In brief
The hosts argue that elections, both abroad and in the US, are being manipulated by powerful insiders, and that ordinary people have to vote anyway and demand arrests. They tie Brazil's vote, Israel's election, Maine ballot envelopes and a 60 Minutes immigration story together as evidence of a broken system. Much of this is opinion and unverified claims, which this page attributes to the speakers.
The episode starts with online privacy and the loss of choice, then moves to election controversies. The central tension is frustration with Trump's follow-through, since the hosts say no arrests have come, against a firm view that people should still vote. It ends with a lighter segment on a viral youth-soccer story, where the hosts conclude the viral version was misleading.
Facts
Stated by the speakers. Each quote matches the transcript, which shows what was said, not that it is true.
A co-host said that in January 2025 Apple agreed to a $95 million settlement in the class action Lopez v. Apple, which alleged Siri eavesdropped on private conversations and shared data with advertisers.
“Apple agreed to a ninety-five, 95 million dollar settlement. The case was Lopez versus Apple, to resolve a class action lawsuit alleging that Siri eavesdropped on private conversations”
0:10:48 · Speaker 5 · Siri settlement · 2025
DJ said Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva won a fourth term as president of Brazil in a Sunday runoff election.
“He just got elected, uh, president of Brazil for a fourth term. Um, and this was in Sunday's runoff election.”
0:15:21 · DJ Cruz · Brazil election · 2026
DJ said a Brazilian Supreme Court justice extended voting by two hours and that the justice had been Lula's personal lawyer.
“they were able to get a Supreme Court justice to extend the voting, um, for two hours, and the Supreme Court justice just so happened to be Lula's personal lawyer.”
0:16:27 · DJ Cruz · Voting extension · 2026
DJ read a post saying opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot led Benjamin Netanyahu 66 to 27 in election odds, with early turnout at its highest in 45 years.
“opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot leads Netanyahu 66 to 27 in election odds, uh, with early voter turnout reaching its highest level in 45 years.”
0:20:31 · DJ Cruz · Israel election · 2026
DJ read a translated post from Benjamin Netanyahu's account warning that Israel faces existential danger if Iran acquires nuclear weapons.
“The State of Israel is in real and tangible existential danger. If the Iranians acquired nuclear weapons, nothing will ever be the same again.”
0:21:33 · DJ Cruz · Netanyahu post · 2026
DJ said he had seen reports, which he could not confirm, that Netanyahu ordered the Israel Defense Forces to strike Iran days before the election and that the military chief declined.
“there was this conversation that Bibi had basically ordered the IDF to do this massive strike on Iran, uh, just days before their elections.”
0:19:18 · DJ Cruz · Iran strike report · 2026
DJ cited a report that hundreds of Maine absentee ballot envelopes were shipped to a Soros-linked nonprofit.
“Hundreds of Maine absentee ballot envelopes mysteriously get shipped to a Soros-linked nonprofit.”
0:36:10 · DJ Cruz · Maine ballots · 2026
DJ said the state's Democratic attorney general declined to seek a subpoena in the investigation into the Maine ballot envelopes, which he said was open for less than 48 hours.
“It's a Democrat who has the AG's office. She declines to do a subpoena in the investigation that they opened for.”
0:37:39 · DJ Cruz · Ballot investigation · 2026
DJ read a Truth Social post in which Donald Trump offered $1 million to anyone reporting voter fraud that leads to an arrest and conviction.
“Anybody reporting voter fraud in the past elections or the upcoming 2026 midterm election will be paid $1 million upon the arrest and conviction of those that created the fraud.”
0:41:23 · DJ Cruz · Voter fraud reward · 2026
DJ said he saw reports that thousands of observers from both the right and left would monitor polling places on election day.
“there's gonna be thousands of observers from the right and the left, um, gonna be at the polling places to monitor the vote on election day.”
0:40:29 · DJ Cruz · Election observers · 2026
A speaker in a clip played on the show said his program had taken federal judges to Israel, and that 10 percent of active US federal judges had gone in three years.
“So I started a program right when the war started to take federal judges to Israel. We've taken one trip after another. 10% of all the active federal judges in America have gone just in the last three years.”
0:45:02 · Speaker 5 · Judges Israel trips
DJ said Moussa Douara, a Malian father of two, was deported to Ghana in July, more than a decade after overstaying a tourist visa and claiming refugee status.
“Moussa Douara, a married father of two, was deported to Ghana back in July, more than a decade after he overstayed a tourist visa, um, and claimed refugee status.”
1:02:38 · DJ Cruz · Douara deportation · 2026
DJ described James Percival as the seventh general counsel of the US Department of Homeland Security under President Donald Trump.
“He is the 7th general counsel of the US. Department of Homeland Security under the leadership of President Donald Trump.”
1:06:50 · DJ Cruz · DHS general counsel
A 60 Minutes interviewer said an internal DHS document showed fewer than 14 percent of people detained by ICE in the administration's first year had a violent criminal record.
“Based on an internal DHS document that we had access to in the Trump administration's, uh, 1st year in office for this 2nd term, less than 14 of people detained by ICE had a violent criminal record”
1:09:30 · Speaker 4 · ICE detainees · 2025
DJ said the mother of a three-year-old soccer prodigy started a fundraiser after he was removed from his local youth league.
“the mother of the three year old soccer prodigy, Nevada, uh, has launched a fundraiser to support his soccer journey after he was removed from his local league.”
1:30:36 · DJ Cruz · Soccer prodigy · 2026
DJ said Jewel Henry, director of the youth league, was the person who called 911 over disruptive parents.
“who is the director of the youth league, who's, by the way, is black? He's the one that called 911 over the parents being disruptive.”
1:33:26 · DJ Cruz · Soccer 911 call · 2026
DJ said the family of the three-year-old soccer player had been issued a full refund by the league at the time of recording.
“Time of this recording, they have been issued a full refund.”
1:36:20 · DJ Cruz · Soccer refund · 2026
Andy Frisella said pitchers Roger Clemens and Andy Pettitte were both caught up in baseball's steroid scandal around the same time.
“Roger Clemens and Andy Pettit both kinda got hung up on steroids in baseball around the same time.”
0:09:41 · Andy Frisella · Baseball steroids
Andy Frisella said people have carried smartphones since 2007 and that tech companies have collected data on everything they look at.
“we've been carrying smartphones around since 2007, and these guys have been collecting data on every single single thing that we look at”
0:07:40 · Andy Frisella · Smartphone data · 2007
DJ said Mozilla's Firefox relaunch uses internet-era celebrities to reach people who used the browser in its early years.
“I think they are trying to reach that generation that was with them before.”
0:01:24 · DJ Cruz · Firefox campaign
Andy Frisella said the alcohol industry faces a problem because people under 30 drink less than earlier generations did.
“The alcohol industry has a problem with people under 30 not drinking the way that past generations have drank.”
0:06:59 · Andy Frisella · Alcohol industry