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# Indigenous
First Callais came for Black voting power. Now it’s coming for Native Americans. Supreme Court Ruling Robs Native Americans of ‘Silent Partner’ in Legislative Redistricting
https://nativenewsonline.net/sovereignty/supreme-court-ruling-robs-native-americans-of-silent-partner-in-legislative-redistricting/
# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
ICE agents say the Mexican man killed during a Houston traffic stop wasn’t the person they were looking for. Salgado’s family and local officials are pushing for answers and demanding an independent and transparent investigation into the incident.
https://abc7ny.com/post/man-fatally-shot-federal-officer-houston-was-not-ice-target-dhs-says/19478772/
Trump makes self deportation sound simple. Immigration law says otherwise. The Trump administration keeps offering a single solution for immigrants worried about their futures in the United States: deport yourselves. Losing your Temporary Protected Status? Self-deport. Worried you’ll die in immigration detention? Self-deport. But what does “self-deportation” actually mean?
https://documentedny.com/2026/07/10/trump-administration-self-deportation-costs/
ICE is building a ‘hard-sided’ detention facility near Buffalo. What does that mean? The agency is adding 100 beds to the Buffalo Federal Detention Facility.
https://nysfocus.com/2026/07/09/ice-buffalo-detention-facility-expansion-batavia
Key GOP lawmaker seeks vote to restrict birthright citizenship as Trump weighs second SCOTUS appeal
Rep. Glenn Grothman says birthright citizenship ruling “the worst Supreme Court decision as far as impact on our country in my lifetime.”
https://justthenews.com/government/congress/hld-republicans-push-clarifying-legislation-supreme-court-birthright
Fury in Mexico, suspicion in Texas. Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum said her country will respond to the killing of a Mexican man by an ICE agent in Houston this week with “legal measures” that “go beyond” the usual diplomatic complaints
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/4642365/mexico-criminal-complaints-us-ice-shooting/
# Business / Industry / Corporations
Walmart among stores forced to install ‘silent buttons’ in over 100 stores under new law. All major retailers in a US state have to train their employees on how to stay safe with new technology.
https://www.the-sun.com/news/16664271/retail-worker-safety-act-silent-alarms-new-york-walmart/
# Education / Schools / Libraries and Museums
Taxpayers bear burden for federal student loans. An almost $1.8 trillion student loan portfolio continues to keep taxpayers on the hook. Debate persists on issues such as loan forgiveness, a 1% reduction of interest rate and federal reforms
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_2eb2e053-522c-4bf0-b7db-10c36e6ad9fa.html
# Employment / Labor / Unions
Efforts to Spy on Their Workers. State legislatures are scrambling to combat abuses associated with the rising AI-driven surveillance of workers.
https://truthout.org/articles/ai-is-turbocharging-bosses-efforts-to-spy-on-their-workers/
DOJ Opinion Jeopardizes Civil Rights Protections Against Unnecessary Institutionalization for People with Disabilities
https://nlihc.org/resource/doj-opinion-jeopardizes-civil-rights-protections-against-unnecessary-institutionalization
Oilfield services giant Baker Hughes lays off more than 100 at Houston manufacturing site. The layoffs come amidst ongoing uncertainty in the industry caused by the United States and Israel’s war with Iran.
https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2026/07/09/556695/baker-hughes-to-layoff-174-workers-at-northwest-houston-plant/
US Federal Reserve taps Xbox CEO Asha Sharma, who just laid off 3,200 employees, to lead task force on jobs. The Federal Reserve says its newly-announced task forces represent a “commitment to price stability and maximum employment.”
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/us-federal-reserve-taps-xbox-ceo-asha-sharma-who-just-laid-off-3-200-employees-to-lead-task-force-on-jobs/
Fury erupts as US brand fires 1,600 employees after securing thousands of foreign worker visas
https://www.aol.com/articles/fury-erupts-us-brand-fires-162047451.html
# Environment / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands / Water / FEMA / USAID
U.S. Supreme Court to hear Colorado-Nebraska water dispute. The U.S. Supreme Court has decided to weigh in on the latest water squabble in the West, where Nebraska has accused Colorado of violating a century-old water rights agreement.
https://kiowacountypress.net/content/us-supreme-court-hear-colorado-nebraska-water-dispute
Scientists announce shocking new plan to save Arctic sea ice from melting. Researchers recently performed the first scientific test of sea ice thickening in the field, but there remains a big question mark over how scalable this method is.
https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/arctic/first-experiment-to-thicken-arctic-ice-with-seawater-shows-promise-but-theres-a-big-catch
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Power Plants
Texas Data Centers Are Using a Permit Loophole to Add Gas Plants Next to Homes. Planned Texas data centers could emit more greenhouse gases than many countries. Texas regulators are allowing AI data centers across the state to start up thousands of new pollution sources with no public notice or environmental reviews.
