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

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

June 12, 2026 · 32 min

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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…

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