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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-order...

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...

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 propo...

Friday, September 4, 2026 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 ci...

Thursday, September 3, 2026 Today, Ed Markey has soundly defeated Seth Moulton in the Massachusetts Senate primary; the Trump administration has mobilized hundreds of DHS agents to scour voter lists for non-existent fraud; the Justice Department has drafted an OLC memo saying states must report all undocumented immigrants or lose federal funding; a Canadian company just won a $382M ICE contract; t...

Wednesday, September 2, 2026 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 Govern...

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 gov...

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 incl...

Monday, August 31, 2026 Expand The Court Is Going Mainstream Leopards Eat Milo Yiannopoulos’ Face Moxie Moment: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcjmVYWgsnO/?igsi=MWF3c2w0Nm9idzN3ZA%3D%3D   Spanish Ballroom - Klondike Kate and the Pantages Theater - McMenamins: https://www.mcmenamins.com/events/274791-klondike-kate-and-the-pantages-theater   Subscribe to the MSW YouTube Channel - MSW Media...

Allison discusses the probability of Justice Department lawyers being held in contempt over the possible refusal to hand over handwritten FBI interview notes about Donald Trump in the Epstein files.  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.co...

Monday, August 25th, 2025 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 dismant...

Friday, September 1st, 2023 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 fe...

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 unse...

Friday, August 28, 2026 The Great Lakes Already Have Names Apologies for our Dumbass President, Canada Moxie Moment: https://www.instagram.com/reel /DcUdUZrPJSa/?igsi=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D   Spanish Ballroom - Klondike Kate and the Pantages Theater - McMenamins: https://www.mcmenamins.com/events/274791-klondike-kate-and-the-pantages-theater Subscribe to the MSW YouTube Channel - MSW Media - Yo...

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 co...

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 deta...

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 immigra...

Monday, August 24, 2026 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 Blac...

Monday, August 24, 2026 Get The Flock Out Iowa Being Fair to Trump They’re Blaming Trump’s Economy on Biden Moxie Moment: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcPoNoUsSQb/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D   Spanish Ballroom - Klondike Kate and the Pantages Theater - McMenamins: https://www.mcmenamins.com/events/274791-klondike-kate-and-the-pantages-theater Subscribe to the MSW YouTube Channel - MSW Media - You...

During joint status preparation emails in Allison’s lawsuit to get the Epstein Files redaction training materials, the FBI admitted they ignored part of our request and hid it from us for 8 months. I'll show you what they said and our response on today's episode of The Breakdown. 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 e...

Wednesday, August 21st 2024 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 frau...

Friday, August 26th, 2022 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 Nationa...

Friday, August 21, 2026 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’...

Friday, August 21, 2026 Running Cover for Darlene More Felonies Than Approval Points Moxie Moment: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcOdffijGsi/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D   Spanish Ballroom - Klondike Kate and the Pantages Theater - McMenamins: https://www.mcmenamins.com/events/274791-klondike-kate-and-the-pantages-theater   Subscribe to the MSW YouTube Channel - MSW Media - YouTube Dr. Allison Gill...

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 deliv...