Your News Talk America with Jake Smith – 1/27/2026

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9:06

Show Open:

Audio: Texas Congressman Brian Babin:

• • Trump says Iran called 'numerous' times to make deal as carrier enters Middle East waters.
    • Any potential agreement would require Tehran to remove enriched uranium and change support for regional proxy forces, official sources said. (Fox News)
    • The U.S. threat may have complicated matters for Beijing as there appears to be some sort of political purge going on inside the Communist nation.
  • The report of 30,000 – 40,000 Iranians killed in just a couple of days, can Trump and Israel ignore these reports. How accurate are these reports and what kind of weapons were used for mass killings?
    • An Iranian amateur boxer was shot and killed by Iranian security forces during ongoing anti-regime protests near Tehran, and his father spent a week searching before identifying his body in a black body bag.
    • Harrowing footage circulating online shows his distraught father desperately searching among piles of bodies covered with black body bags, crying out for his missing son.
  • It appears that the Ayatollah is hiding in a bunker, how probable is it that Israeli intelligence knows where that bunker is and we will target that bunker to end the regime’s power. Will the regime fall without the Ayatollah?
    • Why has China been sending in military cargo planes to Iran over the past several days?

Panelist: 

Brigadier General, Blaine Holt, USAF Retired: Host of Dangerous Intellectuals Podcast! Episode 20 just downloaded and it is without doubt; the most intriguing thus far. General Holt’s latest opinion piece at Newsmax.com:

“At Davos, Trump and Team Send the Globalists Packing” https://www.dangerousintellectuals.com/

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9:20

Segment Topic:

China:

• • Did a coop’ just occur in China?
  • If China is politically unstable, what effect does this have on their military. Just who is running that show?
    • Who has control over China’s military?
    • If China is unstable, has Trump’s foreign policy created this instability (tariffs, Iran, Venezuela, Taiwan)?
  • British PM Keir Starmer heads to Beijing for four-day visit to increase economic ties between the two countries. Does he risk further distancing himself from Trump?
    • Is China trying to use Canada and UK as leverage against the United States?

Russia/Ukraine:

• • Is the battleground a stalemate? Why hasn’t Russia advanced?
  • What about security Guarantees from the U.S.? What will those security guarantees include?  S. Boots on the ground?  NATO boots on the ground?  EU boots on the ground?
    • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyysaid that a long-anticipated document on U.S. security guarantees is "100% ready" for signing, with Kyiv now waiting for its American partners to confirm the date and place before the agreement moves to ratification in both the U.S. Congress and the Ukrainian parliament.
    • "For us, security guarantees are first and foremost guarantees of security from the United States. The document is 100% ready," Zelenskyy said Sunday at a joint press conference in Vilnius, Lithuania, with the presidents of Lithuania and Poland, according to a translation of his remarksfrom Reuters. (Reuters)
  • Did the trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi yield any positive results for ending the war?
  • Territorial issues remain a key obstacle in the negotiations, with Moscow pressing Kyiv to relinquish parts of eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region that Russian forces do not fully control. At this point, is it all about Donbas? (Fox News) 

MN Insurrection:

Obamas call latest fatal Minnesota shooting a ‘wake-up call to every American, regardless of party.  Is this the same Obama who ordered drone strikes against American citizens overseas – in violation of the U.S. Constitution.  Is this the same Obama who oversaw the murder of Americans in Benghazi?  Weren’t those actions and inactions “wake-up” calls?

Panelist:

Brigadier General, Blaine Holt, USAF Retired: Host of Dangerous Intellectuals Podcast! Episode 20 just downloaded and it is without doubt; the most intriguing thus far. General Holt’s latest opinion piece at Newsmax.com:

“At Davos, Trump and Team Send the Globalists Packing” https://www.dangerousintellectuals.com/

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9:35

Monologue:

“It is all about the midterms”

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10:08

Segment Topic:

• A week ago, a group of paid insurrectionists stormed a St. Paul, MN church, interrupting services and terrorizing the minister and those in the pews. If this is the new norm in America, what is the future of having freedom to worship – guaranteed under the United States Constitution?
  • According to the Family Research Council, 383 churches endured a combined total of 415 hostile incidents in 2024, including vandalism, arson, armed aggression, and service disruptions. Armed incidents more than doubled from 12 in 2023 to 28 in 2024.
  • To date, the organization has identified 1,384 acts of hostility toward U.S. churches, occurring between January 2018 and December 2024.
• Is a church a public space where anyone may protest?
  • Under U.S. law, churches are private property, even when open to the public for worship. Property owners—including churches—retain the right to set rules for conduct on their premises and to remove individuals who violate those rules.
  • The Supreme Court held in Lloyd Corp. v. Tanner(1972) that private property doesn’t become a public forum merely by being open to the public. A Connecticut appeals court applied this principle directly to churches in State v. Steinmann (1990), observing that “property does not lose its private character merely because the public is generally invited to use it for designated purposes.” This means speech protected outside the church building (such as on a sidewalk) doesn’t automatically enjoy the same protection inside a sanctuary. (The Gospel Coalition/Joe Carter)

https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/faqs-churches-protest-sanctuary/

Panelist:

JP De Gance: President of Communio.

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10:33

Segment Topic: 

• • International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2026. With the rise in anti-Semitism throughout the world, what should this day mean for each of us?
    • On this day, we are also thinking about the slaughter of between 30,000 and 40,000 innocent Iranians.
  • When Mn, Governor Tim Walz mentioned Anne Frank’s name when discussing the unrest in Minneapolis over the weekend, there was an immediate outcry. Why?
  • The Israeli military announced Monday that it has recovered the remains of the final deceased hostage in Gaza, marking the first time since 2014 that there are no Israeli hostages in the enclave.
    • Ran Gvili, an Israeli police officer whose body was taken to Gaza after he was killed on October 7, 2023, was the last of the hostages slain or abducted on that date whose remains were still in Gaza. He was posthumously promoted to the rank of first sergeant, according to the Israeli government.
  • With the return of the body of Ran Gvili, will Israel proceed with Phase-two in Gaza?
  • What is your assessment of the Board of Peace signing in Davos last week and why did Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu refuse to attend?
    • Do you believe that having the commitment of 17 countries, that a new Gaza can be built from the rubble, which will not threaten Israel’s right to exist?
    • Isn’t the board of peace all about foreign investment for Gaza?

It appears that the U.S. is going to strike Iran.  It appears that strike is imminent.  What are your thoughts?  Will they target the Ayatollah and if they do kill him, will the rest of the regime collapse?

Panelist:

Heather Johnston, founder: U.S.– Israel Education Association

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11:05

Segment Topic: 

• • Is another government shutdown looming?
  • ICE is budgeted through 2029, so why go after DHS funding?
  • Shutdown could come next week!
  • Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said in a statement Saturday night that Democrats would not help advance the six-bill spending package set for consideration next week as long as it includes DHS funding. Republicans will need Democratic support in order to clear a 60-vote hurdle to advance the funding bill. (Politico)
  • Are the Dem-Coms trying to slow down the economy (as they did late last year) with another government shutdown?
  • A GDP at 5% or 6% would help the GOP in November!

Panelist:

DIAL Producers and The Talk of Delmarva Callers

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11:33

Segment Topic:

Segment left open for late breaking news!

Panelist:

DIAL Producers and The Talk of Delmarva Callers

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11:50 Salute the Troops

Five American soldiers of Japanese descent receive posthumous promotions to 2^nd LT.

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