Ben Ferguson
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Verdict with Ted Cruz
House Budget VICTORY, Cartels Escalate War Zone at Southern Border & Dems DIg in on Boys in Girls' Sports
All right, I want to ask you one other question on the budget issue. So for people that say, okay, this passed, how quick is this going to move forward or how long is this going to take?
Verdict with Ted Cruz
House Budget VICTORY, Cartels Escalate War Zone at Southern Border & Dems DIg in on Boys in Girls' Sports
So what's the timeline on this so we limit expectations or be realistic?
Verdict with Ted Cruz
House Budget VICTORY, Cartels Escalate War Zone at Southern Border & Dems DIg in on Boys in Girls' Sports
So this is the first inning to use a baseball analogy.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
House Budget VICTORY, Cartels Escalate War Zone at Southern Border & Dems DIg in on Boys in Girls' Sports
And that's probably a lot of what Donald Trump said on the floor, right?
Verdict with Ted Cruz
House Budget VICTORY, Cartels Escalate War Zone at Southern Border & Dems DIg in on Boys in Girls' Sports
Let's talk about the border for a second. There was another big story, and I want you to just read part of this for people because it truly is heartbreaking. It makes me angry. It's what you see in war in the Middle East, and it's happening now against ranchers and people in agriculture. The warning is very real now that the cartels are acting like... what they are, terrorist organizations.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
House Budget VICTORY, Cartels Escalate War Zone at Southern Border & Dems DIg in on Boys in Girls' Sports
I think this is another example of the president getting it right, saying we're going to declare them as terrorist organizations because that's what they do. They are terrorist organizations. And now we have another data point of saying, here's the proof.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
House Budget VICTORY, Cartels Escalate War Zone at Southern Border & Dems DIg in on Boys in Girls' Sports
What does this mean moving forward if they continue this? And how could this change the way that we interact with them? Because I think there's a lot of Americans right now. They're like, look, if we're going to call them terrorists, let's go after them like they're terrorists. How dare them be allowed to do this?
Verdict with Ted Cruz
House Budget VICTORY, Cartels Escalate War Zone at Southern Border & Dems DIg in on Boys in Girls' Sports
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Verdict with Ted Cruz
House Budget VICTORY, Cartels Escalate War Zone at Southern Border & Dems DIg in on Boys in Girls' Sports
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Verdict with Ted Cruz
House Budget VICTORY, Cartels Escalate War Zone at Southern Border & Dems DIg in on Boys in Girls' Sports
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Verdict with Ted Cruz
House Budget VICTORY, Cartels Escalate War Zone at Southern Border & Dems DIg in on Boys in Girls' Sports
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Verdict with Ted Cruz
House Budget VICTORY, Cartels Escalate War Zone at Southern Border & Dems DIg in on Boys in Girls' Sports
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Verdict with Ted Cruz
House Budget VICTORY, Cartels Escalate War Zone at Southern Border & Dems DIg in on Boys in Girls' Sports
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Verdict with Ted Cruz
House Budget VICTORY, Cartels Escalate War Zone at Southern Border & Dems DIg in on Boys in Girls' Sports
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Verdict with Ted Cruz
House Budget VICTORY, Cartels Escalate War Zone at Southern Border & Dems DIg in on Boys in Girls' Sports
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Verdict with Ted Cruz
House Budget VICTORY, Cartels Escalate War Zone at Southern Border & Dems DIg in on Boys in Girls' Sports
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Verdict with Ted Cruz
House Budget VICTORY, Cartels Escalate War Zone at Southern Border & Dems DIg in on Boys in Girls' Sports
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Verdict with Ted Cruz
House Budget VICTORY, Cartels Escalate War Zone at Southern Border & Dems DIg in on Boys in Girls' Sports
All right, Senator, lastly, there is a war that is taking place between Donald Trump and certain states that are saying, we're not going to listen to you. Maine now is the latest state. And to tell the DOJ, in essence, this is adding to California and Minnesota saying we're not going to comply with the federal laws protecting girls sports. There's I'm trying to figure this out.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
House Budget VICTORY, Cartels Escalate War Zone at Southern Border & Dems DIg in on Boys in Girls' Sports
Is this pure arrogance or is this a political move by the radical left to say we're not going to comply and we think it's going to be good for us to raise money and for our base? Break this down for us. What do you think?
Verdict with Ted Cruz
House Budget VICTORY, Cartels Escalate War Zone at Southern Border & Dems DIg in on Boys in Girls' Sports
And that is where the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews has supported, and they continue to support those in the Holy Land still facing the lingering horrors of war and those who are in desperate need right now.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
House Budget VICTORY, Cartels Escalate War Zone at Southern Border & Dems DIg in on Boys in Girls' Sports
Don't forget we do this show Monday, Wednesday, Friday. Hit that subscribe or auto-download button. On those in-between days, grab my podcast, the Ben Ferguson podcast. And if you want a quick morning update of what's going on, grab the 47 morning update. I give you the three biggest stories of the day in about a 10-minute short-form podcast. Grab that as well.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
House Budget VICTORY, Cartels Escalate War Zone at Southern Border & Dems DIg in on Boys in Girls' Sports
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Verdict with Ted Cruz
House Budget VICTORY, Cartels Escalate War Zone at Southern Border & Dems DIg in on Boys in Girls' Sports
The Senator and I will see you back here on Friday morning.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
House Budget VICTORY, Cartels Escalate War Zone at Southern Border & Dems DIg in on Boys in Girls' Sports
There's also a lot of first responders and volunteers and wounded soldiers, even elderly Holocaust survivors that are in desperate need and you are helping them. That is why I just want to say, number one, thank you for getting involved and helping so many people in this great time of need and uncertainty. Your gift to bless Israel and her people, you can do that by visiting support.org.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
House Budget VICTORY, Cartels Escalate War Zone at Southern Border & Dems DIg in on Boys in Girls' Sports
That's one word, support, ifcj.org. Or you can call them, 888-488-IFCJ. That's 888-488-IFCJ, 888-488-4325, or supportifcj.org. All right. So, Senator, it was an exciting and intense night on the floor of the House. It was the vote was on. It was off. You literally could physically see people on the floor taking phone calls, speaking on the phone.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
House Budget VICTORY, Cartels Escalate War Zone at Southern Border & Dems DIg in on Boys in Girls' Sports
That's been reported was with the president of the United States of America. This was part of the whipping votes. And by the way, this is when I tell people, please share this podcast on social media, because we're going to pull back the curtain here and explain to you what happened and what is next. So you guys, they're messing with the algorithms now.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
House Budget VICTORY, Cartels Escalate War Zone at Southern Border & Dems DIg in on Boys in Girls' Sports
So we ask for your support of the show by sharing it on social media, hitting that subscribe or download the episode button every time you see the show. But but Senator, this was one of those moments where it's like, OK, this is real. It's a tight majority in the House and it passes because of phone calls literally from the president on the floor.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
House Budget VICTORY, Cartels Escalate War Zone at Southern Border & Dems DIg in on Boys in Girls' Sports
Welcome, it is Verdict with Senator Ted Cruz, Ben Ferguson with you as always. And Senator, it was a wild night last night in Washington, D.C. And the big headline is a $4.5 trillion tax cut has passed the House. It was touch and go. It's a slim majority in the House, but they got it done for the American people.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
House Budget VICTORY, Cartels Escalate War Zone at Southern Border & Dems DIg in on Boys in Girls' Sports
By the way, how's he doing for people that know his history of being shot and the health issues? I just I want to pause and ask, how is he doing physically?
Verdict with Ted Cruz
House Budget VICTORY, Cartels Escalate War Zone at Southern Border & Dems DIg in on Boys in Girls' Sports
That's what I want to know. Did you make it hurt a little bit?
Verdict with Ted Cruz
House Budget VICTORY, Cartels Escalate War Zone at Southern Border & Dems DIg in on Boys in Girls' Sports
As long as it wasn't a Bud Light or a Budweiser, I'm good with it.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
House Budget VICTORY, Cartels Escalate War Zone at Southern Border & Dems DIg in on Boys in Girls' Sports
I was going to say, the Dyken's like, no, no, we paid a lot of money to change that name. I know, but it's hard to make the change. It's always going to be Minute Maid. I laugh because when they change it, I'm like, dude, how many people are going to remember this? It's going to be Minute Maid for the majority of my lifetime.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
House Budget VICTORY, Cartels Escalate War Zone at Southern Border & Dems DIg in on Boys in Girls' Sports
No, it is. It is a real boycott. It has not gone away at all. And I do love every once in a while when conservatives say, OK, you insult us at this point. Enough already. We're not backing down. And we have it. Like, I don't think I'll ever drink one again the rest of my life.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
House Budget VICTORY, Cartels Escalate War Zone at Southern Border & Dems DIg in on Boys in Girls' Sports
Yeah, trust me, my wife loves it, and there's no way she was substituting Walmart for it.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Part 2: Elon Musk 1-on-1 Exclusive at the White House-DOGE, AI, Trump, Mars & Killer Robots
How much were they back then?
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Part 2: Elon Musk 1-on-1 Exclusive at the White House-DOGE, AI, Trump, Mars & Killer Robots
Literally. Yeah.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Part 2: Elon Musk 1-on-1 Exclusive at the White House-DOGE, AI, Trump, Mars & Killer Robots
How do you prep for that?
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Part 2: Elon Musk 1-on-1 Exclusive at the White House-DOGE, AI, Trump, Mars & Killer Robots
You've been thinking about this for a long time.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Part 2: Elon Musk 1-on-1 Exclusive at the White House-DOGE, AI, Trump, Mars & Killer Robots
When did you get the dream? Like, I mean.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Part 2: Elon Musk 1-on-1 Exclusive at the White House-DOGE, AI, Trump, Mars & Killer Robots
This is a decades old dream.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Trump ROCKS State of the Union, while Democrats RAGE in Fury
I mean, this speech, to go back to what you said at the beginning, number one, it did not feel long. And there's an art when you're speech writing that you want to be done before people are ready for you to be done. This speech did not seem long. I want to know what it felt like when you were in the chamber, number one. But two, like the president came in and just brought the heat.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Trump ROCKS State of the Union, while Democrats RAGE in Fury
And I think the American people are going to respond to this.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Trump ROCKS State of the Union, while Democrats RAGE in Fury
By the way, how does that work? How do you decide who you sit with? Does it just happen organically? Do you guys text each other before and you're like, hey, let's hang out?
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Trump ROCKS State of the Union, while Democrats RAGE in Fury
Ah, okay. You're playing a little bit of Price is Right.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Trump ROCKS State of the Union, while Democrats RAGE in Fury
How did you guys pick that number, by the way? Did you see enough beforehand or excerpts or themes? Or just pure gut?
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Trump ROCKS State of the Union, while Democrats RAGE in Fury
And I was going to ask you that on that one, because it played on TV like it was very clearly preplanned. And for people that don't know him, this the guy that he's now called for trying to impeach the third time he led impeachment. The first second he's that's like his thing.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Trump ROCKS State of the Union, while Democrats RAGE in Fury
And so as soon as the president's elected, it's like, oh, yeah, we got to impeach this guy and we're going to call for impeachment. It played on TV like it was 100 percent preplanned by him to do that. Or maybe the Democratic Party. I don't know if they were involved. This is just his own brainchild. What was it like being there, though?
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Trump ROCKS State of the Union, while Democrats RAGE in Fury
And by the way, the media totally freaked out the entire night afterwards. Like, I can't believe they do this. He shouldn't be in Congress. He resigned. I mean, and then tonight, nothing from the mainstream media on this one.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Trump ROCKS State of the Union, while Democrats RAGE in Fury
Could you hear what he was saying? No, we could not. It just I thought it very interesting that it looked like Speaker Johnson was ready in case this happened because he looked down to read the words he was reading about the rules. Yes.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Trump ROCKS State of the Union, while Democrats RAGE in Fury
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Verdict with Ted Cruz
Trump ROCKS State of the Union, while Democrats RAGE in Fury
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Verdict with Ted Cruz
Trump ROCKS State of the Union, while Democrats RAGE in Fury
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Verdict with Ted Cruz
Trump ROCKS State of the Union, while Democrats RAGE in Fury
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Verdict with Ted Cruz
Trump ROCKS State of the Union, while Democrats RAGE in Fury
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Verdict with Ted Cruz
Trump ROCKS State of the Union, while Democrats RAGE in Fury
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Verdict with Ted Cruz
Trump ROCKS State of the Union, while Democrats RAGE in Fury
I want to go back to one other point that we mentioned earlier, but I think it's important to kind of expand on it. And it was a shocking moment of just either completely out of touch or this Democratic Party. I guess you could just say. is in a sense just completely lost.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Trump ROCKS State of the Union, while Democrats RAGE in Fury
You had not a single Democrat applaud Peyton McNabb, who suffered brain damage after a volleyball spiked by a trans person, a man acting like a woman, ended her hopes of a college career. That's how significant the injury was. And it made her retire. And also it took potentially like a scout changed her life forever. And they couldn't even clap for her.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Trump ROCKS State of the Union, while Democrats RAGE in Fury
Yeah, it was truly an incredible night. And like you said, I think it's probably the best speech the president's ever given. I want to tell you real quick about our friends over at the IFCJ. After more than a year of war, terror, and pain in Israel, all of Israel is brokenhearted after learning of the tragic deaths of the Beavis children who were held hostage in Gaza.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Trump ROCKS State of the Union, while Democrats RAGE in Fury
And by the way, how many times have you been involved in legislation that was passed unanimously in your in your career in the Senate?
