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# Indigenous
# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Recalls
‘One-Way Ticket to Extinction’: Trump Admin Again Guts Endangered Species Act. “In the midst of an extinction crisis,” said one advocate, “the Trump administration is gutting protections to benefit industry interests.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-and-endangered-species-act
# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
ICE’s use of unmarked cars and its agents’ practice of shooting into vehicles violates police policy and may be unlawful, policing experts say after reviewing video of the moments before Lorenzo Salgado Araujo’s killing
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/07/15/texas-houston-ice-immigrant-shooting-video-footage/
Mullin is making his allegiance known following the recent ICE shootings. Mullin promised to deliver Trump a less headline-grabbing enforcement strategy, while meeting the White House’s arrest and deportation quotas.
https://www.news8000.com/news/politics/national-politics/markwayne-mullin-promised-a-quieter-dhs-then-came-the-shootings/article_0da02c9d-6414-5809-8d61-097bc0346cc2.html
ICE still making arrests at NYC immigration courts despite ban: Yes, ICE is continuing to make arrests at NYC immigration courts despite a federal ban, prompting the presiding judge to demand an explanation
https://courthousenews.com/ice-makes-arrests-at-nyc-immigration-court-despite-court-ban/
Employee at Colorado ICE detention center arrested after allegedly shooting protester who was among a group of demonstrators protesting outside a detention facility in Aurora.
https://www.borderreport.com/border-report-tour/immigration/colorado-ice-facility-employee-arrested-accused-of-shooting-protester/
ICE arrests Chinese human rights lawyer who fled political persecution: Wu Shaoping, who fled China in 2019 and is still waiting on a decision for his asylum claim, was arrested in Pennsylvania last week
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/17/ice-arrests-human-rights-lawyer-wu-shaoping-fled-chinese-crackdown
FBI will no longer investigate ICE confrontations: ‘Fox Is Guarding the Hen House’: ICE Agents Told FBI Will No Longer Investigate Confrontations. The reported change would grant “pure impunity for ICE to do horrible things,” said one journalist.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/ice-fbi
White House border czar Tom Homan confirmed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents carrying out traffic stops will have to record the stops. The mandate was announced following fatal shootings involving ICE agents in Texas and Maine during attempted traffic stops, which sparked public scrutiny and protests. According to Homan, the body cameras have already been purchased and are in the process of being deployed nationwide
https://www.csmonitor.com/layout/set/amphtml/USA/2026/0719/ICE-body-cameras-vehicle-stops
Video shows a New Jersey man asking ICE to check his ID before detaining him, but agents refused and took him into custody anyway
https://attackofthefanboy.com/social-media/video-shows-a-new-jersey-man-asking-ice-to-check-his-id-before-detaining-him-but-agents-refused-and-took-him-into-custody-anyway/
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Tariffs \ Banking / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
Climate Crisis-Denying Trump Threatens Canada With New Tariffs Over Wildfire Smoke
“When wildfires hit America, Canada sends firefighters,” said one journalist. “When wildfires hit Canada, America sends tariffs.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/wildfires-in-canada
# Education / Schools / Libraries and Museums
The Real Lesson Behind Texas’ New Bible Curriculum Requirements: Going forward, students will learn that life circumstances are beyond their power to change. They will learn that their place and the place of others in the economy and larger society should not be questioned.
https://www.texasobserver.org/sboe-bible-curriculum-requirements/
# Environment / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands / Water / FEMA / USAID
Antarctica sits above Earth’s strongest “gravity hole.” Now we know how it got that way. The strength of gravity varies over the Earth’s surface. And it is weakest beneath the frozen continent of Antarctica after accounting for Earth’s rotation
https://news.ufl.edu/2026/02/antarctic-gravity-hole/
This US state has become an unexpected epicenter of the global extinction crisis. And it reveals a big problem with the nation’s approach to saving endangered species.
https://www.vox.com/climate/481481/alabama-wildlife-extinction-state-funding?utm_source=climate-desk&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=climate-desk-newsletter-07-19-2026
Not Milkweed: Plant This Bush With Berries And Flowers That Butterflies Love. The shrub is so valuable to North American butterfly populations that a dozen butterfly and moth species rely on it as a food source and life cycle plant. Birds eat the berries, too.
https://shopping.yahoo.com/home-garden/gardening/articles/not-milkweed-plant-bush-berries-184000603.html
# Food / Farming / FDA / Agriculture / Ranching / SNAP [Food Stamps] / USDA
On a Mission to Revive America’s Heirloom Grains: Passionate farmers, millers, and bakers across the U.S. are reviving pre-1950s heirloom and ancient grains to restore lost agricultural diversity, improve soil health, and bring complex, robust flavors back to our dinner tables. This movement champions regional grain economies over mass-produced commodity crops
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iyj7UDbptk
Sebastopol Farmer Mai Nguyen’s Quest To Revive a Regional Grain Economy. Combining regenerative agriculture with social justice, local farmer Mai Nguyen aims to combat climate change and help revitalize global food cultures — one grain at a time.
