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Monday, September 14, 2026
Today, Todd Blanche’s deputy has filed an appeal to resurrect the $1.776B Slush Fund and Trump tax immunity agreement; Iran-backed Houthis have attacked the East West Saudi oil pipeline and have seized a key island in the Bab al-Mandab Strait; the Pentagon pushed two airmen shot down over Iran to appear on 60 Minutes; Chinese satellite imagery has been linked to an Iranian strike that killed three US troops; Donald Trump pushes back against Anthropic’s Amodei and OpenAI’s Sam Altman called for an artificial intelligence slowdown; a federal judge has ruled that Trump’s plan to cut FEMA by 50% is illegal; plus Allison delivers your Good News.
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‘A f***-up of epic proportions’: Blame game begins after Iran-backed Houthis’ lightning advance down Red Sea coast | CNN
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Monday, September 14, 2026
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The DOJ called my slush fund lawsuit moot and claimed the "fund is dead" one hour after appealing the nullification of the underlying "settlement" agreement to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals.

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Tuesday, September 12th, 2023
In the Hot Notes: new updates on the draining of the pool into the server room that housed surveillance video at Mar-a-Lago, the DoJ has dropped their case against Mike Flynn business partner Bijan Rafiekian; Luis Rubiales has resigned as president of the Spanish football federation after kissing Spain forward Jenny Hermoso without consent; Donald Trump has filed a motion to disqualify Judge Tanya Chutkan and recuse her from his case; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.
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September 15th, 2022
In the Hot Notes: John Durham appears to be wrapping up his investigation into the oranges of the Trump/Russia investigation, his report is expected by the end of the year; the FBI served a warrant on pillowman, Cyber Symposium organizer, and conspiracy theorist Mike Lindell in connection to the charges Tina Peters, the Mesa County, Colorado is facing regarding a scheme that allegedly allowed an unauthorized person to access voting machines; plus an interview with journalist and author David Enrich.

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