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American Innovation and AI, Next Generation Airships, Hemp as Homegrown Fuel | Your News Talk America | May 26, 2026
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Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Science in a Volatile World
Your News Talk America with guest host Brigadier General Blaine Holt, USAF (Ret.) · May 26, 2026
9:06 Show Open and Monologue
Brigadier General Blaine Holt, USAF (Ret.) opens the program as guest host and sets the table for what to expect, previewing today’s themes and panelists. The framing idea: American ingenuity as the ultimate competitive edge amid global turbulence, rising energy demands, and rapid technological change.
- Gen. Holt as guest host and what to expect from today’s show
- Today’s themes and panelists
- Intro issue: entrepreneurship, innovation, and science in a volatile world, with American ingenuity as the ultimate competitive edge
9:10 Breakthroughs in Magnet and Aviation Technology
Inventor and innovator Evan Trevors joins to discuss advanced magnet technology, aviation innovation, and next generation engineering solutions, and how they could reshape everything from defense to everyday travel.
- The game changing advances in magnets and aviation happening right now
- Turning bold ideas into real products without getting buried by bureaucracy or supply chain headaches
Panelist: Evan Trevors, Inventor and Founder, Lantha Tech.
9:33 Building America’s Future in 2026
Nick Smoot, founder of Build_ and a forward thinking entrepreneur, talks practical innovation, construction, and building the physical world of tomorrow as the global landscape keeps throwing curveballs.
- What real innovation looks like on the ground in 2026
- The biggest opportunities for American entrepreneurs to lead instead of react
Panelist: Nick Smoot, Founder, Build_.
10:03 The Next Wave of AI
Jay Modi of Alchemai is an entrepreneur and leader driving the next wave of artificial intelligence developments and real world applications. He breaks down what is coming and how it could change the game for American industry and security.
- The most exciting, and maybe a little scary, next developments coming out of Alchemai
- Harnessing the technology responsibly while keeping U.S. entrepreneurship miles ahead
Panelist: Jay Modi, Alchemai.
10:33 Next Generation Airships and Unmanned Systems
Michael Lawson of UAV Corp is a pioneer in next generation airships and advanced unmanned aerial systems. He explains what capabilities are coming online and how these floating marvels could transform logistics, defense, and commerce.
- The new capabilities coming online, and how airships could reshape logistics, defense, and commerce when the world feels anything but stable
Panelist: Michael Lawson, UAV Corp.
11:03 Hemp as a Homegrown Fuel Source
Mike Coleman of Commando Fuels is an entrepreneur and pioneer championing hemp as a next generation, homegrown fuel source. He walks through the science and the entrepreneurship behind turning the crop into a serious energy solution.
- The science and entrepreneurship behind hemp as a high performance fuel
- How it fits into real energy independence in a volatile global energy picture
Panelist: Mike Coleman, Commando Fuels.
11:33 Fast Track Power for the Grid
The Honorable Secretary James Campos of Red Post Energy is a former senior energy official and President at Red Post Energy, deploying fast track gas turbine generation to fill immediate gaps in America’s electrical grid. With data centers, AI, and modern life drawing power like never before, gas turbines offer a practical bridge.
- How an entrepreneurial approach can get reliable electricity online fast while bigger innovations catch up
- What a smart, no nonsense national energy strategy looks like right now. Listener questions welcome.
Panelist: The Hon. Secretary James Campos, President, Red Post Energy.
11:45 After-Logue
- Wrap up: what we learned today, and a nudge to go back and listen to anything you missed
- Plug for Dangerous Intellectuals and catching Gen. Holt on Newsmax
- Teeing up topics for the next show and continuing the examination of the most pressing issues in the nation
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National Security with Fred Fleitz, Sound Money with Andy Schectman, American Liberty with Ann Vandersteel | Your News Talk America | May 22, 2026
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National Security, Sound Money, and Citizen Leadership
Your News Talk America · May 22, 2026 · Guest Host Brig. Gen. Blaine Holt (USAF, Ret.)
9:06 · Show Open and Monologue
Brig. Gen. Blaine Holt (USAF, Ret.) opens his guest hosting run with a roadmap for the day. The hour frames where geopolitics meets economics, touching national security, the global and domestic economy, American liberty, and citizen servant leadership.
- What listeners can expect from General Holt as guest host, and the themes and guests ahead.
- Where geopolitics meets economics: national security, the global and domestic economy, and American liberty hanging in the balance.
Guest host: Guest Host: Brig. Gen. Blaine Holt (USAF, Ret.) veteran, former Deputy U.S. Military Representative to NATO, Newsmax contributor, and host of the Dangerous Intellectuals podcast. https://dangerousintellectuals.com
9:15 · National Security Threats and Opportunities
General Holt opens the panel with one of the country’s most experienced national security voices. The conversation surveys the greatest threats and opportunities facing America on the world stage and how the administration should be setting its priorities in the current environment.
- Where the greatest threats and opportunities for America sit right now, drawn from decades in the field and at AFPI.
- How the administration should be prioritizing national security in the current environment.
Guest: Fred Fleitz, Vice Chairman of the America First Policy Institute (AFPI), Center for American Security. Former Chief of Staff to the National Security Council, longtime CIA analyst, and veteran national security expert. https://americafirstpolicy.com
9:33 · Where Geopolitics Meets Economics
General Holt turns to the daily crossroads of geopolitics, global mobility, and economics. The discussion looks at what is happening in real time that most Americans do not yet fully appreciate, and at practical solutions for businesses and families navigating the road ahead.
- What is unfolding in real time at the intersection of geopolitics and economics that the public has not caught up to.
- Practical solutions for American businesses and families facing the challenges ahead.
Guest: Guy Vantresca of Dwellworks LLC, U.S. Army veteran and expert on the intersection of geopolitics, global mobility, and economics. https://www.dwellworks.com
10:03 · Sound Money and Protecting Your Wealth
A widely followed voice on monetary policy joins to read the precious metals markets and the broader economic picture. The segment examines what should have Americans paying close attention and how families can think about protecting their wealth.
- What the precious metals markets and the broader economy are signaling through the lens of sound money.
- How families should be thinking about protecting their wealth in this environment.
Guest: Andy Schectman, Founder and CEO of Miles Franklin Precious Metals and Miles Franklin Media, one of the most respected voices on global and domestic monetary policy, gold, silver, and economic resilience. https://milesfranklin.com
11:03 · American Liberty Hanging in the Balance
General Holt welcomes an alternative media leader who has spent years sounding the alarm on the state of American liberty. The conversation pinpoints where freedom is most at risk today and what regular citizens need to understand and do to help secure it for the long haul.
- Where American liberty is hanging in the balance today.
- What citizens need to understand and do to help secure freedom for the long haul.
Guest: Ann Vandersteel, prominent alternative media leader, host of Steel News, and passionate defender of American liberty. https://annvandersteel.com
11:33 · Citizen Servant Leadership
The panel closes with a call for a new kind of citizen-led leadership. At a time when many feel disconnected from their government, the segment asks what real servant leadership at the citizen level actually looks like and how a republic rebuilds leadership from the ground up. Listener questions are welcome.
- What servant leadership from the citizen level actually looks like in practice.
- How we rebuild leadership from the ground up in this republic.
Guest: Steven Eugene Kuhn, U.S. Army combat veteran, Bronze Star recipient, author of the Citizen Servant Leader series, and founder of the Citizen Servant Leaders movement. https://www.jointab.us
11:50 · Salute the Troops
The daily tribute honoring an American service member. Details for this episode were not contained in the planning document and will be added from the broadcast record.
11:45 · After-Logue
General Holt wraps the show, recaps the day’s biggest takeaways, and encourages the audience to go back and listen to anything they missed.
- Recap of what we learned today, with an invitation to catch up on any missed segments.
- A plug for the Dangerous Intellectuals podcast and catching General Holt on Newsmax.
- A look ahead to the Memorial Day show and continuing coverage of the most pressing issues facing the nation.
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National Property Tax Fraud Crisis, Government Waste and DOGE, Europe’s Globalist Fight Back | Your News Talk America | May 21, 2026
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Thursday, May 21, 2026 · Guest Host: Brig. Gen. (ret.) Blaine Holt
9:06 · Show Open and Monologue
Brigadier General Blaine Holt, United States Air Force (retired), takes the chair as guest host for three hours, opening with a roughly fifteen minute monologue that sets the table for the day. Holt thanks regular host Jake Smith for the keys to the studio and lays out the arc: a domestic gut punch on the national property tax fraud crisis, federal fraud, waste, and abuse, then a turn overseas to Europe at an existential crossroads, the fight back against globalist policy, and the black hole of foreign aid.
