Badlands Daily: 7/31/26 - Todd Blanche's AG Standoff, Bannon's Pulte Play & Fauci's Encore
CannCon and Chris Paul dig into a brewing Senate standoff over the Attorney General nomination, with President Trump publicly torching two Republican senators for blocking his pick and a wild theory floating around about why the Senate might be sticking around for recess longer than usual. They also unpack a clever Bannon idea for forcing the Senate's hand using a Cabinet reshuffle, plus a genuinely interesting sidebar on whether you actually need a law degree to be Attorney General at all. From there it is more Fauci fallout, a memorable Bernie Moreno soundbite, and a deep cut DEFCON…
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