Thursday, June 5, 2025
All civic learning topics for this day
Today's Topics
Five tech giants build $30 billion surveillance network tracking Americans
Palantir, Anduril, Clearview AI, SpaceX, and Amazon have created an integrated surveillance ecosystem worth $30+ billion in government contracts. Together they provide facial recognition, predictive policing, border surveillance, satellite monitoring, and intelligence processing that tracks every American.
Musk claims Trump appears in sealed Epstein files, tanks Tesla stock 14%
On June 5, 2025, Elon Musk publicly claimed that Donald Trump’s name appears in still-sealed Jeffrey Epstein files, igniting a fierce social-media feud.
Constitutional scholars convene emergency democracy preservation summit
Historians and activists examined successful resistance movements at June 5, 2025 conference, drawing lessons from abolitionism, suffrage, and civil rights. Speakers emphasized how previous generations used legal challenges, civil disobedience, and mass protests to defend constitutional principles against government overreach.
White House invokes National Emergencies Act 30 times in 100 days
Trump declared more national emergencies in his first 100 days than any modern president, using emergency authority to bypass Congress on tariffs and deportations. Analysis shows 30 of 150 executive orders cited emergency powers to advance his agenda instead of responding to actual crises.
House Speaker targets ACA through budget reconciliation process
House Speaker Mike Johnson calls for "massive" ACA changes June 5, 2025, while Trump maintains "concepts of a plan" for replacement as Republicans control both chambers and White House, setting up budget reconciliation threatening healthcare for millions of Americans.