Month: July 2026

Voices, The Peoples News

July 21, 2026 Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

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

# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
Trump Administration Slashes Visa Lengths for Students, Journalists. The rule changes focus on the “duration of status” system, which has allowed qualifying visa holders to stay in the US. The new rules impose time limits, stricter oversight and additional federal review requirements for extensions.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/07/20/trump-student-journalist-visa-rules-explained/90981081007/

ICE’s violence is “by design” under Trump. I spoke with former members of the agency. They said to expect even more conflict.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/01/former-ice-workers-trump-violence-by-design-renee-good/

Trump’s Order to Resume ICE Traffic Stops Means More Danger for the Public. Even his own immigration czar admits that permanently ending the stops would better protect ICE agents, their targets and the public.
https://www.cato.org/commentary/trumps-order-resume-ice-traffic-stops-means-more-danger-public?utm_source=TMP-Newsletter&utm_campaign=ee66c99cb4-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_07_21_10_43&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5e02cdad9d-ee66c99cb4-486092373

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Tariffs \ Banking / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
Trump announces 50% tariff on Canadian goods, including hockey sticks. President Trump slapped an additional 50 percent tariff on certain Canadian goods in response to what the administration said were “discriminatory” trade measures from Canada on Monday. https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5979288-trump-imposes-canadian-tariffs/

# Environment / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands / Water / FEMA / USAID
Abbott: Flooding worse in Kerrville this year than in 2025. The historic rainfall in central and south Texas that continues to cause significant flooding is worse this year than it was during the historic July 4 flood last year, Gov. Greg Abbott said.
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/07/20/texas-flood-kerr-county-homes-destroyed-greg-abbott/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Power Plants
What does low water at the Hoover Dam mean for power in the American West? The water level at Lake Mead is less than 10 feet away from rendering most of the hydroelectric turbines at the Hoover Dam inoperable.
https://san.com/cc/what-does-low-water-at-the-hoover-dam-mean-for-power-in-the-american-west/

Energy Department removes more than 1,600 webpages from public website. The agency has taken down consumer energy resources without explaining why, the latest example of changes to public-facing federal information under the Trump administration.
https://www.govexec.com/management/2026/07/energy-department-removes-more-1600-webpages-public-website/414879/

# Food / Farming / FDA / Agriculture / Ranching / SNAP [Food Stamps] / USDA
Shutting Down Federal Bee Labs Threatens the US Food System. The research centers are a key part of the unappreciated infrastructure that supports the health of pollinators and the nation’s food supply. America’s bees and beekeepers are losing a valuable ally just when they need its help most.
https://theconversation.com/shutting-down-federal-bee-labs-threatens-bees-beekeepers-and-the-us-food-system-283358

# Gov / Politics / US
Trump’s new ‘election integrity’ website is an error-filled mess. Hours before President Donald Trump delivered a primetime address brimming with debunked conspiracy theories about the 2020 presidential vote, his Department of Justice (DOJ) unveiled a new website tracking state-by-state efforts to supposedly protect American elections.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trumps-doj-launched-a-new-election-integrity-website-its-riddled-with-errors/

As Trump Threatens Invasion, Admin Releases Report Vilifying Cuba and the Left. In the report, officials condemn the dissidence of left-wing figures like Hasan Piker and Zohran Mamdani.
https://truthout.org/articles/as-trump-threatens-invasion-admin-releases-report-vilifying-cuba-and-the-left/

Trump ‘Planning for Wider War’ in Iran—With Possible Ground Invasion—as US Bombing Escalates. “We may be approaching the most significant escalation in the US-Iran confrontation since February,” warned one analyst.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-planning-wider-war-iran

The war that Donald Trump started with Iran continues to spiral. After a ceasefire fell apart earlier this month, several U.S. service members were killed over the weekend—the first American fatalities in months—as Iranians continue to die in large numbers. Prospects for peace remain dim and the war is instead spreading, with violence spilling into the rest of the region.
https://theconversation.com/the-us-and-iran-are-back-at-war-and-with-one-main-sticking-point-theres-no-end-in-sight-287492

Assault, Misogyny, Verbal Threats: Records Detail New Allegations Against Rep. Max Miller. Police reports and filings in a bitter custody dispute raise new questions about the conduct of an Ohio Republican as he campaigns for a third term.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/07/assault-misogyny-verbal-threats-records-detail-new-allegations-against-rep-max-miller-bernie-moreno/

Last week, Donald Trump essentially told us what he will do this November. When reports start coming in that the Democrats are winning, he will send in the troops. He’ll point back to last week’s national address and tell the nation: “I told you so. I warned you. They rigged the election for the Democrats and now I have to stop it.”
https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/trump-prison/

‘What the hell are we doing?’ Trump endorsement leaves GOP seething in Senate seat battle: Donald Trump’s decision to leap into the conversation over who should be the Republican nominee for the Senate seat left open by Lindsey Graham’s death has the GOP leadership in South Carolina fuming.
https://www.rawstory.com/graham-trump-nomination/

Mitch McConnell’s silence ‘concerning’ to home state governor. Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear said he has received no communication from Senator Mitch McConnell or his office regarding the senator’s health status, calling the lack of an update “concerning.”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/mitch-mcconnell-s-silence-concerning-to-home-state-governor/ar-AA28jo9o?cvid=6a5ebfbaa1644b3ca769f836adb4d1b3

Trump Has Just Weeks Left to Finish the Iran Conflict: “People call this a war, but it’s basically 40 days of actual bombing, tit for tat, followed by 100 days of negotiations interspliced with some tit-for-tat exchanges of missiles and drones. But for the most part, we have negotiated. “Now we know the strategy of both sides….”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/21/first-thing-trump-iran-injured-service-members

3,100 Data Centers. 142 Protests. 42 States. A former Tea Party leader says that pushback on data center buildouts will be a key issue not just in November’s midterm elections but also in the 2028 presidential race.
https://www.aol.com/articles/us-data-center-protests-national-100647000.html

America’s anti-data center movement went national on Saturday. Protesters across the US rallied against the hulking facilities as part of a nationwide demonstration organized by Humans First, a newly founded conservative nonprofit taking on what it calls “Big AI.”
https://www.businessinsider.com/anti-ai-data-center-nationwide-protest-photos-2026-7

We are facing the biggest test of our democracy since the Civil War. The real message to be drawn from Trump’s address to the nation is he will call into question the votes of every state and city that chooses a Democratic senator or representative in the 2026 midterm elections. He’ll push Republican governors and mayors not to certify the results. He’ll demand recounts and audits. We’ve been here before, but this time he’s even less restrained than he was in 2020 and is surrounded by people who will do his bidding.
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-real-message-of-trumps-address

Trump Ignites Fire of Election Lies: Trump pushes debunked election lies, demands SAVE America Act in primetime speech
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-pushes-debunked-election-lies-demands-save-america-act-in-primetime-speech/

# Global News
Houthis Announce Maritime Embargo of Saudi Arabia as US Oil Reserves Fall to Lowest Level in 40 Years. “The Titanic is now hitting the iceberg and there are not enough lifeboats for the world economy,” said one observer.
https://asiatimes.com/2026/07/houthis-announce-maritime-embargo-of-saudi-arabia/

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court / United Nations (UN)
An administration that may be committing war crimes wants a war crime tribunal to go away. The Trump administration has launched a sweeping diplomatic and economic campaign to dismantle and disable the International Criminal Court (ICC) to protect U.S. and allied officials from prosecution
https://lsj.com.au/articles/the-trump-administration-wants-to-dismantle-the-international-criminal-court-can-it/

Leadership exodus continues at Chicago’s US Attorney’s Office. The heads of all seven sections of the office’s criminal division have left within the past year, many in protest of what they consider heavy-handed or illegal political interference by Trump allies at the Justice Department.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/northern-district-illinois-us-attorneys-office-leadership-exodus-continues-andrew-boutros-donald-trump-administration/18575999/

Almost half of all Americans say Supreme Court is ruling on Trump’s agenda instead of the law, latest poll reveals. The apex judicial body finds itself polarizing. Nearly half say court decisions reflect President Trump’s policies and ideology more than law, Washington Post survey finds
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/more-than-half-of-americans-view-us-supreme-court-unfavorably-poll-shows/4002861

# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
‘An Unmistakably Chilling Message’: Trump DOJ Subpoenaed Phone Records of Journalists’ Relatives. “Every American who values a free and independent press should see this for what it is: an abuse of power designed to silence scrutiny.”
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/doj-sought-phone-records-tied-to-relatives-of-new-york-times-reporters-53aa9321

The Bully’s Pulpit: Trump v. The First Amendment. The administration’s war on the First Amendment. The Justice Department faced scrutiny over aggressive tactics to uncover leaks and force journalists to testify, as seen in subpoenas targeting major outlets like the Washington Post and Wall Street Journal YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qnz2QOizDrw

# Medical / Biologicals / Research / CDC / Recalls / Nursing / Medications / Hospitals / Pharma
OPM shrinks its workforce by a third, seeks further staffing cuts. The agency is giving employees in its healthcare and insurance division another shot at opting into the deferred resignation program.
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2026/07/opm-shrinks-its-workforce-third-seeks-further-staffing-cuts/414895/
Office of Personnel Management
https://www.opm.gov/

U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, today launched The Reading Room, a new public-facing repository of records related to his ongoing investigation into the origins of COVID-19 and federally funded gain-of-function research.
https://www.paul.senate.gov/readingroom/

# NASA / NORAD / Space / Solar / SpaceX
Inside Japan’s super-close asteroid flyby. A last-minute proposal saw Hayabusa2 whizz within just 800 meters of a near-Earth asteroid.
https://www.space.com/space-exploration/asteroid-comet-missions/scientists-told-them-no-its-too-dangerous-but-they-did-it-anyway-inside-japans-super-close-asteroid-flyby

# Technology / AI / Data Centers / Robotics / Internet
There’s a Gigantic Problem at the Heart of the AI Industry That Could Cause the Whole Thing to Collapse. Bad news for an industry pouring billions of dollars into the construction of enormous data centers across the country, despite having no clear path to profitability in the foreseeable future.
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/problem-ai-industry-collapse-efficiency

AI Is More Likely to Cause a Labor Shortage. There are two big worries when it comes to the rapid advances in artificial intelligence. The first is that it will lead to robot overlords that will eradicate humanity. The second is that AI will eliminate many jobs. The more likely scenario is that it creates a labor shortage, or at least a dearth of skilled workers who can make the most of the new technology.
https://manhattan.institute/article/ai-is-more-likely-to-cause-a-labor-shortage-heres-why

# Veterans / VA
The U.S. Just Issued a Rare Worldwide Travel Warning for Americans Traveling Abroad—Here’s What to Know. The State Department is urging travelers to exercise increased caution worldwide amid escalating tensions and the potential for travel disruptions.
https://www.travelandleisure.com/usa-issues-rare-worldwide-travel-warning-12023312

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Voices, The Peoples News

July 20, 2026 Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

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

# Indigenous
# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Recalls
‘One-Way Ticket to Extinction’: Trump Admin Again Guts Endangered Species Act. “In the midst of an extinction crisis,” said one advocate, “the Trump administration is gutting protections to benefit industry interests.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-and-endangered-species-act

# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
ICE’s use of unmarked cars and its agents’ practice of shooting into vehicles violates police policy and may be unlawful, policing experts say after reviewing video of the moments before Lorenzo Salgado Araujo’s killing
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/07/15/texas-houston-ice-immigrant-shooting-video-footage/

Mullin is making his allegiance known following the recent ICE shootings. Mullin promised to deliver Trump a less headline-grabbing enforcement strategy, while meeting the White House’s arrest and deportation quotas.
https://www.news8000.com/news/politics/national-politics/markwayne-mullin-promised-a-quieter-dhs-then-came-the-shootings/article_0da02c9d-6414-5809-8d61-097bc0346cc2.html

ICE still making arrests at NYC immigration courts despite ban: Yes, ICE is continuing to make arrests at NYC immigration courts despite a federal ban, prompting the presiding judge to demand an explanation
https://courthousenews.com/ice-makes-arrests-at-nyc-immigration-court-despite-court-ban/

Employee at Colorado ICE detention center arrested after allegedly shooting protester who was among a group of demonstrators protesting outside a detention facility in Aurora.
https://www.borderreport.com/border-report-tour/immigration/colorado-ice-facility-employee-arrested-accused-of-shooting-protester/

ICE arrests Chinese human rights lawyer who fled political persecution: Wu Shaoping, who fled China in 2019 and is still waiting on a decision for his asylum claim, was arrested in Pennsylvania last week
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/17/ice-arrests-human-rights-lawyer-wu-shaoping-fled-chinese-crackdown

FBI will no longer investigate ICE confrontations: ‘Fox Is Guarding the Hen House’: ICE Agents Told FBI Will No Longer Investigate Confrontations. The reported change would grant “pure impunity for ICE to do horrible things,” said one journalist.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/ice-fbi

White House border czar Tom Homan confirmed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents carrying out traffic stops will have to record the stops. The mandate was announced following fatal shootings involving ICE agents in Texas and Maine during attempted traffic stops, which sparked public scrutiny and protests. According to Homan, the body cameras have already been purchased and are in the process of being deployed nationwide
https://www.csmonitor.com/layout/set/amphtml/USA/2026/0719/ICE-body-cameras-vehicle-stops

Video shows a New Jersey man asking ICE to check his ID before detaining him, but agents refused and took him into custody anyway
https://attackofthefanboy.com/social-media/video-shows-a-new-jersey-man-asking-ice-to-check-his-id-before-detaining-him-but-agents-refused-and-took-him-into-custody-anyway/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Tariffs \ Banking / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
Climate Crisis-Denying Trump Threatens Canada With New Tariffs Over Wildfire Smoke
“When wildfires hit America, Canada sends firefighters,” said one journalist. “When wildfires hit Canada, America sends tariffs.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/wildfires-in-canada

# Education / Schools / Libraries and Museums
The Real Lesson Behind Texas’ New Bible Curriculum Requirements: Going forward, students will learn that life circumstances are beyond their power to change. They will learn that their place and the place of others in the economy and larger society should not be questioned.
https://www.texasobserver.org/sboe-bible-curriculum-requirements/

# Environment / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands / Water / FEMA / USAID
Antarctica sits above Earth’s strongest “gravity hole.” Now we know how it got that way. The strength of gravity varies over the Earth’s surface. And it is weakest beneath the frozen continent of Antarctica  after accounting for Earth’s rotation
https://news.ufl.edu/2026/02/antarctic-gravity-hole/

This US state has become an unexpected epicenter of the global extinction crisis. And it reveals a big problem with the nation’s approach to saving endangered species.
https://www.vox.com/climate/481481/alabama-wildlife-extinction-state-funding?utm_source=climate-desk&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=climate-desk-newsletter-07-19-2026

Not Milkweed: Plant This Bush With Berries And Flowers That Butterflies Love. The shrub is so valuable to North American butterfly populations that a dozen butterfly and moth species rely on it as a food source and life cycle plant. Birds eat the berries, too.
https://shopping.yahoo.com/home-garden/gardening/articles/not-milkweed-plant-bush-berries-184000603.html

# Food / Farming / FDA / Agriculture / Ranching / SNAP [Food Stamps] / USDA
On a Mission to Revive America’s Heirloom Grains: Passionate farmers, millers, and bakers across the U.S. are reviving pre-1950s heirloom and ancient grains to restore lost agricultural diversity, improve soil health, and bring complex, robust flavors back to our dinner tables. This movement champions regional grain economies over mass-produced commodity crops
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iyj7UDbptk

Sebastopol Farmer Mai Nguyen’s Quest To Revive a Regional Grain Economy. Combining regenerative agriculture with social justice, local farmer Mai Nguyen aims to combat climate change and help revitalize global food cultures — one grain at a time.
https://www.sonomamag.com/sebastopol-farmer-mai-nguyens-quest-to-revive-a-regional-grain-economy/

Digital Price Tags Could Soon Be Against The Law. State legislators seek to regulate or outright ban digital price tags in order to prevent “surge pricing.”
https://www.newsbreak.com/coupons-in-the-news-2337435/3862819872147-digital-price-tags-could-soon-be-against-the-law

# General News
19 people injured in mass shootings in Tucson, Minneapolis. Mass shootings in entertainment districts in Tucson and Minneapolis injured a total of 19 people early on Sunday, authorities in each city said.
https://www.newsbreak.com/upi-news-510013/4779802169047-19-people-injured-in-mass-shootings-in-tucson-minneapolis\

# Gov / Politics / US
Trump Is Still Trapped In His Furious 2020 Delusions: This has become an obsession; a story he has repeated so many times that it has hardened into reality in his own mind. It is the worldview of a president who genuinely cannot appreciate reality.
https://michaelwolffnyc.substack.com/p/trump-is-still-trapped-in-his-furious

