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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
A familiar name returns to lead ICE amid renewed political pressure. A longtime DHS official with prior ties to Obama-era immigration enforcement and private detention work is stepping back into a top role at a pivotal moment for the agency.
https://www.govexec.com/management/2026/05/familiar-name-returns-lead-ice-amid-renewed-political-pressure/413529/?oref=ge-featured-river-top

Shutdown of expensive Florida Everglades prison promises to be expensive, too. Building anything so intrusive in a nature ‘preserve’ is a bad idea for both nature and for taxpayers.
https://floridaphoenix.com/2026/05/14/shutdown-of-expensive-florida-everglades-prison-promises-to-be-expensive-too/

Social Circle sues ICE, DHS over proposed 10,000-bed detention center. The small Georgia town of Social Circle is suing federal immigration authorities in an effort to stop plans for a proposed 10,000-bed immigration detention facility that city leaders say could overwhelm local infrastructure and harm the surrounding environment.
https://www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/news/social-circle-sues-ice-dhs-over-proposed-10000-bed-immigration-detention-center-in-georgia/

Woman Suffers Miscarriage in ICE Custody — Claims She Was Denied Medical Care Despite Severe Bleeding.
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/pregnant-immigrants-say-theyve-denied-medical-care-detention-centers/

Preborn Babies Died, Mothers Were Denied Care in ICE Custody. These two cases are only the tip of the iceberg
https://sarahterzo.substack.com/p/preborn-babies-died-mothers-were

Health Harms Experienced by Pregnant Women in U.S. Immigration Custody. Records indicate 18 women experienced a miscarriage while in ICE custody
https://phr.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/PHR-Pregnant-Women-in-Immigration-Custody-Fact-Sheet-Nov-2019.pdf

What’s Happening to Pregnant, Postpartum, and Nursing Women in ICE Custody? While the Trump administration calls itself “pro-family,” U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement [ICE] is detaining pregnant, postpartum, and nursing women and subjecting them to inhumane and dangerous treatment
https://reproductiverights.org/news/pregnant-postpartum-nursing-women-ice-custody/

Texas woman stressed, says ‘no one is safe’ following six-week ICE detention, fearful it could happen again
In an exclusive interview, a court translator and single mom of four talks about spending more than six weeks in ICE custody. Meenu Batra, who was recently released, says she was living and working in the U.S. legally when she was detained
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/texas-mom-held-in-ice-custody-for-over-6-weeks-says-she-s-fearful-it-could-happen-again/vi-AA22C4l0?ocid=MD12O1

# Business / Industry / Corporations
“Where the f*ck’s my phones!?”  Yet another satisfied customer of Trump Mobile.
https://futurism.com/future-society/maga-shambles-trump-phone-dust

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banking / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
Prices Are Going To Keep Rising For Customers As Wholesale Inflation Pressures Companies
https://www.aol.com/articles/producer-prices-shot-6-adding-124150000.html

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Power Plants
Democrats just hit Trump’s clueless Interior Secretary with a real smackdown after he tried to claim solar energy is useless after dark. ‘Dumbest People in History’: Critics Shred Trump Energy Department Comments on Wind, Solar. “That such an obviously false and, frankly, asinine tweet was just issued by a federal government account is an insult to the American people,” said one critic.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-doe-wind-solar

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands / Water
Dramatic Thermal Fissure Opens in Yellowstone National Park. Yellowstone National Park, USA — The ground has quite literally opened up in one of the park’s active geothermal basins. Following a period of heightened seismic activity and increased steam discharge, a massive ground fissure has emerged, sparking immediate concern from both visitors and park officials.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpqsgL0TVco

15 WIDEST CRACKS in the Earth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5fkBafO5sU&t=6s

# Food / Farming / FDA / Agriculture / Ranching / SNAP [Food Stamps] / USDA
‘This Is War Profiteering’: Fertilizer Giants See Fortunes Boom as Trump Militarism, Tariffs Hurt Farmers.
“While a few agrochemical giants shamelessly reap bumper profits, farmers are watching their livelihoods wither on the vine,” said one Greenpeace campaigner.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/iran-war-fertilizer-prices

# General News / Arctic Frost
House Judiciary Chairman urges DOJ to permanently dismiss all Trump cases after bombshell report. “It’s probably time that this all just ended,” Jim Jordan told Just the News. The agents in the controversial Arctic Frost case also wrote a new memo insisting they believed Trump violated laws, creating a fresh roadmap for prosecution after Trump’s presidential immunity from prosecution ends in 2029.
https://justthenews.com/accountability/political-ethics/house-judiciary-chairman-urges-doj-permanently-dismiss-all-trump

# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
Rep. Robert Garcia releases bombshell NEW Epstein report exposing how a top Trump cabinet official helped Jeffrey Epstein build his global sex trafficking network! “The more Donald Trump tries to cover-up the Epstein files, the more we uncover,” Garcia said in a statement.
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2025-11-30/garcia-leads-democrats-strategy-on-epstein-probe-to-gops-dismay

Trump Admin Has Up to 120,000 Pages of Documents on Ghislaine Maxwell’s Prison Transfer. The bad news: It won’t tell us when our FOIA request for these records will be fulfilled.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/05/ghislaine-maxwell-trump-prison-transfer-foia/

# Gov / Politics
[Note: Not sure about the starred items this morning. Read and decide for yourself. J.]

* Common Cause Calls on the Cabinet to Invoke the 25th Amendment. Trump is unfit to serve. The consequences of Trump’s reckless behavior will be catastrophic for generations — and failure to act won’t be seen as caution or restraint, but as complicity in the downfall of our democracy.
https://www.commoncause.org/work/trump-is-unfit-to-serve/

* Donald Trump is Mentally Unfit and Should be Removed from Office, Declares Group of Leading Physicians. Trump’s mental instability and sole authority to launch nuclear weapons make him “a clear and present danger,” one doctor said.
https://mindsitenews.org/2026/05/07/donald-trump-is-mentally-unfit-and-should-be-removed-from-office-a-group-of-leading-mental-health-experts-declare/

* Congress PASSES Resolution Declaring Trump Unfit for Office:
In The House Of Representatives; May 15, 2025
Mr. Green of Texas submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
RESOLUTION: Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, of high crimes and misdemeanors.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/415/text

Fetterman only Democrat to vote against Iran War Powers resolution
https://www.thecentersquare.com/pennsylvania/article_cc8f2708-e966-46ad-9cab-74faa40fa000.html

A New House Resolution Would Dismantle DHS and Defund Trump’s War Machine. Congress needs a new human rights mandate after deadly abuses by the Trump administration, progressives say.
https://truthout.org/articles/a-new-house-resolution-would-dismantle-dhs-and-defund-trumps-war-machine/

Tennessee GOP House Speaker Suspends Democrats From Committees for Voting Map Protest: Tennessee House speaker suspends all Dems from committees, citing decorum violation. Minority leader says it’s like being ‘stabbed in the back’
https://tennesseelookout.com/2026/05/13/tennessee-house-speaker-suspends-dems-for-decorum-violation/

Trump on Verge of ‘Largest Single Act of Grand Larceny in American History’: As of mid-May 2026,2026, politicians and commentators are accusing President Donald Trump of considering a settlement in a lawsuit against the IRS that could amount to what Rep. Don Beyer described as the “largest single act of grand larceny in American history.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-irs-lawsuit-settlement

Georgia Gov. Calls Special Session to Rig US House Map for GOP, SC Expected to Follow. “We will not sit back and watch while Gov. Kemp takes orders from a felon-in-chief to turn Dr. King’s dream into a nightmare,” said the head of Common Cause Georgia.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-redistricting

Senate Republican Opposition To The Iran War Grows. For the seventh time this year, Senate Democrats tried to force a vote to end the Iran war. And for the seventh time this year, Senate Republicans blocked their effort.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/senate-republican-opposition-iran-war-lisa-murkowski_n_6a037e8fe4b0af4eda3f57a8

A ‘Legion of Professionals’ Refusing Trump’s Orders Revealed: Former CIA Director Claims Officials in DOJ and CIA Are Secretly Pushing Back Against Prez
https://san.com/media-miss/ex-cia-director-claims-there-are-many-in-the-doj-cia-working-against-trumps-actions/

Marco Rubio Is Doing His Job—Which Is Why Trump Will Fire Him
https://www.rawstory.com/marco-rubio-2676886839/

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court / United Nations (UN)
Supreme Court Breaks Another Election To Make Sure Black Voters Are Disenfranchised
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/05/supreme-court-alabama-voting-sotomayor-dissent-alito.html

Supreme Court Just Executed Truomp Overnight — 7–2 Ruling Wipes Out 30-Plus Executive Orders, Bans National Guard Seizure and Mass Firings; Roberts and Barrett Betray Him, White House in Chaos, Government Paralyzed
https://usaglobe24.com/supreme-court-just-executed-trump…/

Justice Department alleges states are not providing federal officers with undercover license plates
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5876343-undercover-license-plates-doj-fight/

# Medicare / Medicaid / Disability Benefits / Health and Human Services [HHS]
Vance cuts $1.3 billion in California Medicaid, pauses hospice care
https://www.aol.com/articles/jd-vance-announces-major-decision-083721000.html

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is halting enrollment of new hospice and home health agency providers for six months in a bid to “crush” on fraudulent businesses STAT’s
https://www.cms.gov/newsroom/press-releases/cms-announces-aggressive-nationwide-crackdown-fraud-six-month-hospice-home-health-agency-enrollment

# Medical / Nursing / Biologicals / Pharmaceutical / Chemistry / FDA / CDC
China’s Monopoly on Pharmaceuticals Is Bad Medicine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcJriS1rMMY

China Controls Our Medicine: Rep. Neal Dunn Sounds the Alarm on Pharma Supply Chains. In a powerful congressional Q&A, Rep. Neal Dunn draws on 35 years as a physician to warn that America’s pharmaceutical supply chains are dangerously dependent on China. Highlighting that nearly 90% of generic drugs—including antibiotics and blood thinners—rely on Chinese manufacturing, Dunn warns this isn’t just a trade issue—it’s a national security and medical readiness crisis.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHnCQ3Erf6g

# Medical Alternatives / Medical Marijuana / Hemp
Lawmakers push cannabis reform on Capitol Hill
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/there-are-a-lot-of-people-who-smoke-cannabis-in-congress-lawmaker-says/

Senate bill 220 signed into law Tuesday, advancing legislation for medical cannabis
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYTuwsZku0-/

# MiIitary / Department of Defense [DOD] / NATO / Boat Strikes
Hegseth rethinking Army reforms, cuts to aviation. One year after launching the Army Transformation Initiative, the Defense secretary says he’s reviewing the to-do list.
https://www.defenseone.com/policy/2026/05/hegseth-army-cuts-aviation/413498/

# Nuclear
We can’t curb nuclear proliferation if we don’t acknowledge Israel’s nukes. No credible nonproliferation policy begins by pretending not to see the bombs your ally already has.
https://truthout.org/articles/we-cant-curb-nuclear-proliferation-if-we-dont-acknowledge-israels-nukes/

# Social Services / Programs / Social Security / Disability
Republicans Push “Waste and Fraud” Narrative Again to Gut the Social Safety Net. The real fraud is gutting SNAP, Medicaid, and other programs to fund a war the public overwhelmingly opposes.
https://truthout.org/articles/republicans-push-waste-and-fraud-narrative-again-to-gut-the-social-safety-net/

# Technology / AI / Data Centers / Robotics
Report: As AI electricity demands soar, Microsoft weighs retreat from ambitious carbon-free energy pledge
https://www.geekwire.com/2026/report-as-ai-electricity-demands-soar-microsoft-weighs-retreat-from-ambitious-carbon-free-energy-pledge/

Microsoft Ousts Head of Israeli Branch Over Use of Tech to Spy on Palestinians. Microsoft continues “to supply cloud and AI arms to the Israeli military,” activists pointed out.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/12/microsoft-head-israel-step-down

# Transportation / Trucking
It’s not your truck anymore, they won! Recent developments indicate a shift toward increased vehicle surveillance, with automakers like Ford patenting in-cabin sensors to monitor drivers’ biometric data, including facial expressions, heart rates, and voice, potentially affecting vehicle control. These technologies are partly driven by federal regulations aiming for mandatory driver monitoring systems in all new vehicles by 2027
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWT1dzpQWqw

# Veterans / VA
Bipartisan Congressional Push Advocates for Expedited Psychedelic Therapies for Veterans’ Mental Health
https://hempgazette.com/news/psychedelic-therapies-veterans-congressional-push/

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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
ICE Lawyer Ruins Her Life. ICE Lawyer Julie Le learned about authoritarianism the hard way
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6o>2thaI8

Trump Names ICE Veteran David Venturella Acting Director. David Venturella promoted from senior adviser role to acting director after previously serving with immigration enforcement agency under George W Bush and Barack Obama
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/ice-director-david-venturella-trump-b2975635.html

Local pushback against new detention facilities is having an impact: Pushback leads Homeland Security to compromise on some warehouse detention centers for immigrants. Some states and cities are fending off large detention centers. One city cut off the water.
https://stateline.org/2026/04/17/pushback-leads-homeland-security-to-compromise-on-some-warehouse-detention-centers-for-immigrants/

San Antonio restricts new detention facilities. How might it impact the planned ICE warehouse?
Council voted 9-2 on zoning, notification requirements
https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2026/04/17/san-antonio-restricts-new-detention-facilities-how-might-it-impact-the-planned-ice-warehouse/

Trump’s $45 billion expansion of immigrant detention sites faces pushback from communities. Some state and local officials are pushing back against the Trump administration’s attempts to house thousands of detained immigrants in jails, converted warehouses and privately run facilities in their communities.
https://apnews.com/article/immigrant-detention-warehouses-ice-trump-51ad28e6b1e1c3fa60a38029d932aeeb

How planned ICE mega-jails are testing the small-town Southern welcome. Up to 10,000 immigrant detainees, seized by the Department of Homeland Security, are expected to be housed in an industrial building here. It was recently bought by the federal government for $129 million as part of the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement campaign.
https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2026/0420/trump-dhs-immigration-ice-detention-center

# Business / Industry / Corporations
GM Is Laying Off Hundreds Of Its IT Staff To Hire Dozens Of Different IT Staff. The cuts land as GM works to defend profits against rising inflation, an EV slowdown, and $8.7 billion in writedowns already on the books
https://www.carscoops.com/2026/05/gm-it-layoffs/

# Drugs / Trafficking / DEA / Gangs
Texas congressman introduces bill to give death penalty to convicted fentanyl dealers. “If a dealer distributes fentanyl or fentanyl-laced drugs and someone dies as a result, that dealer has effectively signed that person’s death warrant.”
https://ktxs.com/news/nation-world/texas-congressman-introduces-bill-to-give-death-penalty-to-convicted-fentanyl-dealers-chip-roy-washington-monument

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banking / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
‘We Can Tell’: Trump Confesses No Concern About Financial Struggles of American Families: Trump says Americans’ economic pain is not affecting his approach to Iran. What the latest numbers reveal about the cost of living. As inflation rises, here’s how high the cost of living is in America right now, in 10 charts.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/article/trump-says-americans-economic-pain-is-not-affecting-his-approach-to-iran-what-the-latest-numbers-reveal-about-the-cost-of-living-203050865.html

