September 15th, 2022

In the Hot Notes: John Durham appears to be wrapping up his investigation into the oranges of the Trump/Russia investigation, his report is expected by the end of the year; the FBI served a warrant on pillowman, Cyber Symposium organizer, and conspiracy theorist Mike Lindell in connection to the charges Tina Peters, the Mesa County, Colorado is facing regarding a scheme that allegedly allowed an unauthorized person to access voting machines; plus an interview with journalist and author David Enrich.

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Friday, September 11, 2026

Today, the Missouri Supreme Court found Secretary of State Denny Hoskins in contempt of court forcing him to instruct election officials to use the 2022 Congressional map; the United States Supreme Court blocked a district court from forcing Missouri to use the new Republican map; an appeals court upheld the block on Trump’s mail ballot executive order; Trump floated an illegal $5,000 bribe to voters; French prosecutors identify potential Epstein co-conspirators in their ongoing investigation; Joe diGenova abruptly quit the “grand conspiracy” investigation in Florida; the Pentagon is searching medical records to identify transgender troops; Jimmy Kimmel’s interview with James Talarico is moved to YouTube amid pressure from the FCC; Governor JB Pritzker has launched a $20M midterm election PAC; plus Allison delivers your Good News.

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Thursday, September 10, 2026

Today, the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals has denied voter groups’ bid to lift the restraining order keeping the Missouri Republican map in place; John Fetterman is going to speak at the Republican midterm convention via a video praising Donald Trump; Europeans investigating Epstein say the US Department of Justice refuses to cooperate; a judge has ruled that the Tate brothers are a flight risk and must remain in prison during their extradition process; Salvadorans will keep their Temporary Protected Status for now; Trump gave $45,000 in cash gifts to Natalie Harp; the LIV golf league has filed for bankruptcy; oil hits $100 a barrel as the war in Iran wages on; plus Allison delivers your Good News.

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Tuesday, September 8, 2026

Today, ICE is force feeding a Cuban hunger striker with a gastric tube; a man with ties to Ramaswamy and Husted has been arrested for attacking Amy Acton in Ohio; Representative Jasmine Crockett is demanding DOJ investigate an alarming pattern of modern-day lynchings; Nepal held a day of mourning after floods kill at least 1,300 people; the far-right AfD party won in a regional election but fell short of a majority; Trump’s late-night nemesis pulls off two big Emmy upsets; plus Allison delivers your Good News.

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Monday, September 7, 2026

Today, an armed individual attacked Democratic candidate for Ohio Governor Dr. Amy Acton at an event near Youngstown; the Maryland Supreme Court approves Democratic redistricting plan for 2028; the Pentagon is administering polygraphs to Joint Staff to find who leaked about depleted stockpiles; a federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to divulge the names of people involved in setting up the $1.8bn slush fund; the Justice Department says states can handle the chaos in a bid to ask the First Circuit Court of Appeals to allow the USPS rule over mail ballots to move forward; Epstein co-conspirator Leon Black failed to show up for his Congressional testimony; Trump breaks ground on his triumphal arch before getting approval; the President has installed Adam Telle as acting Army Secretary after Driscoll’s resignation; plus Allison delivers your Good News.

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Leon Black defies subpoena to testify in Epstein inquiry and sues House panel | NPR

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Allison Gill speaks with David Kligerman, the US Postal Service whistleblower's attorney. She will also discuss the preliminary injunction hearing, and the final ruling blocking Trump and the USPS from making the Mail Ballot Portal mandatory. Allison also shares a new Freedom of Information Act request for documents ordering the Post Office to continue working on the rule even during a court-ordered moratorium.

