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Daily Show Notes · Tuesday, June 9, 2026

9:00 · Mental Health, Penn Station, and Health Care Fraud

The show opens on two threads that keep colliding: structural waste in Medicare and Medicaid, and the mental health crisis playing out on city streets, brought back into focus by a knife attack at Penn Station.

• Medicare and Medicaid fraud is a story as old as time, rooted in a structural flaw: uncapped federal spending protected by powerful political forces. What are the hard decisions Washington keeps avoiding?
• David Goldhill argues on X that the fraud has become a convenient political talking point, letting officials look serious about health care costs without confronting the tough structural choices.
• How severe is the mental health crisis on our streets? (Audio Cut 2)
• A knife attack at Penn Station puts the release of repeat offenders back in the spotlight.
• The suspect had at least seven prior arrests, six of them in New Jersey, including aggravated assault, unlawful possession of a weapon, drug offenses, assault, domestic assault, and criminal mischief.
• Before the Penn Station attack, the suspect, Deleon, was most recently arrested May 22 in Long Branch, New Jersey on theft and drug paraphernalia charges. (New York Post)

Source: New York Post

Panelist: Carolyn D. Gorman, a fellow at the Manhattan Institute, where her research examines how policy changes in the U.S. impact individuals with mental illness. @CarolynGorman_

9:20 · Dr. Jill Biden's Book Tour

Dr. Jill Biden is promoting a new book and says she had no idea how far her husband had declined before his 2024 debate with President Trump. Jake pushes back on the timeline on this Truthful Tuesday.

• On the promotional tour, she claims she had no idea of her husband's mental deterioration before the 2024 debate.
• She has said she thought he was having a stroke during the debate. If so, why was no ambulance called during or after?
• If she was that concerned, why did she allow him to fly to a campaign event in North Carolina after the debate?
• Jake adds context, including his own monologue from August 20, 2019.

Panelists: DIAL Producers and Callers

9:30 · Jake's Monologue

Jake delivers his Truthful Tuesday monologue.

9:45 · Energy Costs and Permitting Reform

Lower energy costs are within reach if Congress acts. Daniel Turner makes the case that a broken federal permitting system, not a lack of resources, is what drives up household bills.

• Energy costs are projected to rise 25% by 2030 as demand grows, even though the U.S. already has the reserves, the technology, and the workforce to produce more electricity.
• Permitting reform is a kitchen table issue, not a niche concern. A stranglehold on exploration, transportation, and production has artificially raised the cost of living.
• The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) has become the most litigated environmental statute in the country, with vague, open ended language that invites frivolous lawsuits and subjects routine projects to reviews with no defined endpoint.
• The Endangered Species Act has been used to block development even where land is, by any honest scientific assessment, unsuitable for the species in question.
• Section 401 of the Clean Water Act is used by some states as a veto on pipelines for ideological reasons unrelated to water quality.
• Example: the Mountain Valley Pipeline, a 300 mile privately funded line carrying natural gas from West Virginia to southern Virginia, took nine years to permit.

Source: Washington Reporter

Panelist: Daniel Turner, Executive Director, Power the Future. powerthefuture.com

10:00 · Trump's Iran Deal and Total Victory Claim

President Trump says the U.S. will finalize an Iran deal within days and declare total victory within two weeks. Vice President JD Vance says any deal will serve U.S. interests first, even if Israel disagrees.

• Trump said the U.S. will declare total victory over Iran within two weeks and predicted oil prices will come tumbling down, speaking during a rally for Republican Senator Lindsey Graham.
• Trump claimed Iran's negotiators are willing to give the U.S. everything. (The Jerusalem Post)
• Vance told Fox News that any Iran deal is meant to serve U.S. interests first, and that Washington will continue pursuing it whether or not Israel agrees. (The Jerusalem Post)
• The administration signals it intends to move forward regardless of Israeli objections.

Sources: The Jerusalem Post · Trump remarks · Lindsey Graham · talks · Israel

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

10:30 · Visa Vetting and Immigration

Simon Hankinson argues the U.S. should vet all visitors, not just some, and that the technology to improve the Visa Waiver Program already exists.

