Your News Talk America with Jake Smith – 3/17/2026
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9:06
Show Open:
- Network Evening News Spends Only 8 Percent of DHS Shutdown Coverage Blaming Democrats! (Newsbusters/Curtis Houck)
- The American people have to show up five-hours at the airport before their flights and the maggots in Marxist State Media don’t give a damn!
- A Media Research Center study found that, since the start of the DHS shutdown, only eight percent – or 125 seconds – of the 26 minutes and 22 seconds on the shutdown across the flagship evening newscasts of ABC, CBS, and NBC have brought up the fact that the long lines at airports are because of the left’s obstructionism.
- Networks bury Democratic blame in DHS shutdown coverage ABC, CBS, and NBC gave just 8% of airtime (125 seconds total) to blaming Democrats for the February 14 shutdown—despite their demands blocking ICE/immigration funding—spreading blame vaguely across "Congress" on only 9 of 30 days.
- Focus on traveler/worker hardships shields Democrats from accountability Over 90% of coverage highlighted airport chaos, unpaid TSA staff, food-bank lines, and delays, while rarely linking these to Democratic obstruction on enforcement policies—framing it as neutral "congressional inaction."
- Clear double standard vs. past Republican shutdowns Networks (NBC 3%, ABC 9%, CBS 10% Democrat blame) soft-pedal partisan responsibility here, but would hammer Republicans nightly if they blocked funding amid national security or travel risks—exposing ongoing media bias by omission.
- If any of our “LEADERS” from Capitol Hill arrives at an airport, they are ushered passed us poor souls waiting in line!
Panelist:
Craig Bannister, Managing Editor, MRC's CNSNews
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9:20
Segment Topic: (all topics courtesy of MRC)
- Oscars 2026: Just Another Left-Wing Awards Show HATE Fest!
- Was any normal person watching other than a panelist from the “The View?”
- Conan proved that he is just another low-life hosting an award show that no one cares about. How did the 98th Academy Awards open?
- After taking a dig at half of America, he then falsely implied Trump was a pedophile!
- No awards show this year would be complete without an idiot actor yelling "Free Palestine." That moment was provided by actor Javier Bardem, who lives in Israel-hating Spain.
- On the red-carpet before the show, One Piece actor Charithra Chandran demanded a "ceasefire in Palestine," unaware that a ceasefire happened six months ago.
- Americans will have to wait until the Emmy Awards in September for another round of anti-American lecturing from Hollywood celebrities they barely know or care about anymore.
Panelist:
Craig Bannister, Managing Editor, MRC's CNSNews
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9:35
Monologue:
“Referral”
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9:45
Segment Topic:
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- Mamdani is spending billions in taxpayer’s money on a hotel for the homeless in NYC.
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- NYC burning $81K per homeless person — with nothing to show for it!
- Mayor Zohran Mamdani wants to spend more: City Hall projects it to hit nearly $97,000 in the coming year.
- Overall, this spending has skyrocketed from $102 million in 2018 to $368 million last year, up 320% even as the street-homeless population grew just 26%.
- In a system stripped of accountability — at the individual, nonprofit, and government levels — the news below that a San Francisco homeless services executive has been charged with multiple felonies is not a surprise. It is symptomatic of a structure that stopped demanding results.
- Since the nation adopted Housing First as a universal mandate in 2013, homelessness has climbed nearly 35%, despite the promise it would end within a decade. For years, HUD measured essentially one outcome: placement into permanent housing for six months — housing that required nothing of the individual placed there. No sobriety. No engagement in treatment. No work. No expectation of forward movement.
- As long as that minimal benchmark was met, nonprofits and local governments were effectively assured a steady stream of continued funding, regardless of whether homelessness declined or conditions improved.
- Responsibility cannot thrive where it is not required, especially when its absence cascades from the top down. In San Francisco alone last year, 12 homeless-serving nonprofits were under investigation for fraud, even as chronic homelessness rose 11% between 2022 and 2024.
The good news: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is now implementing a long-overdue course correction — one that reestablishes accountability at every level of the system: for individuals, for service providers, and for the government agencies through which HUD distributes the majority of its homelessness funding. HUD is establishing clear expectations, demanding measurable results, and enforcing consequences when programs fail the very people they were meant to serve.
Panelist:
Michele Steeb, Author: Answers Behind the RED DOOR: Battling the Homeless Epidemic, Visiting Fellow with the Discovery Institute's Fix Homelessness Initiative
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10:05
Segment Topic:
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- British PM Starmer tells United States to: GO TO HELL:
- Perhaps, someone in His majesty’s Government should take Starmer aside and play this clip for him from WWII.
- The message from the UK, Italy and France is clear: Trump, this is your war. You started it. You finish it and we stand ready to reap the benefits. Until then, you are on your own.
- How much longer should we participate in sham organizations, such as NATO and the United Nations?
Freeloading, leeches, such as UK, Germany and France sit back waiting for the U.S. to fix their dependence on expensive foreign energy
Panelist:
DIAL Producers and The Talk of Delmarva Callers
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10:33
Segment Topic:
- After pulling back, oil prices resume their rise this morning! (NY Times)
- The United States is allowing Iranian oil tankers to transit the Strait of Hormuz, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told CNBC on Monday.
- “The Iranian ships have been getting out already, and we’ve let that happen to supply the rest of the world,” Bessent told CNBC’s Brian Sullivanin a “Squawk Box” interview in Paris. The Treasury secretary is in France for trade talks with China. (CNBC)
- Gasoline prices at their highest level since the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine War.
- Bloomberg reports that California is starting to import gasoline from the Bahamas.
- What are the short and long-term effects of temporarily lifting Russian oil sanctions?
