Your News Talk America with Jake Smith – 1/2/2026
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9:06
Show Open:
- Tony DoKoupil (Do-coo-pil) goes to confession on behalf of beleaguered CBS News.
- Why was Tony DoKoupil so eager to go to confession for CBS News at the start of the new year? (Cut 2)
- Catherine Herridge appeared on News Nation and tolod how CBS executives blocked the “Hunter Biden Laptop From Hell Story” and help to steal the election for Joe Biden.
- The only problem is the rest of CBS news has not gotten the memo! (Cut 3)
- CBS reporter tried to shame Nick Shirley and turn the Somali fraudsters into victims.
- No mention from CBS or CNN that Nick Shirley is receiving death threats!
Panelist:
Curtis Houck, Managing Editor, Newsbusters
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9:20
Segment Topic:
Nick Shirley targeted by CNN and their shameful (so-called) reporter: Whitney Wild Are the maggots in MSM jealous that independent journalists have taken their place in the media and are they deliberately targeting independents? It still appears that the media is taking a hands-off approach to Somali fraud. What is the current scorecard on their coverage? Screw-Ups, Shutdowns, and Soros: Here’s Our Ten Most-Read Stories of 2025 (Curtis Houck/Newsbusters)
The maggots in MSM: Charlie Kirk had it coming! (Cut 2)
60 Minutes: designer editing to make Kamala word salad disappear and make her appear cognizant of foreign policy.
Panelist:
Curtis Houck, Managing Editor, Newsbusters
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9:35
Monologue:
It’s debatable
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10:08
Segment Topic:
- Somali-Gate explodes!
- NewsNation Reporter Finds “Assisted Living” Facility Funded by Americans Is Just a Single-Family Home — Owner Indicted in Feeding Our Future Still Raking in $49M from Minnesota! (Jim Hoft/The Gateway Pundit)
- Mainstream media (such as CBS and CNN) are out there defending this fraud, targeting Nick Shirley and trying to label Somali’s as victims.
- PANIC MODE: Tony Dokoupil vows to report “FOR YOU,” not the left, as CBS and legacy media credibility COLLAPSES!
- Strangely, this trip to the confessional occurs after Catherine Herridge revealed how CBS executives blocked the Hunter Biden laptop from hell story. (Christina Laila/The Gateway Pundit)
Panelist:
Jim Hoft, Editor: The Gateway Pundit
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10:20
Segment Topic:
- The Trump Administration has suspended all payments to MN daycare programs, pending an investigation, however; how long do you think it will take for an Obama or Biden (Federal) Judge will order those payments to resume?
- President Trump estimated (comments at Mar A Lago) on New Years Eve that estimates have this level of Somali-based fraud at $18 billion dollars. Wasn’t this money meant for American citizens? $18 billion dollars in Federal aid was stolen from American citizens.
- Unhinged Minneapolis police chief apologizes to Somalis after they were caught in multi-billion-dollar health care and child care scam – which has now expanded to assisted living facilities.
- Is the MN police chief really Chief Ohara?
- Minnesota’s sprawling welfare-industrial complex is once again under the microscope after a stunning investigation by NewsNation revealed that so-called “assisted living” facilities funded with millions in taxpayer dollars are, in reality, nothing more than ordinary single-family homes.
- According to reporting from Rich McHugh of NewsNation, Minnesota continues to shovel millions of Medicaid dollars to properties owned by a man already indicted in the state’s massive Feeding Our Future fraud scandal, despite overwhelming red flags and a growing list of exploited public programs.
- The properties are owned by Gandi Mohamed, also known as Gandi Abdi Kediye, who was indicted in February 2024 on money laundering charges tied to the Feeding Our Future case. Prosecutors allege Mohamed helped launder approximately $1 million in fraudulent funds.
- MJT and now Lauren Boebert turns on President Trump. What should we take from both traitors to the MAGA movement?
The congresswoman raised the possibility that the veto may have been payback for joining Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Thomas Massie, along with Democrats, to force the Epstein Files Transparency Act to the House floor.
Panelist:
Jim Hoft, Editor: The Gateway Pundit
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10:35
Segment Topic:
- What are the strengths and weaknesses in the U.S. economy today?
