Wednesday, June 3rd, 2026 - Trump Keeps IRS Immunity, J6 Rioter Got a Pentagon Security Clearance, and the USDA Has Bedbugs

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2026 - Trump Keeps IRS Immunity, J6 Rioter Got a Pentagon Security Clearance, and the USDA Has Bedbugs

From Morning Announcements by Betches Media

June 3, 2026 · 7 min

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The episode discusses various political headlines including Trump's IRS immunity, a bedbug infestation at the USDA, and the hiring of a January 6th rioter by the Defense Department.

Today's Headlines: The Department of Agriculture is dealing with a bedbug infestation in the offices of the agency responsible for containing invasive pests. Yes, you read that right. Todd Blanche confirmed to Congress — not under oath, refusing to put it in writing — that the DOJ is dropping the Traitor Fund, while clarifying that the part protecting Trump and his family from IRS audits remains in effect, which was clearly the point all along, and a federal judge revived Trump's IRS lawsuit to investigate whether the whole arrangement was "premised on deception." The Trump administration hired a convicted January 6th rioter — 19 when he stormed the Capitol — to work in the Defense Department's irregular warfare and counterterrorism section, one of the most sensitive portfolios in the government, and named Bill Pulte — a family friend with zero government experience whose father is in the Epstein files — as acting director of national intelligence, using "acting" specifically to skip Senate confirmation. New Jersey's attorney general sued GEO Group, the private contractor operating Delaney Hall detention center, over inhumane conditions and demanding health inspections — GEO…

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Organizations: Department of Agriculture, DOJ, GEO Group, ICE

Places: New Jersey, Albanian coast

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