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Monday, September 1st, 2025

The Trump administration attempted to remove 600 terrified unaccompanied minors to Guatemala in the middle of the night until a federal judge entered an order to stop them; speculation about Trump’s whereabouts explodes on social media as he continues to hide from the public; the government is going to deploy AI software to deny Medicare claims; Governor Greg Abbott has signed into law redistricting maps that reduce Black voters in Texas to one-fifth of a person and Hispanic voters to one-third of a person; a federal appeals court has struck down Trump's tariffs as unlawful; Joni Ernst - who infamously claimed we’re all going to die anyways about Medicaid cuts - says she won’t run for Senate again in 2026; Riley Gaines' dad is entering the race in Tennessee's 6th congressional district; the Epstein estate has agreed to hand over the birthday book and other documents to Congress; the mayor of Chicago has signed an order to resist Trump’s planned occupation of the city; Trump says he will sign an executive order mandating voter ID; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

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Friday, September 9th, 2022

In the Hot Notes: the Department of Justice has filed a motion to stay part of Judge Cannon’s order in the Mar-a-Lago case; Steve Bannon pleads not guilty to six felony charges in New York state; the Department of Justice is criminally investigating Donald’s Save America PAC; and the Michigan Supreme Court has ruled in favor of adding a right to abortion amendment proposition on the November ballot; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

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Today, the Missouri Supreme Court has paused the Republican gerrymander netting Democrats 1 seat this November; ICE agent Christian Castro has been federally charged with false statements over his shooting of Sosa-Celis in Minnesota but not the actual shooting because the Justice Department blocked that; a federal judge has blocked Trump’s new order limiting birthright citizenship; ICE plans to spend $5M creating a national voter database; Speaker Johnson has canceled House votes for the next two weeks after Democrats propose a new Epstein Files discharge petition; the House has rejected Mike Johnson's amendment to keep the Supreme Court at 9 Justices; the Pentagon has suspended the testosterone testing program but for worse reasons than you think; a whistleblower says ICE skipped basic standards in a rush to recruit; Mitch McConnell’s staff says they hope he’ll return to the Senate September 14th; Maria Bartiromo is leaving Fox News effective immediately; the trailblazing journalist and activist Gloria Steinem has died at 92; plus Allison delivers your Good News.

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Today, a USPS whistleblower tells Congress that the agency defied a court order and moved ahead with implementing vote by mail rules that could disenfranchise millions; the Commerce Department quietly cut language banning political interference from the department's scientific integrity policy; Tina Peters turned down a Shasta County registrar’s office job after Governor Newsom pledged to block any transfer of her parole supervision to California; a Haitian immigrant took his own life after ICE fitted him with an ankle monitor; ICE is planning to buy robot dogs to carry out immigration enforcement; the Forest Service chief is under scrutiny over logging industry ties as Trump plans to gut protections; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

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ICE plans to buy robot ‘dogs’ for some immigration enforcement operations | NBC News

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Tuesday, September 1, 2026

Today, the Supreme Court rules 5-4 with John Roberts joining the liberals to allow Trump to continue construction on his illegal ballroom; the Pentagon has installed military influencers in civilian roles on Twitter; Army Secretary Dan Driscoll has resigned due to conflicts with Hegseth - leaving the Army with no Senate- confirmed leadership; Judge Talwani denies the government’s bid to stay her restraining order against the administration’s mail in voting rule; Freedom Gas stations sold $4M in stolen gasoline; European soccer seeks to subpoena Josh Kushner over his failed FIFA privatization scheme; prediction market startup Kalshi has banned George Santos for life and fined him $71K; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

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European soccer seeks to subpoena Josh Kushner over failed FIFA plan to bring in private investors | POLITICO

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Monday, August 31, 2026

Today, Judge Talwani in Boston has once again blocked Trump’s efforts to curtail mail-in voting; more than 1.2M Texas voters have been flagged; Wyoming’s Republican governor calls for an investigation into Justice Department primary election poll watchers; Trump calls on the FCC to help him rig polls in his favor; Rep Jim Clyburn endorses expanding the Supreme Court to include 13 Justices; military leaders warn Hegseth against continuing the war in Iran as the U.S. arsenal becomes severely depleted; Senator Ron Wyden calls for a criminal investigation into RFK Jr. for lying to Congress during his confirmation hearing; three fired journalists from Stars and Stripes have filed a lawsuit against the Pentagon; a Filipino nurse has been detained by ICE in Arizona; Donald Trump refuses to attend the Ground Zero 9/11 memorial because they won’t let him speak; right winger Milo Yiannopoulos has been deported by ICE; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

