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<title>AP Investigation: ICE Detention Suicides Hit Record Fiscal-Year Pace — 10 Since Jan 2025, 7 Since October, 5 in CoreCivic/GEO Facilities</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-27--ap-investigation-ice-detention-suicides-record-fy-pace-corecivic-geo-facilities/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-05-27</dc:date><description>An Associated Press investigation (published May 27, 2026 via The Boston Globe; May 26 via Las Vegas Sun) found that at least **10 detainees — all men — have died by suicide in ICE custody since January 2025**, a pace far exceeding the growth in the detainee population. **Seven o</description><category>ICE</category><category>DHS</category><category>CoreCivic</category><category>GEO Group</category><category>Associated Press</category><category domain="tag">detention-ice</category><category domain="tag">deaths-in-custody</category><category domain="tag">private-prison-contractors</category><category domain="tag">corecivic</category><category domain="tag">geo-group</category><category domain="tag">mental-health</category><category domain="tag">accountability-elimination</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>An Associated Press investigation (published May 27, 2026 via The Boston Globe; May 26 via Las Vegas Sun) found that at least **10 detainees — all men — have died by suicide in ICE custody since January 2025**, a pace far exceeding the growth in the detainee population. **Seven o</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> ICE, DHS, CoreCivic, GEO Group, Associated Press</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-27--ap-investigation-ice-detention-suicides-record-fy-pace-corecivic-geo-facilities/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>CBS News Declines to Renew Sharyn Alfonsi's Contract After CECOT Segment Conflict with Bari Weiss</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-27--cbs-news-declines-renew-sharyn-alfonsi-60-minutes-bari-weiss-cecot-segment-conflict/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-05-27</dc:date><description>CBS News declines to renew the contract of veteran 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi, ending her nearly 20-year tenure at the network after she publicly condemned editor-in-chief Bari Weiss's December 2025 pre-emption of her CECOT prison segment as political censorship. Alf</description><category>Sharyn Alfonsi</category><category>Bari Weiss</category><category>CBS News</category><category>60 Minutes</category><category>Paramount Skydance</category><category>David Ellison</category><category domain="capture-lane">Media Capture and Control</category><category domain="capture-lane">Democratic Erosion</category><category domain="tag">media-capture</category><category domain="tag">editorial-independence</category><category domain="tag">60-minutes</category><category domain="tag">cecot-prison</category><category domain="tag">press-freedom</category><category domain="tag">contract-non-renewal</category><category domain="tag">operationalization-layer</category><category domain="tag">capture-cascade</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>CBS News declines to renew the contract of veteran 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi, ending her nearly 20-year tenure at the network after she publicly condemned editor-in-chief Bari Weiss's December 2025 pre-emption of her CECOT prison segment as political censorship. Alf</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Sharyn Alfonsi, Bari Weiss, CBS News, 60 Minutes, Paramount Skydance, David Ellison, Tanya Simon, Cecilia Vega, Nick Bilton, Freedom of the Press Foundation</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Media Capture and Control, Democratic Erosion</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-27--cbs-news-declines-renew-sharyn-alfonsi-60-minutes-bari-weiss-cecot-segment-conflict/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Dell Federal Systems Awarded $9.7B Pentagon CETA Contract — Capstone of Trump Accounts Pledge ($6.25B), PCAST Appointment, Trump Stock Endorsement Sequence</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-27--dell-ceta-9-7b-pentagon-contract-trump-accounts-pledge-microsoft-licensing-consolidation/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-05-27</dc:date><description># Dell CETA $9.7B Pentagon Contract — Capstone of the Trump-Dell Access Loop</description><category>Dell Federal Systems LP</category><category>Michael Dell</category><category>Department of War (DoD)</category><category>Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific</category><category>Kirsten Davies (DoD CIO)</category><category>Donald Trump</category><category domain="tag">cross-investigation</category><category domain="tag">defense-procurement-capture</category><category domain="tag">financial-capture</category><category domain="tag">pcast</category><category domain="tag">trump-accounts</category><category domain="tag">ceta</category><category domain="tag">microsoft-licensing</category><category domain="tag">dell-technologies</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p># Dell CETA $9.7B Pentagon Contract — Capstone of the Trump-Dell Access Loop</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Dell Federal Systems LP, Michael Dell, Department of War (DoD), Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific, Kirsten Davies (DoD CIO), Donald Trump, John Phelan (former Navy Secretary)</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-27--dell-ceta-9-7b-pentagon-contract-trump-accounts-pledge-microsoft-licensing-consolidation/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>23 Democratic Attorneys General Skip Vance's White House Anti-Fraud Task Force Meeting After One-Business-Day Invite; Fraud-Pretext Funding-Freeze Mechanism</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-26--democratic-attorneys-general-skip-vance-anti-fraud-task-force-meeting-late-invite-exclusion/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-05-26</dc:date><description>On May 26, 2026, **attorneys general from 23 states plus Washington, D.C. skipped an anti-fraud task force meeting hosted by Vice President JD Vance** at the White House, citing inadequate notice. The Democratic AGs' letter stated that "the invitation was provided with less than </description><category>JD Vance</category><category>Andrew Ferguson</category><category>Stephen Miller</category><category>Letitia James</category><category>Tim Walz</category><category>Democratic Attorneys General</category><category domain="tag">state-resistance</category><category domain="tag">counter-capture</category><category domain="tag">fraud-pretext</category><category domain="tag">funding-weaponization</category><category domain="tag">vance-jd</category><category domain="tag">federalism</category><category domain="tag">accountability-elimination</category><category domain="tag">loyalty-enforcement</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On May 26, 2026, **attorneys general from 23 states plus Washington, D.C. skipped an anti-fraud task force meeting hosted by Vice President JD Vance** at the White House, citing inadequate notice. The Democratic AGs' letter stated that "the invitation was provided with less than </p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> JD Vance, Andrew Ferguson, Stephen Miller, Letitia James, Tim Walz, Democratic Attorneys General</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-26--democratic-attorneys-general-skip-vance-anti-fraud-task-force-meeting-late-invite-exclusion/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>300 Delaney Hall Detainees Launch Hunger Strike Against GEO Group ICE Facility; Pepper-Ball Clashes Outside, Sen. Andy Kim Caught in Crossfire, Gov. Sherrill Denied Entry</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-26--delaney-hall-newark-hunger-strike-geo-group-protests-pepper-ball-clashes-sen-andy-kim/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-05-26</dc:date><description>## What happened</description><category>GEO Group</category><category>Delaney Hall detention center</category><category>Martín Soto (hunger-strike organizer, detainee)</category><category>Andy Kim (Senator, D-NJ)</category><category>Rob Menendez (Representative, D-NJ)</category><category>Mikie Sherrill (Governor, NJ)</category><category domain="tag">detention-ice</category><category domain="tag">hunger-strike</category><category domain="tag">geo-group</category><category domain="tag">delaney-hall</category><category domain="tag">newark</category><category domain="tag">new-jersey</category><category domain="tag">sen-andy-kim</category><category domain="tag">rep-rob-menendez</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>## What happened</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> GEO Group, Delaney Hall detention center, Martín Soto (hunger-strike organizer, detainee), Andy Kim (Senator, D-NJ), Rob Menendez (Representative, D-NJ), Mikie Sherrill (Governor, NJ), Markwayne Mullin (Secretary, DHS), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Ras Baraka (Mayor, Newark — prior arc reference)</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-26--delaney-hall-newark-hunger-strike-geo-group-protests-pepper-ball-clashes-sen-andy-kim/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>FPDS Audit Finds SBIR Phase III 'Exclusion of Sources' Sole-Source Fingerprint Systemic Across Defense-AI Startup Cohort — $1.0B+ Non-Competitive, 91% Anduril; Larger Firms Route Around FPDS via OTA</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-26--defense-ai-vertical-sbir-phase-iii-sole-source-fingerprint-systemic-fpds-audit/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-05-26</dc:date><description>## Opening</description><category>Anduril Industries</category><category>Palantir Technologies</category><category>Shield AI</category><category>Vannevar Labs</category><category>Scale AI</category><category>Saronic Technologies</category><category domain="capture-lane">Defense Procurement Capture</category><category domain="capture-lane">Regulatory Capture</category><category domain="tag">investigation-2</category><category domain="tag">cross-investigation</category><category domain="tag">fpds-audit</category><category domain="tag">sbir-phase-iii</category><category domain="tag">sole-source</category><category domain="tag">defense-ai</category><category domain="tag">procurement-bypass</category><category domain="tag">anduril</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>## Opening</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Anduril Industries, Palantir Technologies, Shield AI, Vannevar Labs, Scale AI, Saronic Technologies, SpaceX, OpenAI, U.S. Department of Defense (CDAO), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Defense Procurement Capture, Regulatory Capture</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-26--defense-ai-vertical-sbir-phase-iii-sole-source-fingerprint-systemic-fpds-audit/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Trump Calls Christie, James, Walz, Pritzker 'SCUM' Defending CFTC Prediction-Market Authority While Don Jr. Advises/Invests in Kalshi and Polymarket</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-26--trump-calls-four-democratic-officials-scum-defending-cftc-prediction-market-authority-don-jr-conflict/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-05-26</dc:date><description>On May 26, 2026, President Trump posted on Truth Social that the **Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) must maintain its regulatory authority over prediction markets**, attacking Democratic officials attempting to restrict the industry. He named **Chris Christie, New York</description><category>Donald Trump</category><category>Donald Trump Jr.</category><category>Michael Selig</category><category>Chris Christie</category><category>Letitia James</category><category>Tim Walz</category><category domain="tag">captured-x</category><category domain="tag">crypto-presidential-utterance</category><category domain="tag">prediction-markets</category><category domain="tag">cftc</category><category domain="tag">family-financial-conflict</category><category domain="tag">kalshi</category><category domain="tag">polymarket</category><category domain="tag">regulatory-capture</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On May 26, 2026, President Trump posted on Truth Social that the **Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) must maintain its regulatory authority over prediction markets**, attacking Democratic officials attempting to restrict the industry. He named **Chris Christie, New York</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Michael Selig, Chris Christie, Letitia James, Tim Walz, JB Pritzker, Kalshi, Polymarket, CFTC</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-26--trump-calls-four-democratic-officials-scum-defending-cftc-prediction-market-authority-don-jr-conflict/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Trump-Endorsed Ken Paxton Defeats Incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in Texas GOP Senate Primary Runoff; Loyalty-Over-Institutionalism Purge of In-Party Dissenter</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-26--paxton-defeats-cornyn-texas-senate-primary-trump-loyalty-enforcement-endorsement/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-05-26</dc:date><description>On May 26, 2026, Texas Attorney General **Ken Paxton defeated four-term incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in the Republican Senate primary runoff**, after President Trump endorsed Paxton the prior week (during early voting). The race cost Republicans more than $100 million. Paxton advan</description><category>Ken Paxton</category><category>John Cornyn</category><category>Donald Trump</category><category>James Talarico</category><category domain="tag">trump-succession</category><category domain="tag">loyalty-enforcement</category><category domain="tag">in-party-purge</category><category domain="tag">accountability-elimination</category><category domain="tag">election-systems</category><category domain="tag">texas</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On May 26, 2026, Texas Attorney General **Ken Paxton defeated four-term incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in the Republican Senate primary runoff**, after President Trump endorsed Paxton the prior week (during early voting). The race cost Republicans more than $100 million. Paxton advan</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Ken Paxton, John Cornyn, Donald Trump, James Talarico</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-26--paxton-defeats-cornyn-texas-senate-primary-trump-loyalty-enforcement-endorsement/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Trump's Mid-Decade Redistricting Push Stopped at the Source for the First Time — Alabama Federal Panel Enjoins GOP Map as Racially Discriminatory; South Carolina Senate Rejects Redraw on 12-GOP+12-Dem Vote, Preserving Clyburn Seat</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-26--trump-mid-decade-redistricting-double-setback-alabama-court-injunction-south-carolina-senate-rejection/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-05-26</dc:date><description>On May 26, 2026, President Trump's national mid-decade redistricting push — an effort to redraw congressional maps in Republican-controlled states to expand the GOP House majority ahead of the November midterms — **was stopped at its source on two fronts in a single day** (a dist</description><category>Donald Trump</category><category>James Clyburn</category><category>Steve Marshall</category><category>South Carolina Senate</category><category>Alabama</category><category domain="tag">election-systems</category><category domain="tag">redistricting</category><category domain="tag">gerrymandering</category><category domain="tag">voting-rights</category><category domain="tag">2026-midterms</category><category domain="tag">in-party-dissent</category><category domain="tag">judicial-check</category><category domain="tag">south-carolina</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On May 26, 2026, President Trump's national mid-decade redistricting push — an effort to redraw congressional maps in Republican-controlled states to expand the GOP House majority ahead of the November midterms — **was stopped at its source on two fronts in a single day** (a dist</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Donald Trump, James Clyburn, Steve Marshall, South Carolina Senate, Alabama</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-26--trump-mid-decade-redistricting-double-setback-alabama-court-injunction-south-carolina-senate-rejection/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Anthropic Co-Founder Chris Olah Presents Pope Leo XIV's AI Encyclical at the Vatican — an AI-Safety Lab Aligns With the Church's Restraint Framing Over the White House's Deregulation Agenda</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-25--anthropic-cofounder-olah-presents-papal-ai-encyclical-aligning-with-vatican-over-white-house/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-05-25</dc:date><description>On May 25, 2026, **Anthropic co-founder Chris Olah appeared at Pope Leo XIV's side at the Vatican Synod Hall** for the release of the encyclical [[2026-05-25--pope-leo-xiv-magnifica-humanitas-encyclical-disarm-ai-concentration-tech-power|*Magnifica Humanitas*]], jointly calling f</description><category>Chris Olah</category><category>Pope Leo XIV</category><category>Anthropic</category><category>JD Vance</category><category>Catholic Church</category><category domain="tag">artificial-intelligence</category><category domain="tag">ai-safety</category><category domain="tag">anthropic</category><category domain="tag">pope-leo-xiv</category><category domain="tag">magnifica-humanitas</category><category domain="tag">church-tech-ethics</category><category domain="tag">crypto-christology</category><category domain="tag">counter-capture</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On May 25, 2026, **Anthropic co-founder Chris Olah appeared at Pope Leo XIV's side at the Vatican Synod Hall** for the release of the encyclical [[2026-05-25--pope-leo-xiv-magnifica-humanitas-encyclical-disarm-ai-concentration-tech-power|*Magnifica Humanitas*]], jointly calling f</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Chris Olah, Pope Leo XIV, Anthropic, JD Vance, Catholic Church</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-25--anthropic-cofounder-olah-presents-papal-ai-encyclical-aligning-with-vatican-over-white-house/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>CENTCOM Conducts 'Self-Defense' Strikes in Iran During Ceasefire, Hitting IRGC Boats and Bandar Abbas SAM Site</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-25--centcom-self-defense-strikes-iran-during-ceasefire-strait-hormuz/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-05-25</dc:date><description>U.S. Central Command conducted strikes inside Iran on May 25, 2026 that it characterized as self-defense, targeting two Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps boats laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz and a surface-to-air missile site in Bandar Abbas that CENTCOM said was targeting U</description><category>U.S. Central Command</category><category>Donald Trump</category><category>Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps</category><category domain="tag">war-military</category><category domain="tag">iran-war</category><category domain="tag">strait-of-hormuz</category><category domain="tag">executive-war-power</category><category domain="tag">ceasefire</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>U.S. Central Command conducted strikes inside Iran on May 25, 2026 that it characterized as self-defense, targeting two Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps boats laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz and a surface-to-air missile site in Bandar Abbas that CENTCOM said was targeting U</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> U.S. Central Command, Donald Trump, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-25--centcom-self-defense-strikes-iran-during-ceasefire-strait-hormuz/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Pope Leo XIV's First Encyclical 'Magnifica Humanitas' Calls to 'Disarm' AI, Condemns Concentration of Technological Power Among a Handful of Corporations</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-25--pope-leo-xiv-magnifica-humanitas-encyclical-disarm-ai-concentration-tech-power/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-05-25</dc:date><description/><category>Pope Leo XIV</category><category>Catholic Church</category><category>USCCB</category><category domain="tag">christian-nationalism</category><category domain="tag">crypto-christology</category><category domain="tag">surveillance-industrial-complex</category><category domain="tag">counter-capture</category><category domain="tag">resistance-witness</category><category domain="tag">artificial-intelligence</category><category domain="tag">autonomous-weapons</category><category domain="tag">catholic-church</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>&lt;!