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«Of the many events marking the country’s slide to authoritarianism since Donald Trump returned to power, one of the most significant is the president’s unbridled enthusiasm for using the federal government to go after his perceived political enemies. This retribution campaign has proven sweeping and egregious, targeting everyone from law firms that cross him to the highest levels of the Democratic Party» #USPolitics #TrumpAdministration #USRepublicans

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/06/trump-detain-elected-officials-democrats-brad-lander-alex-padilla-lamonica-mciver/

Trump swats US intelligence reports on Iran’s nuclear threat to align with Israel https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/17/trump-iran-israel-nuclear #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #Trumpadministration #Nuclearweapons #DonaldTrump #USpolitics #USnews #Iran

NY Times - Trump Calls for ‘Unconditional Surrender’ From Iran and Threatens Supreme Leader…

President Trump declared that “we now have complete and total control of the skies over Iran.” The comments on social media came amid mounting evidence that the U.S. was considering joining Israel’s bombing campaign against Iran. #Iran #IranUnderAttack #Israel #IsraelIranWar #Trump #TrumpAdministration #ForeignPolicy

‘Not our war’: bipartisan US lawmakers back resolution to block involvement in Iran https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/17/trump-us-iran-israel-war #Trumpadministration #USforeignpolicy #DonaldTrump #Republicans #USCongress #USpolitics #USmilitary #Worldnews #USnews #Israel #Iran

Why are there so many empty seats at the #FIFA Club World Cup? “High ticket prices, poor marketing and strict security measures are said to be major factors for the lack of sellouts…” But I’m also guessing the #TrumpAdministration and its obvious disdain for non-white tourism and its anti-immigrant policies might also be involved. #CWC #football #Futbol #soccer #sports

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Trump Says Reason For Leaving G7 Summit Early ‘Much Bigger’ Than Iran-Israel Ceasefire

Topline President Donald Trump directly threatened Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Tuesday and alluded to the…
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The energy at the ‘No Kings’ protest felt different. The tide is turning. – The Washington Post

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The energy at the ‘No Kings’ protest felt different. The tide is turning.

Eight readers on why the Saturday demonstrations felt like a turning point.

June 16, 2025 at 1:49 p.m. EDTYesterday at 1:49 p.m. EDT, 8 min

“No Kings” protesters wave at people in cars in Silver Spring on Saturday. (Michael S. Williamson / The Washington Post)

Light drizzle didn’t stop tens of thousands of Philadelphians from letting President Donald Trump know that the First Amendment is still alive. In a city notorious for unruly crowds at large sporting events, protesters were peaceful and law-abiding — as were the police. I saw a sea of American flags as well as signs protesting various Trump policies. Whether we were there to protest Trump’s approach to immigration or Gaza, his policies of welfare for the rich, his disregard for the Constitution, or his disdain for the underprivileged, we were united in the need for the First Amendment, which allows us to freely express our opinions, peacefully assemble and petition our government with our grievances.

We heard from a wide range of speakers, including the Rev. William J. Barber II of the Poor People’s Campaign, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Maryland), Martin Luther King III and Arndrea Waters King, as well as labor and civil liberties leaders. The words that made the greatest impact on me were written in Philadelphia centuries ago: excerpts from the Declaration of Independence, read by Raskin.

I am exhilarated that millions of Americans are worried about the dictates coming from Trump and his administration. I didn’t vote for Richard M. Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush or George W. Bush. I didn’t like many of their policies, but I didn’t feel they had usurped their authority in the way that Trump has. I doubt Trump himself will react to the protests, but I hope elected officials in purple districts and states will realize that they are the only people preventing the United States from becoming some sort of autocracy — and that so many citizens across the country will support them if they are brave enough to stand up. Paul L. Newman, Merion Station, Pennsylvania

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ALA 2025: Librarians Converge on the Cradle of Liberty – Publishers Weekly