Trump essentially said loyalty to the Constitution is punishable by death. Those are dangerous words coming from the President of the United States, but I’m not going to be intimidated.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DRaU4KMkszA/?hl=en

DHS Sec. Threatens to Jail State Officials Who Defy Trump’s Demands. Secretary Markwayne Mullin also threatened to defund states that don’t “scrub” their voter rolls.
https://newrepublic.com/post/213208/department-homeland-secretary-threatens-defund-states-voter-rolls

‘Ramblings Of A Mad King’: Gavin Newsom Nails Real Purpose Of Trump’s ‘Tin Foil’ Speech
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5975626-newsom-blasts-trump-election-speech/

Reason Magazine Comes Out Swinging Against Confirming Todd Blanche as AG: ‘Brazenly Corrupt’
https://www.mediaite.com/lawcrime/reason-magazine-comes-out-swinging-against-confirming-todd-blanche-as-ag-brazenly-corrupt/

“No Strategy and No End in Sight.” Rep. Ted Lieu demands Republicans help end Trump’s “unconstitutional” Iran war after two U.S. troops are killed in Jordan
https://share.newsbreak.com/j1zeg2nx

Elizabeth Warren Says Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Hands ‘$1 Trillion+’ in Tax Breaks to the Top 1%
https://www.benzinga.com/news/politics/26/07/60542422/elizabeth-warren-says-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-hands-1-trillion-in-tax-breaks-to-the-top-1

Maine’s Troy Jackson all but locks down Democratic nod for U.S. Senate seat: A majority of delegates have committed to voting for Troy Jackson to give him the Democratic nomination, replacing the beleaguered Graham Platner in Maine’s U.S. Senate race.
https://www.newsbreak.com/upi-news-510013/4779671250238-maine-s-troy-jackson-all-but-locks-down-democratic-nod-for-u-s-senate-seat

# Global News
Iran‘s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei issued a statement, declaring that revenge for the killing of his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, must occur.  The elder Khamenei was killed in joint U.S.-Israeli airstrikes on February 28, 2026
https://www.axios.com/2026/07/11/iran-trump-revenge-assassination

# Law / Law Enforcement / Prisons / FBI / CIA / ATF / DEA
‘Utterly lawless’: NYT report on new FBI directive stuns nation. Federal agents across the nation received instructions last week not to investigate confrontations with immigration agents
https://www.rawstory.com/fbi-ice-investigation/

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court / United Nations (UN)
The Justice Department Is Pulling Back on Prosecuting Corporate Crime. Prosecutors declined to charge businesses in a number of recent cases—despite believing that senior employees were involved in wrongdoing
https://www.wsj.com/finance/regulation/the-justice-department-is-pulling-back-on-prosecuting-corporate-crime-dabf95a2

Worried about the war crimes you are likely committing? Try to abolish the court that may one day hold you accountable. “The highest compliment that can be paid to the International Criminal Court is that the Trump administration is terrified of it.”
https://newrepublic.com/article/213124/trump-rubio-international-criminal-court-scared

Why Washington Is Challenging the International Criminal Court: Secretary of State Marco Rubio is pressuring allies to reconsider their support for the International Criminal Court. The ensuing outrage makes little sense, argues William Brooks.
https://www.dw.com/en/why-the-us-is-going-after-the-international-criminal-court/a-78006596

The State Department’s Campaign Against the ICC Rests on a Misunderstanding of How the Court Actually Works
https://www.justsecurity.org/147878/state-departments-campaign-icc-misunderstanding/

# Medical / Biologicals / Research / CDC / Recalls / Nursing / Medications / Hospitals / Pharma
Senators to examine hospital price transparency legislation. A bipartisan coalition of lawmakers is set to examine a bill next week to require hospitals and insurance companies to display prices for provided services.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_e090c13c-d66a-4e9c-ba28-9ba8c2a8d38f.html

A Medicare Loophole: The most widely discussed “loophole” related to Medicare is the Hospital Observation Status, which can leave seniors with tens of thousands of dollars in surprise nursing home bills. CMS Shuts Down Massive Medicaid Tax Loophole, Saving Billions for Federal Taxpayers and Restoring the Federal-State Partnership
https://www.cms.gov/newsroom/press-releases/cms-shuts-down-massive-medicaid-tax-loophole-saving-billions-federal-taxpayers-restoring-federal

Retirees wait for the day they can sell their homes and cash in—but there’s a secret Medicare ‘trap’ that could stop them in their tracks
https://www.newsbreak.com/fortune-561435/4780413542116-retirees-wait-for-the-day-they-can-sell-their-homes-and-cash-in-but-there-s-a-secret-medicare-trap-that-could-stop-them-in-their-tracks

# Military / Department of Defense [DOD] / NATO / Boat Strikes
Tyrin Johnson Is Dead. Memphis Is Occupied. This Is Militarized “Public Safety.” Tyrin Johnson’s killing is part of a larger militarization unfolding in Memphis, Tennessee, under Trump.
https://truthout.org/articles/tyrin-johnson-is-dead-memphis-is-occupied-this-is-militarized-public-safety/

Judges Paved the Way For the Federal Government’s Deadly Occupation of Memphis. The shooting death of Tyrin Johnson is the predictable consequence of the legal system letting Trump turn the American military against Americans.
https://ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics/tyrin-johnson-memphis-killing-judges/

‘We knew this would happen’: Lawmakers seek answers after fatal Guard shooting in Memphis. “This is the fourth instance since the Memphis Un-Safe Task Force has been in our community that an American citizen has been killed by someone who’s a part of that task force.”
https://wreg.com/memphis-safe-task-force/memphis-lawmakers-seek-answers-after-fatal-guard-shooting-downtown/

U.S. unleashes ninth straight night of attacks against Iran. The US has launched another wave of attacks against Iran, this time reportedly hitting targets in the northwestern city of Tabriz. DW has more.
https://www.dw.com/en/iran-war-us-conducts-strikes-for-9th-night-in-a-row/live-78030432

The National Guard occupation that has been brutalizing Memphis must stop. To walk through Memphis is to step into an eerie, simultaneous haunting, both visible and invisible. You see armed soldiers and federal agents everywhere in Memphis: an uncanny, disruptive presence woven into the mundane fabric of our daily lives.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/national-guard-occupation-brutalizing-memphis-224117477.html

U.S. Coast Guard monitors Chinese ships off Alaska coast. The U.S. Coast Guard is actively engaged in Arctic defense, monitoring and dealing with potential national security threats posed by Chinese ships. Last summer, the Coast Guard chased away Chinese vessels.
https://www.stripes.com/branches/coast_guard/2026-07-17/coast-guard-tracks-chinese-ships-bering-sea-22293821.html

Military voter files exposed deployment locations to America’s adversaries. Most of America’s bases are well-known and are mappable. However, a number of sites’ locations and the stationing of specific units are not known.
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/elections/military-voter-files-exposed-deployment-locations-americas-adversaries

# NASA / NORAD / Space / Solar / SpaceX
The Sun’s Magnetic Field Is Reversing: What It Means for Earth. The Sun’s magnetic field naturally reverses polarity every 11 years near the peak of its solar cycle. For Earth, this solar flip means no immediate danger but results in heightened space weather—leading to stronger geomagnetic storms and more frequent auroras visible in regions like Texas
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2018/10/aa32981-18/aa32981-18.html

# Social Services Programs / Social Security / AFDC (Aid for dependant children)
Six senators from both parties want to force a Social Security fix before the fund falls short in 2032. Six bipartisan senators introduced the PROMISE Act, which establishes a fast-track legislative process forcing Congress to debate and vote on reforms before the program’s primary trust fund is depleted. If left unaddressed, the 2032 shortfall would trigger automatic benefit cuts of roughly $450 a month for millions of retirees
https://www.crfb.org/press-releases/promise-act-jumpstarts-path-toward-saving-social-security

# Technology / AI / Data Centers / Robotics / Internet
Protests Break Out in 42 States. Opponents of the buildout of data centers held 142 protests across 42 states. Scattered zoning fights have hardened into a movement, and the grievance underneath is a utility bill.
https://thenextweb.com/news/data-centre-protests-go-national-backlash

# Veterans / VA
A House bill would finally let combat-injured military retirees collect both their pension and their disability pay. The primary vehicle enabling combat-injured military retirees to concurrently collect their full Department of Defense (DoD) pension and Veterans Affairs (VA) disability pay is the Major Richard Star Act
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-6hK0IhcwDM

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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
Amid ICE Killings and Surge in Arrests, Mullin Brags DHS ‘Turning Up the Heat on the Streets.’ ICE is already on track to arrest more people this month than any other month during the second Trump administration.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/ice-turn-up-heat

Attorney for Witness to ICE Fatal Shooting Tells CNN Alleged Drugs in Vehicle Just ‘Crystalized Salt.’ The substance found inside a van tied to the case was actually salt used to make a homemade electrolyte drink for outdoor workers.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/07/16/houston-ice-shooting-fbi-search-warrant-salt-lorenzo-salgado-araujo/90950118007/

A Venezuelan man was accused of trying to murder an ICE officer. Then bystander video surfaced
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/a-venezuelan-man-was-accused-of-trying-to-murder-an-ice-officer-then-bystander-video-surfaced/ar-AA28bduD

An ICE officer fired at an SUV fleeing a car stop in Pennsylvania. That’s not how it should happen, policing experts say
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MvpgdzYZIQ

# Education / Schools / Libraries and Museums
Democratic-Socialist influence in NYC sparks scrutiny of public education
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/education/democratic-socialist-presence-nyc-sparks-public-education-scrutiny

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Power Plants
Pennsylvania data centers got backup diesel approval in heat wave, fueling ‘worse than coal’ fears
“These decisions need to be made before a community is locked into risk, not after.”
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/pennsylvania-data-centers-backup-generators/

# Food / Farming / FDA / Agriculture / Ranching / SNAP [Food Stamps] / USDA
Taylor Farms Announces Recall of Lettuce Shipped to 27 States Over Cyclospora Risk. Taylor Farms does not specify where products were served or sold, as US braces for weeks more of outbreak
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/18/cyclospora-iceberg-lettuce-recall

America’s family farms are disappearing and the people who grow our food are feeling the pressure. Vanishing Farms: The Cost of Losing America’s Small Farmers. American farming has long symbolized independence, stability, and the ability to build generational wealth. The story of small farmers in the United States today tells a very different tale, often shaped by policies that often favor large scale operations over small ones.
https://www.changethechamber.org/news-research/vanishing-farms

# Food / Forageing
Plants, weeds and trees you can eat: 100+ Wild Edible Plants to Forage ~ Forager’s Bucket List. Edible wild plants include more than just the occasional harvest of wild blackberries and dandelion greens. Serious foragers seek out all manner of unique edible wild foods, from greens and herbs, to berries, roots, bark, pollen, mushrooms, and more.
https://practicalselfreliance.com/wild-edible-plants/

Many trees provide food beyond just their fruit. Depending on the species, you can eat the leaves, flowers, inner bark (cambium), seeds, or sap.
https://appalachianground.com/14-wild-trees-we-eat/

Edible tree fruits, nuts, and leaves. Should you eat anything foraged, we recommend the same caution as with fungi: be confident of the identification and fully aware of any preparation requirements and potential dangers.
https://trees.stanford.edu/Edible.htm

# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
Trump official busted on Epstein again after ‘forgotten photo archive’ unearthed: Last year, Lutnick claimed to have cut off all ties with Epstein in 2005, insisting that from that point on, he was “never in the room with [Epstein] socially, for business, or even philanthropy.”
https://www.rawstory.com/howard-lutnick-2677243140/

# Gov / Politics / US

‘Couldn’t care less’: Trump finally weighs in on deadly Iran war flare up. Aside from his remarks to Brandt, Trump did not issue any public statements on Saturday in the wake of the deaths of the two U.S. service members, sparking outrage after reports suggested he spent Saturday at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-2677244246/

Senator Ed Markey calls for Trump’s IMPEACHMENT — and urges Americans to prepare for civil disobedience if ICE shows up at the polls.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5973873-donald-trump-election-claims-ed-markey/

Trump-style nationalism surges across globe. Will France be next with Le Pen reprise?
Voters in country after country have grown weary of the same experiment: ballooning welfare states, open-border policies, identity-driven governance, and supranational rules that delivered stagnation, insecurity, and a quiet erosion of national sovereignty.
https://justthenews.com/government/white-house/trump-style-nationalism-continues-its-sweep-french-do-over-le-pen

If the government was a company, it would’ve faced lawsuits for data breach of millions of voters. Trump announced Thursday that China has compromised more than 200 million voter registration entries across 18 states, but if the government were a company, they would have been subject to lawsuits or even bankruptcy for such a data breach
https://justthenews.com/government/security/if-government-was-company-it-wouldve-faced-lawsuits-data-breach-millions-voters

GOP Rep Ralph Norman enters race to replace late-Lindsey Graham as South Carolina senator. Congressman to run for seat despite Donald Trump backing Graham’s sister, Darline, should she choose to run
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/18/us-house-ralph-norman-south-carolina-lindsey-graham

Texas Republicans’ refusal to participate in debates follows broader trend in GOP politics. Both Gov. Greg Abbott and Republican Railroad Commission nominee Bo French either skipped or declined to participate in debates this week.
https://www.sacurrent.com/news/politics-and-elections/texas-republicans-refusal-to-participate-in-debates-follows-broader-trend-in-gop-politics/

Trump has tried to decouple from China, but ending U.S. reliance on the country would cost America nearly $14 trillion, EY warns. Economists warn the cost for Europe and the U.S. to decouple from the country would be astronomical, and in some ways, completely unrealistic.
https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/articles/trump-tried-decouple-china-ending-155928119.html

Trump-Endorsed GOP Georgia Senate Nominee Mike Collins Faces Scrutiny Over Son-In-Law’s White Nationalist Ties. Mike Collins’ son-in-law, David Alan Scheer II, has shared antisemitic conspiracies and Nazi imagery online
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/16/senate-trump-mike-collins-white-nationalism

DHS Threatens Election Officials With Prison Time Over a Voter Database a Judge Already Blocked as Flawed. DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin at a Friday press conference said election officials that don’t make changes based on “information they need to secure their elections” will be held accountable.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/17/dhs-secretary-vows-fines-and-even-prison-time-for-election-officials-that-dont-comply-01003116

Trump Counter terrorism Strategy Expands Administration’s War on Progressives. Right-wing forces are working to silence political opposition. New laws that effectively criminalize dissent reflect the right’s disgust for politically active citizens.
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/anti-protest-laws-suppression-opposition-free-speech/

Trump becomes first president to order activation of never-used ‘alien terrorist removal court’ in classified move. The court has been dormant since it was created in 1996
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/18/trump-alien-terrorist-deportation-court-01004184

Donald Trump’s Latest Threat Has Americans Beside Themselves.
https://share.newsbreak.com/j1jxu3ay

Fear is spreading across the US as President Donald Trump begins a brutal new crackdown against those that oppose him and his mate.
https://www.news.com.au/world/north-america/us-politics/going-to-go-through-hell-us-president-donald-trump-issues-chilling-new-threat/news-story/15d02df05fd008ff6964ecc048a0aab9

Trump is America’s biggest national security threat. The U.S. has rarely, if ever, been as vulnerable as it is today under President Trump. He has become our greatest national security threat.
https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/5963370-trump-national-security-threat/

Trump admin’s shocking move just branded humanitarians as ‘terror financiers’: An American far-left activist was arrested in Spain last week at the request of the Trump administration on money laundering charges, a case journalist Alissa Valdes-Rodriguez argued has disturbing implications for any American who’s ever volunteered or donated to a relief fund.
https://www.rawstory.com/fergie-chambers/

Trump’s eye-bulging meltdowns left biographer ‘afraid’: ‘This is craziness.’ Michael Wolff reveals why the president’s relentless fixation on the 2020 election may be more than political theater.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/why-loser-trump-melted-down-in-front-of-me-for-hours-wolff/

Trump admin accused of ‘war crime’ after strike leaves thousands without water: About 10,000 people in nearly two dozen villages in southern Iran were without drinking water while the region was under an excessive heat warning on Saturday, after the US struck a water desalination plant in the village of Bonji in one of its latest attacks on Iranian civilian infrastructure.
https://www.rawstory.com/amp/iran-war-2677243108-2677243108

A Trump scandal finally has the teeth to put him in real danger: Trump’s failsafe plan to get away with everything, from 747s to Epstein obstruction, may have just stumbled. Badly. He may have crossed a line in his lawsuit settlement with DOJ and the IRS, because this one is biting back and it now has some teeth — but not for reasons you might expect.
https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/todd-blanche-trump-2677215699/

