News Roundup & Comment

Date: May 08, 2026
Host: Jim Schneider
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From war news regarding Iran to people posting about their wish for harm to befall President Trump, all that and much more is dealt with on this broadcast.  Here’s a selection of stories from the first quarter hour:

–A federal judge decried the position treatment of President Trump’s alleged would-be assassin and actually apologized to him for restrictive confinement imposed by jail staff.

–Judge Zia Faruqui, the far-left magistrate who apologized to President Trump’s alleged assassin, is a Pakistani Muslim.

–Democratic California Representative Ted Lieu posted “8647” on his “X” account on Sunday, mimicking the alleged threat to assassinate President Trump that former FBI Director James Comey was indicted for posting previously. 

–A 35 year old federal aviation employee based in New Hampshire stands accused of threatening to take out President Trump.

–A woman was fired after expressing sadness that President Trump was not assassinated at the White House Correspondence Dinner last month.  She’s now making new videos complaining about being doxxed due to sudden national attention on her.

–A West Virginia prosecutor dismissed charges against a librarian who allegedly tried to recruit assassins to target President Trump.

–A Pennsylvania man who declared himself a Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful for 2028 was arrested by Secret Service agents after allegedly sending violent threats targeting President Trump and a senator’s daughter.

–House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has repeatedly attacked President Trump and his supporters with blunt condemnation of the president and his agenda.  He recently appeared with a poster that carried an image of the president with the phrase, “Maximum Warfare”.

–Actor Mark Hamill of Star Wars fame posted an image Wednesday showing President Trump lying in a grave with his hands folded and a headstone that read: Donald J. Trump—1946-2024.  Then Hamil wrote these words: “If only”.

–The owner of Minocqua Brewing Company in Wisconsin, Kirk Bangstad, announced Sunday that he is running for governor of the state.  His announcement came just days after outrage erupted over a brewery post offering free beer in the event of President Trump’s death. 

–The U.S. military launched strikes at Iranian military facilities yesterday after Iran launched missiles, drones and small boats at three U.S. Navy vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz toward the Gulf of Oman.  

–Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the U.S. is expecting a response from Iran today on its proposal to end the war. 

–President Trump revived talk of the U.S. smuggling arms to the Iranian people for the purpose of fighting the regime, suggesting that weapons were already on their way. 

–Todd Nettleton of The Voice of the Martyrs indicated that although the conflict with Iran has made it difficult to travel in and out of the region, he said the organization distributed several thousand Bibles in Iran after the conflict began earlier this year. 

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