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/07/09/texas-data-centers-ai-power-plants-pollution-state-permits/
Trump Administration Asked to Seize State and Private Property to Support Local Oil Production. The Houston-based energy firm Sable Offshore has requested the Trump administration to use federal eminent domain to seize private and state-owned land in Santa Barbara County, California. The company aims to bypass state roadblocks and restart controversial offshore drilling operations and pipelines that have been dormant since a 2015 spill
https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/oil-pipeline-owner-asks-trump-officials-to-seize-miles-of-california-park-other-land-2026-07-07/
# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
Ghislaine Maxwell’s Missing Sweater Reportedly Throws Inmates Into Prison Lockdown
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/ghislaine-maxwell-missing-sweater-reportedly-181859411.html
# Gov / Politics / US
Democrats Threaten Lawsuit If Trump Tries to ‘Restart’ Iran War: Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia believes that the War Powers resolutions passed by Congress are legally binding.
https://truthout.org/articles/democrats-threaten-lawsuit-if-trump-tries-to-restart-iran-war/
Trump’s Portfolio Has Directly Benefited From His Global Military Escalations. Even conservative media outlets are sounding the alarm on the appearance of corruption by President Donald Trump. New reporting from MS NOW’s Akayla Gardner deepens conflict of interest concerns around the President, as Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump have become linked to investments in at least 10 defense companies. Those firms have collectively received roughly $3.7 billion in federal funds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkmfUrlQnyI
Olympian Pleads Not Guilty to Charges That He Vandalized Reflecting Pool. A lawyer for former Olympian Davey Hearn said the indictment “reflects the administration’s effort to scapegoat Davey and to shift blame for their own failures.” A politically charged case that his defense attorneys and other Trump administration critics have derided as an abuse of prosecutorial power.
https://apnews.com/article/reflecting-pool-damage-trump-david-hearn-c2f8e1d689d8cd3cd4f9aade65c674ee
Legal war on Trump’s agenda gains firepower as federal lawyers defect to Democrats
https://www.aol.com/articles/legal-war-trump-agenda-gains-100041748.html
Trump administration threatens states with criminal charges in elections fight. State officials call federal demands for voter data ‘truly bizarre behavior’ amid unproven noncitizen voting claims
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/08/trump-administration-voter-election-crackdown
Attorney Warns Every American Should Be Concerned if Trump Admin Can Access Private Data ‘Without a Legitimate Purpose’
https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-reports/the-trump-admin-wants-to-put-your-private-data-in-one-place-thats-illegal/
Appointing a Christian Nationalist bomb thrower to supervise elections laws with Gov. Greg Abbott: Meet the Christian nationalist Trump ally and election denier who could run Texas elections
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/meet-the-christian-nationalist-trump-ally-and-election-denier-who-could-run-texas-elections/
President Donald Trump escalates attacks on up-and-coming Dems, compares one to Pee-wee Herman and another to ‘Mad’ magazine’s cartoon mascot
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-kicks-off-america-250th-141630691.html
Trump says Greenland should be controlled by US, not Denmark. President Donald Trump said Greenland should be controlled by the United States, not Denmark, reaffirming a stance that has caused tensions among NATO allies as leaders of the alliance gathered for a summit in Turkey.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJWPjbp1hm0
Trump calls for US to cut off trade with Spain over NATO funding,
https://time.com/article/2026/07/08/trump-united-states-spain-trade-cuts-nato-feud/
Trump Pushes Out Remaining Members of Bipartisan Election Commission Ahead of Midterms. The Election Assistance Commission serves as a clearinghouse of election information and distributes grant money to states.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/09/trump-ousts-members-of-bipartisan-election-commission-ahead-of-midterms-00992783
Steve Bannon exposed as secret player in White House ‘extortion’ scheme in new filings
https://www.rawstory.com/steve-bannon-2677199863/
Rep. Crow Says “More War in the Middle East Means More Money in the Pockets of the Trump Family” After Report Links Trump Sons to $3.7 Billion in Defense Contracts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVWngLLKOZI
Crow Introduces War Powers Resolution to End Trump’s War with Iran. Congressman Jason Crow (D-CO), a former paratrooper and Army Ranger who serves on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and House Armed Services Committee, introduced a new War Powers resolution to end President Donald Trump’s war of choice with Iran.
https://crow.house.gov/media/press-releases/crow-introduces-war-powers-resolution-to-end-trump-s-war-with-iran
Pete Hegseth’s Pastor Laughs When Asked About Repealing Women’s Right to Vote: ‘It’s a Good Idea!’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/pete-hegseth-pastor-laughs-asked-204026103.html
President Donald Trump fired the last two remaining commissioners of the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) and forced out the third, leaving the bipartisan federal agency entirely without leadership and unable to act just months ahead of the midterms
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/trump-terminates-election-assistance-commission-members-2026-07-10/
# Global News
‘No Going Back’: France Was Reportedly Prepared for a ‘Shooting War’ if Trump Moved on Greenland
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/trump/no-going-back-france-was-reportedly-prepared-for-a-shooting-war-if-trump-moved-on-greenland/
Iran Delivers Ominous Threat to Trump: If You Invade Kharg Island ‘Not a Single American Soldier Will Return Alive’
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5959786-iran-us-conflict-escalation/
Amnesty Calls for War Crimes Probe as Israel Is “Wiping Out Families” in Lebanon. The group said it has gathered enough evidence to reasonably conclude that Israeli forces violated international law.
