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 | | The SnydeReport scours hundreds of local and national media sources so you don't have to. Politics, sports, pop-culture, business, and more - all in a 5-minute read and presented in a way only we can do.  Make sure to visit SnydeReport.com to catch all the stories that didn't make our newsletter.
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 | | My INsnyde Take: Trump Calls, Indiana MAGA Crawls | 
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 | | Indiana MAGA Republicans already own seven out of nine congressional seats, a supermajority in both chambers, every statewide office, and most county courthouses — yet they still think they’re victims of some imaginary liberal plot. Now, with Trump dialing in to twist arms, they’re drooling at the chance to gerrymander what’s left of the map until there’s not a single blue dot left. Sen. Tyler Johnson’s pearl-clutching about “diluted voices” would be laughable if it weren’t so pathetic — the only thing diluted in Indiana is democracy itself. When you’ve had 20 years to run everything and still need to redraw the lines to feel safe, maybe the problem isn’t the map. Maybe it’s you.  Let’s be honest: Indiana MAGA Republicans have created this shitty hellscape we’re all living in. Crumbling infrastructure, underpaid teachers, overpriced utilities, and a healthcare system that makes a root canal look affordable — all while they congratulate themselves for “fiscal responsibility” and “traditional values.” They’ve built an oligarchy masquerading as a government, and now they’re shocked that Hoosiers are starting to notice the rot. So here comes Trump, barking down the phone lines from Mar-a-Lago, telling them to squeeze the last drops of fairness out of our democracy. Because when you’ve already rigged everything else, what’s one more map among friends? Gary Snyder, The SnydeReport | 
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 | | IU and the wrong lesson Mark Cuban mentioned what should be the most important consideration in the imbroglio engulfing Indiana University and its student newspaper, The Indiana Daily Student. For reasons that aren’t yet clear, IU decided to fire the school’s student media director and cancel publication of the IDS’ seven print editions. | 
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 | | Uh-Huh Well, looks like John Mellencamp’s Small Town heart is still beating strong for Indiana — this time putting his Authority Song money behind Beau Bayh. Maybe Mellencamp figured it’s time for a little Peaceful World and less Crumblin’ Down politics. After all, Hoosiers are Jack & Diane tired of the same old Pink Houses crowd pretending to be Rain on the Scarecrow patriots. | 
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 | | Avian Influenza Detected in Multiple Indiana Counties The Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a blue-winged teal in Greene County through surveillance conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services and DNR Division of Fish, Wildlife & Nature Preserves. | 
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 | | Santos Is Released After Trump Commutes His Sentence Former Representative George Santos of New York, the disgraced Republican fabulist whose lies made him an object of national scorn, was released from a federal prison on Friday night after President Trump commuted his seven-year sentence for fraud.
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 | | Hackers Dox Hundreds of Masked Agents... A group of hackers from the Com, a loose-knit community behind some of the most significant data breaches in recent years, have posted the names and personal information of hundreds of government officials, including people working for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
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 | | PUTIN PLAYS TRUMP AGAIN? Sorry, Volodymyr. There won’t be any Tomahawk missiles headed to Ukraine now that president Vladimir Putin of Russia has talked on the phone with president Donald Trump, who called their session ‘very productive.’ What it will produce remains an open question. But it does seem to have resulted in a decision to hold an upcoming summit in Budapest. The bottom line: Putin has outflanked Ukrainian president Zelensky, who will meet at the White House with Trump today
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 | | Republican Frustration With Noem Has Reached Broil... Members of Congress are growing incensed with Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, claiming that necessary government contracts are being slow-walked and that her office has become difficult to communicate with.
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 | | PENTAGON BLASTS NETFLIX GAY DRAMA... Pentagon Press Secretary Kingsley Wilson didn’t directly criticize the pro-LGBTQ series, but replied to an inquiry about the show from Entertainment Weekly with a statement condemning the streamer’s programming in general.
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 | | Comedian Arrested in Giraffe Suit Says ICE Laughed at His Trump-Epstein Jokes A protester detained by ICE goons while dressed in a giraffe suit is planning to sue the Trump administration. Robby Roadsteamer, an artist prankster whose real name is Rob Potylo, told the Daily Beast that he was shot repeatedly in the chest with pepper-spray balls by the Department of Homeland Security’s rooftop snipers. Potylo was singing a rude Rod Stewart song about ICE agents outside their facility in Portland, Oregon, when he was shot and then dragged inside by masked and armed officers in military fatigues.
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