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Trump ROCKS State of the Union, while Democrats RAGE in Fury
That may have been one of the best parts of the night. Let's talk about what this looks like moving forward. I think the president's speech is going to play very well with the American people. I think it's going to help with momentum moving forward. I also do think that the American people and the way they were watching this on TV,
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Trump ROCKS State of the Union, while Democrats RAGE in Fury
saw the the the shocking moments when they wouldn't stand for children that were you know murdered by illegal immigrants their families police officers dying in line of duty duty it was on the list i mean you look at all of this bringing an american hostage home from russia by the way they wouldn't stand for that uh that was another moment we left out earlier that were you shocked by that as well well and and you and i covered mark fogel coming back we covered that on on the podcast when it happened um
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Trump ROCKS State of the Union, while Democrats RAGE in Fury
No, I don't either. So what happens now? This is my prediction. I think the president's approval rating is going to stay solid and in certain categories, support on certain issues will actually rise coming out of this State of the Union.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Trump ROCKS State of the Union, while Democrats RAGE in Fury
I think this is going to continue the momentum on on things like Doge and even in some of the issues that we're talking about that are tough ones, whether it's dealing with Mexico and cartels or tariffs or Canada and fentanyl. The list goes on and on. I think same thing on on Ukraine funding. I think this could catapult him to even greater near term success.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Trump ROCKS State of the Union, while Democrats RAGE in Fury
And so many are still hurting throughout the Holy Land, where the need for aid is unfortunately continuing to grow. That is where the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews has stepped in. And you have stepped in to help support the families of the hostages and other victims of the October 7th terror attacks.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Trump ROCKS State of the Union, while Democrats RAGE in Fury
That's a lot of political capital that that obviously you want your prediction.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Trump ROCKS State of the Union, while Democrats RAGE in Fury
Yeah, great point. It's always fun to get to do a joint pod. So wherever you're listening right now, make sure you hit that subscribe or auto download button, whether it's Verdict with Ted Cruz or the Ben Ferguson podcast with Ted Cruz. We got to get a logo made for that one. It's always a pleasure. I love these nights.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Trump ROCKS State of the Union, while Democrats RAGE in Fury
It's when I love doing the show the most, especially when we get to watch things like this and react. So hit that subscribe auto-download button as well, and the Senator and I will see you back here. Senator and I will see you on Friday on Verdict, and I'll see you on my show tomorrow. So make sure you download that on the in-between days, and we'll see you back there tomorrow and Friday.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Trump ROCKS State of the Union, while Democrats RAGE in Fury
And with your help, IFCJ has provided financial and emotional help to hostages and their families, and to those healing and rebuilding their broken homes and broken bodies. But the real work is really just beginning.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Trump ROCKS State of the Union, while Democrats RAGE in Fury
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Verdict with Ted Cruz
Trump ROCKS State of the Union, while Democrats RAGE in Fury
That's 888-488-IFCJ or online at supportifcj.org. Senator, I want to start with what stole the show. You mentioned it a second ago. And you, I know, probably had a mental list in your head in the room. I was making notes on my phone and putting them out on X of all the things that Democratic lawmakers couldn't stand up to honor. It's a long list.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Trump ROCKS State of the Union, while Democrats RAGE in Fury
By the way, I know this game, and that's why I'm laughing right now, because it was a great game you created years ago.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Trump ROCKS State of the Union, while Democrats RAGE in Fury
I want to see the stats, by the way, on your aura ring. I want to know what's the calorie burn during the longest State of the Union ever with Donald Trump speaking. Now that's real intel I need.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Trump ROCKS State of the Union, while Democrats RAGE in Fury
By the way, was it emotional in there? Because I was watching it, and I got choked up watching it. And there was a lot of people that were texting me like, dude, I'm crying right now. Because when you see a little kid and how big his eyes got, you may not have been able to see it from the floor because they zoomed in. But when they said, we're going to make you an agent,
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Trump ROCKS State of the Union, while Democrats RAGE in Fury
His eyes got so big, he clearly didn't know it was going to happen. His dad didn't know either. And it was just one of those get a lump in your throat, choke up moments.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Trump ROCKS State of the Union, while Democrats RAGE in Fury
I love it when we get to have a joint address to Congress, the State of the Union, and Senator Cruz and I get to do a combined podcast. Welcome. It is Verdict with Ted Cruz, Ben Ferguson with you. And for my audience, you're going to hear the same show on the Ben Ferguson podcast. So welcome to you guys as well. Senator, you just left.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Trump ROCKS State of the Union, while Democrats RAGE in Fury
There you go. I knew there was a moment there, but the feet I saw, you could hear the room get louder, but I wasn't sure if they were standing for it. And so that was the moment.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Trump ROCKS State of the Union, while Democrats RAGE in Fury
You go back to what you said about those emotional moments. There was also moments in there that were good for the American people. Yes. And just policies. I mean, you can't clap for tax cuts. You can't clap for a secure border, which is something, by the way, they said that they were in favor of. Remember when they were like, well, it's us and we're in favor of it. U.S.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Trump ROCKS State of the Union, while Democrats RAGE in Fury
steel workers they couldn't clap for. They couldn't clap for, you know, I go back to West Point for a moment. That was another emotional moment where you've got a young man that's getting into West Point who had a tragedy in his family life and they wouldn't stand for that. And then the capture of terrorists, by the way. That one actually made me angry.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Trump ROCKS State of the Union, while Democrats RAGE in Fury
That's right. Ben Ferguson with Ted Cruz. That's a great audible. I'm digging that right there.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Trump ROCKS State of the Union, while Democrats RAGE in Fury
Can we play that clip because it's an important one? This is what the president said. It's not hard to clap for this or stand for this. It should be like a universal everyone stand moment.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Trump ROCKS State of the Union, while Democrats RAGE in Fury
I mean, that that was, by the way, breaking news to nine point nine percent of the people I'm assuming in the room. Certainly to me. I didn't know that to you. OK, so I was wondering if you guys knew that before. It seemed like that people everybody was kind of caught off guard like that was new to everyone. And yet the president says it.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Trump ROCKS State of the Union, while Democrats RAGE in Fury
You can hear half the rumor up the other half like, no, no, no. A guy terrorist that kills Americans that we're bringing back to America. Nope. It's under Donald Trump.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Trump ROCKS State of the Union, while Democrats RAGE in Fury
I like that. A Ben Ferguson podcast with Ted Cruz. We'll get a sign made, get a logo done. I'm sold. I'm sold. You just left the joint session, Senator, and it was one hell of a night. If there's anything you can say, Democrats pretty much stood for nothing at all.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Bonus Pod: Trump Pushes for Keystone Pipeline & Backs Elon's Email to Government Workers
Well, I'm pushing back on you, not on Elon Musk or his email.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Bonus Pod: Trump Pushes for Keystone Pipeline & Backs Elon's Email to Government Workers
You're listening to the 47 Morning Update with Ben Ferguson.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Bonus Pod: Trump Pushes for Keystone Pipeline & Backs Elon's Email to Government Workers
Good Tuesday morning. It's Ben Ferguson with you. It's nice to have you on the 47 Morning Update. And here are the big stories we're talking about today. First up, Donald Trump not taking the bait from the media. Backing Elon Musk's email to government employees asked him, what did you do in the last week at work? I'll have the details on that in a moment.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Bonus Pod: Trump Pushes for Keystone Pipeline & Backs Elon's Email to Government Workers
The polls are saying that Donald Trump has the support of the American people. How do we know this? A new Harvard-Harris poll has come out saying that 58% of Americans say that Donald Trump is doing a better job than Biden. 81% say they support deporting criminal aliens. 76% support eliminating fraud, waste, and abuse in our government. 76% support closing the U.S. border.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Bonus Pod: Trump Pushes for Keystone Pipeline & Backs Elon's Email to Government Workers
70% support merit-based hiring instead of just government quotas. 61% support reciprocal tariffs. And 60% think that Doge is helping tremendously in this country.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Bonus Pod: Trump Pushes for Keystone Pipeline & Backs Elon's Email to Government Workers
So if you were thinking the president was going to back down or Elon Musk was going to back down or there's some sort of war between the two, well, the media keeps lying to you and they keep getting busted lying to you each and every day by this administration. Now, story number two. Seven years ago, Donald Trump sat in the Oval Office.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Bonus Pod: Trump Pushes for Keystone Pipeline & Backs Elon's Email to Government Workers
and promised that the Keystone XL pipeline was going to be built to lower costs for American families and also so that we would have energy independence. Fast forward seven years later, and the president is still working on the project that Democrats have done everything they can do to stop it. So what did the president say seven years ago? Here he is in his own words.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Bonus Pod: Trump Pushes for Keystone Pipeline & Backs Elon's Email to Government Workers
Also, you may remember the Keystone Pipeline. Democrats did everything they could do to shut it down, and it cost countless people their jobs in this country. Well, now Donald Trump has a plan to bring the Keystone Pipeline back.
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Seven years ago, the president made that statement. Democrats did everything they could, as I mentioned earlier, to stop it. So what is the president saying now? Donald Trump putting out a statement on Monday that he wants the Keystone XL pipeline, which was opposed for years by activists fighting against climate change, to be built.
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The pipeline, which was proposed in 08 to bring oil from Canada's western tar sands to U.S. refiners and was halted in 2021 by the owner, TC Energy Corp, after Democratic senators President Joe Biden revoked a key permit needed for a U.S. stretch of the project. Our country's doing really well.
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And today, I was just thinking that the company behind the Keystone XL pipeline that was viciously jettisoned by the incompetent Biden administration should come back to America and get it built. Now, I know they were treated very badly by sleepy Joe Biden, but the Trump administration is very different. Easy approvals, almost immediate start. If not them, perhaps another pipeline company.
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We want the Keystone XL pipeline built, Trump said on Truth Social. Now, the president has said yet again that he believes that energy independence is one of the most important things to lowering inflation and helping the American family. be able to survive day to day. This is something the Democrats didn't care about, how much you suffered, and they wanted you to pay a lot for gas at the pump.
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They wanted you to pay a lot for natural gas. They wanted you to suffer and to bow to their wishes for a Green New Deal. Donald Trump making it clear now, America is open for business, including the Keystone XL pipeline.
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And finally, story number three.
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One of the things that's really important that we are going to be covering on this show each and every day is when there is clearly propaganda that is being used against the Trump administration. This may be one of the biggest flashpoints so far in the first six weeks of his administration. The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution condemning
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And finally, Marco Rubio says enough already, ripping the United Nations and many of the war hawks that are obsessed with keeping the war going between Russia and Ukraine. It's the 47 Morning Update, and it starts right now. Story number one.
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Russia's invasion of Ukraine, 93 countries voted in favor, 18 against, including the United States and Russia. Now, this immediately turned into propaganda, anti-American propaganda, anti-Trump propaganda. saying that Donald Trump is now siding with Russia.
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It's easy to buy into that headline if you don't actually understand the story or why the American government decided to say no to condemning Russia at the United Nations. Marco Rubio, Secretary of State. ripped the United Nations as antagonistic and warmongers, trying to keep the Ukraine-Russia war continuing on and on forever.
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I want you to hear what the Secretary of State said about this vote so that you understand the real story behind it. Take a listen.
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On Saturday, Elon Musk, who was appointed by President Donald Trump to lead the Department of Government Efficiency, known as DOGE, issued an email to all federal employees with the subject line, what did you do last week? Now, the email requested that employees submit a list of five accomplishments from the previous week by 11.59 p.m. on Monday night.
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You listened to what Marco Rubio said there, and now you understand exactly why they decided to not try to antagonize two countries you're wanting to get to the table to end the war. Now, the media is not going to tell you this part of the story. They're not going to play for you what I just played for you from Marco Rubio.
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And this is exactly why I say I hope you take the information that I give you every day here and you give it to others that you know. Because without all of us telling the story, the media will continue to lie and win.
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Thank you for listening to the 47 Morning Update with Ben Ferguson. Please make sure you hit subscribe wherever you're listening to this podcast right now. And for more in-depth news, also subscribe to the Ben Ferguson podcast. And we will see you back here tomorrow.
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Musk stated that non-responses would be considered resignations. This directive led to, quote, widespread confusion, the media states, and resistance across various federal agencies trying to find a crack in the armor with Donald Trump and Elon Musk to start a war between the two men. Well, the president made it pretty clear he wants to know who's even reading their emails.
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This all started in a conversation on Marine One, when a reporter asked a very simple question of the president about that auto pin. Listen.
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Now, that wasn't all that the president had to say on this. He then put out a true social post that said, quote, the pardons that sleepy Joe Biden gave the unselect committee of political thugs and many others are hereby declared void, vacant and of no further force or effect. because of the fact that they were done by auto pen.
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In other words, Joe Biden did not sign them, but more importantly, he did not know anything about them. The necessary parting documents were not explained to or approved by Biden. He knew nothing about them and the people that did may have committed a crime. Therefore, President went on to say this, quote, or consent of the worst president in the history of our country, Crooked Joe Biden.
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Now on Monday, during a White House press briefing, the White House press secretary, Caroline Leavitt, responded to a question from CNN's Caitlin Collins regarding Trump's post on Sunday night in which he declared the pardons are void, vacant, and of no further force or effect because of the fact that they were done by the auto pen. Caroline Leavitt said Trump was begging the question,
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that I think a lot of journalists in this room should be asking about whether or not the former president of the United States, who I think we can all finally agree was cognitively impaired, quote unquote.
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criminal or legal procedures. It's very clear now this is going to be an issue the courts are going to have to deal with and one that Donald Trump is happily raising the question, was there a legal activity with people signing Joe Biden's name without his knowledge or his consent? Next, story number two.
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One of Donald Trump's promises from the campaign trail was to go after terrorists all over the world. Peace through strength, making sure that we strike first on those that are trying to do harm to Americans, our soldiers, and American interests around the world. Well, over the past week, Donald Trump has intensified his counterterrorism efforts. both domestically and internationally.
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Here is a quick summary of just some of the things that the president has done. Airstrikes have been ordered. Starting on March the 15th, President Trump authorized large-scale airstrikes targeting Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen's capital. This action was in response to the Houthis' threat to U.S. shipping assets in the Red Sea.
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The offensive aims to protect American interests and ensure navigational freedom in the region. Donald Trump putting it this way in his own words on True Social. Today, I ordered the United States military to launch decisive and powerful military action against the Houthi terrorists in Yemen.
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They have waged an unrelenting campaign of piracy, violence, and terrorism against American and other ships. aircraft and drones. Joe Biden's response was pathetically weak. So the unrestrained Houthis just kept going. It has been over a year since a U.S. flag commercial ship safely sailed through the Suez Canal, the Red Sea or the Gulf of Aden.
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You're listening to the 47 Morning Update with Ben Ferguson.
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The last American warship to go through the Red Sea four months ago was attacked by the terrorist group over a dozen times, funded by Iran. The Houthi thugs have fired missiles at U.S. aircraft and targeted our troops and allies. These relentless assaults have cost the U.S. and the world economy many billions of dollars while at the same time putting innocent lives at risk.
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The Houthi attack on American vessels will not be tolerated. We will use overwhelming lethal force until we have achieved our objective. The Houthis have choked off shipping in one of the most important waterways of the world, grinding vast swaths of global commerce to a halt. and attacking the core principle of freedom and navigation upon which international trade and commerce depends.
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Good Tuesday morning. Ben Ferguson with you and welcome to 47 Morning Update. We've got three major stories for you. And first up, does the auto pin count with Joe Biden's name if he didn't actually even know that it was being used? That is a question that Donald Trump has asked about the pardons that he gave to many on his days when he was going out of office.
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Our brave war fighters are right now carrying out aerial attacks on the terrorist bases, their leaders, and missile defenses to protect American shipping, air, and naval assets, and to restore navigational freedom. No terrorist force will stop American commercial and naval vessels from freely sailing the waterways of the world.
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To all the Houthi terrorists, your time is up and your attacks must stop starting today. If they don't, hell will rain down upon you like nothing you've ever seen before. President Trump went on to say to Iran, support for the Houthi terrorists must end immediately. Do not threaten the American people, their president.
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who has received one of the largest mandates in presidential history, or worldwide shipping lanes. If you do, beware, because America will hold you fully accountable, and we won't be nice about it. That is the president's clear message to the terrorists right now in the Middle East. Now, this message comes less than 24 hours after Trump also announced Friday night that the U.S.
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forces had killed the fugitive leader of ISIS in Iraq. The White House even released the footage of the airstrike on social media, making it clear that President Trump will go and terminate any terrorist leader anywhere he has to to keep Americans safe. And here is story number three. Transparency with our government is a core foundation of Donald Trump's second term in office.
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And that was one of his big promises from the campaign trail. Even the biggest secrets that we've never been able to actually know what really happened. One of those secrets deals with the JFK assassination. Well, President Trump has announced that his administration will release today approximately 80,000 pages of
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previously classified documents related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. This is a major move towards transparency so that the American people, well, hopefully will have more trust in our federal government.
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Now, the decision to declassify these documents fulfills that promise. It is to provide greater transparency, the White House says, regarding the events surrounding Kennedy's assassination in 1963. During a visit to the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., President Trump stated, I don't believe we are going to redact anything. Just don't redact. You can't redact.
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It's going to be very interesting, quote unquote. Now, in addition, the JFK files. The executive order signed by President Trump in January also mandates the release of records pertaining to the assassinations of Senator Robert F. Kennedy and the civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
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The National Archives and Records Administration has been tasked with processing and digitizing these records for public access. Prior to the release, by the way, over 99% of the approximately 320,000 documents released related to the JFK assassination had already been made public, but fewer than 4,700 files withheld in part or in full.
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And we have reason to believe that many of those pardons were not signed by the president's actual signature, but instead by the auto pen. Also, Donald Trump spent quite a few hours from last week to this week, going after terrorists all over the Middle East. So what all did he accomplish? We'll explain that as well. And finally, President Trump says that the JFK files will be released today.
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In other words, anything they didn't want you to read, you didn't see. Well, Donald Trump now says, get ready to sit down and start reading all of the information of the 80,000 pages, and you will be seeing that
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today. Thank you for listening to the 47 Morning Update with Ben Ferguson. Please make sure you hit subscribe wherever you're listening to this podcast right now. And for more in-depth news, also subscribe to the Ben Ferguson podcast, and we will see you back here tomorrow.
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How many pages? I'll give that to you in a minute. It's the 47 Morning Update, and it starts right now. Story number one. Donald Trump has made it very clear, declaring that Biden's pardons of January 6th committee members are void, vacant, due to the auto pin apparently being used.
