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“Renee sparkled. She literally sparkled. I mean, she didn’t wear glitter but I swear she had sparkles coming out of her pores. All the time. You might think it was just my love talking but her family said the same thing. Renee was made of sunshine.”
The words are those of Renee Good’s wife Becca. They cut to our heart – our humanity. She was shot in the face by an ICE agent, who then muttered: “Fuckin’ bitch.” The murder of this 37-year-old mom as she tried to drive around the ICE guys who stopped her is national news, of course. Almost everyone has seen at least one of the many videos of the incident and, you might say, the national dialogue about virtually anything else has been put on hold.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has arrested, detained, deported, and/or imprisoned many people that it has unilaterally determined to be undesirables. At first, they claimed they would deport only criminals, but it has already gone beyond that. We at the Free Press consider every person who has been sent to the Tecoluca (El Salvador prison), Guantanamo naval base, or detained in other prisons throughout the country to be innocent until proven guilty. We will include students who have been expelled for protesting genocide. It appears the government will revoke Visa's to get rid of undesirable students. This article will be updated as long as is necessary.
BANGKOK, Thailand -- After an 11-year delay, a Bangkok court sentenced two Muslim ethnic Uyghur Chinese men to death for bombing a Hindu shrine in the heart of the capital, killing 20 people and spotlighting Thailand's complex links to China's treatment of its Uyghur minority.
The Bangkok South Criminal Court on June 11 sentenced Yusufu Mieraili and Bilal Mohammed to be executed for bombing the crowded, outdoor, streetcorner Erawan Shrine popular with Thailand's Buddhist majority and international visitors.
The court "imposed the harshest penalty available under the law, the death sentence," said one of court's four judges on June 11, announcing the verdict.
The conviction included murder and illegal possession of explosives.
Their lawyer said both men would appeal and cited allegedly harsh "treatment of the defendants during the proceedings."
China welcomed executing the two men.
"The perpetrators were utterly devoid of humanity and absolutely heinous," China's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Lin Jian told a news conference in Beijing on on June 11.
Trump has taken a victory lap, announcing a tentative agreement with Iran to end the war. This declaration by Trump is way too reminiscent of George W. Bush’s appearance on a US aircraft carrier to claim victory on May 1, 2003 by announcing “Mission Accomplished” and the end to the Iraq War, which then lasted another several years. Admittedly, the details are sketchy, and even the tentative agreement won’t be signed for several days, but what has emerged looks very thin. Both sides, Iran and the US, are declaring victory, which might be face saving diplomacy, but also raises the specter from labor negotiations where a ”tentative” agreement is just that, and not a full and complete agreement on all outstanding issues, and may in fact still indicate that there is not a real “meeting of the minds” required for a complete agreement.
President Trump must get off his lazy and fat ass and demand that Netanyahu free American hostage Sama Safi. Sama, a 20‑year‑old American citizen and honors psychology student at Birzeit University, was kidnapped by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) from her family’s home near Ramallah at 3 a.m. on June 2.
Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D‑MD) and Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D‑MI) are warning that her life is at risk. Sama, whose family lives in Florida, was taken without charge and transferred to Ofer Prison, then to the Moscovia interrogation center in Jerusalem, according to the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society.
In addition to the regular lethal American and Israeli attacks on Iran, last week alone the Israeli military killed 13 Gazans and 13 Lebanese. Gaza is now 70% Israeli occupied, contrary to what was agreed upon in the ceasefire arrangement, as is much of south Lebanon. More than 1,000 Gazans have been murdered by Israel since the temporary ceasefire was declared in October 2025. And one might add to the toll the constant aggression in south Syria, where Israel is creating an army base presence to be followed by settlers that creeps ever closer to the capital Damascus. It is an encroachment that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his band of war criminals intend to turn into a component of “Greater Israel” together with Gaza and Lebanon.
As the founder of Heartbeat Movement Inc., I’ve always held that independent journalism isn't just about sharing news—it’s about demanding accountability for the people. We serve as the "Fourth Estate," and in moments like these, our role is to ensure the narrative is told with integrity and that the voices of everyday families are not lost in the shuffle of high-level diplomacy.
Today, June 14, 2026, we find ourselves at a historic turning point. On the very day President Donald Trump celebrates his 80th birthday, the administration has announced a deal to bring an end to the U.S.-led war in Iran. While the official signing of this memorandum of understanding is set for June 19 in Geneva, we recognize that this is only the beginning of a long road to true stability.
BANGKOK, Thailand -- India's military is expanding across the Andaman Sea into Southeast Asia with construction of a multi-billion-dollar air and sea base on remote Great Nicobar Island, New Delhi's furthest reach toward the Strait of Malacca where rival China ships more than 75 percent of its imported oil.
"The Great Nicobar Island Project, which is of strategic, defense and national importance, transforms the region into a major hub of maritime and air connectivity in the Indian Ocean region," India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi proudly shared on his social media in September.
New Delhi and its allies, potentially including Washington, could benefit in that watery zone if a serious conflict erupts with Beijing after the massive project is completed on isolated and previously neglected Great Nicobar Island.
Construction has already begun. An initial phase allowing air and sea operations may be ready within a few years.
Great Nicobar is India's southernmost island, 1,860 miles (3,000 kms) southeast of New Delhi, in a 500-mile-long (800 km) tropical Nicobar archipelago.