First Thing Today with Joe Thomas

First Thing Today with Joe Thomas

Prefer to sleep in? Not a ’morning person’? But still want an honest & unique analysis of the news? Get it all right here from veteran broadcast entertainer Joe Thomas. LIVE weekdays, 5 am - 9 am ET from ”America’s Hometown” -- Charlottesville, VA! (& Staunton) E-mail us at: jtinthemorningradio@gmail.com or call the studio at 434-882-4217

Episodes

March 20, 2026 53 mins
(00:00:00) Trump's Call to Bibi
(00:12:58) Guest: Dr Bonner Cohen from CFACT: War Over Oil... In California
(00:28:00) Guest: Dr Bonner Cohen from CFACT: Not 'green' at all
(00:43:59) Guest: Dr Bonner Cohen from CFACT: European Greenies Want Strait Closed



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(00:00:00) Email: Ted-ness vs Tiredness?
(00:13:00) Harris Climbs the Poll
(00:28:00) Mac McDonald Sports Notebook - NCAA rd 1 Upsets
(00:43:58) Guest: former Rep Bob Good ("Good for America" podcast)



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(00:00:00) Caller on "Collusion-Con"
(00:13:00) JCS Gold Report / Caller: Painting Iran as the Victim
(00:28:01) Caller on new investigations by James O'Keefe
(00:44:00) Guest: Pamela Nisevich Bede - Diabetes Alert Day



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(00:00:00) Invites go out from DOJ for "Collusion-Con"
(00:12:58) The Cost of War
(00:28:00) Media Trying to Make Iran the 'Victim'
(00:43:59) Harmeet Dhillon chasing 'Democrat-zy'



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(00:00:00) Guest: Brian Cannon, the guy that took redistricting away from the politicians
(00:12:58) Guest: More with Brian Cannon
(00:28:00) Catching up on listen texts and e-mails
(00:43:59) email on alleged Executive Order



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(00:00:00) CPAC
(00:12:58) City Elders
(00:28:00) Mac McDonald's Sports Notebook (NCAA Tournament)
(00:43:59) Election Takeover?



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(00:00:00) Hearings, not so much Listening
(00:12:57) JCS Gold Report / Caller on "Intelligence"
(00:28:00) "Donald Trump Has a Plan. E-O, E-O, Ohhhhh" (and everyone else had a cow...)
(00:43:59) "... and no warrants shall issue ..."



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(00:00:00) Intelligence 2 (Electric Boogaloo)
(00:12:58) DNI Gabbard Testifies
(00:28:00) No Gerrymandering's Brian Cannon
(00:43:59) Perils of Posturing Politicians



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(00:00:00) How to find your 'Ted-ness'
(00:12:58) I hate Illinois Nazis.... and so do other Illini apparently
(00:28:00) JT was correct: Joe Kent on Tucker Tonight
(00:43:59) Patriot Acts and Adrian Cronouer



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(00:00:00) Raw, unadulterated, Ted-ness
(00:12:57) Guest: Iran Expert and former NCTC member Tom Speciale (pt3... After)
(00:28:00) Mac McDonald's Sports Notebook
(00:43:59) Caring Beyond Cancer - Camp Kesem



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(00:00:00) "They Call Him the Leaker"
(00:12:58) Inconsistency between Ukraine and Iran Indignation
(00:28:00) Guest: Iran Expert and former NCTC member Tom Speciale (pt1... Before)
(00:43:59) Guest: Iran Expert and former NCTC member Tom Speciale (pt2... During)



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(00:00:00) Awash in 'Ted-ness'
(00:12:58) Joe Kent and Military Intelligence
(00:28:00) Caller on Islamists
(00:43:59) Sam Page ousts NC Senate Leader in Primary



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(00:00:00) "Underclassmen"
(00:13:01) Guest: More w/ Melanie Collette from Project 21
(00:27:57) Caller on "Same Civile War"
(00:44:01) ".... But we DON'T want the Irish!"



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(00:00:00) Saint Patrick's lesson
(00:13:01) Irish President Invents #WokePatrick
(00:27:57) Mac McDonald Sports Notebook (NCAA Tournament Preview)
(00:44:00) Guest: Melanie Collette from Project 21 on "Race and Redistricting"



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(00:00:00) Irish Coffee?
(00:13:01) JCS Gold Report / 'Ayatollah Junior' and the "Ahmadinejad Irony"
(00:27:57) Breaking: More high-ranking Iranian Leaders killed
(00:44:00) email: "What would OUR reaction be?"



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(00:00:00) Saint Patrick
(00:13:01) Primary Day AND St Patrick's Day in Illinois?
(00:27:57) Email: "Since you brough up JFK and the mob...."
(00:44:00) "Word Crimes" in Teheran and DC



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(00:00:00) Emails on Mohammad Mosaddegh, Communism, and the Soviet Union
(00:13:01) Email: What if there was an oil producer behind the "Iron Curtain"?
(00:27:57) Listener: You were right about "Nuremburg"
(00:44:00) You know what's making Oil Expensive?



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(00:00:00) Granholm never was asked this question
(00:12:59) emails and caller on gas prices and the economy
(00:27:59) Mac McDonald's Sports Notebook
(00:44:01) Email: "But Trump DID promise / Caller on gas prices



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(00:00:00) Christmas in March?
(00:12:59) JCS Gold Report / Energy Secretary Oops
(00:27:58) Be prepared
(00:44:01) Caller: on Dems Midterm strategy



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(00:00:00) "Ending Soon?"
(00:13:01) CBD
(00:27:57) "It will end soon"
(00:44:00) POTUS calls Kristen Welker



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