Watchdog recommends nearly 100 ways for agencies to save tens of billions. Agencies have implemented a majority of previous Government Accountability Office recommendations regarding duplicative federal programs, generating almost $775 billion in financial benefits.
https://www.govexec.com/oversight/2026/05/watchdog-recommends-100-ways-agencies-save-tens-billions/413496/?oref=ge-home-top-story

# FEMA / USAID
Trump admin removes latest acting head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The Trump administration has removed the acting leader of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and replaced her with a 30-year agency veteran who has held senior positions under several administrations.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/12/femas-acting-administrator-is-out-for-third-time-under-trump-00916239

# Food / Farming / FDA / Agriculture / Ranching / SNAP [Food Stamps] / USDA
Bulldozing California’s Peach Orchards: California farmers to destroy 420,000 peach trees after Del Monte collapses. Officials say cutting 50,000 tons of peaches from production could prevent $30m in losses for farmers
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/california-peach-trees-destroyed-del-monte-b2973643.html

National Roundup: Farmers call for fertilizer price transparency, domestic growth. Kubik called on Congress to pass the Fertilizer Transparency Act of 2026. The legislation would require the U.S. Department of Agriculture to publish weekly, rather than annually, market data on fertilizer prices from manufacturers.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_1d68b002-1702-4dce-b126-7c917f6bf67c.html

Embattled FDA Commissioner Marty Makary resigns. The embattled Food and Drug Administration commissioner is resigning from his role Tuesday after 13 months leading the federal agency, according to an administration official granted anonymity to discuss the development
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/12/makary-fda-resign-white-house-00916014

# General News / Arctic Frost
Biden FBI secretly set up Trump to be indicted after he leaves office, Arctic Frost memos suggest. RadarOnline.com can reveal evidence found during an investigation into allegations Trump broke the law in contesting the 2020 election has reportedly been preserved until 2030 in memos, raising alarm they could revive their prosecution after the president leaves office. Jack Smith’s team primed their criminal case against Donald Trump to resume once his presidency ends.
https://www.aol.com/articles/biden-fbi-plotted-indict-president-120133727.html
Arctic Frost investigation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_Frost_investigation

# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
For the first time ever, survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse testified publicly under oath before members of Congress. “We Were Abused As Teens”: Epstein Survivors Give Emotional Testimony During House Hearing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsZqSD-ZTNg

Epstein Friend Who Had “Great Time With the Girls” Was at Trump Event. Jeffrey Epstein’s former business partner flew to Trump’s Florida golf course last week to unveil a golden statue of the president in front of a crowd.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/epstein-friend-had-great-time-203219120.html

‘LIE, LIE, LIE, AND LIE AGAIN’: Trump melts down over Fox’s Jacqui Heinrich after she let a Democrat call him an Epstein enabler on live TV. The rant came after Heinrich interviewed Ro Khanna (D-CA) on Sunday, with Trump claiming the senior White House correspondent was not “competent” enough to rebut the Democrat’s statements.
https://www.tvinsider.com/1263343/fox-news-jacqui-heinrich-is-attacked-by-trump-in-social-media-rant/

# Gov / Politics
The Trump White House is engaged in a systematic, deliberate campaign of lies about its illegal and unnecessary war against Iran – one of the most dishonest wartime deceptions in modern American history, according to a new investigation.
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/insight/hegseth-accused-of-lying-to-trump-amid-iran-war-scrutiny/gm-GMC8650DBD?gemSnapshotKey=GMC8650DBD-snapshot-3

White House official placed on leave after trashing the president on hidden camera: Benjamin Ellisten, a senior budget analyst and funding manager for the White House, told O’Keefe’s undercover staffer that Trump is a “mess” who is “f***ing it up for everybody,” and the White House needs to “get rid of him.”
https://justthenews.com/government/white-house/white-house-official-placed-leave-after-trashing-president-hidden-camera

Sen. Kelly Says That Trump Believes Military High School Makes Him Smarter Than Admirals and Generals — “His Depth of Knowledge on This Stuff Is an Inch Deep.”
https://www.threads.com/@vincedmonroy/post/DYN0WMMD-Zo/media

‘Words of a coward’: Sen. Mark Kelly blasts Trump’s ‘Medal of Honor’ remarks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCVsYtpiOzE

Mark Kelly calls Trump’s attempt to strip his retirement rank over free speech ‘absurd’ & ‘outrageous.’ The DOJ argued Kelly’s comments about illegal orders showed a ‘pattern’ of counseling disobedience. Attorneys for the Trump administration argued before a federal appeals court the Pentagon should be able to reprimand Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly for reminding members of the military they can refuse illegal orders, and for criticizing the Defense Department.
https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050726_kelly_trump_rank/mark-kelly-calls-trumps-attempt-strip-his-retirement-rank-over-free-speech-absurd-outrageous/

Senator introduces bill to rename major highway ‘Trump Interstate.’ “Texas is Trump Country, and this bill cements that legacy by designating nearly 1,800 miles of open road from Texas’ Gulf Coast to the edge of the U.S.-Canadian border as I-47 to forever be remembered as Trump Interstate,” Cornyn said.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/05/12/trump-highway-bill-interstate-texas/90052329007/

Elizabeth Warren Says “The Pentagon Has NO Plan” to Stop Trump’s Family From Profiting Off Defense Contracts — as the Air Force Buys Drones From a Company Backed by Don Jr. and Eric Trump
https://www.newsbreak.com/combat-rated-361333999/4646764399958-elizabeth-warren-says-the-pentagon-has-no-plan-to-stop-trump-s-family-from-profiting-off-defense-contracts-as-the-air-force-buys-drones-from-a-company-backed-by-don-jr-and-eric-trump

Trump administration creates dedicated Second Amendment enforcement section inside justice departmen
https://www.justice.gov/crt/second-amendment-section

Donald Trump is called a ‘grifter’ after he collects $59M for mobile phones that haven’t shipped. Manufacturing Controversy: Initially advertised as “Made in the USA,” the phone is now confirmed to be manufactured overseas, and the website removed all release dates. Public Backlash: Social media users criticized the Trump family, calling it a “lifelong con” and expressing frustration over repeated grifting behavior.
https://share.newsbreak.com/ier7j9ut

“He’s Blabbing on TV About a Classified Pentagon Briefing” — Pete Hegseth Calls for Second Investigation of Sen. Mark Kelly After Kelly Says Iran War Depletion of U.S. Missiles Could Affect a Conflict With China. “We had this conversation in a public hearing a week ago and you said it would take ‘years’ to replenish some of these stockpiles,” Kelly wrote. “That’s not classified, it’s a quote from you. This war is coming at a serious cost and you and the president still haven’t explained to the American people what the goal is.”
https://share.newsbreak.com/ier51hzi

Lindsey Graham Blows Up at Hegseth Hearing on Iran War: ‘No Wonder This Damn Thing Is Going Nowhere!’ “I don’t trust Pakistan as far as I can throw them,” Graham fumed during a Tuesday Senate hearing.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/lindsey-graham-erupts-hegseth-iran-hearing_n_6a0377c6e4b0af4eda3f0215/amp

‘We Will Find You and We Will Kill You’: Trump signed a terror strategy that puts left-wing extremists and anarchists in the same category as ISIS
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/5866276-trump-counterterrorism-strategy-left-wing-groups/

Democrats Probe Huge ‘Illegitimate’ Cash Payments To Fired FBI Agents: Classified Leaks, January 6, and Paying for Sex: Ranking Member Raskin Investigates DOJ Scheme to Pay Millions in Taxpayer Money to MAGA FBI Agents Disciplined for Egregious Misconduct
https://democrats-judiciary.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/classified-leaks-january-6-and-paying-for-sex-ranking-member-raskin-investigates-doj-scheme-to-pay-millions-in-taxpayer-money-to-maga-fbi-agents-disciplined-for-egregious-misconduct

# Gov / Politics / Global
Iran warns London and Paris against sending warships hours before 40 defense ministers gather to finalize a Hormuz escort mission. Iran warned Britain and France on Sunday that its armed forces would launch “a decisive and immediate response” to any warships being sent to the Strait of Hormuz, after London dispatched a vessel to the region.
https://www.euractiv.com/news/iran-warns-france-uk-of-immediate-response-to-any-hormuz-deployment/

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court / United Nations (UN)
Trump’s attorney screams in Court as secret files expose everything!! Trump’s classified documents case took a dramatic turn when previously sealed court files were made public, creating chaos in the courtroom and major political fallout. Trump’s legal team had spent months trying to keep key evidence hidden, but the judge ordered the documents unsealed, allowing the public to see grand jury testimony, witness statements, and details from the investigation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmsYEi5pUyo

Trump screams Threats as Prosecutor exposes cover-up LIVE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHyGtwQ7Rys

The story of a professional whose career was destroyed for providing a legally correct, yet inconvenient answer is best exemplified by the case of Jesselyn Radack. Sometimes doing the right thing costs everything
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UM_VwivhkTY

# Medical / Nursing / Biologicals / Pharmaceutical / Chemistry / FDA / CDC
COVID vaccine skeptic targets Pfizer officials after Trump admin pays him for Biden’s censorship. Former drug industry reporter says he almost spurned $150,000 settlement because Trump’s DOJ held out on admitting he was censored. Appeals court to consider Pfizer officials’ possible role in Twitter deplatforming him.
https://justthenews.com/nation/free-speech/covid-vaccine-skeptic-guns-pfizer-officials-after-trump-admin-pays-him-bidens

# Medical Alternatives / Medical Marijuana / Hemp
The House Rules Committee is allowing an amendment to let military veterans get medical cannabis recommendations from their Department of Veterans Affairs doctors to be considered for a floor vote. A separate amendment that seeks to raise awareness about the benefits of psychedelic and other therapies for military veterans is also advancing.
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/congressional-amendment-to-let-military-veterans-get-medical-marijuana-recommendations-through-the-va-advances-to-floor-vote/

# Medical  / Pharmaceutical Recalls
Pain Reliever Recalled Nationwide: As of May 2026, over 6,000 bottles of Acella Pharmaceuticals’ prescription Naproxen Oral Suspension are under a nationwide recall due to chemical contamination (lead and lithium).
https://www.aol.com/articles/pain-relief-medication-recalled-nationwide-184234200.html

Nearly 90,000 bottles of Children’s Ibuprofen Oral Suspension (manufactured by Strides Pharma) are recalled for potential black particles/gel-like substances.  Strides Pharma is voluntarily recalling 89,592 bottles of Children’s Ibuprofen Oral Suspension (100 mg/5 mL) due to reports of foreign particles, described as a “gel-like mass and black particles”
https://www.empr.com/news/nearly-90000-bottles-of-childrens-ibuprofen-recalled-nationwide/

# MiIlitary / Department of Defense [DOD] / NATO / Boat Strikes
Donald Trump trashes Iran’s ‘generous’ peace offer, so Pentagon makes a power move by revealing the location of a U.S. nuclear submarine
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5872704-ohio-class-missile-submarine/

Trump-class Battleship will get same nuclear reactor as Ford aircraft carrier. Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Daryl Caudle confirmed the battleship would share several design features with the USS Ford.
https://breakingdefense.com/2026/05/trump-class-battleship-will-get-same-nuclear-reactor-as-ford-aircraft-carrier/

# Military / Global
Iran has hit far more U.S. military assets than reported, satellite images show. Imagery published by Iranian state-affiliated media and verified by The Post shows damage to at least 228 structures or pieces of equipment at U.S. military sites.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2026/05/06/iran-us-bases-satellite-images/

# Other Interestimg Stuff
360 earthquakes in 48 hours crack water lines and roads in Southern California as the Brawley fault zone lights up
https://www.newsnationnow.com/climate/earthquakes-recorded-southern-california/

# Technology / AI / Data Centers / Robotics
A data center drained 30M gallons of water unnoticed — until residents complained about low water pressure. Residents in Fayetteville, Georgia, noticed low water pressure last year. The utility discovered two unaccounted-for water connections at one of the nation’s largest data center campuses.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/08/georgia-data-centers-water-00909988

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# Indigenous
At Standing Rock, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and thousands of Indigenous water protectors gathered to oppose the Dakota Access Pipeline near the Missouri River, raising concerns about water safety, treaty rights, and sacred land. Their message was simple: “Water is Life.”
https://americanindian.si.edu/nk360/plains-treaties/dapl

# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
6 found dead inside railroad boxcar, Laredo police say. The bodies of five men and one woman were discovered in a train boxcar during a routine inspection in a rail yard outside of Laredo, Texas. NBC News’ Ryan Chandler reports that the six people died from heat stroke and were believed to be from Mexico and Honduras, according to the county’s medical examiner.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHcWzE9uWXM

San Antonio body linked to 6 found dead in Laredo boxcar. Authorities believe a body found near railroad tracks in southwest Bexar County is connected to the six people found dead inside a boxcar in Laredo over the weekend, Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar said in a news conference Monday.
https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2026/05/11/body-found-near-railroad-tracks-in-southwest-bexar-county-sheriffs-office-says/

Sixth Circuit panel strikes down Trump administration detention policy. The court said law-abiding residents who have deep community ties have stronger constitutional protections than those who are detained at the border.
https://www.courthousenews.com/sixth-circuit-panel-strikes-down-trump-administration-detention-policy/

Stanton demands answers on DACA renewal delays hurting Arizona Dreamers.  The status of Arizona’s 20,000 DACA recipients has never been more precarious.
https://www.12news.com/article/news/politics/national-politics/arizona-daca-recipients-face-uncertainty-renewal-delays-deportation-fears/75-103afdfa-91bd-456d-bc41-b85a59a3ffae

ICE hands members of Congress new memo blocking detention center visits while they’re trying to get in. Lawmakers turned away from speaking with detainees during oversight visit of Otay Mesa detention center despite court rulings
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/ice-memo-congress-otay-mesa-detention-center-b2974611.html

People are being warned off Trump’s Gold Card immigration plan – and even Melania’s ex-lawyer hates it. Only a few dozen people have reportedly filled out paperwork to begin the process of obtaining Trump’s ‘Gold Card’ visa since December
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/melania-lawyer-gold-cards-immigration-b2973957.html

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banking / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
US sanctions Chinese firms assisting IRGC as Iran War looms large ahead of Trump’s China visit. China has been trying to prop up its Iranian partner amidst devastating U.S. strikes against the theocratic regime. It remains to be seen if this will be a central topic for Trump and Xi as they meet in China.
https://justthenews.com/government/white-house/us-sanctions-chinese-firms-assisting-irgc-iran-war-looms-large-ahead-trumps

Companies got $166 billion in tariff refunds after the Supreme Court ruling — but consumers who paid higher prices aren’t getting a dime
https://share.newsbreak.com/ied86jwz

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Power Plants
Why running coal plants beyond planned closures is costing hundreds of millions. Federal emergency orders keeping five aging coal plants open past retirement have cost more than $200 million so far, with utility companies already authorized or seeking approval to recover those costs through electricity rates
https://san.com/cc/why-running-coal-plants-beyond-planned-closures-is-costing-hundreds-of-millions/

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands / Water
The U.S. Forest Service isn’t managing forests anymore. It’s running a timber operation and poisoning everything else to do it. “The wedding of the chemical industry and the Forest Service has got to be seriously and deeply looked at,” Craig Thomas, a fire restoration expert, says about the spraying. The Forest Service is “addicted to herbicide use and glyphosate, and we need to get them into rehab.”
https://revealnews.org/podcast/california-forests-roundup-glyphosate-weed-killer/

# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
Trumps dark past surfaces at WORST TIME for him! Before Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein, Trump was close friends with John Casablancas in the early 1990s. Casablancas ran a teen “beauty pageant” that Trump not only judged in New York, but also hosted at the Plaza Hotel. Popok notes that Casablancas was accused of preying on his teen models during this period and even admitted to raping a 15-year-old model.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WckmheYDDn4

# Gov / Politics
Federal Judge Slaps Trump Down In Fiery Ruling Accusing Him Of ‘Power Grab.’ “A President who touts an image of himself as a ‘king’ or a ‘dictator,’ perhaps as his vision of effective leadership, fundamentally misapprehends the role under Article II of the U.S. Constitution,” the judge wrote in a 36-page ruling.
https://www.newsweek.com/judge-beryl-howell-slaps-trump-down-nlrb-ruling-2040947

Judge Orders $32.8M Melania Trump Assets Sold – 3 Day Seizure Now Permanent. History is often written in the quiet ink of a judge’s pen, but on May 9, 2026, at exactly 7:14 a.m., it was carved into the American legal record with a finality that has sent shockwaves through every boardroom and gated community in the country. Judge Kaplan just issued the final order.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sfw9OeffUcQ

Send Her To Jail: Trump Turns On Bondi After Melania Audio Filed In Court. Pam Bondi’s legal team just filed an eleven-minute audio recording of Melania Trump directly into the court record. Voluntarily. As a supplemental exhibit. In response to a contempt citation. The recording contains statements about White House-level knowledge of Epstein file suppression decisions. And Trump is now demanding Bondi go to prison.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWiWZARugIA

Democrats, media and legal scholars float wild proposals to win Virginia redistricting battle. Is outcome determination above the law? The proposals follow Democratic leaders decrying the Virginia Supreme Court ruling that struck down Democrats’ redistricting attempt as “undemocratic.”
https://justthenews.com/government/courts-law/democrats-media-and-legal-scholars-float-radical-proposals-win-virginia

Senators release records on potential Hunter Biden prostitution crimes kept from them by Biden DOJ: GOP senators release Hunter Biden texts buried by DOJ. The 150 pages of text messages was obtained after years of congressional requests to the DOJ tied to broader Republican investigations into former President Joe Biden and his family.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/4563826/gop-senators-release-hunter-biden-texts/

Trump ‘seriously considering’ making Venezuela 51st state. Trump previously joked about Canada becoming the 51st state, saying it would have economic and security benefits for both countries
https://people.com/donald-trump-considering-making-venezuela-51st-state-11971692

After Trump’s Motorcade Drives Through Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool To Highlight Its $2M Renovation, Democrats Call Him ‘Out Of Touch With Reality’
https://upolitics.com/news/after-trumps-motorcade-drives-through-lincoln-memorial-reflecting-pool-to-highlight-its-2m-renovation-democrats-call-him-out-of-touch-with-reality/

Laura Ingraham Shares Post Saying Trump Is ‘On Verge of Making Massive Error’ With Potential China Deal. China last October reportedly offered to ramp up investment in the U.S. in exchange for the Trump administration rolling back national security restrictions on Chinese deals and providing a break on tariffs for any factories built on American soil
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5873799-trump-china-deal-concerns/

SCOTUS gutted the Voting Rights Act using voter turnout data that experts say was deliberately manipulated to reach a false conclusion. ‘Unusual methodology’: Supreme Court ‘manipulated’ critical data to gut voting rights
https://www.alternet.org/scotus-voting-rights-2676870239/

Supreme Court halts order for Alabama to use House map with two primarily black district. Alabama will revert to having one majority Black congressional district this year as part of a 6-3 Supreme Court decision that upended next week’s states primary elections.
https://www.al.com/politics/2026/05/us-supreme-court-ends-order-requiring-alabama-to-have-two-black-congressional-districts.html

Decades of Congressional Inaction Contributed to Illegal US-Israeli War on Iran. Congress can limit further escalation with Iran via the War Powers Resolution, appropriations, and impeachment.
https://truthout.org/articles/decades-of-congressional-inaction-contributed-to-illegal-us-israeli-war-on-iran/

# Gov / Politics / Global
Iran hangs ‘US spy’ after ‘torturing elite student into false confession. Iranian authorities on Monday hanged a post-graduate student from an elite Tehran university on charges of espionage, the latest in a spate of executions against the backdrop of the war against the United States and Israel.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/iran-hangs-elite-student-espionage-085146044.html

# Law / Law Enforcement / Prisons / FBI / CIA / ATF / DEA
Former Sheriff’s Deputy Found Guilty for Shooting a Black Man Bringing Sandwiches to His Grandmother’s Home in Ohio
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfEj9eCiO-E

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court / United Nations (UN)
Donald Trump Brazenly Admits What His Supreme Court Appointees Are There For. The president said the quiet part way out loud in a rant against his SCOTUS nominees.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-neil-gorsuch-amy-coney-barrett_n_6a019ab3e4b06e786e3f3d46

DOJ announces criminal charges against companies, employee involved in Baltimore bridge collapse. Federal prosecutors have charged Synergy Marine Group, Synergy Maritime and one employee in connection with the March 2024 collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, alleging a conspiracy to conceal dangerous safety violations aboard the Dali container ship that contributed to the disaster and led to the deaths of six.
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/foreign-operators-and-technical-superintendent-mv-dali-indicted-roles-key-bridge-crash

# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
‘Effort to Stifle and Intimidate’: Trump DOJ Subpoenas News Outlets Over Iran War Cover.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/effort-to-stifle-and-intimidate-trump-doj-subpoenas-news-outlets-over-iran-war-coverage

# Medicare / Medicaid / Disability Benefits / Health and Human Services [HHS]
The One State Taking a Big Run at Health Reform. Washington state just passed the country’s first ‘public option’ plan, and its difficult birth carries a warning for national reformers.
https://www.politico.com/news/agenda/2019/11/25/is-medicare-for-all-right-answer-wrong-idea-072462

# Medical Alternatives / Medical Marijuana / Hemp
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives posted draft revisions to a gun purchase form that would recognize medical marijuana’s federally legal status following the Trump administration’s rescheduling move.
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/new-atf-gun-form-recognizes-medical-marijuanas-federally-legal-status-under-trumps-rescheduling-move/

# MiIlitary / Department of Defense [DOD] / NATO / Boat Strikes
Rep. Jason Crow Says Trump Moving Thousands of Troops “Because He Didn’t Like a Foreign Leader’s Comments” — “This Should Concern Every American.” The sequence began when Merz said publicly that the United States was being “humiliated” by Iran amid the ongoing war and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
https://www.newsbreak.com/combat-rated-361333999/4643164573953-rep-jason-crow-says-trump-moving-thousands-of-troops-because-he-didn-t-like-a-foreign-leader-s-comments-this-should-concern-every-american

# Military / Global
India fires a nuclear missile that splits into multiple warheads in mid-flight — each one hitting a different target 5,000 km away. With MIRV, India can target different different locations or the same location with a time gap. This can include decoys to hoodwink the enemy’s defence systems.
https://theprint.in/defence/one-missile-multiple-warheads-many-targets-india-successfully-test-fires-agni-5-with-mirv-tech/2926777/

Japan Just Unveiled a Game-Changing New Combat Drone—And You Won’t Believe What It’s Made Of. A new Japanese combat drone unveiled by the country’s defense minister is made from an unlikely source material.
https://thedebrief.org/japan-just-unveiled-a-game-changing-new-combat-drone-and-you-wont-believe-what-its-made-of/

Israeli Military Ordered Soldiers in Gaza to “Shoot to Kill” Every Man They Saw. Israeli soldiers also said that they were told to consider shooting women and children.
https://truthout.org/articles/israeli-military-ordered-soldiers-in-gaza-to-shoot-to-kill-every-man-they-saw/

# Other Interestimg Stuff
11,000-Year-Old Major Discovery in Canada Could Challenge “Everything We Thought We Knew” About North American Prehistory. An 11,000-year-old settlement could represent one of the earliest Indigenous habitation sites ever found in North America.
https://thedebrief.org/11000-year-old-major-discovery-in-canada-could-challenge-everything-we-thought-we-knew-about-north-american-prehistory/

146,000-Year-Old Tool Discovery Reveals Unexpected Adaptations to Harsh Ice Age Life. Ice Age tools dating back 146,000 years, discovered in an ancient Chinese cave, reveal surprising human adaptations to a harsh environment.
https://archaeologymag.com/2026/05/ice-age-humans-used-advanced-stone-tools-china/

# Planetary / Solar Activity
Something Deep in the Ocean is Causing Global Sea Levels to Rise—Now Scientists Reveal What’s Driving the Anomaly. Scientists tracking the factors driving a global rise in sea levels over recent years say a key missing piece of the puzzle may have finally been revealed.
https://thedebrief.org/something-deep-in-the-ocean-is-causing-global-sea-levels-to-rise-now-scientists-reveal-whats-driving-the-anomaly/

# Social / Communities / Housing
Trump calls for lawmakers to pass major housing bill that would help American homeowners. The president had previously stayed out of a cross-chamber dispute over housing affordability legislation.
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/05/11/congress/trump-congress-senate-housing-bill-00915603

# Social Services / Programs / Social Security / Disability
* Social Security and Medicare are dominating headlines more than ever, with some in Washington debating cuts, radical “reforms” and the future of seniors’ earned benefits.*
Social Security and Medicare Are Racing Toward Drastic Cuts—Yet Lawmakers Refuse To Act. Other countries have taken meaningful steps to address similar challenges. The U.S. has done nothing.
https://reason.com/2025/06/29/social-security-and-medicare-are-racing-toward-drastic-cuts-yet-lawmakers-refuse-to-act/

Dems, GOP tee up new debate on major changes to Social Security. Analysts from Social Security, the Congressional Budget Office and the Congressional Research Service laid out the grim numbers facing the program: Without major changes, at some point from 2032 to 2034 the main fund for retirees will no longer be able to pay out full benefits.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/mar/25/dems-gop-tee-new-debate-major-changes-social-security/

# Technology / AI / Data Centers / Robotics
“Netflix has built a surveillance program designed to illegally collect and profit from Texans’ personal data”: Texas AG Ken Paxton sues Netflix, claims streaming giant spied on children and illegally collected data about kids and adults without knowledge or consent.
https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/texas-ken-paxton-netflix-lawsuit-data-collection-5-11-2026/

This AI Can Self-Replicate Into Another Machine. Researchers Are Very, Very Freaked Out by It.
“We’re rapidly approaching the point where no one would be able to shut down a rogue AI.”
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/researchers-teach-ai-self-replicate

New Data Center Equivalent to Setting Off 23 Nuclear Bombs Per Day, Professor Finds. The environmental consequences could be downright apocalyptic. Davies calculated it would spike local temperatures by five degrees Fahrenheit during the day, and 28 degrees at night.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/data-center-equivalent-setting-off-162939719.html

Wall Street Is Pairing Up With the Army to Build Data Centers. The Army data center buildout comes as the Pentagon increases its use of AI in military operations.
https://truthout.org/articles/wall-street-is-pairing-up-with-the-army-to-build-data-centers/

# Travel / Tourism / TSA
The hantavirus scare is far from over, and now we have another virus outbreak with more than 100 sickened aboard Caribbean Princess cruise
https://www.livemint.com/news/world/after-hantavirus-norovirus-outbreak-on-caribbean-princess-cruise-leaves-over-100-sick-all-you-need-to-know-11778358145242.html

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# Indigenous
Native federal contractors press SBA over 8(a) approval delays. Wilton Rancheria expands Sacramento stadium project to $450M sports and entertainment venue. A proposed off-reservation casino in California’s Central Valley is effectively blocked after the state Supreme Court declined review. The ruling leaves the North Fork Rancheria project without required state approval, underscoring ongoing legal and political limits on off-reservation gaming in the state.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/acquisition-policy/2026/05/tribal-owned-firms-want-answers-about-state-of-8a-program/

From the Crow Nation to the Courtroom: Celina Stops Makes History at Boyd School of Law. Celina Stops will become the first member of the Crow Tribe to graduate from UNLV’s Boyd School of Law, marking a milestone for the university’s Indian Nations Gaming & Governance Program and the broader pathway of Native attorneys entering tribal governance, gaming and federal Indian law.
https://tribalbusinessnews.com/sponsored-content-category/15611-from-the-crow-nation-to-the-courtroom-celina-stops-makes-history-at-boyd-school-of-law

Proposed Trump Budget Could Force Tribal Colleges to Close Within a Year, Native Education Leaders Warn. The American Indian College Fund said it shares the concerns of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) over the Department of the Interior’s proposal to eliminate all dedicated TCU funding for the second year in a row.
https://nativenewsonline.net/education/proposed-trump-budget-could-force-tribal-colleges-to-close-within-a-year-native-education-leaders-warn/

# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
Haaland Condemns DOJ Lawsuit Over New Mexico Immigration Policies. “We are a multicultural state, we must stand strong with our neighbors,” she continued. “That means as governor, I will do anything in my power to stop ICE from tearing families apart and committing crimes in our streets while advocating for strong, common sense immigration and border security reform.”
https://nativenewsonline.net/currents/haaland-condemns-doj-lawsuit-over-new-mexico-immigration-policies/

Trump says US Supreme Court should be ‘loyal’ on key cases.  President Donald Trump called on US Supreme Court justices to be “loyal” to his executive order banning birthright citizenship, while bashing the court’s recent ruling against his tariffs.
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/trump-us-supreme-court-loyal-key-cases-6112821?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=threads

Born Man Dies One Day After Reuniting With ICE-Detained Parents in Mexico. The parents had been held by immigration authorities before the meeting took place. The sequence placed the family together for a brief period amid the young man’s declining health.
https://www.newsbreak.com/nl/general-politics-immigration-1BGgooaB?utm_source=aigeon&utm_medium=nb_newsletter

# Food / Farming / FDA / Agriculture / Ranching / SNAP [Food Stamps] / USDA
A USDA cow scientist won an award for helping dairy farmers produce more milk. He’s worried about the future of government research under Trump. The Partnership for Public Service, which runs an annual awards program for federal employees, recognized fewer civil servants this year as a result of fewer agencies participating.
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2026/05/usda-cow-scientist-dairy-farmers-produce-more-milk/413431/

Trump Insists, ‘I Know Nothing About’ Report Saying He’s Going To Fire FDA Chief
https://www.aol.com/articles/trump-responds-reports-fda-chief-175254923.html

# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
Is Melania Trump’s Past With Epstein About To Explode? Serious panic is spreading inside the Trump White House over First Lady Melania Trump’s past.
https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/melania-trump-epstein-press-conference

I Know Why Melania Is Panicking About Epstein | The Daily Beast Podcast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V90kSXywwmU

Timeline of Jeffrey Epstein-Ghislaine Maxwell Law Enforcement Failures (1996-2025). The Timeline below examines decades-long failures by federal law enforcement and oversight agencies—including the Department of Justice, the FBI, and the Department of the Treasury—in the handling of Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes: child sexual abuse and the sex trafficking of minors, as well as the sexual abuse of young adult women.
https://www.justsecurity.org/119137/timeline-jeffrey-epstein-ghislaine-maxwell/

The Epstein Diaries #8: Epstein Goes to Jail—For the First Time. But a decades-long, bitterly contested legal battle is just beginning
https://michaelwolffnyc.substack.com/p/the-epstein-diaries-8-epstein-goes

