.com/2026/05/27/latino-voters-trump-republicans-midterms

DAVID MARCUS: How Crockett’s last stand in Texas could bring down Talarico. On one hand, this refusal to play ball could just be the ire of a woman scorned, but even if that is so, there are a few reasons for Democrats to be worried about Crockett taking her endorsement and going home.
https://www.aol.com/articles/david-marcus-crocketts-last-stand-171910287.html

Trump may be drawing down Iran war, he’s demanding billions more for bombs. The GOP is souring on Trump’s $1.5 trillion military budget as the president pushes for yet another reconciliation bill.
https://truthout.org/articles/trump-may-be-drawing-down-iran-war-but-hes-demanding-billions-more-for-bombs/

Trump and Meloni trade barbs as tensions flare over Iran and NATO: President Donald Trump doubled down on his public dispute with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni over a photograph at the G7 summit.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-20/meloni-tells-trump-to-focus-on-his-own-issues-as-spat-simmers

Why the GOP wants closed primaries in Texas, and what that could mean for voters
https://www.texaspolicyresearch.com/texas-gop-pushes-to-close-primaries/

Here’s The ‘Banned’ Trump Interview Sparking International Brawl — And The Bombshell Hit-Back. Trump administration says it’s considering ‘partial closure’ of Kennedy Center despite judge’s order
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5932572-kennedy-center-partial-closure-lawsuit/

# Politics / Global
Italian Prime Minister throws Donald Trump under the bus for claiming she ‘begged’ him for a picture
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20y1ygn707o

Iran Closes Strait of Hormuz in Response to Israel’s Attacks on Lebanon. Israeli leaders have explicitly stated in recent days that they have no intention of abiding by any US-Iran ceasefire. Unclear if threat has been carried out or if move will jeopardise talks with US scheduled for Sunday
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/20/israeli-strikes-southern-lebanon-reports-renewed-ceasefire

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court / United Nations (UN)
9 Explosive Supreme Court’s Rulings That Could Redefine Birthright Citizenship, Trump Power, and American Rights. The Supreme Court is heading into its most dramatic stretch of the year, and this time, the final rulings are not just legal housekeeping. They could touch birth certificates, deportation protections, gun rights, elections, campaign money, transgender athletes, federal agencies, and even the weedkiller sitting in garages and farm sheds across America. This is not one court term. It feels like a national power test.
https://www.newsbreak.com/easy-everyday-recipes-380399510/4718889416270-9-explosive-supreme-court-s-rulings-that-could-redefine-birthright-citizenship-trump-power-and-american-rights

‘Obviously collusive’: Former judges implore current judge to assert her ‘inherent authority’ and reject Trump’s ‘laughable’ defenses of ‘anti-weaponization fund’: “At issue here are the parties’ extraordinary actions: an obviously collusive suit; an unprecedented, clearly unwarranted settlement premised on the supposed legitimacy of that suit; active steps to prevent the Court from scrutinizing the legitimacy of their invocation of the judicial process; and now, the Justice Department unilaterally walking away from the huge settlement,” the motion reads.
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/obviously-collusive-former-judges-implore-current-judge-to-assert-her-inherent-authority-and-reject-trumps-laughable-defenses-of-anti-weaponization-fund/

# Medical / Biologicals / CDC / Recalls / Nursing / Medications
Texas GOP declares war on IVF, but Ken Paxton sides with Trump and vows to support protections for families seeking fertility treatment. Delegates to the Texas GOP convention recently adopted a platform calling in-vitro fertilization destructive to fetal life.
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/06/18/texas-paxton-republican-ivf-platform/

# Military / Department of Defense [DOD] / NATO / Boat Strikes
How an AI slop shop is flooding TikTok with pro-war disinformation. A coordinated influence campaign “likely of foreign origin” is flooding the internet with AI videos of U.S. soldiers, new research finds. Welcome to the brave new world of slopaganda.
https://theconversation.com/slopaganda-wars-how-and-why-the-us-and-iran-are-flooding-the-zone-with-viral-ai-generated-noise-280024

# Other Interestimg Stuff
Ancient DNA from Colombia revealed a previously unknown human population that lived 6,000 years ago…then completely vanished from the genetic record. Skeletal remains of these people—colloquially referred to as the Checua—were excavated from five archaeological sites in the pre-ceramic Checua region, located in the mountains north of Bogotá, Colombia
https://www.forensicmag.com/3594-All-News/619902-Ancient-DNA-Reveals-Lost-Population-from-Colombia/

# Social / Communities / Housing
Why More Adult Children Are Going No Contact.. Yesterday’s good parents are now perceived as toxic. A growing movement wants to destigmatize severing ties. Is it a much-needed corrective, or a worrisome change in family relations? Estrangement is when we have low or no contact with a parent – a topic that’s gained popularity online in recent years.
https://www.attachmentproject.com/psychology/going-no-contact-with-parents/

# Social Services / Programs / Social Security / Disability / AFDC (Aid for dependant children)
Trump’s Proposed Social Security Rule Could Cut Benefits for Nearly 400,000 Americans. The administration’s proposal, which is currently undergoing regulatory review, would alter how in-kind support and maintenance are calculated
https://www.cbpp.org/research/social-security/trump-administration-poised-to-cut-ssi-benefits-for-nearly-400000-low

# Technology / AI / Data Centers / Robotics
Humanity Is Building A Black Box To Record The Collapse Of Civilization: The doomsday tracker is designed with several striking features and goals: Indestructible Design; Continuous Data Tracking; Immediate Accountability
https://www.cnet.com/science/earth-is-getting-a-black-box-to-record-events-that-lead-to-the-downfall-of-civilization/
Earth’s Black Box
https://www.earthsblackbox.com/

Morale is so bad at Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta even the company’s own CTO admits it’s ‘probably the worst it’s ever been.’ Based on what’s been leaking out of Meta (Facebook’s parent company) lately, it sounds like the party’s over. At least that’s how many employees have been feeling.
https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/articles/morale-bad-mark-zuckerbergs-meta-130000803.html

Texas Supreme Court rejects attempt to block beach closures for SpaceX launches. The state constitution preserves public access to Texas beaches, but it doesn’t give private groups the right to sue to enforce that access, the court ruled.
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/06/19/texas-spacex-elon-musk-boca-chica-beach-supreme-court/

Texas Family’s 1999 Park Gift Now a Data Center Site: Farmer donates land for a park, city sells it for data center development, $10 gift became $10M for city government, with $30M tax expected over next decade. A solemn Texas deed ignored for profit.
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/farmer-donates-land-for-a-park-city-sells-it-for-data-center-development-usd10-gift-became-usd10m-for-city-government-with-usd30m-tax-expected-over-next-decade

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June 20, 2026 Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ “To be good, and to do good, is the whole duty of man comprised in a few words.” – Abigail Adams ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

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

# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Recalls
More than 900 Montana bison face removal from federal land after Trump administration decision. American Prairie and Western Watersheds Project say the changes amount to illegal rule-making.
https://montanafreepress.org/2026/06/09/conservationists-trump-evict-bison-montana-public-land/

# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
[Video] President Trump’s New Order Could Lock Millions of Immigrants Out of the Banking System: Trump orders banks to take a closer look at clients’ citizenship in new immigration enforcement move. President Donald Trump signed an executive order that requires banks to take a closer look at the citizenship of their customers, a new measure in his push to clamp down on people living in the country illegally.
https://apnews.com/video/trump-orders-banks-to-take-a-closer-look-at-clients-citizenship-in-new-immigration-enforcement-move-33067400ba2e4f12bd5fcef44487d157

ICE makes a pricey pivot away from its rapid detention center expansion push. DHS leadership is moving to sell 7 ICE facilities, signaling a tactical pivot away from the previous administration’s expansion plans.  Under new leadership, the agency is abandoning its mega-warehouse detention model in favor of relying more heavily on existing county jail space and a smaller, scaled-back set of facilities
https://san.com/cc/ice-makes-a-pricey-pivot-away-from-its-rapid-detention-center-expansion-push/

# Chemicals / Parasites / Bugs
USDA’s sterile fly strategy for screwworm outbreak is failing
https://www.newsnationnow.com/entertainment-news/food/tx-ag-commissioner-screwworm-sterile-fly-strategy/

# Consumer Protection / Product Safety
US appeals court blocks Trump admin from enacting new plans to slash consumer watchdog staff. The Justice Department, which previously tried to cut up to 90% of employees, had argued that it should be permitted to carry out its new plan immediately.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/us-appeals-court-blocks-trump-admin-from-enacting-new-plans-to-slash-consumer-watchdog-staff_n_6a35d6fde4b057a50cee1267

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banking / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
‘This Has to Be Stopped’: Alarm As Trump’s Crypto Firm Set to Get Federal Banking Privileges. “For the first time in history, a president is leaning on a bank regulator to give his private enterprise the implicit backing of the federal government,” said one critic.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/world-liberty-financial-charter

Failing ‘Moral Test,’ Newsom Rejects Compromise 2% Wealth Tax on California Billionaires. “I want a Democratic party that will stand for the working class,” said Rep. Ro Khanna, a supporter of taxing billionaire wealth. “Whose side are you on?”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/newsom-california-billionaires-tax

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that the United States would do better without the U.S.-Mexico-Canada ‌Agreement on trade and that he would prefer not to have a new one, ‌but added that he was open to doing it. “I would rather not have the agreement, but I may sign ​it,” Trump told reporters in France. “We do better as a country if we don’t have an agreement.”
https://www.aol.com/articles/trump-says-us-better-without-192050000.html

In ‘Grotesque Billionaire Bonanza,’ 41 Energy Tycoons Saw Fortunes Grow by $23.5 Billion Since Trump Launched Iran War. “Conflict devastates countries and costs countless lives, yet for some it is extraordinarily profitable,” said the executive director of Oxfam International.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1016431133

88 Corporations That Paid No US Federal Income Tax in 2025 Spent $852 Million on Recent Lobbying, Elections. “The result,” said the author of a new Public Citizen analysis, “is a self-reinforcing loop where corporate cash buys policy, and policy pays cash back.”\
https://www.citizen.org/news/corporate-tax-dodgers-lobbying-and-political-spending-records-reveal-self-reinforcing-loop/

‘The World Woke Up’: CEO of World’s Largest Hedge Fund Warns Trump Stopping Global Investment In the US
https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/articles/world-woke-ceo-world-largest-212130422.html

# Employment / Labor / Unions
Trump’s divisive pick for DNI already looking to eliminate hundreds of jobs. President Trump’s controversial Acting Director of National Intelligence Bill Pulte officially started this week and he’s already eying job cuts.
https://san.com/cc/trumps-divisive-pick-for-dni-already-looking-to-eliminate-hundreds-of-jobs/

# Environment / Climate / Weather / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands / Water
Trump Handed Elon Musk’s SpaceX 700 Acres of Endangered Wildlife Refuge and Called It Conservation. Environmental groups say exchange between US government and SpaceX would worsen ecological risks
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/10/spacex-trump-administration-texas-land-swap

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Power Plants
Trump’s Interior will pay Invenergy $765 million from a taxpayer fund to cancel offshore wind leases. The project that Invenergy and partner energyRE were building in the New York Bight, the 2.4-GW Leading Light Wind, was cancelled in November due to economic and regulatory pressures.
https://www.utilitydive.com/news/trump-administration-buys-out-four-more-offshore-wind-leases-for-765m/823314/

NEADA just warned Americans will pay nearly $800 for electricity this summer, a 10.5% jump from last year. According to the National Energy Assistance Directors Association, summer cooling costs are expected to hit record highs this year, and household electric bills are expected to climb 10.5 percent.
https://dailyenergyinsider.com/news/52654-neada-summer-cooling-costs-expected-to-hit-record-highs/
National Energy Assistance Directors Association (NEADA) https://neada.org/

# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
House Oversight Staff Hit a Wall at Ghislaine Maxwell’s Texas Prison, Leaving Them With More Questions Than Answers About Her Move
https://www.rawstory.com/ghislaine-maxwell-congressional-investigations/

# Gov / Politics / US
Trump Warns He Will ‘Be the Last Republican President’ If His Voter ID Bill Doesn’t Pass. Democrats have argued that the Act is simply a tactic to make voting harder for married women who change their names, and others who don’t have immediate access to their birth certificates or other forms of identification.
https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/trump-warns-he-will-be-the-last-republican-president-if-his-voter-id-bill-doesnt-pass/

‘Coordinated effort’: Kansas Republican leaders have a plan to cancel the 2026 U.S. Senate election
https://www.alternet.org/trump-midterms-trouble-republicans-2677067003/

Los Angeles moves to let noncitizens vote in local elections, Republicans raise alarm. The city council voted to put the measure on the general election ballot.
https://justthenews.com/nation/states/center-square/gop-reacts-los-angeles-proposal-noncitizen-voters

Hundreds of Republican election deniers and vote suppressors will be on the ballot this fall. Many are running for pivotal state-level roles like governor or secretary of state that wield enormous power to undermine a fair election. Others are running for seats in the U.S. House or Senate, from which they could help drive anti-voting policies that threaten to disenfranchise millions of voters.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/these-19-election-deniers-and-vote-suppressors-are-on-the-ballot-in-the-midterms-we-should-be-worried/

Top Trump Donor Miriam Adelson’s Newspaper Runs Scathing Open Letter to Prez: ‘You Failed.’   Zaken argued to Trump that he “may be remembered forever as the president who brought about America’s humiliation.”
https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/top-trump-donor-miriam-adelsons-newspaper-runs-scathing-open-letter-to-prez-you-failed/

‘I’m the president and you’re not’: Trump’s blunt message to those offering advice revealed
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-president-advice-message-b2999288.html

Trump Blames Hegseth for Deadly Iranian School Strike That Killed More Than 100 Girls. ‘Mistakes are made’: Trump flunks test on deadly school bombing in Iran. Holding people responsible for mistakes, even deadly ones, just isn’t a presidential priority in this White House.
https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/mistakes-are-made-trump-flunks-test-on-deadly-school-bombing-in-iran

Trump keeps repeating six-word phrase as Republicans turn on Iran deal. As resistance to President Donald Trump’s 14-point Memorandum of Understanding continues to build, the president has taken to issuing a brand-new refrain to remind dissenters who is in charge.
https://www.aol.com/articles/trump-keeps-repeating-five-word-173202000.html

Padilla, Slotkin Lead Bill to Block Trump from Deploying Federal Law Enforcement at Polling Places
https://www.padilla.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/padilla-slotkin-lead-bill-to-block-trump-from-deploying-federal-law-enforcement-at-polling-places/

The First Lady Deportation Scandal: What did Melania Trump know about Amanda Ungaro’s Capture and When Did She Know It?
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/strange-case-melania-model-deported-222243605.html

‘Release The Hoffman Files’: James Talarico calls on Ken Paxton to release Adam Hoffman plea deal documents
https://www.kwtx.com/2026/06/18/release-hoffman-files-james-talarico-calls-paxton-release-details-adam-hoffman-plea-deal/

They’re leaving Congress with nothing to lose, spelling potential trouble for Trump. A trio of Senate Republicans, including Texas’ John Cornyn, are on their way out of Congress. Each has previously drawn President Trump’s scorn and now each are seen as newly liberated to complicate his agenda if they choose.
https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2026/06/19/555007/republicans-yolo-caucus-bill-cassidy-john-cornyn-thom-tillis/

# Politics / Global
Iran accused the United States and Israel of violating the ceasefire ahead of further negotiations. Iran’s IRGC says the Strait of Hormuz is closed over Israel’s attacks on southern Lebanon that have killed at least 32 people since dawn.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/6/20/iran-war-live-tehran-says-us-must-ensure-israel-ends-attacks-on-lebanon

‘This War Has Now Reached Your Homes’: Ukraine’s Startling New Message for Russia. Inside Kyiv’s secret drone program that’s hitting targets deep inside Russia.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2026/06/19/ukraine-russia-drones-attack-00967074

Israel and Hezbollah renew ceasefire after U.S. and Iran call off talks over fighting in Lebanon. At least five killed in Israeli air strike in southern Lebanon on Saturday morning, as US envoy Steve Witkoff reportedly prepares to open talks with Iranian foreign minister
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/19/israel-hezbollah-renew-ceasefire-lebanon-us-iran-agreement