Trump didn’t find voter fraud, he manufactured a crisis. In an address from the White House, the president sought to reveal proof for his baseless assertions of a 2020 vote marred by fraud. But once again, he came up empty. A White House official told us that after an exhaustive examination of “millions” of documents that had been collected, a team of investigators had found no evidence to support such claims.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/07/trump-election-fraud-speech/687950/

# Global News
Mexican President Sheinbaum says she will attend World Cup final Sunday after invitation from Trump. She added that she will be joined by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, a soccer fan who has already attended at least one match.
https://justthenews.com/government/mexican-president-sheinbaum-says-she-will-attend-world-cup-final-sunday-after-invitation

Lebanese President Heads to Washington to Advance Peace Framework With Israel. The Lebanese and US president are expected to discuss ceasefire, southern Lebanon, and Israel’s withdrawal.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/18/lebanons-aoun-to-meet-trump-in-washington-to-discuss-israel-talks

South Korea’s Far Right Is on the Rise, with MAGA Movement’s Backing. The retail tycoon who owns Starbucks Korea, a longtime friend of Donald Trump, is stoking the country’s far right.
https://truthout.org/articles/south-koreas-far-right-is-on-the-rise-with-the-maga-movements-backing/

# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
John Solomon REVEALS The Hidden Truths of the 2020 Election: China’s Data Breach and the Fight for Transparency
https://justthenews.com/podcasts/john-solomon-reports/john-solomon-reveals-hidden-truths-2020-election-chinas-data-breach?utm_source=daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter

# Medical Alternatives / Medical Marijuana / Hemp
Inside California’s Battle With the Marijuana Black Market
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/inside-californias-battle-with-the-marijuana-black-market-6046194

# Military / Department of Defense [DOD] / NATO / Boat Strikes
U.S. Coast Guard monitors Chinese ships off Alaska coast. Two Chinese research ships pushed north through American waters off Alaska this week, and for the first time this year, they didn’t just skirt past the edge of U.S. territory, they crossed directly through it.
https://defence-blog.com/chinese-spy-vessels-cross-u-s-waters-on-the-way-to-the-arctic/

US launches new air strikes to ‘punish’ Iran for overnight attack on American soldiers in Jordan. The strikes were designed to further degrade Iran’s ability to restrict the traffic of oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. Central Command said.
https://apnews.com/article/iran-us-hormuz-strait-war-july-18-2026-5adfef67554652580963684d9a663af2

Trump and Hegseth Have Gone Off the Deep End. This Is The Truth About Hegseth’s Bizarre HRT Plan.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZI2yqfnFJo

# Travel / Tourism / TSA
State Department issues worldwide caution travel advisory amid Middle East tensions. The U.S. State Department issued a global Worldwide Caution advising all Americans abroad to “exercise increased caution” due to heightened tensions and the potential for unforeseen escalation in the Middle East
https://www.newsweek.com/state-department-worldwide-travel-warning-iran-conflict-12214848

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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
Revealing the reality of conditions in ICE detention centers: Inhumane Detention Conditions Aren’t Uncommon, They’re Part of the Problem
https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/inhumane-ice-detention-conditions-delaney-hall/

[Video] METRO bus may have captured video of deadly ICE encounter in Houston. Video recorded by a METRO bus may provide important evidence in the deadly shooting of Lorenzo Salgado during an encounter with federal immigration agents in Houston
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVZZe2d1bcw

More Than 60 People Have Died in ICE Custody or Shootings Since Trump Took Office, 4 Times the Biden-Era Rate. The mortality rate of deaths in ICE custody is at its highest level in over a decade and has more than doubled since Trump’s second term began.
https://www.hrw.org/report/2026/06/25/dying-in-detention/rising-deaths-in-an-expanding-us-immigration-detention-system

Plainclothes ICE agents left man partially handcuffed at Las Vegas airport after being confronted by onlookers, video shows
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/B27FNIQznAc

ICE Contractor Accused of Shooting Protesters and Fleeing. Booth was booked on suspicion of attempted second-degree murder, first-degree assault, attempted first-degree assault, felony menacing, and unlawful carrying of a concealed weapon.
https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/employee-who-works-at-aurora-ice-processing-center-arrested-accused-of-shooting-and-injuring-colorado-protester/

Trump-appointed prosecutor inadvertently throws killer ICE agent under the bus. Some legal experts noticed that a specific passage of the statement appeared to directly indicate ICE officers lied about a critical detail.
https://www.rawstory.com/ice-2677241050/

# Drugs / Trafficking / DEA / Gangs / Cartels
12-Fold Rise in Kratom Poisonings. Kratom and related high-potency products like 7-OH have recently become widely available. Consumption of high potency kratom products can cause adverse reactions, resulting in reports to poison centers. This study examined trends in kratom-related poison reports over the last 11 years, finding dramatic increases.
https://www.recoveryanswers.org/research-post/kratom-related-poison-reports-increased-12-fold-2015-2025/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Tariffs \ Banking / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
U.S. companies have finally gotten $71 billion in tariff refunds, but they’re using it to offset inflation caused by the Iran war
https://tradersunion.com/news/market-voices/show/2712700-us-tariff-refunds-offset-inflation/

Wall Street erupts as Trump family plots brazen cash grab off president’s market-moving posts. Wall Street erupted in fury on Friday as it emerged Donald Trump’s social media company is planning to charge as much as $100,000 per month for early access to the president’s market-moving posts.
https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15985941/trump-family-wall-street-cash-grab.html

# Environment / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands / Water / FEMA / USAID
Man exposes giant yellow pods with cameras stationed on Arizona road. Then he takes a second look: ‘explain to me and there’s a cable going in the backside.’  He felt intrigued and decided to investigate.
https://wegotthiscovered.com/social-media/man-exposes-giant-yellow-pods-with-cameras-stationed-on-arizona-road-then-he-takes-a-second-look-explain-to-me-and-theres-a-cable-going-in-the-backside/

US Forest Service workers kidnapped; hostage situation ends in arrests
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tykmti

Trump Guts Two National Monuments ‘At the Behest of Polluting Corporations Who Seek to Ravage Them.’
“Today’s proclamations are a slap to the face of public lands visitors across the country, as well as the local communities and tribes that have worked for years to protect these special places.”
https://www.americanprogress.org/press/trump-again-removes-protections-from-utah-national-monuments/

Defenders of Wildlife condemns the Trump administration’s egregious attempt to virtually eliminate Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments, reducing the monuments’ boundaries by over 90%. This is the second attempt by the Trump administration to shrink these National Monuments.
https://defenders.org/newsroom/defenders-condemns-trump-administration-slashing-national-monuments

New Mexico environmentalist group on ‘high alert’ after Trump shrinks Utah national monuments: A New Mexico environmentalist group is sounding the alarm about what President Donald Trump’s decision to dramatically reduce the footprints of two national monuments in Utah could mean for several “beloved” national monuments in New Mexico.
https://sourcenm.com/briefs/new-mexico-environmentalist-group-on-high-alert-after-trumps-shrinks-utah-national-monuments/

Donald Trump Admin Narrows an Endangered Species Act Rule That Could Allow More Habitat Destruction: ‘Death sentence’: Trump administration to open habitats of endangered species to logging and mining
Habitat destruction strongest driver of species loss, with legislation keeping 99% of listed species from going extinct
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/10/epa-rollback-endangered-habitats-logging-mining

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Power Plants
Sen. Schiff Demands Federal Investigation Into Big Oil’s $94 Billion Profits, Blaming Trump’s Iran War for Gas Price Surge
https://www.newsbreak.com/combat-rated-361333999/4774742611786-sen-schiff-demands-federal-investigation-into-big-oil-s-94-billion-profits-blaming-trump-s-iran-war-for-gas-price-surge

# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
Dershowitz backs out of interview with House panel over Epstein: The committee is now looking to reschedule the planned meeting.
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/07/17/congress/dershowitz-a-no-show-01002961

# Gov / Politics / US
White House in panic after Trump fails to deliver ‘really big news’ in primetime address. The White House was forced to do damage control following the president’s lackluster address to the nation on Thursday night
https://www.themirror.com/news/politics/white-house-panic-after-trump-1942427\

Trump’s Primetime Speech Was a Dud. He Could Still Use it to Interfere in the Midterms. The allegations of foreign interference by China are intended to create a fake national emergency. Fact-checking Trump’s repeated election fraud claims in primetime address
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXmTWz5-ffQ

Trump’s Election Integrity Speech Lays Groundwork for Midterm Interference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dEadnAJTHs

Trump’s election fraud speech was a weirdly good sign for American democracy. Trump’s primetime speech accidentally exposed the limits of his campaign to undermine US elections.
https://www.vox.com/politics/495969/trump-speech-primetime-election-fraud-2020-july

The Real Meaning of Trump’s Election Denial Speech, It’s worse than you think. Trump is a politician who does not think in terms of policies, nor votes, nor coalitions. He thinks almost exclusively in story. One that he can tell, embellish, entertain with—and be the main character in. It’s not required that the story be believable, but that it can be easily followed.
https://michaelwolffnyc.substack.com/p/the-real-meaning-of-trumps-election

The Chilling Directive at the End of Trump’s Speech: Trump gave a speech packed with recycled 2020 grievances and zero new evidence. Buried at the end was a directive every voter should be paying attention to. Democracy Docket founder Marc Elias breaks down what Trump actually said, why his claims about Chinese hacking, “vulnerable” voting machines and noncitizen voting don’t hold up, and what he’s really setting up: a partisan purge of voter rolls before the midterms.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XZmDOy-7Pc

Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump’s investment firms tied to $6.3 billion in Pentagon contracts
https://moneywise.com/news/top-stories/trump-sons-defense-startups-pentagon-contracts

California Lawmaker Says Trump Faces “25th Amendment or Prison” After Threatening to Revoke ABC and NBC Broadcast Licenses for Not Airing His Election Speech Live
https://share.newsbreak.com/j14w72y7

Treasury Official Fired After He Reportedly Warned White House Might Be Violating Law. Kenneth Kies warned that political officials risked breaching a law that limits who can influence tax enforcement
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/top-treasury-tax-official-ousted-after-clashes-with-white-house-over-irs-audits-60d5b1df

Trump’s CCP Election Interference Claims May Signal Shift in China Policy: As Trump spoke, a new landing page appeared on the White House website including links to some documents. But the documents did not go nearly as far in their conclusions as Trump suggested. A CNN analysis of the documents found they are newly declassified but mostly discuss vulnerabilities that have been known for years that officials have been trying to address.
https://thehill.com/newsletters/morning-report/5973639-donald-trump-election-interference-claims-vs-white-house-docs/

China dismisses Trump election interference accusations as ‘entirely fabricated,’ threatens countermeasures
Beijing warns of ‘reciprocal countermeasures’ after Trump administration said it would shorten visas for Chinese journalists
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/china-dismisses-trump-election-interference-accusations-entirely-fabricated-threatens-countermeasures

Trump’s Chinese interference claims ‘reveal huge crisis facing American democracy’
The US president’s allegations are campaign rhetoric and not likely to affect ties with Beijing, according to a leading political scientist
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3361031/trumps-chinese-interference-claims-reveal-huge-crisis-facing-american-democracy

Dems unite to boycott hearing on emerging threat facing America: ‘Don’t want to know the truth.’ The Democratic side of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee dais was empty Wednesday as Republicans questioned witnesses at a hearing on “Exposing Fraud in America,” prompting GOP lawmakers to accuse the minority of ducking a politically uncomfortable issue
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dems-unite-boycott-hearing-emerging-threat-facing-america-dont-want-know-truth

MS NOW National Security Analyst Argues Trump And the ‘Intelligence Community Are Lying’ to the Public.  This argument stems from MSNBC/NBC News commentators and former intelligence officials criticizing President Donald Trump’s public address regarding the 2020 election
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4JCMIj9DKs

Sen. Murray Declares SAVE America Act Dead on Arrival — “It Belongs in the Trash With the Rest of Donald Trump’s Conspiracy Theories”
https://www.newsbreak.com/combat-rated-361333999/4775204730608-sen-murray-declares-save-america-act-dead-on-arrival-it-belongs-in-the-trash-with-the-rest-of-donald-trump-s-conspiracy-theories

‘Trump Is Trying to End Our Democracy’: Alarm as President Attacks Elections Ahead of Midterms
“He’s reviving conspiracy theories about mail voting, pushing voter suppression, and laying the groundwork for an unprecedented federal takeover of our elections.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-primetime-election-speech

‘Fascism Is Here’: Rubio, Miller Say More Terrorist Designations Coming for ‘Far-Left’ Groups. “If you’re not alarmed you’re not paying attention.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/stephen-miller-nspm-7

Trump’s GOP Is Ripping This Nation Apart. The Question Is: Why? The morality of today’s Republican Party has been laid bare. But it boggles the mind the depth of this destruction and cruelty.
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/why-is-trump-ripping-nation-apart

Culture wars, political polarization and deepening inequality: the roots of Trumpism. He has adopted a neo-imperial view of the economy, treating the global order as a zero-sum contest of winners and losers. In this worldview, cooperation gives way to domination: what matters is power and the accumulation of wealth.
https://theconversation.com/culture-wars-political-polarization-and-deepening-inequality-the-roots-of-trumpism-255778

“It Is Time for Donald Trump to Be Removed From Office” — Armed Services Ranking Member Rep. Adam Smith Cites Hormuz Toll Fiasco and Says “We Have to Question His Sanity”
https://www.newsbreak.com/combat-rated-361333999/4770646263377-it-is-time-for-donald-trump-to-be-removed-from-office-armed-services-ranking-member-rep-adam-smith-cites-hormuz-toll-fiasco-and-says-we-have-to-question-his-sanity

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court / United Nations (UN)
Rubio Threatens to ‘Teach the ICC’—Which Prosecutes War Crimes—the ‘Full Meaning of American Resolve.’ “Is the secretary of state worried because he knows US personnel committed war crimes in Iran?”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/rubio-international-criminal-court

# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
Pentagon Wins Court Battle Over Journalist Escort Policy — “Reporters Do Not Have a First Amendment Right to Freely Roam the Halls of the Pentagon,”
https://share.newsbreak.com/j152gkjj

# Medical / Biologicals / Research / CDC / Recalls / Nursing / Medications / Hospitals / Pharma
How Medical Upcoding Made People Look Sick, Increased Medicare Payments. By adding diagnoses to a patient’s risk analysis that no doctor had ever indicated, an insurance company can gain additional federal payments.
https://www.medicarerights.org/medicare-watch/2024/10/31/watchdog-estimates-7-5-billion-medicare-advantage-overpayment-from-questionable-health-risk-assessments

Sickness scores surged for UnitedHealth Medicare Advantage patients: UnitedHealth Group has optimized its ability to increase Medicare Advantage members’ sickness scores and corresponding government payments by directly employing thousands of physicians at Optum and integrating sophisticated software tools into clinical workflows, according to a Dec. 29 investigation
https://www.beckerspayer.com/payer/sickness-scores-surged-for-unitedhealth-medicare-advantage-patients-wsj/

Walgreens is closing 1,200 stores, and seniors who fill prescriptions there may need a new pharmacy.  Drugstores that once snapped up prime retail space in towns and cities across the country are in retreat. They’ve been battered by shrinking prescription reimbursement, persistent theft, rising costs and consumers who have strayed to online retailers or competitors with better prices.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/walgreens-lays-plan-shutter-1-112239897.html

Drug Companies Raised Generic Prices 1,000%. Now 48 States Are Making Them Pay.  Generic drug manufacturer Glenmark Pharmaceuticals has agreed to a $29.6 million settlement for conspiring with other companies to fix generic drug prices and boost profits.
https://www.newsnationnow.com/business/price-fixing-conspiracy-costs-drugmaker-29m-multistate-settlement/

# Medical Alternatives / Medical Marijuana / Hemp
[Video] New state guidelines ban all THC except Delta-9, effects on shop owners
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wd3UUN8AlKk

# Military / Department of Defense [DOD] / NATO / Boat Strikes
US-Israeli Bombing Has Harmed Iran’s Wildlife, Farms, and Water Supply. Toxic pollution from the war on Iran will continue to devastate the country’s environment for years to come.
https://truthout.org/articles/us-israeli-bombing-has-harmed-irans-wildlife-farms-and-water-supply/

US Bombs Iran’s Civilian Infrastructure as Trump Threatens Power Plants, Bridges. Trump once again threatened this week to take out “all” of Iran’s power plants and bridges.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/07/15/jkth-j15.html

Fed-up sailors stranded in the Strait of Hormuz had explicit message for US forces: ‘F–k off’
https://share.newsbreak.com/j151d06s