Themes anchoring the broadcast:
- National property tax fraud crisis and the question of where homeowners go next
- Fraud, waste, and abuse in government spending
- Ireland and Europe at an existential crossroads
- Fighting back against globalist policy
- Foreign aid fraud and accountability
9:08 · The National Property Tax Fraud Crisis
Mitch Vexler, founder and president of Mockingbird Properties, joins by Zoom to break down what he describes as a coordinated property tax fraud machine hitting American homeowners through inflated appraisals, assessment scams, and systemic government overreach. Vexler argues that central appraisal districts and school districts deliberately overvalue property to leverage bond debt, treating homeowners like ATMs.
Talking points:
- What is actually happening on the ground with massive over assessments, phantom liens, and local governments treating homeowners as revenue sources, and how deep the problem runs
- With millions of Americans facing tax bills they cannot pay and appeals that go nowhere, whether this is self inflicted bureaucracy or outright fraud
- A realistic path to fix the system before more families lose their homes
More: Mockingbird Properties property tax investigation · mockingbirdproperties.com
9:33 · Government Fraud, Waste, and Abuse
John Hart, CEO of OpenTheBooks.com and former communications director for the late Sen. Tom Coburn, joins to talk government transparency and the work of tracking fraud, waste, and abuse at every level of spending.
Talking points:
- Why DOGE came in with big promises to cut the fat but did not deliver the knockout punch, and what it would take to make it work this time
- How to get serious about clawing back the trillions that belong to the American taxpayer rather than the swamp, from bloated contracts to outright fraud
More: OpenTheBooks.com · @johnhart333
10:03 · Ireland and Europe at an Existential Crossroads
Peter Connolly, an Irish farmer, activist, and outspoken commentator on the agricultural plight of Ireland and Europe, joins to discuss the broader fight against EU globalist policy.
Talking points:
- What farmers across Ireland and Europe are seeing on the ground as family farms come under pressure, food security is questioned, and rules arrive from Brussels
- How everyday Europeans can push back against green mandates before the system buckles, and what sovereignty is at stake
10:33 · The Fight Back in London
Andrew Bridgen, former Member of the UK Parliament and a voice behind the recent large London protest, joins to talk about citizens demanding their rights and pushing back against the globalist agenda.
Talking points:
- What lit the fuse for the London turnout, and what Bridgen is hearing from everyday citizens who have had it with being told how to live
- From his time in Parliament to the streets, how free people fight back and reclaim their nations without losing the liberties that made the West great
More: @ABridgen
11:03 · Foreign Aid Fraud
Dr. Emily Brearley, development economist and author of Aid Inferno, joins to make the case that foreign aid has become a multibillion dollar racket that enriches the wrong people while leaving intended recipients worse off. Listener questions are welcome for this segment.
Talking points:
- The biggest scams Americans are unknowingly funding, drawn from the reporting in Aid Inferno
- What real reform looks like, and how to turn good intentions into actual results instead of another endless money pit
11:45 · Salute the Troops and After-Logue
Holt wraps the broadcast:
- Recap of what the day covered, with encouragement for listeners to go back and catch anything they missed
- A plug for Dangerous Intellectuals and catching Holt on Newsmax
- A tee up of topics for the next show as YNTA continues its examination of the most pressing issues in the nation
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California Refinery Collapse, Dr. Peter McCullough on US Health Policy, Child Trafficking Crackdown | Your News Talk America | May 20, 2026
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Your News Talk America · Show Notes
Wednesday, May 20, 2026 · Guest host Brig. Gen. (ret) Blaine Holt sitting in for Jake Smith
9:06 · Show Open & Monologue
Brig. Gen. (ret) Holt opens the show as guest host, lays out the day’s themes, and previews the panel. The throughline: “Now where do we go?” Energy pain at the pump, an unfolding US and global health picture, the state of liberty in America, and the fight against child exploitation and trafficking.
- California’s refinery crisis as the kickoff topic, framed as a self-inflicted wound with national consequences.
- A health policy reckoning that goes beyond any single headline.
- Constitutional guardrails and what “liberty in America” looks like in 2026.
- Why child trafficking is no longer a “somewhere else” problem.
- Audio clip to be slotted in at the open.
9:20 · California’s Refinery Collapse with Mike Ariza
California is hemorrhaging refining capacity. Phillips 66 and Valero are among the operators shutting down or scaling back, with as much as 30% of the state’s gasoline production potentially headed offline. Imports are stepping in, prices are climbing for families already squeezed, and the political class in Sacramento shows no signs of changing course. Mike Ariza brings the view from inside the gate.
- What’s actually happening on the ground at California refineries, in plain English.
- Why this feels engineered, not accidental, and who pays the bill.
- Imports filling the gap: cost, reliability, and national security implications.
- Is there a smarter path forward, or is the Golden State the test case for the rest of the country?
About Mike Ariza: Former senior refinery supervisor and controller at Valero’s Benicia Refinery. Petroleum and oil & gas expert with deep operational experience inside California’s refining sector.
10:03 · The US and Global Health Reckoning with Dr. Peter McCullough
Americans are waking up to what increasingly looks like a rolling health crisis that runs deeper than any single headline. Dr. Peter McCullough walks through what the data actually show, where institutional trust broke, and how families can protect themselves while open scientific debate gets restored.
- Lingering effects of recent pandemics: what’s measurable versus what’s narrative.
- Policy choices that sidelined scientific debate, and the price of that.
- Practical steps to protect your family right now.
- Why “global health” risks becoming code for top-down control that leaves Americans sicker and less free.
About Dr. Peter McCullough: Internationally recognized cardiologist and epidemiologist, and a leading voice on US and global health policy. More at petermcculloughmd.com.
10:33 · Liberty in America 2026 with LTC (ret) Darin Gaub
LTC Gaub spent a career defending the republic overseas. Now he argues the real fight for liberty is right here at home. From government overreach to eroding constitutional guardrails, where exactly does the battle stand, and what does reclaiming it look like without losing the country in the process?
- The current state of constitutional guardrails and where the cracks are widest.
- Government overreach: federal, state, and the quiet administrative layer beneath both.
- What “liberty in America” actually means in 2026, in concrete terms.
- How citizens push back without burning down the republic they swore to defend.
About LTC (ret) Darin Gaub: Retired US Army Lieutenant Colonel, aviator, Presidential Honor Guard veteran with multiple combat deployments. Co-founder of Restore Liberty, leadership coach, and longtime advocate for constitutional principles.
11:06 · Child Exploitation and the Fight to Shut It Down with Nate Lewis
Child exploitation and trafficking are no longer a “somewhere else” problem. Nate Lewis founded The Innocent Mission after a career fighting it at the highest levels, and he joins the show to tell parents, citizens, and policymakers what is actually happening inside the United States right now, and what real protection looks like.
- What’s driving the surge in domestic child exploitation cases.
- How traffickers operate inside the US and where the networks intersect with the border.
- Turning public awareness into measurable protection for kids.
- What parents, teachers, and local officials can do this week, not next year.
- Listener questions encouraged on DIAL.
About Nate Lewis: Founder and CEO of The Innocent Mission. Combat veteran of the global fight against child sex trafficking and exploitation, and former executive with major international anti-trafficking organizations.
11:45 · Salute the Troops & After-Logue
Holt closes out with the daily Salute the Troops and a tight wrap of what the panel just put on the table. Encouragement for listeners who missed segments to go back and catch the replay, plus a plug for Dangerous Intellectuals and Holt’s appearances on Newsmax.
- Top takeaways from the day’s four interviews.
- Where to find Dangerous Intellectuals and Holt on Newsmax.
- Teeing up the next show and the issues still on the table.
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After Beijing Iran and Kharg Island, Data Center Leviathans, Vulnerable Economy with Tom Luongo | Your News Talk America | May 19, 2026
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Your News Talk America · Daily Show Notes
Tuesday, May 19, 2026 · Guest Host Brig. Gen. Blaine Holt, USAF (Ret.) · 9AM to 12PM ET
9:06 ET · Show Open and Monologue
Guest host Brig. Gen. Blaine Holt opens the show with a look at where America stands after the President’s Beijing visit. The question on the table: now where do we go? Iran, Europe, and the midterms.
- Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Holt as guest host and what to expect from this run.
- Themes and guests for the hour.
- Post Beijing visit: now where do we go on Iran, Europe, and the midterms.
More on Gen. Holt’s podcast: Dangerous Intellectuals
9:20 ET · Victoria Coates · Post Beijing, Iran, and Kharg Island
Victoria Coates, Senior Fellow, Heritage Foundation. Former Deputy National Security Advisor for the Middle East and North Africa, and a key architect of the Maximum Pressure Campaign against Iran.
- The cease fire appears to be a cease fire in name only. Post Beijing visit, where are we headed.
- Solid indications that Iran is dumping hundreds of thousands of oil barrels into the straits, suggesting wells are stressed. Is it time to take Kharg Island.
- If the oil infrastructure in Iran looks set for destruction, how do we keep China on the sidelines.
9:35 ET · Tom Del Beccaro · Where Are We, and Navigating to November
Tom Del Beccaro, author of The Lessons of the American Civilization and The Divided Era. Host of Politics in Perspective. Opinion writer and commentator across major outlets.
- A historian and critical analyst in a world where the signal is hard to pick out of the noise. Where the heck are we.
- Trouble ahead for this administration. The GOP has done well in redistricting battles, but geopolitical storm clouds and the financial picture are not clearing in the short term.
- How would Del Beccaro advise the President to successfully navigate to November.
Site: tomdel.com · Vanguard: politicalvanguard.com
10:08 ET · EM Burlingame · Data Centers, What Are We Doing
America is becoming all too aware that data centers are being built at a blinding pace. These are not the cute little warehouse buildings of a few server racks and a few IT folks minding the store. These are leviathans, with the largest campus planned for Utah at no less than 62 square miles. With more than 4,000 already built or planned, the great AI race is underway and trillions are at stake. This is not about fancy AI pictures on a phone.
Concerns about this new national push range from resources consumed in power and water, to eminent domain fights like the ones in Georgia, to questions about end use. Are we potentially aiding and abetting a liberty-eliminating surveillance state.
EM Burlingame, a friend and true renaissance man with specialties in neuroscience, computational engineering, entrepreneurship, capital, Special Forces, and writing. Recent books include As Rome Burns and The Eternal War.
- Are Americans right to be concerned about these projects. What are the alternatives, and are there hidden elements to the resources required we cannot see.
- What would a sustainable model look like.
- The tools these systems will offer are staggering. Policy is not even close to keeping up. How do we advance our tech while respecting our constitution.
Substack: emburlingame.substack.com
10:33 ET · Lance Medlin · Red Post Energy
Lance Medlin, Founder and CEO of Red Post Energy, joins the show. Full disclosure: Jake is an advisor to this startup. Yes, we touch on data centers, but the bigger story is the American electric grid and the gaps that are widening fast. Lance is a U.S. Marine veteran with more than 25 years across oil and gas and power generation, having held CEO, COO, President, and Country Manager roles, and having developed capital project budgets from under $5 million to over $40 billion. He founded Red Post Energy on a mission-first mindset to move faster, build smarter, and secure America’s power, with disciplined execution, strategic public-private alignment, and large-scale infrastructure development.
- In the context of what team Red Post is doing, how can a crawl-walk-run strategy ease tensions between communities and the big centers going up.
- How do we turn American abundance in natural gas into a national competitive advantage.
- With John McDonough on board as President of Red Post Energy LLC and Dr. Justin Velez-Hagan as CIO, what does Red Post’s path from early-stage development to full-scale deployment look like.
- Listener questions from DIAL.
Company: redpostenergy.com · Recent leadership news: McDonough appointment
11:06 ET · Tom Luongo · Our Vulnerable Economy
Market crisis everywhere. Bonds, private banking, liquidity, inflation, employment, foreclosures, and more, against a brutal backdrop of wars and potential wars, great power competition, and globalists wanting to confiscate or control all we have. We need someone tracking all of it.
Tom Luongo joins us. Tom is a Newsmax newsletter author, host of the Gold, Goats n Guns podcast, and publisher of his subscriber newsletter.
- From a chemist’s root cause analysis background. Is this fundamentally a 5GW Sovereigntists versus Globalists war.
- Drilling into the global and U.S. economy. What are we seeing and how does this play out.
- Fed Chair Warsh. Is he here to keep patching the leaks, or are we following a path to a whole new system. What does that look like.
Site: tomluongo.me
11:50 ET · Salute the Troops
To every American in uniform, at home and forward deployed, thank you for your service.
11:55 ET · After-Logue
- Wrap the show. What did we learn today. Encourage the audience to go back and listen if they missed anything.
- Plug Dangerous Intellectuals Episode 36 and catching Gen. Holt on Newsmax every day.
- Tee up topics for next show and continuing our examination of the most pressing issues in the nation.
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CIA ODNI Showdown, Trump China Summit Graded, WHO Pandemic Playbook Returns | Your News Talk America | May 18, 2026
Show Notes and Rundown
Your News Talk America · Show Notes
Monday, May 18, 2026 · Brig Gen (ret) Holt guest hosting
9:06 · Show Open and Monologue
Brig Gen (ret) Holt takes the chair as guest host. He opens with the framing issue of the morning: the CIA appears to be flouting POTUS intent and a standing executive order. Holt rolls audio of a Greg Kelly headline read covering the CIA taking boxes from ODNI.
Setting the table:
- Holt previews the morning’s themes and guests
- Audio clip: Greg Kelly on the CIA seizure of material from ODNI
- Frame for the hour: constitutional crisis, or agency operating outside the lines as usual
9:20 · LTC Tony Shaffer on the CIA Raid at ODNI
Last week, a whistleblower account described what looked like a 40 box take by the CIA from a supervisory organization. The reporting has since softened. The word “raid” became “seized.” Fox pulled the Jesse Watters interview. Rep Anna Paulina Luna had called for a presser on X.com, then quietly stood it down. Shaffer walks Holt through what the public record actually shows now, and what that softening pattern says about the line between agency and oversight.
Talking points:
- The whistleblower claim: 40 boxes or a select few documents
- The “raid” to “seized” softening across coverage
- Pulled Watters interview and the cancelled Luna presser
- Is this in fact a constitutional crisis
Guest: LTC Tony Shaffer, President of Project Sentinel, podcast host, and Newsmax contributor.
9:35 · Col Towner-Watkins on Deep State History and the Fabian Society
Holt brings on Colonel Towner-Watkins, fellow retired Air Force officer and a top researcher into CIA history and secret societies. The argument: this CIA ODNI episode is not new to American history. Towner-Watkins maps how we got to a place where an intelligence agency has zero trouble operating outside the hierarchy and arguably outside the Constitution.
Around 9:45, the conversation pivots to the Fabian Society, founded in 1884, and how that lineage helps connect the dots between near term headlines and the bigger architecture most observers miss.
Talking points:
- The historical pattern of intel agencies operating off the books
- 9:45: the Fabian Society and the long game
- Tying near term events back to the deeper architecture
10:08 · Trump’s China Trip: A+, F-, or Incomplete
Audio clip of the President characterizing the visit as a victory. Holt sets up the harder case: even the CCP Foreign Ministry’s own readout pointed to a thin scorecard. Then Gordon Chang takes the question apart.
What was not announced:
- No agreement on Iran
- No agreement on fentanyl
- No trade agreement
- No Taiwan agreement
- No 200 jet deal
Chang on what to watch:
- Whether the meeting moves the Iran file at all
- The Politburo two weeks earlier essentially conceding the country is broke and crafting policy at the expense of an already beaten public
- Any real signs of a better course for US Sino relations
Guest: Gordon Chang, Senior Fellow at the Gatestone Institute and author of Plan Red: China’s Project to Destroy America. gatestoneinstitute.org · Plan Red on Amazon
10:33 · Joshua Philipp on the Summit’s Subtext
Joshua Philipp, host of CrossRoads on NTD, joins Holt to read the nuances. Was Xi’s Thucydides Trap reference a calculated insult to the United States, or was it Xi quietly acknowledging that China is the power on the decline?
