Monday, October 27th, 2025 Today, the New York Times reveals the $130M Pentagon donor is the heir to the Mellon banking fortune; the US is sending an aircraft carrier to waters off South America; Trump announces he will send election monitors to California and New Jersey; New York and California will fund Planned Parenthood in their respective states after Trump cuts; Trump plans to deport Kilmar Abrego to Liberia; Letitia James pled not guilty to mortgage fraud and has filed motions to dismiss the charges against her; Don Jr’s start up drone company just won a huge no bid Army contract; Judge Ellis in Chicago orders Kristi Noem to produce Gregory Bovino to testify about why he defied a court order; a left leaning independent has won the Irish presidential election; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

Today, Allison reveals the $130M donor to pay the military is connected to Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking ring, Jack Smith calls Jim Jordan's bluff to testify but he wants to do it publicly, and Judge Ellis has ordered testimony from Gregory Bovino.

October 23rd, 2024 John Kelly confirms to the Atlantic that Trump called military and veterans suckers and losers; the Georgia Supreme Court unanimously upholds the block of the State Election Board’s last minute rule changes; US officials confirm the smear of Tim Walz was Russian propaganda; Rudy has been ordered to hand his property over to Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss; judges have rejected the RNC lawsuits challenging some overseas ballots in Michigan and North Carolina; the former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO has been charged with sex trafficking over a dozen victims; a Philadelphia man has been charged for making gruesome threats against a person recruiting poll watchers; the Army has been ordered to release the report of the Trump incident at Arlington National Cemetery; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

Friday, October 27th, 2023 In the Hot Notes: at least 18 people are dead and another 13 injured after shootings in Lewiston Maine; New York Republicans push ahead with a resolution to expel George Santos from the House; NRA revenue is in free-fall after dues and membership plummet; A federal judge has struck down Georgia’s congressional and legislative maps ruling that they violate Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act; Ford and the United Auto Workers Union have reached a tentative deal that includes a record pay raise; Republicans delay more than $1B in HIV program funding; a former healthcare executive is charged for a multi-million dollar Medicare fraud scheme; the DoJ responds to Trump’s motions to stay his DC gag order and to alert the court of his advice of counsel defense; the US economy grew at a blistering rate in the third quarter; the Ohio secretary of state has quietly removed 26,000 people from voter rolls; plus Allison delivers your Good News. Dana is out and about.

Friday, October 24th, 2025 Today, the Associated Press reports the entire East Wing of the White House has been completely demolished; Kilmar Abrego has subpoenaed Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche and other senior DOJ officials to testify at the hearing on his motion to dismiss the indictment for vindictive prosecution; beleaguered fraud and bribery Mayor Eric Adams has endorsed sex pest Andrew Cuomo for Mayor of New York City; a DC man who played Darth Vader’s Imperial March at National Guardsman has been arrested and the ACLU is suing on his behalf; Reps Raskin and Garcia are investigating Trump’s attempt to steal $230M from the taxpayers. Allison will return on Friday.

Thursday, October 23rd, 2025 Today, federal agents descend on Chinatown in New York in an apparent raid; an ICE agent fired shots hitting an alleged immigrant and a US Marshal during a traffic stop in Los Angeles; New York Attorney General Letitia James has launched a portal to collect evidence against federal agents; Illinois and Chicago urge the Supreme Court to uphold a block on National Guard deployment; Senator Jeff Merkley warns 'tyranny has arrived' in marathon floor speech protesting Trump; SNAP benefits are about to expire and California Governor Gavin Newsom is taking action; and a new Quinnipiac poll has Democrats way up on the general ballot; and Dana delivers your Good News. Allison will return on Friday.

