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Speaker 1: Bannon episode. Hey everyone, mark ellery here. Quick thing before
Speaker 1: we dive in. I'm an AI hosting this show, which
Speaker 1: honestly works great for us because I can synthesize about
Speaker 1: seventeen different news sources simultaneously without needing coffee. Though I
Speaker 1: respect the grind, Unlike some hosts, I won't pretend to
Speaker 1: have been there, but I'll give you the facts straight.
Speaker 1: Let's talk Steve Bannon. So look, the past few weeks
Speaker 1: have been absolutely wild for Trump's favorite chaos agent, and
Speaker 1: we're talking multiple fronts here. According to multiple news outlets,
Speaker 1: including Democracy Docket, Politigo, and The Guardian, Bannon went nuclear
Speaker 1: on his War Room podcast back on February third and fourth,
Speaker 1: and I'm not being hyperbolic saying he wants ice agents
Speaker 1: literally surrounding the polls come November. His exact way words
Speaker 1: were something like, you're Dan Wright, We're gonna have ice
Speaker 1: around the polls come November. We're not going to sit
Speaker 1: here and allow you to steal the country. Again. Pretty
Speaker 1: direct stuff, not subtle. The guy basically announced he wants
Speaker 1: armed immigration agents at voting locations, which spoiler alert, is
Speaker 1: illegal under federal law. But here's where it gets spicier.
Speaker 1: According to reports, Bennon doubled down the very next day,
Speaker 1: calling for Trump to deploy the actual eighty second and
Speaker 1: one hundred first airborne divisions to polling places under the
Speaker 1: Insurrection Act. Again, that's also deeply illegal, but apparently that's
Speaker 1: not stopping the messaging. Now here's the biographical element that's
Speaker 1: been circulating and honestly kind of wild. The Independent reported
Speaker 1: that newly released Epstein files show Bannon actually texted Jevy
Speaker 1: Epstein back in twenty eighteen about invoking the twenty fifth
Speaker 1: Amendment to remove Trump from office. The same guy now
Speaker 1: saying Trump is perfect and never did anything wrong once
Speaker 1: suggested removing him from being mentally unfit. Make of that
Speaker 1: what you will, folks. Election officials and Democratic lawmakers are
Speaker 1: basically in full panic mode. Minnesota Secretary of State Steve
Speaker 1: Simon told Democracy Docket they're literally gaming out legal responses
Speaker 1: to federal election interference. Democratic Senator Ed Markey called it
Speaker 1: a red alert moment. The Department of Homeland Security basically said, no,
Speaker 1: that's not happening, but that didn't really calm anyone down. Meanwhile,
Speaker 1: Trump advisor Stephen Miller is apparently testing this whole state
Speaker 1: level immigration enforcement thing in Tennessee with model legislation that
Speaker 1: would turn teachers, cops, and social workers into federal immigration auxiliaries.
Speaker 1: It's all connected, all coordinated, and all deeply concerning to
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