-- PRIMARY TEXT VERIFIED 2026-05-27: full encyclical text obtained from vatican.va (Mark). DATE CORRECTION: the encyclical is SIGNED "15 May... 2026" (dateline: "Given in Rome, at Saint Peter's, on 15 May, in the year 2026"); presented/released ~May 25. This event entry's date </p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Pope Leo XIV, Catholic Church, USCCB</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-25--pope-leo-xiv-magnifica-humanitas-encyclical-disarm-ai-concentration-tech-power/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Federal Judge in Nashville Dismisses Human-Smuggling Case Against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, Finding DOJ Reverse-Engineered Charges to Retroactively Justify Wrongful Deportation</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-22--federal-judge-nashville-dismisses-human-smuggling-case-kilmar-abrego-garcia/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-05-22</dc:date><description>U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw, sitting in the Middle District of Tennessee (Nashville), dismissed the federal human-smuggling indictment against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, finding that the prosecution constituted selective and vindictive prosecution and that the indictment must</description><category>Kilmar Abrego Garcia</category><category>Judge Waverly Crenshaw</category><category>Todd Blanche</category><category>Aakash Singh</category><category>Rob McGuire</category><category>Department of Justice</category><category domain="capture-lane">Judicial Independence</category><category domain="capture-lane">Immigration Enforcement</category><category domain="capture-lane">Democratic Erosion</category><category domain="capture-lane">Systematic Corruption</category><category domain="tag">abrego-garcia</category><category domain="tag">vindictive-prosecution</category><category domain="tag">reverse-engineered-charges</category><category domain="tag">judicial-floor-pushback</category><category domain="tag">doj-misconduct</category><category domain="tag">human-smuggling</category><category domain="tag">tennessee</category><category domain="tag">nashville</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw, sitting in the Middle District of Tennessee (Nashville), dismissed the federal human-smuggling indictment against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, finding that the prosecution constituted selective and vindictive prosecution and that the indictment must</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Kilmar Abrego Garcia, Judge Waverly Crenshaw, Todd Blanche, Aakash Singh, Rob McGuire, Department of Justice, Trump Administration</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Judicial Independence, Immigration Enforcement, Democratic Erosion, Systematic Corruption</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-22--federal-judge-nashville-dismisses-human-smuggling-case-kilmar-abrego-garcia/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>World Liberty Financial Nears OCC Conditional Approval for National Trust Bank Charter to Custody USD1</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-21--wlf-nears-occ-conditional-approval-national-trust-bank-charter-usd1/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-05-21</dc:date><description>World Liberty Financial co-founder Zach Witkoff said on or around May 21, 2026 that the Trump-family crypto firm is in "the final stages of receiving conditional approval" for the national trust bank charter it sought through WLTC Holdings LLC, whose application was filed with th</description><category>World Liberty Financial</category><category>Zach Witkoff</category><category>WLTC Holdings LLC</category><category>Office of the Comptroller of the Currency</category><category>Scott Bessent</category><category domain="tag">economic-policy</category><category domain="tag">crypto-capitalism</category><category domain="tag">regulatory-capture</category><category domain="tag">world-liberty-financial</category><category domain="tag">personal-enrichment</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>World Liberty Financial co-founder Zach Witkoff said on or around May 21, 2026 that the Trump-family crypto firm is in "the final stages of receiving conditional approval" for the national trust bank charter it sought through WLTC Holdings LLC, whose application was filed with th</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> World Liberty Financial, Zach Witkoff, WLTC Holdings LLC, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Scott Bessent</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-21--wlf-nears-occ-conditional-approval-national-trust-bank-charter-usd1/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Bessent Invokes Rare Authority to Mint 24-Karat Gold Coin Bearing Living President Trump's Image</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-20--bessent-invokes-rare-authority-mint-gold-coin-bearing-living-president-trump/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-05-20</dc:date><description>Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent invoked a statutory authority that empowers the Treasury Secretary to authorize 24-karat gold commemorative coins in order to bypass the federal-law prohibition on living presidents appearing on U.S. currency, advancing a gold coin bearing Donald </description><category>Scott Bessent</category><category>Donald Trump</category><category>U.S. Mint</category><category>Commission of Fine Arts</category><category>Steve Cohen</category><category domain="tag">economic-policy</category><category domain="tag">norm-erosion</category><category domain="tag">personalist-rule</category><category domain="tag">treasury</category><category domain="tag">congressional-oversight</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent invoked a statutory authority that empowers the Treasury Secretary to authorize 24-karat gold commemorative coins in order to bypass the federal-law prohibition on living presidents appearing on U.S. currency, advancing a gold coin bearing Donald </p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Scott Bessent, Donald Trump, U.S. Mint, Commission of Fine Arts, Steve Cohen</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-20--bessent-invokes-rare-authority-mint-gold-coin-bearing-living-president-trump/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Monterey County Supervisors Unanimously Oppose the Gilroy ICE Detention Facility in the Neighboring County — Second County to Line Up Against a Site Local Zoning Doesn't Permit</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-19--monterey-county-resolution-opposing-gilroy-ice-detention-facility/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-05-19</dc:date><description>On **May 19, 2026**, the **Monterey County Board of Supervisors unanimously passed a resolution opposing** the federal ICE detention facility under construction at [[2025-01-08--gsa-secret-lease-gilroy-holsclaw-ice-detention-elmwood-capital-ecg6-llc|7240 Holsclaw Road near Gilroy</description><category>Monterey County Board of Supervisors</category><category>Santa Clara County</category><category>California Department of Justice</category><category>ICE</category><category>Elmwood Capital Group</category><category domain="tag">detention-ice</category><category domain="tag">zoning-resistance</category><category domain="tag">state-resistance</category><category domain="tag">counter-capture</category><category domain="tag">detention-real-estate</category><category domain="tag">monterey-county</category><category domain="tag">santa-clara-county</category><category domain="tag">california</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On **May 19, 2026**, the **Monterey County Board of Supervisors unanimously passed a resolution opposing** the federal ICE detention facility under construction at [[2025-01-08--gsa-secret-lease-gilroy-holsclaw-ice-detention-elmwood-capital-ecg6-llc|7240 Holsclaw Road near Gilroy</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Monterey County Board of Supervisors, Santa Clara County, California Department of Justice, ICE, Elmwood Capital Group</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-19--monterey-county-resolution-opposing-gilroy-ice-detention-facility/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>WLFI Treasury Company AI Financial Files SEC Going-Concern Warning; Locked Tokens Down to $706M From $1.46B</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-19--ai-financial-wlfi-treasury-sec-going-concern-warning-locked-tokens/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-05-19</dc:date><description>AI Financial — the publicly traded company that functions as a WLFI "treasury" vehicle — disclosed in an SEC filing reported May 19, 2026 "substantial doubt" about its ability to continue operating, ending the quarter with $10.5 million in cash against a $5.5 million working-capi</description><category>AI Financial</category><category>World Liberty Financial</category><category>Zach Witkoff</category><category>Zachary Folkman</category><category domain="tag">economic-policy</category><category domain="tag">crypto-capitalism</category><category domain="tag">world-liberty-financial</category><category domain="tag">securities-disclosure</category><category domain="tag">self-dealing</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>AI Financial — the publicly traded company that functions as a WLFI "treasury" vehicle — disclosed in an SEC filing reported May 19, 2026 "substantial doubt" about its ability to continue operating, ending the quarter with $10.5 million in cash against a $5.5 million working-capi</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> AI Financial, World Liberty Financial, Zach Witkoff, Zachary Folkman</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-19--ai-financial-wlfi-treasury-sec-going-concern-warning-locked-tokens/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Hegseth Campaigns Against Rep. Thomas Massie in KY-04 Primary, Breaking Pentagon Political-Neutrality Norm</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-18--hegseth-campaigns-against-massie-ky04-breaking-pentagon-neutrality-hatch-act/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-05-18</dc:date><description>On May 18, 2026 Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth delivered a roughly 12-minute campaign speech for Ed Gallrein, a Republican Navy SEAL challenging Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY-04) in Kentucky's 4th District primary, criticizing Massie directly (reported by The Hill, Military Times, and</description><category>Pete Hegseth</category><category>Thomas Massie</category><category>Ed Gallrein</category><category>Sean Parnell</category><category>Donald Trump</category><category domain="tag">agency-purges</category><category domain="tag">norm-erosion</category><category domain="tag">loyalty-enforcement</category><category domain="tag">pentagon</category><category domain="tag">epstein</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On May 18, 2026 Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth delivered a roughly 12-minute campaign speech for Ed Gallrein, a Republican Navy SEAL challenging Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY-04) in Kentucky's 4th District primary, criticizing Massie directly (reported by The Hill, Military Times, and</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Pete Hegseth, Thomas Massie, Ed Gallrein, Sean Parnell, Donald Trump</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-18--hegseth-campaigns-against-massie-ky04-breaking-pentagon-neutrality-hatch-act/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Santa Fe New Mexican Court Reporter Phaedra Haywood Surfaces Wormuth-Ellison-Skinner Legal Architecture and Criminal-Information Workaround in NDA Trespass Coverage</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-16--haywood-santa-fe-aclu-invisible-military-bases-coverage/</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-05-16</dc:date><description>On May 16, 2026, Santa Fe New Mexican courts reporter Phaedra Haywood published coverage of the ACLU-NM's April 21, 2026 "Invisible Military Bases at the Border" report. The Haywood piece amplifies the ACLU report and adds two analytical contributions absent from the wire coverag</description><category>Phaedra Haywood</category><category>Santa Fe New Mexican</category><category>Gregory Wormuth</category><category>Ryan Ellison</category><category>Amanda Skinner</category><category>American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico</category><category domain="capture-lane">Civil Rights Suppression</category><category domain="capture-lane">Executive Power Expansion</category><category domain="capture-lane">Visibility Suppression</category><category domain="tag">santa-fe-new-mexican</category><category domain="tag">phaedra-haywood</category><category domain="tag">local-court-reporting</category><category domain="tag">peer-coverage</category><category domain="tag">documentary-specificity</category><category domain="tag">national-defense-area</category><category domain="tag">gregory-wormuth</category><category domain="tag">ryan-ellison</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On May 16, 2026, Santa Fe New Mexican courts reporter Phaedra Haywood published coverage of the ACLU-NM's April 21, 2026 "Invisible Military Bases at the Border" report. The Haywood piece amplifies the ACLU report and adds two analytical contributions absent from the wire coverag</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Phaedra Haywood, Santa Fe New Mexican, Gregory Wormuth, Ryan Ellison, Amanda Skinner, American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Civil Rights Suppression, Executive Power Expansion, Visibility Suppression</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-16--haywood-santa-fe-aclu-invisible-military-bases-coverage/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>California ICE Detention Deaths Hit Record High Amid Crisis-Level Staffing and Reduced Federal Disclosure</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-15--california-ice-detention-deaths-record-high-staffing-crisis-reduced-disclosure/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-05-15</dc:date><description>A CalMatters investigation published May 15, 2026 documented six deaths across California ICE detention centers over the prior year — four at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center and two at the Imperial Regional Detention Facility in Calexico — the highest toll since California beg</description><category>ICE</category><category>DHS</category><category>Adelanto ICE Processing Center</category><category>Imperial Regional Detention Facility</category><category>GEO Group</category><category domain="tag">detention-ice</category><category domain="tag">deaths-in-custody</category><category domain="tag">transparency-erosion</category><category domain="tag">private-prisons</category><category domain="tag">medical-neglect</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>A CalMatters investigation published May 15, 2026 documented six deaths across California ICE detention centers over the prior year — four at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center and two at the Imperial Regional Detention Facility in Calexico — the highest toll since California beg</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> ICE, DHS, Adelanto ICE Processing Center, Imperial Regional Detention Facility, GEO Group</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-15--california-ice-detention-deaths-record-high-staffing-crisis-reduced-disclosure/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Warren and Reed Demand DOJ/Treasury Probe of World Liberty Financial Token Sales to Sanctioned Actors</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-14--warren-reed-demand-doj-treasury-probe-wlf-sanctioned-actor-token-sales/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-05-14</dc:date><description>Senators Elizabeth Warren (ranking member, Senate Banking) and Jack Reed (ranking member, Senate Armed Services) sent a letter dated May 14, 2026 to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche calling for DOJ and Treasury investigations into World Li</description><category>Elizabeth Warren</category><category>Jack Reed</category><category>Scott Bessent</category><category>Todd Blanche</category><category>World Liberty Financial</category><category>Prince Group</category><category domain="tag">economic-policy</category><category domain="tag">crypto-capitalism</category><category domain="tag">world-liberty-financial</category><category domain="tag">congressional-oversight</category><category domain="tag">sanctions-evasion</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Senators Elizabeth Warren (ranking member, Senate Banking) and Jack Reed (ranking member, Senate Armed Services) sent a letter dated May 14, 2026 to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche calling for DOJ and Treasury investigations into World Li</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Elizabeth Warren, Jack Reed, Scott Bessent, Todd Blanche, World Liberty Financial, Prince Group</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-14--warren-reed-demand-doj-treasury-probe-wlf-sanctioned-actor-token-sales/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>ACLU Files Federal Lawsuit Against Memphis Safe Task Force Alleging Pattern of First Amendment Retaliation Against Civilians Recording Federal Immigration Enforcement</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-13--aclu-memphis-safe-task-force-first-amendment-lawsuit/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-05-13</dc:date><description>On May 13, 2026, the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU Foundation of Tennessee, Selendy Gay PLLC, and BraunHagey & Borden LLP filed *Demster v. Blanche* in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee on behalf of four Memphis residents, alleging a "distur</description><category>Hunter Demster</category><category>Jessica Choder</category><category>American Civil Liberties Union</category><category>ACLU Foundation of Tennessee</category><category>Selendy Gay PLLC</category><category>BraunHagey &amp; Borden LLP</category><category domain="capture-lane">Civil Rights Suppression</category><category domain="capture-lane">Federal-State-Local Enforcement Integration</category><category domain="capture-lane">Visibility Suppression</category><category domain="capture-lane">Executive Power Expansion</category><category domain="tag">memphis-safe-task-force</category><category domain="tag">first-amendment</category><category domain="tag">right-to-record</category><category domain="tag">aclu-lawsuit</category><category domain="tag">ice</category><category domain="tag">dhs</category><category domain="tag">cbp</category><category domain="tag">us-marshals</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On May 13, 2026, the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU Foundation of Tennessee, Selendy Gay PLLC, and BraunHagey &amp; Borden LLP filed *Demster v. Blanche* in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee on behalf of four Memphis residents, alleging a "distur</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Hunter Demster, Jessica Choder, American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU Foundation of Tennessee, Selendy Gay PLLC, BraunHagey &amp; Borden LLP, Scarlet Kim, Todd Blanche, Memphis Safe Task Force, Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Marshals Service, Tennessee Highway Patrol, National Guard, Bill Lee, Donald Trump</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Civil Rights Suppression, Federal-State-Local Enforcement Integration, Visibility Suppression, Executive Power Expansion</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-13--aclu-memphis-safe-task-force-first-amendment-lawsuit/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>DHS Files Zero Privacy Impact Assessments in 2026 While Operating $1B No-Bid Palantir Surveillance Network</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-13--dhs-zero-privacy-impact-assessments-palantir-1-billion-no-bid/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-05-13</dc:date><description>DHS filed zero Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs) in all of 2026, a dramatic collapse from 24 in 2024 and 8 in 2025. Federal law — the E-Government Act of 2002 — requires agencies to file a PIA before developing or procuring any IT system that collects or disseminates information </description><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category>Palantir Technologies</category><category>CBP</category><category>ICE</category><category>FEMA</category><category>CISA</category><category domain="tag">surveillance</category><category domain="tag">government-contracts</category><category domain="tag">no-bid-contract</category><category domain="tag">dhs</category><category domain="tag">ice</category><category domain="tag">institutional-capture</category><category domain="tag">procurement-abuse</category><category domain="tag">privacy-violation</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>DHS filed zero Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs) in all of 2026, a dramatic collapse from 24 in 2024 and 8 in 2025. Federal law — the E-Government Act of 2002 — requires agencies to file a PIA before developing or procuring any IT system that collects or disseminates information </p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Department of Homeland Security, Palantir Technologies, CBP, ICE, FEMA, CISA</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-13--dhs-zero-privacy-impact-assessments-palantir-1-billion-no-bid/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Former GEO Group SVP David Venturella Named Acting ICE Director, Completing Revolving-Door Loop</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-13--venturella-geo-group-executive-named-acting-ice-director/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-05-13</dc:date><description>David Venturella, who spent 12 years at GEO Group — including as Senior Vice President of Business Development and later Client Relations — was named acting ICE director on May 13, 2026, effective June 1, replacing Todd Lyons. Venturella had previously worked at ICE before depart</description><category>David Venturella</category><category>GEO Group</category><category>Todd Lyons</category><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category domain="tag">revolving-door</category><category domain="tag">ice</category><category domain="tag">dhs</category><category domain="tag">institutional-capture</category><category domain="tag">immigration-enforcement</category><category domain="tag">government-contracts</category><category domain="tag">corruption</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>David Venturella, who spent 12 years at GEO Group — including as Senior Vice President of Business Development and later Client Relations — was named acting ICE director on May 13, 2026, effective June 1, replacing Todd Lyons. Venturella had previously worked at ICE before depart</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> David Venturella, GEO Group, Todd Lyons, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-13--venturella-geo-group-executive-named-acting-ice-director/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Red States Deputize Social-Service Workers as Immigration Screeners Via Benefit-Verification Mandates</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-13--red-states-deputize-social-service-workers-immigration-status-verification/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-05-13</dc:date><description>A Stateline investigation published May 13, 2026 documented a new red-state mechanism: laws requiring state and local agencies to verify the immigration status of people applying for federal, state, or local benefits, effectively deputizing social-service and benefits-intake work</description><category>Tennessee</category><category>Indiana</category><category>Utah</category><category>Wyoming</category><category>Stephen Miller</category><category domain="tag">state-level-capture</category><category domain="tag">detention-ice</category><category domain="tag">immigration-enforcement</category><category domain="tag">administrative-deputization</category><category domain="tag">stephen-miller</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>A Stateline investigation published May 13, 2026 documented a new red-state mechanism: laws requiring state and local agencies to verify the immigration status of people applying for federal, state, or local benefits, effectively deputizing social-service and benefits-intake work</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Tennessee, Indiana, Utah, Wyoming, Stephen Miller</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-13--red-states-deputize-social-service-workers-immigration-status-verification/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Senate Confirms Kevin Warsh as Fed Chair 54-45; Powell Stays as Board Governor</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-13--senate-confirms-kevin-warsh-fed-chair-54-45-powell-remains-governor/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-05-13</dc:date><description>The Senate confirmed Kevin Warsh as Federal Reserve Chair on May 13, 2026, in a 54-45 largely party-line vote, with Pennsylvania Democrat John Fetterman the sole crossover. Warsh, 56, a former Fed governor under George W. Bush, succeeds Jerome Powell, whose eight-year chairmanshi</description><category>Kevin Warsh</category><category>Jerome Powell</category><category>Scott Bessent</category><category>JD Vance</category><category>John Fetterman</category><category>Donald Trump</category><category domain="tag">economic-policy</category><category domain="tag">federal-reserve</category><category domain="tag">regulatory-capture</category><category domain="tag">senate-confirmation</category><category domain="tag">trump-administration</category><category domain="tag">institutional-capture</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The