https://truthout.org/articles/amnesty-calls-for-war-crimes-probe-as-israel-is-wiping-out-familiesin-lebanon/
‘It Was a Field Execution’: IDF Shoots Driver Delivering Relief Supplies to Gaza in the Head. A Gaza trucker’s association leader called it “a deliberate killing of a civilian driver who had complied with all instructions.” The incident occurred while the driver was transporting relief supplies for the World Central Kitchen (WCK) near the Philadelphi Corridor in the southern Gaza Strip
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/09/idf-accused-of-field-execution-of-palestinian-driver-bringing-aid-into-gaza
# Law / Law Enforcement / Prisons / FBI / CIA / ATF / DEA
Judge orders Texas to admit all mentally ill jail detainees to state facilities within 21 days to have their mental health restored before trial.
https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/criminal-justice/2026/07/09/556640/federal-judge-texas-ruling-competency-restoration-mental-health-jail-inmates-state-facilities/
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court / United Nations (UN)
The Secret Origins of the Supreme Court’s Shadow Docket: Investigative journalist Jodi Kantor describes uncovering Roberts court memos detailing the expansion of its unsigned, fast-track rulings.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/07/jodi-kantor-shadow-docket-supreme-court-john-roberts/
# Medicare / Medicaid / Disability Benefits / Health and Human Services [HHS]
The Data Is In on GOP Budget: Rural Americans Are Losing Health Insurance Coverage
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-data-is-out-on-gop-budget-rural-americans-are-losing-health-insurance-coverage/
Medicare Advantage plans are expected to trim dental, vision and drug perks in 2027
https://www.aol.com/articles/medicare-advantage-quietly-cutting-one-111500162.html
Humana is pulling Medicare Advantage plans from 194 counties for 2026, and UnitedHealth and Aetna are cutting too. You’ve got it right—faced with rising medical costs and lower government reimbursements, major insurers like Humana, UnitedHealth, and Aetna (CVS Health) drastically reduced their Medicare Advantage (MA) footprints for 2026
https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/medicare-advantage-plans-2026-unitedhealthcare-humana-aetna/801761/
# Military / Global
Israel Continues to Shoot Children in the Head During the Gaza Ceasefire. Two Palestinian parents recount the killing of their children by the Israeli military. One was 3, the other 9. Israel continues to commit genocide, atrocity crimes by deliberately targeting Palestinian children, UN independent commission finds
https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/06/1167790
# NASA / NORAD / Space / SpaceX
The US wants to build offshore rocket launch sites. “It’s the administration’s job to protect our public waters, not turn them into playgrounds for pipe dreams and profit.”
https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/the-us-wants-to-build-offshore-rocket-launch-sites-critics-say-our-coasts-deserve-better
# Security / DHS / Communication / Surveillance / Secret Service
Using censorship to control a narrative: Using censorship to control a narrative involves restricting the flow of unfavorable information to shape public perception. How digital editing, deepfakes, and data filters rewired the old machinery of state censorship
https://medium.com/illumination/precision-censorship-and-the-weaponization-of-narrative-64f3a7db654c
# Social / Communities / Housing
‘Sign the Damn Bill!’ Anger at Trump Grows as US Housing Prices Hit All-Time High. US Sen. Amy Klouchar said that the housing bill has “been sitting on President Trump’s desk long enough.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-housing-prices-legislation
# Social Services / Programs / Social Security / Disability / AFDC (Aid for dependant children)
Trump’s Latest Corruption: Hijacking Social Security: Like the reflecting pool, the Kennedy Center, and the White House, Social Security is a sacred American institution that Trump is abusing for his own financial and political gain.
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/trump-corruption-social-security
# Technology / AI / Data Centers / Robotics
China is considering pulling its top AI models from foreign use. Chinese officials have discussed limiting foreign access to the country’s most advanced AI models, both closed and open-weight. The plans could reshape a market DeepSeek cracked open.
https://thenextweb.com/news/china-curbing-overseas-access-top-ai-models
The Pollution Being Churned Out by AI Data Centers Is So Severe That It’s Almost Incomprehensible. The massive surge of fossil fuel-powered data centers cropping up across the country are emitting an enormous amount of pollution, a pulsing indication that we’re headed in the wrong direction in the midst of a climate crisis.
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/pollution-ai-data-centers-severe
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