Bellwether Report – Week Ending June 12, 2026

Originally published June 12, 2026 for our weekly Issue of Mindful Intelligence Advisor.  Subscribe to get weekly issues.

By STAFF

This report covers political, world, cultural, market, and sci-tech news from June 6 – June 12, 2026.

This report contains the Global Outlook, Headlines Missed, and People Advance Reports.

TOP NEWS TAGS

1. 2026 Elections
2. Iran War
3. Karmelo Anthony
4. Election Fraud
5. AI Data Centers
6. Trump Deportations
7. Belfast Riots
8. Trump Economy
9. Ukraine War
10. Mamdani Watch

GLOBAL OUTLOOK

NOTE: For news of the California elections, read our Deep Dive on pg. 2, The Process is the Cheat.

1. PULTE KILLS FISA – The nomination of Bill Pulte by President Trump to replace Tulsi Gabbard as the next Director of National Intelligence has led Democrats to allow the FISA court renewal to lapse. The court allows the collection of data from U.S. citizens without requiring standard warrants. The provision dies today, and the Republicans, with Democrat help, failed to pass the renewal last night, leaving town today for a recess. The Democrats are nervous Pulte, a strong partisan Trump supporter, will use FISA to do to them what they did to Trump using those same courts.

2. GASFLATION KILLS FED CUT HOPE – Inflation hit a 3-year high primarily due to rising gas prices. The war in Iran shutting down the Strait of Hormuz is the biggest factor in that price increase. The Federal Reserve has already revealed there will be no rate cuts at least until 2027.
3. WE ARE STILL IN PEACE TREATY LIMBO IN IRAN – President Trump has promised another peace deal is close to completion with Iran. He assures us the deal offers no nuclear armed options for Iran, who, so far, has not officially agreed to the deal. The President claims a deal should be done by the end of the weekend.

This week saw massive military exchanges between the U.S. and Iran, as well as between Israel and Iran. The President had promised to invade Kharg Island in response to Iran shooting down a U.S. helicopter, but changed his mind at the last second, claiming a deal had been made.

4. TRUMP GETS ICE FUNDED – President Trump’s ongoing deportation campaign will continue after he signed the “Secure America Act.” The act funds both ICE and CPB through 2029, taking funding out of the hands of the courts and the Democrats altogether.

President Trump said, “We’ll give the heroes of ICE and Border Patrol…  the support and resources they need to defend our borders, protect our homeland and to keep America safe… [The Democrats] want to drag us straight back to chaos and crime.”

5. BIDEN JUDGE CALLS TRUMP VISA FEE A TAX – A Biden-appointed Federal Judge in Massachusetts has struck down President Trump’s $100K H-1B Visa, calling it a tax. The Trump administration will be immediately appealing the decision to the U.S. First Circuit Court.
6. BELFAST BEHEADING ATTEMPT TRIGGERS NATIVE UPRISING – If Northern Ireland is a bellwether of what’s to come in broader Britian, the ordered protests in front of police stations are about to be replaced with organized targeted assaults on migrant strongholds.

After as Sudanese migrant was caught attempting to behead a disabled Irishman on a street in Belfast, the youth of the city have taken to burning down the migrants’ apartment complexes as well as targeting any other administrative structures of migrant power. Calls by the progressives of the UK for calm, so far, are being met with derision.

7. CALIFORNIA GETS A GOP CHOICE FOR GOVERNOR – After the mail-in-vote save eliminated a Republican in the LA Mayor’s race, Republican Steve Hilton looked to be heading for a similar fate. Perhaps the growing suspicion of the legitimacy of that election led California to quickly certify the Republican as the second candidate in the run-off election for Governor.
8. NAZI-CLAD PROGRESSIVE TAKES DEMOCRATS’ MAINE – Graham Platner, a Democratic Party contender for Maine’s U.S. Senate seat, has officially won his party’s nomination to run against incumbent Senator Susan Collins (R-ME).

Platner overcame a Nazi tattoo and leaked text messages from women he was accused of being sexually inappropriate with. Progressive activists who were the catalyst for his campaign’s success are allegedly regretting their failed vetting process.

9. PROGRESSIVES ANGRY BLACK MAN CONVICTED OF MURDERING WHITE MAN – Karmelo Anthony has been convicted of first-degree murder for the stabbing death of Austin Metcalf. Both were young men in high school at the time of the murder. Anthony’s conviction has triggered calls from progressives and black activists that the jury was racist, the parents of the dead boy are racist, and Karmelo should be free to spend his hundreds of thousands of GoFundMe dollars.

