Your News Talk America with Jake Smith – 09/08/2025
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09:06 AM ET
Show Open:
- Another wave of violence and murder swept through Chicago this weekend, 18-shot, five dead.
- Several teens as young as 15 years old were injured. One 19-year-old and one 16-year-old were transported to the hospital in critical condition. (ABC Chicago – WLS)
- What is it Chicago; do you want law and order or are you going to permit bought and paid for street thugs to speak for you?
- Rick Davies, Co-Founder, Supertramp dead on Long Island at the age of 81.
Panelist:
DIAL Producers / Callers
9:20
Segment Topic:
- At least five people were killed and several others injured in a shooting attack in Jerusalem this morning, Israeli emergency services said, adding that it had treated six people in serious condition.
- Israeli police said two attackers arrived by vehicle at Ramot Junction and opened fire toward a bus stop. A security officer and a civilian at the scene then returned fire, killing the attackers, police said.
- The shooting is the deadliest attack in the city since 2023, when two Hamas militants opened fire at a bus stop in West Jerusalem, killing three Israelis. Hamas did not take responsibility for the shooting in Jerusalem, but issued a statement welcoming it.
- Israelis (Jews and Arabs live under constant threat of war.
- Israeli police said two attackers arrived by vehicle at Ramot Junction and opened fire toward a bus stop. A security officer and a civilian at the scene then returned fire, killing the attackers, police said.
- How are you and your family dealing with the preparations for the incursion into Gaza?
Panelist:
Jonathan Feldstein, President: Genesis 1-2-3 Foundation
9:35
Monologue:
“Timed and purposeful”
9:50
Segment Topic:
- Tom Homan is flooding sanctuary cities – when is Michelle Wu going to be arrested?
- What did the ICE raid at the Hyundai plant in Georgia tell us about illegal immigration?
Panelist:
Ira Mehlman, Media Director: FAIR
10:08
Segment Topic:
- At least five people were killed and several others injured in a shooting attack in Jerusalem this morning, Israeli emergency services said, adding that it had treated six people in serious condition.
- How much of a problem are Palestinian infiltrators in Israel?
- Houthi attack on Israeli airport!
- How will Israel respond?
- Trump delivers ultimatum to Hamas; accept deal, release hostages or pay the consequences!
- Will U.S. get involved militarily or will U.S. give Israel the green light?
- Will Trump punish Putin after this past weekend attack (the most powerful yet) against Ukraine?
- Do sanctions actually work?
- Can we prevent EU from buying Russian oil?
- How do you assess the current tensions between the United States and Maduro?
- The Gamechanger: Merz plunges Germany into a debt crisis.
- Is it time to plan our withdrawal from Germany?
- General Holt’s speech in TX over the weekend!
Panelist:
Brigadier General Blaine Holt, (USAF Retired)
Brig. Gen. General Holt is a former Deputy United States Military Representative to (NATO). General Holt supported the Military Representative and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in executing the U.S. political-military mission at the North Atlantic Council. General Holt was a command pilot with more than 3,900 flying hours in a variety of aircraft. He is a frequent contributor to Newsmax.
10:35
Segment Topic:
- Restoring the United States Department of War!
- Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth said, "George Washington started the Department of WAR because he wanted us to WIN our wars - not have endless foreign entanglements."
- Both Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth have recently indicated they want to change the name of the agency. It is one of several initiatives the Trump administration has spearheaded as part of its "warrior ethos" campaign within the Pentagon.
- The executive order calls for using the Department of War as a secondary title for the Department of Defense, along with phrases like "secretary of war" for Hegseth, according to a White House fact sheet.
Panelist:
Tyler Grey, SFC: Tyler Grey, star of Seal Team, a former Delta Force Operator; Author: Forged in Chaos: A Warrior's Origin Story. Sergeant Grey is a leading advocate for veterans’ mental health, specializing in PTSD and traumatic brain injury (TBI).
11:06
Segment Topic:
- Biden White House lawyers, DOJ were befuddled by autopen clemencies, emails show: ‘He doesn’t review the warrants’ (Steven Nelson/The NY Post)
- President Biden’s sweeping clemency grants during his final days in office caused concern inside the West Wing and Justice Department about how to ensure his wishes were accurately implemented — and it’s unclear whether Biden himself was consulted before thousands of pardons were announced, internal emails obtained exclusively by The Post show.
- The messages indicate the 46th president orally approved commutations for inmates jailed for crack cocaine offenses on Jan. 11 — but his auto-penned signature wasn’t affixed to three documents listing about 2,500 recipients until the morning of Jan. 17.
- Can any of these pardons be rescinded? If so, who withdraws them?
- Activist judges dig in:
- On Friday, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals sided with a radical Biden judge and said President Trump could not unilaterally cut billions in foreign aid.
- Last Wednesday, US District Judge Amir Ali, a Biden appointee, blocked President Trump from cutting billions of dollars in USAID and foreign aid that Congress authorized.
- Trump immediately appealed Judge Ali’s ruling.
- “President Trump has the executive authority to ensure that all foreign aid is accountable to taxpayers and aligns with the America First priorities people voted for,” White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly said in a statement to Reuters.
- Impeachment time for Trump-hating renegade Judge Boasberg! (Mike Davis/Fox News)
- Federal judge with severe Trump Derangement Syndrome released woman who threatened to 'disembowel' president.
- How do you remove corrupt Federal judges?
Panelist:
John D. O’Connor is a former federal prosecutor and the San Francisco attorney who represented W. Mark Felt during his revelation as Deep Throat in 2005.
John O’Connor is the author of the books Postgate: How the Washington Post Betrayed Deep Throat, Covered Up Watergate, and Began Today’s Partisan Advocacy Journalism and The Mysteries of Watergate: What Really Happened.
11:35
Segment Topic:
- “Taken: State Sanctioned Kidnapping”
- Parents jailed for kidnapping for refusing the vaccinate their children!
Panelist:
Maureen Steele, along with Ann Vandersteel, co-founders: American Made Foundation.
Ann Vandersteel on Digital Interactive Friday!
11:50
Salute the Troops:
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