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What Happened Today – June 13

An oil drilling site on Alaska's North Slope. Appeals court allows the Willow Project to proceed there despite environmental law violations, citing economic disruption concerns.

⚡ Resistance is going viral. Federal judges blocked Trump all day, 400 international academics including 30 Nobel laureates issued an anti-fascist manifesto, nearly two dozen attorneys left a firm that caved to Trump for one that is still fighting, and millions of Americans are preparing for over 1,800 “No Kings” protests today in what organizers … Read more

What Happened Today – June 12

Fed Chair Jerome Powell speaking June 2, 2025 in Washington. Today, Trump called him a numbskull and demanded he lower interest rates.

🚨 Our government is rapidly escalating to physical force against anyone it deems an enemy. Senator Alex Padilla was forcibly removed, thrown to the ground and handcuffed after interrupting Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s press conference. They said he lunged at her and never identified himself. Both were lies. In Florida, Ron DeSantis said that … Read more

What Happened Today – June 11

Joint Chiefs Chairman Dan Caine testified to Congress Wednesday that no foreign state-sponsored invasion is occurring, directly undercutting Trump's legal justification for his immigration crackdown. (Source: C-SPAN)

🔨 Nothing works, and the violence keeps coming. Federal agents admit E-Verify is “broken and flawed” while raiding businesses that followed the rules, DOGE’s AI tools are error-prone disasters while slashing veteran care, and Trump’s own Joint Chiefs say there’s no invasion while he deploys thousands of troops anyway. The Trump administration breaks things, hides … Read more

What Happened Today – June 10

Chuckwalla National Monument in California, created by Biden in January, is one of the monuments Trump can now abolish after DOJ overturned 87 years of legal precedent today.

🚩 Trump spent today laying the groundwork for his next wave of crackdowns. He announced plans to ship 9,000 people to Guantanamo and eliminate FEMA while calling protesters “insurrectionists”, the exact word that justifies invoking wartime emergency powers against American citizens. He even told soldiers at Ft. Bragg that he was liberating Los Angeles. DOJ … Read more

What Happened Today – June 9

Apache Leap overlooks Oak Flat, the sacred Apache land in Arizona threatened by copper mining.

Apache Leap overlooks Oak Flat, the sacred Apache land in Arizona threatened by copper mining.

Yesterday’s Most Popular Story Army posts video showing “Hang Fauci & Bill Gates” graffiti on railroad flatcar carrying tanks to Trump’s birthday parade, leaving it up for over 24 hours and 700,000 views before removing it after media inquiry. 💥 Yesterday, we wrote that the collision was coming fast. Its early skirmishes started today although … Read more

What Happened Today – June 8

Graffiti under a railcar carrying a US tank calls for violence against Dr. Anthony Fauci and Bill Gates.

Yesterday’s Most Popular Story Newsom threatens to hold California’s $80 billion federal tax surplus after Trump threatens university funding cuts. 🚨 The collision is coming fast. Protests erupted on Sunday from Los Angeles to San Francisco while Trump threatens military force and the Insurrection Act. In six days, US Army tanks roll through Washington for … Read more

What Happened Today – June 7

One of the first U.S. Army tanks bound for Trump's birthday parade being loading onto a rail car at Fort Cavazos. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jose Escamilla)

Yesterday’s Most Popular Story Proud Boys leaders sue DOJ for $100 million over Jan. 6 prosecutions after Trump pardons, forcing his administration to defend Biden-era seditious conspiracy convictions. 👥 ✊ Tanks began arriving in Washington today for Trump’s birthday parade while he orders troops to California to confront protesters, but concerted resistance is beginning. Next … Read more

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