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Wednesday, September 30, 2026

Today, the taxpayer money used to pay for the dystopian Trump political ads came from DHS Customs and Border Protection; the full panel of the DC Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments on Judge Boasberg’s contempt investigation; the very conservative 11th Circuit has unanimously refused to block the lower court’s sanctions against Donald’s DOJ in the slush fund case; Trump lackey Kurt Olsen has quit the Grand Conspiracy investigation; the Supreme Court has lifted a block on third-country deportations; the ICE agent who shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston has been identified; Jack Smith testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday morning; the White House app is full of invasive physical tracking systems; the man shot by ICE in the back in Austin has been charged with assault; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

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Homeland Security Money Financed Pro-Trump Television Ads | WSJ

Supreme Court allows Trump’s ‘third country’ deportation policy | NBC News

ICE agent who shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston identified | Texas Tribune

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