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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
‘It’s very shocking’: ICE pursuing ‘terrifying’ new front for targeting immigrants. Privacy experts and civil liberties advocates have raised alarms that using commercial data brokers for digital surveillance could circumvent constitutional protections and create “terrifying” targeting capabilities.
https://www.rawstory.com/ice-immigrant-data-new-re/
ICE and prison guards retaliate against detainees and protestors at Delaney Hall. ICE and prison guards have escalated their attacks on detainees and activists at Delaney immigrant jail in New Jersey.
https://truthout.org/articles/ice-and-prison-guards-retaliate-against-detainees-and-protestors-at-delaney-hall/
Gov. Sherill calls on ICE to close New Jersey detention center. New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill is calling on the Trump administration to shut down the Delaney Hall detention center in Newark, citing unsanitary conditions, medical neglect, and ICE’s refusal to grant full health and safety inspections
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI0WzMj5OLY
Appeals Court Revives Texas Immigration Law Allowing Arrests on Suspicion
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/court-clears-way-texas-enforce-migrant-arrest-law-2026-05-30/
# Drugs / Trafficking / DEA / Gangs
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banking / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
Surging Treasury yields expose a brutal truth: America has no margin for error on its $39 trillion debt
https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/articles/surging-treasury-yields-expose-brutal-070000258.html
Walmart and McDonald’s are warning that struggling consumers may be nearing a financial breaking point. While corporate America is thriving, consumers and the broader economy are being left behind.
https://www.wsj.com/video/consumers-are-struggling-here-what-that-means-for-the-fed/62007108-64A2-4AEF-91B9-51A1E0C5FACF
# Education / Schools / Libraries and Museums / Childcare
Texas students pepper-sprayed, tased, and tackled by school police. Children in elementary school, including one as young as 6, were handcuffed. Teenagers were arrested, charged with crimes and even jailed. In the most extreme cases, they wound up in hospitals, bruised or concussed, after being body-slammed or shocked by Tasers, which are prohibited in the state’s juvenile detention facilities but allowed in its public schools.
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/05/30/texas-dream-act-federal-appeals-lawsuit-2/
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Power Plants
Why $1bn in Balkans energy contracts are going to an obscure company connected to Donald Trump. Guardian investigation shows how US presidency blurs line between policy and enrichment of American ruling family and those around it
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/30/why-1bn-in-balkans-energy-contracts-are-going-to-an-obscure-company-connected-to-donald-trump
Trump’s Loyalty to Fossil Fuel Companies Is Driving Up Inflation. The sooner we transition off fossil fuels, the healthier we, and our wallets, will be.
https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/5870351-trump-fossil-fuel-favors/
# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands / Water
Foreign hackers targeting U.S. drinking water systems, many facilities not prepared, watchdog warns. Government watchdogs and federal agencies, including the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), have sounded the alarm over significant cybersecurity vulnerabilities across U.S. drinking water and wastewater systems
https://smartwatermagazine.com/news/smart-water-magazine/gao-sounds-alarm-cybersecurity-gaps-across-us-water-networks
The Amazon Rainforest Just Started Growing in Reverse – And It’s Happening Faster Than Anyone Predicted. The combination of forest loss and rising global temperatures could push vast areas of the region out of rainforest conditions and into degraded forest or savanna.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/experts-warn-amazon-rainforest-nearing-124000283.html
Supreme Court clears the way for groundwater reduction in New Mexico. The settlement establishes a framework for reducing groundwater use, retiring some agricultural water rights, and creating a more detailed accounting system for sharing water between irrigation districts in southern New Mexico and western Texas. For agricultural producers in the region, the agreement signals significant changes ahead.
https://www.agdaily.com/crops/supreme-court-clears-way-groundwater-reduction-new-mexico/
# Food / Farming / FDA / Agriculture / Ranching / SNAP [Food Stamps] / USDA
Tyson’s massive Texas layoffs spark new fears across beef industry: On Jan. 21, two Tyson beef plants are expected to lay off approximately 5,000 employees following the company’s announcement in late November to close the Lexington, Neb., facility and convert its Amarillo, Texas beef plant to “a single, full-capacity shift.” According to a Worker Adjustment Retraining Notification (WARN) Act notice from the Texas Workers Commission, 1,761 employees will be laid off from “Amarillo B-Shift operations.”
https://www.meatpoultry.com/articles/32992-tyson-foods-layoffs-start-in-nebraska-texas-beef-plants
SNAP recipients aged 55 to 64 with no children under 14 must now show 80 hours of work or job training a month or lose benefits after 3 months. That is correct. These stricter regulations for Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents (ABAWDs) went into effect nationwide. If you are a SNAP recipient aged 55 to 64, or a parent/guardian whose youngest child is 14 or older, you are now subject to these mandates
https://www.hhs.texas.gov/services/food/snap-food-benefits/snap-work-rules
# Gov / Politics / US
Trump personally requests changes to Iran deal language: Key Details of Trump’s emands:
* Uranium Stockpile: Trump is seeking more specific and strict provisions detailing exactly how and when the United States will take control of and destroy Iran’s enriched uranium.
