CALIFORNIA EXPOSED, SAVE ACT DEAD,  & CNN'S BIGGEST DOUBLE STANDARD YET

CALIFORNIA EXPOSED, SAVE ACT DEAD,  & CNN'S BIGGEST DOUBLE STANDARD YET

From Keeping It Real: Conversations with Jillian Michaels by Jillian Michaels

June 12, 2026 · 32 min

About this episode

The episode discusses the ongoing California election integrity crisis, the failure of the SAVE ACT in the Senate, and controversies surrounding the Democratic Party's candidate in Maine.

BREAKING - TOP NEWS STORIES OF THE WEEK: 🗳️ CALIFORNIA ELECTION INTEGRITY CRISIS CONTINUES — Newsom and Trump go to war over California elections. Voter rolls packed with tens of thousands of ineligible registrations. Homeless voters registered with zero verification — no ID, no Social Security number, nothing. A 29-day counting window giving election officials access to unreturned ballots. And when the DOJ demanded transparency, Gavin Newsom cited "privacy" and stonewalled federal investigators. California isn't an outlier — 14 states plus Washington D.C. require zero proof of identity to vote. ⚖️ HOW THE SAVE ACT DIED IN THE SENATE — 80% of Americans — including the majority of Democrats — support voter ID and proof of citizenship to vote. So how did this bill collapse? We break down the 60-vote filibuster threshold, the Byrd Rule, the four Republican defectors — McConnell, Collins, Murkowski, and Tillis — and the procedural nuclear option that could have passed it with 51 votes and why Republicans refused to use it. 🚨 THE LEFT'S DEPLORABLES MOMENT — The Democratic Party is now openly rallying behind a Maine Senate candidate with a documented hate symbol tattoo, multiple…

People in this episode

Host: Jillian Michaels

Topics covered

  • California elections
  • voter ID laws
  • political controversies
  • Democratic Party
  • election integrity
  • legislative processes

Keywords

  • California elections
  • voter ID
  • SAVE ACT
  • Democratic Party
  • CNN
  • election integrity
  • political controversies
  • Gavin Newsom
  • Donald Trump

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CNN, Democratic Party, Department of Justice

Places: California, Maine, Washington D.C.

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