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Houthi Forces Shut Down Saudi’s Riyadh Airport with Two Separate Attacks
Defiance or empty bluster?
Regime in Tehran claims they are still standing!
Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei claimed Oct. 8 that U.S. and Israeli strikes had failed to undermine Iran's domestic security forces, praising police personnel for resisting attacks launched in February under Operations Epic Fury and Roaring Lion.
Khamenei's remarks on X also came as the U.S. Army released a new battlefield identification guide to help American troops recognize members of Iran's conventional military, known as the Artesh, whose ground forces were estimated by the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security in June at 350,000 personnel.
"The criminal US-Zionist enemy's desperate efforts and malicious attacks on the pillars of social order and security, which are unparalleled throughout history, have not caused the courageous personnel of the Police Force to waver even a fraction in their mission," Khamenei wrote in a statement.
Iran's security apparatus comprises three principal branches: the Artesh, responsible primarily for conventional territorial defense; the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), tasked with protecting the Islamic Republic and projecting military power; and FARAJA, responsible for domestic law enforcement and internal security.
How would the U.S. military discern Artesh from IRGC forces, if we do not have boots on the ground?
Trump now considering whether to attack the Houthi following yet another attack on the Saudi airport in Riyadh, which killed an American citizen.
Middle East expert Behnam Ben Taleblu ties Houthi airport attacks to Iranian threats and warns of possible Russian involvement. (9:20 Cut 2)
Do the Russians view the Saudi’s an enemy or an oil-exporter competitor?
Iran has launched near daily attacks in the strait in recent weeks as crude oil continues to flow at around…
A supertanker caught fire when it was hit by an unknown projectile in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, officials said — just hours after the US struck a ship attempting to break its naval blockade on Iran.
At least 11 tankers have come under attack during the week that ended Oct. 4, the most strikes on commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz since the war began Feb. 28, according to the United Nations’ International Maritime Organization.
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations said on Monday that it reclassified an incident in the vicinity of Sohar anchorage in Oman as an attack after confirmation that the tanker was struck by a drone.
Local authorities are assisting in the evacuation of the crew, UKMTO said, adding that damage assessment and environmental impact are unknown at the time of the update.
Separately, the Indian minister of ports, shipping and waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal, said in a post on X/Twitter that a tanker carrying 11 indian nationals was struck by a drone in the Sohar region of Oman.
Following an announced deal for diesel fuel between the United States and Russia, Ukraine attacked the fuel…
President Donald Trump said Saturday it was "time for Ukraine to get a new president," warning Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to stop attacking Russian oil refineries as the two leaders clashed over a U.S. deal with Moscow.
"It's time for Ukraine to get a new president," Trump told reporters outside the White House before heading to a rally in Tennessee.
Trump accused Zelenskyy of making global fuel problems worse by continuing to authorize strikes on Russian refineries.
Dr. Graceffo, you took issue with those who believe Zelensky purposefully ruined the deal so the republicans would lose in the midterms and a new Biden would come and give him more money. That is option A.
Option B is Zelensky has an army a fraction the size of Russia's and has decided to do as much damage as he can with his small force, and by destroying oil infrastructure, he can cripple Moscow economically.
Ukraine Field Report: Russian Bombs Wound More Than 20 in Sumy as Merz Brings New Aid to Kyiv
Turning to the Middle East:
Tensions flare in Syria's Hasaka as Arab protesters target Kurdish civilians! What is going on here?
Dr. Graceffo, I believe you are planning to travel to this region soon?
Things have changed since you were last in the region. Since your last trip (to Syria and Iraq), the American soldiers were still there. And the Rangers were there and in Syria, the Kurds were armed. And had their own armed forces. That was only one year ago. Now the Kurdish army in Syria, Syrian democratic forces has been disbanded disarmed. We will be dealing with the Damascus army, the government army. When we cross the border, we will be dependent on them. And they will not be providing us any special security detail. And meanwhile ISIS is running rampant and on the Iraqi side of the border. Iran and Iran backed. Militias are attacking Kurdish targets with drones.
General Keith (Best to you each morning) Kellogg pontificating on Fox Business on the propagandist version of…
A comment on “X:” How is this acceptable? A former General who is retired and still subject to the USCMJ be saying this? This is treason to go against the CIC on foreign conflicts!
General, as you know, just hours after President Trump announced the diesel deal with Putin, Zelensky attacked the very same port which was to be used to transfer critically needed supplies of diesel to American flagged tankers.
Russia responded by hitting a Ukraine power plant!
When initial reports surfaced here Saturday morning, we were both trying to confirm reports of the attack. If neither Putin, nor Zelensky can be trusted, how can Trump broker any sort of peace deal?
Now that the Houthi’s have gone to far in their attacks on the Saudi airport in Riyadh, will the U.S. finally respond, and if so, how will we respond?
Reports surfaced yesterday, that at least 3 B-52 bombers landed at RAF Fairford, England. No word yet if the Brit’s had security in place around the base.
According to a report Saturday in the NY Post, the Iranians are very busy repairing one of their nuclear facilities
‘Significant’ activity detected at Iran nuclear site that was battered during early stages of the war by Israel:
Iran has quietly resumed operations at a nuclear facility that was battered by Israel in March, with new satellite imagery showing “significant renewed activity” and even new construction.
The high-resolution images, released by the Institute for Science and International Security, show “unusually heavy” vehicle traffic and excavation work at the Minzadayi compound, a nuclear weapons site northeast of Tehran.
“This points to Iran’s efforts to not just clean up the site … but to resume regular activities,” the Washington-based organization warned Saturday on X.
General, what is your analysis of the rioting in France and Belgium over the past week?
Dangerous Intellectuals: Season II (EP 5):
“Geoengineering Watch” Special Guest: Dane Wigington
Sam, how did you fare from last week’s hurricane in Florida?
Your reaction to the deal announced late last week between the U.S. and Russia for diesel fuel?
Would this transfer of diesel have made any difference in this tight market?
What do we need to know following Ukraine’s attack on the Russian port after the deal was announced?
If this port was damaged and the fuel cannot be transferred to U.S. flagged tankers, are there alternative ports in which to transfer the diesel?
How concerned are you about recent releases of strategic petroleum reserves around the world; that any cushion needed; when supplies are cut-off, will not be available.
Judge, what was your reaction to JD Vance’s presser last week where he announced that Microsoft was being…
Nearly 70 million American kids are now enrolled now have a Trump Account, what is your reaction?
Judge, how do you the current mortgage market in the United States? Word is, the Fed will raise interest rates after the midterms?
How do you analyze the possibility that those who gave us unaffordability, will return to power in January (on Capitol Hill) – by promising they will return us to affordability?
Larry Krasner, Philadelphia DA, fails to mention that his sellout to George Soros led to the death of a young…
Philadelphia Police Officer Shane Seiber has been identified as a 40-year-old married father of two children, 7-year-old son and 3-year-old daughter.
Seiber was a 10-year veteran of the Philadelphia Police Department and has also been identified as an Air Force veteran who served at Dover Air Force Base from 2007 to 2015.
Suspect in deadly ambush of Philly police officers has criminal history: Docs
Eric Lewis, 35, has been found guilty of several crimes in the past, including weapons charges and theft, according to court documents.
Eric Lewis, the 35-year-old city employee who has been charged with firing at 11 Philadelphia police officers, killing one and injuring another, has a criminal history including previous weapons, theft and disorderly conduct charges, according to court records.
Lewis, who worked for the Philadelphia Water Department, is facing 76 criminal charges for the ambush of Philadelphia police officers just after midnight on Saturday in West Philadelphia, according to court documents. The charges include homicide of a law enforcement and murder for the killing of 40-year-old Officer Shane Seiber, as well as 10 counts of attempted homicide of a law enforcement officer, attempted murder, terroristic threats and other related charges.
Lewis has also been found guilty of several crimes in the past, including weapons charges and theft, according to court documents.
In 2012, Lewis was arrested and charged with theft by unlawful taking – movable property and receiving stolen property, which were both downgraded to misdemeanors, according to court documents. Lewis was ultimately found guilty and sentenced to a maximum of two years of probation in the case.
And, in 2013, Lewis was arrested and charged with three misdemeanors, including carrying firearms in public, possessing an instrument of a crime with intent and simple assault, according to court documents. Lewis was sentenced in 2015 to a maximum of five years’ probation, with a minimum of three years.
Lewis also plead guilty in 2018 to disorderly conduct, engaging in a fight and was sentenced to a maximum of 12 months on probation, according to court documents.
Sheriff, in your analysis, is the United States Constitution on the ballot in November?
We are being bombarded with a blue-wave; however, are more Americans being considering the threat of communism from the 2026 midterms?
Trump Admin halts Permanent Labor Applications for Microsoft
President Donald Trump announced Thursday that the U.S. military "will not be attacking Iran" in the leadup…
"We are having productive discussions with the Islamic Republic of Iran. I want to make it clear to everybody that, while Iran is in very bad condition, both Economically and Militarily, and while the Blockade will remain in full force and effect, with Oil flowing in Record Numbers of Barrels through the Hormuz Strait (22 Million Barrels, last night alone, with not one barrel coming from, or going to, Iran!), we will not be attacking Iran at any time prior to the Midterm Elections to be held in the United States on November 3rd," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "IRAN WILL NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON!" the president also declared.
What are productive discussions?
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations Centre (UKMTO) said Thursday that a crude oil tanker has been struck while traveling through the Strait of Hormuz.
U.S. Central Command said Thursday that "in recent months, U.S. forces have supported the shipment of over 1.25 billion barrels of crude oil from Gulf partners and through the Strait of Hormuz.
The Houthi continue their attacks on Saudi airport, causing U.S. security warnings, flight cancellations.
Iran declared Thursday that it won't cease uranium enrichment, according to Mohammad Eslami, the head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, Reuters reported.
Dismissing U.S. requests regarding Iran's nuclear facilities as "nothing new," Eslami said enrichment was "an inseparable part" of the nuclear process.
Iran's nuclear program is a key sticking point in the conflict and a major obstacle to reaching a diplomatic agreement.
Eslami’s remarks came as President Donald Trump said Thursday that the United States was having productive discussions with Iran.
The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell last week, pointing to continued…
Weekly jobless claims have now remained near 57-year lows for four straight weeks, the report from the Labor Department showed on Thursday, amid historically low layoffs.
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Though employers are hoarding workers against the backdrop of strong profit growth and stock market performance, they have remained hesitant to add to headcount, making it harder for those who lose their jobs to find new opportunities. Economists have blamed that trend on uncertainty, first from tariffs and then the US-Israeli war with Iran, which has pushed up diesel prices to record highs and boosted prices for other commodities.
