Today on The Jenny Beth Show: SAVE America Act, Trump’s 2026 Counter-Terrorism Strategy, the Virginia 10-to-1 gerrymander fight, Indiana’s primary-night purge, the Voting Rights Act ruling, the Louise Lucas FBI raid, Marco Rubio’s meeting with Pope Leo XIV, and Justice Clarence Thomas’s historic milestone. Hosted by Jenny Beth Martin, co-founder of the Tea Party movement and Chairman of Tea Party Patriots Action.
Guests:
Ken Cuccinelli is the chairman of the Election Transparency Initiative, the former Attorney General of Virginia, and the former Acting Deputy Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.
Rod Martin is a political commentator and the founder and chief executive of Martin Capital.
Key topics covered:
- Jenny Beth and Scott Pressler’s Alaska trip to confront Senator Lisa Murkowski’s office on the SAVE America Act
- President Trump’s 2026 National Counter-Terrorism Strategy elevating Mexican drug cartels above Al-Qaeda and ISIS
- Sebastian Gorka on cartel fentanyl deaths, three threat groups, and rooting politics out of counter-terrorism
- Virginia’s 10-to-1 gerrymander, the constitutional violations, and the Virginia Supreme Court fight
- Indiana’s primary night: six Republican incumbents defeated by Trump-backed challengers
- U.S. Supreme Court Voting Rights Act ruling and Tennessee’s Shelby County redistricting vote
- FBI raid on Virginia State Senator Louise Lucas
- Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s meeting with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican
- Justice Clarence Thomas’s milestone as the second-longest-serving Supreme Court justice in American history
- Constitution Minute: originalism explained
- Tribute to Ted Turner
Timestamps:
00:14 — Welcome to The Jenny Beth Show
00:28 — Speaker Mike Johnson on the National Day of Prayer
01:45 — Jenny Beth Martin on Alaska, Lisa Murkowski, and the SAVE America Act
04:57 — Trump signs the 2026 National Counter-Terrorism Strategy
05:52 — Rod Martin: Cartel cash already corrupts America
07:50 — Ken Cuccinelli: First-term dreams come true
10:21 — Mexico’s history of cartel control
11:57 — Jenny Beth’s border reporting from 2013
13:03 — Cuccinelli: A secure border is the only humane path
16:32 — Sebastian Gorka clip: Returning to common-sense counter-terrorism
18:51 — Rod Martin: The deep state is not gone
21:15 — YouGov stat on political violence among liberal men
22:16 — Brooks Brothers Revolt and Florida 2000
26:33 — Welcome back: Virginia’s 10-1 gerrymander
28:05 — Cuccinelli on the Virginia Constitution and the intervening election
35:09 — Early voting and the ‘vote at your own risk’ argument
38:30 — Indiana’s primary night: six Republican incumbents defeated
42:28 — Cuccinelli on the Republican bench versus the Democrat bench
43:37 — The LA mayoral debate and Pratt’s 88% win
48:21 — The Indiana lesson: Voters want fighters
49:18 — Voting Rights Act ruling and racial discrimination in redistricting
51:57 — Tennessee redistricting and the Shelby County map
55:35 — FBI raids Virginia State Senator Louise Lucas
58:14 — Marco Rubio meets Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican
1:01:06 — Justice Clarence Thomas: 34 years on the Supreme Court
1:07:03 — Justice Thomas on his grandfather and Catholic schools
1:08:36 — Lessons for parents and grandparents
1:13:18 — Constitution Minute: Originalism explained
1:15:26 — Tribute to Ted Turner and final call to action
Links:
- passthesaveamericaact.com — take action on the SAVE America Act
- Capitol switchboard: 202-224-3121
- jennybethshow.com
- teapartypatriots.org