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# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Recalls
‘We don’t need to hurt animals’: Wildlife rescue pleads for people to stop using live birds in gender reveals. “They ingest poison while preening their feathers.” The rescue said dyed birds can be harmed in several ways at once. “The toxic fumes compromise their lungs, they’ve ingested poison while preening their feathers, they’ve been rejected by flocks, and they are more vulnerable to prey,” the post’s caption said.
https://www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/gender-reveal-parties-wildlife-rescue-warning/
# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
Tennessee forces migrant parents with severely ill kids to make a choice: Drop out of healthcare program or risk deportation. One mother who has a 10-year-old with severe spina bifida told news outlets she had already de-enrolled in the state program
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/tennessee-children-disabled-deportation-healthcare-b3000599.html
Florida Shuts Down Alligator Alcatraz After a Year of Lawsuits and Brutality. After using $1 billion to brutalize immigrants, Alligator Alcatraz has been emptied. Its victims still need justice.
https://truthout.org/articles/florida-shuts-down-alligator-alcatraz-after-a-year-of-lawsuits-and-brutality/
# Drugs / Trafficking / DEA / Gangs / Cartels
‘Fast and Furious 2.0?’ Biden DEA let 1M fentanyl pills flow to streets, whistleblower lawyer says
The scandal, mirroring that of the 2009-2011 Operation Fast and Furious, was used to gain intel for cases against major drug traffickers in an effort to eventually save more lives.
https://justthenews.com/government/federal-agencies/cover-dea-whistleblowers-lawyer-says-client-silenced-more-1m-pills
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banking / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
President Trump says he’s considering having the trade deal with Mexico and Canada Termenated. He noted his primary motivation for initially negotiating the deal was to escape the former NAFTA agreement, and he criticized the current pact as being insufficiently beneficial to the United States
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/video-trump-on-usmca-id-rather-have-it-terminated/
# Education / Schools / Libraries and Museums / Childcare
Uprooted: ‘Roots’ Is Banned on its 50th Birthday. A half-century after the publication of Alex Haley’s masterwork, a Tennessee school board’s move to ban the book has stoked outcry.
https://www.rarebookhub.com/articles/4067
# Employment / Labor / Unions
More than 243,000 American workers have received layoff warning notices already in 2026. More than 35 companies have laid off employees so far in 2026, continuing the trend of significant workforce reductions across a broad range of industries, including tech, media, finance, and retail.
https://www.businessinsider.com/recent-company-layoffs-laying-off-workers-2026
# Food / Farming / FDA / Agriculture / Ranching / SNAP [Food Stamps] / USDA
Rural America’s farms are already being crushed by an economic crisis. They now face the risk of a ‘mini-Dust Bowl’ as a rare Super El Niño looms
https://fortune.com/2026/06/21/rural-america-farm-economy-crisis-drought-mini-dust-bowl-super-el-nino/
# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
Former Dutch model and author Thysia Huisman recently shared an in-depth interview regarding her experiences as a survivor of sexual assault and trafficking connected to the Jeffrey Epstein network
As tears streamed down her face, 27 names hidden in the shadows also began to emerge.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6Fk0yYVrtw
The U.S. military is not impervious to Donald Trump’s mission to dismantle the institutions that comprise American governance. Trump’s administration has systematically targeted the U.S. military’s traditional independence, sparking intense debate over civilian control and institutional resilience.
