# Badlands Daily: 7/31/26 - Todd Blanche's AG Standoff, Bannon's Pulte Play & Fauci's Encore

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Podcast: [Badlands Media](https://stenobird.com/podcast/badlands-media-6674661)
Published: 2026-07-31T17:20:32+00:00
Episode link: https://badlandsmedia.podbean.com/e/badlands-daily-73126-todd-blanches-ag-standoff-bannons-pulte-play-faucis-encore/
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Duration seconds: 6879

## Resource

CannCon and Chris Paul dig into a brewing Senate standoff over the Attorney General nomination, with President Trump publicly torching two Republican senators for blocking his pick and a wild theory floating around about why the Senate might be sticking around for recess longer than usual. They also unpack a clever Bannon idea for forcing the Senate's hand using a Cabinet reshuffle, plus a genuinely interesting sidebar on whether you actually need a law degree to be Attorney General at all. From there it is more Fauci fallout, a memorable Bernie Moreno soundbite, and a deep cut DEFCON research clip on election machine vulnerabilities that CannCon has been citing for years. They wrap with some skepticism about staged political debates and a truly bizarre WNBA highlight. A little bit of everything today.

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