Your News Talk America with Jake Smith | Ep. 17 – 10/25/2024
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10:10 AM ET
Segment Topic:
Who Leaked Israel's Plan to Attack Iran? The CIA? Iranian agents inside the U.S. Government?
Panelist:
Kenneth Abramowitz, author of The Multifront War: Defending America From Political Islam, China, Russia, Pandemics, and Racial Strife. Ken is the founder of savethewest.com, a website dedicated to saving Western Civilization from itself.
Eric Caron is a retired U.S. Diplomat, U.S. Special Agent, HSBC Middle East Bank Executive and author of SWITCHED ON – The Heart and Mind of a Special Agent. He is also an Adjunct Professor at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy on Cape Cod, where he teaches a course on How to Identify and Prevent Transnational Crime, and Cyber Security. Eric Caron has held senior positions within the Department of Treasury, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and INTERPOL.
Sample Questions:
- Ken, who do you believe is responsible for the intel leak?
- Iranian infiltration of our government is nothing new. Why are agents of Tehran hired to work inside our government?
- How much damage has this leak done to the relationship between Israel and the U.S.?
- Is Iran nervous about another Trump term and are they worried about Israel’s incursion into Southern Lebanon?
10:35 AM ET
Segment Topic:
- 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)
- Republicans are early-voting in numbers never before seen. Is this out of fear of election fraud?
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?
- Commander Stenstrom, can you update us on the SCOYUS case and other election (legal) cases you are involved in?
- 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:
- Philadelphia Firefighters Union flips and endorses Dave McCormick for U.S. Senate.
- Bob Casey joined two other left-wing U.S. Senators to accuse McDonalds of price gouging the day after Trump made a campaign stop at a local Golden Arches!
- Is the Kamala Campaign coming apart at the seems when she cannot handle a CNN Townhall? Even David Axelrod says it was “Word Salad City.”
- Compare the final days of the 1980 campaign to today?
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:
- Jeffrey, Bob Casey’s campaign is all over the place, like Kamala’s. One day he is aligned with Trump, the next day, he retaliates against McDonalds, accusing them of price gouging for prices he helped to drive up by voting for the Inflation Reduction Act. What are the odds that Dave McCormick will be heading to the Senate in January?
- Let’s talk about Trump coattails; do you see any possible comparison with Reagan’s 1980 coattails, which delivered the U.S. Senate for the Republicans?
- How huge was Trump’s campaign stop at a local McDonalds? Was it similar to Reagan’s in the burned-out South Bronx?
- Jeffrey, if Trump wins in a landslide, the news networks are not the same as they were in 1980. Will they try to withhold calling the election on November 5th for Trump in an effort to help Kamala and the Democrats find where ballot shortfalls are needed?
- What is your opinion of the hit jobs The Atlantic has done on Trump – with just 11-days until election day?
- Do you see any indication of more Republicans participating in early voting in PA and if so, how important is this?
11:35 AM ET
Segment Topic:
Is Kamala's DOJ sending FBI Agents to the Voting Booths? What is the Election Threats Task Force?
Panelist:
John O’Connor
John D. O'Connor, is author of the book, The Mysteries of Watergate: What Really Happened and Postgate: How the Washington Post Betrayed Deep Throat, Covered Up Watergate, and Began Today's Partisan Advocacy Journalism and host of The Mysteries of Watergate Podcast.
He served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Northern California representing the United States in both criminal and civil cases.
Sample Questions:
John, as a former Assistant U.S. Attorney, what was your reaction to Merrick Garland targeting Trump voters with the announcement of Election Threats Task Force?
- Is this nothing more that election intimidation?
- Your father was an FBI agent, what do you think of agents being assigned once again in a role which will further decay their image with the American people?
- John, what is your advise to voters if they see something that is clearly suspicious at their polling place of they feel that they have been the target of DOJ voter intimidation?
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