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Tuesday, June 28th, 2022

Today, in the Hot Notes: the 1/6 committee announces a surprise hearing to take place tomorrow at 1 PM ET with new evidence and witness testimony; a search warrant was executed on JOHN Eastman as federal agents seized his phone, forced him to unlock it, and sent it to either DC or the OIG Lab; Truth Social funding board gets hit with at least 8 subpoenas from the Southern District of New York; and SCOTUS has...

Monday, June 27th, 2022

Today, in the Hot Notes: the Supreme Court has officially overturned Roe; Kelli Ward and her husband have been subpoenaed by the DoJ; Ali Alexander has testified before a federal grand jury; the Oath Keepers defense lawyers are ordered by a federal judge to reveal whether Sidney Powell is bankrolling them; the Secretary of Defense says in a statement that he will look at policy that ensures seamless access to...

Friday, June 24th, 2022

Today, in the Hot Notes: Greene, Gaetz, Brooks, Biggs, Gohmert, and Perry all asked the White House for pardons for their role in 1/6 as revealed in the latest committee hearing; the DoJ issues at least 8 subpoenas and raids Jeffrey Clark’s house in the sprawling fraudulent electors investigation; judge Kelly agrees to postpone the trial of the Proud Boys; and the Supreme Court overturns a century old New Yor...

Thursday, June 23rd, 2022

Today, in the Hot Notes: the DoJ joins the Proud Boys asking for a delay of their trial citing the 1/6 committee’s ongoing work; a judge says the Dominion voting machine lawsuit against Fox News can go forward; Reuters reports the doors to the classrooms at Robb elementary in Uvalde were not locked; the Senate advances the bipartisan gun legislation bill; and more about the latest hearing including the dire...

Wednesday, June 22nd, 2022

Today, in the Hot Notes: Senator Ron Johnson is directly implicated in the illegal fraudulent elector scheme; new testimony sheds light on Donald’s direct involvement in pressuring state election officials and lawmakers; new SCOTUS decisions go about as well as expected; Brittney Griner’s wife says the US failed to facilitate a phone call between them; plus Dana and Allison deliver your Good News.

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Tuesday, June 21st, 2022

Today, in the Hot Notes: the fourth committee hearing on the attempted coup is today at 1 PM ET; a DeSantis judge committed a crime by lying on her state Supreme Court application; a federal judge rejects a Proud Boys motion for pretrial release; and the fascist Texas Republican platform has been released; plus Dana and Allison deliver your Good News.

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Monday, June 20th, 2022

Today, in the Hot Notes: Arizona House Speaker who resisted the Trump pressure campaign will testify at the Tuesday hearing; a Facebook group tied to Ginni Thomas could be a focus of the January 6th investigation; the 1/6 committee agrees to send it’s transcripts to the DoJ faster; and insurrectionist Couy Griffin is forced to certify the Otero County New Mexico election results; plus Dana and Allison deliver...

Friday, June 17th, 2022

Today, in the Hot Notes: I attended the January 6th Committee hearing and I’ll tell you what I saw including the breaking news that John Eastman asked for a pardon; the 1/6 Committee has confirmed they have sent a letter to Ginni Thomas asking her for testimony; the DOJ has sent an urgent letter to the committee asking them for transcripts; plus Dana and Allison deliver your Good News.

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Thursday, June 16th, 2022

Today, in the Hot Notes: Barry Loudermilk continues to obfuscate the tour he gave as video evidence is released that the group was taking photos of tunnels and staircases and at least one of them marched on the Capitol the next day; Trump appointed judge Trevor McFadden finds the Seafrieds guilty of obstructing an official proceeding and four other counts in a BENCH trial; Bannon’s motion to dismiss his cri...

Wednesday, June 15th 2022

Today, in the Hot Notes: Rep Barry Loudermilk changes his story again with regards to the tour he gave on January 5th; the 1/6 committee changes its schedule and points to evidence that the coup continued after the attack on the Capitol; the NYAG vows to investigate Trump's Big Lie PAC and wins in state Supreme Court in her investigation into the Trump family business; and the government expands its inv...

Tuesday, June 14th, 2022

Today, in the Hot Notes: big reveals in Monday’s 1/6 Committee Hearing including that Rudy was drunk; Attorney General Merrick Garland says he and the J6 prosecutors are watching the hearings closely; there have been conversations inside the Justice Department about the implications of pursuing a case against Trump; Navarro’s motion to delay his arraignment for contempt of Congress has been denied; the offic...

Monday, June 13th, 2022

Today, in the Hot Notes: a Daily Beans exclusive about Enrique Tarrio’s phones; the 1/6 Committee releases the witness list for this morning’s hearing; more emails from Ginni Thomas to Arizona lawmakers are released; Rudy Giuliani is hit with ethics charges in DC over election fraud claims; 31 white supremacists have been arrested in Idaho and charged with planning a riot at a Pride event; a bipartisan group ...

Today, in the Hot Notes: the DoJ said in a Proud Boys hearing today that the 1/6 Committee will give all 1000 transcripts to the DoJ in September; Michigan Republican gubernatorial candidate Ryan Kelly was raided and arrested by the FBI; top Meadows aide Cassidy Hutchinson swaps out her lawyers; the DoJ says Navarro lied and the court should deny his request for a continuance in his contempt of Congress case.

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Thursday, June 9th, 2022

Today, in the Hot Notes: The Select Committee investigating Trump’s plot to overthrow democracy will air its first hearing tonight across all news networks at 8 PM Eastern Time, Donald, Ivanka, and Junior must sit for depositions in the NY AG’s investigation into the family’s practice of falsifying business valuations to defraud taxpayers and consumers; John Eastman must hand over another 159 emails includin...

Wednesday, June 8th, 2022

Today, in the Hot Notes: New emails show the Trump campaign telling fraudulent electors in Georgia that absolute secrecy was necessary to protect the conspiracy; sources with knowledge of congressional testimony tell the Washington Post that Secret Service agents scrambled after Donald’s announcement that he wanted to march to the Capitol; Michigan prosecutors broaden their probe into Trump’s attempts to ac...

Today, in the Hot Notes: Proud Boys Enrique Tarrio, Ethan Nordean, Joseph Biggs, Zachary Rehl and Dominic Pezzola have been hit with a superseding indictment for seditious conspiracy; the 1/6 Committee has hired a master documentary storyteller as an advisor; the Department of Justice has moved to seize two planes owned by sanctioned Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, the Committee will unveil new evidence against Donald during the...

Monday, June 6th, 2022

Today, in the Hot Notes: Trump advisor Pete Navarro has been indicted and arrested for criminal contempt of congress; simultaneously, the DoJ told the committee they would NOT be indicting Mark Meadows and Dan Scavino for criminal contempt; a Pence aide told his secret service lead that Pence could be at risk the day before the attack on the capitol; and strategy memos prepared for Republican candidates advise...

Friday, June 3rd, 2022 

Today, in the Hot Notes: several witnesses are invited to testify during the public 1/6 committee hearings; more text messages sent to Mark Meadows January 6th have been released; Michael Avenatti is sentenced to four years in prison; a couple of Proud Boys got hit with a superseding indictment; the committee has told Jim Jordan it’s going to count to three and he had better comply with his subpoena by then; ...

Thursday, June 2nd, 2022 

Today, in the Hot Notes: John Eastman reveals in a court filing which email was subject to the crime fraud exception; Lin Wood loses his appeal to block the Georgia bar association’s mental health probe videotapes reveal the GOP’s plans to subvert elections; the Texas school police chief is ignoring state investigators questions about the Uvalde shooting, and a judge rejects Sarah Palin’s nonsense again; pl...