Follow Us 🦋 Bluesky 🐘 Mastodon 📸 Instagram 𝕏 X
Last updated: June 18, 2026 — 03:09 PM ET  |  🌊 BLUE WAVE BEACON  |  Progressive news, curated daily
Advertisement — Support us instead
Quote of the Day
"We are not going back."
— Kamala Harris
★ Top Story

The billionaire hidden behind the curtain inside Trump’s Pentagon

The Guardian US
POLITICS & DEMOCRACY
Trump privately mocked Mark Zuckerberg's kids after he groveled in 2024: reportRaw Story 'Could barely get a word in': House rebels were bullied by Trump in expletive-filled callsRaw Story Barack Obama shades Trump during speech at presidential center: 'There will be no kings'Raw Story Republicans turn on Sen. Mike Lee over his stance on voter IDRaw Story 'Scared me': Uncovered audio catches GOP candidate falling for fake AI video at eventRaw Story JD Vance Tried To Defend Trump's Surrender To Iran And It Was A DisasterPoliticus USA Republicans In Total Disarray As Trump Pushes For SAVE America Act That Will Never PassPoliticus USA Trump Knows He Failed In Iran And He Showed It With Some Classic Obama ProjectionPoliticus USA Trump Made The Worst Deal In US History In Leaked Iran MOU TextPoliticus USA House Democrats Bust Kash Patel's Illegal FBI MAGA Slush FundPoliticus USA Trump’s Attacks on Black Power and Freedom Show How Far We Still Have to GoTruthout Trump Dismisses Question on Holding Officials Accountable for Iran School StrikeTruthout Trump Administration Shifts Pregnancy-Prevention Program to Promote ChildbearingTruthout Israel Hits Lebanon With Drone Strikes Hours After US and Iran Sign AgreementTruthout Throughout the US-Israeli War, Iranians Refused to Be OwnedTruthout "Shoot the People": Meet Misan Harriman, Celebrated Photographer & Outspoken Advocate for PalestineDemocracy Now DOJ Takes Elon Musk's Side in NAACP Lawsuit Against xAI for Polluting Black NeighborhoodsDemocracy Now G7 Summit Highlights Global Economic System "Captured" by Billionaires: OxfamDemocracy Now
INVESTIGATION & ANALYSIS
Before SpaceX IPO, Investors in China Secretly Acquired StakesProPublica More Than 770,000 Children Are No Longer Receiving SNAP Benefits After Trump Changes Federal Food ProgramProPublica “Digital Colonialism”: U.S. Demands to Access Africans’ Data Raise Privacy, Sovereignty ConcernsProPublica Trump Plans to Protect Methane-Leaking Stripper Wells. This Billionaire Donor Will Benefit.ProPublica Why We Changed Our Code of Ethics to Address Prediction MarketsProPublica Undercover Cops Infiltrated Delaney Hall ICE Protest to Spy and Make ArrestThe Intercept Police Chased the Wrong Man, Then Shot Him and Watched as He Bled OutThe Intercept Israel Asked Facebook to Censor Iran War Content, Internal Documents ShowThe Intercept ICE’s Unseen Toll in Minneapolis: Suicide Helpline Calls More Than Doubled During SurgeThe Intercept Senate Democrats Aren’t Happy About Trump’s Spy Law UltimatumThe Intercept Republicans Question the US-Iran Deal. But Many Are Only Blaming JD Vance.Mother Jones Trump Administration Tells Federal Employees to Wear “Freedom” Pins—Or ElseMother Jones Trump’s Justice Department Backs Elon Musk in Data Center LawsuitMother Jones Trump Resurrected the Statue of a Slave Owner. Its Pedestal Cost Taxpayers $527K.Mother Jones DOJ’s New ICE Protest Indictment Is Its Most Absurd YetMother Jones Can Social Media Influencers Save Public Schools?The Nation Marsha P. JohnsonThe Nation Why Aren’t Newsrooms Covering This AI Speech?The Nation
🦋 TRENDING ON BLUESKY — PROGRESSIVE VOICES

No Bluesky posts fetched. Check API.

Our Sources

📊 Reader Poll: What issue matters most to you this week?

Climate & Environment38%
Healthcare & Medicare27%
Voting Rights & Democracy20%
Labor & Wages15%

Click an option to vote and see results.

🌊 Daily Briefing Newsletter

Get the top progressive stories delivered to your inbox every morning.

Advertisement