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The DOJ has released the audio and transcripts of the witness tampering meeting between Todd Blanche and Ghislaine Maxwell; the government has threatened to deport Kilmar Abrego to Uganda if he doesn’t plead guilty to the two charges against him; John Bolton's house has been raided in search of classified emails sent on a private server; a federal judge orders the dismantling of the Florida concentration camp; Fort Bliss - where the Japanese were interned during WWII - is operating as an internment camp again; the White House lists Smithsonian exhibits it wants to erase from history; the Justice Department’s release of the Epstein files to House Oversight is a joke; the Pentagon plans to deploy the military to Chicago; Homeland Security is violating the law by refusing to retain text messages; Illinois announces a first of its kind legal hotline for the LGBTQ community; residents keep repainting the Pulse nightclub rainbow sidewalk after the city keeps removing it; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

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Florida ordered to dismantle Alligator Alcatraz over environmental impact | The Washington Post

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In the Hot Notes: the first Proud Boys’ sentences come in at HALF the recommended time by sentencing guidelines; Representative Jamie Raskin asks Rep Comer to subpoena Jared Kushner after failed attempts to retrieve documents regarding his $2B Saudi payout; several filings are made in Fulton County about the speedy trial considerations and removal of Meadows’ case to federal court; the jury in 1/6 fugitive Brandon Fellows’ case reaches a guilty verdict after submitting a note asking whether the defendant has their personal information; the Biden Administration seeks to close the gun show loophole; conservatives draw up a plan to dismantle to government if Trump wins; Governor Brian Kemp denounces the removal of Fani Willis from office; plus Allison and Dana read your Good News.

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Friday, August 28, 2026

Today, the Navy sailor in distress who jumped off the USS Abraham Lincoln is being brought up on charges of faking an illness; Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and Senator Ashley Moody stole $10M from poor, sick children and funneled it to Republican political campaigns; a former Mike Collins staffer posted Nazi and KKK images; the Talarico campaign is asking the court to unseal Ken Paxton depositions; a top general was asked to drop the helicopter flyby Kid Rock investigation before Hegseth fired him; Chuck Edwards is pushing back against the Ethics Committee findings of sexual misconduct; National Guard members are speaking out against their occupation of DC; the ICE agent Christian Castro who shot Sosa-Celis and lied about it has been released from jail in Texas after Abbott failed to sign his extradition warrant; the Tate brothers were forced to admit they’re fake rich in court; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

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Thursday, August 27, 2026

Today, a federal judge in Boston has lifted the last remaining block on a USPS plan to regulate mail-in ballots, but asks for briefing to re-block it and Democrats have renewed their bid to block it in DC; the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned Black voters’ redistricting win in Georgia; a federal judge has declined a Justice Department request to dismiss the contempt charges against Steve Bannon; a judge rules that ICE agent Christian Castro can be released from a Texas jail because Governor Abbot hasn’t signed the extradition request; a third Dan Sullivan endorses Dan Sullivan over Dan Sullivan in the Alaska senate race; Enes Kanter Freedom has been banned by the Chicago Sky after his altercation with Natasha Cloud; Democrats widen their probe of the Kushner’s Albanian resort deal; actor Tim Curry has died at the age of 80; hundreds are missing after a flash flood sweeps through villages near the Nepal-Tibet border; a judge strikes down the Texas drag ban telling people offended by them “just don’t go”; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

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Judge lifts second block on Trump's mail voting order, clears way for legal fight on constitutionality | Democracy Docket

Citing Callais, appeals court overturns Black voters’ redistricting win in Georgia | Democracy Docket

Dan Sullivan endorses Dan Sullivan to beat Dan Sullivan in perplexing Alaska Senate race | NBC News