- President Donald Trump'seconomic agenda has produced a mixed but closely watched set of results so far. Economic growth has picked up, inflation has cooled from recent highs and major policy changes have begun to reshape the outlook for businesses and households. (Fox Business)
- A strong year for U.S. stocks, with the S&P 500, the broadest measure of the stock market, ending 2025 with a gain of 17%. (Fox Business)
- The economy grew faster than expected in late 2025, with overall output rising at an annual pace of about 4% to 4.5% in the third quarter. Trump administration officials say that growth was driven by Americans spending more money and businesses feeling confident enough to invest and hire.
- Prices rose 2.7% in November, compared with a year earlier, less than the 3.1% economists had estimated.
Panelist:
Phil Kerpen, President: American Commitment
Anthony Esposito, founder, CEO: Ascalon VI Capitol
10:50
Segment Topic:
- Trump’s economy at the close of 2025:
- GDP up 4.3%: Wages up 3.5%: Inflation down to 2.7%
- However, isn’t the outlook for PDI most important?
- What is the outlook for personal, disposable income in 2026?
- Blue State socialist policies will try to undermine President Trump’s economic policies at the state level to minimize or eliminate any positive impact on their voters heading into the midterms.
- Blue state voters will have LESS PDI due to Democrat Socialist polices heading into November.
- California proposes a wealth tax on assets and not income.
- How do you tax unrealized gains? That is where Blue States are going.
- Europe has already tried it and they have paid the price for wealth taxes.
- So much of Trump’s policies and our economic prospects for 2026 are tied to the tariffs and the SCOTUS decision.
Panelist:
Phil Kerpen, President: American Commitment
Anthony Esposito, founder, CEO: Ascalon VI Capitol
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11:06
Segment Topic:
- As Somali-Gate expands, what about the Somali Princess role in the scandal? Ilhan Omar and her husband’s wealth has been steadily increasing over the past few years.
- President Trump weighed in:
“Much of the Minnesota Fraud, up to 90%, is caused by people that came into our Country, illegally, from Somalia,” Trump said, calling Ilhan Omar an “ungrateful loser” and “one of the many scammers.”
“Did she really marry her brother? Lowlifes like this can only be a liability to our Country’s greatness,” Trump continued. (Jordan Conradson/The Gateway Pundit)
“Send them back from where they came, Somalia, perhaps the worst, and most corrupt, country on earth.
- David, how has Somali-Gate affected the country? S. taxpayer dollars was laundered in the billions of dollars and some of it (at least) shipped overseas to sponsor radical Islamic terrorism.
- The scandal keeps expanding thanks to an independent journalist by the name of Nick Shirley, who is now receiving death threats. Has the emergence of independent journalism in such a case, highlighted the importance of alternate media sources?
- Comrade Mamdani is now the Mayor of NYC. Are businesses nervous heading into 2026?
Panelist:
Jordan Conradson, Investigative Reporter: The Gateway Pundit, host of: DC Dive! Jordan is one of this nation’s foremost investigative reporters!
David Zere, Host: Breaking Point, Real America’s Voice News
11:20
Segment Topic:
- Election fraud/election integrity and the 2026 midterms:
- Fulton County, GA, now admits to verifying 315,000 votes in 2020 without poll worker signatures.
- President Trump has been posting to Truth Social about voting machines being connected to offices in foreign countries.
- Can we expect any action to be taken to ensure election integrity in the next few months? If so, what?
- Elise Stefanik bails out of NY governors race!
- Bruce Blakeman the odds-on favorite torun in her place?
- What’s ahead on the next “D.C. Dive?”
- What’s ahead on the next “Breaking Point”
Panelist:
Jordan Conradson, Investigative Reporter: The Gateway Pundit, host of: DC Dive! Jordan is one of this nation’s foremost investigative reporters!
David Zere, Host: Breaking Point, Real America’s Voice News
11:33
Segment Topic:
- “Operation Raise the Colours” in the UK:
- What is it and what triggered the response on the part of the British public?
- Is Flag flying racist?
- George’s flag and Union Jack are being flown in a manner not seen in many years.
- Is the nationalism or patriotism in the UK?
- In the days leading up to Christmas, an intruder was able to twice penetrate the grounds of the official London residence of Prince William and Princess Kate. (The Sun)
- Sir Keir Starmer has promised people will "feel positive change" in their pockets this year. (Sky News)
- What can Starmer do?
Panelist:
Geoff Gilson, author: “Maggies Hammer”
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11:50 Salute the Troops
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