Show Notes and Rundown
Your News Talk America with Jake Smith — April 30, 2026
Airtime: 9am–12pm ET
09:06 — Show Open
- Iran’s $800M oil smuggling scheme uses tankers posing as Iraqi ships to dodge blockade.
- What about Tehran’s use of Crypto?
- Windward AI says the tankers broadcast fake destination messages to Iraqi ports while covertly sailing to Iran.
- What role is Iraq playing in helping Iran?
- Iranian currency is virtually worthless.
- Surveillance drone downed near US embassy in Baghdad. Deeper Iraqi involvement?
- Trump rejects Iran’s latest offer, keeps blockade in place.
- Trump weighing a resumption in bombing.
Panelist: Joan Leslie McGill — Executive Director, U.S.-Israel Education Association
09:20 — Client Segment
Community Bank Delaware
09:35 — Monologue
“Where is the address?”
09:45 — Segment Topics
- How badly is Tehran being squeezed by the blockade?
- Iran’s $800M oil smuggling scheme uses tankers posing as Iraqi ships to dodge blockade.
- Windward AI tanker deception tactics.
- What role is Iraq playing in helping Iran?
- Surveillance drone downed near US embassy in Baghdad. (Jerusalem Post)
- Trump rejects Iran’s latest offer, keeps blockade in place.
- Trump weighing a resumption in bombing.
- CENTCOM prepares “short and powerful” wave of strikes on Iran – Axios.
- Hormuz control strategy discussion.
- Trump tells Iran to “get smart soon.”
- Tehran running out of oil storage capacity.
- Netanyahu pushes for new Lebanon deadline (Jerusalem Post).
- Has the war spread to the streets of London?
Panelist: Asaf Romirowsky, PhD
10:08 — Segment Topics
- The indictment of James Comey — DOJ shell-game?
- Federal prosecutors will seize James Comey’s book sale profits Read article
- SCOTUS decision on voting rights in Louisiana.
- Secret Service accountability concerns.
- Supreme Court slaps down New Jersey AG targeting pro-life pregnancy center Read article
- Fauci adviser indicted Read article
- “The Trump Surveillance State” — Judge Andrew Napolitano JudgeNap.com
Panelist: Judge Andrew Napolitano
10:35 — Segment Topics
- Middle East oil crisis deepens.
- Iran running out of storage capacity.
- UAE leaves OPEC implications.
- Oil prices above $100 per barrel.
- Should the president explain strategy?
- Long-term global oil market shifts.
- Did Iran overplay its hand?
Panelists: Sam Romain, Larry Behrens, Caleb Jasso
11:06 — Segment Topic
PA Supreme Court ruling — Election Cast Vote Records must be made public Read article
Panelist: Commander Gregory Stenstrom
11:33 — Segment Topic
- JAB Resilience Tour helping Israeli children recover from October 7 trauma.
Panelist: Jared Armstrong
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