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Dissent
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Anonymous artists install a 10-foot gold Iran War Participation Trophy for Trump on the Mall, honoring his courage to participate regardless of the final score.
White House responds calling artists untalented
Source: The Washington Post [gift link]
July 13, 2026
Oversight
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DHS analysts twice ruled hackers inside its information-sharing network a false positive, letting intruders steal credential files from the system supporting World Cup security.
Hackers deleted logs, planted backdoors
Source: Government Executive
July 13, 2026
Federal Personnel
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Arbitrator orders the Forest Service to restore telework for 20,000 employees, ruling the return-to-office mandate a clear and patent contract breach.
Agency must post signed admission
Source: Federal News Network
July 13, 2026
Fighting Back
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Twelve states sue to block the $111 billion Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger the Justice Department approved over its own staff lawyers' objections.
Four studios would control 85%
Source: Ars Technica
July 13, 2026
Oversight
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Health inspectors find fly swarms, 54-degree blue cheese, and misused pesticides at Trump's Sterling, Virginia golf club, the fourth Trump property cited this year.
Club calls the findings fabricated
Source: NOTUS
July 13, 2026
Protest
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Protesters pack Sen. Collins' Biddeford office chanting vote her out after ICE killed Joan Sebastian Guerrero, targeting her deciding vote for $70 billion in ICE funding.
Victim had work authorization, groups say
Source: The Bangor Daily News
July 13, 2026