Your News Talk America, with Jake Smith
US China and Taiwan Tensions, Vaccine Safety Debates, and the 2026 Midterms | YNTA with Guest Host Brig. Gen. Blaine Holt | May 28, 2026
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Filling in for Jake Smith, Brig. Gen. Blaine Holt (Ret.) leads a news and talk episode spanning US China and Taiwan tensions, vaccine and public health debates, the intelligence community, and the 2026 midterms. Brigadier General Blaine Holt (Ret.) steps in for Jake Smith to cap a week of Your News Talk America built around what the show calls fifth generation warfare and the contest between national sovereignty and globalism. In the first hour, Heritage Foundation senior research fellow Steve Yates joins live from Taipei to assess US China relations, the future of Taiwan arms sales, semiconductor supply chains, and how shifting alliances with Japan and the Philippines shape cross strait deterrence. The second hour turns to health and biosecurity policy with epidemiologist Nicolas Hulscher of the McCullough Foundation. The conversation examines ongoing debates over COVID vaccine safety and mRNA technology, declining US fertility and birth rates, the oversight of high containment laboratories and gain of function research, and the role of federal public health agencies. The segment reflects the panel's view that these medical questions belong in the same national security conversation as foreign policy. In the third hour, retired US Army intelligence officer and Newsmax contributor Lt. Col. Tony Shaffer discusses turnover in the intelligence community, including the exit of Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, the limits of the DNI role, proposals to restructure and downsize intelligence agencies, and the push for accountability over past controversies. The episode closes with The Federalist editor Brianna Lyman on the 2026 political landscape: recent primary results, the fight over the SAVE Act and Senate leadership, the midterm outlook, the influence of unelected congressional staffers, and where the Republican Party heads next. Heard on WGMD and at RealNewsTalk.com. FEATURED PANELISTS Host (this episode): Brigadier General Blaine Holt, USAF (Ret.), in for Jake Smith * Steve Yates — Senior Research Fellow for China and National Security, The Heritage Foundation (joining from Taipei) * Nicolas Hulscher, MPH — Epidemiologist and Administrator, McCullough Foundation * Lt. Col. Tony Shaffer (US Army, Ret.) — Intelligence officer, podcast host, and Newsmax contributor * Brianna Lyman — Editor, The Federalist Local community segment: Delaware Community Bank, featuring Milton Chamber of Commerce co executive directors Sherry Wyatt and Carla Bricado. Your News Talk America with Jake Smith Broadcast weekdays on The Talk of Delmarva (92.7 and 98.5) and streaming online at WGMD.com and RealNewsTalk.com. Listen live, participate, and become a program Patriot by visiting: RealNewsTalk.com from 9 - Noon Eastern Follow the latest national conversations, interviews, and commentary from voices shaping America’s political landscape. Produced by DTD MEDIA. © 2026 DTD MEDIA, All Rights Reserved. Interactive Radio - Join DIAL — Ask Questions & Chat Live 1. Go to RealNewsTalk.com on your phone or computer. 2. Tap the blue "Join DIAL" button near the top of the page. 3. Register with a quick display name 4. Type your question or comment and send. The host and the rest of the audience see it live. Best experienced live, weekdays 9 a.m. to noon Eastern.
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