Weekly jobless claims fall 2,000 to 197,000.
Continuing claims increase 17,000 to still-low 1.716 million.
Report suggests nonfarm payrolls slowdown in September likely due to tepid hiring.
Why doesn’t Wall Street like a stable jobs market?
What did the updated ADP report indicate that the previous Labor Department report did not?
Trump admin cuts off Microsoft from major visa program, accuses tech giant of fraud and abuse.
How long has this abuse of American workers by American companies been going on?
Do you feel that the Administration was sending a message to other U.S. companies with respect to this kind of abuse?
A whistleblower in the state Attorney General’s Office was ordered to dig up dirt on President Trump, even…
Daniel Wiesenfeld, a prosecutor in the Investor Protection Bureau, claimed he was told by Bureau Chief Shamiso Maswoswe to keep trying to make a case against Trump and his pals despite finding no evidence that there was a crime.
“By June 2026, after several meetings, we had become exasperated,” Wiesenfeld told The Post in an exclusive interview. “Shamiso told us, in sum and substance, that she agreed with us and that if it were her call, she would close the case – but that it was Tish’s call.
Federal grand jury hears evidence in probe of former Trump aide Cassidy Hutchinson's Jan 6 testimony: source
Additional evidence could be presented as soon as next week, though no decisions on criminal charges have been made.
In his gripping new book, NOT ON OUR WATCH: A Young Soldier's Warning to America, former Nevada gubernatorial…
At 15, he was forced to grow up at gunpoint and became one of the youngest fighters in the Christian militia defending his neighborhood from annihilation.
Guy recounts trading his school uniform for an assault rifle at age fifteen when the Lebanese Civil War broke out in Beirut.
After his time as a teenage militiaman, his parents sent him to safety in the United States – a country he fell in love with, where he became a citizen in 1983.
As America's critical midterm elections fast approach, we find ourselves plagued by the same type of political rhetoric that could easily lead to civil war; and Guy recognizes the parallels to what happened in his young life.
He is now in a unique position to share his experience as an urgent warning that the forces tearing America apart are the same ones that destroyed his own homeland. Since his candidacy for Nevada governor, he has become a trusted voice of reason whose mission is to inform and influence the next generation of Americans to resolve civil disputes, helping the U.S. to avoid what he endured in Lebanon.
In NOT ON OUR WATCH, Guy's message is clear as America's current race for peace through strength fast approaches. You'll gain insight into:
Guy, why do those who migrate from the Middle East to the West refuse to assimilate?
Why do Muslims refuse to speak out about Islam and the Islamic threat?
How are the midterms fanning the flames of political division?
Are the midterms all about the economy and what Americans are experiencing with the high cost of living?
What is your analysis on the war with Iran and the expanding consequences of conflict in the Middle East?
In Lebanon, Hezbollah continues to wage war against Israel. What does this continued instability mean for the country and the region?
This week, Paris was on fire. To no one’s surprise, the rise of political Islam in France has destabilized the nation. Do you see this Islamic revolution in France spreading to other EU member countries?
Why has the world done little to nothing about Christian persecution in Nigeria?
October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month?
While Americans think of cyberattacks as isolated events, China sees cyber operations as part of a long-term geopolitical strategy.
How could Beijing launch a cyber-attack against America?
What are they capable of doing at this point?
Would be tantamount to an act of war?
Why do cyber threats increasingly overlap with AI and espionage, and what should policymakers should do now?
What is your reaction to the report that The U.S. Navy has committed an additional $150 million to the development of an artificial intelligence-piloted fighter aircraft designed to take off and land vertically, bringing total public and private investment in the program to $400 million?
Defense technology company Shield AI announced Thursday that the Navy had modified an existing agreement to support development of its X-BAT aircraft, with the company matching the new government funding with $150 million of its own capital.
The investment follows a separate $50 million Navy funding action in August, also matched by Shield AI, bringing combined commitments to $400 million, according to the company's press release.
The X-BAT is designed to conduct military missions without a human pilot, using Shield AI's "Hivemind" software to operate even when GPS signals or communications are limited.
The aircraft is being developed to take off and land vertically from ships, islands and remote locations without relying on traditional runways.
What was your reaction to learning that F-35 fighter jet parts were mistakenly sent to China after a UPS employee missed a critical export warning email?
The Pentagon and State Department are investigating how sensitive military stealth technology was shipped via UPS.
Panelists: (ZOOM – JAKE 2)
Andrew Harding, Policy Analyst, National Security and
Indo-Pacific Affairs at the Heritage Foundation
From my interview with Dr. Robert Malone back in March of 2023, discussing the release of his new book (at…
According Dr. Robert Malone and his wife, Dr. Jill-Glasspool Malone, the better future is here and making America healthy again is here.
Should you take Hydroxychloroquine and Ivermectin together if you contract COVID 19?
In America, there is rising concern over ultra-processed foods and the American diet overall. The appointment of RFK Jr. (I believe) was critical to focusing the nation’s attention to the food crisis in America.
Dr. Malone, what is homesteading? Many Americans (I believe are already homesteading and may not realize it?
If you decide to “Homestead,” do you need to be a fulltime farmer?
How did American food become so unhealthy?
Why is there renewed interest in local farming and home food production?
Locally, when I drive to work each day, I see an increased number of homeowners with signs on their front lawns, eggs for sale. A home in my community created a vegetable stand in their driveway. Is this “Homesteading?”
We continue to hear about the war over pasteurized milk. What is the truth about drinking unpasteurized milk? I prefer goats’ milk!
Trump admin cuts off Microsoft from major visa program, accuses tech giant of fraud and abuse.
How long has this abuse of American workers by American companies been going on?
Do you feel that the Administration was sending a message to other U.S. companies with respect to this kind of abuse?
The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell last week, pointing to continued labor market stability despite a sharp slowdown in job growth in September.
Weekly jobless claims have now remained near 57-year lows for four straight weeks, the report from the Labor Department showed on Thursday, amid historically low layoffs.
Though employers are hoarding workers against the backdrop of strong profit growth and stock market performance, they have remained hesitant to add to headcount, making it harder for those who lose their jobs to find new opportunities. Economists have blamed that trend on uncertainty, first from tariffs and then the US-Israeli war with Iran, which has pushed up diesel prices to record highs and boosted prices for other commodities.
Weekly jobless claims fall 2,000 to 197,000.
Continuing claims increase 17,000 to still-low 1.716 million.
Report suggests nonfarm payrolls slowdown in September likely due to tepid hiring.
Why doesn’t Wall Street like a stable jobs market?
What did the updated ADP report indicate that the previous Labor Department report did not?
Will the Fed raise interest rates in December?
Two Ships Struck off NATO Bulgarian Waters
9:00 · Show Open: NATO Article V?
- Drone strike sinks ship in NATO waters as Zelenskyy warns of looming ‘massive strike!’
- A commercial ship sank and its crew vanished Tuesday after an apparent coordinated air-and-sea drone attack off NATO member Bulgaria, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy blamed Russia before warning Moscow was preparing a broader "massive strike."
- A second vessel was also heavily damaged and set ablaze inside Bulgaria’s exclusive economic zone, with a drone expert warning the dual precision strikes signaled a dangerous escalation and possible "larger invasion posture" by Russia.
- Waters off the coast of a NATO country were attacked; not a member NATO country.
- Was this an air attack and surface attack by Russia?
- The mystery behind Russia’s Pneumonic Plague case:
- How likely is it that Russia has been caught red-handed hosting bio weapons research in Siberia?
- In infamous Victoria Nuland admitted (under oath) that U.S. taxpayers were funding bio weapons research in Ukraine (before the war began). Does Ukraine (probably) possessing deadly bio agents then force Russia to do the same?
- Former German spy chief arrested for espionage!
- A former spy chief for Germany's foreign intelligence service was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of espionage and attempted treason over allegations that he obtained classified documents and used secret information to prepare an analysis for an employee of a foreign intelligence service, prosecutors said.
- August Hanning, 80, led Germany's Federal Intelligence Service, known as the BND, from 1998 to 2005.
- According to federal prosecutors, Hanning is "strongly suspected of treasonous espionage, spying out state secrets, attempted treason, and espionage."
Guest: Paul Davis: Professor: Institute of World Politics · More about the guest
9:20 · Nicole, if the polls are correct, a majority of Americans are going to be voting for socialism for America.
- Our economy is actually growing, new, high-paying jobs are being created. Unemployment is at record lows and yet; Americans are going to put the same people in charge who drove our economy back to the 1970’s from 2021 until 2025?
Guest: Nicole Huyer is a Senior Research Associate in The Heritage Foundation’s Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies. · More about the guest
9:35 · Dr. Graceffo, you are safely back in Rome, by way of Poland. Putin has been attacking Ukraine bridges (3 of 6 Kiev’s road bridges); why is he doing…
- Dr. Graceffo, you are safely back in Rome, by way of Poland. Putin has been attacking Ukraine bridges (3 of 6 Kiev’s road bridges); why is he doing this at this stage in the war?
- Drone strike sinks ship in NATO waters as Zelenskyy warns of looming ‘massive strike!’
- A commercial ship sank and its crew vanished Tuesday after an apparent coordinated air-and-sea drone attack off NATO member Bulgaria, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy blamed Russia before warning Moscow was preparing a broader "massive strike."
- A second vessel was also heavily damaged and set ablaze inside Bulgaria’s exclusive economic zone, with a drone expert warning the dual precision strikes signaled a dangerous escalation and possible "larger invasion posture" by Russia.
- Waters off the coast of a NATO country were attacked; not a member NATO country.
- Was this an air attack and surface attack by Russia?
- Eleven people killed in Ukraine, says Zelenskyy – in 'gift' for Putin's birthday
- Eleven people have now been killed in Russia's latest attack in Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has confirmed.
- Two people had died in Kyiv, but now we are hearing two more people were killed in Oleksandriya and another two in Kremenchuk – both regions sit in central Ukraine.
- And in the Chernihiv region, northern Ukraine, another five people have been reported killed and 26 injured, including five children.
- Zelenskyy said today the Russian army had carried out their attack as a birthday "gift" to Vladimir Putin, who turns 74 today.
- Chancellor Fred Merz has committed to provide assistance to Ukraine ($1.5 Billion Dollars in military aid). How do you think Putin will respond against Germany?
- What do you make of Russian reports of an outbreak of “The Plague” in Siberia? Have the Russian’s been developing this kind of bio weapon, or could bio labs in Ukraine have been the source?
