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Why We Vote Ep. 171: Tina Peters Update, Texas Maps & Virginia Oral Arguments

CannCon and Ashe in America are back in their new Tuesday time slot with a loaded show. First up, a full Tina Peters case update: Judge Barrett refuses to disqualify himself, a renewed bond motion is pending, the habeas petition is in the Tenth Circuit, and presidential pardon arguments are heading to SCOTUS. Then the show moves to Texas' mid-decade redistricting maps, upheld by the Supreme Court and driven by what CannCon argues was a deliberately skewed 2020 census. California's voter ID initiative qualifying for the ballot via one million signatures gets a brief, skeptical celebration. A viral Rosa DeLauro clip brings some comic relief as EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin exposes her total ignorance of Loper Bright and West Virginia v. EPA on camera. The back half is dedicated entirely to CannCon's deep-dive breakdown of Virginia Supreme Court oral arguments on the "Restore Fairness" redistricting amendment, including the two-thirds special session shell game, the definition of "election," and why he is confident the court will overturn it.

Geopolitics with Ghost Ep. 102: Iran Devolution, Mali Coup & UAE Exits OPEC - 4/28/26

Ghost opens episode 102 with a striking observation: mainstream outlets are now describing Iran's post-war power structure in terms that amount to an admission of devolution without ever using the word. With Khamenei dead and his son Mashtaba serving as a figurehead, real authority has consolidated inside the IRGC and the Supreme National Security Council. Ghost breaks down what this means for ongoing US/Iran nuclear negotiations and why the enrichment red line is a double standard given Israel's unacknowledged arsenal. The UAE announces it is leaving OPEC effective May 1, a move Ghost frames as a Trump win that could drive oil prices down significantly. Mali's capital is rocked by a massive coordinated terrorist attack, its defense minister is killed, and Russia's Africa Corps pushes back against what Moscow calls a western-backed coup attempt. Ghost also covers Haredi extremists invading an Israeli military police chief's home, Ukraine summoning Israel's ambassador over Russian grain purchases, King Charles's address to Congress, and North Korea deepening military ties with Russia through 2031.

Badlands Media Special Coverage: 4/28/26 - King Charles III Addresses Congress

In a historic first, King Charles III becomes the first reigning British monarch to address a joint session of the United States Congress, arriving during the state visit marking America's 250th anniversary of independence. President Trump opens with warm remarks on the White House lawn, tracing the shared Anglo Saxon heritage that shaped American liberty before the king takes the Capitol. Charles delivers a sweeping address covering the deep legal and cultural roots binding the two nations, the UK's largest defense spending increase since the Cold War, a call for resolve on Ukraine, the AUKUS submarine partnership, booming bilateral trade and technology agreements, and a brief but pointed acknowledgment of the assassination attempt at the WHCA dinner. Equal parts history lesson and diplomatic rallying cry.

Badlands Media Special Coverage - DOJ Press Conference: 4/28/26 - Comey Indicted

Attorney General Pam Bondi, US Attorney Ellis Boyle, and FBI Director Kash Patel take the podium in the Eastern District of North Carolina to announce that a grand jury has returned a two count felony indictment against former FBI Director James Comey for threatening the life of President Trump in a May 2025 Instagram post. Each count carries a maximum of ten years in prison. Patel confirms Comey deleted the post and issued an apology after posting, but notes that all of that information was presented to the grand jury. The DOJ emphasizes this is the same standard applied to all threat cases regardless of the defendant's status or title. The press conference closes with pointed questions about intent, free speech, the timeline of the investigation, and whether more charges could follow.

The Daily Herold: 4/28/26 - Clinton Foundation Docs, Fauci Adviser Charged & UAE Exits OPEC

Jon Herold is excited today and has the documents to back it up. Newly declassified FBI records released by Senator Grassley lay out the Clinton Foundation investigation in detail, and Jon finds the timeline revelation that has him reaching for his mind map. The FBI opened the Clinton Foundation investigation in January 2016, and then on August 1, the very day after Crossfire Hurricane was opened against Trump, FBI HQ shut down the Little Rock field office investigation and quietly transferred it to New York to die quietly. Jon also calls his shot on the DiGenova subpoenas: he said they were headline theater, and now they have been walked back. A former Fauci adviser, David Morens, has been charged with conspiracy, records destruction, and concealment of federal documents tied to COVID origins, and Jon is cautiously encouraged. The FBI also raided more than 20 Minneapolis childcare locations tied to Somali-owned businesses billing for services never delivered. The UAE is withdrawing from OPEC, Iran says it is in a state of collapse, Trump is pushing the Save America Act hard on Truth Social, and Rand Paul says his ballroom bill uses zero taxpayer money. Jon will believe it when he sees it.

