Meta’s $16.7 Billion Settlement, Florida Ends Vaccine Mandates, Tea Party Founder Targets AI Data Centers | Your News Talk America | August 27, 2026

Your News Talk America with Jake Smith, August 27 2026: Meta settlement, Florida vaccine mandates, AI data center revolt.

Your News Talk America with Jake Smith

Show Notes · August 27, 2026

9:00 AM · Tea Party Founder Launches Nationwide Data Center Revolt

Amy Kremer, chairwoman of Humans First and a founder of the Tea Party movement, joins Jake to discuss a new nationwide campaign opposing AI data center expansion. Kremer argues tech corporations are encroaching on local communities and forcing residents to shoulder infrastructure costs against their will.

  • Kremer's group will launch a nationwide bus tour called the Data Center Revolt on September 12 in Austin, Texas, which she calls the epicenter of the opposition movement.
  • The tour will travel through the South and up the East Coast, stopping in Washington, D.C. and Northern Virginia before ending in California's Silicon Valley.
  • Kremer, a veteran conservative organizer and Georgia Republican Party leader, draws parallels between the movement and the early days of the Tea Party.

Guest: Amy Kremer, Chairwoman, Humans First

9:20 AM · Meta Settles Child Safety Case for $16.7 Billion

Meta has settled a major federal case with a coalition of 29 state attorneys general over allegations the company misrepresented the mental health harms its apps cause children. Zack Smith of the Heritage Foundation joins to break down what happens next.

  • The case was led jointly by California Attorney General Rob Bonta along with attorneys general from Colorado, New Jersey and Kentucky.
  • Meta has agreed to pay a maximum of $16.7 billion as part of the settlement.
  • Open question: does a court need to approve who gets the money, and could it become another windfall for blue states, similar to how some states spent the 1990s tobacco settlement?

Guest: Zack Smith, Senior Legal Fellow of Courts and the Constitution, The Heritage Foundation

9:35 AM · Florida Moves To Kill School Vaccine Mandates

Florida has proposed abolishing school vaccine mandates for four vaccines, chickenpox, Hepatitis B, Hib and pneumococcal, while expanding religious exemptions. Katie Asher joins to discuss.

  • The proposed rule expands religious exemptions to include moral and ethical beliefs, and would let parents and college students opt out of having their records in the state vaccine database.
  • Florida law still requires vaccination against measles, mumps and rubella, polio, diphtheria and tetanus to attend K through 12 public schools, since those remain in state law rather than agency rule and cannot be repealed administratively. Full story
  • Last September, Gov. Ron DeSantis and Surgeon General Ladapo called on the legislature to roll back all vaccine mandates statewide. Background

Guest: Katie Asher, Vaccine Researcher and author of The Book of Heaven: A Story of Hope for the Outcasts, the Broken, and Those Who Lost Faith (book link)

10:00 AM · $40 Trillion Debt, 9/11 Mastermind To Stand Trial, New Jersey's New Abortion Law

Judge Andrew Napolitano joins for a three part roundup: a fresh warning on the nation's debt, a trial date finally set for the mastermind of the September 11 attacks, and a new New Jersey law that criminalizes interference with reproductive healthcare providers.

  • National debt has passed $40 trillion. The Congressional Budget Office projects a $1.9 trillion deficit for fiscal year 2026, rising to $3.1 trillion annually by 2036. Economist Dr. Paul Mueller of the American Institute for Economic Research warns growth alone cannot close the gap without restraining spending.
  • Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, and three other terrorists held at Guantanamo Bay will finally stand trial in 2028, a military judge ruled this week. Details · Background
  • New Jersey's new law, S2260/A2218, imposes criminal penalties for injuring, threatening or physically blocking patients or providers, or damaging property tied to reproductive healthcare services, and expands the state's shield law to limit cooperation with out of state investigations into transgender surgery cases. Press release

Guest: Judge Andrew Napolitano, Senior Judicial Analyst, Newsmax, host of Judging Freedom. Latest opinion piece: Twilight's Last Gleaming (judgenap.com)

10:30 AM · Judge Forced To Lift Mail In Ballot Injunction, States Sue Over USPS Rule

A federal judge appointed by former President Obama has been forced to lift her nationwide injunction against President Trump's mail in ballot security order after the Supreme Court rejected her earlier block. Kaelan Deese of the Washington Examiner joins with the latest.

  • U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani conceded in a nine page order that, after Trump v. California, the League of Women Voters plaintiffs are not likely to prevail as written, after the Justice Department asked her to reconsider following a Supreme Court rebuke on Monday. Full story
  • Twenty four states have separately sued to block a new USPS mail in ballot rule ahead of the November midterm elections. Report
  • Deese also weighs in on the Meta settlement, which he describes as the largest Big Tech accountability settlement to date. Analysis

Guest: Kaelan Deese, Justice Department Reporter, The Washington Examiner

10:50 AM · Five Years Since The Afghanistan Withdrawal

This week marked five years since the withdrawal from Afghanistan. Ryan Morgan of The Epoch Times, who attended Wednesday's Pentagon anniversary event, joins with what he saw.

  • A Pentagon event was held Wednesday afternoon marking the fifth anniversary of the 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal.
  • Morgan reports directly from the ceremony.

Guest: Ryan Morgan, Pentagon and Military Reporter, The Epoch Times

11:00 AM · School Supply Sticker Shock and the Cost of the Canada Tariff War

Economist David Hebert of the American Institute for Economic Research joins to talk through reports that parents cannot afford school supplies this year, and his recent op ed on how the tariff standoff with Canada has damaged America's credibility.

  • Parents are reporting sticker shock on back to school costs, raising the question of why the same complaints were not as loud when inflation topped nine percent in 2022. Report
  • Hebert argues in The Daily Economy that the tariff standoff with Canada has cost the United States credibility on trade commitments. Read the op ed

Guest: David Hebert, PhD, Economist, American Institute for Economic Research

11:20 AM · Inside The Lindsay Clancy Case

Mental health expert Dr. Azita Sayan joins to unpack the Lindsay Clancy case, which has sparked national debate over how patients with severe mental health conditions are diagnosed and treated.

  • Dr. Sayan weighs in on the mental health expert testimony presented during the trial.
  • She offers her take on whether Clancy was properly diagnosed and treated, and what she would have done differently as her treating clinician.

Guest: Dr. Azita Sayan, mental health expert and licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, CEO of Embrace Growth, creator of the Unfinished Business methodology, author of the bestseller Girl Talk: What Really Works With Men, and host of Donyaye Eshgh (The Universe of Love) on KIRN AM 670

11:30 AM · New Afghanistan Documents Surface As Pentagon Upgrades Valor Awards

Dr. James S. Robbins of the Institute of World Politics returns with his own recollections of the Afghanistan withdrawal, as the Pentagon says it has uncovered previously hidden classified documents shedding new light on the chaos.

  • Pentagon officials said Wednesday they found classified documents "hidden away in safes where they would not be found," tied to the final days of the war, though they declined to release public details.
  • The claim came hours before Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth took part in a ceremony upgrading valor awards for service members who served at Kabul International Airport during the withdrawal. Full story

Guest: Dr. James S. Robbins, Senior Vice President for Research and Business Development, Institute of World Politics

11:50 AM · Salute the Troops

Today's Salute the Troops closes the show honoring the service members recognized this week as the Pentagon upgraded valor awards tied to the Abbey Gate attack during the final days of the Afghanistan withdrawal.

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