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President Trump secured the border in an unprecedented fashion. We now know that border crossings are now down well over 95% since President Trump took office.
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We also know that the president signed a very important piece of legislation coming in at number two, signing the Lakin-Riley Act into law, protecting Americans and making sure that what happened to Lakin-Riley at the hands of an illegal immigrant hopefully will never happen again in the United States of America.
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Number three on the list, President Trump also is deporting illegal immigrant killers, rapists and drug dealers en masse, a campaign promise that he said was going to happen. And it actually is. Number four on the list. President Trump is taking on the fentanyl crisis. Another promise that he made in something he talked about in that joint session of Congress last week. Number five.
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President Trump ended the Biden administration's abuse of the illegal immigrant parole scheme, making sure that that loophole was closed instantly. And number six. When it comes to the border, President Trump resumed construction of the border wall. Vielen Dank. Der Präsident hat es sehr klar gemacht.
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Er versteht und weiß, dass Amerika mehr Leverage über China, Kanada und Mexiko hat, als sie über uns. Und das ist, weshalb er den Weg bleibt, um sicherzustellen, dass amerikanische Arbeiter zuerst eingeladen werden.
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Coming in at number eight, President Trump has also secured billions of dollars in new U.S.-based investments from major companies from all over the world, including many Fortune 500 companies in the United States of America. Not only has he secured billions of dollars in investments, but is also going to account for thousands and thousands of high-paying jobs for American citizens.
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Und bei Nummer 9. Präsident Trump bringt die Produktion zurück in Amerika. Er bietet große Incentiven und arbeitet mit Unternehmen, um die Produktion von Produktionen zurückzubringen. Von allem, von Pipefitting bis hin zu der Bauung von Autos zurück in Amerika mit Incentiven. Dies wird auch eine signifikante Menge amerikanischer Bürger verbrauchen.
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At number 10, President Trump is also making life more affordable for everyday Americans by making sure that basic goods and services are competitive with other markets. At number 11, President Trump has also ended the war on cryptocurrency, which will also allow for many in America to flourish using cryptocurrency to their advantage with businesses and small businesses.
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Coming in at number 12, President Trump instructed the Secretary of Treasury to stop production of the penny, which we now have found out actually costs 3.69 cents to make every penny that is only worth 1 cent. Yes, that is the definition of government abuse, waste and fraud.
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And that is exactly why the President said, no more are we going to pay almost 4 cents to make something that is only worth 1 cent. Only a government would be stupid enough to do that. And the President has stopped it.
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At number 13, President Trump has also suspended the enforcement of invasive, burdensome reporting requirements that have saddled so many small businesses with unnecessary red tape and also that is costing them time, money, resources and having to employ usually extra people just to deal with the paperwork.
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The President said it's time to actually support small businesses so they can be successful instead of failing at record numbers under the Biden administration. So let's move on to President Trump's America First Policies. Number 14 on the list of the top 50 accomplishments in the first 50 days. President Trump secured the arrest of an international terrorist.
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That yet again making it clear to terrorists around the world that we're not putting up with you and we're coming after you as well. At number 15.
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President Trump ended the weaponization of government against its citizens, making it very clear that the bureaucrats in the deep state are not going to use our federal government any longer to attack law-abiding citizens and weaponizing them to get exactly what they want, instead putting the people first.
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Und Nummer 16, Präsident Trump hat auch entschieden, die Gesetzgebung gegen amerikanische Bürger zu verändern, wo so viele Leute Angst hatten, dass die föderale Regierung nach ihnen kommen würde, wenn sie nicht von den liberalen Regulierern, die verantwortlich waren, spielen würden.
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Und Nummer 17, Präsident Trump hat Englisch als offizielle Sprache der Vereinigten Staaten des Amerikas designiert, etwas, was viele glauben, dass nicht kontroversial ist, aber absolut kontroversial ist mit der radikalen Linken und Universitäten. Number 18, President Trump is ending China's chokehold over the Panama Canal as he seeks its rightful return to U.S. ownership.
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And number 19, President Trump rolled back the Biden-era push for mandate paper straws. I can't actually believe we're talking about paper straws, but the fact that they had gotten so widespread with mandates of the government... Donald Trump said no more. So let's turn to Doge and exactly what has happened under Elon Musk and Donald Trump's leadership.
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At number 20, President Trump is ending waste, fraud and abuse in government. He has made it clear that your tax dollars should not be going to radical or extreme or stupid programs. And saying it's time for us to cut massive government spending. At 21, President Trump is also...
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Reforming the federal bureaucracy to make sure that it's working for the American people instead of against the American people. At 22, President Trump cut bureaucratic red tape as well to make sure that the government would be more efficient and when there were changes that needed to be made, that they could be made very quickly. 23.
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President Trump restored transparency to government so that you can actually even see where your money is going, whether it be USAID or other government programs. Especially when it comes to non-governmental agencies that were funneling money to family and friends of countless government employees and elected officials. Let's now move to diplomacy and military.
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Coming in at 25, President Trump rescued American citizens held hostage abroad in multiple countries. At 26, President Trump restored maximum pressure on Iran. Instead of sending them billions of dollars in cash was exactly what Joe Biden did. He also has made it clear that Iran cannot get a nuclear weapon and that we will work with Israel to make sure that never happens.
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President Trump is also pursuing world peace, as he's made it clear coming in at 27, saying, I'm a guy that wants to end wars, not start them. Number 28, President Trump signed an executive order to reinstate, with back pay, US service members. who were discharged under the military's Biden-era COVID-vaccine mandates.
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A major promise that will bring back amazing men and women to our military with back pay. A huge victory for so many that were persecuted when they refused to take the vaccine.
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At number 29, President Trump brought military recruitment to its highest number in decades, all because he was elected and there were so many men and women that wanted to serve under President Donald Trump, hitting record recruitment numbers. Now, let's move to energy, where we come in at number 30 in the achievement list.
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President Trump unleashed American Energy, saying drill, baby, drill, and making it clear that so many of the areas that Joe Biden said we couldn't explore and he shut down exploration were opened back up. At 31, President Trump ended Biden's liquefied natural gas export ban. That will bring countless jobs back to the marketplace for American citizens.
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At number 32, President Trump rescinded every order of the Biden administration's job-killing pro-China anti-American energy regulations as well. And at number 33, President Trump terminated the Biden-era electric vehicle mandate for every Elon Musk. Now let's turn to another issue, the issue of women and families.
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At number 34, President Trump signed an executive order to protect children from chemical and surgical mutilation of children. Coming in at 35, President Trump ended the unfair practice of forcing women to compete against men in sports. And at 36, President Trump made it the official policy of the US government that there are only two sexes.
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Coming in at 37, President Trump expanded access to in vitro fertilization, known as IVF, and is working with insurance to make sure that more of it is actually covered by insurance instead of being out-of-pocket extreme expenses that unfortunately doesn't allow for many families to walk down the road of IVF. Now let's move to education.
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Coming in at 38, President Trump ended the indoctrination of American students by getting rid of many of the radical programs that had nothing to do with reading, writing and arithmetic, including DEI. The president coming in at 39 also...
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said it's time to reform education and to have real standards and allow for parents to be more involved in their kids' classrooms instead of being referred to as domestic terrorists, which is what the Biden administration did when parents started showing up at school board meetings. And at number 40.
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Präsident Trump is ending anti-Semitism as well on college campuses, pulling massive funding that we talked about on yesterday's program from so many universities, including Columbia University that was receiving 400 million dollars from your tax dollars. The question you should be asking yourself is why.
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And that's exactly the question that the president is asking and stopping much of that funding. Let's now move to law and order. Coming in at 41, President Trump raised standards for law enforcement, making it very clear that we are going to put law enforcement first, but also raising the standards so that we have the best and the brightest in law enforcement.
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At 42, President Trump is returning law and order to American citizens and cities, even liberal cities. making sure they're applying the federal laws appropriately. And if they're not, he's going to war with those cities to make sure that the citizens are actually going to be safe.
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At number 43, President Trump cracked down on so-called sanctuary cities as well that protect illegal immigrants and refuse to work with ICE. Even going after many of the mayors and elected officials, another campaign promise. Now let's move to state and local issues, coming in at 44.
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Präsident Trump reformed the federal disaster response, making sure that there aren't winners or losers picked in this country when there's a natural disaster, depending on where you live and if you are more of a conservative or liberal area. The president says it doesn't matter if you're in L.A.
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with the wildfires or in Tennessee or North Carolina or South Carolina dealing with a hurricane in Florida. The response from the federal government should always be perfect and give you everything you need. And they should never deny you government aid because you're in a more conservative part of the country. Number 45, the President Trump administration also...
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Good Tuesday morning, Ben Ferguson with you. It's nice to have you on the 47 Morning Update as we have a special show for you this morning. Celebrating the first 50 days with 50 wins under President Donald Trump's leadership. So many of you that listen to the show want to know the facts about what the president is actually accomplishing.
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Terminated approval for New York City's burdensome congestion pricing scheme. It was going to force citizens to pay even more money to drive to work. He said, that is something I'm not going to allow. And many liberals, even in New York State, said this was a great move. At number 46. President Trump forced Washington D.C.
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to clean up homeless encampments as he pursues policies to restore pride in America's capital city. It had gone, well, totally woke and had been filled with countless encampments because of Joe Biden's administration. Nummer 47. Let's move to the issue of wokeness in America and Donald Trump is trying to kill it.
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President Trump ended diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives within all parts of our federal government. And at 48, President Trump brought back hiring based on merit instead of the color of someone's skin or sexual orientation. Now let's move to number 49. It may be one of the most important ones for this country, especially if you were a mother.
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President Trump established the Make America Healthy Again Commission, which redirects the national focus to promoting health rather than simply managing disease. He also has brought in, as you know, RFK Jr. to make sure that we are actually protecting our kids from basic things like dyes in our food. And finally coming in at number 50.
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The top 50 things that Donald Trump has done in the first 50 days. It deals with the issue of faith. President Trump established the White House Official Office of Faith to protect Americans' religious liberties. He made it clear he's not just protecting one religion. Vielen Dank.
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This is one of those special shows that I hope you will share everywhere on social media. Wherever you're listening to this, hit that little forward button, put it on X, put it on Facebook, Instagram and make sure other people know exactly what the president has done in his first 50 days in office. So with that being said, let's start with the big subject and that is the border.
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And finally, Donald Trump paying off on a campaign promise that if he was elected, we would have transparency on things like the Epstein files. Well, Pam Bondi, the Attorney General, is saying today you may be able to read that client list. It's the 47 Morning Update and it starts right now. Story number one.
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President Donald Trump convened his first cabinet meeting of his second term in the White House. And the meeting was notable for the attendance of Elon Musk, the head of the Department of Government Efficiency. You know it as Doge, who has been instrumental in advising the administration on reducing government waste and enhancing operational efficiency.
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Now, Musk's presence underscores the administration's commitment to leveraging private sector expertise to streamline the bloated government. During the meeting, President Trump also announced his plans to impose a 25% tariff on imports from the European Union, aiming to address trade imbalances and protect American industries.
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That decision reflects the administration's focus on fostering fair trade practices and supporting domestic economic growth for American workers here at home. The cabinet also discussed ongoing efforts to negotiate an end to the conflict between Ukraine and Russia.
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Und Präsident Trump express Optimism about hosting President Zelensky at the White House to finalize a critical minerals deal, which could bolster economic ties and also help America get back some of the money that we've been sending to Ukraine. Overall, the meeting highlighted the administration's proactive approach to economic policy. as well as international diplomacy.
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And the biggest part of the meeting clearly dealt with government efficiency, setting a positive tone for the initiatives planned in the new term. I want you to hear what the President and Elon Musk had to say. This may have been the most important part of the meeting.
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Can you guarantee that Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security will not be touched? You're listening to the 47 Morning Update with Ben Ferguson.
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Es ist sehr klar aus diesem Kabinettsabkommen, dass der Grund, warum Donald Trump Elon Musk da hatte, um den Kabinett zu beantworten, ist, dass das der Mandat des Präsidenten ist. Und es ist ein Mandat der Verteidiger. Und er sagt jedem in seinem Kabinett, du solltest deine Pencils rausnehmen und anfangen zu identifizieren, Waste, Verbrechen und Verbrechen.
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Weil wir den amerikanischen Menschen einen besser funktionierenden Regierung geben werden, der viel weniger kostet, als was sie jetzt bezahlen müssen. Jetzt Story Nummer zwei.
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Federal agencies are now being mandated to develop plans to eliminate employee positions, according to a memo distributed by Donald Trump's administration that now sets in motion what could become a sweeping realignment of our American government. The memo expands the Republican president's effort to downsize the federal workforce, which he described as a bloated...
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Vielen Dank für die Aufmerksamkeit. Which would not only lay off employees, but also eliminate the positions altogether so they wouldn't be filled back later. Now the results, they say, could be extensive changes in how our government functions. Many believe it's long overdue. Quote, the federal government is costly, inefficient and deeply in debt is what the memo.
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von Russell Vallette, Direktor des White House Office of Management and Budget, und Charles Ezel, der Aktivist des Office of Personnel Management, der als eine Menschenreform-Agenzie funktioniert, sagte in ihrem Brief. Sie sagten, dass es gleichzeitig keine Ergebnisse für das amerikanische Publikum gibt. Trump hat diesen Ziel in einem Exekutivordner, den er mit Elon Musk verabschiedet hat, und...
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What Donald Trump said is, I am telling the government it is time to be overhauled. This is something that many of these cabinet secretaries knew when they were picked by Donald Trump. Now, the order said agency leaders, quote, shall promptly undertake preparations to initiate large scale reductions in force.
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Some departments have already begun the process, we've been told today as well, in the cabinet meeting. The General Services Administration, for example, which handles federal real estate, told employees on Monday that a reduction force was underway and they would do everything in their, quote, power to make our department and your department fair and dignified.
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Good Thursday morning, Ben Ferguson with you. It's nice to have you here on the 47 Morning Update and hear the big stories we're talking about. First up, it was one of the most transparent meetings we've ever seen. A cabinet meeting, Donald Trump saying to the world, here's our agenda, this is what we're doing.
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Now the memo also comes as Donald Trump prepared to bring everyone together saying, here's our plan for the second term. Elon Musk is going to be there. We already heard from him earlier. And we are going to make sure you understand that this is the initiative of the White House and the American voter.
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The White House Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt told reporters that all of the Cabinet Secretaries take the advice and direction of Doge, saying, quote, they'll be providing updates on their efforts to Doge. And they'll also be providing updates on what they're doing at their agencies in terms of policies and implementing the promises.
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Das hat der Präsident auf der Kampagnenstrecke für die amerikanischen Leute gemacht. Also, lass uns einfach aufmerksam machen, was mit diesem Kabinettsabkommen passiert ist, wenn es um dich als Taxifahrer geht. Es gibt wirklich zwei Teile dieses Plans und Agendas von Donald Trump. Einerseits ist es, die Waste, Fraude und Verbrechen zu finden und sie zu entfernen.
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Und das ist sicherlich ein Teil dessen, was Doge tut. But the administration directing large scale federal layoffs is a completely different way to cut spending. And he's saying the government is not serving the people. The government is overspending. We have way too many employees who aren't doing a good job. Some of them apparently are dead.
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Some of them don't show up for work and some of them don't even check their e-mails. So this is now a new way of reforming our government to work for the American people and be more efficient. And every American should be thrilled by this. And lastly, story number three. Alright, let's move to some breaking news now.
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The Attorney General Pam Bondi has announced that the Department of Justice plans to release documents related to Jeffrey Epstein today. The documents are expected to include files. Sie hat gesagt, dass Sie die Epstein-File auf Ihrem Tisch haben. Wann können wir sie sehen und was dauert es so lange, sie zu veröffentlichen?
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Und Elon Musk kommt in diese Kabinettsveranstaltung, erklärt genau, was Doge tut, um massive Gewerbeverschuldung, Verbrechen und Verbrechen zu reduzieren. Ich habe die unglaublichen Details für Sie in nur einem Sekunden.
