The system is broken — and Mallory McMorrow names exactly who’s breaking it. The Michigan U.S. Senate candidate sits down with Heather Gardner for a live, on-air civics test, then digs into the corruption that unites voters across the spectrum: Citizens United, congressional stock trading, dark money, and a campaign that refuses to take a single dime of corporate PAC money.
Plus the story that’ll make you yell at your screen: a brand-new, Canada-funded bridge between Detroit and Canada that’s already built — and why Trump is suddenly threatening to block it after a billionaire family that donated to Mike Rogers came calling. We get into Mike Rogers’ consultant loophole and Florida mansion, Pete Hegseth’s military religion reclassification, and McMorrow’s actual track record: repealing Michigan’s
1931 abortion ban, banning child marriage, and universal school breakfast and lunch.
Mallory McMorrow is running in the 2026 Democratic primary for Michigan’s open U.S. Senate seat. Learn more at McMorrowforMichigan.com.
CHAPTERS
0:00 The filibuster moment — and what her opponent got wrong
0:40 Mallory takes a live civics test
1:50 Pete Hegseth and the Republicans who only find a backbone when it suits them
2:50 Why corruption is the one issue uniting Michigan
3:30 Money out of politics: Citizens United, stock trading, dark money
4:40 Mike Rogers, the consultant loophole, and the Florida mansion
5:20 The bridge Trump is trying to block — that’s already built
7:00 No corporate PAC money — the bet this campaign is making
8:10 “Lanes are stupid”: the outsider with a track record
9:00 Fight, win, deliver
Subscribe for more Star Spangled Banter with Heather Gardner.
#MalloryMcMorrow #MichiganSenate #2026Election #Corruption #GordieHoweBridge #MikeRogers #StarSpangledBanter #Politics
_____
See Star Spangled Banter on tour: https://beacons.ai/heathergtv
—
Join the Star Spangled Banter Substack for exclusive content and show info: https://substack.com/@heathergtv
—
Venmo: https://account.venmo.com/u/heathergtv
—
Heather Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heathergtv/
Star Spangled Banter Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/starspangledbantershow/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@heathergtv
YouTube: Subscribe to Star Spangled Banter Here: https://www.youtube.com/@heathergardner
source
