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Tuesday, May 26th, 2026 Today, Iran talks break down over nuclear material; Donald uses another shooting that happened nowhere near him to justify his ballroom; authorities say the risk of a catastrophic explosion at a chemical plant in Southern California has been eliminated; Ugandan health officials report more cases of Ebola virus infections; there have been over 10K court rulings against the T...

Monday, May 25th, 2026 Today, a tank with toxic chemicals has developed a crack forcing 40K Southern California residents to evacuate; Trump’s latest Iran deal is a total disaster; green card seekers must leave the US to apply according to a new policy; Howard Lutnick gave House Republicans $5M before he testified about Epstein; a Trump official tried to ban half of US voting machines; the FBI was...

Monday, May 25th 2026 Blanche's Mistakes Lead To Case Dismissal California Rising - It was a powerful night to launch the fight to win back the House! The show is over but you can still help us reach our fundraising goal! bluewavecalifornia.org/concert The Daily beans is donating $10,000 and invites you to give what you can to support their life-affirming work at https://itgetsbetter.org/dailybean...

Allison speaks with former Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn and his lawyer Brendan Ballou about their lawsuit to dissolve the $1.8B slush fund for insurrectionists. Reminder - you can see the pod pics if you become a Patron. The good news pics are at the bottom of the show notes of each Patreon episode! That’s just one of the perks of subscribing! patreon.com/muellershewrote   Listener Surve...

Friday, May 24th, 2024 The Supreme Court rules that the racially gerrymandered South Carolina map is fine; Louisiana has passed a bill making the abortion pill a controlled substance; the Biden campaign is quietly meeting with Haley supporters after she endorsed Trump; Ohio Governor DeWine calls for the state legislature to pass a bill ensuring Biden appears on the ballot; Governor Gavin Newsom si...

Monday, May 19th, 2025 The supreme court extends  its temporary block on the removal of detainees in the Northern District of Texas under the Alien Enemies Act proclamation; the Republican bill for billionaires is killed in committee; Trump’s FEMA admits it has no plan for hurricane season; DHS asks for 20K National Guard troops to assist ICE;  HHS reinstates hundreds of health care workers; an ap...

Friday, May 22nd, 2026 Today, the Republican ICE funding bill has been delayed by the $1.8B IRS slush fund for terrorists; Colorado Democrats have censured Governor Jared Polis over his commutation of Tina Peters’ sentence; Trump’s handpicked commission approves his ridiculous arch; Jamie Raskin introduces a bill to block Trump’s slush fund; the DOJ loses voter roll cases in Maine and Wisconsin; t...

Friday, May 22nd, 2026 Dems Were ICE Cold May Be Too Corrupt for Republicans Mitch, You Were Complicit 2028? Check out the Breakdown on Sunday California Rising - It was a powerful night to launch the fight to win back the House! The show is over but you can still help us reach our fundraising goal! bluewavecalifornia.org/concert The Daily beans is donating $10,000 and invites you to give what you...

Thursday, May 21st, 2026 Today, the billion dollar ballroom provision has been officially stripped from the Republican budget bill; former weaponization czar Ed Martin told a friend in February that January sixers were going to get a government payout; the judge in the Broadview 6 case calls for a closed door briefing; an early goal of the Iran war was to install hardline leader Mahmoud Ahmadineja...

Wednesday, May 20th, 2026 Today, The Senate finally advances a War Powers Resolution after eight tries; Todd Blanche refuses to block slush fund payouts for convicted sex offenders and rioters that assaulted police on January 6th; the DOJ adds a stipulation to the slush fund that ends the IRS audits into Trump’s taxes; Donald has endorsed Ken Paxton for Senate and Republicans are livid; Trump is p...

Tuesday, May 19th, 2026 Today, Trump has unilaterally dropped his $10B lawsuit against the IRS and has set up a $1.7B slush fund to pay his criminal co-conspirators; the district attorney in Hennepin County Minnesota has charged ICE officer Christian Castro with assault and lying in the shooting of Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis; a jury has dismissed Elon Musk’s claims against Open AI CEO Sam Altman; the...

Monday, May 18th, 2026 Today, a former judge weighs in on Trump's $1.7B slush fund for January 6th rioters in a court filing; the Senate parliamentarian has stripped the $1B ballroom provision from Republican’s budget reconciliation bill; Colorado Governor Jared Polis has commuted the sentence of voter data thief Tina Peters; the Federal Aviation Administration is going to sharply cut the number o...

