Property Tax Fraud, Government Transparency, and the Globalist Threat to Western Liberty | May 21, 2026

Guest host Gen. Blaine Holt and guests examine property tax fraud, government transparency, foreign aid waste, and threats to liberty in the United States and Europe.Guest host Brigadier General Blaine Holt (USAF, Ret.) leads a three hour examination of the financial, legal, and political pressures bearing down on ordinary citizens at home and across the West. The morning opens with Texas developer Mitch Vexler, who lays out his criminal complaint alleging systematic property tax fraud by appraisal districts, a practice he argues violates multiple constitutional protections and puts tens of millions of American households at risk of foreclosure. John Hart of Open the Books follows with a case for real time government transparency, describing new tools designed to give citizens, rather than the administrative state, the power of data and oversight.In the second hour, Holt turns to Europe for a warning about where unchecked government power can lead. Irish farmer and activist Peter Connolly details the fuel tax protests and migration pressures straining Ireland, and former UK Member of Parliament Andrew Bridgen of Restore Britain describes mass demonstrations in London, arrests over social media posts, and what he sees as the cost of energy and immigration policy on British life.The final hour features development economist Dr. Emily Brearley, author of Aid Inferno and a former World Bank insider, who argues that decades of foreign aid spending through USAID and international NGOs failed the world's poorest while enriching a Washington based aid industry. Drawing on his own military command experience in Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan, Holt connects her findings to broader questions of national security, accountability, and reform under Secretary of State Marco Rubio.Throughout, the program returns to a single theme: transparency, property rights, and citizen engagement as the line of defense against concentrated power. The episode closes with the recurring Salute the Troops tribute.FEATURED GUESTSBrig. Gen. Blaine Holt (USAF, Ret.), guest host, former Deputy U.S. Military Representative to NATO and host of the Dangerous Intellectuals podcastMitch Vexler, founder and president of Mockingbird Properties (Texas), property tax fraud investigatorJohn Hart, CEO of Open the Books and former communications director for the late Senator Tom CoburnPeter Connolly, Irish farmer, activist, and commentator on European agricultural and EU policyAndrew Bridgen, former UK Member of Parliament for North West Leicestershire, affiliated with Restore BritainDr. Emily Brearley, development economist, former World Bank senior economist, and author of Aid InfernoYour News Talk America with Jake SmithBroadcast weekdays on The Talk of Delmarva (92.7 and 98.5) and streaming online at WGMD.com and RealNewsTalk.com.Listen live, participate, and become a program Patriot by visiting:RealNewsTalk.com from 9 - Noon EasternFollow the latest national conversations, interviews, and commentary from voices shaping America’s political landscape.Produced by DTD MEDIA. © 2026 DTD MEDIA, All Rights Reserved.Interactive Radio - Join DIAL — Ask Questions & Chat LiveGo to RealNewsTalk.com on your phone or computer.Tap the blue "Join DIAL" button near the top of the page.Register with a quick display name Type your question or comment and send. The host and the rest of the audience see it live.Best experienced live, weekdays 9 a.m. to noon Eastern.