June 14th Cure News
Mark David
1) Trump Wants His Impeachments Erased. History Doesn't Work That Way.
A man who is confident in his place in history does not spend his presidency trying to rearrange it. Adam Kinzinger
Jun 12, 2026
On Thursday, the Wall Street Journal reached Donald Trump by phone to ask him about a plan his allies have been quietly circulating: a congressional resolution that would expunge both of his impeachments from the historical record. His answer was exactly what you would expect from a man who has spent the last decade arguing with facts that have already been documented, photographed, and archived.
“It should be done because I did nothing wrong,” he said. “It was a rigged deal. It was a whole rigged situation.”
Constitutional scholars responded the same day with an observation we simply can’t ignore: there is no mechanism in the Constitution to undo an impeachment. The House voted. The record exists. A subsequent resolution expressing a different view of those votes would be, in the word most experts reached for, symbolic. It would not alter a single line of the record that future generations will read when they try to understand what happened in this country in the first quarter of the 21st century.
2) The Democrats Who Can Win Red America
Tim Miller’s candidates to watch (and maybe even donate to).Tim Miller Jun 12 THE TRIAD
Hey guys—Tim here, grabbing the mic from JVL for today’s Triad. I wanted to put together something today in reply to one of the questions I get asked most often: Who are the candidates most worth supporting in this year’s midterms—the ones best positioned to chip away at MAGA dominance in red or purple states? No caginess here: I name names, and explain what to keep an eye on. Let me know what you think in the comments.
3) Did Trump admin shrink required grizzly bear habitat from 2,500 acres to 1? What documents show
The Forest Service's decision to recalculate the size of "secure habitats" for grizzly bears in certain areas of Montana has sparked legal challenges.
Rae Deng Published June 11, 2026 for SNOPES
Under U.S. President Donald Trump's second administration, federal agencies have shrunk the habitat requirement for grizzly bears from 2,500 acres to 1 acre.
4) Trump’s AI security order acknowledges risks but stops short of regulating industry
Published: June 12, 2026 Anjana Susarla Professor of Information Systems, Michigan State University for The Conversation
· some technology and policy watchers were surprised when President Donald Trump signed an executive order on June 2, 2026, establishing a framework for AI security. It seemed to move in a different direction from a December 2025 executive order that sought to create a “minimally burdensome” national framework for artificial intelligence and supersede state laws the administration saw as restrictive.
· The new executive order focuses on using AI to boost the security of federal and private computer systems. It also aims to ensure that the federal government has access to major new AI models before they are released to the public, to determine if they pose a threat.
· However, the order’s provisions relating to the AI industry are voluntary, and it explicitly prohibits interpreting its provisions as authorizing “a mandatory governmental licensing, pre-clearance, or permitting requirement” for new AI models.
5) They don't want you to know the REAL reason Social Security is in trouble
But I'm going to tell you anyway Robert Reich
The trustees of the Social Security fund said Tuesday that the fund will be depleted by late 2032, a year earlier than the trustees’ projection last year of 2033. If nothing is done, benefits will automatically be cut six years from now.
The common understanding is that Social Security’s shortfall is due to the huge postwar baby boom, now retiring, and to America’s increasing life expectancy. The usual recommended fix is to reduce Social Security benefits or raise the age of eligibility. As Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, warned Monday, “entitlement programs” like Social Security “have to be adjusted and fixed.” He said Republicans will introduce a plan to do that. Brace yourselves.
6) Why Switzerland might cap its population at 10M
Swiss voters will decide this month whether to limit the country’s population to 10 million people. Critics say the anti-immigration measure could upend Switzerland’s economy.
The June 14 referendum has been “likened to a ‘Swiss Brexit,’” said Reuters. The right-wing Swiss People’s Party asserts that migration-driven population growth is “driving up rents and crime,” as well as pushing roads and other local infrastructure “to the limits.” They are selling the measure as a “sustainability initiative.” But opponents from the business community fear the measure would “limit Switzerland’s access to skilled labor and damage relations with the European Union.”