Badlands Daily: 4/28/26 - VA Supreme Court Hears Case, NATO Fractures, King Charles Visit

CannCon and Ghost open Tuesday with a show that spans elections, geopolitics, and five centuries of empire. The Virginia Supreme Court holds its hearing on the redistricting referendum, and Ghost, who livestreamed it, gives his read: the justices were picking up on every constitutional violation he had flagged, and he expects a 5-2 or 6-1 overturn. Trump posts the Save America Act demanding voter ID and proof of citizenship, while California qualifies a voter ID ballot measure for November. The Supreme Court upholds Texas's redrawn map, DeSantis unveils a new Florida map netting four GOP seats, and Mississippi calls a special session that would eliminate Bennie Thompson's seat. Ghost flags serious concerns about Hart InterCivic voting machines spreading across Texas and the Heider Garcia connection to Tarrant County flipping blue. Lindsey Graham swoops in to try to turn Trump's privately funded White House ballroom into a $400M taxpayer bill, and Ghost ties King Charles's White House visit to centuries of Prussian banking empire history. NATO fractures as the US considers suspending Spain, Canada pivots toward the EU, and Germany's chancellor publicly criticizes American strategy in Iran.

Baseless Conspiracies Ep. 182: Benghazi, Stinger Missiles and the Obama CIA Family

Jon Herold and Zak Paine open Episode 182 with a breakdown of the Cole Allen assassination attempt on Trump, the mysterious Henry Martinez Twitter account, and why time travel is the only theory that fully explains it (spoiler: it probably isn't). They also touch on DiGenova's withdrawn subpoenas and Grassley handing Clinton Foundation documents to the DOJ.
Then the show goes deep. A scathing open letter from former CIA officer Sam Faddis dismantles John Brennan's public image as an intelligence elder statesman, revealing his entire career was built on a personal relationship with Bill Clinton. Jon walks through Operation Timber Sycamore, the illegal Stinger missile transfers to Al Qaeda proxies in Libya, the Chinook shootdown, and why Ambassador Chris Stevens had to die to keep the story buried.
The episode closes with a detailed case that Obama's entire family, his mother, grandfather, grandmother, and even his alleged biological father Frank Marshall Davis, were all connected to CIA operations spanning decades across Asia and Africa.

Culture of Change Ep. 146: Lawfare, Redistricting, and Firing Squads

Ashe goes solo for the first time on Culture of Change and wastes zero time. From the Tina Peters case getting another appeal to the SPLC indictment exposing a decade-long lawfare playbook, this episode is a masterclass in connecting the legal dots. Add in a suspicious scene at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, SCOTUS backing Texas redistricting, Colorado defying the Supreme Court on conversion therapy, and the DOJ bringing back the firing squad, and you've got a packed show that moves fast and pulls no punches. Buckle up.

The Book of Trump - Chapter 50: The War in Donbass

In Chapter 50, Ghost walks through the actual war that erupted in Eastern Ukraine following the 2014 Maidan coup, covering the timeline from the Donetsk and Luhansk separatist declarations all the way through the Minsk Two agreement of 2015. He breaks down the MH17 shootdown, the competing narratives around who fired the missile, and why the Western media's version may not hold up. Ghost also examines why both Minsk agreements ultimately failed due to unresolvable sequencing disputes between Ukraine and the separatists and explains how seven years of frozen trench warfare laid the groundwork for Russia's full-scale 2022 invasion. A methodical, plainspoken deep dive into one of the most misrepresented conflicts of the modern era.

Breaking Free of Psyops Ep. 4: Left Right Dialectics and Civil War Games

Who funds white supremacists? Apparently the Southern Poverty Law Center, to the tune of millions. Matt Ehret uses this jaw-dropping revelation as a launchpad into one of the most important recurring themes in modern history: the left/right dialectic as a top-down intelligence operation. From COINTELPRO and FBI-manufactured terror cells to the Scottish Rite networks that engineered the American Civil War, Ehret argues the game has never changed, only the costumes. He traces how British imperial interests used both abolitionists and confederates to destroy the union from within, and why figures like Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and MLK represent the rare cases of people successfully escaping the trap. He closes with a prescient warning: economic breakdown is the precondition for civil war, and someone is already running the playbook again.