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DEFCON ZERQ Ep. 042: Fauci's Statute Clock, Burn Bags & The 2020 Election Heist Map

Alpha Warrior and Josh Reid come in fired up after a Sunday show that hurt some feelings, and they are not slowing down. The duo opens with the David Morens indictment, the two unnamed coconspirators that almost certainly point to Peter Daszak and Ralph Baric, and the six day perjury statute clock ticking on Fauci. The DOJ said today they will not charge Fauci with perjury, which the guys read as a tell that the actual charge will be something much bigger.
From there they roll into Kash Patel's Hannity sit down where Patel openly used the words grand conspiracy, talked about a hidden room of unburned burn bags inside the FBI, and credited rank and file good guys for leaving breadcrumbs. Alpha and Josh argue this was military intelligence preservation all along, finally being entered legally into evidence.
Then the receipts. They reconstruct exactly how 2020 was stolen, walking from Soros funded 2018 secretary of state races to COVID timing to mail in ballot rule changes that state supreme courts later ruled unconstitutional. Plus the Strait of Malacca confirmation from Glenn Beck, the IRGC missile incident in UAE, and why the church may be next.

Why We Vote Ep. 172: Fulton Subpoena, Louisiana SCOTUS Ruling & Voter Fraud

CannCon and Ashe in America pack a full show without a guest. The DOJ charges four non-citizen resident aliens with illegal voting in New Jersey, and DHS confirms an active investigation into illegal alien voters in Franklin County, Ohio, raising bigger questions about how they got registered in the first place. In Fulton County, Georgia, citizen investigator Jason Fraser exposes 10,000-plus duplicate voter registrations, while a nine-year poll veteran details how unsworn ACLU clerks used personal computers to clear voter records from the eNET system during the 2020 election. Brad Raffensperger refuses to say he made a mistake certifying 2020 in a gubernatorial debate, and then looks down. The Louisiana v. Callais SCOTUS decision effectively kills the expansive use of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act as a racial gerrymandering tool, and the court expedites its remand instead of waiting the typical 32 days, a significant signal heading into the 2026 midterms. The show closes on the DOJ grand jury subpoena demanding personal contact information for every Fulton County 2020 election worker, and Norm Eisen and Abby Lowell's motion to quash it.

Geopolitics with Ghost Ep. 104: $150 Oil, UAE Under Fire & Project Freedom - 5/5/26

Episode 104 opens with the global energy crisis coming into sharp focus. Kuwait exported zero barrels of oil in April for the first time since 1991, global inventories are heading toward all-time lows, and market analysts are projecting oil prices well above $150 a barrel within weeks. Ghost plays a newly surfaced Soleimani lecture from the 1990s where the IRGC commander taught officers the exact asymmetric warfare strategy now playing out in the Strait of Hormuz, and connects it to Trump's understanding of the Iranian playbook. The ceasefire holds in name only as the US launches Project Freedom convoy operations, Iran attacks the UAE for two consecutive days including a strike on the Fujairah oil port, and Iran releases an expanded maritime control map. Ghost then tracks the UAE banking crisis, capital flight, and Trump's currency swap discussion alongside the Sharjah independence rumors circulating widely on social media. The episode closes with Israel's political opposition consolidating against Netanyahu, the ex-Shin Bet chief calling him dangerous, and Smotrich publicly attacking the Bennett/Lapid coalition.

The Daily Herold: 5/5/26 - Fulton County Subpoena, UAE Exits OPEC & Fitness Test

Jon Herold is doing his best to stay optimistic today and the DOJ is making it easier than usual. A federal grand jury subpoena dated April 17 demands the names, addresses, and personal phone numbers of every single person who worked in Fulton County during the 2020 election, and Jon thinks that is a very good sign. Trump also reinstated the Presidential Fitness Test that Obama killed in 2013, Jon reads the benchmarks out loud, and immediately commits to earning the award on camera. The UAE just withdrew from OPEC after 58 years, and Jon breaks down what that means for oil prices post-Iran war, including the possibility of $2 gasoline if the cartel collapses entirely. Trump went on record saying Democrats have to cheat because their policies are too unpopular to win any other way, and Jon asks the logical follow-up question nobody wants to answer: so what does it mean if the midterms happen without fixing the cheating? Also: Elon Musk paid a $1.7 million SEC settlement that is genuinely peanuts to him, the DOJ is going after the ABA's law school accreditation monopoly, and a Michigan judge dismissed felony charges against a 2020 election clerk in a case that mirrors Tina Peters almost exactly.

Badlands Daily: 5/5/26 - SCOTUS Forces Redistricting, Judge Apologizes to WHCD Shooter

CannCon and Ghost open Tuesday with a show that moves fast and hits hard. The Supreme Court waives its standard thirty-two day hold and immediately remands the Louisiana redistricting case back to the lower courts, clearing the path for maps to be redrawn before the midterms while the ACLU files an emergency motion using arguments that directly contradict what their own attorneys argued in Virginia. Georgia's Brian Kemp continues to refuse compliance, and Ghost unpacks exactly what that signals about his ambitions. The Democrat Party's structural collapse is mapped out in detail: funding drying up, 24-plus House seats in redistricting jeopardy, and Maine's incumbent governor dropping out for lack of money. A federal magistrate judge apologizes on the record to Cole Allen, the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooter, while comparing his conditions favorably to J6 defendants. CannCon and Ghost dismantle the double standard in real time and ask why Jocelyn Ballantyne, who prosecuted Flynn and the Proud Boys, is still at DOJ. Plus, the DOJ indicts 10 current and former Mexican government officials for Sinaloa cartel ties, Mexico's president refuses extradition, and Ghost explains the UAE's OPEC exit and why oil prices are about to drop.

