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Badlands Daily: 7/9/26 - Jack Smith's Classified Mess, Maine's Platner Fallout & Iran Strikes Back
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- Badlands Media
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- Jul 9, 2026
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- 6534
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Summary
CannCon and Alpha Warrior kick off with a Chuck Grassley bombshell claiming Jack Smith's own office mishandled classified material while prosecuting Trump, then dig into what that could mean for the special counsel himself. From there the two go head to head, genuinely head to head, over the unraveling Graham Platner scandal in Maine and whether a similar controversy around his would be replacement holds up to scrutiny. It gets spirited. The guys also revisit new details from the Tyler Robinson trial, including a disputed unspent round and fresh interview timelines. On the geopolitics side, Iran and the US trade blows again in the Strait of Hormuz, CENTCOM rolls out strike footage, and Trump fields pointed questions about skipping the new Air Force One over security concerns. Sponsor breaks, tech gremlins, and plenty of banter round out the show.