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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants ICE is spying on political dissenters: ICE Wants to Go After Dissenters as well as Immigrants. The Trump administration is being open about its plans to violate Americans’ First and Fourth mendment rights.
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/ice-wants-go-after-dissenters-well-immigrants
Most Green Card Applicants Will Need to Apply From Home Country Under New Policy https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/22/green-card-applicants-trump-administration
Judge dismisses charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, saying Todd Blanche spurred a ‘tainted investigation’
https://kesq.com/news/national-politics/cnn-us-politics/2026/05/22/judge-dismisses-charges-against-kilmar-abrego-garcia-saying-todd-blanche-spurred-a-tainted-investigation/
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banking / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies ‘Height of Corruption’: DOJ-Trump Settlement Now Says IRS Will Never Again Probe His or His Family’s Taxes. Fact Check: Yes, this is accurate. As part of a Justice Department settlement regarding the leak of his tax returns, the DOJ agreed to drop all pending tax claims and permanently bar the IRS from investigating or auditing the tax returns of President Trump, his family members, and their businesses https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-fraud-case
Ex-Proud Boys Leader Enrique Tarrio, Convicted Of Seditious Conspiracy For Jan. 6, Says He Wants $5 Million From Trump’s $1.8 Billion ‘Slush’ Fund https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/grifters-insurrectionists-trump-slush-fund
‘Phantom employees’ scandal spurs GOP crackdown on $36B incentive for companies to bypass Americans https://www.offthepress.com/phantom-employees-scandal-spurs-gop-crackdown-on-36b-incentive-for-companies/
17 states that offer property tax relief for seniors: Seventeen states offer “circuit breaker” or property tax rebate/credit programs specifically designed to cap, reduce, or refund property taxes for qualifying seniors.
https://www.rocketmortgage.com/learn/property-tax-relief-for-seniors
Insurers aren’t just raising home premiums anymore — they’re dropping policies outright, and the cancellations are spreading from California to Texas, Arizona, and Idaho. Without insurance, it’s impossible to get a mortgage; without a mortgage, most Americans can’t buy a home.
https://www.reddit.com/r/urbanplanning/comments/1hhfs0h/insurers_are_deserting_homeowners_as_climate/
# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands / Water America’s $28 trillion problem: Overseas investors, from national governments and sovereign wealth funds to pensions and private institutions, currently hold nearly $69 trillion in U.S. financial assets. This includes Treasury bonds, S&P 500 stocks direct stakes in American companies. U.S. investors hold $41 trillion in foreign assets.
The gap between those two figures comes out to $28 trillion, representing the country’s net international investment position, now deeply in the red.
https://fortune.com/2026/05/18/foreigners-hold-an-enormous-69-trillion-in-u-s-assets-and-its-starting-to-create-a-servicing-burden-for-the-economy/
# Food / Farming / FDA / Agriculture / Ranching / SNAP [Food Stamps] / USDA ‘Open, Shameless Grift’: Right Before FDA Ruling on Vapes, Big Tobacco Company Gave $5 Million to a Trump Super PAC. “In the Trump administration, money beats MAHA every time.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-tobacco-bribe
# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
Foreпsic Aпomalies Exposed: Mark Epsteiп Challeпges Official Narrative Sυrroυпdiпg Brother’s Cυstodial Death. Independent forensic pathologist Dr. Michael Baden, observed three fractures (the left and right thyroid cartilage and the left hyoid bone). Dr. Baden stated these injuries are extremely rare in suicidal hangings but common in cases of manual strangulation.
https://www.businessinsider.com/jeffrey-epstein-death-autopsy-doctor-explains-delayed-suicide-ruling-2026-3
Also: The Epstein Chronicles
https://podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/mark-epstein-challenges-official-story-in-oig-interview/id1575753383?i=1000753414301&l=en-GB
And: 60 Minutes investigates the death of Jeffrey Epstein. This report contains graphic images that some viewers may find disturbing.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/did-jeffrey-epstein-kill-himself-60-minutes-investigates-2020-01-05/
Epstein’s alleged ‘lieutenant’ appeared before House Oversight Committee, and she gave three names tied to the heinous crimes: Note:
This story contains discussions of rape or sexual assault that may be disturbing. Reader discretion is advised.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5891064-jeffrey-epstein-abuse-survivor-testifies/
England’s Epstein File fallout gets more embarrassing as documents reveal no one vetted former Prince Andrew before his government appointment https://wegotthiscovered.com/politics/englands-epstein-file-fallout-gets-more-embarrassing-as-documents-reveal-no-one-vetted-former-prince-andrew-before-his-government-appointment/
Memphis man snuck onto Jeffrey Epstein’s island to expose ‘monsters,’
and what happened in a concrete dungeon sounds straight out of a horror film https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/epstein-island-trespasser-says-thought-103057220.html
Howard Lutnick Cut $5 Million Check to House Republicans After Scheduling His Epstein Testimony. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick made the hefty contribution four weeks before he appeared before the House Oversight Committee.
