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The Senate just passed a meaningless Resolution to tell Trump he’s past the “War Powers Act” parameters, which, themselves, are breaches of the US Constitution’s requirement for a Declaration of War before the Prez uses soldiers in international combat. Duh. The Resolution does not officially or legally stop President Trump from using the U.S. military in Iran. It is a concurrent resolution (passed by both the House earlier in June and the Senate on June 23, 2026, by a 50-48 vote with four Republicans—Rand Paul, Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, and Bill Cassidy—joining Democrats). It invokes Section 5(c) of the 1973 War Powers Resolution and directs the President to remove U.S. forces from hostilities with Iran unless Congress provides specific authorization. LINK

Why it lacks binding power

• Concurrent resolutions express the “sense of Congress” but do not have the force of law. They do not go to the President for signature or veto and cannot compel executive action

This is interesting… “Iran to set up Hormuz hotline with US — RT World News” LINK

Netanyahu is proceeding on the shadow-play revealed by Section 244, now 219, of the NDAA. He and Trump are engaging in their performative “spat” over negotiations with Iran, merely to bounce off the fact that Israel is hugely unpopular in the US and Trump needs to look like he is facilitating positive movement on the “peace” front with Iran until the election in November. As the summer rolls into autumn, Trump wants oil prices to go down, he wants to be seen as having placed barriers between himself and Israel. But, as he does, the Trumpers and Netty are counting on the NDAA to combine the US arms manufacturing sectors with Israeli firms, thus making Netanyahu’s statement here more than a bit disingenuous.

Naftali Bennet admits he got Starlink tech to people in Iran whom the Israelis and Americans wanted to foment revolution

AND… a second major cyberattack against Iran

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I have a feeling that the only reason the Lebanese government doesn’t officially hand the southern portion (south of Litani R) to Israel is because it would inspire a civil war. Check out the reality of who actually DEFENDS the folks in the south.

The UN is delivering the important message, once more.

Curiously, Al Sharaa, who owes a lot to the US and Israel for getting into power, does nothing to stop the expansion of Israel into Syria.

More, from Antiwar: “Israeli Troops Raid Southwest Syria Villages, Interrogate Shepherds, Detain Farm Worker - News From Antiwar.com” LINK

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First of all, what if your neighbor told you that he wanted to get an oil tank sunk into his yard, for a “reserve”, and that you would pay for the work and the oil? Larger numbers or a government “imprimatur” are not justifications for such aggression.

More, re lower and lower reserves

But Trump and the MAG-Ites know better than you, so attacking Iran must have been both moral and really, really smart. Here are Judge Napolitano and Matt Hoh dispelling that fallacious notion, keep watching, also, to see some great commentary about Matt’s personal experiences in the military and the military involving itself in Hollywood films.

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And, let’s not forget this classic “going away present” from Starmer and his warmongering pals. Headline: “UK social media ban: Prime Minister Keir Starmer announces ban for U-16s including TikTok, Snapchat and Instagram - BBC Newsround” LINK

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When I worked at Star Trek, one of the key aspects of speculating about future tech was scalability and the limits of effectiveness. Drone tech was one of those areas where we knew the tech was going to get smaller and smaller, making it more effective at evading barriers, but facing the challenge of power and distance, resistance due to nature, and reuse. Power to small devices is easy to provide now, even to the point of remote charging stations, charging balloons armed with solar-electricity, or solar on the devices, themselves. This news story is gripping.

On his last day before announcing resignation, Starmer evidently gave the “go” to Ukrainian use of long-range UK-supplied Storm Shadow missiles.

Lavrov - Well said

Headline: “Trump Breaks It, We Pay for It: The Cost of Cleaning Up the Deep State’s Mess – The Future of Freedom Foundation” LINK

The Trump DOJ continues to try to persecute Kilmar Abrego Garcia “DOJ to appeal judge’s order dismissing Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s human smuggling case” LINK

THIS, next, story, offers what many MAGA might applaud, even as the labor pool is damaged, freedom of association is harmed, and their US Constitution is tossed out like a used Kleenex. “In 2025, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services approved 8.3 million applications compared with the 11.4 million in 2024, a 27% decrease.” LINK

Reason covers the SCOTUS decision re drug-users and firearms “Supreme Court rules there’s no drug exception to the Second Amendment” LINK