Senate confirmed Kevin Warsh as Federal Reserve Chair on May 13, 2026, in a 54-45 largely party-line vote, with Pennsylvania Democrat John Fetterman the sole crossover. Warsh, 56, a former Fed governor under George W. Bush, succeeds Jerome Powell, whose eight-year chairmanshi</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Kevin Warsh, Jerome Powell, Scott Bessent, JD Vance, John Fetterman, Donald Trump</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-13--senate-confirms-kevin-warsh-fed-chair-54-45-powell-remains-governor/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Trump Gulf Tour: $2.2T AI/Tech Pledges; Chip Export Ban Reversed for UAE and Saudi Arabia</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-13--trump-gulf-tour-22-trillion-ai-chip-deals-nvidia-blackwell-uae-saudi/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-05-13</dc:date><description>Trump launched a four-day Gulf tour on May 13, 2026, visiting Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE, accompanied by Elon Musk, Sam Altman, Larry Fink, Nvidia's Jensen Huang, and Alexandr Wang (Scale AI). The financial commitments announced were unprecedented in scale: Saudi Arabia ple</description><category>Donald Trump</category><category>Mohammed bin Salman</category><category>Mohammed bin Zayed</category><category>Sheikh Tamim al-Thani</category><category>Elon Musk</category><category>Sam Altman</category><category domain="tag">foreign-policy</category><category domain="tag">government-contracts</category><category domain="tag">economic-policy</category><category domain="tag">crypto-capitalism</category><category domain="tag">personal-enrichment</category><category domain="tag">chip-export-policy</category><category domain="tag">ai-surveillance-industrial-complex</category><category domain="tag">trump-administration</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Trump launched a four-day Gulf tour on May 13, 2026, visiting Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE, accompanied by Elon Musk, Sam Altman, Larry Fink, Nvidia's Jensen Huang, and Alexandr Wang (Scale AI). The financial commitments announced were unprecedented in scale: Saudi Arabia ple</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Donald Trump, Mohammed bin Salman, Mohammed bin Zayed, Sheikh Tamim al-Thani, Elon Musk, Sam Altman, Larry Fink, Jensen Huang, Alexandr Wang, Humain, Nvidia, AMD</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-13--trump-gulf-tour-22-trillion-ai-chip-deals-nvidia-blackwell-uae-saudi/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>ICE Issues Memo Requiring 48-Hour Prior Approval and Named-Detainee ID for All Congressional Oversight Visits</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-12--ice-new-restrictions-congress-detainee-interviews-prior-approval/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-05-12</dc:date><description>Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons issued a new policy memo on May 12, 2026, requiring members of Congress to identify detainees by name and submit signed consent forms at least two business days before attempting to interview them during oversight visits. The rule effectively preven</description><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category>Todd Lyons</category><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category>Maxwell Frost</category><category>Robert Garcia</category><category domain="tag">ice</category><category domain="tag">dhs</category><category domain="tag">institutional-capture</category><category domain="tag">oversight</category><category domain="tag">immigration-enforcement</category><category domain="tag">rule-of-law</category><category domain="tag">trump-administration</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons issued a new policy memo on May 12, 2026, requiring members of Congress to identify detainees by name and submit signed consent forms at least two business days before attempting to interview them during oversight visits. The rule effectively preven</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Todd Lyons, Department of Homeland Security, Maxwell Frost, Robert Garcia</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-12--ice-new-restrictions-congress-detainee-interviews-prior-approval/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Iran War Drives U.S. Inflation to 3.8% — Highest in Nearly Three Years; Gas Above $4/Gallon; Brent at $105</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-12--iran-war-inflation-3-8-percent-gas-4-dollars-economic-impact/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-05-12</dc:date><description>The Washington Post reported May 12, 2026 that the Iran war has driven U.S. inflation to 3.8% — the highest level in nearly three years — with gasoline now averaging $4.06 per gallon (up from pre-war levels) and Brent crude trading at $105 per barrel (up 44% from pre-war). The 8-</description><category>U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</category><category>Federal Reserve</category><category>International Energy Agency</category><category domain="tag">iran-war</category><category domain="tag">inflation</category><category domain="tag">oil-shock</category><category domain="tag">economic-impact</category><category domain="tag">fuel-crisis</category><category domain="tag">trump-administration</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The Washington Post reported May 12, 2026 that the Iran war has driven U.S. inflation to 3.8% — the highest level in nearly three years — with gasoline now averaging $4.06 per gallon (up from pre-war levels) and Brent crude trading at $105 per barrel (up 44% from pre-war). The 8-</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Federal Reserve, International Energy Agency</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-12--iran-war-inflation-3-8-percent-gas-4-dollars-economic-impact/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Robert Reich Publishes Substack Piece Describing 25th Amendment 'Plot to Oust Trump'; Names Vance, Rubio, Johnson, Thune, Hegseth, Blanche; 30% Probability Within Four Months</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-12--reich-substack-piece-25th-amendment-plot-to-oust-trump/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-05-12</dc:date><description>On May 12, 2026, former Labor Secretary Robert Reich published a Substack piece titled "What I Just Heard About the Plot To Oust Trump." The piece describes a coordinated effort among Republican leadership to invoke the 25th Amendment removal mechanism against Trump on the basis </description><category>Robert Reich</category><category>JD Vance</category><category>Marco Rubio</category><category>Mike Johnson</category><category>John Thune</category><category>Pete Hegseth</category><category domain="tag">succession-discourse</category><category domain="tag">25th-amendment</category><category domain="tag">vance-coupling-thesis-in-public-discourse</category><category domain="tag">reich-robert</category><category domain="tag">iran-war</category><category domain="tag">executive-power-transition</category><category domain="tag">public-commentary-position-change</category><category domain="tag">trump-administration</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On May 12, 2026, former Labor Secretary Robert Reich published a Substack piece titled "What I Just Heard About the Plot To Oust Trump." The piece describes a coordinated effort among Republican leadership to invoke the 25th Amendment removal mechanism against Trump on the basis </p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Robert Reich, JD Vance, Marco Rubio, Mike Johnson, John Thune, Pete Hegseth, Todd Blanche, Donald Trump</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-12--reich-substack-piece-25th-amendment-plot-to-oust-trump/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Trump Calls Iran Ceasefire 'On Life Support' as War Hits Week 10; Pentagon Comptroller Reveals $29 Billion U.S. Cost</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-11--trump-ceasefire-life-support-iran-war-29-billion-pentagon/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-05-11</dc:date><description>On May 11, 2026, President Trump publicly described the U.S.-Iran ceasefire as on "massive life support" after rejecting Tehran's most recent peace proposal — calling it "stupid" — because it omitted nuclear concessions and demanded sanctions relief, naval-blockade lifting, and c</description><category>Donald Trump</category><category>Jules Hurst</category><category>Department of Defense</category><category>Iran</category><category>U.S. Congress</category><category domain="tag">iran-war</category><category domain="tag">defense-spending</category><category domain="tag">executive-power</category><category domain="tag">foreign-policy</category><category domain="tag">trump-administration</category><category domain="tag">oil-shock</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On May 11, 2026, President Trump publicly described the U.S.-Iran ceasefire as on "massive life support" after rejecting Tehran's most recent peace proposal — calling it "stupid" — because it omitted nuclear concessions and demanded sanctions relief, naval-blockade lifting, and c</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Donald Trump, Jules Hurst, Department of Defense, Iran, U.S. Congress</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-11--trump-ceasefire-life-support-iran-war-29-billion-pentagon/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Trump DOJ Asks Court to Pause Section 122 Tariff Ruling; Signals Emergency Supreme Court Appeal if Denied</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-11--trump-doj-section-122-tariff-pause-emergency-supreme-court/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-05-11</dc:date><description>On May 11, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a request asking the U.S. Court of International Trade to pause its 2-1 ruling that found President Trump's use of Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974 to impose 10% global tariffs was unlawful. The DOJ filing signaled that if</description><category>Donald Trump</category><category>U.S. Department of Justice</category><category>U.S. Court of International Trade</category><category>Federal Circuit</category><category>Supreme Court</category><category domain="tag">judicial-capture</category><category domain="tag">rule-of-law</category><category domain="tag">executive-power</category><category domain="tag">tariffs</category><category domain="tag">trump-administration</category><category domain="tag">constitutional-crisis</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On May 11, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a request asking the U.S. Court of International Trade to pause its 2-1 ruling that found President Trump's use of Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974 to impose 10% global tariffs was unlawful. The DOJ filing signaled that if</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Donald Trump, U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Court of International Trade, Federal Circuit, Supreme Court</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-11--trump-doj-section-122-tariff-pause-emergency-supreme-court/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>U.S. Spy Agencies Seek Expanded Power Over AI Regulation as Trump Admin Internal Battle Pits Intelligence Community Against Commerce Department</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-11--us-spy-agencies-seek-power-trump-ai-regulation-commerce/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-05-11</dc:date><description>The Washington Post reported May 11, 2026 that U.S. national security officials are seeking expanded authority over AI regulation as the Trump administration internally debates how to structure oversight of frontier AI models. The push is driven in significant part by the Mythos </description><category>Office of the Director of National Intelligence</category><category>U.S. Commerce Department</category><category>NIST</category><category>Anthropic</category><category>Mythos AI model</category><category domain="tag">surveillance</category><category domain="tag">national-security</category><category domain="tag">intelligence-abuse</category><category domain="tag">regulatory-capture</category><category domain="tag">artificial-intelligence</category><category domain="tag">trump-administration</category><category domain="tag">intelligence-privatization</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The Washington Post reported May 11, 2026 that U.S. national security officials are seeking expanded authority over AI regulation as the Trump administration internally debates how to structure oversight of frontier AI models. The push is driven in significant part by the Mythos </p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Office of the Director of National Intelligence, U.S. Commerce Department, NIST, Anthropic, Mythos AI model</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-11--us-spy-agencies-seek-power-trump-ai-regulation-commerce/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Hegseth Calls for Second Pentagon Investigation of Sen. Mark Kelly Over Public Statements About U.S. Weapons Stockpiles During Iran War</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-10--hegseth-second-investigation-senator-mark-kelly-pentagon-briefing/</link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-05-10</dc:date><description>On May 10, 2026, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth publicly called for the Pentagon to open a second investigation into Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ, retired Navy captain and former NASA astronaut) for statements Kelly made on CBS's *Face the Nation* expressing concern about U.S. weapon</description><category>Pete Hegseth</category><category>Mark Kelly</category><category>Department of Defense</category><category>U.S. Senate</category><category domain="tag">hegseth</category><category domain="tag">pentagon</category><category domain="tag">oversight</category><category domain="tag">executive-power</category><category domain="tag">investigation-as-weapon</category><category domain="tag">mark-kelly</category><category domain="tag">iran-war</category><category domain="tag">constitutional-crisis</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On May 10, 2026, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth publicly called for the Pentagon to open a second investigation into Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ, retired Navy captain and former NASA astronaut) for statements Kelly made on CBS's *Face the Nation* expressing concern about U.S. weapon</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Pete Hegseth, Mark Kelly, Department of Defense, U.S. Senate</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-10--hegseth-second-investigation-senator-mark-kelly-pentagon-briefing/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Tennessee Governor Lee Signs HB2219 Making All 95 County Sheriffs Join 287(g) — First State Mandate of Its Kind</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-10--tennessee-hb2219-287g-sheriff-mandate-signed-law/</link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-05-10</dc:date><description>Governor Bill Lee signed HB2219/SB2223 into law, making Tennessee the first state in the nation to mandate that all 95 county sheriffs enter into 287(g) cooperative agreements with ICE. The law strips local law enforcement agencies of discretion previously guaranteed under the vo</description><category>Governor Bill Lee</category><category>Tennessee General Assembly</category><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)</category><category>Senator Jack Johnson</category><category>Representative Johnny Garrett</category><category>Davidson County Sheriff Daron Hall</category><category domain="tag">immigration-enforcement</category><category domain="tag">ice</category><category domain="tag">trump-administration</category><category domain="tag">legislative-capture</category><category domain="tag">institutional-capture</category><category domain="tag">executive-power-expansion</category><category domain="tag">democratic-erosion</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Governor Bill Lee signed HB2219/SB2223 into law, making Tennessee the first state in the nation to mandate that all 95 county sheriffs enter into 287(g) cooperative agreements with ICE. The law strips local law enforcement agencies of discretion previously guaranteed under the vo</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Governor Bill Lee, Tennessee General Assembly, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Senator Jack Johnson, Representative Johnny Garrett, Davidson County Sheriff Daron Hall</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-10--tennessee-hb2219-287g-sheriff-mandate-signed-law/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>USCIS Ends Automatic Deportation Protection for Child Immigrants Awaiting Visa Backlog, Policy Takes Effect May 10</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-10--uscis-ends-sijs-deferred-action-child-immigrants-visa-backlog/</link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-05-10</dc:date><description>On May 10, 2026, USCIS rescinded the 2022 policy that automatically granted deferred action to Special Immigrant Juveniles (SIJs) — children who have been abused, neglected, or abandoned and have been adjudicated dependent by a state court. Since 2022, SIJ-approved children unabl</description><category>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services</category><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category>Kristi Noem</category><category domain="tag">immigration-enforcement</category><category domain="tag">ice</category><category domain="tag">trump-administration</category><category domain="tag">civil-rights</category><category domain="tag">institutional-capture</category><category domain="tag">executive-power-expansion</category><category domain="tag">democratic-erosion</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On May 10, 2026, USCIS rescinded the 2022 policy that automatically granted deferred action to Special Immigrant Juveniles (SIJs) — children who have been abused, neglected, or abandoned and have been adjudicated dependent by a state court. Since 2022, SIJ-approved children unabl</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-10--uscis-ends-sijs-deferred-action-child-immigrants-visa-backlog/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>6+ EDVA Prosecutors Fired or Forced Out as DOJ Purges Those Who Resisted Comey Political Indictment</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-09--doj-edva-prosecutors-purged-comey-prosecution-fallout/</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-05-09</dc:date><description>As of May 9, 2026, at least six prosecutors in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA) — one of the nation's most significant federal prosecutorial offices — had been demoted, fired, or forced out following the Justice Department's push to indict fo</description><category>Department of Justice</category><category>Pam Bondi</category><category>James Comey</category><category>Lindsey Halligan</category><category>U.S. Attorney's Office Eastern District of Virginia</category><category domain="tag">doj</category><category domain="tag">regulatory-capture</category><category domain="tag">institutional-capture</category><category domain="tag">rule-of-law</category><category domain="tag">obstruction-of-justice</category><category domain="tag">trump-administration</category><category domain="tag">corruption</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>As of May 9, 2026, at least six prosecutors in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA) — one of the nation's most significant federal prosecutorial offices — had been demoted, fired, or forced out following the Justice Department's push to indict fo</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Department of Justice, Pam Bondi, James Comey, Lindsey Halligan, U.S. Attorney's Office Eastern District of Virginia</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-09--doj-edva-prosecutors-purged-comey-prosecution-fallout/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Tennessee HB2219 Mandating All 95 County Sheriffs Join 287(g) ICE Program Transmitted to Governor Lee</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-09--tennessee-hb2219-287g-mandatory-sheriff-enrollment-awaiting-signature/</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-05-09</dc:date><description>Tennessee HB2219/SB2223 — which would require all 95 county sheriffs to enroll in the federal 287(g) program by January 1, 2027 or risk losing state funding — was enrolled April 29, 2026 and transmitted to Governor Bill Lee on May 7, 2026. As of May 9-11, 2026, Governor Lee has n</description><category>Governor Bill Lee</category><category>Tennessee General Assembly</category><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)</category><category>Senator Jack Johnson</category><category>Representative Johnny Garrett</category><category domain="tag">immigration-enforcement</category><category domain="tag">legislative-capture</category><category domain="tag">ice</category><category domain="tag">dhs</category><category domain="tag">institutional-capture</category><category domain="tag">trump-administration</category><category domain="tag">project-2025</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Tennessee HB2219/SB2223 — which would require all 95 county sheriffs to enroll in the federal 287(g) program by January 1, 2027 or risk losing state funding — was enrolled April 29, 2026 and transmitted to Governor Bill Lee on May 7, 2026. As of May 9-11, 2026, Governor Lee has n</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Governor Bill Lee, Tennessee General Assembly, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Senator Jack Johnson, Representative Johnny Garrett</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-09--tennessee-hb2219-287g-mandatory-sheriff-enrollment-awaiting-signature/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>11th Circuit Rejects Trump No-Bond Detention Policy, Deepening 4-Way Circuit Split Toward SCOTUS</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-08--eleventh-circuit-rejects-trump-no-bond-detention-policy-circuit-split/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-05-08</dc:date><description>A panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on May 7-8, 2026 that DHS's mandatory no-bond detention policy — applied to virtually all ICE detainees regardless of criminal history — exceeds the authority granted by Congress, becoming the second appellate court to rejec</description><category>11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals</category><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)</category><category>U.S. Supreme Court</category><category domain="tag">immigration-enforcement</category><category domain="tag">judicial-capture</category><category domain="tag">rule-of-law</category><category domain="tag">ice</category><category domain="tag">constitutional-crisis</category><category domain="tag">executive-overreach</category><category domain="tag">trump-administration</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>A panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on May 7-8, 2026 that DHS's mandatory no-bond detention policy — applied to virtually all ICE detainees regardless of criminal history — exceeds the authority granted by Congress, becoming the second appellate court to rejec</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. Supreme Court</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-08--eleventh-circuit-rejects-trump-no-bond-detention-policy-circuit-split/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>CBP Refund Portal Validates 47,000 IEEPA Tariff Claims as Treasury Begins Returning Estimated $166B in Unlawful Duties</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-08--ieepa-tariff-refund-portal-launches-166-billion-liability/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-05-08</dc:date><description>U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Consolidated Administration and Processing of Entries (CAPE) refund portal, launched April 20 following the Supreme Court's February 20, 2026 ruling in Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act does</description><category>U.S. Customs and Border Protection</category><category>U.S. Department of the Treasury</category><category>Donald Trump</category><category>Scott Bessent</category><category domain="tag">regulatory-capture</category><category domain="tag">executive-power-expansion</category><category domain="tag">corruption</category><category domain="tag">rule-of-law</category><category domain="tag">corporate-capture</category><category domain="tag">trump-administration</category>
