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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
Homan says ICE preparing to send the largest deployment to New York City it has ever seen. Tom Homan says he made Kathy Hochul promise after governor signed bill protecting New Yorkers against ICE
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/08/ice-agents-new-york-city-tom-homan
The Trump Administration Moves to Strip Citizenship From 17 People in Expansion of Aggressive Denaturalization Efforts
https://time.com/article/2026/06/08/trump-administration-denaturalization-citizenship-immigration/
‘There Must Be Accountability,’ Says Jayapal in Response to 50+ ICE Detainee Deaths. “This is unprecedented and further proof that ICE and their private, for-profit prison contractors should not be sent another cent of taxpayer dollars.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/jayapal-ice-deaths
Inside Delaney Hall’s Black Box: Senator Andy Kim entered ICE’s Delaney Hall—and found a woman curled up in pain. Sen. He saw people in visible medical distress—but GEO Group guards refused to let him speak to anyone detained there. What he was able to see was disturbing.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/06/inside-delaney-halls-black-box/\
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banking / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
The ‘New NAFTA’—officially known as the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)—is a cornerstone of the North American economy. You should care about this deal because it heavily influences your job, the prices you pay at the store, and international supply chains.
https://www.usnews.com/news/u-s-news-decision-points/articles/2026-06-08/usmc-what-why-you-should-care-about-new-nafta
# Education / Schools / Libraries and Museums / Childcare
A School Bus Killed a 5-Year-Old. The Crash Is Among Dozens Missing From the Bus Company’s Federal Safety Record. A 5-year-old boy was killed by a school bus in Boston. Transdev, the company that operated it has more reported fatal crashes nationwide, but most are missing from its official federal safety record.
https://www.newsgram.com/accidents/2026/06/09/school-bus-kills-5-year-old-dozens-missing
Higher Education Must Not Become a Research Arm of Militarized Power. Universities risk becoming agents of militarized socialization rather than sites of democratic education.
https://truthout.org/articles/higher-education-must-not-become-a-research-arm-of-militarized-power/
# Employment / Labor / Unions
Another lawsuit alleges DOJ is illegally rejecting telework requests from employees with disabilities.
Some of the plaintiffs said that the revocations of their telework reasonable accommodations have forced them to take leave and worsened their health.
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2026/06/lawsuit-claims-doj-retaliating-against-employees-disabilities-who-request-telework/413955/?oref=ge-featured-river-top
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Power Plants
Trump Administration Killed Criminal Investigation of GOP Senator’s Coal Companies. In the past decade, Southern Coal and other Justice corporations have racked up tens of thousands of alleged violations of the Clean Water Act and have been sued repeatedly by state and federal prosecutors over their failure to properly follow environmental laws at their mining sites.
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/insight/doj-halts-criminal-probe-into-maga-senator-s-coal-empire/gm-GM0A42A9BB?gemSnapshotKey=GM0A42A9BB-snapshot-3&uxmode=ruby
Trump uses wartime powers to dole out $700 million to ‘clean, beautiful’ coal. US president announces plans for two new coal plants, in Alaska and West Virginia, using Defense Production Act
https://grist.org/energy/trump-uses-wartime-powers-to-dole-out-700-million-to-clean-beautiful-coal/
Texas Gas Drillers Shut Out of Oil Price Rally Shut Off Wells. Two extremes are currently playing out in the Permian Basin. Drillers are reaping the benefits of a historic price rally due to the Iran war. But when it comes to natural gas, they’re having to pay customers to take it away.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-08/texas-gas-drillers-shut-out-of-oil-price-rally-turn-to-shutting-off-wells
# Environment / Climate / Weather / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands / Water
A U.S. Senator Pushed to Cut Firefighting Aircraft Inspections the Same Month His Former Company Failed One. Senator Tim Sheehy, a former firefighting pilot and founder of an aerial firefighting company, is pushing for the Forest Service to end its own aircraft inspections, calling them redundant to FAA checks
https://www.firerescue1.com/wildfire-and-wildland-urban-interface/mont-senator-calls-for-end-of-usfs-wildfire-aircraft-inspections
Ecology Says Forests That Were Clear-Cut a Century Ago Are Now Communicating Underground Through Fungal Networks That Predate the Trees Themselves. Research has shown that beneath every forest and wood there is a complex underground web of roots, fungi and bacteria helping to connect trees and plants to one another.