George Galloway discusses it w RT “Starmer turned UK into ‘authoritarian hellhole’ – George Galloway — RT World News” LINK

This is an ugly story. Please be warned. “Britain’s ‘first gay father’ and his husband charged with child sex offenses — RT World News” LINK

This is an excellent piece on economics, the importance of savings as leverageable capital, and how the state retards growth through taxation and “regulation.” Kudos to Jacob Hornberger. “Americans Discovered How to End Poverty – The Future of Freedom Foundation” LINK

AND, this is an excellent report on the rising tide of mortgage defaults. Kudos to AIER! “Borrowed Time: The ‘Extend and Pretend’ Economy Must End | The Daily Economy” LINK

-Annnnd… Heck, it sure is enlightening to see people argue over how they will dole out stolen goods. “Federal judge blocks bans on SNAP use for soda” LINK

-Annnnnnnnnd… More central planning and fascism from the Trumpers.

MEDICINE

Rand Paul is getting Fauci Suboenaed “Rand Paul Issues Subpoena Forcing Fauci to Testify Under Oath • Children’s Health Defense” LINK

Interesting…

More, from Judge Napolitano and Karen Kwiatowski.

This is an excellent piece “Lessons from the Tuskegee Study (Redux)”

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We packed a great deal into two hours, and I want to thank all the fine fellow Conspirators who joined us to look at the work of excellent journalists.- I hope folks get to follow them if they haven't had the chance. Feel free to join us, m-f at 6 PM on Rumble and on X! The audio pod goes into circulation shortly after each show, via Spotify and Substack! - Liberty Conspiracy LIVE 6-22-26 Iran Talks, Zionista Fury, Greenspan Dies Here is the link to the show! https://rumble.com/v7bogvw-liberty-conspiracy-live-6-22-26-iran-talks-zionista-fury-greenspan-dies.html - And here are some of the big news stories we investigated tonight!

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Donald Trump broke the MoU AND committed a war crime over the weekend by threatening to kill the Iranian negotiating team that flew to Switzerland to engage his VP and other coat-holders in talks from which the Iranians have every right to be free. But, since Trump initiated this aggression as the culmination of multiple acts of aggression against Iran, his latest outburst likely seems in-character — bad character.

Trump also threatened Iran’s President, Masoud Pezeshkian, when Pezeshkian correctly observed that Iran had an internationally acknowledged right to enrich uranium for energy. — The Iranian contingent prepared to leave, as a natural reaction to Trump’s bellicose and criminal threat, but they appear to have stayed. — JD Vance accused the Iranians of engaging in “trash talk” and portrayed them as initiating the threats, which, of course, was gaslighting, completely untrue.

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It seems that the Qatari foreign minister has a good grasp on the fact that Vance is a snake. We can see here how he declined to shake Vance’s hand when they came within proximity in the Bürgenstock resort on Lake Lucerne in Switzerland. LINK

BUT, regardless of Vance’s insulting lies, the talks juuuuust concluded, and the Iranian contingent says that things are progressing. What is the current set of “negotiated points”?

1. Lebanon - Israel must end aggression there.

2. US must remove its blockade of the Persian Gulf. (NOTE: Antiwar reports that Bessent and his goons temporarily have given “permission” to Iran to sell oil to willing buyers. How nice of him. LINK)

3. US must return Iranian funds - and here, we see a possible secondary “deal” that sees the US agree to release the stolen Iranian funds ($24 BILLION, in US denominated funds) and Iran agreeing to spend those funds on US agricultural exports. This is a fascinating idea, but smells of the US pressuring Iran to do this. This is going to be a low-likelihood possibility.

4. Iran will lift blockade of Strait of Hormuz, but retains control (in tandem with Oman), and likely will charge a fee.

5. It looks like JD Vance is hinting that the US will agree to what it had in the JCPOA. As we thought. It likely will be Iranian nuclear energy enrichment to about 4%… and openness to inspections, which JD is calling a “victory” — returning to what the Trumpers previously said was a “bad deal”

Here is JD Vance on the “Iran would buy US food,” idea (it would be managed by Qatar, the same nation that saw its foreign minister NOT shake Vance’s hand)…

The War Criminalesque Conricus says the obvious

Kyle Anzalone and Larry Johnson nail it re Netanyahu. The US appears to be engaging in a WWE dance with Netty Pot.

