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Tuesday, November 18th, 2025 Today, an ICE agent has been arrested for pulling a gun on teenager in Southern California; a judge issues a scathing ruling laying bare Linsdey Halligan’s misconduct in the Comey case; Emil Bove told top Justice Department officials to just sink boats in the Caribbean; an ex Justice Department prosecutor has been elected to serve as the Seattle city attorney; an appea...

Monday, November 17th, 2025 Today, Epstein survivors confirm that Trump killed a Biden-era investigation into the Epstein files; the Comey case is on thin ice as a judge demands missing grand jury tapes; Mike Flynn is in talks with Trump’s DOJ for a $50M settlement as the regime continues to loot the Treasury; the Trump administration is killing Biden’s cash payments for delayed and canceled fligh...

Today, Trump killed a Biden investigation into the Epstein coconspirators, the criminal contempt proceedings against the DOJ are back on track, and over two hours of Halligan’s grand jury proceedings are missing. Check out the video here: https://youtu.be/49HUqKI6bAg 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 e...

Tuesday, November 14th, 2023 In the Hot Notes: ABC News gets a hold of videotapes of Sidney Powell’s and Jenna Ellis’ proffer sessions with the Fulton County DA; the Supreme Court adopts some ethics rules…kind of; the Secret Service opens fire on people attempting to break into a car outside Naomi Biden’s home; Trump allies are pre-screening loyalists for civil service; Tim Scott drops out of the...

Monday, November 11th, 2024 Montana state Democrats see legislative gains after redistricting; US retailers dependent on foreign goods are preparing to raise prices on American consumers; Trump allies and the private sector are quietly preparing for the mass deportation of immigrants; voters reject Initiative 2117 in Washington state; Elon Musk joined Donald Trump’s call with President Zelensky; a...

Friday, November 14th, 2025 Today, new details emerge about the young girl Matt Gaetz exploited that led to the criminal investigation into him for sex trafficking a minor; a judge in the Comey case says a chunk of the grand jury transcripts is missing; Catholic bishops condemn US immigration operations in a rare public statement; a judge in Chicago has ordered the release of hundreds of non high-...

Thursday, November 13th, 2025 Today, House Democrats have released a new trove of Epstein files from the Epstein estate and Republicans are panicking; Adelita Grijalva was sworn in and signed the discharge petition; Trump himself called Mace and Boebert to pressure them to take their names off the discharge petition for the Epstein Files; Blanche, Bondi, and Patel met with Lauren Boebert in the si...

Wednesday, November 12th, 2025 Today, Fannie Mae watchdogs who were removed from their jobs had been probing if Trump appointee Bill Pulte had improperly obtained mortgage records of key Democratic officials; Republicans added a provision to the continuing resolution to allow the Republican Senators whose call logs were subpoenaed by Jack Smith to each collect $500K in taxpayer money; Greg Bovino...

Tuesday, November 11th, 2025 Today, 8 Democratic Senators voted yes to proceed on a government funding bill that doesn’t include an extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies; the Trump administration moves to lift the ban on Abrego Garcia’s removal so they can deport him to Liberia; the First Circuit Court of Appeals denies Trump’s stay to block the payment of SNAP benefits; two top executives at...

Monday, November 10th, 2025 Today, House Democrats want to interview the Andrew formerly known as Prince about the Epstein Files; Elon Musk gets a one trillion dollar Tesla pay package; Trump pardons the former Tennessee House speaker and his aide; a judge issues a permanent injunction against the Department of Education for usurping furloughed employee email accounts; Todd Blanche declares war ag...

This week on the Breakdown, sources confirm what’s in the Epstein files is worse than previously known, plus court rulings barring the deployment of the National Guard and restricting ICE and CBP use of force.   LIVE: Trump COVER UP of DARK PAST BACKFIRES…GOP PANICS!!   Links From the Week Ending 11/09/2025  Trump pushes an end to medical care for transgender youth nationally Venezuela seeks Russi...

November 8th, 2023 In the Hot Notes: incredible results for Democrats in elections across several states this week; the Biden Campaign pens a memo to the media asserting disparity in polling coverage; Hinds County Mississippi precincts faced ballot shortages on election day; a suspect is in custody in connection with the murder of synagogue president Samantha Woll; a former CIA officer has pled gu...

Friday, November 8th, 2024 Republicans admit they intend to implement Project 2025; Gavin Newsom calls a special session to protect liberal policies from the Trump Presidency; the Fed cut interest rates by another quarter percent; Republican Eric Hovde blames a third party candidate for his loss and refuses to concede; Wyoming moves ahead with selling land in the Grand Tetons to the federal govern...