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-48257315
How an underground fungal map of the world’s oldest, slowest-growing rainforest trees can boost the resilience of Earth’s long-term carbon sinks
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1118515
The Amazon Tributary NASA Has Been Monitoring for Three Years Just Triggered Emergency Alerts Across Four Research Institutions
https://discoverwildscience.com/the-amazon-tributary-nasa-has-been-monitoring-for-three-years-just-triggered-emergency-alerts-across-four-research-institutions-1-405100/
Pennsylvania Communities Are Beating Back a Wave of Water System Privatization. As corporations angle to squeeze profits out of water systems throughout Pennsylvania, towns are fighting back.
https://popularresistance.org/pennsylvanians-are-beating-back-a-wave-of-water-system-privatization/
# Food / Farming / FDA / Agriculture / Ranching / SNAP [Food Stamps] / USDA
He Profits Off Raw Milk That’s Making People Sick. The Government Isn’t Stopping Him. As raw milk continues to sicken consumers, high-level lawmakers and government officials are championing the industry’s expansion rather than curbing the danger.
https://www.propublica.org/article/mark-mcafee-raw-milk-recalls-maha
# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
Gates is among several individuals brought in by lawmakers on the oversight committee to testify about their relationship with Epstein. Previously, Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, former Attorney General Pam Bondi and former president Bill Clinton were brought in to testify about Epstein.
https://www.cbs19news.com/bill-gates-to-testify-on-epstein-relationship-wednesday/article_e83f1034-9006-5183-a566-28208770ac0b.html
‘The Epstein files are about more than men and money’: All the Rage, the ‘guerrilla’ play fuelled by 80 furious women. Enraged at how the victims of Jeffrey Epstein are being forgotten, more than 80 female and non-binary writers united – to create an epic drama fusing art, activism and anger. How will it work?
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/jun/08/epstein-files-men-money-all-the-rage-guerrilla-play
# Gov / Politics / US
An Indian Billionaire Was Targeted by Trump. Then He Poured Money Into a Startup Secretly Backed by Donald Trump Jr.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143676326
New World screwworm gets political in Texas governor’s race
https://www.fox7austin.com/news/new-world-screwworm-texas-governor-race
Trump considers buying Chagos Islands from Mauritius to secure base. US draws up proposal to bypass Britain and make its own deal to take control of Diego Garcia
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2026/06/07/white-house-plan-chagos-islands/
Texas Secretary of State resigns. By law, Gov. Greg Abbott is required to nominate someone to fill the vacant position “without delay.” It’s unclear how quickly Abbott will move to fill Nelson’s role or whom he is considering for the job.
https://www.votebeat.org/texas/2026/06/02/secretary-of-state-jane-nelson-resigns-greg-abbott/
Here’s how the Texas secretary of state’s resignation could complicate the midterm elections. “If the new secretary of state has a laundry list of demands that election administrators can’t meet, that’s going to throw our elections into disarray,” said Emily Eby French, policy director at Common Cause Texas.
https://www.votebeat.org/texas/2026/06/08/secretary-of-state-jane-nelson-greg-abbott-nomination/
White House slams bombshell leak from US officials on new ‘critical’ threat – from US ally. Two U.S. officials and one former U.S. official, speaking with NBC News under the condition of anonymity, claimed that the Pentagon had grown “increasingly concerned about Israel ramping up its spying on the U.S.”
https://www.rawstory.com/rs-exclusive/israel-2677007113/
Jasmine Crockett says the Supreme Court is bending to the will of a “wannabe king,” and the backlash has been immediate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0EibrbDs_s
Donald Trump’s ‘CIA shame.’ Radar lifts lid on furious reaction to $2million Kennedy Center ‘spy bribe’ case
https://radaronline.com/p/donald-trump-cia-shame-kennedy-center-spy-bribe/
A Virginia firm that organized Donald Trump’s January 6, 2021, ‘Stop the Steal’ rally is set to receive a further $1.2 million in taxpayer funds to help promote ‘Trump Accounts’
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-accounts-jan-6-organizer-federal-contracts-b2992008.html
Trump Storms Off After “Meet the Press” Host Asks for Proof of “Rigged” Races. Election officials are “crooked just like you’re crooked, your press is crooked,” Trump told a reporter.
