June 10th News
Mark David
Quote for the Day:
“Our country is not about one individual. It is about the welfare of all Americans, and it is about our Constitution. And if someone doesn’t understand that and attempts to control others through using the levers of power, they’re about serving themselves. They’re not about serving us. And that person is not qualified to be a leader.”
- Bill Cassidy , Louisiana Republican Senator in his 16th May Louisiana primary concession speech. (quoted from 5-18-26 Robert Reich Substack post)
1) Did residents of French village ask Hegseth to skip D-Day ceremony?
Residents of a French village that hosted a ceremony for the 82nd anniversary of the D-Day landings said U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth wasn't welcome to attend.
A residents' association in Langrune-sur-Mer put out a statement on June 2, 2026, asking Hegseth not to attend a D-Day commemoration ceremony in the village on June 6. Hegseth did not attend the ceremony on D-Day but the reason for his absence was unclear.
2) Who is allowed to walk on the beach? It depends on where you live
Summer is here – the perfect time to take a walk on a beach. But doing so is not always as simple as it might sound.
In Wisconsin, for instance, a legal case has stretched for months over whether Paul Florsheim may keep walking on a Lake Michigan beach he has walked for over 50 years.
3) Salt Lake City lawsuit is latest against DHS' plan to use giant warehouses to detain immigrants
RYAN J. FOLEY Updated Tue, June 9, 2026 at 10:02 AM CDT
FILE - Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall speaks at the Salt Lake City International Airport in Salt Lake City, Oct. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Marielle Scott, File)
Salt Lake City and its county have filed a lawsuit seeking to block the Department of Homeland Security's plan to open a giant warehouse in the city that would be used to detain up to 10,000 immigrants.
The lawsuit, filed Monday in federal court, is the latest brought by local officials around the country who were not consulted before DHS purchased industrial warehouses that it planned to convert into regional immigrant processing and detention centers.
The push to make medical records easier to share could be opening the door for rogue companies to sell patient information to law firms and other businesses without their knowledge.
Why it matters: Americans assume their medical records are only seen by doctors, nurses and others involved in their care.
- But the rapid growth of health tech vendors and data sharing platforms is creating security gaps — just as AI is making it easier to mine personal medical data.
5)Office Hours: What Did Trump's "Meet the Press" Interview Reveal?
Was he just stressed, or is he laying the groundwork for contesting the midterms, or is he showing increasing signs of dementia? Robeert Reich
6) How much debt does the US have? USA FactsUpdated May. 14, 2026Refreshed monthly
The US has $39 trillion in debt as of April 2026. The federal government borrows money when its spending and investments cannot be funded by federal revenue alone; this debt enables the government to pay for programs and services when funds aren’t immediately available.
In April 2026
$39T was the total national debt.
In 2025 $113K in debt was held by the US government per person.
When the federal government spends more money than it brings in through taxes and other revenue sources, a budget deficit occurs. To cover the deficit, it borrows money by selling bonds and other securities. Generally, the federal debt is an accumulation of budget deficits over time.
7) They Went to Jared Mother Jones Casey MichelJuly+August 2026 Issue
How Donald Trump’s son-in-law used his position to hop in bed with autocrats—and sell out America.
In many ways, the Iran mess is a fitting capstone to Kushner’s career to date. Rather than a seasoned diplomat with a deep understanding of Middle East policy and history, a person of integrity with no financial stake in the outcome, we got a feckless wheeler-dealer—and a global quagmire. For Kushner, none of this appears to matter. He and his partners are traveling the world, gleefully raking in cash as they cultivate relationships with sordid regimes and kleptocratic leaders in the interest of making a buck. The world burns and Jared Kushner gets richer.
8) UPDATE: Trump administration looking to transfer billions in Iranian assets to Kushner clients by Judd Legum Popular Information
Jun 09, 2026
The Iran War is more than 100 days old — and there is no resolution in sight. Although Trump has claimed for weeks that a deal is imminent, the fighting has intensified.
One of the primary sticking points in the peace negotiations is the status of $24 billion in frozen Iranian assets. In a June 5 interview on CNN, Mohsen Rezaei, a top military adviser to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, said the money was “a test of trust that Iran wants to have with Trump – this is a test that America must pass.” Rezaei described the $24 billion as “our own money, not America’s money.”
9) The Senate Should NOT Confirm This Person by Robert Reich
He believes that his legal client is Trump, not the United States
Let me get right to the point. The Senate should not confirm Todd Blanche as attorney general: Robeert Reich
10)This President Cannot Handle the Truth
And why that keeps me up at night Adam Kinzinger Jun 09, 2026
Moments before tip off at Game 3 of the NBA Finals Monday evening, the cameras inside Madison Square Garden found Donald Trump in James Dolan’s private suite, high above the court, as Avery Wilson began to sing the national anthem. The president stood with his granddaughter Kai beside him, his right hand raised in a slow salute, his jaw set in the particular way it gets when he is trying to look presidential. And then, as it always does, the crowd told the truth.