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MAGA Goons Who Staged Trump’s Flop ‘State Fair’ Exposed

The Daily Beast

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June 30, 2026

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MAGA Goons Who Staged Trump’s Flop ‘State Fair’ Exposed

Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/Getty/Public DomainDonald Trump wants to crush The Swamp. The leaks, the sneaks, and the secrets are all there. Our writers, David Gardner, Farrah Tomazin, Sarah Ewall-Wice, and Laura Esposito, are sifting through the ooze so you don’t have to. Don’t miss out.In this week’s news from the ooze: Elizabeth Pipko, Roger Federer, Barbie, Calley Means, Justin Caporale, Clifton Fred Lees, Chris LaCivita, Bettina Anderson Trump, Pam Bondi, Bobby Charles, Danielle Madda, Janet Mills, and Holistic Hilda.How This MAGA Goon Squad Turned State Fair into DisasterRead more at The Daily Beast.

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Washington Examiner

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· Jun 26, 2026

Thomas Massie complains GOP is ‘wasting’ control of Congress and White House with focus on Save America Act

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) blasted his own party Thursday, arguing Republicans are squandering their majority and warning they could face a “shellacking” in the November midterm elections if they fail to deliver on their agenda. “The problem is we’re wasting our opportunity that the voters gave us,” Massie told reporters outside the Capitol building. “And []

The West Australian

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· Jul 12, 2026

Labor MP likens Pauline Hanson, One Nation to ‘vanilla’ ice cream over monoculturalism stoush

Pauline Hanson and the contest with the Liberals for the political right has been likened to Neapolitan ice cream after the much-debated “monoculture” claim.

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· Jun 27, 2026

Rick Scott Mocked by GOP Rep for “Talking Tough” — “He Caved Like They Always Do”

U.S. Representative Thomas Massie (R-KY) is calling out MAGA-aligned U.S. Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) for what Massie characterized as reversing his position on balancing the federal budget. The Kentucky congressman is amplifying a video of Scott telling Charlie Kirk (in May 2025) that he was going to vote against President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill.” []

Wired

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· Jun 30, 2026

Bernie Sanders Saw This Coming

For decades, the senator has argued that concentrated wealth threatened American democracy. Now he’s betting that frustration with Big Tech, billionaires, and unchecked AI is reaching a tipping point.

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· Jul 6, 2026

Insiders Warned of State Fair Disaster Before It Happened

Jonathan Ernst/ReutersThere were signs that Donald Trump’s Great American State Fair flop was heading for disaster even in the planning stages.Some of the states that agreed to participate in the event on Washington, D.C.’s National Mall, raised the alarm in a series of increasingly panicked emails to organizers, reported NOTUS.An irate New Hampshire organizer told Freedom 250 in a May 19 email that it was still “unclear if there are costs above and beyond what we incur as a state to staff and fill the pavilion ourselves.”Read more at The Daily Beast.

Powerline

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· Jul 6, 2026

Milton Friedman Isn’t Running the Show Anymore

That is what Joe Biden said in 2020. He also said, in 2019, “When did Milton Friedman die and become king?” Putting aside the non sequitur, Friedman certainly wasn’t running the show during the Biden administration, which is why the consumer price index increased by 21.2. That Democrats are ignorant about economics is no surprise. But what about Republicans? I was dismayed to see this clip of a JD Vance

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Related coverage for "MAGA Goons Who Staged Trump’s Flop ‘State Fair’ Exposed": Washington Examiner — Thomas Massie complains GOP is ‘wasting’ control of Congress and White House with focus on Save America Act. The West Australian — Labor MP likens Pauline Hanson, One Nation to ‘vanilla’ ice cream over monoculturalism stoush. 2Paragraphs — Rick Scott Mocked by GOP Rep for “Talking Tough” — “He Caved Like They Always Do”. Wired — Bernie Sanders Saw This Coming. The Daily Beast — Insiders Warned of State Fair Disaster Before It Happened. Powerline — Milton Friedman Isn’t Running the Show Anymore