# Badlands Daily: 9/3/26 - Beef Price Probe Widens, Tish James Whistleblower & SCOTUS Amendment Fight

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Podcast: [Badlands Media](https://stenobird.com/podcast/badlands-media-5934327)
Published: 2026-09-03T17:54:20+00:00
Episode link: https://badlandsmedia.podbean.com/e/badlands-daily-9326-beef-price-probe-widens-tish-james-whistleblower-scotus-amendment-fight/
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Duration seconds: 6972

## Resource

CannCon and Alpha Warrior dig into the DOJ expanding its beef pricing investigation from the big four meat packers to eight of the largest grocery retailers in the country, unpacking how a handful of companies came to control most of what ends up on your plate and just how far prices have climbed over the past decade. From there they cover Democrats blocking a proposed constitutional amendment to lock the Supreme Court at nine justices, and debate whether the whole thing is a setup or a genuine effort. The back half includes a DOJ opinion clarifying that states taking federal welfare dollars must report known illegal aliens, federal investigators sitting down with the New York Attorney General whistleblower, and another judge blocking the birthright citizenship order. Expect the usual West Coast versus East Coast ribbing and plenty of frustration with Congress.

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