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# Indigenous
Senate Farm Bill expands tribal access, but leaves out key self-determination proposals. The Senate Agriculture Committee released its draft of the next Farm Bill, expanding tribes’ access to federal agriculture programs while stopping short of giving them greater control over how some food and forestry programs are run.
https://tribalbusinessnews.com/sections/food-agriculture/15658-senate-farm-bill-expands-tribal-access-but-leaves-out-key-self-determination-proposals
Mi’kmaq Nation acquires 3,400 acres in Maine, doubling tribal land holdings. Known as Mesgilg Magamigew or “big land,” the property sits between Houlton and Presque Isle, two of the largest population centers for Mi’kmaq citizens.
https://www.mainepublic.org/maine/2026-06-26/mikmaq-nation-to-expand-lands-with-new-aroostook-county-parcel
# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Recalls
# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
SCOTUS weighs 158-year-old birthright citizenship doctrine
https://www.demlist.com/demdaily-supreme-court-contemplates-birthright-citizenship/
The Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment Explained: (Note: There is too much information on this subject to post here, so I am posting the google link so you can read for yourself.]
https://www.google.com/search?q=The+Citizenship+Clause+of+the+Fourteenth+Amendment+Explained&rlz=1C1SQJL_enUS924US924&oq=The+Citizenship+Clause+of+the+Fourteenth+Amendment+Explained&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOdIBDDM4NDMyMTk3ajBqNKgCALACAA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
What the Birthright-Citizenship Case Is Really About
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgDvW9GCxto
City Council staffer freed after five months in ICE detention: Rafael Rubio, a Venezuelan national and TPS holder, was detained during a routine asylum interview in January. The 45-year-old has been released while he fights for asylum.
https://www.cityandstateny.com/politics/2026/06/rafael-rubio-city-council-staffer-detained-ice-freed-after-5-months-behind-bars/414488/
Venezuelans in Miami ask Trump admin. for extension of TPS in the wake of devastating earthquakes: Advocates are also asking for deferral of deportations given the magnitude of the disaster, which has led to at least 920 deaths.
https://www.union-bulletin.com/news/national/miami-venezuelans-will-ask-trump-to-defer-deportations-amid-earthquake-disaster/article_947b5eaa-8aeb-552c-9477-d199fbdc1a90.html
ICE announces 20th detention center death this year: The increase in deaths in 2026 can’t be attributed to population increase, according to a new Human Rights Watch analysis.
https://prospect.org/2026/06/26/20th-immigrant-dies-in-trumps-detention-camps/
Report: ICE detainee deaths surge in Trump’s 2nd term: The report, “Dying in Detention,” by the nonprofit Physicians for Human Rights, says “the mortality rate of deaths in ICE custody is at its highest level in over a decade and has more than doubled since Trump’s second term began. The rate is nearly four times that of the Biden administration, and more than two and a half times as high as that of the first Trump administration.”
https://www.hrw.org/report/2026/06/25/dying-in-detention/rising-deaths-in-an-expanding-us-immigration-detention-system
UN high commissioner for human rights calls for investigation into US immigration center deaths: The call came one day after the Department of Homeland Security’s internal watchdog announced it is initiating an investigation into ICE detainee deaths and use of force
https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/06/1167816
The aftermath. The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision last week ending “protected” status for Haitian immigrants has brought a wave of fear and uncertainty into their communities.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/haitians-ohio-fearful-supreme-court-165003129.html
A U.S. Supreme Court majority blind to the racism at the heart of immigration policy. “The majority claims to see no evidence that race played any role in the Haiti decision. But the evidence is there, plain to see, in the President’s statements, which the majority (and for that matter, his own lawyers) cannot even bear to repeat.”
