05/31/2026 – FCC Forced ABC to Renew Licenses 2 Years Early After Refusing to Fire Kimmel
Video URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSm4foW-cYk Sources: The FCC just ordered Disney to file broadcast license renewals two years early, for every single one of ABC’s stations, in a process the agency has effectively never used this way before. In April 2026, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr ordered Disney to submit early license renewals for its eight owned-and-operated stations, […]
05/31/2026 – Trump’s Comey Prosecution Just Lost Its Second Prosecutor
Video URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9XhEcEFZ-M Sources: The Trump administration is trying to bring the Justice Department under heel. Legal scholars have documented a pattern of senior DOJ officials shirking ethics rules, with the department filing amicus briefs signaling it will no longer abide by the McDade Amendment requiring federal prosecutors to follow state ethics rules — Lawfare […]
05/29/2026 – Trump Sued His Own IRS for $10B, Then Settled for a $1.8B Slush Fund
Video URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UeGBUkOyic Sources: A federal judge is now demanding to know whether her own court was defrauded by the Trump administration U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams launched an inquiry on May 29, 2026 into whether Trump defrauded her court by filing the IRS suit as a pretext to reach the settlement — POLITICO Judge […]
05/29/2026 – 4 Artists Quit Trump’s 250th Anniversary Concert in 48 Hours
Video URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ahX3zUBn3Y Sources: Four performers have now dropped out of Trump’s Freedom 250 concerts in under two days. Reports McBride as the fourth act to exit the day after the lineup was announced, following Morris Day and Young MC on Wednesday and the Commodores on Thursday — Variety The event, the Great American State […]
05/28/2026 – Trump Jr.’s Firm Bought Into a Startup. Then the Pentagon Gave It $620M
Video URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVzv5rwZJkA Sources: his senior trade adviser personally pushed the Pentagon to lend $620 million Defense Department records and interviews show the request to loan the money to Vulcan Elements was made by White House senior counselor Peter Navarro, a friend of Trump Jr.’s — ProPublica a 30-person startup Vulcan had fewer than 50 […]
05/27/2026 – Howard Lutnick Gave $5M to the Republicans Investigating Him Before His Testimony
Video URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsZhuRa6FK0 Sources: On April 1st, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick wrote a $5 million check to the Congressional Leadership Fund FEC filings show Lutnick donated $5 million to the Congressional Leadership Fund on April 1, 2026 — The Hill the super PAC that exists to re-elect House Republicans, including the ones sitting on the […]
05/26/2026 – Florida Fabricated Complaints to Fire a Biologist Over an Instagram Story
Video URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m99ZzVkFtaM Sources: Florida just paid a wildlife biologist $485,000 because the state fired her over a private Instagram story she posted on vacation about Charlie Kirk. The ACLU of Florida announced that Brown v. Young, the federal First Amendment lawsuit filed on behalf of former FWC biologist Brittney Brown, reached a $485,000 settlement […]
05/26/2026 – US Citizen Shackled by ICE for 18 Hours After Deputy Called Her Real ID ‘Fake’
Video URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E73iArm_S40 Sources: A U.S. citizen — Colorado-born, mother of four — walked up to a checkpoint at the entrance to her apartment complex. Reports the Colorado-born mother of four young children approached an ICE/sheriff checkpoint at the entrance to her Lafayette apartment complex on Wednesday morning, May 20, 2026 — The Lens She […]
05/22/2026 – Idaho Law Forced a Town of 251 To Ban All Kids From Its Library
Video URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLUT7V-rR_s Sources: Idaho lawmakers said last year when they passed House Bill 710 Idaho House Bill 710 was passed by the legislature and signed into law in 2024, establishing restrictions on library materials deemed harmful to minors — Idaho Legislature The law lets any parent in the state sue a library for 250 […]
05/21/2026 – GOP Killed the Iran War Vote Because They Knew They’d Lose It
Video URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w94kdQgOlVw Sources: House Republican leadership just canceled a vote on the Iran War Powers Resolution because they knew they were going to lose it. Republicans struggled to find the votes to dismiss legislation that would compel Trump to withdraw from the war with Iran, and GOP leaders declined to hold the vote when […]