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Er hat Hilfe, das ist sicher. haben die Erläuterung der Erläuterung der Epstein-Klientenliste und beruflichen Rekorde geäußert. Die vorliegende Erläuterung will Insights über Epsteins Netzwerk und Gemeinschaften bieten. Epstein, wenn Sie sich erinnern, war ein Finanzier mit Beziehungen zu vielen hochprofilen Individuen. Er wurde 2019 auf federalen Sex-Traffik-Anzeigen verhaftet.
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but died of, quote, suicide before his trial. His associate, a woman by the last name Maxwell, was also convicted in 2021 for her role in recruiting underage girls for Epstein, and she is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence. Now, the release of these documents is anticipated to shed further light on the extent of Epsteins activities and associations.
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What we also are expecting is there is going to be quite a few high-profile individuals involved von der politischen Welt, die sehr nahe mit Jeffrey Epstein verbunden war. Nun, um es klar zu machen, wenn es Republikaner auf dieser Liste gibt, möchte ich genau wissen, was sie mit Jeffrey Epstein gemacht haben. Wenn es Demokraten auf dieser Liste gibt,
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I want to know exactly what they were doing with Jeffrey Epstein. In fact, I really don't care if you're a Republican or a Democrat. I care about transparency. And the fact that there is an Epsteins client list and yet no one except for Jeffrey Epstein and Maxwell have been arrested for all of these heinous crimes.
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Wir haben auch herausgefunden, dass Donald Trump und seine Administration jetzt eine Direktive für einen großen-scale föderalen Aufschlag ausgeschlossen haben, jetzt, dass das US-Gewerbe viel zu viele Leute beteiligt und es Zeit ist, für jedes Departement, sofort Kutsche zu machen. How much money is this going to save you? I'll have that as well in just a second.
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and the hundreds of victims and underage girls they trafficked tells you just how big this cover-up actually was. I also want to know why the government didn't act sooner. They had lots of information about Jeffrey Epstein and what he was doing. So who were they protecting in our government?
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Or who called off the government from actually doing the job of investigating the heinous crimes against underage girls? This should be what we all should be wanting for. Transparency. And that's exactly why President Donald Trump and Pam Bondi are saying it's time for you and everyone else to see the list.
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Now, to be clear, as the left is already fear-mongering over this, this doesn't mean that any child in a public school is... not going to be able to go to a school. He's made it clear it is time to hand this responsibility back over to the states so the states can do what is right for the students in their state.
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The president also said that many of the people that are working at the Department of Education, well, they're not even showing up for work or doing their job at all. Take a listen.
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Nobody shows up to work. This is why the president is saying it is time to overhaul the system and save Americans a ton of money and give it back to the states where they can run the system better and have better test scores and test results. Now, you also heard the president talk about school choice. It is something that he is a huge advocate for.
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Now, the order I'm being told from the White House directs the education secretary, Linda McMahon, to, quote, take all necessary steps to facilitate the closure of the Department of Education and return education authority to the states. while continuing to ensure the effective and uninterrupted delivery of services, programs, and benefits on which Americans rely.
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It also mandates that any program or activities receiving remaining Department of Education funds should not advance DEI or gender ideology. The president making it clear this is about educating our kids. Now, get ready to watch. Many states move like never before to advocate for school choice.
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And if you're in favor of school choice, now is the time to go to work on your elected officials in your state because this could totally transform education for countless kids all over America.
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Now, story number two.
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Donald Trump promised when he was elected that he was going to do everything he could to bring prices that had gotten out of control back down for American consumers, for American families. Two of the big things that American families need is gas for their cars and eggs to feed their family. Well, we now have some very big news. The average wholesale price per dozen eggs has dropped to $3.10.
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How significant is that? It is down 47% from $6.55 per dozen from January the 21st of this year. The White House has now stated. The White House on March the 17th announced this drop in egg and gasoline prices, calling it a win for not only the Trump administration's economic agenda, but for the American people they've been hurting for so long.
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Now, egg prices had soared in recent months, reaching an average high of $4.95 per dozen in January, that according to the Department of Labor. And then from January of 2024 to January 2025, egg prices increased by 54%. Now, a primary reason for the skyrocketing prices is the avian influenza, avian flu, which has led to the culling of tens of millions of egg-laying hens in recent months.
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This is something that was actually talked about by the USDA Secretary Rollins in a recent interview, but saying that it was time for someone to take charge since the Biden administration refused to do it.
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You're listening to the 47 Morning Update with Ben Ferguson.
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Good Thursday morning. Ben Ferguson with you. It's nice to have you on the 47 Morning Update. And there's three major stories we're dealing with. First up, Donald Trump to sign a major order shutting down the Department of Education. I'll have the details in just a moment. Also, a major win for American consumers with gas and egg prices coming down quickly.
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Now, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said last month that more than 23 million birds were culled in January to contain the virus. And that followed more than 18 million in December of 2024 that were put down as well. Several weeks ago, the USDA also warned that egg prices could jump by more than 40 percent this year. But as you just heard there from the agricultural secretary,
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nothing is going to stand in the way of doing everything they can for the prices to continue to come down so let's move to the other big issue and that is dealing with the nationwide average for gas and that is declined for four straight weeks and down 42 cents from one year ago the white house pointed to data showing that the average for a gallon of gas is now under three dollars at
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$2.99 or less at more than two-thirds of all gas stations. The Trump administration has faced some blowback in recent days over its economic policies the left continues to attack, particularly their tariffs and the declines in the Dow Jones Industrial Average and NASDAQ.
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But the White House saying we are staying the course, understanding that there is going to be tough days for America to have a major recorrect on pricing. And tariffs are going to help us get that done.
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When it comes to the issue of gasoline, the president is saying drill, baby, drill, making it clear that we're not going to be held hostage by the Middle East or any other nation, that America has more than enough resources to take care of itself and to lower prices for all Americans.
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Yet again, another promise from the president that egg prices would come down and the gasoline prices will come down, paying off in the first two months in office.
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And here is story number three.
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One of the core issues the president of the United States of America said he believes is his job now is to cut government waste, fraud and abuse and to deal with our out of control federal deficit, which is in the trillions of dollars. Donald Trump is also looking at ways to bring more money into the country.
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And one way he says we can do it is by having a $5 million payment to our government for a golden visa. He believes that this is a major opportunity for America to pay down our debt. Now, he was talking with Laura Ingraham on Fox News Channel about these visas. And this is what he wanted the American people to know.
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What caused it and will this have an effect on other products? That in a moment. And finally, Donald Trump moves to get rid of, well, major debt issues in this country with the introduction of golden visas. And he explains exactly how to work. It's the 47 Morning Update and it starts right now. Story number one. It is another promise that Donald Trump made to the American people.
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One thing's for sure. The president of the United States of America is looking for new ways to bring actual cash into the United States of America from people overseas. In other words, he's looking at them as customers instead of all the money coming from the American taxpayer. As for the program and the fear mongering, many in the media are doing this.
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They're saying, what if an unsavory person comes in? You just heard the president make it very clear. We'll kick him out. Maybe we'll give him a refund.
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And we'll move on. Thank you for listening to the 47 Morning Update with Ben Ferguson. Please make sure you hit subscribe wherever you're listening to this podcast right now. And for more in-depth news, also subscribe to the Ben Ferguson podcast. And we will see you back here tomorrow.
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We're going to get rid of the Department of Education because they're doing a terrible job and they're not actually educating our kids. In fact, we are the lowest ranking in many categories of industrialized nations. And that is why Donald Trump today is going to sign an order to shut down the Department of Education.
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So just think for a second about what the speaker just said. It's very clear that Democrats are solely doing this for political reasons and they want America to suffer. They want Americans to suffer because they want you to blame Donald Trump for any inconvenience or real pain that comes from a government shutdown. You can also look at it this way.
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They're advocating for tanking the American economy because they don't actually care about Americans. In fact, listen to the Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer in his own words about why they're doing it.
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Translation, Chuck Schumer saying we, the Democratic Party, are holding Congress and the American people hostage. Because of that, as he said, Republicans do not have the votes in the Senate to invoke cloture on the House continuing the resolution. So now it is a government shutdown that will be created solely by the Democrats, with Republicans holding a 53 to 47 advantage in the Senate.
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Chuck Schumer also understands that guess what? You don't always work together with the other side. Because when the American people voted in Donald Trump and gave the Senate back to the Republicans and the House control in the hands of the Republicans, they didn't ask Donald Trump to, quote, compromise with Democrats.
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They said to Donald Trump, go to Washington, save us money, and go with a mandate to do what we're sending you there to do. Now, the question is, how long could this last? Only the Democrats can answer that question as they're holding all of us hostage. Next, story number two. Donald Trump ran on a issue that actually saw incredible engagement in the presidential election cycle.
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It was the issue of education. American schools are failing. In fact, we are the lowest in many categories with the rest of the world in reading and writing and arithmetic. There are quite a few failing schools virtually everywhere you go in the country, and public education has been a disaster.
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We've continued to throw more money at it, and we've seen no increase on test scores or a return on our investment where students are getting better at the basics like reading, writing, and arithmetic. The president has made it clear he believes that the federal Department of Education is a disaster, something that you cannot fix. Now, let's be clear.
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The president has not said that we can't fix education, and he believes it should be going back to the states. Well, the president was in an Oval Office meeting, and the conversation came up about education. And here's what the president said.
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Now, this goes back to a basic promise that Donald Trump had made during the campaign. He believes that on the local and state level, they can run education in a much more efficient way than the federal government can with all of the corruption in Washington, D.C. Which brings me to something else. Linda McMahon, the education secretary, has now come out and had a major round of layoffs going.
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gutting the civil rights office as well the education department civil rights branch is losing nearly half of its staff and the trump administration's layoff round one effectively gutting an office that already faced a backlog of thousands of complaints from students and families they say from across the nation among a total of more than 1 300 layoffs that were announced this week roughly 240 in the department's office for civil rights were in that group
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That, according to a list obtained and verified by the Associated Press. Seven of the civil rights agency's 12 regional offices were entirely laid off, including busy hubs in New York, Chicago, and Dallas. Despite assurances that the department's work will continue unaffected, huge numbers of cases, Democrats now say appear to quote-unquote be in limbo. Insert fear-mongering right here.
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What Democrats do well. Now, the Trump administration has not said how it will proceed with these cases being handled by its staff and many of those around them that have been eliminated. The cases will involve families trying to get school services for students with disabilities, and that is something the Trump administration has said is important.
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We also know, though, that the entire Department of Education is... Well, bloated. And it's time to dismantle it piece by piece so that the President of the United States of America can then hand control back to the states. It's exactly what he said about Martin Luther King and his dream now, which is to give every kid a quality education. And an education they can be proud of.
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And an education that has a return on our investment. And an education that prepares kids for college and the future.
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We have far too many public schools in America, and the president's made this clear, that are handing out basically worthless pieces of paper after you, quote, graduate the 12th grade, even though you're not reading at that level, writing at that level, or doing math and science at that level.
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Good Thursday morning. Ben Ferguson with you. It's nice to have you on the 47 Morning Update as we have a special show for you this morning. So many of you that listen to the show want to know the facts about what the president's actually accomplishing. This is one of those special shows that I hope you will share everywhere on social media. It's the 47 Morning Update, and it starts right now.
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So for Donald Trump, this is another step in that promise from his campaign and a step that many parents will be happy about in states when they actually get back control of their public school system. And finally, story number three. I want to take you back to 2016. It was the very first time that the media and Democrats used Russia to try to attack Donald Trump.
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You may remember the Russian collusion, Russia, Russia, Russia hoax, as Donald Trump has said countless times with good reason. Well, now the Democratic Party is trying to use Russia again to undermine Donald Trump and his popularity, all because he wants to see a ridiculous war be ended between Russia and Ukraine.
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They're trying to drive a wedge between the president and the American people, claiming that Donald Trump favors Vladimir Putin entirely. and that there's some sort of shady, corrupt business going on between the two men, which we all know is obviously a massive lie, a lie that's been orchestrated by the Democratic Party.
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Well, there's a new story that you probably haven't heard about, and I hope you'll take this show and share it everywhere, because what I'm about to tell you is something that literally no one is covering. Donald Trump has threatened Democrats
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devastating financial penalties now for Russia I didn't say Ukraine I said for Russia and Vladimir Putin President Trump on Wednesday threatened the quote devastating financial penalties for Russia if the president Vladimir Putin does not agree to a ceasefire with Ukraine that Ukraine has agreed to quote there are things that wouldn't be pleasant
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In a financial sense, I can do things financially that would be very bad for Russia. I don't want to do that because I want to get peace. That is what Donald Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. Quote, in a financial sense, yes, we could do things that would be very bad for Russia, that would be devastating for Russia. But I don't want to do that because I want to see peace.
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And we're getting close to maybe getting something done. We got Ukraine done. And as you know, Ukraine might have been the more difficult party here. You were here a week ago when some interesting things happened, referring to the Zelensky meeting in the Oval Office. Trump went on to say, I had somebody who didn't seem to want peace. Now he's agreed to peace.
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Trump also said people are going to Russia right now as we speak, and hopefully we can get a ceasefire from Russia. If we do, I think that would be 80% of the way to getting this horrible bloodbath to end. So the question that all of us should be looking at and asking now is this. Why is the media not reporting this story, number one? And number two, a president is trying to bring peace.
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Why aren't they celebrating this? Why is the world media not celebrating this? And why is it that this isn't the number one leading story on every news channel right now? That the president got Zelensky to agree to peace after one week of him being in the White House angry and yelling and arguing with Donald Trump. And then the other question is this.
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Story number one. A government shutdown is now likely after Chuck Schumer says the Senate Democrats will block a GOP funding bill. The Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, making it very clear that the same Democrats who've always said we can never shut down the government and it hurts Americans and poor people and the world is going to end.
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Why aren't Democrats, if you really want to talk about Russian collusion, why? And this may be the most important part. Why are they not demanding peace from Vladimir Putin? Why are world leaders not demanding peace from Vladimir Putin? Let's be clear. There is now an official deal on the table. Why is it that foreign leaders aren't walking out in front of microphones?
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and demanding that Vladimir Putin agree to the ceasefire deal, which Zelensky and Ukraine have agreed to. And why aren't any of them talking about how quickly this deal was done by Donald Trump? Now, look, I expect the media to hate Donald Trump. I expect many world leaders to, well, be jealous of him. But this should be bigger than that.
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This is about saving countless lives and so many families that have been destroyed in Russia and Ukraine in a senseless war from the very beginning. This is what leaders do. They lead.
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And the sad thing is, apparently in this country right now with our media, if his name is Donald Trump and he does something incredible like work for a peace deal, they will at best say something negative about him or maybe just not tell you the story at all.
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Now that Donald Trump is in charge, they've decided, nah, we'll just throw that all out the window and go with a government shutdown just to try to hurt Donald Trump. Take a listen to the speaker in his own words.
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The Self Deportation Proclamation, Justice comes to Antisemitic Campuses & COVID-era Loans to Children Week In Review
Welcome, it is Verdict with Ted Cruz, Week in Review, Ben Ferguson with you. And two things I got to tell you before we get into the big stories you may have missed, and that is this. On Monday and on Wednesday, this coming week, we will be joined by Elon Musk. So make sure you do not miss Monday's episode or Wednesday episode.
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Well, we got a Reverse Uno Card now, Senator, because we've got a new app, and it does actually the exact opposite of that, which is you can hurry up and self-deport yourself.
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As before, if you want to hear the rest of this conversation on this topic, you can go back and download the podcast from earlier this week to hear the entire thing. I want to get back to the big story, number three of the week you may have missed. I want to move to this other story, and the headline is one that is not a joke. It is real.
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Doge has now said that they have uncovered $312 million, Senator, in loans. that were given to children during the COVID pandemic. Yes, to children, like 9-year-olds, 11-year-olds. There was $312 million that was approved and given to children.
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It's fraud. And we all know this. And look, this goes back to what President Trump said in his address to Congress on Tuesday. When he talked about, he said there was millions of people aged over 100 that were listed on social security databases, with one being as old as 360 years of age. And I go back to Trump's quote there. I know some people who are rather elderly.
