<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>
<rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/">
<channel>
<title>The Cascade Ledger — Recent additions</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/</link>
<description>A documentary archive of 4,288 verified events tracing the systematic capture of American democratic institutions from 1142 to today. Court records, government filings, investigative reporting — sourced and indexed.</description>
<language>en-US</language>
<copyright>© 2026 Transparency Cascade Press · CC BY-SA 4.0</copyright>
<lastBuildDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate>
<generator>Hugo + Pyrite</generator>
<atom:link href="https://capturecascade.org/tags/personnel-architecture/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/>
<item>
<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>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-02--propublica-shadow-docket-milestone-secretive-votes/</guid>
<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>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<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>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-07-01--linn-county-ia-18-month-data-center-moratorium-vote/</guid>
<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>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<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>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-30--ice-nyc-immigration-court-arrests-defy-june-24-injunction/</guid>
<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>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<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>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-30--loudon-county-tn-six-month-data-center-moratorium/</guid>
<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>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<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>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-30--save-act-dies-in-senate-ndaa-state-citizenship-proof-laws-spread/</guid>
<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>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<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>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-30--scotus-eliminates-nationwide-injunctions-judicial-check-removed/</guid>
<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>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<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>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-30--scotus-strikes-down-trump-birthright-citizenship-executive-order/</guid>
<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**, which had sought to deny citizenship to children born in the U.S. to undocumented or temporary-visa parents. Amy Howe's SCOTUSblog analysis notes the Court</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**, which had sought to deny citizenship to children born in the U.S. to undocumented or temporary-visa parents. Amy Howe's SCOTUSblog analysis notes the Court</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>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<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>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-30--trump-crypto-disclosure-12b-wlfi-foreign-uae-interests/</guid>
<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>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<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>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-29--dhs-abandons-roxbury-nj-warehouse-ice-detention-after-lawsuit/</guid>
<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>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<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>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-29--snyder-names-springfield-haiti-policy-ethnic-cleansing/</guid>
<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>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<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>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-29--scotus-chatrie-location-data-fourth-amendment-geofence-warrant/</guid>
<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>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<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>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-29--scotus-watson-v-rnc-upholds-mississippi-mail-ballot-window/</guid>
<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>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<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>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-29--scotus-overturns-humphreys-executor-presidential-firing-power/</guid>
<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>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title>SCOTUS poised to grant Trump at-will firing power over independent agencies in Trump v. Slaughter</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-27--scotus-trump-v-slaughter-firing-power-ruling-imminent/</link>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-27--scotus-trump-v-slaughter-firing-power-ruling-imminent/</guid>
<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>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<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>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-26--felix-alcorta-rodriguez-twentieth-ice-custody-death-2026/</guid>
<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>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<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>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-26--nc-deq-opens-comment-amazon-10b-datacenter-duke-air-permits-richmond/</guid>
<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>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<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>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-25--desoto-county-fl-data-center-moratorium-dcip-carve-out/</guid>
<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>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<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>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-25--carone-zhu-indicted-nyc-migrant-shelter-bribery-scheme/</guid>
<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>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<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>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-25--hrw-documents-52-ice-custody-deaths-un-demands-investigation/</guid>
<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>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<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>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-25--talwani-blocks-trump-mail-voting-eo-23-states-dc/</guid>
<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>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<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>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-25--asian-immigrant-ice-arrests-nyc-legal-services-funding/</guid>
<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>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<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>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-25--scotus-mullin-al-otro-lado-asylum-border-turnbacks/</guid>
<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>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<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>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-25--scotus-mullin-v-doe-ends-haiti-syria-tps-judicial-review-barred/</guid>
<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>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<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>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-25--vance-watergate-12-hour-news-story-nixon-library/</guid>
<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>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<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>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-24--aclu-17-ice-custody-deaths-warehouse-expansion-96600-beds/</guid>
<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>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<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>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-24--box-elder-county-ut-stratos-commissioners-lose-primary-backlash/</guid>
<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>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<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>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-24--appeals-court-blocks-doj-michigan-voter-data-seizure/</guid>
<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>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<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>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-24--genius-act-occ-stablecoin-charters-crypto-industry-reserve-standards/</guid>
<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>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<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>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-24--steiner-usps-withhold-mail-ballots-from-states-refusing-voter-rolls/</guid>
<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>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<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>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-24--sixth-circuit-doj-first-appellate-loss-voter-rolls-michigan/</guid>
<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>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<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>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-23--crow-wing-county-mn-residents-demand-igsa-termination/</guid>
<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>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<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>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-23--aliya-rahman-disabled-citizen-detained-dhs-civil-rights-complaint/</guid>
<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>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<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>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-23--doj-voter-roll-maryland-dismissed-0-9-trump-appointee/</guid>
