Your News Talk America with Jake Smith – 1/12/2026
Your News Talk America with Jake Smith.
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9:06
Show Open:
- Are the ICE protests in Minnesota and the Somali Fraud scandal being funded by taxpayer dollars (NGO’s)?
- It appears that the ICE protests heated up when the heat was turned up on Tim Walz, Jacob Frey and Ilhan Omar.
- Why does it appear that Pam Bondi is in witness protection?
- Federal investigators have opened a criminal investigation into Fed Chairman Jerome Powell.
- Powell is under fire for the cost of renovating the Fed’s DC headquarters. The cost ballooned from $1.9 billion to $2.5 billion.
- Tell us about your latest investigation into the Southern Poverty Law Center: “Leftist Group Dodges Accountability for ‘Hate Group’ Accusation After Judge Blocks Discovery”
Panelist:
Tyler O'Neil: Senior Editor, The Daily Signal has recently been recognized as a finalist for the 2025 Dao Prize for Excellence in Investigative Journalism. His series, "Your Money, Their Agenda: The Left’s Taxpayer-Funded War on Trump.”
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9:20
Segment Topic:
- As President Trump weighs military action against Iran, the question remains; will the Iranian Regime attack Israel in an attempt to strengthen itself internally?
- Iran threatens to hit Israel in response to any US strike; Israel said to be on high alert
- Iranian parliament speaker: US bases, ships could be targets; rights groups: Iran committing ‘massacre’ with at least 192 killed; Israel calls on EU to label IRGC a terror group. (Times of Israel)
- Tehran threatened on Sunday to retaliate against Israel as well as US military bases in the event of American strikes on Iran, issuing the warning as Israeli sources said their country was on high alert.
Panelist:
Joan Leslie McGill, Executive Director or U.S.-Israel Education Association
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9:35
Monologue:
“A valid question”
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9:50
Segment Topic:
Left open for DIAL Producers/callers
Panelist:
DIAL Producers and The Talk of Delmarva Callers
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10:08
Segment Topic:
- Will President Trump order airstrikes against Iran and if so, what targets will we hit?
- Do we have carriers in the region in-which we could launch strikes against Iran?
- Regime is threatening U.S. and Israel; what happens if they strike Israel or U.S. bases?
- Trump Reveals Iranian Leaders Called for Negotiations Amid Protests. Should Trump negotiate with them at this point?
- One person was struck after a U-Haul truck drove through a crowd during a Los Angelesprotest in support of anti-regime demonstrators in Iran, with the driver taken into custody, authorities said. Is this just the opening salvo in Iranian based terrorist capability inside the United States?
- Death toll in Iran rising, however; how do we know what is accurate and what is propaganda designed to help trigger U.S. strikes against the regime?
- So little information is getting out of and into Iran – how do we discern the truth?
- Last Kurdish forces leave Aleppo after ceasefire deal reached! (BBC)
- It appears the Trump Administration was able to negotiate a peaceful end to Kurdish activity in Aleppo. Why are we not hearing more about this?
- In the past few days, Russia has once again used its hypersonic missiles to strike Kiev. Aren’t these missiles capable of carrying a nuclear payload?
- Ukraine struck Russian drone strikes in Caspian Sea in response to Moscow’s large-scale drone attacks.
- S. State Department is advising all Americans to leave Venezuela due to threats to anyone who supported the Maduro capture, Trump or MAGA. If Americans cannot be safe in VZ, how can we rebuild their oil infrastructure?
- It appears that U.S. used some kind of sonic weapon during the operation in VZ.
Prayers for Patagonia; a story which is not receiving much attention.
Panelist:
Brigadier General Blaine Holt, USAF (Ret.) The host of the explosive podcast: Dangerous Intellectuals
https://www.dangerousintellectuals.com/
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10:33
Segment Topic:
- Nan, I was talking to a friend the other day, who lives in another country. He was hosting his friends at his home for lunch. He reported that the topic of conversation among his guests was that America is lost.
