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Israel launches new Lebanon strikes even as Trump insists Iran deal is coming soon. “Israeli strikes Tuesday on southern Lebanon came hours after the president’s latest optimistic assessment and risked renewed fighting with Tehran.” https://www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/trump-iran-deal-israel-lebanon-strikes-tyre-christians-rcna349149 Re Downed Apace Helicopter: In a phone call Tuesday morning with The Wall Street Journal, [Trump] played down the incident—repeatedly saying that it “wasn’t a big deal”—and stressed that the pilots weren’t seriously injured. “He changed his mind after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine recommended military action during a briefing at the White House, the officials said. Hegseth and Caine provided Trump with updated information about the Iranian Shahed drone that struck the U.S. helicopter. When asked for comment, the Pentagon said in a statement that it didn’t discuss internal deliberations involving the president and his military advisers. The Apache was likely hit by the drone off the coast of Oman while it was patrolling the area, U.S. officials said.” https://apple.news/AQaX8gOSfS2qDka4aGyas-Q L.O.S.E.R.: How many times has Trump claimed an Iran deal is around the corner? A: 38 times. “It’s been more than two months since President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire with Iran, saying at the time that the two sides were close to a deal. Trump said on social media on April 7 that they were “very far along” but needed two weeks for “the Agreement to be finalized and consummated.” He concluded by saying that “it is an Honor to have this Longterm problem close to resolution.” … Including the period before the ceasefire, he’s done it at least 38 times. That’s the number of times he’s said directly — in social media posts, public appearances and phone calls with the media — that a deal was nigh or claimed Iran was desperate to cut one.” https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/09/politics/times-trump-iran-deal-close Senate GOP support erodes for Trump’s Iran war stance. “President Trump is facing growing pushback from Senate Republicans over his handling of the military conflict with Iran, leaving Democrats believing they are on the verge of having enough votes to pass a war powers resolution directing the president to withdraw U.S. forces. Four Republican senators have voted to discharge the war powers resolution from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Democrats believe they are very close to finding a fifth.” https://apple.news/Ar5GHwo1sTCmfDIoQIgkrYA It's TACO time (again): Stocks surge after Trump cancels Iran strikes Thursday. https://apple.news/AxXjbbGdTQd63GK3IXIqylw A bombshell excerpt from an upcoming book details how President Donald Trump’s team miscommunicated, clashed with one another and fumbled over how best to respond to the Jeffrey Epstein case “to a far greater extent than the public knew.” “An extract from an upcoming book by New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan, titled Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump, sheds new light on how the president’s most senior officials responded behind closed doors to the crisis that plagued the administration for the best part of a year. In it, the authors claim how then-Attorney General Pam Bondi’s “egregious misstep” to hand out Epstein files binders to MAGA influencers sent the blood pressure of White House aides “skyrocketing;” how a high-stakes crisis meeting in the Situation Room saw Vice President JD Vance “panicked” over the scandal’s potential to divide the MAGA base; and how the bunker was also the setting of a furious blow up between Bondi and then-FBI deputy director Dan Bongino.” https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-white-house-epstein-files-response-b2993215.html On Thursday, Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.), Democrats’ ranking member on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, pledged to investigate Vice President Vance’s role in the Trump administration’s “cover-up” of actions tied to now-deceased convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. https://apple.news/Am7f4Y-LhSoaTIDjRdftWyA ‘Epstein Memorial Reading Room’ moving to downtown DC. “A reading room that features millions of pages related to federal investigations into the late disgraced financier and convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein is coming to the nation’s capital. The Institute for Primary Facts announced this week that the Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Reading Room will move from its New York location to D.C.’s Chinatown neighborhood “in time for President Trump’s birthday.” The installation will be open from June 9 through June 