- What is it like for you; out of Ukraine, now watching the war from afar?
- Italy and Canada falling behind the U.S. in prosperity!
Guest: Antonio Graceffo, PhD, China-MBA, War Correspondent for The Gateway Pundit Connect with Antonio on Linkedin Writing Portfolio Writing Portfolio Website ChinaEconGroup See Antonio's books at Amazon
10:00 · Do those who want to apply the brakes to AI have a point?
- Our next panelist warns that: AI Could Kill Us All by The End of the Decade!
- Chariots of the Gods!
- Anthropic insiders warn AI could potentially cause human extinction
- Superintelligence could eventually operate beyond humanity’s ability to control
- AI systems capable of hacking anything could threaten nuclear security.
- UAP encounters may reveal existing forms of Superintelligence.
- Google experience gave Pederson firsthand exposure to Superintelligence development.
- If China develops Super Intelligence first, wont that be a much larger danger for humanity? Communists in control of Super Intelligence?
Guest: Indy Pederson, former Google contractor and author of Sacrificing Humanity: The UFO is a portent of Nuclear War. · More about the guest
10:30 · Dr. Romirowsky, it has been three years, where were you when you heard the news?
- Reflecting on the past three years, will Israeli’s ever forget, because; many Americans (who lived through 9/11) have forgotten 9/11.
- How will the Jewish people preserve the evidence for future generations about October 7th? Will they continue to hunt down those responsible, as they did; hunting down Nazi war criminals around the world?
- Hamas carried out the attacks, but it was the IRGC which was behind this. Three years later, the Regime is teetering on collapse, how do you feel?
Guest: Asaf Romirowsky PhD is the Executive Director of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME). Trained as a Middle East historian he holds a PhD in Middle East and Mediterranean Studies from King’s College London, UK and has published widely on various aspects of the Arab- Israeli conflict and American foreign policy in the Middle East, as well as on Israeli and Zionist history. Dr. Romirowsky is co-author of October 7: The Wars Over Words and Deeds · More about the guest
11:00 · Rabbi, you heard the reaction to the October 7th attacks of Ambassador David Friedman.
- I bring this up because, just days ago, a Denver man walked into a police station in Denver claiming he had been a prisoner of Tren de Aragua!
- A Denver man’s roommates turned his home into a torture chamber after uncovering his family’s law enforcement ties, launching a brutal ransom plot at the direction of violent Tren de Aragua (TdA) leaders, federal prosecutors said Monday.
- The alleged victim survived days of abuse before escaping and walking into a police station missing a finger, prosecutors said. His captors had recorded the torture and sent the video to his wife, demanding money from his family in Venezuela.
- Rabbi, why has anti-Semitism and attacks against Jews all over the world exploded after October 7th?
- The situation has deteriorated to the extent that Jewish children are being removed from the public-school system. Parents blame the teachers; I blame the teachers unions.
- This further damages Jewish children in NYC, because they will not be learning and co-existing in their schools with kids form other religions and backgrounds.
- The question is, will those same parents vote for anyone and everyone with a “D” after their names next month?
- Do you believe these parents know who is behind Jewish hatred in America?
Guest: Rabbi Michael Barclay is the host of the radio show and podcast “The Rabbi’s Table: Dialogue Not Debate” on CRN Digital Talk Radio, where he leads bold conversations on religion, freedom, Israel, America, and today’s most pressing cultural issues. · More about the guest
11:30 · 56 abortions at Planned Parenthood for every pre-natal visit, so, why are we funding PP?
- There is a misconception throughout America, that their tax dollars no longer fund Planned parenthood. That assumption is incorrect.
- On July 4, 2025, a one-year defunding of Planned Parenthood took effect under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. For 12 months, families were no longer forced to underwrite the nation’s abortion giant. That protection ended on July 4, 2026.
- If AOC and the Dem-Com’s take control of the House in January, they will demand abortion on demand!
- The Cost-of-Living Healthcare Working Group sent a memo to Democratic House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries urging the expansion of abortion — with no limits — within the first 100 hours of the 120th Congress convening on January 3 if Democrats take control of the House.
Guest: Kimberly Bird, VP of External Relations: Live Action · More about the guest
Your News Talk America Energy Special: Sam Romain & Larry Behrens Guest Host
Your News Talk America Energy Special
Thursday, October 1, 2026 · Guest hosted by Sam Romain and Larry Behrens
Today’s Guest Hosts
Sam Romain
Sam Romain is chairman of Americans for Energy Dominance, a national advocacy organization focused on energy independence, grid modernization and AI infrastructure policy. He previously worked in precision agriculture and co-founded the digital agency Romain Berg.
Verified biography: Source
Larry Behrens
Larry Behrens is communications director for Power the Future, an energy advocacy organization. He previously served as communications director for New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez and held communications and federal affairs roles involving the state's energy, minerals, natural resources and education agencies.
Verified biography: Source
9:06 ET · American Energy Dominance Ahead of the Midterms
Florida's political outlook on energy affordability, the cost of living and the midterm elections.
- What voters are saying about energy and household costs
- Why energy policy may shape decisions before November
Guest: Evan Power · Florida GOP Chairman
Researched bio: Evan Power has chaired the Republican Party of Florida since January 2024 and serves on the Republican National Committee. He previously led the Leon County Republican Party and served as vice chair of the state party. Verified source
9:15 ET · Socialism, Energy Rationing and Economic Collapse
A discussion of how centralized economic control can affect energy access, reliability and prosperity.
- Energy as the foundation of a modern economy
- The consequences of government rationing and control
Guest: Lt. Gov. Jay Collins · Lieutenant Governor of Florida
Researched bio: Jay Collins has served as Florida's lieutenant governor since August 2025. A retired Army Green Beret and Purple Heart recipient, he continued serving for five years after losing a leg and retired after more than 23 years in uniform. Verified source
9:33 ET · What's Next for the Trump Administration on Energy
A Washington view of permitting, power generation, affordability and the electricity demands created by AI.
- The current energy debate in Washington
- Policy fights and decisions to watch next
Guest: Dylan Housman · Managing Editor, The Daily Wire
Researched bio: Dylan Housman is managing editor of The Daily Wire. He previously served as editor-in-chief of the Daily Caller, where he also reported on foreign affairs. Verified source
9:45 ET · How Solar Farms Hurt Farmers
How large solar projects can affect farmland, food production and rural communities in New York.
- Why a solar farm can create costs for farmers and neighbors
- How the American Land Rescue Fund is challenging New York projects
Guest: Alexandra Fasulo · President, American Land Rescue Fund
Researched bio: Alexandra Fasulo is the founder and president of the American Land Rescue Fund, a nonprofit that uses litigation and public advocacy to defend farmland, wildlife and open space from large energy projects. Verified source
10:08 ET · Indiana, Data Centers and Energy
An extended interview on AI investment, data center growth and protecting Indiana ratepayers from new power costs.
- The jobs and investment promised by the data center boom
- How Indiana can add generation without shifting costs to families
Guest: Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith · Lieutenant Governor of Indiana
Researched bio: Micah Beckwith has served as Indiana's lieutenant governor since January 2025. A pastor and small-business owner, he presides over the Indiana Senate and oversees a portfolio that includes agriculture, rural affairs and tourism. Verified source
10:33 ET · Bipartisan Permitting Reform
What the permitting reform legislation contains and why both parties see pressure to build energy infrastructure faster.
- The major elements of the permitting proposal
- Why faster approvals matter for generation and the grid
Guest: Chris Johnson · President, American Energy Leadership Institute
Researched bio: Chris Johnson is co-founder and president of the American Energy Leadership Institute, where he works on conservative energy and environmental policy. His background includes energy communications, public affairs and Republican political campaigns. Verified source
10:45 ET · American Energy Dominance Host Exchange
The guest hosts connect energy affordability, data centers, farmland, permitting and the infrastructure required for the next decade.
- Who pays when climate litigation succeeds
- The political fight over fuel prices
- The expected Alaska LNG pipeline announcement
Guest hosts: Sam Romain and Larry Behrens
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11:06 ET · Why American Pie Endures
Don McLean discusses the story behind American Pie and why the song continues to connect with new generations.
- The song's inspiration and origin
- Why American Pie remains part of the national soundtrack
Guest: Don McLean · American icon and Singer-Songwriter
Researched bio: Don McLean is an American singer-songwriter best known for the 1971 landmark American Pie, along with Vincent, And I Love You So and Castles in the Air. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2004. Verified source
11:15 ET · AI Abundance and Energy
How reliable electricity and infrastructure policy can support American leadership in artificial intelligence.
- What an age of AI abundance could deliver
- What Washington must get right on energy and infrastructure
Guest: Taylor Barkley · Director of Government Affairs, Abundance Institute
Researched bio: Taylor Barkley is director of federal government affairs and a policy adviser at the Abundance Institute, where he works on emerging technology, artificial intelligence and public policy. Verified source
11:33 ET · Powering the Next Generation of American Growth
A host exchange on the generation, infrastructure and policy decisions America must make now.
- Reliable power for economic and technological growth
- The most important component of America's energy future
Guest hosts: Sam Romain and Larry Behrens
11:50 ET · California Utilities
How high costs, wildfires, regulation and political decisions shaped California's troubled utility system.
- How California's electricity system reached this point
- What the state's experience means for the rest of the country
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Todd Starnes on The Golden Age, Iran’s Strait of Hormuz Offer, Sunny Hostin’s Holdout Juror Claim | Your News Talk America | September 25, 2026
Today’s Guests
Nick Kangadis is Senior Content Creator at MRC Video, the video arm of the Media Research Center. He joins Jake for the 9:00 show open and returns at 9:20 for the White House media fight and the worst media quote of the week.
9:00 · Show Open · Sunny Hostin’s Holdout Juror Claim, The View, and Hasan Piker
Jake and Nick open the show with the story everyone is talking about: The View cohost Sunny Hostin says she was the holdout juror whose stand kept Daniel Rakowitz, the Butcher of Tompkins Square Park, from a murder conviction in 1991. Accounts from that trial tell a different story.
- On Tuesday’s episode, Hostin said she was the lone holdout who swayed the jury toward a verdict of not responsible by reason of insanity.
- In 1991, jurors told The Post, Newsday, the Daily News and the Associated Press that the holdout was an unemployed man who wanted deliberations to drag on so he could keep collecting the $15 a day juror fee and free meals.
- A law enforcement source from the time told The Post this week that the holdout was a man.
- Does a story like this help Disney as it defends its local station licenses before the FCC?
