# The Daily Herold: 9/15/26 - Anthropic Founders' Anti-Trump History and the USPS Ballot Ruling Fallout

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Published: 2026-09-15T19:47:04+00:00
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Duration seconds: 4048

## Resource

Jon Herold digs into the Supreme Court's decision leaving a lower court block on the USPS mail ballot integrity rule in place for the midterms, reading through Alito's sharp dissent and Kavanaugh's concurrence to argue election officials and courts, not Trump, caused the timing crunch that killed it. He builds a theory connecting the AI industry's sudden safety slowdown push to the midterms, digging up years of anti Trump statements and donations from Sam Altman and Anthropic's Dario Amodei to question the motives behind the timing. There's also a detailed update on the Joe DiGenova resignation saga, including new court filings suggesting friction with Todd Blanche's DOJ leadership over a John Brennan grand jury subpoena, plus a Trump Truth Social post reacting to the SCOTUS ruling. Sponsor reads, Vegas conference logistics, and a lively chat session round out a dense, pre Gart travel Tuesday show.

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