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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

What Happened Today – May 27

Trump's backing of a deal between Nippon Steel & US Steel requires that the government have veto power over key decisions.

Yesterday’s Most Popular Story FBI deputy director Dan Bongino announces renewed investigations into Dobbs leak, January 6 pipe bombs, and White House cocaine discovery under Trump’s new FBI leadership. 💰 The price tags are no longer hidden. Million-dollar fundraisers buy private photo ops with the Vice President while Trump’s company raises billions for bitcoin as … Read more

What Happened Today – May 26

Earthjustice is suing the Trump administration for lifting fishing restrictions in the Pacific Marine National Monument.

Yesterday’s Most Popular Story Interior Secretary Burgum orders national parks to post signs asking visitors to report National Park Service displays that negatively depict American history under Trump’s “Restoring Truth and Sanity” order. 🚨 The center cannot hold when power attacks its own foundations. Trump pardons corrupt sheriffs while calling the Justice Department “corrupt,” attacks … Read more

What Happened Today – May 25

Fed Chair Jerome Powell speaks at Princeton on May 25. (Photo: Matthew Raspanti, Princeton University)

Yesterday’s Most Popular Story Seattle police make 16 arrests at counterprotest to conservative Christian group “Mayday USA” event in Capitol Hill after protesters threw bottles and clashed with officers in riot gear. ⚖️🎭 The scales tip and masks slip as Trump’s authoritarian drift accelerates and weaponizes civil power. He’s still demanding Harvard turn over student … Read more