Joe Jervis

Utah Homes Displaying Pride Flags Get Hate Flyers

Salt Lake City’s NBC affiliate reports: Law enforcement is investigating suspicious posters and flyers with similar anti-LGBTQ messages left in front of people’s homes in Providence and North Logan. Homeowner Ryan Thorell said he spotted large poster boards stapled to utility poles, facing toward his house early Sunday morning. He said the signs read, “White power,” and “man plus woman.” …

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SCOTUS To Hear GOP Rep’s Challenge To Mail Ballots

Axios reports: The Supreme Court said Monday it would take on an Illinois case challenging the validity of mail ballots that arrive past Election Day. Republicans have worked to restrict mail-in voting for years. Rep. Michael Bost (R-Ill.) challenged a state electoral regulation following his reelection. He was joined by two other presidential electors. The current Illinois election law allows …

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Trump Admin Moves To Drill On Restricted Arctic Land

The Hill reports: The Trump administration is proposing to restore the potential for oil and gas drilling on 13 million acres of government-owned Arctic land that had previously been restricted by the Biden administration. The acres in question are part of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, an area of 23 million acres in total that were set aside in …

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Hurricane Season Begins With Gutted Forecast Offices

The Associated Press reports: With predictions for a busy hurricane season, experts in storms and disasters are worried about something potentially as chaotic as the swirling winds: Massive cuts to the federal system that forecasts, tracks and responds to hurricanes. Experts are alarmed over the large-scale staff reductions, travel and training restrictions and grant cut-offs since President Donald Trump took …

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SCOTUS Rejects Challenge To Assault Weapons Bans

Reuters reports: The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a challenge to the legality of state restrictions on assault-style rifles and large-capacity ammunition magazines, passing up for now cases that offered the justices a chance to further expand gun rights. The justices turned away two appeals after lower courts upheld a ban in Maryland on powerful semi-automatic rifles …

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Perkins: Gutting Medicaid Is What Jesus Would Want

Tony Perkins writes for the Family Research Council: In Isaiah chapter 59, the prophet lamented a troubling condition in his day, declaring: “Justice is turned back, and righteousness stands afar off; for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.” Isaiah recognized that without truth, integrity, justice, and fairness become unattainable. When truth collapses, genuine justice is compromised. …

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NYT: Kash Patel Ramps Up Polygraphing Of FBI Staffers

The New York Times reports: Before being confirmed as the director of the F.B.I., Kash Patel made clear his intent to remake it in his own image, reflecting a larger desire by the White House to bend the agency to its will. “The F.B.I. has become so thoroughly compromised that it will remain a threat to the people unless drastic …

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Duffy Hails Early Reopening Of Newark Airport Runway

Gothamist reports: A major runway at Newark Liberty International Airport reopens Monday, nearly two weeks earlier than expected. The Port Authority and New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy announced the accelerated completion of rehabilitation work on Runway 4L-22R, which had been fully closed since April 15. The $121 million project included repaving, lighting upgrades and new drainage infrastructure as part of …

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TODAY: Trial Begins In Defamation Suit Against Lindell

Rolling Stone reports: “I’m going to testify!” Mike Lindell, the MyPillow CEO and staunch Donald Trump ally, tells Rolling Stone. “Of course I’m gonna testify at my own trial! … I have nothing to hide. I am a former crack addict, I’ve always been open about that. I’ve always been open about everything! I’m as transparent as they come … …

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Texas Youth Pastor Arrested On Child Grooming Charge

Wichita Falls’ NBC affiliate reports: According to DPS Sgt. Juan Gutierrez, Texas Rangers served a warrant and arrested 31-year-old Nathan Patrick Roach Friday, May 30, 2025, for child grooming, a third-degree felony. He was then booked into the Archer County jail. According to a release, Rangers were called on March 18th to assist the Holliday Police Department with the allegation …

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Trump: Blocking Tariffs Will Bring “Economic Ruination”

ABC News reports: President Donald Trump said on social media that if the courts rule against his tariffs, it will empower other countries to impose retaliatory tariffs on the United States, leading to economic damage. Such a ruling “would allow other Countries to hold our Nation hostage with their anti-American Tariffs that they would use against us,” Trump said in …

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TODAY: Senate Begins Work On Trump’s Budget Bill

USA Today reports: When members of Congress return to Washington on June 2 after a weeklong break, the upper chamber will dig into the more than 1,000-page bill that would extend income tax cuts, implement new tax breaks for tipped wages and overtime, overhaul Medicaid and food stamps, and put more money toward Trump’s deportation plan. Some Republican senators, such …

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Texas Gov Gets Bill Requiring Sheriffs To Assist ICE

The Texas Tribune reports: Texas would further cement its role in enforcing immigration laws under a bill the state Legislature sent to the governor Sunday that would require most sheriffs to cooperate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Gov. Greg Abbott has signaled support for such an idea, and President Donald Trump — whose administration could receive a big personnel …

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Murphy Spurs 2028 Chatter With New Anti-Trump PAC

Politico reports: Sen. Chris Murphy is launching a new PAC aimed at taking on President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress — the latest sign the Connecticut Democrat is eyeing higher office, according to plans that were first shared with POLITICO. Murphy will announce Monday that his group, American Mobilization Project, is doling out $400,000 to organizations that oppose cuts …

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Graham Roasted For Dark Post About Greta Thunberg

The Huffington Post reports: Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) drew fierce blowback on Sunday over his social media post about 22-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg. Graham shared a news article about Thunberg’s presence on a flotilla that is headed to Gaza and whose occupants want to deliver humanitarian aid to the Palestinian people, amid the monthslong, starvation-inducing Israeli blockade. “Hope …

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Capitol Rioter Fights To Reject Pardon: We’re All Guilty

CBS News reports: Amid the wave of pardons and commutations President Trump has doled out to some of his supporters and surrogates, one former MAGA loyalist in Idaho is fighting to return her pardon. Pamela Hemphill is one of the more than 1,500 people whom Mr. Trump pardoned earlier this year for their roles in the U.S. Capitol Insurrection. She has …

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Law Firms That Caved To Trump Lose Major Clients

The Daily Beast reports: Some of the nation’s top law firms that folded to Donald Trump’s pressure campaign are now facing the fallout. At least 11 major companies are shifting legal work away from firms that struck deals with the Trump administration, instead turning toward those that stood their ground, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday. General counsels at various …

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List Of Sanctuary City Targets Yanked After Backlash

The Associated Press reports: A widely anticipated list of “ sanctuary jurisdictions” no longer appears on the Department of Homeland Security’s website after receiving widespread criticism for including localities that have actively supported the Trump administration’s hard-line immigration policies. The department last week published the list of the jurisdictions. It said each one would receive formal notification the government deemed …

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Suspect Identified In Colorado Terror Attack [VIDEO]

The Colorado Sun reports: Several members of a group gathering to raise awareness about people taken hostage during Hamas’ 2023 attack on Israel were set on fire Sunday afternoon on the Pearl Street Mall in Boulder in what Gov. Jared Polis called an “act of terror.” Police arrested Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, at the scene. He shouted “free Palestine!” as …

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Right Wing Trump Ally Elected President Of Poland

The Associated Press reports: Conservative Karol Nawrocki won Poland’s weekend presidential runoff election, according to the final vote count on Monday. Nawrocki won 50.89% of votes in a very tight race against liberal Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski, who received 49.11%. Nawrocki has most recently been the head of the Institute of National Remembrance, which embraces nationalist historical narratives. Nawrocki’s supporters …

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