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Fighting Back 1 of 9

Islamic private schools excluded from Texas' $1 billion voucher program for months are accepted one day after a federal judge orders the state to let them apply.

Texas designated CAIR a terrorist organization

Source: The Denton Record-Chronicle

March 21, 2026

Oversight 2 of 9

FEMA's disaster response chief Gregg Phillips, a far right conspiracy theorist, claims on multiple podcasts that he has been teleported against his will to a Waffle House.

Also says Covid vaccine designed to kill

Source: The Guardian

March 21, 2026

Dissent 3 of 9

Federal prosecutors drop charges against Minnesota woman they accused of joining church protest after she proves she was never there, arrested through cellphone tower dragnet.

Bondi announced arrest before verifying identity

Source: KMSP St. Paul

March 21, 2026

Congress 4 of 9

Senate Democrats block Republican amendment to ban transgender athletes from women's sports for the fourth time as GOP attaches it to voting restrictions bill.

Both sponsors running for governor

Source: The Hill

March 21, 2026

Propaganda 5 of 9

Former North Carolina Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson admits he lied about racist and antisemitic posts on a porn site, saying he did it to protect Trump's 2024 campaign.

Called himself a "black NAZI on forums

Source: The Guardian

March 21, 2026

Congress 6 of 9

Oklahoma Gov. Stitt takes his Senate pick, oil company chairman Alan Armstrong, to Mar-a-Lago for Trump's approval before announcing.

Armstrong donated to Trump enemy Kinzinger in 2021

Source: NOTUS

March 21, 2026

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