# Law / Law Enforcement / Prisons / FBI / CIA / ATF / DEA
Walmart shopper shot dead in front of shocked wife after ‘accidentally bumping into teen with shopping cart’
https://www.the-sun.com/news/16523303/dad-shot-dead-bump-teen-shopping-trolley/

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court / United Nations (UN)
Federal Court Allows Challenge to Executive Order Restricting Mail-in Voting to Proceed with Respect to the Midterm Elections
https://www.reuters.com/world/us-judge-narrows-lawsuits-challenging-trumps-executive-order-restricting-mail-in-2026-06-18/

# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
The week USPS followed Trump’s orders. Federal judge allows some challenges to Trump’s mail-in voting executive order
https://krcrtv.com/news/nation-world/federal-judge-allows-some-challenges-to-trumps-mail-in-voting-executive-order-democratic-states-midterm-elections-rob-bonta-aclu-white-house

Trump reportedly wants to take over US Postal Service. President Donald Trump is preparing an executive order aimed at taking control of the U.S. Postal Service and folding the independent mail agency into the Commerce Department, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal said Thursday. Doing so without approval from Congress “would probably violate federal law,” the Post said.
https://theweek.com/politics/trump-usps-takeover

# Medical / Biologicals / CDC / Recalls / Nursing / Medications
I’m a critical care doctor. I’ve never seen the US harm its children this deliberately.  At every stage of childhood, the Trump administration is withdrawing a protection. It is also dismantling the tools that would measure the harm. — Robert B Shpiner
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/19/trump-administration-healthcare-for-kids

States not required to give community-based care for those with disabilities: Trump administration released a new legal opinion that seeks to narrow disability rights protections under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Rehabilitation Act. Mia Ives-Rublee, senior director for the Disability Justice Initiative at the Center for American Progress, released the following statement:
https://www.americanprogress.org/press/statement-the-trump-administration-is-laying-the-groundwork-to-roll-back-decades-of-progress-for-the-disability-community/

Biden administration buried whistleblower complaint alleging Fauci lied to Congress during pandemic. Fauci Funded Wuhan Lab Research That Sparked COVID. New Evidence Fauci Manipulated Intelligence and Lied to Congress
https://www.dni.gov/index.php/newsroom/press-releases/press-releases-2026/4166-pr-11-26

Gabbard Releases Documents on Fauci: Outgoing Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has released what she described as previously unseen communications and documents related to the origins of COVID-19, research funding, and the alleged actions of Dr. Anthony Fauci.
https://www.newsweek.com/tulsi-gabbard-drops-documents-she-says-relate-to-covid-fauci-view-in-full-12094073

# Military / Department of Defense [DOD] / NATO / Boat Strikes
3 Killed in US Military Strike. Attack brings to at least 211 number of people killed as Trump administration targets alleged ‘narcoterrorists’
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/6/19/us-kills-3-in-strike-on-alleged-drug-smuggling-boat-in-eastern-pacific

Lawmakers call for congressional review of Trump’s boat strikes. Lawmakers from both parties said Sunday they support congressional reviews of U.S. military strikes against vessels suspected of smuggling drugs in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean, citing a published report that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order for all crew members to be killed as part of a Sept. 2 attack.
https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/lawmakers-review-trump-boat-strikes/

MQ-9 Getting Airborne Early Warning Radar Is A Huge Deal. Radar pod-toting MQ-9s present an economical and highly-flexible persistent airborne early warning solution that is needed now more than ever.
https://www.twz.com/air/mq-9-getting-airborne-early-warning-radar-is-a-huge-deal

# Military / Global
Here Is How Russia’s Skyfall Nuclear-Powered Cruise Missile Actually Works
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2SISJWSits

# NASA / NORAD / Space
‘It’s quite a bit more than we expected’: Satellite reveals immense scale of GPS signal tampering. An experimental satellite has mapped the scale of GPS jamming across Europe and the Middle East from space for the first time.
https://www.space.com/space-exploration/satellites/its-quite-a-bit-more-than-we-expected-satellite-reveals-immense-scale-of-gps-signal-tampering

# Science / Research
Scientists Cracked Open a Mars Meteorite And Found a Big Surprise. Cracking open a meteorite that landed on Earth from Mars has yielded an unexpected treasure. Hidden inside a fragment of rock, scientists found a few grains of garnet – a mineral that has never before been found in a Martian sample. This tiny speck raises some enormous questions.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/science/articles/scientists-cracked-open-mars-meteorite-100000816.html

# Social Services / Programs / Social Security / Disability / AFDC (Aid for dependant children)
RFK Jr. Recommends Social Security Immediately “Reduce Scheduled Benefits by 25.2%” as Insolvency Looms. Claiming early to ‘lock in’ benefits before Congress acts is the irreversible mistake. It trades a permanent self-imposed cut for a hypothetical one you don’t control.
https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/articles/rfk-jr-recommends-social-security-021043589.html

# Transportation / Trucking
In-Car Surveillance Tech That Can Auto-Kill Your Engine Will be Mandatory Starting in 2027 Under Current Policy. NHTSA’s New ‘Kill Switch’ Law Approaches Key Deadline
https://www.kbb.com/car-news/nhtsas-new-kill-switch-law-approaches-key-deadline/

# Veterans / VA
300,000 Veterans Still Can’t Access Some Benefits Because Their War Was Never Recognized
Several states support change for combat soldiers at the federal level. “The U.S. government has never officially recognized Honduras as a combat zone by issuance of the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal or a campaign badge,” Rutherford told Military.com. “Therefore, all who served are not eligible for many veterans’ benefits, awards and entitlements which only combat or war veterans are entitled to.
https://www.military.com/300000-veterans-still-cant-access-some-benefits-because-their-war-was-never-recognized

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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
Trump v. Barbara: Supreme Court Considers Birthright Citizenship: Tracking the court cases on birthright citizenship, abortion rights and more. Following injunctions by lower courts that halted enforcement, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on April 1, 2026. Justices are examining whether the administration can alter birthright protections without an amendment to the 14th Amendment
https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/LSB11423

The birthright citizenship clause nobody reads carefully: Birthright citizenship: Reading the text and sidestepping the parent trap: Here, then, are the decisive slam-dunk textual facts that doom Trump’s executive order 14160 in the pending birthright-citizenship case: The words “parent,” “parents,” “mother,” and “father” appear nowhere in the text of the 14th Amendment’s citizenship clause. Nor do these words appear in the text of the landmark 1952 statutory provision defining birthright citizenship. Yet Trump’s made-up executive order uses the words “mother” and “father” a combined ten times.
https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/03/birthright-citizenship-reading-the-text-and-sidestepping-the-parent-trap/

‘Misrepresentation was deliberate’: New discovery shows Trump admin lied about immigration plan, plaintiffs say in SCOTUS filing. The plaintiffs say they have proof of such “deliberate” misrepresentations — and anticipate additional proof is coming.
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/misrepresentation-was-deliberate-new-discovery-shows-trump-admin-lied-about-immigration-plan-plaintiffs-say-in-scotus-filing/

Lawsuit challenges Trump’s Texas border-wall plans
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/06/17/texas-border-wall-presidio-county-lawsuit-big-bend/

Trump Supreme Court case ‘we should all be worried’ about detailed in new analysis: The Supreme Court Will Decide Whether ICE Can Hold People Indefinitely. We Should All Be Worried.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/06/supreme-court-analysis-ice-indefinite-detention-trump.html

# Business / Industry / Corporations
Construction Companies May Be Aiding and Abetting Israel’s War Crimes in Lebanon
“This trail of destruction across southern Lebanon has rendered entire areas uninhabitable,” said an Amnesty director.
https://truthout.org/articles/construction-companies-may-be-aiding-and-abetting-israels-war-crimes-in-lebanon/

# Drugs / Trafficking / DEA / Gangs / Cartels
As Trump bombs drug cartels, Jared and Ivanka are happy to launder hundreds of millions of dollars for them. Trump’s Gift to Drug Cartels, Money Launderers, and Terrorists. Making America a safe space for fraudsters, crooks, and national security threats.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/06/donald-trump-gao-report-shell-companies-money-laundering-drug-cartels/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banking / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
The controversial union-backed billionaire tax in California is officially heading to the Nov. 3 ballot.  That money would be used to help backfill reductions in federal funding to K-12 schools, health services provided by Medi-Cal and aid from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as CalFresh in California, according to previous reporting by The Center Square.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/california/article_b8a3ee4e-c908-4f57-9d74-c21f2ee26f16.html

Los Angeles County on track to raise sales tax to 10.25%. A measure to raise the sales tax to 10.25% – intended to temporarily inject funds into Los Angeles County’s public healthcare safety net – continues to have the necessary votes for passage.
https://www.cbs19news.com/los-angeles-county-on-track-to-raise-sales-tax-to-10-25/article_7056587f-5f4e-5fbf-859a-4d39fcd42342.html

Measure ER Passes, Raising LA County Sales Tax For Public Healthcare Initiatives
The sales tax increase, which does not apply to groceries or medications, will begin on Oct. 1, 2026
https://lamag.com/health/measure-er-passes-raising-la-county-sales-tax-for-public-healthcare-initiatives/

# Education / Schools / Libraries and Museums / Childcare
A Mom Says Her Daughter’s School Confiscated Her Inhaler During an Asthma Attack Because It Wasn’t ‘Pre-Approved by the Office’: While the specific school and student from the viral headline aren’t always named, similar incidents happen when schools enforce zero-tolerance medication policies without proper pre-approval. Delays in treatment due to lack of prior approval can have devastating consequences.
https://www.aol.com/articles/mom-says-her-daughter-school-160000000.html

# Employment / Labor / Unions
Appeals Court Vacates Injunction Against Trump. President Donald Trump can exclude some federal employees from unionizing, a federal appeals court ruled on June 17. A federal appeals court is removing a legal hurdle in the Trump administration’s push to eliminate collective bargaining rights for much of the federal workforce.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2026/02/appeals-courts-axes-injunction-on-trumps-collective-bargaining-rollback/

Unions urge court to force ruling in ‘loyalty question’ lawsuit. Three months after a hearing on whether to block federal agencies from asking four politicized essay questions of every federal job applicant, a federal judge still has not issued a decision.
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2026/06/unions-urge-court-force-ruling-loyalty-question-lawsuit/414283/?oref=ge-home-top-story

# Environment / Climate / Weather / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands / Water
Environmental groups sue to stop Trump Admin from giving SpaceX more than 700 acres of wildlife refuge in Texas. Conservation groups and Indigenous plaintiffs filed a federal lawsuit in June 2026 to block the Trump administration from executing a land swap that would hand 715 acres of the Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge to SpaceX. In exchange, SpaceX is offering 683 acres of private land located further north
https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/lawsuit-seeks-to-stop-spacex-land-deal-from-destroying-texas-wildlife-refuge-2026-06-10/

# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
Congressman Visits ‘Park-Like’ Minimum Security Prison Trump DOJ Moved Epstein Accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/06/16/congress/epstein-investigation-on-the-road-00964628

Epstein’s ‘Highly Unusual’ Jail Treatment Exposed — Vile Pedo Was Allowed Visitors, Chauffeured Trips and Time at Mansion… While Behind Bars
https://radaronline.com/p/jeffrey-epstein-jail-treatment-revealed-visitation-unusual-mansion/

# Gov / Politics / US
‘Yet to produce a single written response’: Frustrated Pulitzer Prize board members tired of Trump acting like he’s ‘above the law’ in discovery ask judge to act
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/yet-to-produce-a-single-written-response-frustrated-pulitzer-prize-board-members-tired-of-trump-acting-like-hes-above-the-law-in-discovery-ask-judge-to-act/

‘As long as it takes’: Trump hints at Senate stalemate and claims Democrats ‘afraid of’ his acting spy chief
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/as-long-as-it-takes-trump-hints-at-senate-stalemate-and-claims-democrats-afraid-of-his-acting-spy-chief-152416152.html

In a stunning plot twist, Georgia Republican lawmakers abruptly killed an unexpected mid-cycle redistricting push initiated by Governor Brian Kemp to redraw electoral maps ahead of the 2028 elections
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/georgia-republican-lawmakers-unexpectedly-kill-gop-redistricting-push/

Mamdani seeks to remake NYC congressional delegation in his socialist image, clashes with old guard
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/democratic-socialists-surge-in-mayoral-races-across-the-country-as-anti-trump-fervor-rises/ar-AA260Tcg
Socialism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism
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Democratic socialist secures party’s nomination for DC mayor after challenger concedes election. Though the general election isn’t until November, the self-described democratic socialist is all but guaranteed to become the capital city’s top political official.
https://courthousenews.com/janeese-lewis-george-secures-democratic-nomination-for-dc-mayor/

Senate Unanimously Passes Resolution to Condemn CCP Leader Xi Jinping: S.Res. 444: A resolution condemning the dictator of the People’s Republic of China, Xi Jinping, for deceit, undermining prospects for peace and security, and orchestrating crimes against humanity.
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/sres444/text

Ken Paxton Keeps Quiet as Party Breaks With Trump. The Trump-endorsed Senate candidate finds himself at the center of a growing rift between the president and Texas Republicans after party delegates voted over the weekend to adopt a platform calling for an end to IVF access in the state.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/ken-paxton-keeps-quiet-party-203032280.html
IVF: In vitro fertilization (IVF) is a medical procedure where an egg is combined with sperm in a laboratory dish. The resulting embryo is then transferred into the uterus to establish a pregnancy. It is commonly used to treat infertility, genetic conditions, or to preserve fertility.
https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/in-vitro-fertilization/about/pac-20384716

Lawrence O’Donnell Torches Trump Over Iran War Claim: ‘Only An Imbecile Could Think That’
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tv/articles/lawrence-o-donnell-calls-trump-135600716.html

Trump administration quietly shifts $352m in federal funds for White House ballroom. The Office of Management and Budget revealed that $352 million in Secret Service funding — equivalent to more than one-tenth of the agency’s total budget — would be shifted to “White House security measures,” according to government documents.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-budget-office-quietly-redirects-163905007.html

Donald Trump’s Q1 portfolio was just revealed. He just poured millions into these 3 unstoppable AI stocks.
https://www.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/trump-revamps-stock-portfolio-adding-nvidia-and-other-ai-names-4689461

# Politics / Global
Mojtaba Khamenei: Trump pushed for MoU ‘out of desperation,’ Iran will not submit to US demands.
Khamenei said that he eventually approved the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) based only on a series of promises from Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and the negotiating team.
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-899886

Throughout the US-Israeli War, Iranians Refused to Be Owned. In a war of aggression, our people refused to disappear and earned something no diplomatic text can grant or revoke.
https://truthout.org/articles/throughout-the-us-israeli-war-iranians-refused-to-be-owned/

North Korea Rejects G7 Call. Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korean leader, says Pyongyang’s nuclear status is irreversible, rejects G7 demand as outdated, unrealistic
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/north-korea-slams-g7-call-for-denuclearization/3971705

“To hide their crimes”: Elon Musk criticizes the UK’s planned social media ban for children under 16, linking it to concerns about online speech arrests and government censorship. Know more about Elon Musk’s criticism of the UK’s under-16 social media ban and his claims regarding online speech arrests and government surveillance.
https://www.primetimer.com/news/to-hide-their-crimes-elon-musk-reacts-to-report-detailing-massive-number-of-arrests-for-social-media-posts-in-britain-amid-under-16-ban

# Law / Law Enforcement / Prisons / FBI / CIA / ATF / DEA
DeWine calls for legislature to abolish the death penalty
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOpkQzlUi1k

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court / United Nations (UN)
Billionaires Know Just How They Want Supreme Court Justices to Rule—and Are Spending Big to Tell Them. How “friend of the court” filings became a cog in the right’s push to control the law.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/06/supreme-court-amicus-briefs-investigation/

# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
Pulitzer prize controversy aside, New York Times gets Russia collusion story wrong once again.
The New York Times won Pulitzer Prizes for its coverage of President Donald Trump and Russia, yet it continues to get basic facts wrong.
https://justthenews.com/accountability/media/pulitzer-prize-aside-new-york-times-keeps-getting-russia-collusion-factually

# Medicare / Medicaid / Disability Benefits / Health and Human Services [HHS]
[Video] Texas organization cuts ties with UnitedHealthcare over stalled reimbursement payments
https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/healthcare/2026/06/12/554454/torch-terminates-united-healthcare-uhc-insurance-contracts-reimbursement-rates-rural-hospital-closure-texas/