Israel accelerates its push into Gaza, killing more innocent people. Here is Antiwar on it LINK

Levin traveled to Israel, spoke to an American-Israeli lobby group, hugged Netanyahu, then claimed he is not an Israeli agent. First, one need not get paid by the Israeli government to be ideologically aligned with the Zionist genocide machine. Second, he not only coordinates messages with the Israeli government, he coordinates with the Trump Admin, as Trump himself has shown when promoting Levin’s programs, aware of the scheduled guests and topics they will promote.

And Levin claims that isolationists are the warmongers. Seriously. He also claims that Iran’s government has engaged in aggression for 47 years.

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Meanwhile, Mamdani does a good job spelling out the difference between correctly citing monstrous behavior, and being a member of a monstrous genocide gang.

While Netanyahu finishes his “workday” by reiterating that invading Israel will not withdraw from Lebanon. He claims he and the IDF are “protecting” Lebanon from Hezbollah and protecting the Israelis. Since the Israelis are the occupiers, they have no claim to self-defense in the region of the Middle East, and if Netanyahu also is implying that he is protecting Lebanese people from Hezbollah, that is about as authentic as a governor from another US state sending an invasion force of his troops into your state and claiming it’s for your protection. Come to think of it, that’s what the feds do with the DHS and ICE.

And, Lindsey Graham continues to make sure US taxpayer cash is spent on him focusing on loving the Israeli occupation and genocide machine. Now, he wants Saudi Arabia to join the Abraham Accords, even as the Saudis are seeing how much strength the Iranians have to control the Strait of Hormuz and how powerful the Ansar Allah folks are in Yemen re the Red Sea. Here are the Judge and Ray McGovern on that.

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Starmer Is LEAVING! And, with an approval rating of appx 15%, he is the least popular PM this century. Surely, he will be able to cheer up everyone by making their fuel prices higher and promising more weapons to Ukraine — or, maybe that won’t make people happy, as the majority of UK residents have shown. “UK’s Starmer resigns as prime minister — RT World News” LINK Here are Judge Napolitano and Ray McGovern on the news…

Jeremy Corbin made a good motion in response to Starmer’s announcement

More, on Starmer “‘No sense of direction’: The downfall of Keir Starmer | Politics News | Al Jazeera” LINK

Prices were up y-o-y 4.3 % for the month of May. But that is just the start of it. Headline “Inflation sends summer costs surging” LINK

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Former Fed Chair Alan Greenspan has died at the age of 100. Here are Daniel McAdams and Ron Paul on Greenspan’s early thoughts and his change towards centralization and fiat money. LINk

This reinforces the problems federalism and the US Constitution encounter when faced with the central government’s claimants over the immigration police power. “MCSO condemns recent transfer of person to ICE custody after backlash from council president” LINK

-And, protesters claim this driver likely is an employee at Delaney Hall in NJ. Run by Geo Group. “Terrifying moment anti-ICE protester hit by car outside New Jersey detention facility caught on video” LINK BTW, despite the fact that the car is on VIDEO ENTERING THE COMPLEX, across coverage from NJ.com, NY Post, PIX11, and others (as of today at 3 pm), there are no reports of arrests, named suspects, vehicle owner identification, or accusations by police, ICE, DHS, elected officials, or other government figures.

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AND… the feds are threatening to hold back “DHS funds” targeted for states if the states don’t change their voting protocols. It would be nice if the people who entered office from those states recognized that their CON-stitution doesn’t include immigration or “homeland security” in the enumerated powers, and that such “homeland security” only can happen under Article Four, Section Four, if there is no declared War. Headline “The Trump administration is threatening to cut DHS funding unless states change their election laws. Here are their demands” LINK

The Federal Reserve is jointly proposing a rule (with FinCEN, OCC, FDIC, and NCUA) to implement the GENIUS Act’s requirement that permitted payment stablecoin issuers (PPSIs) maintain an effective Customer Identification Program (CIP).This was announced on June 18, 2026 — just days ago — and marks the first major rulemaking under the GENIUS Act.