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2025 Today, Donald Trump is demanding a $230M payout from his own Justice Department to compensate him for his legal troubles; Trump’s Office of Special Counsel nominee to replace the improperly fired Hampton Dellinger calls himself a Nazi; the Treasury tells employees to please not share images of Trump demolishing the White House; Pro Tempore Speaker of the House runs away when Raskin calls for unanimous consent to swear in Adelita Grijalva; a pardoned January 6th insurrectionist has been arrested for making death threats against Hakeem Jeffries; more than a third of people that applied for ICE have failed the fitness test; banned books are being returned to military libraries; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

Tuesday, October 21st, 2025 Today, a three judge panel on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rules that Trump can deploy the National Guard to Portland; Trump has begun demolishing the East Wing of the White House; Judge Ellis in Chicago permits the deposition of Border Patrol Czar Gregory Bovino; the Supreme Court will review a gun law prohibiting drug addicts from access to firearms; Jim Comey has filed his motions to dismiss based on vindictive and selective prosecution and the illegitimate appointment of Lindsay Halligan; a White House official said he thinks the government shutdown will end this week; Lindsay Halligan sent personal Signal chat messages to Anna Bower; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

Monday, October 20th, 2025 Today, over 7 million people came out to protest tyranny this weekend in the largest single protest in American history; more universities have rejected Trump’s compact; the head of the military’s Southern Command has stepped down amid concerns over the legality of the Venezuelan boat strikes; Marco Rubio sold out informants to El Salvador’s Bukele; the New York GOP has disbanded it’s Young Republicans group after the racists texts were leaked; the US is repatriating survivors of the latest Venezuelan boat strike; Trump has commuted the sentence of felony fraudster George Santos; Prince Andrew has renounced his titles ahead of the release of Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoir; more Epstein files have been released by House Oversight; a former ICE director says Trump is putting agents in a terrible position (boo fucking hoo); Putin is demanding Ukraine give up territory in a call with Trump; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

This week on the breakdown, Allison shares court documents showing the government may be deleting evidence, plus updates on Trump’s weaponization of justice, and more restraining orders against the feds.

Thursday, October 19th, 2023 Jim Jordan loses AGAIN and by a LARGER MARGIN as some in the caucus complain about them and their spouses receiving threats; Senator Bob Menendez has been prohibited from receiving a classified briefing on Israel; Justice Amy Coney Barrett thinks ethics rules for SCOTUS sounds like a good idea; third party candidate Cornel West draws the maximum campaign donation from Harlan Crow; Twitter troll Douglass Mackey has been sentenced to seven months in prison; Trump lawyer John Lauro tried to lawyer in DC without being a member of the bar or having local counsel; Judge McAfee denies Ken Chesebro and Sidney Powells motion to dismiss and Chesebro’s motion to exclude his memos from evidence. Dana is out and about.

Wednesday October 19th, 2022 In the Hot Notes: the special master Judge Dearie has some questions about Donald’s incomplete and contradictory privilege log; Bill Barr’s handpicked special counsel strikes out again; an ex Oath Keeper who has pled guilty testified at trial today that he was expecting to be charged with treason; and Nancy Pelosi tells MSNBC she was concerned about the Secret Service being a danger to Mike Pence during the Capitol attack.; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

Friday, October 17th, 2025 Today, John Bolton has been indicted on 18 counts of transmission and retention of national defense information under the Espionage Act; a 7th Circuit panel unanimously upholds the order blocking the National Guard deployment to Chicago; a federal judge orders ICE in Chicago to have body worn cameras because they’re violating her previous court order; the House Oversight Committee demands Pam Bondi explain the transfer of Ghislaine Maxwell by October 30th; the new Oklahoma schools superintendent rescinds the mandate for Bible instruction in schools; Trump orders the IRS to go after Democratic non profits; a Florida judge has blocked the transfer of land in Florida for the Trump Presidential Library; the Supreme Court is poised to further curtail the Voting Rights Act; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

Thursday, October 16th, 2025 Today, dozens of Pentagon reporters have turned in their access badges and exited the Pentagon; Brown University rejects Trump’s extortion bid; a federal judge has blocked Trump’s federal layoffs; a different federal judge has issued a restraining order against Republican Rep Cory Mills; Los Angeles County declares a state of emergency over immigration raids; Young Republicans are losing their jobs over racist chat groups; one person is dead and another two are missing in devastating floods in Alaska; Mike Johnson and Hakeem Jeffries will debate on CSPAN; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