Democrats widen Kushner probe to include Albanian resort deal | MS NOW

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Wednesday, August 26, 2026

Today, a father of a sailor aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln was taken into ICE custody while taking his car into the mechanic; Kennedy Center revenue plunged after Trump put his name on the building; a federal judge has rejected Ghislain Maxwell’s bid to get out of prison; two unvaccinated people have died from measles in Pennsylvania; the Padres catching coordinator detained by ICE has been released on bond; CIA director John Ratcliffe is on a secret trip to Russia; a Trump backed House candidate has removed all mentions of Donald from his website; DHS refuses to release an email justifying ICE entering homes without judicial warrants; actress and icon Dolly Parton has died at the age of 80; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

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Tuesday, August 25, 2026

Today, the Supreme Court is letting Trump move forward with his mail ballot Post Office plan; a whole secret White House bunker built during the Obama administration could undermine Trump’s ballroom national security argument; the mayor of Gary Indiana says 12 days without power is unacceptable; the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals has made a ruling that will help some immigrants; Trump escalated his trade war with Canada by threatening to hit imported cars, trucks, automobile parts and steel with 50% tariffs starting Jan. 1, 2027; California has canceled talks with Paramount over the Warner Bros. merger; an arbitrator has ordered the Washington Post to reinstate Karen Attiah, who was fired after posting about Charlie Kirk; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

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Indiana mayor calls it ‘unacceptable’ for thousands to have no power two weeks after storm | The Guardian

California Cancels Talks With Paramount Over Warner Bros. Merger | The New York Times

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Today, minority leader Hakeem Jeffries met in secret with Jared Kushner to discuss how a Democratic House could work with the Trump administration; the Postal Service has published its rule on refusing to send mail ballots to people not on a federal list; Trump’s claims about immigrants voting in Nevada turned out to be completely false; the Navy is weighing removing a Black Navy veteran’s name from a new ship and replacing it with Donald Trump; the DNC is suing the Justice Department for communications about ballot seizures during the midterms; the President will travel to South Carolina to campaign for Darline Nordone; trade talks with Canada have cratered and Mark Carney is fighting back; the Pentagon has fired the editor of Stars and Stripes; Republicans are criticizing the administration’s plan to import foreign beef; protected wild horses are heading to slaughter; a court has slashed Alex Jones’ $50M payout to two Sandy Hook families; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

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Exclusive: Navy weighs renaming carrier slated to honor Black war hero, potentially switching it to Trump | CNN Politics

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney calls new U.S. tariffs ‘a miscalculation’ after trade talks collapse | NBC News

Pentagon Fires Editor and Publisher of Independent Military Publication | The New York Times

GOP lawmakers criticize Trump’s beef import plan amid blowback from ranchers | NBC News

Under Trump, Protected Wild Horses Are Going to Slaughter | The New York Times

Court cuts $50M judgment against Alex Jones over falsely labeling Sandy Hook killings a hoax | AP News

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We’re headed into day two of the Democratic National Convention set to feature Republican speakers; Biden’s State Department gets Netanyahu to agree to a cease fire; we have more details on the Biden impeachment report; The Eighth Circuit DENIES DOJ's request to clarify the SAVE student loan plan injunction; former Republican Rep George Santos pleads guilty to wire fraud and identity theft; the FBI concludes Iran did try to hack both the Trump and Biden campaigns; Biden’s Justice Department says Trump was acting within the scope of his job when he forcibly removed racial justice protestors from Lafayette park in 2020; the Georgia Election Board continues to try and re-write election law in the state; plus Allison delivers your Good News.

 

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In the Hot Notes: Mark Meadows, Sidney Powell, and James Waldron have been beckoned by the Fulton County DA for testimony; two individuals have pled guilty to stealing Ashley Biden’s journal and selling it to Project Veritas; eight sources say the feds aren’t done with Matt Gaetz; Judicial Watch president Tom Fitton has been advising Trump on his dealings with the National Archives; Kenneth Chesebro is resisting a subpoena from the Fulton County DA; a judge rebukes Georgia fraudulent electors trying to wiggle out of prosecution; Judge Reinhart has ordered the release of a heavily redacted Mar-a-Lago search warrant affidavit; President Biden drops the F bomb – fascism – referring to the GOP, the Uvalde School Board unanimously fires police chief Arredondo; and the Interior Inspector General finds Trump appointee Ryan Zinke lied to investigators.