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Yeah, right, exactly. And this goes back to Elon Musk and a job that he's doing that I got to say, rarely in my life I thought there's a job that only one guy could do well. It seems to be Doge and Elon Musk because finding this type of waste, fraud, and abuse is exactly what Donald Trump promised, and they're paying off on it.
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But every American that pays taxes should be enraged by the fact that we're giving this much money to people that are children or this much money to someone that's as old as 360 years of age?
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As always, thank you for listening to Verdict with Senator Ted Cruz. Ben Ferguson with you. Don't forget to download my podcast and you can listen to my podcast every other day you're not listening to Verdict or each day when you listen to Verdict afterwards. I'd love to have you as a listener to, again, the Ben Ferguson podcast. And we will see you back here on Monday morning.
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We did the interview at the White House on Friday, and it is going to be one hell of a show. You're not going to want to miss it. There's some news is broken as well and some big things from Elon Musk that will blow you away. So again, make sure you hit that subscribe or auto download button. And on Monday and Wednesday, we will be joined by Elon Musk on Verdict.
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This may be one of the simplest yet biggest turn of events for a win on law and order at our southern border dealing with the issue of legal immigration. I just got to say, well done to the Trump administration on this one. And they keep paying off on their promises to the American people.
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Now, if you want to hear the rest of this conversation, you can go back and listen to the full podcast from earlier this week. Now on to story number two. This is something that you guys have also been focused on on Capitol Hill when it comes to calling out the Biden administration for doing nothing about the anti-Semitic protests that took place on our college campuses.
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And part of this is you've got to have a spotlight on it.
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If you listen every day, I don't usually get these trick questions right.
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Now, here are the big stories you may have missed that we talked about this week. First up, it is a reverse Uno card as the app that used to let you just run into America. The Biden administration use is now a self deporting app. I'll give you those details in a moment. Also, the Biden administration did nothing to stop the anti-Semitic protests on college campuses.
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Well, now some of those students are being arrested. We'll have the difference maker and what's happening at the White House behind this. And finally, Elon Musk and Doge have uncovered unbelievable amounts of loans going to children, young children during the pandemic. It's the Week in Review and it starts right now. Let's deal with a really fun story, and it deals with an app.
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Senator, it was unbelievable to hear you call it out. And I do think we just have to remind people this is systematic on our college campuses, especially the Ivy Leagues. I go back in my head to Harvard and just the defiance of some of these individuals when they were testifying before Congress. They had no problem standing with these anti-Semitic protesters.
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No, zero percent. And I bet you the anti-Semitism would explode on college campuses because they would not have any worries.
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The Self Deportation Proclamation, Justice comes to Antisemitic Campuses & COVID-era Loans to Children Week In Review
I call it the Reverse Uno Card. You remember that app that allowed for countless people to come into this country and just walk in knowing they were here illegally? And it was an app that was exploited by the Biden-Harris administration.
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The Self Deportation Proclamation, Justice comes to Antisemitic Campuses & COVID-era Loans to Children Week In Review
So, Senator, let's take people back in time to a campaign promise from the president. He made it clear that if you are one of these students that is from overseas, has gotten a special special invitation, the ability to come and study in America and You are on campuses and you're, you know, actually going out there and advocating for violence and taking over buildings on college campuses.
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The Self Deportation Proclamation, Justice comes to Antisemitic Campuses & COVID-era Loans to Children Week In Review
We're going to kick you out of this country. Well, guess what? There was one radical on a college campus. This is exactly what happened is ICE detained and they said, look, we're going to revoke your green card. And now Democrats are protesting the arrest of the Syrian radical in New York.
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Trump dukes it out w Maine, Time Frame on a Big Beautiful Budget Bill & Assassin may have had Help Week In Review
What does this mean moving forward if they continue this and how could this change the way that we interact with them? Because I think there's a lot of Americans right now, they're like, look, if we're going to call them terrorists, let's go after them like they're terrorists. How dare them be allowed to do this?
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And the president just straight out called out one of the governors for the plan that had leaked in essence that he was going to defy the directive from the federal government about protecting women from men playing in their sports, transgender individuals claiming that they're a chick. And the president just said, I don't care. You're here. Glad you're here.
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As before, if you want to hear the rest of this conversation on this topic, you can go back and download the podcast from earlier this week to hear the entire thing. I want to get back to the big story, number three of the week you may have missed. There was another shocking headline that also came out today. And that deals with the assassination attempt on Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania.
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The headline for the New York Post is, quote, would be Trump assassin, may have had an accomplice. And data shows, as investigators say, FBI suppressed info. I wouldn't believe that headline if I wouldn't have just had the conversation with you for the last 10 minutes that we just had about the FBI covering up Epstein information as well.
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Are you going to not go along with what I told you to do? And it was one of those flashpoint moments just showing you, I think, the difference is time and the mentality of this president.
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Well, and it goes back to the point that I think Pam Bondi made at the White House with many of these conservatives, which is we're doing everything we can now to be transparent. But there is still a very deep Ja. I think that's exactly right.
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Ja, großartiges Punkt. Ich möchte auch noch zu einer anderen Geschichte gehen und das geht zurück zu der Frage der Vertrauen. Elon Musk und Doge, neue Pollnummern sind raus, die sagen, dass die Mehrheit der amerikanischen Leute tatsächlich erlaubt, was Elon Musk tut. Und sie denken, dass Doge einen wirklichen Impakt und einen positiven Weg für dieses Land und für die Betroffene hat.
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Und die Waste, Verbrechen und Verbrechen wollen sie, um weiter zu gehen. What we're also seeing, Senator, at the exact same time is, I would now describe it as a clearly well-organized, orchestrated effort by the media and the Democrats to ramp up their smears against Trump, or I should say against Elon. And early on, they were trying to drive a wedge between Elon and Trump.
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You could see it in their rhetoric where it's like, well, you know, Elon thinks he's the president.
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Yeah, it backfired. But that was where you could tell the first step was, well, maybe we can drive a wedge here. That hasn't worked. So now what we're witnessing is just a full-on smear campaign against Elon Musk. Even on The View. And this was an interesting moment for me because it's like you're getting real close to slander and libel when you do what The View does against Elon Musk.
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I don't know if they care. They have to apologize pretty regularly now for things they say on the air with legal notes they keep having to make. But Joe Behar had this to say on The View about Elon Musk. And I want to play it and then get your reaction to it.
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Not only does she say he's an enemy, but then she says he's in favor of apartheid. By the way, not true. Came back on the air later in the show and tried to undo that and said, Elon, don't sue.
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Yeah and this was in front of the United States Capitol where she said it.
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By the way, I thought it was Democrats for the last four years that were obsessed with illegal immigrants coming into this country and saying, who is anyone else to say that they aren't Americans and we don't even call them illegals, you must call them immigrants and they're just like you and I. But all of a sudden, a guy by the name of Elon Musk is actually getting things done and now they're just going to slander him and say, which country is he really loyal to, like he's some sort of secret agent or bad actor for another nation.
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When you met with him today, does it seem that he's even shocked by what he's finding?
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I mean, the trash talking, I just gotta say, looking at the female governor main saying like, hey, the people there want this too. You should listen to the people. I'll see you in court. All right, great. Look forward to it. I don't think you're gonna be in politics much longer either if you keep this up. This is just a different Donald Trump this time around.
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As always, thank you for listening to Verdict with Senator Ted Cruz. Ben Ferguson with you. Don't forget to download my podcast and you can listen to my podcast every other day you're not listening to Verdict or each day when you listen to Verdict afterwards. I'd love to have you as a listener to, again, the Ben Ferguson podcast. And we will see you back here on Monday morning.
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This has become like the new litmus test of the extreme left, right?
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Welcome, it is Verdict with Ted Cruz, Weekend Review. Ben Ferguson with you and here are the big stories that you may have missed that we talked about this week. First up, Donald Trump and the Governor of Maine, they come to blows over men in women's sports. The President making clear he's going to protect women in sports no matter what. So what happens on the legal front next?
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I'm trying to figure this out. Is this pure arrogance or is this a political move by the radical left to say we're not going to comply and we think it's going to be good for us to raise money and for our base? Break this down for us. What do you think?
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We'll have that for you. Also... There is now a big question after the House passed a huge budget resolution and a big beautiful bill. So what does the time frame look like to actually have a real budget that is passed and what does it mean for the taxpayers? Will there be a chance that this can get through the Senate and to the President's desk to sign it?
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I'll explain that in just a moment as well. And finally, there's new information out of Butler, Pennsylvania and an accusation in the New York Post that the attempted assassination on Donald Trump That shooter may have actually had help from others. It's the Week in Review and it starts right now.
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Yeah, and that's probably a lot of what Donald Trump said on the floor, right?
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Let's talk about the border for a second. There was another big story, and I want you to just read part of this for people, because it truly is heartbreaking. It makes me angry. It's what you see in war in the Middle East, and it's happening now against ranchers and people in agriculture. The warning is very real now that the cartels are acting like... Absolut. Absolut.
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There was a badass moment at the White House where the president straight up called out a governor who was in attendance for the governors. A bunch of governors come to the White House. They had their big governors meeting. They invited these governors to come to the White House.
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He'll just throw him out of the Oval instantly with this article.
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And that was the press conference that's now been canceled.
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Which, by the way... You look at that last line, and I think this is part of what Donald Trump's really good at, the art of the deal, the negotiation. He didn't say, see you later and we're done. He said he can come back when he's ready for peace.
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The door's open, but not if you're going to come in and act the way that you just did and basically come on false pretense, which was we were going to get a deal done, and now you're saying no.
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In the Oval.
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That's what I was going to ask you. How consequential is this going to be as he's flying back to Ukraine, or wherever he's going, because it obviously changed the way the rest of the world's looking at him. You go from a guy that had this massive, you know, rise to fame. He was calling in to award shows. If you guys remember, it was like the Oscars, where he, like, called in to.
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It was early on, and everybody stood and clapped. I mean, he was a hero of the, quote, world then. Now you look at this, and he leaves.
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It certainly won't be the ambassador because she was like this.
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But listen. So let me ask you this moving forward. Final question on this. I want to do some Q&A, obviously. And that is you've got a joint session of Congress on on Tuesday night. How much are the speechwriters changing what Donald Trump may say to the world? Because you're not just talking to Congress. Will anything change or is he saying, I move on?
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Amen. So let's get into your initial reaction. Then I want to play some clips. But this has gone viral, obviously. Zelensky coming to the White House. The pretense for this meeting was to get a deal and to work a deal for peace. And the president, I think, learned pretty quickly to the point where he said, we're not even doing a joint press conference. Have a good day.
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Amen to that. Don't forget, we do this show Monday, Wednesday, Friday, so if you're listening, make sure you hit that subscribe or auto-download button. I want to say a big thank you to the Club for Growth, you guys, for having us here today as well. Check them out online. If you don't know about them, you should. They do amazing work, like getting people like you elected.
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How many years ago was that? Thirteen. Thirteen years ago. There you go. And thanks for having us, all you guys, for having us here today.
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It was on purpose too. It was very deliberate.
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So let's read the transcript of it, and if we get clip two, they'll let us know. But clip number one, if you want to read what the president said, it said, I mean, look, your country's in big trouble. You're not winning. You have a damn good chance of coming out okay because of us. You haven't been alone. We gave you, through our stupid president, $350 billion. We gave you military equipment.
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If you didn't have our military equipment, this war would have been over in two weeks. That was like point number one from the president. I think it's a pretty solid point, by the way.
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I mean, Senator, you look at that, and it's a shocking... Yeah, you can clap for the president, there's no doubt about it, and the way he handled it, but you're right. It was shocking, because, look, we know world leaders come in and have things maybe they disagree with. They do it in private.
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Wear a suit. I mean, look, especially when you're asking for 350 billion. Right.
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at Club for Growth at their conference down in Florida. It is Verdict with Ted Cruz, obviously Ben Ferguson with you. It is great to be here, and this is going to be for our audience what we refer to as an emergency pod. Yep. Outside the normal Monday, Wednesday, Friday schedule, we're doing two basically today for Friday because of what we just witnessed yesterday.
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Your work.
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Without the funding, so that people understand that are listening, without having that money come in from oil and gas, they couldn't fund the war. Right. So it was an easy way to keep war in check, keep them in check, because without that funding, there's no way they could do this for three years.
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The sun rises in the morning, it goes down in the evening, and Donald Trump, if you punch him, will punch back.
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In the Oval Office, with Zelensky showing up, and it was very clear from what the president said, he was not there to work a deal. He was not there for peace. I want to get your initial reaction to this.
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That was just so cool.
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Yeah, it really was. There was also another bad-a moment, since we're talking about bad-a moments, at the White House that happened while we were at CPAC.
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There was a bad-ass moment. There we go. There was a bad-ass moment at the White House.
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All right, we'll go with bad-ass. There was a bad-ass moment at the White House where the president straight up called out a governor who was in attendance for the governors. A bunch of governors come to the White House. They had their big governors meeting. They invited these governors to come to the White House.
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And the president just straight out called out one of the governors for the plan that had leaked, in essence, that he was going to defy the directive from the federal government about protecting women from men playing in their sports. Transgender individuals claiming that they're a chick. And the president just said, like, I don't care. You're here. Glad you're here.
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Are you going to not go along with what I told you to do? And it was one of those flashpoint moments just showing you, I think, the difference is time and the mentality of this president.
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I mean, the trash talking. I just got to say, looking at the female governor main saying like, hey, the people there want this, too. You should listen to the people. I'll see you in court. All right. Great. Look forward to it. I don't think you're gonna be in politics much longer either. If you keep this up. This is just a different Donald Trump this time around.
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Yeah, that's a really important one, and we're going to talk about that in a moment. I want to tell you real quick about our friends over at the IFCJ. After more than a year of war, terror, and pain in Israel, there is still a great demand for basic humanitarian aid. The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews has supported...
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This has become like the new litmus test, though, of the extreme left, right?
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and continue to support those in the Holy Land still facing the lingering horrors of war and those who are in desperate need right now. Your ongoing monthly gift of $45 will provide critically needed aid to communities in the North and the South that have been devastated by this ongoing war.
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Yeah, it's a great point. And it goes back, I think, to the core issue of he's listening to the people, as you mentioned, and he's doing what the people said with a mandate. And that is what this election was about. And it's also I think it's clear the reason why he's doing things, which moves me to the FBI. You got to go to the swearing in of Kash Patel at the FBI.
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But it's clear that the president's not just like checking a box at the top and saying, OK, now business as usual.
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We also found out today that he has decided to name Dan Bongino, who many that listen to the show probably listen to his show, his podcast as well, and know him from Fox News Channel, former Secret Service agent, former police officer in New York City, a very outspoken critic of the deep state. He's now the deputy director of the FBI.
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I mean, he is truly draining the swamp and bringing in people that are all about reform.
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What Did You Accomplish Last Week? With those Simple Words, Elon Musk Drove Dems & the Media Nuts!
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Verdict with Ted Cruz
What Did You Accomplish Last Week? With those Simple Words, Elon Musk Drove Dems & the Media Nuts!
Let's give a quick update about where we are with all these cabinet positions. You guessed that you thought all the big ones were going to get through so far. That has been exactly the case. And look, they didn't want Pam. They didn't want Patel. They didn't want several of these others. They went after Kristi Noem. We saw a lot of them at CPAC this weekend. The big big.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
What Did You Accomplish Last Week? With those Simple Words, Elon Musk Drove Dems & the Media Nuts!
Big positions are getting filled with the people that Donald Trump promised the American voter. How encouraged are you by, I would also say, the Republicans that are in Congress right now seeming to stick together pretty well?
Verdict with Ted Cruz
What Did You Accomplish Last Week? With those Simple Words, Elon Musk Drove Dems & the Media Nuts!
Yeah, it's incredible. What do we have on the horizon when it comes to what's next when it comes to confirmations?
Verdict with Ted Cruz
What Did You Accomplish Last Week? With those Simple Words, Elon Musk Drove Dems & the Media Nuts!
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Verdict with Ted Cruz
What Did You Accomplish Last Week? With those Simple Words, Elon Musk Drove Dems & the Media Nuts!