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The US-Iran-Israel situation is very fluid, but, right now, Iran responded to day-long Israeli attacks/bombings on the Lebanese Ali al Tahir hill/base near Nabatieh we mentioned yesterday by explicitly closing the Strait of Hormuz, BUT, the Iranian delegation is traveling to Switzerland to meet w US negotiators led by JD Vance, AND the Iranian contingent is bringing a lot of regional neighbors (Pakistan’s chief of the army, Qatar’s foreign minister, Omani reps) in what appears to be a unified front to show the wide support for Iran and the Iran-Oman position handling the strait, having US sanctions against Iran lifted, seeing the region opened to trade, and seeing Israel back off its aggression, at least in Lebanon. This is big. ALSO, the Iranian move to close the strait appears to be a smart tactical one, since the strait requires cleanup to remove mines, we are told, and Iran will be handling that, and it will take time, allowing them to shut down the strait during this period when the strait would not be completely open, anyway, and allowing them to do the cleanup while they use the statement about closing the strait as leverage on the political front to push Israel to stop bombing in Lebanon. Iran seems FINALLY to have gotten Israel to stop bombing in southern Lebanon, but the Israeli Offense Force continues to operate on the ground, which, the Iranians seem to understand, will bring more casualties to the Israelis while leaving the area open to retaking, should the Israeli forces gain more ground with those forces. Headline “Israel and Hezbollah agree to ceasefire as continued strikes in Lebanon reported - follow live - BBC News” LINK
-This, from RT, spells out the US capitulation to Iran — which is in the best interest of the US and the world, because the US aggression against Iran saw blowback including the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, massive expenses for US taxpayers and future generations, and the portents that Yemen’s Ansar al Allah might close the Red Sea. Headline: “Iran stood its ground, and Washington got nothing — RT World News” LINK
MORE: “Iran says Strait of Hormuz is closed over ceasefire violations after continued Israeli strikes in Lebanon” LINK
AND the “limited ground operations” in Lebanon… “Lebanon announces partial ceasefire between Israel, Hezbollah but attacks continue | Reuters” LINK
This is what Israel did in the 24 hours prior to this partial ceasefire

But Mr. Levin is not happy, claiming the genocide state is “little” and implying it is on the defensive, a tranquil flower among thorns.

And Trump finally showed his awareness that the US was running its “petroleum reserves” dry. As we noted Friday night on Liberty Conspiracy Live, he should have known that would happen. It’s one of the most basic strategic factors of any “war” prosecution - losing control over resource-important regions and using up domestic supplies of a world-desired resource.

Randy FINE is attacking AIPAC Tracker to follow in the lumbering footsteps of censorious Laura Loomer.

And what did this US aggression, going back to the Trump-tear-up of the JCPOA bring the world? Iran is in a better position, if the MoU holds, than it was under the JCPOA. That will be an improvement — after Trump engaged in war crimes and mass slaughter.

And here is a good move by the GOP in a state…

One of the flashier, but emotionally hitting, stories. Thanks to Chay Bowes, of RT

Poland’s government finally has started to turn away from Ukraine, due to public disgust at Ukraine’s Nazi celebration in the past few months. “Poland’s ‘pain threshold’ broke after Zelensky’s tribute to Nazi collaborators – president (VIDEO) — RT World News” LINK
But England? Nope. They are making it worse. We reported Friday that England was preparing to use appx $1 Bil in stolen Russian assets to pay Ukrainian drone makers to manufacture 150K drones. Now… We see this

What the new Fed Chair calls “getting inflation under control” still sees the US dollar decrease in buying power by 2% per year, compounded. “Fed Chair Kevin Warsh wants to get inflation under control. That could be bad news for home buyers seeking lower mortgage rates” LINK

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Here’s an example of how indoctrinated many so-called “antiauthoritarian” people sometimes can be. Many in the “Make America Healthy Again” think that RFK Jr is pushing back against big, centralized corporate forces in people’s food. But RFK Jr now is part of the largest corporation in the world, that being the US government. Purportedly held in check by a “Constitution”, the US government houses parasites and opportunists who expand government beyond the “rules” and create agencies like HHS, the FDA, USDA, and more. None of them are constitutional, and here is an example of government coercion causing M+M Mars to incur massive new expenses. All that is needed is the ability of a customer to bring a case on tort law, based on common law, and competition. Free choice, penalties based on torts, and refining of a system based on market competition. What is so hard to figure out about that system? Headline: “MAHA: M&M's Free of Artificial Blue, Brown Dyes to Be Offered on Amazon” Link

