The Great America Show - July 15, 2026


Mid-Day Update： July 15, 2026


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5 minutes

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181.38

Word count

971

Sentence count

78

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2

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Hate speech

7

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Darlene Graham Norton has been sworn in as interim United States senator to complete the remainder of her brother, Senator Lindsey Graham's term. President Trump was asked to give an update on Iran and if the ceasefire is still in play or is this an all out war again. A new outbreak of diarrhea is dominating the U.S. and officials say it may be linked to lettuce.

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00:00:00.000 Hello, everybody. I'm John Fossett with this Great America Show midday update for Wednesday, July 15th.
00:00:04.640 Happy Wednesday, folks.
00:00:05.900 Darlene Graham Norton has been sworn in as interim United States senator to complete the remainder of her brother, Senator Lindsey Graham's term.
00:00:13.960 The late senator's term runs through the end of the Congress, the 119th Congress, on January 3rd of 2027.
00:00:21.560 She was sworn in alongside Senator Chuck Grassley.
00:00:25.400 He was the one who did the swearing in.
00:00:27.600 And President Trump, of course, with the idea and the gesture saying it would be a great idea for Senator Lindsey Graham's sister to finish out his turn and be a great tribute to the late senator.
00:00:39.600 She's doing just that.
00:00:40.880 President Trump, in a Fox News interview from today, was asked to give an update on Iran and if the ceasefire is still in play or is this an all-out war again.
00:00:52.180 Here's what he had to say.
00:00:53.480 How would you describe what is happening at this moment?
00:00:56.340 Has the war resumed?
00:00:58.740 Well, I guess you could define it any way you want, but certainly we're beating them up really badly.
00:01:03.380 They have to be beat up. 0.95
00:01:04.520 We're hitting them very, very hard. 0.98
00:01:06.660 We're hitting every single thing that they have along the shore, along the the waterfront. 0.98
00:01:12.460 You know, if you look at the Strait of Hormuz, it's now we're looking.
00:01:18.260 We're finding it hard to find where they have anything.
00:01:21.620 We have to stop it.
00:01:22.840 We have to keep it open.
00:01:23.800 I was going to charge a fee, but instead they'd rather spend a lot of money in the United States,
00:01:28.920 which frankly is better because I don't like the idea of a fee.
00:01:31.620 It's got to remain free because otherwise others will do the same thing.
00:01:35.940 But I think we've made tremendous progress.
00:01:38.240 He was then asked if the strikes will continue in Iran, and he had this to say.
00:01:42.800 Will these strikes continue?
00:01:44.960 They'll continue until I say it's enough.
00:01:48.700 I mean, they'll continue.
00:01:49.660 They've been there. You know, the word the military likes to use is degrade.
00:01:54.340 They've been degraded to a very low level and they have fight.
00:01:58.800 You know, it's like a great boxer.
00:02:01.320 You have you think you have him beat and then all of a sudden he comes back and he gives you a shot.
00:02:06.620 They have some fight left, but they don't have much.
00:02:08.920 And their weapon degrading has been incredible at a level.
00:02:13.320 Nobody thought it was possible to do it this quickly.
00:02:15.420 There you have it. The strikes continue and Iran has got to get their act together eventually if they want to stand any sort of chance. 0.99
00:02:24.420 And there's a new outbreak which is dominating the United States.
00:02:28.120 Officials say lettuce or salad greens is now linked to this explosive diarrhea outbreak that's hitting thousands across the United States.
00:02:35.620 Health authorities in Michigan said lettuce may be the source of the illness hitting thousands of people who are hitting severe symptoms.
00:02:41.600 There have been over 2,600 confirmed cases of cyclosclerosis since June 22nd alone.
00:02:48.340 Senator Jim Banks may have the cure, or finding the cure at least, to ending birthright citizenship.
00:02:55.460 He's released a plan for Republicans in the Trump administration to end birthright citizenship
00:02:59.160 once and for all for United States-born children of illegal aliens and foreign tourists
00:03:04.100 after the Supreme Court ruled against the administration in Trump v. Barbara.
00:03:08.540 Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who joined the majority ruling in the case,
00:03:12.260 argued that while Trump's order does not violate the 14th Amendment,
00:03:16.760 it did violate the existing federal law, which could be changed through legislation.
00:03:22.020 Now, Senator Banks is laying the groundwork for Congress to end that birthright citizenship for anchor babies, 0.59
00:03:27.080 but codify it in the U.S. and their invasion by the illegal aliens in the Citizenship Act. 0.88
00:03:32.780 Banks cites Article 1 of the Constitution to make his case,
00:03:35.700 arguing that Congress has the authority to establish a uniform rule of naturalization.
00:03:42.120 By classifying illegal aliens as foreign invaders under Banks' legislation,
00:03:46.240 the U.S.-born children of illegal aliens would not be entitled to birthright citizenship.
00:03:51.540 Annually, an estimated quarter of a million anchor babies are born to illegal aliens
00:03:55.800 and foreign tourists in the United States. 0.98
00:03:58.900 A great deal of money spent on people who don't even belong in America. 0.85
00:04:03.300 And a huge announcement expected tonight from President Trump when he addresses the nation. 0.97
00:04:08.040 A lot of ideas being floated, things being floated.
00:04:10.860 President Trump is reportedly set to address the stolen 2020 election with some more evidence among the many things he's set to talk about.
00:04:20.460 That's the main one that's been floated.
00:04:23.180 You can hear him tonight, 9 p.m. Eastern time.
00:04:26.740 Here's what he had to say in the Oval Office when asked about it.
00:04:29.200 I'm anticipating your big announcement on Thursday night regarding election machines and integrity.
00:04:34.760 Can you give us sort of a sneak peek about what you expect?
00:04:37.320 Well, I'd rather save it. It will concern that subject.
00:04:40.500 We'll have a couple of other things.
00:04:41.780 But I'd rather save it. But it's really big news.
00:04:47.420 It's really, really big news.
00:04:49.900 And our country has to shape up.
00:04:53.100 But that's what we're going to be talking about Thursday is it doesn't get bigger.
00:04:58.620 because without free and fair elections, you don't have a country.
00:05:02.160 We'll be discussing other things, too, but it's going to be a very big announcement.
00:05:06.300 Well, folks, before you catch that announcement at 9 Eastern,
00:05:08.760 make sure you tune in to The Great America Show, 6 p.m. Eastern time.
00:05:12.100 Rumble, YouTube, Twitter, wherever you guys join us, or good old-fashioned audio.
00:05:15.760 We'll see you there for The Great America Show.
00:05:17.560 I'm John Foster with this Great America Show midday update.
00:05:20.060 Have a great rest of your day, folks.