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# Mike Lee sees dead people
- URL: https://utahpolitics.news/podcasts/mike-lee-sees-dead-people/
- Published: 2026-08-05T19:24:55.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-05T19:25:27.000Z
- Author: Bryan Schott
- Tags: Podcasts

We covered a lot of ground on the latest episode of Special Session:

- **Sen. Mike Lee's SAVE America Act** is stalled in the Senate, so he's recruiting dead people to try to resurrect the bill. He invoked Charlie Kirk on social media this week, just a few weeks after doing the same thing with Lindsey Graham.
- **Federal Judge Robert Shelby** rules Utah's gambling ban isn't preempted by federal commodities law, dealing prediction market operator Kalshi a major loss, with an appeal likely.
- **Utah Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson** highlights the Justice Department's 0-20 record suing states over voter rolls, plus the Trump administration's renewed push to restrict vote-by-mail through USPS.
- **Medicaid work requirements** from last year's federal budget bill are set to take effect in 2027, with state officials estimating roughly 40,000 Utahns will lose coverage.
- **Sen. John Curtis** backs Todd Blanche for attorney general and takes heat from the right over his temporary-worker visa bill.

Plus, diarrhea lettuce and salmonella jalapenos.

🎧 [**Listen to the full episode**](https://specialsession.podbean.com/e/mike-lee-sees-dead-people/?ref=utahpolitics.news) **of *Special Session with Bryan Schott,*** available wherever you get your podcasts and on the [Utah Political Watch YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/@utahpoliticalwatch?ref=utahpolitics.news).

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