How Section 219, the US-Israel Military Merger, Would Thwart American Democracy. The merger would connect the US and Israeli militaries in unprecedented ways and make it exceedingly difficult for any future president to unwind this partnership with a foreign government, no matter what public opinion says.
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/us-israel-military-merger

# Other Interestimg Stuff
10 times satellite imagery found something buried beneath the ground that archaeologists had been searching for on foot for decades. Hidden beneath dense forests, remote deserts, and rugged landscapes, ancient ruins detected by satellite have revealed remarkable discoveries that continue to intrigue archaeologists.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chZ0KcNIJTY

Archaeologists Found Something in Oregon That Could Rewrite Human Origins. Deep in Oregon, archaeologists uncovered something that may challenge what we thought we knew about early human history in North America. The discovery has sparked questions about ancient migration, lost civilizations, and whether humans arrived in the Americas much earlier than many people believed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6R6wuM4yRs

# Science / Research
The only research center for disabled parents is losing federal funding. Staff call it a “profound setback for disability rights and family equity.”
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/07/brandeis-hhs-omb-research-grant-parents-disabilities-funding/

# Transportation / Trucking
China Is Building A Monster Supply Ship For Its Carrier Groups. What looks to be the largest at-sea replenishment ship anywhere in the world is taking shape at a Chinese shipyard.
https://www.twz.com/sea/china-is-building-a-monster-supply-ship-for-its-carrier-groups#:~:text=The%20new%20ship’s%20large%20size,require%20blue%20water%20support%2C%20too

# Veterans / VA
Speaker Johnson suffers humiliating political defeat, yanks veterans benefits bill
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/speaker-johnson-suffers-humiliating-political-232613579.html

VA Unveils Plan to Cut Red Tape for Veterans’ Benefits:  The Department of Veterans Affairs today announced a proposal to cut the amount of paperwork and time it takes for Veterans to apply for VA benefits.
https://news.va.gov/press-room/va-proposal-would-cut-paperwork-for-veterans-and-survivors-applying-for-benefits/

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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
After Killings, Homan Says There Will Be ‘More Bloodshed’ Unless Dems ‘Shut Their Mouth’ About ICE
https://www.commondreams.org/news/tom-homan-bloodshed

Lawmakers fear child deportations ramping up in Texas
https://www.borderreport.com/border-report-tour/immigration/lawmakers-fear-child-deportations-ramping-up-in-texas/

After Killings, Homan Says There Will Be ‘More Bloodshed’ Unless Dems ‘Shut Their Mouth’ About ICE. “They are blaming the opposition for people being killed by their police.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/tom-homan-bloodshed

Trump Under Fire for Diverting Disaster Relief Workers to Immigration Policing. Trump administration officials were notably absent from a House hearing on reforming FEMA this week.
https://truthout.org/articles/trump-under-fire-for-diverting-disaster-relief-workers-to-immigration-policing/

Age of authoritarianism. Justice Department officials are threatening to withhold federal funding for rape kits, bulletproof vests for police officers, and ambulances for paramedics to drive in cities that have “sanctuary” policies that help their immigrant communities.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/07/16/us-cities-police-ambulance-funding-rape-kits-ice-doj/90903355007/

Lawless street executions. “The tragedies we’ve seen were foreseeable, and inevitable. The Trump administration has made clear that its goal isn’t just to deport dangerous people, but to terrorize immigrant communities.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/16/opinion/ice-killing-maine-houston-guerrero-araujo.html?unlocked_article_code=1.yFA.2gUJ.p8Y8kCQGYKuZ&smid=re-nytopinion

One week, three deaths involving ICE. The three deadly encounters with ICE in the past week show that the agency’s use of violent force is not the exception, but the rule.  Arenas-Silva’s sister and immigrants’ rights groups in Georgia said in a press statement that ICE did not provide him with necessary medications during his time in detention for an unnamed condition he was dealing with
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/15/man-dies-georgia-ice-detention

Five-year-old held in Connecticut federal immigration custody separated from family for 118 days: Camila was permitted to see her mother for one hour each week while in detention, and spent the rest of her time in a foster home, or in a federally contracted building. On any given day this spring there were more than two dozen immigrant children detained without a parent or guardian in programs run by Connecticut nonprofits.
https://www.ctinsider.com/news/article/immigration-ct-habeas-unaccompanied-minors-22093788.php?utm_source=social&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=topics_testing&utm_content=reddit

Alabama family fights for release of 18-year-old son held in detention for months despite temporary status: Elder Chavez, a high school student, has been in detention for more than six months even though he has Special Immigrant Juvenile Status
https://www.al.com/news/2026/07/alabama-community-praying-for-release-of-18-year-old-ice-detainee-hes-in-hell.html

[Photo essay] Indiana, ICE and the Destruction of Immigrant Families: A series of black and white photos and audio clips illustrate how life has been upended for immigrants in Indiana, a state that has allied itself with Trump’s enforcement agenda. At the “Crossroads of America,” Trump’s detention policies have found one of their strongest allies.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/07/indiana-ice-and-the-destruction-of-immigrant-families/

# Chemicals
Ross Perot Jr.’s latest venture could change millions of lives. Ross Perot Jr. steps into the fight against forever chemicals as a powerful new ally. Willed into existence by Perot, Alliance’s growth has been shepherded by Hillwood’s president, Mike Berry. After 35 years, it’s clear their gamble on once-rural property has paid off.
https://www.alliancetexasmiz.com/news/alliance-35-years-later-how-ross-perot-jr-s-grand-vision-changed-fort-worth-forever/

# Environment / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands / Water / FEMA / USAID
EPA Proposal Could Limit Texans’ Say on Air Permits. The change would give states greater power on deciding how much notice and public input residents receive before such permits are approved or denied.
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/07/16/texas-epa-rule-minor-pollution-permits-public-input-tceq-data-centers/

US Gov Report Details ‘Robust’ Ties Between Climate Crisis and Extreme Weather Events. “The next time your community is hit by a heatwave or flash flood, lay some blame with Big Oil. This report is yet another sign that we need to break away from this dangerous, polluting industry,” one scientist said.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/fossil-fuels-extreme-weather

# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
Trump’s Epstein file headache refuses to end as Republican senator issues ultimatum to Todd Blanche over AG vote
https://www.the-sun.com/news/16702091/trumps-epstein-file-headache-refuses-to-end-as-republican-senator-issues-ultimatum-to-todd-blanche-over-ag-vote/

Sparks fly as GOP’s top investigator breaks with Trump over Epstein files. Rep. James Comer (R-KY) admitted Thursday that he agrees with Vice President JD Vance’s comments that the Trump administration and Department of Justice’s rollout of the Epstein files has “been handled poorly,” according to reports.
https://www.rawstory.com/comer-2677234567/

Blanche to meet with Epstein survivors as Tillis stalls on confirmation support
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/07/16/congress/blanche-listens-to-tillis-01002573

Blanche’s botched meeting with Epstein survivor signals dark turn in confirmation: analyst
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoCa9OPK6q8

Epstein survivors speak against Blanche confirmation
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/shorts/epstein-survivors-speak-against-blanche-confirmation-266747973591

Republican Rep. Nancy Mace says standing up to the Trump admin on the Epstein files ‘may have ended my political career’
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5967111-nancy-mace-donald-trump-influence-political-career/

# Gov / Politics / US
What Todd Blanche failed to learn from Watergate: Blanche has served the president slavishly. He personally interviewed Ghislane Maxwell who then got reassigned to a Club Fed; he guided the unlawfully incomplete release of the DOJ’s Epstein files; he spearheaded the effort to prosecute Trump’s perceived enemies; and he defended ICE agents publicly after they killed innocent Americans.
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/todd-blanche-watergate

‘Fascism Is Here’: Rubio, Miller Say More Terrorist Designations Coming for ‘Far-Left’ Groups. “If you’re not alarmed you’re not paying attention.” Trump administration officials on Thursday hyped up plans to carry out mass political arrests and prosecutions of people whom it deemed far-left terrorists.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/stephen-miller-nspm-7

Elon Musk faces criminal charges as Wisconsin rules he violated election law with $1 million bribes to vote against ‘activist judges’
https://time.com/article/2026/07/15/elon-musk-wisconsin-election-law-supreme-court-million-dollar-giveaway/

[Video] Trump’s AG Nominee Says Trump ‘Can’t Be Audited’ for Tax Crimes. The agreement to spare the president from IRS scrutiny was a point of contention during Todd Blanche’s confirmation hearing.
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/07/15/congress/blanche-says-trumps-immunity-deal-doesnt-apply-to-2b-in-2025-earnings-00999760

Senate passes Older Americans Act following bumpy road for legislation
https://www.mcknightshomecare.com/news/senate-reauthorizes-older-americans-act-following-bumpy-road-for-legislation/

‘Word salad answer!’ GOP senator chews out Trump official at explosive hearing
https://www.rawstory.com/thom-tillis-2677234252/

GOP infighting erupts as MAGA Republicans scream at each other behind closed doors
https://www.rawstory.com/mike-johnson-2677234200/

U.S. Sen. Gary Peters becomes the 28th retiring member of the U.S. Congress to endorse a successor this year
https://news.ballotpedia.org/2026/07/15/u-s-sen-gary-peters-becomes-the-28th-retiring-member-of-the-u-s-congress-to-endorse-a-successor-this-year/

Trump’s revenge pick implodes as new poll ‘ringing alarm bells’
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-paxton-poll/

Trump’s latest legal attacks on political protest are disturbing. Under the National Security Presidential Memorandum 7 (NSPM-7) initiative, Trump has indicted 15 Minnesota activists in June for their involvement in organizing against ICE’s terror campaign, Operation Metro Surge. The charges paint civil disobedience as “domestic terrorism,” a broad and loosely-defined category intended to target political dissenters resisting the MAGA machine.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/16/political-violence-event-trump-marco-rubio

Trump drops election integrity bombshells, urges passage of SAVE America Act. The documents reportedly reveal that there was a concerted and conscientious effort by the IC not to tell the president (Trump at the time), Congress or the American people.
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/save-act-and-election-power-grab

Declassified documents show ‘shadow government’ in action to suppress China threat to elections
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/live-blog/trump-congress-iran-blanche-doj-ice-2026-maine-senate-live-updates-rcna587765
You can review the administration’s stated evidence directly via the White House Election Integrity portal.
For independent, fact-checked analysis of the declassified documents, see CNN’s Transcript and Annotation
DW’s Analysis of the Claims.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/election-integrity/

Texas Democrats ask for investigation into Ken Paxton voter registration. The complaint comes after The Texas Tribune and ProPublica found the Texas attorney general repeatedly voted while registered at an address where he appears to no longer live.
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/07/16/democrats-ken-paxton-voter-fraud-complaint/

The Dangers of Florida’s New “Terrorist” Designations. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced on July 1 his intent to designate certain Muslim and anti-fascist groups, including U.S. groups, as “terrorist organizations.”
https://www.justsecurity.org/146537/dangers-florida-new-terrorist-designations/

‘Trump Is Trying to End Our Democracy’: Alarm Over ‘Insane’ Primetime Speech. “He’s reviving conspiracy theories about mail voting, pushing voter suppression, and laying the groundwork for an unprecedented federal takeover of our elections.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-primetime-election-speech

A year after State layoffs, ex-feds say U.S. is paying the price in Iran and Ebola crises. Democratic lawmakers at a Thursday press conference also touted a new bill that would exempt foreign service officers who were pushed out by the Trump administration from being required to take the Foreign Service Officer Test if they wish to rejoin.
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2026/07/year-after-state-layoffs-exfeds-iran-ebola-crises/414822/

# Global News
Babies in Gaza Die Preventable Deaths Due to Medical Shortages Imposed by Israel. Mothers in Gaza are losing their newborns as hospitals struggle to function without adequate supplies and resources.
https://truthout.org/articles/babies-in-gaza-die-preventable-deaths-due-to-medical-shortages-imposed-by-israel/

Iran Threatens All Regional Infrastructure. The conflict between the United States and Iran has intensified, with fresh U.S. strikes targeting Iranian military sites and a vessel approaching Iranian waters as Washington steps up pressure in the Gulf. Iran has responded with missile and drone attacks targeting U.S. allies,
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/16/iran-threatens-persian-gulf-nations-infrastructure-us-continues/

# Law / Law Enforcement / Prisons / FBI / CIA / ATF / DEA
Daniel Erving: Mother Of Black Swimmer Who Suspiciously Drowned In Texas Lake Speaks Out After Evidence Tampering Arrests
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/months-teens-drowning-death-mother-says-two-arrests-only-provide-parti-rcna587610

FBI’s ‘Operation Summer Heat 2.0’ Sees Hundreds of Arrests, Drugs Seized, 120 Children Located
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/07/15/exclusive-fbis-operation-summer-heat-2-0-sees-hundreds-of-arrests-drugs-seized-120-children-located/

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court / United Nations (UN)
Roger Rogoff was sworn in as U.S. Attorney in Seattle at 7:40 on Wednesday morning. Fifty-four minutes later he was fired by Trump over email. When a reporter asked him about it, he said: “Greatest hour in my life.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5971187-donald-trump-roger-rogoff-washington-state-prosecutor-firing/

Even Republican judges don’t buy the DOJ’s voter roll arguments
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/most-of-trump-dojs-voter-roll-losses-have-come-from-gop-appointed-judges/

# Medical / Biologicals / CDC / Recalls / Nursing / Medications / Hospitals / Pharma
Washington hospice staff say private equity ‘joint venture’ brought rushed visits, false records. Hospice nurse Milli Palmer says her longtime nonprofit workplace changed rapidly after it entered a partnership with a private equity-backed company. Workers say the deal was followed by pressure to move faster, keep up despite limited staffing, and, in some cases, falsify records.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/washington-hospice-staff-private-equity-140500591.html

Mothers of Black babies are more likely to be flagged to police over alleged drug use during pregnancies, according to our new analysis of child welfare data from eight states.
https://san.com/cc/black-mothers-more-likely-to-be-flagged-to-police-over-alleged-pregnancy-drug-use-report/

# Military / Department of Defense [DOD] / NATO / Boat Strikes
Iran war live: US launches sixth consecutive night of strikes against Iran
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/7/16/iran-war-live-sirens-in-bahrain-kuwait-us-disables-iranian-oil-tanker

US targets Iranian bridges and roads in IRGC stronghold of Bandar Abbas to choke off supply routes. The U.S. military is targeting bridges, railways, and roads in and around the strategic port city of Bandar Abbas to restrict supply lines to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
https://justthenews.com/world/middle-east/us-targets-iranian-bridges-and-roads-irgc-stronghold-bandar-abbas-choke-supply

# Military / Global
Kids Forced to Evacuate Hospital as US Ramps Up Attacks on Iran’s Civilian Areas. “This constitutes a cowardly war crime against the most innocent,” said a spokesperson for the Iranian Foreign Ministry.
https://truthout.org/articles/kids-forced-to-evacuate-hospital-as-us-ramps-up-attacks-on-irans-civilian-areas/

# Security / DHS / Communication / Surveillance / Secret Service
You Know About Flock Cameras, Meet Nema Nodes: They Turn Streetlights Into A Surveillance Network. Standardized NEMA sockets let municipalities add cameras and air sensors to existing poles with no public vote or new hardware
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XoT63WWKh4

# Technology / AI / Data Centers / Robotics / Internet
This New Jersey town fought back against AI data centers — and it’s not alone
https://www.nj.com/news/2026/06/these-4-nj-towns-are-joining-the-rebellion-against-ai-data-centers.html

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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
Detainees at Texas ICE facility report frequent beatings and abuse.  A new report from human rights advocates says 90% of detainees interviewed at a sprawling ICE facility in Texas say they were either beaten by guards or witnessed others being beaten
https://apnews.com/article/ice-camp-detention-trump-homeland-security-dhs-immigration-deaths-abuse-30ec92636a5601b0071895efa871b990

Trump’s Immigration Agenda Is No Longer Just About the Border. Legal Immigration Is Being Rewritten:  The biggest immigration changes under President Donald Trump are no longer happening at the southern border. They’re happening inside U.S. embassies, visa offices and immigration agencies, where legal pathways that millions once relied on have become harder to navigate and far less predictable.
https://www.newsbreak.com/easy-everyday-recipes-380399510/4770563287267-trump-s-immigration-agenda-is-no-longer-just-about-the-border-legal-immigration-is-being-rewritten

Vehicle stops resume as an effective measure in fighting illegal immigration. Tuesday at the White House, a livid President Trump complained to advisers about the Department of Homeland Security’s decision to pause the type of vehicle stops by ICE agents that had led to two fatal shootings in the past two weeks.
https://www.axios.com/2026/07/16/trump-ice-shootings-vehicle-stops

