Kennedy Center It Is (feat. John Fugelsang)
Friday, June 5th, 2026
Today, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes says she’ll be seeking new indictments in the 2020 election interference case against Trump’s allies; John Bolton is set to plead guilty to illegal retention of national security information; Trump says he’ll nominate Todd Blanche to be the next Attorney General; an internal memo instructs staff to remove Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center by June 12th; Republicans in the Senate refused to block Trump’s $1.8B Slush Fund and tax immunity; Stars and Stripes is suing the Trump administration for censorship; ballroom donors won over 50 billion dollars in government contracts; a California city overwhelmingly voted to permanently ban datacenters; and Allison delivers your Good News.
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Guest: John Fugelsang
Tell Me Everything-https://www.johnfugelsang.com/tme
https://johnfugelsang.substack.com
https://bsky.app/profile/johnfugelsang.bsky.social
https://x.com/JohnFugelsang
Separation of Church and Hate by John Fugelsang
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Separation-of-Church-and-Hate/John-Fugelsang/9781668066898
The Latest Breakdown:
Trump’s $1.8B Scheme Faces Imminent Collapse | The Breakdown
Stories
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/06/04/trump-says-he-plans-nominate-todd-blanche-serve-attorney-general/
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/04/arizona-indictment-2020-election-case-00950418?gpp=DBAA
https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/04/politics/john-bolton-guilty-plea-agreement-trump-critic
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/04/senate-reconciliation-doj-fund-votearama-00950611
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/06/04/donors-won-50b-contracts-after-giving-trump-ballroom-project-report-says/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/06/03/pentagon-is-censoring-military-newspaper-stars-stripes-lawsuit-alleges/
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/03/california-monterey-park-datacenters-ban
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/04/kennedy-center-trump-name-removed-00950805
Good Trouble
Buddy Dyer – City of Orlando – https://www.orlando.gov/Our-Government/Mayor-City-Council/Buddy-Dyer
Mayor’s Office Contacts – City of Orlando – https://www.orlando.gov/Our-Government/Mayor-City-Council/Buddy-Dyer/Mayors-Office-Contacts
→https://www.regulations.gov/document/OMB-2026-0034-0001
→https://giveoutday.org
→https://louisianadeservesbetter.com
→https://FieldTeam6.org
→http://www.standwithminnesota.com
→Tell Congress to rein in ICE|https://act.indivisible.org/sign/ice-out-for-good
→https://5calls.org/issue/dhs-budget-ice-defund/
→https://wiki.icelist.is →http://iceout.org
From The Good News
NEW: Carpetbagger Zach Lahn Avoids Questions About Living in Kansas
https://iowawriters.substack.com
Insomnia – A love story to my dog | theotherrfk.substack.com
https://theotherrfk.substack.com/p/insomnia
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