Badlands Daily: 4/23/26 - RICO Builds, Omar Winery Folds, VA Referendum Overturned

CannCon and Alpha Warrior bring the energy on Thursday with a high-octane show that connects a lot of dots. Alpha breaks down why the biggest RICO case in American history is still being built from the ground up and why the lack of arrests is actually the sign of a sophisticated, airtight operation. Ilhan Omar's winery collapses one year after she reported it was worth up to $5 million, and a Minnesota hearing into her Feeding Our Future connections gets ignored by both Omar and AG Keith Ellison. The Virginia gerrymandering referendum passed 51/49 but a circuit court judge immediately blocked certification as unconstitutional, setting up a legal firestorm. The guys trace the SPLC indictment timing to the Virginia vote and draw the connecting tissue between the SPLC, Lincoln Project, ACLU, and Sedition Hunters. Florida fires back with its own redistricting special session. Plus, Massey introduces a bill to repeal the Smith-Mundt Modernization Act, the Ninth Circuit permanently blocks California's anti-ICE mask law, and a convicted murderer is arrested for threatening the ICE director.