Susan Collins Ads Brag About $190 Million for Rural Hospitals. It’s a Band-Aid on the Gaping Wound She Helped Inflict. The Republican senator running for a sixth term has postured as a champion of rural healthcare, but the Medicaid cuts she voted to advance are set to devastate vulnerable communities across the US.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/susan-collins-rural-health-fund

# Medical / Biologicals / CDC / Recalls / Nursing / Medications
Criminal charges multiply for abortion-pill coercion, but feds oppose faster court review of rules
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/democratic-socialists-surge-in-mayoral-races-across-the-country-as-anti-trump-fervor-rises/ar-AA260Tcg

He fled Iran for the American Dream, became a millionaire, and could have retired—instead, he built the health tech that saved his father from cancer
https://fortune.com/2026/06/17/iran-war-refugee-american-dream-health-tech-millionaire-seqster-founder-father-cancer/

# Military / Department of Defense [DOD] / NATO / Boat Strikes
Grok Goes to War: Pentagon Reveals Musk’s AI Chatbot Launched Missiles in U.S. War with Iran
https://thedebrief.org/grok-goes-to-war-pentagon-reveals-musks-ai-chatbot-launched-missiles-in-u-s-war-with-iran/

# Military / Global
Russia’s nuclear-powered ‘Skyfall’ missile is dirty and dangerous: Research by MIT analysts indicates Russia’s 9M730 Burevestnik missile (NATO reporting name: Skyfall) works by pulling atmospheric air directly through a miniature nuclear reactor to heat it for propulsion. This design creates a “flying dirty bomb” that leaves a radioactive trail during flight and poses severe logistical hazards
https://www.mainepublic.org/npr-news/2026-06-18/report-russias-nuclear-powered-skyfall-missile-is-dirty-and-dangerous
Modeling the Performance of the Burevestnik 2 Nuclear-Powered Cruise Missile
https://bpb-us-e1.wpmucdn.com/sites.mit.edu/dist/6/1499/files/2026/06/Burevestnik_Paper_Final_pdf.pdf

# Other Interestimg Stuff
More Unexpected Benefits from the Deepwater Horizon Disaster: In the spring of 2010, when the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded and the northern Gulf went black, it was impossible to imagine any outcome that could fairly be called redemptive. Eleven men were killed and countless fish and coastal wildlife died. Whole marshes died, and million-dollar beaches became ghost towns.
Sixteen years later, the shoreline tells a different story.
https://www.theoutdoorwire.com/features/2026/06/more-unexpected-benefits-from-the-deepwater-horizon-disaster/

# Social Services / Programs / Social Security / Disability / AFDC (Aid for dependant children)
Social Security reform imperative to avoid 34% tax hike, insolvency by 2032. Policymakers must return Social Security to its original intent in order to avoid massive tax hikes and insolvency, especially in light of a nation burdened by debt. [Note: If the government would replace the monies they ‘borrowed’ from the Social Security program, there would be no deficit.]
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/exclusive-social-security-reform-imperative-170800909.html

SSA reverses course, will withhold 50% of benefits for some overpaid recipients. The Social Security Administration (SSA) reversed course — at least partially — and announced it would only withhold 50% of the monthly benefit for some people affected by overpayments.
https://san.com/cc/ssa-reverses-course-will-withhold-50-of-benefits-for-some-overpaid-recipients/

# Technology / AI / Data Centers / Robotics
AI2 Incubator rebrands and leans into the community building of AI House: The AI2 Incubator officially rebranded as AI House. Operating out of Pier 70 on the Seattle waterfront, this evolution formalizes the organization into three core pillars: Community (connecting local innovators), Incubator (working hands-on with early-stage founders), and Capital (writing pre-seed checks)
https://www.geekwire.com/2026/seattles-ai2-incubator-rebrands-as-ai-house-and-adds-key-investor-as-managing-director/

# Veterans / VA
COVID vaccine only 6.2% effective against ‘major adverse cardiac events’ in veterans: This specific 6.2% figure comes from a large-scale Department of Veterans Affairs study published in JAMA Internal Medicine, which evaluated the effectiveness of the 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccine
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42295793/

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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
Texas Landowners Face a Difficult Decision: Allow Border Wall or Lose Right to Property. Recent reporting from The Texas Tribune details shocking accounts of government overreach against landowners along the southern border.
https://reason.com/2026/06/17/texas-landowners-face-a-difficult-decision-allow-border-wall-or-lose-right-to-property/

Everyone Has a Role to Play in Supporting the Strike at Delaney Hall ICE Jail
https://truthout.org/articles/everyone-has-a-role-to-play-in-supporting-the-strike-at-delaney-hall-ice-jail/

ICE Releases New Detention Regulations Benefiting For-Profit Prison Companies
https://truthout.org/articles/ice-releases-new-detention-regulations-benefiting-for-profit-prison-companies/

GEO Group asked ICE to make modifications to benefit the company.
GEO Group asked ICE to make modifications to benefit the company. – Search Videos

# Business / Industry / Corporations
New Rule to Bar Green Card Holders From Small Business Administration Loans. A new rule by President Donald Trump’s administration will bar green card holders from applying for Small Business Administration (SBA) loans and limit SBA loan eligibility to citizen-owned businesses, an SBA notice showed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_3q1DOBg_s

# Chemicals / Parasites / Bugs
Flesh-eating screwworm detected in Texas for 1st time in decades. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says the New World screwworm fly has reached South Texas, marking the first time in decades that the parasite has threatened the nation’s cattle industry.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnejR-LcNQc

# Drugs / Trafficking / DEA / Gangs
MAHA furious as Kennedy moves to ban their medicine: Gas station heroin, kratom, an herbal extract known for its opioid-like effects, namely relieving pain and inducing euphoric feelings. For now, it’s sold completely legally in most states, and kratom supplements have become a billion-dollar industry
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/maha-furious-kennedy-moves-ban-164808522.html

# Employment / Labor / Unions
Trump threatens to pull unemployment benefits from all states for the first time in history. Labor chief is ‘putting governors on notice’ with administration’s crusade against alleged fraud
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-unemployment-benefits-fraud-b2997881.html

# Food / Farming / FDA / Agriculture / Ranching / SNAP [Food Stamps] / USDA
As Screwworm Disaster Widens, Trump USDA Denounced for Firing, Relocating Career Agency Staffers. As the screwworm parasite spreads beyond initial contamination zones in Texas and New Mexico, some former US Department of Agriculture employees are pointing fingers at the Trump administration for exacerbating the crisis.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/screwworm-outbreak-trump-usda

# General News
Soooo, here’s what all that hydrogen peroxide did to the Reflecting Pool, yeah, it’s got a racing stripe now.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tv/articles/green-seth-meyers-crushes-fox-105816824.html

# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
An unsatisfactory visit to the federal prison housing Epstein confederate Ghislaine Maxwell. ongressional staffers visited the minimum-security federal prison camp in Bryan, Texas, that now houses Ghislaine Maxwell. They came away unimpressed and seeking more answers.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/17/ghislaine-maxwell-prison-visit-epstein

# Gov / Politics / US
Political dissent is being criminalized as “domestic terrorism.”  Critics, including civil rights organizations, warn that broadly defined anti-terrorism policies and state-level legislation are increasingly being weaponized to chill free speech, criminalize civil disobedience, and target activist movements across the political spectrum
https://theconversation.com/labeling-dissent-as-terrorism-new-us-domestic-terrorism-priorities-raise-constitutional-alarms-269161

Released Full Text of the 14-Point Agreement Between the U.S. and Iran
https://time.com/article/2026/06/17/us-iran-peace-deal-agreement-leaked-draft-text/

Congressional candidate caught in teen takeover. Maxwell said she was able to check out and exit the store. She said there were teens all over the parking lot and men walking by as she got her kids into the car. She posted a video with brief footage of the incident on social media.
https://www.kten.com/news/congressional-candidate-caught-in-teen-takeover/article_09668942-10c2-587a-b470-e0436f6c81fe.html
Video: https://x.com/themodpun/status/2066707776315756966

Don Jr. Melts Down at His Dad’s Ally in MAGA Civil War. The president’s eldest accused one of his father’s allies of “lying through his teeth.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/don-jr-melts-down-at-his-dads-ally-in-maga-civil-war/

Democratic socialist on verge of becoming DC mayor puts city on collision course with Trump. The democratic socialist candidate Janeese Lewis George appears poised to sail to victory as D.C.’s new mayor later this year. She said that the people of the city wanted a mayor who would “stand up to Trump.”
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/elections/democratic-socialist-verge-becoming-dc-mayor-puts-city-collision-course

Senate threatens to cut Hegseth travel budget until Pentagon releases videos of lethal boat strikes, Iran school strike probe. Major defense legislation approved by the Senate Armed Services Committee freezes three quarters of the Defense Secretary’s travel budget until Congress gets what it want
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/17/senate-threatens-to-freeze-hegseths-travel-in-bid-for-boat-strike-videos-iran-school-strike-probe-00964789

Don’t count on Congress to limit Trump’s power under the Insurrection Act. “With a Republican Congress disinclined to rein in the president’s most zealous and overreaching use of this dangerous statute, it will likely fall to the courts to interpret what the provisions of the Insurrection Act actually mean
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-senate-narrowly-blocks-new-bid-rein-trump-war-powers-2026-06-16/

The Insurrection Act: A Presidential Power That Threatens Democracy. Congress must reform the outdated law, which is ripe for abuse.
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/insurrection-act-presidential-power-threatens-democracy

Hanging over Todd Blanche’s confirmation hearing “are damaging new revelations about the Justice Department’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case. No senator will be able to cast a vote for him without either embracing or forgiving his cynical politicization of the Epstein matter.”
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/todd-blanche-senate-confirmation-fiasco.html

Trump Drops Stunning Quote in Riff on Letting Iran Have Missiles: ‘They Hurt a Little Location But—’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-drops-stunning-quote-riff-165159103.html

‘Mohammed Something’: Trump Rant on Trapped Iranian Nuke Material Goes Off the Rails. President Donald Trump’s rant on Iran’s trapped nuclear material went a little off the rails with him going off about Space Force monitoring “every door” in the country.
https://www.mediaite.com/media/tv/mohammed-something-trump-rant-on-trapped-iranian-nuke-material-goes-off-the-rails/

Ex-prosecutor pens stark warning after Trump admin’s ‘breathtaking’ legal scheme: Harry Litman, a former federal prosecutor, argued in a new Substack essay that the scheme was “utterly tyrannical and anti-constitutional,” and also revealed that the administration is unlikely to stop pursuing the goal.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-doj-2677055772/

JD Vance speaks candidly about what “really” bothers him about Democrats in latest interview. JD Vance talked about Democrats and how them not showing “gratitude” for the United States of America “really” bothered him.
https://www.primetimer.com/news/j-d-vance-speaks-candidly-about-what-really-bothers-him-about-democrats-in-latest-interview

JD Vance weighed in on the New York Times’ Epstein story. He argued that the article contained a mix of accurate and inaccurate information. Here’s everything you need to know.
https://www.primetimer.com/news/jd-vance-says-new-york-times-epstein-story-left-him-legitimately-worried-about-white-house-conversations-being-taped

Trump signs MOU with Iran, but text reveals poor deal. The US president said he wanted to avoid an economic catastrophe by ending his war with Iran, but the text of the agreement shows major concessions for the regime.
https://www.afr.com/world/middle-east/text-reveals-trump-s-iran-ceasefire-is-no-art-of-the-deal-20260618-p607tc#:~:text=The%20US%20president%20said%20he%20wanted%20to%20avoid%20an%20economic%20catastrophe%20by%20ending%20his%20war%20with%20Iran%2C%20but%20the%20text%20of%20the%20agreement%20shows%20major%20concessions%20for%20the%20regime.

Full MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) text revealed as Trump justifies ending Iran war. Critics say he never should have started the war and shouldn’t have abandoned non-zero uranium enrichment
https://asiatimes.com/2026/06/full-mou-text-revealed-as-trump-justifies-ending-iran-war/

Khanna Becomes First in Congress to Sign ‘Peace Pledge’ Promising to Reject AIPAC Funds. The co-founder of AIPAC Tracker said the pledge is meant to give lawmakers who once backed Israel “a bridge to get on the right side of history.” The PEACE Pledge stands for the Pledge to Enforce American law, Counter foreign influence, and End war crimes.
https://www.democracynow.org/2026/6/18/headlines/rep_ro_khanna_is_first_us_lawmaker_to_sign_anti_aipac_peace_pledge
AIPAC: (American Israel Public Affairs Committee) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIPAC

‘Monumental Civil Rights Victory’: Georgia Democrats Celebrate as State GOP Drops Plan to Redraw Maps
“Today, thanks to the people showing up and showing out, we won. Racist, rigged maps are dead for now.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/georgia-gop-congressional-maps

Trump’s Iran Disaster an Even Bigger US Strategic Defeat Than Vietnam: “The United States is inarguably in a weaker position than when it began this war of choice, with core US strategic objectives harmed.”
https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/06/16/iran-vietnam-strategy-defeat/

The Trump Administration Wants You to Be Afraid to Vote
An FBI raid on the Ohio Organizing Collective is part of a strategy that aims to intimidate voters and those who would help them exercise the franchise.
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/politicizing-fbi-intimidate-voters

# Politics / Global
Putin faces nukes on Russia’s border as Nato country tears up ban just days after Vlad’s WW3 build-up revealed. Lawmakers in Finland  voted to lift the country’s longstanding ban on nuclear weapons, allowing for the import, transport, supply, and possession of nuclear arms on its territory when necessary.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/putin-finland-nuclear-weapons-nato-37312253

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court / United Nations (UN)
Supreme Court Rejects Judge’s Plea. The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the appeal of 98-year-old federal judge Pauline Newman, leaving her indefinitely suspended from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Newman, the oldest active federal judge in the country, has been suspended since 2023 over disputes regarding her mental fitness and refusal to submit to testing.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/supreme-court/4608991/supreme-court-declines-hear-98-year-old-judge-fight-suspension/

Democratic Absences Mean Trump Lawyer Is Now a Judge for Life. Justin Smith, 41, was confirmed to a lifetime federal judgeship after multiple Democrats missed the vote.
https://newrepublic.com/post/211954/democratic-absences-mean-trump-lawyer-now-judge-life

# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
California, Nevada, and 21 Other States’ Lawsuit Puts Trump’s Mail-In Ballot Order on Trial as USPS Rule Sparks Election Fight. Trump’s ‘flagrantly unconstitutional’ order attacking mail voting is already being implemented and must be blocked now, new filing alleges
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trumps-flagrantly-unconstitutional-order-attacking-mail-voting-is-already-being-implemented-and-must-be-blocked-now-new-filing-alleges/

# Medicare / Medicaid / Disability Benefits / Health and Human Services [HHS]
After 60 days in the hospital, Medicare starts charging $434 a day. Medicare beneficiaries who end up in the hospital for longer than 60 days in a single benefit period face a sharp financial cliff: a daily coinsurance charge of $434 starting on day 61, with no annual cap on total out-of-pocket spending under Original Medicare.
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/4715068872619-after-60-days-in-the-hospital-medicare-starts-charging-434-a-day?s=dmg_local_email_bucket_1.web2_fromweb&emailId=L69CIMX&uid=380210659&exp=nl_bucket_exp26q2-v1%2Cnl_bucket_exp26q2_10pct-v7%2Cnl_bucket_exp_26_2-v32&nl_tag=passive_national_daily_headlines

# Medical / Biologicals / CDC / Recalls / Nursing / Medications
Legal Experts Spot ‘Incredibly Harmful’ Phrase From Trump Admin — And Warn It Will ‘Fuel’ A Fire: Trump Administration Quietly Redefines Embryos As Children In Obscure Grant Program. Reproductive health care experts described the move as “a Trojan horse,” creating a precedent that could threaten access to fertility treatments like IVF and ban abortion nationwide.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-admin-embryo-child-grant-program_n_6a32dd6ae4b0dfdabce9ca40

# Military / Department of Defense [DOD] / NATO / Boat Strikes
Trump Administration Admits to Using Grok to Bomb Iran In Federal Lawsuit Backing Elon Musk. The Trump administration is defending Musk’s data center by admitting that it has used its AI to enable strikes on Iran.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/pentagon-used-elon-musk-grok-193053864.html