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<title>Hegseth Orders Open-Ended Review of Military Legal System, Wresting JAG Oversight From a Congressional Panel</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-08--hegseth-orders-department-wide-military-legal-review-wresting-jag-oversight-from-congress/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-05-08</dc:date><description>Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a memo on May 8, 2026 (reported by Defense One on May 15) ordering an "ongoing, long-term, department-wide review of all aspects of the military legal system as it affects our warriors," to be convened by Department of Defense General Counsel</description><category>Pete Hegseth</category><category>Earl Matthews</category><category>JAG Corps</category><category>Department of Defense</category><category domain="tag">agency-purges</category><category domain="tag">accountability-elimination</category><category domain="tag">rule-of-law</category><category domain="tag">pentagon</category><category domain="tag">oversight-capture</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a memo on May 8, 2026 (reported by Defense One on May 15) ordering an "ongoing, long-term, department-wide review of all aspects of the military legal system as it affects our warriors," to be convened by Department of Defense General Counsel</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Pete Hegseth, Earl Matthews, JAG Corps, Department of Defense</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-08--hegseth-orders-department-wide-military-legal-review-wresting-jag-oversight-from-congress/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Treasury Sanctions China-Based Entities Supplying Satellite Imagery That Enabled Iran's Strikes on U.S. Forces; War Now in Third Month, $25B Cost</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-08--treasury-sanctions-china-satellite-imagery-iran-strikes-us-forces/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-05-08</dc:date><description>The Treasury Department and State Department on May 8, 2026 jointly announced sanctions on 11 entities and three individuals located in Iran, China, Belarus, and the United Arab Emirates for facilitating Iran's military procurement and battlefield operations against U.S. forces. </description><category>U.S. Department of the Treasury</category><category>U.S. Department of State</category><category>Donald Trump</category><category>Pete Hegseth</category><category>Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps</category><category>Government of the People's Republic of China</category><category domain="tag">executive-power-expansion</category><category domain="tag">national-security</category><category domain="tag">foreign-influence</category><category domain="tag">trump-administration</category><category domain="tag">government-contract</category><category domain="tag">rule-of-law</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The Treasury Department and State Department on May 8, 2026 jointly announced sanctions on 11 entities and three individuals located in Iran, China, Belarus, and the United Arab Emirates for facilitating Iran's military procurement and battlefield operations against U.S. forces. </p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> U.S. Department of the Treasury, U.S. Department of State, Donald Trump, Pete Hegseth, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Government of the People's Republic of China</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-08--treasury-sanctions-china-satellite-imagery-iran-strikes-us-forces/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Trump Announces Three-Day Russia-Ukraine Ceasefire on Truth Social Timed to Putin's Victory Day Parade, Bypassing State Department Process</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-08--russia-ukraine-three-day-ceasefire-victory-day-trump-truth-social/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-05-08</dc:date><description>Trump announced on Truth Social the evening of May 8, 2026 that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to a three-day ceasefire covering May 9, 10, and 11 — Victory Day, the Russian holiday Putin uses to stage the country's largest annual military parade in Red Square. The truce was frame</description><category>Donald Trump</category><category>Vladimir Putin</category><category>Volodymyr Zelenskyy</category><category>Yuri Ushakov</category><category>U.S. Department of State</category><category domain="tag">executive-power-expansion</category><category domain="tag">foreign-influence</category><category domain="tag">trump-administration</category><category domain="tag">rule-of-law</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Trump announced on Truth Social the evening of May 8, 2026 that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to a three-day ceasefire covering May 9, 10, and 11 — Victory Day, the Russian holiday Putin uses to stage the country's largest annual military parade in Red Square. The truce was frame</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Yuri Ushakov, U.S. Department of State</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-08--russia-ukraine-three-day-ceasefire-victory-day-trump-truth-social/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Washington Post Documents 80,000+ Voluntary Departure Orders Under Trump; March 2026 Alone Hit 9,000 as Detention Coerces Asylum Abandonment</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-08--washington-post-voluntary-departure-orders-80000-detention-coercion/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-05-08</dc:date><description>A Washington Post investigation published May 8, 2026 found that immigration judges have issued more than 80,000 voluntary-departure orders since Trump's January 2025 inauguration, with more than 70 percent of those granted such orders held in immigration detention at the time of</description><category>U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category>U.S. Department of Homeland Security</category><category>U.S. Executive Office for Immigration Review</category><category>Donald Trump</category><category>Stephen Miller</category><category domain="tag">ice</category><category domain="tag">dhs</category><category domain="tag">civil-rights-suppression</category><category domain="tag">institutional-capture</category><category domain="tag">rule-of-law</category><category domain="tag">trump-administration</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>A Washington Post investigation published May 8, 2026 found that immigration judges have issued more than 80,000 voluntary-departure orders since Trump's January 2025 inauguration, with more than 70 percent of those granted such orders held in immigration detention at the time of</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Executive Office for Immigration Review, Donald Trump, Stephen Miller</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-08--washington-post-voluntary-departure-orders-80000-detention-coercion/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Ashley St. Clair, Former TPUSA Brand Ambassador, Publicly Documents 'Fight Fight Fight' Influencer-Coordination Group Chats and Per-Post Payment Operation Linking Trump Campaign Officials to Right-Wing Social Media Personalities</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-07--ashley-st-clair-exposes-tpusa-influencer-fight-fight-fight-marching-orders/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-05-07</dc:date><description>On May 7, 2026, Ashley St. Clair — a 27-year-old former Turning Point USA brand ambassador who had built an X following exceeding one million, authored an anti-transgender children's book, appeared on Fox News, and visited Mar-a-Lago for photos — published documentation through T</description><category>Ashley St. Clair</category><category>James Blair</category><category>Donald Trump</category><category>Elon Musk</category><category>Charlie Kirk</category><category>Turning Point USA</category><category domain="tag">troll-army</category><category domain="tag">influencer-coordination</category><category domain="tag">turning-point-usa</category><category domain="tag">ashley-st-clair</category><category domain="tag">james-blair</category><category domain="tag">elon-musk</category><category domain="tag">paid-influence-operation</category><category domain="tag">viral-outrage-infrastructure</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On May 7, 2026, Ashley St. Clair — a 27-year-old former Turning Point USA brand ambassador who had built an X following exceeding one million, authored an anti-transgender children's book, appeared on Fox News, and visited Mar-a-Lago for photos — published documentation through T</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Ashley St. Clair, James Blair, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Charlie Kirk, Turning Point USA, Rogan O'Handley, Renée DiResta</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-07--ashley-st-clair-exposes-tpusa-influencer-fight-fight-fight-marching-orders/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Border Czar Homan Confirms ICE Detains US Citizens Daily, Defends Practice as Acceptable</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-07--homan-confirms-ice-detains-us-citizens-daily-acknowledges-pattern/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-05-07</dc:date><description>White House border czar Tom Homan acknowledged on May 7, 2026 that ICE routinely detains US citizens during immigration operations, saying "Have U.S. citizens ever been shortly detained based on suspicion? I'm sure. I'm sure" — while maintaining that citizens are released once id</description><category>Tom Homan</category><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)</category><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category domain="tag">immigration-enforcement</category><category domain="tag">ice</category><category domain="tag">civil-rights</category><category domain="tag">dhs</category><category domain="tag">abuse-of-power</category><category domain="tag">trump-administration</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>White House border czar Tom Homan acknowledged on May 7, 2026 that ICE routinely detains US citizens during immigration operations, saying "Have U.S. citizens ever been shortly detained based on suspicion? I'm sure. I'm sure" — while maintaining that citizens are released once id</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Tom Homan, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Department of Homeland Security</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-07--homan-confirms-ice-detains-us-citizens-daily-acknowledges-pattern/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Border Czar Homan Promises 'Mass Deportations Are Coming' at Phoenix Border Security Expo, Vows to 'Flood the Zone' in Sanctuary Jurisdictions</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-07--homan-border-security-expo-phoenix-mass-deportations-coming-flood-the-zone-sanctuary-jurisdictions/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-05-07</dc:date><description>White House border czar Tom Homan, speaking at the Border Security Expo in Phoenix, Arizona, told the assembled audience of federal-enforcement contractors and personnel that "the mass deportation promise will happen" and pledged to "flood the zone" with immigration officers in j</description><category>Tom Homan</category><category>U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category>U.S. Customs and Border Protection</category><category>Kathy Hochul</category><category domain="tag">ice</category><category domain="tag">dhs</category><category domain="tag">mass-deportation</category><category domain="tag">sanctuary-jurisdictions</category><category domain="tag">immigration-enforcement</category><category domain="tag">trump-administration</category><category domain="tag">federal-state-conflict</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>White House border czar Tom Homan, speaking at the Border Security Expo in Phoenix, Arizona, told the assembled audience of federal-enforcement contractors and personnel that "the mass deportation promise will happen" and pledged to "flood the zone" with immigration officers in j</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Tom Homan, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Kathy Hochul</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-07--homan-border-security-expo-phoenix-mass-deportations-coming-flood-the-zone-sanctuary-jurisdictions/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>CoreCivic Q1 2026 Earnings Confirm Operational Ramp ($614.7M Revenue, ICE Doubled to $261.3M) but Disclose Temporary ICE Population Decline; No Mention of Warren-Raskin Letter, Mullin Pause, or In-Custody Death Litigation</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-07--corecivic-q1-2026-earnings-call-and-10q-review/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-05-07</dc:date><description>On May 7, 2026, CoreCivic Inc. (NYSE: CXW) hosted its Q1 2026 earnings call at 11:00 a.m. ET, the morning after its post-close press release of May 6. Q1 2026 is the first full quarter under CEO Patrick Swindle, who succeeded Damon Hininger on January 1, 2026, and the company's p</description><category>CoreCivic</category><category>Patrick Swindle</category><category>David Garfinkle</category><category>Damon Hininger</category><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)</category><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category domain="capture-lane">Detention Industrial Complex</category><category domain="capture-lane">Congressional Oversight (negative space)</category><category domain="capture-lane">Federal Contracting</category><category domain="capture-lane">Financial Capture</category><category domain="tag">q1-2026-earnings</category><category domain="tag">corecivic</category><category domain="tag">cxw</category><category domain="tag">ice-detention</category><category domain="tag">midwest-regional-reception-center</category><category domain="tag">leavenworth</category><category domain="tag">clinical-solutions-pharmacy</category><category domain="tag">warren-raskin-probe</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On May 7, 2026, CoreCivic Inc. (NYSE: CXW) hosted its Q1 2026 earnings call at 11:00 a.m. ET, the morning after its post-close press release of May 6. Q1 2026 is the first full quarter under CEO Patrick Swindle, who succeeded Damon Hininger on January 1, 2026, and the company's p</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> CoreCivic, Patrick Swindle, David Garfinkle, Damon Hininger, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Department of Homeland Security, Markwayne Mullin</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Detention Industrial Complex, Congressional Oversight (negative space), Federal Contracting, Financial Capture</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-07--corecivic-q1-2026-earnings-call-and-10q-review/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>ICE 287(g) Funding Pipeline Reaches $137M Already Disbursed, $2B Projected for 2026 With Performance Bonuses for Immigration Arrests; 760+ Departments, 13,800-15,800 Officers Deputized</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-07--ice-287g-funding-pipeline-2-billion-local-police-deputization/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-05-07</dc:date><description>A FWD.us analysis published the week of May 5-7, 2026 and amplified across NPR member stations documents that ICE has already disbursed at least $137 million in direct payments to local police agencies under the expanded 287(g) program in 2026, with a projected $1.4 to $2 billion</description><category>U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category>U.S. Department of Homeland Security</category><category>local police departments</category><category>county sheriffs</category><category>FWD.us</category><category domain="tag">ice</category><category domain="tag">dhs</category><category domain="tag">institutional-capture</category><category domain="tag">regulatory-capture</category><category domain="tag">civil-rights-suppression</category><category domain="tag">government-contract</category><category domain="tag">trump-administration</category><category domain="tag">surveillance</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>A FWD.us analysis published the week of May 5-7, 2026 and amplified across NPR member stations documents that ICE has already disbursed at least $137 million in direct payments to local police agencies under the expanded 287(g) program in 2026, with a projected $1.4 to $2 billion</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, local police departments, county sheriffs, FWD.us</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-07--ice-287g-funding-pipeline-2-billion-local-police-deputization/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>ICE Custody Deaths Hit 17 in First Four Months of 2026 (One Every Six Days); 152 New Detention Facilities Opened Across 39 States Since January 2025</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-07--ice-custody-deaths-reach-17-152-new-detention-facilities-39-states-2026-record-pace/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-05-07</dc:date><description>Two reinforcing data points crystallized into the May 7, 2026 baseline picture of ICE detention. **First**: ICE custody deaths reached 17 in the first four months of 2026 — a pace of roughly one death every six days, on track to surpass both the 2025 total of 31 (already a two-de</description><category>U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category>U.S. Department of Homeland Security</category><category>Detention Watch Network</category><category>Setareh Ghandehari</category><category>Vera Institute of Justice</category><category>American Civil Liberties Union</category><category domain="tag">ice</category><category domain="tag">dhs</category><category domain="tag">detention-deaths</category><category domain="tag">detention-expansion</category><category domain="tag">corecivic</category><category domain="tag">geo-group</category><category domain="tag">government-contract</category><category domain="tag">oversight-failure</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Two reinforcing data points crystallized into the May 7, 2026 baseline picture of ICE detention. **First**: ICE custody deaths reached 17 in the first four months of 2026 — a pace of roughly one death every six days, on track to surpass both the 2025 total of 31 (already a two-de</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Detention Watch Network, Setareh Ghandehari, Vera Institute of Justice, American Civil Liberties Union, CoreCivic</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-07--ice-custody-deaths-reach-17-152-new-detention-facilities-39-states-2026-record-pace/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Palantir Awarded USDA No-Bid Contract Up to $75M for 'Bossware' Tracking of Federal Workers' Return-to-Office Compliance</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-07--palantir-usda-75-million-no-bid-bossware-return-to-office-federal-workforce-surveillance/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-05-07</dc:date><description>The U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded Palantir Technologies a no-bid contract worth up to $75 million to track federal workers' return-to-office (RTO) compliance — applying the workforce-surveillance pattern that private-sector employers call "bossware" to the federal civil </description><category>Palantir Technologies</category><category>U.S. Department of Agriculture</category><category>Brooke Rollins</category><category domain="tag">palantir</category><category domain="tag">usda</category><category domain="tag">no-bid-contract</category><category domain="tag">government-contract</category><category domain="tag">surveillance</category><category domain="tag">federal-workforce</category><category domain="tag">bossware</category><category domain="tag">sole-source-justification</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded Palantir Technologies a no-bid contract worth up to $75 million to track federal workers' return-to-office (RTO) compliance — applying the workforce-surveillance pattern that private-sector employers call "bossware" to the federal civil </p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Palantir Technologies, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Brooke Rollins</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-07--palantir-usda-75-million-no-bid-bossware-return-to-office-federal-workforce-surveillance/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Pentagon CDAO Quintuples Scale AI Contract to $500M Using No-Bid OTA — Eight Months After Original Award</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-07--pentagon-cdao-scale-ai-500m-ota-expansion-five-fold-no-bid/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-05-07</dc:date><description>On May 7, 2026, the Department of War's Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) announced a five-fold expansion of its enterprise agreement with Scale AI — from a $100 million ceiling to $500 million — just eight months after the original award. The expansion used</description><category>Scale AI</category><category>Pete Hegseth</category><category>Cameron Stanley</category><category>Emil Michael</category><category>Jason Droege</category><category>Dan Tadross</category><category domain="capture-lane">Military-Industrial Capture</category><category domain="capture-lane">Digital and Tech Capture</category><category domain="capture-lane">Accountability Elimination</category><category domain="tag">no-bid-contract</category><category domain="tag">ota-bypass</category><category domain="tag">surveillance-industrial-complex</category><category domain="tag">ai-procurement</category><category domain="tag">pentagon</category><category domain="tag">military-capture</category><category domain="tag">accountability-elimination</category><category domain="tag">revolving-door</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On May 7, 2026, the Department of War's Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) announced a five-fold expansion of its enterprise agreement with Scale AI — from a $100 million ceiling to $500 million — just eight months after the original award. The expansion