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<title>ICE Agents Fatally Shoot 26-Year-Old Colombian Man in Biddeford, Maine — No Body Cameras Worn</title>
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<dc:date>2026-07-13</dc:date><description>ICE agents fatally shot a 26-year-old Colombian man near the intersection of Pool and Hill Streets in Biddeford, Maine at approximately 7:20 a.m. on July 13, 2026, as he was reportedly on his way to work. A witness, Biddeford resident Lucas Scott, reported seeing an unmarked Ford</description><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category>Angus King</category><category>Markwayne Mullin</category><category domain="tag">civil-rights-suppression</category><category domain="tag">use-of-force</category><category domain="tag">accountability-failure</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>ICE agents fatally shot a 26-year-old Colombian man near the intersection of Pool and Hill Streets in Biddeford, Maine at approximately 7:20 a.m. on July 13, 2026, as he was reportedly on his way to work. A witness, Biddeford resident Lucas Scott, reported seeing an unmarked Ford</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Angus King, Markwayne Mullin</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-13--ice-fatal-shooting-biddeford-maine-weaponize-vehicle/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>GENIUS Act's July 18 Deadline Looms: Banks Poised to Enter Stablecoin Market as Trump's WLFI Conflict Intensifies</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-12--genius-act-july18-deadline-banks-enter-stablecoin-market/</link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-12</dc:date><description>Six federal agencies — OCC, FDIC, NCUA, Treasury, FinCEN, and OFAC — face a statutory July 18, 2026 deadline to finalize GENIUS Act stablecoin rules. Once published, JPMorgan, Bank of America, and other banks that have announced stablecoin readiness can legally issue payment stab</description><category>Office of the Comptroller of the Currency</category><category>Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation</category><category>World Liberty Financial</category><category domain="tag">crypto-finance</category><category domain="tag">regulatory-capture</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Six federal agencies — OCC, FDIC, NCUA, Treasury, FinCEN, and OFAC — face a statutory July 18, 2026 deadline to finalize GENIUS Act stablecoin rules. Once published, JPMorgan, Bank of America, and other banks that have announced stablecoin readiness can legally issue payment stab</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, World Liberty Financial</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-12--genius-act-july18-deadline-banks-enter-stablecoin-market/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>McConnell Discloses Mid-June Fall Caused Weeks-Long Hospitalization, Cites Post-Polio Condition</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-12--mcconnell-discloses-fall-hospitalization-post-polio/</link>
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<dc:date>2026-07-12</dc:date><description>Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY), 84, disclosed July 12, 2026 that a mid-June fall left him briefly unconscious and led to a hospitalization his office had declined to explain for roughly a month. Doctors found no broken bones, no concussion, no heart attack or stroke, and no tumor</description><category>Mitch McConnell</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY), 84, disclosed July 12, 2026 that a mid-June fall left him briefly unconscious and led to a hospitalization his office had declined to explain for roughly a month. Doctors found no broken bones, no concussion, no heart attack or stroke, and no tumor</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Mitch McConnell</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-12--mcconnell-discloses-fall-hospitalization-post-polio/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>OSINT Investigation Documents ICE Using Vehicle-Containment Tactics Designed for Violent Felons in Routine Civil Stops</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-11--eyes-on-ice-documents-vehicle-containment-tactic-civil-enforcement/</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-11</dc:date><description>Eyes on ICE, a Substack-based OSINT investigation, published a tactical breakdown on July 11, 2026 documenting ICE's use of a coordinated vehicle-ramming and pinning maneuver — which the outlet terms the "Vehicle Containment Technique" (VCT), originally engineered for stopping vi</description><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category>Renee Nicole Good</category><category domain="tag">civil-rights-suppression</category><category domain="tag">use-of-force</category><category domain="tag">accountability-failure</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Eyes on ICE, a Substack-based OSINT investigation, published a tactical breakdown on July 11, 2026 documenting ICE's use of a coordinated vehicle-ramming and pinning maneuver — which the outlet terms the "Vehicle Containment Technique" (VCT), originally engineered for stopping vi</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Renee Nicole Good</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-11--eyes-on-ice-documents-vehicle-containment-tactic-civil-enforcement/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Senator Lindsey Graham Dies at 71; SC Governor to Appoint Graham's Sister to Hold Seat</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-11--senator-lindsey-graham-dies-mcmaster-appoints-sister/</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-11</dc:date><description>Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) died the evening of July 11, 2026 at his Capitol Hill home, one day after returning from an official visit to Kyiv and two days after his 71st birthday. Emergency responders found him in cardiac arrest; the D.C. medical examiner's preliminary finding</description><category>Lindsey Graham</category><category domain="tag">electoral-manipulation</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) died the evening of July 11, 2026 at his Capitol Hill home, one day after returning from an official visit to Kyiv and two days after his 71st birthday. Emergency responders found him in cardiac arrest; the D.C. medical examiner's preliminary finding</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Lindsey Graham</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-11--senator-lindsey-graham-dies-mcmaster-appoints-sister/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Federal Judge Orders Washington State Health Inspectors Into Tacoma GEO Group ICE Facility</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-10--tacoma-geo-group-federal-judge-orders-state-health-inspection/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-10</dc:date><description>U.S. District Judge Benjamin Settle ruled July 10, 2026 that GEO Group must allow Washington State Department of Health inspectors into the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma, one of the largest private ICE facilities in the country. The ruling takes effect in two weeks; G</description><category>GEO Group</category><category domain="tag">detention-industrial-complex</category><category domain="tag">state-resistance</category><category domain="tag">geo-group</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>U.S. District Judge Benjamin Settle ruled July 10, 2026 that GEO Group must allow Washington State Department of Health inspectors into the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma, one of the largest private ICE facilities in the country. The ruling takes effect in two weeks; G</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> GEO Group</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-10--tacoma-geo-group-federal-judge-orders-state-health-inspection/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Nevada Federal Judge Rules ICE Is 'Rebelling' Against Court Order, Forces Release of 17 Detainees</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-10--nevada-judge-boulware-ice-rebelling-court-order-detainee-release/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-10</dc:date><description>Federal Judge Richard Boulware II issued contempt-adjacent orders in early July 2026 requiring ICE to release 17 people held at the Nevada Southern Detention Center, after DHS refused to comply with his March 2026 ruling vacating mandatory-detention policies under the Administrat</description><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category domain="tag">civil-rights-suppression</category><category domain="tag">judicial-capture</category><category domain="tag">accountability-failure</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Federal Judge Richard Boulware II issued contempt-adjacent orders in early July 2026 requiring ICE to release 17 people held at the Nevada Southern Detention Center, after DHS refused to comply with his March 2026 ruling vacating mandatory-detention policies under the Administrat</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-10--nevada-judge-boulware-ice-rebelling-court-order-detainee-release/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Trump Fires Remaining Election Assistance Commission Members Nine Days After Humphrey's Executor Overturned</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-10--trump-fires-eac-commissioners-hicks-hovland-after-humphreys-executor/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-10</dc:date><description>Trump fired the two remaining Democratic members of the bipartisan Election Assistance Commission — Commissioners Hicks and Hovland — on July 10, 2026, nine days after the Supreme Court's 6-3 ruling in Trump v. Slaughter overturned Humphrey's Executor and eliminated statutory rem</description><category>Donald Trump</category><category domain="tag">democratic-erosion</category><category domain="tag">electoral-manipulation</category><category domain="tag">judicial-capture</category><category domain="tag">executive-power-expansion</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Trump fired the two remaining Democratic members of the bipartisan Election Assistance Commission — Commissioners Hicks and Hovland — on July 10, 2026, nine days after the Supreme Court's 6-3 ruling in Trump v. Slaughter overturned Humphrey's Executor and eliminated statutory rem</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Donald Trump</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-10--trump-fires-eac-commissioners-hicks-hovland-after-humphreys-executor/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Bipartisan Congress Investigates FBI Director Kash Patel Over Jet Junkets, BMW Fleet, and Undisclosed Stock</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-09--kash-patel-bipartisan-investigation-jets-bmws-stock/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-09</dc:date><description>Senate Judiciary Chair Chuck Grassley (R-IA) privately demanded FBI Director Kash Patel account for taxpayer-funded aircraft use and an unexplained armored BMW fleet procurement; on July 9, House Judiciary Democrats Jamie Raskin and Dick Durbin escalated by launching a formal bic</description><category>Kash Patel</category><category>Chuck Grassley</category><category>Jamie Raskin</category><category>Dick Durbin</category><category domain="tag">judicial-capture</category><category domain="tag">systematic-corruption</category><category domain="tag">financial-capture</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Senate Judiciary Chair Chuck Grassley (R-IA) privately demanded FBI Director Kash Patel account for taxpayer-funded aircraft use and an unexplained armored BMW fleet procurement; on July 9, House Judiciary Democrats Jamie Raskin and Dick Durbin escalated by launching a formal bic</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Kash Patel, Chuck Grassley, Jamie Raskin, Dick Durbin</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-09--kash-patel-bipartisan-investigation-jets-bmws-stock/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Fed Chair Warsh Appoints a16z's Marc Andreessen to Co-Lead AI Productivity Task Force</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-09--warsh-appoints-andreessen-fed-ai-task-force/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-09</dc:date><description>New Fed Chair Kevin Warsh announced five external task forces on July 9, 2026, appointing Marc Andreessen — co-founder of a16z, a major investor in frontier AI companies — to co-lead the Productivity and Jobs panel, whose findings will directly influence Fed rate policy. Warsh ha</description><category>Kevin Warsh</category><category>Marc Andreessen</category><category>Federal Reserve</category><category domain="tag">regulatory-capture</category><category domain="tag">ai-governance</category><category domain="tag">financial-capture</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>New Fed Chair Kevin Warsh announced five external task forces on July 9, 2026, appointing Marc Andreessen — co-founder of a16z, a major investor in frontier AI companies — to co-lead the Productivity and Jobs panel, whose findings will directly influence Fed rate policy. Warsh ha</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Kevin Warsh, Marc Andreessen, Federal Reserve</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-09--warsh-appoints-andreessen-fed-ai-task-force/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>ICE Builds New Hard-Sided Facility at Batavia, NY After State Bans County Jail Detentions</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-09--ice-batavia-hard-sided-expansion-after-new-york-jail-ban/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-09</dc:date><description>ICE is constructing a new "hard-sided" detention facility on its Batavia federal property, adding roughly 100 beds to the 650-bed Buffalo Federal Detention Facility — already routinely holding 745+ people — in direct response to a New York state law barring ICE from using county </description><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category domain="tag">detention-industrial-complex</category><category domain="tag">state-resistance</category><category domain="tag">local-democratic-bypass</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>ICE is constructing a new "hard-sided" detention facility on its Batavia federal property, adding roughly 100 beds to the 650-bed Buffalo Federal Detention Facility — already routinely holding 745+ people — in direct response to a New York state law barring ICE from using county </p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-09--ice-batavia-hard-sided-expansion-after-new-york-jail-ban/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Trump Fires Top Election Assistance Commission Staff as SAVE Act 'Backdoor' Implementation Advances</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-09--trump-purges-election-assistance-commission-save-act-backdoor/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-09</dc:date><description>Trump fired the top four staff of the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) on July 9, 2026, eliminating the agency's senior technical and operational expertise needed to certify voting systems ahead of the 2026 midterms. Reporting from Miles Taylor (former DHS official, publishin</description><category>Donald Trump</category><category domain="tag">democratic-erosion</category><category domain="tag">electoral-manipulation</category><category domain="tag">executive-power-expansion</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Trump fired the top four staff of the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) on July 9, 2026, eliminating the agency's senior technical and operational expertise needed to certify voting systems ahead of the 2026 midterms. Reporting from Miles Taylor (former DHS official, publishin</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Donald Trump</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-09--trump-purges-election-assistance-commission-save-act-backdoor/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>US Government's Pre-Release Authority Over Frontier AI Becomes Operational; OpenAI's Equity-Stake Proposal Advances in Parallel</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-09--openai-anthropic-pre-release-government-control-operational/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-09</dc:date><description>The Trump administration's June 2 executive order requiring up to 30 days of pre-release government access to frontier AI models is now operational: OpenAI delayed the full public launch of GPT-5.6 after the government invoked the authority, and Anthropic's Fable 5 and Mythos 5 w</description><category>OpenAI</category><category>Anthropic</category><category>Trump Administration</category><category domain="tag">ai-governance</category><category domain="tag">corporate-capture</category><category domain="tag">regulatory-capture</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The Trump administration's June 2 executive order requiring up to 30 days of pre-release government access to frontier AI models is now operational: OpenAI delayed the full public launch of GPT-5.6 after the government invoked the authority, and Anthropic's Fable 5 and Mythos 5 w</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> OpenAI, Anthropic, Trump Administration</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-09--openai-anthropic-pre-release-government-control-operational/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Clearview AI Pursues FedRAMP Clearance as CBP Expands Facial Recognition to All Non-US