<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>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<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>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-23--prairieland-defendants-sentenced-30-100-years-antifa-terrorism/</guid>
<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>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<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>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-23--ice-detention-reengineering-initiative-100k-warehouse-network/</guid>
<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>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<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>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-23--jackson-ms-northwest-data-center-rezoning-saxum-june-24-hearing/</guid>
<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>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<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>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-23--lake-county-fl-commissioners-draft-data-center-moratorium-july-vote/</guid>
<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>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<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>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-23--marin-county-joins-ca-ag-gilroy-ice-facility-amicus-coalition/</guid>
<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>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<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>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-23--whatcom-county-wa-immigration-detention-moratorium-5-2-vote/</guid>
<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>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<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>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-22--arizona-illinois-data-center-tax-moratoriums-300-bills-nationally/</guid>
<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>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<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>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-22--sooknanan-blocks-save-voter-purge-database-unlawful/</guid>
<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>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<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>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-21--ice-offloads-seven-noem-era-warehouses-mullin-retreat/</guid>
<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>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<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>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-21--ice-offloads-seven-of-eleven-warehouses-detention-reengineering/</guid>
<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>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<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>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-20--ice-largest-clearview-ai-contract-dhs-deletes-oversight-policy/</guid>
<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>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<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>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-19--oracle-sues-wisconsin-psc-data-center-ratepayer-cost-shift/</guid>
<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>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<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>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-18--citrus-county-fl-data-center-moratorium-holder-rezoning-denied/</guid>
<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>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<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>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-18--dhs-mobile-fortify-facial-recognition-1300-local-police/</guid>
<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>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<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>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-18--scotus-us-v-hemani-gun-marijuana-second-amendment-bruen-extension/</guid>
<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>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<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>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-17--talwani-allows-mail-ballot-eo-challenge-rejects-ripeness-delay/</guid>
<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>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<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>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-17--reuters-ice-detention-death-rate-doubles-50-deaths-overcrowding-medical-failure/</guid>
<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>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<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>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-17--us-iran-mou-signed-versailles-hormuz-reopened-60-day-nuclear-talks/</guid>
<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>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<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>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-16--leak-exposes-thiel-dialog-society-membership/</guid>
<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>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<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>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-16--imperial-county-ca-reverses-data-center-approval-moratorium/</guid>
<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>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<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>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-16--vermont-data-privacy-online-surveillance-act-broker-deletion-rights/</guid>
<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>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<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>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-15--scotus-cert-genalo-v-black-prolonged-immigration-detention-bond/</guid>
<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>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<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>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-15--trump-dhs-1b-grant-threat-force-state-voting-overhaul-midterms/</guid>
<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>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<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>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-14--trump-80th-birthday-ufc-south-lawn-event-vs-no-kings-nationwide-protests/</guid>
<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 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</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>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<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>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-12--vra-gutted-southern-states-race-to-redraw-maps-eliminating-majority-black-districts/</guid>
<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>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<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>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-12--commerce-export-control-order-forces-anthropic-to-suspend-fable-5-mythos-5-worldwide/</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-12</dc:date><description>---</description><category>U.S. Department of Commerce</category><category>Anthropic</category><category>Dario Amodei</category><category domain="tag">surveillance-industrial-complex</category><category domain="tag">government-contracts</category><category domain="tag">data-colonialism</category><category domain="tag">export-control</category><category domain="tag">ai-governance</category><category domain="tag">anthropic</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>---</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> U.S. Department of Commerce, Anthropic, Dario Amodei</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-12--commerce-export-control-order-forces-anthropic-to-suspend-fable-5-mythos-5-worldwide/">Read full entry →</a></p>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<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>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-12--eighteenth-ice-detention-death-of-2026-denny-adan-gonzalez-deadliest-year/</guid>
<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>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<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>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-12--fbi-raids-ohio-organizing-collaborative-probe-expands-america-votes/</guid>
