We’re documenting our national crisis by tracking a handful of key storylines. Our hope is to cut through the noise + curate coverage that can help explain what the hell is happening in our country.
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From late May into early June, Americans were puzzled by a series of loud explosions in the sky.
Mike Rothschild looks at the sonic boom scare and the drone panic of 2024, and how quick Americans are to assume something bad happened and we're being lied to. https://t.co/pOmuqsbWLd
U.S. District Judge Mary McElroy, a Trump appointee, on Friday referred Justice Department lawyers for disciplinary proceedings after writing that the attorneys’ “reckless disregard for the duty of candor owed to a federal court is appalling.” https://t.co/zpghAB6q6m
Josh Marshall looks at a potential link between Main Justice and U.S. Attorneys offices being pressured to pursue political retribution prosecutions and generally operate as the enforcers of the will of Donald Trump. https://t.co/pOzMDXLcEn
In an early morning vote, the GOP-controlled Senate passed the reconciliation bill funding immigration enforcement — but without any language in it barring President Trump's $1.776 billion "anti-weaponization" slush fund.https://t.co/DxRvlXpQvC
Pillow maven + election conspiracy theorist Mike Lindell just lost the GOP endorsement for Minnesota governor.
But he's staying in the race, telling Khaya Himmelman, “This is the perfect scenario for me."
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This morning, the handful of Senate GOPers most concerned about the slush fund had the opportunity to vote with Dems on their motion to block the administration from establishing it, but they ultimately did not do that. https://t.co/deCppBHOr7
Ex-Border Patrol leader Greg Bovino recently mingled with Hitler admirers, avowed racists, and far-right politicians at the “Remigration Summit.”
It seems as if Bovino, derided by his political opponents as “Gestapo Greg,” might be leaning into his nickname.
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Josh Marshall: We're seeing the Trump administration revel in putting MAGA-loved hacks in charge of US Attorneys offices as political patronage gifts and for the pure pleasure of disruption and performative misconduct. Like Sigal Chattah in Nevada, for example. https://t.co/f1dmgXRqtK
Although Mike Lindell lost the GOP endorsement in the Minnesota gubernatorial race this week, he is continuing his bid for governor, with his trademark confidence and spells of conspiracy theorizing. https://t.co/c8BtEtzgnr
Journalist Chris Mathias will discuss his new piece on Greg Bovino's fascist pals with us on Substack Live at 1:30 pm ET. Join us here: https://t.co/f1FsspUOTx
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's elaborate audition to out-degenerate Pam Bondi has apparently won him President Trump's nomination for the permanent position. https://t.co/6E8qAECCZH