Travelers</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-08--clearview-fedramp-cbp-facial-recognition-all-travelers/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-08</dc:date><description>Clearview AI is pursuing FedRAMP (Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program) certification, which would streamline procurement of its facial-recognition system by DHS, law enforcement, and national-security agencies by removing a compliance step that has historically slow</description><category>Clearview AI</category><category>U.S. Customs and Border Protection</category><category domain="tag">surveillance-infrastructure</category><category domain="tag">regulatory-capture</category><category domain="tag">biometric-surveillance</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Clearview AI is pursuing FedRAMP (Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program) certification, which would streamline procurement of its facial-recognition system by DHS, law enforcement, and national-security agencies by removing a compliance step that has historically slow</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Clearview AI, U.S. Customs and Border Protection</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-08--clearview-fedramp-cbp-facial-recognition-all-travelers/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Lakeland FL 'Project Swan' AI Data Center Draws Bipartisan Opposition, Ratepayer Concerns</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-08--lakeland-fl-bipartisan-opposition-project-swan-data-center/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-08</dc:date><description>Lakeland, FL residents filled City Hall on July 6, 2026 demanding a moratorium on a proposed AI data center dubbed "Project Swan," with 19 of 20 public commenters opposing the project. Opposition crossed party lines: both the Polk County Republican Party chair and the Polk County</description><category domain="tag">datacenter-buildout</category><category domain="tag">ratepayer-cost-shift</category><category domain="tag">local-resistance</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Lakeland, FL residents filled City Hall on July 6, 2026 demanding a moratorium on a proposed AI data center dubbed "Project Swan," with 19 of 20 public commenters opposing the project. Opposition crossed party lines: both the Polk County Republican Party chair and the Polk County</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-08--lakeland-fl-bipartisan-opposition-project-swan-data-center/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Bell County, TX Residents Demand End to Meta Data Center Tax Abatements</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-07--bell-county-tx-residents-demand-end-meta-data-center-abatements/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-07</dc:date><description>Bell County, TX residents told commissioners on July 7, 2026 that the county's tax-abatement policy is the primary incentive drawing hyperscale data centers — including Meta's Temple facility — into the area, and called for scrapping the policy entirely. One resident noted Meta's</description><category>Meta</category><category domain="tag">datacenter-buildout</category><category domain="tag">fiscal-capture</category><category domain="tag">local-resistance</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Bell County, TX residents told commissioners on July 7, 2026 that the county's tax-abatement policy is the primary incentive drawing hyperscale data centers — including Meta's Temple facility — into the area, and called for scrapping the policy entirely. One resident noted Meta's</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Meta</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-07--bell-county-tx-residents-demand-end-meta-data-center-abatements/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>DeKalb County GA Extends Data Center Moratorium Through March 2027 After Rejecting Industry-Backed Regulations</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-07--dekalb-county-ga-extends-data-center-moratorium-march-2027/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-07</dc:date><description>DeKalb County, GA commissioners voted July 7, 2026 to extend the county's data-center moratorium through March 30, 2027, after a June 23 vote unexpectedly rejected proposed industry-backed zoning text amendments and sent regulators back to draft. The extension directs the CEO to </description><category domain="tag">datacenter-buildout</category><category domain="tag">local-resistance</category><category domain="tag">environmental-justice</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>DeKalb County, GA commissioners voted July 7, 2026 to extend the county's data-center moratorium through March 30, 2027, after a June 23 vote unexpectedly rejected proposed industry-backed zoning text amendments and sent regulators back to draft. The extension directs the CEO to </p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-07--dekalb-county-ga-extends-data-center-moratorium-march-2027/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>DOJ Threatens Criminal Prosecution of Election Officials in All 50 States, Deploys Monitors to Democratic Jurisdictions</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-07--doj-threatens-criminal-prosecution-election-officials-50-states/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-07</dc:date><description>DOJ Civil Rights Division chief Harmeet Dhillon sent letters to all 50 states and D.C. on July 7, threatening criminal prosecution of election officials if noncitizen voters remain on the rolls — a coercive escalation after courts rejected DOJ's civil legal route in 11+ district-</description><category>Harmeet Dhillon</category><category>Department of Justice</category><category domain="tag">democratic-erosion</category><category domain="tag">electoral-manipulation</category><category domain="tag">civil-rights-suppression</category><category domain="tag">judicial-capture</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>DOJ Civil Rights Division chief Harmeet Dhillon sent letters to all 50 states and D.C. on July 7, threatening criminal prosecution of election officials if noncitizen voters remain on the rolls — a coercive escalation after courts rejected DOJ's civil legal route in 11+ district-</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Harmeet Dhillon, Department of Justice</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-07--doj-threatens-criminal-prosecution-election-officials-50-states/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Douglas County GA Votes 4-1 to Block EdgeConneX's 700-Acre Data Center Campus — Second Denial in Seven Months</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-07--douglas-county-ga-blocks-edgeconnex-700-acre-data-center-campus/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-07</dc:date><description>Douglas County, GA commissioners voted 4-1 on July 7, 2026 to deny a rezoning request for a 700-acre, 4.4 million-square-foot data-center campus near Villa Rica, along I-20/Liberty Road roughly 30 miles west of Atlanta. Developer East Village Dothan LLC (a subsidiary of EdgeConne</description><category domain="tag">datacenter-buildout</category><category domain="tag">local-resistance</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Douglas County, GA commissioners voted 4-1 on July 7, 2026 to deny a rezoning request for a 700-acre, 4.4 million-square-foot data-center campus near Villa Rica, along I-20/Liberty Road roughly 30 miles west of Atlanta. Developer East Village Dothan LLC (a subsidiary of EdgeConne</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-07--douglas-county-ga-blocks-edgeconnex-700-acre-data-center-campus/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>ICE Kills Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston; Agency's Self-Defense Account Collapses Under Witness and Medical Evidence</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-07--ice-kills-lorenzo-salgado-araujo-houston-narrative-collapse/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-07</dc:date><description>An ICE agent fatally shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a 52-year-old Mexican national who had lived in the U.S. for more than 30 years and was in the process of obtaining legal status, as he drove his construction crew to a Houston job site on July 7, 2026. ICE's initial account claim</description><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category domain="tag">civil-rights-suppression</category><category domain="tag">detention-industrial-complex</category><category domain="tag">accountability-failure</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>An ICE agent fatally shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a 52-year-old Mexican national who had lived in the U.S. for more than 30 years and was in the process of obtaining legal status, as he drove his construction crew to a Houston job site on July 7, 2026. ICE's initial account claim</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Immigration and Customs Enforcement</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-07--ice-kills-lorenzo-salgado-araujo-houston-narrative-collapse/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>NSPM-7 Operationalized: Local Police Build Antifa Files via Fusion Centers as FBI Offers $200K to Informant-ize Texas Activist</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-07--nspm7-antifa-fusion-centers-fbi-informant-offer-texas/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-07</dc:date><description>Two Intercept investigations published July 7, 2026 document Trump's NSPM-7 antifa designation being operationalized at the local level. The Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office sent fusion-center bulletins framing antifa as a domestic terror threat, reproduced in the reporting. Separatel</description><category>Federal Bureau of Investigation</category><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category domain="tag">civil-rights-suppression</category><category domain="tag">surveillance-infrastructure</category><category domain="tag">democratic-erosion</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Two Intercept investigations published July 7, 2026 document Trump's NSPM-7 antifa designation being operationalized at the local level. The Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office sent fusion-center bulletins framing antifa as a domestic terror threat, reproduced in the reporting. Separatel</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Homeland Security</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-07--nspm7-antifa-fusion-centers-fbi-informant-offer-texas/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Nashville Mayor Files Eminent Domain to Block DC Blox Data Center Next to City Zoo</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-06--nashville-mayor-eminent-domain-dc-blox-datacenter-zoo/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-06</dc:date><description>Nashville Mayor Freddie O'Connell filed late-breaking eminent domain condemnation legislation targeting a 23.5-acre site adjacent to the Nashville Zoo where DC Blox holds a $23M purchase contract set to close in early July. Metro Council votes July 7 on whether to even consider t</description><category domain="tag">datacenter-buildout</category><category domain="tag">local-democratic-bypass</category><category domain="tag">state-resistance</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Nashville Mayor Freddie O'Connell filed late-breaking eminent domain condemnation legislation targeting a 23.5-acre site adjacent to the Nashville Zoo where DC Blox holds a $23M purchase contract set to close in early July. Metro Council votes July 7 on whether to even consider t</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-06--nashville-mayor-eminent-domain-dc-blox-datacenter-zoo/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Prince George's County MD Council Passes 2-Year Data Center Moratorium</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-06--prince-georges-county-md-2-year-datacenter-moratorium-vote/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-06</dc:date><description>Prince George's County, MD Council Chair Krystal Oriadha said she had the votes — though not unanimously — for a two-year moratorium on new data-center operations. The county's previous AI data-center moratorium expired July 1; County Executive Aisha Braveboy issued an executive </description><category domain="tag">datacenter-buildout</category><category domain="tag">local-resistance</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Prince George's County, MD Council Chair Krystal Oriadha said she had the votes — though not unanimously — for a two-year moratorium on new data-center operations. The county's previous AI data-center moratorium expired July 1; County Executive Aisha Braveboy issued an executive </p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-06--prince-georges-county-md-2-year-datacenter-moratorium-vote/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>ProPublica: Deportations of Unaccompanied Immigrant Minors Have Tripled Under Trump</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-06--propublica-unaccompanied-minor-deportations-tripled-trump/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-06</dc:date><description>ProPublica's July 6 investigation documents that deportations of unaccompanied immigrant minors have tripled under the Trump administration, with DHS now removing children who previously held protections under the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA). The pi</description><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category domain="tag">civil-rights-suppression</category><category domain="tag">detention-industrial-complex</category><category domain="tag">immigration-enforcement</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>ProPublica's July 6 investigation documents that deportations of unaccompanied immigrant minors have tripled under the Trump administration, with DHS now removing children who previously held protections under the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA). The pi</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-06--propublica-unaccompanied-minor-deportations-tripled-trump/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>DHS Marks OBBB Year One: $165B Doubled ICE's Force and Added 80,000 Beds; Oversight Has Not Scaled to Match</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-04--dhs-obbb-year-one-165b-doubled-ice-force-accountability-gap/</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-04</dc:date><description>DHS published a year-one accounting of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act's enforcement buildout on July 4, 2026, documenting $165B in appropriations since the bill's July 4, 2025 signing. ICE's agent corps doubled from roughly 10,000 to 22,000; 80,000 new detention beds came online;</description><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category domain="tag">detention-industrial-complex</category><category domain="tag">fiscal-capture</category><category domain="tag">accountability-failure</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>DHS published a year-one accounting of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act's enforcement buildout on July 4, 2026, documenting $165B in appropriations since the bill's July 4, 2025 signing. ICE's agent corps doubled from roughly 10,000 to 22,000; 80,000 new detention beds came online;</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-04--dhs-obbb-year-one-165b-doubled-ice-force-accountability-gap/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>No Kings Stages Nationwide July 4 Demonstrations Linking ICE Enforcement, Court Rulings, and Democratic Erosion</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-04--no-kings-july-4-2026-nationwide-demonstrations-resistance-convergence/</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-04</dc:date><description>Tens of thousands of demonstrations under the No Kings banner ran nationwide on July 4, combining Independence Day symbolism with direct protest against ICE enforcement, the Supreme Court's term-end removal-power rulings, and voting-rights erosion. Women's March-affiliated groups</description><category>No Kings Coalition</category><category>Women's March</category><category domain="tag">democratic-erosion</category><category domain="tag">civil-rights-suppression</category><category domain="tag">resistance</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Tens of thousands of demonstrations under the No Kings banner ran nationwide on July 4, combining Independence Day symbolism with direct protest against ICE enforcement, the Supreme Court's term-end removal-power rulings, and voting-rights erosion. Women's March-affiliated groups</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> No Kings Coalition, Women's March</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-04--no-kings-july-4-2026-nationwide-demonstrations-resistance-convergence/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>AI Governance Fractures: EU AI Act Enforceable Aug 2 as 19 US State Laws Pass in Two Weeks and Trump EO Guts Federal Oversight</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-03--ai-governance-eu-act-enforcement-us-state-law-wave/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-03</dc:date><description>Three converging AI-governance clocks are now ticking. The EU AI Act becomes fully enforceable August 2, 2026 — the first binding AI law anywhere. In late June 2026, 19 new AI laws passed across 11 US states plus Congress within a single two-week window, producing a