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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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