https://nul.org/news/supreme-courts-willful-blindness-face-racial-animus
Justices side with Trump administration in border dispute over asylum seekers
https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/06/justices-side-with-trump-administration-in-border-dispute-over-asylum-seekers/
Trump administration is offering departure assistance for those who voluntarily leave the United States.. Project Homecoming. Eligible individuals who voluntarily self-deport are provided a free one-way ticket to their home country and a $2,600 exit bonus
https://www.dhs.gov/news/2026/01/21/celebrating-one-year-trump-dhs-now-offering-2600-stipend-cbp-home-app-illegal
Does the ICE Crackdown in Minnesota Violate the Tenth Amendment? Although a federal judge declined to issue a preliminary injunction requested by Minnesota and the Twin Cities, the plaintiffs should still prevail on their claims that the federal government’s actions there are unconstitutional.
https://statecourtreport.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/does-ice-crackdown-minnesota-violate-tenth-amendment
“I Have No Rights”: Minnesota Lawsuit Turns ICE Raids Into a National Test of Constitutional Power.
https://www.aclu.org/news/immigrants-rights/i-have-no-rights-minnesota-residents-sue-trump-administration-for-racial-profiling-stops-without-suspicion-and-warrantless-arrests
# Bugs / Parasites / Chemicals
USDA to deploy sterile flies to affected areas after at least 5 screwworm cases confirmed in U.S. The New World screwworm fly is threatening the $113 billion U.S. cattle industry for the first time in more than half a century, as officials race to eradicate a flesh-eating parasite not seen in Texas since 1966.
https://myfox8.com/news/usda-opens-facility-producing-millions-of-sterile-flies-as-screwworm-cases-rise/?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot
# Education / Schools / Libraries and Museums
President Donald Trump faces another legal setback as federal judge blocks his new rule on student loan caps
https://www.aol.com/articles/president-donald-trump-faces-another-054735162.html
# Environment / Climate / Weather / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands / Water
Oregon lawsuit could upend federal management of public lands. Federal plans for millions of acres of land could be invalid under a new interpretation of a 1996 law. A lawsuit filed by the conservation group Cascadia Wildlands in U.S. District Court in Oregon challenges a Bureau of Land Management timber sale. It argues the underlying 2016 management plan is legally void.
https://www.columbian.com/news/2026/jun/26/oregon-lawsuit-could-upend-federal-management-of-public-lands/
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Power Plants
1,300 Texas landowners say they were shut out as power line route moved onto their property: A 4,000-acre wildlife resort in Lampasas County, featuring everything from giraffes to wildebeests and gazelles, was along the route of a planned pipeline project proposing to connect the Permian Basin to the Gulf Coast.
https://www.ketk.com/news/local-news/tensions-with-landowners-rise-as-a-raft-of-gas-pipelines-push-through-texas-properties/
# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
Confession by omission. A federal judge last week said the Justice Department has conceded that it is violating the new federal law requiring the public disclosure of a vast trove of government documents relating to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/judge-epstein-files-ruling
Experts flag new legal woes for Trump in Epstein case: ‘It’s become a big problem’: “Early on, we talked about Epstein, and we thought this is a sideshow, and maybe Trump’s deliberately putting it out there,” Karnikian said. “It’s become a big problem for him, and it’s clear that he has something to hide here.”
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-epstein-2677122607/
[Video] Billionaire Leon Black testifies on Epstein payments, told to return under subpoena
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wJ-gWmmz1k
# Gov / Politics / US
About half of Americans are confident about the future of democracy in the U.S., but nearly two-thirds say the country is not living out its founding principles, according to a recent poll.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_d30ade60-06d5-43d6-a263-4bfb7e46a687.html
‘Stop lying, Mike’: Joe Scarborough calls out Speaker Johnson for ’embarrassing’ new claim. “We can’t allow big blue states and crooked Democrat governors to try to steal elections away from us,” Johnson said.
https://www.rawstory.com/mike-johnson-2677122195/
The Generals, the Scientists, the Senior Officials. Trump Is Systematically Firing Them. He Follows the Playbook. general forced out with no explanation. A scientist reassigned to finance. Eight thousand officials stripped of protection in a day. This is not chaos. It is a technique.