https://www.reed.senate.gov/news/releases/reed-warns-trumps-politicization-of-the-military-breaks-250-years-of-tradition
While most Americans have been distracted by Trump’s more flamboyant disgraceful spectacles, he has been steadily attacking military leadership to bend the institution to his will.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DPrMNkNkZHu/?hl=en
# Gov / Politics / US
Did iIsrael start the Iran war then pull Trump in? The U.S. and Israel launched joint strikes against Iran, a move critics argue was heavily driven by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lobbying the Trump administration
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3MjxHLAwQQ
The Iran War: How America, Israel and Iran Got Here | The Ezra Klein Show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKWMrpQOh7Y
IRAN WAR: How Israel HIJACKED Trump & Lost the Middle East
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeTolLj_Q74
Trump is asking for billions more for war—while cutting the very investments that build lasting peace, security, and prosperity for America and our allies.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DXfFhZ3Dw1Q/
Trump doubles down on Reflecting Pool vandalism claims without providing evidence. Interior Department says it has made arrests and is investigating Trump’s claim.
https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-doubles-reflecting-pool-vandalism-claims-providing-evidence/story?id=134113300
Expert reveals truth behind Trump’s Reflecting Pool sabotage claim after new issue emerges. With questions about the effectiveness of the multi-million-dollar renovation looming large, a pool expert is finally setting the record straight. Reflecting Pool’s algae can be attributed to several factors, including insufficient sanitizer (chlorine) in the water, improper circulation, filtration pumps not running long enough, clogged filters, or filtration equipment not working properly.
https://www.themirror.com/news/politics/expert-reveals-truth-behind-trumps-1900303
Tucker Carlson announces he will no longer support the Republican Party: ‘I’m out.’ The public split underscores growing fractures inside the broad MAGA coalition President Trump built, as his Iran war and handling of the economy continue to divide Republicans.
https://www.axios.com/2026/06/22/tucker-carlson-quits-republicans-maga-fractures
GOP senator unveils ‘unusual’ move to play ‘hardball’ against his own party
https://www.rawstory.com/cornyn-hardball-against-gop/
Trump ’embarrassed’ as his Iran deal becomes the ‘joke in Washington’: The deal President Donald Trump’s administration struck with the Iranian regime has become a joke in Washington, D.C., and it’s left the president embarrassed and flailing for an answer, according to one analyst.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-iran-2677071304/
Autocracy watch. The FBI’s raid on a voter registration group in Ohio is just the latest example of the administration’s attempt to suppress votes by intimidating voters. Agents also fanned out across the state, showing up at the homes of the group’s leaders and staff members, carrying some subpoenas and seeking information and electronic devices
https://www.ms.now/news/ohio-pro-democracy-organization-raided-by-fbi
Trump again calls for federal intervention in elections amid criticism. President Donald Trump called for the federal government to “get involved” in overseeing elections.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1rwNXdVuvU
Trump Threatens to Defund States That Don’t Make His Election Changes: Trump is demanding that states carry out manual election audits at the administration’s direction, use their preferred system to verify citizenship, and promise to gradually end the use of electronic ballots—all things that could lead to actual voter fraud.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-threatens-defund-states-don-165242240.html
‘It’s a battle between symbols’: One small Catholic diocese is taking on Trump’s wall, all to protect a 29 ft tall Jesus. A Catholic diocese in New Mexico is waging a legal holy war against the Trump administration’s plan to use 14 acres of church land for a new border wall — saying the plan would desecrate a 25-foot-tall, mountaintop statue of Jesus nearby.
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-border-wall-mexico-jesus-statue-b3000023.html
John Cornyn claims Trump ‘seems to revel in chaos,’ and he’s pointing at the recent moves regarding the DNI appointment. In an interview with the digital news outlet Semafor, Cornyn said that talking to Trump is no longer useful and criticized the administration’s recent moves to delay a nomination for the director of national intelligence (DNI) role.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5934186-john-cornyn-donald-trump-chaos/
Stupidity Comes Full Circle: Trump and his administration of oafs throw in the towel against Iran. Attacking a country that sits next to an artery that controls more or less the economic fate of the world without a plan for what to do when it puts the thing in a sleeper hold isn’t incidentally or comparatively stupid, or stupid in a certain light. It’s just stupid.