12.” https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/crime/epstein-reading-room-dc-chinatown/65-47faa511-6a4f-4386-b1cd-8dbc322237b0 Trump sees 22 medical specialists, appearing to set new bar for presidents. For George H.W. Bush’s first medical checkup as president in 1989, he was seen by five specialists, the White House said at the time. His son George W. Bush was seen by 12 in his first presidential checkup, White House officials said a dozen years later. President Donald Trump appears to have set a new bar: 22 medical specialists assessed him as part of his latest checkup, according to a medical report recently released by the White House. That figure is nearly double the number of specialists who assessed Trump for his past medical checkups as president, according to a review of publicly available statements by Trump’s doctors. https://apple.news/AeZ3gcoW1R0SOx9dZ-TEIlg House rejects last-minute extension for key FISA spy power amid Bill Pulte uproar. “The House on Thursday defeated a last-ditch effort to extend a key spy authority until early July, after President Trump's pick for director of national intelligence rattled lawmakers. The authority, known as Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, is set to expire Friday. Congress has twice punted on the issue since the original deadline in April.” https://www.cbsnews.com/news/house-vote-extension-fisa-702-spy-power-bill-pulte-uproar-trump/ Trump’s SAVE Act Plan for Midterms Is Slipping Away. “President Donald Trump’s push to pass sweeping election legislation ahead of the 2026 midterms has stalled in the Senate, with Republicans now openly acknowledging that the votes needed to advance the bill are not there. Senate Majority Leader John Thune said this week that Republicans “don’t have the votes” to pass the SAVE America Act, a bill that would require proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote in federal elections and photo ID to cast ballots, and that "it's not something we can get done absent having an election and electing more Republicans." https://www.newsweek.com/trump-save-act-plan-for-midterms-is-slipping-away-12052665 Judge halts Trump SNAP funding restrictions in lawsuit by 20 states. “A federal judge on Friday, June 5, blocked the Trump administration from enforcing new conditions on billions of dollars in federal nutrition funding, siding with a coalition of Democratic-led states that argued the requirements threatened programs serving low-income families.” https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/06/06/judge-halts-trump-snap-restrictions-in-states-lawsuit-over-funding-rules/90438543007/ Judge tosses Kennedy Center suit against musician who canceled Christmas Eve show. “Attorneys for musician Chuck Redd say a D.C. Superior Court judge dismissed a breach of contract lawsuit filed against Redd after he canceled a Christmas Eve performance at the Kennedy Center in protest of President Donald Trump's influence over the venue. The dismissal on Friday was granted under Washington's Anti-SLAPP laws , which are designed to prevent meritless lawsuits intended to silence opposing points of view on matters of public interest. ” https://apple.news/AmgkAYasLQUSjQEqgf8tAng LOL: Trump booed at Madison Square Garden for Game 3 of NBA Finals https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-booed-madison-square-garden-game-3-nba-finals-rcna348969?cid=eml_npd_nws_mrd_06092026&tpcc=eml_npd_nws_mrd_06092026 …and his ever-loving lackey Joe Rogan Warns Trump About Going to Events Where He’ll Get Booed. “Podcast host Joe Rogan said that President Donald Trump should stick to attending UFC events because he is going to get booed "everywhere else." https://www.newsweek.com/joe-rogan-warns-trump-about-going-to-events-where-hell-get-booed-12057191 Beef prices are rising so fast some famed Texas BBQ joints are closing: ‘Everybody’s at risk these days’ “BBQ joint owners in the Lone Star state told The Washington Post how they have been in “survival mode” for a year now as many fight to stay open amid the sky-high prices. “This is as bad as it gets,” Russell Roegels, who owns two BBQ restaurants in Houston, told the newspaper. “Everybody’s at risk these days: You’re one bad week from closing.” https://www.the-independent.com/us/money/beef-prices-texas-bbq-restaurants-b2983202.html Inflation swallows wage growth and American workers take a huge pay cut. “For the first time in three years, inflation is once again outpacing wage growth in the United States. Consumer prices rose 3.8% annually in April 2026, while average hourly earnings increased by just 3.6%, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (1). The reversal marks the first time since April 2023 that inflation has outpaced wage growth, per Visual Capitalist (2).” https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/articles/inflation-swallows-wage-growth-american-105500788.html