Friday, November 7th, 2025 Today, Sandwich Guy was unanimously acquitted by the jury in DC; Judge Ellis issued a preliminary injunction against ICE and CBP in Chicago finding the government’s version of events isn’t credible and that Bovino lied; the Border Patrol agent in Chicago who shot Marimar Martinez in Chicago is caught bragging about it in text messages; Nancy Pelosi announces her retireme...

Thursday, November 6th, 2025 Today, Democrats sweep elections nationwide sending a strong message to Trump and Republicans; Maryland Governor Wes Moore has set up a redistricting commission to redraw congressional maps; Kansas has decided against redistricting in favor of Republicans; Judge Ellis held her preliminary injunction hearing in Chicago that included questioning of Gregory Bovino; there...

Wednesday, November 5th, 2025 Today, bomb threats rock New Jersey on election day as Trump whines about California mail ballots; FBI Director Kash Patel lashes out at the response to his use of a private jet to visit his girlfriend - and that he has a girlfriend; the Trump and Republican shutdown has threatened food, healthcare, and now heating; Trump’s Justice Department is withholding transcript...

Tuesday, November 4th, 2025 Today, jury selection has started for Sean Dunn, also known as sandwich guy on a misdemeanor assault charge in DC; corporate media strikes again as Teen Vogue has fired its entire politics desk; the deadline to remove rainbow crosswalks in Texas is approaching; Trump’s energy secretary says there’ll be no nuclear explosion testing; Trump told 60 Minutes in a heavily edi...

Monday, November 3rd, 2025 Today, three more people were murdered by the United States in a Caribbean boat strike; Venezuela seeks help from Russia as the US inches closer to war; two judges order Trump to pay SNAP benefits because it’s the law; a Senate report says detainees face neglect in immigration prisons; Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers declares a state of emergency over the Republican shutdo...

Today on the Breakdown, ICE wants to offer cash bounties to inform on immigrants as the government moves toward invoking the insurrection act, DHS is caught red-handed fabricating propaganda, and police confess to a coverup of feds shooting at an unarmed Black man in DC.   Check out the video version: Trump Shock BOUNTY SCHEME is BLOWN WIDE OPEN Reminder - you can see the pod pics if you become a...

Tuesday October 31st, 2023 In the Hot Notes: Judge Chutkan has denied Trump’s bid to stay his limited gag order in the DC coup case; Republican Glenn Youngkin purged over 3400 voters from Virginia voter rolls and lied about it; Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s fraud trial date is set for April 15th; George Santos has a trial date; federal agents are forced to tackle a 1/6 defendant after he’s r...

Tuesday, November 1, 2022 In the Hot Notes; the DoJ has charged the assailant who attempted to assassinate the Speaker of the House; Officer Harry Dunn and others testify in the Oath Keepers trial; Fascism loses in Brazil as Lula beats Bolsonaro; Senator Chris Murphy wants to investigate Saudi Arabia’s role in Musk’s Twitter takeover; Trump appeals to block his tax returns from being handed over t...

Friday, October 31st, 2025 Today, a Tennessee man was held in jail for over a month on a $2M bond because he posted a meme; a Trump nominee for the US export bank withdraws over ties to Russia; Trump lifts sanctions on a Putin-backed autocrat; the administration announces it will resume testing of nuclear weapons; Senate Democrats broaden their investigation into Trump’s Epstein ballroom as demoli...

Thursday, October 30th, 2025 Today, more on the latest boat strikes killing civilians; two federal prosecutors have been put on leave at the direction of the White House because they wanted to hold January 6th rioters accountable for their ongoing criming; the White House fired the Arts Commission that was expected to review Trump construction projects; the Texas Supreme Court ruled that judges ca...

Wednesday, October 29th, 2025 Today, two Illinois National Guard members speak out against their deployment; lawyers allege a coverup after the shooting of an unarmed black man by a federal officer in DC; turbulence caused by Hurricane Melissa forced NOAA to abort a flight into the eye of the strom as it makes landfall in Jamaica as a cat 5; Trump cuts hindered warnings for the Alaska storm that d...

Tuesday, October 28th, 2025 Today, an inside look at the mass blocking of Trump government accounts on Bluesky; State Department intel dissented over Putin’s alleged peace deal with Ukraine; the CNN CEO ordered staff to scale back reporting on the White House demolition; anchor and correspondent John Dickerson is leaving CBS News; Judge Xinis held an emergency hearing in the Kilmar Abrego case; a...