fragmented do</description><category>European Commission</category><category>Donald Trump</category><category domain="tag">ai-governance</category><category domain="tag">regulatory-capture</category><category domain="tag">federal-preemption</category><category domain="tag">surveillance-infrastructure</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Three converging AI-governance clocks are now ticking. The EU AI Act becomes fully enforceable August 2, 2026 — the first binding AI law anywhere. In late June 2026, 19 new AI laws passed across 11 US states plus Congress within a single two-week window, producing a fragmented do</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> European Commission, Donald Trump</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-03--ai-governance-eu-act-enforcement-us-state-law-wave/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>ProPublica: Camp East Montana Repeatedly Failed Detainee in Mental Health Crisis Before His Death</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-03--propublica-camp-east-montana-mental-health-crisis-death/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-03</dc:date><description>ProPublica's July 3 investigation documents how Camp East Montana — the largest U.S. immigration detention facility, operated at Fort Bliss in El Paso — repeatedly failed a detainee experiencing a mental health crisis, denying him adequate care across multiple documented contacts</description><category>ICE</category><category domain="tag">detention-industrial-complex</category><category domain="tag">civil-rights-suppression</category><category domain="tag">accountability-failure</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>ProPublica's July 3 investigation documents how Camp East Montana — the largest U.S. immigration detention facility, operated at Fort Bliss in El Paso — repeatedly failed a detainee experiencing a mental health crisis, denying him adequate care across multiple documented contacts</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> ICE</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-03--propublica-camp-east-montana-mental-health-crisis-death/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>The Intercept Documents Trump DOJ's Pattern of Charging Protesters as Terrorists</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-03--intercept-doj-charges-protesters-terrorism-communist-boogeyman-playbook/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-03</dc:date><description>The Intercept's July 3 investigation documents the Trump DOJ's systematic use of domestic-terrorism charges against protesters and dissidents, framing it as an update of Cold War tactics that labeled political opposition as subversive. An April 30 Raskin letter to DOJ had already</description><category>Department of Justice</category><category>Federal Bureau of Investigation</category><category domain="tag">civil-rights-suppression</category><category domain="tag">democratic-erosion</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The Intercept's July 3 investigation documents the Trump DOJ's systematic use of domestic-terrorism charges against protesters and dissidents, framing it as an update of Cold War tactics that labeled political opposition as subversive. An April 30 Raskin letter to DOJ had already</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-03--intercept-doj-charges-protesters-terrorism-communist-boogeyman-playbook/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>5th Circuit Rules Due Process Requires Bond Hearings After 90 Days in ICE Detention, Deepening Circuit Split</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-02--fifth-circuit-90-day-bond-hearing-mandatory-detention-ruling/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-02</dc:date><description>A 2-1 Fifth Circuit panel ruled July 2, 2026 that the Due Process Clause prohibits mandatory civil immigration detention beyond 90 days without an individualized bond hearing, binding ICE in Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. The case arose from three long-term U.S. residents — e</description><category>Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals</category><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category domain="tag">civil-rights-suppression</category><category domain="tag">judicial-capture</category><category domain="tag">detention-industrial-complex</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>A 2-1 Fifth Circuit panel ruled July 2, 2026 that the Due Process Clause prohibits mandatory civil immigration detention beyond 90 days without an individualized bond hearing, binding ICE in Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. The case arose from three long-term U.S. residents — e</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, Immigration and Customs Enforcement</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-02--fifth-circuit-90-day-bond-hearing-mandatory-detention-ruling/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>DHS Buys CoreCivic's Two Largest CA Detention Centers for $1.5B, Keeps CoreCivic as Operator, Sidesteps Federal Oversight</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-02--dhs-buys-corecivic-otay-mesa-california-city-1-5b-oversight-shield/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-02</dc:date><description>The federal government closed a $1.5 billion purchase of CoreCivic's two largest California detention facilities on July 2, 2026: Otay Mesa (1,994 beds, San Diego, $739.2M) and California City (2,560 beds, Kern County, $732.6M) — shifting 4,554 ICE beds from private ownership to </description><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category>CoreCivic</category><category domain="tag">detention-industrial-complex</category><category domain="tag">regulatory-capture</category><category domain="tag">corecivic</category><category domain="tag">fiscal-capture</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The federal government closed a $1.5 billion purchase of CoreCivic's two largest California detention facilities on July 2, 2026: Otay Mesa (1,994 beds, San Diego, $739.2M) and California City (2,560 beds, Kern County, $732.6M) — shifting 4,554 ICE beds from private ownership to </p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Department of Homeland Security, CoreCivic</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-02--dhs-buys-corecivic-otay-mesa-california-city-1-5b-oversight-shield/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Federal Judge Hears Arguments on Howard County MD's Permit Revocation for Elkridge ICE Warehouse Conversion</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-02--howard-county-md-elkridge-ice-facility-ruling-imminent/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-02</dc:date><description>A federal judge (Adam Abelson) heard over two hours of arguments on July 2 on whether Howard County, MD illegally revoked building permits for a warehouse in Elkridge being converted to an ICE detention facility by Genesis GSA Strategic One LLC. DOJ joined the contractor's side, </description><category>Department of Justice</category><category domain="tag">detention-industrial-complex</category><category domain="tag">local-democratic-bypass</category><category domain="tag">state-resistance</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>A federal judge (Adam Abelson) heard over two hours of arguments on July 2 on whether Howard County, MD illegally revoked building permits for a warehouse in Elkridge being converted to an ICE detention facility by Genesis GSA Strategic One LLC. DOJ joined the contractor's side, </p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Department of Justice</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-02--howard-county-md-elkridge-ice-facility-ruling-imminent/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>OpenAI Proposes 5% U.S. Government Equity Stake (~$42.6B) as Sovereign-Wealth Vehicle</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-02--openai-proposes-5-percent-government-equity-stake/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-02</dc:date><description>OpenAI formally proposed giving the U.S. government a 5% equity stake — worth approximately $42.6 billion at its roughly $852 billion post-money valuation — framed as a sovereign-wealth-fund vehicle to share AI's "upside" with the public. CNBC, Bloomberg, and Forbes all report th</description><category>OpenAI</category><category>Donald Trump</category><category domain="tag">ai-governance</category><category domain="tag">corporate-capture</category><category domain="tag">sovereign-wealth-fund</category><category domain="tag">regulatory-capture</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>OpenAI formally proposed giving the U.S. government a 5% equity stake — worth approximately $42.6 billion at its roughly $852 billion post-money valuation — framed as a sovereign-wealth-fund vehicle to share AI's "upside" with the public. CNBC, Bloomberg, and Forbes all report th</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> OpenAI, Donald Trump</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-02--openai-proposes-5-percent-government-equity-stake/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>ProPublica: Supreme Court's October 2025 Term First to Decide More Cases by Shadow Docket Than Argued Opinion</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-02--propublica-shadow-docket-milestone-secretive-votes/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-02</dc:date><description>ProPublica reports that in its October 2025 term, the Supreme Court for the first time decided more cases through secret-ballot, unsigned "shadow docket" orders with minimal or no written justification than through argued cases with signed opinions — a structural milestone in the</description><category>Supreme Court of the United States</category><category>ProPublica</category><category domain="tag">judicial-capture</category><category domain="tag">shadow-docket</category><category domain="tag">scotus</category><category domain="tag">immigration-enforcement</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>ProPublica reports that in its October 2025 term, the Supreme Court for the first time decided more cases through secret-ballot, unsigned "shadow docket" orders with minimal or no written justification than through argued cases with signed opinions — a structural milestone in the</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Supreme Court of the United States, ProPublica</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-02--propublica-shadow-docket-milestone-secretive-votes/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Santa Fe County NM Passes Unanimous 18-Month Data Center Moratorium at 1 MW Threshold</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-02--santa-fe-county-nm-data-center-moratorium-18-months/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-02</dc:date><description>The Santa Fe County, NM Board of County Commissioners voted unanimously July 2 to adopt an 18-month moratorium on data-center development. Public comment pushed the power threshold down from a proposed 100 MW to just 1 MW (roughly 1,000 homes) and extended the duration from 12 to</description><category domain="tag">datacenter-buildout</category><category domain="tag">environmental-capture</category><category domain="tag">local-resistance</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The Santa Fe County, NM Board of County Commissioners voted unanimously July 2 to adopt an 18-month moratorium on data-center development. Public comment pushed the power threshold down from a proposed 100 MW to just 1 MW (roughly 1,000 homes) and extended the duration from 12 to</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-02--santa-fe-county-nm-data-center-moratorium-18-months/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Washington County MD Votes 4-1 for 12-Month Data Center Moratorium Over Infrastructure Cost-Shift Concerns</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-02--washington-county-md-datacenter-moratorium/</link>
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<dc:date>2026-07-02</dc:date><description>Washington County, MD commissioners voted 4-1 on July 2 to impose a 12-month moratorium on new data-center applications, extending a previously proposed six-month pause after residents raised concerns about water supplies, electric infrastructure, and who bears the cost of bespok</description><category domain="tag">datacenter-buildout</category><category domain="tag">regulatory-capture</category><category domain="tag">local-resistance</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Washington County, MD commissioners voted 4-1 on July 2 to impose a 12-month moratorium on new data-center applications, extending a previously proposed six-month pause after residents raised concerns about water supplies, electric infrastructure, and who bears the cost of bespok</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-02--washington-county-md-datacenter-moratorium/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Arizona AG Wins Binding Pause on Surprise, AZ Warehouse-to-ICE-Detention Conversion Pending Environmental Review</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-01--arizona-ag-stipulation-pauses-surprise-warehouse-ice-conversion/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-01</dc:date><description>Arizona AG Kris Mayes announced July 1 a binding stipulated agreement with DHS and ICE pausing all conversion work on the Surprise, AZ warehouse — a 418,400 sq ft industrial facility ICE purchased for approximately $70M in January 2026 ([[2026-01-23--dhs-purchases-rockefeller-sur</description><category>Kris Mayes</category><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category>GardaWorld Federal Services</category><category domain="tag">detention-industrial-complex</category><category domain="tag">environmental-capture</category><category domain="tag">state-resistance</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Arizona AG Kris Mayes announced July 1 a binding stipulated agreement with DHS and ICE pausing all conversion work on the Surprise, AZ warehouse — a 418,400 sq ft industrial facility ICE purchased for approximately $70M in January 2026 ([[2026-01-23--dhs-purchases-rockefeller-sur</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Kris Mayes, Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, GardaWorld Federal Services</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-01--arizona-ag-stipulation-pauses-surprise-warehouse-ice-conversion/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>ICE Arrests 10,000 in Five-Day Surge as LaSalle Signs 528-Bed Family Detention Contract in Louisiana</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-01--ice-10k-arrest-surge-lasalle-family-detention-contract/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-01</dc:date><description>ICE arrested more than 10,000 people over five consecutive days (June 27–July 1, 2026) — over 2,000 per day, run by roughly 80% of a 22,000-officer enforcement force operating seven days a week — marking a deliberate shift away from criminal-conviction targeting. Arrests of nonci</description><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category domain="tag">immigration-detention</category><category domain="tag">detention-industrial-complex</category><category domain="tag">civil-rights-suppression</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>ICE arrested more than 10,000 people over five consecutive days (June 27–July 1, 2026) — over 2,000 per day, run by roughly 80% of a 22,000-officer enforcement force operating seven days a week — marking a deliberate shift away from criminal-conviction targeting. Arrests of nonci</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-01--ice-10k-arrest-surge-lasalle-family-detention-contract/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Linn County Iowa Board Votes 2-1 for 18-Month Data Center Moratorium, Effective Immediately</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-01--linn-county-ia-18-month-data-center-moratorium-vote/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-07-01</dc:date><description>On July 1, 2026, the Linn County, Iowa Board of Supervisors voted 2-1 to adopt an 18-month moratorium on new EU-3 (large-scale data center) rezoning applications on unincorporated county property, effective immediately through January 2028. Supervisors Ben Rogers and Stacey Walke</description><category domain="tag">local-resistance</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On July 1, 2026, the Linn County, Iowa Board of Supervisors voted 2-1 to adopt an 18-month moratorium on new EU-3 (large-scale data center) rezoning applications on unincorporated county property, effective immediately through January 2028. Supervisors Ben Rogers and Stacey Walke</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-01--linn-county-ia-18-month-data-center-moratorium-vote/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>ICE Arrests Three at NYC Immigration Courts, in First Documented Violations of June 24 Nationwide Injunction</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-30--ice-nyc-immigration-court-arrests-defy-june-24-injunction/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-30</dc:date><description>Between June 26 and June 30, 2026, ICE agents arrested three men at New York City immigration courts — an Ecuadorian man at 26 Federal Plaza, and men from the Dominican Republic and Guatemala at 290 Broadway — in what advocates identified as the first documented violations of a J</description><category>ICE</category><category domain="tag">immigration-detention</category><category