used</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Scale AI, Pete Hegseth, Cameron Stanley, Emil Michael, Jason Droege, Dan Tadross, Alexandr Wang, CDAO, Department of War, Meta Platforms</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Military-Industrial Capture, Digital and Tech Capture, Accountability Elimination</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-07--pentagon-cdao-scale-ai-500m-ota-expansion-five-fold-no-bid/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Tennessee Governor Signs GOP Gerrymander Dismantling Sole Majority-Black Congressional District, Dividing Memphis Three Ways</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-07--tennessee-gop-gerrymander-memphis-majority-black-district-signed/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-05-07</dc:date><description>Governor Bill Lee signed a new congressional map into law on May 7, 2026, dismantling Tennessee's sole majority-Black congressional district — the Memphis-based 9th District held by longtime Rep. Steve Cohen — by carving Shelby County (64% Black) into three separate majority-whit</description><category>Governor Bill Lee</category><category>Tennessee General Assembly</category><category>Representative Steve Cohen</category><category>Donald Trump</category><category>Democracy Docket</category><category domain="tag">voter-suppression</category><category domain="tag">election-interference</category><category domain="tag">institutional-racism</category><category domain="tag">voting-rights</category><category domain="tag">legislative-capture</category><category domain="tag">trump-administration</category><category domain="tag">democratic-erosion</category><category domain="tag">republican-party</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Governor Bill Lee signed a new congressional map into law on May 7, 2026, dismantling Tennessee's sole majority-Black congressional district — the Memphis-based 9th District held by longtime Rep. Steve Cohen — by carving Shelby County (64% Black) into three separate majority-whit</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Governor Bill Lee, Tennessee General Assembly, Representative Steve Cohen, Donald Trump, Democracy Docket</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-07--tennessee-gop-gerrymander-memphis-majority-black-district-signed/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Fourth Documented Iran-Announcement Oil Short: $920M in WTI/Brent Shorts at 3:40 AM ET, 70 Minutes Before Axios 'Memorandum of Understanding' Report; ~$125M Profit by 7:00 AM</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-06--kobeissi-iran-oil-shorts-920m-70-minutes-axios-mou-report/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-05-06</dc:date><description>At 3:40 a.m. Eastern on May 6, 2026, a trader (or coordinated group of traders) placed approximately 10,000 crude oil short contracts on the WTI and Brent futures markets — roughly $920 million in notional value — without any concurrent public news to justify the position. **Seve</description><category>Donald Trump</category><category>The Kobeissi Letter</category><category>Axios</category><category>Commodity Futures Trading Commission</category><category>Securities and Exchange Commission</category><category>Elizabeth Warren</category><category domain="tag">oil-futures</category><category domain="tag">insider-trading</category><category domain="tag">iran-war</category><category domain="tag">truth-social</category><category domain="tag">kobeissi-letter</category><category domain="tag">cftc-probe</category><category domain="tag">sec-investigation</category><category domain="tag">predation-economy</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>At 3:40 a.m. Eastern on May 6, 2026, a trader (or coordinated group of traders) placed approximately 10,000 crude oil short contracts on the WTI and Brent futures markets — roughly $920 million in notional value — without any concurrent public news to justify the position. **Seve</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Donald Trump, The Kobeissi Letter, Axios, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Securities and Exchange Commission, Elizabeth Warren, Sheldon Whitehouse, Ritchie Torres, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Paul Krugman</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-06--kobeissi-iran-oil-shorts-920m-70-minutes-axios-mou-report/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>GEO Group Reports Q1 2026 Revenue $705M, Raises Full-Year Guidance to $2.95-$3.10B on ICE Reactivations; No Mention of Warren-Raskin Letter</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-06--geo-group-q1-2026-results-raises-guidance/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-05-06</dc:date><description>On May 6, 2026, before the market opened, The GEO Group released its Q1 2026 financial results and raised full-year 2026 guidance, citing the ramp of ICE detention-bed reactivations awarded in 2025. The earnings call followed at 11:00 a.m. Eastern. CoreCivic's parallel Q1 2026 re</description><category>GEO Group</category><category>George Zoley</category><category>Mark Suchinski</category><category>Shayn March</category><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)</category><category>BI Incorporated</category><category domain="capture-lane">Detention Industrial Complex</category><category domain="capture-lane">Congressional Oversight (negative space)</category><category domain="capture-lane">Federal Contracting</category><category domain="tag">geo-group</category><category domain="tag">q1-2026-earnings</category><category domain="tag">ice-detention</category><category domain="tag">corecivic-comparable</category><category domain="tag">warren-raskin-probe</category><category domain="tag">detention-industrial</category><category domain="tag">share-repurchase</category><category domain="tag">cfo-transition</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On May 6, 2026, before the market opened, The GEO Group released its Q1 2026 financial results and raised full-year 2026 guidance, citing the ramp of ICE detention-bed reactivations awarded in 2025. The earnings call followed at 11:00 a.m. Eastern. CoreCivic's parallel Q1 2026 re</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> GEO Group, George Zoley, Mark Suchinski, Shayn March, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), BI Incorporated</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Detention Industrial Complex, Congressional Oversight (negative space), Federal Contracting</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-06--geo-group-q1-2026-results-raises-guidance/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Pre-decision baseline: OCC 120-day decision window for WLTC Holdings national trust bank charter expires May 7, 2026 with no decision announced</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-06--wltc-occ-charter-pre-decision-baseline/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-05-06</dc:date><description>## Opening paragraph</description><category>WLTC Holdings LLC</category><category>World Liberty Financial</category><category>Office of the Comptroller of the Currency</category><category>Jonathan Gould</category><category>Donald Trump</category><category>Eric Trump</category><category domain="capture-lane">Regulatory Capture</category><category domain="capture-lane">Financial Capture</category><category domain="capture-lane">Gulf-State Capital Flow</category><category domain="capture-lane">Systematic Corruption</category><category domain="tag">investigation-4</category><category domain="tag">wlfi</category><category domain="tag">wltc</category><category domain="tag">occ</category><category domain="tag">trust-bank-charter</category><category domain="tag">usd1-stablecoin</category><category domain="tag">gould</category><category domain="tag">warren</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>## Opening paragraph</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> WLTC Holdings LLC, World Liberty Financial, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Jonathan Gould, Donald Trump, Eric Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Elizabeth Warren</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Regulatory Capture, Financial Capture, Gulf-State Capital Flow, Systematic Corruption</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-06--wltc-occ-charter-pre-decision-baseline/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons Admits He 'Didn't Know Some Countries Existed' That ICE Is Deporting Migrants To Under Third-Country Program</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-05--ice-director-lyons-admits-didnt-know-deportation-countries-existed-third-country-program/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-05-05</dc:date><description>Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons, speaking at a "State of the Border" panel discussion, openly admitted: "Now we are actually removing people to countries that I didn't even know existed." Lyons characterized the third-country deportation program as "a huge game changer" in impleme</description><category>Todd Lyons</category><category>U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category>U.S. Department of Homeland Security</category><category domain="tag">ice</category><category domain="tag">dhs</category><category domain="tag">third-country-deportation</category><category domain="tag">deportation-data</category><category domain="tag">immigration-enforcement</category><category domain="tag">oversight-failure</category><category domain="tag">trump-administration</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons, speaking at a "State of the Border" panel discussion, openly admitted: "Now we are actually removing people to countries that I didn't even know existed." Lyons characterized the third-country deportation program as "a huge game changer" in impleme</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Todd Lyons, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Department of Homeland Security</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-05--ice-director-lyons-admits-didnt-know-deportation-countries-existed-third-country-program/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>ICE Air Hits Record 1,794 Enforcement Flights in March 2026 — 122% Surge, First Removals to Moldova, Myanmar, Thailand</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-05--human-rights-first-ice-flight-monitor-march-2026-record-1794-flights/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-05-05</dc:date><description>Human Rights First's ICE Flight Monitor report for March 2026, published May 5, documents that U.S. immigration enforcement flights reached a record high of 1,794 in a single month — a 122% increase over March 2025. The March total includes 225 removal flights to 46 countries (a </description><category>U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category>ICE Air Operations</category><category>Human Rights First</category><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category domain="tag">immigration-enforcement</category><category domain="tag">ice</category><category domain="tag">trump-administration</category><category domain="tag">civil-rights</category><category domain="tag">surveillance-infrastructure</category><category domain="tag">institutional-capture</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Human Rights First's ICE Flight Monitor report for March 2026, published May 5, documents that U.S. immigration enforcement flights reached a record high of 1,794 in a single month — a 122% increase over March 2025. The March total includes 225 removal flights to 46 countries (a </p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ICE Air Operations, Human Rights First, Department of Homeland Security</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-05--human-rights-first-ice-flight-monitor-march-2026-record-1794-flights/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Christopher Armitage Publishes Comprehensive Prosecutorial-Strategy Essay 'This Is Way Bigger Than RICO' on The Existentialist Republic, Articulating State-Prosecution Dual-Sovereignty Strategy Against Federal Officers</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-04--armitage-publishes-prosecutorial-strategy-essay-existentialist-republic/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-05-04</dc:date><description>On May 4, 2026, Christopher Armitage published "This is way bigger than RICO. Is There a Legal Strategy That Could Put the Entire Trump-GOP Criminal Enterprise in Jail Without Waiting for an Election?" on his Substack publication The Existentialist Republic. The essay is Armitage</description><category>Christopher Armitage</category><category>The Existentialist Republic</category><category domain="tag">armitage-christopher</category><category domain="tag">prosecutorial-strategy</category><category domain="tag">dual-sovereignty</category><category domain="tag">oppositional-federalism</category><category domain="tag">the-existentialist-republic</category><category domain="tag">rico</category><category domain="tag">state-rico-statutes</category><category domain="tag">federal-officer-prosecution</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On May 4, 2026, Christopher Armitage published "This is way bigger than RICO. Is There a Legal Strategy That Could Put the Entire Trump-GOP Criminal Enterprise in Jail Without Waiting for an Election?" on his Substack publication The Existentialist Republic. The essay is Armitage</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Christopher Armitage, The Existentialist Republic</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-04--armitage-publishes-prosecutorial-strategy-essay-existentialist-republic/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>DHS SAVE Cross-Match Voter Purge Blitz in Ohio, Texas, Idaho Ahead of 2026 Midterms; 95% False-Positive Rate Documented</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-04--dhs-save-voter-roll-purge-blitz-ohio-texas-idaho-2026-midterms/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-05-04</dc:date><description>As of early May 2026, the Trump administration has pushed multiple states to submit entire voter rolls to DHS's SAVE (Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements) database to flag potential non-citizen registrants ahead of the 2026 midterms. At least one state board voted to s</description><category>Department of Justice</category><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category>Election boards (Ohio)</category><category>Election boards (Texas)</category><category>Election boards (Idaho)</category><category domain="tag">election-systems</category><category domain="tag">voter-suppression</category><category domain="tag">dhs</category><category domain="tag">nvra</category><category domain="tag">voter-roll-purges</category><category domain="tag">2026-midterms</category><category domain="tag">institutional-capture</category><category domain="tag">trump-administration</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>As of early May 2026, the Trump administration has pushed multiple states to submit entire voter rolls to DHS's SAVE (Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements) database to flag potential non-citizen registrants ahead of the 2026 midterms. At least one state board voted to s</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Department of Justice, Department of Homeland Security, Election boards (Ohio), Election boards (Texas), Election boards (Idaho)</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-04--dhs-save-voter-roll-purge-blitz-ohio-texas-idaho-2026-midterms/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>SCOTUS 6-3 Callais Ruling Immediately Effective, Voiding 100K Ballots; Roberts Court Completes VRA Gutting</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-04--scotus-callais-vra-section-2-immediate-effect-order-overrides-100k-ballots/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-05-04</dc:date><description>On May 4, 2026, the Supreme Court granted the winning plaintiffs' request to immediately finalize its 6-3 ruling in Louisiana v. Callais (decided April 29) — bypassing the standard 32-day waiting period — even though more than 100,000 Louisiana voters had already cast early ballo</description><category>John Roberts</category><category>Clarence Thomas</category><category>Samuel Alito</category><category>Neil Gorsuch</category><category>Brett Kavanaugh</category><category>Amy Coney Barrett</category><category domain="tag">judicial-capture</category><category domain="tag">voting-rights</category><category domain="tag">election-systems</category><category domain="tag">roberts-court</category><category domain="tag">gerrymandering</category><category domain="tag">racial-gerrymandering</category><category domain="tag">majority-minority-districts</category><category domain="tag">institutional-capture</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On May 4, 2026, the Supreme Court granted the winning plaintiffs' request to immediately finalize its 6-3 ruling in Louisiana v. Callais (decided April 29) — bypassing the standard 32-day waiting period — even though more than 100,000 Louisiana voters had already cast early ballo</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> John Roberts, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett, Ketanji Brown Jackson, Jeff Landry</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-04--scotus-callais-vra-section-2-immediate-effect-order-overrides-100k-ballots/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>WLFI Token Hits All-Time Low $0.052 (–85% from Peak) After Bloomberg Exposes 5.9 Billion Secret Token Sale Routing Proceeds to Trump-Affiliated Entities</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-02--wlfi-token-may-2026-collapse-bloomberg-investigation-5-9b-secret-sale/</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-05-02</dc:date><description>On May 2, 2026, World Liberty Financial's WLFI token hit an all-time low of approximately $0.052, an 85% collapse from its September 2025 all-time high of $0.46. The proximate trigger was a Bloomberg investigation (published May 1, 2026) revealing that after the project's public </description><category>World Liberty Financial</category><category>Donald Trump</category><category>Donald Trump Jr.</category><category>Eric Trump</category><category>Zach Witkoff</category><category>Corey Caplan</category><category domain="capture-lane">Financial Capture</category><category domain="capture-lane">Digital and Tech Capture</category><category domain="capture-lane">Self-Dealing and Emoluments</category><category domain="tag">wlfi</category><category domain="tag">crypto</category><category domain="tag">trump-family-enrichment</category><category domain="tag">insider-dealing</category><category domain="tag">secret-token-sale</category><category domain="tag">collapse</category><category domain="tag">bloomberg-investigation</category><category domain="tag">governance-coercion</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On May 2, 2026, World Liberty Financial's WLFI token hit an all-time low of approximately $0.052, an 85% collapse from its September 2025 all-time high of $0.46. The proximate trigger was a Bloomberg investigation (published May 1, 2026) revealing that after the project's public </p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> World Liberty Financial, Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, Zach Witkoff, Corey Caplan, DT Marks DEFI LLC, Justin Sun, Elizabeth Warren</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Financial Capture, Digital and Tech Capture, Self-Dealing and Emoluments</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-05-02--wlfi-token-may-2026-collapse-bloomberg-investigation-5-9b-secret-sale/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Virginia Enacts HB 892 Mandating SCC Investigation of Dominion Load Forecasting Methodology, Authorizes PJM Coordination</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-04-30--virginia-hb892-scc-load-forecast-review-dominion-pjm/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-04-30</dc:date><description>Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger signed **House Bill 892** (Del. Irene Shin, D-Fairfax) in late April 2026, enacting a law that directs the State Corporation Commission to initiate a formal hearing investigating how Phase I and Phase II utilities — primarily Dominion Energy V</description><category>Del. Irene Shin (D-Fairfax) — bill sponsor</category><category>Gov. Abigail Spanberger — signed</category><category>Cody Murphey — Data Center Coalition, cited concerns about Dominion forecasting transparency</category><category>Will Cleveland — Google representative</category><category>Jacqueline R. Vitiello — Dominion Energy representative</category><category>R. Matthew Gardner — Dominion VP Electric Transmission</category><category domain="tag">investigation-6</category><category domain="tag">virginia</category><category domain="tag">dominion-energy</category><category domain="tag">load-forecast</category><category domain="tag">pjm</category><category domain="tag">hb-892</category><category domain="tag">ratepayer-cost-shift</category><category domain="tag">data-center</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger signed **House Bill 892** (Del. Irene Shin, D-Fairfax) in late April 2026, enacting a law that directs the State Corporation Commission to initiate a formal hearing investigating how Phase I and Phase II utilities — primarily Dominion Energy V</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Del. Irene Shin (D-Fairfax) — bill sponsor, Gov. Abigail Spanberger — signed, Cody Murphey — Data Center Coalition, cited concerns about Dominion forecasting transparency, Will Cleveland — Google representative, Jacqueline R. Vitiello — Dominion Energy representative, R. Matthew Gardner — Dominion VP Electric Transmission, Stan Blackwell — Dominion Director, Data Center Practice</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-04-30--virginia-hb892-scc-load-forecast-review-dominion-pjm/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>ProPublica Disclosure Database Shows 144 Trump Administration Appointees with Palantir Holdings, Compensation, or Employment Ties</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-04-23--144-trump-appointees-palantir-disclosures/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-04-23</dc:date><description>As of April 23, 2026, a search of ProPublica's Trump Team Financial Disclosures database for "Palantir" returns **144 appointees** with disclosed Palantir Technologies exposure — direct equity holdings, spouse holdings, children's brokerage accounts, prior or current employment, </description><category>Donald Trump</category><category>Stephen Miller</category><category>Kash Patel</category><category>Jeanine Pirro</category><category>Dean John Sauer</category><category>John Phelan</category><category domain="capture-lane">Distributed Personnel Capture</category><category domain="capture-lane">Surveillance Contractor Capture</category><category domain="capture-lane">Conflicts of Interest</category><category domain="tag">palantir</category><category domain="tag">propublica</category><category domain="tag">financial-disclosures</category><category domain="tag">conflicts-of-interest</category><category domain="tag">personnel-capture</category><category domain="tag">immigration-os</category><category domain="tag">144-count</category><category domain="tag">ethics-ogE</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>As of April 23, 2026, a search of ProPublica's Trump Team Financial Disclosures database for "Palantir" returns **144 appointees** with disclosed Palantir Technologies exposure — direct equity holdings, spouse holdings, children's brokerage accounts, prior or current employment, </p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Donald Trump, Stephen Miller, Kash Patel, Jeanine Pirro, Dean John Sauer, John Phelan, Jacob Helberg, Thomas M. Williams, Kirsten Davies, Stephen B. Ehikian, Kevin R. Rhodes, Clark Minor, Alex Karp, Palantir Technologies, ProPublica</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Distributed Personnel Capture, Surveillance Contractor Capture, Conflicts of Interest</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-04-23--144-trump-appointees-palantir-disclosures/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Warren Warns at Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator of Debt-Driven AI Bubble and Pre-Positioned Bailout Pathway</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-04-22--warren-vanderbilt-ai-crash-speech/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-04-22</dc:date><description>On April 22, 2026, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking Committee, delivered remarks at the Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator's "The Looming AI Crisis" event warning that the debt-driven AI infrastructure bubble poses significant risks to economic and</description><category>Elizabeth Warren</category><category>Senate Banking Committee</category><category>Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator</category><category>Asad Ramzanali</category><category domain="capture-lane">Financial System Risk</category><category domain="capture-lane">Private Credit and Shadow Banking</category><category domain="capture-lane">AI Infrastructure Finance</category><category domain="tag">ai-bubble</category><category domain="tag">private-credit</category><category domain="tag">shadow-banking</category><category domain="tag">2008-parallel</category><category domain="tag">bailout-architecture</category><category domain="tag">warren-warning</category><category domain="tag">bank-leverage</category><category domain="tag">systemic-risk</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On April 22, 2026, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking Committee, delivered remarks at the Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator's "The Looming AI Crisis" event warning that the debt-driven AI infrastructure bubble poses significant risks to economic and</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Elizabeth Warren, Senate Banking Committee, Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator, Asad Ramzanali</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Financial System Risk, Private Credit and Shadow Banking, AI Infrastructure Finance</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-04-22--warren-vanderbilt-ai-crash-speech/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>ACLU of New Mexico Publishes 'The Invisible Military Bases at the Border' Report Documenting 4,600+ Federal Trespass Cases and 109,651 Acres of National Defense Areas in NM Alone</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-04-21--aclu-nm-invisible-military-bases-border-report/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-04-21</dc:date><description>On April 21, 2026, the American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico published "The 'Invisible' Military Bases at the Border," a report documenting the operational consequences of the year-old National Defense Area (NDA) architecture established by NSPM-4 (see [[2025-04-11--nspm-4</description><category>American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico</category><category>U.S. Department of Defense</category><category>U.S. Attorney's Office (District of New Mexico)</category><category>Federal Public Defender (District of New Mexico)</category><category>U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico</category><category domain="capture-lane">Civil Rights Suppression</category><category domain="capture-lane">Executive Power Expansion</category><category domain="capture-lane">Military-Industrial Complex</category><category domain="capture-lane">Visibility Suppression</category><category domain="tag">aclu-nm</category><category domain="tag">national-defense-area</category><category domain="tag">invisible-military-bases</category><category domain="tag">report-publication</category><category domain="tag">documentary-anchor</category><category domain="tag">border-militarization</category><category domain="tag">military-trespass</category><category domain="tag">federal-prosecution</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On April 21, 2026, the American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico published "The 'Invisible' Military Bases at the Border," a report documenting the operational consequences of the year-old National Defense Area (NDA) architecture established by NSPM-4 (see [[2025-04-11--nspm-4</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Attorney's Office (District of New Mexico), Federal Public Defender (District of New Mexico), U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Civil Rights Suppression, Executive Power Expansion, Military-Industrial Complex, Visibility Suppression</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-04-21--aclu-nm-invisible-military-bases-border-report/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Politico Reveals Keith Sonderling Was Running DOL All Along; Now Positioned as Indefinite Acting Secretary</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-04-21--sonderling-acting-labor-secretary-shadow-running-dol/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-04-21</dc:date><description>On April 21, 2026, Politico reporter Nick Niedzwiadek reported that Keith Sonderling — elevated the previous day to acting Labor Secretary after Lori Chavez-DeRemer's resignation — had effectively been running the Department of Labor throughout Chavez-DeRemer's tenure, with the W</description><category>Keith Sonderling</category><category>Lori Chavez-DeRemer</category><category>Donald Trump</category><category>Courtney Walter</category><category>Vince Micone</category><category>James Macy</category><category domain="capture-lane">Executive Power Consolidation</category><category domain="capture-lane">Regulatory Capture</category><category domain="capture-lane">Business Lobby Influence</category><category domain="tag">labor-department</category><category domain="tag">acting-secretary</category><category domain="tag">vacancies-reform-act</category><category domain="tag">deputy-secretary</category><category domain="tag">nlrb-nominations</category><category domain="tag">ai-workplace-regulation</category><category domain="tag">eeoc</category><category domain="tag">shadow-cabinet</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On April 21, 2026, Politico reporter Nick Niedzwiadek reported that Keith Sonderling — elevated the previous day to acting Labor Secretary after Lori Chavez-DeRemer's resignation — had effectively been running the Department of Labor throughout Chavez-DeRemer's tenure, with the W</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Keith Sonderling, Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Donald Trump, Courtney Walter, Vince Micone, James Macy, David Prouty, Roger King, Judy Conti, Thomas Berry</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Executive Power Consolidation, Regulatory Capture, Business Lobby Influence</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-04-21--sonderling-acting-labor-secretary-shadow-running-dol/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>DiGenova Sworn In as AG Counselor Leading Brennan "Grand Conspiracy" Probe After Career Prosecutor Removed for Questioning Evidence</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-04-20--digenova-appointed-brennan-probe-medetis-long-removed/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-04-20</dc:date><description>On April 20, 2026, the Department of Justice swore in Joseph diGenova — former Trump campaign lawyer, Reagan-era U.S. Attorney, and Fox News regular with a documented history of spreading false 2020-election claims — as Counselor to the Attorney General, assigning him to lead the</description><category>Joseph DiGenova</category><category>Victoria Toensing</category><category>Todd Blanche</category><category>Kash Patel</category><category>Harmeet Dhillon</category><category>Maria Medetis Long</category><category domain="capture-lane">Law Enforcement Weaponization</category><category domain="capture-lane">Prosecutorial Retaliation</category><category domain="capture-lane">Judicial Capture</category><category domain="tag">doj-weaponization</category><category domain="tag">brennan-investigation</category><category domain="tag">russiagate-revenge</category><category domain="tag">grand-conspiracy</category><category domain="tag">career-prosecutor-removal</category><category domain="tag">judge-shopping</category><category domain="tag">aileen-cannon</category><category domain="tag">digenova</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On April 20, 2026, the Department of Justice swore in Joseph diGenova — former Trump campaign lawyer, Reagan-era U.S. Attorney, and Fox News regular with a documented history of spreading false 2020-election claims — as Counselor to the Attorney General, assigning him to lead the</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Joseph DiGenova, Victoria Toensing, Todd Blanche, Kash Patel, Harmeet Dhillon, Maria Medetis Long, John Brennan, Aileen Cannon, Cecilia Altonaga, Ken Wainstein, Donald Trump</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Law Enforcement Weaponization, Prosecutorial Retaliation, Judicial Capture</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-04-20--digenova-appointed-brennan-probe-medetis-long-removed/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer Resigns Amid DOL Inspector General Misconduct Investigation</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-04-20--chavez-deremer-resigns-labor-secretary-misconduct-probe/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-04-20</dc:date><description>On April 20, 2026, Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigned amid an ongoing Department of Labor Office of Inspector General investigation into professional misconduct. She is the third Cabinet member to depart Donald Trump's second-term Cabinet. Deputy Labor Secretary Keith S</description><category>Lori Chavez-DeRemer</category><category>Shawn DeRemer</category><category>Anthony D'Esposito</category><category>Keith Sonderling</category><category>Jeanine Pirro</category><category>Donald Trump</category><category domain="capture-lane">Executive Branch Ethics Erosion</category><category domain="capture-lane">Cabinet Instability</category><category domain="tag">cabinet-resignation</category><category domain="tag">labor-department</category><category domain="tag">inspector-general</category><category domain="tag">misconduct-investigation</category><category domain="tag">travel-fraud</category><category domain="tag">workplace-misconduct</category><category domain="tag">sexual-assault-allegations</category><category domain="tag">ethics-violations</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On April 20, 2026, Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigned amid an ongoing Department of Labor Office of Inspector General investigation into professional misconduct. She is the third Cabinet member to depart Donald Trump's second-term Cabinet. Deputy Labor Secretary Keith S</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Shawn DeRemer, Anthony D'Esposito, Keith Sonderling, Jeanine Pirro, Donald Trump, Steven Cheung</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Executive Branch Ethics Erosion, Cabinet Instability</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-04-20--chavez-deremer-resigns-labor-secretary-misconduct-probe/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>WYPR Exposes WEXMAC Contracting Method Used for $102.4M Williamsport MD Warehouse Purchase With $113M Retrofit and Up to $650M in Potential Add-On Work</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-04-20--wypr-exposes-williamsport-wexmac-contracting-method/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-04-20</dc:date><description>On April 20, 2026, WYPR (Baltimore's NPR station) published an exposé on the Worldwide Expeditionary Multiple Award Contract (WEXMAC) procurement method that the Department of Homeland Security used to acquire the Williamsport, Maryland warehouse for ICE detention conversion. The</description><category>Todd Lyons</category><category>Elizabeth Warren</category><category>Jeanne Shaheen</category><category>Anthony Brown</category><category>Michael Wriston</category><category>Project Salt Box</category><category domain="capture-lane">Procurement Capture</category><category domain="capture-lane">Navy-Procurement-Bypass (WEXMAC-TITUS)</category><category domain="capture-lane">Congressional Oversight</category><category domain="tag">wypr</category><category domain="tag">williamsport-md</category><category domain="tag">wexmac</category><category domain="tag">navy-procurement-bypass</category><category domain="tag">ice-detention</category><category domain="tag">project-saltbox</category><category domain="tag">congressional-oversight</category><category domain="tag">warren-shaheen</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On April 20, 2026, WYPR (Baltimore's NPR station) published an exposé on the Worldwide Expeditionary Multiple Award Contract (WEXMAC) procurement method that the Department of Homeland Security used to acquire the Williamsport, Maryland warehouse for ICE detention conversion. The</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Todd Lyons, Elizabeth Warren, Jeanne Shaheen, Anthony Brown, Michael Wriston, Project Salt Box, Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Navy, Judge Brenden Hurson</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Procurement Capture, Navy-Procurement-Bypass (WEXMAC-TITUS), Congressional Oversight</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-04-20--wypr-exposes-williamsport-wexmac-contracting-method/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>NYT Investigation Reveals Qatari Billionaires Al-Khayyat Brothers 100% Own 'Sazan Operations' — The Entity Behind Kushner's $1.4B Albania Resort Project</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-04-19--nyt-reveals-sazan-island-qatar-al-khayyat-brothers/</link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-04-19</dc:date><description>On **April 19, 2026**, the **New York Times** published an investigation revealing that **"Sazan Operations"** — the Albanian corporate entity behind Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump's **€1.4 billion luxury resort project** on Sazan Island — is **100% owned by Qatari billionaires R</description><category>Ramez Al-Khayyat</category><category>Mohamad Al-Khayyat</category><category>Jared Kushner</category><category>Ivanka Trump</category><category>Affinity Partners</category><category>Sazan Operations</category><category domain="capture-lane">Hidden-Sovereign-Adjacent-Capital Behind Trump-Family Deal</category><category domain="capture-lane">Mediterranean Luxury Development and Displacement-Adjacent Real Estate</category><category domain="capture-lane">Foreign-State-Entity Project Structured as Private</category><category domain="capture-lane">Qatar-Kushner Sustained Partnership</category><category domain="tag">sazan-island</category><category domain="tag">al-khayyat-brothers</category><category domain="tag">qatari-billionaires</category><category domain="tag">albania-resort</category><category domain="tag">kushner-qatar-partner</category><category domain="tag">ivanka-trump-albania</category><category domain="tag">nyt-investigation-april-2026</category><category domain="tag">aman-brand</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On **April 19, 2026**, the **New York Times** published an investigation revealing that **"Sazan Operations"** — the Albanian corporate entity behind Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump's **€1.4 billion luxury resort project** on Sazan Island — is **100% owned by Qatari billionaires R</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Ramez Al-Khayyat, Mohamad Al-Khayyat, Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump, Affinity Partners, Sazan Operations, Government of Albania, Edi Rama</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Hidden-Sovereign-Adjacent-Capital Behind Trump-Family Deal, Mediterranean Luxury Development and Displacement-Adjacent Real Estate, Foreign-State-Entity Project Structured as Private, Qatar-Kushner Sustained Partnership</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-04-19--nyt-reveals-sazan-island-qatar-al-khayyat-brothers/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>US Navy Destroyer Disables and Seizes Iranian Cargo Ship Touska in Strait of Hormuz, Collapsing Islamabad Peace Talks</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-04-19--us-navy-seizes-iranian-vessel-touska-hormuz/</link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-04-19</dc:date><description>On April 19, 2026, the USS Spruance (DDG 111) fired its 5-inch MK 45 gun at the engine room of the Iranian-flagged cargo vessel Touska in the Strait of Hormuz, disabling its propulsion, after which US Marines rappelled from a helicopter to board the ship following a six-hour stan</description><category>US Navy</category><category>USS Spruance</category><category>CENTCOM</category><category>US Marines</category><category>Iran</category><category>Donald Trump</category><category domain="tag">iran-war</category><category domain="tag">constitutional-crisis</category><category domain="tag">oversight</category><category domain="tag">trump-administration</category><category domain="tag">rule-of-law</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On April 19, 2026, the USS Spruance (DDG 111) fired its 5-inch MK 45 gun at the engine room of the Iranian-flagged cargo vessel Touska in the Strait of Hormuz, disabling its propulsion, after which US Marines rappelled from a helicopter to board the ship following a six-hour stan</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> US Navy, USS Spruance, CENTCOM, US Marines, Iran, Donald Trump</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-04-19--us-navy-seizes-iranian-vessel-touska-hormuz/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>NYT publishes Kantor/Liptak investigation of leaked 2016 SCOTUS memos documenting the origins of the modern shadow (interim) docket</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-04-18--kantor-liptak-nyt-shadow-docket-leak-clean-power-plan-memos/</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-04-18</dc:date><description>## Opening paragraph</description><category domain="capture-lane">Judicial Capture</category><category domain="capture-lane">Executive Power Expansion</category><category domain="tag">shadow-docket</category><category domain="tag">interim-docket</category><category domain="tag">supreme-court</category><category domain="tag">leaked-memos</category><category domain="tag">clean-power-plan</category><category domain="tag">roberts-john</category><category domain="tag">alito-samuel</category><category domain="tag">breyer-stephen</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>## Opening paragraph</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Judicial Capture, Executive Power Expansion</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-04-18--kantor-liptak-nyt-shadow-docket-leak-clean-power-plan-memos/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Palantir Publishes 22-Point Manifesto Calling for Universal Military Service, AI Arms Race, and Attack on 'Regressive' Cultures</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-04-18--palantir-22-point-manifesto-published/</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-04-18</dc:date><description>On April 18, 2026 (Saturday), Palantir Technologies posted a 22-point document to its official X account summarizing a 2025 book by co-founder/CEO Alex Karp and head of corporate affairs Nicholas Zamiska titled *The Technological Republic: Hard Power, Soft Belief, and the Future </description><category>Alex Karp</category><category>Nicholas Zamiska</category><category>Palantir Technologies</category><category domain="capture-lane">Ideological Production</category><category domain="capture-lane">Defense Contractor Political Alignment</category><category domain="capture-lane">Civil-Religion and Culture-War Escalation</category><category domain="tag">palantir</category><category domain="tag">technofascism</category><category domain="tag">ai-arms-race</category><category domain="tag">universal-conscription</category><category domain="tag">moral-debt</category><category domain="tag">silicon-valley-defense</category><category domain="tag">karp</category><category domain="tag">zamiska</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On April 18, 2026 (Saturday), Palantir Technologies posted a 22-point document to its official X account summarizing a 2025 book by co-founder/CEO Alex Karp and head of corporate affairs Nicholas Zamiska titled *The Technological Republic: Hard Power, Soft Belief, and the Future </p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Alex Karp, Nicholas Zamiska, Palantir Technologies</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Ideological Production, Defense Contractor Political Alignment, Civil-Religion and Culture-War Escalation</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-04-18--palantir-22-point-manifesto-published/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Blue Owl 8-K Confirms Co-CEOs Removed All Firm Shares as Loan Collateral After Reports of Imminent Margin Calls — Three Days Before RAMM Publishes 'Blue Owl System'</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-04-17--blue-owl-founders-remove-pledged-shares/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-04-17</dc:date><description>On April 17, 2026, Blue Owl Capital filed an 8-K disclosing that co-CEOs **Doug Ostrover and Marc Lipschultz had revised the terms of their personal loans so that company shares were no longer pledged as collateral**. Combined remaining pledged shares dropped to **under 600,000 c</description><category>Doug Ostrover</category><category>Marc Lipschultz</category><category>Blue Owl Capital</category><category domain="capture-lane">Insider Personal Leverage</category><category domain="capture-lane">Financial System Risk</category><category domain="tag">blue-owl</category><category domain="tag">founder-pledged-shares</category><category domain="tag">8-k-disclosure</category><category domain="tag">margin-call-risk</category><category domain="tag">insider-derisking</category><category domain="tag">personal-leverage-unwound</category><category domain="tag">financial-capture</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On April 17, 2026, Blue Owl Capital filed an 8-K disclosing that co-CEOs **Doug Ostrover and Marc Lipschultz had revised the terms of their personal loans so that company shares were no longer pledged as collateral**. Combined remaining pledged shares dropped to **under 600,000 c</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Doug Ostrover, Marc Lipschultz, Blue Owl Capital</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Insider Personal Leverage, Financial System Risk</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-04-17--blue-owl-founders-remove-pledged-shares/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>San Antonio City Council Passes Ordinance Restricting New Private