https://www.sonomamag.com/sebastopol-farmer-mai-nguyens-quest-to-revive-a-regional-grain-economy/
Digital Price Tags Could Soon Be Against The Law. State legislators seek to regulate or outright ban digital price tags in order to prevent “surge pricing.”
https://www.newsbreak.com/coupons-in-the-news-2337435/3862819872147-digital-price-tags-could-soon-be-against-the-law
# General News
19 people injured in mass shootings in Tucson, Minneapolis. Mass shootings in entertainment districts in Tucson and Minneapolis injured a total of 19 people early on Sunday, authorities in each city said.
https://www.newsbreak.com/upi-news-510013/4779802169047-19-people-injured-in-mass-shootings-in-tucson-minneapolis\
# Gov / Politics / US
Trump Is Still Trapped In His Furious 2020 Delusions: This has become an obsession; a story he has repeated so many times that it has hardened into reality in his own mind. It is the worldview of a president who genuinely cannot appreciate reality.
https://michaelwolffnyc.substack.com/p/trump-is-still-trapped-in-his-furious
Trump essentially said loyalty to the Constitution is punishable by death. Those are dangerous words coming from the President of the United States, but I’m not going to be intimidated.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DRaU4KMkszA/?hl=en
DHS Sec. Threatens to Jail State Officials Who Defy Trump’s Demands. Secretary Markwayne Mullin also threatened to defund states that don’t “scrub” their voter rolls.
https://newrepublic.com/post/213208/department-homeland-secretary-threatens-defund-states-voter-rolls
‘Ramblings Of A Mad King’: Gavin Newsom Nails Real Purpose Of Trump’s ‘Tin Foil’ Speech
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5975626-newsom-blasts-trump-election-speech/
Reason Magazine Comes Out Swinging Against Confirming Todd Blanche as AG: ‘Brazenly Corrupt’
https://www.mediaite.com/lawcrime/reason-magazine-comes-out-swinging-against-confirming-todd-blanche-as-ag-brazenly-corrupt/
“No Strategy and No End in Sight.” Rep. Ted Lieu demands Republicans help end Trump’s “unconstitutional” Iran war after two U.S. troops are killed in Jordan
https://share.newsbreak.com/j1zeg2nx
Elizabeth Warren Says Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Hands ‘$1 Trillion+’ in Tax Breaks to the Top 1%
https://www.benzinga.com/news/politics/26/07/60542422/elizabeth-warren-says-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-hands-1-trillion-in-tax-breaks-to-the-top-1
Maine’s Troy Jackson all but locks down Democratic nod for U.S. Senate seat: A majority of delegates have committed to voting for Troy Jackson to give him the Democratic nomination, replacing the beleaguered Graham Platner in Maine’s U.S. Senate race.
https://www.newsbreak.com/upi-news-510013/4779671250238-maine-s-troy-jackson-all-but-locks-down-democratic-nod-for-u-s-senate-seat
# Global News
Iran‘s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei issued a statement, declaring that revenge for the killing of his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, must occur. The elder Khamenei was killed in joint U.S.-Israeli airstrikes on February 28, 2026
https://www.axios.com/2026/07/11/iran-trump-revenge-assassination
# Law / Law Enforcement / Prisons / FBI / CIA / ATF / DEA
‘Utterly lawless’: NYT report on new FBI directive stuns nation. Federal agents across the nation received instructions last week not to investigate confrontations with immigration agents
https://www.rawstory.com/fbi-ice-investigation/
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court / United Nations (UN)
The Justice Department Is Pulling Back on Prosecuting Corporate Crime. Prosecutors declined to charge businesses in a number of recent cases—despite believing that senior employees were involved in wrongdoing
https://www.wsj.com/finance/regulation/the-justice-department-is-pulling-back-on-prosecuting-corporate-crime-dabf95a2
Worried about the war crimes you are likely committing? Try to abolish the court that may one day hold you accountable. “The highest compliment that can be paid to the International Criminal Court is that the Trump administration is terrified of it.”
https://newrepublic.com/article/213124/trump-rubio-international-criminal-court-scared
Why Washington Is Challenging the International Criminal Court: Secretary of State Marco Rubio is pressuring allies to reconsider their support for the International Criminal Court. The ensuing outrage makes little sense, argues William Brooks.