ALA 2025: Librarians Converge on the Cradle of Liberty
with book bans on the rise and library funding under threat, the ALA Brings Its Annual conference to the cradle of liberty
By Nathalie op de Beeck | Jun 13, 2025
George Takei (top left), Angeline Boulley (top middle), Thien Ho (top right), Roy Wood Jr. (bottom left), Brené Brown (bottom middle), and Gretchen Whitmer (bottom right).
Philadelphia is an apt location for the American Library Association’s 2025 Annual Conference, which will bring upwards of 10,000 library professionals to the Pennsylvania Convention Center later this month. The city was home to the first American lending library, established in 1731, and nearly three centuries later, librarians will gather to discuss the freedom to read and the values enshrined in the U.S. Constitution—which was written and signed in Philly—at the most precipitous moment for the profession in modern memory.
“I’m sentimental,” says ALA president-elect Sam Helmick. “We’re coming up on our 250th birthday as a country, the association’s about to turn 150, and we’ll be meeting in our nation’s first capital. It feels momentous in a way that I’m not sure it would have in a different year.”
Given the “chilling effect” of book bans and ongoing threats to funding at federal and state levels, Helmick says, “there are going to be members of certain states that do feel like going to their national conferences is almost an act of resistance, of civil practice.” Helmick adds that they look forward to exercising their First Amendment right to assemble, in the city where it was codified as law. (For PW’s q&a with Helmick, see p. 45.)
Current ALA president Cindy Hohl concurs. “Americans do want to live in healthy communities. Not everyone went to library school to be defenders of thought, but we must stand firm in our core values.”
Hohl says it is imperative for library workers to uphold intellectual freedom, “because the day libraries close in America is the day democracy dies. When books are removed from shelves and readers can no longer select the materials they want to read, that’s no longer America.” She notes that ALA’s leadership rejects anti-democratic policies that result in “disparities, marginalization, silencing of voices, and removal of funding. It doesn’t make sense.”
“The day libraries close in America is the day democracy dies. When books are removed from shelves and readers can no longer select the materials they want to read, that’s no longer America.”
—Cindy hohl, 2024-2025 ALA president
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Federal Judge Deems Trump Administration’s Termination of NIH Grants Illegal

https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-nih-grant-terminations-illegal

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Trump warns Iranians to ‘immediately evacuate Tehran’ in Truth Social post

President Donald Trump warned Iranians to “immediately evacuate Tehran” in a Monday afternoon post on Truth Social, raising…
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Trump orders Ice raids on farms and hotels after pausing them days earlier https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/17/ice-raids-farms-hotels-trump #Trumpadministration #USimmigration #DonaldTrump #USpolitics #USnews

Exclusive: Trump’s former commerce secretary says an over-confident White House may push trade allies like the EU too far

As the world’s largest economy, America can be fairly confident in its negotiating power with trading partners. However,…
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‘I have never seen such open corruption’: Trump’s crypto deals and loosening of rules shock observers https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/17/trump-crypto-memecoin-corruption #Trumpadministration #UnitedArabEmirates #Cryptocurrencies #ElizabethWarren #DonaldTrumpJr #ChuckSchumer #DonaldTrump #Regulators #USpolitics #EricTrump #ElonMusk #Business #Bitcoin #Binance #Law(US) #Ethics #USnews

Will the public side with the protesters in LA? Here are some lessons from history | Musa al-Gharbi https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/17/will-the-public-side-with-the-protesters-in-la-here-are-some-lessons-from-history #LosAngelesIceprotests #Trumpadministration #USimmigration #LosAngeles #Activism #Protest #USnews

Senior CBS White House Correspondent: Trump Seeks Permanent End to Iran’s Nuclear Weapons | The Jewish Press – JewishPress.com | David Israel | 21 Sivan 5785 – Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Photo Credit: Official White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian President Donald Trump answers questions from the press,…
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Will the public side with the protesters in LA? Here are some lessons from history | Musa al-Gharbi https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/17/will-the-public-side-with-the-protesters-in-la-here-are-some-lessons-from-history #LosAngelesIceprotests #Trumpadministration #USimmigration #LosAngeles #Activism #Protest #USnews

America had open borders until 1924. Racism and corporate greed changed that | Daniel Mendiola https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/17/us-immigration-system-profit #Trumpadministration #USdomesticpolicy #USimmigration #DonaldTrump #BillClinton #USpolitics #Worldnews #USnews #Nafta

Trump administration pushback hits US gender diversity efforts

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