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Whistleblower Exposes Trump's Plan, Pete Hegseth Attacks Canada, David Cay Johnston Joins (9/1/26)
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1:33:11Now PlayingStealing the mid-terms?
USPS whistleblower is sounding the alarm about a new mail-ballot system that could potentially disenfranchise huge numbers of legitimate voters. The allegation underscores an explosive question: are changes inside the Postal Service providing a mechanism for manipulating the outcome of an election?
Also…
Is America’s military leadership becoming dangerously compromised?
Pete Hegseth’s tenure at the Pentagon has been rocked by controversy, internal battles and the departure of senior officials.
Now Army Secretary Dan Driscoll’s resignation raises new questions about readiness, modernization and dysfunction at the highest levels of the Defense Department.
At a moment of extraordinary global danger, we ask whether mismanagement inside the Pentagon is becoming a national security threat of its own.
Plus…
Here comes the Trump billion dollar ballroom we didn’t need. The Supreme Court is allowing Trump to move forward indefinitely with the construction of a new White House ballroom. In a 5–4 decision, the justices blocked lower-court rulings that would have halted work on the project’s above-ground portion. Trump’ tone deaf project, dripping with gold accents, comes ahead of the midterm elections - a time when issues of affordability are on the minds of voters.
Pulitzer Prize winning author and investigative journalist David Cay Johnston stops through to talk about presidential powers, distractions and crimes.
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Prof. David Cay Johnston at RIT, Pulitzer Prize winning Author & Investigative Journalist
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