* Strait of Hormuz: Revisions have been requested for the language concerning the reopening and management of the vital Strait of Hormuz shipping route.
https://justthenews.com/government/white-house/trump-personally-requests-changes-iran-deal-language-report
Michigan Democrat Senate hopeful Abdul El-Sayed a protégé of firebrand Muslim activist Linda Sarsour. Abdul El-Sayed, who is currently front-running the Democratic Party primaries has been backed up by Bernie Sanders surrogate and controversial Muslim activist Linda Sarsour for nearly a decade.
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/elections/michigan-senate-dem-frontrunner-abdul-el-sayed-protege-firebrand-muslim
Ken Paxton wants to suppress your vote, too. Texas AG Ken Paxton is harassing counties he perceives as Democrat to suppress votes
https://www.tpr.org/podcast/texas-matters/2024-09-06/texas-matters-attorney-general-ken-paxton-and-a-pattern-of-voter-suppression
We’re Suing Texas Over Its New Voter Suppression Law. The Lone Star State has responded to last year’s historic turnout by cracking down on voter access.
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/were-suing-texas-over-its-new-voter-suppression-law
‘Cancel It’: Trump Calls to Scrap ‘Freedom 250’ Concert — Just Like He Ditched ‘Failing and Unsafe’ Kennedy Center. President Donald Trump on Saturday night said the “Freedom 250” concert series should be completely scrapped after a number of “overpriced singers” dropped out of the event, before going off on the judge who ruled that his name must be removed from the Kennedy Center. The president tied the two issues together in a Truth Social post.
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/cancel-it-trump-calls-to-scrap-freedom-250-concert-just-like-he-ditched-failing-and-unsafe-kennedy-center/
Former Biden aide sounds alarm on Democratic party backing Platner as scandal deepens: ‘Dangerous game’: Despite criticism across the political spectrum over Platner’s resurfaced sexually explicit and vulgar online posts, including one mocking a Purple Heart veteran shot multiple times by the Taliban, and a tattoo of a Nazi symbol on his chest have drawn criticism across the political spectrum, Platner continues to lead in the polls.
https://www.aol.com/news/former-biden-aide-sounds-alarm-100002809.html
Ex-counterterrorism chief warns of ‘major problem’ that could force US ‘back into the war on Iran’s terms.’ ‘Pulling out now works in our favor, not Iran’s,’ Joe Kent asserted
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ex-counterterrorism-chief-warns-major-problem-could-force-us-back-war-irans-terms
The US wants regime change in Cuba. But Havana’s European friends have deserted it too
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/29/cuba-us-blockade-europe-spain
Ex-GOP congressman declares party a ‘cult’ as Trump’s cabinet meeting compared to ‘hostage video.’ Former Illinois Republican congressman Joe Walsh described the GOP as a ‘cult’ after Donald Trump’s Cabinet heaped praise on the president during a televised meeting
https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/ex-gop-congressman-declares-party-37222402
# Gov / Politics / Global
Europe no longer convinced Russia’s war will stop at Ukraine. For the first time since the war began, Europe is seriously attempting to define its own strategy towards Russia, independently of Washington.
https://tomorrowsaffairs.com/europe-can-no-longer-avoid-addressing-the-end-of-the-war-in-ukraine
# Law / Law Enforcement / Prisons / FBI / CIA / ATF / DEA
Federal Judge Upholds Infamously Brutal Farm Labor at Angola Prison. The judge’s ruling rejected a request to end the prison’s use of grueling farm labor as a disciplinary measure.
https://apnews.com/article/louisiana-prison-farm-angola-lawsuit-5237900cbb88557a369c09d1fe5b9538
Michigan lawmakers have introduced legislation aimed at increasing transparency and accountability within the state’s prison system and expanding oversight authority for the Legislative Corrections Ombudsman. This comes amid growing concerns about conditions inside Michigan’s correctional facilities.
