Badlands Daily: 6/17/26 - Gay Registry Absurdity, Foiled Trump Plot, SPLC Lover Scandal
Ashe in America and Ghost swap their usual roles for a Wednesday that starts absurd and only gets more interesting from there. California rolls out a state gay business certification program for utility contracts, and Ashe and Ghost spend a hilarious but pointed stretch walking through the certification criteria, landing on the serious underlying point that any government registry tracking sexual orientation is a tool that outlives the good intentions behind it. An FBI-foiled drone and sniper plot against Trump at the White House UFC event vanishes from the news cycle within eight hours of…
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