7) The Kennedy Center A Reason To Smile Dan Rather and Team Steady
The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts, known by millions as The Kennedy Center, is a national treasure. Let’s not lose sight of its decades of work promoting and honoring the performing arts in America. It is this week’s reason to smile.
Conceived as a “living memorial” to President Kennedy, a lover and supporter of the arts, the Center opened in 1971. For 55 years, it has hosted dance performances, concerts, operas, plays, and musicals. It is the home of the National Symphony Orchestra and, until recently, the Washington National Opera. It also provides arts education and outreach locally and nationally.
It is best known for the Kennedy Center Honors, which are awarded annually to five artists for lifetime contributions to American culture and the performing arts. It is one of the most recognizable and coveted national arts prizes.
8) Are You Not Entertained? Emperor Donald wants his own gladiator spectacle.
Rick Wilson for Lincoln Square Media
The weekend’s UFC fight in honor of the Emperor Donald’s birthday is about more than his obsessive love for big, powerful men, men with tears in their eyes saying, “Mr. President, sir, would you like to touch my rock-solid abs?”
It’s about the fall of Rome, and that of America.
The decline of Rome didn’t begin when the Goths crossed the frontier or rival nations nibbled the edges of the Empire. It began when the Republic died, and Emperors with boundless self-regard and poor impulse control adopted theatrical personas and were told they were gods, not men.
9) Why You Shouldn’t Visit Our National Parks Today
Trump is offering free admission on his birthday. It’s not a gift. It’s a brand extension.
Susan J. Demas for Lincoln Square Media
Whenever I can, I escape to America’s national parks and national forests. I’ve hiked more than 10,000 solo miles across four continents, summited more than 100 mountains, and backpacked legs of the Appalachian, Pacific Crest, and Continental Divide trails. I’ve slept under redwoods, woken to deer licking my laundry, and stumbled across waterfalls that no one else seemed to know existed.
I’ve always agreed with Ken Burns that our national parks are America’s greatest idea.
10) They Told Families to 'Eat Real Food.' Now They May Cut the Produce Benefit.
— To make America healthy, produce in a poor child's diet should be the last thing to go
by Robert B. Shpiner, MD June 11, 2026 Med Page Today
Last week, the House passed its agriculture spending bill by three votes, 213 to 210, with four Democrats crossing over. The legislation contains a $141 million cut to the part of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) that lets low-income families buy fruits and vegetables, a benefit that reaches about 5.4 million young children and pregnant or postpartum women.
The House bill would reduce monthly fruit and vegetable cash benefits by about 10%. The White House initially asked for far more: if its 2027 budget request were enacted, a breastfeeding mother's monthly produce benefit would fall from $52 to $13, and a young child's from $26 to $10. Advocates warn that the House's proposed cuts could force WIC to turn eligible families away for the first time in decades. The Senate has not yet taken up the bill.
11) The Midterms in a Nutshell, as of June 13
What we must do over the next four and a half months Robert Reich Jun 13, 2026
A number of you have asked me for a simple overview of where things stand in the race to control Congress, so here’s some information you may find useful. It suggests where we need to focus our energies over the next four and a half months.
1. What’s needed for control of each chamber
- In the Senate now: 53 Republicans - 47 Democrats (or independents who caucus with Dems). Democrats need to gain a net 4 seats to take control of the Senate.
- In the House now: 219 Republicans (or independents who caucus with GOP) - 212 Democrats. There are four vacancies (one in a largely Republican district, three in largely Democratic districts). Assuming that none of the current vacancies flip party control in special elections before November, Democrats need to gain a net 3 seats to take control of the House.
2. Vulnerable incumbent Republicans
Senate Republicans in competitive reelection races who are considered vulnerable
- Maine: Republican Senator Susan Collins is being challenged by Democratic oysterman Graham Platner.
- Ohio: Republican Senator Jon Husted is being challenged by former Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown.
- Alaska: Republican Senator Dan Sullivan is being challenged by former Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola (and potentially another candidate named Dan Sullivan).
- Nebraska: Pete Ricketts is being challenged by independent populist Dan Osborn (who came close to defeating Nebraska’s other GOP senator in 2024).
House Republicans in competitive reelection races who are considered vulnerable