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Wednesday, November 4, 2026

Today, Americans head to the polls for the final day of voting in the midterm elections; the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals is allowing the DOJ to threaten state election officials with prosecution; the Justice Department sent out approximately 20 target letters to Democratic officials in their bogus Alaska election investigation; Trump has promised preemptive pardons to Elon Musk and DOGE employees; Google threatens to shut off searches for schools that reject the use of artificial intelligence; anger at Trump is driving a surge in Black voter turnout across the South; Governor Mikie Sherrill warns New Jersey ports to reject Russian fuel shipments; the Trump administration says it will roll back protections for pregnant people in the workplace; plus Allison and Dana delivers your Good News.

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Tuesday, November 3, 2026
Today, the Supreme Court has denied the Trump administration’s emergency application in the California voter roll case; a federal judge has tossed the Trump administration’s criminal charges against two former FBI officials over their testimony about Hunter Biden’s laptop; Kennedy Center leaders jeopardized the institution’s operations by tying millions of dollars in funding to keeping President Donald Trump’s name on its building; Alina Habba’s husband is now under White House scrutiny for the deals they cut without Trump’s knowledge; the Trump administration plans to fly the Afghan immigrants from Louisiana to Pakistan where they are expected to be expelled over the border to Afghanistan; plus Dana delivers your Good News.
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Monday, November 2, 2026
Today, a federal judge tosses Blanche and Trump’s lawsuit seeking to block certification of the Alaska election results; Senator Chris Murphy suffered a minor stroke Sunday and is recovering at Johns Hopkins; a federal judge imposed a sweeping emergency order halting various aggressive tactics employed by the Trump administration in recent days to pressure election officials across the country; over 40% of the names on DOJ’s list of 20,000 California non-citizens are not even on the voter rolls; the FBI is trying to fabricate voter confusion over the Dan Sullivans in Alaska; the ICE officer who purposefully ran down a man in Houston has been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon; ICE paid $495M for a $75M prison and Congressional Democrats want to investigate; a judge is weighing blocking the construction of Trump’s arch; a judge has dismissed Trump’s defamation case against the Wall Street Journal; Haley Stevens has endorsed Abdul El-Sayed’s Republican opponent Mike Rogers; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.
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**The interview of Matthew Cole in this episode contains allegations that have not been independently verified by this network. It is important to note that Jared Kushner’s attorney has denied all of the allegations made by the author.
Mr. Kushner has published his response on his website: https://jaredkushner.com/posts/response-to-matthew-coles-book/

Guest: Matthew Cole - Author of Princes and Thieves: Jared Kushner and Mohamed bin Zayed's Secret Plot to Remake the Middle East

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Monday, November 2, 2026
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The interview you're about to hear, or the interview you're about to see, depending on whether you're watching it or listening to it, contains allegations that have not been independently verified by this network, MSW Media. It is important to note that Jared Kushner's attorney has denied all of the allegations made by the author in the book Princes and Thieves.
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Princes and Thieves by Matthew Cole

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