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The graft continues. In NH, political ties saw a ICE-DHS try to buy a warehouse to turn it into a cage for its migrant kidnap victims. That fell through when enough people got out word that the owner of the warehouse was a big GOP donor and friend of GOP Gov Kelley Ayotte. Here is another example of the graft machine, from NJ “DHS planning to sell proposed ICE detention facility in NJ., report says” LINK
Notice the wider scale of the attempts, but they are being rebuffed. “ICE largely abandons plan to turn warehouses into migrant detention facilities” LINK

What a surprise. How is it that Americans, by and large, don’t cite as utterly invalid — constitutionally, and morally — a government agency centrally planning “energy” for the people who live in the states and towns across the continent and in Hawaii? Headline “US energy regulator to order grid operators to expedite AI data center applications” LINK

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Why do politicians enjoy talking about “capping” imports or encouraging others? Do they think they can play God? Headline “Trump fought Chinese EVs, then a hot mic caught him liking Canada’s deal” LINK

The Trump Admin last year tried to block the state of MA from doing more dumb things with tax money. The Trumpers blocked a massive planned windfarm expansion off the MA coast. Now, that block has been overturned. “AG Campbell Secures Final Victory As Court Dismisses Trump Administration's Appeal In Case Over Federal Offshore Wind Permitting Pause | Mass.gov” LINK

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One! This conversation between Mario Nawfal and Larry Johnson offers the latest on the US-Iran MoU and the Israeli attacks on Lebanon. Excellent, and it’s highly informative.

The RUSSIAN-UKRAINE Situation… Neutrality Studies with Stanislav Krapivnik…

One of our favorite YT channels, “Interesting Books, Reviewed” offers some valuable information about this place, located not far from Zorro Ranch.

And this is fascinating… We got to feature the opening Friday night, on Liberty Conspiracy Live.

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We had a great time digging into the news while in Studio 2 in Moscow, + want to thank everyone for the good vibes on our live Fiction Friday reading of Dean Koontz's Short story "The Nightmare Gang". Big thanks to all the excellent journalists whose work we covered - Join us, m-f 6 pm on Rumble or on X! - Liberty Conspiracy Live 6-19-26 MoU Crack, Israel Kills in Lebanon, Slush Fund, Fiction! And remember! That’s it for now, all! Many thanks for supporting freedom, and for sharing the links! And remember, join us every M-F at 6 PM on Rumble, and my X @gardgoldsmith — and you also can donate to help the Liberty Conspiracy, itself! Just visit PayPal to help out! You also can mail GG at:

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Here are some of the major stories we got to cover tonight…

The Hezbollah defenders in Lebanon responded to an Israeli advance on a hill in southern Lebanon,

…which saw Israel engage in new bombing, which now sees the Iranian government closing the strait (using the naval forces Trump, Hegseth, et al told us the US destroyed).

Israel’s “Security Minister” explicitly has called for genocide in all of Lebanon.

US INTEL says Israel will torch the MoU - next stunner from them, the sky is BLUE!

So, here is the way things broke apart, today. RT has it covered.

And, this is correct.

… a reminder

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And, despite the fact that Trump had to cave to the solid demands of Iran, he claims nothing limits his power. Classy… “Trump claims there are ‘no limits’ on his power — RT World News” LINK

Iran and Oman disagree with Mr. Trump

Where to things stand atm? As of 5 PM we see unconfirmed reports that Israel is going to stop firing. The Judge and his Intel Roundtable team are skeptical…

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LEBANON/GAZA - AN ACT OF JUSTICE?

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Zionist commentator Laura Loomer urged X to ban TrackAIPAC and reposters, labeling its politician-tracking graphics as ‘hit lists’ after an FBI complaint “tied” them to a plot targeting Trump’s 80th birthday UFC Freedom 250 on June 14. Five U.S. citizens, including 19-year-old Tycen Proper have been accused of planning to use drone explosives and engage in sniper attacks at the UFC event at the White House. And since Proper’s phone held TrackAIPAC images of lawmakers like Sen. Marsha Blackburn, sourced from the site’s public FEC data on AIPAC donations, this source of information, claims Loomer, is a “hit list” - even though supporters of Israel might see a positive in knowing which DC politicians were the biggest puppets of the Zionist war machine.