Talking points:
- Philipp’s grade for the summit and what he was watching for
- The Thucydides Trap framing: insult, or admission of decline
- What Beijing actually walked away with
11:08 · Medical Crises and Familiar Milestones
Audio clip from Dangerous Intellectuals with Dr Peter McCullough. The pattern in view: Hantavirus, Norovirus, Ebola, and Alpha Gal all surfacing in close succession, with notable mainstream silence. Holt’s read is that this looks less like a series of random emergencies and more like a coordinated line of attack. Dr Mary Bowden joins to ground the conversation.
Talking points:
- Is the WHO and the medical establishment trying to resurrect the 2020 pandemic playbook
- The Martinez paper on the Hanta Andes strain and the claim of person to person transmission
- Dr McCullough’s view that the Martinez paper was never valid scholarship and should be discarded
- What patients and physicians should be watching for right now
Guest: Dr Mary Bowden, a standout during COVID who stood by her patients and her Hippocratic Oath when the medical establishment moved to cancel her. Author of the forthcoming book Dangerous Misinformation, available now for pre-order. breathemd.org
11:45 · Afterlogue
Holt wraps with a quick recap, encourages anyone who missed a segment to go back and listen, plugs Dangerous Intellectuals Episode 36, and reminds the audience that they can catch him on Newsmax every day. Tee up for the next show and the continued examination of the most pressing issues in the nation.
11:50 · Salute the Troops
A daily moment of recognition for the men and women in uniform who stand the watch.
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Trump Returns from China, Gen. Wesley Clark on Iran, Dershowitz on The Preventative State | Your News Talk America | May 15, 2026
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Your News Talk America · Show Notes
Friday, May 15, 2026 · Hosted by Jake Smith
9:06 Show Open: Trump Wraps China Trip, Reports of CIA Raid on DNI Gabbard’s Office
Jake opens with reports that DNI Tulsi Gabbard’s office was raided two nights ago by the CIA, with records related to the JFK assassination and CIA mind control programs reportedly seized. Then the show pivots to the president’s stated assessment of his Beijing visit: “We were treated very well.”
- Trump departs China after touting trade deals and a stated agreement with Xi Jinping on Iran, including that Iran cannot obtain a nuclear weapon. How long until China reneges or cheats?
- In an exclusive interview with Sean Hannity, Trump said Xi offered to help ensure navigation through the Strait of Hormuz as the U.S. and Iran continue talks. (Fox News)
- Trump says Xi agreed to buy 200 Boeing jets during the Beijing meetings.
- Kevin O’Leary: “The problem is, and it’s been documented so many times, they don’t play by the rules. These companies who are doing business there are finding all kinds of problems. Their IP gets stolen all the time. They can’t litigate when they have a dispute. There’s no way to resolve it.”
- Xi warned Trump on Taiwan, but is Xi in any position to back up the tough talk?
- Xi called America a country in decline. Isn’t China actually the one in decline?
- What was different about Trump’s 2017 visit versus this one?
- NVIDIA is going to sell chips to China. Is that a good idea?
Panelist: Dr. John Marshall Callahan, Professor at the Institute of World Politics and former Deputy Spokesperson at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. · IWP faculty bio
9:20 Iran, the Strait of Hormuz, and What Tehran Still Has Left
Iran has been relatively quiet during Trump’s visit to China. Did pressure from Xi have anything to do with it? Gen. Wesley K. Clark joins Dr. Callahan to read the room on Beijing’s leverage over Tehran and CENTCOM’s assessment of what the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps still has in the field.
- How is China likely to pressure Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz?
- Can Xi be trusted when he tells Trump, “whatever you need?”
- Will arms shipments to Iran continue regardless of Xi’s promises?
- CENTCOM commander Admiral Brad Cooper says the IRGC still has moderate military capability despite a diminished threat, with 70 to 75 percent of its rocket launchers available. How much of a concern is this?
- Admiral Cooper also testified that the U.S. has destroyed 85 percent of Iran’s weapons manufacturing capabilities. How dangerous is the remaining 15 percent?
Panelists: Dr. John Marshall Callahan, IWP · Gen. Wesley K. Clark, retired four star U.S. Army officer and former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe (1997 to 2000). Clark graduated first in his class at West Point (1966), was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford, and was awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in Vietnam. As SACEUR he led Operation Allied Force during the 1999 Kosovo War.
9:35 Monologue
Jake’s take of the day.
9:45 “America’s 250th Coming · Time 2 Re-declare” with Allan Parker
Timed to coincide with the 250th anniversary of the United States Declaration of Independence, Parker and fellow signatories have released the Declaration of the Right to Life in the U.S. Constitution, a formal appeal to the Supreme Court, Congress, and the American people asserting that the Constitution’s Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment Life Clauses protect life from commencement.
- The declaration argues the Constitution already protects life from commencement.
- It cites the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment Life Clauses.
- It references founders James Wilson and John Witherspoon and draws on originalist constitutional interpretation to argue that early American law recognized legal protection for human life from its beginning.
- It calls on the Supreme Court to recognize the constitutional right to life.
- The declaration frames the abortion question as a constitutional and civilizational matter tied to the nation’s founding creed that all people are “endowed by their Creator” with the unalienable right to life.
- Supporters argue America cannot celebrate 250 years of liberty while, in their view, failing to protect the first right named in the Declaration itself.
- Nowhere has abortion been more devastating than Communist China. The one child policy has reshaped its country and its culture.
Panelist: Allan Parker, President of The Justice Foundation. · thejusticefoundation.org
10:08 Alan Dershowitz on The Preventative State, the Midterms, and the Redistricting Wars
Professor Dershowitz has said publicly that he is working to ensure the Democrats do not take control of the House and Senate next January. Jake asks why, plus how the law professor reads the redistricting fight, the violence outside a Jewish center in Brooklyn, and whether any elected official has taken up the ideas from his latest book.
- Why work to keep the Democrats out of a House and Senate majority?
- The video earlier this week of pro Hamas thugs terrorizing Jewish teenagers outside a Jewish center in Brooklyn. Are these the seeds sown by the Democrats in America?
- The war over redistricting. How does the professor see it?
- Has any elected representative approached the professor about implementing the ideas in The Preventative State?
Panelist: Alan Dershowitz, Harvard Law Professor Emeritus. Author of The Preventative State: The Challenge of Preventing Serious Harms While Preserving Essential Liberties, a roadmap for today’s complex legal and constitutional issues.
10:20 The EU Wants a Say on the Paramount and Warner Merger
A group of U.S. and European lawmakers told Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison that the company’s proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery will be subject to careful scrutiny by European regulators and that he should not consider shareholder approval of the deal to be the final word. Three European Parliament members and two Democratic U.S. House lawmakers issued the warning in a letter sent Thursday and shared exclusively with CNBC.
- Why does the EU have anything to say about the merger of two U.S. corporations?
- Isn’t this another case of EU harassment of U.S. companies?
- Gary, we had you on YNTA back on April 27. Have you had any change of heart on this merger since then? Is this a good or bad deal for consumers?
Source: CNBC · Paramount, WBD, Congress, EU and David Ellison
Panelist: Gary Scimeca, Chair, Consumer Action for a Strong Economy (CASE). · caseforconsumers.org
10:33 Pennsylvania Election Integrity Update with Cdr. Gregory Stenstrom
Our next panelist has spent so much time representing himself in court that he decided to write a book about it. Jake asks Cdr. Stenstrom why he was forced to file lawsuits pro se while fighting for election integrity in Pennsylvania, and where things stand now.
- Why the pro se litigation in the fight for election integrity in Pennsylvania?
- It has been almost one month since the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling that election Cast Vote Records (CVR) must be made public. What has happened since?
- Are you confident the November midterms will be free and fair?
Panelist: Commander Gregory Stenstrom, USN. Author of I Stand on my Briefs: Pro Se Legal Warfare. Pennsylvania Election Integrity Investigator. · patriot.online
10:50 The Constitution of 1789 with Ilan Wurman
If ever there was a time to reflect on who we are as a nation and how faithfully we have lived up to the high mark set by the founders, America’s 250th birthday would be that time. Professor Wurman’s new book is packed with insights on the Constitution’s original meaning across the separation of powers, emergency powers, foreign affairs, war, the legislative veto, judicial power, the Constitution and slavery, federalism, commerce, state sovereignty, and taxing and spending.
