COURIER covers how ICE agents could be help accountable and Vance's obsession Biden's ice cream
Hunter Biden's searing comments, Republicans' police records, and more
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I wanted to start by letting you all know that this is my last week with COURIER! I’ve so enjoyed growing COURIER’s social channels and connecting with this incredible community over the last year and a half.
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Trump, prediction markets, and the society of suckers they’re building
Prediction markets are making a lot of money — for the people already on the inside. In this week’s Stop the Presses, Mark Jacob explains how Trump and the oligarchs who conspire with him are building a nation of chumps.
ICE agents could be personally sued for $25,000 per civil rights violation
ICE agents keep pulling the trigger, and so far nothing’s stopped them. In this week’s Below the Belt(way), Camaron Stevenson breaks down Rep. Maxwell Frost’s push to make agents personally pay for their offenses.
What you need to know since Blanche refused to hand over documents
COURIER’s The Cover-Up dives into Epstein survivors’ meeting with Todd Blanche, Jay Clayton’s confirmation hearing, and new legislation that aims to let victims sue Trump’s Justice Department for stonewalling.
The Heritage Foundation —the group behind the famous Project 2025 — has been a major proponent of banning trans women from women’s sports. Now that the Supreme Court has ruled in their favor, they’ve set their sights on their next target: ending women’s sports entirely. Learn more from COURIER’s Kat Tenbarge:
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JD Vance is hot and bothered by how Joe Biden eats his ice cream …
Vice President JD Vance is still thinking about the way former President Joe Biden eats his ice cream — and he wasn’t afraid to admit it to Joe Rogan. At least he’s not waxing poetic about a couch … COURIER shared the video.
Hunter Biden says Trump has spent a decade “tormenting” him and his father
In a new interview with DJ Vlad, Hunter Biden told Donald Trump to, “Go f*ck yourself,” accusing him of “tormenting” both Hunter and his father, Joe Biden, for the last 10 years. COURIER shared the viral video.
Sen. Ossoff grills Trump’s intel nominee for dodging basic questions
Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) held his ground during the confirmation hearing for Trump’s pick for Director of National Intelligence — Jay Clayton — in this must-watch video shared by COURIER.
He threatened a massacre — now this former NH GOP lawmaker wants his seat back
Voters have rejected Jon Stone, a former Trump campaign chair, three times since his police records went public. COURIER’s Granite Post reports that he’s running again anyway as county GOP chair.
Republican officials bar another North Carolina reporter from Michael Whatley event
COURIER’s North Carolina outpost, Cardinal and Pine, reports on the pattern of restricted press access surrounding Republican U.S. Senate candidate Michael Whatley’s campaign.
Mike Lawler kept 2012 drunk driving arrest quiet through three runs for office
For more than a decade, Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) kept quiet about the night in 2012 when he was pulled over on the Palisades Parkway, failed a breathalyzer, and arrested for drunk driving, Courier New York reports.
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