It takes time for me to catch up with headlines, so this is always somewhat behind the news cycle. Items get added retrospectively if I miss them when they are new. Refreshing the page will give you access to everything in the timeline so far. To find my posts, you can go to my blog tab above or directly to where I now put them in Substack.

Appeals Court Rejects DJT Attempt to Overturn Verdict Against Him in E. Jean Carroll Case

The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals declined Donald Trump’s request to have the case against him by E. Jean Carroll reheard by the full court, leaving the verdict by a…
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Judge Orders Reinstatement of Fired CPSC Commissioners

Federal District Court Judge Matthew Maddox ruled that Donald Trump’s firing of three members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission was illegal and they must be reinstated. Mary Boyle, Alexander…
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Appeals Court Temporarily Blocks Judge’s Order to Return Control of CA National Guard to Governor Newsom

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily blocked a temporary restraining order by federal District Court Judge Charles Breyer a few hours earlier that Donald Trump’s federalization and deployment of…
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ICE Detains Heavily Pregnant Citizen and Two Others

On 8 June 2025 Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Hawthorne, California detained heavily pregnant citizen Cary López Alvarado a week before her due date, her cousin Alberto Sandoval who…
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Israel Launches Its Largest Air Attacks on Iran in Years

Israel hit Iran with its largest campaign of air attacks in years, focused on uranium enrichment plant near Natanz, multiple sites at Tehran and a few military sites around the…
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Senator Padilla Forcibly Removed and Handcuffed for Asking a Question in Noem’s Press Conference

After trying to ask a question of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in a press conference about federal actions in Los Angeles, Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) was forcibly removed, pushed…
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Judge Rules DJT Illegally Federalized and Deployed CA National Guard

Federal District Court Judge Charles Breyer issued a temporary restraining order against Donald Trump’s federalization and deployment of California National Guard troops to Los Angeles. Breyer deemed Trump’s actions illegal…
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Four Detainees Escape from Delaney Hall in Newark, NJ

Four people being kept in Delaney Hall Detention Facility in Newark, New Jersey, broke through a wall and escaped, possibly during unrest that erupted after detainees were not fed for…
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Judge Orders Release of Harvard Researcher Kseniia Petrova

Federal Magistrate Judge Judith Dein ordered Russian-born Harvard Medical School researcher Kseniia Petrova released by U.S. Marshals after about four months in federal custody. While Petrova’s felony charge is making…
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DJT Appears to Pause Plans to Send More Immigrants to Guantanamo Bay

Donald Trump’s regime appears to have paused intentions send at least 9000 more undocumented immigrants, including about 800 from allied European countries, to Guantanamo Bay. Escalated transfers were supposed to…
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Supreme Court Revives Lawsuit Seeking FBI Accountability for Raiding Wrong Home

The Supreme Court unanimously revived a lawsuit file by a family in Atlanta, Georgia seeking damages from the Federal Bureau of Investigation for violently invading their home in a raid…
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Spokane Imposes Curfew Due to Protests Against Courthouse Arrests of Immigrants

Spokane, Washington Mayor Lisa Brown issued a 21:30 curfew for about 1000 protesters on Riverfront Park and nearby downtown streets after contention between the protesters and law enforcement. Three weeks…
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Judge Rules Khalil Cannot be Detained or Deported for Foreign Policy Reasons

Federal District Judge Michael Farbiarz issued a preliminary injunction specifying the federal government cannot deport or detain Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil for the foreign policy reasons proclaimed by Secretary…
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DJT Booed, Cheered, Boycotted and Heckled at Kennedy Center Performance of Les Miserables

As Donald Trump and his wife Melania took their seats for the opening night of a new production of Les Miserables at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., the audience…
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Police Attack Journalists and Protesters in Los Angeles

Police have attacked journalists (at last count, 20 to 30 of them), protesters and at least one woman who was simply trying to walk home alone in Los Angeles and…
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Lawyers for Abrego Garcia Request Court Sanctions Against Government

Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s filed a request with federal District Court Judge Paula Xinis to sanction the federal government for contempt of court by imposing fines, compel release of documents withheld…
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All but One Member of Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board Resign

Eleven of the twelve members of the board overseeing the prestigious Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Program resigned in defense of principles undermined by political interference from Donald Trump’s regime. Carmen Estrada-Schaye…
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More than 450 Fired CDC Workers Called Back In

The Department of Health and Human Services began to attempt to reinstate more than 450 employees who were mass-fired in April from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Reinstatements…
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Head of FEMA National Response Coordination Center Resigns

Two weeks into hurricane season, Jeremy Greenberg submitted his two week resignation notice from his position as head of the National Response Coordination Center for the Federal Emergency Management Agency.…
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ABC Drops Terry Moran After Social Media Post

ABC News dropped anchor correspondent Terry Moran after he posted on X (formerly Twitter), calling far right White House aide Stephen Miller and Donald Trump “world-class” haters. Moran had been…
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Journalists Sue LAPD for Targeting Them While They Covered L.A. Protests

The Los Angeles Press Club and investigative reporting site Status Coup filed a lawsuit in federal District Court against the city of Los Angeles, California and its police department for…
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DOJ Says DJT Can Abolish National Monuments

The Department of Justice issued a legal opinion saying Donald Trump has the authority to abolish national monuments established by any of his predecessors. The opinion was written 27 May…
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Georgia’s Highest State Court Overturns Four Rules Imposed by Election Board

Georgia’s highest state court unanimously overturned four rules set by the State Election Board, of which the majority are Republican, shortly before the 2024 election. The court ruled that the…
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Protests Against Federal Immigrant Round-ups Spread Across USA

Protests against federal raids rounding up and detaining immigrants spread from Los Angeles across the USA to at least 30 cities. Protest locations included: Atlanta, GA Austin, TX Boston, MA…
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DJT Plans to Send Thousands to Guantanamo

Donald Trump reportedly plans to send thousands of immigrants, purportedly illegal and including hundreds from nations that are USA allies, to the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba starting as…
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700 Marines Arrive in Los Angeles in Addition to National Guard

National Guard troops already federalized and sent to Los Angeles by Donald Trump were joined by 700 Marines to confront largely non-violent protests occurring in a very small portion of…
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Airlines Sell Passenger Flight Data to CBP

Through FOIA requests and database searches, 404 Media revealed that the nation’s major airlines collected USA domestic flight data about passengers and sold access to it to Customs and Border…
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Officers Beat and Shoot Peaceful Protesters in Santa Ana, California

In Santa Ana, California, police advanced on and beat and shot with less lethal rounds people who were peacefully protesting against Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Posted by Joe Cook-Giles, a…
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Colorado Will Not Comply with ICE Subpoena Until At Least 23 June

Until at least a court date on 23 June 2025, Colorado will not comply with a subpoena from Immigration and Customs Enforcement which demands personal information about 35 sponsors of…
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DJT Orders 700 Marines and Additional 2000 National Guard to Los Angeles

Donald Trump ordered an additional 2000 National Guard troops and  700 Marines to deploy to Los Angeles, California, against the objections of Governor Gavin Newsom and Mayor Karen Bass. Los…
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Diane Seltzer Trounces Brad Bondi to Lead DC Bar Association

Board member Diane Seltzer resoundingly trounced Brad Bondi, brother of Attorney General Pam Bondi, in heavy turnout to win leadership of the DC Bar Association. Seltzer received over 34,000 votes.…
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RFK Jr. Fires Entire Vaccine Advisory Group

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired all 17 members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, a group which helps to devise vaccine policy and recommendations…
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Labor Union Leader Huerta Charged with Federal Crimd