Professor Wurman weighs in on current legal questions:
- Maduro and Iran: “International law is irrelevant to the question of constitutional power. Whether the President can unilaterally capture Maduro, or intervene in Iran, has nothing to do with international law and everything to do with the Constitution’s original distribution of powers.”
- Voting Rights Act: “The Supreme Court rebuffed the progressive movement lawyer theory of the Voting Rights Act that required states to maximize Democratic voting power by unconstitutionally focusing on race.”
- Birthright Citizenship: “The Supreme Court has never decided the question of birthright citizenship for children born to illegal aliens or temporary visitors. The Trump Administration is on much stronger footing as a historical matter than many believe.”
Panelist: Ilan Wurman, Julius E. Davis Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota Law School. Author of The Constitution of 1789: A New Introduction. · Books by Ilan Wurman
11:06 Chris Salcedo on The Rise of the Liberty-Loving Latino
For decades, leftists in the media and in the Democrat Party have tried to sell a simple equation: to be Latino is to be liberal. They claimed any resistance to their agenda, whether open borders, defunding the police, or socialist economic policy, was racist. That narrative was never true, and millions of Latinos are proving it wrong every day. Salcedo’s book tells the story mainstream media refuses to cover: a growing number of Hispanic Americans standing up for faith, family, freedom, and the Constitution.
- How do you react to Kamala Harris’s comments to the leftist organization Emerge America? Is this their manifesto to seize power?
- Hakeem Jeffries is at it again. “Maximum warfare.” Now he is going to crush our souls? Whose souls is he going to crush?
- Jeffries sounds angry. His party wasted $70 million in the Virginia redistricting scheme.
- What is your analysis of the redistricting wars, and do Republicans have an advantage heading into November?
- How are Latinos doing at this point in President Trump’s second term? They are undoubtedly hurt by higher energy prices. Have the benefits from the BBB made a difference?
- Will the fraud investigations gain any traction for the midterms?
Panelist: Chris Salcedo, author of The Rise of the Liberty-Loving Latino. Host of the Chris Salcedo Radio Show on AM 700 KSEV Houston and 820 AM WBAP Dallas/Fort Worth, plus The Salcedo Storm Podcast.
11:33 Countdown to 250 · Constitutional Questions with Dr. Murray Sabrin
Celebrating 250 years of American independence. Dr. Sabrin brings the week’s constitutional question to the table.
- Should President Trump have sought congressional approval before the war in Iran?
- Congress does control the purse strings.
- What was the constitutional issue that caught your eye this week?
Panelist: Murray Sabrin, PhD, Mises Institute Associated Scholar and Emeritus Professor of Finance at Ramapo College of New Jersey. Judge Andrew Napolitano calls Dr. Sabrin “a courageous genius and an intellectual giant.”
11:50 Salute the Troops
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China Glock Switch Seizures, Patel vs Van Hollen Clash, and Pope Leo Honors Iran’s Ambassador | Your News Talk America | May 13, 2026
Show Notes and Rundown
Your News Talk America · Show Notes
Wednesday, May 13, 2026 · 9 AM to 12 PM ET
9:06 · China Mailing Glock Switches to Americans
Why is our enemy in Beijing selling Glock switches to Americans through the mail? Who are these recipients, and are they tied to terrorist or insurgent groups? China continues its campaign to destabilize the United States from the inside.
- Federal customs officers in Chicago seized more than 100 shipments of Glock switches and suppressors from Chinese senders last month, bound for recipients across the United States.
- In April, U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Anti Terrorism Contraband Enforcement Team seized 269 parts that modify weapons to fire fully automatic or suppress gunshot sound.
- Across 107 shipments, federal officers recovered 255 pistol conversion switches and 14 suppressors.
- CBP reported 1,507 gun altering devices seized in 2024, making April’s seizures dramatically higher than normal.
- Federal law prohibits possession or use of automatic fire conversion switches. The devices convert standard semi automatic handguns to fully automatic and can be ordered online or produced on 3D printers.
- A CBP photo of seized switches showed at least one with a sticker reading “F*** THE ATF” · the agency that enforces federal gun laws.
Source: Washington Examiner · CBP gun suppressors, Glock switches, China
Panelist: Anna Giaritelli, Homeland Security Reporter, Washington Examiner. Anna broke the Glock switch story yesterday.
9:20 · Patel Versus Van Hollen, Plus Border Crisis Update
Fireworks at a Senate hearing yesterday. FBI Director Kash Patel went off on Democrat Senator Chris Van Hollen during a fiery exchange over accusations of excessive drinking.
- Van Hollen cited “multiple reports, including by The Atlantic” alleging episodes of excessive drinking, unexplained absences, and behavior that concerned current and former FBI and DOJ officials.
- Patel immediately ripped into Van Hollen for sipping margaritas on the taxpayer dime · a reference to Van Hollen’s 2024 trip to meet Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an alleged MS 13 affiliate deported for residing illegally in Maryland.
- Every Trump administration official now faces a Democrat firing squad when called before House and Senate committees.
Illegal immigration back in the news:
- Six deceased individuals were found in a Union Pacific Railroad car near the border town of Laredo, Texas, on Sunday afternoon, according to local police.
- Fire and EMS workers in Laredo pulled the bodies from inside the car after a railroad employee called emergency responders. The train was stopped at a yard roughly 13 miles north of the US Mexico border.
- Yesterday, a Mexican national was jailed for smuggling thousands of illegal aliens through Mexico into the United States.
Panelist: Anna Giaritelli, Homeland Security Reporter, Washington Examiner.
9:35 · Monologue: “Didn’t You Know?”
Jake’s mid morning monologue. Tune in live to hear the full take.
9:45 · Redistricting Wars, ICE Student Visa Fraud, DHS Funding
- The war over redistricting continues and it is turning American voters into scorekeepers. How have recent rulings from the US Supreme Court and the Virginia Supreme Court reshaped the fight on Capitol Hill?
- ICE alleges widespread fraud in a major foreign student work program. More than 10,000 foreign students “claim to be working for highly suspect employers,” according to ICE Acting Director Todd Lyons.
- With the stroke of a pen, President Donald Trump ended a Department of Homeland Security shutdown that dragged on for more than two months.
- Republicans are now scrambling to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Border Patrol, both left out of the deal that reopened DHS. What happened, and what comes next?
- What are the facts here about ending the defunding effort by Democrats against DHS?
Source: Epoch Times · ICE Alleges Widespread Fraud in Major Foreign Student Work Program
Panelist: Nathan Worcester, Senior Reporter and award winning journalist for the Epoch Times, based in Washington DC.
10:08 · Battle for the Senate, Cooper’s Released Felons, Farm Bill
- The battle for control of the United States Senate is underway.
- Democrat Roy Cooper made a COVID era deal in 2021 to release more than 3,500 criminals early from prison. Since then, 18 of those criminals have committed murder and more than 600 have committed other felonies. Who gets the blame · Cooper or his proxy, the ACLU?
- The redistricting war continues. Was the Democrat effort to eliminate any Republican representation in Virginia the Fort Sumter moment for the 2026 midterms?
- How important was the passage of the Farm Bill for Southeast farmers last week?
Panelist: Emma Hall, Southeast Regional Communications Director, RNC · @EmmaHallK on X
10:20 · Inflation, Oil, the BBB, and the Trump China Trip
- Is the Trump inflation story “transitory” after all?
- The CEO of Saudi Arabia’s state owned oil company is warning that the energy sector will take time to recover from the Iran war’s impact on supply, as output was slashed by ongoing disruptions to shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. His estimate for full recovery: 2027.
- A proposal backed by Representative Alexandria Ocasio Cortez to raise the federal minimum wage to $25 an hour is drawing warnings from economists who say the plan could squeeze small businesses and hit red states hardest.
- Most economic reports released by the government show an economy that is humming. How does David see the current state of the US economy?
- Corporate earnings are solid. But are higher energy costs eating up the benefits of the Big Beautiful Bill?
- Trump’s visit to China · what about tariffs?
Panelist: David Hebert, PhD, Senior Research Fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research · aier.org bio
10:33 · Iran’s Internal Crackdown and the Vatican Honor
There may be a ceasefire between Iran and the United States, but that does not mean the Iranian regime is at peace with its own people. The war is on hold; the internal crackdown is only deepening.
