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The Daily Herold: 9/24/26 - Panda Diplomacy, the CNN Press Ban Ruling, and Another Shipwreck Struggle Session
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Jon Herold opens with the lighter news of China sending two pandas to the Atlanta Zoo before digging into a federal judge's overnight ruling that Trump's White House press ban on CNN, MSNBC, and Politico was likely unconstitutional, questioning whether a judge should be able to override a president's national security determination at all. He also does a live deep dive into CISA's newly released 2026 Election Infrastructure Security Plan, tracing its private sector advisory structure back to the same voting machine vendors and CrowdStrike ties he's flagged before, and lands on his long standing theory of why he believes Trump actually won in 2020 and 2024 despite ongoing election fraud. Jon closes out by addressing another wave of attacks on Badlands host Shipwreck over her stance on voting, reaffirming that hosts are free to say what they believe without censorship. Sponsor reads, conference ticket news, and a lively chat session round out an opinionated Thursday show.