Iran Strikes Escalate, ICE Vehicle Pursuits Reinstated, California Trash Inspections | Your News Talk America | July 17, 2026

Today's Guests

Kevin Jackson · Radio talk show host. thekevinjacksonnetwork.com

Mark Meckler · President and cofounder of Convention of States Action. One of the nation's most successful grassroots activists, Meckler cofounded the Tea Party Patriots, whose 23 million volunteers organized and executed one of the most dramatic swings of congressional power in U.S. history. conventionofstates.com

Anna Giaritelli · Homeland Security Reporter, Washington Examiner. washingtonexaminer.com/author/anna-giaritelli

Joe Hoft · Author of The Steal Volumes 1 through 3. joehoft.com

Brittany Madni · Executive Vice President of the Economic Policy Innovation Center (EPIC). Madni served as a Congressional aide and trusted senior advisor for a decade on Capitol Hill, with an emphasis on budget and appropriations strategy. epicforamerica.org/bios/brittany-madni

John O'Connor · Former Assistant U.S. Attorney in Northern California and the nation's foremost expert on the Watergate scandal. Author of Postgate: How the Washington Post Betrayed Deep Throat, Covered Up Watergate, and Began Today's Partisan Advocacy Journalism and its sequel The Mysteries of Watergate: What Really Happened. Order both books at postgatebook.com

Ryan Morgan · Pentagon and Military Reporter for the Epoch Times. ryan.morgan@epochtimes.us

Brigham A. McCown · U.S. Navy (ret). Senior Fellow and Director, Initiative on American Energy Security at the Hudson Institute. hudson.org/experts/1473-brigham-mccown

Murray Sabrin, PhD · Mises Institute Associated Scholar and Emeritus Professor of Finance at Ramapo College of New Jersey.

9:00 Show Open: Trump Lays Out the Evidence

Jake opens with reaction to President Trump's address to the nation. Trump framed the speech as both a summary of first term accomplishments heading into the Midterms and a warning about potential election theft through foreign interference.

• If the evidence holds up, U.S. government agencies and employees paid for with taxpayer dollars conspired with a foreign enemy to steal the 2020 election.
• Many Americans who tuned in to the President's warning believe no one will ever be brought to justice.
• What to make of NBC and ABC declining to air a presidential address.

Guest: Kevin Jackson

9:20 ICE Pursuits, the DSA Fight, and Iran

• The President overruled DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin and reinstated ICE vehicle pursuits. Kevin's analysis of the reversal.
• The fight for control between the Democrat Communist Party and the Democrat Socialists of America is underway, and why DSA candidates, many of whom identify as minorities, are getting pulled in.
• The Iran war is back, and what it means for the President, the Republican Party, and the nation in November.

Guest: Kevin Jackson

9:35 Jake's Monologue

9:45 Open: Trump Speech Reaction

Segment left open for reaction to the President's address, with DIAL producers and callers weighing in.

10:00 The Deep State, the 17th Amendment, and Term Limits

Mark Meckler reacts to the President's address and the claim that the Deep State is real and conspires with enemy foreign governments. The conversation turns to the Mitch McConnell AI videos circulating on social media and whether the 17th Amendment has turned the U.S. Senate into a lifetime, exclusive club. As American families face modern economic and social challenges, Washington remains run by a 40 to 50 year club of politicians who arrived in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Meckler argues permanent seniority is actively damaging the country and that standard term limits alone will not fix it short of repealing the 17th Amendment.

• The Insulated Ruling Class: decades of seniority create a political class with no downside risk for bad policy, leading to massive bills, lobbyist carveouts, and a focus on the next election rather than the next generation.
• The Lifestyle of Power: why modern politicians refuse to step aside for generational change as Washington shifts from public service to a lifestyle of perks, prestige, and self serving fundraising networks.
• Erosion of Public Trust: how forty year incumbents from both parties signal to voters that elections are a formality and the system is permanently rigged, driving public trust to historic lows.
• The Hidden Danger of Congressional Only Term Limits: limiting terms for elected politicians alone shifts total control to unelected bureaucrats and staffers, the deep state. True reform requires simultaneous term limits on federal agencies and staff to prevent an unaccountable power imbalance.

