Badlands Daily: 8/3/26 - RFK Jr's CNN Meltdown, Grant Waste & Trump's Nuclear Warning
CannCon and Zak Paine open with a hard look at trillions in wasted federal grant money, weaving in a debate about prison labor reform and why illegal immigrants so often end up first in line for programs like Habitat for Humanity while everyday Americans get left behind. The main event is a two part clip of RFK Jr going toe to toe with a CNN anchor, calmly dismantling her talking points in what the hosts call one of the best moments mainstream media has produced in a while. From there they shift to some genuinely puzzling comments from President Trump about a Saudi and UAE brokered deal that…
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