# Gov / Politics
Democrats consider forcing Virginia Supreme Court overhaul after map ruling: Virginia Democrats are weighing how to respond after the state Supreme Court voided a congressional map approved by voters, with party leaders privately expressing anger and discussing steps that could allow them to redraw the lines — including changes to the court itself.
https://san.com/cc/democrats-consider-forcing-virginia-supreme-court-overhaul-after-map-ruling-report/

‘TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE:’ Trump criticizes Iran’s response to US proposal. Negotiations between the U.S. and Iran over a ceasefire and control of the Strait of Hormuz remain unresolved, with the strait’s status affecting global shipping that American consumers and businesses depend on.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/05/10/iran-response-us-proposal-war/

Trump Rejects ‘Reasonable and Generous’ Peace Proposal. “The only thing we have demanded is Iran’s legitimate rights,” said Esmail Baghaei, the spokesperson for Iran’s Foreign Ministry.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/iran-trump-peace-proposal

Tucker Carlson Predicts Donald Trump Will Be ‘Gone Relatively Soon’ From Politics in Cryptic Statement. his latest remarks to Kelly focused on Trump being “gone” politically, not physically.
https://share.newsbreak.com/idxuau5h

Biggest Con of All: The Genuinely Staggering Scale of Trump’s Robbery: What we are living through is a deliberately constructed fog of lies and grievance with one purpose only: to keep us screaming at each other about bathrooms and brown-skinned invaders while the people writing the checks rob us blind.
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/right-wing-influence-machine-trump

# Gov / Politics / Global
Gaza aid flotilla activists released from Israeli prison, deported. An Israeli naval interception of a Gaza-bound aid flotilla in international waters has resulted in documented detention and alleged mistreatment, drawing formal condemnation from multiple governments.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/10/israel-deports-two-gaza-aid-flotilla-activists

Iran Warns UK and France: Iran warns France, UK of ‘immediate response’ to any Hormuz deployment
The UK defence ministry announced to send a destroyer as “part of prudent planning”
https://www.euractiv.com/news/iran-warns-france-uk-of-immediate-response-to-any-hormuz-deployment/

Germany Agrees With Trump’s Position on Iran. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said that Europe wants to maintain the NATO alliance, saying that Europe and the United States have the shared goal of stopping Iran
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5856045-merz-trump-relationship-iran/

# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
Donald Trump  lashed out at Fox News host Jacqui Heinrich after she dared interview a Democratic lawmaker who criticized him on air. Trump responded with a 180-plus-word Truth Social rant attacking both Khanna and Heinrich.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/donald-trump-fake-freakout-over-085015016.html

# Medical / Nursing / Biologicals / Pharmaceutical / Chemistry / FDA / CDC
Hantavirus ship passengers arrive for quarantine: Hantavirus is not the new COVID-19, despite what social media says
https://san.com/cc/hantavirus-is-not-the-new-covid-19-despite-what-social-media-says/

Why hantavirus isn’t the next pandemic, according to health officials. While none of the more than 140 people who were still on the ship were showing any symptoms of hantavirus, they will be under quarantine. The Americans, after arriving at Offutt Air Force Base in Omaha, Nebraska, will be taken to the National Quarantine Center at the University of Nebraska, the CDC confirmed. Contact tracing is also underway.
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5871637-why-hantavirus-isnt-the-next-pandemic-according-to-health-officials/

# MiIlitary / Department of Defense [DOD] / NATO / Boat Strikes
‘Each of These Is a Murder’: Trump Admin Conducts 3rd Deadly Boat Strike in 5 Days. “Drug suspects should be arrested and prosecuted, not summarily executed,” a human rights expert said.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/deadly-boat-strike

# Military / Global
Israeli Drone Kills Man and 12-Year-Old Daughter in ‘Barbaric’ Double-Tap Strike.
https://www.newsgram.com/war-and-conflict/2026/05/11/israel-double-tap-strike-kills-father-daughter

Israeli drone strikes near Beirut kill 4 and southern airstrikes kill at least 13
https://www.newsday.com/news/nation/lebanon-israel-hezbollah-airstrikes-nabatiyeh-c99216

# Nuclear
US to Develop Small Modular Nuclear Reactors for Commercial Shipping. The United States is seeking to develop small modular nuclear reactors (SMR) for commercial vessels that would potentially bring down shipping costs
https://shipandbunker.com/news/am/781538-us-plans-to-develop-small-nuclear-reactors-for-commercial-ships

# UFO / UAP Disclosure
Pentagon releases UFO files spanning decades. The department said it will release more files “on a rolling basis.”
https://abcnews.com/Politics/pentagon-begins-release-decades-unresolved-ufo-files/story?id=132780534
See also: Pentagon releases decades of UFO files
https://www.war.gov/UFO/

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# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Recalls
Trump Administration Plans to Displace 900 Bison in Montana Sparking Concerns Among Conservationists. American Prairie and tribal groups argue that the new proposal threatens conservation efforts and decades of work to restore bison populations. [Note: They should cultivate these herds instead of trying to kill them off. Bison is a lot healthier meat than bovine meat. Lower in fat and colesterol. And taste better. Google it.]
https://people.com/trump-administration-working-to-displace-900-bison-in-montana-11969008

# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
Proposed San Antonio ICE Facility paused pending environmental review, Councilman says
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/proposed-san-antonio-ice-facility-014018434.html

ICE agents tackled a New York teenager, split his head open and left him bleeding at a park. Then they admitted they had the wrong person. “They just grabbed me and threw me on the floor and started hurting me,” said Jeury Concepcion, who was 19 at the time of the May 6 incident
https://people.com/new-york-man-claims-ice-detained-and-beat-him-before-realizing-mistake-11971030

Trump administration seeks to denaturalize former U.S. ambassador and 11 others accused of fraudulently obtaining citizenship through “willful misrepresentation”
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5870355-justice-department-seeks-denaturalization/

Trump’s ‘cruel and lawless’ deportation scheme spent $44M sending 17,500 people to places they’ve never been, report finds. Immigrants who fear torture and persecution in their home countries are being sent to ‘third countries’ that could deport them to the same places they fled, a sweeping new report finds.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-admin-deportation-scheme-ice-b2972589.html

Judge Orders Release Of Black Teen Held In Immigration Detention For Months. Details on Olivia Andre’s detention and the court order for her release
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/judge-orders-release-black-teen-204156011.html

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banking / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
‘Largest Transfer of Wealth in Modern History’: $83,000,000,000,000 in Private Wealth To Change Hands Globally Over Next Two to Three Decades: In a new report, UBS says that $83 trillion in private wealth across the globe will be transferred to new beneficiaries over the coming two to three decades.
https://dailyhodl.com/2026/05/08/largest-transfer-of-wealth-in-modern-history-83000000000000-in-private-wealth-to-change-hands-globally-over-next-two-to-three-decades-ubs/
UBS: UBS Group AG[nb 1] (stylized simply as UBS) is a Swiss multinational investment bank and financial services firm founded and based in Switzerland, with headquarters in both Zurich and Basel.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UBS

# Education / Schools / Children / Youth / Libraries and Museums / Childcare
More States Enact New Laws Curbing Teachers Unions. Standing behind a placard declaring Florida “the education state,” Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday signed into law two measures that make it harder for teachers to collectively bargain pay and working conditions.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/desantis-signs-law-placing-restrictions-153035285.html

# General News
Wow, here we go again. Michigan communities alarmed by recent body discoveries. A week after reports on a dead body found in a Genesee County pond, just days after a body was found in a Michigan nature park, yet another dead body has been found in Michigan. This has become an increasingly disturbing trend across the Great Lakes State.
https://wcrz.com/michigan-body-discoveries-growing-concern/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral

# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
Newly released suicide note matches Epstein’s handwriting, experts say
https://apnews.com/article/jeffrey-epstein-handwriting-notes-nyc-jail-tartaglione-ed67aedee5d8c1aff1b862e2aeb399ba

Jeffrey Epstein’s brother Mark suggests newly released suicide note is fake. Jeffrey Epstein’s brother is calling BS on a newly surfaced “suicide note” supposedly written by the disgraced financier
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/epstein-brother-raises-questions-suicide-043211917.html

Why was the release of a suicide note apparently written by Jeffrey Epstein delayed?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7KxnPrxWg8

Trump roasted as ‘never-before-seen’ data dump berated as another Epstein ‘distraction’
https://www.rawstory.com/stringr/ufo-files-distraction/

Whistleblower Shares Evidence That Federal Prison Camp Warden is Pampering Ghislaine Maxwell, Maxwell Also Filing a “Commutation Application” With Trump Administration. Raskin Demands Answers From President Trump On Any Potential Maxwell Clemency, Presses For Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche to Come Before Committee And Testify About Apparent Maxwell Quid Pro Quo
https://democrats-judiciary.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/whistleblower-shares-evidence-that-federal-prison-camp-warden-is-pampering-ghislaine-maxwell-maxwell-also-filing-a-commutation-application-with-trump-administration

Trump’s ICE arrested the parents of at least 27,000 kids with experts saying the separation can have lasting impacts. Analysis finds return to ‘family separation’ era with hundreds of parents, including children to US citizens, torn from their families
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-family-separation-deportations-children-trauma-b2973231.html

# Gov / Politics
Texas Republicans face mounting backlash after Governor Abbott vows Islamic development project “will never see the light of day” while intensifying fight against Muslim organizations across the state
https://allnews102.com/2026/05/09/texas-republicans-face-mounting-backlash-after-governor-abbott-vows-islamic-development-project-will-never-see-the-light-of-day-while-intensifying-fight-against-muslim-organizations/

Legal group exposes heavy use of Minnesota’s vouching’ system to override voting ID rules
https://aflegal.org/press-release/america-first-legal-exposes-records-showing-tens-of-thousands-of-uses-of-minnesotas-insecure-election-vouching-process/

Huckabee criticizes Megyn Kelly, Tucker Carlson for suggesting U.S. gives Israel $1.5T for defense. “Neither of these ppl are dumb. I worked w/ them at Fox. They know how to Google basic facts. The US provides $3.8 billion (NOT $1.5 trillion) but Israel spends many X over that on US. We get a huge ROI-are they too lazy to research or intentionally lying?” Huckabee wrote in response to the video.
https://justthenews.com/world/middle-east/huckabee-criticizes-megyn-kelly-tucker-carlson-suggesting-us-gives-israel-15t

“Chaos Erυpted at the Vaticaп — Bυt Pope Leo XIV’s Stυппiпg Respoпse to Aпti-Faith Protesters Left the Eпtire World iп Absolυte Sileпce”
https://luxqi.jervisfamily.com/posts/chaos-erupted-vatican-but-pope-leo-xivs-stunning-response-anti-faith-ttrang123456-team-apex-ea6a

Trump gets caught stealing $400 million from child victims to pay for his stupid arch! Money tied to alleged child privacy violations could help bankroll Trump’s lavish D.C. “beautification” plans. According to ABC News, the Trump administration is nearing a settlement with TikTok for illegally collecting data from children under 13.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trumps-tacky-gold-arch-could-be-funded-by-child-victims/?utm_term=130445892&utm_medium=desktop&utm_source=web_push&utm_content=ARCH%20MADNESS&utm_campaign=WEB&tdb_source=web_push

Barroп Trυmp’s 195 IQ collapses after Pope Leo XIV whispers oпe qυestioп that freezes him aпd shocks stυdio
https://luxqi.jervisfamily.com/posts/barron-trumps-195-iq-collapses-after-pope-leo-xiv-whispers-chan123456-team-apex-1407

Bernie Sanders Says Trump Family Made $4 Billion Off Presidency While Warren Slams Crypto Regulation That ‘Isn’t Worth The Paper It’s Written On’
https://www.benzinga.com/crypto/26/05/52399741/bernie-sanders-trump-family-4-billion-warren-crypto

Trump gave $6.9M no-bid contract to his ‘pool guy’ to repaint reflection pool under ‘urgent’ exemption. President Trump selected ‘American Flag blue’ to paint the bottom of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, a White House spokesperson said
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-reflecting-pool-contract-b2973821.html

GOP insiders fear Trump may hold back most of his $300 million political fortune for legacy projects and 2028 ambitions instead of rescuing the GOP in 2026
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/09/mild-panic-will-set-in-soon-gop-donors-left-to-wonder-about-trumps-300-million-war-chest-00913096

# Gov / Politics / Global
Putin says Ukraine war might be ‘coming to an end.’ Russian president also says he is willing to meet Ukraine’s Zelenskyy in a third country if a long-term peace deal is reached.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/10/putin-suggests-russias-war-on-ukraine-coming-to-an-end

# Law / Law Enforcement / Prisons / FBI / CIA / ATF / DEA
Virginia’s governor has ordered the cops to enforce a law that was already found unconstitutional. Virginia’s governor has ordered the cops to enforce a law that was already found unconstitutional.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWLk7GEzhS4

# Medical / Nursing / Biologicals / Pharmaceutical / Chemistry / FDA / CDC
Hantavirus explained: What to know after the cruise ship outbreak
https://www.health.harvard.edu/immune-and-infectious-diseases/hantavirus-explained-what-to-know-after-the-cruise-ship-outbreak

# MiIlitary / Department of Defense [DOD] / NATO / Boat Strikes
WATCH: Pentagon publicly releases video of US military disabling 2 additional Iranian tankers. “U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) enforced blockade measures against two Iranian-flagged unladen oil tankers attempting to pull into an Iranian port on the Gulf of Oman,” read a CENTCOM statement.
https://justthenews.com/government/federal-agencies/watch-pentagon-publicly-releases-video-us-military-disabling-2

# Military / Global
Iran threatens US sites in Middle East if tankers come under fire. Revolutionary Guards issue warning as Trump awaits Iran’s response to Washington’s latest proposal for peace deal
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/10/iran-threatens-us-sites-in-middle-east-if-tankers-come-under-fire

# NASA / NORAD / Space
Astronomers Tracking Unexplained Spike in Meteor Events. A flurry of fireballs! Is there a reason for the uptick? Whether this reflects a genuine change in the near-Earth meteoroid environment, an amplification of reporting through AI and social media, or some combination of both, we cannot yet say definitively. What we can say is that the question deserves both public awareness and scientific attention.
https://earthsky.org/space/flurry-of-fireballs-march-2026-reason-ams/

# Security / DHS / Communications / Surveillance / Secret Service
Blackburn calls for full audit of ‘every single employee’ on Secret Service payroll. “It is blatantly clear that the Secret Service needs to be cleaned up,” the Tennessee Republican wrote. “Unless you root out the rot, our nation will suffer the consequences.”
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/05/08/marsha_blackburn_to_secret_service_root_out_the_rot__154106.html

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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
Trump Administration Targets 12 for Rare Citizenship Revocation. Among them is former U.S. Ambassador to Bolivia Victor Manuel Rocha, a native of Colombia who is serving a 15-year federal prison sentence after pleading guilty to charges related to his work as a covert spy for the Cuban government.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5870355-justice-department-seeks-denaturalization/

ICE violated order about warrantless arrests in DC, judge says
https://apnews.com/article/ice-trump-warrantless-arrests-immigration-33f4057527133cd670f540ed67cc735a

Big Bend border wall plans cancelled for national park after backlash
https://www.newsbreak.com/nl/general-politics-immigration-1BDoDV8i?utm_source=aigeon&utm_medium=nb_newsletter