- The View weighs in on the Lindsay Clancy case and Patrick Clancy. Jake takes a look at the marital résumés around that table, including Whoopi Goldberg, who has been married three times.
- Hasan Piker wants the Democrats to go full Beijing. Aren’t they already there?
Sources: The Gateway Pundit: Sunny Hostin holdout juror · MRC Video: Hasan Piker
Guest: Nick Kangadis, Senior Content Creator, MRC Video
9:20 · The White House Media Ban and the Worst Media Quote of the Week
A federal judge ordered the White House to temporarily restore press credentials for CNN, MS NOW and Politico. CNN then told viewers during a 9 AM hit that President Trump was defying the order. Jake and Nick sort out what actually happened.
- Did the administration defy the court, or did CNN get ahead of the facts?
- The worst media quote of the week. The nominees: Sunny Hostin, Lawrence O’Donnell, and Laura Barrón-López of MS NOW, who called President Trump a dictator.
Sources: The Gateway Pundit: President Trump did not defy the judge’s order
Guest: Nick Kangadis, Senior Content Creator, MRC Video
9:35 · Iran Denies Nuclear Ambitions, Offers a Hormuz Deal, and the Squeeze on Global Shipping
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told Bret Baier on Fox News’ Special Report that Tehran does not want a nuclear bomb, “not at all,” citing a religious decree from its late supreme leader. He blamed Washington for the nearly seven month war with Iran, said Iran would submit its program to international inspection, and offered to dilute its enriched uranium.
- Why did Pezeshkian sit down with Bret Baier in the first place, and what about his claims on the MOU? Wasn’t it Iran that violated the MOU almost immediately after signing?
- More reports overnight of armed resistance inside Iran. What will it take to weaken the IRGC?
- Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told reporters at the UN General Assembly that Iran has offered the United States a proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days.
- Araghchi said it would be better if it is done before the midterm election, while insisting Iran is in no hurry. Did he have the blessing of Iran’s National Security Council to make that offer?
- Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan will hold an urgent high level meeting under their joint defense pact as the kingdom faces attacks by Yemen’s Houthis.
- Ship to ship transfers in the Gulf of Oman have hit their limits after Saudi Arabia diverted exports from the Red Sea. What about the threats to shipping in the Red Sea and the Suez Canal?
- Neria Leiter, son of Israel’s Ambassador to the United States Yechiel Leiter, was critically wounded in a West Bank ramming attack. Hamas praised it. Was it a targeted attack?
- Will Iran ever return to the community of nations?
Sources: Fox News: Pezeshkian interview · Jerusalem Post: Live updates, September 25
Guest: Ludovic Hood, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute’s Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East. A former foreign service officer with 20 years of service in the Gulf and Washington.
10:00 · The Race for Maryland’s 1st District
Democrat Dan Schwartz is challenging Congressman Andy Harris, who has represented the Eastern Shore’s 1st District since January 2011. Jake presses him on affordability, spending, energy, immigration and the redistricting fight on Maryland’s November ballot.
- Why replace Andy Harris?
- Many economists on this show blame the Inflation Reduction Act for the affordability crisis. Would he have voted for it in 2022?
- What should Congress do about the deficit?
- Social Security and Medicare face projected insolvency by 2032 according to the CBO. What is his plan?
- Maryland voters will decide a constitutional amendment that would loosen the standards for drawing congressional maps, opening the door to a map that could target the 1st District seat. Where does he stand?
- Maryland’s congressional districts are already gerrymandered. What are Republican voters supposed to think when they are being targeted for minority status?
- Offshore wind, natural gas, nuclear and clean coal: would he support an all of the above approach if it lowered electric rates for Maryland homes and businesses?
- Where does he stand on the Democratic Socialists of America, and would he work with them on Capitol Hill?
- Mass deportations and ICE enforcement in Maryland, including Montgomery County, which has seen violent crimes by illegal immigrants against American citizens.
Guest: Dan Schwartz, Democratic Candidate for Congress, Maryland’s 1st District
10:30 · Rare Earths, Refineries and the Permitting Chokepoint
Can the United States regain its lead in extracting rare earths and expand refining capacity in a country this litigious? Who is working to restrain American rare earth and energy production, and is the situation any better in President Trump’s second term? Has Lee Zeldin made headway against the groups putting the economy and national security at risk?
On rare earths:
- Despite significant deposits of the minerals needed for smartphones, electric cars and critical military systems, the United States has imported about 70 percent of its rare earth supplies from China.
- Until the late 1990s, the United States was a major extractor and processor of the world’s rare earth elements.
- A wave of restrictive federal regulations, set against China’s near absence of them, let Beijing undercut the American industry and capture the market.
- China now accounts for about 70 percent of global rare earth extraction and 90 percent of processing.
- The United States cannot let an overly burdensome regulatory process block innovation or weaken its geopolitical position.
On energy:
- Energy supply and delivery systems must keep pace with surging demand without unfairly burdening consumers.
- The permitting system is a chokepoint, with projects taking an average of four to five years to win approval.
- Weaponized litigation: roughly 70 percent of lawsuits come from national advocacy groups rather than local residents, turning the courts into a bottleneck even after approval.
- The longer approval takes, the more energy costs ratepayers. Was the Keystone cancellation an eye opener for most Americans?
- The United States has not built a major oil refinery since 1977. That needs to change, fast.
- Is China behind some of the groups tying up rare earth and energy applications? China certainly benefits.
Guest: James Morrone, Energy Policy Analyst, Americans for Prosperity
11:00 · Todd Starnes on The Golden Age: How Trump Saved America
Award winning journalist and Newsmax host Todd Starnes joins Jake to talk about his new book, The Golden Age: How Trump Saved America, and the political fight ahead of the November midterms.
- Will low information voters head to the polls in November thinking about gasoline prices instead of the long term vision?
- Fox joined the rest of the networks in declining to air White House coverage over the press credential fight with CNN, MS NOW and Politico. What did he make of it?
- Have some Americans already forgotten what life was like during the Biden years?
- Frustration with federal judges and the absence of DOJ prosecutions over the Russia hoax. Is it hurting the President?
- Life in America is better, safer and more secure than it was on January 19, 2025. Is that why he wrote this book?
- Is the left’s hatred of the Trump Ballroom really about the name that will always be on it?
- Has President Trump returned God to the White House and the presidency?
- With about two and a half years left in the second term, what priorities does he want to see?
President Reagan told the nation in 1984 that America’s greatness does not begin in Washington but with its free people and the values they live by every day. President Trump understands that returning to the Golden Age means returning to the faith of the Founding Fathers.
Guest: Todd Starnes, author of The Golden Age: How Trump Saved America and host of NEWSMAX The Todd Starnes Show. His book covers how President Trump led the charge to restore our schools, families, sovereignty and military. Get the book
11:30 · John Amos on The Call of the Bugle
In 1854 a young war correspondent watches the Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava, 600 British cavalrymen riding straight into Russian guns. He survives, and one question haunts him for decades: why did they ride? Author and former professor John Amos joins Jake to discuss his new novel, The Call of the Bugle.
- Years later the aging reporter, battling alcoholism, sets out to uncover the truth through forgotten diaries, hidden letters and interviews with the daughters of the fallen.
- He pieces together the life and death of General Robert Dryden, who seemed to be smiling as he charged into the guns, and confronts the general’s unquiet ghost and a love he refuses to name.
- A sweeping multigenerational saga of the Crimean War about valor and folly, memory and masculinity, and the hidden costs of war.
- Modern war correspondents carry the same wounds from covering combat.
Guest: John Amos, author of The Call of the Bugle
11:50 · Salute the Troops
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White House Press Pass Ruling, $150 Oil Warning, Fulton Sheen Beatification | Your News Talk America | September 24, 2026
Your News Talk America with Jake Smith
Daily Show Notes · Thursday, September 24, 2026
9:00 · Iran, the IRGC and the War Over Words
Iran casts itself as the victim of U.S. terrorism. Jake and Dr. Asaf Romirowsky weigh that claim against the regime’s record against its own people and the toll of its proxies across the region.
- How many of its own innocent people has the Iranian regime killed, and how many more have died at the hands of its proxies?
- Reports circulating on X say armed Iranian citizens killed IRGC Brigadier General Hossein Zarifi. The IRGC said his death would not leave a vacuum in its ranks and that operations to defend Iran’s borders would continue.
- Zarifi had served for more than a decade in Sistan and Baluchestan, according to Maariv.
- As coauthor of October 7: The Wars Over Words and Deeds, Dr. Romirowsky reacts to allegations that Palestinian videographer Motaz Azaiza withheld footage of local Palestinians beating and attacking kidnapped Israelis in the streets on October 7.
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Guest: Asaf Romirowsky, PhD, Executive Director of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME). A trained Middle East historian, he holds a PhD in Middle East and Mediterranean Studies from King’s College London and has published widely on the Arab Israeli conflict, American foreign policy in the Middle East, and Israeli and Zionist history.
9:20 · Socialism’s Rising Approval and the American Operator
A new Gallup poll finds 43% of Americans now view socialism positively, the highest level since Gallup began tracking the question in 2010. At the same time, 95% view small business positively, 55% view capitalism positively and 81% view free enterprise positively.
- Can Americans keep valuing small business, homeownership and wealth building while embracing policies that expand government’s role in the economy?
- What that tension means for the next generation trying to build something of its own.
- Did government during COVID behave like socialism, and did it put more than 100,000 small businesses out of business?
Guest: William Fry, founder and CEO of American Operator.
9:35 · California’s Shadow Welfare System
A City Journal investigation finds California’s welfare system is not serving Californians. One of the reporters who investigated the use of taxpayer dollars for handouts to illegal immigrants joins Jake.
- California runs the nation’s largest welfare system, devoting more than $180 billion annually to food, health care and other programs for the poor. To sustain it, the state imposes the nation’s highest tax rates.
- In theory the programs help struggling Californians. The report finds many serve large numbers of illegal immigrants.
- California now oversees a shadow welfare system that lets noncitizens receive health care, rental assistance, college grants, tax credits, low cost car insurance and even smartphones on the taxpayers’ dime.
Source: City Journal
Guest: Kenneth Schrupp, Investigative Reporter, City Journal.
9:50 · DIAL Caller Debate: White House Press Credentials
A federal judge ordered President Trump to restore White House access for journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico, saying his ban on the three outlets was likely unconstitutional.
- U.S. District Judge Tim Kelly issued the order in a lawsuit the news organizations filed contesting the ban the President announced on September 18.
- Kelly ordered the administration to immediately return the outlets’ press passes and blocked officials from enforcing the ban for 14 days.