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Verdict with Ted Cruz
What Did You Accomplish Last Week? With those Simple Words, Elon Musk Drove Dems & the Media Nuts!
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Verdict with Ted Cruz
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Verdict with Ted Cruz
What Did You Accomplish Last Week? With those Simple Words, Elon Musk Drove Dems & the Media Nuts!
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Verdict with Ted Cruz
What Did You Accomplish Last Week? With those Simple Words, Elon Musk Drove Dems & the Media Nuts!
Welcome, it is Verdict with Senator Ted Cruz, Ben Ferguson with you. And Senator, I got to say, this is an email I feel like should be sent out every single week. What did you do at work last week? That is an actual email sent out from Doge to government employees. You even responded to it.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
What Did You Accomplish Last Week? With those Simple Words, Elon Musk Drove Dems & the Media Nuts!
Yeah, huge win there. And you want to talk about another big win. You mentioned it a moment ago. I got to say, there's certain emails that happen and headlines right now with this administration that, Senator, I find great joy in. I smile.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
What Did You Accomplish Last Week? With those Simple Words, Elon Musk Drove Dems & the Media Nuts!
I think a lot of people listening to this show are going to smile at this story we're about to tell you about, which is there was an email that went out to all government employees saying, What did you do last week? Tell me the top five things you did in your job. And the left and the unions and the woke people in the government are just like crying and losing their minds.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
What Did You Accomplish Last Week? With those Simple Words, Elon Musk Drove Dems & the Media Nuts!
You know, when, you know, when the woke left was like, Oh, we got to have like safe spaces for people in colleges and kids. That's in essence, what their response is here. They came out hardcore and they're like, how dare you? This is harassment to ask what we did last week. You're, you're, you're making us stressed out. This is making people worry and fearful for their jobs. Uh, uh,
Verdict with Ted Cruz
What Did You Accomplish Last Week? With those Simple Words, Elon Musk Drove Dems & the Media Nuts!
yeah if you're not doing your job you should be fearful if your job is is something that you can't even explain you should be fearful you're going to lose your job but this idea that this is quote harassment we had unions that came out saying you can't harass our union members this way all by asking a simple question what did you do last week let me ask you ben you've worked in a white house and comms is this a strange question to get what did you accomplish last week
Verdict with Ted Cruz
What Did You Accomplish Last Week? With those Simple Words, Elon Musk Drove Dems & the Media Nuts!
No, and especially when you work, for example, on campaigns. You know there's accountability every 10, 12, 15, 24 hours. What did you do to respond to this? What are you doing this? Here's the next project. What have you done with this? That is a very normal way of doing things.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
What Did You Accomplish Last Week? With those Simple Words, Elon Musk Drove Dems & the Media Nuts!
And I can tell you, whether it was on the campaign or we were working on Social Security reform, you had deadlines and you had meetings every day. And if you came in unprepared, it could cost you your job, no doubt about it.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
What Did You Accomplish Last Week? With those Simple Words, Elon Musk Drove Dems & the Media Nuts!
You know, the other part about this is there was a lot of people that were trying to spin this email as like this was a national security risk because it went out to all employees. And there was guidance that came back very quickly from certain departments going, hey, like you can't necessarily say what you did this week. So hold on before you respond back.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
What Did You Accomplish Last Week? With those Simple Words, Elon Musk Drove Dems & the Media Nuts!
And yet the media tried to spin this into, oh, my gosh, all these rules are about to be broken. And you were putting people's lives at risk, Elon Musk, by sending out this email. I think it's important that we clarify, look, there were some positions that it was totally fine to say, hold on, we can't do this.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
What Did You Accomplish Last Week? With those Simple Words, Elon Musk Drove Dems & the Media Nuts!
No doubt about it. Also, let's talk a little bit about CPAC. You had a meeting with Elon Musk right after he was given this chainsaw. You even got a picture. I was there with the chainsaw that we tweeted out. It was actually really fun. And Elon Musk is loving this new opportunity to make a difference in this country.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
FAFO Columbia Loses: $400M in federal funds & Antisemitic Organizer Getting Deported
Senator, it was unbelievable to hear you call it out. And I do think we just have to remind people this is systematic on our college campuses, especially the Ivy Leagues. I go back in my head. to Harvard and just the defiance of some of these individuals when they were testifying before Congress. They had no problem standing with these anti-Semitic protesters.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
FAFO Columbia Loses: $400M in federal funds & Antisemitic Organizer Getting Deported
No, zero percent. And I bet you the anti-Semitism would explode on college campuses because they would not have any worries.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
FAFO Columbia Loses: $400M in federal funds & Antisemitic Organizer Getting Deported
So let's talk about this one student and expand on that just for a second, because I do think this is probably, in my opinion, more than just a quote example. For me, this looks like this is the beginning. This isn't just a one off. I think it's very clear the Trump administration is saying if you are here as a student on a visa and you go out and you participate in this,
Verdict with Ted Cruz
FAFO Columbia Loses: $400M in federal funds & Antisemitic Organizer Getting Deported
Yes, there's going to be accountability. We're not screwing around. I don't think this is the last time we're going to see this.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
FAFO Columbia Loses: $400M in federal funds & Antisemitic Organizer Getting Deported
Well, let's remind people, because I do think it's so important that people just remember where this started. And I want to go back to the Harvard president over the students calling, and you mentioned this, for Intifada on campus. It was a very simple question she was asked by Lisa Fonick, and it didn't go well.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
FAFO Columbia Loses: $400M in federal funds & Antisemitic Organizer Getting Deported
And that's where I think there was that first moment for many Americans that couldn't believe, as you described it, of these radical extremists taking over our Ivy Leagues, taking over our college campuses beneath the Ivy Leagues, and indoctrinating people with this type of hate. Let's go back to 2023. This was back in December, on December 5th of 2023.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
FAFO Columbia Loses: $400M in federal funds & Antisemitic Organizer Getting Deported
I'm just going to stop it there. And I think it's so important just to remind people of where we were. And as you mentioned, Senator, elections have consequences. The good news is she's no longer the president.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
FAFO Columbia Loses: $400M in federal funds & Antisemitic Organizer Getting Deported
No. And others at least lost their jobs being in charge. But like you said, I still think there's a lot of this on college campuses. I still think it would be flourishing if we didn't have Donald Trump in office. And that's why this moment for us to not, as I would say, stop shining the light on this is so vitally important.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
FAFO Columbia Loses: $400M in federal funds & Antisemitic Organizer Getting Deported
Don't forget, we do this show Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Hit that subscribe or auto-download button wherever you get your podcasts. We will keep talking about these important issues even after the media stops and moves on to something else because it is important. And the Senator and I will see you back here on Wednesday morning.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
FAFO Columbia Loses: $400M in federal funds & Antisemitic Organizer Getting Deported
Yeah, it really is incredible. And we got to remind people how we got to this point. And a lot of it was revolving around when when when those three university presidents went to Capitol Hill and even CBS News talking about how the Columbia University president resigned after all this anti-Semitism was allowed on campus. Here is how CBS this morning put it when it happened.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
FAFO Columbia Loses: $400M in federal funds & Antisemitic Organizer Getting Deported
When CBS News says that you're the epicenter, referring to Columbia University, of all of the worst protests, you know it was bad. And not only did you heard Speaker Johnson there called for her to resign, you called, Senator, for several of these presidents of universities to resign as well. And that was certainly set in the right direction.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
FAFO Columbia Loses: $400M in federal funds & Antisemitic Organizer Getting Deported
But now we're seeing the payoff from what Trump promised on the campaign trail.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
FAFO Columbia Loses: $400M in federal funds & Antisemitic Organizer Getting Deported
It really is. And this is something that you guys have also been focused on on Capitol Hill when it comes to calling out the Biden administration for doing nothing about the anti-Semitic protests that took place on our college campuses. And part of this is you've got to have a spotlight on it.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
FAFO Columbia Loses: $400M in federal funds & Antisemitic Organizer Getting Deported
They do not care at all. If you listen every day, I don't usually get these trick questions right.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
FAFO Columbia Loses: $400M in federal funds & Antisemitic Organizer Getting Deported
Welcome, it is Verdict with Senator Ted Cruz, Ben Ferguson with you as always. Happy Monday. And Senator, it is a prediction that you predicted a few weeks ago, and it's dealing with Columbia University, but it's also dealing with students that are anti-Israel, anti-Semitic, and now Donald Trump is paying off on one of his promises.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Ukraine MELTDOWN plus Trump's first State of the Union Address of the 2nd Term
Well, happy Monday. Welcome. It is Verdict with Senator Ted Cruz, Ben Ferguson with you. And if you missed our podcast that we did over the weekend on the Zelensky disaster in the Oval Office, I'm going to tell you right now, we put out that emergency pod. Go back, listen to it, grab it.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Ukraine MELTDOWN plus Trump's first State of the Union Address of the 2nd Term
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Verdict with Ted Cruz
Ukraine MELTDOWN plus Trump's first State of the Union Address of the 2nd Term
Oh, gosh. See, this is when you get me in trouble because I'm going to either be way too low or way too high. Let's call it... 50 million.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Ukraine MELTDOWN plus Trump's first State of the Union Address of the 2nd Term
Well, I love the thing about finding money like you go back to Trump saying, like, we're no longer just an open blank check. There was also something else that was said that Europe, quote, needs to step in and release some 200 billion euros. It's 207 billion. in, quote, seized Russian assets to help fund the war effort.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Ukraine MELTDOWN plus Trump's first State of the Union Address of the 2nd Term
So all of a sudden they're now saying, well, we got 200 billion or 207 billion in U.S. dollars, 200 billion euros of seized Russian assets. Maybe we should use that money instead of our own money to help them in Ukraine. And I'm like, wow, you turn off the spigot in America, a brilliant, simple plan, and all of a sudden they find 200 billion euros sitting around.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Ukraine MELTDOWN plus Trump's first State of the Union Address of the 2nd Term
They're like, okay, maybe we can give that to them now.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Ukraine MELTDOWN plus Trump's first State of the Union Address of the 2nd Term
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Verdict with Ted Cruz
Ukraine MELTDOWN plus Trump's first State of the Union Address of the 2nd Term
Which to you is what?
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Ukraine MELTDOWN plus Trump's first State of the Union Address of the 2nd Term
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Verdict with Ted Cruz
Ukraine MELTDOWN plus Trump's first State of the Union Address of the 2nd Term
He failed diplomacy that test today. He it was not a hard meeting. This wasn't something that was going to it was it was harder to screw it up than it was to get it right.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Ukraine MELTDOWN plus Trump's first State of the Union Address of the 2nd Term
Yeah, it And this is now, how fast can Europe get this back together? But I do love they found billions and billions and billions of Russian assets. They're like, oh, well, maybe instead of our taxpayers over in Europe paying them, giving them, maybe we'll just take this money we've seized and frozen and then we'll use that in the war effort. That makes more sense.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Ukraine MELTDOWN plus Trump's first State of the Union Address of the 2nd Term
for the short term, so we're going to go down that road. It's amazing how fast Europe found cash when America said, no more from us, we're not going to be suckers. Which brings me to tomorrow night. Let's just have a little fun with this for a second, because you mentioned earlier to say the union. Others are going to say, well, technically it's a joint session of Congress.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Ukraine MELTDOWN plus Trump's first State of the Union Address of the 2nd Term
Can we explain very quickly why the first time the president addresses a joint session of Congress, it's not technically called to say the union? But afterwards, it is.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Ukraine MELTDOWN plus Trump's first State of the Union Address of the 2nd Term
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Verdict with Ted Cruz
Ukraine MELTDOWN plus Trump's first State of the Union Address of the 2nd Term
What do you expect in this speech? I mean, this is going to be one where I think it's going to be a lot about, A, we won. B, this is what we're getting done for the American people. I think the president understands how important this speech is to continue momentum moving forward for Doge and other things.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Ukraine MELTDOWN plus Trump's first State of the Union Address of the 2nd Term
But I actually think this is one of the most important speeches he's going to give because this is at that critical moment where it's like, all right, You know, are we winning? Yes. Here's what we're doing. Here's what we promised we were going to do. And keep supporting and backing us because we're all in.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Ukraine MELTDOWN plus Trump's first State of the Union Address of the 2nd Term
That's why if you haven't hit that subscribe or auto download button, make sure you do that so you never miss when those big moments happen and we get together and do a show real quick. Senator, we've got a lot happening right now, including a joint session of Congress. It's going to happen on Tuesday. But Zelensky left the White House and he hauled it to Europe begging for money.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Ukraine MELTDOWN plus Trump's first State of the Union Address of the 2nd Term
And how important do you think the speech is? How important do you think this is? I mean, is this one of those where you're like, hey, if you're on the team, you've got to land this?