Detention Facilities, Exempts Planned ICE Warehouse</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-04-17--san-antonio-restricts-detention-facilities-ordinance/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-04-17</dc:date><description>On April 17, 2026, the San Antonio City Council passed an ordinance placing new restrictions on the operation of private detention facilities within city limits. The ordinance contains a grandfathering provision that exempts the already-announced ICE warehouse detention facility,</description><category>San Antonio City Council</category><category>ICE</category><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category domain="tag">detention-industrial</category><category domain="tag">resistance</category><category domain="tag">local-government</category><category domain="tag">ice</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On April 17, 2026, the San Antonio City Council passed an ordinance placing new restrictions on the operation of private detention facilities within city limits. The ordinance contains a grandfathering provision that exempts the already-announced ICE warehouse detention facility,</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> San Antonio City Council, ICE, Department of Homeland Security</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-04-17--san-antonio-restricts-detention-facilities-ordinance/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Stateline Reveals DHS Scales Back Williamsport MD and Surprise AZ Warehouse Detention Plans from 1,500 to 542 Beds Each Amid State-Level Pushback</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-04-17--stateline-dhs-compromises-warehouse-detention-centers/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-04-17</dc:date><description>On April 17, 2026, *Stateline* reported that newly-confirmed DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin — sworn in March 31, 2026 replacing the fired Kristi Noem — has scaled back several Trump-administration warehouse detention facility plans following state-level and city-level pushback. T</description><category>Markwayne Mullin</category><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category>Kristi Noem</category><category>ICE</category><category>Anthony Brown</category><category>State of Maryland</category><category domain="capture-lane">Detention Industrial Complex</category><category domain="capture-lane">State-Level Resistance</category><category domain="capture-lane">Administrative Reversal</category><category domain="tag">detention-industrial</category><category domain="tag">stateline</category><category domain="tag">warehouse-detention</category><category domain="tag">williamsport-md</category><category domain="tag">surprise-az</category><category domain="tag">social-circle-ga</category><category domain="tag">markwayne-mullin</category><category domain="tag">dhs</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On April 17, 2026, *Stateline* reported that newly-confirmed DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin — sworn in March 31, 2026 replacing the fired Kristi Noem — has scaled back several Trump-administration warehouse detention facility plans following state-level and city-level pushback. T</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Markwayne Mullin, Department of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, ICE, Anthony Brown, State of Maryland, City of Surprise Arizona, Judge Brenden Hurson</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Detention Industrial Complex, State-Level Resistance, Administrative Reversal</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-04-17--stateline-dhs-compromises-warehouse-detention-centers/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty Charges ICE Agent Gregory Donnell Morgan Jr. with Two Counts of Second-Degree Assault — First State Criminal Charge Against Federal Immigration Agent During Operation Metro Surge</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-04-16--moriarty-charges-ice-agent-morgan-assault-minnesota/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-04-16</dc:date><description># Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty Charges ICE Agent Gregory Donnell Morgan Jr. with Two Counts of Second-Degree Assault</description><category>Mary Moriarty</category><category>Gregory Donnell Morgan Jr.</category><category>Hennepin County Attorney's Office</category><category>U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category>Minnesota State Patrol</category><category domain="capture-lane">Civil Rights Suppression</category><category domain="capture-lane">Democratic Erosion</category><category domain="capture-lane">State Resistance</category><category domain="tag">ice</category><category domain="tag">operation-metro-surge</category><category domain="tag">moriarty-mary</category><category domain="tag">morgan-gregory-donnell-jr</category><category domain="tag">state-prosecution</category><category domain="tag">dual-sovereignty</category><category domain="tag">prosecutorial-predicate</category><category domain="tag">oppositional-federalism</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p># Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty Charges ICE Agent Gregory Donnell Morgan Jr. with Two Counts of Second-Degree Assault</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Mary Moriarty, Gregory Donnell Morgan Jr., Hennepin County Attorney's Office, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Minnesota State Patrol</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Civil Rights Suppression, Democratic Erosion, State Resistance</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-04-16--moriarty-charges-ice-agent-morgan-assault-minnesota/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Federal Judge Grants Preliminary Injunction Halting Williamsport Maryland ICE Detention Construction Over NEPA Violations</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-04-15--judge-halts-williamsport-ice-construction-nepa/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-04-15</dc:date><description>On April 15, 2026, a US District Court judge in Maryland granted Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown's preliminary injunction halting ICE's conversion of the 820,000-square-foot former FRND-Hopewell warehouse in Williamsport, MD into a 1,500-bed detention facility. The rul</description><category>Anthony G. Brown</category><category>Maryland Attorney General</category><category>US District Court Maryland</category><category>ICE</category><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category>FRND-Hopewell LLC</category><category domain="tag">detention-industrial</category><category domain="tag">judicial-review</category><category domain="tag">environmental-review</category><category domain="tag">ice</category><category domain="tag">dhs</category><category domain="tag">rule-of-law</category><category domain="tag">resistance</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On April 15, 2026, a US District Court judge in Maryland granted Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown's preliminary injunction halting ICE's conversion of the 820,000-square-foot former FRND-Hopewell warehouse in Williamsport, MD into a 1,500-bed detention facility. The rul</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Anthony G. Brown, Maryland Attorney General, US District Court Maryland, ICE, Department of Homeland Security, FRND-Hopewell LLC, KVG LLC, Center for Biological Diversity</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-04-15--judge-halts-williamsport-ice-construction-nepa/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Jenn Budd Appears on Frank Figliuzzi Show, Discusses CBP Cover-Up Teams and CIT-to-OPR Personnel Rotation</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-04-15--jenn-budd-frank-figliuzzi-show-cit-opr-rotation-discussion/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-04-15</dc:date><description>## Opening</description><category>Jenn Budd</category><category>Frank Figliuzzi</category><category>Rodney Scott</category><category domain="capture-lane">immigration-enforcement</category><category domain="capture-lane">accountability</category><category domain="tag">cbp</category><category domain="tag">cit-opr-rotation</category><category domain="tag">jenn-budd</category><category domain="tag">frank-figliuzzi</category><category domain="tag">border-patrol-oversight</category><category domain="tag">whistleblower-testimony</category><category domain="tag">critical-incident-teams</category><category domain="tag">cover-up-teams</category>
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<title>Judge Hurson's Maryland NEPA Preliminary Injunction Halts Williamsport ICE Construction, Cascades Directly to Bexar TX Warehouse Pause and Anchors Arizona and New Jersey Parallel Challenges</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-04-15--hurson-maryland-nepa-precedent-bexar-tx-warehouse-pause/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-04-15</dc:date><description>On April 15, 2026, U.S. District Judge Brendan Hurson (D. Md.) granted Maryland AG Anthony G. Brown's preliminary injunction in *Maryland v. Noem*, No. 1:26-cv-00733-BAH — halting all major construction at ICE's planned 1,500-bed warehouse detention center in Williamsport, Maryla</description><category>Judge Brendan Hurson</category><category>Anthony G. Brown</category><category>Maryland Attorney General</category><category>Tommy Calvert</category><category>Jalen McKee-Rodriguez</category><category>Kris Mayes</category><category domain="capture-lane">Detention Industrial Complex</category><category domain="capture-lane">State-Level Resistance</category><category domain="capture-lane">NEPA-Evasion</category><category domain="capture-lane">Navy-Procurement-Bypass (WEXMAC-TITUS)</category><category domain="tag">detention-industrial</category><category domain="tag">wexmac-titus</category><category domain="tag">nepa</category><category domain="tag">hurson-precedent</category><category domain="tag">judicial-review</category><category domain="tag">environmental-law</category><category domain="tag">warehouse-conversion</category><category domain="tag">maryland</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On April 15, 2026, U.S. District Judge Brendan Hurson (D. Md.) granted Maryland AG Anthony G. Brown's preliminary injunction in *Maryland v. Noem*, No. 1:26-cv-00733-BAH — halting all major construction at ICE's planned 1,500-bed warehouse detention center in Williamsport, Maryla</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Judge Brendan Hurson, Anthony G. Brown, Maryland Attorney General, Tommy Calvert, Jalen McKee-Rodriguez, Kris Mayes, Mikie Sherrill, Matthew Platkin, Department of Homeland Security, ICE</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Detention Industrial Complex, State-Level Resistance, NEPA-Evasion, Navy-Procurement-Bypass (WEXMAC-TITUS)</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-04-15--hurson-maryland-nepa-precedent-bexar-tx-warehouse-pause/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Objection.ai Launches: Thiel-Backed AI Tribunal Automates Journalist Targeting, D'Souza Explicitly Frames as Gawker-Model Industrialization</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-04-15--objection-ai-launch-thiel-dsouza-ai-tribunal-journalist-targeting/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-04-15</dc:date><description>On April 15, 2026, Aron D'Souza — the Australian lawyer who served as Peter Thiel's covert operational architect for the $10 million, decade-long Gawker Media destruction campaign — launched Objection.ai (corporate entity: Objection Pte Ltd), an AI-tribunal platform that automate</description><category>Aron D'Souza</category><category>Peter Thiel</category><category>Balaji Srinivasan</category><category>Sarah Cone</category><category>Kyle Grant-Talbot</category><category domain="capture-lane">Press Suppression</category><category domain="capture-lane">AI Infrastructure Capture</category><category domain="capture-lane">Thiel Network</category><category domain="capture-lane">Captured-X Automation Layer</category><category domain="tag">objection-ai</category><category domain="tag">ai-tribunal</category><category domain="tag">journalist-targeting</category><category domain="tag">thiel</category><category domain="tag">gawker-model</category><category domain="tag">d-souza</category><category domain="tag">honor-index</category><category domain="tag">fire-blanket</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On April 15, 2026, Aron D'Souza — the Australian lawyer who served as Peter Thiel's covert operational architect for the $10 million, decade-long Gawker Media destruction campaign — launched Objection.ai (corporate entity: Objection Pte Ltd), an AI-tribunal platform that automate</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Aron D'Souza, Peter Thiel, Balaji Srinivasan, Sarah Cone, Kyle Grant-Talbot</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Press Suppression, AI Infrastructure Capture, Thiel Network, Captured-X Automation Layer</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-04-15--objection-ai-launch-thiel-dsouza-ai-tribunal-journalist-targeting/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>VP Vance Rebukes Pope Leo XIV on Theology at Turning Point USA, USCCB Issues Corrective: Captured-Catholic-Tradition Operational Confrontation</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-04-14--vance-papal-rebuke-pope-leo-xiv-captured-catholic-tradition-operational-confrontation/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-04-14</dc:date><description>On April 14, 2026, Vice President JD Vance appeared at a Turning Point USA event at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia and publicly rebuked Pope Leo XIV on theological grounds, warning that "it's very, very important for the pope to be careful when he talks about matter</description><category>JD Vance</category><category>Pope Leo XIV</category><category>Bishop James Massa</category><category>Tom Homan</category><category>Adrian Vermeule</category><category>Patrick Deneen</category><category domain="capture-lane">Captured Pulpits</category><category domain="capture-lane">Religious Capture</category><category domain="capture-lane">Democratic Backsliding</category><category domain="tag">jd-vance</category><category domain="tag">pope-leo-xiv</category><category domain="tag">catholic-integralism</category><category domain="tag">captured-tradition</category><category domain="tag">just-war-theory</category><category domain="tag">iran-war</category><category domain="tag">usccb</category><category domain="tag">theological-capture</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On April 14, 2026, Vice President JD Vance appeared at a Turning Point USA event at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia and publicly rebuked Pope Leo XIV on theological grounds, warning that "it's very, very important for the pope to be careful when he talks about matter</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> JD Vance, Pope Leo XIV, Bishop James Massa, Tom Homan, Adrian Vermeule, Patrick Deneen, Donald Trump</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Captured Pulpits, Religious Capture, Democratic Backsliding</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-04-14--vance-papal-rebuke-pope-leo-xiv-captured-catholic-tradition-operational-confrontation/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Pentagon Misses Warren-Shaheen WEXMAC Deadline — No Public Response to 13 Armed Services Questions on Navy Detention Contracting</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-04-13--dod-response-deadline-warren-shaheen-wexmac-letter/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-04-13</dc:date><description>April 13, 2026 marked the response deadline set by Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) in their March 22, 2026 letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth regarding the Pentagon's use of the WEXMAC 2.2 TITUS contract vehicle to build ICE detention facilities. </description><category>Elizabeth Warren</category><category>Jeanne Shaheen</category><category>Pete Hegseth</category><category>Department of Defense</category><category>Senate Armed Services Committee</category><category domain="capture-lane">Executive Power Expansion</category><category domain="capture-lane">Legislative Capture</category><category domain="capture-lane">Systematic Corruption</category><category domain="tag">investigation-1</category><category domain="tag">warren-shaheen</category><category domain="tag">wexmac-titus</category><category domain="tag">navy-procurement-bypass</category><category domain="tag">congressional-oversight</category><category domain="tag">senate-armed-services</category><category domain="tag">dod-dhs-agreement</category><category domain="tag">hegseth</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>April 13, 2026 marked the response deadline set by Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) in their March 22, 2026 letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth regarding the Pentagon's use of the WEXMAC 2.2 TITUS contract vehicle to build ICE detention facilities. </p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Elizabeth Warren, Jeanne Shaheen, Pete Hegseth, Department of Defense, Senate Armed Services Committee</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Executive Power Expansion, Legislative Capture, Systematic Corruption</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-04-13--dod-response-deadline-warren-shaheen-wexmac-letter/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Orbán Concedes Defeat After 16 Years, Ending Authoritarian Rule Despite Last-Minute Vance Campaign Visit</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-04-12--orban-loses-hungary-election-despite-vance-trump-support/</link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-04-12</dc:date><description>Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán conceded defeat on April 12, ending 16 years in power after his Fidesz party was routed by Péter Magyar's Tisza party. With 77% of votes counted, Tisza held over 53% compared to Fidesz's 38%, putting Magyar on track for a two-thirds parliamen</description><category>Viktor Orbán</category><category>Péter Magyar</category><category>JD Vance</category><category>Donald Trump</category><category>Fidesz</category><category>Tisza Party</category><category domain="capture-lane">Democratic Backsliding</category><category domain="capture-lane">International Kleptocracy</category><category domain="tag">viktor-orban</category><category domain="tag">hungary</category><category domain="tag">election</category><category domain="tag">democratic-backsliding</category><category domain="tag">peter-magyar</category><category domain="tag">jd-vance</category><category domain="tag">authoritarian-defeat</category><category domain="tag">trump-administration</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán conceded defeat on April 12, ending 16 years in power after his Fidesz party was routed by Péter Magyar's Tisza party. With 77% of votes counted, Tisza held over 53% compared to Fidesz's 38%, putting Magyar on track for a two-thirds parliamen</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Viktor Orbán, Péter Magyar, JD Vance, Donald Trump, Fidesz, Tisza Party</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Democratic Backsliding, International Kleptocracy</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-04-12--orban-loses-hungary-election-despite-vance-trump-support/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Trump Orders US Navy to Blockade Strait of Hormuz After 21-Hour Iran Peace Talks Collapse</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-04-12--trump-orders-strait-of-hormuz-blockade-after-iran-talks-collapse/</link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-04-12</dc:date><description>After 21 hours of face-to-face negotiations in Islamabad, Pakistan collapsed without agreement, President Trump ordered the US Navy to "begin the process of BLOCKADING any and all Ships trying to enter, or leave, the Strait of Hormuz." The US delegation was led by Vice President </description><category>Donald Trump</category><category>JD Vance</category><category>Jared Kushner</category><category>Steve Witkoff</category><category>Iran</category><category domain="capture-lane">Military-Industrial Complex</category><category domain="capture-lane">Democratic Backsliding</category><category domain="tag">iran-war</category><category domain="tag">strait-of-hormuz</category><category domain="tag">naval-blockade</category><category domain="tag">trump-administration</category><category domain="tag">military</category><category domain="tag">oil</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>After 21 hours of face-to-face negotiations in Islamabad, Pakistan collapsed without agreement, President Trump ordered the US Navy to "begin the process of BLOCKADING any and all Ships trying to enter, or leave, the Strait of Hormuz." The US delegation was led by Vice President </p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Donald Trump, JD Vance, Jared Kushner, Steve Witkoff, Iran</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Military-Industrial Complex, Democratic Backsliding</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-04-12--trump-orders-strait-of-hormuz-blockade-after-iran-talks-collapse/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Trump Becomes First Sitting President to Endorse a Stock by Ticker on Truth Social, Promoting Palantir (PLTR) Amid 16% Freefall</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-04-10--trump-truthsocial-palantir-pltr-endorsement/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-04-10</dc:date><description>On April 10, 2026, President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social endorsing Palantir Technologies by stock ticker symbol, becoming the **first sitting U.S. president to endorse a publicly traded stock by ticker on any platform**. The post came during Palantir's worst trading week </description><category>Donald Trump</category><category>Palantir Technologies</category><category>Alex Karp</category><category>Mark Warner</category><category>Michael Burry</category><category domain="capture-lane">Market Manipulation</category><category domain="capture-lane">Executive-Branch and Contractor Public Endorsement</category><category domain="capture-lane">Defense Contractor Political Alignment</category><category domain="capture-lane">Wartime Procurement Acceleration</category><category domain="tag">palantir</category><category domain="tag">trump-truth-social</category><category domain="tag">stock-manipulation</category><category domain="tag">first-in-history</category><category domain="tag">maven-smart-system</category><category domain="tag">iran-war</category><category domain="tag">pltr-ticker-endorsement</category><category domain="tag">market-manipulation-allegations</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On April 10, 2026, President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social endorsing Palantir Technologies by stock ticker symbol, becoming the **first sitting U.S. president to endorse a publicly traded stock by ticker on any platform**. The post came during Palantir's worst trading week </p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Donald Trump, Palantir Technologies, Alex Karp, Mark Warner, Michael Burry</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Market Manipulation, Executive-Branch and Contractor Public Endorsement, Defense Contractor Political Alignment, Wartime Procurement