Sen Rick Scott (R-FLA) says that a Ye concert must be stopped in FLA “Senator Rick Scott Is Anti-American - Antiwar.com Blog” LINK

We just saw news that Ukraine launched over 200 drones into Russia over the last 36 hours. Ukraine ALSO hit a tourist bus from Belarus and killed one adult, injuring dozens of kids. Now? SHCOKER! The UK is sending Ukraine a bunch of drones. “UK to send Ukraine 150,000 drones — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union” LINK Ahh, but there is more to the story. The UK gubment is using “frozen” (i.e. stolen) Russian assets to pay for the drones. Here is Antiwar on it “Frozen Russian assets to fund UK drones for Ukraine” LINK

Politico censored Lavrov “Censored Lavrov article Politico refused to publish (FULL TEXT) — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union” LINK

“Eastern” European, Russian, Stan nations - A call to escape western, government-corporate media. This seems wise, but what about long-term problems of their OWN governments interfering in the media messages? What do you think? “Russia calls for influence of Western media platforms to be curbed — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union” LINK

RT has good coverage of the recent Gabbard announcement of what we already knew.

This, from the news side of Brittanica, offers key information about the foolish and obvious attempt by the Bureau of Labor Stats to lower the measurement of so-called “inflation”. As we know, what they actually are measuring are price increases caused by the inflation of the fiat money supply, but we can look at their desperate move and see that it fits a pattern of repeated changes in the price measurement, changes made to decrease the stat and make it seem as if prices are not rising as rapidly as they are. “How Inflation Statistics Evolve | Secondhand Apparel, Thrift Shopping, & the CPI | Britannica Money” LINK

Here are other 2025 changes (already implemented):

• 1. Leased cars and trucks (effective with April 2025 data, released May 2025): Replaced survey-based data with purchased vendor transaction data for greater accuracy.

• 2. Wireless telephone services (effective with July 2025 data, released August 2025): Switched from survey data to secondary source data and non-traditional index methods.

• 3. Health insurance index (effective with November 2025 data, released December 2025): Removed long-term care (LTC) insurance from both pricing and weighting due to market shifts (stand-alone LTC plans are declining; coverage now often comes as hybrids with life insurance, which is out of scope for CPI).

Every one of these is designed to bring in data that is skewed by lower prices, facilitating more deception by the government.

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The “slush fund” (formally the DOJ’s “Anti-Weaponization Fund”) is currently blocked by federal court order and effectively on hold, with ongoing litigation and an investigation into the underlying settlement. The total came to roughly $1.776–1.8 billion taxpayer-funded bucks, this according to Trump’s DOJ in mid-May 2026 as part of a settlement in President Donald J. Trump v. Internal Revenue Service (filed in the Southern District of Florida). The fund was intended to compensate individuals and entities claiming they were victims of government “weaponization” or “lawfare.” Buuut, of course, it is a self-dealing settlement (Trump and his family suing his own administration).

Where do things stand, in the COURTS? Well, right now, the fund is in TWO courts, and is paused and blocked from any implementation due to one court:

• Eastern District of Virginia (main challenge): A coalition including Democracy Forward sued to block it. U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema (Clinton appointee) issued a temporary restraining order on May 29, 2026, halting setup, funding, or payouts. On or around June 12, 2026, she extended this into a preliminary injunction, keeping the block in place indefinitely while the case proceeds. She indicated the case could be dismissed as moot if top officials (Acting AG Todd Blanche, Associate AG Stanley Woodward Jr., and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent) file sworn declarations under penalty of perjury by TODAY, declarations confirming the fund will not proceed “in any manner, or under any name.”

  -Southern District of Florida (original Trump v. IRS case): Judge Kathleen Williams reopened the underlying lawsuit on May 30, 2026, after a motion by 35 former federal judges alleging collusion (”Trump suing himself”) and a potential “fraud on the court.” Trump’s attorneys were ordered to respond by June 12, 2026, regarding possible misconduct and sanctions.

• The administration publicly stated (including in congressional testimony) that it is abandoning the fund due to the court orders and backlash, making some challenges arguably moot. However, as noted above judges have required formal sworn commitments rather than accepting unsworn representations.

No final ruling on the fund’s underlying legality has been issued yet. It remains tied up in litigation, but, again, the Trump DoJ said it will drop the idea…

THIS MSN piece (a video or article) discusses Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) using a procedural objection to block or stall a bill (likely a Democratic proposal, such as one from Sen. Jacky Rosen) that would have permanently blocked or defunded the fund. This fits into broader Senate fights over related spending bills, where Republicans rejected amendments to legislatively kill the fund and instead relied on the administration’s assurances that it was being dropped.

