Trump’s ICE takes the gold medal for fraud, waste, and abuse as new reporting reveals that ICE spent $700 MILLION on 7 warehouses to be used as concentration camps for immigrants, and now ICE wants to just get rid of them. Katie Phang tracks the origin of the “reengineering initiative” launched last year by ICE to round up migrants like animals and how they’re allegedly doing an end-run around the transparent bidding process.

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SCOTUS gutted the Voting Rights Act, creating a race to the bottom by white supremacists to gerrymander and redistrict in order to eliminate the black and brown vote. But what they underestimated was the power of the people in responding to this attack on civil rights. Brittany Packnett Cunningham joins Katie Phang for a frank discussion on how the erasure of history was always the plan & Katie shares her concerns about the failure of some communities of color joining in the coalition fight. Find a Freedom Summer/Juneteenth event near you: https://blackpowerwarroom.com/freedom-summer/

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Although the future of the $1.8 billion slush fund remains unclear, 1/6 insurrectionists are chasing another route to smash and grab American taxpayers' dollars by way of the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), a federal statute that gives the Trump Regime unfettered discretion to make payouts on specious claims. Katie Phang tracks the status of this new tactic & discusses the link between the insurrectionists and other election deniers as they prepare to interfere with the upcoming Midterms.

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Legally speaking, an agreement to agree is not a binding contract. And Convicted Felon Donald Trump once again lies to the American people by suggesting that he has some binding deal with Iran to end his war of choice. Katie Phang breaks down what is publicly known about the terms that include no enforcement mechanisms and only serve to put the Islamic Republic of Iran in a better position than it was before Trump launched this illegal war.

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Today on Sidebar with Katie Phang, Katie unpacks Trump's theoretical Iran deal with former U.S. State Department official Alexandra Bell, discussing whether any meaningful progress has actually been made and why the nuclear component remains at the center of the negotiations. Katie also breaks down the FBI’s announcement that it thwarted a potential attack targeting Sunday’s UFC event and the bombshell revelation that American taxpayers are footing more than half of the bill for Trump’s $600 million ballroom project, despite repeated assurances it would be privately funded!

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Did you ever think Greg Bovino would run for the presidency of the United States? Nor did I, but Will Sommer is reporting on not only how it is more possible than you think, AND how Bovino is cavorting overseas, building alliances with neo-Nazis who endorse ethnic cleansing. Will joins Katie Phang for a deep dive into his latest reporting on Kash Patel deploying the FBI against MAGA rivals and whether Katie’s theory about Tucker Carlson’s political dreams just might be real.

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Convicted Felon Donald Trump nominates another personal lawyer, James/Jamie McDonald, from one of his favorite go-to law firms, Sullivan & Cromwell, for one of the most powerful jobs in the country: US Attorney for the SDNY. Katie Phang connects all of the dots, including exposing a recent criminal case prosecution that the Trump DOJ wants dismissed, which smacks of egregious pay-to-play corruption.

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According to the NY Times’ latest reporting, the top advisers of Convicted Felon Donald Trump convened repeatedly in the Situation Room to conspire to cover up the release of the Epstein Files. Why? To protect Trump from what’s contained within them. And one of the leaders of that cover-up: Todd Blanche, who has been nominated/rewarded by Trump with the job of Attorney General. Katie Phang’s analysis of this bombshell reporting and why each and every one of these co-conspirators must answer questions, under oath, about their involvement.

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BREAKING: Trump’s FBI in an act of “straight-up intimidation” raids the offices of a pro-democracy, voting organization in Ohio, sending more than 100 agents across the state to menace the organization’s leaders, staffers, and even volunteers on the streets, at their schools and jobs. This isn’t a one-off event, and with the nomination of Trump-loyalist Jay Clayton, who is the US Attorney for the SDNY, as the Director of National Intelligence, expect more attempts by the Trump Regime at voter intimidation.

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Convicted Felon Donald Trump and his lackeys have hijacked our nation’s 250th anniversary to award federal contracts and grants to entities that are under the control of Trump Administration officials and Trump’s allies. Katie Phang has the latest details on the more than $100 million that has already gone to benefit Trump’s minions and how a Trumpified Freedom 250 is soliciting donations from even foreign nationals.

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