The Great America Show - May 08, 2026


Mid-Day Update： May 8, 2026

CIA Leaks Iran War Plans to Washington Post! Is John Ratcliffe compromised？ THEY'RE DONE! Jeffries and Dems get their WORST NEWS YET!

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5 minutes

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180.26

Word count

1,004

Sentence count

68

People

Also mentioned:
Donald Trump Marco Rubio Lou Dobbs

Harmful content

Hate speech

6

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Summary

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VA Supreme Court strikes down a Democratic redistricting plan, Iran and the U.S. engage in a war of words over the Strait of Hormuz, and the Trump administration reveals a batch of never before seen UFO files and footage.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 Hello, everybody. I'm John Fossett with this Great America Show midday update for Friday, May 8th.
00:00:04.320 Happy Friday, folks. I hope you all had great weeks and you're ready for the weekend as much as I am.
00:00:08.320 So let's start with some real good news on this beautiful Friday in America.
00:00:13.220 The Marxist Dems slapped down once again.
00:00:16.480 The Virginia Supreme Court ruling this morning and validating a new voter-approved redistricting map,
00:00:22.440 delivering a significant victory for Republicans ahead of the state's fast-approaching 2026 midterm elections.
00:00:28.880 We hold that the legislative process employed to advance the proposed violated Article 12, Section 1 of the Constitution of Virginia, writes the Virginia Supreme Court in their ruling.
00:00:39.660 The Virginia Supreme Court held oral arguments last month over the newly passed congressional map, which voters approved by a narrow 51 to 49 margin.
00:00:47.960 The ballot measures would have given the Democrats total control rather than the state's current nonpartisan commission at the Virginia legislator, temporary redistricting power to 2030.
00:01:00.620 It's also expected to yield a 10 to 1 advantage for Democrat Virginia congressional delegation up from their current 6 to 5 edge.
00:01:08.360 Republicans quickly sued to block the effort, prompting the state Supreme Court to hear the oral arguments last month.
00:01:13.920 Virginia is one of the latest battlegrounds in redistricting, pitting a war against Donald Trump and the GOP as they seek to continue to cheat.
00:01:23.600 The Republicans have been perfect so far when it comes to the courts and their redistricting efforts.
00:01:29.800 And it's a difference because the Republicans don't cheat like the Democrats.
00:01:34.360 Now, speaking of the midterm elections, Democrats seem to think they're on the verge of a blue wave in the 2026 midterms.
00:01:39.760 But the numbers don't quite back that up.
00:01:42.520 New data shows that Republicans have a massive financial advantage and have raised them, outraised them more than $10 million in recent months.
00:01:50.780 Of course, money isn't everything in politics, but you would think that if Democrat voters are truly geared up to deliver a blue wave, they'd be talking with their wallets.
00:01:59.340 Maybe things are changing because of the investigations into the Democratic arm of ActBlue, you know, the organization that may have done some illegal things.
00:02:12.520 The organization that sent people to testify before Congress and pled the fifth multiple times?
00:02:19.660 Yeah, maybe that one.
00:02:21.420 And some news over in the Middle East.
00:02:22.700 U.S. and Iran exchanging war fire in the Strait of Hormuz.
00:02:26.240 The U.S. intercepted attacks on three Navy ships.
00:02:30.640 Military sources are still insistent that the ceasefire between U.S. and Iran is still ongoing.
00:02:35.700 But it seems to be falling apart as the U.S. and Iran exchanging fire.
00:02:42.520 Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who's abroad right now over in Italy, trying to mend some differences with the Pope, I guess we could say it nicely that way, had this to say when asked about it. He said we should have some more clarity in the next 24 hours or so about what Iran wants to do.
00:03:00.020 Well, we should know something today. I mean, we're expecting a response from them. We'll see what the response entails. The hope is it's something that it can put us into a serious process of negotiation.
00:03:09.840 Obviously, we've seen the reporting overnight that Iran is established or trying to establish some agency that's going to control traffic in the straits. That would be very problematic. That would actually be unacceptable.
00:03:19.700 I mean, the normalizing of their controlling of international waterways is both illegal and it's just something that's unacceptable. 0.84
00:03:27.760 And the world has to start asking itself, what is it willing to do if Iran tries to normalize a control of an international waterway? 0.58
00:03:34.920 I think that's unacceptable. 1.00
00:03:36.660 But we're expecting a response from them today at some point.
00:03:39.940 We have not received that yet in the last hour, but perhaps that will come.
00:03:44.740 Their system is still highly fractured and a bit dysfunctional as well.
00:03:47.680 So that may be serving as an impediment
00:03:50.600 I hope it's a serious offer, I really do
00:03:52.940 And as I always say folks
00:03:54.480 We now sit and we wait 0.99
00:03:56.140 And it's up to Iran to make the decision 1.00
00:03:58.780 If they want to exist 0.95
00:04:00.100 Or if they want to cease to exist
00:04:02.280 Folks, the truth is out
00:04:04.240 The Trump administration releasing a major batch
00:04:06.960 Of never before seen UFO files
00:04:08.920 And footage
00:04:10.020 The Trump administration, which is the administration
00:04:12.640 Of truth, justice, and the American way
00:04:14.520 And of course transparency
00:04:15.520 The first administration to release a series of never-before-seen images and videos of unidentified flying objects, more commonly known as UFOs, delivering on another promise Trump made to the American people, and more importantly, a promise he made to the great Lou Dobbs.
00:04:30.540 This is the first batch of UFO files to be released to the public. More will be revealed at later dates.
00:04:35.920 Fox News was the first to obtain these images. Multiple videos of showing unidentified flying objects spotted over the UAE in 2024.
00:04:46.480 The Department of War described it as an inverted teardrop with an inverted linear trailing mass.
00:04:53.140 The War Department couldn't identify any of these objects and officially listed it as an unresolved UAP report.
00:05:00.120 Now I have my reservations on what I believe these things are.
00:05:03.520 I think they're probably government vehicles doing a little testing work.
00:05:08.140 I'm not totally sold on the alien thing yet, but who knows?
00:05:12.260 All of our minds can be changed at some point.
00:05:14.360 Folks, please be sure to join us tonight and each and every night, 6 p.m. Eastern Time for The Great America Show.
00:05:18.660 Rumble YouTube, Twitter, wherever you guys join us, we will see you there.
00:05:21.200 I'm John Foss with this midday update.
00:05:23.060 Happy Friday, and if we don't see you for The Great America Show, have a great weekend, folks.
00:05:26.280 We'll see you on Monday.
00:05:26.940 Happy Mother's Day, by the way, to all the beautiful, wonderful mothers out there.
00:05:31.020 We're not here today without you folks.
00:05:33.640 We'll see you tonight.