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Ukraine MELTDOWN plus Trump's first State of the Union Address of the 2nd Term
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Verdict with Ted Cruz
Ukraine MELTDOWN plus Trump's first State of the Union Address of the 2nd Term
That's awesome. Well, we're going to have a big show after the joint address, State of the Union. So get ready for that. Make sure you hit that subscribe or auto-download button wherever you get this podcast. And please share it on social media. If you would write us a five-star review, we'd also greatly appreciate that. It helps us reach a new audience every time you do that.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Ukraine MELTDOWN plus Trump's first State of the Union Address of the 2nd Term
So if you'll do that as well, that would be huge. And the Senator and I will see you back here on Wednesday morning.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Ukraine MELTDOWN plus Trump's first State of the Union Address of the 2nd Term
He's saying we can get this done with America. He ran to Europe begging for aid, support, help, money. And now there's basically the UK and France are like, you screwed up big. We're going to try to help you put this deal back together and we'll be the liaison with the United States of America since you screwed it up so badly.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Ukraine MELTDOWN plus Trump's first State of the Union Address of the 2nd Term
Especially in every instance. I mean, yeah, exactly.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Ukraine MELTDOWN plus Trump's first State of the Union Address of the 2nd Term
Yeah. Like and that's the part where it was like such shocking tone death. And you and I mentioned this in the pod on Friday. But the ambassador from the Ukraine, I think she summed up perfectly holding her head in her hands like this is a disaster that no one knows how to fix.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Ukraine MELTDOWN plus Trump's first State of the Union Address of the 2nd Term
There's no upside to this. And then whoever wins, that's who you work with. And that's how it is. So why would you risk it? But this goes back to one of two things. Is this because he is not a he's a fake politician in the sense where he's an actor that, you know, figure out a way to get this job and there's no elections happening there right now.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Ukraine MELTDOWN plus Trump's first State of the Union Address of the 2nd Term
And he feels like he believes the international press, which, by the way, did turn him into a rock star. I mean, he became the Taylor Swift of of dudes and in politics and was successful. piped into the award shows like we had on Sunday night. I mean, this is a guy that I think started maybe believing the press that he's untouchable, he's amazing, he's this incredible leader.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Ukraine MELTDOWN plus Trump's first State of the Union Address of the 2nd Term
Which brings us to now where we are. And look, you've got UK and France and Ukraine that have agreed to, quote, work on a ceasefire plan and try to get, I guess, Zelensky back into a conversation where, with the President of the United States of America. They're having this big meeting over in Europe. A lot of different countries are there.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Ukraine MELTDOWN plus Trump's first State of the Union Address of the 2nd Term
The summit includes France, Germany, Denmark, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain, Canada, Finland, Sweden, Czech Republic and Romania, the Turkish Foreign Minister, the NATO Security General, and the Presidents of the European Commission and the European Council will also attend. Now, you notice I didn't say the United States of America.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Ukraine MELTDOWN plus Trump's first State of the Union Address of the 2nd Term
This is part of, I think, the most interesting part of President Trump's meeting with Zelensky. It's like, look, you take us for granted. You come in here. You lecture us. You have no plan for peace. You clearly aren't here for peace. Good luck.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Ukraine MELTDOWN plus Trump's first State of the Union Address of the 2nd Term
And now all of these other leaders are having to step up and say, OK, let us try to help you fix this so that we can save your country because he did so much harm to Ukraine.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Bombshells: AG Bondi Accuses NY FBI Field Office of Deliberately Hiding Jeffrey Epstein Files plus NY Post Reports Trump's Attempted Assassin in Butler may have had an Accomplice
Welcome, it is Vernick with Senator Ted Cruz, Ben Ferguson with you as well. And Senator, it was a very big day Thursday as we got part one of the Epstein files that were released to the public by a lot of conservatives that were at the White House.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Bombshells: AG Bondi Accuses NY FBI Field Office of Deliberately Hiding Jeffrey Epstein Files plus NY Post Reports Trump's Attempted Assassin in Butler may have had an Accomplice
Well, and it goes back to the point that I think Pam Bondi made at the White House with many of these conservatives, which is we're doing everything we can now to be transparent. But there is still a very deep.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Bombshells: AG Bondi Accuses NY FBI Field Office of Deliberately Hiding Jeffrey Epstein Files plus NY Post Reports Trump's Attempted Assassin in Butler may have had an Accomplice
deep state um rebellion and they are hell-bent on not letting the american people know what's going on they're above us they think they're more important than us they don't believe they have to play by the rules they don't have to be transparent and until you get that fixed there's going to be a lot of doubting in the american from the american people in these institutions
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Bombshells: AG Bondi Accuses NY FBI Field Office of Deliberately Hiding Jeffrey Epstein Files plus NY Post Reports Trump's Attempted Assassin in Butler may have had an Accomplice
Yeah, great point. I want to move also to another story. And this goes back to the issue of trust. Elon Musk and Doge, new poll numbers are out saying that the majority of American people actually approve of what Elon Musk is doing. And they think that Doge is having a real impact in a positive way for this country and for taxpayers and the waste, fraud and abuse.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Bombshells: AG Bondi Accuses NY FBI Field Office of Deliberately Hiding Jeffrey Epstein Files plus NY Post Reports Trump's Attempted Assassin in Butler may have had an Accomplice
They want them to keep moving forward. What we're also seeing, Senator, at the exact same time is I would now describe it as a clearly well-organized, orchestrated effort by the media and the Democrats to ramp up their smears against Trump early on. And early on, they were trying to drive a wedge between Elon and Trump.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Bombshells: AG Bondi Accuses NY FBI Field Office of Deliberately Hiding Jeffrey Epstein Files plus NY Post Reports Trump's Attempted Assassin in Butler may have had an Accomplice
You could see it in their rhetoric where it's like, well, you know, Elon thinks he's the president.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Bombshells: AG Bondi Accuses NY FBI Field Office of Deliberately Hiding Jeffrey Epstein Files plus NY Post Reports Trump's Attempted Assassin in Butler may have had an Accomplice
Yeah, it backfired. But that was where you could tell they were the first step was, well, maybe we can drive a wedge here. That hasn't worked. So now what we're witnessing is just a full on smear campaign against Elon Musk, even on the view of.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Bombshells: AG Bondi Accuses NY FBI Field Office of Deliberately Hiding Jeffrey Epstein Files plus NY Post Reports Trump's Attempted Assassin in Butler may have had an Accomplice
And this was an interesting moment for me because it's like you're getting real close to slander and libel when you when you do what the view does against Elon Musk. I don't know if they care. They have to apologize pretty regularly now for things they say on the air with legal notes they keep having to make. But Joe Behar had this to say on the view about Elon Musk.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Bombshells: AG Bondi Accuses NY FBI Field Office of Deliberately Hiding Jeffrey Epstein Files plus NY Post Reports Trump's Attempted Assassin in Butler may have had an Accomplice
And I want to play it and then get your reaction to it.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Bombshells: AG Bondi Accuses NY FBI Field Office of Deliberately Hiding Jeffrey Epstein Files plus NY Post Reports Trump's Attempted Assassin in Butler may have had an Accomplice
I mean, not only does she say he's an enemy, but then she says he's in favor of apartheid. By the way, not true. Came back on the air later in the show and tried to undo that and said, Elon, don't sue.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Bombshells: AG Bondi Accuses NY FBI Field Office of Deliberately Hiding Jeffrey Epstein Files plus NY Post Reports Trump's Attempted Assassin in Butler may have had an Accomplice
Yeah, and this was in front of the United States Capitol where she said it.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Bombshells: AG Bondi Accuses NY FBI Field Office of Deliberately Hiding Jeffrey Epstein Files plus NY Post Reports Trump's Attempted Assassin in Butler may have had an Accomplice
By the way, I thought it was Democrats for the last four years that were obsessed with illegal immigrants coming into this country and saying, who is anyone else to say that they aren't Americans and we don't even call them illegals. You must call them immigrants. And they're just like you and I. But but all of a sudden, a guy by the name of Elon Musk is actually getting things done.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Bombshells: AG Bondi Accuses NY FBI Field Office of Deliberately Hiding Jeffrey Epstein Files plus NY Post Reports Trump's Attempted Assassin in Butler may have had an Accomplice
And now they're just going to slander him and say, which country is he really loyal to? Like he's some sort of secret agent or bad actor for another nation.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Bombshells: AG Bondi Accuses NY FBI Field Office of Deliberately Hiding Jeffrey Epstein Files plus NY Post Reports Trump's Attempted Assassin in Butler may have had an Accomplice
When you met with him today, does it seem that he's even shocked by what he's finding?
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Bombshells: AG Bondi Accuses NY FBI Field Office of Deliberately Hiding Jeffrey Epstein Files plus NY Post Reports Trump's Attempted Assassin in Butler may have had an Accomplice
And then Pam Bondi came out afterwards and dropped a bomb that was pretty much, hey, I may be the attorney general and Kash Patel may be the FBI director. But there are people in New York that are hiding documents from us that deal with Jeffrey Epstein.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Bombshells: AG Bondi Accuses NY FBI Field Office of Deliberately Hiding Jeffrey Epstein Files plus NY Post Reports Trump's Attempted Assassin in Butler may have had an Accomplice
But but hey, federal government, just normal way of doing business. I think the best part is the polls are showing that the media propaganda against Musk so far has not been working against the president. The majority of the American people love what Doge is doing. And as long as he's got the people behind him.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Bombshells: AG Bondi Accuses NY FBI Field Office of Deliberately Hiding Jeffrey Epstein Files plus NY Post Reports Trump's Attempted Assassin in Butler may have had an Accomplice
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Bombshells: AG Bondi Accuses NY FBI Field Office of Deliberately Hiding Jeffrey Epstein Files plus NY Post Reports Trump's Attempted Assassin in Butler may have had an Accomplice
This letter was incredible. And I actually talked to someone that you and I both know, Chad Prather. He was invited as one of the 15. He's a fellow Texan that went to the White House. And I as soon as he left, we actually talked on the phone and he said, Ben, He said, none of us that were invited up here knew we were going to get the Epstein files, number one.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Bombshells: AG Bondi Accuses NY FBI Field Office of Deliberately Hiding Jeffrey Epstein Files plus NY Post Reports Trump's Attempted Assassin in Butler may have had an Accomplice
We were actually brought up to the White House to talk about communications, and we were going to meet with the vice president. We didn't know we were going to be meeting with the people in the cabinet. We didn't know we were going to be meeting with the president. We certainly didn't know we were going to be given these Epstein files.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Bombshells: AG Bondi Accuses NY FBI Field Office of Deliberately Hiding Jeffrey Epstein Files plus NY Post Reports Trump's Attempted Assassin in Butler may have had an Accomplice
And he said there was two parts of this that the big mainstream media clearly didn't didn't understand or they were angry that we got the files before they did and so they wanted to say today was a nothing burger he said when they gave them to us they said look there's really nothing new in here that you're going to find this is why we're calling it part one
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Bombshells: AG Bondi Accuses NY FBI Field Office of Deliberately Hiding Jeffrey Epstein Files plus NY Post Reports Trump's Attempted Assassin in Butler may have had an Accomplice
And then they said, what we want you to know is exactly the letter that you just read, which was, we don't have the majority of the intel that we've been demanding because there are bad actors in the deep state who were refusing to give it to us.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Bombshells: AG Bondi Accuses NY FBI Field Office of Deliberately Hiding Jeffrey Epstein Files plus NY Post Reports Trump's Attempted Assassin in Butler may have had an Accomplice
In fact, what they said was even more shocking was Pam Bondi did an interview with Waters last night on Fox, and she was talking about the, quote, 200 pages. that she had. There was, in essence, a whistleblower that saw the interview and said, I need to tell you right now that you're missing a lot of pages and they're not giving them to you from New York FBI.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Bombshells: AG Bondi Accuses NY FBI Field Office of Deliberately Hiding Jeffrey Epstein Files plus NY Post Reports Trump's Attempted Assassin in Butler may have had an Accomplice
And that's how fast this all came about. So when you're thinking about, when you're the Attorney General of the United States of America, You're going on TV, and only because you gave a page number, which was about 10% of apparently what is actually out there, based on what the whistleblower said.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Bombshells: AG Bondi Accuses NY FBI Field Office of Deliberately Hiding Jeffrey Epstein Files plus NY Post Reports Trump's Attempted Assassin in Butler may have had an Accomplice
This is insane that this is our government right now, and there's that many people fighting against the will of the people who elected the president, who had put Pam Bondi and Cash Patel into these positions.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Bombshells: AG Bondi Accuses NY FBI Field Office of Deliberately Hiding Jeffrey Epstein Files plus NY Post Reports Trump's Attempted Assassin in Butler may have had an Accomplice
There was also another aspect of this, and again, this is coming from Chad, and he was meeting, right, with the president and the vice president and these other cabinet members, Pam Bonney, Kash Patel. And he said they were also, the letter has been basically just completely misconstrued as if there's some sort of disagreement or wedge between Pam Bondi and Kash Patel.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Bombshells: AG Bondi Accuses NY FBI Field Office of Deliberately Hiding Jeffrey Epstein Files plus NY Post Reports Trump's Attempted Assassin in Butler may have had an Accomplice
But when you understand the backstory, he said they're lockstep. She's giving this letter out to give him the power to then go get the answers from the demands. And yet the media was reporting this tonight all over the place like, oh, there's a big rift between the attorney general and the FBI director. That is also not the case at all. Another lie.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Bombshells: AG Bondi Accuses NY FBI Field Office of Deliberately Hiding Jeffrey Epstein Files plus NY Post Reports Trump's Attempted Assassin in Butler may have had an Accomplice
Let me ask about accountability here because you would understand the law more than I certainly do. And that is if you've been directed by the FBI director or the attorney general to turn over documents and you work in the government, you deliberately hide those documents and do not turn them over. Are you committing a crime or is it basically worst case scenario?
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Bombshells: AG Bondi Accuses NY FBI Field Office of Deliberately Hiding Jeffrey Epstein Files plus NY Post Reports Trump's Attempted Assassin in Butler may have had an Accomplice
You lose your job and they fire you for insubordination.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Bombshells: AG Bondi Accuses NY FBI Field Office of Deliberately Hiding Jeffrey Epstein Files plus NY Post Reports Trump's Attempted Assassin in Butler may have had an Accomplice
It's an incredible story, and I think one of the things that we should make clear is there's clearly significant information. We've been told that Pam Bondi has said that there is video, there is audio, there's a lot of recordings, and there's a lot more information.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Bombshells: AG Bondi Accuses NY FBI Field Office of Deliberately Hiding Jeffrey Epstein Files plus NY Post Reports Trump's Attempted Assassin in Butler may have had an Accomplice
That's what the letter said. But what's interesting is from the people that were in the meeting, they were told that this was in essence the tip of the iceberg and that they do have audio and video recordings that apparently have been withheld from the New York office. And that's part of the reason why I think you're seeing the demand come out this way is that there must be a lot.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Bombshells: AG Bondi Accuses NY FBI Field Office of Deliberately Hiding Jeffrey Epstein Files plus NY Post Reports Trump's Attempted Assassin in Butler may have had an Accomplice
that the deep state doesn't want us to see, which goes back to my final question for you, Senator, on this. Why is it they don't want us to see this? Is this because they're trying to protect people in the political world?
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Bombshells: AG Bondi Accuses NY FBI Field Office of Deliberately Hiding Jeffrey Epstein Files plus NY Post Reports Trump's Attempted Assassin in Butler may have had an Accomplice
What would be the reason you wouldn't want to know or for everyone to see what it is they're desperately trying to hide from not only us, but literally from the attorney general and the FBI director?
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Bombshells: AG Bondi Accuses NY FBI Field Office of Deliberately Hiding Jeffrey Epstein Files plus NY Post Reports Trump's Attempted Assassin in Butler may have had an Accomplice
Yeah, and a lot of people, they believe that was clearly the painting in reference to Monica Lewinsky in the blue dress. And you got to think, to put that up and hang it in your home and have that relationship, it's like, well, you must feel pretty powerful to be able to do that.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Bombshells: AG Bondi Accuses NY FBI Field Office of Deliberately Hiding Jeffrey Epstein Files plus NY Post Reports Trump's Attempted Assassin in Butler may have had an Accomplice
There was another shocking headline that also came out today, and that deals with the assassination attempt on Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania. The headline for The New York Post is, quote, would be Trump assassin may have had an accomplice. And data shows, as investigators say, FBI suppressed info.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Bombshells: AG Bondi Accuses NY FBI Field Office of Deliberately Hiding Jeffrey Epstein Files plus NY Post Reports Trump's Attempted Assassin in Butler may have had an Accomplice
I wouldn't believe that headline if I wouldn't have just had the conversation with you for the last 10 minutes that we just had about the FBI covering up Epstein information as well.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Dems Cheer Domestic Terrorism against Tesla, plus Trump Orders Abolish the Department of Education
We've got two major issues we're going to deal with today on the show. Number one, it's incredible, Donald Trump's executive order on the Department of Education to shut it down. What this is going to do for parents with school choice and giving the power back to the states, plus the amount of money we're spending per pupil is more than any else in the world.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Dems Cheer Domestic Terrorism against Tesla, plus Trump Orders Abolish the Department of Education
This brings up the issue of school choice now. It's something that you were actually in Austin talking about today as we're recording this, and you've been a champion of school choice for quite some time.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Dems Cheer Domestic Terrorism against Tesla, plus Trump Orders Abolish the Department of Education
Yeah, and I want to play just a little bit of what Donald Trump had to say at this announcement, as you mentioned, with those governors signing this executive order, shutting down the education department. Take a listen.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Dems Cheer Domestic Terrorism against Tesla, plus Trump Orders Abolish the Department of Education
You listen to him talk about the more money per pupil than any other place. And this kind of goes back to Doge mentality. If we're wasting money, then let's stop wasting money and we can do a better job with your tax dollars if it's at the state level. And if you have the ability to choose the best place for your child to get an education, it's your tax dollars.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Dems Cheer Domestic Terrorism against Tesla, plus Trump Orders Abolish the Department of Education
You know what to do with them better than we do.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Dems Cheer Domestic Terrorism against Tesla, plus Trump Orders Abolish the Department of Education
No clue.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Dems Cheer Domestic Terrorism against Tesla, plus Trump Orders Abolish the Department of Education
Well, let's talk about what the left says and just how they've been so successful at stopping this. A lot of this is because the teachers unions are very powerful. The Department of Education and their alumni have become incredibly powerful and making sure that they fearmonger and terrify parents that your kids won't be able to get an education if you give parents the freedom to choose.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Dems Cheer Domestic Terrorism against Tesla, plus Trump Orders Abolish the Department of Education
This has become that type of kind of third rail, as we call it, an issue in politics. You don't touch Social Security. You don't touch education, even if it is failing. So let's talk about some of their claims and what the audience needs to understand about why some of them are just flat out bogus.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Dems Cheer Domestic Terrorism against Tesla, plus Trump Orders Abolish the Department of Education
Yeah, in a major way. What what do the listeners need to do? This is one of those action moments, I think, where it's really important. Is this a you got to lobby your state legislature at the same time you're calling Congress? Because let's be very realistic here.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Dems Cheer Domestic Terrorism against Tesla, plus Trump Orders Abolish the Department of Education
this is going to be a big fight now i think it's a fight worth having i also think one of the things that people may not understand about the strategy of the president is the conversation center you and i are having right now is the conversation the president clearly is wanting the american people to have about their kids and grandkids and public education this is part of this is you've got to start winning the hearts and minds of voters and people in this country taxpayers
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Dems Cheer Domestic Terrorism against Tesla, plus Trump Orders Abolish the Department of Education
And one way to do it is to say, I'm getting rid of the Department of Education. Now, this may not happen tomorrow. It may not happen a month from now or even three months from now. But this is a step in the right direction.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Dems Cheer Domestic Terrorism against Tesla, plus Trump Orders Abolish the Department of Education
And where do we rank when it comes to education? In many of the areas at the very bottom, we're going to break that down for you also. And then the other big issue, and it deals with Tesla. And Senator, let's start with what Elon Musk just tweeted out. He put a tweet out, said, quote, Has there ever been such a level of coordinated violence against a peaceful company? Question mark.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Dems Cheer Domestic Terrorism against Tesla, plus Trump Orders Abolish the Department of Education
Yeah, it really is. Don't forget we do this show Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Hit that subscribe or auto-download button. If you miss one of the shows, we do a weekend review on Saturdays, giving you some of the big highlights of the week. And part of that is going to be Elon Musk interview. And if you did miss it, you go back and listen. It was incredible. Two-part series, Monday and Wednesday.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Dems Cheer Domestic Terrorism against Tesla, plus Trump Orders Abolish the Department of Education
You can also watch it and subscribe on YouTube. It is a really fun interview to watch because you get some great facial expressions from Elon Musk. You can tell when he's really thinking hard about an answer before he gives it, and it just gives it even more life. So grab that on YouTube as well. And the Senator and I will see you back here in a couple of days.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Dems Cheer Domestic Terrorism against Tesla, plus Trump Orders Abolish the Department of Education
225 and dropping.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Dems Cheer Domestic Terrorism against Tesla, plus Trump Orders Abolish the Department of Education
Senator, this is what I call the dog whistle for violence, because he says this and then others go out and are actually shooting and burning up Teslas.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Dems Cheer Domestic Terrorism against Tesla, plus Trump Orders Abolish the Department of Education
I understand not wanting to buy a product, but this extreme arson in destruction is what we're witnessing right now as the left has gone to war with Tesla.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Dems Cheer Domestic Terrorism against Tesla, plus Trump Orders Abolish the Department of Education
Petty acts of terrorism, Senator. Cool, right? Like, let's cheer for that. Why not?