Today’s debate question: How should the White House respond?
- Appeal immediately.
- Decline to take questions from the outlets, since restored passes do not guarantee access.
- Cut them off from all White House communications, official and off the record.
- Bar them from White House aircraft, since the order covers White House access only.
- Bar administration officials from appearing on the banned outlets and those that joined the boycott, including Fox News.
- Supporters stop watching and let the ratings do the talking.
Source: New York Post
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10:00 · The 2026 Midterms: What Is at Stake for America?
Republican National Committee Chair Joe Gruters said Wednesday he expects the GOP to hold its majorities in both chambers of Congress in November, predicting 220 House seats and 53 Senate seats.
- Gruters’s forecast comes just after polling suggested President Trump’s approval rating has dipped to a career low.
- As the midterms near, the GOP faces the war in Iran and rising living costs, with Democrats leading in recent polling on issues including health care and immigration.
- The Hill’s polling partner Decision Desk HQ places Trump’s approval at 37.9 percent and disapproval at 60.7 percent, and is forecasting both House and Senate majorities going to Democrats.
- Jake’s warning: losing the country is far easier than taking it back.
Source: The Hill
Guest: To be announced.
10:20 · Oil at $150? Diesel, Winter and the Economy
Bank of America says oil could climb to $150 a barrel if inventories keep depleting as the war in Iran continues, and has raised its year end Brent crude forecast from $83 a barrel to $95 a barrel.
- What would that mean for the U.S. economy and the world economy?
- At the start of the war, some estimates had oil spiking to $300 a barrel. Prices have come nowhere near that.
- With winter fast approaching, diesel prices and supply are the biggest problem.
- President Trump is reportedly considering halting diesel exports. Can the United States, a leading oil exporter, keep exporting diesel?
- Many Americans are down on the U.S. economy. Why, and is it all about gasoline prices?
Guest: Dr. Julia R. Cartwright, Senior Research Fellow in Law and Economics at the American Institute for Economic Research.
10:30 · Press Access, the First Amendment and Blessed Fulton Sheen
- The Judge reacts to the White House pulling press credentials from CNN, MS NOW and Politico. Is White House access a privilege, or a right protected by the First Amendment?
- A look back: the Obama administration’s open hostility toward Fox News, and the Justice Department’s surveillance of Fox News reporter James Rosen, which reached phone records tied to his parents.
- Today, a media star of the early television era, Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, is beatified in St. Louis, the next step toward sainthood.
“Bishop Sheen and Me”
- History yields people whose influence extends far beyond their earthly lives: teachers to generations they never met and spiritual companions to people whose names they never knew.
- For the Judge, one of those figures is Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, who had a rare gift for bringing the richness, beauty and intellectual depth of traditional Catholicism into the homes of ordinary Americans.
- Through his Emmy Award winning half hour weekly program of the 1950s, Life Is Worth Living, Sheen introduced millions of viewers to traditional Roman Catholicism. He did not dilute the faith to suit the times; he presented it with clarity, conviction, humor and warmth.
- His Catholicism was rooted in the Eucharist, the priesthood, the sacramental life, centuries of spiritual discipline, the call to evangelize, and public recognition of the Blessed Virgin Mary’s role in human salvation.
Guest: Judge Andrew Napolitano, Senior Judicial Analyst, Newsmax, and host of the Judging Freedom podcast. His latest opinion piece is “Bishop Sheen and Me.”
11:00 · Visa Changes for International Students
Are American universities serving American students first? The Trump administration’s attempt to cap international student visas at four years has been halted by a federal judge, reigniting debate over whether higher education should prioritize American citizens.
- Are foreign students getting preferential treatment in admissions to American universities?
- Should American citizens be prioritized when applying to American universities?
- Are U.S. colleges and universities seeing a drop in foreign enrollment? If so, why?
Guest: Simon Hankinson, senior research fellow in the Border Security and Immigration Center at The Heritage Foundation.
11:30 · Classroom Cancel Culture and the Neurodiversity Push
Florida teacher accused of trying to “cancel” an eighth grader for his conservative views
- Liz Ballard, a history teacher at Pine View School in Osprey, Florida, is accused of singling out an eighth grade student as the “conservative perspective” in her classes, then calling him a misogynist and spreading the label around the school, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said in a letter on Monday.
- The letter alleges she harassed and disparaged the student and tried to “cancel” him for his views during class debates, even after he told her his parents had expressly forbidden him to take part. She now faces calls to be fired.
- What kind of history was being taught in that classroom, and how many more like it are there in public schools across the country?
Source: New York Post
What is neurodiversity?
A report covered by The Daily Signal: School Counselor ‘Neurodiversity’ Framework Draws From Critical Race Theory, Queer Theory, Report Finds.
- As DEI and CRT face growing backlash, the report finds school counseling groups shifting to “neuro affirming” language, broad nonmedical labels, mental health screeners and identity based counseling with students.
- It points to guidance tied to the American School Counselor Association describing neuro affirming counseling as grounded in critical disability theory and building on critical race theory and queer theory.
- It can reach every student. Neuro affirming concepts are being pushed into Tier 1 programming, meaning schoolwide programs, not just services for children with diagnosed disabilities.
- Kids can be labeled without a medical diagnosis. “Neurodivergence” is used as a broad, nonclinical umbrella rather than tied to formal medical standards.
- Normal struggles can become an identity. Academic, behavioral or developmental challenges can be reframed as evidence a child is neurodivergent or being forced to conform to “neuro normativity.”
- Parents can be cut out. Informal screeners, questionnaires and counseling can happen without the parental consent required for formal special education or medical processes.
- Taxpayer dollars may be funding it. Title I, Title II and IDEA funds can be used for schoolwide screeners, social emotional materials and counselor training under the neuro affirming umbrella.
Guest: Alvin Lui, President, Courage Is A Habit.
11:50 · Salute the Troops
Today Your News Talk America honors Charles Richard Anderson, who served in Vietnam. Thank you for your service.
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Trump’s Greenland Deal, How Hamas Shaped Gaza Coverage, 760,000 Obamacare Enrollments Canceled | Your News Talk America | September 23, 2026
Your News Talk America with Jake Smith
Wednesday, September 23, 2026 · 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM ET
9:00 · Remember the Alamo: Don’t Sharia My Texas: Chris Burgard on Sharia and Texas
Filmmaker Chris Burgard joins Jake to discuss his documentary Remember the Alamo: Don’t Sharia My Texas, which connects the 1836 stand at the Alamo with what the film presents as the incremental advance of Sharia law in Texas today. The film features retired generals, combat veterans, investigative journalists, counterterrorism experts, and pastors.
- Are most Americans overlooking the growing Islamic presence in the country and what it means for the nation?
- Muslims have lived in America for generations. What has changed that Burgard sees as a threat to our way of life and our system of laws?
- Is this mass migration, or the carefully planned start of a jihad against America?
- Voices in Europe and the UK have warned America for at least 30 years not to repeat their experience. Were those warnings ignored?
- After 9/11, many expected limits on mass migration from the Middle East. Burgard argues the opposite has happened.
- Islamists, as distinct from Muslims broadly, gaining ground: churches converted to mosques, amplified public calls to prayer, and candidates now winning real power in Washington.
- The latest on East Plano.
- The 132 minute documentary is streaming online for $19.99. Find a screening near you at RememberTheAlamoMovie.com.
Sources: Remember the Alamo: Don’t Sharia My Texas · RememberTheAlamoMovie.com
Guest: Chris Burgard, Director of Remember the Alamo: Don’t Sharia My Texas
9:35 · Russia’s Next Move: Zelenskyy’s Warning, Poland Under the Sirens, and Greenland
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warns that Russia could attack other European countries, while Poland lives with near daily air raid alerts. Dr. James S. Robbins weighs where Putin goes next and what the new Greenland agreement means.
- Volodymyr Zelenskyy told Fox News Digital the risk of a new Russian offensive against other European countries is “very high,” as Moscow works to fracture European unity and weaken support for Ukraine.
- Poland faces near daily air raid warnings from Russian drone incursions. Deputy Prime Minister Radosław Sikorski, in New York for the UN General Assembly, called the war next door an existential threat to his country: “Historically, every time Russia conquered Ukraine, we were next.”
- Where is NATO?
- How important is the agreement signed with Denmark and Greenland to open two new U.S. military sites on Greenland?
- For every action there is a reaction. How will Russia and China, both with long running Arctic ambitions, respond?
- Dr. Robbins’ reaction to President Trump’s address to the UN General Assembly on Tuesday. Was it the most forceful speech from that podium since Khrushchev?
Sources: Fox News: Zelenskyy on where Putin’s war could head next · New York Post: Poland under constant air raid sirens · Fox News: Trump’s Greenland deal
Guest: Dr. James S. Robbins, Senior Vice President for Research and Business Development, Institute of World Politics · national security columnist, USA Today · Senior Fellow in National Security Affairs, American Foreign Policy Council
10:00 · The Greenland Deal, NATO’s Eastern Flank, and Germany’s Political Turn
After months of back and forth, President Trump got his Greenland deal on Tuesday. Dr. John Marshall Callahan looks at why Denmark said yes and what comes next from Moscow, Beijing, Ottawa, and Berlin.
- Did Denmark agree because of the growing threat of Russian aggression in Europe?
- Did the attempted drone attack at Leipzig/Halle Airport, which Germany has since blamed on Russia, change Danish thinking about a U.S. deal on Greenland?
- How will Russia and China, both with long running Arctic ambitions, respond?
- What does the Greenland deal mean for Canada? Will Beijing press Prime Minister Mark Carney for a foothold in Canada to counter it?
- Poland remains under constant threat from Russia. Why has NATO not created a no fly zone over Poland to stop drone incursions?
- The political situation in Germany: is Chancellor Friedrich Merz in danger of losing power, and how much ground has the AfD gained?
Sources: Fox News: Trump’s Greenland deal
Guest: Dr. John Marshall Callahan, Professor, Institute of World Politics · former Deputy Spokesperson, Office of the Director of National Intelligence
10:30 · How Hamas Shapes What You See from Gaza, and Macron’s Translation Problem
A celebrated Gaza photojournalist says he filmed Israeli hostages being beaten by a crowd on Oct. 7 and never published it. Rabbi Michael Barclay, host of The Rabbi’s Table: Dialogue Not Debate, on what that says about the coverage the world has relied on.
- UNRWA, the UN agency created in 1949 to provide relief, education, health care, and social services to registered Palestinian refugees, has seen its U.S. fundraising arm, UNRWA USA, publicly pay tribute to photographer Motaz Azaiza’s storytelling.