https://theplanet.substack.com/p/the-generals-the-scientists-the-senior?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share
Trump Follows the Authoritarian Playbook: The core of this strategy involves consolidating power by installing loyalists in key positions, sowing doubt in democratic and electoral systems, and systematically discrediting unfavorable data
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/BGjH_ERacvE
Trump’s Authoritarian Playbook. How the President is using Immigration Enforcement to dismantle our democracy.
https://www.nilc.org/resources/trumps-authoritarian-playbook/
The Trump administration has been pressuring and attempting to reshape independent federal oversight agencies, most notably targeting the Council of Inspectors General, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), and the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-admin-2677121565/
Trump attacks Democratic DC mayor nominee Janeese Lewis George. Trump said that “many people, including myself, have worked long and hard to get it there, and we will not let it be destroyed by a Communist adherent who has no intention to, make Washington great again.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5944771-dc-mayor-trump-communism-threat/
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court / United Nations (UN)
Will a federal judge send former national security advisor John Bolton to prison? On the surface, this looks like yet another instance of a Trump antagonist falling victim to a politicized Justice Department. But the story isn’t quite that simple.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/06/john-bolton-plea-deal-prison-sentencing.html
# Medicare / Medicaid / Disability Benefits / Health and Human Services [HHS]
Aetna is dropping roughly 90 Medicare Advantage plans across 34 states, sending those members to find new coverage: Yes, Aetna (CVS Health) discontinued nearly 90 Medicare Advantage plans across 34 states. The cuts primarily targeted Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) plans due to rising healthcare utilization and tighter government payment adjustments
https://myplanfit.com/aetna-is-exiting-medicare-markets/
# Medical / Biologicals / CDC / Recalls / Nursing / Medications
Underwood Introduces Legislation to Lower Cost of Primary Care, Mental Health Care, and Addiction Treatment
https://underwood.house.gov/media/press-releases/underwood-introduces-legislation-lower-cost-primary-care-mental-health-care
# Medical Alternatives / Medical Marijuana / Hemp
# Military / Department of Defense [DOD] / NATO / Boat Strikes
US, Iran Signal They Won’t Back Down Over Strait of Hormuz Control: Both Iranian and American officials have refused to back down over control of the Strait of Hormuz after both countries launched fresh strikes on June 27 and early on June 28, potentially scrapping a ceasefire agreement and memorandum of understanding between the two parties to end hostilities.
https://prescottenews.com/2026/06/28/us-iran-signal-they-wont-back-down-over-strait-of-hormuz-control-the-epoch-times/
U.S., Iran reportedly to ‘stand down’ after weekend of military skirmishes, resume talks in Qatar. Washington has proposed this week’s discussions, which are expected to center on the Strait of Hormuz, take place in Doha and begin as early as Tuesday.
https://www.politico.eu/article/us-and-iran-agree-to-resume-talks-after-weekend-strikes/
# Space / Global
China’s top-secret ‘dragon’ space plane just released another unidentified object over Earth: China’s space plane appears to have released a mystery object in orbit. “This activity is consistent with sub-satellite deployments conducted by the space plane in previous missions,” private space surveillance company LeoLabs wrote after detecting the object.
https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/chinas-space-plane-appears-to-have-released-a-mystery-object-in-orbit
# Security / DHS / Communications / Surveillance / Secret Service
In the modern surveillance state, someone’s always watching. The temptation to eavesdrop has been around longer than the United States has, but technology has evolved to the point where that temptation has never been greater. The “Chilling Effect”: Constant surveillance alters how people act, speak, and communicate. Knowing you are watched leads to self-censorship and makes individuals hesitant to exercise fundamental rights like free speech or protest
https://san.com/cc/in-the-modern-surveillance-state-someones-always-watching/
# Social Services / Programs / Social Security / Disability / AFDC (Aid for dependant children)
Senator Bill Cassidy is pushing a plan to shore up Social Security by investing part of its trust fund in stocks
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/23/social-security-reform-cassidy.html
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