https://www.dw.com/en/why-the-us-is-going-after-the-international-criminal-court/a-78006596
The State Department’s Campaign Against the ICC Rests on a Misunderstanding of How the Court Actually Works
https://www.justsecurity.org/147878/state-departments-campaign-icc-misunderstanding/
# Medical / Biologicals / Research / CDC / Recalls / Nursing / Medications / Hospitals / Pharma
Senators to examine hospital price transparency legislation. A bipartisan coalition of lawmakers is set to examine a bill next week to require hospitals and insurance companies to display prices for provided services.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_e090c13c-d66a-4e9c-ba28-9ba8c2a8d38f.html
A Medicare Loophole: The most widely discussed “loophole” related to Medicare is the Hospital Observation Status, which can leave seniors with tens of thousands of dollars in surprise nursing home bills. CMS Shuts Down Massive Medicaid Tax Loophole, Saving Billions for Federal Taxpayers and Restoring the Federal-State Partnership
https://www.cms.gov/newsroom/press-releases/cms-shuts-down-massive-medicaid-tax-loophole-saving-billions-federal-taxpayers-restoring-federal
Retirees wait for the day they can sell their homes and cash in—but there’s a secret Medicare ‘trap’ that could stop them in their tracks
https://www.newsbreak.com/fortune-561435/4780413542116-retirees-wait-for-the-day-they-can-sell-their-homes-and-cash-in-but-there-s-a-secret-medicare-trap-that-could-stop-them-in-their-tracks
# Military / Department of Defense [DOD] / NATO / Boat Strikes
Tyrin Johnson Is Dead. Memphis Is Occupied. This Is Militarized “Public Safety.” Tyrin Johnson’s killing is part of a larger militarization unfolding in Memphis, Tennessee, under Trump.
https://truthout.org/articles/tyrin-johnson-is-dead-memphis-is-occupied-this-is-militarized-public-safety/
Judges Paved the Way For the Federal Government’s Deadly Occupation of Memphis. The shooting death of Tyrin Johnson is the predictable consequence of the legal system letting Trump turn the American military against Americans.
https://ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics/tyrin-johnson-memphis-killing-judges/
‘We knew this would happen’: Lawmakers seek answers after fatal Guard shooting in Memphis. “This is the fourth instance since the Memphis Un-Safe Task Force has been in our community that an American citizen has been killed by someone who’s a part of that task force.”
https://wreg.com/memphis-safe-task-force/memphis-lawmakers-seek-answers-after-fatal-guard-shooting-downtown/
U.S. unleashes ninth straight night of attacks against Iran. The US has launched another wave of attacks against Iran, this time reportedly hitting targets in the northwestern city of Tabriz. DW has more.
https://www.dw.com/en/iran-war-us-conducts-strikes-for-9th-night-in-a-row/live-78030432
The National Guard occupation that has been brutalizing Memphis must stop. To walk through Memphis is to step into an eerie, simultaneous haunting, both visible and invisible. You see armed soldiers and federal agents everywhere in Memphis: an uncanny, disruptive presence woven into the mundane fabric of our daily lives.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/national-guard-occupation-brutalizing-memphis-224117477.html
U.S. Coast Guard monitors Chinese ships off Alaska coast. The U.S. Coast Guard is actively engaged in Arctic defense, monitoring and dealing with potential national security threats posed by Chinese ships. Last summer, the Coast Guard chased away Chinese vessels.
https://www.stripes.com/branches/coast_guard/2026-07-17/coast-guard-tracks-chinese-ships-bering-sea-22293821.html
Military voter files exposed deployment locations to America’s adversaries. Most of America’s bases are well-known and are mappable. However, a number of sites’ locations and the stationing of specific units are not known.
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/elections/military-voter-files-exposed-deployment-locations-americas-adversaries
# NASA / NORAD / Space / Solar / SpaceX
The Sun’s Magnetic Field Is Reversing: What It Means for Earth. The Sun’s magnetic field naturally reverses polarity every 11 years near the peak of its solar cycle. For Earth, this solar flip means no immediate danger but results in heightened space weather—leading to stronger geomagnetic storms and more frequent auroras visible in regions like Texas
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2018/10/aa32981-18/aa32981-18.html
# Social Services Programs / Social Security / AFDC (Aid for dependant children)
Six senators from both parties want to force a Social Security fix before the fund falls short in 2032. Six bipartisan senators introduced the PROMISE Act, which establishes a fast-track legislative process forcing Congress to debate and vote on reforms before the program’s primary trust fund is depleted. If left unaddressed, the 2032 shortfall would trigger automatic benefit cuts of roughly $450 a month for millions of retirees
https://www.crfb.org/press-releases/promise-act-jumpstarts-path-toward-saving-social-security
# Technology / AI / Data Centers / Robotics / Internet
Protests Break Out in 42 States. Opponents of the buildout of data centers held 142 protests across 42 states. Scattered zoning fights have hardened into a movement, and the grievance underneath is a utility bill.
https://thenextweb.com/news/data-centre-protests-go-national-backlash
# Veterans / VA
A House bill would finally let combat-injured military retirees collect both their pension and their disability pay. The primary vehicle enabling combat-injured military retirees to concurrently collect their full Department of Defense (DoD) pension and Veterans Affairs (VA) disability pay is the Major Richard Star Act
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-6hK0IhcwDM
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