 

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Today, Trump’s comfort blonde Natalie Harp worked for over a year at the White House without a security clearance; religious groups are asking a judge to hold ICE in contempt over an undercover operation; the USS Abraham Lincoln wasn’t resupplied because Hegseth hid the fact that our main supply base had been destroyed by Iranian missiles; FBI agents searched Eric Swalwell’s home as part of a federal investigation; Democrats flipped another Florida school board away from the right wing group Moms for Liberty this week; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

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Thursday, August 20, 2026

Today, US Attorney Jeanine Pirro has a meltdown over a judge releasing a woman accused of vandalizing the WWII memorial in DC; Trump walks back his tariffs on Canada; Pete Hegseth travels to Iowa to campaign for republican Zach Nunn and maybe himself; mixed results emerge from elections in Alaska, Wyoming, California, Pennsylvania, and Florida; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

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Wednesday, August 19, 2026

Today, DeSantis ally and Palm Beach County clerk Mike Caruso has been arrested on child sex abuse charges; the Justice Department is asking the court to reinstate the charges against Abrego Garcia; a San Diego Padres coach has been arrested by ICE in Texas; Trump votes by mail again in Florida; election denier Tina Peters has been hired in northern California; Paramount is asking states to bear the costs of their delayed buyout of Warner Bros. Discovery; the Minnesota Attorney General is suing to extradite an ICE officer from Texas; border construction in Big Bend is suspended after bipartisan pushback; Disney and ABC have sued the FCC to stop the early license renewal process; North Carolina Governor Josh Stein has vetoed a Republican voter suppression bill; the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals says age restrictions on mail voting in South Carolina are unconstitutional; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

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Age restrictions on mail voting are unconstitutional, Fourth Circuit says in rare 26th Amendment case | Democracy Docket

Stein vetoes Republican-backed ‘anti-voter’ North Carolina elections bill | NC Newsline

Border Construction in Big Bend Is Halted After Drawing Criticism | The New York Times

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Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Today, Trump ordered the Pentagon to curtail military exercises with our ally South Korea; a top admiral concedes the abysmal conditions on the USS Abraham Lincoln; Jared Kushner meets with Hamas to advance Trump’s vision for Gaza; the White House took steps to withhold funding from Colorado over Tina Peters; Donald threatens to bomb our ally Oman if they cut a deal with Iran, the Supreme Court again rejects Trump’s push to get his $5.8M back from E Jean Carroll; the NAACP is joining the legal team looking into the death of Nolan Wells; Washington is poised to elect the first out Black trans woman to a state legislature in the United States; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

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Today, the Democratic National Committee passed resolutions that could inform the 2028 party platform; the Justice Department is expanding the military’s law enforcement power; the Food and Drug Administration traveled to Mexico a month after linking Taylor Farms to cyclospora outbreak; U.S. and Ukrainian forces went head to head in a drone exercise and Ukraine won; the Tate brothers’ custody hearing was postponed as they fight extradition; a Canadian petition to oust Hoekstra as the ambassador has nearly 200,000 signatures; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

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Trump and Putin are going to meet in Alaska this week for talks about Ukraine as Zelensky rejects Trump’s proposal to cede territory; a class action lawsuit has been filed against the Trump administration for inhumane conditions at 26 Federal Plaza in New York; Trump is delaying millions of dollars in already approved disaster relief funds for North Carolina; Gregg Abbot claims he’s sending the FBI after Texas Democrats; a gunman who hates the Covid vaccine opened fire at the CDC; we now have our sixth IRS Commissioner after the fifth one refused to hand over private tax data on migrants; the Trump administration is going to destroy two really expensive carbon dioxide measuring satellites on purpose; an appeals court rules that Trump’s clamp down on spending data is against the law; another judge blocks limits on domestic violence grants; Governor Maura Healey signs a new shield law for abortion and trans health care; and Allison and Dana read your Good News.