- What is the current status of LNG supplies and pricing both here and abroad?
Panelist:
Kenny Stein, VP Policy: American Energy Alliance https://www.americanenergyalliance.org/
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10:50
Segment Topic:
- The War with Iran is causing more changes in the U.S. economy other than higher gasoline and diesel prices:
- Mortgage rates climb to 6.11%.
- What about the bond market?
- Farmers are seeing increased costs for diesel and perhaps, fertilizer as they prepare to plant their spring crops. Those increased costs will begin to show up on grocery story store shelves (how soon)?
- $166 Billion dollars in tariff refunds are due, what damage will that do to the U.S. economy?
- Inflation held firm last month, but that is likely to change.
- If there are revisions for the U.S. economy for 2026 (based on the Iran War) – what is the revised forecast?
Panelist:
David Hebert, PhD: Economist: American Institute for Economic Research
Dave Hebert, Ph.D, is a senior research fellow at AIER. He was formerly a professor at Aquinas College, Troy University, and Ferris State University. He has also been a fellow with the U.S. Senate Committee on the Budget and has worked for the U.S. Joint Economic Committee. Dr. Hebert’s research has been published in academic journals such as Public Choice, Constitutional Political Economy, and The Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice and popular outlets such as The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Investor’s Business Daily, RealClearPolicy, RealClearMarkets, The Hill, and The Daily Caller. He also serves as an Associate Director of The Entangled Political Economy Research Network. https://aier.org/people/david-hebert/
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11:05
Segment Topic:
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- Remember Vince Foster, one of the first “friends of Bill” to meet a mysterious end?
- The death of White House Deputy Counsel Vince Foster was ruled a suicide.
- Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh was the lead investigator at the time.
- A key eyewitness account that grossly contradicts the official narrative remains largely ignored by the American media.
- Attorney John C. Clarke, who represented witness Patrick Knowlton, is available to discuss evidence suggesting the investigation into Foster’s death was shaped by pressure on a witness whose testimony undermined the government’s conclusion.
- Brett Kavanaugh helped write the Kenneth Starr report declaring Vince Foster’s death a suicide—despite contradictory witness evidence—and now Kavanaugh sits on the U.S. Supreme Court.
- Witness Patrick Knowlton was at Fort Marcy Park at 4:30 p.m. but saw no sign of Foster’s car, contradicting the official timeline.
- FBI agents repeatedly tried to pressure Knowlton to say the car he saw could have been Foster’s. He refused.
- Documents obtained by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard show FBI reports included statements Knowlton says he never made.
- After being subpoenaed, Knowlton reported coordinated surveillance and intimidation in Washington, D.C. aimed at discrediting him.
- On July 20, 1993, Knowlton stopped at Fort Marcy Park in Virginia at approximately 4:30 p.m. while driving home from a construction job in suburban Maryland. When he entered the parking lot, he observed only two vehicles: his own and an older brown car with Arkansas license plates. He also encountered a man sitting in another vehicle who lowered his window and stared at him in a way Knowlton found unsettling. Knowlton briefly walked into the park and then returned to his car, leaving shortly afterward.
- How did Brett Kavanaugh help shape the conclusions of the Kenneth Starr report on Vince Foster’s death, and what evidence suggests key facts were ignored?
- Why did eyewitness Patrick Knowlton not see Foster’s car at Fort Marcy Park at 4:30 p.m., despite the official claim that Foster died there earlier that afternoon?
- What happened during the FBI interview when agents repeatedly pressured Knowlton to say the vehicle he saw might have been Foster’s?
- How did documents later obtained by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard reveal discrepancies between Knowlton’s actual statements and the FBI’s written reports?
- Why was Knowlton not called by investigators earlier if his timeline directly challenged the official narrative?
- What happened to Knowlton after he was subpoenaed to testify before the Whitewater grand jury led by Starr?
- What evidence suggests the Foster death scene may have been staged or misrepresented?
What does the Foster case reveal about the reliability of federal investigations when the same agencies appear across multiple inquiries?
Panelist:
John H. Clarke is a seasoned attorney and member of the District of Columbia Superior Court Fiduciary Panel, specializing in complex litigation, federal oversight, and civil rights matters. Over his career, Clarke has pursued numerous high-profile Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuits, including cases related to unrepatriated American POWs from the Korean and Vietnam Wars. Notably, in Hall et al. v. CIA, a 21-year litigation effort, he challenged the agency’s failure to search operational records for POWs held in Laos, resulting in a landmark appellate ruling in April 2025.
Clarke has also litigated significant national security and transparency matters, including FOIA actions concerning the Benghazi attack, TWA Flight 800, and Department of Defense record disclosures. He has pursued civil rights claims on behalf of plaintiffs in cases against FBI and federal agents and has successfully compelled disclosure in matters historically shielded by classification.
In addition to FOIA and civil rights litigation, Clarke has investigated high-profile political and governmental controversies, including the death of Deputy White House Counsel Vincent Foster. His work consistently emphasizes accountability, government transparency, and the public’s right to know. Clarke combines legal expertise with rigorous investigative analysis, making him a trusted advocate in cases at the intersection of law, history, and public interest.
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11:33
Segment Topic:
- Democrats criminally refer Kristi Noem to Justice Department for alleged perjury!
- Perjury charges for Noem, are they kidding?
- What about perjury charges for Chris Wright, Mayorkas, Comey Garland?
- At this point, does Judge Boasberg need to recuse himself from any case involving Trump Administration (Fed Chair Powell)?
- A Biden Judge has issued an order halting HHS new vaccine guidelines. Is this the new normal?
Panelist:
Kaelan Deese, Department of Justice Reporter, The Washington Examiner
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