<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>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title>FISA Section 702 Lapses for First Time Since 2008; House Vote Fails 198-218 Over Pulte DNI Appointment</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-12--fisa-702-lapses-first-time-since-2008-pulte-dni-house-vote-fails/</link>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-12--fisa-702-lapses-first-time-since-2008-pulte-dni-house-vote-fails/</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-12</dc:date><description>The House failed to pass a short-term FISA Section 702 extension on June 11, 2026, 198-218, allowing the foreign surveillance authority to lapse at midnight — the first time Section 702 has expired since it was enacted via the FISA Amendments Act of 2008. The proximate cause: Hou</description><category>Bill Pulte</category><category>Jay Clayton</category><category>Donald Trump</category><category>House Democrats</category><category>Tulsi Gabbard</category><category>U.S. House of Representatives</category><category domain="tag">fisa</category><category domain="tag">section-702</category><category domain="tag">surveillance</category><category domain="tag">warrantless-surveillance</category><category domain="tag">agency-purges</category><category domain="tag">succession</category><category domain="tag">surveillance-industrial-complex</category><category domain="tag">resistance</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The House failed to pass a short-term FISA Section 702 extension on June 11, 2026, 198-218, allowing the foreign surveillance authority to lapse at midnight — the first time Section 702 has expired since it was enacted via the FISA Amendments Act of 2008. The proximate cause: Hou</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Bill Pulte, Jay Clayton, Donald Trump, House Democrats, Tulsi Gabbard, U.S. House of Representatives</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-12--fisa-702-lapses-first-time-since-2008-pulte-dni-house-vote-fails/">Read full entry →</a></p>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title>Iran War: Ceasefire Deal Described as Imminent; US Shoots Down Two Iranian Drones at Hormuz Same Day</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-12--iran-war-ceasefire-deal-imminent-pakistan-qatar-hormuz-drones/</link>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-12--iran-war-ceasefire-deal-imminent-pakistan-qatar-hormuz-drones/</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-12</dc:date><description>As of June 12, 2026 — 104 days after the launch of the US-Israel war on Iran (Operation Epic Fury, [[2026-02-28--operation-epic-fury-us-military-strikes-iran]]) — US-Iran peace talks mediated by Pakistan and Qatar have advanced to a final text stage. Pakistani officials described</description><category>Donald Trump</category><category>Abbas Araghchi</category><category>U.S. Military</category><category>Iran</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">contractor-network</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>As of June 12, 2026 — 104 days after the launch of the US-Israel war on Iran (Operation Epic Fury, [[2026-02-28--operation-epic-fury-us-military-strikes-iran]]) — US-Iran peace talks mediated by Pakistan and Qatar have advanced to a final text stage. Pakistani officials described</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Donald Trump, Abbas Araghchi, U.S. Military, Iran</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-12--iran-war-ceasefire-deal-imminent-pakistan-qatar-hormuz-drones/">Read full entry →</a></p>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title>SCOTUS 9-0 (Kagan) Reverses Ex-Twitter Employee's Saudi-Spy Obstruction Conviction on §1519 Venue, Rebuking DOJ Venue-Shopping</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-11--scotus-abouammo-9-0-reverses-saudi-spy-conviction-rebukes-doj-venue-shopping/</link>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-11--scotus-abouammo-9-0-reverses-saudi-spy-conviction-rebukes-doj-venue-shopping/</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-11</dc:date><description>On June 11, 2026, a unanimous Supreme Court (Justice Kagan writing) reversed the Ninth Circuit in *Abouammo v. United States* (25-5146), holding that a defendant charged under 18 U.S.C. §1519 — knowingly falsifying a document to obstruct a federal investigation — must be tried in</description><category>Elena Kagan</category><category domain="tag">judicial-ruling</category><category domain="tag">surveillance</category><category domain="tag">foreign-influence</category><category domain="tag">saudi-arabia</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On June 11, 2026, a unanimous Supreme Court (Justice Kagan writing) reversed the Ninth Circuit in *Abouammo v. United States* (25-5146), holding that a defendant charged under 18 U.S.C. §1519 — knowingly falsifying a document to obstruct a federal investigation — must be tried in</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Elena Kagan</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-11--scotus-abouammo-9-0-reverses-saudi-spy-conviction-rebukes-doj-venue-shopping/">Read full entry →</a></p>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title>Gov. Abbott directs PUCT to require data centers to fully fund own electric infrastructure; PUCT must act to reduce residential transmission costs by July 31, 2026</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-10--abbott-directive-puct-ercot-data-center-infrastructure-costs/</link>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-10--abbott-directive-puct-ercot-data-center-infrastructure-costs/</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-10</dc:date><description>## Opening</description><category>Greg Abbott</category><category>Public Utility Commission of Texas</category><category>ERCOT</category><category domain="capture-lane">Regulatory Capture</category><category domain="capture-lane">Environmental Capture</category><category domain="tag">investigation-6</category><category domain="tag">texas</category><category domain="tag">ercot</category><category domain="tag">puct</category><category domain="tag">ratepayer-cost-shift</category><category domain="tag">datacenter</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>## Opening</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Greg Abbott, Public Utility Commission of Texas, ERCOT</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Regulatory Capture, Environmental Capture</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-10--abbott-directive-puct-ercot-data-center-infrastructure-costs/">Read full entry →</a></p>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title>Oregon PUC Delays PGE Data-Center Large-Load Rate Ruling to July; 29% Rate Hike at Issue Under POWER Act</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-10--oregon-puc-delays-pge-data-center-large-load-rate-ruling/</link>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-10--oregon-puc-delays-pge-data-center-large-load-rate-ruling/</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-10</dc:date><description>Under Oregon HB 3546 (the POWER Act), Portland General Electric filed implementation tariffs requiring data centers over 20 MW to pay all grid-expansion costs themselves, with a proposed 29% rate increase for that data-center class. On June 10, 2026 the Oregon Public Utility Comm</description><category domain="tag">datacenter</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Under Oregon HB 3546 (the POWER Act), Portland General Electric filed implementation tariffs requiring data centers over 20 MW to pay all grid-expansion costs themselves, with a proposed 29% rate increase for that data-center class. On June 10, 2026 the Oregon Public Utility Comm</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-10--oregon-puc-delays-pge-data-center-large-load-rate-ruling/">Read full entry →</a></p>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title>Red/Blue ICE Divergence Sharpens: NJ Becomes 10th State to Bar 287(g) Contracts as DOJ Sues Four States Over Agent License-Plate Confidentiality</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-10--nj-tenth-287g-ban-state-doj-sues-four-states-over-agent-license-plate-confidentiality/</link>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-10--nj-tenth-287g-ban-state-doj-sues-four-states-over-agent-license-plate-confidentiality/</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-10</dc:date><description>By early-to-mid June 2026, the red/blue state divergence over ICE cooperation sharpened into open federal-vs-state confrontation. New Jersey became the 10th blue state to bar local 287(g) ICE partnership contracts (joining California, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Oregon, Wash</description><category>U.S. Department of Justice</category><category>Tennessee</category><category domain="tag">state-capture</category><category domain="tag">detention-ice</category><category domain="tag">287g</category><category domain="tag">federalism</category><category domain="tag">immigration-enforcement</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>By early-to-mid June 2026, the red/blue state divergence over ICE cooperation sharpened into open federal-vs-state confrontation. New Jersey became the 10th blue state to bar local 287(g) ICE partnership contracts (joining California, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Oregon, Wash</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> U.S. Department of Justice, Tennessee</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-10--nj-tenth-287g-ban-state-doj-sues-four-states-over-agent-license-plate-confidentiality/">Read full entry →</a></p>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title>Trump Signs $70B ICE/CBP Enforcement Bill; Anti-Weaponization Fund Survives Intact</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-10--trump-signs-70-billion-ice-cbp-enforcement-bill-anti-weaponization-fund-survives/</link>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-10--trump-signs-70-billion-ice-cbp-enforcement-bill-anti-weaponization-fund-survives/</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-10</dc:date><description>President Trump signed the **Secure America Act** on **June 10, 2026**, a **$70 billion** immigration enforcement funding package providing ICE and CBP with multi-year operational funding through the end of his term. The Senate passed the bill **52–47** on June 4–5 after an 18-ho</description><category>Donald Trump</category><category>Lisa Murkowski</category><category>ICE</category><category>CBP</category><category domain="tag">detention-ice</category><category domain="tag">legislative-capture</category><category domain="tag">contractor-network</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>President Trump signed the **Secure America Act** on **June 10, 2026**, a **$70 billion** immigration enforcement funding package providing ICE and CBP with multi-year operational funding through the end of his term. The Senate passed the bill **52–47** on June 4–5 after an 18-ho</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Donald Trump, Lisa Murkowski, ICE, CBP</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-10--trump-signs-70-billion-ice-cbp-enforcement-bill-anti-weaponization-fund-survives/">Read full entry →</a></p>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title>DOJ dismantles federal election-crime oversight before 2026 midterms; no FBI command center stood up</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-09--doj-dismantles-federal-election-oversight-before-midterms/</link>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-09--doj-dismantles-federal-election-oversight-before-midterms/</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-09</dc:date><description>As of June 9, 2026, multiple investigations confirm the Trump DOJ has systematically gutted the federal infrastructure that has protected elections for decades. The department canceled training for election prosecutors and FBI agents, deleted a 281-page election-offenses prosecut</description><category>Department of