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Monday, June 15th, 2026

Today, the United States Postal Service is seeking to block mail in ballots to any state that doesn’t hand over its voter rolls; the United States struck civilian drinking-water facilities in last week’s strikes; ICE agents detained two people at a preschool graduation in Baltimore; the bystander shot near the White House was hit by Secret Service; the Justice Department has approved Paramount’s acquisition of Warner Brothers; a federal judge halts the Trump administration’s censorship of National Park exhibits; the Supreme Court denies Alabama’s request to proceed with the nitrogen gas execution of Jeffrey Lee; Donald’s name comes off the Kennedy Center as the Opera sues the board for $17M; the New York Knicks come back from a 16 point deficit to win the title; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

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The Latest Breakdown:
Trump DOJ CORNERED by Judge in Jan 6 Cover-Up | The Breakdown

Stories

Postal Service Seeks to Block Mail Ballots in States Resisting Trump Demands | New York Times

Washington Post hit with class action over ‘surveillance pricing’ scheme | Courthouse News Service

DHS says detained man "violently resisted arrest" and dragged ICE officer outside Baltimore school | CBS News

Alabama seeks lethal injection execution for death row inmate after Supreme Court rejects nitrogen gas method | CBS News

Bystander shot near White House is Army soldier with ‘severe injuries,’ attorney says | NBC4 Washington

Kennedy Center says it has fully removed Trump’s name from its building | CNN Politics

US judge orders halt to Trump administration's 'censorship' of park exhibits | Reuters

Knicks win first championship in 53 years, igniting celebrations and chaos in New York City | PBS News

Good Trouble

SOMA Action

→Triumphal Arch - Section 106 Assessment of Effect and Draft Programmatic Agreement

→Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance -  Open For Comments

→The Forest Service is accepting public comments until June 7th

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→Recall Gov. Jeff Landry - Louisianadeservesbetter.com

→STOP the deportation of Mohsen Mahdawi - Action Network

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→FieldTeam6.org

→Standwithminnesota.com

→Tell Congress Ice out Now | Indivisible, Defund ICE | 5Calls

→Congress: Divest From ICE and CBP | ACLU

→ICE List  →iceout.org

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The Kennedy Center

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Monday, June 15, 2026

Congratulations New York

Democratic  Messengers Are Emerging

The Idiocracy of it All

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Jay Clayton, the nominee for Director of National Intelligence, was part of Blanche’s plot to manipulate the courts in order to protect Trump from the Epstein fallout.

Allison breaks down explosive reports detailing how top Trump allies, including Todd Blanche and J.D. Vance, manipulated the courts to shield Donald Trump from fallout over the Epstein files.

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Monday, June 9th, 2025

Trump and Kegseth mobilize the National Guard against peaceful protesters in Los Angeles County; Abrego Garcia is back on US soil after being hit with trumped up criminal charges over a 2022 traffic stop in Tennessee; San Antonio police walk back their statements about the murder of Jonathan Joss not being a hate crime; the Trump regime scrambles to rehire wrongfully terminated federal employees; the Supreme Court has rejected a Republican bid to throw out provisional ballots in Pennsylvania; the high court has also left in place a ban on high capacity firearms in DC; a West Virginia prosecutor is warning that women who experience miscarriages could be criminally charged; the Boulder Colorado suspect who is already facing nearly 120 criminal charges appeared in court for a federal hate crime charge; Tesla is seeking to block the city of Austin from releasing records on the robotaxi trial; the Supreme Court has allowed DOGE access to our Social Security data and has allowed DOGE to keep records private; 13 House Republicans urge their colleagues in the Senate to block some climate cuts in the Billionaire Bailout Bill that they voted for; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

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Stories

Trump administration races to fix a big mistake: DOGE fired too many people | The Washington Post

Tesla seeks to block city of Austin from releasing records on robotaxi trial | Reuters

The National Guard in Los Angeles | Lawfare

National Guard troops arrive in Los Angeles as immigration enforcement tensions escalate | CBS News

Colorado attack suspect, already facing nearly 120 state charges, appears in court on federal hate crime charge | CNN

13 House Republicans urge Senate to scale back clean energy cuts in bill they voted for | NBC News

Good Trouble

Video: West Virginia prosecutor warns women about possibly facing charges over miscarriages | CNN

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Thursday, June 16th, 2022

In the Hot Notes: Barry Loudermilk continues to obfuscate the tour he gave as video evidence is released that the group was taking photos of tunnels and staircases and at least one of them marched on the Capitol the next day; Trump appointed judge Trevor McFadden finds the Seafrieds guilty of obstructing an official proceeding and four other counts in a BENCH trial; Bannon’s motion to dismiss his criminal contempt charge is denied; the Buffalo shooting suspect has been hit with 26 federal hate crimes charges by Merrick Garland; and a south Florida synagogue sues over the state’s 15 week abortion ban; plus Dana and Allison deliver your Good News.

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