and…Trump Says ‘I Love the Inflation’ as Approval Rating Sinks to Record Low. https://www.newsweek.com/trump-says-i-love-the-inflation-approval-rating-sinks-record-low-12056206 Health Insurers Are Saving Children From MAHA. “A national trade group for health insurers has managed, almost accidentally, to say the quiet part of vaccine policy aloud. AHIP said its member plans will keep covering routine vaccines through 2027, even as the Trump administration pushes to remake childhood vaccine recommendations under its Make America Healthy Again—or MAHA—agenda.” https://www.newsweek.com/maha-health-insurers-vaccines-measles-mmr-12044719 America’s doctors just voted for war with RFK Jr. “American doctors want their leading lobby to drop its nice guy routine with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. … At the American Medical Association’s annual meeting this week, members of the group’s House of Delegates are sending a clear message to their leaders: Call out Kennedy, even if it costs us in the pocketbook. That message was stated most clearly in the election of Sandra Fryhofer, an internist from Atlanta and uncompromising Kennedy critic, as AMA president-elect. She beat Michael Suk, who as AMA board chair in 2024 and 2025 prioritized doctors’ Medicare fees and promised continued pragmatism in dealing with Kennedy.” https://apple.news/AbiF84GgDRc6l6HEOg4MSfA Federal judge strikes down Trump's $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas. https://www.npr.org/2026/06/09/nx-s1-5851474/federal-judge-fee-h1b-visa Lawsuit Seeks to Block UFC Fight at White House: ‘Deeply Corrupt’ “A federal lawsuit has been filed on Saturday to halt an upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) event scheduled to take place on the White House grounds. The plaintiffs argue that the unprecedented event—timed to coincide with President Donald Trump’s 80th birthday and part of the celebration of the nation's 250th anniversary—violates federal law and improperly commercializes public land. “This is fundamentally a private, commercial, corrupt use of our most sacred national monuments for private gain,” Brendan Ballou, a lawyer for the plaintiffs, told the Associated Press. “And that is what is motivating this lawsuit.” https://www.newsweek.com/lawsuit-seeks-to-block-ufc-fight-at-white-house-deeply-corrupt-12041808 Rhode Island’s federal judiciary will consider a possible disciplinary proceeding for the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) lawyers assigned to an ongoing court fight over subpoenaed medical records for transgender youth treated at Rhode Island Hospital. https://rhodeislandcurrent.com/2026/06/09/rhode-island-federal-court-weighs-possible-disciplinary-action-against-doj-lawyers-in-hospital-case/ Trump Admin Hit With Lawsuit in Utah Over Immigrant Detention Warehouse. “Salt Lake City and Salt Lake County have filed a federal lawsuit to stop the Trump administration from converting a massive warehouse into an immigrant detention center. The move comes as the facility—designed to hold up to 10,000 people—was purchased without environmental review or local consultation, according to the complaint. The case could determine whether the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) can continue rolling out similar “mega centers” nationwide or must halt the initiative entirely.” https://www.newsweek.com/salt-lake-city-utah-warehouse-trump-lawsuit-12049643 Brad Lander, a former New York City comptroller and current congressional candidate, was acquitted on a criminal charge related to his arrest while protesting immigrant detention conditions, his lawyers said on June 11. https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/brad-lander-found-not-guilty-150855864.html FAFO: Utah Lawmakers Criticize Pentagon After LDS Religious Designation Removed. “Republican Senators Mike Lee and John Curtis of Utah are challenging a recent Department of Defense policy directive that omits The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) from its designated list of Christian faiths. Labeling the administrative decision "unacceptable," both lawmakers are pressing the Pentagon for an immediate corrective update.” https://www.newsweek.com/utah-lawmakers-criticize-pentagon-after-lds-religious-designation-removed-12040950 Ohio and Alaska have shifted from “Leans Republican” to “Toss-up,” while North Carolina has moved from “Toss-up” to “Leans Democratic,” according to a new model from political forecasters Sabato’s Crystal Ball. https://www.newsweek.com/republican-chances-senate-tossup-alaska-ohio-midterm-elections-12060524 Spencer Pratt’s ‘patently absurd’ bid for Los Angeles mayor fell flat. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/09/spencer-pratt-la-mayor-election This week Mr Trump’s net approval stayed at a record low of -25, according to The Economist’s tracker of polling conducted by YouGov. That means he is still the most unpopular president since our survey started in 2009. https://www.economist.com/interactive/trump-approval-tracker LOL: Humiliated Trump Reveals Cringe UFC Birthday Bash Guest List—The president’s much-hyped White House UFC spectacle appears short on celebrities and long on loyalists. https://www.thedailybeast.com/humiliated-donald-trump-reveals-cringe-ufc-birthday-bash-guest-list/ |