Justice</category><category>Federal Bureau of Investigation</category><category domain="tag">election-capture</category><category domain="tag">doj</category><category domain="tag">institutional-dismantling</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>As of June 9, 2026, multiple investigations confirm the Trump DOJ has systematically gutted the federal infrastructure that has protected elections for decades. The department canceled training for election prosecutors and FBI agents, deleted a 281-page election-offenses prosecut</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-09--doj-dismantles-federal-election-oversight-before-midterms/">Read full entry →</a></p>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title>GENIUS Act AML/Sanctions Comment Period Closes 11:59 PM ET — WLF Verified Absent at Docket Closure; July 18 Final Rule Statutory Deadline</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-09--genius-act-aml-comment-period-closes-wlf-verified-absent-july-18-framework-effective/</link>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-09--genius-act-aml-comment-period-closes-wlf-verified-absent-july-18-framework-effective/</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-09</dc:date><description>**June 9, 2026, 11:59 PM ET**: The public comment period for FinCEN/OFAC Docket **FINCEN-2026-0100** — *Permitted Payment Stablecoin Issuer Anti-Money Laundering/Countering the Financing of Terrorism Program and Sanctions Compliance Program Requirements* (FR Doc 2026-06963, 91 Fe</description><category>Scott Bessent</category><category>World Liberty Financial</category><category>WLTC Holdings LLC</category><category domain="capture-lane">Financial Capture</category><category domain="capture-lane">International Kleptocracy</category><category domain="capture-lane">Capture Cascade</category><category domain="tag">genius-act</category><category domain="tag">stablecoin</category><category domain="tag">regulatory-capture</category><category domain="tag">fincen</category><category domain="tag">ofac</category><category domain="tag">usd1</category><category domain="tag">self-dealing</category><category domain="tag">bank-secrecy-act</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>**June 9, 2026, 11:59 PM ET**: The public comment period for FinCEN/OFAC Docket **FINCEN-2026-0100** — *Permitted Payment Stablecoin Issuer Anti-Money Laundering/Countering the Financing of Terrorism Program and Sanctions Compliance Program Requirements* (FR Doc 2026-06963, 91 Fe</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Scott Bessent, World Liberty Financial, WLTC Holdings LLC</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Financial Capture, International Kleptocracy, Capture Cascade</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-09--genius-act-aml-comment-period-closes-wlf-verified-absent-july-18-framework-effective/">Read full entry →</a></p>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title>Lesley Groff Appears Before House Oversight, Testifies Voluntarily, Denies Knowledge of Epstein Crimes — Transcript Released 2026-06-23</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-09--groff-lesley-house-oversight-transcribed-interview-appeared-testified-denied-knowledge/</link>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-09--groff-lesley-house-oversight-transcribed-interview-appeared-testified-denied-knowledge/</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-09</dc:date><description># Lesley Groff Appears Before House Oversight, Testifies Voluntarily, Denies Knowledge of Epstein Crimes</description><category>James Comer</category><category>Robert Garcia</category><category>Stephen Lynch</category><category>House Oversight Committee</category><category domain="tag">epstein-disclosures</category><category domain="tag">congressional-oversight</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p># Lesley Groff Appears Before House Oversight, Testifies Voluntarily, Denies Knowledge of Epstein Crimes</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> James Comer, Robert Garcia, Stephen Lynch, House Oversight Committee</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-09--groff-lesley-house-oversight-transcribed-interview-appeared-testified-denied-knowledge/">Read full entry →</a></p>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title>Trump Family Clears $2.3B in Crypto Income as World Liberty Financial Seeks National Trust Bank Charter</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-09--trump-family-2-3b-crypto-income-wlfi-national-bank-charter/</link>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-09--trump-family-2-3b-crypto-income-wlfi-national-bank-charter/</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-09</dc:date><description>CNBC and PBS NewsHour reported in June 2026 that Trump-linked cryptocurrency ventures generated **$2.3 billion in pretax income** between November 2024 and April 2026 — including approximately **$500 million** from a 2025 sale to a UAE government-linked entity, a transaction that</description><category>Donald Trump</category><category>World Liberty Financial</category><category>Office of the Comptroller of the Currency</category><category>Public Citizen</category><category domain="tag">crypto-finance</category><category domain="tag">regulatory-capture</category><category domain="tag">self-dealing</category><category domain="tag">emoluments</category><category domain="tag">foreign-influence</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>CNBC and PBS NewsHour reported in June 2026 that Trump-linked cryptocurrency ventures generated **$2.3 billion in pretax income** between November 2024 and April 2026 — including approximately **$500 million** from a 2025 sale to a UAE government-linked entity, a transaction that</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Donald Trump, World Liberty Financial, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Public Citizen</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-09--trump-family-2-3b-crypto-income-wlfi-national-bank-charter/">Read full entry →</a></p>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title>CNN Investigation Links Bari Weiss CBS Firings Directly to Paramount-WBD Merger Timeline; Bonta Investigation Active</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-08--cnn-investigation-bari-weiss-cbs-paramount-wbd-merger-link-bonta-active/</link>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-08--cnn-investigation-bari-weiss-cbs-paramount-wbd-merger-link-bonta-active/</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-08</dc:date><description>**CNN Business** published a **June 8, 2026** investigation headlined "Bari Weiss and the CBS cloud hanging over the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger," establishing the first tier-1 editorial link between the CBS 60 Minutes firings and the Paramount-WBD merger timeline. CNN's key do</description><category>Bari Weiss</category><category>David Ellison</category><category>Rob Bonta</category><category>Scott Pelley</category><category>Paramount Skydance</category><category>Warner Bros. Discovery</category><category domain="tag">media-capture</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>**CNN Business** published a **June 8, 2026** investigation headlined "Bari Weiss and the CBS cloud hanging over the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger," establishing the first tier-1 editorial link between the CBS 60 Minutes firings and the Paramount-WBD merger timeline. CNN's key do</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Bari Weiss, David Ellison, Rob Bonta, Scott Pelley, Paramount Skydance, Warner Bros. Discovery, CBS News</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-08--cnn-investigation-bari-weiss-cbs-paramount-wbd-merger-link-bonta-active/">Read full entry →</a></p>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title>Salt Lake City and County Sue DHS/ICE to Block $145M Warehouse Conversion into 7,500-Bed Detention Hub</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-08--salt-lake-city-county-sue-dhs-ice-warehouse-detention-conversion/</link>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-08--salt-lake-city-county-sue-dhs-ice-warehouse-detention-conversion/</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-08</dc:date><description>Salt Lake City and Salt Lake County filed a joint federal lawsuit on June 8, 2026 seeking a temporary restraining order against DHS's plan to convert an 833,000-sq-ft warehouse — purchased for $145.4 million in March 2026 — into a 7,500–10,000-bed immigration detention facility a</description><category>Salt Lake City</category><category>U.S. Department of Homeland Security</category><category>U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category domain="tag">detention-industrial</category><category domain="tag">warehouse-conversion</category><category domain="tag">nepa</category><category domain="tag">utah</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Salt Lake City and Salt Lake County filed a joint federal lawsuit on June 8, 2026 seeking a temporary restraining order against DHS's plan to convert an 833,000-sq-ft warehouse — purchased for $145.4 million in March 2026 — into a 7,500–10,000-bed immigration detention facility a</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Salt Lake City, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-08--salt-lake-city-county-sue-dhs-ice-warehouse-detention-conversion/">Read full entry →</a></p>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title>Salt Lake City and County sue DHS/ICE to halt 13,000-bed warehouse detention conversion</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-08--salt-lake-city-county-sue-dhs-ice-13000-bed-warehouse/</link>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-08--salt-lake-city-county-sue-dhs-ice-13000-bed-warehouse/</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-08</dc:date><description>On June 8, 2026, Salt Lake City and Salt Lake County jointly filed a federal lawsuit against DHS and ICE to halt the conversion of an 833,000-square-foot warehouse on the city's west side into a mega-detention facility with capacity for up to 13,000 people — more than twice the c</description><category>Salt Lake City</category><category>DHS</category><category>ICE</category><category domain="tag">detention-buildout</category><category domain="tag">local-resistance</category><category domain="tag">litigation</category><category domain="tag">utah</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On June 8, 2026, Salt Lake City and Salt Lake County jointly filed a federal lawsuit