Badlands Daily: 10/9/26 - Records Requests, Neck Tattoos & Direct Current

CannCon and Chris Paul work through a packed Friday, starting with a new HHS clinic for patients with health problems after vaccination, where CannCon argues the government absorbs the liability for vaccine injuries, a Just the News report on USAID being dismantled without Congress, and the Blair and LaCivita story about an election abroad that used voting machines. Later they cover a report that the DOJ took evidence about Cassidy Hutchinson's January 6 testimony to a grand jury. The hosts speculate about Liz Cheney's role and compare entry rules for the Capitol Police and the military, neck tattoos included. A CalMatters story on records requests aimed at election-integrity groups leads into their own experience filing open records requests and the Fulton County investigation. The second half turns to James Talarico's Texas Senate race against Ken Paxton, Senator Thom Tillis's remarks about Mitch McConnell's health, and Minnesota's governor's race. They close on President Trump's remarks about Elon Musk, Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison, which one host reads as a slight, a refresher on direct current versus alternating current, and talk of Starlink becoming a mobile carrier, plus a brief detour into Palm Beach Pete.