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US Strikes Iran, Remembering Lindsey Graham, Rare Earths vs China | Your News Talk America | July 13, 2026
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Daily Show Notes · July 13, 2026
Today’s Guests
Jeffrey Lord · Host of the Word of the Lord podcast, a contributing writer for NewsBusters, and a contributing editor to the American Spectator. Jeffrey joins Jake for two segments today.
9:00 Show Open: Remembering Lindsey Graham
Jake opens the show reflecting on the legacy of Senator Lindsey Graham and on a photograph of Mitch McConnell that surfaced yesterday, with his wife reportedly back at his side from China.
- How are you going to remember Lindsey Graham?
- Did anyone else find it strange that a Lazarus like photograph of Mitch McConnell surfaced yesterday, with his wife suddenly back from China at his side?
On this segment: DIAL producers and callers.
9:20 CENTCOM Strikes Iran, Iran Claims Retaliation
US Central Command announced it completed a wave of offensive strikes against Iran on Monday morning, aimed at degrading Iran’s ability to keep attacking international shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. Iran, in turn, claims a multiphase retaliatory operation against US bases in the region.
- In a statement on X, CENTCOM said US fighter aircraft, naval vessels, aerial drones, and sea drones struck dozens of targets across Iran.
- The stated goal: degrade Iran’s ability to continue attacking international shipping flowing through the Strait of Hormuz.
- An Iranian official brags of tripled drone capacity. Is there outside help behind it?
- The IDF is reportedly coordinating with the US military in preparation for possible strikes.
- Iran claims it hit US bases in Jordan, Kuwait, and Bahrain overnight, describing it as a multiphase retaliatory operation, according to Iranian state media.
- Tehran claims it struck Prince Hassan Air Base in Jordan, allegedly starting a fire and damaging US equipment, and that the IRGC damaged US equipment at two bases in Kuwait and hit a US site in Bahrain.
Source: The Jerusalem Post · Live updates
On this segment: Paul Davis, Vice President at the Institute of World Politics.
9:35 Monologue: Uncertainty
Jake’s daily monologue. Today’s theme: uncertainty.
9:45 Is Iran Escalation Inevitable?
Jake takes it to the audience on where the Iran confrontation goes next and on the questions still surrounding Lindsey Graham and Mitch McConnell.
- Is Iran escalation inevitable at this point?
- Did Lindsey Graham’s Friday visit to Ukraine contribute to his cardiac event on Saturday?
- With Mitch McConnell’s condition and whereabouts in doubt for days, what was your reaction that, hours after Graham’s death, McConnell was finally heard from?
On this segment: DIAL producers and callers.
10:00 Iran, Russia, and the Spiritual War
Brigadier General Blaine Holt joins Jake for a wide ranging national security conversation, from the CENTCOM strikes on Iran to the politics of a possible war, the NATO Summit, Russia and Ukraine, and what he calls the spiritual war facing the nation.
- CENTCOM’s wave of strikes on Iran and Iran’s claimed retaliation against US bases in Jordan, Kuwait, and Bahrain.
- Democrats are posting billboards calling Iran “Trump’s War.” Is that fair, or just politics?
- The controversy over switching Air Force One in Turkey during the NATO Summit.
- The latest on the Russia and Ukraine war and the Russia sanctions bill.
- Why a spiritual war may be underway, and what it means for the nation and the world. See Episode 44 of his podcast, The Spiritual War.
Source: The Jerusalem Post · Live updates
On this segment: Brigadier General Blaine Holt, USAF (ret), host of the Dangerous Intellectuals podcast.
10:30 Rare Earth Milestone: US Army Moves to Break China’s Grip
President Trump’s push to rebuild a domestic rare earth supply chain reached another milestone as the US Army partners with industry to expand North American processing capacity for materials used in military equipment, part of a broader effort to reduce reliance on China.
- The REAlloys CEO says the military partnership ensures nothing is reliant on other countries for critical materials.
- The Army is moving to expand North American processing of the rare earth metals defense equipment depends on.
Source: Fox Business
On this segment: Anupam Ghildyal, Chief Operating Officer of REAlloys.
11:00 Graham, McConnell, and the Senate Map
Jeffrey Lord joins Jake to work through a shifting Senate picture: the death of Lindsey Graham, the mystery around Mitch McConnell, and what it all means for 2026.
- Jeffrey’s reaction to the death of Lindsey Graham.
- The mystery surrounding Mitch McConnell and the news that his wife returned to China. Does that help Republicans for the midterms?
- Could MAGA candidates replace Graham and McConnell in the Senate next year?
- What to make of the Platner mess in Maine.
Source: The American Spectator
On this segment: Jeffrey Lord (see Today’s Guests above).
11:20 “Trump’s War” and Pennsylvania Politics
Jeffrey Lord stays on for a second segment, turning from the Iran fight to the politics of Pennsylvania.
- It looks inevitable that the country is heading back to war with Iran. Democrats are calling it “Trump’s War.” Is that fair, and is it helping them politically?
- With public images of John Fetterman and Dave McCormick working together for Pennsylvania, does that news help Fetterman politically?