‘Another Trump-Authorized Murder’: 1 Dead, 2 Survivors Reported After Latest US Boat Bombing
More than 200 people have been killed in US strikes targeting boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean that the Trump administration claimed—without providing evidence—were smuggling drugs.
https://www.military.com/us-strike-on-an-alleged-drug-boat-kills-1-leaves-2-survivors-in-the-eastern-pacific-ocean

# Military / Global
Incredible moment Putin’s prized oil depot explodes in huge fireball as Ukraine blitzes Moscow with biggest attack yet. The blast is one of many that rocked Moscow last night
https://www.the-sun.com/news/16530629/moment-putins-prized-oil-depot-hit-moscow-explosion/

# Security / DHS / Communications / Surveillance / Secret Service
Secret Service enraged at FBI Director Kash Patel after premature announcement about UFC event terror plot: Secret Service officials are reportedly angry with FBI Director Kash Patel for announcing the FBI had intercepted an alleged plot targeting President Donald Trump’s UFC Freedom 250 event before many arrests had been made in the case.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/secret-enraged-fbi-director-kash-201604104.html

# Social / Communities / Housing
U.S. lawmakers reach deal on key housing affordability bill. In a rare instance of congressional unity, the House and Senate reached a bipartisan, bicameral agreement over legislation to boost housing supply and home ownership across the country.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_3a3e363d-d4e1-4b93-97aa-908f40b7913c.html

# Veterans / VA
GOP’s VA overhaul bill narrows some employees’ rights, spurs privatization, union says. The Take Care of America’s Veterans Act also would cut some vets’ disability benefits and push the Veterans Affairs Department to bring back telework in some form.
https://www.govexec.com/management/2026/06/gops-va-overhaul-bill-narrows-some-employees-rights-spurs-privatization-union-says/414230/?oref=ge-home-top-story

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# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Recalls
Officials race to contain screwworm as cases rise to 12: As the number of confirmed cases grow, so does the concern among ranchers and agriculture officials. Cattle ranchers in Texas and across the nation are preparing for the possibility of the parasitic fly spreading farther north. Ranchers say it’s unsettling, especially as the outbreak edges closer to the Dallas area.
https://www.newsnationnow.com/animals/screwworm-cases-rise-12/

# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
ICE rushing out new rules allowing detention center contractor to avoid lawsuits. Experts said the changes would help contractors limit legal liability, reduce costs and get more operational flexibility while doing little, if anything, to improve conditions for roughly 60,000 people currently detained.
https://apnews.com/article/ice-detention-standards-conditions-immigration-detainees-5f87c9e1099cc70718a2a7f39fb7f9ff

Woman’s death from hypothermia after release from ICE custody ruled a homicide: Haitian asylum seeker Daphy Michel, who was 31, died days after ICE released her in Philadelphia’s South Side, where she spent at least 24 hours on a bus shelter bench in freezing temperatures. She was a vulnerable adult suffering from untreated severe mental health issues and a significant language barrier
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5925375-haitian-woman-death-homicide-ice-custody/

# Drugs / Trafficking / DEA / Gangs
FDA approves third over-the-counter nasal spray to treat opioid drug overdoses
https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-broadens-access-over-counter-naloxone-nasal-spray-opioid-overdose

Nonconsensual Drug Testing Has Criminalized Tens of Thousands of Pregnant People. The Marshall Project found more than 70,000 cases referred to law enforcement over allegations of substance use during pregnancy,  and that’s a significant undercount.  In many cases, the referrals began with false positive results from flawed drug tests, sometimes triggered by the women’s prescribed medications.
https://www.themarshallproject.org/2026/02/10/baby-hospital-mom-pregnant-police-drugs

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banking / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
‘This Has to Be Stopped’: Alarm As Trump’s Crypto Firm Set to Get Federal Banking Privileges. “For the first time in history, a president is leaning on a bank regulator to give his private enterprise the implicit backing of the federal government,” said one critic.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/world-liberty-financial-charter

Trump’s bombast could blow up dollar hegemony. Extreme threats risk global exit from U.S. financial power.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/30/trump-threats-colombia-blow-up-dollar-hegemony-canada-mexico/

# Education / Schools / Libraries and Museums / Childcare
Ohio Republican Lawmakers Pass Bill That Includes Requiring Schools to Teach When to Have Kids: Ohio lawmakers passed Senate Bill 276, which requires public schools to teach the “success sequence” to students in grades 6-12. This curriculum  dictates that individuals should graduate high school, secure a job, and get married before having children, and it will be integrated into the state’s graduation requirements
https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/ohio/ohio-republican-lawmakers-pass-bill-requiring-schools-teach-when-to-have-kids-success-sequence/95-826b667f-14f3-4bf4-ae25-6c25ee7fa423

Senators join education tech leaders in looking for answers on how to bring AI into K-12 education
https://www.cbs19.tv/video/news/local/senate-hearing-explores-how-ai-could-reshape-k-12-education/501-bc98ffe6-0c97-4499-8bd1-0fbe944f940d

# Employment / Labor / Unions
‘We Came Here to Work With Dignity’: Dairy Workers Rally Behind Bill to Fight Exploitation at New York Farms. New York has the fifth largest dairy industry in the country. Its farmworkers say they face fear, exploitation, and lost wages.
https://documentedny.com/2026/06/15/dairy-workers-new-york-for-all-farms-bill/

# Environment / Climate / Weather / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands / Water
‘The system is critically stressed’: San Andreas and San Jacinto faults close to major earthquake, study finds
https://ktla.com/news/california/stress-on-san-andreas-fault-reaches-highest-levels-in-1000-years-as-scientists-await-next-major-rupture/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Power Plants
Denver has a wild plan to replace aging heating and cooling systems.  The innovative, $280-$320 million plan extracts clean energy from geothermal boreholes, warm urban wastewater (sewage), and even neighboring buildings to heat and cool properties without fossil fuel
https://www.achrnews.com/articles/166331-wastewater-heat-fuels-interest-in-thermal-energy-networks

# Food / Farming / FDA / Agriculture / Ranching / SNAP [Food Stamps] / USDA
For Second Time in 7 Months, Baby Formula Linked to Infant Botulism Is Recalled. The recalls have fueled concerns about the safety of infant formula and the effectiveness of federal oversight. Do not use Nara Organics Whole Milk Organic Powdered Infant Formula. FDA’s Investigation is ongoing.
https://www.fda.gov/food/outbreaks-foodborne-illness/outbreak-investigation-infant-botulism-powdered-infant-formula-june-2026

Heinz Tomato Ketchup will now feature a “contains bioengineered food ingredient” warning on its label because it utilizes ingredients derived from genetically modified crops.
https://www.instagram.com/p/DY9yJS2Bjjz/

10 common bioengineered foods
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DV3pgMgjocY/?hl=en

More Than 770,000 Children Are No Longer Receiving SNAP Benefits After Trump Changes Federal Food Program. Reports from a dozen states show children are losing access.
https://www.propublica.org/article/snap-benefits-children-food-stamps

# General News
Sean Penn is making the January 6th movie Trump hoped America would never see. While Trump rewrites January 6th as a love-fest, Sean Penn is putting the truth on the big screen. The as-yet-untitled drama will follow the life of a police officer who gets mixed up in the violent insurrection of 2021. Cooper is reportedly in talks to play him. Hollywood remembers. America remembers.
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jun/16/sean-penn-bradley-cooper-january-6-film

# Gov / Politics / US
Sending ICE to Polling Places Is Illegal. Armed federal agents have absolutely no business near election sites.
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/sending-ice-polling-places-illegal

Investigations have linked a U.S. airstrike in the town of Jamaame, Somalia, to the deaths of at least 12 civilians, including eight children. The attack occurred on November 15, 2025, during an escalation of military operations in the region under the Donald Trump administration … and NEVER told the public! What ELSE aren’t they telling us?
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jun/16/somalia-us-trump-war-alshabaab-islamists-drone-airstrikes-civilian-deaths-children

Election denier Jim Marchant is the GOP nominee in Nevada’s secretary of state race
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/election-denier-jim-marchant-advances-in-nevada-secretary-of-state-race/

“Abolish ICE” is popular stance in NYC Congressional races: Read a comparison of candidates’ platforms, and learn why the real contest in this year’s primaries arguably lies outside of immigration policy altogether.
https://documentedny.com/2026/06/17/nyc-primary-races-immigration/

U.S. Department of Justice investigates Newsom’s associates.. The U.S. Department of Justice has been investigating people close to California Gov. Gavin Newsom over the past year for reasons that have not been fully disclosed. “They’re being run through [the] U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of California, and they were triggered by local sources and whistleblowers in California,” the source said of the investigations.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/california/article_19ab6709-4a7d-4087-90a6-8aecabb25952.html

[Video] Donald Trump Plots To Upend Impeachment Rules To Clear His Name After Becoming The Most Impeached President In U.S. History
https://knewz.com/donald-trump-upend-impeachment-rules-impeached-president-history/

Stinging report claims Trump White House knew ballroom plan would use taxpayer funds despite denials
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-ballroom-funded-taxpayers-records-reveal-1235578674/

Hidden taxpayer costs for Trump’s pet project leave analyst aghast: ‘Knock it down.’   “Everything about this project has been a lie. It’s like George Costanza is running the White House.”
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-ballroom-2677049425/

Trump Thanks Russia And China For Helping With Iran Deal, Ignores They Helped Iran Target US Troops. https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-thanks-russia-china-helping-215018794.html

# Politics / Global
“If you take the deal, you’re going to be exploited. If you don’t take it, you’re going to die.” (Frank Ssekamwa, an attorney and digital rights expert in Uganda.) Across Africa, the State Department has demanded access to health data for millions of people as a condition of giving countries billions of dollars in aid needed to address HIV, malaria, tuberculosis and other illnesses.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-state-department-africa-uganda-aid-medical-data-privacy

# Law / Law Enforcement / Prisons / FBI / CIA / ATF / DEA
One-year-old boy is shot dead by cops in Walmart parking lot as he sat on mom’s lap with family demanding answers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9ly0FgNhoU

# Military / Global
Autonomous Robots Confirmed to Have Killed Human Soldiers: A senior figure in the Ukrainian defence industry told New Scientist that a test took place two years ago involving fully autonomous drones set to destroy anything in a given area, with confirmed casualties
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2529849-fully-autonomous-drones-have-killed-human-soldiers-for-the-first-time/

# Other Interestimg Stuff
A Texas-size chunk of winter sea ice is missing from Antarctica — and it’s probably not coming back. Scientists don’t know what is driving the shortfall, but they are deeply concerned about its consequences, as sea ice influences the planet’s climate, global ocean currents and marine ecosystems.
https://www.axios.com/2023/07/31/antarctica-texas-sized-sea-ice-missing

# Planetary / Solar Activity
Scientists find strange changes on sun hours before a powerful X9 solar flare: ‘I was not expecting what I found.’ “There’s very few that reach that amount of power.
https://www.space.com/astronomy/sun/scientists-find-strange-changes-on-sun-hours-before-a-powerful-x9-solar-flare-i-was-not-expecting-what-i-found

# Social Services / Programs / Social Security / Disability / AFDC (Aid for dependant children)
Trump’s Tax Law Is Quietly Costing Social Security $169 Billion
https://www.aol.com/articles/trump-tax-law-quietly-costing-150846000.html

# Technology / AI / Data Centers / Robotics
This could get awkward: Amazon CEO Andy Jassy was reportedly among the tech leaders who raised security concerns about Anthropic’s newest AI models to Trump administration officials, before a government order forced the AI lab to take the models offline. The twist: Amazon has invested $13 billion in Anthropic, with billions more planned.
https://www.geekwire.com/2026/amazon-ceo-reportedly-raised-anthropic-fable-concerns-prior-to-u-s-order-forcing-models-offline/?utm_source=GeekWire+Newsletters&utm_campaign=56010c115c-daily-digest-email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_4e93fc7dfd-56010c115c-1433410559&mc_cid=56010c115c&mc_eid=ef5d740e7f

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# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Recalls
Veterinarian Urges Pet Parents to Watch for These ‘New World Screwworm’ Warning Signs.  USDA is tracking confirmed cases and urging animal owners to watch for bloody or foul-smelling wounds or visible larvae or eggs in or around wounds.
https://www.akcchf.org/educational-resources/library/articles/new-world-screwworm-what-dog-owners-need-to-know/

# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
New Jersey ICE agent ‘mowed down as shots fired and vehicle flees.’ An ICE agent appeared to get into an altercation with a bystander that left them needing a stretcher in New Jersey
https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/ice-agent-fires-shots-after-being-hit-by-van-in-stafford-twp-nj-police-say/4417623/

# Business / Industry / Corporations
Trump aims to strip California EV waivers in fight over emissions rules. The ⁠Trump administration has ⁠mounted a multi-pronged effort to deny California the ability to require cleaner vehicles and ​more electric vehicles. The EPA has also enacted rules making it easier for automakers to sell more gasoline-powered cars and trucks, while making it more expensive to buy EVs.
https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2026-06-12/us-epa-sends-california-emissions-rules-to-congress-for-potential-reversal

Immigration nation. The Justice Department sued Virginia over the state’s new limitations on federal immigration enforcement operations, including a new ban on masked federal agents. The federal government argues that the state has no authority to regulate the actions of federal law enforcement.
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-files-complaint-challenging-virginia-mask-ban-and-identification

Data Shows ICE’s “Worst of the Worst” Crackdown Is Sweeping Up Far More Than Violent Offenders. Just 3% of recent ICE detainees had a violent felony conviction, government data shows
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-arrests-violent-criminal-records-trump-first-year/

Dozens of Women Join Hunger and Labor Strike at Delaney Hall ICE Jail. “We are mothers, daughters, sisters. We are women that are being unjustly imprisoned,” the women said in a video.
https://truthout.org/articles/dozens-of-women-join-hunger-and-labor-strike-at-delaney-hall-ice-jail/

Trump team wanted to suspend Constitutional right in order to deport more immigrants, memo reveals. White House aides privately warned against ‘insane’ idea pushed by Stephen Miller to suspend habeas corpus
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/habeas-corpus-trump-mass-deportation-arrests-b2996080.html

‘Dreamers’ are losing their jobs waiting for renewals under Trump: ‘It feels like a personal attack’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/15/dreamers-losing-jobs-daca-renewals-trump

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banking / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
Unprecedented Scale: 3,600 Stock Trades by President Trump’s Investment Accounts in Three Months
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/global-trends/trumps-unusual-stock-frenzy-portfolio-shows-3600-trades-in-90-days/articleshow/131773421.cms?from=mdr

[Video] Donald Trump Is Called A ‘Grifter’ After He Collects $59M In Deposits For Trump Mobile Phones. The T1 phone was originally marketed as an American-made alternative to Apple and Samsung, but these claims were later dropped after tech analysts pointed out that domestic smartphone manufacturing in this timeline was impossible.
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/videos/donald-trump-called-grifter-collects-190139550.html

In ‘Grotesque Billionaire Bonanza,’ 41 Energy Tycoons Saw Fortunes Grow by $23.5 Billion Since Trump Launched Iran War. “Conflict devastates countries and costs countless lives, yet for some it is extraordinarily profitable,” said the executive director of Oxfam International.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/g7-billionaires-iran-profits

# Education / Schools / Libraries and Museums / Childcare
Countdown until 1million Americans kiss cell phones goodbye under strict ban. New Jersey has become the latest state to adopt the policy, prohibiting students in public schools from using them as well as smart devices during school hours, on school buses and at school-sanctioned events.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/pregnancyparenting/cell-phone-ban-takes-effect-for-millions-of-americans-under-new-law/ss-AA1U4BYA?ocid=POM

# Environment / Climate / Weather / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands / Water
Lawmakers fight to stop the Trump administration’s dismantling of a $386M ocean observatory project
https://www.yahoo.com/news/science/articles/lawmakers-fight-stop-trump-administrations-124917817.html

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Power Plants
Trump plans to protect methane-leaking oil and gas wells. This billionaire donor will benefit
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-epa-methane-jeffery-hildebrand-hilcorp-oil-regulations

# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
THE 35 LIST: Inside the Leaked Dossier Igniting the Epstein Case
https://everunity24h.com/sh-the-35-list-inside-the-leaked-dossier-igniting-the-epstein-case-and-the-ghost-of-jonbenet-ramsey/?fbclid=IwY2xjawSeFohleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFEMnZ1cmRNa1RGRmprVjVjc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHnFFLUBpgkDP2ABfLQDisVMhtgtKgo3niAeiuydeai2696dUFrQBOJ2DfUwt_aem_1bLsHB8j0YV1-MizJWzZQg

