The Grand Jury Told Trump No
Cassidy Hutchinson was serving as a White House aide to Trump’s chief of staff on January 6, 2021. In 2022, Hutchinson testified in front of Congress and told them what Trump did that day. She told the committee her loyalty was “with the truth.” Trump called her a “total phony.”
Republican Reps. Jim Jordan and Barry Loudermilk sent a criminal referral about her to the DOJ. This month, Trump’s prosecutors took her case to a grand jury.
On Tuesday, a DOJ lawyer stood in front of Judge Zia Faruqui in Washington and said the jurors had refused to indict. People familiar with the matter told the Washington Post it was Hutchinson’s case. She never even had to testify. The jurors heard the regime’s side and said no.
This isn’t the first time. In February, another grand jury refused to indict Democratic lawmakers over a video reminding troops they don’t have to follow illegal orders.
Trump wants the DOJ to punish anyone who he thinks is an enemy. At least twice this year, grand juries stopped him cold. On Tuesday, millions of us get to do the same thing with a ballot.
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A Pediatrician Has Trump Worried In South Carolina
The state of South Carolina hasn’t elected a Democrat to the Senate since 1998. Just two years ago, Trump won the state by nearly 18 points. When Sen. Lindsey Graham died over the summer, his sister Darline was appointed to the seat. In August she admitted, “I’m not that informed on national security.”
On Wednesday, a New York Times/Siena poll had her tied at 48 percent with pediatrician and Democratic nominee Dr. Annie Andrews. Other polls this week have Graham up by one to four.
Trump flew to Rock Hill to rally for Graham on Thursday, his second trip to the state in eight days. He told the crowd that polls can’t be trusted, but nobody visits the same state twice in eight days when they think their lead is secure.
According to the new poll, Dr. Andrews is winning 59 percent of independents, and even 22 percent of Republicans. She said: “Whether you voted for Donald Trump, Lindsey Graham, or anyone else, if you care more about your bills than the politics in Washington, this campaign is for you.”
Trump endorsed an appointed senator who admits she doesn’t know national security, and now he’s begging South Carolina to save her. On Tuesday, a doctor could send her home.
Trump Told Alaska Republicans To Quit. Nobody Did.
At a rally in Wasilla, Alaska, on October 13, Trump endorsed Bernadette Wilson for governor. He asked the other two Republicans in the race to drop out so they wouldn’t split the vote. One of them is former Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson, the other is former state Attorney General Treg Taylor.
Neither of them listened. Bronson kept campaigning, and Taylor refused to bow out.
The only Democrat in the race now is former state Rep. Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins. He led a September New York Times/Siena poll with 40 percent. It had Wilson at 20, Bronson at 15, and Taylor at 11. Kreiss-Tomkins has raised more money than any of them.
On Tuesday, three former Alaska governors endorsed Kreiss-Tomkins together in the Anchorage Daily News. One is a Democrat, one is an independent, and one is a Republican. GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski backed him that same day, even though she’s still supporting Trump’s candidate, incumbent Dan Sullivan, in the Senate race.
This week, the DOJ’s in court trying to stop Alaska from certifying its Senate results if Mary Peltola wins.
Trump told two of the Republicans still in the race to drop out. They decided to ignore him. Now a Democrat is leading the race for governor. Trump can’t even force Republicans into line anymore. He definitely can’t force the rest of us. On Tuesday, we get to show that to the world.
One Small Town Made Google Pay Up
In July 2025, Trump signed an order telling federal agencies to speed up permits for data centers. Last fall, people in Hermantown, Minnesota, found out a giant data center was coming to their town. Their local officials had signed secrecy agreements, so nobody knew who was behind it until March, when they found out it was Google.
I read the draft development agreement. Google wanted up to $80 million in property tax breaks, and the agreement says the project was “not reasonably likely to occur absent tax abatements.”
Sarah Lofald lives in Hermantown and sits on the board of a group called Stop the Hermantown Data Center. She and her neighbors packed council meetings and sued the city. On October 14, Google dropped the tax breaks.
It also cut the project down to three buildings, while agreeing to pay homeowners back if the project hurts their water wells. And if Google ever abandons the data center, they have to pay to tear it down. Google claims they’ve never signed a deal like this before.
Monday night, a line of residents waited outside the council chambers to sign up to speak, but city officials cut off sign-ups before they reached the front. So the crowd sat on the floor and chanted “Let us speak!” Two hours later, the city canceled the meeting and rescheduled it for Friday—capping the audience at 85 people.
On Friday night, the council approved the project unanimously. Three lawsuits are still alive, and a judge hears one of them on December 8.
Trump did everything he could for Google. A town of 10,000 people still made Google give up $80 million in tax breaks and sign promises it had never made anywhere. Imagine what we can do on Tuesday.
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Two days left. A town of 10,000 just made Google give up $80 million, and grand juries keep telling Trump no. Here are four letters to back them up:
Pass a data center moratorium:
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-congress-pass-the-bernie-sanders-aoc-ai-data-center-moratorium-act/
Stop Trump from blocking Alaska’s count:
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-congress-stop-trumps-move-to-take-over-state-elections/
Back impeachment for Trump:
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-congress-begin-drafting-articles-of-impeachment-against-trump/
Impeach John Roberts:
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-congress-impeach-supreme-court-chief-justice-john-roberts/
Tell me below which ones you sent.
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