The mail-in ballot machine that decided Virginia is loaded and pointed at the 2026 midterms — and the Republican Party has almost no margin to absorb the hit.

Captain Seth Keshel joins David to break down what really happened in Virginia's redistricting referendum, why the Save Act is dead in the Senate, and the four symptoms of "electoral dysfunction" that have turned American elections into a multi-week guessing game. You'll learn why voter registration — not polling — is the only intelligence signal that actually predicts elections, why 28 of 30 party-registration states are bleeding Democrats, and why Seth is still giving the GOP a 25% chance of holding the House.

David and Seth also break down the Texas Senate primary, the Cornyn–Paxton fight, the redistricting wars, and what Trump should be doing right now to "buy the midterms" — psychologically, not illegally.

Captain Seth Keshel is a former Army intelligence officer, election analyst, and author of The American War on Election Corruption (foreword by Newt Gingrich).

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