Wednesday, October 15th, 2025 Today, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes threatens legal action against Mike Johnson for refusing to swear in Adelita Grijalva; Jack Smith speaks out about his investigations into Donald Trump with former Mueller prosecutor Andrew Weissmann; Stephen Miller has murdered another five people in a Caribbean boat strike; major airports are refusing to play Kristi Noem’s propaganda video wrongly blaming Democrats for the shutdown; Maine Governor Janet Mills enters the Senate race against Susan Collins; the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals shoots down a Republican request for a re-hearing of a Pennsylvania voter suppression case; the Supreme Court rejects Alex Jones’ bid to appeal his $1.5B defamation loss to Sandy Hook families; Jim Jordan demands testimony from Jack Smith in front of the House Judiciary Committee; a federal judge rules Trump defied a court order over FEMA funding; President Obama endorses yes on Prop 50 in California; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

Tuesday, October 14th, 2025 Today, major media outlets are refusing to sign the new Pentagon policy that requires pre-approval of news stories; Trump manages to screw up the ceasefire and hostage deal in the Middle East; Education Department layoffs hit the offices responsible for special education and civil rights; Ghislaine Maxwell met with anonymous high profile visitors in the chapel at club fed; there are more problems being reported with the investigation into the death of Jeffrey Epstein; ICE issued a $130 ticket to a US Citizen who didn’t have his papers on him; Republican Rep Kevin Kiley breaks with Speaker Mike Johnson; Missouri Democrats have an opportunity to block a gerrymandered Republican map; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

Monday, October 13th, 2025 Today, former national security advisor John Bolton could be indicted as early as this week; Trump robs Peter to pay Paul without Congressional authorization; Donald’s nominee for the Office of Special Counsel is a sex pest; a Republican has purchased Dominion voting machines; stocks tank as Trump extends China tariffs; Republicans want to gut a 50 year old law that protects sea life; Donald is scrambling to re-hire top CDC scientists he just fired; MIT rejects the regime’s shakedown of nine major universities; a librarian fired in a dispute of LGBTQ+ books gets a massive settlement; the guy deploying troops against his own citizens loses the Nobel peace prize; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

Friday, October 14th, 2022 Former President Donald John Trump has been unanimously subpoenaed by the Congressional committee investigating a coup; the same former president lost his Supreme Court bid to review classified documents in an espionage investigation; the former Vice President’s counsel testified before a federal grand jury after having resolved privilege issues; and the NYAG has filed an injunction to prevent the former president from hiding business assets in her civil investigation; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News. *Correction - AG says that Pelosi was speaking with Attorney General Bill Barr on January 6th. Barr had resigned; Pelosi was speaking with Acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen.

Thursday, October 12th, 2023 In the Hot Notes: a group of 67 Twitter accounts spread coordinated disinformation about the Israel-Hamas war as Elon blocks community notes; after Trump’s endorsement and four former OSU students speak out against him, Jim Jordan loses the nomination for Speaker to David Duke without the baggage Steve Scalise; the 11th Circuit has denied Florida’s request to let its drag ban go into effect; House Democrat Pat Ryan will introduce a resolution demanding Tuberville lift his hold on military promotions; Donald Trump tells a court in Colorado that he had no obligation to support the Constitution as president; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

Friday, October 10th, 2025 Today, a federal judge has issued a restraining order barring federal agents from using riot control weapons against journalists and protestors in Chicago; a different federal judge has granted a TRO in part against National Guard deployment in Chicago; a pastor shot in the head by ICE agents is suing over First Amendment threats; Trump’s message to Pam Bondi about indicting Comey and Tish James was supposed to be a DM; Oklahoma’s Republican governor is condemning the National Guard deployment in Chicago; ICE detains and threatens an Oregon man despite citizenship; Lindsay Halligan has indicted NYAG Letitia James; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.