- NBC News spoke to a relative of one man executed last month as authorities ramp up a deadly campaign against those seen as the enemy within.
- Iran on Tuesday executed a man convicted of armed rebellion · the latest in a wave of hangings since war broke out with the United States and Israel.
- “The death sentence for Abdoljalil Shahbakhsh, son of Jalal, a trained member of the Ansar al Furqan terrorist group, was carried out this morning,” the judiciary’s Mizan Online website said. He had been charged with rebellion through armed attacks on police headquarters and membership in Ansar al Furqan.
- Question for Homeira: What did you make of Pope Leo bestowing the Vatican’s highest diplomatic honor on the Islamic Republic’s Ambassador, Ayatollah Mohammad Hossein Mokhtari · a man who represents a regime that has slaughtered 42,000 of its own people and imposes the death penalty on Muslims who convert to Christianity?
- Question for Homeira: Israelis are concerned about the NCRI, which you support. They believe your organization will continue the same policies toward Israel supported by the current regime. What do you say to Jewish listeners about those concerns?
Panelist: Homeira Hesami, Former Political Prisoner in Iran.
10:50 · The Islamists Are Here. Their Jihad Has Begun.
- Pope Leo XIV bestowed the Vatican’s highest diplomatic honor on the Islamic Republic’s Ambassador, Ayatollah Mohammad Hossein Mokhtari. He represents a regime that slaughtered 42,000 of its own people and imposes the death penalty on Muslims who convert to Christianity. He is an Islamist, not a Muslim.
- Clashes erupt at a Brooklyn synagogue during an Israeli real estate protest. Pro Palestinian demonstrators targeted an Israeli real estate expo at Young Israel Senior Services of Midwood, protesting what they called the illegal sale of Palestinian land.
- The confrontation led to scuffles, pepper spray use, and four arrests including two teens and two adults on charges including assault and disorderly conduct.
- Videos showed physical confrontations amid chants of “globalize the intifada” and flags including one from Hezbollah, while counter protesters were local Orthodox Jewish residents.
- The event echoed a similar protest on May 5. Jewish leaders decried the intimidation, and critics targeted new New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani amid rising antisemitic incidents in NYC.
- A Hamas supporter wore a fake suicide vest at the Monday protest. How did police know it was fake? Should he have been shot on the spot? Is that not terroristic threatening?
- Were these Hamas supporters aware of the sexual atrocities forced upon those kidnapped on October 7th? They should read today’s NY Post story closely.
Sources:
- New York Post · Hamas forced sexual torture between family members on Oct 7
- Eyal Yakoby on X · @EYakoby
Panelist: None · DIAL Producers and callers.
11:06 · The Hidden Hand: Wealth, Power, and Control
Mankind’s lust for power and wealth has been with us throughout history. So argues Eric Daniel Buesing, author of The Hidden Hand: Wealth, Power, and Control from Pharaohs to Corporations.
Buesing argues that a continuous architecture of elite power has shaped human civilization from ancient Sumer to modern global corporations. He frames this not as conspiracy theory but as systems science, identifying four recurring mechanisms used by ruling elites:
- Coercion
- Alignment
- Amnesia
- Conflict
These mechanisms, he claims, appear across:
- Egyptian famine politics
- Venetian banking networks
- Rockefeller era eugenics
- Modern surveillance capitalism
- Digital blackmail and kompromat systems
Scope of the book: The work traces power structures across ancient civilizations, medieval guilds, colonial trading companies, intelligence operations, and contemporary Big Tech and global finance.
Buy the book: Barnes & Noble · The Hidden Hand
Panelist: Eric Daniel Buesing, author of The Hidden Hand: Wealth, Power, and Control from Pharaohs to Corporations.
11:20 · The Redistricting Wars: Where, When, and How Does It End?
- What is your opinion of the redistricting wars?
- Were the Democrats too confident about Virginia?
- Redistricting is a dangerous game, because voters may be dissuaded from going to the polls when they suspect gerrymandering has negated their power.
- How do we fix this? It has to be at the state level · correct?
Panelist resources:
Panelist: Jeff Crouere, talk show host and political analyst of Ringside Politics, which airs on Real America’s Voice News on Saturdays. Jeff is also a columnist and the author of America’s Last Chance.
Panelist: Dr. Steve Bonta, Publisher of The New American magazine, the official publication of the John Birch Society.
11:33 · New Jersey Targets Parental Rights, Plus Mental Health in America
Could state and local governments be working to undermine parents in America? A major parental rights story is emerging from New Jersey.
- In June 2025, New Jersey lawmakers introduced two bills targeting homeschool families under the banner of “child safety” and “mental health.” After massive backlash from parents nationwide, both bills died in committee.
- Activists quietly reintroduced the bills in January 2026 once public attention faded.
- One bill would expand government oversight and reporting requirements on homeschool families. The other is even more concerning: it opens the door for mental health screening and intervention standards that many parents believe could be weaponized against families who reject gender ideology or activist driven school policies.
- Don’t we have evidence that transitioned kids have mental health problems? If so, what is New Jersey’s plan to address mental health problems when you chemically alter a child’s sexual assignment?
- A recent NYC story: a 76 year old man was pushed down a subway stair and died. The accused, a habitual offender, was released back onto the street to prey on innocent New Yorkers. This story is all too familiar.
Sources and panelist resources:
- Courage Is a Habit · courageisahabit.org
- American Spectator · Voters Sound Alarm on Mental Health System Failure in New National Poll
- drtimmurphy.com · About Dr. Tim Murphy
Panelist: Alvin Lui, President of Courage Is a Habit.
Panelist: Dr. Tim Murphy, former eight term congressman from Pennsylvania and a licensed psychologist specializing in resilience and recovery from psychological trauma. Author of three books, most recently The Christ Cure. Dr. Murphy consults on mental health and public policy with national organizations. His recent opinion piece in the American Spectator examines an April 2026 national poll on serious mental illness and federal inaction.
11:50 · Salute the Troops
As today’s Your News Talk America closes, Jake salutes the brave men and women serving in the United States Armed Forces.
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Trump Returns to Beijing, Federal Gas Tax Suspension, and Closing Rikers Island | Your News Talk America | May 12, 2026
Show Notes and Rundown
Your News Talk America Show Notes
May 12, 2026 · with Jake Smith
9:06 · Antisemitism, Social Media, and the Media Defense of Cole Tomas Allen
Can the rise in antisemitism in the United States be traced to a media campaign against Israel? Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blames Israel’s falling popularity in the U.S. on social media misrepresentations, and Jake takes a hard look at where the worst content is actually coming from.
- Netanyahu may be right. The underlying source of viral, antisemitic social media may be Google News, with roughly 93 million unique views each month.
- Google News is the only major Big Tech news aggregator that consistently highlights Al Jazeera, a network so sympathetic to radicalism that MRC’s Dan Schneider refers to it as “Hamas News.”
- Marxist State Media defending Cole Allen. Since the WHCD shooting, CNN and MS NOW have basically appointed themselves the defense attorneys for Cole Tomas Allen, minimizing his actions, questioning his culpability, and seem very concerned over his treatment in prison.
Sources:
· MRC Free Speech America: Google News Force Feeds Hamas News Readers
Panelist: Bill D’Agostino, Senior Research Analyst, Media Research Center · @banned_bill
9:20 · ABC News Gives Zero Minutes to Disney Cruise Child Porn Sting
ABC News, whose parent company is Disney, has given zero minutes of coverage to a story about Disney cruise workers busted in a child porn sting and hauled off ships for deportation. The MRC research team is working on a full report now, with more details expected later today.
Source:
· Disney Cruise Workers Busted in Child Porn Sting, Hauled Off Ships for Deportation
Panelist: Bill D’Agostino, Senior Research Analyst, Media Research Center · @banned_bill
9:35 · Jake’s Monologue
“A fool’s errand.”
9:45 · White House Launches moms.gov
The White House today launched a website directing expectant mothers to pregnancy centers and MAHA resources. The move is a significant win for the pro life movement after years of attacks on pregnancy centers from leftist groups.
Sources:
· moms.gov
Panelist: Shawn Carney, devout Catholic and leader of 40 Days for Life · 40daysforlife.com
10:08 · Trump and Xi, Much to Discuss
President Trump heads back to Beijing this week. Andrew Harding of The Heritage Foundation joins Jake to preview what is at stake on Iran, Taiwan, Chinese cars on American roads, and the stunning suspended death sentences just handed down to two former Chinese defense ministers.