Key GOP lawmaker seeks vote to restrict birthright citizenship as Trump weighs second SCOTUS appeal
https://justthenews.com/government/congress/hld-republicans-push-clarifying-legislation-supreme-court-birthright

‘A Human Rights Disaster’: Groups Demand Closure of Trump’s Largest Immigrant Detention Center. “The US government should shut it down, conduct independent investigations into all abuses and deaths in custody, and put an end to mass deportations and mandatory immigration detention.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/camp-east-montana-abuses

ICE Keeps Killing Immigrants in Cars It Claims Were “Weaponized” Against Agents
Joan Sebastian Guerrero, a father of a young daughter in Biddeford, Maine, is the second man ICE has killed in six days.
https://truthout.org/articles/ice-keeps-killing-immigrants-in-cars-it-claims-were-weaponized-against-agents/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Tariffs \ Banking / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencie
The national debt is over 100% of GDP and most of Congress is ignoring wishes to rein it in. It’s time to amend the Constitution.  If Washington continues to embrace its standard operating procedure, that figure is projected to climb to a stunning 175% of GDP over the next 30 years.
https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/articles/national-debt-over-100-gdp-142640845.html

# Employment / Labor / Unions
Trump Assault on Iran Means More Pain Incoming for Working Families. “Families shouldn’t be paying the price for Trump’s reckless decisions,” said US Rep. Zoe Lofgren.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/iran-war-restarts-oil

# Environment / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands / Water / FEMA / USAID
East Texas counties move to protect groundwater with new conservation district. More than a dozen East Texas counties are working to create a groundwater conservation district that would prevent over-pumping water
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/07/16/east-texas-groundwater-district/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Power Plants
Nation’s biggest public utility just doubled down on coal, gas, and nuclear. Tennessee Valley Authority follows Trump’s lead, shying away from solar and wind.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/07/tennessee-valley-authority-public-utility-coal-gas-nuclear-power/

Pipelines or power lines? Battle over Texas grid threatens reliability, raises prices and pollutants
Texas’ energy future hinges on a battle between pipelines and power lines, as competing industries lobby lawmakers to shape the grid, profits and reliability
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/columnists/tomlinson/article/texas-power-lines-pipelines-battle-22339220.php

Oil prices extended gains as escalating U.S.-Iran tensions and Iranian threats against regional energy shipping routes heightened fears of broader supply disruptions. Iran warned that regional energy exports could be disrupted beyond the Strait of Hormuz, raising concerns over additional maritime chokepoints. Markets are increasingly focused on the risk that the Bab el-Mandeb Strait could become another major disruption point for global oil shipments.
https://oilprice.com/Energy/Oil-Prices/Oil-Prices-Climb-for-Fourth-Day-as-Iran-Threatens-New-Energy-Chokepoints.html

Donald Trump announces US troops are no longer needed in Iraq. In the same breath, touts new oil partnerships. After 23 years, the U.S. military is exiting Iraq to make room for a new era of commercial alliances.
https://wegotthiscovered.com/news/donald-trump-announces-us-troops-are-no-longer-needed-in-iraq-in-the-same-breath-touts-new-oil-partnerships/

# Food / Farming / FDA / Agriculture / Ranching / SNAP [Food Stamps] / USDA
Nearly 100-year-old Texas supermarket chain is closing its last store: Family-Run Texas Grocery Store Chain Closing After Nearly 100 Years: ‘More Than Just a Store.’ “While this chapter is coming to an end, our gratitude is endless,” M. Rivas wrote in a message on its website
https://people.com/texas-grocery-chain-m-rivas-closing-after-nearly-100-years-12009224

EPA dropped microplastics checks for Florida fish farm, then fired engineer who objected. The company was reportedly willing to do the testing.
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/epa-microplastics-florida-fish-farm-firing-engineer/

Evidence Grows That Taco Bell Infected Massive Number of Customers With Explosive Diarrhea. Apocryphal tales of its meals causing the runs have plagued Taco Bell since time immemorial. But this latest parasitic outbreak is something else entirely.
https://futurism.com/health-medicine/evidence-grows-taco-bell-explosive-diarrhea

A Federal Judge Just Stepped In To Stop States From Controlling What SNAP Users Can Buy
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/22/judge-snap-junk-food-rules-maha-00970700

# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
Six Jeffrey Epstein survivors say his former longtime assistant Lesley Groff lied to Congress
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8d6maDXwtM

The Epstein investigation is about to reach Obama’s inner circle. Kathryn Ruemmler is the latest prominent figure called before the House Oversight Committee as lawmakers investigate the network of powerful people connected with Epstein
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/kathryn-ruemmler-goldman-sachs-epstein-investigation-b3015188.html

# Gov / Politics / US
President Trump will announce that both of Georgia’s Democrat US Senators are “ILLEGITIMATE” due to election fraud, per @DC_Reporter. This comes after FBI and other federal agencies raided election offices in Georgia recently. EXPOSE IT ALL!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfeM0Nl2RlQ

Jared Kushner gets caught in a massive scandal as it’s revealed that Iran warned the U.S. that he was abusing his negotiating role to line his and his cronies’ pockets with $9 BILLION!
We suspected it, now we have the smoking gun…
https://www.commondreams.org/news/kushner-witkoff-profit-iran-war

New revelations raise questions whether Jack Smith lied to Congress about spying on lawmakers
https://justthenews.com/accountability/political-ethics/lawmakers-accuse-jack-smith-lying-congress-call-federal-probe

Senate GOP poised for largest turnover of the millennium due to Trump primaries, retirements
https://thefacts.com/opinion/byron-york-senate-seeing-historic-republican-turnover/article_f69af2b8-b5f3-4b45-8ca6-28644ed4f726.html

Knives are out after Trump unleashes stinging 6-word insult at congressman
https://www.nj.com/politics/2026/07/knives-are-out-after-trump-unleashes-stinging-6-word-insult-at-congressman.html

House Republicans resurrect Save America Act by adding it to spending bill. Effort is latest attempt to pass bill that seeks to ban mail-in ballots and imposes voter identification requirements
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/15/house-republicans-save-america-act-spending-bill

Neo-Nazi influencer linked to MAGA candidate chasing crucial Senate seat
https://www.rawstory.com/mike-collins-2677231162/

President Donald Trump slams the White House as ‘deplorable’ and ‘an embarrassment’ while launching latest construction project
https://time.com/article/2026/07/13/how-trump-is-changing-front-of-the-white-house-renovation-project/

If there is one constant in Donald Trump’s administration, it is this: To gain power, one must first submit to acts of public humiliation. If proving ultimate loyalty to a mob boss requires committing a serious crime on his behalf, those seeking to become “made men” in Trump’s orbit must first debase themselves in public. It is initiation by humiliation — a test not of competence, but of submission
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/cost-trump-crosshairs-public-humiliation-rcna195650

Trump Sued His Own Government. A Judge Says the $1.8 Billion Deal Was Never a Normal Legal Fight. President’s Lawsuit With I.R.S. Was Self-Dealing
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/07/13/us/trump-news

Warren Says Trump Threw a ‘Tantrum’ and Blocked a Housing Bill to ‘Rig the Elections.’
https://www.aol.com/articles/warren-says-trump-threw-tantrum-103000000.html

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court / United Nations (UN)
“Something Not Right in the Buttermilk”: Dr. Matthews Calls for Investigation Into Judge Curvey Allegations.
https://www.houstonstringer.com/2026/07/15/somethings-not-right-in-the-buttermilk-dr-matthews-calls-for-investigation-into-judge-curvey-allegations/

# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
The media has one job Thursday night: Tell the truth about Trump’s lies
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/16/republicans-brace-trump-speech-election-fraud-00999640

# Medicare / Medicaid / Disability Benefits / Health and Human Services [HHS]
25 health systems dropping Medicare Advantage plans | 2026: Providers dropping plans often cite prior authorization denials and slow reimbursement; in other cases, insurers are terminating the contracts themselves.
https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/16-health-systems-dropping-medicare-advantage-plans-2026/

Johns Hopkins, UnitedHealthcare end contract negotiations after failing to reach agreement
The Baltimore-based system and the major insurer failed to resolve their contract spat despite months of negotiations, sending some 60,000 patients permanently out of network.
https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/johns-hopkins-unitedhealthcare-contract-negotiations-fail/758596/

# Medical / Biologicals / CDC / Recalls / Nursing / Medications / Hospitals / Pharma
Health Care Workers Furious as NYC Replaces Nurses With AI. “We are outraged about these layoffs because these dedicated nurses are being replaced by AI.”
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/nyc-replaces-nurses-with-ai

# Military / Department of Defense [DOD] / NATO / Boat Strikes
U.S. launches ‘second wave’ of Iran strikes after ceasefire collapses. The U.S. has sought to limit Iran’s ability to control the Strait of Hormuz after President Donald Trump announced the temporary ceasefire was “over” a week ago.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/15/us-launches-new-strikes-on-iran-hormuz-00998599

Pete Hegseth has blocked the promotion of several female Navy officers to admiral, resulting in the first all-male promotion slate in more than a decade
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/us/hegseth-blocks-navy-promotions.html

# Other Interestimg Stuff
Oceanography Says There Is a Layer of Water in the Pacific That Has Not Mixed With the Surface in Over a Thousand Years.  This ancient, stagnant layer, known as the “shadow zone,” harbors life forms uniquely adapted to its extreme and unchanging conditions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYPJupOpyJY

# Social Services Programs / Social Security / AFDC (Aid for dependant children)
Bipartisan bill would force vote before Social Security cuts hit: The Protecting Retirement Opportunities and Maintaining Income Security for Everyone, or PROMISE Act, would direct the Social Security Advisory Board to submit a base bill guaranteeing at least 50 years of solvency. Congress would then be forced to debate, amend and vote on it within 100 hours, bypassing the inaction that has left the retirement trust fund six years from depletion.
https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/articles/bipartisan-bill-force-vote-social-204000593.html

# Technology / AI / Data Centers / Robotics / Internet
Georgia homeowners say they have been given an ultimatum: sell your home or the state will take it to build AI datacenters
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/georgia-homeowners-forced-power-ai-150527590.html

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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
New ICE policy halts most vehicle stops nationwide, following shootings in Maine and Houston.  The policy change follows two fatal shootings involving ICE officers during traffic stops in Texas and Maine and will remain in place until agents receive updated training on vehicle-stop tactics
https://www.news9.com/national-politics-oklahoma/ice-agents-halt-vehicle-stops-after-shootings-maine-texas

Trump reverses ICE policy halting most traffic stops: President Donald Trump forcefully pushed back against his own administration’s decision to temporarily halt most ICE traffic stops, stating on social media that the maneuver “CANNOT” happen on his watch
https://www.wilx.com/2026/07/15/trump-ice-should-continue-traffic-stops-after-recent-shootings-seeming-contradict-new-policy/

Trump’s ICE problem is back and risks spiraling out of control
https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/14/politics/ice-killings-maine-texas-trump

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Tariffs \ Banking / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencie
The ‘Dirty Little Secret’ Behind Trump Accounts That Could Change Retirement for Millions.  Uncomfortable questions about the new Trump Accounts program and its implications for globally mobile American families
https://www.forbes.com/sites/virginialatorrejeker/2026/07/02/trump-accounts-are-the-dirty-little-secret-of-us-retirement-policy/

# Education / Schools / Libraries and Museums
New Mexico AG Calls for Reform After Report Finds “Substantial Racial Disparities” in One School District
https://www.propublica.org/article/new-mexico-ag-report-gallup-mckinley-schools

Texas investigation finds thousands of arrests and citations involving young students. A groundbreaking data analysis shows how districts across the state are arresting and citing children for common misbehavior, leaving lasting trauma as the Legislature rejects bills to raise the age of criminal responsibility and floods schools with even more police.
https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-school-arrests-crisis-kids-as-young-as-10/

# Environment / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands / Water / FEMA / USAID
Eagles Kept Dying At These Wyoming Wind Farms – Until Automated Cameras Stepped In.  While they should go hand in hand, wildlife conservation and clean energy projects often find themselves at odds.
https://www.bgr.com/2211862/wyoming-wind-farms-eagle-deaths-reduced-automated-cameras/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Power Plants
Mexico relies heavily on Texas natural gas. The Trump administration could imperil that relationship. Mexico relies on Texas for roughly 90% of its natural gas, a lifeline that fuels the country’s electricity and export economy. This arrangement is now highly imperiled by the Trump administration’s decision to back out of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/07/14/mexico-texas-energy-relations-natural-gas-2/

# Food / Farming / FDA / Agriculture / Ranching / SNAP [Food Stamps] / USDA
Mystery parasite outbreak sickening Texans now has Taco Bell connection
https://www.newsnationnow.com/health/taco-bell-explosive-diarrhea-outbreak/

# General News
What They Found In The Drained Reflecting Pool
https://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/reflecting-pool-drained

# Gov / Politics / US
U.S. House votes to make daylight savings time permanent. U. S. House lawmakers voted 308 – 117 to pass a bill Tuesday making daylight savings time year-round, sending the legislation to the Senate.
https://energycommerce.house.gov/posts/house-passes-legislation-to-make-daylight-saving-time-permanent
FCC Officials Took Gifts From Paramount While It Had Business Before Them. Months after Federal Communications Commissioner Olivia Trusty cast a decisive vote approving Paramount’s historic $8 billion merger with Skydance Media, she and a guest accepted Kennedy Center gala tickets from the company worth more than $12,000.
https://www.propublica.org/article/paramount-mergers-fcc-kennedy-center-gala

What We Uncovered About the Sexual Assault of Alice Sebold and a City’s Buried Rape Crisis. Alice Sebold was brutally raped on the day she completed her freshman year at Syracuse University in 1981. ProPublica spent years investigating the attack on the bestselling author and the wrongly convicted man who lost decades of his life.
https://www.propublica.org/article/sebold-rape-syracuse-investigation-findings-documentary

National Roundup: U.S. announces end to military operations in Iraq as conflict in Iran ramps up
https://www.fox21online.com/news/national/u-s-announces-end-to-military-operations-in-iraq-as-conflict-in-iran-ramps-up/article_035bb5a3-bc29-5ac5-b077-cbe48e0d65ed.html

Texas agency investigating birth tourism, ‘HavemybabyinTEXAS.com. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission is cracking down on birth tourism in response to a directive issued by Gov. Greg Abbott.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/texas/article_20fe8af2-e359-4bdf-9e30-76ed2ec0cbc1.html

Congressional committee to hold hearing in Houston after ICE fatal shootings. A congressional field hearing is scheduled for the end of the month in Texas to address the fatal shooting of a Mexican national by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/texas/article_a3890dbf-5970-4c96-b205-de58445d0083.html

One Republican senator is dead, another is still alive. The two Republican senators are central to recent conspiracy theorys. The lives, and deaths, of lawmakers in Congress have recently become the subject of debate.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/republican-senators-maga-conspiracy-theorists-204141009.html

Karoline Leavitt’s loose lips just handed the left a bomb to blow up the GOP
https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/karoline-leavitt-communists/

The Todd Blanche Confirmation Will Be About Everything and Nothing. The Senate can’t stop Blanche from serving out the remainder of Donald Trump’s term, but that’s no reason it should bless the president’s contempt for the rule of law.
https://thedispatch.com/article/todd-blanche-attorney-general-senate-confirmation/

‘This is power’: Biographer reveals dark secret Trump wielded over Lindsey Graham. “I don’t think that there’s anybody in Washington at any informed level who was not aware that Lindsey Graham was gay, but Lindsey Graham was also in the closet.”
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-lindsey-graham-2677224655/

These lies keep Trump in power, and he’s petrified they’re about to be exposed. The “Big Lie” and Election Integrity. Analysts at groups like the Brennan Center for Justice report that Trump’s administration actively implements unprecedented administrative and executive changes—such as attempting to influence redistricting and voting access rules—to tip the balance of power in Congress and protect his political agenda
https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/trump-threatens-to-jail-journalist/

A Trump scandal finally has the teeth to put him in real danger: And as obvious as that might seem to the average reader, the legal system itself often plays out in ways that are not obvious, nor sensible. Still, it’s not all that unusual for Trump to lose in court, and he’ll likely just appeal this decision like all others, never accepting “No” as an answer
https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/todd-blanche-trump-2677215699/

The anti-voting crowd is over the moon about President Donald Trump’s firing of the members of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC), a move election officials have said leaves them in “uncharted territory.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Q2HfbVu6_k

Trump’s 18 Worst Lies from his Blundering 18 Minute Speech
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7Z24OhKETY

Trump warns Iran that next targets will be power plants and bridges if no deal is reached
https://www.dw.com/en/iran-war-us-launches-fresh-wave-of-strikes/live-77960667

Rubio planning high-level meeting with delegates from 70 countries to address far-left terrorism
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/us-secretary-of-state-invites-other-nations-to-fight-far-left-terrorism-report/3994100