A list of powerful people named in the Epstein files
https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/power-people-named-epstein-files/3839884/

Epstein survivors push Comer to investigate potential leads from DOJ’s files in private meeting, arguing that acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s suggestion there were no more leads to pursue in the case is not true.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/15/politics/jeffrey-epstein-victims-comer-meeting-doj

# Gov / Politics / US
[Video] Trump Scam 2026.
https://share.newsbreak.com/iqjgbkkr

“Single greatest scam” President Trump on impeachment. President Trump posted a new video on his Twitter account, saying the impeachment inquiry is the “single greatest scam in American political history.” He was greeted by protestors chanting impeach outside his golf club in Virginia. Rough Cut (no reporter narration)
https://www.reuters.com/video/watch/idOVAYKUVVJ/

DHS chief Mullin refuses to rule out ICE at polls, claims only American citizens should be in line
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/dhs-chief-mullin-refuses-rule-220007865.html

As US-Canada trade stalls, PM Carney signals pivot to Europe for a ‘New World Order.’ During his visit to Dublin, Canadian Prime Minister Carney says the “new world order will be built out of Europe,” signaling move away from U.S. ahead of the G7 summit
https://justthenews.com/world/canada/canadian-pm-carney-declares-new-world-order-will-be-built-europe-pivoting-away-us

Most voters oppose mid-decade redistricting. As many states rushed to redraw congressional maps ahead of the 2026 midterms, half of American voters say district lines should only be redrawn once a decade after the U.S. Census, a new national poll finds.
https://www.commoncause.org/work/mid%E2%80%91decade-redistricting-democracy-on-the-line/

Newsom: Trump ordered investigation into him and his wife without cause. “He’s coming after me because I am considering running for president,” the California governor said.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/15/gavin-newsom-says-trump-investigating-him-wife-00962403?user_id=66c4bf235d78644b3aa2c263&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&utm_source=join1440

A psychologist and author shared a sobering warning about President Donald Trump on Sunday, noting that the president’s symptoms appear to be as bad as ever. “What I believe, he is setting us up. He is grooming us for nuclear war,” Gartner said. “He wants to be the person who pushes the button first, because that would put him in history as the most powerfully destructive military leader in human history.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-2677039345/

Vance Confirms Iran May Receive $300 Billion Reconstruction Fund If Nuclear Conditions Are Met
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5924963-vance-iran-300b-reconstruction-fund/

‘Trash the Constitution!’ Fox’s Jonathan Turley Blasts 2028 Dems for Embracing Court-Packing
https://www.yahoo.com/news/videos/trash-constitution-foxs-jonathan-turley-185952499.html

Marjorie Taylor Greene Sounds Alarm on ‘Rigged’ Elections as MAGA Rebel Claims Americans No Longer ‘Control Our Government’ in Explosive Rant
https://radaronline.com/p/marjorie-taylor-greene-rigged-elections-no-longer-control-government/

Trump Demands GOP-Controlled House Expel Democrats Lawmaker Jamie Raskin. The president and his allies are also reportedly working on a resolution to “expunge” his past impeachments.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5921412-jamie-raskin-donald-trump-expulsion-biden-pardon-jan-6/

# Politics / Global
Israel’s war with Hezbollah in Lebanon may pose stumbling block for lasting US-Iran peace deal
https://justthenews.com/government/security/tuedespite-iran-deal-lebanon-stumbling-block-lasting-peace

Israel’s war with Hezbollah in Lebanon may pose stumbling block for lasting US-Iran peace deal
https://thehill.com/policy/international/5821977-israel-lebanon-hezbollah-strikes-iran-ceasefire/

Live Updates: Iran says deal with U.S. requires Israeli forces to leave Lebanon
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/iran-war-us-deal-peace-israel-lebanon-hezbollah-strait-of-hormuz/

As US-Canada trade stalls, PM Carney signals pivot to Europe for a ‘New World Order’
https://justthenews.com/world/canada/canadian-pm-carney-declares-new-world-order-will-be-built-europe-pivoting-away-us

The Taliban are dragging women off Herat’s streets in vans. Silence is now a choice the world is making. I am a woman from Afghanistan who has spent years being told to temper my words about the Taliban, writes Shabnam Nasimi. But no longer – this is a terrorist regime that kidnaps women off the street and shoots their parents when they call for their return
https://www.the-independent.com/voices/taliban-women-afghanistan-herat-abductions-kidnapping-b2993845.html

# Law / Law Enforcement / Prisons / FBI / CIA / ATF / DEA
US Is Terrorizing Its Own Citizens With “Less-Lethal” Weapons, Victim Says. Human rights experts condemn the increasing use of weapons like tear gas, pepper balls, and rubber bullets, citing severe injuries, maiming, and what experts call state-sponsored authoritarianism
https://truthout.org/articles/us-is-terrorizing-its-own-citizens-with-less-lethal-weapons-victim-says/

Former detention deputy facing potential life sentence for disregarding detainee’s medical needs
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/federal-jury-convicts-former-correctional-officer-civil-rights-violation-resulted-inmates

Police misconduct in Philadelphia leads to dozens of dropped cases. Two Philadelphia Police Department officers, who acted as partners, illegally stopped and searched hundreds of Black men, according to a report by local public defenders. Prosecutors and defense attorneys are reviewing nearly 1,000 cases built on the testimony of three narcotics officers who officials say repeatedly gave false statements.
https://www.police1.com/drug-interdiction-narcotics/more-than-130-philadelphia-pd-drug-cases-vacated-after-judge-finds-3-officers-testimonies-unreliable

Intelligence community ‘terrified of showing information’ to President Donald Trump’s acting Director of National Intelligence Bill Pulte. The central question on the minds of many is what, exactly, Pulte would do with the office he’s obviously unqualified to fill.
https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-bill-pulte-acting-dni-controversy

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court / United Nations (UN)
House Oversight committee probes ‘pay-to-play’ concerns at anti-Trump lawyer’s nonprofit
A nonprofit allegedly using donor funds to target adversaries may violate tax laws under the IRS codes.
https://justthenews.com/government/congress/oversight-committee-probes-pay-play-concerns-anti-trump-lawyers-nonprofit

Supreme Court to hear jury limits, disability cases. The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to take up cases on intellectual disability in death sentences and limits on the number of jurors.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_022faaf4-07b8-41c1-aa58-cc0df897ca46.html

Judge poised to order criminal trial of Todd Blanche: ‘More than sufficient’ evidence
https://www.rawstory.com/todd-blanche-criminal-trial/

The saga of Chief Judge Boasberg’s contempt of court inquiry involving Todd Blanche and Emil Bove
https://www.justsecurity.org/142031/boasberg-contempt-blanche-bove/

# LGBTQ / Transgender
Greg Abbott banned rainbow crosswalks in Texas. So El Paso wrapped Pride flags around their street lights instead. In his order, DeSantis cited concerns over the road safety of pedestrians and drivers, despite evidence that brightly painted roadways actually reduce traffic accidents and increase pedestrian safety.
https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/texas-rainbow-crosswalks-pride-ban-street-lights

# Medical / Biologicals / CDC / Recalls / Nursing / Medications
Congenital Syphilis Skyrockets as US Has Shortage of Drug That Treats It. The United States has a shortage of the only first-line medication recommended for pregnant women with syphilis to prevent passing it to their baby, even as congenital syphilis rates have been skyrocketing.
https://stateline.org/2026/06/15/one-us-made-drug-treats-congenital-syphilis-and-the-country-is-running-short/#:~:text=The%20United%20States%20has%20a,syphilis%20rates%20have%20been%20skyrocketing

Disabled people with lifelong conditions facing ‘unnecessary’ Pip reassessments: A study by the anti-poverty charity Z2K has found that hundreds of thousands of disabled people are going through “unnecessary” personal independence payment (Pip) reviews, “wasting” public money and “significantly harming” the mental and physical health of claimants.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/15/disabled-people-with-lifelong-conditions-facing-unnecessary-pip-reassessments

# Medical Alternatives / Medical Marijuana / Hemp
The National Institute of Standards and Technology added dozens of marijuana components to an official government library of compounds, providing ‘reference spectra needed to identify rare plant variants, degradation artifacts and minor homologs that are becoming increasingly relevant in modern cannabis testing.’
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/federal-science-agency-adds-new-cannabis-compounds-to-its-library-of-chemical-fingerprints/

# Military / Department of Defense [DOD] / NATO / Boat Strikes
NATO allies raise alarm over potential US military cuts, with German lawmaker voicing no confidence in Trump’s commitment to Europe’s defence
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wx6RW–3Leg

NATO allies bewildered by Trump’s about-face on U.S. troop moves in Europe
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/nato-allies-bewildered-by-trumps-about-face-on-u-s-troop-moves-in-europe

Washington is relocating an aircraft carrier strike group, bombers, and submarines, leaving the alliance scrambling to find replacements for surveillance and long-range strike capabilities
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/us-to-sharply-cut-military-contributions-to-nato-report/3948979

Deeper troop cuts in Germany are underway, with the administration planning a reduction that extends beyond the initial withdrawal of 5,000 soldiers.
https://www.aol.com/articles/trump-plans-deeper-troop-cuts-202745000.html

# Other Interestimg Stuff
We Metal Detected the Town Jesus Condemned… and Found This
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUn298W-Mdg

Archaeologists Discover the Real Biblical Bethsaida?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUMNKqcnaB0

Ancient DNA from the ocean floor shows what might happen when Arctic sea ice disappears
https://www.earth.com/news/ancient-dna-from-the-ocean-floor-shows-what-might-happen-when-arctic-sea-ice-disappears/

# Planetary / Solar Activity
Scientists investigate strange rumbling beneath Utah, “It’s sort of a mystery in terms of fundamental physics.” Data suggested the rumbling occurred over 55 miles below sea level, a depth that made no sense in conventional geology.
https://futurism.com/science-energy/strange-rumbling-deep-mantle-earthquakes-utah

Scientists pinpoint biggest driver of sea level rise, it’s not melting ice sheets or glaciers. As sea level rise accelerates, more people, ecosystems, and infrastructure are facing increasing coastal flood risks globally.
https://www.climatecentral.org/press-release-sea-level-rise-global-extremes

# Social Services / Programs / Social Security / Disability / AFDC (Aid for dependant children)
Speaker Mike Johnson’s 2027 Social Security Plan is Already Alarming Retirees.  Facing looming program insolvency, the Speaker is pushing to adjust and reform entitlement spending, prompting sharp pushback from lawmakers and anxiety among retirees over potential cuts
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5922483-johnson-social-security-republicans/

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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
New York City Council passes measure requiring sanctuary law signs be posted in public buildings: The bill directs the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs and Department of Education to post “know your rights” information inside schools, city buildings, courthouses and other public spaces.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/new_york/article_d7fc24d5-19c9-45d5-b891-9baec672919e.html

ICE agents gained access to local voter files, records requests find: One county in Texas and another in North Carolina handed over voter information to Homeland Security Investigations in May this year and November last year, emails reveal.
https://www.axios.com/2026/06/13/ice-voter-files-texas-north-carolina

Flight deports at least two dozen migrants from U.S. to Central African Republic under third country deal: Among those aboard were individuals from Iran, Armenia, Turkey and several other countries, according to a legal advocacy group. The number of migrants deported is not yet clear, but it is believed to be around two dozen. The Trump administration has signed controversial deals with several African countries to deport migrants it cannot send home.
https://www.dw.com/en/us-deports-migrants-including-iranian-activist-to-car/a-77537594

USCIS officials agree to resume asylum, green card processing after judge’s demand: A judge reprimanded the Trump administration for failing to comply with an earlier order to end its pause on immigration processing
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/us/politics/trump-uscis-asylum-immigration.html

Immigration nation. Why this media outlet is calling Delaney Hall, the immigration detention facility in New Jersey, a “concentration camp.”  The term describes facilities where targeted groups are held without due process under inhumane conditions.
https://jerseybee.org/2026/06/11/why-were-calling-delaney-hall-a-concentration-camp/

ICE detention center mismanagement wasted millions, endangered detainees, GAO finds
https://www.aol.com/entertainment/ice-detention-center-mismanagement-wasted-055435368.html

# Business / Industry / Corporations
SBA Reforms 8(a) Business Development Program to End Racial Discrimination in Federal Contracting. Agency issues new proposed rule to dismantle race-based admissions
https://www.sba.gov/article/2026/06/11/sba-reforms-8a-business-development-program-end-racial-discrimination-federal-contracting

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banking / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
8 Steps to Protect Your Bank Account from Hackers and Fraud. Mobile and online banking has made handling your finances more convenient than ever.
https://www.glcu.org/resource-center/blog/8-steps-to-protect-your-bank-account-from-hackers-and-fraud/

Alarm Grows Over Vought Plan to Give Trump Cronies Control of Federal Grant Money. “The test will be a simple one: Are you sufficiently loyal to the president? If the answer is no, it will result in the denial of lifesaving disaster relief, funding for research into cures, the closure of Head Start offices, and more.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/vought-grant-funding

# Education / Schools / Libraries and Museums / Childcare
Trump Describes Executions to Kids, While MAGA Bans Lessons Causing ‘Discomfort.’ Trump’s lesson to children was to fear difference, obey power, and treat vulnerable people as threats. “Will we insist that students deserve classrooms that tell the truth, nurture their humanity, and equip them to challenge injustice — or will we allow fear and violence to become the curriculum?”
https://truthout.org/articles/trump-describes-executions-to-kids-while-maga-bans-lessons-causing-discomfort/

# Employment / Labor / Unions
Group warns labor bill allows govt takeover of union contract negotiations. Bipartisan legislation meant to speed up first-time union contracts would promote efficiency but also erode both employee and employer rights, a labor policy group argues.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_b2c2d477-e71d-4f96-b8c5-8632d8612e10.html

# Environment / Climate / Weather / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands / Water
Following a massive magnitude-7.8 earthquake, parts of the southern Philippines caused parts of the seabed to rise by as much as 2 metres and the coastline has reportedly moved out by around 200 metres.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/14/philippines-earthquake-raised-seabed-costal-uplift-coral-exposed

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Power Plants
Chevron, second-largest oil company in the US, plans to slash thousands of jobs. The news comes as the company missed Wall Street’s fourth-quarter earnings expectations. It was the first time the refining business marked a loss since 2020, according to multiple reports.
https://www.ktnv.com/business/company-news/chevron-second-largest-oil-company-in-the-us-slashing-thousands-of-jobs

# Food / Farming / FDA / Agriculture / Ranching / SNAP [Food Stamps] / USDA
USDA Issues Directive to Restore Grazing on National Forest Lands and Strengthen Support for America’s Ranchers
https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/forest-service-grazing-memo.pdf

Elon Musk’s Destruction of USAID Takes Food Aid From Millions Facing Deadly Hunger. “Now in its third consecutive year of famine, Sudan received nothing.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/elon-musk-usaid-famine

# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
Citizen journalists, citizen sleuths helping to unravel the tangle of Epstein documents. Professional news outlets immediately went to work, sometimes in tandem, when the Justice Department released over three million pages of documents and tens of thousands of visual images on Jan. 30. Hundreds of journalists at The Associated Press, CBS, NBC, MS NOW and CNBC are collaborating to examine the files and share what they find.
https://www.themorningsun.com/2026/02/24/citizen-journalists-citizen-sleuths-helping-to-unravel-the-tangle-of-epstein-documents/

‘It is all horror’: Survivors’ diaries reveal how Jeffrey Epstein preyed on girls and women. The recollections of survivors’ abuse in the Epstein files are recorded in personal diaries, private messages or confidential legal interviews.
https://news.sky.com/story/its-all-horror-survivors-diaries-reveal-how-jeffrey-epstein-preyed-on-girls-and-women-13507029

# Gov / Politics / US
The truth behind ‘all men are created equal’
https://sustainablehuman.org/stories/the-truth-behind-all-men-are-created-equal/
The Declaration of Independence Document
https://docs.house.gov/meetings/GO/GO00/20220929/115171/HHRG-117-GO00-20220929-SD010.pdf?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
The Preamble to the U.S. Constitution Of The United States
https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/preamble/
The United States Constitution Document
https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/full-text

US, Iran Reach Peace Deal. Uncertainty remains over whether Israel will honour the agreement.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/6/15/iran-us-agree-tentative-deal-to-end-war-your-questions-answered

