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What Happened Today – June 6

Giani Surinder Singh of the Gurdwara South Jersey Sikh Center delivers the House morning prayer on June 6, 2025. GOP Rep. Mary Miller later attacked Singh in a since-deleted post, calling his prayer "deeply troubling" and claiming America is a "Christian nation." (C-SPAN)

Yesterday’s Most Popular Story Activists organize 1,000 No Kings protests across US on June 14 to counter Trump’s Flag Day parade with nationwide day of defiance against authoritarianism. Click for map. 📱 We all had our phones out, refreshing for Trump-Musk reconciliation updates. Would they talk? Were aides scheduling calls? What about the Tesla? While … Read more

What Happened Today – June 5

Protesters in New York City, which then-Mayor Ed Koch designated a sanctuary city in 1989.

Yesterday’s Most Popular Story Trump puts 22-year-old college graduate with no national security experience in charge of government’s main terrorism prevention office overseeing $18 million in anti-extremism grants. 🍅 Today was surely when flood the zone turned into throw ketchup at the wall. While Trump and Musk’s public meltdown dominated headlines, the real story was … Read more

What Happened Today – June 4

USDA headquarters. Trump officials delayed the department's farm trade report to hide deficit projections that contradicted tariff messaging.

Yesterday’s Most Popular Story Musk calls Trump’s agenda bill a “disgusting abomination” days after leaving his government role, surprising officials who expected private disagreement to remain quiet. 🌊 Elon Musk called Trump’s signature bill a “disgusting abomination” on Tuesday. By Wednesday, the White House had unleashed travel bans, Harvard sanctions, Putin threats, Biden investigations, mass … Read more

What Happened Today – June 3

The future USNS Harvey Milk during acceptance trials in San Diego.

The future USNS Harvey Milk during acceptance trials in San Diego.

Yesterday’s Most Popular Story Rep. Nadler calls Trump administration “fascist” and demands House Judiciary investigation after DHS agents handcuffed his staffer in Manhattan office. ⚫ A democracy dies when systematic erasure makes entire communities disappear while everyone argues about social media posts. The government is stripping Harvey Milk’s name from the ship commissioned in his … Read more

What Happened Today – June 2

Hikers in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. (Photo by Alexis Bonogofsky/USFWS)

Yesterday’s Most Popular Story RESOURCE: Dr. Paul Shattuck published this viral list of 80 small moves to help you resist authoritarianism while staying human. (It was inadvertently omitted from yesterday’s email but was popular enough on the website and in social media to best the others. It’s very good.) ⚖️ The institutions are fighting back … Read more

What Happened Today – June 1

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth meets with Southeast Asian allies in Singapore, May 30, 2025, two days before demanding Australia dramatically increase military spending amid Trump's escalating trade wars and alliance threats. (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Alexander Kubitza)

Yesterday’s Most Popular Story Trump administration expands Palantir contracts to compile comprehensive database on all Americans from IRS, Social Security, medical and banking records to advance political agenda and police immigrants. 🌀 Reality isn’t just bending; our dystopia is now undeniable. Trump shares a post that Biden was “executed and replaced by clones” while Ernst … Read more

What Happened Today – May 31

The proposed budget eliminates 90% of the Ecosystem Mission Area under the Department of the Interior.

Yesterday’s Most Popular Story OPM announces new federal hiring plan requiring job applicants to answer essay questions about patriotism and commitment to advancing Trump’s executive orders while ending racial quotas and DEI statistics. 💾 The PayPal Mafia’s government data heist is complete. Musk spent months mapping federal systems through DOGE, then “exits” just as his … Read more

What Happened Today – May 30

VAC-HIV research vials from NIH labs, part of the HIV vaccine development programs eliminated by Trump administration budget cuts.

Yesterday’s Most Popular Story Trump administration creates Office of Remigration at State Department to implement far-right European policy aimed at expelling minorities and immigrants. 😈 Malice meets power in the Trump administration, and today the mask was off completely. Today we learned that the administration knew 238 Venezuelans they jailed without trial in El Salvador … Read more

What Happened Today – May 29

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., answering a reporter's question on May 22, 2025, as the Make America Healthy Again report is released.

Yesterday’s Most Popular Story Trump lashed out at a reporter who asked about Wall Street’s “TACO trade” nickname mocking his repeated tariff reversals. 🎪 The incompetence is turning more dangerous. Trump will rally tomorrow to celebrate the exact steel deal he campaigned against, while calling the Federalist Society leader who picked his judges a “sleazebag” … Read more

What Happened Today – May 28

The Trump administration canceled Moderna's $766 million H5N1 bird flu vaccine contract despite the company reporting positive trial results.

Yesterday’s Most Popular Story Visibility Brigade publishes 66-page free toolkit for overpass protests aimed at mobilizing 11 million Americans against Trump. 🏛️ Federal judges are blocking Trump at every turn, but he’s auctioning off American democracy faster than they can stop him. While courts desperately defend constitutional protections for immigrants and strike down illegal tariffs, … Read more