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Donald Trump asks Judge Merchan to postpone his sentencing until after the election; RFK Jr told Kamala Harris that he would drop out and endorse her if she’d give him a job in her administration; Governor Phil Murphy is set to appoint his former chief of staff George Helmy as outgoing Senator Bob Mendendez’ replacement; five people have been charged in connection with Matthew Perry’s death; Democrats are trying to block the Green Party from the ballot in Wisconsin citing legal issues; Kamala Harris is set to announce a federal ban on corporate price gouging; the Biden Harris Administration announces the first round of negotiated drug prices; JD Vance said on Twitter that he’s willing to do two debates with coach Walz; undercover reporters posing as Republican donors have proof that trump is inextricably linked to project 2025; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.
 

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Today, the Kennedy Center board votes to put Trump’s name back on the building; the government conducted expansive surveillance against ICE protestors in Minnesota; USS Abraham Lincoln sailors tried to jump overboard amid its extended deployment; Max Miller’s ex-wife is suing him for releasing nude photos of their toddler; Ken Paxton donors have been found in the Epstein files; DHS workers used databases to spy on personal acquaintances; Rubio, Bessent and Leavitt were among those used as decoys on Air Force One; a federal judge has dismissed Trump’s antisemitism case against Harvard; that small Kansas newspaper that was raided by the cops gets $850,000; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

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U.S. Investigated Left-Leaning Groups During Minnesota Immigration Crackdown | The New York Times

CBP Workers Allegedly Used Government Databases to Spy on Exes, Crushes, and Colleagues | WIRED

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Thursday, August 13, 2026

Today, mixed results in the August 11th primary elections hand wins to both progressive and establishment Dems as some Trump-backed candidates falter; Jeanine Pirro has convened a special grand jury in DC; the Trump administration is set to spend nearly a billion dollars on the Emotional Support Ballroom; ICE plans to buy gloves for agents that deliver electric shocks; the Kennedy Center has been ordered to pay $250,000 in legal fees to an artist that opposed the name change; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

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Trump administration set to spend at least $900 million on White House construction | The Washington Post

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Wednesday, August 12, 2026

Today, Trump doesn’t rule out using emergency executive power to interfere with the midterm elections; the transparency president has expanded the definition of executive privilege so his private advisors can’t be questioned by Congress; the White House is asking the Justice Department to consider new Reflecting Pool charges; Trump was stuffed into a catering cart and spirited to a secret plane after he ditched the Qatari Air Force One in Turkey; weeks after Belgium’s diamond industry gave Trump a ring with 321 diamonds, 56 sapphires, 13 emeralds and six rubies, it was exempted from paying a U.S. tariff; Judge Talwani has expanded her block on the Postal Service tampering with mail ballots; the government has awarded a $150M contract for migrant children’s lawyers to a Trump-linked Texas law firm; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

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Tuesday, August 11, 2026

Today, the Pentagon is pressing manufacturers to hurry up and build bombs because they’re running out; Iran has decided to stop negotiating with the Trump administration entirely; a magnitude 7.4 earthquake has struck Colombia killing over 100 people; Trump has nominated a loyalist to take over the Inspector General's job at Interior; Lauren Boebert’s son Tyler has been arrested and charged with sexual exploitation of a child; Trump signs an executive order spacing out childhood vaccinations for no scientific reason whatsoever; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

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Thursday, August 8th 2024

The Georgia Election Board gives local officials new powers to investigate election results; the Trump judge in Alaska that resigned over sexual assault allegations is impacting at least 21 cases; despite new criticism; Trump told Walz in 2020 he was 'very happy' with his handling of George Floyd protests; we will fact check Vance’s attack on Tim Walz’s military record; how Lahaina’s 150 year old banyan tree is coming back to life; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

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August 10th, 2022

In the Hot Notes: the FBI has executed a search warrant on sitting member of congress Scott Perry; the Mar-a-Lago search appears to have been focused on whether Trump and his aides withheld items; a court has ruled that the House Ways and Means Committee can obtain Trump’s taxes; Doug Mastriano left his 1/6 committee deposition after his demands weren’t met; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

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