Trump’s lawyers just created a ‘big problem’ in his eye-popping BBC lawsuit: President Donald Trump’s lawyers made a big mistake in the president’s $10 billion lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corporation, one so big that two legal experts argued on Sunday that it could be evidence of malpractice.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-lawsuit-2677039065/

‘Sounds a Lot Like a Nuclear Threat’: Trump Floats ‘Ultimate Alternative’ If Iran Talks Collapse
Trump claimed on social media that a diplomatic agreement would be signed on Sunday, but Iran’s Foreign Ministry pushed back on that timeline.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-casually-drops-ultimate-threat-if-deal-with-iran-fizzles/

# Politics / Global
Israel issues first statement since Trump announced Iran deal: Israel is alarmed by Trump’s deal with Iran. Critics say the deal eases pressure on Tehran while others say it shows the war was a mistake
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laqj2THreGQ

Netanyahu’s Israel grapples with Trump-Iran deal as details remain unclear. Israeli defense minister says forces will remain in security zones in Lebanon, Syria, and Gaza ‘without any time limit’
https://www.foxnews.com/world/netanyahus-israel-grapples-trump-iran-deal-details-remain-unclear

Israel Says It Won’t Withdraw From Lebanon: The newly announced US-Iran peace deal is facing its first major challenge as Israel says it will not withdraw from southern Lebanon despite reports that a Lebanon ceasefire is part of the broader agreement. Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said Israeli forces will remain in security zones in Lebanon, Syria and Gaza, citing national security concerns.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmUCcQG8d00

# Medicare / Medicaid / Disability Benefits / Health and Human Services [HHS]
Medicare’s standard Part B premium is $202.90 a month this year, and high earners pay up to $689.90
https://www.medicare.org/articles/2026-medicare-costs/

3 Million Seniors Lost Their Medicare Advantage Plan in 2026: 7 Moves to Make Before Your Coverage Lapses
https://cepr.net/publications/new-research-reveals-millions-will-lose-medicare-advantage-coverage-this-year/

# Military / Department of Defense [DOD] / NATO / Boat Strikes
A top NATO commander says the West can no longer count on its homelands staying safe in future wars
https://www.businessinsider.com/western-homelands-no-longer-guaranteed-safe-future-war-nato-commander-2026-6

# Military / Global
One of Ukraine’s most sacred sites burns after Russian strike. Russia launched 70 missiles and 611 drones at Ukraine, killing people in Kyiv and Kharkiv and damaging Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, officials said.
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-drones-kyiv-kharkiv-80bf94ad017eb8aad6af1f4e96494431

# NASA / NORAD / Space
A Virginia group wants to stop NASA’s Space Shuttle Discovery from moving to Texas: Two senators from Texas want to move the Space Shuttle Discovery from the Smithsonian in Virginia to Houston. NPR’s David Folkenflik talks with activist Joe Stief of the group Keep The Shuttle
https://www.ctpublic.org/2026-06-14/a-virginia-group-wants-to-stop-nasas-space-shuttle-discovery-from-moving-to-texas

# Other Interestimg Stuff
Ocean Science Says the Sound Recorded at the Bottom of the Mariana Trench Is Never Truly Silent. Researchers left a recording device at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean for 23 days. Rather than an acoustic void, they captured a cacophony of overlapping sounds
https://www.noaa.gov/media-release/seven-miles-deep-ocean-is-still-noisy-place

# Science / Research
Scientists Discover 3rd Circulation System in Humans That Could Bridge Eastern, Western Medicines. The interstitium, a body-wide network of fluid-filled spaces within connective tissue, as a newly classified third circulatory system. This anatomical discovery is bridging the gap between Western medicine and Eastern practices like acupuncture by providing a physical structure that aligns with ancient meridian maps.
https://www.galvnews.com/health/free/discovery-of-third-circulatory-system-links-eastern-western-medicine/article_91f2a089-9921-4fef-a73b-4af6871f17f9.html

# Social Services / Programs / Social Security / Disability / AFDC (Aid for dependant children)
A New Social Security Plan is Gaining Bipartisan Support, And It Could Affect Every Retiree. With Social Security’s retirement trust fund reserves depleting, inaction legally requires the Social Security Administration to slash checks to match incoming tax revenues.
https://bipartisanpolicy.org/issue-brief/the-unfinished-work-of-retirement-reform/

# Technology / AI / Data Centers / Robotics
AI is coming alive, evading human control: Artificial intelligence is rapidly advancing toward “recursive self-improvement”—the ability to rewrite its own code without human intervention.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASsmJ96tRuU

Humanity isn’t ready for the coming intelligence explosion. We must find a way to control AI, then to live side by side with it, writes Will Marshall
https://www.economist.com/by-invitation/2026/06/15/humanity-isnt-ready-for-the-coming-intelligence-explosion

For years the pitch was that AI would automate the world and workers should get ready. The tune is changing now. AI Billionaires are getting scared. Workers are tearing down data centers and ripping surveillance cameras off poles, and suddenly Bezos and Musk want to help the working class
https://thoughtcatalog.com/holden-desalles/2026/06/ai-billionaires-are-getting-scared-workers-are-tearing-down-data-centers-and-ripping-surveillance-cameras-off-poles-and-suddenly-bezos-and-musk-want-to-help-the-working-class/

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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
House GOP’s immigration gamble hits a wall as Chip Roy and other conservatives demand permanent reforms or risk bringing the bill down entirely.  Conservatives like Chip Roy temporarily withheld their votes on a critical $70 billion Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol budget package, demanding that leadership commit to making Trump-era border policies (like those outlined in H.R. 2) permanent.
https://thehill.com/latino/3920921-tensions-high-as-house-gop-tackles-take-two-at-border-bill/

‘It’s massive destruction’: Outcry in Texas over waivers to allow border wall in Big Bend National Park. Despite plunging border crossings, the Trump administration is circumventing laws to expedite building in a vast, pristine wilderness
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/13/texas-border-wall-big-bend-national-park

Philadelphia Family Demands Answers After Second Southeast Asian Man Dies in ICE Detention. Tuan Van Bui died in April at an Indiana immigration detention center
https://www.audacy.com/kywnewsradio/news/local/tuan-van-bu-dies-ice-custody-family-requests-investigation

Thousands of children are losing parents to ICE detention, report says
https://www.kxan.com/news/thousands-of-children-are-losing-parents-to-ice-detention-report-says/

# Consumer Protection / Product Safety
This shrub looks like a garden ornamental, but it’s more toxic than a snake bite: Oleander (Nerium oleander), produces beautiful, showy flowers, but every part of the plant, the leaves, roots, nectar, and sap, is highly toxic.  Even the smoke from burning clippings, or the water used in a vase with the flowers, remains severely toxic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xd71kNUd2ko

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banking / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
Americas Taxpayers Could Face a New $3 Billion Cost Thanks to Kevin Warsh and the Fed
https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/articles/americans-taxpayers-could-face-3-145030786.html

Trump cements end to US ‘global empire’ – and the economic damage ‘will be huge’: expert
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-iran-2677036730/

# Environment / Climate / Weather / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands / Water
Trump Admin Opens Door to Resumed ‘Cyanide Bomb’ Use on BLM Land: What they are: M-44s are spring-loaded devices staked into the ground that use scented bait to lure in predators like coyotes and foxes. When an animal tugs at them, they shoot a lethal dose of sodium cyanide into the mouth.
https://www.humaneworld.org/en/blog/trump-administration-lifts-ban-cyanide-bombs-killing-animals

Judge orders Trump admin to reverse National Park changes. Judge Angel Kelley sided with the challengers on Friday, finding that the federal government’s action “sets a dangerous precedent of censorship and sanitization” while undermining the “integrity” of the National Parks system.
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5922592-judge-rules-trump-parks-diversity/

Trump administration waives environmental laws to blast barriers,  bulldoze roads in Big Bend National Park
https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/trump-administration-waives-environmental-laws-to-blast-border-barriers-roads-through-big-bend-national-park-2026-06-08/

# Food / Farming / FDA / Agriculture / Ranching / SNAP [Food Stamps] / USDA
8 warning signs from Tyson’s Texas layoffs  show America’s beef industry is under pressure. Tyson Foods’ mass layoffs in Amarillo, Texas, cutting 1,761 jobs by reducing the facility to a single shift, and the shutdown of its Lexington, Nebraska plant perfectly illustrate the critical challenges facing the American beef industry.
https://www.newsweek.com/texas-nebraska-cattle-industry-mass-layoffs-11099816

# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
Epstein survivors hit Trump with a birthday gift he won’t want to open
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-epstein-2677037686/

# Gov / Politics / US
“Ted Lieu Cornered Patel With One Recording — The 7 Words That Ended The Hearing”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJx8NzcBfjE

Issue One Policy Director Michael McNulty released the following statement: The FBI’s raid on free and fair election: “This fits with a troubling pattern of an election takeover playbook that we’ve seen across the country: spreading false claims about election fraud, using those claims to justify extraordinary government action, and then abusing the power of the executive branch to intimidate and attack the very people and institutions that administer and support elections.”
https://issueone.org/press/new-fbi-raids-in-ohio-raise-alarm-over-broader-pattern-of-election-interference/

Supreme Court nears end of term with several high-profile cases still pending. Perhaps no case this term has attracted more public attention than the challenge to Trump’s executive order purporting to deny birthright citizenship to children born in the U.S. to parents who are unlawfully present or on temporary visas.
https://justthenews.com/government/courts-law/supreme-court-nears-end-term-several-high-profile-cases-still-pending

Sen. Tom Cotton Vows Fast-Track Confirmation for Trump’s Pick to Lead All 18 U.S. Intelligence Agencies
https://www.dailygazette.com/tribune/senate-plans-fast-action-on-trump-s-dni-pick/article_00d68d69-5027-5694-82a2-286fe5484694.html

Trump’s UFC fight is a ‘volcano of corruption,’ suit says. A judge could deliver an 11th-hour KO to the event
https://www.aol.com/news/trump-ufc-fight-volcano-corruption-175936901.html

Inside Trump’s planned CIA overhaul: president reportedly eyes sweeping purge of Obama- and Biden-era intelligence leaders. A senior CIA officer who oversaw Russia analysis has been stripped of her security clearance, part of a sweeping removal of 37 serving and former officials accused of “betray[ing] their oath to the Constitution,” the Economist reported on Aug. 21.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-administration-escalates-purge-senior-044200685.html

Trump has once again chucked a grenade on the Senate floor ahead of a key funding deadline. Senate Majority Leader John Thune could well end up the loser of Trump’s war with Democrats over Bill Pulte simply because House Speaker Mike Johnson is closer to the president
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-thune-pulte-senate-fisa-b2994122.html

Supreme Court poised to gut century-old law to expand Trump’s power: legal analyst
https://www.rawstory.com/supreme-court-ftc-new-report/

‘It’s Total Confusion’: MS NOW Analyst Argues Trump ‘Kneecapping’ Any Actual Strategy to End Iran War. “Maybe he’ll go in, maybe he won’t go in. We don’t really know. And so it does kneecap his ability to be taken seriously at the negotiating table.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/total-confusion-ms-now-analyst-162200981.html

‘God help us’: Ex-GOP operative warns of ‘incandescent’ signal America is in decline. Former Republican strategist Steve Schmidt said that Elon Musk — the world’s first trillionaire — is “a danger to every single American,” in a video on Friday.
https://www.rawstory.com/elon-musk-steve-schmidt/

ICE Digs Into Voter Files Ahead of Midterms: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents were given access to voter files in two counties in Texas and North Carolina, according to a news report.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/ice-agents-accessed-voter-files-in-texas-and-north-carolina/

Trump is pushing to have Congress ‘expunge’ his impeachments – even without a law saying its possible.  President is first in US history to be impeached twice, over abuse of power and inciting an insurrection
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/12/trump-congress-expunge-impeachments

# Politics / Global
The US May Not Have Troops on the Ground, Venezuela’s Government Is Occupied. Delcy Rodríguez capitulates to US demands, the Venezuelan left is calling for resistance.
https://truthout.org/articles/the-us-may-not-have-troops-on-the-ground-but-venezuelas-government-is-occupied/

Iran declares Strait of Hormuz closed to all vessels and says US strikes have made ceasefire ‘practically useless.’ After a second day of exchange of fire between the US and Iran, Tehran further said the Strait of Hormuz was now shut to all shipping, a claim CENTCOM denied.
https://www.euronews.com/2026/06/11/us-and-iran-trade-strikes-for-second-day-threatening-return-of-all-out-war

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court / United Nations (UN)
‘This court does not have the power’: Trump attorneys flatly tell judge to back off inquiry into ‘anti-weaponization fund.’
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/this-court-does-not-have-the-power-trump-attorneys-flatly-tell-judge-to-back-off-inquiry-into-anti-weaponization-fund/

A federal judge on Friday said she doesn’t believe President Donald Trump’s plan for a $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization fund” is fully dead, and issued an order indefinitely blocking the proposal.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/judge-says-she-doesn-t-153324389.html

# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
Fox News viewers turn on Trump after White House move that is ’embarrassing on a global scale.’  Fox News shared images of the UFC Freedom 250 construction underway on the White House South Lawn ahead of the June 14 event, with viewers outraged over the reported $700,000 in damage to the historic grounds
https://www.themirror.com/entertainment/fox-news-viewers-turn-trump-1881463

# Medicare / Medicaid / Disability Benefits / Health and Human Services [HHS]
Texas rural hospital organization to end contracts with UnitedHealthcare over ‘unsustainable’ rates:  “We can’t keep absorbing losses while our communities go without care”
https://www.gilmermirror.com/2026/06/12/rural-texas-hospitals-draw-line-in-the-sand-torch-cin-terminates-unitedhealthcare-contract-we-cant-keep-absorbing-losses-while-our-communities-go-without-care/

Original Medicare now requires prior authorization for some procedures in six states under a new federal pilot. Private Medicare Plans Are Denying Rehab Care at Alarming Rates, New Analysis Shows: 6 States to Pilot Prior Authorizations for Original Medicare
https://www.elderlawanswers.com/6-states-to-pilot-prior-authorizations-for-original-medicare-21225

# Medical / Biologicals / CDC / Recalls / Nursing / Medications
Tennessee health department warns parents their children will be reported to immigration officials. Letters give parents until June 30 to decide whether to keep their disabled children on a public health program that provides life-sustaining care or risk reporting
https://tennesseelookout.com/2026/06/11/tennessee-health-department-warns-parents-their-children-will-be-reported-to-immigration-officials/

[Video] Robot nurses join Texas hospital staff to assist with patient care.  Service robots at an Odessa hospital help transport supplies, easing workloads and allowing nurses to focus more on patient care.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywX6E33pjHU

# Military / Department of Defense [DOD] / NATO / Boat Strikes
US to withdraw all aerial refuelling aircraft and several fighter jets from Nato operations in Europe.  Plans include cutting 50 fighter jets, while restationing aircraft carrier, bomber task force group
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/6/12/us-to-cut-air-and-naval-assets-deployed-for-nato-operations-in-europe

Former U.S. Intelligence official worries America committed ‘an apparent war crime’ in recent strikes. They pointed to reported strikes on civilian infrastructure, including a primary school in Minab where at least 175 people were killed, as evidence
https://www.latintimes.com/more-100-legal-experts-raise-serious-concerns-us-strikes-iran-may-war-crimes-596336

India’s Foreign Minister Tells Marco Rubio U.S. Navy Attacks on Commercial Shipping Are ‘Not Justified’ After Three Indian Mariners Killed
https://www.deccanherald.com/india/ahead-of-modi-trump-meet-us-justifies-ship-attacks-offers-no-regret-for-deaths-of-3-indian-sailors-4038403

# Military / Global
Peace talks descend into chaos after Trump accuses Tehran of leaking ‘fake’ deal terms. The  President said the Iranian negotiators were ‘very dishonorable people to deal with’
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/6/12/dishonorable-trump-says-leaked-iran-ceasefire-terms-fake

Taiwan fires dozens of US-made missiles at China from mobile ‘shoot and scoot’ launchers in first show of force.  The “shoot and scoot” mobile launchers were used as part of a two-day drill, in which the military targeted the narrow Taiwan strait separating the self-governing island from China.
https://www.the-sun.com/news/16479132/taiwan-fires-us-missiles-china/