https://www.ms.now/news/lutnick-donated-5-million-to-house-republicans-weeks-before-epstein-testimony
# Gov / Politics
T.r.u.m.p insults Mark Kelly: “Sit down, little boy.” But his reaction shocked the entire country. Mark Kelly’s real press conference and his firm, candid response to the administration’s criticisms of his military videos.For a look at Senator Kelly’s genuine response to the administration’s actions against him:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEh1HGQc4cA
The Grift and Rot at the Core of Trump’s Project (and What Democrats Still Don’t Get) How Trump Is Exposing His Bottomless Grift. The Department of Justice’s nearly $1.8 billion fund for so-called “victims”
of government weaponization isn’t Donald Trump’s only sleazy scheme.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-donald-trump-is-exposing-his-bottomless-grift/
The Grift that Keeps on Giving: This Navigator Research report covers corruption and the best messages to cut through the corrupt clutter.
https://navigatorresearch.org/the-grift-that-keeps-on-giving/
‘Grift has moved into rank corruption’: Reaction to $1.776 fund fallout.
Republican Senators are revolting against the DOJ’s new $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization fund” that could pay Trump allies. MS NOW Congressional Reporter Mychael Schnell has more details on the GOP’s infighting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ij21uPPIowo
Transactional Governance: Transactional Authority and Bureaucratic Politics https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Daniel-Carpenter-5/publication/273039722_Transactional_Authority_and_Bureaucratic_Politics/links/568be7bb08ae16c414a9c95a/Transactional-Authority-and-Bureaucratic-Politics.pdf
‘They Were Afraid It Would Pass’: House GOP Cancels Iran War Powers Vote for Second Straight Day. “The GOP doesn’t care about your skyrocketing costs for gas, groceries, and everything else. They only care about appeasing Trump,” said the House minority whip.
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/house-iran-war-powers/
‘Chicken Hawk Motherf*****s: Dem Congressman goes off on GOP for cancelling Iran war vote. After it became apparent last night that House Republicans didn’t have the numbers to defeat a war powers vote meant to force Trump to either withdraw from the Iran war or get congressional approval, party leadership scrapped the measure altogether.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvb6YVTe_0s
After Castro Charges, Critics Ask: When Are Indictments Coming for Trump-Hegseth ‘Extrajudicial Murders’?
“Apparently you’re not allowed to kill people in international waters now?” said one progressive organizer.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/are-the-boat-strikes-legal
Jasmine Crockett blasts Republicans over Jan. 6 fund, says white supremacy is being ‘rewarded.’ “It is clear that neo-Nazis as well as Proud Boys joined in on January 6. Yet this slush fund that they keep talking about is specifically to give them money,” bemoand the Texas congresswoman.
https://thegrio.com/2026/05/21/jasmine-crockett-lesson-on-white-supremacists-given-checks-by-trump/
[Video] In the span of 48 hours, the U.S. government, acting on orders from the Trump Justice Department, did something no administration in American history has ever done before.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/dojs-tax-settlement-with-trump-sets-dangerous-precedent-former-irs-commissioner-says
Trump’s latest Washington, D.C. makeover leaves Freedom Plaza looking ‘tacky and worse than before’
https://www.irishstar.com/news/politics/trumps-latest-washington-dc-makeover-37195797.amp
Trump Issues Thinly Veiled Threat After One GOP Congressman Vows To ‘Kill’ $1.8 Billion DOJ Fund— ‘Doesn’t Work Out Too Well.’
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5888185-fitzpatrick-trump-anti-weaponization-fund/
U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, filed six articles of impeachment against U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Roberts, saying Roberts’s leadership is marked by “arbitrary, unexplained, and inconsistent decisions.”
https://www.thecentersquare.com/tennessee/article_35ed7e5a-86c1-401a-85c8-7072aa8022d1.html
Trump has lost 4 cabinet members, “all four are women,”
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-cabinet-women/
DNC tries to move past autopsy debacle as Martin faces calls to resign as chair. Ken Martin faced new calls to resign from elected officials and Democratic operatives, who say he mismanaged a report originally intended to be a comprehensive examination of the party’s failures and a potential road map for its future.
https://apnews.com/article/ken-martin-dnc-resign-autopsy-2024-democrats-39474d2b5b264ac8a99547835220451f
Trump-Backed Challengers in Election Just Changed Republican Party.
