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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
New York City Council passes measure requiring sanctuary law signs be posted in public buildings: The bill directs the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs and Department of Education to post “know your rights” information inside schools, city buildings, courthouses and other public spaces.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/new_york/article_d7fc24d5-19c9-45d5-b891-9baec672919e.html
ICE agents gained access to local voter files, records requests find: One county in Texas and another in North Carolina handed over voter information to Homeland Security Investigations in May this year and November last year, emails reveal.
https://www.axios.com/2026/06/13/ice-voter-files-texas-north-carolina
Flight deports at least two dozen migrants from U.S. to Central African Republic under third country deal: Among those aboard were individuals from Iran, Armenia, Turkey and several other countries, according to a legal advocacy group. The number of migrants deported is not yet clear, but it is believed to be around two dozen. The Trump administration has signed controversial deals with several African countries to deport migrants it cannot send home.
https://www.dw.com/en/us-deports-migrants-including-iranian-activist-to-car/a-77537594
USCIS officials agree to resume asylum, green card processing after judge’s demand: A judge reprimanded the Trump administration for failing to comply with an earlier order to end its pause on immigration processing
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/us/politics/trump-uscis-asylum-immigration.html
Immigration nation. Why this media outlet is calling Delaney Hall, the immigration detention facility in New Jersey, a “concentration camp.” The term describes facilities where targeted groups are held without due process under inhumane conditions.
https://jerseybee.org/2026/06/11/why-were-calling-delaney-hall-a-concentration-camp/
ICE detention center mismanagement wasted millions, endangered detainees, GAO finds
https://www.aol.com/entertainment/ice-detention-center-mismanagement-wasted-055435368.html
# Business / Industry / Corporations
SBA Reforms 8(a) Business Development Program to End Racial Discrimination in Federal Contracting. Agency issues new proposed rule to dismantle race-based admissions
https://www.sba.gov/article/2026/06/11/sba-reforms-8a-business-development-program-end-racial-discrimination-federal-contracting
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banking / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
8 Steps to Protect Your Bank Account from Hackers and Fraud. Mobile and online banking has made handling your finances more convenient than ever.
https://www.glcu.org/resource-center/blog/8-steps-to-protect-your-bank-account-from-hackers-and-fraud/
Alarm Grows Over Vought Plan to Give Trump Cronies Control of Federal Grant Money. “The test will be a simple one: Are you sufficiently loyal to the president? If the answer is no, it will result in the denial of lifesaving disaster relief, funding for research into cures, the closure of Head Start offices, and more.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/vought-grant-funding
# Education / Schools / Libraries and Museums / Childcare
Trump Describes Executions to Kids, While MAGA Bans Lessons Causing ‘Discomfort.’ Trump’s lesson to children was to fear difference, obey power, and treat vulnerable people as threats. “Will we insist that students deserve classrooms that tell the truth, nurture their humanity, and equip them to challenge injustice — or will we allow fear and violence to become the curriculum?”
https://truthout.org/articles/trump-describes-executions-to-kids-while-maga-bans-lessons-causing-discomfort/
# Employment / Labor / Unions
Group warns labor bill allows govt takeover of union contract negotiations. Bipartisan legislation meant to speed up first-time union contracts would promote efficiency but also erode both employee and employer rights, a labor policy group argues.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_b2c2d477-e71d-4f96-b8c5-8632d8612e10.html
# Environment / Climate / Weather / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands / Water
Following a massive magnitude-7.8 earthquake, parts of the southern Philippines caused parts of the seabed to rise by as much as 2 metres and the coastline has reportedly moved out by around 200 metres.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/14/philippines-earthquake-raised-seabed-costal-uplift-coral-exposed
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Power Plants
Chevron, second-largest oil company in the US, plans to slash thousands of jobs. The news comes as the company missed Wall Street’s fourth-quarter earnings expectations. It was the first time the refining business marked a loss since 2020, according to multiple reports.
https://www.ktnv.com/business/company-news/chevron-second-largest-oil-company-in-the-us-slashing-thousands-of-jobs
# Food / Farming / FDA / Agriculture / Ranching / SNAP [Food Stamps] / USDA
USDA Issues Directive to Restore Grazing on National Forest Lands and Strengthen Support for America’s Ranchers
https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/forest-service-grazing-memo.pdf
Elon Musk’s Destruction of USAID Takes Food Aid From Millions Facing Deadly Hunger. “Now in its third consecutive year of famine, Sudan received nothing.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/elon-musk-usaid-famine
# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
Citizen journalists, citizen sleuths helping to unravel the tangle of Epstein documents. Professional news outlets immediately went to work, sometimes in tandem, when the Justice Department released over three million pages of documents and tens of thousands of visual images on Jan. 30. Hundreds of journalists at The Associated Press, CBS, NBC, MS NOW and CNBC are collaborating to examine the files and share what they find.
https://www.themorningsun.com/2026/02/24/citizen-journalists-citizen-sleuths-helping-to-unravel-the-tangle-of-epstein-documents/
‘It is all horror’: Survivors’ diaries reveal how Jeffrey Epstein preyed on girls and women. The recollections of survivors’ abuse in the Epstein files are recorded in personal diaries, private messages or confidential legal interviews.