Baseless Conspiracies Ep. 183: Cheesy Bay, Comet Ping Pong and the Obama EPA Connection

Jon Herold and Zak Paine open Episode 183 by debunking a viral fake Obama housekeeper death story making the rounds on X, using it as a springboard to talk about clickbait disinfo accounts and the broken incentive structures that make them profitable.
Then Jon takes the show deep into one of the stranger corners of the Pizzagate universe: Cheesy Bay. It starts with a 2016 Reddit post from a thong-sandal-wearing Hawaiian distillery worker who discovered 30 constantly rotating Wi-Fi signals coming from an underground concrete pad, strange heat sources, and buckets of dissolved organic matter on his employer's farm in Oahu. That employer, a man named Dave Flintstone, was linked to an eBay account called "Cheesy Bay" selling broken hard drives, and to hacked emails connecting him directly to the Comet Ping Pong booker and Obama's EPA Director Lisa P. Jackson, who was operating under a fake government alias. Jackson also sat on the Clinton Foundation board. The episode closes with the bombshell that in 2025, a man named David Flintstone was arrested in Medellin for sexual exploitation of a minor and later escaped from prison.

Culture of Change Ep. 147: Trial by Jury vs. Trial by Government

What if the single most important check on government power was quietly dismantled in the 1830s, and nobody told you? Ashe sits down with Jonathan Drake of the No Treason podcast to break down Lysander Spooner's case for trial by jury, what it actually meant at the founding, and how it became the hollow shell we have today. From jury nullification to the legal priestly class to why getting jury duty might be the most powerful civic act you can take, this is the kind of conversation that rewires how you think about justice, liberty, and who is actually in charge. Spoiler: it is not you. Yet.

Breaking Free of Psyops Ep. 5: Who is really causing our Drug epidemic?

Spoiler: it's not China. Matt Ehret traces North America's drug crisis from the British Empire's original opium wars through the CIA's Air America heroin pipeline, Afghan poppy fields guarded by Western troops, and the Sackler family's OxyContin empire. He shows how Afghan opium production exploded the moment US forces arrived in 2001 and collapsed again the moment the Taliban returned in 2023, a fact the Pentagon's trillion-dollar budget apparently could not replicate. He also names the actual players fueling today's fentanyl crisis: Khalistani organized crime networks in British Columbia, money-laundering banks including TD Bank and a bank belonging to the British Royal Family, and a pharmaceutical company that paid a fine smaller than its profits. If China were really running a reverse opium war, they're doing a terrible job. Everyone else in this story seems far more competent.

Alphas Make Sandwiches Ep. 68: Weird Week in History, Blue Moons & Intentional Dressing

The ladies kick things off with $5,000 sterling silver mint juleps, a full jar of fucks, and a pet photo challenge featuring a baby bird whose mother is auditioning for grounded mom of the year. Ashe takes us through a weird week in history covering the Kontiki voyage, the liberation of Dachau, the fall of Saigon, George Washington begging not to be president, Thomas Jefferson rationalizing the Louisiana Purchase, CERN releasing the worldwide web (and the eternal reminder that if it's free, you're the product), the Empire State Building, Bush's mission accomplished disaster, the King James Bible, Gone With The Wind, Kent State, and the Haymarket Affair. Christy explains why a blue moon used to mean something absurd or impossible centuries before astronomers got involved, and somehow that means Ashe owes everyone dinner on May 31. Then Michelle takes the wheel for a whole segment on intentional dressing, why we hide behind clothes, finding your three power pieces, dressing for your body shape, and the radical idea that anxiety lives in the waiting and confidence shows up after you take the step. Plus: Brian rage quitting over the spelling of Grogu, and a wiener dog t-shirt origin story.

Y-Chromes Ep. 79: He's Back, Buckshot, and the Black Panther Debate

Alpha Warrior is back after a month and a half away, and he brought news: it's twins, one boy and one girl. The full crew is finally reunited on May the 4th, and the show wastes no time. CannCon walks through a real world emergency preparedness story from the 2024 RNC cyber outage, where he was stranded in Denver and had to prep Christine for a potential grid down scenario. That kicks off a serious conversation about home defense shotgun loads, buckshot versus slugs, and the eternal Glock versus Sig debate. Then the wheels come off in the best possible way as the crew debates the Black Panther movie, JB drops some pointed takes on Hollywood's portrayal of African American men, and everyone ends up arguing about LeBron versus Kobe versus Jordan. Savannah Bananas highlights, NHL playoff updates, and a Star Wars Day clip round things out. Welcome home, Alpha.