# Education / Schools / Children / Youth / Libraries and Museums / Childcare
Gov. Abbott orders shutdown of unauthorized North Texas Muslim university. The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board issued a cease-and-desist letter at the Governor’s direction, demanding an immediate halt to all advertising, enrollment, and instructional activities.
https://texasscorecard.com/state/state-board-orders-muslim-university-in-dallas-to-shut-down/

The Trump administration’s cancellation of more than $100 million in humanities grants to scholars, writers, research groups and other organizations was unconstitutional, and the Department of Government Efficiency had no authority to end the funding, a federal judge in New York ruled on Thursday
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/08/doge-humanities-grants-unconstitutional

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands / Water
Trump Dumps Toxic Debris From His Ballroom Onto Public Golf Course. President Trump is taking toxic materials from the White House construction and dumping it onto a public golf course that he wants to take over next.
https://newrepublic.com/post/209959/trump-dumps-toxic-materials-white-house-ballroom-golf-course

An underwater eruption in the South Pacific could point to an “emergency brake” on climate change.  South Pacific has provided scientists with unexpected insights into potential climate intervention mechanisms, with recent studies identifying it as a “self-cleaning” event that acted as an “emergency brake” on methane
https://thedebrief.org/this-violent-volcanic-eruption-may-have-revealed-a-hidden-emergency-brake-for-climate-change/

Something Deep in the Ocean is Causing Global Sea Levels to Rise—Now Scientists Reveal What’s Driving the Anomaly. Scientists tracking factors driving a global rise in sea levels in recent years say a key missing piece in the puzzle may have finally been revealed.
https://phys.org/news/2026-04-anomaly-global-sea-deep-ocean.html

# Food / Farming / FDA / Agriculture / Ranching / SNAP [Food Stamps] / USDA
‘Stinks of Rotting Meat’: Critics Warn Trump DOJ Settlement Would Legalize Price-Fixing. “Get ready for even higher prices for chicken, turkey, and pork,” said one antitrust attorney.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-doj-meat-price-fixing

Trump reportedly plans to fire FDA Commissioner Makary. The departure would add to a slew of key federal health care vacancies. . It would be the latest high-profile departure to hit Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s health department.
https://www.statnews.com/2026/05/08/fda-commissioner-marty-makary-exit-controversial-tenure/

# General News / Boat Strikes
Murderous Trump and US Continue to Blow Up Small Boats. The Trump administration is normalizing militarism in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific. The pace of extrajudicial executions is ramping up
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/05/08/us-continues-to-blow-up-small-boats-militarism-normalized-in-the-caribbean-and-eastern-pacific/

# Gov / Politics
Critics slam President Trump after he claims taxpayers are “not” paying for luxury in “the most beautiful ballroom anywhere in the world” but for security upgrades meant to prevent another “fiasco”
https://allnews102.com/2026/05/08/critics-slam-president-trump-after-he-claims-taxpayers-are-not-paying-for-luxury-in-the-most-beautiful-ballroom-anywhere-in-the-world-but-for-security-upgrades-mean/

What Trump and MAGA just did in Virginia and Tennessee shows Democrats have little chance in midterms. Democrats tried to lead by example, Eric Garcia writes. They would up unilaterally disarming in the redistricting wars
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-republicans-house-democrats-tennessee-virginia-b2973222.html

‘He’s Insane’: Trump Stuns With ‘Orwellian’ Description Of Iran Strikes. Critics pointed out the big contradiction with the president’s comment. Trump’s comments appeared to contradictorily suggest “the war is both continuing and ending and there is both a ceasefire and no ceasefire” and that “we are in a war and a ceasefire at the exact same time.” “Orwellian stuff,” another critic added.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-iran-strikes-description_n_69fd8b60e4b06e786e3db55a/amp

Black Disenfranchisement Has Not Been This Intense Since Jim Crow. The federal government is carrying forward a white nationalist backlash to the mass uprisings that took place in 2020.
https://truthout.org/articles/black-disenfranchisement-has-not-been-this-intense-since-jim-crow/

# Gov / Politics / Global
Despite Ceasefire, Israel Continues to Expand Occupation of Southern Lebanon.  1.1 million people were uprooted from their homes when Israel escalated its war on Lebanon, ostensibly to disarm the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.
https://truthout.org/articles/despite-ceasefire-israel-continues-to-expand-occupation-of-southern-lebanon/

Israel’s attacks and pressure sowing seeds for division in tense Lebanon. Analysts believe Israel aims to exploit Lebanon’s divisions to force concessions amid military and political pressures.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/7/israels-attacks-and-pressure-sowing-seeds-for-division-in-tense-lebanon

West Bank Faces Economic Crisis as Israel Withholds Tax Revenue and Work Permits. Israel is choking off financial prospects in the West Bank, pushing Palestinians there toward a breaking point.
https://scheerpost.com/2026/05/08/west-bank-faces-economic-crisis-as-israel-withholds-tax-revenue-and-work-permits/

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court / United Nations (UN)
The Supreme Court’s Path To Killing The Voting Rights Act Is Paved With Bulls**t
https://www.aol.com/articles/supreme-court-path-killing-voting-194159134.html

# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
‘It’s About Time’: ABC News Pushes Back Against Trump’s FCC Attack on Free Press. “ABC has finally learned that bullies don’t stop when companies cower in a corner,” said one free press advocate.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/abc-news-fcc-filing

# Medicare / Medicaid / Disability Benefits / Health and Human Services [HHS]
President Trump says he won’t reconsider leaving the WHO
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zq62yUj6Bv4

# Medical  Recalls
FDA Issues Heart Device Recall. Boston Scientific’s pacemaker recall is most serious type: The FDA warned that the continued use of the devices without the update could lead to “⁠serious injury or death.”
https://www.modernhealthcare.com/medical-devices/mh-boston-scientific-fda-accolade-pacemaker-recall-correction/

FDA announces more recalls due to risk of syringe breaking during treatment
https://cardiovascularbusiness.com/topics/clinical/interventional-cardiology/fda-announces-more-recalls-due-risk-syringe-breaking-during-treatment

# MiIlitary / Department of Defense [DOD] / NATO
Top Oversight Democrat Pushes Pentagon Watchdog to Probe ‘Shady’ Trump Family Contracts: “While Trump’s illegal war in Iran is driving up gas and grocery bills for working families, his sons are cashing in on defense contracts funded by hardworking taxpayers. Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. invested in a drone company, and weeks later it landed its first ever Pentagon contract. The appearance of possible corruption is wrong and we need an independent watchdog to investigate it immediately,”
https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/news/press-releases/ranking-member-robert-garcia-demands-dod-watchdog-investigate-shady-trump-family-defense-contracts

The Militia Act of 1792 established the framework for federal conscription by requiring, for the first time, that all free able-bodied white male citizens aged 18 to 45 be enrolled in state militias. This federalized the obligation for militia service, giving the president authority to call them forth. [It was never rescinded.]
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/may-8/militia-act-establishes-conscription-under-federal-law

# Science / Research
Trump’s Attack on Science Escalates With Firing of Entire National Science Board. The impact of the loss of knowledge and research will be felt for decades — a legacy of Trump’s war on science. The board had 24 members but two of them had already stepped down and were not replaced.
https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/trump-administration-fires-entire-board-of-uss-national-science-foundation-without-warning/4023353.article

# Social Services / Programs / Social Security / Disability
Social Security Benefits Could Increase for Millions Under New Bill. The Social Security Caregiver Credit Act, a bicameral bill that would allow eligible caregivers to earn Social Security retirement credits while providing unpaid care to their dependent family members.
https://www.newsweek.com/social-security-benefits-could-increase-for-millions-under-new-bill-11894485

Social Security Can Change Into Personal Accounts Under Trump Plan—Ted Cruz. Senator Ted Cruz, a Texas Republican, said earlier this week a new Trump‑backed savings program for children could eventually be used to reshape Social Security into personal investment accounts.
https://www.newsweek.com/social-security-can-change-into-personal-accounts-under-trump-plan-ted-cruz-11930756

Ted Cruz Admits Trump Accounts Are Designed to Privatize Social Security Over Time. One advocate said the Texas Republican laid bare the “two-pronged strategy to push Social Security privatization: Creating the Trump accounts with one hand and gutting the Social Security Administration with the other.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/ted-cruz-privatize-social-security?utm_source=Common+Dreams&utm_campaign=b81a5ba7d5-Top+News+%7C+Thu.+5%2F7%2F26_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0<998917937b-600473715

# Travel / Tourism / TSA
State Department Announces Passport Revocation Policy
https://apnews.com/article/passports-unpaid-child-support-penalty-state-department-42d90cfa8a06ee349bb9145f668919b6

# UFO / UAP Disclosure
Pentagon Releases First Batch of UFO Files: 5 Highlights. Among the releases is a 1969 debrief of Buzz Aldrin stating he saw a ‘sizeable’ object close to the lunar surface
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/08/pentagon-ufo-files

UFO files: Pictures the Pentagon released
https://www.newsnationnow.com/space/ufo-files-pictures-pentagon-released/

PHOTOS: ‘Never-before-seen’ UFO files released by the Trump administration [This one looks like a drone.]
https://wpde.com/news/nation-world/never-before-seen-ufo-files-released-by-the-president-donald-trump-administration-department-of-war-unidentified-anomalous-phenomena-uap-fbi-declassified-government-documents-transparency

The Newly Released Government UFO Archives Will Leave You Shrugging. The latest release of records follows years of muddled messaging and controversial claims on a topic with real national security implications.
https://www.twz.com/news-features/the-newly-released-government-ufo-archives-will-leave-you-shrugging

NASA Says Strange Red Dots in Sky Are an Unknown Class of Object That Looks Like a Huge Evil Eye
Among the cooler (and creepier) things you’ll see in space in this lifetime or the next:  Astronomers say they’ve found a new specimen, which they’re calling an “X-ray dot,” that suggests these crimson specks are a type of never-before-seen — and improbably extreme — stage of supermassive black hole evolution.
https://futurism.com/space/little-red-dot-evil-eye

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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
At least 79 kids have been harmed by tear gas or pepper spray during Trump’s immigration crackdown. The government touts that it’s “protecting the American people.” In several cities, judges have chastised federal officers, saying they used excessive force. One former DHS leader called ProPublica’s findings a “bright red flag.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/kids-tear-gas-trump-immigration-crackdown

Federal, state officials discuss closure of ‘Alligator Alcat.” Homan characterized the talks as part of the administration’s ongoing review of detention facility contracts, as well as the expansion and reduction of certain centers nationwide.
“There’s a process going on right now on the future of detention and filling 100,000 beds,” he said. “So that is in the mix amongst a lot of facilities.”
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article315672937.html

Broadview protesters sue feds over DNA collection after arrests, saying it violates rights. All four plaintiffs were arrested while protesting; two were charged but their cases were dismissed. They allege the cheek swabs used to collect their DNA violated their Fourth Amendment rights.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/05/07/broadview-protesters-federal-lawsuit-ice-immigration-arrest-dna-collection

DHS can’t create vast DNA database to track ICE critics, lawsuit says. Lawsuit accuses DHS of plugging DNA database into ICE surveillance machine.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/05/ice-protesters-sue-to-stop-dhs-from-seizing-dna-samples/

ICE reveals rare data on number of arrests in “sensitive” locations in San Diego: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s acting director, revealed that the agency removed about 16,400 people and arrested 10,500 in San Diego and Imperial counties during the first 14 months of President Donald Trump’s second term. Furthermore, 1,454 of those arrests occurred “in or near” sensitive locations, such as churches, schools and hospitals.
https://www.swoknews.com/ap/national/ice-reveals-new-data-to-congress-members-about-san-diego-immigration-enforcement-operations/article_03910082-7fbe-505f-b85b-063e93e544e9.html

Organizers, rapid responders change tactics in Chicago to counter targeted enforcement: Faster response times and increased training are just two ways that communities are resisting lower-profile enforcement tactics following Operation Midway Blitz. 580 people have been detained in the Chicago area from Jan. 1 through mid-March.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/05/07/rapid-responders-immigration-enforcement-ice-puno-mimi-guiracoch-pilsen-unidos-nuestro-orgullo-casa-dupage-workers-center

Florida-based federal appeals court rejects Trump admin. detention policy as split in circuit deepens: The Supreme Court may be called upon to decide on the policy as a second appeals court has rejected the federal government’s no-bond policy. A panel of the Atlanta-based 11th Circuit deepens an appeals court split.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/06/appeals-court-mandatory-detention-ice-ruling-00909352?_bhlid=ce768355d2bf6cc99fa891f47c63e4e04308b63e&utm_campaign=markets-hit-records-on-iran-memo&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_source=memo-daily.beehiiv.com

Removal orders for immigrants nearly double. There were 47,900 new Notices to Appear (NTAs) seeking removal orders in March, up nearly 50% from 24,507 filed in March 2025
https://www.kxan.com/border-report/report-removal-orders-for-immigrants-nearly-double/

ICE Keeps Detaining the Same US Citizen Again, and Again, and Again. He’s Fighting Back. “I only wish to live my life in peace,” Leonardo Garcia Venegas said in a declaration.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/05/ice-keeps-detaining-the-same-us-citizen-again-and-again-and-again-hes-fighting-back/

# Business / Industry / Corporations
New survey finds more WA businesses considering moving out of state. A new survey of Washington businesses reveals growing pessimism about the state’s economy and ability to be successful in the Evergreen state.
https://www.awb.org/nearly-1-in-4-wa-businesses-now-considering-leaving-state/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banking / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
U.S. deficit projected to hit $2 trillion, double fiscal target
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_60eb9e46-cbe9-445b-baba-af56062e83fd.html

Supreme Court Chief Justice Makes Comment; Court Strikes Down Trump Tariffs: US trade court rules Trump tariffs illegal, but issues narrow block
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/us-trade-court-rules-against-210626265.html

# Education / Schools / Children / Youth / Libraries and Museums / Childcare
Florida Creates New Conservative US History Course as Alternative to AP Courses. The course is the latest maneuver in DeSantis’s right-wing attacks on public education. Florida Creates New Conservative US History Course as Alternative to AP.  The course is the latest maneuver in DeSantis’s right-wing attacks on public education.
https://truthout.org/articles/florida-creates-new-conservative-us-history-course-as-alternative-to-ap/

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands / Water
Trump Exempted Some of the Nation’s Biggest Polluters From Air Quality Rules. All It Took Was an Email. Silenced Science: The EPA’s air quality experts played no meaningful role in determining whether a facility should be handed an exemption to the rules, according to the agency.
https://www.propublica.org/article/clean-air-act-exemptions-trump-emails

Inside the Texas water crisis pitting residents against industry. “If the wars of this century were fought over oil, the wars of the next century will be fought over water.” A perilous story from the Gulf Shore city, where businesses, including water-hungry oil refineries, face dried-up lakes, scorched lawns, and tough decisions after years of drought.
https://publichealthwatch.org/2026/05/07/inside-the-texas-water-crisis-pitting-residents-against-industry/

# FEMA / USAID
FEMA should cut staff and aid, Trump’s council recommends. The changes come after the president proposed an overhaul, or outright elimination, of the disaster response agency.
https://www.govexec.com/management/2026/05/fema-should-employ-fewer-staff-and-offer-aid-fewer-individuals-trumps-council-recommends/413406/

The Trump administration is trying to divert $2 billion in global health funding to pay for USAID shutdown
https://newrepublic.com/post/210111/trump-billions-shut-down-usaid

