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Why We Vote Ep. 174: Tina Peters Visit, Atlantic Hit Piece & DOJ 2020 Update

CannCon and Ashe in America open with Ashe's first in-person visit with Tina Peters in prison, arriving just hours after Governor Jared Polis cut her sentence in half and granted parole effective June 1. Ashe shares Peters' priorities upon release: her 97-year-old mother, her health, and her dog Minka. The conversation turns to a full legal breakdown of the case, including what she was actually convicted of versus acquitted of, the exculpatory text messages withheld by the FBI from DA Rubinstein, and how the court blocked her from disputing the prosecution's intent narrative. CannCon and Ashe also break down the $17.76 billion weaponization of government fund and whether their own cases might qualify. The show then pivots to The Atlantic's hit piece on election integrity advocates including Clay Parikh and Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, who seized 650,000 ballots after redistricting discrepancies. The episode closes on Todd Blanche's Fox Business interview confirming active DOJ investigations in Arizona and Fulton County, Susie Wiles' statement that Trump may have won additional 2020 states, and Stacy Abrams reacting to the downstream effects of the Louisiana v. Callais redistricting ruling.

Geopolitics with Ghost Ep. 107: ISIS Kill, Ebola in Congo & Alex Saab Deported - 5/19/26

Ghost returns from a week off and opens with an unplanned ferry pass by Epstein Island before diving into the week's biggest stories. Trump and Nigeria jointly eliminated ISIS's global second-in-command Abu Balal al-Manouki, the man behind the 2014 Chibok schoolgirl kidnappings. Ghost reframes the operation not as a threat to the Alliance of Sahel States but as Trump cleaning up a deep state creation, and walks through how US aid money routed through Ukraine funded ISIS proxies in Mali. A rare Ebola strain has erupted in Congo's Ituri province with the WHO declaring a public health emergency, and Ghost ties it directly to the ongoing rare earth mineral conflict and the deep state's losing battle for control of Eastern Congo. Trump publicly asked MBS, MBZ, and Qatar's emir to pause Iran strikes, confirming the Arabs never wanted war. Trump met Xi in China, Putin heads to Beijing for his 25th visit, and a Saudi/Pakistan defense pact is expanding toward Qatar and Turkey. Iraq and Pakistan signed bilateral energy transit deals with Iran, and Ghost maps out a potential Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline corridor. The episode closes with a deep dive into Alex Saab's deportation from Venezuela and PDVSA's own 2015 financial documents showing the Venezuelan government as the original victim of deep state-linked corruption.

The Daily Herold: 5/19/26 - Rep. Burchett Live, Iran Attack Called Off & Ballot Fraud

Jon Herold comes in Tuesday with his best show prep in weeks and a live guest. Representative Tim Burchett of Tennessee joins for a fast-moving fifteen-minute interview covering the most expensive House race in history, foreign money in Congress, dark money and NGO corruption, and Jon's favorite question: given the fraud, waste, and abuse, why should Americans keep paying taxes? Burchett's answer is the best Jon has gotten from any representative yet, and the moment where he tells Jon Congress is crooked as a dog's leg is going to be clipped by someone. Before the interview, Jon reads Trump's overnight Truth Social post announcing a planned military strike on Iran was called off at Gulf allies' request, and immediately wonders whether the attack was ever actually scheduled or whether this is another negotiating tactic. Trump also posted about 500,000 illegal mail-in ballots being sent in Maryland and called for a DOJ investigation. The DOJ is now exposing a two-decade-long California election fraud scheme, but Jon flags that none of the exposure touches voting machines. The 30-year treasury yield climbed to 5.2%, Elon Musk lost his OpenAI case in under two hours, and the Department of War just paused its defense board with Canada.

Badlands Daily: 5/19/26 - Skid Row Ballot Factory Busted, MD Mail Bomb, Massey Showdown

CannCon and Ghost open Tuesday with Ghost fresh off a Caribbean wedding where he discovered Epstein Island is visible from a crowded ferry. DOJ announces the plea deal of Brenda Lee Brown Armstrong, a 20-year veteran of registering homeless people on Skid Row with cigarettes and cash, exposed by James O'Keefe. CannCon connects her voter roll padding directly to Maryland's mail-in ballot crisis, where Trump posts that 500,000 illegal ballots were sent out and demands a DOJ investigation of Governor Wes Moore. Stacey Abrams confirms what CannCon said three weeks ago: the Louisiana v. Calais redistricting decision threatens not just congressional seats but up to 191 state legislative districts, and with them every city council, county commission, and school board in the South. Ghost previews the Western Kentucky AIPAC versus Massey primary as a guaranteed lose-lose for the establishment GOP: either outcome blows up the coalition. Linda McMahon reveals the FAFSA fraud crackdown is stopping ghost students, bots, and dead people from collecting federal loans. The San Diego Islamic Center shooting unfolds with fog of war caution. And a Minnesota ICE officer is charged in a shooting CannCon says deserves a trial regardless of politics.

Baseless Conspiracies Ep. 185: Tick Bioweapons, Alpha Gal and UFO Harvesting

Jon Herold and Zak Paine open Episode 185 with a breakdown of the Thomas Massey vs. Ed Gallerain Kentucky primary, the Laura Loomer affair claims, and why Jon sees the whole thing as an op against someone he already had no illusions about.
Then the show pivots to UFO disclosure. Matt Gaetz recently confirmed a whistleblower claim that humans were being harvested from natural disasters and migrant caravans for alien-human hybrid programs, while CIA-connected researcher Hal Putoff named four alien species the US government has allegedly recovered. Jon argues the alien cover story may be a convenient distraction from human trafficking networks run by very earthly actors.
The second half of the episode digs into the surge in ticks across America. Jon connects the rise of alpha gal syndrome, a red meat allergy spread by lone star ticks, to a peer-reviewed bioethics paper proposing intentional tick spreading as a climate strategy, a Gates Foundation grant to a biotech company engineering ticks for release into the wild, the Pfizer-Valneva Lyme disease vaccine now in phase three trials, and the original origins of Lyme disease at Plum Island, a biological weapons lab staffed by post-World War II Nazi scientists.

