Canadian Politics
A shooting at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in northeastern British Columbia killed 10 people—six inside the school, one en route to hospital, and two in a nearby residence—with 25 others injured. The suspect died from a self-inflicted injury inside the school. The suspect’s family identified the individual as transgender person Jesse Strang. Police stated no ongoing threat and are searching properties for additional victims or links. Tumbler Ridge, over 1,100 kilometers northeast of Vancouver, shifted from coal mining to tourism after industry decline.
US Politics
President Trump directed the CIA and other intelligence agencies to share 2020 election-related records with Kurt Olsen, a temporary White House special government employee hired in October 2025 who had participated in prior election integrity efforts. Olsen, who passed background and polygraph checks, is reviewing the material for election integrity work. This directive coincides with an FBI criminal investigation into Fulton County, Georgia’s 2020 ballot handling, where agents seized around 700 boxes from a storage warehouse following Olsen’s referral. An unsealed affidavit by FBI Special Agent Hugh Raymond Evans details five irregularities:
- Missing scanned images for over 528,000 initial count ballots and 527,000 recount ballots
- Multiple scans of some ballots with identical markings
- Risk Limiting Audit batch tallies mismatched to contents, deemed inaccurate by state investigators
- Pristine absentee ballots lacking folds from mailing
- An overnight jump of 17,434 ballots in reported recount totals, exceeding Biden’s 11,779-vote margin over Trump.
Critics, including reports from NPR and The New York Times, describe the irregularities as previously investigated claims lacking evidence of outcome-altering fraud. The probe is assessing potential intentional federal law violations.
Epstein Files
Representatives Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie reviewed unredacted Jeffrey Epstein files at the Department of Justice, finding 70-80% still redacted. They identified six men whose names the Trump DOJ had redacted—Salvatore Nuara, Zurab Mikeladze, Leonic Leonov, Nicola Caputo, Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, and Leslie Wexner—prompting DOJ acknowledgment.
Additionally, Khanna stated Trump ordered the FBI in March to redact survivor 302 reports detailing abuse and naming abusers, with DOJ failing to unredact FBI-submitted files despite the Epstein Transparency Act. DOJ Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche responded that redactions followed legal requirements for protecting personally identifiable information and victims.
Lastly, Massie confirmed records showing Howard Lutnick provided Epstein his personal phone number, with assistants coordinating calls.
Economy
Retail investors aggressively bought the dip in software stocks over the weekend and recent sessions, driving 1-month rolling net inflows into the iShares Software ETF (IGV) to a record $176 million—more than double prior peaks—amid “opportunistic” dip-buying purchases of SaaS names. Analysts such as Benjamin Miller of Fundrise predict AI will boost workforce productivity by 25%, potentially raising median household income by 20% to $103,000 by 2030. Amazon saw its largest single-day retail net buying since August 2024 in the latest session.
Meanwhile, corporate profits accounted for 11.7% of gross domestic income by late last year, up from 7% in 1980, while labor compensation fell to 51.4% from 58%, according to data. Factors cited include declining unions, outsourcing, and automation in manufacturing, where labor’s share of factory value added dropped from 66% in 1980 to 45% by the 2000s. Tech firms have high market caps but low headcounts. Nvidia is nearly 20 times more valuable than 1985 IBM adjusted for inflation, employs a tenth as many people, and has five times the profitability. Post-pandemic, profits rose 43% since 2019, compared to an 8% gain in worker compensation, with S&P 500 margins at levels not seen since 2009. Big tech’s algorithms and networks have been said to favor capital.
Privacy & Surveillance
Twenty-seven House members, led by Representative Michael Cloud, questioned ATF Deputy Director Robert Cedaka about its database, which held over 920 million gun and owner records from out-of-business dealers as of a prior investigation and may now reach 1.1 billion. The 1986 Firearm Owners Protection Act prohibits centralized searchable registries of firearms, owners, or transactions. ATF processes over 54.7 million such records yearly, expanded under Biden-era rules halting 20-year destruction of dealer forms and a zero-tolerance policy revoking licenses at record rates. ATF has previously stated that the records are not searchable by owner name. ATF has not replied to congressional inquiries for over 290 days, despite appropriations restrictions and constitutional concerns.
