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#1 Trump Signs New Order to Shut Down Bank Accounts - Arjun Parashar for Yahoo Finance The Street, Jim Perry, THE QUANON 1776, Stoned Ranger, David Michael Ramirez, and SANTINO on X
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order directing the Treasury Department to shut down bank accounts used to support illegal immigration. Trump announced the order in a June 2 Truth Social post, saying it targets the banks, credit card companies, and other financial institutions that criminals use to move money tied to human smuggling, drug trafficking, illegal immigration, and cartels. "Illegal Immigrants and Foreign Fraudsters steal BILLIONS every year from the American Taxpayer," posted President Donald Trump, Truth Social, June 2. Under the order, Trump said, accounts used to support illegal immigration or to hold government benefits paid to undocumented immigrants could be closed, seized, or forfeited. "Bank Accounts being used to enable Illegal Immigration, or to store the Welfare received by Illegal Aliens, will be shut down."
#2 Minn. GOP Holds Moment of Silence for Derek Chauvin Days After the 6th Anniversary of George Floyd’s Death - Odafe Oghen for The Grio, Tina Smith/trey, NewsRadio WHAM 1180, Feisty is proud to be a Democrat!, Imbees2, and News Talk 830 WCCO/sean galt on X
The Minnesota Republican Party is facing backlash after delegates at its state convention opened Saturday’s proceedings with a 10-second moment of silence for Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd. The tribute came just days after the sixth anniversary of Floyd’s death on May 25, 2020. The Minnesota Republican Party is facing backlash after delegates at its state convention opened Saturday’s proceedings with a 10-second moment of silence for Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd. The tribute came just days after the sixth anniversary of Floyd’s death on May 25, 2020. As theGrio has previously reported, the Trump White House was pressed earlier this year on whether the president would pardon Chauvin, and theGrio has also covered Keith Ellison’s role in leading the prosecution that won Chauvin’s conviction. According to TMZ, the tribute drew immediate condemnation from Minnesota officials...#3 California Primary Election Results - Lauren Gambino for The Guardian, Election Wizard, Donnie Cope, Renyy, The Wall Street Journal, and The Patriot Oasis™ on X
The high-stakes gubernatorial race in California remained too close to call on Tuesday night, with early results showing a tight contest in the crowded race. With many ballots still left to be counted, three candidates emerged at the top: the Republican Steve Hilton and the Democrats Xavier Becerra and Tom Steyer. And results were clear enough that two Democratic candidates – the San Jose mayor, Matt Mahan, and the former Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa – conceded the race shortly after polls closed...
#4 Trump-Backed Rep. Randy Feenstra Loses Iowa Governor Primary - Samuel Benson for POLITICO, Julie Manchester/Fox News, Natalie Allison, Sandeep Mukherjee, Goodness and Mercy, and Bill Mitchell on X
Rep. Randy Feenstra lost the GOP primary for Iowa governor on Tuesday, a shocking upset after he earned President Donald Trump’s last-minute endorsement. Feenstra, who was narrowly defeated by rival Zach Lann, conceded and called to congratulate him before results were official. The three-term representative outspent Lahn, a businessperson and former GOP operative, by nearly $1 million and leaned heavily into his MAGA credentials during the primary...
#5 Ukraine Hits St. Petersburg as ‘Putin’s Davos’ Gets Underway - Elmira Aliieva for NBC News, Anna Van Densky, United24 Media, Business Ukraine mag, Tehran London Paris Beirut Latest, Frontline Affairs, and Jason Corcoran on X
Ukraine launched hundreds of drones at Russian targets early Wednesday, sending black smoke rising above the historic heart of St. Petersburg just as the event dubbed “Putin’s Davos” was due to get underway in the city.The attack on President Vladimir Putin’s hometown, which hosts the flagship annual economic forum, was the latest signal from Kyiv that it can strike deep inside enemy territory and seek to embarrass the Kremlin. With peace talks deadlocked and battlefield progress stalled, the two sides have been exchanging intensifying aerial attacks...
#6 Justice Dept. Says It Has Obtained Superseding Indictment Against Southern Poverty Law Center With New Details on Donor Funds - Sarah N. Lynch for CBS News, Navajo/mummykins, PattyMI, נעמה, L.A. Phil, and UNICORN RIOT on X
The Justice Department said Tuesday it obtained a superseding indictment against the Southern Poverty Law Center that contained new allegations about how its donations were purportedly used to pay informants inside hate groups. The superseding indictment, which the DOJ said was returned by a grand jury in the Middle District of Alabama, alleges that $4.1 million worth of tax-exempt funds were used to pay informants inside extremist organizations, who then allegedly engaged in activities including recruiting new members and purchasing materials for cross burnings and Ku Klux Klan robes and hoods. The charges do not stem from the general practice of paying informants but from the Justice Department's allegations that the SPLC made these payments without disclosing the practice to donors and by defrauding banks...
#7 Trump Names Housing Official Bill Pulte as Acting US Spymaster - Max Matza for BBC, Grant Cardone, KSAN News, Pat, Minhaj Tariq, Chad Livengood, and Ari Fleischer/Michael on X
US President Donald Trump has named a housing official to serve as acting Director of National Intelligence (DNI), the country's top spy chief who oversees 18 government intelligence agencies. Bill Pulte, part of a powerful home-building dynasty and a private equity financier, has no known background in intelligence, and his selection to temporarily fill the position is stirring controversy among lawmakers and others. Pulte has been accused of using his role as director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency to target Trump's perceived enemies by making criminal referrals over claims of mortgage fraud. Outgoing Director Tulsi Gabbard's last day is 30 June...
#8 Florida Legislature Approves DeSantis Property Tax Cut Plan for November Ballot - FOX13, Eric Daugherty, Ron DeSantis, Ken Girardin, Jack the Rippler, and And We Know© on X
Florida lawmakers approved a constitutional amendment backed by Gov. Ron DeSantis that would raise the homestead property tax exemption from $50,000 to $150,000 in 2027 and $250,000 in 2028, sending the measure to voters in November. The proposal excludes school taxes after lawmakers amended the plan to protect school funding, but it is still projected to reduce local government revenue statewide by more than $8.4 billion annually if approved by voters. Supporters call the measure major tax relief for homeowners, while critics warn it could force cities and counties to cut services, shift costs to renters and businesses, and create future local government funding challenges...#9 Feds: 2 Researchers Smuggled Monkeypox Through Detroit Airport - Tresa Baldas for Detroit Free Press, Nicolas Hulscher, MPH, FBI, Laura Loomer, John Solomon, and Hans Mahncke/Paul D. Thacker on X
Two researchers with the National Institutes of Health have been charged with smuggling monkeypox into the United States and lying about it — an alleged crime that was detected at Detroit Metro Airport. According to a criminal complaint unsealed on Tuesday, June 2, in U.S. District Court, one of the defendants is from the Netherlands, the other from Cameroon. Both are virus experts who work for the NIH at the Rocky Mountain Laboratory in Montana, in a lab that, according to the government, has the highest level of biosafety precautions for scientific research of known and potential human pathogens. According to the complaint, here is how both researchers landed in federal court, facing criminal charges for allegedly lying to border officials about what they were transporting in their luggage...
