Corruption, ICE Profits, And Rights Under Attack
Today’s Resistance Kitty political news update is serving a full tray of corruption, cruelty, courtroom consequences, and corporate panic. From Trump trying to dodge judgment money to ICE profit pipelines, abortion pill threats, trans rights attacks, and Big Tech lobbyists clutching their pearls, the pattern is not subtle. Follow the money, watch the courts, protect the people, and keep your claws out.
Key Developments
- AlterNet reports that E. Jean Carroll is demanding Trump finally pay the judgment with interest, because apparently accountability now has to chase him through every court hallway with a calculator.
- Antifa International is calling for July solidarity action against fascism, because authoritarian movements love isolation and absolutely hate organized communities with receipts.
- The Nation is urging readers to push Congress on corruption, crypto influence, human rights, and reproductive freedom, because democracy apparently needs a weekly reminder that ethics are not decorative.
- Hartmann Report warns that America is drifting toward a papers please society, because masked agents demanding documents inside the country is not freedom with extra paperwork.
- Donny Evans tracks the White House brushing off Trump crypto conflict concerns, because the new ethics model seems to be cash first and questions never.
- Popular Information reports that Mike Collins used more than $400,000 in taxpayer funded office money on campaign style ads, because fiscal responsibility always looks different when Republicans are billing the public.
- Americans Against ICE reports that 146 Venezuelans were deported from Miami before a deadly hotel collapse in an earthquake zone, because deportation cruelty does not end when the plane lands.
- Americans Against ICE reports that Trump bought Axon stock before ICE sought a major Taser expansion, because the cruelty machine apparently comes with a weapons contract and a profit lane.
- Project Salt Box reports that Arizona and DHS asked a judge to pause the Surprise warehouse detention fight pending environmental review, because build first and explain later is not supposed to be public policy.
- Abortion Every Day warns that the FDA’s mifepristone review could land before the midterms, because anti abortion politics keeps trying to put a fake lab coat over a political hit job.
- Law Dork reports that Supreme Court conservatives upheld trans sports bans, because equal protection keeps shrinking whenever the right finds a new group to use as a campaign prop.
- Critical Threats Project warns that Iran is mixing diplomacy with coercion over the Strait of Hormuz, because threatening global shipping while pitching regional security is quite the neighborhood welcome basket.
- Decolonized Journalism follows the money behind ICE warehouse deals and private equity profit, because mass detention apparently needed a real estate flipping subplot.
- The Lever reports that Big Tech is fighting a major California antitrust bill, because monopolies always call it innovation when nobody is allowed to compete.
- HuffPost reports that Montana GOP Senate nominee Kurt Alme cut a plea deal for a child sex offender, because the law and order crowd keeps finding soft pillows for predators when the politics get awkward.
Featured Resisters and Resources
- Political oversight tracker created by House Oversight Committee Democrats to document and publicly catalog alleged misconduct by U.S. immigration enforcement agencies — including ICE and CBP — under the Trump administration, based on media reporting and litigation. It’s designed to push for accountability, highlight patterns of force or questionable deportation tactics, and serve Congress, journalists, and activists monitoring civil rights and due process issues.
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What We Are Watching Today
- President Trump Speaks to Reporters Before Boarding New AF1 Plane Gifted By Qatar
- Congress has been dismissed so there are no hearings today
- Federal Reserve Chair Warsh Speaks at European Central Bank Forum
- Acting AG Blanche and FBI Dir. Patel Hold News Conference on Tren de Aragua Investigation
Today’s Call to Action
1. Read Today’s Resistance Survival Guide
2. Sign these Petitions and Send These Pre Written Letters
- Tell Top Universities: Get Big Oil Out of Climate Science
- Sign the petition: Reject Trump and Stephen Miller’s mass surveillance of Americans! Close Trump’s spying loopholes now.
- Sign the petition urging ABC and others to continue fighting back against threats from Trump’s FCC. Never bow to Trump.
3. Verify your voter registration status and help at least one other person check theirs
4. Save contact information for local legal aid and voting support organizations
5. Attend an Event
- Don’t miss this amazing event at 7:30PM ET on Wednesday evening. You can’t attend without a reservation, so RSVP now! Sign up for Reclaim America’s 250th with Heather Cox Richardson!
- Join Indivisible National’s What’s the Plan with Leah and Ezra for a weekly virtual strategy session covering the latest political developments and actions you can take.
- Sign up for Ground Truth Volunteer Orientation to learn how to participate in voter outreach, phone banking, canvassing, and other virtual organizing opportunities from home.
- Attend Hope in Action Protecting Democracy in 2026 to connect with organizers, hear from advocates, and learn practical ways to strengthen democratic engagement in your community.
- Join Families United for Trans Rights tonight, June 30, at 8pm ET/5pm PT for a discussion with organizers who are building visible and vocal communities of families and allies to show up in solidarity with our trans loved ones.
6. Contact Your Lawmakers Directly
- Demand your Members of Congress stand up for trans folks by organizing a district office visit. Here are some tips from Families United for Trans Rights (FUTR) to help plan your meeting.
- Protect Government Transparency: “Hello, I’m a constituent asking you to support transparency and strong oversight. Please oppose efforts that reduce public access to government records and ensure agencies comply with lawful requests for information.”
- Defend Independent Inspectors and Watchdogs: “I’m calling to ask you to protect independent inspectors general and government watchdogs. Strong oversight helps prevent waste, corruption, and abuse regardless of which party is in power.”
- Support Human Trafficking Prevention and Survivor Resources: “Please prioritize funding for human trafficking investigations, survivor services, and the prosecution of traffickers. Survivors deserve resources, accountability, and long term support.”
7. Plan For Our Next National Protest
Let’s Roll!
Today’s headlines show the same ugly machinery from several angles. Courts are being forced to drag accountability out of Trump world. ICE cruelty is feeding contractors, landlords, weapons companies, and political theater. Reproductive freedom and trans rights are still being treated like campaign toys by people who should not be trusted with a clipboard. The good news is that the pattern is visible. The better news is that visible patterns can be organized against.