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This was a fun one and the week isn't over yet! Iran takes startling step believing Trump is 'legitimately mentally ill' “Amid the ongoing peace talks between Washington and Tehran, Iranian negotiators have recently enlisted the help of “senior psychologists” to help them navigate what they believe to be a pressing issue involving President Donald Trump, investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill claimed Friday, citing Iranian sources. “A couple of weeks ago, the Iranian side added senior psychologists to their negotiating team to review the communications that they were going to be sending to the mediators to give to Trump,” Scahill said during an appearance on the podcast “Breaking Points.” https://www.rawstory.com/trump-iran-2677034315/# Iran peace deal makes clear how far US has been forced to retreat since 2025—Plan is admission US could not achieve what it sought through war as red line after red line has been erased. “Only a man with an unparalleled ignorance of history such as Donald Trump would have signed America’s peace treaty with Iran at Versailles, the byword for national humiliation. And only a man with an impish sense of humour such as Emmanuel Macron would have suggested it. It is easy to cast Trump in the role of the humiliated and hurt German Count Ulrich von Brockdorff-Rantzau. The treaty of Versailles after all was based on 14 points, just as the memorandum of understanding has 14 clauses. But the memorandum is not a full-scale surrender document; it is an admission that America could not achieve what it sought through war.” https://apple.news/AyqWjGX62QVSGHmCqG-P31Q L.O.S.E.R.: Vance calls Iran deal a ‘win-win’ even as Trump’s MOU draws heat. https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5928696-vance-briefs-media-trump-iran/ …and Senate Republicans raise alarm over Trump’s deal with Iran. “President Trump’s deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for lifting sanctions on Iran is getting strong pushback from Senate Republicans on Capitol Hill who warn that giving Iran’s theocratic regime access to billions of dollars in economic relief would be a major “blunder.” Some Republicans are warning that the likely outcome of the more than 100-day conflict is not worth the cost to the nation: the lives of 13 American service members and more than $100 billion spent. “Ronald Reagan is rolling over in his grave,” fumed Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) in a social media post, calling the war and its outcome the “worst foreign policy blunder in decades.” https://apple.news/ATCbLeF4AQYC57LhvhIcvmw …and Pete Hegseth Insists Trump Iran Deal Is Totally Different From Obama’s—Surprise! Donald Trump’s is worse. “Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth crumbled when he tried to explain the difference between Donald Trump’s new deal with Iran and Barack Obama’s Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. Spoiler alert: There is none.” https://apple.news/ARt-yHG-WQ720RJvqs4MzRg …and after months of the White House insisting Trump does not need congressional approval for his strikes against Iran because they did not constitute a war, the MOU straight up calls the conflict “the current war.” https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/june-17-2026 …and LOL: Susan Rice on Trump Iran deal MOU: a ‘jaw-dropping, horrific surrender document’ https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5930341-susan-rice-trump-iran-deal/ Pete Hegseth Crashes Out When Confronted With His Own Sworn Testimony. “The Trump administration’s narrative on the Iran War is changing by the day. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was caught in his own lie by CBS News’s Margaret Brennan, who reminded him Sunday that America’s depleted missile stockpile was not a media fabrication but actually a material reality that he testified to before Congress.” https://apple.news/A6JpA72eYSEyaCay6W6OMFQ Conservatives plan nationwide protest against AI data centers. “Humans First, a conservative organization that says it is fighting for an "America First AI policy," is planning a "Nationwide Day of Protest" against what it describes as the "unchecked expansion of AI data centers" on July 18. The group said rallies are currently set for at least 13 locations across Georgia, California, Texas, Florida and Virginia. According to Humans