- Azaiza, a Time100 honoree and Nobel Peace Prize nominee who has met with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, told the Taqarrab podcast he filmed Israeli hostages being beaten by a Palestinian crowd on Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas paraded captives through Gaza. “But I did not publish those videos,” he said.
- He also described a WhatsApp group of Gaza journalists overseen by a Hamas media official, which he said was used to target reporters who published criticism of Hamas.
- Azaiza has since disputed how his remarks were characterized, saying the group was a channel for Hamas government updates and denying that Hamas directed journalists’ work.
- For years, Western audiences received Gaza coverage produced inside red lines set by Hamas, and claims out of the enclave were often repeated without scrutiny, fueling campus protests.
- Since its violent takeover of Gaza in 2007, Hamas has worked to control the story that reaches the outside world and to legitimize violence against Israel as “resistance.”
- Macron’s translation problem: A French diplomatic source told The Jerusalem Post that Emmanuel Macron’s remarks on Hamas and the West Bank at the UN General Assembly were mistranslated. The English rendering had Hamas “never particularly active” there; the source said the French meant Hamas “has never governed the West Bank.” The clarification followed criticism from several Israeli officials.
- Lost in translation, or playing to France’s large Muslim population back home?
Sources: New York Post: Gaza journalist says he withheld hostage footage · New York Post opinion: Hamas and the Gaza narrative · Jerusalem Post: Macron comments misinterpreted
Guest: Rabbi Michael Barclay, host of the radio show and podcast The Rabbi’s Table: Dialogue Not Debate on CRN Digital Talk Radio
11:00 · The Obamacare Fraud Purge and Medicaid Drug Pricing
The administration canceled hundreds of thousands of Affordable Care Act enrollments last month, and every state has now applied to a new Medicaid model that ties drug prices to what other countries pay. Dr. Jason Sorens on whether taxpayers come out ahead.
- The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services says it canceled roughly 315,000 ACA marketplace enrollments covering about 760,000 people last month, citing fraud and improper enrollments.
- Roughly 419,000 more people are being checked to confirm they are legal U.S. residents who meet the income requirements for ACA benefits.
- Vice President JD Vance’s White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud led the cancellations and estimates about $2.2 billion in savings on taxpayer funded subsidies.
- Are fraud investigations into government funded health care making a difference for taxpayers?
- All 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico have applied to join the CMS GENEROUS model, which brings most favored nation pricing on certain prescription drugs to Medicaid. Forty states and Puerto Rico have already signed agreements. CMS estimates $64.3 billion in taxpayer savings over ten years.
- Participating manufacturers make covered outpatient drugs available at most favored nation prices. States invoice manufacturers for supplemental rebates, CMS monitors pricing accuracy, and CMS shares in the rebates through a reduced federal share of Medicaid payments.
- CMS Innovation Center Director Abe Sutton called the model a significant milestone that frees state money for education, infrastructure, and other priorities. Remaining states have until Sept. 30, 2026, to sign. The model launched in January 2026 and runs for five years.
Sources: CNBC: Administration removes around 760,000 Obamacare enrollments · CMS: Participants announced for Medicaid drug payment model
Guest: Dr. Jason Sorens, Economist and Senior Research Fellow, American Institute for Economic Research
11:30 · The Education Freedom Report Card: Which States Lead and Which Trail
Is communism finding roots in our education system? Heritage’s latest Education Freedom Report Card shows which states are expanding choice and which are falling behind. Jonathan Butcher on where school choice stands.
- Heritage’s Education Freedom Report Card grades states on active education choice programs, academic transparency, teacher freedom, return on education spending, and civics education.
- Florida placed first overall, followed by Arizona, Arkansas, Idaho, and Iowa.
- Louisiana, sixth overall, topped the civics category, in part by requiring a full year civics course and a civics or citizenship test to graduate.
- Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont, and Rhode Island rounded out the bottom, with Maine in last place again.
- As the administration winds down the U.S. Department of Education, states like Florida and Iowa are reclaiming education responsibilities, as the Founders intended, and giving families more choice.
- More states should offer K through 12 education savings accounts so families can choose learning environments that fit their values and their children.
- A renewed focus on civics and rich content across math, reading, science, and other core subjects.
- How is America doing on school choice, and what roadblocks remain?
Sources: Jonathan Butcher at The Heritage Foundation · The Polarization Myth
Guest: Jonathan Butcher, Acting Director of the Center for Education Policy and Will Skillman Senior Research Fellow in Education Policy at The Heritage Foundation · author of The Polarization Myth: America’s Surprising Consensus on Race, Schools, and Sex and Splintered: Critical Race Theory and the Progressive War on Truth
11:50 · Salute the Troops
Today we honor Robert Walter Doyle, Vietnam. Thank you for your service.
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Gaza Journalist Admits Burying Hostage Footage, Xi Jinping Visits Washington, Austin ICE Shooting Sparks Protests | Your News Talk America | September 22, 2026
Your News Talk America
Show Notes · September 22, 2026
9:00 AM ET · Hamas Controls Gaza’s Media Narrative
A Gaza journalist who has met with New York Mayor Mamdani and picked up a Nobel Peace Prize nomination and a spot on the Time100 list has admitted he buried footage of Israeli hostages being beaten by a Palestinian mob on October 7, 2023, in order to protect the attackers.
- Photographer Motaz Azaiza revealed that all media in Gaza runs through a single WhatsApp group controlled by Hamas, and that the terror group targets any journalist who publishes criticism of it.
- Azaiza, one of the most recognized journalists working in Gaza, was in the territory on October 7 when Hamas marched hostages taken from Israel through the streets as crowds attacked them.
- Azaiza told the Taqarrab podcast he filmed the abuse but chose not to release it, telling the podcast, “I did not publish those videos.”
- The world’s picture of the war was shaped by coverage operating inside red lines set by Hamas, under threat of punishment for crossing them, a reality that too often got lost by the time Gaza’s stories reached Western screens, fueling campus protests and unverified claims repeated as fact.
- Ever since its violent takeover after Gaza’s 2007 civil war, Hamas has tightly controlled the narrative reaching the outside world to legitimize its rule and its framing of violence against Israel as “resistance.”
- Panelist Joan Leslie McGill previews the U.N. General Assembly from an Israeli perspective.
Guest: Joan Leslie McGill, Executive Director, U.S.-Israel Education Association
Sources:
Gaza journalist who met with Mamdani admits he buried footage of Israeli hostages being beaten ·
Freed Israeli hostage reveals unthinkable horror during captivity ·
Netanyahu to sue Israeli newspaper over reports UAE warned him of Oct. 7 ·
NY Times Gaza war coverage was clearly biased against Israel, study finds ·
Journalist admits anti Israel narrative driving protests is based on Hamas lies
9:20 AM ET · The Gen Z Tax Cliff
More than two thirds of Generation Z thinks wealthy Americans should pay up, and economists are now asking whether national pessimism, not just economics, is what is stalling consumer confidence.
- A new CBS/YouGov poll released Sunday found that 69 percent of respondents under 30 favor candidates who support raising taxes on wealthy Americans, a higher rate than among millennials, Gen Xers and baby boomers, though majorities in older brackets also back higher taxes on the wealthy.
- What would California style wealth taxes do to America? Polling on California’s Proposition 40, a one time 5 percent tax on the net worth of the state’s 200 billionaires, shows voters split nearly down the middle.
- Does the economy stall when Americans are pessimistic about society? Goldman Sachs says the answer is yes, identifying a decline in happiness as a potential culprit behind sour consumer sentiment readings.
- The consumer sentiment index tracked by the University of Michigan hit record lows this year, falling 13 percent year over year in September, including an almost 8 percent drop from August alone.
- Economists have long questioned why sentiment has stayed depressed since the COVID pandemic even as the economy hummed along on paper. Goldman economist Joseph Briggs told clients this week the downward pressure may stem from broader pessimism in society.
Guest: Dr. Paul Mueller, Senior Research Fellow, American Institute for Economic Research
Sources:
Gen Z favors taxing the wealthy, new poll finds ·
CBS/YouGov poll (PDF) ·
Proposition 40 billionaire tax poll ·
Goldman Sachs on happiness and consumer sentiment ·
Consumer outlook plunges in September ·
Consumer sentiment hits fresh record low in May ·
CNBC Consumer Confidence ·
CNBC Economy
9:35 AM ET · Actions, Not Just Words, to Peace
There is no shortage of words on how to achieve peace in the Holy Land. There are words, and then there are deeds, such as the actual work of bringing peace about.
- The first step is understanding each other.
- The next step is working together toward greater understanding through Root and Branch.
Guest: Jonathan Feldstein, President, Genesis 1 2 3 Foundation
Sources:
Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement ·
Root and Branch
10:00 AM ET · Xi’s Visit and China’s Shadow War
Xi Jinping visits the White House on Thursday, but China is attacking the United States in more ways than ever before.
- Asian affairs expert Gordon Chang told this program last week that China is preparing for war against the United States. Does Captain Murphy agree?
- How does the U.S. Navy actually compare with China’s navy? China has more ships, but is that fleet anywhere near U.S. Navy capabilities?
- Will Xi carry messages back to Iran on President Trump’s conditions for ending the war?
- Ships in the strait continue to come under attack. How is that happening, and who is responsible?
- Iran is allegedly preparing to strike U.S. targets while the U.K. commits air defenses to Saudi Arabia. Do they still have that capability?
- Syria is growing concerned over unidentified explosions near Aleppo, and Iranian airlines have been cut off from the global system.
Guest: Captain Morgan Murphy, USN (ret), former White House official and former Pentagon press secretary who served the nation for 26 years · morganwwmurphy.com
Sources:
China wiretapped Red Sea spy hub 6 miles from U.S. base, ex Pentagon official warns
10:30 AM ET · Austin ICE Shooting Fallout
Following Sunday’s ICE involved shooting in Austin, Texas Rep. Greg Casar is calling for ICE to end its enforcement surge in the city, arguing that for Austin to be safe, ICE should end its surge there.
- Socialist and communist groups, including the Democratic Socialists of America and the Party for Socialism and Liberation, coordinated and promoted “spontaneous” anti ICE protests in Austin, mobilizing within hours of the shooting.
- Ammon Blair, a former Border Patrol agent, gives his assessment of what occurred in Austin over the weekend.
- Do these organized responses to ICE operations suggest coordinated training among these groups?
- How does an investigation into one officer’s actions differ from broader opposition to immigration enforcement, and why is the FBI investigating?