TODAY is a BIG DAY for the VA case. It’s “Declaration Deadline” day - when the Trump Admin literally has to write a public statement that it will not proceed with the fund… In the main lawsuit challenging the fund (brought by Democracy Forward and others in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia), Judge Leonie Brinkema issued a preliminary injunction on June 12, 2026. This indefinitely blocks the Department of Justice (DOJ) from creating, funding, setting up, or making any payouts from the fund. The judge was skeptical of the administration’s earlier verbal and public statements (e.g., Acting AG Todd Blanche telling Congress they were “not moving forward with the fund, period”). She wanted a formal, sworn declaration from three key officials:

• Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche

• Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward Jr.

• Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent

The declarations must explicitly state that they will not take any action to create or operate the Anti-Weaponization Fund, and that the fund will not proceed in any manner, or under any name. If the filings are proper and sufficient, the judge has indicated she is likely to dismiss the case as moot (ended) and lift the injunction. This would be the first time the administration has committed to killing the fund under penalty of perjury.

What’s Happening? Well, This Morning (as of ~9:44 AM U.S. time)

• No filings reported! Wha—?!!!

• The preliminary injunction remains fully in effect — the fund is still blocked.

• The deadline is for the end of the court business day (typically late afternoon Eastern Time). Filings still could come later today.

• The administration said it is abandoning the fund (due to the court order and backlash), but it has not provided the exact sworn language the judge demanded. Earlier statements were not under oath

This is the key remaining step in the main Virginia case. The separately reopened Trump v. IRS case in Florida (investigating possible “fraud on the court” in the original settlement) is a separate track and not directly tied to today’s deadline. As of 5 PM the Trump Admin did not respond to the VA Court. WHAT A SHOCK! Fund status: Still legally blocked.

• Lawsuit status: Ongoing.

• Next steps: We’ll likely see updates in the coming days (either a filing that was processed late today, a court order, or confirmation that nothing was submitted).

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Welcome, fellow Conspirators!

Big thanks to our Mind-Meld guest, Michael Facques, who spoke to us for Theology Thursday about the important effort for religious parents to find ways to get their children away from government schools, and to all the great journalists whose work we got to feature tonight. Join us, n-f 6 PM on Rumble or on X. Our audio pod will be released soon, via Spotify and Substack! - Liberty Conspiracy LIVE 6-18-26 Iran, Israel, US, Ukraine, Canada, Russia, Federalism, ICE, Theology https://rumble.com/v7bhra6-liberty-conspiracy-live-6-18-26-iran-israel-us-ukraine-canada-russia-federa.html

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Here are some of the big stories we got to cover, tonight!

Headline “Trump signs memorandum of understanding with Iran (VIDEO) — RT World News” LINK

Iran is, in essence, declaring victory over the US. From RT: “Iran declares victory over US — RT World News” LINK

Max Blumenthal stresses this reality, in this excellent conversation with Judge Napolitano

JD Vance is promoting the MoU, and, in doing so, is saying things that don’t comport with earlier statements he has made. This new position, including speaking positively about lifting the blockade, promoting the idea of Iran getting reparations (somehow), Iran having mutual control over the Strait (with Oman), and Iran being able to generate nuclear anergy through a low-level enrichment process, were not in his “favorable” category even a week ago. Now, he is standing against ISRAEL continuing its aggression in southern Lebanon (mostly lip service, not backed by any statement that US aid to Israel should end) and that is part of the promotion of the MoU, which Vance now is saying Israel ought to get behind. So, this presents the question: when one is a, say, sheep who cannot trust the wolf — be it in sheep’s clothing or not — and the wolf suddenly speaks up against the farmer coming to kill some of your sheep kin, how does one assess the relationship with the already-proven-deadly-and-deceitful wolf?

This is interesting, since in the statement, Vance pretty much admits that the world shuns the actions of Israel, but he doesn’t take the next step to ask WHY…

Trump is taking a similar tack, levering the US power over Israel, yet he will not acknowledge that the US is not supposed to be supporting any nation state, especially the Zionist occupation state...

Chris Rossini offers key thoughts about the Iranian strength to shut down energy supplies, and the need for free markets LINK

Meanwhile… Isreal is ramping up attacks in Lebanon…

… pushing the Iranian government to the point of having to announce that the MoU is at risk because of the Israeli attacks…

And Zionista Mark Levin hints that using nuclear weapons on Iranians would be a good idea.

