The third hour of Friday morning coverage examines post-election legislative battles in Jefferson City and Washington alongside critical infrastructure vulnerabilities. The broadcast opens with late election returns showing former Governor Paul LePage winning Maine's 2nd Congressional District and a Georgia House race flipping back to Republicans, while questioning Senate Republican leadership's lame-duck floor schedule under John Thune. Americans for Prosperity-Missouri Legislative Director Camelia Patterson joins to analyze 10 newly filed 2028 initiative petitions—including ranked-choice voting and electronic signatures—following Amendment 6’s passage, as well as GOP turnout drops in St. Charles County. Fox News Chief Capitol Hill Correspondent Chad Pergram breaks down Senator Chris Van Hollen’s challenge to Chuck Schumer, government shutdown leverage over U.S. policy in Iran, Senate unanimous consent rules, and early 2028 Democratic contenders. The hour concludes on "Kim on a Whim," exploring workplace over-reliance on Microsoft 365 during its 12-hour global outage and warning of broader threats to digitized medical records and the national power grid.
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