- Audio from the incident indicates the suspect was shot immediately after the pursuit ended, while still in his car. What circumstances would lead an ICE agent to discharge a weapon in that moment?
- Does the American public understand that communist aligned groups, some funded by foreign sources, are working to slow the deportation of dangerous individuals in the country illegally?
- What do ICE and Border Patrol agents actually encounter in real world enforcement operations, and what are the public safety and border security consequences of severely restricting that enforcement?
- How does rhetoric framing immigration enforcement as a “war” affect agents, operations and communities, and how does Blair rate the job Tom Homan and Secretary Mullin have done so far?
Guest: Ammon Blair, Senior Fellow, Texas Public Policy Foundation, a 20 plus year U.S. Border Patrol veteran
Sources:
Socialist, communist groups coordinate, promote “spontaneous” anti ICE protests in Austin
11:00 AM ET · Xi and the Long War Against Communism
Xi Jinping arrives in Washington this week for his first White House visit in more than a decade, complete with a state dinner, military honors and high stakes negotiations over trade, artificial intelligence and rare earth minerals. Amid the diplomatic pageantry, is Washington forgetting whom it is dealing with?
- Dr. Bradley Thayer warns that Xi is not merely the leader of an economic competitor, but the head of a Marxist Leninist regime engaged in a long term ideological, economic and strategic campaign against the United States.
- Why should Xi’s visit be understood as a meeting with the leader of America’s foremost communist adversary?
- How does Beijing use diplomacy and economic engagement to buy time and strategic advantage?
- Why are AI, rare earth minerals and American technology now central fronts in the conflict?
- Can Washington negotiate with Xi without underestimating the Chinese Communist Party’s ideology?
- What must America do to win what Thayer calls its century long war against communism?
Guest: Dr. Bradley A. Thayer, Ph.D., author of America’s 100 Years’ War: How to Win Against Communism
11:30 AM ET · Massachusetts Targets the Lone Juror
Is the lone holdout juror in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial facing more legal scrutiny than Clancy herself?
- The lone holdout juror in the Lindsay Clancy trial is reportedly facing death threats, harassment and strangers appearing at his home after refusing to join the other 11 jurors in finding Clancy not criminally responsible for strangling her three young children.
- Michael Desronvil maintains that the physical evidence and witness testimony convinced him Clancy knew what she was doing. His refusal to abandon that conclusion resulted in a mistrial, and after his identity became public, brought intense scrutiny of his politics, religion and personal history. His attorney says he has since been moved to a secure, undisclosed location.
- Edward Bartlett says the controversy raises a far larger question: can Americans still serve on a jury and vote their conscience without fearing public exposure, professional ruin or physical threats?
- Was this trial’s outcome predetermined? If so, that could explain why the lone juror is now a target.
Guest: Edward E. Bartlett, President, DAVIA: Domestic Abuse and Violence International Alliance, a coalition of 235 organizations across 44 countries working to promote fairness, due process and equal treatment under the law
11:50 AM ET · Salute the Troops
Today’s show honors SFC Dustin B. Ard.
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Iran War Fears Escalate, ICE Shooting Sparks Austin Unrest, Trump Bans CNN, MSNBC, Politico | Your News Talk America | September 21, 2026
9:00 · Show Open: President Trump’s latest warnings to Iran; is it the same old thing?
- Iran tells US it has ‘no choice’ but to accept Tehran’s 7 conditions for talks!
- Iran claims US preparing to resume attacks, threatens bases, supporting regional countries
- The military said that any US attack would trigger sustained strikes on US bases and interests in the region, the report added.
- All the signs are there for a significant military strike, but why now? What has changed?
- Reports of refueling aircraft in the air over Iran, B2-Stealth bombers being repositioned from a base in UK, Trump leaving Camp David a day early to return to the White House, Netanyahu canceling his trip to the U.S. and returning to Jerusalem.
- Houthis issue warning as Yemen war reignites, vow Trump US ships won't be targeted
- CIA Director John Ratcliffe met with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi during a visit to Cairo, as the United States warned of escalation in the Middle East, according to The Times of Israel.
- Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi left Iran for New York to take part in the U.N. General Assembly (UNGA), Reuters reported.
- The U.S. Virtual Embassy in Iran urged Americans to leave the country immediately, warning of potential flight cancellations and airspace closures amid heightened tensions in the Middle East.
- France will summon Iran’s ambassador and take measures after Iranian officials sealed a French-language center affiliated with the French Embassy in Tehran, the French Foreign Ministry confirmed.
- Oil prices rose in early Asian trading after the Houthis launched missile and drone strikes on Saudi Arabia’s capital, Riyadh, over the weekend. (Fox News)
Guest: Paul Davis: Professor: Institute of World Politics · More about the guest
9:20 · Reports of major uprisings inside Iran continue; how credible and how accurate are…
- Reports of major uprisings inside Iran continue; how credible and how accurate are these reports?
- The anti-U.S. demonstration over the weekend; how does the Regime organize such things and what does this mean to what is going on inside Iran?
- President Trump’s willingness to sit down with the Iranian delegation at the U.N General Assembly; who is he actually sitting down with and what power do they have?
- Later this week; XI Jinping visits the White House; do you expect him act as an intermediary with Iran?
- Reports are circulating the China is planning on dumping $50 billion dollars in U.S. Treasuries; is this threat leverage for Xi during his visit?
Guest: Paul Davis: Professor: Institute of World Politics · More about the guest
9:35 · Cuba experienced a total power failure Friday, according to the U.S.
- The embassy said the failure was due to the "collapse of Cuba’s electrical grid."
- According to Cuban regime media, the reason for the collapse is under investigation and the timeline to restore power is unknown.
- How much longer can the Regime survive under these conditions?
- Christine, will the U.N. General Assembly have any significant impact on ending the Iran war?
Guest: Christine Balling, Senior Vice President for Professional Affiliations: The institute of World Politics · More about the guest
10:00 · An ICE officer shot a man in Austin, Texas, on Sunday, prompting a crowd of angry…
- An ICE officer shot a man in Austin, Texas, on Sunday, prompting a crowd of angry demonstrators to gather near the scene, hurl obscenities and clash with authorities.
- Department of Homeland Security (DHS) sources confirmed to Fox News that the man shot by the ICE officer is an illegal immigrant from Venezuela with a final order of removal.
- The agency said the man "illegally entered the country under the Biden administration and had a final order of removal during a law enforcement operation" in Austin, Texas Sunday.
- ‘Unprecedented’: Judges reveal behind-the-scenes coordination on Trump immigration cases
- What judges shared behind the scenes remains unclear as Trump DOJ raises recusal concerns over their public comments. Isn’t this collusion?
- Federal judges in Minnesota tasked with deciding a flood of habeas petitions challenging the detention of immigrants swept up during President Donald Trump's Operation Metro Surge weren't working entirely on their own — behind the scenes, they were regularly consulting one another through running email threads and developing tools to quickly handle recurring legal questions.
- The behind-the-scenes coordination among Minnesota's federal bench, revealed in a New York Times report Thursday, included regular meetings, running email threads, an informal spreadsheet created by court clerks showing which judges to turn to with particular legal questions and templates some judges developed to quickly issue orders when similar detention disputes repeatedly came before the court.
- The disclosures are fueling questions over whether the judges were colluding on separate cases involving the same Trump administration immigration policies, or simply sharing expertise to manage an extraordinary caseload.
- The Islamification of America:
- Case in point: Warren Michigan
- Wars in the 1990s and 2000s led to a boom of Middle Eastern migrations, as America took in a growing Muslim refugee and immigrant population.
- Long-standing chain migration policies allowed family members to follow their relatives to the United States, and foreign immigrant visas have exploded in recent years.
- This, Tye said, has been the story of Warren. But his town’s plight is overshadowed in the media by nearby Dearborn, a now Muslim-majority city that has garnered national and international attention.
- Within a seven-mile radius of his neighborhood, there are now five mosques. Fox News Digital toured the area while Tye pointed them out.
- An old industrial machinery business is now a mosque, as is a former Baptist church.
Guest: Todd Bensman is a Senior Research Fellow for the Border Security and Immigration Center at The Heritage Foundation. · More about the guest
10:30 · President Trump’s latest warnings to Iran; is it the same old thing?
- Iran tells US it has ‘no choice’ but to accept Tehran’s 7 conditions for talks!
- Iran claims US preparing to resume attacks, threatens bases, supporting regional countries
- The military said that any US attack would trigger sustained strikes on US bases and interests in the region, the report added.
- All the signs are there for a significant military strike, but why now? What has changed?
- Reports of refueling aircraft in the air over Iran, B2-Stealth bombers being repositioned from a base in UK, Trump leaving Camp David a day early to return to the White House, Netanyahu canceling his trip to the U.S. and returning to Jerusalem.
- Pickaxe Mountain attack coming?
- The Houthi’s attack Saudi Airport!
- Houthis issue warning as Yemen war reignites, vow Trump US ships won't be targeted.
- Houthi’s are afraid of the United States but not so with Saudi Arabia. Is that correct?
- CIA Director John Ratcliffe met with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi during a visit to Cairo, as the United States warned of escalation in the Middle East, according to The Times of Israel. How much a threat to the Suez Canal?
- Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi left Iran for New York to take part in the U.N. General Assembly (UNGA), Reuters reported.
- The U.S. Virtual Embassy in Iran urged Americans to leave the country immediately, warning of potential flight cancellations and airspace closures amid heightened tensions in the Middle East.
- France will summon Iran’s ambassador and take measures after Iranian officials sealed a French-language center affiliated with the French Embassy in Tehran, the French Foreign Ministry confirmed.
Last night on Fox, Finland’s President: Alexander Stubb make the following claims in the Russia-Ukraine war. I would like to get your analysis!
Guest: Lieutenant Colonel Tony Shaffer, US Army (ret): Is both: Senior Fellow for both the London Center for Policy Research and the Center for Advanced Defense Studies. He is a retired U.S. Army Reserve lieutenant colonel with over 30 years of service and a CIA-trained intelligence operations officer. Colonel Shaffer is a retired DOW Intel Operative NYTs bestselling author: Host of: The Hard Truth Podcast on YouTube: · More about the guest
11:00 · Back in March of 2024, you wrote for the Epoch Times that a second Trump term could…
- Back in March of 2024, you wrote for the Epoch Times that a second Trump term could push China’s economy over the edge, do you see any signs two-years into Trump’s second-term?
- The Chinese are reportedly going to dump $50 billion dollars in U.S. Treasuries, is that threat to provide President Xi with leverage against President Trump later this week?