domain="tag">rule-of-law-erosion</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Between June 26 and June 30, 2026, ICE agents arrested three men at New York City immigration courts — an Ecuadorian man at 26 Federal Plaza, and men from the Dominican Republic and Guatemala at 290 Broadway — in what advocates identified as the first documented violations of a J</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> ICE</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-30--ice-nyc-immigration-court-arrests-defy-june-24-injunction/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Loudon County TN Commission Votes 6-Month Data-Center Moratorium After Resident Hearing</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-30--loudon-county-tn-six-month-data-center-moratorium/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-30</dc:date><description>On **June 30, 2026**, the Loudon County, Tennessee Commission voted to impose a **six-month moratorium** halting all county permits, zoning approvals, building approvals, utility extensions, and development agreements for data centers. A public hearing preceded the vote, with res</description><category domain="tag">datacenter-pipeline</category><category domain="tag">moratorium</category><category domain="tag">local-resistance</category><category domain="tag">ratepayer-cost-shift</category><category domain="tag">tennessee</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On **June 30, 2026**, the Loudon County, Tennessee Commission voted to impose a **six-month moratorium** halting all county permits, zoning approvals, building approvals, utility extensions, and development agreements for data centers. A public hearing preceded the vote, with res</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-30--loudon-county-tn-six-month-data-center-moratorium/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>New Jersey Enacts Nation's Most Expensive Data Broker Law, Effective Immediately</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-30--new-jersey-enacts-costliest-data-broker-law-a5328/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-30</dc:date><description>New Jersey signed A5328 into law on June 30, 2026, establishing data-broker registration fees ranging from $5,000 to $1.5 million annually — far exceeding California's $6,000 cap and any other state's fee structure. The law applies to any company selling or licensing New Jersey r</description><category domain="tag">data-brokers</category><category domain="tag">state-resistance</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>New Jersey signed A5328 into law on June 30, 2026, establishing data-broker registration fees ranging from $5,000 to $1.5 million annually — far exceeding California's $6,000 cap and any other state's fee structure. The law applies to any company selling or licensing New Jersey r</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-30--new-jersey-enacts-costliest-data-broker-law-a5328/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>SAVE Act Dies in Senate After NDAA Attachment Fails; Citizenship-Proof Voting Laws Spread Across 9 States</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-30--save-act-dies-in-senate-ndaa-state-citizenship-proof-laws-spread/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-30</dc:date><description>On **June 30, 2026**, Speaker **Mike Johnson's** attempt to attach the **SAVE Act** — requiring documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote — to the National Defense Authorization Act failed in the Senate, with some Republicans joining Democrats in opposition. The federa</description><category>Mike Johnson</category><category>United States Senate</category><category>Brennan Center for Justice</category><category domain="tag">democratic-erosion</category><category domain="tag">election-administration</category><category domain="tag">voter-suppression</category><category domain="tag">state-legislation</category><category domain="tag">2026-midterms</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On **June 30, 2026**, Speaker **Mike Johnson's** attempt to attach the **SAVE Act** — requiring documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote — to the National Defense Authorization Act failed in the Senate, with some Republicans joining Democrats in opposition. The federa</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Mike Johnson, United States Senate, Brennan Center for Justice</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-30--save-act-dies-in-senate-ndaa-state-citizenship-proof-laws-spread/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Supreme Court Eliminates Nationwide Injunctions, Stripping the Broadest Judicial Check on Executive Action</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-30--scotus-eliminates-nationwide-injunctions-judicial-check-removed/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-30</dc:date><description>On **June 30, 2026**, the Supreme Court's 6-3 conservative majority ruled that nationwide (universal) injunctions lack historical foundation and exceed federal courts' authority under the Judiciary Act of 1789. The decision removes the fastest and broadest mechanism courts have u</description><category>Supreme Court of the United States</category><category>Donald Trump</category><category>Department of Justice</category><category domain="tag">judicial-capture</category><category domain="tag">scotus</category><category domain="tag">executive-power</category><category domain="tag">accountability-elimination</category><category domain="tag">rule-of-law</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On **June 30, 2026**, the Supreme Court's 6-3 conservative majority ruled that nationwide (universal) injunctions lack historical foundation and exceed federal courts' authority under the Judiciary Act of 1789. The decision removes the fastest and broadest mechanism courts have u</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Supreme Court of the United States, Donald Trump, Department of Justice</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-30--scotus-eliminates-nationwide-injunctions-judicial-check-removed/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Supreme Court Strikes Down Trump's Birthright-Citizenship Executive Order at Term's End</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-30--scotus-strikes-down-trump-birthright-citizenship-executive-order/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-30</dc:date><description>On **June 30, 2026**, the Supreme Court closed its term by **striking down Trump's birthright-citizenship executive order 6-3**, which had sought to deny citizenship to children born in the U.S. to undocumented or temporary-visa parents. Roberts wrote the majority; Amy Howe's SCO</description><category>Supreme Court of the United States</category><category>Donald Trump</category><category>Stephen Miller</category><category domain="tag">judicial-capture</category><category domain="tag">immigration</category><category domain="tag">scotus</category><category domain="tag">birthright-citizenship</category><category domain="tag">fourteenth-amendment</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On **June 30, 2026**, the Supreme Court closed its term by **striking down Trump's birthright-citizenship executive order 6-3**, which had sought to deny citizenship to children born in the U.S. to undocumented or temporary-visa parents. Roberts wrote the majority; Amy Howe's SCO</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Supreme Court of the United States, Donald Trump, Stephen Miller</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-30--scotus-strikes-down-trump-birthright-citizenship-executive-order/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Trump Disclosure Shows $1.2B in 2025 Crypto Earnings; $436M Traced to Foreign Interests</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-30--trump-crypto-disclosure-12b-wlfi-foreign-uae-interests/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-30</dc:date><description>Trump's June 30, 2026 financial disclosure reveals at least $1.2 billion in crypto revenues for 2025: $500 million-plus from World Liberty Financial governance tokens and $635 million in meme-coin royalties routed through CIC Digital LLC — while retail investors lost roughly equi</description><category>Donald Trump</category><category>World Liberty Financial</category><category>CIC Digital LLC</category><category domain="tag">crypto-finance</category><category domain="tag">foreign-influence</category><category domain="tag">emoluments</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Trump's June 30, 2026 financial disclosure reveals at least $1.2 billion in crypto revenues for 2025: $500 million-plus from World Liberty Financial governance tokens and $635 million in meme-coin royalties routed through CIC Digital LLC — while retail investors lost roughly equi</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Donald Trump, World Liberty Financial, CIC Digital LLC</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-30--trump-crypto-disclosure-12b-wlfi-foreign-uae-interests/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>DHS Abandons $130M Roxbury NJ Warehouse ICE Detention Plan After Bipartisan State Lawsuit and NEPA Delay</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-29--dhs-abandons-roxbury-nj-warehouse-ice-detention-after-lawsuit/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-29</dc:date><description>On **June 29, 2026**, Governor **Mikie Sherrill** and Attorney General **Jennifer Davenport** confirmed in a joint statement that DHS has abandoned plans to convert a **470,000-square-foot** warehouse on Route 46 in Roxbury Township, Morris County, NJ — purchased by DHS for rough</description><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category>Mikie Sherrill</category><category domain="tag">detention-pipeline</category><category domain="tag">local-resistance</category><category domain="tag">warehouse-conversion</category><category domain="tag">nepa</category><category domain="tag">new-jersey</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On **June 29, 2026**, Governor **Mikie Sherrill** and Attorney General **Jennifer Davenport** confirmed in a joint statement that DHS has abandoned plans to convert a **470,000-square-foot** warehouse on Route 46 in Roxbury Township, Morris County, NJ — purchased by DHS for rough</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Mikie Sherrill</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-29--dhs-abandons-roxbury-nj-warehouse-ice-detention-after-lawsuit/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Historian Timothy Snyder Publicly Names the Springfield/Haiti TPS Policy 'Ethnic Cleansing of an American City' After Mullin v. Doe</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-29--snyder-names-springfield-haiti-policy-ethnic-cleansing/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-29</dc:date><description>On June 29, 2026, the Yale historian **Timothy Snyder** — a scholar of genocide and mass atrocity (*Bloodlands*, *On Tyranny*) — published an updated version of his essay **"Ethnic Cleansing in Ohio,"** explicitly naming the Trump administration's campaign against Springfield's H</description><category>J.D. Vance</category><category>Donald Trump</category><category domain="tag">racial-animus</category><category domain="tag">ethnic-cleansing</category><category domain="tag">disinformation</category><category domain="tag">2026-cascade</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On June 29, 2026, the Yale historian **Timothy Snyder** — a scholar of genocide and mass atrocity (*Bloodlands*, *On Tyranny*) — published an updated version of his essay **"Ethnic Cleansing in Ohio,"** explicitly naming the Trump administration's campaign against Springfield's H</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> J.D. Vance, Donald Trump</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-29--snyder-names-springfield-haiti-policy-ethnic-cleansing/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>SCOTUS in Chatrie v. United States Holds Location Data Fourth-Amendment Protected, Geofence Warrants Need Judicial Approval</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-29--scotus-chatrie-location-data-fourth-amendment-geofence-warrant/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-29</dc:date><description>On **June 29, 2026**, the Supreme Court ruled in *Chatrie v. United States* that individuals have a Fourth Amendment expectation of privacy in location data revealing their physical movements, and that even short-term surveillance of those movements is a search requiring a warran</description><category>Supreme Court of the United States</category><category>Electronic Frontier Foundation</category><category>Department of Justice</category><category domain="tag">surveillance</category><category domain="tag">fourth-amendment</category><category domain="tag">scotus</category><category domain="tag">data-brokers</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On **June 29, 2026**, the Supreme Court ruled in *Chatrie v. United States* that individuals have a Fourth Amendment expectation of privacy in location data revealing their physical movements, and that even short-term surveillance of those movements is a search requiring a warran</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Supreme Court of the United States, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Department of Justice</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-29--scotus-chatrie-location-data-fourth-amendment-geofence-warrant/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>SCOTUS in Watson v. RNC Upholds Mississippi 5-Day Mail-Ballot Window, 5-4, Barrett Writes for Liberal Bloc</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-29--scotus-watson-v-rnc-upholds-mississippi-mail-ballot-window/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-29</dc:date><description>On **June 29, 2026**, the Supreme Court ruled **5-4** in *Watson v. Republican National Committee* that Mississippi's 2020 law permitting mail-in ballots **postmarked by Election Day and received within five days** may stand. Justice **Amy Coney Barrett** authored the majority op</description><category>Supreme Court of the United States</category><category>Amy Coney Barrett</category><category>Republican National Committee</category><category domain="tag">election-administration</category><category domain="tag">scotus</category><category domain="tag">mail-voting</category><category domain="tag">voting-rights</category><category domain="tag">2026-midterms</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On **June 29, 2026**, the Supreme Court ruled **5-4** in *Watson v. Republican National Committee* that Mississippi's 2020 law permitting mail-in ballots **postmarked by Election Day and received within five days** may stand. Justice **Amy Coney Barrett** authored the majority op</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Supreme Court of the United States, Amy Coney Barrett, Republican National Committee</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-29--scotus-watson-v-rnc-upholds-mississippi-mail-ballot-window/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Supreme Court Overturns Humphrey's Executor, Grants President At-Will Firing Power Over Independent Agencies</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-29--scotus-overturns-humphreys-executor-presidential-firing-power/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-29</dc:date><description>In a **6-3 ruling on June 29, 2026**, the Supreme Court overturned *Humphrey's Executor v. United States* (1935), holding that President Trump's firing of FTC Commissioner **Rebecca Kelly Slaughter** without cause was lawful. The decision grants the president sweeping at-will rem</description><category>Supreme Court of the United States</category><category>Donald Trump</category><category>Federal Trade Commission</category><category>John Roberts</category><category>Sonia Sotomayor</category><category domain="tag">judicial-capture</category><category domain="tag">unitary-executive</category><category domain="tag">independent-agencies</category><category domain="tag">scotus</category><category domain="tag">accountability-elimination</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>In a **6-3 ruling on June 29, 2026**, the Supreme Court overturned *Humphrey's Executor v. United States* (1935), holding that President Trump's firing of FTC Commissioner **Rebecca Kelly Slaughter** without cause was lawful. The decision grants the president sweeping at-will rem</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Supreme Court of the United States, Donald Trump, Federal Trade Commission, John Roberts, Sonia Sotomayor</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-29--scotus-overturns-humphreys-executor-presidential-firing-power/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-27--scotus-trump-v-slaughter-firing-power-ruling-imminent/</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-27</dc:date><description>As of June 27, 2026, with its next opinion day set for June 29, the Supreme Court is widely expected to rule in **Trump v. Slaughter** that the president may fire members of independent agencies "at will." During oral argument, all six conservative justices signaled they believe </description><category>Supreme Court of the United States</category><category>Donald Trump</category><category>Rebecca Slaughter</category><category>Federal Trade Commission</category><category domain="tag">judicial-capture</category><category domain="tag">regulatory-capture</category><category domain="tag">executive-power</category><category domain="tag">independent-agencies</category><category