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[Cato Institute @CatoInstitute]

A federal judge ruled that DHS illegally froze green cards, work permits, and naturalization for people from 39 countries — while pocketing $1 billion in application fees. It’s a major court win, says Cato’s @David_J_Bier, but half of all legal immigrants abroad are still blocked. https://t.co/1VhsDBKeaN

[Donna Brazile @donnabrazile]

"Do not get lost in a sea of despair. Be hopeful, be optimistic. Our struggle is not the struggle of a day, a week, a month, or a year, it is the struggle of a lifetime. Never, ever be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble!" ~Congressman John Lewis

[Saganism @Saganismm]

“Tell people there's an invisible man in the sky who created the universe, and the vast majority will believe you. Tell them the paint is wet, and they have to touch it to be sure.”

— George Carlin

[Steinalt @Schteinalt]

@YourAnonNews 🎯

[Anonymous @YourAnonNews]

The left has one job right now: stop treating authoritarianism like a debate club topic. It is here. It is funded. It is organized. It is wearing a flag pin and thumping a bible.

[Citizens for Ethics @CREWcrew]

If Trump cares so much about "honest voting," why did his DOJ cancel election integrity training sessions for prosecutors and FBI agents and delete a guide on prosecuting election offenses five months before the midterms?

https://t.co/KZm1y8XKCX

[Steinalt @Schteinalt]

@focused4USA @BillKristol @Joanieg88 🎯

[Steinalt @Schteinalt]

@RjChicago1 @BillKristol 🎯

[Bill Kristol @BillKristol]

The inflation rate in Biden's last month in office was 2.9%. Trump (supported by a Republican Congress) has driven it up to 4.2%.

Thank you, voters, for your attention to this matter.

https://t.co/2BWtpX5aEf

[Ron Wyden @RonWyden]

Reminder that Trump’s Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is sitting on Epstein's financial records showing 4,700+ wire transfers totaling over $1.1 BILLION in and out of his accounts, including payments to women and girls.

The American people deserve full transparency.

[Dr. Heidi Klessig @heidiklessigmd]

High school sophomore Eliot Abramson was struck in the back of the neck by a ball while playing lacrosse on June 1, 2026. A firefighter at the scene kept his heart beating until he could be taken to a hospital.

From the statements in the media reports, it appears that this unfortunate young man went on to become an organ donor under the controlled donation after circulatory death (DCD) protocol.

If this was the case, here’s how the DCD protocol works:

1. He signed up at the DMV with absolutely no informed consent process to become an organ donor.

2. He sustained a critical injury.

3. His heart was beating, and he apparently did not meet criteria for brain death. But his prognosis for recovery was poor.

4. His family decided to withdraw his medical support. But because he had registered as an organ donor, his support was mandated to be removed in such a way as to allow organ procurement.

5. He was given a do not resuscitate (DNR) order, because while he could have been resuscitated, a decision had been made not to do so.

6. His ventilator was withdrawn, and the stopwatches started ticking: hypoxia is very detrimental to organ viability. He needed to become pulseless fairly quickly so his organs would be viable for donation. 

7. Once pulselessness was achieved, doctors observe a 2-5 minute stand-off period to be sure there is no spontaneous return of circulation before beginning organ procurement as quickly as possible.

The problem with the DCD protocol is that people are routinely able to be resuscitated after just 2-5 minutes of pulselessness, and if you could still be resuscitated, you are not dead. 

This is why there have been cases of DCD donors who have resumed heartbeat and breathing during the removal of their organs.

The New York Times reported on multiple instances of problems with recovery during the DCD process in an article last year.

A 2-5 minute stand-off period is far too short to be sure death has occurred because people have been documented to have auto-resuscitated and made a full recovery after 10 minutes of pulselessness.

But waiting for more than 10 minutes is too hard on organ viability. 

The DCD protocol is a concealed form of physician-assisted death for the sake of viable organs.

[Citizens for Ethics @CREWcrew]

CREW has been raising the alarm—and suing—about the the Trump administration's mismanagement of sensitive government data.

A whistleblower recently came forward with a story show how far this could really go: https://t.co/Pjqb6lGkyN

[The HighWire @HighWireTalk]

🚨Vermont just became the first US state to ban paraquat, the herbicide linked to Parkinson's disease for over three decades. Governor Phil Scott signed the bill on May 26th, with full elimination from all crops in the state by 2030.

Seventy countries have already banned it. An NIH-funded study found farmworkers exposed to it were 2.5 times more likely to develop Parkinson's. Internal documents obtained through investigative reporting show Syngenta had evidence the chemical could accumulate in brain tissue and allegedly withheld it from regulators for decades. Chevron had similar internal concerns about neurological damage in plant workers going back to 1975.

Syngenta announced it is ceasing global production by the end of this month, citing competition. The manufacturers stepping in to fill that gap are not going away, and more than 6,000 federal lawsuits are still pending. Vermont got there first. The rest of the country has not.

You have to read the entire piece by @smiddendorp22

https://t.co/ZVolcSPhWr

[Mike Young @micyoung75]

Buried in a DOJ court filing on Friday is the part of this story that hasn't gotten enough attention.

The Department of Homeland Security is now exploring coordinating with the USPS to monitor mail-in ballot flows, identify anomalies, and generate "authorized investigative leads." The postal service - created by Congress as an independent entity - is being evaluated as a surveillance and investigation tool for federal law enforcement, applied specifically to Americans who vote by mail.

That is a separate track from the voter eligibility list story. Both are running simultaneously. The March 31 executive order requires states to submit lists of voters who have requested absentee ballots for federal eligibility approval before those ballots can be sent. On May 29, USPS began drafting compliance plans. Election officials in California and Wisconsin have already documented slower ballot delivery times since the policy changes began.

The NAACP sued Thursday, arguing the new rule violates a 2021 court-enforced settlement in which USPS agreed to protect mail-in voting and prioritize timely ballot delivery through 2028 - a binding legal commitment the agency is now moving to undermine. A federal judge in a separate case has expressed being "very concerned" about the harm the order could impose on voters.

The American Postal Workers Union's statement named what this actually is: "The Postal Service serves all Americans - regardless of party, religion, or race. It is not a tool for politicians to pick which Americans get which benefits." That sentence is a legal argument and a civic one. The postal workers who sort and deliver ballots in Elkhart and Fort Wayne and rural Hamilton County are being asked to participate in a process their own union has called unconstitutional. That matters.

[Heather Long @byHeatherLong]

Inflation is so high that it's erasing all wage gains.

Inflation: 4.2% in May for the past year
Wage growth: 3.4% in May for the past year.

Americans are getting squeezed financially. This isn't just "bad vibes" about the economy. There is real pain, especially for middle-class and lower-income households. It's tough because so many basic items are seeing sizable price increases: gas, electricity, food, medical care.

[Anonymous @YourAnonNews]

Fascism does not arrive saying “I am fascism.” It arrives saying “law and order,” “border security,” “anti-woke,” “election integrity,” and “national emergency.”

[James Tate @JamesTate121]

An excellent summary of where we are as a nation! Whether you personally accept this is less important than what most of the world has concluded based on our behavior in recent years, and what many of us see happening!

[Common Sense 🇺🇸💙 @commons96055467]

Journalist Katie Phang's lawsuit against Todd Blanche and the Justice department over the withholding of Epstein files, may force Todd to comply in releasing the remaining files. Watch her do it. She is fearless.

[Steinalt @Schteinalt]

@wedietz @DefiantLs 🎯