J. Edgar Boozer and the Ballroom

Send us a message!!! We were 30 minutes from recording when the text came in: "they shootin'." Saturday night, someone took a shotgun to the Washington Hilton during the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.

One Secret Service officer down — saved by his vest. The suspect is in custody.

And within hours, Trump pivoted the entire news cycle to a $400 million White House ballroom. This week also: Virginia voters approved a mid-decade redistricting referendum 50.7–49.3%.

A Tazewell County judge blocked it 24 hours later. Virginia Supreme Court hears arguments on the day this drops.

Kash Patel filed a $250M defamation suit against The Atlantic, then his own 2005 Bar letter showing two alcohol-related arrests surfaced the next day. RFK Jr. survived seven congressional hearings in seven days defending a budget that cuts his own agency.

And the NCGA opened its short session. NC is the only state in America without a budget, 942 days running.

No scripts. No spin.

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