https://news.sky.com/story/its-all-horror-survivors-diaries-reveal-how-jeffrey-epstein-preyed-on-girls-and-women-13507029
# Gov / Politics / US
The truth behind ‘all men are created equal’
https://sustainablehuman.org/stories/the-truth-behind-all-men-are-created-equal/
The Declaration of Independence Document
https://docs.house.gov/meetings/GO/GO00/20220929/115171/HHRG-117-GO00-20220929-SD010.pdf?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
The Preamble to the U.S. Constitution Of The United States
https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/preamble/
The United States Constitution Document
https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/full-text
US, Iran Reach Peace Deal. Uncertainty remains over whether Israel will honour the agreement.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/6/15/iran-us-agree-tentative-deal-to-end-war-your-questions-answered
Trump’s lawyers just created a ‘big problem’ in his eye-popping BBC lawsuit: President Donald Trump’s lawyers made a big mistake in the president’s $10 billion lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corporation, one so big that two legal experts argued on Sunday that it could be evidence of malpractice.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-lawsuit-2677039065/
‘Sounds a Lot Like a Nuclear Threat’: Trump Floats ‘Ultimate Alternative’ If Iran Talks Collapse
Trump claimed on social media that a diplomatic agreement would be signed on Sunday, but Iran’s Foreign Ministry pushed back on that timeline.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-casually-drops-ultimate-threat-if-deal-with-iran-fizzles/
# Politics / Global
Israel issues first statement since Trump announced Iran deal: Israel is alarmed by Trump’s deal with Iran. Critics say the deal eases pressure on Tehran while others say it shows the war was a mistake
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laqj2THreGQ
Netanyahu’s Israel grapples with Trump-Iran deal as details remain unclear. Israeli defense minister says forces will remain in security zones in Lebanon, Syria, and Gaza ‘without any time limit’
https://www.foxnews.com/world/netanyahus-israel-grapples-trump-iran-deal-details-remain-unclear
Israel Says It Won’t Withdraw From Lebanon: The newly announced US-Iran peace deal is facing its first major challenge as Israel says it will not withdraw from southern Lebanon despite reports that a Lebanon ceasefire is part of the broader agreement. Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said Israeli forces will remain in security zones in Lebanon, Syria and Gaza, citing national security concerns.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmUCcQG8d00
# Medicare / Medicaid / Disability Benefits / Health and Human Services [HHS]
Medicare’s standard Part B premium is $202.90 a month this year, and high earners pay up to $689.90
https://www.medicare.org/articles/2026-medicare-costs/
3 Million Seniors Lost Their Medicare Advantage Plan in 2026: 7 Moves to Make Before Your Coverage Lapses
https://cepr.net/publications/new-research-reveals-millions-will-lose-medicare-advantage-coverage-this-year/
# Military / Department of Defense [DOD] / NATO / Boat Strikes
A top NATO commander says the West can no longer count on its homelands staying safe in future wars
https://www.businessinsider.com/western-homelands-no-longer-guaranteed-safe-future-war-nato-commander-2026-6
# Military / Global
One of Ukraine’s most sacred sites burns after Russian strike. Russia launched 70 missiles and 611 drones at Ukraine, killing people in Kyiv and Kharkiv and damaging Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, officials said.
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-drones-kyiv-kharkiv-80bf94ad017eb8aad6af1f4e96494431
# NASA / NORAD / Space
A Virginia group wants to stop NASA’s Space Shuttle Discovery from moving to Texas: Two senators from Texas want to move the Space Shuttle Discovery from the Smithsonian in Virginia to Houston. NPR’s David Folkenflik talks with activist Joe Stief of the group Keep The Shuttle
https://www.ctpublic.org/2026-06-14/a-virginia-group-wants-to-stop-nasas-space-shuttle-discovery-from-moving-to-texas
# Other Interestimg Stuff
Ocean Science Says the Sound Recorded at the Bottom of the Mariana Trench Is Never Truly Silent. Researchers left a recording device at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean for 23 days. Rather than an acoustic void, they captured a cacophony of overlapping sounds
https://www.noaa.gov/media-release/seven-miles-deep-ocean-is-still-noisy-place
# Science / Research
Scientists Discover 3rd Circulation System in Humans That Could Bridge Eastern, Western Medicines. The interstitium, a body-wide network of fluid-filled spaces within connective tissue, as a newly classified third circulatory system. This anatomical discovery is bridging the gap between Western medicine and Eastern practices like acupuncture by providing a physical structure that aligns with ancient meridian maps.
https://www.galvnews.com/health/free/discovery-of-third-circulatory-system-links-eastern-western-medicine/article_91f2a089-9921-4fef-a73b-4af6871f17f9.html
# Social Services / Programs / Social Security / Disability / AFDC (Aid for dependant children)
A New Social Security Plan is Gaining Bipartisan Support, And It Could Affect Every Retiree. With Social Security’s retirement trust fund reserves depleting, inaction legally requires the Social Security Administration to slash checks to match incoming tax revenues.
https://bipartisanpolicy.org/issue-brief/the-unfinished-work-of-retirement-reform/
# Technology / AI / Data Centers / Robotics
AI is coming alive, evading human control: Artificial intelligence is rapidly advancing toward “recursive self-improvement”—the ability to rewrite its own code without human intervention.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASsmJ96tRuU
Humanity isn’t ready for the coming intelligence explosion. We must find a way to control AI, then to live side by side with it, writes Will Marshall
https://www.economist.com/by-invitation/2026/06/15/humanity-isnt-ready-for-the-coming-intelligence-explosion
For years the pitch was that AI would automate the world and workers should get ready. The tune is changing now. AI Billionaires are getting scared. Workers are tearing down data centers and ripping surveillance cameras off poles, and suddenly Bezos and Musk want to help the working class
https://thoughtcatalog.com/holden-desalles/2026/06/ai-billionaires-are-getting-scared-workers-are-tearing-down-data-centers-and-ripping-surveillance-cameras-off-poles-and-suddenly-bezos-and-musk-want-to-help-the-working-class/
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