Acceleration</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-04-10--trump-truthsocial-palantir-pltr-endorsement/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Houston ISD Soccer Captain Mauro Henriquez Deported to Honduras After Four Months in ICE Detention</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-04-09--houston-student-mauro-henriquez-deported-honduras-after-months-detention/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-04-09</dc:date><description>Mauro Henriquez, an 18-year-old senior at Sam Houston Math, Science, and Technology Center and captain of his high school soccer team, was deported to Honduras on April 9 after spending four months in ICE detention. Henriquez and his father were detained on December 16, 2025 and </description><category>Mauro Henriquez</category><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)</category><category>Houston ISD</category><category domain="capture-lane">Civil Rights Suppression</category><category domain="capture-lane">Immigration System Capture</category><category domain="tag">ice</category><category domain="tag">deportation</category><category domain="tag">student</category><category domain="tag">houston</category><category domain="tag">detention</category><category domain="tag">due-process</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Mauro Henriquez, an 18-year-old senior at Sam Houston Math, Science, and Technology Center and captain of his high school soccer team, was deported to Honduras on April 9 after spending four months in ICE detention. Henriquez and his father were detained on December 16, 2025 and </p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Mauro Henriquez, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Houston ISD</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Civil Rights Suppression, Immigration System Capture</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-04-09--houston-student-mauro-henriquez-deported-honduras-after-months-detention/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Human Rights Watch Documents Systematic Abuses in ICE's Expanding Warehouse Detention Network, Citing Arizona GardaWorld Contract</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-04-09--hrw-details-ice-warehouse-detention-abuses/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-04-09</dc:date><description>On April 9, 2026, Human Rights Watch published "Another Disturbing Surprise From ICE," documenting the pattern of abuses, opacity, and oversight gaps in ICE's rapidly expanding warehouse-to-detention pipeline — with particular focus on the March 6 award of a $313M contract to Gar</description><category>Human Rights Watch</category><category>ICE</category><category>GardaWorld Federal Services</category><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category domain="tag">detention-industrial</category><category domain="tag">human-rights</category><category domain="tag">ice</category><category domain="tag">dhs</category><category domain="tag">institutional-capture</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On April 9, 2026, Human Rights Watch published "Another Disturbing Surprise From ICE," documenting the pattern of abuses, opacity, and oversight gaps in ICE's rapidly expanding warehouse-to-detention pipeline — with particular focus on the March 6 award of a $313M contract to Gar</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Human Rights Watch, ICE, GardaWorld Federal Services, Department of Homeland Security</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-04-09--hrw-details-ice-warehouse-detention-abuses/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Melania Trump Issues Rare White House Statement Denying Epstein Ties, Calls for Congressional Survivor Hearings</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-04-09--melania-trump-epstein-denial-statement-white-house/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-04-09</dc:date><description>First Lady Melania Trump delivered a rare on-camera statement from the White House on April 9 denying ties to Jeffrey Epstein. She declared "I am not Epstein's victim" and "Epstein did not introduce me to Donald Trump," stated she first met Epstein in 2000 at an event she attende</description><category>Melania Trump</category><category>Donald Trump</category><category>Jeffrey Epstein</category><category>Ghislaine Maxwell</category><category>Paolo Zampolli</category><category>Amanda Ungaro</category><category domain="capture-lane">Elite Impunity</category><category domain="capture-lane">Intelligence Penetration</category><category domain="tag">epstein-network</category><category domain="tag">melania-trump</category><category domain="tag">donald-trump</category><category domain="tag">paolo-zampolli</category><category domain="tag">white-house</category><category domain="tag">congressional-hearing</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>First Lady Melania Trump delivered a rare on-camera statement from the White House on April 9 denying ties to Jeffrey Epstein. She declared "I am not Epstein's victim" and "Epstein did not introduce me to Donald Trump," stated she first met Epstein in 2000 at an event she attende</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Melania Trump, Donald Trump, Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, Paolo Zampolli, Amanda Ungaro</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Elite Impunity, Intelligence Penetration</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-04-09--melania-trump-epstein-denial-statement-white-house/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>ICE Appeals Pennsylvania DEP Administrative Orders Blocking Water-Sewer Hookups at Tremont and Upper Bern Warehouse Detention Sites</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-04-08--ice-appeals-pa-dep-orders-tremont-upper-bern/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-04-08</dc:date><description>On April 8, 2026, ICE filed an appeal with the Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board challenging the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection's administrative orders that in early March 2026 barred the Department of Homeland Security from connecting water or sewer s</description><category>Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection</category><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category>ICE</category><category>Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board</category><category>Berks County Board of Commissioners</category><category>Schuylkill County</category><category domain="capture-lane">Detention Industrial Complex</category><category domain="capture-lane">State-Level Resistance</category><category domain="capture-lane">Environmental Review Circumvention</category><category domain="tag">detention-industrial</category><category domain="tag">wexmac-titus</category><category domain="tag">pennsylvania-dep</category><category domain="tag">environmental-review</category><category domain="tag">tremont-pa</category><category domain="tag">upper-bern-pa</category><category domain="tag">administrative-law</category><category domain="tag">state-resistance</category>
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<title>ICE Data Reveals 1,300 'Collateral' Arrests During Operation Metro Surge -- 35% of All Minnesota Detentions</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-04-08--ice-data-reveals-1300-collateral-arrests-operation-metro-surge/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-04-08</dc:date><description>Newly released ICE data revealed that 1,300 of the 3,785 arrests during Operation Metro Surge in Minnesota were labeled "collateral" -- people who were not the target of enforcement actions but were swept up during raids. This means 35% of all arrests during the massive operation</description><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)</category><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category domain="capture-lane">Civil Rights Suppression</category><category domain="capture-lane">Immigration System Capture</category><category domain="tag">ice</category><category domain="tag">operation-metro-surge</category><category domain="tag">minnesota</category><category domain="tag">collateral-arrests</category><category domain="tag">civil-rights</category><category domain="tag">immigration-enforcement</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Newly released ICE data revealed that 1,300 of the 3,785 arrests during Operation Metro Surge in Minnesota were labeled "collateral" -- people who were not the target of enforcement actions but were swept up during raids. This means 35% of all arrests during the massive operation</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Department of Homeland Security</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Civil Rights Suppression, Immigration System Capture</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-04-08--ice-data-reveals-1300-collateral-arrests-operation-metro-surge/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Trump Threatens to Destroy Iranian Civilization Tonight: 8 PM Ultimatum to Destroy All Power Plants and Bridges</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-04-07--trump-threatens-destroy-iran-civilization-tonight-infrastructure-ultimatum/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-04-07</dc:date><description>On the morning of April 7, 2026 — day 38 of the war with Iran — President Trump posts on Truth Social: "A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don't want that to happen, but it probably will." Trump has issued an ultimatum: Iran must agree to reo</description><category>Donald Trump</category><category>Pete Hegseth</category><category>Iran</category><category domain="capture-lane">Executive Power Expansion</category><category domain="capture-lane">Military Capture</category><category domain="tag">iran-war</category><category domain="tag">civilian-infrastructure</category><category domain="tag">war-crimes</category><category domain="tag">trump-ultimatum</category><category domain="tag">strait-of-hormuz</category><category domain="tag">kharg-island</category><category domain="tag">regime-change</category><category domain="tag">infrastructure-destruction</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On the morning of April 7, 2026 — day 38 of the war with Iran — President Trump posts on Truth Social: "A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don't want that to happen, but it probably will." Trump has issued an ultimatum: Iran must agree to reo</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Donald Trump, Pete Hegseth, Iran</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Executive Power Expansion, Military Capture</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-04-07--trump-threatens-destroy-iran-civilization-tonight-infrastructure-ultimatum/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>US and Iran Agree to Two-Week Ceasefire After Trump Threatens to Destroy Iranian Civilization</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-04-07--us-iran-two-week-ceasefire-hormuz-reopening/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-04-07</dc:date><description>President Trump agreed to suspend planned attacks on Iranian infrastructure for two weeks, backing off his April 7 ultimatum to destroy Iran's "whole civilization" including all power plants and bridges. The ceasefire was conditioned on Iran's "COMPLETE, IMMEDIATE, and SAFE OPENI</description><category>Donald Trump</category><category>Iran</category><category>Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps</category><category domain="capture-lane">Military-Industrial Complex</category><category domain="capture-lane">Democratic Backsliding</category><category domain="tag">iran-war</category><category domain="tag">ceasefire</category><category domain="tag">strait-of-hormuz</category><category domain="tag">trump-administration</category><category domain="tag">military</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>President Trump agreed to suspend planned attacks on Iranian infrastructure for two weeks, backing off his April 7 ultimatum to destroy Iran's "whole civilization" including all power plants and bridges. The ceasefire was conditioned on Iran's "COMPLETE, IMMEDIATE, and SAFE OPENI</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Donald Trump, Iran, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Military-Industrial Complex, Democratic Backsliding</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-04-07--us-iran-two-week-ceasefire-hormuz-reopening/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>VP Vance Campaigns for Orbán in Budapest Days Before Hungary Election, Securing $1.2B in Hungarian Arms and Oil Purchases</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-04-07--vance-visits-hungary-campaigns-for-orban-before-election/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-04-07</dc:date><description>Vice President JD Vance made a two-day visit to Budapest on April 7-8, 2026, addressing an election rally at a soccer stadium in an overt campaign to boost Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán five days before the country's April 12 parliamentary elections. The visit came after </description><category>JD Vance</category><category>Viktor Orbán</category><category>Péter Magyar</category><category>Donald Trump</category><category>MOL (Hungarian state oil company)</category><category domain="capture-lane">Democratic Backsliding</category><category domain="capture-lane">International Kleptocracy</category><category domain="tag">jd-vance</category><category domain="tag">viktor-orban</category><category domain="tag">hungary</category><category domain="tag">foreign-election-interference</category><category domain="tag">trump-administration</category><category domain="tag">democratic-backsliding</category><category domain="tag">nato</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Vice President JD Vance made a two-day visit to Budapest on April 7-8, 2026, addressing an election rally at a soccer stadium in an overt campaign to boost Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán five days before the country's April 12 parliamentary elections. The visit came after </p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> JD Vance, Viktor Orbán, Péter Magyar, Donald Trump, MOL (Hungarian state oil company)</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Democratic Backsliding, International Kleptocracy</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-04-07--vance-visits-hungary-campaigns-for-orban-before-election/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>23 States Sue Trump Over Mail Voting Executive Order as Democratic AGs File 100th Lawsuit Against Administration</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-04-03--23-states-sue-trump-mail-voting-executive-order/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-04-03</dc:date><description>A coalition of 23 states and the District of Columbia filed a federal lawsuit challenging Trump's March 31 executive order restricting mail-in voting, arguing it "violates bedrock principles of federalism and separation of powers" by attempting to bypass the constitutional role o</description><category>Keith Ellison</category><category>Letitia James</category><category>Dan Rayfield</category><category>Democratic Attorneys General Association</category><category>Chuck Schumer</category><category>Hakeem Jeffries</category><category domain="capture-lane">Electoral Manipulation</category><category domain="capture-lane">Democratic Backsliding</category><category domain="tag">voter-suppression</category><category domain="tag">state-lawsuit</category><category domain="tag">mail-voting</category><category domain="tag">attorney-general</category><category domain="tag">election-interference</category><category domain="tag">trump-administration</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>A coalition of 23 states and the District of Columbia filed a federal lawsuit challenging Trump's March 31 executive order restricting mail-in voting, arguing it "violates bedrock principles of federalism and separation of powers" by attempting to bypass the constitutional role o</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Keith Ellison, Letitia James, Dan Rayfield, Democratic Attorneys General Association, Chuck Schumer, Hakeem Jeffries</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Electoral Manipulation, Democratic Backsliding</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-04-03--23-states-sue-trump-mail-voting-executive-order/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>French-Owned Container Ship Crosses Strait of Hormuz, Signaling Iran's Strategy to Fracture Western Alliance</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-04-03--french-cma-cgm-ship-transits-strait-of-hormuz/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-04-03</dc:date><description>On April 3, 2026, the CMA CGM Kribi — a container ship owned by France's CMA CGM, the world's third-largest shipping company — became the first vessel tied to Western Europe to transit the Strait of Hormuz since Iran's de facto blockade began at the outbreak of war on February 28</description><category>CMA CGM</category><category>Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps</category><category>France</category><category domain="capture-lane">Military Capture</category><category domain="tag">iran-war</category><category domain="tag">strait-of-hormuz</category><category domain="tag">france</category><category domain="tag">alliance-fracturing</category><category domain="tag">oil-crisis</category><category domain="tag">cma-cgm</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On April 3, 2026, the CMA CGM Kribi — a container ship owned by France's CMA CGM, the world's third-largest shipping company — became the first vessel tied to Western Europe to transit the Strait of Hormuz since Iran's de facto blockade began at the outbreak of war on February 28</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> CMA CGM, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, France</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Military Capture</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-04-03--french-cma-cgm-ship-transits-strait-of-hormuz/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>McConnell Joins Democrats to Defend US NATO Membership as Trump Considers Withdrawal</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-04-03--mcconnell-joins-democrats-nato-membership-defense/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-04-03</dc:date><description>On April 3, 2026, Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) joined Democratic lawmakers in publicly defending U.S. NATO membership after President Trump indicated he was considering withdrawing from the alliance. McConnell — chair of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense — co-autho</description><category>Mitch McConnell</category><category>Donald Trump</category><category>Chris Coons</category><category>Susan Collins</category><category>Lisa Murkowski</category><category>Thom Tillis</category><category domain="capture-lane">Executive Power Expansion</category><category domain="tag">nato</category><category domain="tag">bipartisan</category><category domain="tag">mcconnell</category><category domain="tag">iran-war</category><category domain="tag">tariffs</category><category domain="tag">alliance-fracturing</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On April 3, 2026, Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) joined Democratic lawmakers in publicly defending U.S. NATO membership after President Trump indicated he was considering withdrawing from the alliance. McConnell — chair of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense — co-autho</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Mitch McConnell, Donald Trump, Chris Coons, Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Thom Tillis, Rand Paul</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Executive Power Expansion</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-04-03--mcconnell-joins-democrats-nato-membership-defense/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Michael Edison Hayden Reveals SPLC Gutted Its Intelligence Project Before Trump's Return, Leaving Far-Right Monitoring Degraded</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-04-03--splc-institutional-crisis-hayden-revelations/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-04-03</dc:date><description>On April 3, 2026, former SPLC senior investigative reporter Michael Edison Hayden published a detailed account of the Southern Poverty Law Center's self-inflicted institutional crisis, timed to the release of his book *Strange People on the Hill*. Hayden, who spent five years cov</description><category>Michael Edison Hayden</category><category>Southern Poverty Law Center</category><category>Kash Patel</category><category>FBI</category><category domain="capture-lane">Civil Rights Suppression</category><category domain="tag">splc</category><category domain="tag">far-right-monitoring</category><category domain="tag">watchdog-degradation</category><category domain="tag">fbi</category><category domain="tag">institutional-capture</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On April 3, 2026, former SPLC senior investigative reporter Michael Edison Hayden published a detailed account of the Southern Poverty Law Center's self-inflicted institutional crisis, timed to the release of his book *Strange People on the Hill*. Hayden, who spent five years cov</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Michael Edison Hayden, Southern Poverty Law Center, Kash Patel, FBI</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Civil Rights Suppression</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-04-03--splc-institutional-crisis-hayden-revelations/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Trump Requests Record $1.5 Trillion Defense Budget for FY2027, Largest Year-Over-Year Increase Since WWII</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-04-03--trump-1-5-trillion-defense-budget-request-fy2027/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-04-03</dc:date><description>On April 3, 2026, President Trump released his FY2027 budget request calling for $1.5 trillion in total defense spending — the largest defense budget in U.S. history and the largest year-over-year increase since World War II, representing roughly a 40% jump from FY2026 levels.</description><category>Donald Trump</category><category>Pete Hegseth</category><category>U.S. Congress</category><category domain="capture-lane">Military Capture</category><category domain="capture-lane">Fiscal Capture</category><category domain="tag">defense-budget</category><category domain="tag">military-spending</category><category domain="tag">golden-dome</category><category domain="tag">iran-war</category><category domain="tag">reconciliation</category><category domain="tag">domestic-cuts</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On April 3, 2026, President Trump released his FY2027 budget request calling for $1.5 trillion in total defense spending — the largest defense budget in U.S. history and the largest year-over-year increase since World War II, representing roughly a 40% jump from FY2026 levels.</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Donald Trump, Pete Hegseth, U.S. Congress</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Military Capture, Fiscal Capture</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-04-03--trump-1-5-trillion-defense-budget-request-fy2027/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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