against DHS and ICE to halt the conversion of an 833,000-square-foot warehouse on the city's west side into a mega-detention facility with capacity for up to 13,000 people — more than twice the c</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Salt Lake City, DHS, ICE</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-08--salt-lake-city-county-sue-dhs-ice-13000-bed-warehouse/">Read full entry →</a></p>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title>Iran Ceasefire Breaks Down June 7-8; US Navy Attacks MT Marivex Tanker in Gulf of Oman; Iran Establishes Dual-Chokepoint Security Belt</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-07--iran-ceasefire-breakdown-us-navy-marivex-tanker-attack-hormuz-choked/</link>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-07--iran-ceasefire-breakdown-us-navy-marivex-tanker-attack-hormuz-choked/</guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-07</dc:date><description>On **June 7-8, 2026**, the Iran ceasefire (declared April 7-8, extended indefinitely April 21) deteriorated sharply when Israel and Iran traded their worst strikes in months, per CNN live coverage. On **June 8**, the United States attacked a sanctioned vessel — **Motor Tanker Mar</description><category>Pete Hegseth</category><category>Marco Rubio</category><category>J.D. Vance</category><category domain="tag">war-military</category><category domain="tag">iran-war</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On **June 7-8, 2026**, the Iran ceasefire (declared April 7-8, extended indefinitely April 21) deteriorated sharply when Israel and Iran traded their worst strikes in months, per CNN live coverage. On **June 8**, the United States attacked a sanctioned vessel — **Motor Tanker Mar</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Pete Hegseth, Marco Rubio, J.D. Vance</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-07--iran-ceasefire-breakdown-us-navy-marivex-tanker-attack-hormuz-choked/">Read full entry →</a></p>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title>Public Integrity Project Sues to Block UFC Freedom 250 White House Event; Judge Mehta Orders Briefing; Trump TKO Stock Holding Disclosed</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-07--ufc-freedom-250-white-house-public-integrity-project-lawsuit-mehta-tko-stock-succession-event/</link>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-07--ufc-freedom-250-white-house-public-integrity-project-lawsuit-mehta-tko-stock-succession-event/</guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-07</dc:date><description>On **June 7, 2026**, the **Public Integrity Project** — an anti-corruption law firm led by CEO **Brendan Ballou** (former DOJ prosecutor, resigned January 2025 over Trump's pardons of January 6 rioters), backed by former Wisconsin Democratic Senator Russ Feingold — filed a federa</description><category>Donald Trump</category><category>Judge Amit Mehta</category><category>David Ellison</category><category>Department of the Interior</category><category domain="capture-lane">Systematic Corruption</category><category domain="capture-lane">Media Capture and Control</category><category domain="tag">conflicts-of-interest</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On **June 7, 2026**, the **Public Integrity Project** — an anti-corruption law firm led by CEO **Brendan Ballou** (former DOJ prosecutor, resigned January 2025 over Trump's pardons of January 6 rioters), backed by former Wisconsin Democratic Senator Russ Feingold — filed a federa</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Donald Trump, Judge Amit Mehta, David Ellison, Department of the Interior</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Systematic Corruption, Media Capture and Control</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-07--ufc-freedom-250-white-house-public-integrity-project-lawsuit-mehta-tko-stock-succession-event/">Read full entry →</a></p>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title>DOJ Files Supplemental Response to Mehta's Oath Keepers Order; Response Described by Critics as Insufficient</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-05--doj-response-mehta-oath-keepers-deadline-described-insufficient/</link>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-05--doj-response-mehta-oath-keepers-deadline-described-insufficient/</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-05</dc:date><description>On June 5, 2026 — the deadline set by Judge Amit Mehta's May 29 order — the Department of Justice filed a supplemental response intended to satisfy Mehta's demand for "reasons and underlying factual basis" explaining why dismissal with prejudice of the Oath Keepers seditious-cons</description><category>Judge Amit Mehta</category><category>Todd Blanche</category><category>DOJ</category><category>Stewart Rhodes</category><category>Kelly Meggs</category><category>Roberto Minuta</category><category domain="capture-lane">Democratic Erosion</category><category domain="tag">oath-keepers</category><category domain="tag">judicial-pushback</category><category domain="tag">seditious-conspiracy</category><category domain="tag">accountability-bypass</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On June 5, 2026 — the deadline set by Judge Amit Mehta's May 29 order — the Department of Justice filed a supplemental response intended to satisfy Mehta's demand for "reasons and underlying factual basis" explaining why dismissal with prejudice of the Oath Keepers seditious-cons</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Judge Amit Mehta, Todd Blanche, DOJ, Stewart Rhodes, Kelly Meggs, Roberto Minuta</p><p><strong>Capture lanes:</strong> Democratic Erosion</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-05--doj-response-mehta-oath-keepers-deadline-described-insufficient/">Read full entry →</a></p>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title>Blanche AG Confirmation Faces GOP Resistance; Grassley Confirms Receipt; Hearing Not Scheduled; Summer Timeline Uncertain</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-04--blanche-ag-confirmation-gop-resistance-grassley-senate-judiciary-summer-target/</link>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-04--blanche-ag-confirmation-gop-resistance-grassley-senate-judiciary-summer-target/</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-04</dc:date><description>Senate Judiciary Chair **Chuck Grassley** confirmed receipt of the **Todd Blanche** AG nomination on **June 4, 2026**. However, CNN and Fox News both reported the same day that the nomination faces genuine Republican resistance. Senate Majority Leader **John Thune** said "Hard to</description><category>Todd Blanche</category><category>Chuck Grassley</category><category>Senate Judiciary Committee</category><category>John Thune</category><category domain="tag">agency-purges</category><category domain="tag">doj-capture</category><category domain="tag">senate-confirmation</category><category domain="tag">todd-blanche</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Senate Judiciary Chair **Chuck Grassley** confirmed receipt of the **Todd Blanche** AG nomination on **June 4, 2026**. However, CNN and Fox News both reported the same day that the nomination faces genuine Republican resistance. Senate Majority Leader **John Thune** said "Hard to</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Todd Blanche, Chuck Grassley, Senate Judiciary Committee, John Thune</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-04--blanche-ag-confirmation-gop-resistance-grassley-senate-judiciary-summer-target/">Read full entry →</a></p>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title>Blanche Nominated Permanent AG; Senate Testimony Reveals Anti-Weaponization Fund Scrapped</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-04--blanche-nominated-permanent-ag-anti-weaponization-fund-scrapped-senate/</link>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-04--blanche-nominated-permanent-ag-anti-weaponization-fund-scrapped-senate/</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-04</dc:date><description>On June 4, 2026, President Trump formally nominated acting AG Todd Blanche as permanent Attorney General, instructing chief of staff Dan Scavino to initiate the nomination process. Blanche testified before both the House and Senate on DOJ oversight on June 3-4 — his first major c</description><category>Todd Blanche</category><category>Donald Trump</category><category>Dan Scavino</category><category>Senate Judiciary Committee</category><category>Pam Bondi</category><category domain="tag">agency-purges</category><category domain="tag">doj-capture</category><category domain="tag">epstein-disclosures</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On June 4, 2026, President Trump formally nominated acting AG Todd Blanche as permanent Attorney General, instructing chief of staff Dan Scavino to initiate the nomination process. Blanche testified before both the House and Senate on DOJ oversight on June 3-4 — his first major c</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Todd Blanche, Donald Trump, Dan Scavino, Senate Judiciary Committee, Pam Bondi</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-04--blanche-nominated-permanent-ag-anti-weaponization-fund-scrapped-senate/">Read full entry →</a></p>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title>Bondi Epstein Transcript Released: Privilege Invoked on Trump Conversations; Blanche Named 30+ Times</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-04--bondi-epstein-transcript-privilege-blanche-named-30-times/</link>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-04--bondi-epstein-transcript-privilege-blanche-named-30-times/</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-04</dc:date><description>On June 4, 2026, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee released the full transcript of its closed-door interview with former AG Pam Bondi regarding the DOJ's handling of Epstein file disclosures. Bondi invoked privilege and refused to answer any questions about conv</description><category>Pam Bondi</category><category>Todd Blanche</category><category>Donald Trump</category><category>House Oversight Committee</category><category>Harmeet Dhillon</category><category domain="tag">epstein-disclosures</category><category domain="tag">doj-capture</category><category domain="tag">executive-privilege</category><category domain="tag">congressional-oversight</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On June 4, 2026, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee released the full transcript of its closed-door interview