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Dems Cheer Domestic Terrorism against Tesla, plus Trump Orders Abolish the Department of Education
No, that's exactly what I want to ask you. John Cusack appeared on a Tesla takedown call, for example, says that Elon Musk is literally, quote, killing people. The actor complained that the United States is a fascist country and becoming more fascist every day. He joined this, and again, it's called in a hashtag, like this is not some secret group.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Dems Cheer Domestic Terrorism against Tesla, plus Trump Orders Abolish the Department of Education
Hashtag Tesla takedown, a, quote, mass mobilizing call on Wednesday to express his opinion about Elon Musk, whom the actor claimed is, quote, literally killing people. The 58-year-old also hit Musk with a string of other insults during the call.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Dems Cheer Domestic Terrorism against Tesla, plus Trump Orders Abolish the Department of Education
So this goes back to what you and I have talked about before, whether it's Act Blue, whether it's Black Lives Matter, whether it's the summer of takedown, the Occupy Wall Street. This is all coming from organized groups that are being funded. This is clandestine.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Dems Cheer Domestic Terrorism against Tesla, plus Trump Orders Abolish the Department of Education
While you and I are talking, I literally was sent by a congressman the John Cusack video and audio. I want to play this because not only, if you haven't seen this, this is how organized the left is. They've got a full live TV box around this broadcast on X where they were doing this. They have a website, teslatakedown.com, hashtag teslatakedownmasscall. Here is John in his own words.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Dems Cheer Domestic Terrorism against Tesla, plus Trump Orders Abolish the Department of Education
Now, he goes on for another four minutes just on this. But this is a man that is advocating and supporting people to take up, in essence, arms against Tesla.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Dems Cheer Domestic Terrorism against Tesla, plus Trump Orders Abolish the Department of Education
And why not? Because they don't mind this. I mean, I think this is part of their now poor playbook.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Dems Cheer Domestic Terrorism against Tesla, plus Trump Orders Abolish the Department of Education
Well, as you said earlier, Senator, thank goodness that the Attorney General Pam Bondi announcing these charges for that Tesla attack and warning against domestic terrorism, saying if you join in this, we're coming after you and we're going to put you behind bars. Thank goodness we have law and order restored at the Department of Justice with her in charge and others at the FBI.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Dems Cheer Domestic Terrorism against Tesla, plus Trump Orders Abolish the Department of Education
I want to move to the story number two, and it's also a really big story. And I want to look at this from an issue of hope and excitement. There are a lot of parents that are listening and grandparents right now who know just how screwed up the public education system is in this country. They understand the data that the K-12 schools are spending $857 billion annually.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Dems Cheer Domestic Terrorism against Tesla, plus Trump Orders Abolish the Department of Education
That's $17,277 on average per student annually. It is incredible. And what we're getting for that is not very much. We're at the bottom of the list in many categories. And the president came out with a very big announcement. And that is that his goal is to dismantle the Department of Education, sending this back to the states. Now, where parents get excited.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Attorney General Pam Bondi-Exclusive One-on-One LIVE Interview at CPAC
Welcome, it is Verdict with Ted Cruz, live from CPAC 2025. Senator, it's, uh, I like this being our annual time to hang out with fun people.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Attorney General Pam Bondi-Exclusive One-on-One LIVE Interview at CPAC
I want to ask you a question. It's one that I've been dying to ask you, and it deals with all of the pardons that were given out from Joe Biden at the end. There were a lot that went to his family. It is what it is. There's one person he did not pardon. That would be himself. There are a lot of people who think there should be accountability.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Attorney General Pam Bondi-Exclusive One-on-One LIVE Interview at CPAC
Should this be something that is looked at to see what he did while he was president?
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Attorney General Pam Bondi-Exclusive One-on-One LIVE Interview at CPAC
Too old to prosecute.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Attorney General Pam Bondi-Exclusive One-on-One LIVE Interview at CPAC
I want to ask you and go back to something you said a moment ago. We were talking about cartels, and they have been able to set up networks. And we see this coming up now more often. We're controlling states and cities and states and the entire flow. And they've been able to do this and set it up without having to worry that anyone's going to stop them.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Attorney General Pam Bondi-Exclusive One-on-One LIVE Interview at CPAC
We're seeing this not on border states, but all over the country, this network. At what point do we get to start dismantling that? How long does that take? How much time is that going to take? Because they've been here for quite some time with the last administration.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Attorney General Pam Bondi-Exclusive One-on-One LIVE Interview at CPAC
Y'all are friends.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Attorney General Pam Bondi-Exclusive One-on-One LIVE Interview at CPAC
Like this is a group and this administration and you and I have talked about this on the show. You guys are friends. Like y'all know each other before you got here. How important are those relationships that you say, hey, I trust, excuse me, I trust you. I trust you. I trust you. I got your back. Let's go to work.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Attorney General Pam Bondi-Exclusive One-on-One LIVE Interview at CPAC
How nice is it to have a boss, a guy by the name of Donald J. Trump, who just lets you do your job? Exactly. I mean, there's a lot of presidents in the past that have really tried to keep their thumb on people. It seems like he's saying, go. And go get it done and call me when you need me.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Attorney General Pam Bondi-Exclusive One-on-One LIVE Interview at CPAC
Thank you guys here for being here as well. Don't forget, we do this show Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. So make sure you hit that subscribe or auto-download button. God bless America.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Attorney General Pam Bondi-Exclusive One-on-One LIVE Interview at CPAC
Let me ask you a question. President Trump, and this has made headlines on what you were just talking about, we've designated these cartels as terrorist organizations. What does that allow you to do in your job? And Kash Patel now is the head of the FBI. What is that going to give you the ability to do and to go after them?
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Attorney General Pam Bondi-Exclusive One-on-One LIVE Interview at CPAC
300 a day is the average that are dying in this country right now. When you took this job and you hear that number and you saw the inaction from the last administration, how angry did that make you?
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Attorney General Pam Bondi-Exclusive One-on-One LIVE Interview at CPAC
Not the one in the hallway, right, that picture?
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Biden Released 100 Potential Terrorist Illegal Aliens in a Single Year plus POTUS & First Lady Support my Take It Down Act
All right. I want to move on to this other really important issue. And I want to say sincerely, Senator, thank you for leading on the Take It Down Act. It is going to have a huge impact in this country at protecting people against deep fake porn and people that are trying to harm them, especially young girls. You've highlighted it and explained it.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Biden Released 100 Potential Terrorist Illegal Aliens in a Single Year plus POTUS & First Lady Support my Take It Down Act
and the First Lady is now all in on this issue as well, and you guys had a roundtable on Capitol Hill. Talk a little bit about this.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Biden Released 100 Potential Terrorist Illegal Aliens in a Single Year plus POTUS & First Lady Support my Take It Down Act
I mean, it's incredible, this legislation. And it's also awesome to see the first lady coming to the forefront on this issue and saying, I want to champion this as well.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Biden Released 100 Potential Terrorist Illegal Aliens in a Single Year plus POTUS & First Lady Support my Take It Down Act
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Verdict with Ted Cruz
Biden Released 100 Potential Terrorist Illegal Aliens in a Single Year plus POTUS & First Lady Support my Take It Down Act
The First Lady there, and I do love that she was honest. She's like, how are there not more Democrats with this?
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Biden Released 100 Potential Terrorist Illegal Aliens in a Single Year plus POTUS & First Lady Support my Take It Down Act
So we do the fight here every day to try to get you great intel and information on what's happening in D.C. and around the country. and really around the world. So make sure you share this podcast on social media. It helps tremendously for us to reach new people and change hearts and minds. So let's go back, Senator, to this headline. Almost 100 terrorist-linked migrants released in 2024.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Biden Released 100 Potential Terrorist Illegal Aliens in a Single Year plus POTUS & First Lady Support my Take It Down Act
One of the things that I also love seeing now, and I want you to expand on this just for a moment, was the fact that when you guys had this roundtable, you mentioned Speaker Johnson was there. How important is it to get legislation done that Republicans in the Senate are working with the Republicans in the House?
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Biden Released 100 Potential Terrorist Illegal Aliens in a Single Year plus POTUS & First Lady Support my Take It Down Act
Because this is that type of, I call it harmony, that I know makes a huge difference in getting an idea to become a reality. Yeah.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Biden Released 100 Potential Terrorist Illegal Aliens in a Single Year plus POTUS & First Lady Support my Take It Down Act
The part that I think we really should hone in on is this wasn't an accident. It wasn't like a misappropriation of paperwork. This was done on purpose.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Biden Released 100 Potential Terrorist Illegal Aliens in a Single Year plus POTUS & First Lady Support my Take It Down Act
I mean, I love how there's just enthusiasm, there's excitement, there's momentum.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Biden Released 100 Potential Terrorist Illegal Aliens in a Single Year plus POTUS & First Lady Support my Take It Down Act
It's sad that this story has to even be a story, but what an incredible young lady at 15 to be this articulate and to be able to understand that she can help so many others and to contact your office and that you were able to help her and so many others this way is just truly incredible.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Biden Released 100 Potential Terrorist Illegal Aliens in a Single Year plus POTUS & First Lady Support my Take It Down Act
Senator, you hear that part of the story, and it's heartbreaking. It's also incredible to listen to a father making his life's work to help others afterwards.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Biden Released 100 Potential Terrorist Illegal Aliens in a Single Year plus POTUS & First Lady Support my Take It Down Act
Yeah, it's incredible. Make sure you share this podcast with your family and friends. It's a really important one. We do this Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. You can grab my podcast, The Ben Ferguson Show, on those in-between days, and we'll keep you updated on the latest breaking news.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Biden Released 100 Potential Terrorist Illegal Aliens in a Single Year plus POTUS & First Lady Support my Take It Down Act
And the Senator and I will see you back here for the Week in Review, the top stories of the week, on Saturday morning as well.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Biden Released 100 Potential Terrorist Illegal Aliens in a Single Year plus POTUS & First Lady Support my Take It Down Act
I love the focus. The vice president was down there as well, the team. And, you know, you compare that to the border czar who never decided to go to Eagle Pass, didn't want anything to do with it. And now we understand, again, more why, because they knew they were doing all of the things that they were doing to put America's national security at risk.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Biden Released 100 Potential Terrorist Illegal Aliens in a Single Year plus POTUS & First Lady Support my Take It Down Act
justification for what is just idiocy let's release terror-linked illegal immigrants into america what possibly could go wrong with that when you when you look at the and you sometimes it's just people are stupid is it but it also could be more cynical i could be more sinister than that i guess i look at this i'm like they knew it did they just not want to admit that the open border
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Biden Released 100 Potential Terrorist Illegal Aliens in a Single Year plus POTUS & First Lady Support my Take It Down Act
would allow for so many bad actors to come across, with many that may just be coming across, right, for a better life, a job, if you put it in the best light possible, Senator.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Biden Released 100 Potential Terrorist Illegal Aliens in a Single Year plus POTUS & First Lady Support my Take It Down Act
And so they knew that if they admitted they caught these people and then they didn't release them, and they actually prosecuted them or sent them back to their country, there's a lot of options here, that was going to sign a huge light on the problem. So therefore, hey, we can't admit it's happening, so we're just going to go with this anarchy and insanity until the end.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Biden Released 100 Potential Terrorist Illegal Aliens in a Single Year plus POTUS & First Lady Support my Take It Down Act
Welcome, it is Verdict with Senator Ted Cruz, Ben Ferguson with you. And Senator, there are a couple big issues we get to deal with today that are really important, including a shock that almost 100 terror-linked migrants were released into the United States of America in 2024 alone by the Biden administration.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Biden Released 100 Potential Terrorist Illegal Aliens in a Single Year plus POTUS & First Lady Support my Take It Down Act
You know, the poll numbers that came out from the president's speech the other night were truly incredible. 76% approved of Trump's address to Congress. That is a massive win for the president. You look at some of the other ones, poll numbers, not only that, 91% said Trump spent time on issues they cared about. Yeah. That is a home run. 71% said the speech was, quote, inspiring.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Biden Released 100 Potential Terrorist Illegal Aliens in a Single Year plus POTUS & First Lady Support my Take It Down Act
And 62% said it was unifying. And they said... That this speech, 68% said they felt hopeful, 54% said they felt proud of the country from the speech. And when you look at these numbers, even on the issue of inflation, where Democrats leaned in heavy over the last few weeks to try to say everything that's, you know, eggs and everything else are the problem of Donald Trump.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Biden Released 100 Potential Terrorist Illegal Aliens in a Single Year plus POTUS & First Lady Support my Take It Down Act
The American people aren't buying that either. When they were asked whether the president had a clear plan to battle inflation, 68% said yes to that as well. And then on the issue of immigration at the border. The people watched, and 77% said they were in favor of Donald Trump's plan on immigration at the border.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Biden Released 100 Potential Terrorist Illegal Aliens in a Single Year plus POTUS & First Lady Support my Take It Down Act
When you see this, right, and you look at what the president's saying, and then all those that are working towards this, you've got the vice president, you've got Tulsi, you've got the secretary of state, everyone seems to be in lockstep on this issue of the border.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Biden Released 100 Potential Terrorist Illegal Aliens in a Single Year plus POTUS & First Lady Support my Take It Down Act
Is that the reason why you think the president's winning so much right now on securing this border, because he's explaining it the way we are right now as well?
Verdict with Ted Cruz
Biden Released 100 Potential Terrorist Illegal Aliens in a Single Year plus POTUS & First Lady Support my Take It Down Act
You look at Secretary of State Marco Rubio. He also announced a policy to penalize foreign countries that allow the transit of illegal immigrants and is pressuring many countries that refuse to accept the return of their migrants as well. This could also have a big impact on this country. I want to get your thoughts on that.