And if anyone mistakenly believes Trump is obtaining a moral compass…

Ahh, yes. He still supports the Zionist occupation-genocide-apartheid state. Curiously Kaja Googoo Kallas just criticized Israel for its apartheid, so we get to see this irony.

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And what of SALEM MEDIA taking over the CHARLIE KIRK SHOW, eight days after Charlie was murdered? Max B has a great piece on it “Israeli foreign agent took over The Charlie Kirk Show days after his killing - The Grayzone” LINK And he got to discuss it w the Judge, today…

Zelinsky is desperate, targeting more civilians. Just vile. “Ukraine launches almost 200 drones at Moscow — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union” LINK
-And Redacted invited the great Dave DeCamp on to discuss this, today… LINK
-Canadian PM Carney is pushing the “economic benefits” of Canada funneling more weapons and making deals with Ukraine. Clearly, this is to hand out crony contracts to his friends in Canada. He has a lot of other dumb things to say at the G7, as well “Carney says he had several talks with Trump during G7 despite no official meeting | CBC News” LINK

Headline - “‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detainees relocated, ICE announces” LINK
And… “How the trucking industry became part of the immigration debate while safety took center stage” LINK As we have noted, the feds are not supposed to handle immigration, roads, or trucking. ALSO, foreigners professionally driving trucks in the US are ten-times safer, as we discussed on Liberty Conspiracy last year. Plus, reminders, from yesterday. Here’s a little theme to go with it, as we hit last night… :)

COURTSIDE: Hannah Dugan’s plight and persecution continues. Headline: “Decision to uphold judge’s conviction reignites immigration debate” LINK
AND… “Judge blasts ICE for ‘false public statement’ that put colleague in ‘personal danger’“ LINK
AND… GEO CORP HAS LOBBIED TO GET STANDARDS OF TREATMENT LOWERED. ‘ICE contractor may be violating the law: ex-prosecutor’ LINK and ‘ICE rewrites detention rules after private prison lobbying’ LINK
AND - Well done! ‘Smirking court clerks ‘flipped off cameras as they snuck illegal migrants out back to avoid ICE’‘ LINK
AND… Texas, private property v ICE-Border “Protection” Gang LAND GRABS. “Texas landowners face eminent domain for Trump’s border wall” LINK
JACOB HORNBERGER nails it “‘Libertarians Are Wrong to Support an “Ellis Island” Immigration-Control System – The Future of Freedom Foundation’ LINK
If only Sen Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) (who usually is terrible on virtually every issue) could step further towards voluntary association and towards the federalism promised by the US Const. This is a good speech, but limits his ability to fight the immigration police state. Headline “’Cruelty and stupidity’: Richard Blumenthal pulls no punches on Trump administration for undermining DACA to deport recipients” LINK

What do you think? “Trump to shift more programs out of Education Department in latest move to shutter agency” LINK

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IS NOT DEAD. Trump’s attempt to simply move the funds via a “settlement” with the Justice Department he runs is hitting judicial snags, so Congress is debating whether to allow it. This is some of the latest. “’Reserving the right to object’: Birds of a feather flock together as Rick Scott shuts down bill blocking Trump’s slush fund” LINK

This is a very good piece on the dangerous steps Trump has been taking towards weaving US government interests directly into shareholding of numerous corporations. As if government grants and loans were not enough, now, thanks t o Trump, we have models similar to ad-hoc Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, similar to the FDIC offering insurance of deposits IF banks do certain things. This, also, is akin to the New York City Public Workers Pension Fund being invested in major banks, and having so much money in them, the city Comptroller can try to push the banks to behave in certain politically tailored ways. Check out this piece, likening the corporatist-fascist activity of today to the old British “East India Tea Company” motif.

We are going to explore this, tonight, from both a small-govt perspective (if that can even be defined) and a voluntaryist POV

That’s it for now, all! Many thanks for supporting freedom, and for sharing the links! And remember, you can back us here by becoming a paid subscriber if you would like, and feel free to watch Liberty Conspiracy LIVE on Gardner’s X @gardgoldsmith and on Rumble! Spread the word! Thanks, again! Please feel free to SHARE the links, and join us every M-F at 6 PM on Rumble, and my X @gardgoldsmith — and you also can donate to help the Liberty Conspiracy, itself! Just visit PayPal to help out! You also can mail GG at:

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