# Gov / Politics
When a man with a badge and a gun feels comfortable lying to your face on live television, we are witnessing the foundation of an authoritarian state. Chad Bianco isn’t just a random fringe politician.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/california-gop-governor-candidate-flails-143903008.html

Marxism-promoting Singham Network leader holds gig at CCP-tied think tank doing United Front work. Singham Network has long been dogged by calls that it should register under the Foreign Agents Registration Act. New revelations show one of its key leaders holds a position within the CCP and United Front ecosystem.
https://justthenews.com/government/security/marxism-promoting-singham-network-leader-holds-gig-ccp-led-think-tank-doing

Tennessee lawmakers pass new slate of House maps, eliminating last Democrat. Tennessee lawmakers approved a new congressional map on Thursday that carves up a majority-Black district in Memphis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOyGRFajiIg

VA Supreme Court overturns redistricting referendum: The ruling upends one of the most closely watched redistricting fights in the country. It follows months of legal challenges over whether the referendum was unconstitutional.
https://www.axios.com/local/richmond/2026/05/08/virginia-supreme-court-redistricting-vote-decision

Trump warns Iran is ruled by ‘lunatics’ after latest attack on US destroyers: Trump warns Iran after US ships transit Strait of Hormuz under fire: President Trump warned that the U.S. will “knock” Iran “a lot harder, and more violently” after U.S. forces intercepted Iranian attacks on three American destroyers as they exited the Strait of Hormuz.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5868920-trump-warns-iran-violence/

Beyond the Dog Whistle: It’s time the Democrats tell the truth and set out a clear vision to remedy the decades of political vandalism that brought us to this perilous, violent moment in our history.
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/beyond-the-dog-whistle/

After SCOTUS destroyed the Voting Rights Act, Southern states rush to pass Jim Crow voting maps. “We’re seeing the greatest purge of Black power since the era of Reconstruction.”
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/05/after-scotus-destroyed-the-voting-rights-act-southern-states-rush-to-pass-jim-crow-voting-maps/

# Gov / Politics / Global
Kurds in the Crossfire: The Kurds are on the front lines of the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran. After their betrayal in Syria, can they survive another fight?
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/kurds-in-the-crossfire/

West Bank Faces Economic Crisis as Israel Withholds Tax Revenue and Work Permits. Israel is choking off financial prospects in the West Bank, pushing Palestinians there toward a breaking point.
https://truthout.org/articles/west-bank-faces-economic-crisis-as-israel-withholds-tax-revenue-and-work-permits/

# Law / Law Enforcement / Prisons / FBI / CIA / ATF / DEA
FBI probing Senate Intel Democrats for possible classified leaks, spurred by NSA criminal referral. New probe is latest to emerge from a Trump administration crackdown on the leaks of classified secrets.
https://justthenews.com/government/security/fbi-probing-senate-intel-democrats-possible-classified-leaks-spurred-nsa

# Medical / Nursing / Biologicals / Pharmaceutical / Chemistry / FDA / CDC
Health officials track dozens who left hantavirus-stricken ship after first fatality. Health authorities across four continents Thursday were tracking down and monitoring passengers who disembarked a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship before its deadly outbreak was detected, and trying to trace others who may have come into contact with them since then.
https://apnews.com/article/hantavirus-cruise-ship-st-helena-9c70878b2ff59d187f1e34c12627cea7

Officials race to track hantavirus ship passengers.  health officials in several countries are contact tracing: trying to identify and follow people who may have come in contact with passengers who got sick or died.
https://people.com/hantavirus-outbreak-30-cruise-passengers-disembarked-11969424

Update: Key takeaways from WHO briefing on hantavirus cruise ship outbreak. The U.S. and Argentina, both recent WHO dropouts, are cooperating in the response
https://www.statnews.com/2026/05/07/hantavirus-outbreak-key-takeaways-who-cruise-ship-briefing/

Official leading CDC’s cruise ship program retires. Hantavirus outbreak on MV Hondius has focused public attention on cruise ship safety
https://www.statnews.com/2026/05/07/luis-rodriguez-retires-cdc-vessel-sanitation-program-amid-hantavirus-outbreak/

# MiIlitary / Department of Defense [DOD] / NATO
Iran targets Navy ships, U.S. responds; ceasefire in question. Exactly one month after the U.S. declared a ceasefire with Iran, the U.S. struck Iranian military sites Thursday in retaliation for “unprovoked” attacks on a U.S. Navy ship, according to U.S. Central Command.
https://www.aol.com/articles/iran-targets-navy-ships-u-221500657.html

# Technology / AI / Data Centers / Robotics
First it was the schools. Now they’re coming for your cellphone at work. This one will really get you thinking, because it’s very easy to see both sides of the argument. On one hand, cellphones really can be distracting in the workplace, but on the other, we’re not children.
https://san.com/cc/first-it-was-the-schools-now-theyre-coming-for-your-cellphone-at-work/

# Veterans / VA
Air Force veteran sues Trump admin. for DNA collection after arrest at ICE protest: Veteran sues US government after being forced to provide CBP with his DNA. 71-year-old Air Force veteran Dana Briggs is suing the Trump administration after being arrested by Customs and Border Protection and forced to provide his DNA.
https://www.tag24.com/en/news/politics/refugees/veteran-sues-us-government-after-being-forced-to-provide-cbp-with-his-dna-3496355-amp

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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
Tom Homan’s ICE surge threat isn’t stopping sanctuary bills in New York. Empire State Democrats are not dropping plans for a package of measures meant to protect undocumented immigrants.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/06/tom-homans-new-york-ice-surge-threat-isnt-stopping-sanctuary-bills-00908594

“I did not vote for this”: Triple Trump voter in Texas turns on Republicans as ICE raids target Hispanic workers with no criminal records, empty job sites, and cripple local businesses
https://allnews102.com/2026/05/06/i-did-not-vote-for-this-triple-trump-voter-in-texas-turns-on-republicans-as-ice-raids-target-hispanic-workers-with-no-criminal-records-empty-job-sites-and-cripple-local-businesses/

Former acting ICE director warned U.S. citizens could be wrongfully detained in deportation surge-months before two were fatally shot, report says. Top officials at the deportation agency knew as early as March that their officers were using more force against civilians than ever before
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/report-ice-officials-ignored-clear-174645359.html

ICE agents storm Disney cruise docking in California and arrest multiple staff in front of stunned passengers. Crew members were still wearing their Disney uniforms when they were escorted away from the boat with their hands zip-tied behind their backs, reports say
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/ice-agents-disney-cruise-san-diego-b2971807.html

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banking / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
Texas congressional delegation calls for federal investigation into H-1B visa fraud.n U.S. Rep. Beth Van Duyne, R-TX, and her north Texas colleagues have called for a federal investigation into alleged H-1B visa fraud occurring in counties they represent.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/texas/article_51398c73-ea10-4860-aeb1-15b8b0507cc2.html

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Power Plants
Sierra Club report: New Analysis Reveals Massive Water Use by Texas Power Plants
Gas and coal plants guzzle billions of gallons of water every year despite low-water alternatives
https://www.sierraclub.org/press-releases/2026/05/new-analysis-reveals-massive-water-use-texas-power-plants

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands / Water
Trump panic as Carney says no, fresh water will not flow to the U.S. Canada has drawn a line: its water is not for sale.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEftw6LKJPk

One of the planet’s biggest cities is sinking so rapidly it’s visible from space: Mexico City is sinking at an alarming rate of up to 10 inches (25 cm) per year, a, rapid subsidence visible from space. New NASA-linked satellite data shows this is driven by excessive groundwater pumping, causing some areas to drop nearly 0.78 inches (2 cm) per month, threatening critical infrastructure and the city’s 22 million residents
https://www.sciencealert.com/nasa-satellite-reveals-just-how-fast-mexico-city-is-sinking

# Food / Farming / FDA / Agriculture / Ranching / SNAP [Food Stamps] / USDA
A year after FDA staff cuts, six former staffers speak out. A year after DOGE’s cuts, six FDA staffers describe the work they never thought they’d leave. Last year, health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired about 3,500 workers from the FDA. Now he’s aiming to hire more than 3,200, including reviewers and investigators.
https://www.statnews.com/2026/05/07/fda-rebuilding-after-doge-former-regulators-speaking-out/

No to food stamps, yes to ballrooms: Harris blasts Trump ballroom as SNAP benefits cut off: ‘Are you f‑‑‑ing kidding me?’ “This guy wants to create a ballroom for his rich friends while completely turning a blind eye to the fact that babies are going to starve when the SNAP benefits end in just hours from now,” Harris said, referring to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/5581499-harris-jon-stewart-trump-ballroom-snap-benefits/

Republicans Claim Widespread Food Stamp Fraud. What’s Missing: Hard Evidence. Reviving the “Welfare Queen” stereotype doesn’t make it any more true.
https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/5581499-harris-jon-stewart-trump-ballroom-snap-benefits/

# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
Trump’s potential pardon of Epstein’s right-hand woman splits Republicans as survivors warn of a ‘mockery of justice.’ While some Republican lawmakers in the House Oversight Committee are open to the idea of trading a pardon for her cooperation in an investigation into Epstein’s network, others and survivors’ advocates strongly oppose it
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/03/epstein-ghislaine-maxwell-clemency

Mystery group opens MASSIVE physical library in New York City containing all 3,400 volumes of the Epstein files as critics accuse DOJ of hiding the truth. The Institute for Primary Facts has compiled more than 3.5 million pages of the Epstein files for public display at the newly opened Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Reading Room.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91537929/someone-turned-the-epstein-files-into-a-public-library-heres-how-to-see-it

Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged suicide note released by federal judge
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/epstein-suicide-note-release-cellmate-lawsuit-b2971906.html

# Gov / Politics
DNI Gabbard spurs probe into evidence Congress, Trump were misled on election security, memos show.
The evidence continues to stack up that the U.S. intel community sought to downplay China’s actions in 2020 as Trump sought reelection, perhaps at the cost of legal or ethical rules. CIA Director John Ratcliffe said that there was a “false impression that Russia sought to influence the election, but China did not.”
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/elections/dni-gabbard-uncovered-evidence-congress-and-trump-misled-china-and

WEAPONIZED DOJ! Trump’s FBI goons raid the office of Virginia’s Senate President after she pushes through new maps taking seats away from Republicans! I don’t know if the case against L. Louise Lucas has merit. I do know federal law enforcement hasn’t earned the benefit of the doubt.
https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trumps-fbi-faces-difficult-questions-following-raid-on-virginia-democrats-office

‘Look in Your Own Back Yard Cowards!’: Texas Rep. Keith Self Slammed After Calling for Crackdown on Left-Wing Government ‘fraud.’ The GOP is no better
https://thenerdstash.com/look-in-your-own-back-yard-cowards-texas-rep-keith-self-slammed-after-calling-for-crackdown-on-left-wing-government-fraud/

Democrats in Congress renewed calls for U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick to resign after testifying about his ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_8ecbec1b-77b4-462d-be86-6bb6edd31534.html

The President’s plan to squeeze China. Global politics will soon turn to a focus on China, where President Trump is set to travel for a summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping. The Iran conflict is expected to be a key topic of discussion,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4foyDnwhgnc

Trump’s war on Iran has China in a chokehold | As the US president prepares to visit Beijing, he may have ended his hosts’ decades-long growth miracle
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/05/03/trumps-war-on-iran-has-china-in-a-chokehold/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_tw_post_has-china-in-a-chokehold/

Trump’s latter day Monroe Doctrine is aimed at China:  The Trump administration has made no secret of its intentions, as laid out in the 2025 National Security Strategy (NSS) document: To “reassert and enforce the ‘Monroe Doctrine’ to preserve U.S. preeminence in the [Western] Hemisphere and deny outside powers control of strategic locations and assets.”
https://www.piie.com/blogs/realtime-economics/2026/trumps-latter-day-monroe-doctrine-aimed-china

Tennessee GOP moves to pass map eliminating state’s lone Democratic seat. A proposed Tennessee congressional map, expected to pass Thursday, would eliminate the state’s only majority-Black district and split Memphis across three districts, directly reshaping which voters hold influence over their House representation. Move follows Supreme Court decision limiting use of race in congressional redistricting
https://rollcall.com/2026/05/06/tennessee-republicans-unveil-new-map-that-would-dismantle-lone-democratic-seat/

Moment Donald Trump ‘mocks’ little girl caught on camera as President ‘sinks to new low,’ the whole exchange later turned into a bigger debate on how he spoke to a child about her sports goals.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/donald-trump-seemingly-mocks-young-080404431.html

New Trump counterterrorism strategy elevates threats from leftist groups like Antifa
https://time.com/article/2026/05/06/trump-new-counterterrorism-strategy/

‘Another layer of suppression’: First Amendment groups ask appeals court to fast-track their long-delayed appeal of Judge Cannon’s order burying Mar-a-Lago report on Trump
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/another-layer-of-suppression-first-amendment-groups-ask-appeals-court-to-fast-track-their-long-delayed-appeal-of-judge-cannons-order-burying-mar-a-lago-report-on-trump/

Trump just reasserted his domination of the GOP. But that might not be good news for the party in 2026
https://www.nbcrightnow.com/national/trump-reminds-republicans-it-is-still-his-party/article_81b5d0ce-4af6-573e-8cf4-4350340ac32a.html

Expert Puts Cost of Trump’s Iran War at Nearly 3X Pentagon Figure. The Center for International Policy estimates the direct cost of the U.S. war with Iran to be \(\$71.8\) billion over 60 days, which is nearly three times the official Pentagon estimate of \(\$25\) billion
https://www.commondreams.org/news/pentagon-cost-iran-war

The Trump administration is deleting government data. This information was used to understand the problems Americans face. The consequences of its erasure, experts warn, could affect generations
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/may/07/trump-administration-deleting-data

# Gov / Politics / Global
China Tightens Financial Tap on Iran Oil Trade Ahead of Trump-Xi Talks
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-05-07/china-tightens-financial-tap-on-iran-oil-trade-ahead-of-trump-xi-talks

China’s unprecedented defiance of U.S. sanctions triggers showdown. China has ordered its companies to ignore U.S. sanctions, an unprecedented act of defiance that threatens to trap a vast banking sector in the crossfire as tension rises between the world’s largest economies.
https://fortune.com/2026/05/04/china-defiance-us-sanctions-iran-oil/

Vladimir Putin Assassination Fears Erupt — Dictator ‘Spends Weeks in Bunkers’ as Coup and Death Paranoia Grows Within Inner Circle. The bombshell development comes as Donald Trump allegedly warned King Charles III during an April 27 White House visit that the Russian dictator “wants war,” fueling fresh alarm over escalating global tensions.
https://radaronline.com/p/vladimir-putin-assassination-fears-spends-weeks-in-bunkers-coup/

‘Yes it’s discrimination’ Israeli army chief admits in video as his troops gun down Palestinian kids for throwing rocks
https://www.themarysue.com/yes-its-discrimination-israeli-army-chief-admits-in-leaked-video-as-his-troops-gun-down-palestinian-kids-for-throwing-rocks/

# Law / Law Enforcement / Prisons / FBI / CIA / ATF / DEA
More than 3-in-4 allegations of sexual assault against federal prison staff are going unresolved. Such allegations are spiking and the Justice Department is failing to implement key reforms meant to institute a zero-tolerance policy toward prison rape, GAO finds.
https://www.govexec.com/oversight/2026/05/allegations-sexual-assault-federal-prison-staff-unresolved/413361/?oref=ge-author-river