# Other Interesting Stuff
Something Deeply Abnormal Just Happened In Antarctica: The coldest continent on Earth reached 15.4C during winter and stayed above freezing for weeks. Researchers say it was one of the most extreme winter warming events ever recorded in Antarctica
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzLqySVz45E

NASA satellites show Antarctica has gained ice despite rising global temperatures. How is that possible? This increase, documented in NASA satellite data, is a temporary anomaly rather than an indication that global warming has reversed, scientists say.
https://www.space.com/astronomy/earth/nasa-satellites-show-antarctica-has-gained-ice-despite-rising-global-temperatures-how-is-that-possible

Antarctica has a strange gravity hole and scientists finally know why: Gravity often feels dependable and unchanging. It seems steady enough that we rarely question it. But the real picture is more surprising.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/03/260306224213.htm

Why Scientists Are Terrified About What They’re Finding Beneath Antarctica. Scientists believe we may be approaching a tipping point that could completely redraw the world’s coastlines, putting cities such as Kolkata, New York and London at risk of severe flooding, displacing millions of people.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GL3RZsT-Hwg

A mysterious ‘cold blob’ in the ocean has puzzled scientists. The “cold blob” (or “warming hole”) in the North Atlantic is an anomaly south of Greenland and Iceland where sea surface temperatures have cooled by nearly \(1^{\circ}C\) (\(1.8^{\circ}F\)) since 1900. A recent study concludes this cooling is a primary indicator that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is weakening
https://www.yahoo.com/news/science/articles/mysterious-cold-blob-ocean-puzzled-095207654.html

# Technology / AI / Data Centers / Robotics
BlackRock CEO says Americans’ savings and pensions can fund a $10 trillion data center boom. A TikTok clip of BlackRock CEO Larry Fink is drawing scrutiny after he suggested that Americans’ savings and pension money could help finance a massive buildout of data centers in the artificial intelligence era. “I can’t afford to feed my child but sure.”
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/blackrock-ceo-americans-savings-pension-finance/

# Transportation / Trucking
‘Wall’ of angered drivers may flood shops amid new Texas inspections
https://autos.yahoo.com/policy-and-environment/articles/wall-angered-drivers-may-flood-110300538.html

# Veterans / VA
Supreme Court Unanimously Rules for 9,000+ Combat-Disabled Veterans To Receive Full Retroactive Combat-Related Special Compensation:  U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously in favor of a class of over 9000 disabled Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force and Coast Guard veterans who were wrongfully denied their full retroactive combat-related special compensation (CRSC).  The class is represented by pro bono legal counsel Sidley Austin LLP and the National Veterans Legal Services Program (NVLSP).
https://nvlsp.org/supreme-court-unanimously-rules-for-9000-combat-disabled-veterans-to-receive-full-retroactive-combat-related-special-compensation/

Federal Court Ruling Upholds Veterans’ Right to Choose Support for VA Claims. In a landmark legal victory, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has ruled in favor of veterans’ constitutional rights, affirming that veterans have the right to seek and pay for professional assistance when navigating the often-complex VA disability claims process.
https://veteransguide.org/news/federal-court-ruling-upholds-veterans-right-to-choose-support-for-va-claims/

Federal Court Orders Sweeping Action to End Veteran Homelessness. Ninth Circuit orders VA to build thousands of units of housing for disabled veterans
https://publiccounsel.org/a-historic-court-victory-for-veterans/

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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
Trump’s former border chief wants to deport one-third of all Americans – claiming they are all migrants. Controversial former Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino recently stated he wants to deport 106 million people, a fabricated figure representing roughly a third of the U.S. population. He falsely claimed that all of these individuals are migrants, despite U.S. Census Bureau estimates putting the total immigrant population at roughly 50 million
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/gregory-bovino-border-patrol-deportations-b2992496.html

California sues ICE and other federal agencies over construction of alleged ICE holding facility
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/california-sues-over-construction-alleged-213000366.html

ICE agents break the law, arrest two parents at pre-school graduation ceremony, leaving terrified children in tears, screaming and prompting swift condemnation from city and state leaders
https://www.union-bulletin.com/news/national/federal-agents-detain-individuals-outside-baltimore-school-before-pre-k-graduation/article_7fc3bf5d-e7e1-5bd6-811f-0332eb490463.html

House GOP’s immigration gamble hits a wall as Chip Roy and other conservatives demand permanent reforms or risk bringing the bill down entirely
https://thehill.com/latino/3920921-tensions-high-as-house-gop-tackles-take-two-at-border-bill/

Tom Homan says even if rioters shut down Delaney Hall in Newark, ICE will simply take those detainees and fly them to places like Texas, which means detainees lose the privilege of easy family visitation. Rioters clearly haven’t thought this through. “If I can’t detain them in that city where they’re close to their families, then we’ll have to move them someplace else. How does that benefit the migrant community?!” “Because we’re going to keep arresting people.”
https://share.newsbreak.com/iogf7kx2

# Chemicals / Parasites / Bugs
A potentially deadly tapeworm is spreading across the U.S., and was just found in a pack of Pacific Northwest coyotes.
https://san.com/cc/a-parasitic-tapeworm-has-been-detected-across-the-us-posing-a-risk-to-pets-and-humans/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banking / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
As Musk becomes the first trillionaire, historian sees warning signs: An expert on wealth and power breaks down what Musk’s trillion‑dollar fortune means for inequality, history and the future of democracy.
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5922382-elon-musk-trillionaire-spacex-ipo/

Trump turns on USMCA: Trade tensions, deficits bring North American trade pact to the brink. President Trump declared he is “not looking to renew” the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), bringing the pact into question ahead of a mandatory July 1 joint review milestone. The sudden shift has sent shockwaves through North American supply chains, sparking debates over trade deficits
https://justthenews.com/nation/economy/trump-turns-usmca-trade-tensions-deficits-bring-north-american-trade-pact-brink

# Employment / Labor / Unions
Another 230 Seattle Tech Workers Gone, Company Layoff
https://newstalkkit.com/ixp/136/p/seattle-firm-cuts-230-tech-workers/

# Environment / Climate / Weather / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands / Water
AMOC Alarm: An Unusual “Cold Blob” In North Atlantic Suggests Major Ocean Current System Is Dwindling
https://www.newsweek.com/the-atlantics-cold-blob-could-change-weather-across-america-12045642

Court Blocks Censorship and Erasure of American History and Science at National Parks. Injunction Halts Effort to Unlawfully Remove History and Science from Park Displays
https://democracyforward.org/news/press-releases/court-blocks-censorship-and-erasure-of-american-history-and-science-at-national-parks/

The Sealed Ice Core Recovered From Greenland in 2024 Contains a Layer That Glaciologists Say Should Not Exist at That Depth
https://www.newsbreak.com/discover-wild-science-318442312/4706714321750-the-sealed-ice-core-recovered-from-greenland-in-2024-contains-a-layer-that-glaciologists-say-should-not-exist-at-that-depth

# General News
Workers begin to remove Trump’s name from Kennedy Center after court rulings. In the dead of night, behind a screen, the president’s name started to be purged from the facade of the Washington building
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/13/trump-name-removed-kennedy-center-facade

# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
Trump took out the Epstein Republicans — but not his Jeffrey Epstein problem: ‘We still got seven months.’ Only one Republican who helped pass the law ordering release of the Epstein files escaped Trump’s political retribution. But, Eric Garcia writes, the issue has not left the public consciousness
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-jeffrey-epstein-nancy-mace-thomas-massie-b2994840.html

North Carolina, Washington and More States Drop Out of President Trump’s ‘Great American State Fair’
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/videos/north-carolina-washington-more-states-123119699.html

White House Crisis: Donald Trump’s Panicked Staffers Used Situation Room to Discuss Fallout From Handling of Jeffrey Epstein Files
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/insight/trump-aides-clashed-over-epstein-memo-fallout-in-situation-room/gm-GM3287DF33?gemSnapshotKey=GM3287DF33-snapshot-6&uxmode=ruby

A model’s mother spent 11 years hoping her daughter would come home, then the Epstein files told her what she feared most. The woman, only identified as “Michele,” left her family home in September 2015 when she was 22 and has not been heard from since, the report said.
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/german-model-missing-for-11-years-named-in-epstein-files-report

# Gov / Politics / US
‘Pissed’ Trump Currently ‘Frustrated With Everyone’ in His Orbit: Politico: President Donald Trump has grown increasingly “pissed” at pretty much everyone around him as he faces opposition to recent policies he’s tried to enact, according to a bombshell Politico report on Thursday
https://www.rawstory.com/angry-trump-chaos/

Trump warns federal government will ‘take back’ DC if democratic socialist  Janeese George wins mayoral race
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-ziiMPr-Yw

After Trump threatened to attack Iran, a scramble to stop him. Senior officials from Qatar, the UAE and Pakistan rang Trump as he was threatening to strike Iran “very hard tonight.” Their assurance of a deal in reach convinced him to pull back.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/11/gulf-leaders-called-trump-to-stop-him-from-hitting-iran-it-worked-for-now-00960157?nid=0000018f-3124-de07-a98f-3be4d1400000&nname=politico-toplines&nrid=aa92e1a8-e105-46c1-8828-d00cc60d5df4

Trump’s missile diplomacy strategy backfires. “You’re bombing what to get what at this point?” said a former Trump administration official.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/11/trump-iran-bombs-fail-00959658?nid=0000018f-3124-de07-a98f-3be4d1400000&nname=politico-toplines&nrid=72fccd97-6e7e-4838-8ba8-7402620765e0

Trump’s ambush diplomacy comes with long-term costs. Again and again, diplomatic engagement has coincided with — and appears in some cases to have facilitated — sudden military escalation. The pattern is now too consistent to dismiss as coincidence.
https://www.aol.com/articles/opinion-trump-ambush-diplomacy-comes-120000173.html

Trump Slung A Nasty Insult At A Group He’s Obsessed With — And Experts Say This Word Cuts Deep. “I watch all these ingrates, they’re always complaining … they didn’t build anything,” Trump said. “They couldn’t build anything.”
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-ingrates-insult-racist_l_6a2c31dfe4b0ba7a1fecc494

23 States Are Suing to Block a Trump Executive Order That Would Bar the USPS from Sending Mail-In Ballots to Voters Not on a State-Submitted List. The order at the center of the case is titled “Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal Elections.”
https://thoughtcatalog.com/holden-desalles/2026/06/23-states-are-suing-to-block-a-trump-executive-order-that-would-bar-the-usps-from-sending-mail-in-ballots-to-voters-not-on-a-state-submitted-list/

‘Blatant act of intimidation’: Trump raid on Ohio voter registration group spurs chorus of outrage
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-administration-ohio-organizing-collaborative-raid-outrage/

Trump Super PAC to Hold $1 Million-Per-Plate Fundraiser as Hunger Surges. The fundraiser comes as a recent study from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York showed food insecurity in the US has reached its highest levels since the Covid-19 pandemic.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-super-pac-fundraiser

New Billionaire Jared Kushner Is Mired in Conflicts of Interest as ‘Peace Envoy.’ Jared Kushner’s Role as ‘Special Peace Envoy’ Is a 5-Alarm Constitutional Fire. Here’s Why: Kushner claims to be representing the US in high-stakes foreign policy negotiations, while also pursuing billions from other nations for his firm. So, who is he actually working for, Kim Wehle asks.
https://zeteo.com/p/jared-kushners-role-as-special-peace

# Politics / Global
Pakistan says US, Iran have agreed upon the ‘final’ text of peace deal framework. Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said the US and Iran are inching closer to cementing a deal, with “finalization likely expected in the next 24 hours.”
https://www.dw.com/en/iran-war-pakistan-pm-says-peace-deal-expected-in-24-hours/live-77535647

# LGBTQ / Transgender
10 Years After Pulse, Protecting Queer Spaces Is Critical for Liberation.  The Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida, on June 12, 2016, resulted in the tragic loss of 49 lives, primarily queer and Latinx individuals. Ten years later, LGBTQIA+ spaces remain essential sanctuaries for joy, cultural celebration, and community organizing, especially amidst ongoing debates regarding queer safety and civil rights
https://giffords.org/analysis/10-years-after-pulse-queer-lives-deserve-more-action-on-gun-safety/

# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
DOJ approves Paramount-Warner Bros. merger, potentially putting CBS News and CNN under one roof. The Justice Department’s antitrust division approved Paramount Skydance’s $111 billion bid to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery.
https://san.com/cc/doj-approves-paramount-warner-bros-merger-potentially-putting-cbs-news-and-cnn-under-one-roof/

# Medicare / Medicaid / Disability Benefits / Health and Human Services [HHS]
Mike Johnson admits Republicans plan cuts to Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security next year. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson wants to adjust Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid funding to decrease entitlement spending, but other lawmakers disagree
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/mike-johnson-wants-fix-social-223021309.html

Under Healthcare ‘Dystopia’ Envisioned by Trump, Cash-Strapped Patients Would Take Out Loans From Insurers: “This could ruin people’s finances, while creating a financial incentive for insurers to deny coverage,” said one Democratic congresswoman.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-republican-aca-plan

# Medical / Biologicals / CDC / Recalls / Nursing / Medications
Inside Trump’s Reversal on HIV: The president’s first-term pledge to end HIV in the U.S. by 2030 has evaporated in his second term. Since returning to the White House in 2025, Trump has slashed HIV prevention grants, gutted government offices and terminated advisory
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2026/06/12/trump-hiv-aids-reversal-00954488?nid=0000018f-3124-de07-a98f-3be4d1400000&nname=politico-toplines&nrid=33891946-77bb-4978-bcef-4ae6c8ea7724

Gabbard releases intelligence showing federal government has funded 120 biolabs in 30 countries. “The information surrounding the existence, history, locations and funding of these US funded biolabs has been intentionally covered up by powerful people falsely, claiming that they do not exist,” Gabbard’s announcement stated.
https://www.dni.gov/index.php/newsroom/press-releases/press-releases-2026/4163-pr-10-26

# Medical Alternatives / Medical Marijuana / Hemp
Kennedy Seeks to Add Nutrition Requirements to Medical Competency Evaluations
https://www.thewellnews.com/health/kennedy-seeks-to-add-nutrition-requirements-to-medical-competency-evaluations/

# Military / Department of Defense [DOD] / NATO / Boat Strikes
While Slashing Food Aid and Healthcare, GOP Advances Trillion-Dollar Military Budget: “The money that Trump wants to burn on war should instead be spent on the needs of the American people, including restoring funding for healthcare, food, housing, and climate action,” said one critic.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/republicans-advance-ndaa

RFK Jr. Says 77% of American Children Can No Longer Qualify for Military Service — Calls It a National Security Crisis as U.S. Fights Iran and Automatic Draft Registration Approache
https://www.aol.com/articles/rfk-jr-claims-majority-american-111711000.html

# Military / Global
Russia Building New Infrastructure For Major Troop Deployments Along NATO’s Northern Flank
As Russia builds facilities for tens of thousands of troops,  NATO is also bolstering its defenses with a new Arctic combat force to act as a deterrent.
https://www.twz.com/news-features/russia-building-new-infrastructure-for-major-troop-deployments-along-natos-northern-flank

# NASA / NORAD / Space
SpaceX shares up over 20% from opening price, as CEO Elon Musk becomes world’s first trillionaire
https://apnews.com/article/musk-spacex-tesla-ipo-trillionaire-billionaire-worth-rockets-7723f82b6063a9a17c194e25982cd66d

Conservation Groups Sue to Block SpaceX Land Deal in Texas Wildlife Refuge: The groups argue SpaceX’s test launches send rocket debris into the area, which is home to an endangered ocelot.
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/06/11/environmental-groups-sue-to-stop-spacex-land-deal/

# Other Interestimg Stuff
California woman spots a mystery door built into the side of a mountain. Then she crossed a river and climbed over rocks to get to it
https://wegotthiscovered.com/social-media/california-woman-spots-a-mystery-door-built-into-the-side-of-a-mountain-then-she-crossed-a-river-and-climbed-over-rocks-to-get-to-it/

Archaeologists digging beneath Notre Dame uncover a 2,000-year-old Paris hidden just below tourists’ feet. The excavation was set in motion by two recent developments.
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/archaeological-discovery-notre-dame-cathedral/

# Science / Research
On her way out, DNI Tulsi Gabbard drops a bio-labs truth bomb on Mitt Romney and news media.
Gabbard’s declassified revelation that U.S. has funded 120 bio-labs in 30 countries puts a definitive end to a years-long campaign to diminish the threat of an accidental release of pathogens from one of those locations, especially in war-torn Ukraine.
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/hi/hawaii/news/2022/03/14/gabbard-draws-criticism-for-pro-russia-claims

