Friday, June 5th, 2026 - Traitor Fund Limbo Continues, Blanche To Be Nominated AG, Kennedy Center Free Of Trump Name, John Bolton Pleads Guilty

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🗓️ 5 June 2026

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Today's Headlines: The fate of the Traitor Fund remains unknown — Blanche said they're dropping it but won't put it in writing, Trump said he loves it but "ask the lawyers," Senate Democrats tried to force a vote to block it and Republicans voted against the block anyway, and January 6th defendants are already filing claims — while what is confirmed is that Trump is still getting permanent IRS audit immunity for himself and his family regardless. Meanwhile, Trump is officially nominating Todd Blanche — his personal criminal defense attorney — as permanent Attorney General, while Bill Pulte, the family friend with no intelligence experience named as acting DNI, is already being phased out with Trump hinting he'll be tasked with investigating whether past elections were rigged. In slightly more satisfying news, Trump's name is officially coming off the Kennedy Center less than a week after a judge ordered it — off the facade, out of email signatures, and off employee ID cards. In other news, John Bolton pleaded guilty to illegally retaining classified national security documents after Iranian hackers breached his email, agreeing to pay over $2 million with up to 60 months in prison — less revenge prosecution, more bad judgment. And now that Congress is back to work, the House passed a measure cutting food aid for over 5 million pregnant women and children, great. In war updates, Israel and Lebanon announced a ceasefire that Hezbollah immediately rejected because it would ban their operatives from parts of their own country with no maps or implementation details. And finally, a flesh-eating New World screwworm — not seen in US livestock for 60 years — was found in a Texas calf, with quarantines now in place, which is bad timing for beef prices already at record highs. Resources/Articles mentioned: NYT: Trump Administration Live Updates: Republicans Defeat First Attempt to Block President's $1.8 Billion Payout Fund WaPo: House bill rolls back food aid for pregnant women, children Politico: Trump expected to nominate Todd Blanche to be attorney general AP News: Trump says Pulte won’t be his nominee for director of national intelligence WaPo: Kennedy Center orders staff to begin removing Trump’s name after ruling CNN: Exclusive: John Bolton reaches plea deal over mishandling of sensitive national security information BBC: Hezbollah rejects US-backed Israel-Lebanon ceasefire Axios:New World screwworm confirmed in Texas, stoking fresh cattle fears Subscribe to the Betches News Room and join the Morning Announcements group chat. Go to: betchesnews.substack.com Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage and edited by Grace Hernandez-Johnson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Another potential infestation could be upon us. This one is affecting the cows and started in Texas.
0:05.9	It's still unclear if Donald Trump is giving up on his $1.776 billion trader fund because it's
0:11.6	starting to seem like a bit of a three-card Monty situation. And January 6th defendants have already
0:16.4	started submitting claims anyway, whether they're legally legit or not. Also, Congress, including the
0:22.0	Republicans, say they want to stop this fund, but their votes say otherwise. John Bolton pleaded
0:27.4	guilty to a felony and a $2 million fine, plus up to 60 months in prison, and we finish it off
0:33.1	today with another line item on the administration's waste, fraud, and abuse tab. Let's get into it.
0:39.3	Today is Friday, June 5th, and you're listening to Morning Announcements presented by Vetch's Media.
0:44.6	I'm your host, Sammy Sage, and Morning Announcements is your fully sourced daily 10-minute
0:48.8	breakdown of the headlines that isn't a megaphone for the loudest voices, but a magnifying
0:53.2	glass for the most important news.
0:58.0	It's been a weird week, and we are still in a bit of a will-they, won't-they regarding Donald
1:02.7	Trump's traitor fund. Todd Blanche said that they're no longer pursuing the whole fund idea,
1:07.8	but he wouldn't put that in writing. Then Donald said he wasn't sure they were
1:11.3	dropping it, saying, quote, you'd have to ask the lawyers, but that he actually loves the fund.
1:16.7	There's also the fact that even if the slush fund element gets killed, Donald himself could still
1:21.3	get the money, plus he's apparently legally shielded from any future IRS audits, as well as his
1:27.0	family.
1:31.4	Also, January 6 defendants have already begun making claims anyway.
1:33.9	Whether those go anywhere remains to be seen.
1:40.8	Then yesterday, Democrats in the Senate actually tried to put the question of Trump's slush fund up for an actual vote in Congress, but even the Republicans who claim they're against the fund still voted not
1:44.9	to block it because it was attached to $70 billion of immigration funding, which they want badly.
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