First, the protests are meant to "give grassroots Americans, particularly grassroots conservatives, a voice in the critical debate over policies relating to the building of massive AI data centers." https://apple.news/A7Nojc41XSeeCEWaFDIKCnA Billionaire tax measure qualifies for California ballot. “A one-time wealth tax on billionaires living in California has qualified to be on the ballot in November. California Secretary of State Shirley Weber on Wednesday said the measure, called the Billionaire Tax Act, received enough signatures and will be certified on June 25 to be included on the ballot for the midterm elections.” https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5930140-billionaire-tax-california-ballot/ TACO Time: Trump Admin Eases Visa Rules for Immigrant Workers in Dairy Industry. “The Trump administration moved Wednesday to expand access to the H-2A visa program for dairy producers, easing a long-standing restriction that had largely shut the industry out of the foreign farmworker system.” https://www.newsweek.com/trump-immigration-visas-h2a-dairy-industry-changes-12091614 Donald Trump Keeps Undermining His Own Agenda, Analysts Say. “President Donald Trump keeps clashing with Senate Republicans, creating a pattern of self-inflicted setbacks that is slowing his agenda on Capitol Hill, analysts told Newsweek. Trump on Wednesday announced that he would pause Jay Clayton’s nomination to serve as director of national intelligence (DNI) until his pick for U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) is approved. This means acting DNI Bill Pulte will remain in the position for now, complicating the path to pass a bipartisan deal to reauthorize FISA Section 702, which lapsed over the weekend.” https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-keeps-undermining-his-own-agenda-analysts-say-12086054 Hundreds of thousands of children across the United States have lost access to food assistance under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), according to recent reports from ProPublica and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. https://www.newsweek.com/snap-update-hundreds-of-thousands-of-kids-lose-benefits-analyses-shows-12087525 Minister calls out national theater chain for showing Department of War 'propaganda'. “The Rev. Chuck Currie, a minister in the United Church of Christ in Portland, complained in a letter to Regal Theaters that he and his family had gone to see Steven Spielberg’s “Disclosure Day” Sunday evening when the 90-second ad touting the U.S. Department of War played before the pre-film trailers.” … “The War Department’s “Peace Through Strength” video, which was also played during the White House’s $60 million UFC Freedom 250 exhibition, features dramatic music, a fist-pumping War Secretary Pete Hegseth and a voiceover of President Donald Trump saying, “If you attack the United States of America, we will hunt you down.” “It was like we were at a movie theater in Russia or North Korea,” Currie wrote in his letter, which he posted on social media. “Democracies do not do this.”” https://apple.news/A9VcI17SwRWmDTP9oiqoKNQ DOJ Weaponization Fund Update: Trump Admin Given One-Week Deadline by Judge. “The administration has not rescinded the May 18 order creating the fund, leaving open the possibility it could be revived. Plaintiffs who sued to block the program say they remain at risk unless the government commits, under oath, to permanently closing the fund and not reactivating it.” https://www.newsweek.com/doj-weaponization-fund-trump-admin-one-week-deadline-12066917 Eight people were killed Monday when a U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress crashed and burst into flames shortly after takeoff at Edwards Air Force Base in Southern California, military officials said. “The crash is the deadliest involving a B-52 since 1982, when nine crew members died during a test-training flight at Mather Air Force Base near Sacramento.” https://apple.news/Ap_GTN2wkQX6pKbgsURpOfA Vance 'legitimately worried' Situation Room tapes given to New York Times. “His comments come after a recent report alleged that Vance led the administration’s response to fallout from the release of files tied to the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. A separate report from the Times detailed President Trump’s discussions in a series of meetings inside the Situation Room pertaining to U.S. strategy throughout the Iran war.” https://apple.news/APj2crvdaRhiGiUv9nn0hOA FAFO: Vance: ‘Childless cat ladies’ remark ‘one of the dumbest things I ever said’. “During the 2024 presidential race, Vance faced heat for comments he made in 2021 when he was running for an Ohio Senate seat. The vice president told political commentator and then-Fox News host Tucker Carlson the U.S. was being run by “a bunch of childless cat ladies who are miserable at their own lives and