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Thursday, May 21st, 2026
Today, the billion dollar ballroom provision has been officially stripped from the Republican budget bill; former weaponization czar Ed Martin told a friend in February that January sixers were going to get a government payout; the judge in the Broadview 6 case calls for a closed door briefing; an early goal of the Iran war was to install hardline leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad; the US announces charges against Raul Castro; a former federal prosecutor has been indicted for stealing copies of Volume II of Jack Smith’s final report; a former ‘gay cure’ ministry leader has been arrested for soliciting a minor; the guy arrested in Tennessee for his Charlie Kirk post has won over $800K from the sheriff that wrongfully threw him in jail; and Allison delivers your Good News.
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