The Daily Herold: 8/4/26 - Birthday Show and the CCP Back Channel Bombshell

Jon Herold celebrates his 36th birthday with a lighthearted, slower newsday, opening with chat banter and sponsor shoutouts before digging into a striking story about retired American four star generals who allegedly ran a decades long back channel with a Chinese military intelligence front, some reportedly ending up on China's payroll. He also covers Trump's public frustration with DC's US Attorney Jeanine Pirro over a reflecting pool vandalism case, a former FBI agent accused of stealing crypto and asking ChatGPT how to hide it, Putin signing Russia's first comprehensive crypto regulation law, and reports that the US depleted its long range precision missile stockpile during the Iran conflict. There's also a rundown of a widely shared list of Trump's top accomplishments from 2025, plus birthday shoutouts, sponsor reads, and a lively chat session throughout a relaxed Tuesday show.