the choices that they’ve made, and so they want to make the rest of the country miserable, too. It’s just a basic fact — you look at Kamala Harris, Pete Buttigieg, AOC — the entire future of the Democrats is controlled by people without children,” Vance said, referring to a common nickname for Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.). “And how does it make any sense that we’ve turned our country over to people who don’t really have a direct stake in it?” #neverforget https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5925071-vance-regrets-childless-cat-ladies-remark/amp/ VA Benefits Cut Warning Issued by Largest Veterans Group—’Serious Problem’ “One of the nation’s largest veterans advocacy organizations is warning Congress that a sweeping new benefits package could impose steep long-term costs on millions of former service members. The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) called the proposed changes under the Take Care of America's Veterans Act, a broad legislative package that includes the bipartisan Major Richard Star Act, as a “serious problem” for the future of disability compensation.” https://www.newsweek.com/va-benefits-cut-warning-issued-by-largest-veterans-group-serious-problem-12067847 New lawsuit challenges Trump’s planned 'National Garden of American Heroes'—The suit claims the project ignores laws governing D.C. public land use. “President Donald Trump’s attempt to reshape the Washington, D.C., landscape hit another potential roadblock Monday after a group of preservation and cultural heritage organizations filed a federal lawsuit challenging his proposed construction of a “National Garden of American Heroes” in West Potomac Park. The lawsuit, filed Monday in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, accuses the Department of the Interior and the National Park Service of ignoring a congressional decree that "no new 'commemorative work' shall be located within 'the great cross-axis of the Mall,' an area that includes West Potomac Park." https://apple.news/A78OurbCeSpaPAaAqPAnBqw Crews battle algae bloom in Washington's newly repainted Reflecting Pool. https://apple.news/ASNbkRiJfRsKNQhPqfNh1DQ …and LOL: Interior Department heralds algae treatment in Reflecting Pool, comparing it to ‘destroyed’ Iranian navy. https://apple.news/AzQS7MCtpQF2VZEYP1sxLfw …so Let us all drink Trump's Reflecting Pool algae and be healed. “The good news about the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool turning greener than Kermit the Frog’s keister is President Donald Trump finally has a swamp to drain. I’m kidding, there’s nothing funny about algae breaking out all over the Reflecting Pool immediately after President I’m-A-Builder dumped $14.2 million into beautifying the Washington, DC, landmark so it would appear “American Flag Blue.” https://apple.news/A4Gut_AaVQz-MZGaF4QSlEA Trump Faces New Kennedy Center Humiliation With $17M Lawsuit. “Days after a federal judge ordered Trump’s name stripped from the nation’s premier performing arts institution, the Washington National Opera is demanding more than $17 million that the organization says it is owed. The lawsuit claims the Trump-controlled Kennedy Center failed to return the money to the organization after it split from the venue earlier this year amid discontent over the president’s takeover. https://apple.news/AbcQduRllTdebpVHNu4kYLw Immigrants filed tens of thousands of lawsuits in Trump’s first year. ““The federal courts are dealing with a barrage of immigration-related lawsuits, with more filed over the past year than any period in history. The influx of tens of thousands of immigration cases just since last fall threatens to derail President Donald Trump’s illegal immigration crackdown and clog the courts.” https://apple.news/A434xgr8NR4eqFXPaMWUb3A Judge orders President Donald Trump’s administration to reverse 'dangerous precedent of censorship and sanitization’ “A federal judge has issued a sweeping preliminary injunction ordering the Trump administration to reverse what she described as a systematic effort to remove historical and scientific content from national parks — ruling that the deletion of exhibits on slavery, climate change, Indigenous peoples, labor history and civil rights created “a dangerous precedent of censorship and sanitization.” … “Kelley ordered the government to restore the removed materials within 21 days, setting a deadline aligned with the nation’s 250th anniversary celebrations. “Because Defendants deemed it important to strip the parks of these undeniable truths in anticipation of the 250th Anniversary of our great Nation, it is equally important that our shared history be honestly told and fully restored by the 250th Anniversary to properly honor the remarkable achievements of the United States,” she wrote.” https://apple.news/A6c7havwsSdSUE3U7o3Fy7Q Environmental groups on