domain="tag">humphreys-executor</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>As of June 27, 2026, with its next opinion day set for June 29, the Supreme Court is widely expected to rule in **Trump v. Slaughter** that the president may fire members of independent agencies "at will." During oral argument, all six conservative justices signaled they believe </p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Supreme Court of the United States, Donald Trump, Rebecca Slaughter, Federal Trade Commission</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-27--scotus-trump-v-slaughter-firing-power-ruling-imminent/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Felix Alcorta-Rodriguez, 63, dies in ICE custody — the 20th detention death of 2026</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-26--felix-alcorta-rodriguez-twentieth-ice-custody-death-2026/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-26</dc:date><description>Felix Alcorta-Rodriguez, a 63-year-old Mexican national, died in immigration detention. ICE reported the death on June 26, 2026. He was the 20th person to die in ICE custody in 2026, a count documented by detention researcher Austin Kocher, who tracks every reported in-custody de</description><category>ICE</category><category domain="tag">deaths-in-custody</category><category domain="tag">detention-conditions</category><category domain="tag">detention-buildout</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Felix Alcorta-Rodriguez, a 63-year-old Mexican national, died in immigration detention. ICE reported the death on June 26, 2026. He was the 20th person to die in ICE custody in 2026, a count documented by detention researcher Austin Kocher, who tracks every reported in-custody de</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> ICE</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-26--felix-alcorta-rodriguez-twentieth-ice-custody-death-2026/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>NC DEQ Opens Comment on Amazon $10B Data-Center + Duke Energy Air Permits in Richmond County</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-26--nc-deq-opens-comment-amazon-10b-datacenter-duke-air-permits-richmond/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-26</dc:date><description>On **June 26, 2026**, the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality announced a joint public hearing on air-quality permits for **Amazon's $10 billion** Energy Way Tech Campus in Hamlet, Richmond County, and **Duke Energy Progress's** associated combustion-turbine facili</description><category>Amazon</category><category domain="tag">datacenter-pipeline</category><category domain="tag">ratepayer-cost-shift</category><category domain="tag">environmental-justice</category><category domain="tag">north-carolina</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On **June 26, 2026**, the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality announced a joint public hearing on air-quality permits for **Amazon's $10 billion** Energy Way Tech Campus in Hamlet, Richmond County, and **Duke Energy Progress's** associated combustion-turbine facili</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Amazon</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-26--nc-deq-opens-comment-amazon-10b-datacenter-duke-air-permits-richmond/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>DeSoto County, FL commissioners direct moratorium on new data centers — but carve out pending 4GW DCIP gas hyperscale campus</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-25--desoto-county-fl-data-center-moratorium-dcip-carve-out/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-25</dc:date><description>After hours of emotional public testimony, DeSoto County, Florida commissioners on June 25, 2026 unanimously directed county attorneys to draft a one-year moratorium on new data center applications — but explicitly carved out an already-pending 800-acre, gas-turbine-powered hyper</description><category domain="tag">data-colonialism</category><category domain="tag">community-resistance</category><category domain="tag">moratorium</category><category domain="tag">datacenter</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>After hours of emotional public testimony, DeSoto County, Florida commissioners on June 25, 2026 unanimously directed county attorneys to draft a one-year moratorium on new data center applications — but explicitly carved out an already-pending 800-acre, gas-turbine-powered hyper</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-25--desoto-county-fl-data-center-moratorium-dcip-carve-out/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Frank Carone and NYC hotel owner indicted in $6.8M migrant-shelter bribery scheme</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-25--carone-zhu-indicted-nyc-migrant-shelter-bribery-scheme/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-25</dc:date><description>On June 25, 2026, federal prosecutors indicted Eric Adams' former chief of staff Frank Carone, Chinese businessman Yan Po Zhu (known in NYC's Chinese business community as Andy Zhu), and two others in a $6.8 million bribery scheme tied to NYC migrant-shelter contracts, according </description><category>Eric Adams</category><category domain="tag">corruption</category><category domain="tag">bribery</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On June 25, 2026, federal prosecutors indicted Eric Adams' former chief of staff Frank Carone, Chinese businessman Yan Po Zhu (known in NYC's Chinese business community as Andy Zhu), and two others in a $6.8 million bribery scheme tied to NYC migrant-shelter contracts, according </p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Eric Adams</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-25--carone-zhu-indicted-nyc-migrant-shelter-bribery-scheme/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>HRW Documents 52 ICE Custody Deaths Since Jan 2025; UN's Türk Demands Independent Investigation</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-25--hrw-documents-52-ice-custody-deaths-un-demands-investigation/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-25</dc:date><description>On **June 25, 2026**, Human Rights Watch published *Dying in Detention*, documenting **52 deaths in ICE custody since January 20, 2025 — 19 in 2026 alone** — a mortality rate HRW calculates as more than double the Biden-era figure and nearly four times the pre-Trump rate. ICE now</description><category>Human Rights Watch</category><category>Volker Türk</category><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category domain="tag">detention-pipeline</category><category domain="tag">human-rights</category><category domain="tag">united-nations</category><category domain="tag">medical-neglect</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On **June 25, 2026**, Human Rights Watch published *Dying in Detention*, documenting **52 deaths in ICE custody since January 20, 2025 — 19 in 2026 alone** — a mortality rate HRW calculates as more than double the Biden-era figure and nearly four times the pre-Trump rate. ICE now</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Human Rights Watch, Volker Türk, Immigration and Customs Enforcement</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-25--hrw-documents-52-ice-custody-deaths-un-demands-investigation/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Judge Talwani blocks Trump mail-voting executive order across 23 states and D.C.</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-25--talwani-blocks-trump-mail-voting-eo-23-states-dc/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-25</dc:date><description>On June 25, 2026, U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston issued an injunction blocking major provisions of President Trump's March 2026 executive order that directed the U.S. Postal Service and DHS to compile federal voter lists and restrict mail-ballot delivery. Talwani fo</description><category>Donald Trump</category><category>U.S. Postal Service</category><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category domain="tag">election-capture</category><category domain="tag">voting-rights</category><category domain="tag">judicial-check</category><category domain="tag">mail-voting</category><category domain="tag">executive-overreach</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On June 25, 2026, U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston issued an injunction blocking major provisions of President Trump's March 2026 executive order that directed the U.S. Postal Service and DHS to compile federal voter lists and restrict mail-ballot delivery. Talwani fo</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Donald Trump, U.S. Postal Service, Department of Homeland Security</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-25--talwani-blocks-trump-mail-voting-eo-23-states-dc/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Rising ICE arrests of Asian immigrants in NYC as advocates push $3.5M for legal services before budget deadline</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-25--asian-immigrant-ice-arrests-nyc-legal-services-funding/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-25</dc:date><description>Documented NY reports a spike in ICE arrests of Asian immigrants in New York City — including elderly long-term residents with U.S.-citizen family members — as the Chinese-American Planning Council and allied advocates press the city for $3.5 million in legal-services funding ahe</description><category>U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)</category><category domain="tag">immigration-enforcement</category><category domain="tag">legal-services</category><category domain="tag">community-resistance</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Documented NY reports a spike in ICE arrests of Asian immigrants in New York City — including elderly long-term residents with U.S.-citizen family members — as the Chinese-American Planning Council and allied advocates press the city for $3.5 million in legal-services funding ahe</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-25--asian-immigrant-ice-arrests-nyc-legal-services-funding/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>SCOTUS in Mullin v. Al Otro Lado lets Trump turn away asylum-seekers metered at the border, 6-3</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-25--scotus-mullin-al-otro-lado-asylum-border-turnbacks/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-25</dc:date><description>On June 25, 2026, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in **Mullin v. Al Otro Lado** that migrants "metered" on the Mexican side of the U.S. border have not "arrived in the United States" and therefore cannot apply for asylum, validating the practice of indefinite turnbacks at ports of en</description><category>Supreme Court of the United States</category><category>Donald Trump</category><category>Sonia Sotomayor</category><category>Elena Kagan</category><category>Ketanji Brown Jackson</category><category domain="tag">asylum</category><category domain="tag">deportation-pipeline</category><category domain="tag">judicial-capture</category><category domain="tag">immigration</category><category domain="tag">supreme-court</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On June 25, 2026, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in **Mullin v. Al Otro Lado** that migrants "metered" on the Mexican side of the U.S. border have not "arrived in the United States" and therefore cannot apply for asylum, validating the practice of indefinite turnbacks at ports of en</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Supreme Court of the United States, Donald Trump, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Ketanji Brown Jackson</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-25--scotus-mullin-al-otro-lado-asylum-border-turnbacks/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Supreme Court (Mullin v. Doe, 6-3) Lets Trump End Haitian and Syrian TPS, Holds Terminations Shielded from Judicial Review</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-25--scotus-mullin-v-doe-ends-haiti-syria-tps-judicial-review-barred/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-25</dc:date><description>On June 25, 2026, the Supreme Court, 6–3, allowed the Trump administration to terminate Temporary Protected Status for roughly 350,000 Haitians and about 6,000 Syrians, dissolving the lower-court orders that had postponed the terminations during litigation. In **Mullin v. Doe** (</description><category>Supreme Court of the United States</category><category>Samuel Alito</category><category>Elena Kagan</category><category>Sonia Sotomayor</category><category>Ketanji Brown Jackson</category><category>Markwayne Mullin</category><category domain="tag">scotus</category><category domain="tag">judicial-review</category><category domain="tag">shadow-docket</category><category domain="tag">immigration-enforcement</category><category domain="tag">racial-animus</category><category domain="tag">2026-cascade</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On June 25, 2026, the Supreme Court, 6–3, allowed the Trump administration to terminate Temporary Protected Status for roughly 350,000 Haitians and about 6,000 Syrians, dissolving the lower-court orders that had postponed the terminations during litigation. In **Mullin v. Doe** (</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Supreme Court of the United States, Samuel Alito, Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor, Ketanji Brown Jackson, Markwayne Mullin, DHS, Donald Trump</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-25--scotus-mullin-v-doe-ends-haiti-syria-tps-judicial-review-barred/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Vance Calls Watergate 'a 12-Hour News Story' from the Nixon Library, Casts Nixon as a Deep-State Victim</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-25--vance-watergate-12-hour-news-story-nixon-library/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-25</dc:date><description>Speaking at the **Richard Nixon Presidential Library** in Yorba Linda, California in late June 2026 (reported June 26) while promoting his book *Communion*, Vice President **JD Vance** said: **"If Watergate happened tomorrow, it would be like a 12-hour news story,"** adding that </description><category>J.D. Vance</category><category>Richard Nixon</category><category>Donald Trump</category><category domain="capture-lane">Media Capture and Control</category><category domain="tag">media-capture</category><category domain="tag">accountability-elimination</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Speaking at the **Richard Nixon Presidential Library** in Yorba Linda, California in late June 2026 (reported June 26) while promoting his book *Communion*, Vice President **JD Vance** said: **"If Watergate happened tomorrow, it would be like a 12-hour news story,"** adding that </p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> J.D. Vance, Richard Nixon, Donald Trump</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Media Capture and Control</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-25--vance-watergate-12-hour-news-story-nixon-library/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>ACLU Documents 17 ICE Custody Deaths in 2026 as Warehouse Expansion Targets 96,600 Beds</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-24--aclu-17-ice-custody-deaths-warehouse-expansion-96600-beds/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-24</dc:date><description>The ACLU documented 17 deaths in ICE custody in 2026 — roughly one every six days — as ICE actively pursues conversion of more than 20 commercial warehouses that would push total detention capacity to 96,600 beds. The ACLU report links the spiking death rate directly to rapid fac</description><category>American Civil Liberties Union</category><category>U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category>Vera Institute of Justice</category><category domain="tag">detention-industrial</category><category domain="tag">warehouse-conversion</category><category domain="tag">aclu</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The ACLU documented 17 deaths in ICE custody in 2026 — roughly one every six days — as ICE actively pursues conversion of more than 20 commercial warehouses that would push total detention capacity to 96,600 beds. The ACLU report links the spiking death rate directly to rapid fac</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> American Civil Liberties Union, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Vera Institute of Justice</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-24--aclu-17-ice-custody-deaths-warehouse-expansion-96600-beds/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Box Elder County UT: Two Commissioners Who Backed Stratos Hyperscale Data Center Lose Primaries in Voter Backlash</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-24--box-elder-county-ut-stratos-commissioners-lose-primary-backlash/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-24</dc:date><description>On **June 24, 2026**, two of the three Box Elder County, Utah commissioners who backed the **Stratos** hyperscale data center project lost their Republican primaries in a direct voter backlash. The Stratos project — described as potentially one of the largest data centers in the </description><category domain="tag">datacenter-pipeline</category><category domain="tag">local-resistance</category><category domain="tag">utah</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On **June 24, 2026**, two of the three Box Elder County, Utah commissioners who backed the **Stratos** hyperscale data center project lost their Republican primaries