What They Want You to Miss This Week
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They will point you at the cage fight on the White House lawn. They will make you watch the spectacle. While you stare at the ring, they are moving money, cutting deals, and funding a deportation machine for the next three years.
Do not look away from what matters.
Here is what they hope you miss this week and how you can fight back.
The $70 Billion ICE Blank Check Is Headed for the House
Late Thursday night, Senate Republicans passed a 70-billion-dollar bill funding ICE and Border Patrol through the end of Trump’s term, voting 52-47 after an 18-hour overnight session. Only one Republican, Lisa Murkowski, voted no. The bill now moves to the House, where a vote is expected this week.
This bill does not just fund deportations. It includes a $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund” that could compensate Trump’s political allies, including people convicted of assaulting police on January 6. Democrats and some Republicans tried to kill that fund. They failed. Republicans voted it through anyway.
Your action: Call your House representative today. Tell them to vote no on the Secure America Act (S. 2). If your rep is a swing-district Republican, that call matters even more. Click here to send our prewritten Resistbot letter to your rep. It literally takes less than two minutes and it’s free!
FISA Expires June 12. The Fight Is Not Over.
Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, the government’s warrantless surveillance authority, expires this Thursday, June 12. The Senate blocked a three-year extension last week after Democrats refused to move forward without reforms, objecting to Trump’s appointment of unqualified loyalist Bill Pulte as acting Director of National Intelligence.
This is a rare moment. Privacy advocates on both sides of the aisle want real reforms: warrant requirements before the government can search Americans’ communications, and a ban on buying location data from data brokers to track protesters. But the window is closing fast.
Your action: Contact your senators now and tell them: no FISA reauthorization without warrant protections. Use 5calls.org for a script and direct phone numbers.
They Want Your 401(k) in Crypto
The Trump Department of Labor is pushing a rule that would allow 401(k) plans to invest in cryptocurrency, private equity, and private credit, exposing an estimated 14.2 trillion dollars in American retirement savings to volatile assets. Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, along with Rep. Bobby Scott, called the rule harmful and counter to existing law. The Trump family has accumulated as much as $5 billion in paper wealth tied to crypto since taking office.
The public comment period on this rule closed June 1, but the Labor Department has not finalized it. The pressure campaign is not over.
Your action: Call the Department of Labor at 1-866-444-3272 and tell them to withdraw this rule. Amplify the warnings from Sanders and Warren to anyone with a retirement account. This is not abstract. This is your neighbor’s pension.
The Good News: The House Told Trump No on Iran
Last Wednesday, the House passed a war powers resolution directing Trump to seek congressional authorization for military operations in Iran, 215-208. Four Republicans crossed over. It marks the first time the House succeeded on such a resolution after three prior attempts failed.
It is largely symbolic for now: it still needs the Senate, and Trump would likely veto it. But it reveals a crack in the GOP wall. An increasing number of Republicans are hearing from constituents who oppose another open-ended war.
Your action: Thank the four Republicans who voted yes: Tom Barrett (MI), Warren Davidson (OH), and their colleagues. A phone call of thanks matters. It tells them their constituents are watching, and it builds the coalition we need for the Senate vote ahead.
Watch the Courts, Too
Two Virginia residents filed a federal lawsuit Saturday seeking to block Trump’s UFC fight on the White House South Lawn, scheduled for June 14, his 80th birthday. The plaintiffs argue the event was never properly authorized, violated National Park Service regulations, and skipped required environmental review. The UFC event, called “Freedom 250,” involves a 600-ton steel arch installed on the South Lawn. Attorneys call it “deeply corrupt,” arguing Trump stands to gain financially through his TKO stock holdings.
The lawsuit is a long shot. But every legal challenge to the normalization of corruption is a brick in the wall.
One More Thing to Watch
House Republican leaders are already planning “Reconciliation 3.0,” a third party-line bill targeting Medicaid, SNAP, and safety net programs. Speaker Johnson has pledged to move quickly after the ICE bill passes. The groundwork starts this week, quietly, in committee rooms and back hallways.
They are counting on your exhaustion.
You bring discipline.
Share this with someone who thinks nothing can be done. Then pick one action from this list and do it before Wednesday. That is how this works.
👇 Before you go: What story are you watching that deserves more attention? Drop it in the comments, and it may make next week’s list.
The hunger strikes in Adelanto are on Day #22 and Delaney Hall are on Day #18.
Today, activists are beginning daily solidarity rallies/fasts outside the office of the first assistant U.S. attorney in LA: https://susanrogan.substack.com/i/200950601/three-weeks-on-hunger-strike
Trump has been like the worst manager you had. Comes in rips apart everything good with the small amount of bad and fucks up everything. You have seen it , it goes to crap.. problem is this is OUR COUNTRY…. Hegseth talking about capitalism in Europe WTF????