- A conservative journalist, Cameron Higby, says protesters swarmed, assaulted, and robbed him while he filmed — a pattern seen at other ICE facilities.
- Evidence confirms a volatile, sometimes lawless protest environment, but public records on the specific Higby attack remain incomplete.
- Both left and right see a justice system that cannot keep order or tell the full truth, deepening distrust in institutions and media narratives.
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June 5, 2026
ICE
Canada more fair to gay and transgender folk
Immigration
House passes bill cutting food aid for pregnant women, children
Middle East
Ukraine
Anti-weaponization fund
White House ballroom
Black voters
The ultrarich keep losing Democratic primaries
Workers
Average hourly earnings grew 3.4 percent from a year earlier, the slowest rate since August 2021. That’s now substantially behind the rate of inflation, although it may reflect the composition of job growth, as more lower-wage jobs have been added in recent months.
The economy added 172,000 last month, more than economists had expected, while the unemployment rate stayed at 4.3 percent.Leisure boom: Growth was led last month by leisure and hospitality, which packed on 70,000 jobs. Some of that may have been early hiring for the World Cup as cities across the country prepared for an influx of tourists. Health care, which has been the steady fuel of job growth over the past several years, added another 35,000 positions.
The federal government was about level, after having lost about 350,000 jobs since peaking toward the end of 2024. But local government surged, adding 55,000 jobs in May, mostly outside education.
The Platner problem
June 4, 2026
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Health
Among other things, people with cancer or HIV may not qualify for a "medically frail" exemption — unless the condition significantly impairs the ability to work.
Housing prices drop
Return of the Dixiecrat South
Donald Trump
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Federal workers
Climate change
Elections
Middle East
The Guardian - The Israeli defence minister, Israel Katz, said the military will continue its ground operations in southern Lebanon, hours after Israel and Lebanon agreed to implement a US-backed ceasefire to end hostilities. Katz said the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) will not withdraw from southern Lebanon, including Beaufort Castle, and the hundreds of thousands of people forced to flee their homes will not be able to return.
“The IDF will, at this stage, continue its fire and ground operations, remain in the security zone in Lebanon up to the yellow line – including in the Beaufort area – and without the return of the population, while continuing to dismantle terrorist infrastructure on the ground,” he said in a statement.
He added that the IDF retained the “freedom of action, with American backing, to strike in Beirut in response to fire on Israeli communities and territory”. The IDF also issued a warning this morning saying fighting will continue in southern Lebanon as it urged people to “refrain from heading south of the Zahrani River”.
The Guardian - Israel and Lebanon have agreed to implement a ceasefire to end hostilities, the Trump administration has announced – but it comes with caveats. Not only is the deal contingent on a complete cessation of fire from the Iran-aligned Hezbollah armed group, and on the evacuation of all its fighters from the area south of the Litani River, but Hezbollah has not been part of the talks.
The Lebanese government has been negotiating with Israel without Hezbollah as part of its effort to reassert the government’s control over the country and disarm the armed group. And, despite the joint commitment to a ceasefire, Israel carried out drone strikes in the Nabatieh area of southern Lebanon on Thursday morning.
NBC News -The House’s vote to pass a Democratic-led measure to end President Donald Trump’s war with Iran was a rare rebuke that some Republicans fear will weaken the U.S.’s attempts to secure a nuclear deal. “They just want a stupid political vote, which is what this is,” said Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast, a Republican. He called the action “a total BS vote.”
The Iran war powers resolution passed 215-208, with four Republicans joining all Democrats in voting yes. The resolution directs Trump to remove U.S. armed forces from hostilities with Iran, unless Congress votes to declare war or authorizes using military force against it. It would not force the president to end the conflict, however, making the resolution a symbolic expression of disapproval with the war.
The House vote comes after Republicans rejected three other attempts to pass a war powers resolution this year. Last month, the resolution was abruptly pulled from the floor when it appeared too many Republicans were absent to defeat it. The vote also gives momentum to the Senate’s version of the war powers resolution.
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Farming
June 3, 2026
Polls
War on protest
Health
Voting
NBC News - The Supreme Court allowed Alabama to use a congressional map that eliminates one of two majority-Black districts in the state in a win for Republicans. The justices split 6-3 on ideological lines with conservatives in the majority. A lower court had found that the map, which was enacted in 2023 but has never been used, intentionally discriminated against Black voters in violation of the Constitution’s 14th Amendment.
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| Highest % of Income Spent | Lowest % of Income Spent |
| 1. Mississippi (44.60%) | 42. Washington (25.82%) |
| 2. New Mexico (43.60%) | 43. Michigan (25.23%) |
| 3. Arkansas (43.17%) | 44. Minnesota (25.17%) |
| 4. Louisiana (42.30%) | 45. New Hampshire (23.91%) |
| 5. Oklahoma (41.75%) | 46. Rhode Island (23.57%) |
| 6. West Virginia (40.57%) | 47. New York (23.57%) |
| 7. Texas (40.27%) | 48. Connecticut (21.91%) |
| 8. Alabama (40.24%) | 49. New Jersey (21.71%) |
| 9. Tennessee (38.39%) | 50. Massachusetts (19.85%) |
| 10. Nevada (38.27%) | 51. District of Columbia (17.02%) |
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