Badlands Daily: 7/16/26 - Jack Smith's Spying Scandal, Save America Act Passes & Speech Countdown
CannCon and Alpha Warrior open with Josh Hawley's fiery account of Jack Smith allegedly surveilling his texts, calls, and location, part of a wider revelation about dozens of senators and congressmen swept up in the same dragnet. From there they break down the House quietly passing a national security bill with the Save America Act tucked inside, just hours before President Trump's much anticipated primetime speech, and dig into early reporting suggesting the address may touch on previously unreported Chinese election interference and what intelligence officials allegedly withheld from Trump…
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