Badlands Daily: 4/24/26 - Trump Links SPLC to 2020, Cole Trial Date, Missing Congressman

CannCon and Chris Paul close out the week with a Friday that hits on every front. Trump drops a Truth Social post calling the SPLC indictment another Democrat hoax tied to ActBlue and says the 2020 election should be wiped from the books entirely. Chris unpacks why that statement is a deeper level of disclosure than the autopen story and what it signals about where this is all heading. The Virginia redistricting saga continues with Wall Street Journal hand-wringing from Republicans and CNN legal analysis confirming the referendum has real procedural problems, while CannCon lays out the full redistricting math and what it means for the midterms. New Jersey Republican Tom Kean has been missing for over a month with no proof of life and five seats now vacant in the House. The Brian Cole Jr. J6 pipe bomb case gets a terrorism enhancement and WMD charges but his defense team shocks the courtroom by demanding a trial date. CannCon plays his 2022 interview with Bridget Thorne revealing ACLU clerks had personal laptop access to Georgia's entire voter database on election night. Plus, the IRS moves to require nonprofit fiscal sponsorship disclosure, closing a major dark money loophole.