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A bombshell FOIA request has revealed how the FBI and Department of Justice trained its investigators to scrub the Epstein files clean. trib.al/dNbUbM3

If the BBC can prove that Trump was aware of the violence he was fomenting, his whole defamation case falls apart. trib.al/UVXUtEG

BBC Demands More Records on Jack Smith’s January 6 Report

The BBC wants President Trump to explain his “executive privilege” response to every request in the ongoing defamation case.

Trump officials misled people who wanted to donate to a bipartisan initiative to mark the U.S.’s 250th anniversary, redirecting them to donate to the administration’s own group instead, according to a congressional investigation released this week. trib.al/fiZBfl1

“We should be expecting an all-of-government approach in the coming weeks and months … The panic will lead to more abuses, more corruption, more misuse of resources. And I think it’s something that Americans need to be keeping a close eye on, because this is happening in their name.” trib.al/S6p6uhD

Transcript: Trump Shows New Signs of Midterm Panic as Brutal Polls Hit

As new polling shows Trump in abysmal shape across six key Senate battlegrounds, MS NOW’s Steve Benen explains how he’s scrambling to use government resources to boost GOP candidates.

“Things are so bad that Republicans will never win an election again if they can’t figure out how to prevent millions and millions of Americans from voting.” trib.al/hxoXZL3

Transcript: Trump Blurts Out Plot to Rig Midterms So Vile It Jolts GOP

As Trump’s demands for voter suppression get so absurd that even Republicans balk, the author of a piece on his narcissism explains how he’s royally screwing them in the midterms—and himself, to boot.

ICE agents are claiming Lorenzo Salgado Araujo attacked them. That’s not what the latest video footage shows. trib.al/4FnUp3U

New Footage of Fatal ICE Shooting in Texas Sparks Fresh Outrage

ICE agents are claiming Lorenzo Salgado Araujo attacked them. That’s not what the latest video footage shows.

“We’re told that the aerial image of the crowds from his rally last week enraged him so much that officials ended up deleting them,” CNN’s Kaitlan Collins reported. trib.al/FXoWSlA

White House Deletes State Fair Photos After Trump Threw a Tantrum

The crowd size at the Great American State Fair is really getting to Donald Trump.

The FBI had to create training videos instructing agents on how to “use an Excel spreadsheet to log Trump’s name, the page number, and the document.”

Even still, Trump was mentioned more than 38,000 times in the first release of the Epstein files. trib.al/fODNjQo

More than 1.5 million eggs have been recalled across six states. trib.al/QT9garY

RFK Jr. Now Faces Salmonella Outbreak (on Top of Explosive Diarrhea)

More than 1.5 million eggs have been recalled across six states.

A barrel of “RHINO 405 A Thixotropic High Viscosity Epoxy Resin” was spotted by the pool during the restoration process. The chemical is “toxic to aquatic life with long lasting effects” and several dead ducks have also been spotted in and around the pool. trib.al/AgvmXcj

The president has been complaining about vandals destroying the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. But now that the pool is being drained, a different story is emerging. trib.al/mfQr9Lf

It Sure Looks Like Trump Was the One Who Damaged Reflecting Pool

The president has been complaining about vandals destroying the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. But now that the pool is being drained, a different story is emerging.

BREAKING: “A person was killed. ICE was involved,” Maine House Speaker Ryan Fecteau wrote in a Facebook post.

This is (at least) the eleventh fatal ICE shooting and the second in less than a week—just days after ICE shot and killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston, Texas.

His message is loud and clear: My technology will take political capital away from one of your greatest enemies—liberal women with degrees—and give one of your favorite demographics to patronize—working class men—more political power to transfer to you. trib.al/ssXm3Uq

Palantir CEO Makes Shocking Confession on Disrupting Democratic Power

They’re saying the quiet part out loud now.

The president cannot accept the reality that he lost. And that he still owes her $83.3 million. trib.al/3dYvNPu

The National Park Service had to pay $2 million for an emergency cleanup. trib.al/8lIPL16

Trump Caused Millions in Damage After Freedom 250 Oil Spill

The National Park Service had to pay $2 million for an emergency cleanup.

“Things are so bad that Republicans will never win an election again if they can’t figure out how to prevent millions and millions of Americans from voting.” trib.al/o7w96Pu

Transcript: Trump Blurts Out Plot to Rig Midterms So Vile It Jolts GOP

As Trump’s demands for voter suppression get so absurd that even Republicans balk, the author of a piece on his narcissism explains how he’s royally screwing them in the midterms—and himself, to boot.

Brandon Booth, 42, has been booked on suspicion of murder. trib.al/hBCOBrY

ICE Contractor Arrested After Shooting Protester Who Was Walking Away

Brandon Booth, 42, has been booked on suspicion of murder.

President Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/PzUDagM

In an internal letter, Lonnie Bunch told Smithsonian employees to press on despite the attack from the White House. trib.al/CfbjHui

Smithsonian’s First Black Chief Pushes Back on Everything Trump Said

In an internal letter, Lonnie Bunch told Smithsonian employees to press on despite the attack from the White House.

"Trump and Stephen Miller are escalating deportations in a big way, but trying to do so very quietly. We’re at a real crossroads moment here that will determine how far they can get with their lawless ethnic cleansing campaign.” trib.al/WVaxhJI

Federal officials acknowledged in a recent lawsuit what we all suspected: Trump is targeting Democratic states. trib.al/ppWBxjC

Trump Team Admits He’s Been Defunding States That Didn’t Vote for Him

Federal officials acknowledged in a recent lawsuit what we all suspected: Trump is targeting Democratic states.

“I saw a video posted on Facebook that he had been shot. I recognized him immediately,” the son said, his voice breaking. “Not from his appearance, but from his voice, crying for help as he lay on the street, bleeding out.” trib.al/CorCsif

“Since the attempt on his life, Trump has show [sic] no interest in investigating what really happened. He never mentions it, it’s as if it never happened, except when he tells us, he took a bullet for us.” trib.al/e5DsM2q

MAGA Increasingly Believes Trump Assassination Attempt Was Fake

President Trump’s base seems to be turning against him like never before.

"Every American should be alarmed about this prosecution." trib.al/Bq7q9mH

DOJ Loses Its First Big Ask in Reflecting Pool “Vandalism” Case

Federal prosecutors are already off to a bad start in their case against U.S. Olympian David Hearn.