The Great America Show - August 26, 2026


Wednesday Headlines： August 26, 2026


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5 minutes

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168.81

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846

Sentence count

48

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5

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5

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00:00:00.000 Hello, everybody. I'm John Fossett with this Great America Show midday update for Wednesday, August 26th.
00:00:05.320 Happy Wednesday, folks. I hope your days are all off to a good start and your weeks are off to a better start.
00:00:11.420 Well, it's official. We speak a lot about this, but the Marxist damn rogue judges who think they run this country continue to act up. 0.96
00:00:19.940 Obama-appointed judge, U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani, the same Boston activist judge who spent the last two months 0.98
00:00:26.520 trying to kill President Trump's mail-in ballot security order
00:00:29.060 has now been forced to lift her nationwide injunction.
00:00:33.440 Justice Department asked her for a reconsider 0.85
00:00:35.380 after the Supreme Court slapped her down on that order on Monday.
00:00:39.800 Guess what, folks?
00:00:41.240 Today, she folded.
00:00:42.980 In a nine-page order, Talwani conceded that after Trump versus California,
00:00:46.640 the League of Women Voter Plaintiffs are not likely to prevail as to ripeness
00:00:51.520 unless they rewrite their complaint now that the Postal Service 0.73
00:00:54.480 had issued the final rule. 0.97
00:00:56.520 Now, the Marxist damn activist judge, of course, didn't do it happily. 1.00
00:01:00.400 Reporting around the order makes clear that the Supreme Court's decision compelled her 0.98
00:01:04.440 to toss the freeze, even as she kept smearing President Trump's electoral integrity directive
00:01:09.240 as likely to unleash chaos.
00:01:12.680 That's the tell when an Obama judge suddenly discovers a law after the Supreme Court has already spoken.
00:01:17.580 It isn't a conversation. It's a retreat.
00:01:22.280 What a joke, folks. What an absolute joke.
00:01:25.200 Speaking of rogue judges, with every rogue judge, I guess there's somehow a good judge in between.
00:01:32.280 We got some good news for you today.
00:01:33.660 This afternoon, a Maryland judge blocked Democrats' attempt to eliminate the state's only Republican House seat.
00:01:39.320 Democrats proposed a constitutional amendment to eliminate the only Republican House seat in Maryland.
00:01:44.500 Maryland's Democratic Governor Wes Moore recently called for a special legislative session
00:01:48.320 that could have paved the way for the Democrats to add an additional House seat
00:01:51.700 amid the redistricting wars that have been going on.
00:01:55.200 Anne Arundel County Circuit Court Judge Robert Thompson ruled that Democrat lawmakers violate their own July deadlines for ballot measures.
00:02:03.680 The judge sided with the oversight project who brought this lawsuit. 0.92
00:02:07.580 Imagine that the Democrats don't know how to read.
00:02:10.760 We could have told them that, folks. I mean, really?
00:02:14.240 Some more good news for President Trump and the administration.
00:02:16.520 Violent crime is continuing to fall at record rates in President Trump's first year in office.
00:02:20.860 As a matter of fact, it's the largest year-to-year decline since 1936.
00:02:26.880 According to the Bureau that began estimating crime trends in 1936 through the FBI,
00:02:32.840 violent crime has decreased by over 9% from 2024 to 2025.
00:02:37.740 The decrease was broad.
00:02:38.780 The estimated number of violent crimes fell in 2024 with murder and non-negligent manslaughter down 18%,
00:02:44.860 18% robbery down 18.5% rape down almost 8% and aggravated assault down about 7%. The estimated
00:02:52.760 murder rate fell to 4.1 per 100,000 inhabitants. That happens to be the same rate that was recorded
00:02:58.380 from 1955 and 1956, the lowest since the FBI began keeping national estimates. FBI Director
00:03:05.760 Kash Patel called the decline as a result of new law enforcement agencies and their policies
00:03:11.300 working together across jurisdictions and he always says that's what happens when you let cops
00:03:16.760 good cops that is be good cops the fbi out and speaking of law enforcement in massachusetts
00:03:23.440 making a big arrest this afternoon state representative francisco paulino in massachusetts
00:03:28.380 this morning after a federal grand jury indicted the second-term democrat on 11 counts of wire
00:03:33.760 fraud and money laundering prosecutors say that paulino treated covid relief programs like an atm
00:03:40.360 fraudulently obtaining more than $700,000 in pandemic unemployment benefits
00:03:43.960 and small business administration disaster loans.
00:03:47.760 Imagine that, a Democrat stealing money from the American people?
00:03:52.480 It's just so hard to believe that.
00:03:55.460 I don't know if we can believe this reporting.
00:03:57.680 President Trump and the administration has temporarily paused and rescheduled immigrant visas
00:04:01.600 and any new interviews at U.S. embassies and consulates worldwide
00:04:05.360 as a part of a sweeping new screening initiative.
00:04:08.020 The State Department confirmed that the agency had launched a global training program at every American embassy and consulate.
00:04:14.940 Visa appointments are being adjusted while consular officers undergo their training.
00:04:19.280 The training is intended to ensure that officers evaluate applicants comprehensively and consistently
00:04:24.700 and identify foreign nationals who could become dependent on taxpayer-funded public benefits after entering the United States.
00:04:32.300 no date has been announced for appointments to resume
00:04:35.300 but this is absolutely terrific news
00:04:38.140 as I believe this needed to be done
00:04:40.620 about a year ago to slow the spread 1.00
00:04:43.540 of this wild immigration fraud 1.00
00:04:45.540 that has taken over America 1.00
00:04:47.640 folks please be sure to join us tonight
00:04:49.360 and each and every night for the Great America Show
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00:04:52.760 see you there tonight 6pm Eastern Time
00:04:54.600 and each and every night I'm John Fawcett
00:04:56.380 with this Great America Show midday update
00:04:57.780 have a great rest of your day folks
00:04:59.060 and we will see you for the Great America Show