# Security / DHS / Communications / Surveillance / Secret Service
Critics View Trump’s New Director of National Intelligence Pick Jay Clayton as Unqualified, Picked for Loyalty. Like Trump’s pick for “acting” DNI Bill Pulte, Jay Clayton does not have an “extensive” national security background.
https://truthout.org/articles/critics-view-trumps-new-dni-pick-jay-clayton-as-unqualified-picked-for-loyalty/

# Social Services / Programs / Social Security / Disability / AFDC (Aid for dependant children)
As Mike Johnson Floats Social Security Cuts, Trustees Report Shows Harm of Trump Policies
https://larson.house.gov/media-center/in-the-news/mike-johnson-floats-social-security-cuts-trustees-report-shows-harm-trump

# UFO / UAP Disclosure
Pentagon releases 3rd batch of UFO files, showing sightings around the world. The Pentagon released a third volume of UFO files on Friday morning. The volume includes more than 70 files, including six videos.
https://www.newsnationnow.com/space/ufo/pentagon-ufo-files-third-tranche/

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# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Recalls
Screwworm Parasite ‘No Longer Contained in Texas’ as Trump USDA Doubles Down on Efforts to Blame Biden. “This has nothing to do with Joe Biden,” one senator said, “but Trump and DOGE definitely screwed our cattle industry.”  Confirmed cases have now appeared in multiple Texas counties—including Zavala, La Salle, Andrews, and Gillespie, and the parasite has jumped to neighboring Lea County, New Mexico
https://therealnews.com/screwworm-parasite-in-texas-as-trump-usda-doubles-down-on-efforts-to-blame-biden

# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
NY AG Letitia James gets hundreds of taunts, racial slurs in ICE public reporting portal. Krystal Nurse patiently waited to prove her hunch that a portal asking for information on ICE abuses from an attorney general who prosecuted the president would elicit some nasty responses. Sadly, what she got back from a public records request was worse than any of us expected it would be.
https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2025/attorney-general-james-launches-portal-collect-photos-and-videos-ice-activity
Federal Action Reporting Form: https://ag.ny.gov/federal-actions-form

How ICE uses mystery ‘shuffle flights’ to move, and break detainees forced from NJ: The Trump administration is increasingly flying individuals in ICE detention to new locations without telling them where they are going or why. Experts are calling the practice a “form of terror.”
https://www.nj.com/essex/2026/06/lost-in-the-shuffle.html

Women from turbulent New Jersey ICE detention facility moved to El Paso. Media reported that migrants were seen being loaded into large white vans Friday night at the Newark facility known as Delaney Hall following a melee the day before that included an escape by four men detained at the 1,000-bed ICE detention facility operated by the private company GEO Group.
https://elpasomatters.org/2025/06/15/ice-moves-detainees-to-el-paso-after-escape-at-new-jersey-delaney-hall/

GAO finds millions of dollars wasted, safety and security at risk in Texas detention center. https://www.texastribune.org/2026/06/09/texas-immigration-camp-east-montana-el-paso-gao-report/

# Business / Industry / Corporations
‘Voters Are Seeing Through the BS’: Progressives Take Down Corporate Dems Nationwide. “If the Democratic Party wants to beat Republicans and win back a majority in November, they need to listen to their voters and usher in a new generation of fighters.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/progressives-win-democratic-primaries

88 Corporations That Paid No US Federal Income Tax in 2025 Spent $852 Million on Recent Lobbying, Elections. “The result,” said the author of a new Public Citizen analysis, “is a self-reinforcing loop where corporate cash buys policy, and policy pays cash back.”
https://www.citizen.org/news/corporate-tax-dodgers-lobbying-and-political-spending-records-reveal-self-reinforcing-loop/

# Consumer Protection / Product Safety
A U.S. Senator Pushed to Cut Firefighting Aircraft Inspections the Same Month His Former Company Failed One. In April 2025, a Forest Service inspector found a crack in the wing of a Bridger scooper the company had presented as ready for fire season. That same month, a draft executive order eliminating the inspection program leaked from Sheehy’s Senate office.
https://westernpriorities.org/2026/06/senator-pushed-to-cut-firefighting-aircraft-inspections-as-his-companys-aircraft-failed-one/

# Drugs / Trafficking / DEA / Gangs
Lawmaker Pushes for Ban on Special Treatment for Convicted Drug Traffickers. When Trump pardoned Juan Orlando Hernández, prison officials had the former Honduran president’s ICE hold lifted and he was driven to a posh New York hotel. That “can never be allowed to happen ever again,” said Rep. Norma Torres.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-bureau-prisons-pardons-juan-orlando-hernandez-norma-torres

Siding with Drug Traffickers, Federal District Judge Wrongly Strikes Down Safeguard Against Money Laundering Through U.S. Residential Real Estate
https://thefactcoalition.org/federal-district-judge-strikes-down-real-estate-safeguards/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banking / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
Dems Unveil Plan to Crack Down on Stock Buybacks as Trump Tax Cuts Fuel $4.8 Trillion ‘Bonanza.’ “It’s shameful that wealthy shareholders and executives are profiting while American families pay through the roof for groceries, gas, and rent.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-tax-cuts-stock-buybacks

POLL: Voter inflation concern hits record high as prices keep climbing. Voter concern about inflation and prices has surged to its highest level since The Center Square began tracking the issue.
https://www.pdclarion.com/news/national/poll-voter-inflation-concern-hits-record-high-as-prices-keep-climbing/article_6c10e004-996f-56f9-bd3f-0bc73dcacad2.html

Judge Strikes Down US Treasury Policy: Federal judges have recently struck down multiple U.S. Treasury and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) policies, most notably overturning rules targeting green energy tax credits, residential real estate transactions, and H-1B visa fees

# Employment / Labor / Unions
Mark Zuckerberg Says America Needs ‘Hundreds Of Thousands’ Of Skilled Tradespeople As Meta Launches Workforce Academy To Provide ‘Free Training’
https://fortune.com/2026/06/10/meta-data-center-free-training-employment-blue-collar-trade-jobs/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Power Plants
Sempra Infrastructure announced Tuesday that it has begun operating the Port Arthur Louisiana Connector pipeline, expanding the regional network linking natural gas producers in Louisiana and Texas to international energy markets.
https://americanpress.com/2026/06/10/new-pipeline-expands-gulf-coast-liquified-natural-gas-network/

‘Grim and Stupid’: Trump Hints at US Ground Invasion to Seize ‘Total Control’ of Iranian Oil. Senior officials have warned that an invasion of Iran’s Kharg Island could cause many American casualties. But Trump said the US would “make a fortune.”
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/30/trump-wants-to-invade-iran-to-seize-oil-calls-us-objectors-stupid

NY Gov Hochul pressured by Trump admin to ease New York gas pipeline rules
https://www.thecentersquare.com/new_york/article_c4c294a4-2e1e-426d-97d9-0b7cdaa6db8b.html

# Food / Farming / FDA / Agriculture / Ranching / SNAP [Food Stamps] / USDA
Trump Official Lies That ‘No One Was Kicked Off’ SNAP as Millions Lose Food Aid—Including Kids. “Did 700,000 children simply not apply?” asked one advocate in response to USDA chief Brooke Rollins’ Senate testimony.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/brooke-rollins-food-aid-cuts

Trump SNAP Cuts Called ‘Ticking Time Bomb’ as Hunger Surges. “SNAP participation is already declining at alarming rates, with over 3.5 million people leaving” the program since the passage of the GOP budget law, the Democratic senators said.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/gop-snap-cuts-impact

# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
Trump’s aides held secret meetings about Epstein. His reaction says it all: Inside Trump team’s Epstein files fumble: Situation room meetings, rushing out influencer binders and MAGA divided
A new book claims Trump’s aides ‘were determined to keep their rising sense of panic out of public view’ when the Epstein files scandal erupted last summer
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-white-house-epstein-files-response-b2993215.html

# Gov / Politics / US
Fired ’60 Minutes’ Star Scott Pelley Accuses CBS News Boss Bari Weiss of Pushing Trump’s Agenda and Demands for Her Removal
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jun/07/scott-pelley-bari-weiss-renee-good-report

‘This Is Oligarchy’: Nearly 100 Billionaires Are Funding Susan Collins’ Reelection Bid
https://themainemonitor.org/billionaires-donating-reelect-collins/

Trump claims Iran deal reached, Tehran says no “final decision.” Iran’s Fars news agency denied any deal had been agreed, but said there was a “possibility” Tehran would consider signing off.
https://www.axios.com/2026/06/11/trump-cancel-iran-strikes-deal-strait

Florida Supreme Court greenlights GOP gerrymander that violates state ban. The Florida Supreme Court cleared the way Wednesday for Republicans to use DeSantis’ gerrymandered congressional map in 2026, despite the state’s voter-approved ban on partisan gerrymandering. The only judge to dissent from the order was the sole state Supreme Court justice who was not appointed by DeSantis.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/florida-supreme-court-greenlights-gop-gerrymander-that-violates-state-ban/

With latest delay, Missouri court lets GOP run out clock on redistricting fight. The postponement in this case increases the likelihood that the GOP will defeat opponents of the new map by simply running out the clock.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/with-latest-delay-missouri-court-lets-gop-run-out-clock-on-redistricting-fight/

Where Things Stand Now as Redistricting Scrambles the Midterm Elections. Under current maps, Republicans are likely to gain up to 17 seats, while Democrats could gain up to six.
https://www.ncsl.org/state-legislatures-news/details/where-things-stand-now-as-redistricting-scrambles-the-midterm-elections

Demcoratic Caucus Leader Aguilar Says Republicans Are Laying Groundwork to Challenge Midterm Election Results. The California elections results have reignited a debate on Capitol Hill about election integrity, with the two parties drawing very different lessons.
https://www.ms.now/news/democrats-warn-trump-republicans-laying-groundwork-election-challenges-california

John Bolton Says ‘Whatever Deal’ Trump Makes With Iran, His Contradictory Decisions Have Laid Groundwork For Nuclear Arms Race In Middle East
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/john-bolton-says-whatever-deal-023121679.html

How Donald Trump’s son-in-law used his position to hop in bed with autocrats—and sell out America. Jared Kushner parlayed his sweeping White House foreign policy portfolio into billions of dollars in sovereign wealth investments from autocratic Middle Eastern regimes immediately after leaving government. J
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/06/jared-kushner-affinity-partners-fund-saudi-arabia-qatar-uae-israel-middle-east-deals-nepotism-iran-war-gaza-peace-deal-diplomat-steve-witkoff-donald-ivanka-trump/

# Politics / Global
Israel Escalating Ethnic Cleansing in West Bank ‘Before the Eyes of the Entire World’: Amnesty
“This is not the work of rogue actors,” said the human rights group’s secretary general. “What we are witnessing is deliberate, state-led annexation.”
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2026/06/acceleration-of-israels-ethnic-cleansing-of-palestinians-must-spur-global-action-to-halt-west-bank-annexation/

# Law / Law Enforcement / Prisons / FBI / CIA / ATF / DEA
CIA and FBI face Trump-ordered bloodbath — Prez Planning ‘Night of Long Knives’ to ‘Slaughter Obama and Biden Intelligence Bosses’
https://www.aol.com/articles/exclusive-inside-donald-trumps-cia-151921012.html

Why does no one talk about the fact that the constitution still allows slavery? The 13th amendment literally says that as long as they’re prisoners, you can have slaves. Private prisons currently use them to profit.
https://www.merkley.senate.gov/is-slavery-still-legal-in-the-us-yes-under-the-13th-amendment-exception/

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court / United Nations (UN)
DOJ: More than 475k children trafficked to US under Biden, 300k unaccounted for.  Trump admin has found 146,000 children, DOJ hopes tp prosecute 15,000 illegal sponsor cases.
https://www.swiowanewssource.com/news/nation/article_561a41f6-df99-5697-804e-6830276796b5.html

35 former judges can’t all be wrong about Trump’s fraudulent self-settlement
https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/5914594-retired-judges-challenge-trump/

DOJ alerts Judge Cannon to ‘violation’ of court order burying Mar-a-Lago report, suggests she should ‘consider further action’
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/trump-doj-alerts-judge-cannon-to-violation-of-court-order-burying-mar-a-lago-report-suggests-she-should-consider-further-action/

# Medical / Biologicals / CDC / Recalls / Nursing / Medications
US Turnaround on International Vaccines Comes Too Late for Hundreds of Thousands. The State Department finally overruled RFK Jr.’s defunding of a group that vaccinates 60 percent of children globally.
https://truthout.org/articles/us-turnaround-on-international-vaccines-comes-too-late-for-hundreds-of-thousands/

A Popular Doctor Had Long Warned That Vitamin K Shots Are Risky for Newborns. Now He’s Changed His Tune. After ProPublica contacted Dr. Joseph Mercola for an article on babies dying after parents turned down vitamin K shots, he publicly reversed his long-held stance that the shots weren’t needed. “The data is clear: vitamin K saves lives,” he wrote
https://www.propublica.org/article/vitamin-k-shot-joseph-mercola-reversal-babies
Related Read: Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth
https://www.protectourcare.org/icymi-propublica-babies-are-bleeding-to-death-as-parents-reject-a-vitamin-shot-given-at-birth/

# Military / Department of Defense [DOD] / NATO / Boat Strikes
Senate Armed Services Committee advances effort to rename Defense Department as Department of War
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/06/11/congress/senate-panel-approves-department-of-war-name-change-00958970

‘There’s No Trust or Delegation’: Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon Chaos Exposed After ‘Paranoid’ Defense Sec. Goes on Firing Spree
https://www.aol.com/articles/theres-no-trust-delegation-pete-190000000.html

# NASA / NORAD / Space
NASA chief defends all-male Artemis 3 astronaut crew. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, responding to questions about the agency’s selection of an all-male crew for the Artemis III mission, said the astronauts were chosen based solely on their experience, skill sets and availability.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nasa-all-male-crew-for-artemis-iii-mission/

# NOAA / Weather
Executive Proclamation restores commercial fishing in Pacific marine monuments, unlocks economic opportunity opening additional prized fishing grounds to hard-working American fishermen and United States flagged fishing vessels. This bold Executive action opens more economic opportunities for commercial fishermen and continues to strengthen the economic security of coastal communities.
https://www.noaa.gov/news-release/executive-proclamation-restores-commercial-fishing-in-pacific-marine-monuments-unlocks-economic

# Security / DHS / Communications / Surveillance / Secret Service
I Reached Out to the White House Counterterrorism Czar for Comment. He Lashed Out on X. Sebastian Gorka accused a ProPublica reporter of writing a “putrid piece of hackery” about him. Here’s how basic beat reporting led to a broader story about the state of the U.S. counterterrorism mission at a critical moment.
https://www.propublica.org/article/sebastian-gorka-counterterrorism-reporting?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=majorinvestigations&utm_content=secondary

Sebastian Gorka has one of the most powerful national security jobs in the White House.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/LcXmGS1Mt0Q

Trump considers executive order to extend surveillance act after House vote fails: ‘Let’s see what happens’
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5920854-section-702-fisa-congress/

# Social / Communities / Housing
Feds suspend funding to Los Angeles homelessness agency. A federal agency suspended taxpayer funding to the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority on Thursday, effective immediately.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/california/article_70bf97d3-6cb3-47ed-ac10-15282bc4a5a8.html

# Social Services / Programs / Social Security / Disability / AFDC (Aid for dependant children)
New Identity Verification at the SSA Is Causing Payment Delays for Thousands: Social Security Strengthens Identity Proofing Requirements and Expedites Direct Deposit Changes to One Day
https://www.ssa.gov/news/en/press/releases/2025-03-18.html

As Mike Johnson Floats Social Security Cuts, Trustees Report Shows Harm of Trump Policies
“MAGA Mike Johnson won’t show the American people his secret plan to eliminate Social Security because he knows Republican policies are wildly unpopular.”
https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/statement-on-the-2026-social-security-trustees-report

# Sports
The White House’s UFC Arena Is ‘All Lit Up’ — And It Looks Like Total ‘S**t,’ Critics Say
https://wsbt.com/news/nation-world/white-house-unveils-ufc-arena-ahead-of-historic-fight-night-south-lawn-history-marco-rubio-fighters-ceremony

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