in a direct voter backlash. The Stratos project — described as potentially one of the largest data centers in the </p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-24--box-elder-county-ut-stratos-commissioners-lose-primary-backlash/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Federal Appeals Court Blocks DOJ Push to Seize Michigan Voter Information Before the Midterms</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-24--appeals-court-blocks-doj-michigan-voter-data-seizure/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-24</dc:date><description>On **June 24, 2026**, a federal appeals court blocked the Department of Justice's effort to **seize Michigan's voter information** ahead of the November 2026 midterms — the latest defeat in the DOJ's nationwide campaign to compel states to hand over voter rolls, Social Security n</description><category>U.S. Department of Justice</category><category domain="tag">election-system-capture</category><category domain="tag">2026-midterms</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On **June 24, 2026**, a federal appeals court blocked the Department of Justice's effort to **seize Michigan's voter information** ahead of the November 2026 midterms — the latest defeat in the DOJ's nationwide campaign to compel states to hand over voter rolls, Social Security n</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> U.S. Department of Justice</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-24--appeals-court-blocks-doj-michigan-voter-data-seizure/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>GENIUS Act Rulemaking: OCC Adopts Industry-Preferred Reserve Standards, Issues Trust-Bank Charters to Crypto Firms</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-24--genius-act-occ-stablecoin-charters-crypto-industry-reserve-standards/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-24</dc:date><description>As six federal agencies faced a **July 18, 2026** statutory deadline to finalize GENIUS Act stablecoin rules, reporting in late June revealed the rulemaking had tilted decisively to industry. The OCC — led by Comptroller **Jonathan Gould**, former chief legal officer at a blockch</description><category>Office of the Comptroller of the Currency</category><category>Jonathan Gould</category><category>Crypto.com</category><category>Ripple</category><category domain="tag">crypto-finance</category><category domain="tag">regulatory-capture</category><category domain="tag">stablecoin</category><category domain="tag">revolving-door</category><category domain="tag">occ</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>As six federal agencies faced a **July 18, 2026** statutory deadline to finalize GENIUS Act stablecoin rules, reporting in late June revealed the rulemaking had tilted decisively to industry. The OCC — led by Comptroller **Jonathan Gould**, former chief legal officer at a blockch</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Jonathan Gould, Crypto.com, Ripple</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-24--genius-act-occ-stablecoin-charters-crypto-industry-reserve-standards/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Postmaster General Steiner Tells Congress USPS Will Withhold Mail Ballots From States That Refuse to Hand Over Voter Rolls</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-24--steiner-usps-withhold-mail-ballots-from-states-refusing-voter-rolls/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-24</dc:date><description>On **June 24, 2026**, Postmaster General **David Steiner** told a Senate committee that, under the proposed rule tied to Trump's election executive orders (EO 14399), the USPS will **withhold mail-ballot delivery from any state that does not provide the federal government with it</description><category>State of California</category><category>State of Maryland</category><category domain="tag">election-system-capture</category><category domain="tag">eo-14399</category><category domain="tag">voter-suppression</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On **June 24, 2026**, Postmaster General **David Steiner** told a Senate committee that, under the proposed rule tied to Trump's election executive orders (EO 14399), the USPS will **withhold mail-ballot delivery from any state that does not provide the federal government with it</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> State of California, State of Maryland</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-24--steiner-usps-withhold-mail-ballots-from-states-refusing-voter-rolls/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Sixth Circuit hands DOJ first appellate defeat in voter-roll fight, affirming Michigan dismissal</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-24--sixth-circuit-doj-first-appellate-loss-voter-rolls-michigan/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-24</dc:date><description>On June 24, 2026, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of the DOJ's lawsuit against Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, handing the Trump Justice Department its first appellate-court loss in its campaign to force states to surrender unredacted voter r</description><category>U.S. Department of Justice</category><category domain="tag">democratic-erosion</category><category domain="tag">voter-data</category><category domain="tag">election-integrity</category><category domain="tag">save-database</category><category domain="tag">litigation</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On June 24, 2026, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of the DOJ's lawsuit against Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, handing the Trump Justice Department its first appellate-court loss in its campaign to force states to surrender unredacted voter r</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> U.S. Department of Justice</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-24--sixth-circuit-doj-first-appellate-loss-voter-rolls-michigan/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Crow Wing County, MN: Residents Demand Termination of ICE/USMS Jail Agreement and Two 287(g) Pacts at June 23 Board Meeting</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-23--crow-wing-county-mn-residents-demand-igsa-termination/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-23</dc:date><description>At a packed **June 23, 2026** county board meeting in Brainerd, Minnesota, **seven of eight residents** demanded that Crow Wing County commissioners withdraw from their ICE agreements: an intergovernmental agreement with the **U.S. Marshals Service** authorizing ICE use of the Cr</description><category>U.S. Marshals Service</category><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category>ACLU</category><category domain="tag">detention-pipeline</category><category domain="tag">igsa</category><category domain="tag">287g</category><category domain="tag">local-resistance</category><category domain="tag">minnesota</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>At a packed **June 23, 2026** county board meeting in Brainerd, Minnesota, **seven of eight residents** demanded that Crow Wing County commissioners withdraw from their ICE agreements: an intergovernmental agreement with the **U.S. Marshals Service** authorizing ICE use of the Cr</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> U.S. Marshals Service, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ACLU</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-23--crow-wing-county-mn-residents-demand-igsa-termination/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Disabled U.S. Citizen Aliya Rahman Dragged from Car by DHS Agents in Operation Metro Surge; Files Civil-Rights Complaint</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-23--aliya-rahman-disabled-citizen-detained-dhs-civil-rights-complaint/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-23</dc:date><description>Aliya Rahman, a disabled U.S. citizen, filed a complaint with the DHS Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties after agents from an unspecified DHS component dragged her from her car during Operation Metro Surge. The case tests the limits of DHS's own civil-rights oversight ap</description><category>U.S. Department of Homeland Security</category><category domain="tag">detention-industrial</category><category domain="tag">civil-rights</category><category domain="tag">operation-metro-surge</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Aliya Rahman, a disabled U.S. citizen, filed a complaint with the DHS Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties after agents from an unspecified DHS component dragged her from her car during Operation Metro Surge. The case tests the limits of DHS's own civil-rights oversight ap</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> U.S. Department of Homeland Security</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-23--aliya-rahman-disabled-citizen-detained-dhs-civil-rights-complaint/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>DOJ Voter-Roll Suit Against Maryland Dismissed — DOJ Record Now 0-9, Five Trump-Appointed Judges in the Majority</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-23--doj-voter-roll-maryland-dismissed-0-9-trump-appointee/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-23</dc:date><description>U.S. District Judge Stephanie Gallagher — a Trump appointee — dismissed the DOJ's lawsuit seeking Maryland's unredacted voter registration file, ruling that the Civil Rights Act of 1960 does not authorize the U.S. Attorney General to compel disclosure of sensitive voter data. The</description><category>Harmeet Dhillon</category><category>DOJ Civil Rights Division</category><category domain="tag">election-system-capture</category><category domain="tag">maryland</category><category domain="tag">eo-14399</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>U.S. District Judge Stephanie Gallagher — a Trump appointee — dismissed the DOJ's lawsuit seeking Maryland's unredacted voter registration file, ruling that the Civil Rights Act of 1960 does not authorize the U.S. Attorney General to compel disclosure of sensitive voter data. The</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Harmeet Dhillon, DOJ Civil Rights Division</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-23--doj-voter-roll-maryland-dismissed-0-9-trump-appointee/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Eight Prairieland ICE-Protest Defendants Sentenced to 30–100 Years in First Federal Antifa Terrorism Case</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-23--prairieland-defendants-sentenced-30-100-years-antifa-terrorism/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-23</dc:date><description>A federal judge in Texas sentenced eight defendants connected to the July 4, 2025 protest at Prairieland Detention Center to prison terms ranging from 30 to 100 years — exceeding all January 6 Capitol riot sentences. The government applied its executive-order antifa terror design</description><category>U.S. Department of Justice</category><category domain="tag">judicial-capture</category><category domain="tag">prairieland</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>A federal judge in Texas sentenced eight defendants connected to the July 4, 2025 protest at Prairieland Detention Center to prison terms ranging from 30 to 100 years — exceeding all January 6 Capitol riot sentences. The government applied its executive-order antifa terror design</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> U.S. Department of Justice</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-23--prairieland-defendants-sentenced-30-100-years-antifa-terrorism/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>ICE 'Detention Reengineering Initiative' Targets 100,000 Beds by Sept 2026 via 24 Warehouse-Converted Facilities</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-23--ice-detention-reengineering-initiative-100k-warehouse-network/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-23</dc:date><description>ICE's "Detention Reengineering Initiative" targets a detention capacity of 100,000 beds by September 30, 2026, built around 24 warehouse-converted facilities: 16 "processing centers" of 1,000–1,500 beds (designed for 3–7 day stays) and 8 large-scale centers of 7,000–10,000 beds. </description><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)</category><category>Department of Homeland Security (DHS)</category><category>GEO Group</category><category domain="tag">detention-industrial-complex</category><category domain="tag">ice</category><category domain="tag">geo-group</category><category domain="tag">warehouse-detention</category><category domain="tag">igsa</category><category domain="tag">detention-expansion</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>ICE's "Detention Reengineering Initiative" targets a detention capacity of 100,000 beds by September 30, 2026, built around 24 warehouse-converted facilities: 16 "processing centers" of 1,000–1,500 beds (designed for 3–7 day stays) and 8 large-scale centers of 7,000–10,000 beds. </p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), GEO Group</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-23--ice-detention-reengineering-initiative-100k-warehouse-network/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Jackson MS: 230-Acre Northwest Jackson Data Center Rezoning (Saxum) Heads to June 24 Planning Board Hearing</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-23--jackson-ms-northwest-data-center-rezoning-saxum-june-24-hearing/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-23</dc:date><description>Saxum Investment Company LLC is seeking to rezone 230 acres (expanded from 190) along Forest Avenue between Medgar Evers Boulevard and I-220 in Northwest Jackson, Mississippi — from residential/commercial/light-industrial to I-2 Industrial — for a data center. The May 27, 2026 Pl</description><category domain="tag">datacenter-buildout</category><category domain="tag">data-center</category><category domain="tag">community-resistance</category><category domain="tag">environmental-justice</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Saxum Investment Company LLC is seeking to rezone 230 acres (expanded from 190) along Forest Avenue between Medgar Evers Boulevard and I-220 in Northwest Jackson, Mississippi — from residential/commercial/light-industrial to I-2 Industrial — for a data center. The May 27, 2026 Pl</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-23--jackson-ms-northwest-data-center-rezoning-saxum-june-24-hearing/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Lake County FL Commissioners Unanimously Agree to Draft 1-Year Data-Center Moratorium; Final Vote ~July 14</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-23--lake-county-fl-commissioners-draft-data-center-moratorium-july-vote/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-23</dc:date><description>On **June 23, 2026**, Lake County, Florida commissioners unanimously agreed to draft a **one-year moratorium** ordinance halting new data-center development, with a final adoption vote scheduled for approximately **July 14**. Commissioner **Anthony Sabatini** is the lead sponsor.</description><category domain="tag">datacenter-pipeline</category><category domain="tag">moratorium</category><category domain="tag">local-resistance</category><category domain="tag">florida</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On **June 23, 2026**, Lake County, Florida commissioners unanimously agreed to draft a **one-year moratorium** ordinance halting new data-center development, with a final adoption vote scheduled for approximately **July 14**. Commissioner **Anthony Sabatini** is the lead sponsor.