Friday, June 12th, 2026
Today, Donald Trump has nominated Epstein coverup lawyer Jay Clayton to be the next Director of National Intelligence; Brad Lander has been found not guilty in a New York City detention center incident; Democrats have blocked a short-term FISA renewal measure; women who fled Iran are to be removed to Africa; Donald has once again canceled plans to attack Iran; the Knicks pulled off the biggest comeback in NBA playoff history to win game 4 of the finals; Donald saw 22 medical specialists during his last checkup; someone drew a huge 8647 in the grass on the National Mall; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.
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The Latest Breakdown:
Trump DOJ CORNERED by Judge in Jan 6 Cover-Up | The Breakdown
Stories
FISA spying power scheduled to expire as House fails to extend it before leaving town | NBC News
Trump nominating prosecutor Jay Clayton to be next director of national intelligence | CBS News
Iran War Live Updates: Trump Cancels Planned Iran Strikes and Claims U.S.-Iran Peace Deal Could Be Signed Soon | New York Times
Women Who Fled Iran Are to Be Deported to Central African Republic, Lawyers Say | The New York Times
Trump sees 22 medical specialists, appearing to set new bar for presidents | Washington Post
Brad Lander found not guilty in NYC immigration detention center incident | NBC News
The New York Knicks pulled off the largest comeback in NBA Finals history. Here’s how it happened. | NBC News
Good Trouble
The U.S. Postal Service has proposed a new rule that would allow it to refuse to deliver mail ballots in states that don’t turn over voter rolls to the federal government.
Mail or deliver written comments to
Director, Product Classification, U.S. Postal Service
475 L'Enfant Plaza SW, Room 4446,
Washington, DC 20260-5015.
Email comments to:
PCFederalRegister@usps.gov,with a subject line of “Ballot Mail.”
You can call Dale Kennedy at (202) 268-6592 for more information
https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2026-10968/p-5
→Noah Caldwell-Gervais - YouTube is doing a 12hr Livestream June 13
→ https://riseupsingout.com and http://nokings.org
→Triumphal Arch - Section 106 Assessment of Effect and Draft Programmatic Agreement
→Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance - Open For Comments
→The Forest Service is accepting public comments until June 7th
→Form WTAF-8647
→Recall Gov. Jeff Landry - Louisianadeservesbetter.com
→STOP the deportation of Mohsen Mahdawi - Action Network
→detentionwatchnetwork.org
→FieldTeam6.org
→Standwithminnesota.com
→Tell Congress Ice out Now | Indivisible, Defund ICE | 5Calls
→Congress: Divest From ICE and CBP | ACLU
→ICE List →iceout.org
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PFLAG
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War's On, War's Off
Weird and Well Counseling
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National Institute of Canine Service and Training
Loving Day
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