with former AG Pam Bondi regarding the DOJ's handling of Epstein file disclosures. Bondi invoked privilege and refused to answer any questions about conv</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Pam Bondi, Todd Blanche, Donald Trump, House Oversight Committee, Harmeet Dhillon</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-04--bondi-epstein-transcript-privilege-blanche-named-30-times/">Read full entry →</a></p>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title>Colorado Signs HB 1276: State Gets Unannounced Inspection Authority Over ICE Detention</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-04--colorado-hb-1276-state-unannounced-ice-detention-inspection-authority/</link>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-04--colorado-hb-1276-state-unannounced-ice-detention-inspection-authority/</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-04</dc:date><description>On June 4, 2026, Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed HB 26-1276, establishing state authority to conduct unannounced health and safety inspections at federal immigration detention centers at least four times per year — covering food and water quality, confinement conditions, and</description><category>Colorado Legislature</category><category>ICE</category><category>GEO Group</category><category domain="tag">state-level-capture</category><category domain="tag">detention-ice</category><category domain="tag">federal-state-conflict</category><category domain="tag">geo-group</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On June 4, 2026, Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed HB 26-1276, establishing state authority to conduct unannounced health and safety inspections at federal immigration detention centers at least four times per year — covering food and water quality, confinement conditions, and</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Colorado Legislature, ICE, GEO Group</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-04--colorado-hb-1276-state-unannounced-ice-detention-inspection-authority/">Read full entry →</a></p>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title>DHS Approves EO 14399 State Citizenship Lists; SAVE Portal Operational by June 30 Before Midterm Cycle</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-04--dhs-approves-eo-14399-save-citizenship-lists-operational-june-30/</link>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-04--dhs-approves-eo-14399-save-citizenship-lists-operational-june-30/</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-04</dc:date><description>On **June 4, 2026**, DHS approved the implementation of **EO 14399's State Citizenship Lists** — a two-part voter-verification architecture. **Part 1**: state election officials are required to submit entire statewide voter registration lists — including Social Security numbers, </description><category>DHS</category><category>DOJ</category><category>Common Cause</category><category>ACLU</category><category>NAACP</category><category>Social Security Administration</category><category domain="tag">election-system</category><category domain="tag">eo-14399</category><category domain="tag">save-database</category><category domain="tag">dhs</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On **June 4, 2026**, DHS approved the implementation of **EO 14399's State Citizenship Lists** — a two-part voter-verification architecture. **Part 1**: state election officials are required to submit entire statewide voter registration lists — including Social Security numbers, </p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> DHS, DOJ, Common Cause, ACLU, NAACP, Social Security Administration, State Department</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-04--dhs-approves-eo-14399-save-citizenship-lists-operational-june-30/">Read full entry →</a></p>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title>Great American AI Act Discussion Draft Proposes 3-Year Preemption of State AI Laws; White House Bundles It With KOSA Package</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-04--great-american-ai-act-discussion-draft-three-year-state-preemption/</link>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-04--great-american-ai-act-discussion-draft-three-year-state-preemption/</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-04</dc:date><description>A bipartisan 269-page discussion draft released June 4, 2026 by Representatives Jay Obernolte (R-CA) and Lori Trahan (D-MA) — the Great American AI Act — would impose federal AI transparency and safety obligations on large developers while preempting state AI laws for three years</description><category>White House</category><category domain="tag">ai-governance</category><category domain="tag">federal-preemption</category><category domain="tag">regulatory-capture</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>A bipartisan 269-page discussion draft released June 4, 2026 by Representatives Jay Obernolte (R-CA) and Lori Trahan (D-MA) — the Great American AI Act — would impose federal AI transparency and safety obligations on large developers while preempting state AI laws for three years</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> White House</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-04--great-american-ai-act-discussion-draft-three-year-state-preemption/">Read full entry →</a></p>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title>ICE Detainee Placed in Solitary, Transferred to Louisiana After Moshannon Protest Over Sick Detainee</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-04--moshannon-ice-detainee-solitary-then-transferred-louisiana-after-protest/</link>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-04--moshannon-ice-detainee-solitary-then-transferred-louisiana-after-protest/</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-04</dc:date><description>A detainee at GEO Group's Moshannon Valley Processing Center in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania was placed in solitary confinement and then transferred to Louisiana's Winn Correctional Center after a disciplinary report charged him with "inciting a group demonstration" — ICE's hi</description><category>GEO Group</category><category>Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)</category><category>Department of Homeland Security (DHS)</category><category domain="tag">detention-industrial-complex</category><category domain="tag">ice</category><category domain="tag">geo-group</category><category domain="tag">medical-neglect</category><category domain="tag">pennsylvania</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>A detainee at GEO Group's Moshannon Valley Processing Center in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania was placed in solitary confinement and then transferred to Louisiana's Winn Correctional Center after a disciplinary report charged him with "inciting a group demonstration" — ICE's hi</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> GEO Group, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Department of Homeland Security (DHS)</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-04--moshannon-ice-detainee-solitary-then-transferred-louisiana-after-protest/">Read full entry →</a></p>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title>Venturella Issues Internal Memo Ending ICE Post-Release Death Reporting; Reverses 2021 Transparency Rule</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-04--venturella-memo-eliminates-post-release-death-reporting-ice-accountability-erasure/</link>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-04--venturella-memo-eliminates-post-release-death-reporting-ice-accountability-erasure/</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-04</dc:date><description>On **June 4, 2026**, Acting ICE Director **David Venturella** issued an internal memo rescinding the requirement that ICE report deaths occurring within **30 days of a person's release from custody**. The policy reversed a **2021 transparency measure** enacted specifically becaus</description><category>David Venturella</category><category>ICE</category><category>DHS</category><category domain="tag">detention-ice</category><category domain="tag">deaths-in-custody</category><category domain="tag">revolving-door</category><category domain="tag">geo-group</category><category domain="tag">named-architect-pipelines</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On **June 4, 2026**, Acting ICE Director **David Venturella** issued an internal memo rescinding the requirement that ICE report deaths occurring within **30 days of a person's release from custody**. The policy reversed a **2021 transparency measure** enacted specifically becaus</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> David Venturella, ICE, DHS</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-04--venturella-memo-eliminates-post-release-death-reporting-ice-accountability-erasure/">Read full entry →</a></p>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title>60 Minutes Phase 5: Pelley Fired for Insubordination; Cooper Gone; CBS Capture Complete</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-03--cbs-60-minutes-pelley-fired-insubordination-cooper-gone-capture-complete/</link>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-03--cbs-60-minutes-pelley-fired-insubordination-cooper-gone-capture-complete/</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-03</dc:date><description>On the night of June 3, 2026, CBS fired veteran anchor Scott Pelley — citing "insubordination" — after Pelley confronted new executive producer Nick Bilton in a staff meeting, accusing Weiss-installed leadership of pressuring him to "inject falsehoods and bias" and "include asser</description><category>Scott Pelley</category><category>Bari Weiss</category><category>Nick Bilton</category><category>Anderson Cooper</category><category>Cecilia Vega</category><category>Sharyn Alfonsi</category><category domain="tag">media-capture</category><category domain="tag">paramount-skydance</category><category domain="tag">press-freedom</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On the night of June 3, 2026, CBS fired veteran anchor Scott Pelley — citing "insubordination" — after Pelley confronted new executive producer Nick Bilton in a staff meeting, accusing Weiss-installed leadership of pressuring him to "inject falsehoods and bias" and "include asser</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Scott Pelley, Bari Weiss, Nick Bilton, Anderson Cooper, Cecilia Vega, Sharyn Alfonsi, Tanya Simon, David Ellison, Larry Ellison, CBS, Paramount