Monday, May 18th, 2026 He Still Doesn’t Care leavingmaga.org  The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact California Rising - It was a powerful night to launch the fight to win back the House! The show is over but you can still help us reach our fundraising goal! bluewavecalifornia.org/concert The Daily beans is donating $10,000 and invites you to give what you can to support their life-affirming...

No, the president cannot sue himself to establish a slush fund to reward his criminal co-conspirators. Allison breaks down a brief filed by outside parties arguing that the courts don't have jurisdiction to consider the case because you can't sue yourself. Reminder - you can see the pod pics if you become a Patron. The good news pics are at the bottom of the show notes of each Patreon episode! Tha...

Wednesday, May 18th, 2022 In the Hot Notes: The DoJ has asked the 1/6 committee for transcripts of their depositions; Tom Barrack is hit with superseding indictments; former RNC finance chair Steve Wynn has been sued to compel him to register as a foreign agent to China for Donald Trump; the 1/6 committee is unlikely to call Donald Trump to testify; Matt Gaetz went ballistic on FBI agents in his h...

Tuesday, May 13th, 2025 The US accepts the first planeload of white Afrikaners while still somehow unable to get the people back from El Salvador; the ICE detention facility in Newark has been served with violations by the city after the mayor’s arrest; Andrew Cuomo loses $622,000 over concerns of improper super PAC coordination; Republicans in the Senate push back against Trump’s takeover of the...

Friday, May 15th, 2026 Today, Donald Trump is poised to steal $1.7B from the Treasury to pay his allies prosecuted under Biden including the January 6th insurrectionists; the Supreme Court restores mail access to mifepristone pending appeal with Thomas and Alito dissenting; Trump Border Patrol Chief Mike Banks has abruptly quit amid reports that he traveled abroad to solicit sex workers; emails sh...

Friday, May 15th, 2026 Farewell Colbert “Mr. Wonderful” is a total Douche @elevate_Utah on Instagram California Rising - It was a powerful night to launch the fight to win back the House! The show is over but you can still help us reach our fundraising goal! bluewavecalifornia.org/concert The Daily beans is donating $10,000 and invites you to give what you can to support their life-affirming work...

Thursday, May 14th, 2026 Today, Kash Patel is lying about his success stats at the FBI; the Pentagon is considering changing the name of the war in Iran if the ceasefire fails which is a weird headline given there was an active naval blockade this whole time meaning there can’t have been a ceasefire; a bill to end the war in the Senate failed because Fetterman voted against it; Cindy Burbank won t...

Wednesday, May 13th, 2026 Today, the Department of Homeland Security is closing Alligator Alcatraz citing costs; Trump’s complaints about leaks regarding the Iran war has prompted aggressive investigations into journalists by the Justice Department; a federal grand jury has subpoenaed New York University’s hospital system for the health records of transgender minors; Democrats on House Oversight h...

Tuesday, May 12th, 2026 Today, the Supreme Court green-lights an 11th-hour Alabama redistricting plan for the 2026 election; Virginia Democrats back off plans to circumvent the state Supreme Court ruling on redistricting, instead filing an appeal to the US Supreme Court; Samuel Alito cited fake data in his Voting Rights Act opinion; a third federal appeals court rejects the Trump administration's...

Monday, May 11th, 2026 Today, the Virginia Supreme Court has struck down redistricting voted on by the people; the NAACP is suing Tennessee Republicans over the gerrymander that eliminated the sole Black congressional district; ABC has accused the Trump administration of violating their First Amendment rights; Donald is planning on firing FDA Commissioner Marty Makary; the Trump administration is...

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Allison talks with Epstein Survivor Annie Farmer who reveals there's another Jane Doe accusing the DOJ of withholding her documents, and the upcoming shadow hearing with survivors in Palm Beach Tuesday, May 12th. Reminder - you can see the pod pics if you become a Patron. The good news pics are at the bottom of the show notes of each Patreon episode! That’s just one of the perks of subscribing! pa...

Tuesday, May 6th, 2025 Governor Katie Hobbs has vetoed three anti-trans bills in Arizona; 20 cops raided a drag show at an LGBTQ bar in Pittsburgh; the Trump administration has dismantled a gun violence victim memorial at ATF; 20 state attorneys general are suing the Trump regime to restore health agencies; Brian Kemp says he will NOT run for Senate in 2026; the third party messaging app used by M...