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court / United Nations (UN)
The Supreme Court’s use of emergency orders is on the rise. Why? Justices don’t say. Shedding light on the Supreme Court’s shadow docket. Legal scholars debate whether the surge in emergency orders is merely a response to rising presidential power or a threat to the rule of law
https://hls.harvard.edu/today/shedding-light-on-the-supreme-courts-shadow-docket/

Supreme Court just gave Black voters a shot at real power beyond safe seats
https://www.aol.com/articles/supreme-court-just-gave-black-090003991.html

Supreme Court just buried a legal principle it invented — and Republicans noticed: The so-called Purcell principle, which the Court has invoked repeatedly over the past several years to protect the rights of minority voters, holds that state legislatures cannot change their election maps when an election is too close. But that principle was just thrown out the door in Louisiana v. Callais,
https://www.rawstory.com/supreme-court-2676856630/

# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
MAGA civil war erupts as Ted Cruz warns Trump administration is weaponizing government power after FCC accelerates ABC license . This “mafia-like” behavior sets a dangerous precedent for government censorship, creating a divide among conservatives who disagree using regulatory power to punish media outlets
https://allnews102.com/2026/05/06/maga-civil-war-erupts-as-ted-cruz-warns-trump-administration-is-weaponizing-government-power-after-fcc-accelerates-abc-license-review-amid-jimmy-kimmel-outrage/\

Ted Cruz Rips FCC Over ABC Broadcast License Review Following Kimmel Joke: ‘It Is Not Government’s Job to Censor Speech’
GOP senator previously compared agency chairman Brendan Carr to a ‘mafioso’ for threats to revoke broadcasters’ licenses over disfavored speed
https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/ted-cruz-fcc-abc-broadcast-license-review-kimmel-censor-speech-1236733070/

# Medical Alternatives / Medical Marijuana / Hemp
Congressional report on what cannabis rescheduling does—and doesn’t do
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/congressional-report-explains-implications-and-limitations-of-trumps-marijuana-rescheduling-move-for-users-and-industry/

# Military / Department of Defense [DOD] / NATO
President Trump threatened Iran with “higher level and intensity” attacks if the country does not agree to a peace deal.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5865608-trump-threatens-iran-attacks/

U.S. sinks 7 small Iranian boats as Iran launches attacks on UAE and ships in Strait of Hormuz
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/iran-war-trump-strait-of-hormuz-ship-attack-threat-peace-proposal/

Day 66 of Middle East conflict – Iranian attacks on UAE, Trump warns against targeting US ships. The fragile ceasefire between the US and Iran is being tested after both sides fired shots in the Strait of Hormuz.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/04/world/live-news/iran-war-hormuz-trump

“He Is Lying to the American People,” Sen. Tammy Duckworth Says After U.S. and Iranian Forces Exchange Fire in the Strait of Hormuz Days After Trump Declared Hostilities Over
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/us/snplus/news/2026/05/05/u-s—iran-clashes-over-strait-of-hormuz-inflames-democratic-criticism-of-white-house-saying-hostilities–terminated—

# Military / Global
France sends in its only aircraft carrier to help with reopening of Strait of Hormuz. Europeans have so far watched from afar as US struggles to reopen waterway
https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/europe/2026/05/06/france-sends-aircraft-carrier-to-red-sea-in-new-push-to-open-strait-of-hormuz/

Iran launches a barrage at the UAE for the first time since the ceasefire. Schools are shut, a refinery is burning, and Trump is “looking into it”
https://attackofthefanboy.com/politics/iran-launches-a-barrage-at-the-uae-for-the-first-time-since-the-ceasefire-schools-are-shut-a-refinery-is-burning-and-trump-is-looking-into-it/

# Other Interestimg Stuff
Scientists opened a sealed French cave untouched for 20,000 years and found 36,000-year-old masterpieces inside
https://dailygalaxy.com/2026/05/sealed-cave-20000-years-preserved-artworks/

# Security / DHS / Communications / Surveillance
A security researcher (Thereallo) decompiled the new White House app (iOS/Android), revealing significant security and privacy flaws, including hidden GPS tracking, insecure data handling, and malicious JavaScript loading. After it launched, many tore it apart for the permissions it was asking for. Now, a security researcher pulled the APK and tore it apart to see what’s really going on.
https://www.androidheadlines.com/2026/05/a-security-researcher-decompiled-the-white-house-app-what-they-found-is-pretty-alarming.html

# Social Services / Programs / Social Security / Disability
Trump has viciously gutted public services since he took office. The Trump Administration and congressional Republicans advanced one of the most radically regressive policy agendas in our nation’s history during the first year of President Trump’s second term.
https://www.cbpp.org/research/federal-budget/a-record-of-historic-harm-in-the-first-year-of-trumps-second-term

# Travel / Tourism / TSA
Major U.S. Airport Will Be Renamed After Donald Trump, and His Family Will Keep the Profits. To Rename Its Airport After Trump, Palm Beach Had to License His Name. The Trumps won’t profit from airport-branded merchandise sold on site. But the agreement doesn’t prevent them from profiting off such items sold elsewhere.
https://thoughtcatalog.com/holden-desalles/2026/05/major-u-s-airport-will-be-renamed-after-donald-trump-and-his-family-will-keep-the-profits/

America’s airlines are shutting down: Spirit Airlines is out of business, to some extent, due to fuel costs. That fuel has risen by 82% in the past three months. Experts in Europe say the region will be out of fuel in five weeks. Quietly, airlines are cutting routes.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/videos/america-airlines-shutting-down-123118916.html

# Veterans / VA
VA suicide screening doubles after watchdog found mass failure. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has improved suicide risk screening and follow-up care among veterans in its system after a December 2024 federal watchdog report found staff were failing to complete required suicide risk checks for 40% or more of patients.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_f793e5c2-8e4f-46fa-9e6b-ceae1ad18211.html

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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
Trump border czar threatens ICE surge if New York approves sanctuary measures. Gov. Kathy Hochul decried the remarks, saying they are at odds with what the president told her earlier this year.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/05/trump-border-czar-threatens-ice-surge-if-new-york-approves-sanctuary-measures-00906830

Clash between ICE, protesters over weekend raid raises questions around NYPD collaboration:  ICE detained Chidozie Wilson Okeke, a Nigerian immigrant, who was seeking medical attention.
https://documentedny.com/2026/05/04/ice-nypd-clash-brooklyn-protest/

Mamdani condemns ICE following Brooklyn hospital raid, denies “prior” NYPD collaboration with federal agents: Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso has stated that the police helped ICE to open and close the hospital doors during the operation.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/ice-raid-hospital-bushwick-sparks-223851833.html

ICE offering local police unprecedented financial incentives to collaborate on immigration enforcement:
DHS is promising hundreds of thousands of dollars in funds to purchase new vehicles and equipment, and to reimburse officers’ salaries and benefits
https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/09/02/dhs-announces-new-reimbursement-opportunities-state-and-local-law-enforcement

‘Death By a Thousand Cuts’: Longer Renewal Times Are Making DACA Recipients Deportable. DACA recipients are losing their ability to work — and their security in the United States — due to prolonged processing times for renewals.
https://documentedny.com/2026/05/01/daca-renewal-delays-impact-dreamer-immigrants/

Report: ICE Arrests of New York’s Asian Immigrants Increase 600% Under Trump. Advocates say the spike is driven by the Trump administration’s targeting of immigrants of color, as well as rhetoric that dehumanizes Asian immigrants.
https://documentedny.com/2026/04/30/new-york-ice-arrests-surge-target-asian-immigrants/

Senate Republicans unveil $72 billion budget package to fund ICE, CBP. Republicans are forging ahead with legislation to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and U.S. Border Patrol along party lines.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_4a5c055d-95f6-408e-92a8-0707d88f4dbf.html

Trump executive order directs prosecutors to seek death penalty against undocumented immigrants in capital cases.
Why is the use of the death penalty a bad policy decision?
FACT: The Death Penalty Does Not Deter Violent Crime
FACT: The Death Penalty Is Racially Biased
FACT: Lethal Injection Is Not a Humane Method of Execution
FACT: The Death Penalty Is More Costly for Taxpayers
https://www.splcenter.org/resources/guides/trump-executive-order-death-penalty/

ICE Agents On Leave For Lying Under Oath After New Video Contradicts Their Accounts Of Minneapolis Shooting Of DoorDash Driver
https://www.imdb.com/news/ni65824735/?ref_=nmnw_art_perm

ICE Detains 11- and 8-Year-Old Students At Bus Stop, Democrat Says ‘Classmates Watched in Horror.’ The family, originally from Venezuela, had been allegedly seeking asylum in the U.S.
https://www.inquisitr.com/ice-detains-11-and-8-year-old-students-near-bus-stop-democrat-says-classmates-watched-in-horror/

They were hunted by the Taliban for helping the US. Now, Trump wants to send these families to the DRC. Thousands of Afghans who assisted US forces are stuck in limbo in Qatar. Instead of promised resettlement in America, they face an uncertain future in another war-torn country
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/may/05/they-were-hunted-by-the-taliban-for-helping-the-us-now-trump-wants-to-send-these-families-to-the-drc

ICE detainment of mother, two children at bus stop sparks outcry from Alamo Heights community. A GoFundMe campaign, created by parents from Alamo Heights ISD, has raised more than $28,000 so far for legal fees.
https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/ice-arrest-mother-children-bus-stop-alamo-heights-community-san-antonio-texas/273-89414da9-268d-4ba0-be45-f5e3dd4e59c4

Birthright citizenship battle reaches boiling point as poll shows Americans overwhelmingly oppose Trump-backed effort to rewrite constitutional protections
https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/supreme-court-trump-eliminate-birthright-citizenship/
What Is Birthright Citizenship and Could the Supreme Court End It?
https://www.cfr.org/articles/what-birthright-citizenship-and-could-supreme-court-end-it

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banking / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
Trump wants to give wealthier Americans $1,000 in free money each year, currently available only to low earners
https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/articles/trump-wants-wealthier-americans-1-091500531.html

‘Outrageous’: GOP Budget Includes $1 Billion in Taxpayer Funds for Trump Ballroom. “Using taxpayer dollars to toady to a wannabe-dictator is both pandering and pathetic,” said one critic.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-ballroom-taxpayer-money

Republicans slip $1 billion in taxpayer money for Trump ballroom security in ICE, Border Patrol package
https://democrats-appropriations.house.gov/news/press-releases/senate-republicans-unveil-70-billion-giveaway-ballroom-ice-and-cbp

# Education / Schools / Children / Youth / Libraries and Museums / Childcare
With race now outlawed for redistricting and college admissions, federal procurement may be next
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/all-things-trump/race-now-outlawed-redistricting-and-college-admissions-federal

School Phone Bans Are a Mixed (and Locked) Bag. Locking up students’ phones may not improve their mental health or test scores, a new study finds.
https://www.usnews.com/news/u-s-news-decision-points/articles/2026-05-05/study-school-cell-phone-bans-are-a-mixed-and-locked-bag

Trade School Is Not a Lesser Option. We must stop teaching students that success only comes with a bachelor’s degree. Trade schools are gaining popularity, while the value of a four-year degree drops
There is a higher demand for skilled trade workers
Unemployment is rising for grads with four-year degrees
https://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2026-05-04/college-technical-education-trade-school

# Employment / Labor / Unions
Why the Working Class Has Given Up on the Liberal Establishment. Billionaires are in control of both parties and working people across this country are not dumb. They are ready for populist change. How do we know this? They told us.
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/working-class-liberal-establishment

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands / Water
Earth Screams in Agony as Microplastics Found to Increase Global Warming. Airborne microplastics are officially identified as a warming agent that exacerbates climate change, with colored particles absorbing solar heat, a 2026 study in Nature Climate Change finds.
https://futurism.com/science-energy/microplastics-global-warming

Chemicals illegally dumped in East Texas creek, investigation opened: According to the sheriff’s office, 55-gallon barrels containing chemicals, paint and unknown substances were dumped from a white rental truck into a creek near the Port Adventure subdivision, less than half a mile from Lake Livingston.
https://www.ketk.com/news/local-news/chemicals-illegally-dumped-in-east-texas-creek-investigation-opened/

# Food / Farming / Agriculture / Ranching / SNAP [Food Stamps] / USDA
Trump gears up to deport hundreds of animals from Red State Prairie. The federal government wants to open the land to ranchers to raise livestock for food. The Department of Interior is moving to evict from the prairie hundreds of bison, a symbol of the American West and the once-critically endangered animal on the department’s own seal.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-gears-up-to-deport-hundreds-of-animals-from-red-state-prairie/

# General News / Epic Fury
Rubio confirms Epic Fury over; ‘We’re done with that stage of it;’ US now responding defensively. U.S. military operation against Iran is over, distinguishing between that and the new effort by the U.S. Navy to guide commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz.
https://thehill.com/newsletters/defense-national-security/5865009-rubio-says-operation-epic-fury-is-over/

Rubio confirms Epic Fury over; U.S. responding defensively in Strait of Hormuz
https://time.com/article/2026/05/05/rubio-iran-epic-fury-over-strait-hormuz/

# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
Trump DOJ Blocks Full Release of Epstein Files, Congress Must Impeach: The Department of Justice failed to release the full Jeffrey Epstein files as required by law. That failure is not an oversight. It is an obstruction of justice. And it requires an immediate response from Congress: Trump must be impeached and removed. This is not a political question. It is a Constitutional one.
https://freespeechforpeople.org/trump-doj-blocks-full-release-of-epstein-files-congress-must-impeach/

Former model and Epstein victim who fought off billionaire with sex toy found after going missing for nearly two weeks. She was one of the first women to accuse Epstein of sexual abuse.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/39016546/former-model-epstein-victim-missing/

# Gov / Politics
Trump Alarms Critics After He Gives Unsettling Answer About Leaving Office: President Trump was speaking at a small business summit when he made a chilling prediction about when he plans to leave office. ″…And this way, when I get out of office, in, let’s say, eight or nine years from now, I’ll be able to use it myself,” Trump said about small business tax deductions.
https://www.aol.com/news/trump-alarms-critics-gives-unsettling-051816451.html

Texas Lawmakers Repeatedly Failed to Pass Legislation That Could Have Protected Residents From Deadly Floods.  Some could have saved lives. Dozens of bills were rejected over nearly 60 years, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune found. Some measures would have prohibited youth camps and new construction in high-risk flood areas.
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/05/06/texas-legislature-flood-protection-bills-failed-july-4/

White House unveils 2026 counterterrorism strategy. The White House had harsh words for the Intelligence Community, saying it had not served the nation well, due to politicization by previously leadership or being “mired in old ways of looking at threats.”
https://justthenews.com/government/security/10amwhite-house-unveils-2026-counterterrorism-strategy

Trump wants to fund the FBI to investigate political dissenters.
https://www.govexec.com/management/2025/09/trumps-reported-use-fbi-against-political-opponents-reflects-earlier-controversies-j-edgar-hoover-era/408309/

# Law / Law Enforcement / Prisons / FBI / CIA / ATF / DEA
Three high-ranking DC police officials face termination over alleged crime data manipulation: The discipline comes as an internal affairs investigation examines whether high-ranking officials altered D.C. crime statistics to suggest a decline
https://www.police1.com/investigations/multiple-d-c-police-leaders-face-termination-amid-crime-data-probe-report-says

