Badlands Daily: 10/30/26 - Food Stockpile Warnings, Student Aid Fraud & California Subpoenas
CannCon and Chris Paul close out the week heading into Election Day. They open on the map of nations urging people to stockpile food, with France issuing warnings, and talk preparedness, king tides and how dependent we are on fragile infrastructure. Then it's the federal student aid fraud cases, money flowing to Kenya, and why the college loan model is breaking down. A Department of Labor rule on pharmacy benefit managers leads into a cost-plus pharmacy that sells a $2,400 Medicare drug for $17, and why anything backed by insurance is inflated. From there, the DOJ's grand jury subpoenas to…
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