• Both parties should agree on stronger vetting for the Visa Waiver Program and all visa applicants. The technology is there and should be used more.
• What is a visa, and how does the Visa Waiver Program work?
• Two weeks ago Jake was required by the EU to submit to facial recognition and fingerprints before entering. What does the U.S. require of foreign visitors?
• In a recent Daily Signal piece, Hankinson described a seven step path to ruin in the UK driven by mass illegal immigration. Are the same mistakes being made in the U.S.?
• Earlier in June the EU introduced tougher entry rules for the 27 nation bloc, designed to process undocumented migrants and, where necessary, move them quickly to deportation centers outside the EU. (Fox News)
• Reaction to the riots targeting ICE in Newark, New Jersey, and reports that they are being coordinated, planned, and executed by outside parties.
• Border Czar Tom Homan plans to surge ICE agents into New York City. What should we expect, and has NYPD been told to stand down?

Sources: The Washington Times · Fox News

Panelist: Simon Hankinson, Senior Research Fellow in the Border Security and Immigration Center at The Heritage Foundation. heritage.org/staff/simon-hankinson

11:00 · Israel and Iran After the Missile Exchange

More than 24 hours after Israel and Iran exchanged missiles, Andrew Harding assesses what the region has learned and where the U.S. and Israel may be drifting apart.

• With the skies quiet for more than 24 hours, what have we learned from the exchange?
• Why is Iran so concerned about Hezbollah in Lebanon?
• How much of a threat are the Houthis, and do they have the weapons to close the Red Sea?
• A possible rift between the White House and Netanyahu. How deep is it, and did Vance send a message to Jerusalem during his Fox News appearance?
• Trump vows total victory within weeks as Netanyahu confirms a ceasefire. What does total victory mean, and is an Iranian surrender realistic?
• How long does Trump's patience with the regime last? Americans are tiring of repeated two week timelines.

Panelist: Andrew Harding, Policy Analyst, National Security and Indo-Pacific Affairs, The Heritage Foundation.

11:15 · Term Limits and the Ruling Class

Convention of States President Mark Meckler argues that a long entrenched political class, not just the absence of term limits, is what is damaging the country.

• Washington is still run by a long tenured club of politicians who arrived in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
• An insulated ruling class faces no downside for bad policy, producing massive bills, lobbyist carve outs, and a focus on the next election rather than the next generation.
• Modern politicians treat power as a lifestyle of perks, prestige, and fundraising networks rather than public service, and refuse to step aside for generational change.
• Decades long incumbents in both parties signal to voters that elections are a formality and the system is rigged, driving public trust to historic lows.
• Term limits on Congress alone could be dangerous: they shift control to unelected bureaucrats and staff. Real reform pairs term limits with limits on federal agencies and staff.
• Is the 17th Amendment the root of this lifetime membership club on Capitol Hill?

Source: Convention of States Action

Panelist: Mark Meckler, President and cofounder of Convention of States Action. He cofounded the Tea Party Patriots, whose volunteers helped drive one of the most dramatic swings of congressional power in U.S. history.

11:30 · The Future of USMCA

With the July USMCA review deadline likely to be missed, Alejandro Martinez Araiza weighs in on rising trade tensions across North America.

• The United States, Mexico, and Canada appear poised to miss the July deadline tied to key USMCA review and implementation issues.
• A missed deadline raises concerns about renewed trade tension, supply chain uncertainty, labor disputes, and the future of North American economic cooperation.
• Why is the USMCA, a crowning achievement of Trump's first term, now at risk?

Source: Bloomberg

Panelist: Alejandro Martinez Araiza, head of the National Food and Commerce Union (SNAC), Mexico's leading labor organization representing workers in the commerce and food sectors.

11:50 · Salute the Troops

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Kirk Fuchigami Jr., who died November 20, 2019, serving during Operation Freedom's Sentinel in Afghanistan.

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