Badlands Daily: 8/17/26 - ABC's Buried COVID Lab Story, Kushner's Health Take & Elias Meltdown

CannCon and Zak Paine kick off Monday with a Kushner and Grinnell clip on longevity and priorities after leaving the White House, plus a quick check in on the surprise hurricane that battered Hawaii over the weekend. The real headline is a resurfaced Terry Moran interview where the ABC correspondent admits network brass killed his own investigation into the COVID lab leak theory back in 2021, a story the hosts say deserves way more attention than it has gotten. They also touch on a memoir clip getting renewed attention online involving a public figure's account of a traumatic experience at eighteen, and a chunk of a speech that has the hosts nodding along on campaign finance reform despite disagreeing with plenty else. They close with easily the favorite clip of the day, a Democrat election lawyer visibly melting down over dried up funding heading into the midterms.