The No Agenda Show is framing California’s primary not as an administrative delay but as a “slow steal.” Hosts Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak point to a specific dataset from local activists: a reported drop of 24,000 ballots in Los Angeles where, they claim, mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt received precisely zero votes. “They argue this is statistically impossible in a legitimate tally.”
Dvorak, reporting from Silicon Valley, traces the root of the issue to Governor Gavin Newsom’s SB 75, legislation he says removed the requirement for signature verification on mail-in ballots. This created the system critics are now exploiting. The hosts contrast this with past elections where counts concluded in days, not weeks, arguing the lengthy window itself is the mechanism for fraud.
“Dvorak disputes media claims that California's slow vote count is predictable, stating it worsened under Governor Newsom due to universal mail-in ballots.”
- John C. Dvorak, No Agenda Show
Media outlets like MSNBC have dismissed these claims as election denialism, pointing to California’s predictable, protracted counting process. Curry counters that this predictable slowness is the very cover for manipulation, blaming vulnerabilities like a lack of voter ID and ballots mailed to inactive registrants.
The story extends beyond the ballot box into a parallel power struggle in Washington. The hosts analyze President Trump’s appointment of homebuilder Bill Pulte as acting Director of National Intelligence as a deliberate shock to the system. Paired with a deputy possessing institutional knowledge, Pulte’s mandate is reportedly to unearth classified secrets on past election interference.
“They analyze Trump's appointment of Bill Pulte as acting DNI as a 'bull in a china shop' tactic, with an experienced deputy directing him to uncover election fraud.”
- No Agenda Show
This local and national narrative converges on a single premise: that the electoral and intelligence establishments are not just incompetent, but actively hostile. The California count is the battlefield; the DNI appointment is the counter-strike. The question for listeners is whether the “chainsaw” approach can cut through the bureaucracy before the next votes are cast.