Could jail staff have saved an incarcerated mother’s life? Yes, state inspectors and video evidence indicate Jennifer Wade’s life could have potentially been saved. Ohio corrections officials found that jail staff delayed calling a nurse for hours and waited more than 15 to 20 minutes to begin CPR after discovering the mother unresponsive in her cell
https://www.themarshallproject.org/2026/07/14/cuyahoga-county-jail-deaths-ohio

Donald Trump accused of getting ‘more unhinged by the day’ as major news channel breaks Iran news: Viewers spot moment Donald Trump becomes ‘confused’ as he makes Iran threat live on air
https://www.aol.com/articles/viewers-spot-moment-donald-trump-103347000.html

Trump Administration Vows to Dismantle the International Criminal Court. The State Department has launched a campaign to dismantle the International Criminal Court over what Secretary of State Marco Rubio called a threat to American sovereignty.
https://time.com/article/2026/07/14/international-criminal-court-icc-trump-rubio-state-department/

Opinion: $6 million a day: Trump’s disclosures show he is the swamp’s biggest monster.  He has obliterated the line between public service and personal enrichment.
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5963054-trump-corruption-financial-disclosures/

Rep. Ansari Demands Impeachment Of Hegseth For “Repeatedly Impeachable Conduct” And War Crimes — Filing Formal Articles Of impeachment
https://share.newsbreak.com/j02qvggw

A majority of Americans believe Donald Trump has plunged the U.S. into a war with Iran and no longer believe assurances that the conflict will soon end
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/4649020/trump-popularity-worsens-end-iran-ceasefire/

The Mitch McConnell mystery is solved. But it doesn’t look good for America
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/15/mitch-mcconnell-hospital-photo-silence

Trump is poised to attack voting systems and undermine elections during a primetime address
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-primetime-address-voting-machines-undermine-election/

# Global News
Cuba Accuses Trump Administration of ‘Criminal and Genocidal Intent’ After New Sanctions on Tourism, Energy Sector
https://www.latintimes.com/cuba-accuses-trump-administration-criminal-genocidal-intent-after-new-sanctions-tourism-598220

Beyond the Strait of Hormuz: How Gulf countries are preparing for life without the waterway
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/oman-uae-saudi-strait-of-hormuz-gulf-countries-b3015058.html

# Law / Law Enforcement / Prisons / FBI / CIA / ATF / DEA
Texas Woman Arrested Over Facebook Post: Epoch Times reporter Darlene Sanchez traveled to Trinidad, Texas, to document Jennifer Comb’s story about the Facebook post that landed her in jail and the ensuing 1st Amendment battle
https://www.fox4news.com/news/woman-arrested-facebook-post-concerning-trinidad-water-poisoning

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court / United Nations (UN)
Constitutional alarm raised after DOJ records reveal Jack Smith got private texts from 44 lawmakers
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5968111-grassley-senators-texts-trump-probe/

# Medical / Biologicals / CDC / Recalls / Nursing / Medications / Hospitals / Pharma
23andMe customers in dozens of states will get paid after $150M data breach settlement. 23andMe customers impacted by the 2023 data breach will receive payouts following a $46.75 million class-action settlement and an $18 million multistate agreement with 41 states and D.C.
https://www.23andmedatasettlement.com/

# NASA / NORAD / Space / SpaceX
After Nearly 50 Years In The Depths Of Space, Voyager 1 Still Sends Messages That Take 23 Hours To Reach Earth
https://spacedaily.com/t-voyagers-signal-now-reaches-earth-as-a-whisper-measured-in-fractions-of-a-billionth-of/

# Science / Research
A Drug Already Proven Safe in Humans Just Reduced Multiple Signs of Alzheimer’s in Mice: Early in the progression of Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases, DNA inside neurons starts showing signs of weakness. Double-strand breaks – in which both ‘legs’ of the DNA ladder are snapped at the same point – are a serious problem, that can either cause a cell to die, or go rogue.
https://www.sciencealert.com/a-human-safe-drug-reduces-multiple-signs-of-alzheimers-in-mice

# Social Services Programs / Social Security / AFDC (Aid for dependant children)
Trump Said He’d Never Cut Social Security – The Trustees’ Report the Government Just Released Says Otherwise. For retirees trying to eliminate some stress living on Social Security, the new numbers are worth a closer look. The promise was simple, but the math isn’t.
https://financebuzz.com/trump-social-security-cut-trustees-report

# Technology / AI / Data Centers / Robotics / Internet
Hilarious video shows humanoid robot’s failed attempt at playing soccer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUe1zv0uuz8

xAI’s Colossus 2 Power Plant Operated Without Federal Air Permits.  At least 57 of the turbines run in Southaven, Mississippi, minutes across the state line from the Memphis facility they feed. Their potential emissions land far above the threshold that triggers a federal permit requirement, in communities already carrying high rates of lung disease.
https://www.technology.org/2026/07/15/xai-59-unpermitted-gas-turbines-southaven-colossus-2/

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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
Two deadly ICE shootings in one week reignite concerns about federal immigration enforcement. In an uncanny echo of the recent past, a Mexican immigrant who lived in Texas for 35 years and a young Colombian father halfway across the country in Maine were killed days apart in shootings at the hands of immigration agents.
https://www.cnn.com/us/trump-immigration-crackdown-shootings

Behind the numbers: ICE shootings across America. As immigration enforcement ramps up, shootings involving federal agents are becoming more frequent, according to national data.
https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/deadly-ice-shooting/numbers-ice-shootings-across-america/285-6f1ffacc-16e5-4714-b6b8-fa8b58d37b05

Minnesota prosecutors obtain long withheld evidence in deadly ICE shootings. Federal prosecutors turned over key evidence long sought by Minnesota investigators in their ongoing probe into the fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti during pitched protests against an immigration enforcement crackdown earlier this year, state prosecutors announced Monday.
https://www.borderreport.com/news/minnesota-prosecutors-obtain-long-withheld-evidence-in-deadly-ice-shootings/

Jim Banks introduces bill to end birthright citizenship by following Kavanaugh roadmap. Banks’ legislation would codify Trump’s 2025 executive order declaring illegal immigration across the southern border an “invasion,” and change the Immigration and Nationality Act to exclude children of such “invaders.”
https://justthenews.com/government/congress/jim-banks-introduces-bill-end-birthright-citizenship-following-kavanaugh

Motorist shot and killed in ICE related incident in Biddeford, Maine. King, an independent, said Mullin told him the officers were in Biddeford to serve an arrest warrant but that it was not for the person who was shot.
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/me/maine/public-safety/2026/07/14/ice-officer-who-fatally-shot-driver-in-maine-was–fearing-for-public-safety—agency-says

ICE fatally shot dad in front of his 3-year-old daughter still in her pajamas, witness reveals
https://www.thedailybeast.com/ice-kills-man-in-biddeford-maine-in-second-fatal-shooting-this-week/

Latest ICE killings expose a horrifying — and unexpected — truth.  A major point of contention is ICE’s frequent justification that victims “weaponized” their vehicles, a narrative frequently contradicted by bystander videos and official investigations
https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/ice-shooting-2677214396/

Exclusive: Chip Roy Unveils Bill Requiring Hospitals Participating in Federal Healthcare Programs to Report Immigration Status Data
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/07/13/exclusive-chip-roy-unveils-bill-requiring-hospitals-participating-federal-healthcare-programs-report-immigration-status-data/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Tariffs \ Banking / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencie
Country’s biggest teachers union has new leader, sway on Democratic politics not expected to change
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/education/nea-union-elects-new-president-succeed-becky-pringle

# Environment / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands / Water / FEMA / USAID
Trump slashes Utah’s Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante by 90%. For the second time in the past decade, two Utah national monuments have had their protections dramatically reduced by the Trump administration.
https://www.kuer.org/politics-government/2026-07-13/trump-shrinks-bears-ears-grand-staircase-escalante-utah

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Power Plants
Dem governors lobby against fossil fuel liability shield. The “No Immunity for Big Oil” campaign push comes as Republican lawmakers seek to block climate lawsuits.
https://www.eenews.net/articles/dem-governors-lobby-against-fossil-fuel-liability-shield/

Federal Bill would put big oil above the law. Republicans introduce legislation to give fossil fuel companies immunity from any laws or lawsuits seeking to hold them accountable for their role in the climate crisis
https://climateintegrity.org/news/view/breaking-federal-bill-would-put-big-oil-above-the-law

# Food / Farming / FDA / Agriculture / Ranching / SNAP [Food Stamps] / USDA
SNAP just ended work-rule exemptions for veterans, homeless adults and former foster youth: Work Requirements: Affected individuals must work, volunteer, or participate in a qualifying employment and training program for at least 80 hours per month (20 hours per week)
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5358468-snap-work-requirements-exemptions/

Field Corn and Sweet Corn: Corn for Cattle vs Humans. Fields of corn you see on drives are almost certainly field corn, not sweet corn. While you can’t bite into it on the cob, it ends up on your plate as processed foods (chips, cereal, corn syrup) or is fed to livestock to produce the meat and dairy we eat
https://nebraskacorn.gov/cornstalk/livestock/field-corn-and-sweet-corn-corn-for-cattle-vs-humans/
For a deeper dive into the economics and specific food categories that rely on field corn, you can read the full overview provided by the USDA Economic Research Service.\
https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/crops/corn-and-other-feed-grains/feed-grains-sector-at-a-glance

# General News
Mitch McConnell breaks four-week silence with first photo and update on his mystery hospitalization
https://apnews.com/article/mitch-mcconnell-hospitalized-fall-health-senate-d708e9a1f18763fbb961fd3879227ce3

U.S. House to vote on bill making daylight savings time permanent. The U.S. House will vote this week on a bill making daylight savings time permanent, despite warnings from medical, education and safety organizations.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5962759-house-vote-daylight-saving/

# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
With Latest Epstein Emails, Democrats Dropped a Perfectly Timed Political Bomb. The dog didn’t bark. Until it did. New emails released Wednesday by House Democrats from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate include the convicted sexual predator alleging that former friend Donald Trump “spent hours at my house” with one of the victims, and that Trump “knew about the girls.”
https://time.com/7333256/epstein-emails-trump-takeaways/

# Gov / Politics / US
Inside the pro-Cuba coalition’s blueprint to make war ‘politically and materially costly’ for Trump. A network of U.S.-based activist groups isn’t just voicing opposition to a hypothetical war with Cuba, it’s pre-building the machinery to plant protesters outside ICE offices, military bases, recruiting centers and federal buildings within 24 hours of any U.S. military action, on a coordinated national timeline.
https://justthenews.com/world/latin-america/inside-pro-cuba-coalitions-blueprint-make-war-politically-and-materially-costly

US House passes election campaign bill requiring funding from American citizens only. “Foreign funds should not be influencing or financing ballot measures, referenda, or recall elections,” Rep. Brian Steil, R-Wis., who spoke in support of the bill, told lawmakers ahead of the Monday vote.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_d65c8722-c590-453c-8815-83ed71e72129.html

How the SAVE Act Threatens the Freedom to Vote: Despite their different names, all three of these proposals would essentially do the same thing: impose extreme and unnecessary documentation requirements on the voting process and thereby silence millions of Americans by making it harder to participate in our elections.
https://campaignlegal.org/how-save-act-threatens-freedom-vote

The Anti-Voter SAVE Act Must Be Stopped. It would be the most restrictive voting bill ever approved.
https://www.contrariannews.org/p/the-anti-voter-save-act-must-be-stopped

Trump Trashes ‘Shaky’ ABC Anchor David Muir Over Report on Reflecting Pool: ‘It Was VANDALISM!’ ABC’s World News Tonight briefly reported Monday that the Reflecting Pool had been drained for a second time in recent months, with Muir telling viewers: “Crews addressing several issues, including peeling paint and algae blooms.”
https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/trump-trashes-shaky-abc-anchor-david-muir-over-report-on-reflecting-pool-it-was-vandalism/

GOP lost its ‘most effective’ tool to smooth-talk Trump as House spirals into doom: report
https://www.rawstory.com/lindsey-graham-trump-2677220300/

Bernie Sanders: That urgent question of who and where is the Democratic Party’s ascendant leader—this theoretical charismatic, next-gen figure traveling the country, building passions and a faithful coalition—may have a pretty obvious answer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgwOUXQ6dI8

Trump Pushes Out Remaining Members of Bipartisan Election Commission Ahead of Midterms. The president says he’s trying to prevent cheating, but Democrats argue he’s actually putting his thumb on the scale for the GOP by trying to block Democrats from voting.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2026/07/13/trump-federal-control-midterm-elections/90840111007/

Demolishing the Pillars of Democracy: Editorial cartoons frequently use visual satire to depict how fundamental civic institutions, such as a free press, the judiciary, voting rights, and the rule of law, are dismantled. These illustrations rely on potent metaphors to critique threats like corruption, authoritarianism, and systemic erosion. Artists commonly employ specific visual motifs to convey this message:
https://www.truthdig.com/cartoons/demolishing-the-pillars-of-democracy/

‘Impeachment Is Next,’ Says Senate Dem After Judge Voids Trump Slush Fund Settlement. In a searing rebuke of Trump’s self-dealing lawsuit against the IRS, Judge Kathleen Williams wrote that “a court should not be a forum for a party that cynically views a lawsuit as a vehicle to achieve a predetermined outcome.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/judge-blocks-trump-slush-fund

Trump is making some real mob-boss moves in Iran. CNN’s Chris Cuomo breaks down President Trump’s “mob boss mentality” on “flippers.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omDJnI_IhnU

The broken system within the system. Here’s the uncomfortable truth about how you can fix it.
https://medium.com/@khrisha/the-system-is-broken-heres-the-uncomfortable-truth-about-how-you-can-fix-it-8f3a9dec13f0

# Global News
UK says Iran-backed group is behind antisemitic attacks, bans the Revolutionary Guard. An Iranian-backed proxy group is behind a series of antisemitic attacks across Britain, the U.K. government announced Monday.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/uk-says-iran-backed-group-behind-arson-and-vandalism-attacks-on-jewish-community

# Law / Law Enforcement / Prisons / FBI / CIA / ATF / DEA
Deputy US marshal killed during Louisiana fugitive arrest. A deputy U.S. marshal was shot and killed while serving an arrest warrant
https://www.wbrz.com/news/deputy-u-s-marshal-shot-and-killed-in-alexandria-while-pursuing-wanted-fugitive/

Texas Is Spending More Than $500 Million On Prison Expansion
https://www.chron.com/texas/article/texas-adding-hundreds-prison-beds-cities-22337206.php

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court / United Nations (UN)
Trump has always abused the law. Today, a judge said no: U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams voided a multi-billion dollar legal agreement between the Trump administration and federal agencies. She ruled that Trump, his sons, and the Justice Department manipulated the judicial process to secure immunity from tax audits and attempt to set up an unlawful $1.8 billion ‘anti-weaponization fund’
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn8q0e8d4ego

Rubio launches diplomatic effort to dismantle International Criminal Court amid row over sanctions
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/13/marco-rubio-dismantle-international-criminal-court

All the president’s men. A federal judge ruled on Monday that President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against the IRS was a sham and recommended that the attorney who filed it be sanctioned by a state bar association.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-improper-irs-lawsuit-judge-refers-blanche-state-bar/

The John Roberts aka Jim Crow court. “This term revealed a Supreme Court repeatedly adopting readings of the 14th and 15th amendments that reject the essential premises of those amendments and read them to lock in subordination and domination of historically marginalized communities.”
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/07/roberts-court-america-race-backward.html?utm_source=TMP-Newsletter&utm_campaign=0c874b91f1-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_07_14_10_43&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5e02cdad9d-0c874b91f1-486092373
14th amendment: Ratified in 1868 following the Civil War, the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution grants citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States and guarantees them equal protection and due process under the law
https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-14/
15th amendment: The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude
https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-15/

# Medical / Biologicals / CDC / Recalls / Nursing / Medications / Hospitals / Pharma
Diarrhea causing outbreak hits more than half of US States. 3,000 cases of cyclosporiasis, an intestinal infection causing severe watery diarrhea and cramping, have been recorded across 31 states. Authorities said inquiry into cyclosporiasis outbreak was continuing but early results pointed to salad greens and lettuce
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/13/cyclospora-outbreak-parasite-explosive-diarrhea

# Military / Department of Defense [DOD] / NATO / Boat Strikes
President Trump ordered the U.S. military to resume a naval blockade of Iranian ports and announced plans to charge a 20% toll on cargo shipments through the Strait of Hormuz.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/14/world/live-news/iran-war-trump