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/stupidity-comes-full-circle/
Recent political commentary highlights the deep friction between Donald Trump and Senate Republicans, primarily stemming from his strategy to bypass Senate confirmation by appointing Bill Pulte as acting Director of National Intelligence (DNI) to execute sweeping cuts to intelligence staff. This intraparty tension—compounded by the recent FBI thwarting of a domestic terror plot in Washington, D.C.—has sparked significant debate regarding national security and executive overreach
https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/bill-pulte-trump/
# Politics / Global
Iranian oil exports surge as open transits of the Strait of Hormuz resume. U.S. sanctions relief allows Iran to openly dispatch millions of barrels of crude through the Strait of Hormuz to global markets, primarily bound for Singapore and China
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/energy/iranian-oil-exports-surge-open-transits-strait-hormuz-resume
Putin told to blitz London in sick ‘ultimatum’ as propaganda clowns reel over Moscow strikes & UK missiles for Ukraine. Putin faces nukes on Russia’s border as Nato country tears up ban just days after Vlad’s WW3 build-up revealed
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/39449560/putin-faces-nukes-nato-border-ww3/
China is poking the bear by hitting the two companies Trump is counting on to break free from Beijing. Beijing’s Commerce Ministry framed the move as retaliation (2) after the U.S. expanded its own roster of Chinese firms tied to the military earlier this month, and it swept up eight other American companies, including drone-motor maker Aveox.
https://www.aol.com/articles/china-poking-bear-hitting-two-184500000.html
Hormuz Crisis Sparks a Middle East Pipeline Boom. The Hormuz blockade exposed the vulnerability of Gulf energy exports, prompting major producers to accelerate pipeline projects that bypass the strait and reduce future disruption risks.
https://oilprice.com/Energy/Crude-Oil/Hormuz-Crisis-Sparks-a-Middle-East-Pipeline-Boom.html
# Law / Law Enforcement / Prisons / FBI / CIA / ATF / DEA
July 4 firework ban approved by US lawmakers – and setting them off could mean $1,000 fine and arrest: AMERICANS hoping to light up the sky this Independence Day are being warned to think twice after officials approved tough new fireworks bans. Anyone caught setting them off in some areas could face fines of up to $1,000, have their fireworks seized and even be arrested.
https://www.the-sun.com/news/16554790/firework-ban-approved-us-lawmakers-fine-arrest-july-4/
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court / United Nations (UN)
Judge blocks use of federal database to check citizenship, saying it could wrongly purge voters
https://apnews.com/article/trump-elections-noncitizens-voting-save-lawsuit-a9612cfffa40c938e67b99f265c9e817
Fauci to face Senate testimony after subpoena, lawmaker says. Anthony Fauci committed clear perjury in COVID-19 origin remarks: Michael Knowles
https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/fauci-subpoena-paul/
Trump’s DOJ is on a collision course with Texas landowners. “DOJ is indeed hiring attorneys whose primary job will be filing eminent domain and condemnation cases to seize private land (mostly in Texas) on which to build [a] border wall,” said Reichlin-Melnick on X.
https://www.alternet.org/eminent-domain-texas/
Clarence Thomas, Unbound. The most corrupt Supreme Court Justice is more influential than ever. The characterization of Thomas as an inattentive echo of Scalia is wrong. Thomas has always been more extreme and dangerous than Scalia, and his influence has never been greater.