Now, white people are being attacked by black people for being suspicious of being on the Anthony jury. The jury itself was of mixed race, though progressive state content marketing media and progressive leadership continues to spread the lie the jury was all-white.

10. ABSENTEE GOP REPS KEEP GIVING DEMS HOUSE MAJORITY – The GOP’s majority in the House is only 5 votes, 217 to 212. Thanks to a significant handful of GOP representatives taking days off, the House has had a Democratic majority on numerous occasions. So far, the Democrats haven’t exploited this, but it is now on their radar, as politicsususa, a progressive content marketer, has noticed as well.

HEADLINES MISSED

1. DEMOCRATS DON’T EVEN WANT TO LIVE HERE – An Elon University/YouGov America 250 National Survey showed 55% of Democrats would rather live in another country. 38% of Independents also chose to live in another country, while only 10% of Republicans chose another country.
2. FCC WANTS YOUR SMARTPHONE ID IN ITS DATABASE – In the name of combatting burner phones, the Federal Communications Division (FCC) is pushing telecoms to hand over all customer IDs. The move challenges the implicit right to privacy from government intrusion found in the Fourth Amendment.
3. EUROPEANS CONCLUDE THE U.S. IS NOT THEIR FRIEND – A new poll from the European Council on Foreign Relations found that only 1 in 10 Europeans consider the U.S. an ally, while only 50% viewed the U.S. as a “necessary partner.” 25% of those polled consider the U.S. an adversary.
4. KENYANS KILLED PROTESTING U.S. EBOLA QUARANTINE CENTERS – The U.S.’s plans to build Ebola quarantine centers in Kenya is meeting with protests from Kenyans. The centers are intended to treat American citizens in Africa exposed to the Ebola virus. Protests at one center led to three protestors being killed.
5. KASHMIR PROTESTORS KILLED BY SECURITY FORCES – Pakistan’s security forces opened fire on protestors in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. The protesters represented the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC), who had been outlawed by the Pakistani government. The government accused the organization of intentionally causing upheaval.
6. SOCIAL SCIENCE STUDIES SUFFER VERIFIABILITY CRISIS – A new study conducted by researchers in multiple universities has revealed that 50% of social science research findings are not replicable, meaning their data cannot be viewed as being reliable. While the findings reveal a crisis, the industry has been gradually decreasing its replicability problem.

PEOPLE ADVANCE REPORT

1. BLUE STATES FACE USPS MAIL-IN-BALLOT ULTIMATUM – The U.S. Postal Service has announced it will not be delivering mail-in ballots for states that refuse to share their voter rolls with the Federal government. The DOJ wants to assure the names in the voting rolls match U.S. citizenship records. So far, only the Democratic Party controlled states have refused to share their information with the DOJ.
2. OIL TANKERS SNEAK THROUGH STRAIT OF HORMUZ – The U.S. has announced it has secretly navigated more than 100 million barrels of oil through the Strait of Hormuz. President Trump announced, “… More than 200 Commercial Ships have safely traveled through the Strait. This wildly successful effort is because the UNITED STATES of AMERICA CONTROLS the Strait of Hormuz — NOT Iran. Their military is defeated, and their economy is lost. It’s over for Iran! 
3. GOP FLORIDA MAP HOLDS – The Florida Supreme Court has ruled no challenges to the new GOP voting district map will be considered before the 2026 election. Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) responded, “The Florida Supreme Court has REJECTED the challenge to the state’s redistricting plan and new map. This assures that the recently enacted map will be in place for the 2026 election.”
4. TRANSGENDER SUPPORT PLUMMETS – A recent Gallup poll shows support for people “changing one’s gender” has dropped from 46% in 2021 to 38% in 2026. 60% of Democrats still support the idea while only 5% of Republicans do.
5. AUSTRALIA’S ONE NATION TAKES THE LEAD – Australia’s version of Britain’s Restore UK, One Nation, has taken the lead in a recent national poll, surging ahead of the party in power, Labor, 31% to 30%. This is the first major poll showing One Nation taking an overall lead.
6. 360 MORE FREED FROM BOKO HARAM – The Nigerian military ran a successful rescue operation in the nation’s Borno state. They rescued 360 people who had been abducted from the Islamist terror group, Boko Haram.