Guest: Mark Meckler

10:20 Trump Steps In to Restart ICE Vehicle Pursuits

• After the suspension of ICE vehicle pursuits, President Trump intervenes directly with orders to resume. What the reversal means.
• Why DHS is so quick to bow to political pressure when the American people voted for enforcement.
• Whether the President is concerned his promise to round up and remove large numbers of illegal immigrants will fall short before the Midterms.
• Whether forcing that shortfall is exactly what opponents of removals are trying to do.

Guest: Anna Giaritelli

10:30 The Steal, China, and What Comes Next

• Joe Hoft's reaction to the President's speech.
• In The Steal Volume 1, Hoft detailed how China planned to meddle in the 2020 election because Trump was causing it economic pain. The CCP wanted Joe Biden in the Oval Office, and they succeeded.
• Now that the account is public, what happens next. Most Americans doubt any American co conspirators will be punished.
• With the war with Iran resumed, the long and short term political risks for the President and Republicans as the IRGC drags it out.

Guest: Joe Hoft

10:50 Budget Reconciliation: The $95 Billion Party Line Push

An update on the Budget Reconciliation bill with EPIC's Brittany Madni.

• House Republicans advanced their budget plan out of committee Thursday afternoon, the first legislative step toward a third party line reconciliation package ahead of the impending August recess.
• The House Budget Committee approved the resolution along party lines, 20 to 14, unlocking $95 billion for a GOP only package to fund the Pentagon, farmers, and other priorities the President has demanded.
• The blueprint does not include instructions to committees to find the deep savings fiscal hawks wanted to offset the new spending. Budget Chair Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) tried to calm those concerns by pointing to executive branch action, citing the President's whole of government attack on more than $500 billion a year in fraud.

Source: Politico · House GOP takes first step on $95 billion party line package

Guest: Brittany Madni

11:00 California's Trash Inspectors and the Watergate Cover Up

California garbage inspections. California cities will begin inspecting resident waste bins under a bill requiring reductions in methane emissions, a move the show calls straight out of the EU socialist playbook. No fines are issued at first, but residents receive unsolicited feedback on a tag city workers leave behind, worn in high visibility vests and badges as they look through the garbage.

Source: New York Post · Sacramento deploys trash inspectors under Newsom methane rules

Watergate and the CIA. In a new opinion piece, John O'Connor argues the newspaper credited with saving democracy spent 50 years hiding the CIA's role in Watergate.

• Why the CIA targeted Nixon and his presidency.
• Nixon has been vilified historically for what O'Connor calls minor misconduct, while a newspaper that willfully misled the public about a sitting president's guilt, and caused his removal, escapes scrutiny.
• The damage did not end there, as left leaning media have since been incentivized to act as partisan kingmakers and kingbreakers.
• O'Connor's lesson: not shame on Nixon, but shame on the Washington Post.

Source: postgatebook.com · The Watergate Truth

Guest: John O'Connor

11:20 CENTCOM's Sixth Night of Strikes and Iran's Threats

• CENTCOM says it is holding Iran accountable and has completed a sixth night of strikes against military targets. More than 50,000 U.S. service members stationed in the Middle East remain vigilant, lethal, and ready.
• Iran's IRGC claims it targeted a U.S. command center at al-Tanf in Syria in retaliation for recent American strikes.
• Sirens sounded across Bahrain and Kuwait after a reported Iranian attack on U.S. helicopters and reconnaissance aircraft at Shakir Airbase.
• The Trump administration is expected to broaden its campaign against Iran with a wider range of strikes and an expanded target list, though timing remains unclear.
• Iran warns it will escalate missile attacks if Washington intensifies, threatening to destroy infrastructure across the region if its own infrastructure is hit. If the U.S. strikes Iran's energy infrastructure, Iran threatens energy targets in neighboring Gulf States, with the added question of Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping.
• Iran may be playing a short game, since workarounds to the Strait of Hormuz would do long term damage to Iran's oil exports and economy.

Guests: Ryan Morgan · Brigham A. McCown

11:30 250 Years of Independence and the Constitution

• Celebrating 250 years of American independence.
• California inspecting residents' trash cans. Does that require a search warrant?
• Speed cameras. Are they constitutional?
• ICE pursuits. What are the constitutional requirements?

Guest: Murray Sabrin, PhD

11:50 Salute the Troops

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