Hegseth creates joint task force with DOJ to identify, prosecute leakers of sensitive information. Hegseth said the Defense Department’s Office of General Counsel (OGC) will be able to request and receive all information, support and records across the Pentagon regarding news media leak
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5965945-hegeseth-crackdown-media-leaks/

# Social Services Programs / Social Security / AFDC (Aid for dependant children)
Social Security’s Quiet June Policy Change Will Put Retirees at Risk of Missing Benefits: For retirees who need this money for essentials like groceries and rent, missing even a single check could be a huge disaster. Unfortunately, in June, the Social Security Administration announced that it’s quietly moving forward with an unpopular policy that puts retirees at serious risk of not getting the money they need.
https://www.aol.com/articles/social-securitys-quiet-june-policy-173000000.html

Millions May Have Missed This Social Security Change That Could Mean Huge Back Payments
https://www.aol.com/articles/millions-may-missed-social-security-151500000.html

Trump Is Running Out the Social Security Clock, Senator Warns – Here’s What She Wants Done. Why one senator thinks the funding fix should start at the top.
https://financebuzz.com/senator-pushes-social-security-tax-increase

# Technology / AI / Data Centers / Robotics / Internet
The AI-Related Job Impacts Clarity Act, introduced in November 2025, has sat in the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee without a vote for eight months.
https://www.ftimes.com/news/national/senate-panel-sits-on-ai-jobs-data-bill-8-months-on/article_131b64c2-0c32-55c0-ab86-0ea0bf813966.html

Digital regulations in foreign countries are exporting their censorship laws, lawmakers say. U.S. lawmakers argue that foreign digital regulations are pressuring American technology companies to alter their global content moderation policies. By imposing massive financial penalties for noncompliance, foreign governments are allegedly forcing platforms to apply overseas speech and censorship standards directly to American users
https://justthenews.com/nation/free-speech/digital-regulations-foreign-countries-are-exporting-their-censorship-laws

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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
The lasting trauma of ICE raids on children. Immigration enforcement actions—and the ever-present threat of enforcement action—have significant physical, emotional, developmental, and economic repercussions for millions of children across the country. Deportations of parents and other family members have serious consequences that affect children—including U.S.-citizen children—and extend to entire communities and the country as a whole.
https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/fact-sheet/us-citizen-children-impacted-immigration-enforcement/

Parental stress, raids, and isolation: How immigration enforcement traumatizes even the youngest
children. Young kids need mental health support, protection from witnessing aggressive ICE actions, experts say
https://www.congress.gov/119/meeting/house/119003/documents/HHRG-119-GO00-20260304-SD026.pdf

How immigration enforcement is harming US schools and students. Rescinding protections for schools, churches, and hospitals, combined with increasingly aggressive enforcement, has destabilized the education of children from immigrant families.
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/how-immigration-enforcement-is-harming-us-schools-and-students/

The Trauma Immigration Raids Leave in Classrooms. A mother waited anxiously outside a Texas elementary school. Her son didn’t walk out with the rest of his fifth-grade class.  ‘Where is he? Who took him? Why is he not here?’ You could tell where her mind was going.” Where did her son go? The child had simply stopped at the restroom. The danger is real.
https://www.nea.org/nea-today/all-news-articles/trauma-immigration-raids-leave-classrooms

Contaminated food, unwashed hands: Inside a Newark ICE detention facility: Detainees at the Delaney Hall immigration facility have complained for months about dirty, unhealthy living conditions. Documents echo their claims.
https://www.democracynow.org/2026/6/11/headlines/new_jersey_health_inspectors_find_unsafe_and_unsanitary_food_prep_at_delaney_hall

Trump’s plan to turn NJ warehouse into an ICE detention center is back on: Less than two weeks after officials said the idea was dead, plans to convert a Roxbury warehouse into a 1,500-bed facility have been revived.
https://gothamist.com/news/trumps-plan-to-turn-nj-warehouse-into-an-ice-detention-center-is-back-on

Alligator Alcatraz may be closed, but the legal fallout isn’t over: Allegations of beatings, pepper-spraying, and injuries continue to haunt the remote Everglades runway where thousands of men were held over a year.
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article316450616.html

Mexico-US relations are already strained, but experts say they’re about to get worse: After ICE’s killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, Mexico said it is seeking civil and criminal investigations in the U.S. over the deaths of 17 Mexican nationals at detention centers or during immigration enforcement operations, and it could destroy NAFTA for good
https://www.businessinsider.com/strained-us-mexico-relations-about-to-get-worse-under-new-president-2018-8
NAFTA: The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was a trilateral trade pact between the United States, Canada, and Mexico that eliminated most tariffs and trade barriers. Signed in 1993 and taking effect in 1994, it was officially terminated on July 1, 2020, and replaced by the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Free_Trade_Agreement

U.S. employers told to dismiss thousands of immigrant workers: Shifting deadlines are confusing businesses as the end of Temporary Protected Status threatens to make them ineligible to live and work in the United States. Thousands of immigrants under Temporary Protected Status (TPS) in the US face losing work permits as the Trump administration moves to end the program, despite recent short-term extensions and employer confusion.
https://www.financialexpress.com/immigration/us-employers-told-to-fire-thousands-of-foreign-migrant-workers-over-temporary-permits-expiration-report/4289865/

Immigrant killed by ICE was not target of operation, Congress member says
U.S. Rep. Sylvia Garcia of Houston said ICE’s acting director told her that agents were not wearing body cameras and promised that they would start soon.
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/07/09/texas-ice-shooting-houston-homeland-security-law-enforcement-tip-van/

Outrage after Houston ICE shooting: new video emerges. CNN’s Erin Burnett looks at new video of the fatal incident and new witness accounts of what happened.
0:00 What new surveillance video shows
2:56 The new details from witnesses
7:23 What the Harris County district attorney has to say
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhkyEejpQZ0\

Feds not sharing info on ICE shooting with Texas DA. District Attorney for the Texas county where Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was fatally shot by ICE agents says federal officials are not sharing crucial evidence yet
https://www.yahoo.com/news/videos/feds-not-sharing-ice-shooting-202341043.html

# Drugs / Trafficking / DEA / Gangs / Cartels
US-born drug lord takes over Mexico’s deadliest cartel — creating legal headache for Trump admin.  Valencia González stepped into the role following the death of his stepfather and cartel co-founder, Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera, who was killed earlier this year during a Mexican military operation
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/cartel-leader-mexico/2026/07/11/id/1262508/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Tariffs \ Banking / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencie
A Business Empire, Managed by Family: When asked about his finances and whether he remained involved with his business interests, Trump drew a distinction between building wealth and managing it today.
https://finance.yahoo.com/small-business/articles/trump-says-ive-made-tremendous-010114945.html

# Education / Schools / Libraries and Museums
The U.S. spent $30 billion to ditch textbooks for laptops and tablets: The result is the first generation less cognitively capable than their parents
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/u-spent-30-billion-ditch-110200869.html

# Environment / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands / Water / FEMA / USAID
The Real Meaning Behind Those Big Wasps Hovering Over Texas Lawns All Summer. For all their ferocious appearance, these huge hornets are beneficial insects that prey on plant-eating cicadas.
https://lawnpride.com/what-are-those-giant-hornets-burrowing-in-your-yard/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Power Plants
NextEra’s Acquisition of Dominion Energy Would Result in Corporate Mega-Utility. “A Long History of Manipulating Politics.” The merger of NextEra and Dominion will create a mega-utility with vast power and influence stretching from local and state governments to the federal level.
https://truthout.org/articles/nexteras-acquisition-of-dominion-energy-would-result-in-corporate-mega-utility/#:~:text=The%20merger%20of%20NextEra%20and,in%20politics%20and%20public%20relations.

# Food / Farming / FDA / Agriculture / Ranching / SNAP [Food Stamps] / USDA
EPA sabotaged American manufacturing and will make groceries more expensive. No, rolling back these environmental rules won’t lower your grocery bill. The Trump administration is dismantling two EPA rules, promising cheaper groceries for struggling families. Economists and former officials say it’ll make things pricier.
https://grist.org/economics/no-rolling-back-these-environmental-rules-wont-lower-your-grocery-bill/

# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
A State Investigator Says Vital Evidence Regarding Jeffrey Epstein Is Disappearing Because the DOJ Refuses to Release Key Files: This claim stems from a dispute between New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) regarding access to unredacted investigative records for Epstein’s Zorro Ranch
https://www.themarysue.com/a-state-investigator-says-vital-evidence-regarding-jeffrey-epstein-is-disappearing-because-the-doj-refuses-to-release-key-files/

# Gov / Politics / US
Mamdani to add more neighborhoods to NYC immigrant enclave list after perceived snubs: Some had voiced their displeasure at being left off the map, including Irish, Jewish and Italian New Yorkers.
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/new-york-city/mamdani-to-add-more-neighborhoods-to-nyc-immigrant-enclave-list-after-perceived-snubs/6524448/

Medical Examiner of District of Columbia’s preliminary findings on Graham’s death released. The preliminary findings, released by Graham’s office, found that Graham’s death was caused by “aortic dissection due to arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease.” Aortic dissection is a life-threatening medical emergency where a tear occurs in the inner wall of the aorta, the body’s main artery.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/12/grahams-office-releases-preliminary-cause-of-death-00994310

Sen. Mitch McConnell Breaks Silence on Health, Says Fall Led to Hospitalization. Senator says in statement he has undergone battery of tests after weeks of mounting speculation about his health
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/12/mitch-mcconnell-hospitalization-fall

‘Cancer inside the system’: Expert sounds alarm at threat that will outlast Trump. Experts argue that a deeply entrenched alliance of political, financial, and technological interests has created a structural shift toward plutocracy that will outlast any single administration [The Last American President]. .
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-midterms-2677204042/

Trump And Rubio Warn Cuba Poses A “Serious National Security Threat” Just 90 Miles From The American Homeland — Vows The Regime’s Time Is Running Out. The brutal regime in Cuba is collapsing in real time. Its economy is in free fall, its people are starving, and its communist dictatorship is running out of money, fuel and legitimacy. After more than six decades of repression, the regime is weaker today than at any point in my lifetime — and I know that personally. I lived under it. I fled it. And today, I am the only Cuban-born member of the United States Congress.
https://www.aol.com/articles/cuba-approaching-berlin-wall-moment-120011187.html

Republican lawmakers are breaking with the Trump administration over its deportation strategy as polling shows Americans now view immigration as a positive thing
https://www.wonderwall.com/politics/republicans-turn-trump-admin-over-mass-deportations-majority-americans-now-say-immigration-good-for-the-country/

Outrage as Trump and Netanyahu accused of using Lindsey Graham’s death to promote agendas. Both President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took to cable news to highlight the late senator’s support for their own political priorities, sparking a swift and immediate backlash from critics.
https://www.rawstory.com/lindsey-graham-2677208212/

Once again Trump brought his wrecking ball to the Nato summit, and once again the alliance survived. But for how long? The alliance has continually survived the turbulent rhetoric, but its longevity hinges on European allies accelerating self-reliance and whether Trump’s transactional demands evolve from friction into fundamental policy shifts.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/10/trump-wrecking-ball-nato-summit-alliance-survived

Trump Threatens To ‘Cut Off All Trade, Including Visits’ With ‘Terrible’ Spain At NATO Summit After Snubbing Him On Iran War & Defense Spending. Spain also blocked US use of Rota and Morón bases during Operation Epic Fury strikes against Iran
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-demands-end-trade-key-us-ally-calls-wasted-cause

Report Reveals Marco Rubio Is Acting as Imperial “Viceroy” of Venezuela: United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio has emerged as the de facto ruler of Venezuela, operating with “viceroy-like” authority. Rubio has near total control of the nation’s finances, resources, and government, reported The New York Times.
https://truthout.org/articles/report-reveals-marco-rubio-is-acting-as-imperial-viceroy-of-venezuela/

Assassinations unleashed under Trump haunt Iran war endgame: The prospect of foreign assassination plots targeting U.S. leaders puts the United States in dangerous new territory. Experts fear the existential threat of assassination has pushed peace further out of reach.
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2026-07-11/assassinations-unleashed-under-trump-haunt-iran-war-endgame

# Global News
[Video] Mexico plans U.S. legal action after ICE-related deaths, including Houston deadly shooting. Mexico says it will file U.S. criminal complaints after ICE-related deaths, including the Houston shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9-2Kk80Ubg

Who controls Hormuz? US and Iran battle for control of strategic waterway after strikes escalate:
https://www.wbir.com/article/news/nation-world/attack-on-iran/united-states-iran-war-strait-of-hormuz-attack-strike/507-9d9d6b89-c2ec-40de-9bce-047b560b85a3

# Law / Law Enforcement / Prisons / FBI / CIA / ATF / DEA
ICE Agent Charged in Minnesota Shooting Case Is Arrested in Texas After Prosecutors Said He Lied About the Encounter. Minnesota prosecutors say the agent lied about what led up to the shooting. He is now charged with four felonies and one misdemeanor.
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/05/29/texas-ice-agent-arrested-minnesota-migrant-shooting/

The FBI Has Deputized Local Cops as Federal Agents. Communities Are Resisting. Organizers are fighting the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Forces, gaining momentum from the broader anti-ICE movement. Organizers are fighting the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Forces, gaining momentum from the broader anti-ICE movement.
https://centerforpoliticalawareness.com/blog/the-fbi-has-deputized-local-cops-as-federal-agents-communities-are-resisting/

Houston Mayor John Whitmire blasts “Out of Control” ICE. Houston Mayor John Whitmire says he and Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare will do everything within their resources to pursue an independent and transparent investigation following a deadly shooting involving an ICE agent
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wmkF_uTkoE

# Medicare / Medicaid / Disability Benefits / Health and Human Services [HHS]
The Trump Administration’s War on Disabled People Continues to Escalate. Executive actions, budget cuts, layoffs, and legislation—all enacted in the Trump administration’s first six months—have curtailed disability rights and services, including access to Medicaid and the right to free, appropriate public education.
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-trump-administrations-war-on-disability/

Pete Buttigieg Says Americans Who Back Affordable Health Care Are ‘Part of a Powerful American Majority’
https://www.benzinga.com/news/politics/26/07/60404798/pete-buttigieg-says-americans-who-back-affordable-health-care-are-part-of-a-powerful-american-majority

# Medical / Biologicals / CDC / Recalls / Nursing / Medications / Hospitals / Pharma
U.S. Navy microbiologist discovers 14 new viruses and gives them Texas names: Microbiologist Yoon Hwang and his team at the Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio discovered 14 new bacteriophages (bacteria-eating viruses) that could help fight drug-resistant infections. They gave these newly identified viruses Texas-themed names
https://sanantonioreport.org/navy-microbiologist-discovers-14-new-viruses-texas-names/?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Threads#Echobox=1783859912

Healthcare leaders in NYC warn of potential caregiver crisis if TPS is revoked: “Imagine seniors and individuals living with disabilities waking up to find their favorite aide is just gone.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/nyc-caregivers-tps/
TPS: Temporary Protected Status: The Secretary can designate a country for TPS due to:
* Ongoing armed conflict (such as a civil war);
* An environmental disaster (such as an earthquake or hurricane);
* An epidemic; or, Other extraordinary and temporary conditions.
https://forumtogether.org/article/temporary-protected-status-fact-sheet/

Texas Hospital Faces State Investigation After ‘Birth Packages’ Ads Spark Birth Tourism Debate
https://thenerdstash.com/texas-hospital-faces-state-investigation-after-birth-packages-ads-spark-birth-tourism-debate/

# Military / Global
Iran targets Gulf nations after latest U.S. strikes. Iran claims attacks on Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman and Jordan saying it hit US military sites in retaliation for Washington’s renewed bombardment of its southern coast
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/7/13/iran-war-live-us-bombs-iranian-cities-again-as-hormuz-standoff-intensifies

# NASA / NORAD / Space / SpaceX
A Strange Quasi-Satellite Has Been Stalking Earth for Years, and China’s New Mission Just Reached It to Settle a Massive Cosmic Debate.  It is not technically a moon of Earth because it is bound to the Sun’s gravity rather than our planet’s. However, because it shares an almost identical orbit to Earth, it appears to loop and dance around our planet from a distance of 9 to 25 million miles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFHG7bXMuAg

# Other Interestimg Stuff
Offshore wind survey off Italy uncovers 2,400-year-old shipwreck loaded with 300 amphorae. Without careful intervention, more pieces of the story could be damaged or lost.
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/shipwreck-off-southern-italy-reveals-trade-network/

There’s A Mystical Rock In Texas That’s Said To Have Magical Healing Powers. If someone told you there’s a massive pink rock in Texas that makes spooky noises and might have magical powers, you’d probably assume they’d been out in the sun too long. But Enchanted Rock State Natural Area near Fredericksburg is very real, very pink, and very much worth the drive.
https://familydestinationsguide.com/natural-healing-landmark-texas/

