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Trump Sued Himself and Won a $1.8 Billion Slush Fund

Your local poll workers are training to prepare for election interference, an ICE agent has been charged for shooting a man through his door, and prisoners Kristi Noem pardoned are re-offending

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May 18, 2026
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Trump just turned a lawsuit he filed against his own government into a $1.8 billion fund he controls. Election officials across the country are preparing slide decks about what to do if the FBI shows up at a polling place. An ICE agent who shot a Venezuelan man through a closed door and then li…

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