- If Iran falls, what does that do to the Chinese economy?
- Three South Korean military personnel were injured Monday in an unidentified explosion on the South Korean side of the Demilitarized Zone. Mines, laid by the North are the suspected cause. Yesterday, North Korea launched two short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters on September 20, 2026, marking a recent escalation in regional tensions. Why are tensions higher, when the current So. Korean President is so conciliatory to North Korea and China?
- Dr. Graceffo’ what do you think of the Analysis of Finland’s President, Alexander Stubb on Fox News last night (that Ukraine is Ukraine in better position politically, militarily and economically than at any point in war)?
- Last week, President Trump announced that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to stop attacking their oil facilities and then, two-days ago; Ukraine attacked another Russian refinery. What is going on here?
- Last week, we discussed the changes coming in the war after Putin’s election: why the pause prior to the election when Russia’s elections are rigged anyway?
- Dr. Graceffo what has it been like for you recently in Ukraine?
Guest: Antonio Graceffo, PhD, China-MBA, War Correspondent for The Gateway Pundit Connect with Antonio on Linkedin Writing Portfolio Writing Portfolio Website ChinaEconGroup See Antonio's books at Amazon
11:30 · President Trump bans CNN, MSNOW and Politico from White House!
- Negative reporting is a far cry from fake news.
- Fake news is downright dangerous for America.
- Next step, Trump should forbid anyone from his administration from appearing on MSM!
- Example: MSNBC/Joy Reid/Lawrence Tribe/6/10/19
Guest: Curtis Houck: Managing Editor Newsbusters · More about the guest
11:50 · Salute the Troops
Jake closes the show with the daily Salute the Troops segment.
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Media’s Immigration Crime Blackout, Iran’s Strait of Hormuz Standoff, CCP’s Hidden California Marijuana Empire | Your News Talk America | September 18, 2026
Today’s Guests
Eric Scheiner, Senior Director of MRC Video, joins Jake for back to back segments this morning. Scheiner has more than two decades in broadcasting, documentary production, and video journalism, getting his start covering politics and government spending in the First in the Nation primary state of New Hampshire before joining the Media Research Center in the Washington, D.C. area. Read more about Eric Scheiner.
9:00 · Show Open: The Media’s Immigration Crime Blackout
Jake opens the show with a hard look at how the broadcast networks are handling a wave of violent crime tied to illegal immigration. In just the three weeks between August 25 and September 17, seven new cases (most involving people who entered the country illegally during the Biden and Obama administrations) made headlines, including an illegal immigrant DoorDash driver accused of killing a Sacramento woman he stalked for a year, a driver accused of killing a baby in a stroller in a New Jersey parking lot, a crash into a New Jersey mayor’s wife’s car after fleeing ICE agents, a strangulation in Massachusetts, a coworker stabbed to death in Virginia, an arrest of three men in a Virginia child exploitation ring who were released on bond, and fentanyl dealing tied to overdoses at a Virginia high school.
A NewsBusters analysis found the major broadcast networks have largely stayed silent on the pattern.
Guest: Eric Scheiner, Senior Director of MRC Video (bio above)
9:20 · The Holdout Juror Media Backlash
Since the Lindsay Clancy murder trial ended in a mistrial, ABC, CBS, and NBC have given Clancy largely favorable coverage on their flagship morning and evening newscasts, according to a new NewsBusters analysis, while the single holdout juror who believed Clancy was guilty has drawn unusually hostile treatment. Since September 8, the study found the broadcast networks have been roughly four times more critical of the juror than of Clancy herself, with Clancy receiving about 64.6 percent positive coverage across the three networks compared to 94.7 percent negative coverage for the juror. Across 19 segments on the trial, not even two thirds (12 out of 19, or 63 percent) clearly explained why Clancy was on trial in the first place, and CBS was reportedly the only network not to air NBC10’s hit piece on the holdout juror.
Guest: Eric Scheiner, Senior Director of MRC Video (bio above)
9:35 · The Fed, Rate Hikes, and a Nervous Market
Markets rebounded as oil prices cooled, but Jake wants to know why an otherwise strong jobs report rattled investors last month. The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by a quarter point this week, and President Trump has said the rate should be closer to 1 percent. U.S. retail sales rose 1.2 percent in August, rebounding sharply from a dip in July and adding to a string of hot economic data that, according to the Wall Street Journal, supports the case that the economy is strong enough to absorb higher rates. So why raise rates at all if the goal is to cool things down, and why is there so much recession talk heading into the midterms?
Read the Wall Street Journal report · More WSJ coverage on interest rates
Jake also asks what a Republican setback in the midterms could mean for the economy’s momentum, and what the fight over artificial intelligence could mean for tech stocks and future investment.
Guest: Dr. Jeffery L. Degner, Research Fellow, American Institute for Economic Research. Read more about Dr. Degner
10:00 · Iran, the Strait of Hormuz, and a New U.S. Base in Poland
Colonel Gaub joins Jake to break down a wave of developments in the Middle East and Europe. CNN reported on the harrowing account of a U.S. Air Force pilot shot down over Iran and later rescued, and Jake wants Gaub’s read on the Houthi threat to shipping and whether the war could spread to the Suez Canal.
An oil tanker reportedly exploded and caught fire after colliding with mines in the Strait of Hormuz, according to Iran’s IRGC, as relayed by the Fars news agency. The vessel, identified as the El Gaia and flying under a Panamanian flag, was reportedly involved in an incident U.S. Central Command has denied. Is this Iranian propaganda, given the U.S. Navy’s earlier mine clearing operation in the strait? Jake also asks about reports that Saudi Arabia is seeking talks with the Houthis.
Read the Jerusalem Post report
New satellite imagery shows Iran has added defenses around tunnel entrances at Pickaxe Mountain, the nuclear linked site President Trump has repeatedly threatened to strike, as Russia and China vetoed a U.S. drafted Security Council resolution on Iran sanctions monitoring. The Institute for Science and International Security reports that imagery from September 11 shows earthen roadblocks still in place near the Natanz complex’s western tunnel portals, along with fresh soil added over tunnel entrances, reinforcing an assessment that the site is not currently in normal operation but that valuable equipment remains inside.
Read the ISIS satellite imagery report
And President Trump says the United States is closing in on plans for a new Army base in Poland, crediting Polish President Karol Nawrocki with pushing the initiative, even as the Pentagon reportedly weighs troop reductions elsewhere in Europe.
Read the Stars and Stripes report
Guest: Lt. Col. Darin L. Gaub (Ret.), author of Veritas Vincit, Latin for “Truth Prevails.” More on the book
10:30 · A.J. Rice Returns With a New Satirical Book
Bestselling author A.J. Rice is back with his signature unfiltered, satirical style in a new book that takes aim at what Rice argues is an organized cultural and institutional push behind so called “woke” gender ideology, from boardrooms to classrooms. Rice frames it as the conclusion of a trilogy he began with earlier bestsellers skewering cancel culture and identity politics. Jake also brings up a recent New York Post story questioning claims about trans teen suicide, and asks Rice whether the debate has become less about protecting children and more about silencing parents who push back.
Guest: A.J. Rice, President and CEO of Publius PR and editor in chief of The Publius National Post on Substack. His latest book is The Curse of the Bearded Lady: How the Trans Mafia Whacked American Sanity. Find the book on Amazon
11:00 · China’s Hidden Marijuana Empire in California
Investigative reporter Haley Strack joins Jake to discuss her reporting out of Siskiyou County, California, one of the most scenic corners of the state, sitting beneath Mount Shasta and surrounded by more than a million acres of farmland and forest. In recent years, Chinese nationals, some with ties to the Chinese Communist Party, have built a massive illegal cannabis operation there, according to Strack’s reporting, generating billions of dollars a year while terrorizing the rural community with shootings, gang violence, and trafficking.
Read the KRCR report on labor trafficking
Jake asks whether this operation is replacing fentanyl trafficking as border security tightens, and whether there are similarities to the CCP linked biolab discovered in California back in 2023. Strack’s reporting states that county authorities have seized large quantities of toxic, unregulated, and banned pesticides from Siskiyou pot farms, and that an expert told her the operations appear designed to poison Americans, with the Chinese Communist Party poised to benefit from the chaos. Jake also asks why California, and whether growers have attempted to bribe local officials.
Read Siskiyou County’s emergency declaration · Read Haley Strack’s full report at City Journal
Guest: Haley Strack, Investigative Reporter, City Journal. Read more about Haley Strack
11:20 · The Clancy Verdict and a National Debate
Lindsay Clancy admitted to killing her three children, so why, Jake asks, is she being treated by much of the public like a victim? Dr. Edward E. Bartlett says the reaction exposes a disturbing double standard, with activists transforming an admitted child killer into the story’s central victim while her three children become an afterthought. Clancy’s defense argued she was suffering from postpartum psychosis, though according to Associated Press coverage of the trial, the psychiatric nurse practitioner and psychiatrist who treated her testified they had not observed psychosis before the killings.
After the jury deadlocked, two female jurors publicly criticized the male holdout, and NBC10 Boston subsequently reported the dissenting juror was a Black man.
Dr. Bartlett argues the controversy raises questions that go well beyond this trial: has ideology distorted how society understands women, violence, personal responsibility, and who gets called a victim? Jake and Bartlett dig into gender stereotypes in how the public views female defendants and male victims, and whether compassion for a defendant should ever be allowed to erase compassion for the innocent.
Guest: Edward E. Bartlett, PhD, President of DAVIA, the Domestic Abuse and Violence International Alliance
11:30 · Angela Stanton King on Criminal Justice Reform
After a 2004 federal conspiracy conviction tied to a car theft ring, Angela Stanton King served two years in prison, giving birth to her daughter while incarcerated. In February 2020, President Trump granted her a full, unconditional pardon, citing her work as an advocate for rehabilitation and redemption. Her own experience being restrained during childbirth behind bars helped push the conversation around ending the shackling of incarcerated pregnant women, and she went on to found Auntie Angie’s House to support pregnant women impacted by the justice system.
Jake asks Stanton King whether her advocacy is facing more resistance now, as Americans grow frustrated with repeat offenders and turnstile justice, and whether calls for reform now get redirected toward judicial reform instead. He also invites her to share her story for listeners hearing it for the first time.
Guest: Angela Stanton King, author, criminal justice reform advocate, maternal health advocate, and founder of Auntie Angie’s House and the American King Foundation. Read more about Auntie Angie’s House
11:50 · Salute the Troops
Jake closes the show with the daily Salute the Troops segment, honoring the men and women serving in the U.S. Armed Forces.
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