Badlands Daily: 4/28/26 - VA Supreme Court Hears Case, NATO Fractures, King Charles Visit

CannCon and Ghost open Tuesday with a show that spans elections, geopolitics, and five centuries of empire. The Virginia Supreme Court holds its hearing on the redistricting referendum, and Ghost, who livestreamed it, gives his read: the justices were picking up on every constitutional violation he had flagged, and he expects a 5-2 or 6-1 overturn. Trump posts the Save America Act demanding voter ID and proof of citizenship, while California qualifies a voter ID ballot measure for November. The Supreme Court upholds Texas's redrawn map, DeSantis unveils a new Florida map netting four GOP seats, and Mississippi calls a special session that would eliminate Bennie Thompson's seat. Ghost flags serious concerns about Hart InterCivic voting machines spreading across Texas and the Heider Garcia connection to Tarrant County flipping blue. Lindsey Graham swoops in to try to turn Trump's privately funded White House ballroom into a $400M taxpayer bill, and Ghost ties King Charles's White House visit to centuries of Prussian banking empire history. NATO fractures as the US considers suspending Spain, Canada pivots toward the EU, and Germany's chancellor publicly criticizes American strategy in Iran.