- The world is watching, why wouldn’t they come to that conclusion.
- A new report from the Heritage Foundation argues the American family is in crisis and that strengthening marriage and family formation should be a core focus of U.S. federal policy.
- The conservative think tank calls for sweeping policy changes to reverse declining birth and marriage rates, including a proposed $2,500 investment account for every newborn child, as well as other proposals.
- The report says government policies “should encourage and protect the formation of families, not mere fertility.” (Fox News)
- As a physician, when you see evidence that billions of dollars were stolen from taxpayers and laundered to overseas terrorist organizations, NGO’s and politicians, what is your response?
- American children were denied this funding; where is the outrage?
- It is my position that Pam Bondi needs to go and there needs to be a further housecleaning at the DOJ. Do you agree?
- Late last week, the UNI-Party pulled a fast one in the House. 17 so-called Republicans voted with Hakeem Jeffries to extend Obamacare subsidies. What is your response to this and should everyone of these RINO’s be primaried?
- Rep-Com traitors voted with the Democrat Communists to reinstate Obamacare subsidies – to the tune of $80 billion dollars.
- What is your opinion of the new food pyramid guidelines?
Panelist:
Nan Hayworth, MD; former New York Congresswoman, Independent Women’s Forum Board of Directors; ConservAmerica Board of Directors Chairman and frequent contributor to Newsmax.
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11:06
Segment Topic:
- More evidence that anti-ICE protesters are not protesters at all. They are hired agitators or worse; insurrectionists.
- What was it like on the ground in Minneapolis last week?
- When you were reporting from Minneapolis last week, did you sense that those who were protesting were not locals?
- The ICE protests helped out Tim Walz and Jacob Frey by taking the heat off them for immigrant fraud and allowing them to stand before the cameras and act as tough guys against the Trump Administration.
- 89% of Somali immigrant families use welfare programs as Minnesota fraud scandal exposes deeper fiscal issues. (Fox News)
- Somali refugees fall more into the former category. According to a recent Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) report, 58% of them do not speak English well, and 39% have no high school diploma. That translates into a heavy use of welfare programs.
- Of Somali immigrant households with children, CIS reports, 89% use some kind of welfare — 86% of such families are on Medicaid, compared to only 28% of Minnesota households headed by a native-born citizen. More than one in five Somali men of working age are unemployed. More than half of children in Somali-immigrant households are below the poverty line, compared with only 7.6% of those in native-headed homes.
- California contemplating a 5% tax on billionaires’ assets!
- The U.S. attorney’s office for the District of Columbia has opened a criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, focusing on the renovation of the central bank’s Washington headquarters and whether he was truthful in his congressional testimony about the project.
Panelist:
Jon Glasgow: Host of Sunday Report: Newsmax
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11:33
Segment Topic:
- US President Donald Trumpsaid on Sunday he plans to speak with billionaire Elon Musk about restoring internet in Iran, where authorities have blacked out services for four days amid ongoing anti-government protests.
- "He's very good at that kind of thing, he's got a very good company," Trump told reporters in response to a question about whether he would engage with Musk's SpaceX company, which offers a satellite internet service called Starlink that has been used in Iran.
- Musk and SpaceX did not immediately respond to a request for comment. (The Jerusalem Post)
- How much Starlink equipment is inside Iran now and what are the prospects of getting more in?
- Once you get the equipment inside the country, how do you distribute it?
- With some video evidence getting out of Iran, there must be at least some Starlink equipment in the country already.
- Does Iran have the capability of jamming Starlink signal?
- "He's very good at that kind of thing, he's got a very good company," Trump told reporters in response to a question about whether he would engage with Musk's SpaceX company, which offers a satellite internet service called Starlink that has been used in Iran.
Panelist:
Chris Hoar is an official spokesperson for SAT123 a leading provider of satellite communication and emergency preparedness solutions. Chris is an expert in Starlink technology.
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11:50 Salute the Troops
US Army, PFC, Miguel A. Villalon
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