https://www.aol.com/articles/michigan-legislators-push-prison-oversight-150000000.html
A sweeping two‑month child‑exploitation crackdown across Texas has led to 276 arrests and the rescue of 89 children, federal and local authorities announced this week. Officials called Operation Soteria Shield one of the state’s largest coordinated efforts to combat online predators.
https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/texas-operation-soteria-shield-child-exploitation-arrests-children-rescued/
# Legal / DO.J / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court / United Nations (UN)
‘Reopen’ Trump’s IRS lawsuit so his ‘legal justification for looting’ US Treasury will be exposed as a ‘fraud,’ dozens of retired judges beg court
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/reopen-trumps-irs-lawsuit-so-his-legal-justification-for-looting-us-treasury-will-be-exposed-as-a-fraud-dozens-of-retired-judges-beg-court/
# Medicare / Medicaid / Disability Benefits / Health and Human Services [HHS]
Disability Rights Are at Risk as 7 States Back Case Attacking Key Protections. Advocates for disability rights are fighting the lawsuit, which would push more people to be warehoused in institutions.
https://truthout.org/articles/disability-rights-are-at-risk-as-7-states-back-case-attacking-key-protections/
# Medical / Biologicals / FDA / CDC / Recalls / Nursing
RFK Jr. unveils ‘sweeping’ Lyme disease research, containment, treatment plan
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/us/snplus/health-and-medicine/2026/05/29/rfk-jr–lyme-disease
# Military / Department of Defense [DOD] / NATO / Boat Strikes
U.S. SOUTHCOM says it killed ‘three male narco-terrorists’ in Eastern Pacific drug boat strike
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5902179-southcom-strikes-suspected-drug-boat/
Ships Are Sailing ‘Dark’ to Sneak Out of Strait of Hormuz. The flow of ships through the strait is a test of Iran’s stranglehold on energy markets—and of Tehran’s leverage at the negotiating table
https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/ships-are-sailing-dark-to-sneak-out-of-strait-of-hormuz-0db91dcf
U.S. military helps ‘dark’ ships sneak through Strait of Hormuz amid Iran’s sea mines, drones:
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/iran-hormuz/card/u-s-military-forces-clears-safe-path-through-strait-despite-mines-centcom-chief-says-7zHh6i3LfjvGoWqJe2ty
A startup with Eric Trump as adviser is testing humanoid robots in Ukraine. It wants them on US front lines within 18 months. Foundation’s Phantom robots have been tested for supply pickups in combat zones. The company has $24 million in Pentagon contracts and a controversial political connection.
https://thenextweb.com/news/foundation-humanoid-robots-military-ukraine-eric-trump
Military has spent months building up ships and personnel in Caribbean and is ready for invasion of Cuba. President Trump and his advisers have reportedly gamed out scenarios where the U.S. military attacks Cuba, but an invasion plan is not currently underway
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-cuba-invasion-navy-caribbean-b2985491.html
# Other Interestimg Stuff
Texas has a 640-acre granite dome that glows, groans, and predates almost all life on Earth. Enchanted Rock is a 640-acre pink granite batholith located in the Texas Hill Country just north of Fredericksburg. This legendary geological wonder is one of the most iconic natural destinations in Texas, and it comes with fascinating details. Formed roughly 1.1 billion years ago when a massive pool of magma cooled deep underground, it is a relic of the Precambrian era and predates almost all life on Earth.
https://www.nature.org/en-us/about-us/where-we-work/united-states/texas/stories-in-texas/texas-by-nature-enchanted-rock/
# Social / Communities / Housing
Taxpayers group, economist praise Pratt’s plan for homelessness in LA. Pratt’s multi-step plan involves a treatment-first model, one that the Republican candidate argues is better than simply offering shelter beds. Under his plan, Pratt said city-funded assistance and long-term housing would require mandatory participation in drug treatment and mental health stabilization services.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/taxpayers-group-economist-praise-pratts-233000413.html
# Social Services / Programs / Social Security / Disability
Senate Democrats just filed a bill to add $200 a month for six months to every Social Security, SSI, and veterans benefit check — $1,200 per person total. However, this legislation has not yet passed and is not currently law
https://www.warren.senate.gov/newsroom/news-coverage/personal-finance-senate-democrats-propose-increasing-va-social-security-benefits-by-200-a-month-for-six-months
President Trump Promised to Protect Social Security, but His Policies Are Making Its Problems Worse
Trump’s new tax code will cost Social Security $169 billion.
https://www.fool.com/retirement/2026/05/09/president-trump-promised-to-protect-social-securit/
Trump’s Policies Are Pushing Social Security Trust Fund Depletion To Just 6 Years Away
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDlagS7-O0M
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