- Will Iran dominate talks between Trump and Xi during 47’s trip to Beijing?
- With the U.S. controlling much of China’s access to imported oil both directly and indirectly, how much leverage does Trump have going into these meetings?
- Some in the U.S. called on Trump to cancel the trip after evidence surfaced that China was smuggling ballistic missile parts into Iran during Epic Fury. How is Trump likely to address it?
- This is Trump’s second trip to Beijing. How different is the political situation for both men compared to his last visit?
- China wants to export cars into the United States. Concerns include vehicle safety and onboard technology that could be used to spy on Americans. Trump has said he is fine with Chinese made cars in the U.S. provided they are manufactured on U.S. soil. Could Chinese autos purchased in Canada and Mexico simply be driven across the border?
- Will Taiwan come up in the discussions?
- Two former Chinese defense ministers sentenced to death with a two year reprieve for corruption, one of the most severe punishments handed down to senior military officials in recent years. Reuters reports that Wei Fenghe and Li Shangfu received the suspended death sentences on May 7 following graft convictions by China’s military court, according to state media.
- Is this really part of Xi’s anticorruption campaign, or was it timed to coincide with Trump’s visit so it would appear Xi is in charge when he may not be?
Source:
· Reuters: China Sentences Former Defense Ministers Wei Fenghe and Li Shangfu to Death
Panelist: Andrew Harding, Policy Analyst, National Security and Indo-Pacific Affairs, The Heritage Foundation · Heritage bio
10:20 · Iran Peace Through China, Not Pakistan
Could peace with Iran come through an unusual intermediary in China rather than Pakistan? Paul Davis of the Institute of World Politics joins Jake on what Xi can actually deliver and what happens if he cannot.
- China needs oil, and its economy needs cheap oil. The U.S. is now in direct and indirect control of China’s oil imports. How much leverage does President Trump have going into these meetings?
- How much influence does Xi Jinping really have with Tehran? And to what extent is Xi actually in control of his own military?
- Should military operations against Iran resume if Xi is unable to convince Tehran to give Trump what he wants?
- Can China be trusted to remove enriched uranium from Iran in exchange for access to cheaper oil?
Panelist: Paul Davis, Vice President at the Institute of World Politics. Serving in the U.S. Army, Mr. Davis was the lead analyst for MNA-3 Syria/Lebanon, coordinating with the intelligence community on military and political issues affecting the tasked countries from 2003 to 2005. He also served as lead intelligence analyst with the DIA’s Iraq Division, responsible for military and political intelligence production in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. · IWP bio
10:33 · Trump Returns to China · The Heavyweight China Panel
Gordon Chang and Colonel Grant Newsham, two of the most consequential voices on the China threat, join Jake to break down Trump’s return to Beijing. Is the visit really about forcing Xi Jinping to use his influence with Tehran?
- This is Trump’s second trip to Beijing. How different is the political situation for both men compared to his last visit?
- Chinese cars in America: safety concerns, onboard technology used to spy on Americans, and the loophole of Chinese autos purchased in Canada and Mexico being driven across the border.
- Will Taiwan come up in the discussions?
- Two former Chinese defense ministers, Wei Fenghe and Li Shangfu, sentenced to death with a two year reprieve. Is this really part of Xi’s anticorruption campaign, or was it timed to coincide with Trump’s visit?
Source:
· Reuters: China Sentences Former Defense Ministers to Death
Panelists:
· Gordon G. Chang, Senior Fellow, Gatestone Institute, author of Plan Red: China’s Project to Destroy America · @GordonGChang
· Col. Grant Newsham, USMC (ret.), served in the Indo-Pacific for decades in intelligence and liaison roles and was instrumental in establishing Japan’s amphibious force. As a U.S. Foreign Service Officer, he covered East and South Asia and specialized in insurgency, counterinsurgency, and commercial matters. An attorney by training, he lived in Tokyo for more than twenty years, working for an investment bank and in high tech. Author of When China Attacks · Book details
10:50 · A Historic Shift in U.S. Counterterrorism Policy on Nigeria
A major shift in U.S. counterterrorism policy was announced today and it could reshape how Washington approaches Nigeria, religious persecution, and jihadist violence across West Africa. In the newly released 2026 National Counterterrorism Strategy, the Trump administration formally identifies the mass killing of Christians in Nigeria not as communal unrest or regional instability, but as part of a broader jihadist threat with implications for U.S. national security.
“The first is to guarantee that none of the Jihadi groups can build a base of operations that allows them to plot and execute attacks against the United States and American interests around the world. The second is to protect Christians, who have been slaughtered at the hands of these Jihadi groups.”
- This language represents a significant departure from years of diplomatic framing that characterized the violence as primarily economic, environmental, or tribal in nature.
- The new doctrine places Boko Haram, ISWAP, and affiliated extremist networks within the same strategic framework as global terrorist threats targeting American interests.
- Mike Arnold, author of Epicenter: Nigeria, Radical Islam, and the War for Global Order, has argued for this policy shift for years, including in a March 2026 memorandum sent directly to President Trump and in a recent congressional briefing.
- What changed inside U.S. policy circles?
- Why Nigeria is now being treated as a counterterrorism priority.
- What are the geopolitical implications for West Africa?
- How Christian persecution became linked to U.S. national security strategy.
- What this means for future U.S. involvement in the region.
Panelist: Mike Arnold, author of Epicenter: Nigeria, Radical Islam, and the War for Global Order · Book link
11:06 · Trump Moves to Suspend the Federal Gas Tax · Plus a Global Jet Fuel Shortage
President Trump wants to suspend the federal gas tax. Good idea? Sam Romain of Americans for Energy Dominance joins Jake to break it down, plus the growing jet fuel shortage now squeezing global airlines.
- Jet fuel shortage deepens pressure on global airlines.
- Heathrow’s April passenger numbers fell 5% to 6.7 million, with Middle East traffic down 50%.
- Transfer traffic rose 10% as travellers rerouted through Heathrow to Asia and Oceania.
- Airlines are facing mounting pressure from jet fuel shortages and higher oil prices.
Source:
· OilPrice: Jet Fuel Shortage Deepens Pressure on Global Airlines
Panelist: Sam Romain, Chairman, Americans for Energy Dominance · @Sam_Romain
11:20 · If NYC Closes Rikers Island, Where Do the Bad Guys Go?
Carolyn Gorman of the Manhattan Institute joins Jake to unpack New York City’s plan to close Rikers Island. Where will criminals actually be incarcerated? And what about the mentally ill, after the state shuttered its psychiatric hospitals in the 80s?
- What exactly is a decarceration plan?
- Where will these “smaller facilities” be placed when no one wants them in their backyard? Does a borough based jail system make sense?
- With no bail, does NYC even need jails anymore?
- What about the mentally ill, after New York’s psych hospitals were shuttered back in the 80s?
- A suspect was arrested three days ago after shoving and killing a 76 year old man down a subway stairway in Chelsea. The man charged with murder in that fatal shoving was released from psychiatric hold mere hours earlier, police say.
Panelist: Carolyn D. Gorman, Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, whose research examines how policy changes in the U.S. impact individuals with mental illness · @CarolynGorman_
11:33 · If China Is a Blatant IP Thief, Why Do Business Leaders Keep Going?
Todd Sheets joins Jake on why American business leaders keep making the Beijing pilgrimage despite decades of intellectual property theft, plus the Chinese purchase of U.S. farmland and the debate over Chinese made cars on American roads.
- How do these trips benefit America when China is a dangerous enemy that cannot be trusted?
- Will the purchase of U.S. farmland by the Chinese be discussed?
- Should Chinese made cars be sold in the U.S.? Should they be permitted to be driven in the U.S. at all?
Panelist: Todd Sheets, author of the newsletter On Wealth and Progress (also available on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts) and the book 2008: What Really Happened · Substack
11:50 · Is the U.S. Israel Alliance “Finished”? Jonathan Pollard Says Yes.
Jonathan Pollard, the former U.S. Navy intelligence analyst who served 30 years in an American prison for spying for Israel, has launched a scathing attack on Israeli and American leadership in an exclusive interview with i24News, and now wants to run for office in Israel. Owen Alterman, the i24News Senior Correspondent who conducted the interview, joins Jake.