# Technology / AI / Data Centers / Robotics / Internet
AI’s Manhattan Project: Why countries are now treating artificial intelligence like a nuclear weapon. Countries treat artificial intelligence like a nuclear weapon because it is viewed as a zero-sum, civilization-altering technology where global dominance equates to ultimate national security.
https://www.the-independent.com/tech/ai-sovereignty-nuclear-weapon-arms-race-trump-b3011359.html

Debate over AI data centers in Texas intensifies. The debate over AI data centers in Texas has intensified sharply, driven by widespread public opposition, strain on the power grid, and severe water scarcity concerns. New research has revealed how the state’s aquifers have dropped to concerning levels, prompting Texans to demand lawmakers take action.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/texans-urge-action-ai-data-013726096.html

Trinidad and Tobago signs agreements with US companies that pave the way for data centers
https://www.the-independent.com/bulletin/news/trinidad-and-tobago-ai-data-centers-caribbean-b3013498.html

# Travel / Tourism / TSA
‘Dumb and dangerous’ Trump battered on MS NOW after setting off travel firestorm. Appearing on “Morning Joe,” an incensed Jim VandeHei, founder of Axios, claimed the decision to fly the luxury jet into the Middle East put the president and the nation at risk, he blasted conservatives who are applauding the DOJ investigation.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-dumb-and-dangerous/

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# Indigenous
Seminole never signed a peace treaty with the United States and there’s a reason why. Known for their staunch resistance to relocation and commitment to their cultural roots, the Seminole Native Americans created a name for themselves in American history. Their legacy includes innovative housing solutions, inclusive communities, three wars, and being the only tribe who never signed a final peace treaty.
https://blog.nativehope.org/seminole-nation-the-unconquered-people

# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
Amid blistering drought, feds tap New Mexico aquifers to build border wall without permits
https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2026/07/10/new-mexico-border-wall-aquifers

Luna County ranchers worried about water supply as feds drill water for border wall
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCHJ_hGvKgc

Texas Lawmaker Calls for Special Session To End Birth Tourism. The call follows the U.S. Supreme Court ruling upholding birthright citizenship.
https://texasscorecard.com/state/texas-lawmaker-calls-for-special-session-to-end-birth-tourism/

State lawmakers to explore banning foreign nationals from using Texas surrogates. Last month, the Texas Republican Party included in its platform a ban on foreigners using American surrogates, arguing the practice allows children born under these circumstances to obtain U.S. citizenship.
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/07/07/texas-foreign-surrogacy-birthright-citizenship/

Johnson, Trump, Still “Looking at All Angles” to End Birthright Citizenship. A recent poll reveals around 7 in 10 Americans agree with the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold birthright citizenship.
A recent poll reveals around 7 in 10 Americans agree with the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold birthright citizenship.
https://truthout.org/articles/johnson-trump-still-looking-at-all-angles-to-end-birthright-citizenship/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Tariffs \ Banking / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencie
The week Xbox CEO Asha Sharma ends 3,200 jobs, the US Federal Reserve decides she’s perfect to help lead a new task force on jobs
https://www.geekwire.com/2026/the-awkward-timing-of-the-xbox-ceos-new-federal-reserve-gig/

Federal deficit reaches ‘astounding’ levels. The federal government collected $4.2 trillion over the past nine months and spent or lost a total of $5.5 trillion, according to a new Congressional Budget Office report.
https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/articles/federal-deficit-reaches-astounding-levels-204400311.html

The government refunded $20 billion in struck-down tariffs, then said some importers must sue to get theirs back. After issuing more than $20 billion in tariff refunds, the Trump administration is now pursuing legal action to bring the process to a standstill
https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/articles/issuing-more-20-billion-tariff-170059984.html

# Employment / Labor / Unions
Labor Leaders’ Disconnect From Workers on Palestine Is Showing Up in Elections. Union leadership’s fealty to the Democratic Party puts it on the losing side of NYC’s historic primary elections.
https://truthout.org/articles/labor-leaders-disconnect-from-workers-on-palestine-is-showing-up-in-elections/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Power Plants
Shuttered Arizona coal plant to reopen as natural gas facility. Arizona Public Service (APS) plans to convert two retired coal-fired units at its Cholla Power Plant in Joseph City, Arizona, into a 380-MW natural gas facility.
https://www.myheraldreview.com/free_access/retired-arizona-coal-plant-to-reopen-as-natural-gas-facility/article_474b9fa6-4c8a-4278-8db0-a064278bd89a.html

# Food / Farming / FDA / Agriculture / Ranching / SNAP [Food Stamps] / USDA
Texas A&M researchers discover new invasive pest affecting pastures and livestock. The pasture mealybug continues to spread rapidly across Texas, threatening pastures, hayfields and forage resources that underpin the state’s $15.5 billion cattle industry as well as the state’s other pasture-based livestock industries.
https://agrilifetoday.tamu.edu/2026/07/07/pasture-mealybug-raises-alarm-for-texas-livestock-producers/

Layoffs continue to rise in the food Industry as companies cut jobs and close facilities. The latest confirmed moves center on Nestlé’s global cuts, Del Monte Foods’ California closure and Leprino Foods’ layoffs in Lubbock, Texas.
https://www.newsbreak.com/gourmetory-383709239/4762831621971-layoffs-continue-to-rise-in-the-food-industry-as-companies-cut-jobs-and-close-facilities

# Gov / Politics / US
Donald Trump’s true guiding principle: not policy, power, or ideology, but an unrelenting pursuit of attention. Why Trump’s Thirst for Attention Will Unravel Him
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/why-trumps-thirst-attention-unravel-000335103.html

Democratic Congressman Ro Khanna says he was detained by Israeli settlers in West Bank. The Democratic congressman said settlers carrying U.S.-made M4 rifles blocked his group’s vehicle for more than an hour, while an Israeli security source said the visit had not been coordinated in advance and no security had been arranged
https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/2026-07-11/ty-article/u-s-lawmaker-israel-critic-says-armed-settlers-detained-him-in-west-bank/0000019f-5109-d9b4-abdf-d969913e0000

Trump escalated his ‘dangerous … reckless … desperate’ war on voting with the firing  of  EAC leaders. Here’s what you need to know: In a late night purge Thursday, Trump fired the leaders of the EAC, a bipartisan federal agency that helps states administer elections by issuing crucial guidelines and resources on voting policies, election best practices and equipment certification.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-fires-election-assistance-commission-leadership/

GOP finally matches Trump’s non-stop pace as details congeal of midterm convention. The “Trumpapalooza” is finally spolidifying with big names, big money, big turnout goals, all aimed at protecting and expanding Republican majorities in what portends to be a tough midterm environment.
https://justthenews.com/government/white-house/gop-finally-matches-trumps-non-stop-pace-details-emerge-midterm-convention

Public pushback to Flock license plate cameras spark variety of government responses. Public pushback against Flock Safety’s AI-enabled license plate cameras is driving a wide variety of municipal responses. While some cities cancel contracts due to privacy and mass surveillance concerns, others are voting to renew agreements with stricter transparency requirements.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_010cc05c-f5de-413c-9f1a-0ff52f02cb2b.html

Lindsey Graham dies at 71 after ‘brief and sudden illness’: The news left his Senate colleagues stunned. President Trump called Graham one of the greatest people he’s ever known.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/07/12/lindsey-graham-dead-71-illness/90891945007/

The U.S. and Iran can’t agree on fully reopening the Strait of Hormuz. The solution could be straight out of the Old Testament. Despite the U.S.- Iran ceasefire agreement, the Persian Gulf has seen on-again, off-again fighting as both sides try to assert control over the Strait of Hormuz.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/u-iran-t-agree-fully-235427054.html

Trump refused to sign the housing bill, it became law anyway and could reshape who gets to buy a home
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5963773-bipartisan-housing-bill-now-law-donald-trump-signature-snub/

‘Persists in its illegal plan’: Trump admin unlawfully trying to ‘circumvent’ court order protecting $1B in youth mental health funding, states say
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/persists-in-its-illegal-plan-trump-admin-unlawfully-trying-to-circumvent-court-order-protecting-1b-in-youth-mental-health-funding-states-say/

Astonishing reason behind Trump’s ‘rushed’ DC projects exposed: whistleblowers: “The Center’s subservience to the President’s desires and its corner-cutting contracting practices have resulted in steel columns that are rusting through fresh paint, a reflecting pool that may have to be torn out and rebuilt, and a brand-new bathroom floor torn out over an offending tile color,” Whitehouse continued. “This is waste, and it treats a national memorial to President Kennedy as if it were a private renovation project.”
https://www.aol.com/articles/democrat-announces-whistleblower-allegations-construction-203906000.html

Jaws drop as Mitch McConnell’s neighbors spill new details on hospitalized GOP leader: “I genuinely want Andy to call the special election now, and force them to show proof of life,” wrote Chokwe Pitchford, a Michigan politician and Berrien County commissioner. “We need to stop this disgusting manipulation of a man’s medical condition for political power.”
https://www.rawstory.com/mitch-mcconnell-2677207173/

US Went From ‘No Revenue’ to Half of All Tolls on the $4.7 Billion Canada Bridge Trump Tried to Stop— and It Opens July 27
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5963874-donald-trump-us-canada-gordie-howe-international-bridge/

Donald Trump’s biographer Michael Wolff says the president’s ‘grift’ is getting ‘worse and worse’ with latest ‘rigged market’ scheme. President Donald Trump will continue to leech off the American people to benefit himself because he feels invincible, his longtime biographer has alleged, it appears to be getting worse as he continues to skirt serious accountability.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-reason-why-trumps-grift-keeps-getting-worse-wolff/

# Global News
How Beijing’s New Law Seeks to Crush Dissent Worldwide. China’s new ethnic unity law has taken effect, and it’s going to be used to justify and expand transnational repression overseas in combination with existing laws on promoting “separatism,” said.
https://www.ntd.com/ntdplus/how-beijings-new-law-seeks-to-crush-dissent-worldwide-guermantes-lailari_1158331.html

“If Something Endangers the Existence of the Russian State, Nuclear Weapons Will Be Used” — Russias Peskov Issues Serious Nuclear Warning to the West
https://share.newsbreak.com/iz1snnar

# Law / Law Enforcement / Prisons / FBI / CIA / ATF / DEA
The FBI Has Deputized Local Cops as Federal Agents. Communities Are Resisting
https://truthout.org/articles/the-fbi-has-deputized-local-cops-as-federal-agents-communities-are-resisting/

The Trump administration is suing Maryland over a recent law barring state and local law enforcement from cooperating with federal immigration authorities like Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/blatant-disregard-for-federal-laws-trump-admin-sues-maryland-over-law-that-limits-police-cooperation-with-ice/

# Medicare / Medicaid / Disability Benefits / Health and Human Services [HHS]
Memorial Hermann exits commercial insurance business. The Houston-based nonprofit is the latest integrated system to throw in the towel on some of its insurance plans amid a tough cost and policy environment.
https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/memorial-hermann-exits-commercial-plans/824935/

Twenty-three hospital systems are now dropping Medicare Advantage plans for 2026. Hospitals and health systems continue to sever ties with certain Medicare Advantage plans in 2026, citing persistent frustrations with prior authorization denials and slow reimbursement from insurers.
https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/16-health-systems-dropping-medicare-advantage-plans-2026/

‘They’re Not Just Numbers. They’re People’: Shontel Brown Says 161,000 Ohioans Lost Health Coverage After ACA Cuts. New reporting shows that Ohio has seen the largest drop in Affordable Care Act enrollment of any state in the nation — with more than 160,000 Ohioans losing their coverage. Nearly 1 in 3 Ohioans who previously relied on the Affordable Care Act are no longer enrolled thanks to Jon Husted’s votes.
https://ohiodems.org/breaking-more-than-160000-ohioans-lose-health-care-thanks-to-jon-husted/

Disability Rights for Texans May Become Harder to Secure: The Section 504 Lawsuit (Texas v. Kennedy): Texas, alongside several other states, is suing the federal government to block updated regulations under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. The state is targeting rules that prevent the unnecessary institutionalization of people with disabilities and require equal access in healthcare.
https://www.newsbreak.com/ksst-radio-510010/4762877823567-disability-rights-for-texans-may-become-harder-to-secure
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in all areas of public life, including employment, transportation, public accommodations, and state and local government services
https://adata.org/learn-about-ada
Section 504: The U.S. Department of Education enforces Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, (Section 504) a civil rights statute which prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities.
https://tea.texas.gov/special-populations-and-support/section-504

# Medical / Biologicals / CDC / Recalls / Nursing / Medications / Hospitals / Pharma
Avoid Surprise Healthcare Expenses: How the No Surprises Act Can Protect You: Hospitals Want You to Sign a Blank Check Before Treatment. To avoid surprise bills, never sign a blank “financial responsibility” form. Instead, demand a written “Good Faith Estimate” before any non-emergency care, confirm in-network status with your insurer, and use the federal No Surprises Help Desk if you receive a disputed charge.
https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ebsa/about-ebsa/our-activities/resource-center/publications/avoid-surprise-healthcare-expenses

# Military / Department of Defense [DOD] / NATO / Boat Strikes
US military strikes Iran again after another ship attack in Strait of Hormuz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNh1CPEZ52k

# Military / Global
China just fired a nuclear warning shot across the Pacific.  its first known demonstration of a sea-based strategic nuclear strike capability, raising alarm among U.S. allies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ItijEDNISc

Iran declares Strait of Hormuz closed after firing at cargo ship: report
https://nypost.com/2026/07/11/world-news/iran-says-strait-of-hormuz-is-closed-after-firing-on-container-ship-warns-of-severe-retaliation/

There Are A Few Hundred Russian Tankers On The Black Sea. In Five Days, Ukraine Droned More Than 70 Of Them. A Ukrainian security source told CNN that Sea Baby maritime drones had been used in a joint operation by the SBU and the navy. There was no immediate comment from Russia. Both tankers sustained critical damage, the source said, and were effectively taken out of service. “This will deal a significant blow to the transportation of Russian oil.”
https://kvia.com/news/us-world/cnn-world/2025/11/29/ukraine-says-it-hit-russian-shadow-fleet-tankers-with-underwater-drones-in-black-sea/

# NOAA / Climate / Weather
Heatwave set to scorch US as meteorologists warn ‘unusually large’ heat dome is ‘not to be played with.’  The heat dome’s immense size means it will bring sweltering conditions to as much as two-thirds of the continental United States
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/heatwave-heat-dome-us-record-temperatures-b3012765.html

# Other Interesting Stuff
An underwater volcano erupted and may have spewed magma from 4.5 billion years in earth’s past. The discovery of 73 underwater volcanoes could help scientists prepare for disasters like the one in Tonga. They cause one of the strongest eruptions, yet hardly understood.  Scientists warned these craters could erupt again.
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2532929-a-volcano-has-erupted-remnants-of-earths-primordial-magma-ocean/

# Security / DHS / Communication / Surveillance / Secret Service
Virginia Air Force engineer allegedly cut down 13 Flock cameras, argues they’re unconstitutional: ‘an unhealthy surveillance state.’ Jeffrey Sovern faces 25 charges. Supporters are paying his legal bills.
https://www.military.com/air-force-engineer-accused-of-cutting-down-13-police-cameras-says-they-are-unconstitutional

# Social / Communities / Housing
Seattle area’s family homeless crisis continues as provider seeks new shelters
https://www.thecentersquare.com/washington/article_0854d113-6ccb-4943-9e89-eb30a2f3c78a.html

# Social Services / Programs / Social Security / Disability / AFDC (Aid for dependant children)
54 Million Retirees Could See Their Social Security Change Under This New Proposal. A big restriction that applies to Social Security recipients today could change if a new bill passes.
https://financebuzz.com/54-million-social-security-change-new-proposal

Bernie Sanders Reintroduces Bill to Increase Social Security Benefits, Extend Solvency. Legislation comes at a time of heightened interest as CBO forecasts spike in spending and debt ceiling debate looms
https://401kspecialistmag.com/bernie-sanders-reintroduces-bill-to-increase-social-security-benefits-extend-solvency/

# Technology / AI / Data Centers / Robotics / Internet
Microsoft is cutting about 9,000 jobs, with its Xbox division hit hardest. The reductions mainly affect the sales and marketing teams, with further layoffs expected in the gaming division, including Xbox and subsidiaries like King and ZeniMax
https://www.kcra.com/article/microsoft-cuts-4800-jobs-xbox/71837769

Trump administration went after more Americans. Americans facing federal charges for joining internet chats the administration doesn’t like. Government says terabytes of signal chats central to the case against Minnesota 15
https://unicornriot.ninja/2026/government-says-terabytes-of-signal-chats-are-central-to-the-case-against-minnesota-15/

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