Skydance</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-03--cbs-60-minutes-pelley-fired-insubordination-cooper-gone-capture-complete/">Read full entry →</a></p>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title>New York Legislature Passes Nation's First Statewide Data Center Moratorium (S.10642); Hochul Decision Pending</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-03--new-york-legislature-passes-statewide-data-center-moratorium-s10642/</link>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-03--new-york-legislature-passes-statewide-data-center-moratorium-s10642/</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-03</dc:date><description>In early June 2026 the New York State Legislature passed the Responsible Data Center Development Act (S.10642), imposing a one-year statewide moratorium on new permits for hyperscale data centers over 20 megawatts and requiring environmental impact assessments, new electricity an</description><category>Kathy Hochul</category><category domain="tag">datacenter-buildout</category><category domain="tag">data-center</category><category domain="tag">moratorium</category><category domain="tag">new-york</category><category domain="tag">ratepayer-cost-shift</category><category domain="tag">state-legislation</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>In early June 2026 the New York State Legislature passed the Responsible Data Center Development Act (S.10642), imposing a one-year statewide moratorium on new permits for hyperscale data centers over 20 megawatts and requiring environmental impact assessments, new electricity an</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Kathy Hochul</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-03--new-york-legislature-passes-statewide-data-center-moratorium-s10642/">Read full entry →</a></p>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title>EO 'Promoting Advanced AI Innovation and Security' — Voluntary Frontier-Model Framework, Shortened Federal Pre-Release Window, Rejects Mandatory Licensing</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-02--eo-promoting-advanced-ai-innovation-security-voluntary-framework-shortened-prerelease-window/</link>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-02--eo-promoting-advanced-ai-innovation-security-voluntary-framework-shortened-prerelease-window/</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-02</dc:date><description>On June 2, 2026, President Trump signed the executive order "Promoting Advanced Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Security." It establishes a **voluntary** benchmarking-and-review framework for secure development and release of "covered frontier models," directs federal agen</description><category>Donald Trump</category><category>White House</category><category domain="tag">ai-governance</category><category domain="tag">deregulation</category><category domain="tag">executive-order</category><category domain="tag">data-colonialism</category><category domain="tag">david-sacks</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On June 2, 2026, President Trump signed the executive order "Promoting Advanced Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Security." It establishes a **voluntary** benchmarking-and-review framework for secure development and release of "covered frontier models," directs federal agen</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Donald Trump, White House</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-02--eo-promoting-advanced-ai-innovation-security-voluntary-framework-shortened-prerelease-window/">Read full entry →</a></p>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title>Monterey Park becomes first U.S. city to ban data centers (88% vote) as Arizona, Illinois, Oklahoma pull back incentives</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-02--monterey-park-first-city-data-center-ban-arizona-tax-moratorium/</link>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-02--monterey-park-first-city-data-center-ban-arizona-tax-moratorium/</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-02</dc:date><description>On June 2, 2026, Monterey Park, California voters approved a ballot measure banning data center development in the city with roughly 88% approval — the first outright municipal ban in the U.S. In the same week, Arizona enacted a 3-year moratorium on its data center sales-tax exem</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>On June 2, 2026, Monterey Park, California voters approved a ballot measure banning data center development in the city with roughly 88% approval — the first outright municipal ban in the U.S. In the same week, Arizona enacted a 3-year moratorium on its data center sales-tax exem</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-02--monterey-park-first-city-data-center-ban-arizona-tax-moratorium/">Read full entry →</a></p>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title>NJ AG Jennifer Davenport Sues GEO Group for Delaney Hall Health-Inspector Access; Tuberculosis Case Reported, Full Inspection Blocked Since May 28</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-02--nj-sues-geo-group-delaney-hall-health-inspector-access/</link>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-02--nj-sues-geo-group-delaney-hall-health-inspector-access/</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-02</dc:date><description>## What happened</description><category domain="tag">delaney-hall</category><category domain="tag">newark</category><category domain="tag">new-jersey</category><category domain="tag">geo-group</category><category domain="tag">detention-conditions</category><category domain="tag">detention-trilogy-substrate</category><category domain="tag">operationalization-layer-phase-2-detention-register</category><category domain="tag">capture-cascade-ch-15</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>## What happened</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-02--nj-sues-geo-group-delaney-hall-health-inspector-access/">Read full entry →</a></p>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title>Orange County FL Adopts Restricted ICE Basic Ordering Agreement with 48-Hour Cap, Stops Short of Full Exit</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-02--orange-county-fl-adopts-restricted-ice-boa-48hr-cap/</link>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-02--orange-county-fl-adopts-restricted-ice-boa-48hr-cap/</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-02</dc:date><description>Following its April 21, 2026 unanimous vote to terminate the ICE section of its Intergovernmental Service Agreement, the Orange County, Florida Board of County Commissioners approved a new Basic Ordering Agreement with ICE on June 2, 2026 that caps detainee holds at 48 hours — a </description><category>U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category domain="tag">detention-industrial</category><category domain="tag">igsa</category><category domain="tag">287g</category><category domain="tag">florida</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Following its April 21, 2026 unanimous vote to terminate the ICE section of its Intergovernmental Service Agreement, the Orange County, Florida Board of County Commissioners approved a new Basic Ordering Agreement with ICE on June 2, 2026 that caps detainee holds at 48 hours — a </p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-02--orange-county-fl-adopts-restricted-ice-boa-48hr-cap/">Read full entry →</a></p>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title>SCOTUS Shadow-Docket Order Reinstates Alabama GOP Map for 2026, Staying Lower-Court Finding of Intentional Racial Discrimination</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-02--scotus-shadow-docket-reinstates-alabama-gop-map-over-intentional-discrimination-finding/</link>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-02--scotus-shadow-docket-reinstates-alabama-gop-map-over-intentional-discrimination-finding/</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-02</dc:date><description>On June 2, 2026, the Supreme Court — in an unsigned shadow-docket order in *Allen v. Milligan* (25A1314) — stayed a three-judge district-court panel's finding and cleared Alabama to use a Republican-favored congressional map for the 2026 elections, eliminating one of the two dist</description><category>Alabama Legislature</category><category>ACLU</category><category domain="tag">judicial-capture</category><category domain="tag">election-system</category><category domain="tag">voting-rights-act</category><category domain="tag">shadow-docket</category><category domain="tag">racial-gerrymander</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On June 2, 2026, the Supreme Court — in an unsigned shadow-docket order in *Allen v. Milligan* (25A1314) — stayed a three-judge district-court panel's finding and cleared Alabama to use a Republican-favored congressional map for the 2026 elections, eliminating one of the two dist</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Alabama Legislature, ACLU</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-02--scotus-shadow-docket-reinstates-alabama-gop-map-over-intentional-discrimination-finding/">Read full entry →</a></p>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title>Shapiro Releases Pennsylvania Data Center Incentive Conditions as $2B Sales-Tax Exemption Faces June 30 Budget Fight</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-02--shapiro-releases-pennsylvania-data-center-incentive-conditions-2b-exemption/</link>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-02--shapiro-releases-pennsylvania-data-center-incentive-conditions-2b-exemption/</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-02</dc:date><description>Governor Josh Shapiro released full standards for Pennsylvania's data center tax-incentive program on June 2, 2026, as the June 30 state budget deadline approached. The existing sales-tax exemption for data center equipment — currently unconditional for projects meeting financial</description><category domain="tag">datacenter-buildout</category><category domain="tag">data-center</category><category domain="tag">tax-exemption</category><category domain="tag">pennsylvania</category><category domain="tag">ratepayer-cost-shift</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>Governor Josh Shapiro released full standards for Pennsylvania's data center tax-incentive program on June 2, 2026, as the June 30 state budget deadline approached. The existing sales-tax exemption for data center equipment — currently unconditional for projects meeting