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The Fight Over Medicaid Fraud & Why Can’t California Count Votes? | 6.4.26

04 Jun 2026

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Chapter 1: What are the implications of Colorado's pronoun law on free speech?

0.031 - 16.186 Georgia Howe

Colorado is trying to silence free speech again. A state law forces businesses to use customers' preferred pronouns even if they're biologically inaccurate. With the help of Alliance Defending Freedom, a Christian bookstore, and a sports apparel company are challenging the law, but a court recently ruled against them.

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16.486 - 32.71 Georgia Howe

They appealed the ruling, and with ADF's help, they'll keep fighting another attempt by Colorado to skirt the First Amendment. Learn more about how you can support free speech by texting WIRE to 83848 or going to joinadf.com slash WIRE. Thank you. Colorado is trying to silence free speech again.

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32.73 - 52.314 Georgia Howe

A state law forces businesses to use customers' preferred pronouns even if they're biologically inaccurate. With the help of Alliance Defending Freedom, a Christian bookstore and a sports apparel company are challenging the law, but a court recently ruled against them. They appealed the ruling, and with ADF's help, they'll keep fighting another attempt by Colorado to skirt the First Amendment.

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52.734 - 60.143 Georgia Howe

Learn more about how you can support free speech by texting WIRE to 83848 or going to joinadf.com slash WIRE.

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60.342 - 90.498 John Bickley

Another round of bruising primaries sharpens the focus for both parties, but also presents some new headaches ahead of November. I'm Daily Wire Executive Editor John Bickley. Georgia's on vacation this morning, but soon to return. It's Thursday, June 4th. This is Morning Wire. More fraud revelations prompt a combative hearing on Capitol Hill.

90.959 - 100.8 John Bickley

We talked to the investigative reporter whose testimony lit a fire in Congress and a lawmaker calling for a fraud crackdown. That's a criminal enterprise that I think... Regular order.

100.921 - 106.633 Luke Rosiak

I mean, I know I'm not waived onto the committee, but this is ridiculous. As a person from Ohio... Not on this committee at all.

106.816 - 112.867 John Bickley

And fresh outrage erupts over males competing in female sports, focused particularly on California.

113.188 - 123.065 Luke Rosiak

California restructured the entire podium for this boy so that he could stand up there and get a medal, which I would say he did not come by honestly.

Chapter 2: What sparked the intense congressional hearing on Medicaid fraud?

306.143 - 322.718 Ben Domenech

It's one that has enormous regulations. Those regulations are in place in a lot of different safety-ism kind of ways that are preventing the rebuilding of the Palisades, the fires of which, of course, inspired Pratt's campaign to begin with. He tapped into that voter frustration. It's not based on

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322.698 - 338.125 Ben Domenech

Republican ideology, conservative beliefs, or the like, it's based out of voter frustration with what they see around them. If Karen Bass was a competent mayor of Los Angeles, she would be running away with this thing just given the demographics of that city. But she isn't because she's been totally incompetent.

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338.105 - 357.666 Ben Domenech

And in the Steve Hilton race, the fact that he's going to go up against a machine politician and Javier Becerra, who's basically done nothing to earn this kind of faith from the people of California, has to give him hope that he can at least score some real points, win some arguments against this democratic machine that's been in control of a great American state for far too long.

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357.832 - 367.906 John Bickley

Both of those guys really good at messaging. Six states voted this week. What's the biggest takeaway most people are missing from some of these other elections?

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368.547 - 388.921 Ben Domenech

Well, two things that I think really stand out to me. One is this situation in Iowa where you saw this rare rejection of Donald Trump's endorsed candidate. You had a situation there where the gubernatorial election was playing out in such a way that you could have someone who was a little bit more in touch with the Maha movement prevail there.

388.961 - 401.254 Ben Domenech

That's one that's interesting just because it's one of the rare moments when the president's endorsement didn't go the way that he and his political team expected. The other one that I think is really interesting is the situation that's played out in New Jersey.

401.234 - 416.492 Ben Domenech

where you have a candidate there in Honolulu who's won this Democratic primary, who is actually someone who was a witness, you know, involved in the defense of the blind sheikh from the original World Trade Center bombing.

416.512 - 431.27 Ben Domenech

The idea that New Jersey would have a Democratic candidate for Congress who wasn't just, you know, someone who had worked in the past for an Al-Qaeda affiliate, who had, you know, defended things that were wrong, really, you know, beyond the pale, that they would actually pick someone like that.

431.611 - 452.082 Ben Domenech

I just think it speaks to this underlying radicalism on the left that's very different than it is on the right. On the right, you have problems with communicators and podcasters and people who have opinions. On the left, you have these people actually winning elections and winning nominations within their own party, you know, and it's not just Graham Platner. It goes a long way beyond that.

Chapter 3: Why is California's vote counting process so controversial?

1005.738 - 1031.506 Jim Campbell

There are serious privacy concerns. We have a client that we represent in the state of West Virginia named Adelaide Cross. She has been forced to share locker rooms with a male athlete, and she has been forced to endure vile sexual comments while in those settings. from that same male athlete. So this is not an isolated incident. It's not just confined to fairness. It also includes privacy.

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1031.647 - 1049.524 Jim Campbell

It also includes safety. We've seen serious safety concerns. In North Carolina, a 17-year-old girl named Peyton McNabb suffered partial paralysis after competing against a male volleyball player who spiked the ball so hard that it caused her severe head and neck injuries.

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1049.791 - 1057.002 John Bickley

Big picture, the legal wins. Which way are they blowing? Are they blowing in the direction of the trans-identifying athletes or the girls?

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1057.703 - 1075.731 Jim Campbell

The legal wins are blowing squarely in favor of the girls. And that's because you can only ignore reality for so long. And when you build policies on a lie, which is what policies that allow boys to compete against girls do, it's only a matter of time until the truth comes out.

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1075.711 - 1091.02 Jim Campbell

We're looking very, very closely for the incoming Supreme Court decision that should come by the end of the month that will answer the question whether states can protect women's sports and ensure that boys aren't allowed to compete in them.

1091.401 - 1096.47 John Bickley

A major decision looming for the high court, and that decision is coming soon, like you said. Jim, thank you so much for joining us.

1096.851 - 1097.432 Jim Campbell

My pleasure.

1098.543 - 1114.746 John Bickley

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