- What are the reelection chances of Scott Perry, Jeffrey’s congressman, in Pennsylvania?
On this segment: Jeffrey Lord (see Today’s Guests above).
11:30 Late Breaking News
Segment left open for late breaking news.
On this segment: DIAL producers and callers.
11:50 Salute the Troops
Today’s salute honors Colonel Lindsey Graham.
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Your News Talk America with Jake Smith, – 9/20/2024
10:10 AM ET
Panelist:
F.R. Buckley
His latest book, F. H. Buckley, author of The Roots of Liberalism: What Faithful Knights and the Little Match Girl Taught Us about Civil Virtue.
Professor Buckley is a Foundation Professor at George Mason University’s Scalia School of Law.
He is a senior editor at the American Spectator and a columnist for the New York Post, and he has written for the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post among others.
His most recent books are The Republican Workers Party (2018); The Republic of Virtue (2017); The Way Back: Restoring the Promise of America (2016); The Once and Future King (2015); and American Secession: The Looming Threat of a National Breakup (2020).
Professor, as a conservative talk show host, the concept of an American breakup – your book in 2020 is the future that most conservatives fear.
Play Rush cut from 2020 – your book American secession was generating that possibility back then:
Is that possible, future secession, rooted in Liberalism? Your latest book: The Roots of Liberalism: What Faithful Knights and the Little Match Girl Taught Us about Civil Virtue warns us that: Liberalism is not an ideology that stands above our practices and judges them, but a practice itself, an inheritance of virtues, institutions, customs, and longings embedded in our culture and passed on through our memories and stories of moral heroes.
Segment Topic:
The Roots of Liberalism: What Faithful Knights and the Little Match Girl Taught Us About Civil Virtue
This spirited book traces the roots of liberalism through the noblest traditions, virtues, institutions and longings embedded in Western culture.
Liberalism is under attack from both left and right, but anti-liberals have failed to understand how the tradition defines our idea of civic virtue. Liberalism is not an ideology that stands above our practices and judges them, but a practice itself, an inheritance of virtues, institutions, customs, and longings embedded in our culture and passed on through our memories and stories of moral heroes.
In this book, Buckley explains how we learned magnanimity from the Code of Chivalry and to avoid brutishness from the Code of the Gentleman; how, through the stories of Hans Christian Andersen and the novels of Charles Dickens, kindness became a liberal virtue; how the republican virtue of the Founders can be traced back to fourteenth century Sienese merchants. From the stories that comprise the Western Tradition of liberalism, we learned the civic virtues that are the efficient secret of American constitutional government.
Sample Questions:
- Has 21st Century Liberalism been hijacked and and used to cover up Communism?
- HR, todays liberals appear to be nothing like social libs of the 1960’s. These so-called 21st-Century liberals support communism, socialism, Marxism. Are we misleading the nation by referring them as liberals? They are not your daddy’s social liberals.
- In your book, American Secession: The Looming Threat of a National Breakup (2020), my listener and callers are still talking about a possible secession. What was it about this book that has captured the attention of this nation?
10:35 AM ET
Panelist:
Gregory Stenstrom
Commander Stenstrom is the Co-founder Patriot Online and author of “The Parallel Election: A Blueprint for Deception.”
Segment Topic:
Election integrity warrior, Commander Gregory Stenstrom, USN Ret. returns to Digital, Interactive Friday to lay out the dangerous road ahead for election integrity.
In a 4-1 ruling, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court blockedenforcement of a law requiring election officials to reject otherwise valid mail-in ballots with missing or incorrect handwritten dates on their outer return envelopes. The ACLU says the law requiring proper dates and signatures is meaningless! Meaningless! I wonder what our next panelist thinks of that?Pennsylvania’s Motor Voter System, Endorsed By Barack Obama, Will Be Audited For Illegal Non-Citizen Voters.
Sample Questions:
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Has early voting begun in PA Commander? Pennsylvania’s Motor-Voter System will be audited for the presence of illegals on the voter rolls. How significant is this?What is your assessment of the recent court ruling requiring correct dates and signatures will NOT be counted?For those listening in Pennsylvania, what is your advice with respect to early voting?Will Pennsylvania election officials attempt to steer the nation election results to Kamala Harris?News from Ohio indicates that a Cryptographic Algorithm has been secretly embedded in the States voter database. What is your reaction?Arizona admits that nearly 10,000 illegals are on the voter rolls there. How typical is this do you think in most states?
11:10 AM ET
Panelist:
Jeffrey Lord
Jeffrey Lord, Former advisor to President Ronald Reagan, Associate Editor of the American Spectator, frequent contributor for Newsmax and host of the Word of the Lord Podcast and a very good friend to this radio program.
Segment Topic:
President Trump has committed to fixing up New York if elected. But it remains to be seen if the Dem-Coms in NY will permit a Republican to fix their mess.
Trump came off a highly successful MAGA rally at the Nassau Coliseum on Long Island. Trump believes that he can win New York. The pollsters have their doubts that Trump can carry New York, however there is a critical importance of Trump helping elect Republicans to Congress from New York. If not, the Dem-Com’s will retake the majority and begin the Trump impeachment process all over again.