https://truthout.org/articles/trump-storms-off-after-meet-the-press-host-asks-for-proof-of-rigged-races/
‘Schumer Is Far Out of Touch’: 80% of New York Democrats Oppose US Weapons Transfers to Israel. “If current party leadership is unwilling to represent their own voters and the majority of Americans, then it is time for new leadership.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/chuck-schumer-weapons-israel
# Law / Law Enforcement / Prisons / FBI / CIA / ATF / DEA
Inmate serving life sentence convicted of selling 165 pounds of meth while in prison
https://www.boston25news.com/news/trending/inmate-serving-life-sentence-convicted-selling-165-pounds-meth-while-prison/YBYN2Y26MZAJHMGVDHAHASZLCQ/?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1781012181
# Medical / Biologicals / CDC / Recalls / Nursing / Medications
What ProPublica Found in the Genetic Code of America’s Measles Outbreaks
https://projects.propublica.org/measles-outbreak-analysis-utah-texas/
How Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Vaccine Agenda Risks a Resurgence of Deadly Childhood Plagues. As the U.S. pulls international aid, deadly and disabling diseases like diphtheria, rubella and polio continue to harm people overseas and can easily reach the U.S.
https://www.propublica.org/article/rfk-jr-vaccine-agenda-childhood-plagues
The Horrors That Could Lie Ahead if Vaccines Vanish. Before vaccines, death and disability stalked children. When immunization rates drop, however, plagues from the past can come roaring back, as measles has in American communities where parents decided not to vaccinate their children.
https://projects.propublica.org/childhood-vaccines-deaths-modeling/
# Military / Department of Defense [DOD] / NATO / Boat Strikes
‘Conspiracy theorists were right’: Thomas Massie warns NDAA Section 224 merges US and Israeli militaries
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4QEhPNHxew
Sen. Schiff introduces bill to restrict Defense Department’s use of AI without human involvement. The legislation, called the Human Authority in Lethal Operations Act, seeks to establish a “clear chain of command” under which a designated commander has the final say over decisions to use force that involve autonomous weapon systems.
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5914836-human-authority-lethal-operations/
Hegseth warns Europe to defend itself against a second D-Day: US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a stark warning, asserting that Europe faces an “invasion of dangerous ideologies” arriving by sea, drawing a controversial link between contemporary immigration and the legacy of the D-Day landings.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWY0pt0SU2M
# Other Interestimg Stuff
Scientists Detect Massive Structure Under Antarctica. The structure is shaped like a fan. Researchers say it was formed by the Earth’s crust spreading out from a focal point near the South Pole, similar to the fingers spreading apart on a hand. This spread occurred before the breakup of the supercontinent Gondwana, and may have influenced the separation of the landmass into the modern continents we know today
https://nautil.us/vast-hidden-structure-discovered-beneath-antartica-1281798
# Security / DHS / Communications / Surveillance / Secret Service
Dozens of U.S. lawmakers demand privacy reforms as FISA deadline looms. Congressional leaders are desperate to renew the federal government’s authority to conduct mass electronic surveillance before the authority expires, but dozens of lawmakers in both chambers are bucking a long-term extension unless it includes significant reforms.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_85bd64c9-e111-4367-a9ad-8b89eb0eec6a.html
# Social Services / Programs / Social Security / Disability / AFDC (Aid for dependant children)
Retirees Are Opening Their Mail to Find $14,000 Social Security Bills: Here’s What’s Happening
https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/articles/14-000-demand-letter-retirees-181500231.html
# Technology / AI / Data Centers / Robotics
President Trump and Sen. Bernie Sanders agree: Americans should get a cut of the AI boom. President Trump is pursuing a Bernie-like interest in having the U.S. government take stakes in AI giants — not out of populism, but with a dealmaker’s eye for profit.
https://www.axios.com/2026/06/08/trump-bernie-sanders-ai
Barton, Zillow co-founder, co-founded Expedia Group in the Seattle area. and Seattle tech icon Rich Barton takes up residence in Las Vegas. The news marks the end of an era for one of Seattle’s most prolific entrepreneurs.
https://www.geekwire.com/2026/zillow-co-founder-and-seattle-tech-icon-rich-barton-takes-up-residence-in-las-vegas/?utm_source=GeekWire+Newsletters&utm_campaign=282e596d04-daily-digest-email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_4e93fc7dfd-282e596d04-1433410559&mc_cid=282e596d04&mc_eid=ef5d740e7f
# Travel / Tourism / TSA
Federal judge blocks Trump’s 100K visa fee. A federal judge in Massachusetts on Monday blocked President Donald Trump’s policy seeking to implement a $100,000 fee on visas for highly skilled foreign workers.
https://apnews.com/article/h1b-visa-trump-foreign-workers-technology-de169f36bb0bbdc7c982b556d62e9560
# UFO / UAP Disclosure
Scientists Release Results After Scanning 3I/ATLAS for Alien Signals. It streaked into the Solar System on a path so extreme that astronomers could quickly tell it did not originate here.
https://www.thebrighterside.news/post/seti-checked-3i-atlas-for-alien-signals-heres-what-they-found/
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