financial</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-02--shapiro-releases-pennsylvania-data-center-incentive-conditions-2b-exemption/">Read full entry →</a></p>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title>Trump signs AI executive order giving government 30-day pre-deployment access to frontier models, mandating AI cyber defense</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-02--trump-ai-eo-frontier-model-pre-deployment-access/</link>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-02--trump-ai-eo-frontier-model-pre-deployment-access/</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-02</dc:date><description>President Trump signed an executive order on June 2, 2026 titled "Promoting Advanced Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Security," directing frontier AI model developers to voluntarily provide the federal government up to 30 days of pre-release access before sharing with "tru</description><category>Donald Trump</category><category>U.S. Department of the Treasury</category><category domain="tag">ai-governance</category><category domain="tag">surveillance</category><category domain="tag">executive-power</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>President Trump signed an executive order on June 2, 2026 titled "Promoting Advanced Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Security," directing frontier AI model developers to voluntarily provide the federal government up to 30 days of pre-release access before sharing with "tru</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Donald Trump, U.S. Department of the Treasury</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-02--trump-ai-eo-frontier-model-pre-deployment-access/">Read full entry →</a></p>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title>60 Minutes 'Black Thursday': Weiss Fires Alfonsi, Vega, Simon; Pelley Says She's 'Murdering' the Show; Dan Rather Letter</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-01--60-minutes-black-thursday-mass-firing-weiss-dan-rather-letter-pelley/</link>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-01--60-minutes-black-thursday-mass-firing-weiss-dan-rather-letter-pelley/</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-01</dc:date><description>On June 1, 2026 — dubbed "Black Thursday" by insiders — CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss fired three senior 60 Minutes figures in a single day: correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi (whose contract had technically lapsed May 27), correspondent Cecilia Vega, and executive producer Tanya</description><category>Bari Weiss</category><category>Sharyn Alfonsi</category><category>Cecilia Vega</category><category>Tanya Simon</category><category>Scott Pelley</category><category>Nick Bilton</category><category domain="tag">media-capture</category><category domain="tag">60-minutes</category><category domain="tag">press-freedom</category><category domain="tag">capture-cascade</category><category domain="tag">dissent-suppression</category><category domain="tag">paramount-skydance</category><category domain="tag">institutional-resistance</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On June 1, 2026 — dubbed "Black Thursday" by insiders — CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss fired three senior 60 Minutes figures in a single day: correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi (whose contract had technically lapsed May 27), correspondent Cecilia Vega, and executive producer Tanya</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Bari Weiss, Sharyn Alfonsi, Cecilia Vega, Tanya Simon, Scott Pelley, Nick Bilton, David Ellison, Larry Ellison, Paramount Skydance</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-01--60-minutes-black-thursday-mass-firing-weiss-dan-rather-letter-pelley/">Read full entry →</a></p>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title>Boasberg criminal-contempt case stalled while Bove, central to it, is confirmed to the Third Circuit</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-01--boasberg-contempt-stalled-bove-confirmed-third-circuit/</link>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-01--boasberg-contempt-stalled-bove-confirmed-third-circuit/</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-01</dc:date><description>As documented by June 1, 2026, Chief Judge James Boasberg found probable cause of criminal contempt after the Trump administration defied his order to halt deportation flights to El Salvador, but two Trump-appointed appellate judges stalled the proceeding for months. During that </description><category>James Boasberg</category><category>Emil Bove</category><category>Department of Justice</category><category>U.S. Senate</category><category domain="tag">judicial-capture</category><category domain="tag">deportation-pipeline</category><category domain="tag">court-defiance</category><category domain="tag">alien-enemies-act</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>As documented by June 1, 2026, Chief Judge James Boasberg found probable cause of criminal contempt after the Trump administration defied his order to halt deportation flights to El Salvador, but two Trump-appointed appellate judges stalled the proceeding for months. During that </p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> James Boasberg, Emil Bove, Department of Justice, U.S. Senate</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-01--boasberg-contempt-stalled-bove-confirmed-third-circuit/">Read full entry →</a></p>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title>FBI Solicits $36M for Warrantless Near-Real-Time Access to Nationwide License-Plate-Reader Network</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-01--fbi-36m-solicitation-nationwide-warrantless-license-plate-network/</link>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-01--fbi-36m-solicitation-nationwide-warrantless-license-plate-network/</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-01</dc:date><description>In June 2026, the FBI solicited up to **$36 million** for near-real-time access to a national automated-license-plate-reader (ALPR) network, enabling agents to query billions of vehicle-location scans across all states **without warrants**. Separately, defense contractor **Leonar</description><category>Federal Bureau of Investigation</category><category domain="tag">surveillance</category><category domain="tag">data-brokers</category><category domain="tag">alpr</category><category domain="tag">fourth-amendment</category><category domain="tag">fbi</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>In June 2026, the FBI solicited up to **$36 million** for near-real-time access to a national automated-license-plate-reader (ALPR) network, enabling agents to query billions of vehicle-location scans across all states **without warrants**. Separately, defense contractor **Leonar</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> Federal Bureau of Investigation</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-01--fbi-36m-solicitation-nationwide-warrantless-license-plate-network/">Read full entry →</a></p>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title>Marshall Project: ICE Transfer-Opacity Tripled Under Trump; Immigrants 'Vanish' From Attorneys Into 5th Circuit</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-01--marshall-project-ice-transfers-disappear-immigrants-attorneys-opacity-architecture/</link>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-01--marshall-project-ice-transfers-disappear-immigrants-attorneys-opacity-architecture/</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-01</dc:date><description>The Marshall Project published an investigation on June 1, 2026 documenting that ICE's detainee transfer practices have dramatically escalated under Trump's second term: the number of people transferred five or more times tripled between Biden's final year and Trump's first year </description><category>ICE</category><category>U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement</category><category>U.S. Department of Homeland Security</category><category domain="tag">detention-ice</category><category domain="tag">detention-pipeline</category><category domain="tag">due-process</category><category domain="tag">capture-cascade</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>The Marshall Project published an investigation on June 1, 2026 documenting that ICE's detainee transfer practices have dramatically escalated under Trump's second term: the number of people transferred five or more times tripled between Biden's final year and Trump's first year </p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> ICE, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Department of Homeland Security</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-01--marshall-project-ice-transfers-disappear-immigrants-attorneys-opacity-architecture/">Read full entry →</a></p>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title>MGX (Tahnoon/G42/Mubadala) Ups Anthropic Stake; Now Holds All Three Frontier AI Labs</title>
<link>https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-01--mgx-tahnoon-anthropic-stake-triple-frontier-ai-lab-equity-no-cfius/</link>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-01--mgx-tahnoon-anthropic-stake-triple-frontier-ai-lab-equity-no-cfius/</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-01</dc:date><description>On June 1, 2026, Abu Dhabi's MGX — the AI investment vehicle launched in 2024 by G42 and Mubadala, chaired by UAE National Security Adviser Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed — increased its pre-IPO stake in Anthropic as part of Anthropic's $65 billion fundraise. MGX now holds equity posit</description><category>MGX</category><category>G42</category><category>Dario Amodei</category><category>Anthropic</category><category>OpenAI</category><category>xAI</category><category domain="tag">anthropic</category>
<content:encoded>&lt;![CDATA[<p>On June 1, 2026, Abu Dhabi's MGX — the AI investment vehicle launched in 2024 by G42 and Mubadala, chaired by UAE National Security Adviser Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed — increased its pre-IPO stake in Anthropic as part of Anthropic's $65 billion fundraise. MGX now holds equity posit</p><p><strong>Actors:</strong> MGX, G42, Dario Amodei, Anthropic, OpenAI, xAI, Elon Musk</p><p><a href="https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-06-01--mgx-tahnoon-anthropic-stake-triple-frontier-ai-lab-equity-no-cfius/">Read full entry →</a></p>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
</channel>
</rss>