Your News Talk America with Jake Smith | Ep. 16 – 10/18/2024
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10:10 AM ET
Segment Topic:
Why do our children hate America after only one-semester away at University?
“If you are scratching your head as to how radicals could have seized control in Washington, and of American media, while defaming American democracy as a ‘white supremacist’ nightmare, look no further than the left’s transformation of American universities into ideological boot camps for Marxist treachery. Brutal Minds is a model of clarity and straight talk about this national tragedy, whose destructive energies have yet to run their course.” —DAVID HOROWITZ, Bestselling Author of Final Battle
Panelist:
Dr. Ridgley is Clinical Professor of Management at Drexel University's LeBow College of Business. He holds a Doctorate and Masters in International Relations from Duke University and an International MBA from Temple University. He has also studied at Moscow State University and the Institut de Gestion Sociale in Paris.
A former Military Intelligence Officer, Dr. Ridgley served five years in West Berlin and near the Czech-German border. Dr. Ridgley's intelligence activities versus the Soviet Union included signals intelligence, electronic intelligence, operations security, as well as Russian translation and analysis. He graduated from the U.S. Army's Airborne School at Ft. Benning, Georgia, and served as a tactical intelligence officer on the German frontier with a combat arms unit and as a liaison officer during Soviet military inspections.
In Brutal Minds, award-winning professor Stanley K. Ridgley exposes the dangers of radicalization, cancel culture, academic censorship, and the growing influence of socialists “boldly transforming” colleges across the country into reeducation camps of dull conformity.
Sample Questions:
- Professor Ridgley, we all know the dirty little secret of communist controlled colleges and universities indoctrinating our kids into believing that this nation has been evil since its founding. We can and should adopt and embrace socialism. This nation can permit communist lite government, but what can we do about it?
- How important is it to carefully screen potential schools for our kids before we send them into the lion’s den?
- I have heard from so many parents who swore when they sent THEIR kids off to a Marxist college or university that their kids would not allow themselves to be brainwashed, only to discover that they had been turned into card carrying communists. What would you say to those parents?
- Why are Federal and State tax dollars handed over to these institutions, especially when many of them are monitored by the Chinese Communist Party?
10:35 AM ET
Segment Topic: (postponed). Holdover Dr. Ridgley
- Election integrity, how can we ensure that the 2024 election cannot be stolen?
- The state of Florida is suing the Biden administration over what it claims is a refusal to verify immigration records so that the Sunshine State can ensure the integrity of its voter rolls and prevent noncitizens from voting. (Fox News)
- Fulton Judge Strikes Down Seven New Election Rules, Including Hand-Counting of Ballots After Polls Close and Mandatory Video Surveillance of Drop Boxes, Claiming It is “Illegal, Unconstitutional and Void” (The Gateway Pundit)
Panelist:
Ken Cuccinelli, Chairman of the Election Transparency Initiative:
Ken served in the federal government, first as the acting director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, and then as the acting deputy secretary for the Department of Homeland Security.
During his tenure, Cuccinelli was a leading spokesman for the administration on immigration, election security and homeland security issues, and was appointed by the president to serve as an original member of the Coronavirus Task Force upon the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In addition to practicing law for over 25 years, Cuccinelli served in state government in the Virginia Senate from 2002-2010 and as Virginia’s attorney general from 2010-2014. Cuccinelli earned a mechanical engineering degree from the University of Virginia, a law degree from the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University, and a master’s in international transactions from George Mason University.
Sample Questions:
- Ken, can you tell us that the top 10 election litigation cases in 2024 implicating the rule of law?
- Will battleground North Carolina voters overcome Hurricane Helene challenges?
- Officials in North Carolina, Georgia say Helene will not derail voting in presidential election
- "Buncombe County will vote," said one North Carolina elections official.
- Ken, what is the status of the SAVE Act?
11:10 AM ET
Segment Topic:
- Kamala has sat down with Fox News for an interview, but still refuses to answer any questions. It appears that she will continue to BS her way to election day!
- Will Bob Casey be sent back to the Senate?
- What about reliable conservative Scott Perry?
- Is Fracking an issue for PA voters?
- Microsoft has purchased and is reopening Three Mile Island Nuclear Facility. How can that be? The Democrats (who control Washington) refuse to consider Nuclear. How do Pennsylvanians feel about this?
Panelist:
Jeffrey Lord, Former advisor to President Ronald Reagan, Associate Editor of the American Spectator, frequent contributor for Newsmax and host of the Word of the Lord Podcast and a very good friend to this radio program.
Sample Questions:
- Can Kamala continue to BS her way to election day!
- Will Bob Casey be sent back to the Senate? At last report, McCormick is polling 10-points behind?
- What about reliable conservative Scott Perry?
- How important is the Fracking issue for PA voters? PA could become its own Saudi Arabia; it is energy rich?
- Microsoft has purchased and is reopening Three Mile Island Nuclear Facility. How can that be? The Democrats (who control Washington) refuse to consider Nuclear. How do Pennsylvanians feel about this? Do you think this is the future for energy production: corporations going it alone and perhaps avoiding the political fallout?
11:35 AM ET
Segment Topic:
It’s not your imagination. By any objective measure, America is in decline, but there’s a lot to laugh at! Really?
It’s not your imagination. By any objective measure, America is in decline. But as depressing as the facts might be, there’s a lot to laugh at. And there might even be hope.
Thirty years ago, the United States seemed invincible. We had won the Cold War, the economy was galloping, crime had plunged. Life was good, and the country was confident.
But since then, a series of crises have drained Americans of their optimism. Our government is dysfunctional, our president thinks he’s an emperor, our kids are uneducated, our streets are filled with crime, Christianity is in decline, wokeness reigns, and addiction has hollowed out our communities. Even late-night comedy has gone down the tubes.
Panelist:
Matt Purple, author of Decline from the Top: Snapshots from America's Crisis and Glimmers of Hope.
Matt is an editor and journalist who has written for the Spectator, the American Conservative, National Review, the Washington Examiner, and many other magazines and newspapers. A native of Avon, Connecticut, and a graduate of the Catholic University of America, he lives in Alexandria, Virginia, with his wife, Claire, and their two children.
Sample Questions:
- Matt, how can you find humor when America is in decline?
- In your book, you say that the 1990s really were better than today and vividly documents our economic, political, and cultural signs of decay. What can we do about that?
- WOKE comedy sucks, we no longer have free speech, everyone in the country is offended at the drop of a hat, what can we do to improve the spirit of America?
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