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The Buck Stops Elsewhere Briefing 06/03/2026 by Kyle Mantyla Cleve R. Wootson Jr. @ The Washington Post : America’s 250th birthday celebration increasingly centers on Trump From a $250 bill to special passports to a presidential rally, many Independence …

Get Out Briefing 06/02/2026 by Kyle Mantyla Farrah Tomazin @ The Daily Beast : Trump Gives Tulsi Gabbard’s Job to Nepo Baby Sycophant  The president has elevated one of his most combative and controversial appointees to the key senior national security …

Dumb Briefing 06/01/2026 by Kyle Mantyla Marc Caputo @ Axios : Trump admin plans to drop "weaponization" fund The Trump administration plans to drop its controversial $1.8 billion "weaponization" fund the president sought to compensate alleged victims of …

The Birthday Boy Defense Briefing 05/29/2026 by Kyle Mantyla Hemant Mehta @ Friendly Atheist : Christian Nationalists made a movie about “anti-Christian bias” by the government “By Dawn’s Early Light” turns minor inconveniences into a full-blown fantasy …

Pure Politicization Briefing 05/28/2026 by Kyle Mantyla Glenn Thrush and Benjamin Weiser @ The New York Times : Justice Dept. Is Said to Open Criminal Inquiry of E. Jean Carroll Over Trump Lawsuits Ms. Carroll, who prevailed in a civil trial after …

Intentionally Discriminatory Briefing 05/26/2026 by Kyle Mantyla Sarah Rumpf @ Mediaite : Trump-Appointed Judges Deal Blow to President By Blocking Alabama’s GOP-Favoring Congressional Map as ‘Intentionally Discriminatory’ A three-judge panel — two of …

The Most Corrupt Week Briefing 05/21/2026 by Kyle Mantyla Marshall Cohen, Holmes Lybrand, and Donie O'Sullivan @ CNN : ‘This is long overdue’: Jan. 6 rioters and election deniers celebrate Trump’s $1.8 billion compensation fund Supporters of President …

Right-Wing Revisionism Briefing 05/20/2026 by Kyle Mantyla Ryan J. Reilly @ NBC News : DOJ official told GOP ally that big payouts were coming for Jan. 6 defendants Months before the $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund was announced, Ed Martin …

Unprecedented Corruption Briefing 05/19/2026 by Kyle Mantyla Alex Griffing @ Mediaite : Todd Blanche Concedes Creation of Trump’s $1.8 Billion Payout Fund Is Unprecedented, Won’t Guarantee Money Won’t Go to MAGA Donors Sen. Chris Coons (D-CT) grilled …

A Billion Dollar Slush Fund Briefing 05/18/2026 by Kyle Mantyla Alex Nguyen @ Mother Jones : Trump Just Gave Himself a $1.8 Billion Slush Fund to Reward His Friends And the public may never know who their money was spent on. Jon Wertheim, Aliza Chasan, …