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Thursday, November 12, 2026
Today, Democrat Scott Colom has won his race in Mississippi for United States Senate; the White House sent a letter to Rep Robert Garcia threatening criminal investigations for oversight; the sentinel at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier verbally reprimanded Pete Hegseth today for his group talking and laughing at the memorial; Trump lawyer Alina Habba has lost her $50M job; the ICE officer who shot a man in Biddeford Maine is a hateful bigot; the tech bros are panicking and pivoting left; a Somali bodyguard was indicted in a bid to incriminate Representative Ilhan Omar; Trump’s anti-trans Justice Department Civil Division Chief has resigned; Montana State House Democrats have elected two trans people to lead them; the Seattle Public Schools board has given the district the authority to hire lawyers and pursue legal action over the transgender sports initiative; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.
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Wednesday, November 11, 2026
Today, Jim Jordan has been elected 106 - 73 to be the House Minority Leader in another failure to read the room; Senator Sanders gave a press conference saying he will not support Schumer as Senate Majority Leader; Mississippi kicked tens of thousands of eligible voters off the rolls on the eve of the midterm elections using faulty credit reporting agency data; Pete Hegseth doubles down on his war crimes during a press conference for an audience of one; ICE recruits are being hired despite glaring red flags; a US Army service member was arrested in the UK on allegations of spying for Russia; the Macrons have sued Candace Owens in Tennessee for defamation; the Justice Department is intervening in a Texas lawsuit against Planned Parenthood; a federal appeals court narrowed the DOJ’s search of journalists’ records; House Democrats said they will finally hang the January 6th memorial plaque; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.
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Executive Director of Open Secrets to discuss midterm election spending.
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Tuesday, November 10, 2026

Today, Republican Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky re-introduced 8 articles of Impeachment against Pete Hegseth; Don Junior and Eric Trump have received another massive government contract; the Supreme Court is allowing the administration to build a section of the border wall at Big Bend National Park with only Justice Jackson dissenting; an 8 year old Haitian boy was put in federal custody after an ICE check in; Donald Trump is back on his bullshit about rigged elections; Russel Brand has been sentenced to 10 and a half years in prison; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

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Lehigh Valley Democrats flip four state seats

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Monday, November 9, 2026
Today, Hakeem Jeffries says he’s a hard yes for a Hegseth impeachment this week; Trump has appointed Stephen Miller to take over for Susie Wiles as White House Chief of Staff; Trump appointed UFC fighter and wife beater Dana White as press secretary; the FBI has subpoenaed an Alaska senate candidate just days before the election; Senator Van Hollen says Chuck Schumer should not get a blank check to be the Majority Leader; the president of Israel has tapped Netanyahu’s opponent to form a majority government; a federal judge has blocked construction of Trump’s arch; Judge Ana Reyes has appointed a special master to investigate whether administration officials lied under oath about the East Potomac golf course; plus Allison delivers your Good News.
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Indivisible
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Mightier Than the Sword by Jim Ruland | Simon & Schuster

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Monday, November 9, 2026
No more Normalizing Abhorrent Behavior
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