BLUF: Across the Country; more than a dozen states, decades of fertilizer and manure overapplication have left farmland saturated with legacy phosphorus, driving runoff into rivers and lakes, worsening toxic blooms, dead zones, and increasing drinking water treatment costs; in MN, an investigation into an anti-ICE church disruption resulted in federal civil-rights conspiracy charges and arrests, while a separate town hall incident involving Rep. Ilhan Omar led to an assault charge after an unknown substance was sprayed at her; in NE, a student was struck by an SUV during an anti-ICE protest outside Fremont High School; in DC, more than 30,000 attendees participated in the March for Life while, separately, Patriot Front members gathered nearby without overt protest actions; in OR, damage to a federal building in Eugene was cited in federal statements on protest response policy; in NV, authorities executing a search warrant seized more than 1,000 vials of unknown liquids and laboratory equipment from a residence linked to a prior illegal biolab case in CA where vials of infectious diseases were concealed.
On a national level, the Doomsday Clock was set to 85 seconds to midnight, citing escalating nuclear risks, climate pressures, biotechnology misuse, unregulated artificial intelligence, and global leadership failures; anti-ICE activists promoted a nationwide general strike calling for work, school, and shopping stoppages with backing from public figures and activist organizations; the Department of Justice released approximately 3.5 million Epstein-related records described as a final bulk disclosure, containing extensive unverified allegations and investigative material, the files raise concerns over how embedded 100s of high-profile figures and politicians were into pedophilia, satanic rituals, torture, murder, and pressure campaigns; federal authorities announced they will not intervene in protests or unrest in Democratic-led cities without formal local or state requests while prioritizing protection of federal property; TikTok updated its U.S. privacy policy to allow opt-in collection of precise GPS-level location data, prompting concerns about user pressure, surveillance risk, and expanded data access.
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