David Huerta, President of Service Employees International Union California which is the state’s largest labor union, was charged with the federal crime of conspiracy to impede an officer. He is…
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California Sues Against Nationalization of Its National Guard

California state Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit against Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, asserting their federalization and deployment to Los Angeles of California National Guard…
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DJT Bulldozes White House Rose Garden

At Donald Trump’s order, work began to bulldoze the White House Rose Garden lawn and pave it for a Mar-a-Lago style patio with a couple of flagpoles added. Trump complains…
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Israel Takes Aid Ship Madleen in International Waters

Israeli forces have stopped the UK flagged ship Madleen in international waters and detained a dozen activists aboard it, including Greta Thunberg, about 100 miles from destination Gaza, where the…
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Australian Journalist Lauren Tomasi Shot in California with Rubber Bullet While On Air

Australian 9 News reporter Lauren Tomasi was shot by officers in the leg with a rubber bullet while on air, visibly broadcasting in a substantial clear space and not in…
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Military Begins Detaining People in National Defense Area Along Border

Three alleged illegal aliens became the first people detained by the military in the newly declared National Defense Area along 260 miles of the border between Mexico and the states…
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National Guard Troops Deploy in Los Angeles

National Guard troops federalized by Donald Trump against the wishes of California Governor Gavin Newsom began to deploy in downtown Los Angeles around a federal complex used to detain immigrants.…
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British Photojournalist in California Has Emergency Surgery Due to Less Lethal Round by Government Forces

British photojournalist Nick Stern, who is based in Los Angeles, was shot with a so-called less lethal round while covering anti-ICE protests and required emergency surgery for the wound. Deputies…
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Air Force Veteran Gina Ortiz Jones Elected First LGBTQ+ Mayor of San Antonio

Air Force veteran Gina Ortiz Jones defeated Republican Rolando Pablos, who is closely allied with the state’s extreme leaders, in a runoff to be elected the first LGBTQ+ Mayor of San…
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DJT Calls Up National Guard Against Los Angeles Protests

After a second day of hundreds of protesters against federal raids by agents outfitted like soldiers in a war zone rounding up immigrants and at least one prominent citizen, Donald…
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Bogus 911 Call Uses FDNY Response to Sneak ICE Transport Van Through Protest

Fire Department New York raced to respond to a bogus 911 call of someone stranded in an elevator at 26 Federal Plaza, a Lower Manhattan building where Immigration and Customs…
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Northwestern University Still Not Getting NIH Funds but Also Not Notified of Cutoff

Northwestern University, for which about 100 federal contracts and 50 grants worth $790 million were cut off in April, also has not gotten National Institutes of Health grant payments since…
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia Returns to USA and Faces Trafficking Charges in Court

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an immigrant from El Salvador who was illegally deported to the CECOT prison there without due process and against an immigration judge’s order, was brought back to…
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ICE Detains Asylum Seekers Attending Check-Ins in Los Angeles

Since Tuesday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been detaining asylum seekers who attend check-in appointments at the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building in Los Angeles, California and holding them in…
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Federal Agents Begin Military-Style Immigration Raids in Los Angeles

Federal officers from multiple agencies, dressed, equipped and in some cases armed similar to soldiers going into battle, began a series of military-style raids at workplaces without judicial warrants to…
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Head of California’s Largest Labor Union Injured and Detained by HSI

David Huerta, a citizen who is President of Service Employees International Union which is the largest labor union in California, was injured and arrested for obstruction by Homeland Security Investigations…
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Supreme Court Gives DOGE Access to Confidential Social Security Data

The Supreme Court gave Elon Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” unlimited access to Social Security Administration data including Social Security numbers, medical and mental health records, and family court information.…
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San Antonio Police Take Back Statement that Joss Murder was Not a Hate Crime

Days after San Antonio Police Department announced “no evidence whatsoever” of homophobia in the 1 June 2025 murder of actor Jonathan Joss, SAPD Chief William McManus took back that statement.…
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