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Thursday, June 18th, 2026

Today, Trump’s Ballroom is up to $600m with half coming from taxpayer dollars; MAGA election denier Mike Collins will face John Ossoff in the Georgia Senate race this November; a hacktivist has exposed members of Peter Theil’s secretive Dialog Society; New Mexico’s Justice Department has ordered JP Morgan and Google to preserve records tied to Jeffrey Epstein and his associates; two military veterans have sued challenging Tommy Tuberville’s Alabama gubernatorial bid because he lives in Florida; a federal judge has limited the enforcement of Idaho’s transgender bathroom access law; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

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JPMorgan, Google Records Sought in Probe Into Epstein’s New Mexico Ranch | WSJ

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Trump said no taxpayer money would be spent on the ballroom. A contractor’s invoices show otherwise | Washington Post

Leak Exposes Members of Peter Thiel’s Secretive ‘Dialog’ Society | WIRED

Good Trouble

Call your NJ state Reps and tell them to pass bill S2260/A2218!
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→Comment on FR-6518-P-01 Equal Access in HUD Programs Revisions
→Triumphal Arch - Section 106 Assessment Draft Programmatic Agreement
→Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance - Open For Comments

→The Forest Service is accepting public comments until June 7th
→Recall Gov. Jeff Landry - Louisianadeservesbetter.com
→STOP the deportation of Mohsen Mahdawi - Action Network
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→Standwithminnesota.com
→Tell Congress Ice out Now | Indivisible, Defund ICE | 5Calls
→Congress: Divest From ICE and CBP | ACLU
→ICE List →iceout.org

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