</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-23--lake-county-fl-commissioners-draft-data-center-moratorium-july-vote/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Marin County Joins CA AG Lawsuit Against Permit-Bypassing Gilroy ICE Facility as Multi-County Coalition Grows</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-23--marin-county-joins-ca-ag-gilroy-ice-facility-amicus-coalition/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-23</dc:date><description>On **June 23, 2026**, the Marin County Board of Supervisors voted to file an amicus brief (authored by the Public Rights Project) supporting the California Attorney General and Santa Clara County lawsuit challenging a new ICE detention facility near **Gilroy** that was built with</description><category>California Attorney General</category><category>Santa Clara County</category><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category domain="tag">detention-pipeline</category><category domain="tag">local-resistance</category><category domain="tag">litigation</category><category domain="tag">california</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On **June 23, 2026**, the Marin County Board of Supervisors voted to file an amicus brief (authored by the Public Rights Project) supporting the California Attorney General and Santa Clara County lawsuit challenging a new ICE detention facility near **Gilroy** that was built with</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> California Attorney General, Santa Clara County, Immigration and Customs Enforcement</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-23--marin-county-joins-ca-ag-gilroy-ice-facility-amicus-coalition/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Whatcom County, WA Council votes 5-2 for one-year moratorium on new immigration detention facilities</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-23--whatcom-county-wa-immigration-detention-moratorium-5-2-vote/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-23</dc:date><description>The Whatcom County Council voted 5-2 on June 23, 2026 to impose a one-year moratorium on accepting or approving permits for new immigration detention facilities in unincorporated county areas. The action was prompted by the federal government's $45 billion detention-expansion pus</description><category>U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)</category><category domain="tag">community-resistance</category><category domain="tag">moratorium</category><category domain="tag">immigration-detention</category><category domain="tag">detention-pipeline</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The Whatcom County Council voted 5-2 on June 23, 2026 to impose a one-year moratorium on accepting or approving permits for new immigration detention facilities in unincorporated county areas. The action was prompted by the federal government's $45 billion detention-expansion pus</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-23--whatcom-county-wa-immigration-detention-moratorium-5-2-vote/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Arizona and Illinois Impose Data Center Tax Moratoriums Effective July 1; 300+ Data Center Bills Filed in 30+ States in 2026</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-22--arizona-illinois-data-center-tax-moratoriums-300-bills-nationally/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-22</dc:date><description>Arizona enacted a three-year moratorium on its data center sales-tax exemption beginning July 1, 2026 (running through June 30, 2029), and Illinois Governor JB Pritzker suspended new-development incentives effective the same date. Texas's governor separately directed the Public U</description><category>JB Pritzker</category><category>State of Illinois</category><category>State of Texas</category><category>Public Utility Commission of Texas</category><category domain="tag">datacenter-buildout</category><category domain="tag">data-center</category><category domain="tag">tax-exemption</category><category domain="tag">ratepayer-cost-shift</category><category domain="tag">moratorium</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Arizona enacted a three-year moratorium on its data center sales-tax exemption beginning July 1, 2026 (running through June 30, 2029), and Illinois Governor JB Pritzker suspended new-development incentives effective the same date. Texas's governor separately directed the Public U</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> JB Pritzker, State of Illinois, State of Texas, Public Utility Commission of Texas</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-22--arizona-illinois-data-center-tax-moratoriums-300-bills-nationally/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Judge Sooknanan Blocks DOGE-Built SAVE Database, Ruling It Unlawfully Aggregates Millions of Voters' Data for Citizenship Purges</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-22--sooknanan-blocks-save-voter-purge-database-unlawful/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-22</dc:date><description>On **June 22, 2026**, U.S. District Judge **Sparkle L. Sooknanan** (D.D.C.) granted summary judgment to a coalition led by the League of Women Voters and represented by Democracy Forward (with CREW and the Fair Elections Center), ruling the Trump administration's upgraded **SAVE*</description><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services</category><category>League of Women Voters</category><category>Democracy Forward</category><category domain="tag">election-system-capture</category><category domain="tag">save-database</category><category domain="tag">voter-purge</category><category domain="tag">privacy-act</category><category domain="tag">eo-14399</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On **June 22, 2026**, U.S. District Judge **Sparkle L. Sooknanan** (D.D.C.) granted summary judgment to a coalition led by the League of Women Voters and represented by Democracy Forward (with CREW and the Fair Elections Center), ruling the Trump administration's upgraded **SAVE*</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, League of Women Voters, Democracy Forward</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-22--sooknanan-blocks-save-voter-purge-database-unlawful/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>ICE Offloads Seven Noem-Era Warehouses Under Mullin, Exposing Overpriced Detention Buildout — But $45B Mandate Holds</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-21--ice-offloads-seven-noem-era-warehouses-mullin-retreat/</link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-21</dc:date><description>On **June 21, 2026**, reporting confirmed that DHS under new Secretary **Markwayne Mullin** is offloading **seven warehouses** purchased under predecessor **Kristi Noem** — including properties in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and elsewhere — bought collectively for **$336M-plus**, m</description><category>Markwayne Mullin</category><category>Kristi Noem</category><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category domain="tag">detention-pipeline</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On **June 21, 2026**, reporting confirmed that DHS under new Secretary **Markwayne Mullin** is offloading **seven warehouses** purchased under predecessor **Kristi Noem** — including properties in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and elsewhere — bought collectively for **$336M-plus**, m</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Markwayne Mullin, Kristi Noem, Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-21--ice-offloads-seven-noem-era-warehouses-mullin-retreat/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>ICE to offload 7 of 11 purchased warehouses as mega-detention plan retreats under lawsuits</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-21--ice-offloads-seven-of-eleven-warehouses-detention-reengineering/</link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-21</dc:date><description>On June 21, 2026, DHS announced it will offload at least 7 of the 11 warehouses it purchased in early 2026 for conversion into mass immigration detention centers, citing community opposition and seven active federal lawsuits. The agency spent roughly $700 million acquiring the wa</description><category>DHS</category><category>ICE</category><category>Salt Lake City</category><category domain="tag">detention-buildout</category><category domain="tag">litigation</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On June 21, 2026, DHS announced it will offload at least 7 of the 11 warehouses it purchased in early 2026 for conversion into mass immigration detention centers, citing community opposition and seven active federal lawsuits. The agency spent roughly $700 million acquiring the wa</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> DHS, ICE, Salt Lake City</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-21--ice-offloads-seven-of-eleven-warehouses-detention-reengineering/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>ICE Signs Largest-Ever $3.75M Clearview AI Facial-Recognition Contract as DHS Deletes Its Own Oversight Policy</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-20--ice-largest-clearview-ai-contract-dhs-deletes-oversight-policy/</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-20</dc:date><description>In June 2026, ICE signed a **$3.75 million** contract with Clearview AI — its largest facial-recognition purchase ever — while the Trump administration simultaneously deleted DHS's internal oversight policy on facial recognition from its public website. A D.C. Circuit ruling had </description><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category>Clearview AI</category><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category domain="tag">surveillance</category><category domain="tag">facial-recognition</category><category domain="tag">data-brokers</category><category domain="tag">ice</category><category domain="tag">oversight-elimination</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>In June 2026, ICE signed a **$3.75 million** contract with Clearview AI — its largest facial-recognition purchase ever — while the Trump administration simultaneously deleted DHS's internal oversight policy on facial recognition from its public website. A D.C. Circuit ruling had </p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Clearview AI, Department of Homeland Security</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-20--ice-largest-clearview-ai-contract-dhs-deletes-oversight-policy/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>DHS Scraps Seven Warehouse Conversions as GAO Finds Camp East Montana 'Wasted Millions'</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-19--ice-megajail-program-retreats-gao-finds-camp-east-montana-wasted-millions/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-19</dc:date><description>A June 9 GAO report (GAO-26-108886) found that Camp East Montana — the nation's largest ICE facility at Fort Bliss, a $1.3B build-out — "wasted millions" by paying full contract rates while holding zero detainees, opened without perimeter cameras or recreation space, and lost a l</description><category>Government Accountability Office</category><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category domain="tag">detention-industrial-complex</category><category domain="tag">regulatory-capture</category><category domain="tag">civil-rights-suppression</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>A June 9 GAO report (GAO-26-108886) found that Camp East Montana — the nation's largest ICE facility at Fort Bliss, a $1.3B build-out — "wasted millions" by paying full contract rates while holding zero detainees, opened without perimeter cameras or recreation space, and lost a l</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Government Accountability Office, Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-19--ice-megajail-program-retreats-gao-finds-camp-east-montana-wasted-millions/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Oracle sues Wisconsin PSC over credit-rating rule that could shift data-center costs onto ratepayers</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-19--oracle-sues-wisconsin-psc-data-center-ratepayer-cost-shift/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-19</dc:date><description>On June 19, 2026, Oracle filed suit in Ozaukee County Circuit Court challenging the Wisconsin PSC's April ruling that large data-center customers with credit ratings below A- must post financial guarantees before We Energies builds power infrastructure to serve their load. Oracle</description><category>Oracle</category><category domain="tag">data-colonialism</category><category domain="tag">ratepayer-cost-shift</category><category domain="tag">utility-regulation</category><category domain="tag">litigation</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On June 19, 2026, Oracle filed suit in Ozaukee County Circuit Court challenging the Wisconsin PSC's April ruling that large data-center customers with credit ratings below A- must post financial guarantees before We Energies builds power infrastructure to serve their load. Oracle</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Oracle</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-19--oracle-sues-wisconsin-psc-data-center-ratepayer-cost-shift/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Citrus County FL Planning Commission Denies Holder Industrial Park Rezoning After One-Year Data-Center Moratorium</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-18--citrus-county-fl-data-center-moratorium-holder-rezoning-denied/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-18</dc:date><description>Citrus County, Florida imposed a **one-year moratorium** in May 2026 on new data-center rezonings, development orders, and building permits. On **June 18, 2026**, the county's Planning and Development Commission denied **Deltona Corporation's** application to rezone roughly **800</description><category domain="tag">datacenter-pipeline</category><category domain="tag">local-resistance</category><category domain="tag">moratorium</category><category domain="tag">florida</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Citrus County, Florida imposed a **one-year moratorium** in May 2026 on new data-center rezonings, development orders, and building permits. On **June 18, 2026**, the county's Planning and Development Commission denied **Deltona Corporation's** application to rezone roughly **800</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-18--citrus-county-fl-data-center-moratorium-holder-rezoning-denied/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Leaked DHS plan would push Mobile Fortify facial-recognition app to 1,300 local police departments</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-18--dhs-mobile-fortify-facial-recognition-1300-local-police/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-18</dc:date><description>A leaked DHS document dated June 18, 2026, reveals plans to expand the **Mobile Fortify** facial-recognition app — already in field use by ICE task force officers — to roughly 1,300 local police agencies deputized under ICE's Task Force Model. The app scans faces against a databa</description><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category domain="tag">surveillance</category><category domain="tag">facial-recognition</category><category domain="tag">deportation-pipeline</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>A leaked DHS document dated June 18, 2026, reveals plans to expand the **Mobile Fortify** facial-recognition app — already in field use by ICE task force officers — to roughly 1,300 local police agencies deputized under ICE's Task Force Model. The app scans faces against a databa</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-18--dhs-mobile-fortify-facial-recognition-1300-local-police/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>SCOTUS Unanimously Strikes Down Drug-User Gun Ban (US v. Hemani) — Bruen Extension Narrows Federal Criminal Firearms Law</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-18--scotus-us-v-hemani-gun-marijuana-second-amendment-bruen-extension/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-18</dc:date><description>On June 18, 2026, the Supreme Court unanimously held in *United States v. Hemani* that the federal prohibition on marijuana users possessing firearms — 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(3) — is unconstitutional as applied under the Second Amendment standard established by *New York State Rifle </description><category>Neil Gorsuch</category><category>Donald Trump</category><category>Supreme Court</category><category domain="capture-lane">Judicial Capture</category><category domain="capture-lane">Democratic Erosion</category><category domain="tag">judicial</category><category domain="tag">scotus</category><category domain="tag">judicial-capture</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On June 18, 2026, the Supreme Court unanimously held in *United States v. Hemani* that the federal prohibition on marijuana users possessing firearms — 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(3) — is unconstitutional as applied under the Second Amendment standard established by *New York State Rifle </p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Neil Gorsuch, Donald Trump, Supreme Court</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Judicial Capture, Democratic Erosion</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-18--scotus-us-v-hemani-gun-marijuana-second-amendment-bruen-extension/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Judge Talwani Lets 24-State Challenge to Trump's Mail-Ballot EO Proceed, Rejecting the 'Postpone Review' Argument as the Election Window Narrows</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-17--talwani-allows-mail-ballot-eo-challenge-rejects-ripeness-delay/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-17</dc:date><description>On or about June 17, 2026, U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani (D. Mass.) ruled in *State of California v. Trump* (1:26-cv-11581) — the suit by California AG Rob Bonta and a coalition of two dozen states and Pennsylvania's governor against Executive Order 14399, "Ensuring Citizens</description><category>Rob Bonta</category><category>Donald Trump</category><category>USPS</category><category>Markwayne Mullin</category><category domain="capture-lane">Democratic Erosion</category><category domain="capture-lane">Constitutional Crisis</category><category domain="tag">election-capture</category><category domain="tag">eo-14399</category><category domain="tag">usps</category><category domain="tag">judicial-check</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On or about June 17, 2026, U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani (D. Mass.) ruled in *State of California v. Trump* (1:26-cv-11581) — the suit by California AG Rob Bonta and a coalition of two dozen states and Pennsylvania's governor against Executive Order 14399, "Ensuring Citizens</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Rob Bonta, Donald Trump, USPS, Markwayne Mullin</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Democratic Erosion, Constitutional Crisis</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-17--talwani-allows-mail-ballot-eo-challenge-rejects-ripeness-delay/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Reuters Analysis: ICE Detention Death Rate Doubles Under Trump — One Death per 1,630 Detainees vs. Prior Baseline of 1 per 3,848</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-17--reuters-ice-detention-death-rate-doubles-50-deaths-overcrowding-medical-failure/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-17</dc:date><description>On