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If you slept well, you probably slept better than the MyPillow guy. Yes, my pillow guy. Mike Lindell lost his Republican primary for governor overnight. But if you ask him, the election is in dispute. There was fraud, there was cheating, all of the above which you would expect from an election denier. But this was not just a stain on the legacy of Mike Lindell, who quit his job at his company, lost his job, lost his income and lost his primary. But it's also a stain on the legacy of the President of the United States, who put his political capital on the line and couldn't even get Lindell across the finish line. It comes as we're learning who Donald Trump chose to take on Air Force One or, sorry, the second military jet. In the catering truck, he took Natalie Hart, he took Walt Nouda, he took Dan Scavino. He chose them over Marco Rubio, over Stephen Miller and others. And it all comes as we're about to spend. We, as in the federal government, are about to spend $900 million. Most of that your taxpayer dollars on White House renovations. More money going to vanity projects. If you haven't subscribed yet, make sure to subscribe to support independent journalism. For a price of coffee, you can keep this work going. Like comment Share. Get the word out to those who have subscribed. I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart. It really means the world to me. We are beating Fox News in terms of coverage and engagement and so many platforms. We're growing and we're doing this together. And it really. I just. I'm just so honored to be able to do this. I want to begin by talking about Mr. Lindell, because Mike Lindell was the MyPillow guy. There were a lot of election results last night. David Crowley beat Francesca Hong in a major upset in Wisconsin. Peggy Flanagan beat Angie Craig in Minnesota. A lot of those were expected. A lot of those were unexpected. One of the ones that was unexpected was Mike Lindell's loss, who lost by more than 10 points in his Republican primary for governor. Donald Trump endorsed Lindell ahead of the primary. You don't have to believe me. You can just listen to the president.
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Not happy. And you know who's running for governor? Mike Lindell. Do we like Michael? That man suffered. That man suffered. He. What he did, what he went through because he knew the election was rigged and he did it. He didn't. I mean, he just did it as a citizen. Mike Lindell. I'll tell you what, every time I introduced him, he got the biggest Hand. I hope he does great. He deserves to do great. That man suffered. These people went after him. They went after his company. They did that with me, too. But at least I knew what I was getting into. He was just a guy that said this election was so crooked, it was so rigged. He fought like hell. That guy deserves to be governor of Minnesota. I'll tell you right now who's running
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for governor, but the voters didn't think so. And as of this moment, Lindell is down by more than 10 points. The race has been called, but if you listen to Lindell, that's not what he's saying. Take a listen to Mike Lindell.
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The next report, everybody. Hold on. We just gained. We just gained 5,000 votes. And there's two. We gained 5,000 votes, everybody. And the last 13,000 votes that were counted, we got 5,000. We could gain 5,000 votes. So let's think about this. That means I got, like, I don't know, 10,000 and the rest of them got 3,000. If this is a sign, we will have the lead within an hour. I mean, this is big news. This is. This is a big jump. And they must have started counting the day of votes. So. Okay. All right, everybody. Does anybody have any other questions?
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Well, ultimately, Lindell did not win. Did not win. He is claiming fraud, but there was no fraud. But it does come as the President is not only facing humiliation in the Minnesota governor's race, he faces humiliation over him having to flee an Iranian assassination plot in a catering truck. And that is honestly one of the biggest scoops of 2026 that we've seen in a long time. It's very rare that a president, if ever, does that and doesn't tell reporters, White House staff, etc. We are also learning now this morning of who Trump picked to be alongside him in the catering truck. Washington Post reporting confirms that people on the airport catering truck used to secretly move Trump off of Air Force One last month included Dan Scavino, Walt Nouda, and Natalie Hart. No cabinet level officials were on that truck. Trump picked his loyalists over people like Stephen Miller, over people like Marco Rubio, the Secretary of State who remained on the other Air Force One, the decoy, Air Force One that faced threats from Iran. The exact threat, according to new reporting, was that there were handheld rocket launchers aimed at the plane. Ultimately, the plane was not targeted by Iran. And it's unclear whether or not the threat was completely actionable. But it was serious enough that. That they put Trump on this other plane with Natalie Harp. If you don't know who Natalie Harp is. Well, Natalie Harp is a 35 year old aide to the President, known as his, quote, human printer who prints articles for him and leaves notes talking about how good he is in private spaces. It's real. And when we talk about private spaces, we have to talk about what's happening with the White House, because right now, renovations costs are surging. The Washington Post confirms that the Trump administration plans to spend at least $900 million on the White House, a much larger figure than previously reported. Rather than direct appropriations, officials have funneled $875 million into the executive residence's small White House repair and restoration maintenance account, normally funded just by $2.5 million a year. By transferring $500 million from the Secret Service and White House military office, along with $300 million in private donations, we're never going to get who's donating because the White House renovations, this fund isn't subject to disclosure rules. But it's not just that. They're funneling money from the National Park Service directly into rebuilding the White House to do these vanity projects. Hear it from my colleague, Scott McFarland directly.
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Scott, I want to turn to your reporting. Your headline reads, trump Turns National Parks into piggy Bank. This concerns National Park Service funds and what Trump calls improvement projects at the White house and around D.C. it's fascinating how you put all of this together, because finding how money is moving around the federal government is hard. It takes a lot of work to do it. And you found it. And it's significant in terms of what they're doing. Explain.
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Some National Park Service workers are so alarmed and ticked off, they leaked internal spreadsheets that show where the money is going, what's allotted for 2026. We added the numbers together and found for the White House grounds for the vanity projects, the beautification and the needed upgrades, they've set aside $323 million for this year. Donated money, some taxpayer money, some fees. $323 million compared to $7 million for the White House in 2024. That's a 5,000% increase. And I'm proud of myself for doing the math on that. National Mall has a tenfold increase from 2024 for projects that are the president's priority. Doesn't mean the money is directly being starved out of Yosemite, Yellowstone, Mount Zion, Grand Canyon. But we checked. Those parks all have significantly less funding allotted for them this year than they did two years ago. And there's a $30 billion backlog of deferred maintenance, they are going to have to shortchange important projects throughout America to marshal donated money or taxpayer money on things like a reflecting pool, a helipad, a ballroom, and other vanity projects.
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It's pretty stunning to say the least. I'll have an interview with Governor Pritzker this afternoon. Make sure to drop what questions you want, like comment, share, get the word out, subscribe to support my work, and I'll see you soon.