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/clarence-thomas-unbound/
# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
Trump calls New York Times story ‘treasonous,’ vows to add to lawsuit. lThe Times called the suit “an attempt to stifle independent reporting.” Trump filed a $15 billion lawsuit, alleging defamation against the Times in September last year, a judge tossed it out days later, saying the 85-page complaint was full of “tedious and burdensome” language that had no bearing on the legal case.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-calls-new-york-times-story-treasonous-vows-to-add-to-lawsuit/ar-AA26etDQ?cvid=765f0cc9b18445ba8bcb63b417429651&ocid=grfb\
# Medicare / Medicaid / Disability Benefits / Health and Human Services [HHS]
Medicare’s Hospital Fund Now Runs Short in Early 2033, a Quarter Sooner Than Last Year’s Warning. If you are on Medicare today or approaching enrollment, it is worth understanding what the report actually says, what it does not say, and what the projection could mean for beneficiaries if Congress takes no action. What the 2026 Trustees Report Actually Says
https://www.aol.com/articles/medicare-hospital-fund-now-runs-194528000.html
# Medical / Biologicals / CDC / Recalls / Nursing / Medications
3,000 Fraudulent Nursing Diplomas Revealed. The investigation, nicknamed “Operation Nightingale,” found that a group of individuals engaged in a scheme to sell fraudulent nursing degree diplomas and transcripts from accredited Florida-based nursing schools to people seeking licenses and jobs as RNs and practical/vocational nurses (LPN/VNs).
https://www.ons.org/publications-research/voice/advocacy/03-2023/thousands-fraudulent-nursing-diplomas-distributed-fake
Austin-area hospitals denied miscarriage care despite clarification to Texas’ abortion ban, federal complaint alleges. Lynn Callaway says she was sent home from two hospitals, despite an infection, due to healthcare providers’ fear of the state’s abortion ban
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/06/22/texas-miscarriage-abortion-ban-hospital-complaint/
# Military / Global
Half Of Ukraine’s Sukhoi Su-24 Bombers Just Attacked Russia At The Same Time
https://www.newsbreak.com/trench-art-345980545/4726063115138-half-of-ukraine-s-sukhoi-su-24-bombers-just-attacked-russia-at-the-same-time
# Other Interestimg Stuff
The Longest Animal on Earth Is 119 Meters Long — And It’s Not What You Think
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gXGWOnA5Wc
# Social / Communities / Housing
Senate passes bipartisan housing bill: The bipartisan legislation was crafted in both chambers and must now pass the House. It seeks to build more homes and prevent large investors from outbidding families.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/senate-passes-bill-lower-housing-costs-restrict-wall-street-buying-hom-rcna350753
# Social Services / Programs / Social Security / Disability / AFDC (Aid for dependant children)
Millions of Social Security recipients will receive new debit cards: What you need to know
https://www.al.com/news/2026/06/social-security-change-for-36-million-beneficiaries-starts-this-month.html
Democrats Sound Alarm on Mike Johnson’s Comments About Social Security. Johnson said that entitlement programs like Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid “have to be adjusted and fixed,” adding that Republicans “have a plan to do that next year.”
https://www.aol.com/articles/democrats-sound-alarm-mike-johnsons-103500000.html
Judge strikes down Trump administration database of Social Security numbers, citizenship status. U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan said states have used inaccurate data to wrongly identify Americans as non-citizens and purged them from voter rolls.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/22/americans-private-information-database-ruling-00969935
# Technology / AI / Data Centers / Robotics
Texas lassoes massive Microsoft datacenter – and 20 years of gas turbine emissions
https://www.theregister.com/on-prem/2026/06/22/texas-lassoes-massive-microsoft-datacenter-and-20-years-of-gas-turbine-emissions/5259764
Texas data centers must bring own power and reuse own water: Abbott
https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/data-centers-texas-power-greg-abbott/
# Veterans / VA
VA redesignates LGBTQ+ care coordinators and limits further ‘gender-ideology’ services. VA gave officials 14 days to comply with a June 12 memo that calls for facilities to take additional steps in response to previous executive orders on gender and diversity, equity and inclusion programs. The Department of Veterans Affairs is moving to further restrict services for LGBTQ+ retired servicemembers, with the dedicated care coordinators for these veterans set to be redesignated as part of a new directive aimed at limiting activities that the agency says conflict with White House mandates.
https://www.nextgov.com/people/2026/06/va-redesignates-lgbtq-care-coordinators-and-limits-further-gender-ideology-services/414288/?oref=ng-author-river
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