Culture of Change Ep. 149: A Post Partisan America?

What happens when a Democrat speechwriter for the AFL-CIO and an unaffiliated conservative election denier sit down and discover they agree on more than they disagree? Ashe welcomes Tricia Calvaresi, the last Democrat to challenge Lauren Boebert, for a conversation that earns its question mark. From Colorado's NGO corruption machine to the broken mental health system, the globalist central planning apparatus to the civil war inside the Democratic Party, this one goes everywhere. Ashe closes with an exclusive update from her visit with Tina Peters in prison, including what Tina wants first when she walks out. It's a steak. Obviously.

Y Chromes Ep. 81: Fight Tips, Baseball Brawls, and Looney Tunes Unpacked

JB is still out, but CannCon, Alpha Warrior, and Cam Cooksey hold it down for a packed episode. The crew kicks things off with a full NHL Western Conference Finals breakdown, Avs versus Golden Knights, while keeping an eye on the Hurricanes' undefeated run. From there it gets physical fast, starting with a Gina Carano versus Ronda Rousey reaction and rolling into a genuine self-defense debrief covering throat strikes, knee attacks, and when Alpha used to pull out the baton. Cam brings a minor league baseball brawl that has everyone debating taunting rules across every sport. Then CannCon breaks down why the Internet gave dumb people access to each other, explains Looney Tunes to a small child in 2026, and the whole crew wraps up trading Pickle Rick quotes and simulation theory. Men uncensored, unfiltered, and unsupervised.

Alphas Make Sandwiches Ep. 70: Hands Down, Tina Peters Clemency & Pill Hacks

The ladies open with coffee splash photo challenge fails, including Jackie's noble attempt at a witch's cauldron and Ashe's lone half melted ice cube while Christy's iPhone 17 Pro Max once again outclasses everyone. They tease the Freedom 250 GART in Deadwood, complete with red, white, and blue welcome dinner plans and a renewed hope that Zach Payne and only Lance actually grow mullets. Christy takes the professor's chair for the idiom hands down, which turns out to come from horse racing and not, sadly, a dramatic courtroom gesture, just in time for Napoleon Solo to win the Preakness in a suspicious bit of comms. Ashe walks through her in person visit with Tina Peters two days after Governor Polis granted clemency, unpacking what is actually going on with the weaponization of government, why this case was never about elections despite the headlines, what Tina actually misses (her 97 year old mother, a real steak, a salad with actual tomatoes), why she will not see her dog Minka until she is certain she is not leaving her again, and why people who say she did nothing wrong are missing the same point as people who call her a threat to democracy. Christy closes with how to swallow gel caps without choking and how to unlock a child safety cap forever.

The Daily Herold: 5/18/26 - Treasury Yield Warning, Massey Psyop & Anti-Weaponization Fund

Jon Herold comes in Monday with his kids officially on summer break and a show that starts with economic warning signs nobody wants to talk about. The US 30-year treasury yield hit 5.16% this morning, the highest level since the run-up to the 2008 financial crisis, and Jon walks through exactly what that means for mortgage rates, housing, and stock prices. Student loan defaults just hit a new all-time high of $171 billion. Then Jon turns to the Kentucky primary circus: the Thomas Massey vs. Ed Gallerian race has degenerated into a Laura Loomer-driven psyop featuring unverified sexual allegations, $25 million in outside money, and a Trump endorsement post Jon reads in full and fact-checks in real time. He does not like Massey and still refuses to participate in the hit campaign against him, and explains exactly why that principle matters more than the outcome. Trump also settled his $10 billion IRS lawsuit and created a $1.776 billion anti-weaponization fund, which Jon cautiously questions: who decides who qualifies, and why are taxpayers footing the bill instead of the people who committed the crimes? Plus: Tina Peters is eligible for parole June 1, US-Greenland Arctic talks are quietly continuing, and Venezuela just deported Biden pardon recipient Alex Saab to the US.

Badlands Daily: 5/18/26 - Tina Peters Free, Kemp Killed GA Probe, Blanche Confirms RICO

CannCon and Zak Paine open Monday with a show packed with election accountability developments. Tina Peters is getting out after Colorado Governor Polis halves her sentence, and CannCon and Zak break down her statement of contrition, the Jenna Griswold CNN meltdown that says the quiet part out loud, and the Sonia Jaquez Lewis comparison that makes the double standard impossible to explain away. Breaking during prep: unsealed testimony confirms Georgia investigators killed the 2020 election probe at Governor Kemp's personal request, a story CannCon broke at Badlands in February. Acting AG Todd Blanche goes on Maria Bartiromo and confirms there is a ton of evidence the 2020 election was rigged, multiple active investigations in Arizona and Fulton County, and a RICO grand conspiracy case in the Southern District of Florida with hundreds of subpoenas and witnesses. CannCon plays Comey telling embedded FBI employees to "hang on for two and a half years," and Brennan telling CIA and DOJ holdouts that good people are still in place, framing both as dog whistles that are simultaneously generating subpoenable evidence. Kamala Harris floats a "no bad ideas" agenda including abolishing the electoral college and expanding the Supreme Court. Bill Cassidy loses his Senate primary. Tom Kean is still missing.