Energy
Holtec International, with over 40 years in nuclear decommissioning, reactor restarts, small modular reactors, used fuel management, and heat transfer equipment, confidentially filed for an IPO with the SEC. Previously estimated at over $10 billion valuation on $500 million annual revenue, Holtec leads U.S. reactor restart efforts at Palisades in Michigan, backed by a $1.5 billion DOE loan and targeting mid-2026 operations after delays. Its SMR-300 pressurized water reactor, upgraded from SMR-160, seeks NRC approval for two units at Palisades with $400 million DOE support and Limited Work Authorization. The design gained U.S. export approval to India. The firm has faced opposition, including the cancellation of a proposed spent fuel storage facility in New Mexico despite a Supreme Court victory. Subsidiaries handle decommissioning at Oyster Creek, Pilgrim, and Indian Point, dry cask storage globally, and non-nuclear tech like Green Boilers for energy storage from solar or SMRs.
Environment
The EPA under Administrator Lee Zeldin plans to repeal the 2009 endangerment finding that six greenhouse gases threaten public health and welfare, foundational to Clean Air Act regulations. Officials described this as the largest U.S. deregulation act, potentially enabling challenges to emissions rules for power plants. Trump ordered an assessment on his first day in office, receiving a rescind proposal by July. Critics warn the repeal could undermine emissions standards and exacerbate environmental and health risks. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum emphasized energy abundance over restricting forms.
Sources
The Big Money Flows to Capital, Not Labor
Its rewards are going disproportionately toward capital instead of labor.
Source (Paywalled) | Submitted by Shplad
Trump Orders CIA to Hand 2020 Election Intel to ‘Stop the Steal’ Lawyer Amid Intel Freakout
President Donald Trump has instructed the CIA and other spy agencies to hand over intelligence related to the 2020 election
10 Dead, 25 Injured in School Shooting at Remote B.C. Community
10 Dead, 25 Injured After School Shooting In Canada
FBI Confirms 2020 Georgia Vote Irregularities, Probes Intent
The FBI has now reportedly substantiated major irregularities in vote counting from Fulton County, Georgia, during the 2020 election and is now investigating whether those errors were deliberate violations of federal law.
Congress Warns: ATF’s Illegal Gun Registry Balloons to 1.1 Billion Records
We fear that ATF could have as many as 1.1-billion-gun registration records in its database.
Holtec, Nuclear Industry Veteran, Confidentially Files for IPO
Holtec is not just some brand new reactor developer walking in with a PowerPoint and a dream.
Largest Deregulation in US History: Trump EPA to Repeal Obama-Era Greenhouse Gas Finding
This amounts to the largest act of deregulation in the history of the United States.
Off the Charts: Retail Shatters Records Dip-Buying Software Stocks
1M rolling net retail inflows into the iShares Software ETF (IGV) surged to a record $176mn as of close yesterday
Family Identifies Transgender Suspect Jesse Strang in Deadly Tumbler Ridge School Shooting
Strang’s uncle confirmed that Jesse was transgender and responsible for the shooting
Ro Khanna Reveals Six Powerful Men Redacted from Epstein Files by Trump DOJ
Ro Khanna just unveiled the names of 6 powerful men who were redacted in the Epstein files
Rep. Khanna: Trump Ordered FBI to Redact Epstein Survivors’ Testimony Naming Powerful Abusers
Donald Trump ordered the FBI to scrub these files in March.
Massie Confirms Lutnick Gave Epstein Personal Phone Number, Coordinated Calls
Thomas Massie says he has confirmed that Howard Lutnick gave Jeffrey Epstein his personal phone number, with their assistants coordinating calls between the two.
In addition to sources submitted by community members, the following were also used in the creation of this report: Benjamin Miller of Fundrise, NPR, The New York Times, Tim Thielmann, Statistics Canada, historical ATF statements, Steffan Szumowski of The Nuclear Review blog, The Guardian, CNBC, Troy Media, Perishable News, Rep. Thomas Massie, and DAG Todd Blanche.
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