Wednesday sued in an attempt to stop the Trump administration from giving SpaceX more than 700 acres (280 hectares) of wildlife refuge in Texas, claiming it would worsen ecological risks to a Gulf coast region already transformed by billionaire Elon Musk’s rocket operations. “The US Fish and Wildlife Service this month approved moving forward with the deal with SpaceX, which would surrender 683 acres (276 hectares) the company owns in exchange for federal land in the Lower Rio Grande Valley national wildlife refuge. The 103,000-acre (41,700-hectare) refuge spans four counties along the Texas border and is home to animal habitats and historical landmarks.” https://apple.news/AuTPiGa1VSnuJbj8k-pcKgg LOL: Meth Scandal Rocks Nascent Greg Bovino 2028 Campaign. “Bovino’s 2028 exploratory run is the brainchild of Jacob Engels, a former protégé of notorious dirty trickster Roger Stone and a Laura Loomer pal who has since turned on them and the rest of Trump world. … According to a police incident report obtained by False Flag, sheriff’s deputies in the small Wisconsin town of River Falls were called to a budget motel around 1 p.m. on May 20. Engels must have been starting to catch the notice of law enforcement, because the night before, he and his mother had been arguing so loudly that police had been called to separate them. When the cops showed up again the next afternoon, Engels was refusing to check out of the motel.” (Insane story, just read the rest.) https://www.thebulwark.com/p/meth-scandal-rocks-nascent-greg-bovino-2028-campaign LOL: Elephant Wearing Abbott Banner Urinates in Middle of Texas GOP Convention. “A four-ton elephant brought into the Texas Republican Party's annual convention to energize delegates became the most talked-about attendee after she unexpectedly urinated on the floor in front of hundreds of people, highlighting the risks of political spectacle in the social media era. Moments after Governor Greg Abbott finished speaking in Houston on June 12, Paige—an African elephant, the world's largest land mammal—was led into the convention hall draped in campaign messaging. While passing delegates and the media, the fully grown, 9-foot-tall elephant abruptly stopped and relieved herself, as seen in videos posted on social media.” https://www.newsweek.com/elephant-urinates-texas-gop-convention-video-pee-12069151 An Army Whistleblower Believed in Pete Hegseth — Until the Military Covered Up Her Child’s Abuse. “Amanda Feindt sat in the fourth row during the Senate confirmation hearing of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. A U.S. Army major and former whistleblower who had submitted a letter supporting his nomination, Feindt listened as Hegseth spoke about troop readiness, military lethality, and protecting military families. Service members and veteran advocates around her wore shirts and hats bearing his name. While Feindt sat in the Senate chamber, her 4-year-old son was in the military’s care, spending the day at the North Post Child Development Center at Fort Belvoir, in nearby Virginia. There, according to records reviewed by The Intercept, he was subjected to treatment that would leave lasting psychological effects.” https://apple.news/ApQVg7I3AT8Orz-GlBneo_w Americans Are Feeling Less Patriotic Ahead of 250th Anniversary. “Surveys from PRRI, Pew Research Center, Gallup, NBC News, and Morning Consult point in the same direction: national pride is slipping, pessimism is rising, and younger Americans are pulling away from traditional expressions of patriotism. The newest data from PRRI suggest Americans are not just less patriotic but less certain about what patriotism now means. … Meanwhile, Gallup finds pride at a record low of 58 percent; NBC reports that most Americans believe the country’s best years are behind it; Pew shows widespread dissatisfaction with the country’s direction; and Morning Consult highlights a sharp generational divide.” https://www.newsweek.com/americans-less-patriotic-250-anniversary-polls-12080223 Trump’s Approval Rating With Rural Voters Has Plunged by Double Digits—Poll. “President Donald Trump’s approval rating among rural voters has fallen by 32 percentage points since he returned to the White House, according to a new poll.” https://www.newsweek.com/trumps-approval-rating-with-rural-voters-has-plunged-by-double-digitspoll-12091177 Donald Trump’s Support Collapses Among Independents Across Four Polls. https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-support-collapses-independents-polls-12068944 |
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Trump admin abandons fight against wind energy as clean energy output surges
Legal victories have dampened the Trump admin’s efforts to halt wind and solar power. https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/06/trump-admin-abandons-fight-against-wind-energy-as-clean-energy-output-surges/ |