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court / United Nations (UN)
Prosecutors Had a Drugs-for-Votes Scheme “Locked Up.” Under Trump, They Were Told Not to Pursue Charges.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-doj-puerto-rico-election-fraud-prison-drugs-votes

Top DOJ official predicts Supreme Court will declare AR-15 rifles legal everywhere in America. “I think there is going to be a ruling eventually from the Supreme Court that AR-15s are legal for all law-abiding citizens to own and operate,” Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon tells Just the News.
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/gun-rights/wedtop-doj-official-predicts-supreme-court-will-declare-ar-15-rifles

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson warned new rulings have “spawned chaos” in Louisiana after the court agreed to speed up a previous order that a map drawn by the state was found to be unconstitutional for racial gerrymander and the Voting Rights Act did not require the state to create an additional majority-minority district.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/ketanji-brown-jackson-warns-supreme-court-orders-have-spawned-chaos/ar-AA22ol3l

House Democrat Introduces Bill to End Lifetime Supreme Court Tenures. “Faith in the court depends on its legitimacy as a fair and independent institution,” said Rep. Johnny Olszewski.
https://www.newsweek.com/thomas-alito-roberts-face-removal-from-supreme-court-under-proposed-law-11910716

# LGBTQ / Transgender
How Republicans are trading trans kids’ rights for votes. A party faction that includes several GOP governors says government shouldn’t get involved.
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/10/31/republicans-transgender-kids-issues-00186347

# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
Confronting imperialism with movement media. Confronting imperialism means winning back the power to imagine alternatives
https://mronline.org/2018/10/17/confronting-imperialism-means-winning-back-the-power-to-imagine-alternatives/

# Medicare / Medicaid / Disability Benefits / Health and Human Services [HHS]
900 Health Facilities Shutting Down or at Risk of Collapse as Trump-GOP Cuts ‘Ripple Across the Country’
“Providers are stretched thin, doing everything they can as resources disappear and the system buckles under the pressure of Republicans cutting more than $1 trillion from healthcare.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/utah-mr-wonderful-data-center-protest

# Medical / Nursing / Biologicals / Pharmaceutical / Chemistry / FDA / CDC
Babies are bleeding to death as parents reject a vitamin shot given at birth. Babies have low levels of vitamin K when they’re born, leaving them vulnerable to life-threatening bleeding under the skin and from the umbilical cord, nose, mouth, digestive tract, and brain.
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/public-health/amid-rising-vaccine-hesitancy-more-parents-reject-vitamin-k-shots

Decades of Stigmatization Fueled Growing Threat of Pregnancy Criminalization. States are weaponizing unrelated laws, or even rejected bills, to police pregnancy. This legal battle is ongoing. Abortion pills remain legal in the United States. It is clear, however, that attempts to eliminate telemedicine abortion are part of a movement to ban and even criminalize abortion at the federal level.
https://truthout.org/articles/decades-of-stigmatization-fueled-growing-threat-of-pregnancy-criminalization/

# Medical Alternatives / Medical Marijuana / Hemp
Lawsuit seeks to reverse cannabis rescheduling. “Congress is going to have to make it legal, because today even though the president has declassified it or reduced its impact, the truth is it is still illegal.”
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/lawsuit-seeks-to-reverse-cannabis-rescheduling-newsletter-may-6-2026/

The Pennsylvania Senate Law & Justice Committee again approved a bill to create a Cannabis Control Board to oversee medical marijuana, hemp and potentially recreational cannabis if it is legalized—with new amendments.
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/pennsylvania-senate-panel-approves-bill-to-regulate-marijuana-and-hemp-with-new-amendments/

A South Carolina Republican senator said that “medical marijuana is now legal” in the state following federal rescheduling—but U.S. Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC), who is running for governor, says he has a “problem with marijuana,” calling it a “gateway drug.”
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/medical-marijuana-is-now-legal-in-south-carolina-gop-senator-declares-as-republican-governor-candidate-calls-it-a-gateway-drug/

# Military / Department of Defense [DOD] / NATO
New Details Emerge After U.S. Soldiers Fall Off Cliff. A human chain of belts and a doomed plunge into the Atlantic preceded their disappearance during a sunset hike.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/new-details-emerge-after-us-soldiers-fall-off-cliff/

Hegseth Says Ceasefire “Not Over” as Trump Threatens to Obliterate Iranian Boats. The Trump administration has tried to paint the current naval warfare near the Strait of Hormuz as defensive. The Latest: Trump says he has paused effort to guide vessels from the Strait of Hormuz. President Donald Trump says he has paused the U.S. effort to guide stranded commercial vessels from the Strait of Hormuz to finalize a deal with Iran to end the war
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/05/05/trump-hegseth-iran-strait-pope/fe079b02-4880-11f1-a119-857cd2bf4fd4_story.html

# Military / Global
House Democrats Urge US State Dept to End Silence About Israel’s Nuclear Weapons. “Washington’s silence on the program is indefensible amid the war in Iran and the acute threat of military escalation, they argue. And they are right,” said one arms control expert.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/05/05/israel-nuclear-program-democrat-letter/

Putin’s Nuclear-Capable “Bear” Bombers Intercepted Near UK After Former Russian President Issues “Nuclear Apocalypse” Threat
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/38985191/putin-nuke-bombers-intercepted-uk-nuclear-apocalypse-threat/

Israeli Commander Says Israel Killing Palestinians “Like We Haven’t Since 1967.” “There are a lot of ‘limping monuments’ in Palestinian villages,” he said, referring to people shot by Israeli forces.
https://truthout.org/articles/israeli-commander-says-israel-killing-palestinians-like-we-havent-since-1967/

China’s Massive Stealth Flying Wings Spotted Together At Secretive Test Base. Testing of China’s very large flying-wing drones appears to be ramping up, along with one unmanned fighter-like design.
https://www.twz.com/air/massive-chinese-stealth-flying-wings-spotted-together-at-secretive-drone-test-base

# Science / Research
U.S. immigration policy changes push away foreign researchers: Immigration changes are driving foreign researchers to leave the U.S. — or not come to begin with. New data suggest America is becoming a less attractive destination
https://www.statnews.com/2026/05/04/trump-immigration-policy-stat-survey-measures-science-impact/

# Technology / AI / Data Centers / Robotics
Dell Technologies is reincorporating from Delaware to Texas, citing a desire to align its legal home with its Austin-based headquarters and workforce
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/dell-technologies-texas-delaware/2026/05/05/id/1255203/

‘Shame! Shame! Shame!’: Local Residents Furious After Shark Tank Billionaire’s Data Center Approved in Utah. The project, which residents were informed of just last week, is expected to more than double Utah’s electricity usage, hike its carbon footprint by 50%, and potentially drain more water from the depleted Great Salt Lake.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/utah-mr-wonderful-data-center-protest

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May 5, 2026 Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Star Wars super fan and YouTube sensation Zach King recreates the seminal 1977 sci-fi film using cardboard. https://www.space.com/entertainment/space-movies-shows/a-youtuber-just-recreated-the-original-star-wars-with-cardboard-and-its-awesome-video ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

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# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banking / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
Donald Trump Tariff Refunds Begin – Who Could Get Paid Back Within 90 Days. Companies that paid those import taxes have already entered the refund process, with many expected to receive payments within 60 to 90 days, although the impact may take longer to reach businesses looking for ways to supplement income.
https://financebuzz.com/news/donald-trump-tariff-refunds-get-paid

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands / Water
Earthquake swarm rattles Nevada where ground has been slowly ripping apart for third week. Hundreds of earthquakes have broken out in the same part of Nevada, raising concerns over a much larger event occurring. Strongest nears 5.0 magnitude
https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/rapid-fire-earthquakes-rattle-nevada-region-slowly-tearing-apart-as-strongest-nears-5-0-magnitude/ar-AA22a1Ts

Earthquake swarm hits off Washington coast: 18+ quakes in 12 hours, up to 4.2 magnitude. An active swarm of earthquakes has been detected far offshore of Washington state, but experts say it is not a threat to people on land in the Pacific Northwest.
https://abc3340.com/news/nation-world/earthquake-swarm-hits-off-washington-coast-18-quakes-in-12-hours-up-to-42-magnitude-juan-de-fuca-cascadia-subduction-zone-big-one-risk-evacuation-safwty-volcano-update

Powerful earthquake swarm rocks California. A giant swarm of earthquakes has struck Southern California near a major fault line that could unleash the infamous ‘Big One’ and decimate the West Coast. The US Geological Survey (USGS) said that several dozen small and moderate-sized earthquakes struck the area around the Salton Sea Thursday night and Friday morning, a lake roughly 100 miles from San Diego.
https://www.newsbreak.com/daily-mail-560402/4101795283984-powerful-earthquake-swarm-rocks-california-sparking-fears-of-the-big-one

# FEMA / USAID / Peace Corps
FEMA brings back employees it recently let go as it looks to ‘stabilize’ its workforce. The emergency response agency made the decision ahead of hurricane season, and as a judge is demanding more information on the dismissals.
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2026/05/fema-brings-back-employees-recently-let-go/413308/

# Food / Farming / Agriculture / Ranching / SNAP [Food Stamps] / USDA
‘4.3 Million Off SNAP and Counting!’ Trump Official Celebrates Mass Loss of Food Aid. “Kicking 4.3 million Americans off of SNAP is not a flex, it’s a failure,” said Democratic Rep. Shontel Brown.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/brooke-rollins-snap-cuts

# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
Marjorie Taylor Greene Gets Standing Ovation for Trump Epstein Files Story, “He Said, Stop Doing This.” Greene alleged that Trump directly intervened to stop the release of the documents, claiming he warned her that his friends would be harmed if the files were made public
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-gets-standing-ovation-for-trump-epstein-files-story-he-said-stop-doing-this/ar-AA22nu4l?apiversion=v2&domshim=1&noservercache=1&noservertelemetry=1&batchservertelemetry=1&renderwebcomponents=1&wcseo

Democrats press for public Bondi testimony as Epstein probe intensifies. House Oversight Committee tensions are rising as Rep. Robert Garcia urges Chairman James Comer to film and publicly release former Attorney General Pam Bondi’s upcoming testimony on the Epstein files.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/insight/democrats-press-for-public-bondi-testimony-as-epstein-probe-intensifies/gm-GMB28161D4?gemSnapshotKey=GMB28161D4-snapshot-1

# Gov / Politics
Members of the Press Corps were evacuated from the White House on Monday after shots reportedly rang out a few blocks away from the executive residence.
https://www.lipstickalley.com/threads/breaking-white-house-on-lockdown-after-shooting-as-donald-trump-speaks-and-press-evacuated.6121286/

Congress Must Pass the ‘For the People Ac.t’ Summary: Bold legislation introduced in the House (H.R. 1) and Senate (S. 1) would ensure that our democracy works for everyone. The For the People Act (H.R. 1/S. 1) is proposed legislation aimed at bolstering American democracy by expanding voting rights, limiting dark money in campaigns, ending partisan gerrymandering, and enhancing ethics.
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/policy-solutions/congress-must-pass-people-act

John Roberts and the Supreme Court handed Trump a lifeline ahead of the midterm elections. The battle for the Voting Rights Act may now be over but the battle over redistricting rages on. Republicans go full-steam ahead on redistricting after the death of the Voting Rights Act, Eric Garcia writes, while even the most outspoken progressives offer only tepid support on their side
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/supreme-court-trump-midterms-voting-rights-b2970086.html

Supreme Court voting rights ruling set to reshape local power from statehouses to school boards. Critics warn the decision will dilute the power of Black and other minority voters, especially in the South.
https://stateline.org/2026/05/04/supreme-court-voting-rights-ruling-set-to-reshape-local-power-from-statehouses-to-school-boards/

Trump Attacks Media, Calls Reporting on Iran War “Seditious.” Polling shows more than 6 in 10 Americans disapprove of Trump’s decision to launch a war against Iran.
https://truthout.org/articles/trump-attacks-media-calls-reporting-on-iran-war-seditious/

Louisiana, the State With the Highest Poverty Rate, Considers Bill to Jail Unhoused People. In America’s Poorest State, Unhoused People May Soon Be Jailed. Unhoused residents warn a Louisiana bill punishes survival in a state already leading the nation in poverty and incarceration.
https://capitalbnews.org/louisiana-homelessness-bill-jail-hard-labor/

# Law / Law Enforcement / Prisons / FBI / CIA / ATF / DEA
Miami Police Have Become a Show-Me-Your-Papers Patrol Despite Public Opposition. Police-ICE collaboration agreements are deeply unpopular in Miami. So why aren’t elected Democrats fighting them?
https://truthout.org/articles/miami-police-have-become-a-show-me-your-papers-patrol-despite-public-opposition/

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court / United Nations (UN)
Judge Tears Into Trump Goons Over ‘Patently False’ Smear Against Her. A federal judge ripped into the Trump administration for putting her safety and that of the American public at risk with a “patently false” public smear about an immigration ruling.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/judge-tears-into-trump-goons-over-patently-false-smear-against-her/

Supreme Court issues new emergency voting rights ruling that boosts GOP. Black voters in Louisiana had hoped the justices would keep on hold until after the November election their decision invalidating a congressional map that includes two majority-Black districts.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/05/04/supreme-court-voting-rights-act-ruling-louisiana/89879693007/

Supreme Court weakens the Voting Rights Act and aids GOP efforts to control the House. Chief Justice John Roberts had described the 6th Congressional District as a “snake” that stretches more than 200 miles (320 kilometers) to link parts of Shreveport, Alexandria, Lafayette and Baton Rouge. “That map is an unconstitutional gerrymander,” Justice Samuel Alito wrote for the six conservatives.
https://www.wwlp.com/news/political-news/ap-politics/ap-supreme-court-voids-majority-black-congressional-district-in-louisiana-boosting-republican-chances/

# Medicare / Medicaid / Disability Benefits / Health and Human Services [HHS]
As of April 2026, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) faced significant backlash after calling Social Security the “biggest scam in America” in a post on X. Senator Tuberville’s “scam” remark is part of a larger anti-Social Security narrative that so-called “fiscal hawks” have deployed for decades, and is intensifying now, in hopes of undermining one of America’s most successful and popular government programs.
https://www.ncpssm.org/entitledtoknow/tommy-tuberville-thinks-your-social-security-benefits-are-a-scam/

‘Prepared to Fight’: Sanders Endorses NJ Medicare for All Advocate Dr. Adam Hamawy for Congress.
“As a physician he understands firsthand that our current healthcare system is broken, that healthcare is a human right, and that we must pass Medicare for All.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/sanders-endorses-hamawy

# Military / Department of Defense [DOD] / NATO
Iran, U.S. exchange fire amid ceasefire, as Strait of Hormuz standoff exposes Tehran’s weakness. Project Freedom, announced by President Donald Trump, aims to re-establish freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz as the Iranian regime seeks to control the strategic waterway.
https://justthenews.com/government/security/iran-and-us-shooting-eachother-again-amidst-ceasefire-and-project-freedom

# Military / Global
Grimly Cyberpunk Video Shows Ukrainian Soldiers Leaning Out of Propeller Plane to Obliterate Drones With Rifles. “There is such great new technology now, yet I am still hanging out of the cockpit shooting at drones with a shotgun.”
https://futurism.com/future-society/video-ukrainian-soldiers-leaning-plane-drones-rifles

# Security / DHS / Communications / Surveillance
Unbiased Updates: Secret Service shoots suspect in DC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0JpN17eZ_8

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