June 17, 2026, Reuters published a data-driven investigation — using ICE mortality records obtained by the Deportation Data Project through public records requests, processed by the Vera Institute of Justice — establishing that the death rate in US immigration detention has mo</description><category>ICE</category><category>DHS</category><category>GEO Group</category><category>CoreCivic</category><category>Vera Institute of Justice</category><category domain="capture-lane">Detention Industrial Complex</category><category domain="capture-lane">Surveillance Infrastructure</category><category domain="tag">detention-ice</category><category domain="tag">deaths-in-custody</category><category domain="tag">warehouse-detention</category><category domain="tag">overcrowding</category><category domain="tag">medical-neglect</category><category domain="tag">geo-group</category><category domain="tag">corecivic</category><category domain="tag">accountability-elimination</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On June 17, 2026, Reuters published a data-driven investigation — using ICE mortality records obtained by the Deportation Data Project through public records requests, processed by the Vera Institute of Justice — establishing that the death rate in US immigration detention has mo</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> ICE, DHS, GEO Group, CoreCivic, Vera Institute of Justice</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Detention Industrial Complex, Surveillance Infrastructure</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-17--reuters-ice-detention-death-rate-doubles-50-deaths-overcrowding-medical-failure/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Trump and Pezeshkian Sign 14-Point Iran War MOU at Versailles; Hormuz Blockade Lifts, 60-Day Nuclear Clock Starts</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-17--us-iran-mou-signed-versailles-hormuz-reopened-60-day-nuclear-talks/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-17</dc:date><description>On June 17, 2026 — 109 days after the launch of US-Israel strikes on Iran (Operation Epic Fury, [[2026-02-28--operation-epic-fury-us-military-strikes-iran]]) — Presidents Trump and Pezeshkian electronically signed a 14-point, roughly 800-word Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to </description><category>Donald Trump</category><category>Masoud Pezeshkian</category><category>J.D. Vance</category><category>Steve Witkoff</category><category>Jared Kushner</category><category>Iran</category><category domain="capture-lane">Military-Industrial Complex</category><category domain="capture-lane">Financial Capture</category><category domain="capture-lane">Surveillance Infrastructure</category><category domain="tag">war-military</category><category domain="tag">iran-war</category><category domain="tag">ceasefire</category><category domain="tag">strait-of-hormuz</category><category domain="tag">kushner</category><category domain="tag">contractor-network</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On June 17, 2026 — 109 days after the launch of US-Israel strikes on Iran (Operation Epic Fury, [[2026-02-28--operation-epic-fury-us-military-strikes-iran]]) — Presidents Trump and Pezeshkian electronically signed a 14-point, roughly 800-word Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to </p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Donald Trump, Masoud Pezeshkian, J.D. Vance, Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner, Iran, U.S. Military</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Military-Industrial Complex, Financial Capture, Surveillance Infrastructure</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-17--us-iran-mou-signed-versailles-hormuz-reopened-60-day-nuclear-talks/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Data Leak Exposes Membership of Peter Thiel's Secretive 'Dialog' Society — Bessent, Cruz, Booker, Musk, a NATO Commander, and a Stanford President on the List</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-16--leak-exposes-thiel-dialog-society-membership/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-16</dc:date><description>On June 16, 2026, WIRED published a verified account of a data leak exposing the membership of **Dialog**, the invitation-only society Peter Thiel co-founded in **2006** to convene U.S. officials, foreign-government figures, and Silicon Valley executives at off-the-record annual </description><category>Peter Thiel</category><category>Scott Bessent</category><category>Ted Cruz</category><category>Cory Booker</category><category>Elon Musk</category><category>Joe Lonsdale</category><category domain="capture-lane">Systematic Corruption</category><category domain="capture-lane">Democratic Erosion</category><category domain="tag">peter-thiel</category><category domain="tag">tech-right</category><category domain="tag">thiel-network</category><category domain="tag">palantir</category><category domain="tag">elite-networks</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On June 16, 2026, WIRED published a verified account of a data leak exposing the membership of **Dialog**, the invitation-only society Peter Thiel co-founded in **2006** to convene U.S. officials, foreign-government figures, and Silicon Valley executives at off-the-record annual </p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Peter Thiel, Scott Bessent, Ted Cruz, Cory Booker, Elon Musk, Joe Lonsdale, Reid Hoffman, Larry Summers</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Systematic Corruption, Democratic Erosion</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-16--leak-exposes-thiel-dialog-society-membership/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Imperial County, CA reverses its own data center approval, enacts 45-day moratorium; developer files restraining order</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-16--imperial-county-ca-reverses-data-center-approval-moratorium/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-16</dc:date><description>Imperial County's Board of Supervisors unanimously enacted an urgent 45-day moratorium on June 16, 2026, reversing the April approval it had granted for a nearly one-million-square-foot data center — what would have been the state's largest — after months of community backlash ov</description><category domain="tag">data-colonialism</category><category domain="tag">community-resistance</category><category domain="tag">moratorium</category><category domain="tag">datacenter</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Imperial County's Board of Supervisors unanimously enacted an urgent 45-day moratorium on June 16, 2026, reversing the April approval it had granted for a nearly one-million-square-foot data center — what would have been the state's largest — after months of community backlash ov</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-16--imperial-county-ca-reverses-data-center-approval-moratorium/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Vermont Signs Data Privacy and Online Surveillance Act, Overhauling Data Broker Registration and Adding Deletion Rights</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-16--vermont-data-privacy-online-surveillance-act-broker-deletion-rights/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-16</dc:date><description>Vermont's governor signed the Vermont Data Privacy and Online Surveillance Act on June 16, 2026, making Vermont the fourth state this year to enact comprehensive data privacy legislation. The law substantially upgrades the state's data-broker regime: brokers must register, pay a </description><category>Brennan Center for Justice</category><category domain="tag">federal-preemption</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Vermont's governor signed the Vermont Data Privacy and Online Surveillance Act on June 16, 2026, making Vermont the fourth state this year to enact comprehensive data privacy legislation. The law substantially upgrades the state's data-broker regime: brokers must register, pay a </p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Brennan Center for Justice</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-16--vermont-data-privacy-online-surveillance-act-broker-deletion-rights/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>SCOTUS Grants Cert in Genalo v. Black on Prolonged Immigration Detention — May End Bond-Hearing Requirement</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-15--scotus-cert-genalo-v-black-prolonged-immigration-detention-bond/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-15</dc:date><description>On **June 15, 2026**, the Supreme Court agreed to hear *Genalo v. Black*, in which the Trump administration challenges a Second Circuit ruling requiring bond hearings for noncitizens held for unreasonably prolonged periods. The case involves green-card holders detained **7 months</description><category>Supreme Court of the United States</category><category>Second Circuit Court of Appeals</category><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category>Department of Justice</category><category domain="tag">judicial-capture</category><category domain="tag">detention-pipeline</category><category domain="tag">immigration</category><category domain="tag">scotus</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On **June 15, 2026**, the Supreme Court agreed to hear *Genalo v. Black*, in which the Trump administration challenges a Second Circuit ruling requiring bond hearings for noncitizens held for unreasonably prolonged periods. The case involves green-card holders detained **7 months</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Supreme Court of the United States, Second Circuit Court of Appeals, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Justice</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-15--scotus-cert-genalo-v-black-prolonged-immigration-detention-bond/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Trump Administration Threatens $1B DHS Grant Cutoff to Force State Voting-System Overhaul Before Midterms</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-15--trump-dhs-1b-grant-threat-force-state-voting-overhaul-midterms/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-15</dc:date><description>In June 2026 the Trump administration moved to withhold more than **$1 billion** in annual DHS homeland-security grants from states that refuse to phase out electronic voting machines and adopt a federal citizenship-verification database that civil-rights groups say produces fals</description><category>Department of Homeland Security</category><category>Donald Trump</category><category>Senate Democrats</category><category domain="tag">democratic-erosion</category><category domain="tag">election-administration</category><category domain="tag">voter-purge</category><category domain="tag">2026-midterms</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>In June 2026 the Trump administration moved to withhold more than **$1 billion** in annual DHS homeland-security grants from states that refuse to phase out electronic voting machines and adopt a federal citizenship-verification database that civil-rights groups say produces fals</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Department of Homeland Security, Donald Trump, Senate Democrats</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-15--trump-dhs-1b-grant-threat-force-state-voting-overhaul-midterms/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Trump's 80th-Birthday UFC 'Freedom 250' South Lawn Event ($60M, 4,300 Guests) Proceeds as No Kings Protests Hit 1,800–2,000+ Locations Nationwide</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-14--trump-80th-birthday-ufc-south-lawn-event-vs-no-kings-nationwide-protests/</link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-14</dc:date><description>On June 14, 2026 — Trump's 80th birthday — the day was staged as a dual spectacle. On the White House South Lawn, the UFC "Freedom 250" event proceeded: an estimated $60 million production, ~4,300 guests, a purpose-built Octagon arena, the first sporting event of its kind ever he</description><category>Donald Trump</category><category>No Kings Coalition</category><category domain="tag">self-dealing</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On June 14, 2026 — Trump's 80th birthday — the day was staged as a dual spectacle. On the White House South Lawn, the UFC "Freedom 250" event proceeded: an estimated $60 million production, ~4,300 guests, a purpose-built Octagon arena, the first sporting event of its kind ever he</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Donald Trump, No Kings Coalition</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-14--trump-80th-birthday-ufc-south-lawn-event-vs-no-kings-nationwide-protests/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>After Callais + Alabama Orders, Southern Republicans Race to Redraw Maps Eliminating Majority-Black Districts</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-12--vra-gutted-southern-states-race-to-redraw-maps-eliminating-majority-black-districts/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-12</dc:date><description>By June 12, 2026, the combined effect of *Louisiana v. Callais* (May 4, 2026; §2 test narrowed 6-3) and the unsigned shadow-docket order in *Allen v. Milligan* (June 2, 2026; Alabama GOP map reinstated over intentional-discrimination finding) had crystallized into a coordinated m</description><category>Hakeem Jeffries</category><category domain="tag">judicial-capture</category><category domain="tag">election-system</category><category domain="tag">voting-rights-act</category><category domain="tag">racial-gerrymander</category><category domain="tag">redistricting</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>By June 12, 2026, the combined effect of *Louisiana v. Callais* (May 4, 2026; §2 test narrowed 6-3) and the unsigned shadow-docket order in *Allen v. Milligan* (June 2, 2026; Alabama GOP map reinstated over intentional-discrimination finding) had crystallized into a coordinated m</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Hakeem Jeffries</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-12--vra-gutted-southern-states-race-to-redraw-maps-eliminating-majority-black-districts/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>Commerce Export-Control Order (Lutnick) Forces Anthropic to Suspend Fable 5 + Mythos 5 Worldwide; First Federal Halt of a Deployed Commercial AI Model</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-12--commerce-export-control-order-forces-anthropic-to-suspend-fable-5-mythos-5-worldwide/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Denny Adan Gonzalez Reported as 18th ICE Detention Death of 2026; Year on Track as Deadliest in DHS History at ~1 Death Every 6 Days</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-12--eighteenth-ice-detention-death-of-2026-denny-adan-gonzalez-deadliest-year/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-12</dc:date><description>Denny Adan Gonzalez was reported in mid-June 2026 as the 18th ICE detention death of the year, with deaths running at roughly one every six days — making 2026 already the deadliest year in immigration detention since DHS was founded. The toll tracks directly with the warehouse-de</description><category>ICE</category><category>GEO Group</category><category>CoreCivic</category><category>DHS</category><category domain="tag">detention-ice</category><category domain="tag">deaths-in-custody</category><category domain="tag">warehouse-detention</category><category domain="tag">geo-group</category><category domain="tag">corecivic</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Denny Adan Gonzalez was reported in mid-June 2026 as the 18th ICE detention death of the year, with deaths running at roughly one every six days — making 2026 already the deadliest year in immigration detention since DHS was founded. The toll tracks directly with the warehouse-de</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> ICE, GEO Group, CoreCivic, DHS</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-12--eighteenth-ice-detention-death-of-2026-denny-adan-gonzalez-deadliest-year/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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<title>FBI Raids Ohio Organizing Collaborative on 'Voter Fraud' Framing; Probe Expands to America Votes Network by June 17</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-12--fbi-raids-ohio-organizing-collaborative-probe-expands-america-votes/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-12</dc:date><description>On June 12, 2026, FBI agents raided the Cleveland offices of the Ohio Organizing Collaborative (OOC), seizing computers and fanning out to staff homes statewide under a voter-fraud investigation framing. By June 17, the probe had expanded to subpoena America Votes, the national n</description><category>Brennan Center for Justice</category><category domain="tag">democratic-erosion</category><category domain="tag">doj-weaponization</category><category domain="tag">fbi</category><category domain="tag">voter-registration</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On June 12, 2026, FBI agents raided the Cleveland offices of the Ohio Organizing Collaborative (OOC), seizing computers and fanning out to staff homes statewide under a voter-fraud investigation framing. By June 17, the probe had expanded to subpoena America Votes, the national n</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Brennan Center for Justice</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-12--fbi-raids-ohio-organizing-collaborative-probe-expands-america-votes/">Read full entry →</a></p>
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