Trump-backed candidate Ed Gallrein took incumbent Rep. Thomas Massie’s place in Kentucky. The primary race was just one of many, where Trump pushed campaigns of challengers on other key positions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jf44RG8hsBU
President Trump has made one thing very clear about today’s Republican
Party: loyalty matters. And if you cross him publicly, there will be a price to pay.
https://thehill.com/opinion/lindseys-lens/5891409-trump-republican-party-loyalty/
Tulsi Gabbard, who probed 2020 election conspiracies, resigns. Tulsi Gabbard, the top U.S. intelligence official who played a central role in President Donald Trump’s efforts to investigate the 2020 presidential election, announced today she will resign as director of national intelligence later this summer.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-tulsi-gabbard-director-national-intelligence-iran-788f1f14259d72bd7936fa2e83149efa
Losing Every Bet He’s Placed, Trump Is Turning the White House into a Revenge Casino: Trump’s erratic behavior is turning the United States into a casino—his own Taj Mahal America. Every policy decision is a bet, every press conference a spin of the wheel, and every executive order a roll of the dice. He’s not governing—he’s gambling. One day it’s poker, the next it’s craps, blackjack, or roulette. And just like in his real-life casinos, the house always wins. At least, that’s what he believes. But this isn’t Atlantic City—it’s America. And the odds?
They’re not in our favor.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/4/13/2316245/community/Trump-Bets-America-and-Loses/
# Gov / Politics / Global
How the world sees Donald Trump: surveys show other countries see US president as ‘unreliable’ and ‘dangerous.’ The US president’s overall approval rating, meanwhile, has slipped to 34%.
https://theconversation.com/how-the-world-sees-donald-trump-surveys-show-other-countries-see-us-president-as-unreliable-and-dangerous-283305
# Law / Law Enforcement / Prisons / FBI / CIA / ATF / DEA Contractor Working at Charlie Kirk Assassination Scene Drops Bombshell FBI Claim https://www.threads.com/@rubenmartinez4041/post/DYp35cjmat-/contractor-working-at-charlie-kirk-assassination-scene-drops-bombshell-fbi
# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
When Barbara Walters Called Out Donald Trump’s Alleged ‘Lies’ On-Air — and Challenged His Every Explanation. She had his bankers on speed dial.
https://www.inquisitr.com/when-barbara-walters-called-out-donald-trumps-alleged-lies-on-air-and-challenged-his-every-explanation/
# Military / Global
Iran, Russia, and China are firing live anti-ship missiles together in the Gulf of Oman right now — submarines and drones inside U.S. carrier range https://www.newsnationnow.com/world/international-headlines/china-russia-iran-hold-joint-naval-drills-in-gulf-of-oman/
# Social Services / Programs / Social Security / Disability Millions of Retirees Could Lose Up to 24% of Their Social Security Checks if Congress Doesn’t Act https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/20/social-security-benefits-trust-fund.html
Billionaires Found A New Way To Steal Your Retirement: Despite his promises to protect Social Security, Trump is cutting it. DOGE slashed
7,000 agency staff – and local offices nationwide are shuttering. 70 million Americans are navigating a crisis to get the payments they need.
“It’s almost like you’re being punished.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fVqoDNS13U
# Technology / AI / Data Centers / Robotics White House app hitting millions of phones alarms experts warning of ‘backdoor’ access: The White House has mandated the automatic installation of its official mobile application on government-issued employee devices. Cybersecurity experts and former government IT officials are sounding alarms, warning that any application pushed directly onto these secure devices introduces the potential for backdoor access that could compromise secure agency networks behind the firewall https://www.govexec.com/management/2026/05/white-house-ordering-agencies-place-its-new-app-all-employees-government-phones/413738/
Read Trump’s unsigned AI executive order: POLITICO has obtained a copy of the executive order on artificial intelligence oversight that the president had been expected to sign Thursday.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/22/heres-a-draft-of-trumps-unsigned-ai-executive-order-00933411?nid=0000018f-3124-de07-a98f-3be4d1400000&nname=politico-toplines&nrid=a950e966-54f6-4d6c-9882-868c6de19b3d
Take-Two CEO says it out loud: “The big tech companies who laid off thousands of people and said it was because of AI were not telling the truth https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/technology/articles/two-ceo-says-loud-big-235952639.html
# UFO / UAP Disclosure
Unexplained aerial encounter left U.S. intelligence officer ‘virtually speechless.’ The documents do include a disclaimer that readers should not interpret anything “as reflecting an analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination regarding the described event’s validity, nature, or significance.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/science/articles/unexplained-aerial-encounter-left-u-175524599.html
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