Show Notes and Rundown

Your News Talk America with Jake Smith — April 30, 2026

Airtime: 9am–12pm ET

Host: Jake Smith

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 for U.S.-Israel Education Association

Community Bank Delaware

“Where is the address?”

How badly is Tehran being squeezed by the blockade?
Iran’s $800M oil smuggling scheme uses tankers posing as Iraqi ships to dodge blockade.
CENTCOM prepares “short and powerful” wave of strikes on Iran, Trump to be briefed on plan – Axios.
Netanyahu pushes for new deadline on Lebanon talks.
Has the war spread to the streets of London?

Panelist: Asaf Romirowsky, PhD

The indictment of James Comey, a DOJ shell-game?
The SCOTUS decision on voting rights in Louisiana. What does it mean?
How many more chances does the Secret Service deserve?
Supreme Court unanimously slaps down New Jersey AG’s targeting of pro-life pregnancy center.
Fauci assistant indicted.
“The Trump Surveillance State,” an opinion piece by Judge Andrew Napolitano.

Panelist: Judge Andrew Napolitano, Senior Judicial Analyst, Newsmax, Host: Judging Freedom Podcast

Middle East oil crisis deepens – what is the latest?
Iran is running out of storage space for its oil that it cannot ship.
UAE leaves OPEC – what is going on?
Price of oil up again >$100 a barrel.
With prices shooting up here at home, should the president explain his strategy to the nation?
Will America prosper in the long-term from this crisis?

Panelists: Sam Romain, Larry Behrens, Caleb Jasso