Sample Questions:
- Jeffrey, it is not uncommon for a Presidential Candidate to win his home state when running for President. Fritz Mondale won his home state of Minnesota in 1984. Reagan won California in 1980 and 84, however, Trump did not win his own state in 2016, nor did he win it in 2020. If Trump can overcome the trifecta of New York, Queens and Brooklyn Counties, can he still take New York and if that occurs, what about coattails?
- If Trump cannot defeat the Dem-Com trifecta, can he still help to elect Republicans in the House and thereby save his Presidency?
- In Reagan’s farewell address to the nation, he focused on We The People and not We The Government as the focus of his eight-years in office. We The People has taken quite a beating these past few years. What would Reagan say to us today about We The people?
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Show Open: 9-2-24
The Dem-Coms even use Arlington as a political weapon against Trump and Gold-Star Families! Disgusting.
The Dem-Coms hate our armed forces and they consider anyone who has served this nation honorably as an enemy of the USSA. They hate you if you served, they hate the families of those who offered the ultimate sacrifice – that is the evidence.
For those Dem-Com’s who did serve, they use their service for political gain. Danang Dick Blumenthal Senator from CT, Tampon Tim Walz (whose own brother tells us not to trust him) lies about his rank. Les is More in Maryland, lies about receiving the Bronze star. If you wore our country’s uniform, the Dem-Com’s hate you – but whenever and wherever they can steal from our military – they are more than willing to do so.
9:35 ET
Monologue:
Rebroadcast of Friday’s Monologue (Down-Ballot Wisdom) – early voting begins tomorrow in some states – early voting for Delaware primary is going on right now!
10:10 ET
Segment Topic:
Rebroadcast of Friday segment featuring the last commander of the Afghan Army: Lt. General Sami Sadat!
Panelist:
Sami Sadat, Author of: The Last Commander; The Once and Future Battle for Afghanistan: The compelling inside story of how America abandoned Afghanistan and will the U.S. be forced to return there in the future!
Segment 1: 10:39
Segment 2: 7:41
10:35 ET
Segment Topic:
Is Kamala now a friend of fossil fuels and cheap, plentiful energy?
Kamala Harris has a plan for American energy: Make it harder to produce and more expensive to purchase. JUST LIKE THE UK – AND IN PARTICULAR – SCOTLAND! WHENEVER YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE DEMOCRAT COMMUNISTS ARE PLANNING FOR US – ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS LOOK ACROSS THE POND – TO SOCIALIST EUROPE. WHY? BECAUSE THE DEM-COM’S HAVE BEEN TRYING TO CREATE ANOTHER SOCIALIST REPUBLIC TO MIRROR SOCIALIST EUROP FOR YEARS!
Sheree Cuts 1&2
What is the truth about Kamala Harris/Tim Walz ticket with regard to energy policy, which is crucial to the financial stability and National Security of the United States of America? Will Harris end fracking, or won’t she?
If you wonder why the Dem-Coms hat fossil fuels and cheap, plentiful and affordable energy so much; it is because they want to control the price, supply and affordability of energy – and control our lives. Limit our movements, control the temperature in our homes, and if they so choose, offer tax credits to seniors so they will not freeze to death.
Rebroadcast of Friday segment:
Segment 1: 9:54
Segment 2: 7:55
Panelists:
- Dan Kish is the Senior Vice President of Policy at the American Energy Alliance (AEA). Kish has more than 25 years of experience on congressional committees focused principally upon natural resource and energy policies. His service includes the principal resource committees in the House and Senate, including six years as Chief of Staff for the Republicans on the House Resources Committee and four years on the Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee staff.
- Larry Behrens, Communications Director of Power the Future, a national nonprofit organization that advocates for American energy jobs.
11:10 ET
Segment Topic:
A political discussion with our good friend Jeffrey Lord is always interesting and somewhat unpredictable. On Friday, Jeffrey sat down in his office to discuss a number of current news stories. After our sit-down, he was headed off to Johnstown, PA for the MAGA rally by special invitation from President Trump.
Panelist:
Jeffrey Lord
Former advisor to President Reagan, Contributing Editor, The American Spectator, frequent contributor to Newsmax and host of: The Word of the Lord Podcast series!
Lord 1: 11:00
Lord 2: 6:55
Lord on Newsmax: 9-1-24 (Media covering for Kamala)
11:35 ET
Segment Topic:
What is JEXIT you say? We addressed that question with LA Based Author and JEXIT Ambassador, Daniella Bloom
JEXIT Ambassador explains why she feels that Jews need to stop voting Democrat. JEXIT believes that American Jews can no longer blindly vote Democrat. JEXIT also exists to fight the dramatic rise in antisemitism.
Panelist: Daniella Bloom
Today’s Free-Thinking Psychotherapist. AWAKENED Mama Bear and Advocate.
Renowned Keynote Speaker, News Commentator, Bestselling Author and Advocate, JEXIT AmbassadorA mom of three, she is also the #1 Best Selling Author of the multi award-winning “Under The Tree” children’s series that reminds readers of all ages, on Judeo-Christian universal lessons on love and life.
Learn more at: https://www.daniellabloom.com
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