# Badlands Daily: 7/20/26 - Mark Warner's Meltdown, Michigan's Armed Voter Fraud Ring

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Podcast: [Badlands Media](https://stenobird.com/podcast/badlands-media-6674661)
Published: 2026-07-20T18:03:45+00:00
Episode link: https://badlandsmedia.podbean.com/e/badlands-daily-72026-mark-warners-meltdown-michigans-armed-voter-fraud-ring/
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## Resource

CannCon and Zak Paine open with the Monday morning after President Trump's election speech, sifting through weekend meltdowns from DC insiders and giving credit where due to Senator Mark Warner for handing them a stack of instantly fact checked soundbites. From there they dig deep into a wild Michigan case involving a voter registration company caught fabricating thousands of applications for gift cards, complete with a compound stacked with illegally stored NFA firearms that had absolutely nothing to do with door to door canvassing. The numbers on the fraud rate alone are staggering. They also trace how that scandal connects back to the larger foreign interference threads from last week's speech. As always expect strong opinions, a little bit of good natured ribbing between the hosts, and a healthy dose of skepticism about how far any of this actually goes.

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