- Pollard accuses Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and current Knesset members of bearing responsibility for the October 7 tragedy as he announces his entry into politics.
- He delivers sharp criticism of President Donald Trump, questioning the motives of his close advisers and their role in Middle East affairs.
- Pollard called President Trump “very dangerous” and declared the U.S. Israel alliance “finished.”
- He accused Trump advisers Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff of being “only interested in one thing, and that’s their bank account.”
- When Alterman noted Trump was widely popular in Israel, Pollard replied: “That just shows you how stupid a lot of people in this country really are.”
- He stopped short of calling Trump antisemitic, saying instead: “I think he’s pro money. That’s all.”
- He accused the Trump administration of deliberately preventing Israel from achieving decisive victories against Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, and Iran. “They don’t want us to win anything decisively,” he said.
- On the broader relationship, Pollard was unequivocal: “This alliance is finished.” He predicted that the next American election would offer Israel “a very bad choice between bad and worse” and that Israel would have “no friends” on either side of the political aisle.
Panelist: Owen Alterman, Senior Correspondent, i24News (based in Tel Aviv) · @owenalterman
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Iran Nuclear Deadlock, Putin’s Plutonium Deal, and Virginia Gerrymandering Ruling | Your News Talk America | May 11, 2026
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Your News Talk America with Jake Smith
Monday, May 11, 2026 · Real News. Real Talk. Real America.
9:06 ET Show Open: Iran Nuclear Deadlock
Topics:
- By not ordering the resumption of Operation Epic Fury, does President Trump now look weak?
- President Donald Trump dismissed Iran’s latest multipage proposal, signaling continued deadlock in negotiations to end the war.
- “I have just read the response from Iran’s so called ‘Representatives.’ I don’t like it. TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!” Trump said in a post on Truth Social.
- According to reports, Iran’s response, delivered through Pakistani mediators, failed to address Washington’s core demand for advance commitments on the future of its nuclear program and uranium reserves.
- Iran’s deputy foreign minister warned against efforts by the United Kingdom and France to deploy naval assets to the Strait of Hormuz, vowing an “immediate response” to any Western intervention.
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the war is ongoing and pointed to Iran’s nuclear material as the central unresolved threat. (Fox News)
Panelist: Dr. John Marshall Callahan, Professor at the Institute of World Politics, former Deputy Spokesman at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. Bio.
9:20 ET Oil Surges as U.S. and Iran Fail to Agree
Topics:
- Oil prices jumped more than $3 a barrel after the United States and Iran failed to agree on a peace proposal Sunday, with restrictions in the Strait of Hormuz continuing to keep energy supplies tight. Is this Iran’s new strategy to prolong U.S. involvement, ramping up pressure on Trump domestically and internationally?
- If President Trump does order resumption of attacks on Iran, will they target specific infrastructure rather than launching a wider bombing campaign?
- If Iran will not surrender its enriched uranium, does the U.S. resume attacking Iran’s underground storage facilities?
- “Because there’s still nuclear material, enriched uranium that has to be taken out of Iran, there is still enrichment sites that have to be dismantled,” Netanyahu said on 60 Minutes Sunday night.
- Reality: Iran is never going to surrender its uranium and never going to surrender to the United States. Does President Trump have any alternative but to resume attacks on the regime?
Panelist: Dr. John Marshall Callahan, Institute of World Politics.
9:35 ET Jake’s Monologue: Starving the Beast
9:45 ET DIAL Debate: Should America Resume Epic Fury?
Topics:
- Should the United States resume Operation Epic Fury?
- Does President Trump look weakened by not responding with more than a “love tap”?
- Would you support a resumption in hostilities, even if it means you pay more at the pump for an extended period of time?
Panelists: DIAL producers and Talk of Delmarva callers.
10:08 ET Putin’s Plutonium Claim, a Secret Israeli Base, and Hezbollah Blinks
Topics:
- Putin accuses the U.S. of pulling out of a secret plutonium deal with Iran, which would have given Russia custody of Iran’s stockpiles of enriched material.
- Does President Trump prefer a deal with Iran prior to his trip to China this week, or will he use that trip to force China to strongarm the IRGC to surrender?
- Trump goes to China with what appears to be total control of their future oil supply.
- Iraqi media shocked by reports of a secret Israeli base as Baghdad hits a critical juncture. Reports that Iraq’s sovereignty may have been undermined by a foreign force operating in the desert will cause controversy in Baghdad. (The Jerusalem Post)
- It is now official: Hezbollah blinked after the IDF assassinated its Radwan special forces chief, Ahmad Ghaleb Balout, on May 6. (The Jerusalem Post)
- Has Russia been helping Iran rearm its supply of drones to continue attacks on Gulf States and U.S. Naval vessels?
Panelist: Brigadier General Blaine Holt, USAF (Ret.), Host of Dangerous Intellectuals Podcast.
Featured episode: Episode 34: Empires, Miscalculations & Hidden Opportunities, with Guy Vantresca on a World in Flux. Listen here.
10:33 ET Virginia Supreme Court Strikes Down Gerrymandering
Discussion questions:
- Ken, can you explain why a majority of Virginia Supreme Court justices found the gerrymandering process unconstitutional?
- If the process was blatantly unconstitutional, why did three justices vote against the majority?
- Democrats spent $70 million on this vote. What do they do now?
- It appears the SAVE America Act is all but dead, and a group of Republican Senators are now working to oust John Thune for the purpose of blowing up the filibuster. What do you think of this?
- As Chairman of the Election Transparency Initiative, how do you see election transparency in November even with all the gerrymandering?
Panelist: Ken Cuccinelli, former Virginia Attorney General, National Chairman of the Election Transparency Initiative, and Senior Fellow for Homeland Security and Immigration at the Center for Renewing America. Election Transparency Initiative.
11:06 ET Flight Attendant Wins Nearly $1 Million in Religious Discrimination Case
Topics:
- Former Southwest Airlines flight attendant Charlene Carter has, after six years of legal battles, finally been awarded nearly $1 million after a jury found that radical Transport Workers Union (TWU) bosses instigated Carter’s firing simply because she had expressed her protected religious beliefs. She received free legal aid from the National Right to Work Foundation.
- In 2017, Carter sent private Facebook messages and videos to then TWU Local 556 President Audrey Stone, criticizing the union’s involvement in the Women’s March, which Carter, a Christian who opposes abortion, deemed to be supporting abortion.
- Following a complaint by Stone, Southwest fired Carter for violating company “civility” and harassment policies, prompting Carter to file a lawsuit alleging religious discrimination under Title VII and violations of the Railway Labor Act.
- Represented by the National Right to Work Foundation, Carter won an initial jury trial in July 2022. The case involved allegations that union officials used dues for political activities against some members’ beliefs.
- Internal communications revealed at trial showed that TWU union bosses had nothing but contempt for Carter after she raised concerns about the use of dues to send flight attendants to agitate at the Planned Parenthood backed Women’s March in 2017. One union official stated, “I wish I could give her a list of all the campaigns she has donated to in the last 17 years! Her head would explode.”
- Can you define a Right to Work state?
Panelist: Patrick Semmens, Vice President of the National Right to Work Foundation. nrtw.org
11:33 ET DIAL Debate: A Property Tax Rebellion Is Emerging in America
Topics:
- Is it time to find alternative funding for schools and government services so all citizens pay for services equally?
- Public school spending now exceeds $1 trillion annually, and citizen groups say they have had enough. (The Epoch Times / Aaron Gifford)
- There is the elderly couple who paid off their mortgage decades ago but cannot afford the property taxes on their home. Their local government, theoretically, can seize the property and auction it off to someone else if the annual bills remain unpaid.
- There is the recent retiree who took a part time job at Lowe’s to pay property taxes on his rental property and avoid raising his tenants’ rent.
- Add empty nesters who cannot downsize to smaller houses because interest rates are too high, farmers describing an impossible situation, and recent college graduates groaning about moving farther from home to find affordable housing.
- If 413,000 residents throughout Ohio sign a petition before July 1, a public vote to eliminate local property taxes will appear on the November ballot.
- “Let the state find a way where 100 percent of the population pays for education,” one Cincinnati volunteer told The Epoch Times. “They give profit making businesses a break, but not us.”
Panelists: DIAL producers and Talk of Delmarva callers.
Source: The Epoch Times
11:50 ET Salute the Troops
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