Episode Details

Jon Herold brings back cybersecurity expert Skip from Patriot Protect to break down a massive breach exposing front and back photos of driver's licenses used for age verification at places like Hertz and Target, plus a chilling rundown of AI voice cloning scams targeting families. Jon then delivers what he hopes is his final word on the ongoing Twitter pile on accusing Badlands of being anti Trump over host Shipwreck's stance on voting, defending his hands off editorial philosophy and pointing out the hypocrisy of accusers who've said far more extreme things themselves. Other news includes the Supreme Court allowing expanded voter citizenship checks to continue, Trump and Xi's friendly White House summit covering trade and "superintelligence," an appeals court upholding the Pentagon's blacklisting of Anthropic, and the Senate narrowly defeating a War Powers Resolution on Iran. Sponsor reads and a lively chat session round out a newsy, drama filled Friday show.