Mary Margaret Olihan
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Morning Wire
SCOTUS Hears TN Trans Case & South Korea Chaos | 12.4.24
Good morning, John. So yes, today is historic. This is the first time the Supreme Court will hear a case dealing with the legality of medical gender transitions for minors.
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SCOTUS Hears TN Trans Case & South Korea Chaos | 12.4.24
And this is a case that hinges on a Tennessee law banning doctors or health care providers from performing so-called gender-affirming surgeries or hormonal procedures on minors, including surgery, puberty blockers, and hormones. Activists in some medical groups have argued that children who identify as transgender need these surgeries and hormones.
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SCOTUS Hears TN Trans Case & South Korea Chaos | 12.4.24
And they also argue that if these kids are denied these procedures, they might kill themselves. That's a claim that has been disputed for years. Recent research suggests that young people are actually more at risk of self-harm if they're taking hormones or if they've had gender surgeries.
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SCOTUS Hears TN Trans Case & South Korea Chaos | 12.4.24
Yes, Walsh was a major player here. He has spent the last several years exposing the gender ideology industry, particularly through an investigation into Vanderbilt University Medical Center and their gender transition procedures for kids. That September 2022 investigation prompted Tennessee lawmakers to bring forward the legislation that's at the heart of this case.
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SCOTUS Hears TN Trans Case & South Korea Chaos | 12.4.24
And as you mentioned at the top, Walsh is actually going to be speaking at the rally today. And he'll be joined by over a dozen organizations, as well as doctors, detransitioners like Chloe Cole, activists and others. Here's Walsh's take on this case.
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SCOTUS Hears TN Trans Case & South Korea Chaos | 12.4.24
Far left organizations like the American Civil Liberties Union and the Human Rights Campaign have also planned protests outside the court this morning.
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SCOTUS Hears TN Trans Case & South Korea Chaos | 12.4.24
Well, groups like the ACLU are arguing that Tennessee hates so-called trans youth and wants to ban them from receiving care. And the media is really echoing a lot of those claims. The ACLU is sending a trans-identifying lawyer to argue on behalf of their case.
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SCOTUS Hears TN Trans Case & South Korea Chaos | 12.4.24
That lawyer's name is Chase Strangio, a woman who identifies as a man and also underwent transgender procedures to try and look more masculine. Here's Strangio explaining how she'll argue today.
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SCOTUS Hears TN Trans Case & South Korea Chaos | 12.4.24
Well, I'm told Scarametti's office will argue that the sex discrimination argument doesn't really make any sense since boys and girls are fundamentally different. They've also argued that it's the states who license doctors and regulate medical practices. And they've already pointed out that more than 20 other states have passed similar laws protecting kids.
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SCOTUS Hears TN Trans Case & South Korea Chaos | 12.4.24
So advocates are hoping that a Supreme Court win will embolden states across the nation to follow Tennessee's lead.
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NSA Chat Crackdown & Bondi Warns Maine | Afternoon Update | 2.26.25
On Tuesday, Bondi sent letters to officials in Maine, Minnesota and California, reminding them of President Trump's executive order that bans men who identify as women from female sports. She vowed to use, quote, every legal option necessary to enforce compliance. The move also follows a tense exchange between Trump and the governor of Maine, Janet Mills, who has refused to follow his order.
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NSA Chat Crackdown & Bondi Warns Maine | Afternoon Update | 2.26.25
Trump warned that Maine could lose federal funding, with the administration already launching Title IX investigations into state agencies. This also comes after the Maine State House censured state representative Laurel Libby. Here's what she told Morning Wire.
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NSA Chat Crackdown & Bondi Warns Maine | Afternoon Update | 2.26.25
A couple weeks ago, Libby posted a picture to social media of a trans-identifying male high school student who won the state's girls poll-vaulting championship, shining a light on the state's blatant disregard for Trump's order. Libby is now barred from voting or speaking on the House floor until she issues an apology.
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US India Trade Deal & Rubio Revamps State Dept | 4.23.25
A couple of months ago, we rolled out our big five point egg plan. And at the time, the eggs were, I think, the highest they've been, perhaps since President Trump left office. I I know under Joe Biden, they increased 237%. So while the cost of groceries has skyrocketed, nothing has skyrocketed more than eggs. So the president asked us to be bold and think big.
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US India Trade Deal & Rubio Revamps State Dept | 4.23.25
And right here at the White House, almost seven weeks ago, we laid that plan out. But what is amazing is since we rolled that plan out, which included money for biosecurity, locking the barns down, Repopulation, the hens that we lost due to the virus, getting the new hens back laying quickly. Deregulation, so getting government off the back of our egg layers.
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US India Trade Deal & Rubio Revamps State Dept | 4.23.25
Importation of eggs from other countries for the short term. And then a significant effort at vaccine therapeutic research for future avian flu issues, which is what's caused a lot of this. And since then, the cost of wholesale eggs has gone down 58%.
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US India Trade Deal & Rubio Revamps State Dept | 4.23.25
There's now a $50 billion agriculture trade deficit that was zero four years ago. So that means that all of that product, sorghum, wheat, corn, beef, that we were moving out in Trump 1, somehow that market disappeared and we've got to get it back.
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US India Trade Deal & Rubio Revamps State Dept | 4.23.25
And that's part of the president's sort of big vision with this trade and tariff discussion is realigning the American economy around putting America, American producers, American manufacturers first, and then holding accountable that have not treated our products fairly.
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DOGE to Become Musk-less & Adams Indictment Dismissed | Afternoon Update | 4.2.25
The new policy puts an end to the short-lived Biden era policy that allowed applicants to select X as a gender marker. The agency cites President Trump's recent executive order to restore what he calls biological truth in federal policy.
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DOGE to Become Musk-less & Adams Indictment Dismissed | Afternoon Update | 4.2.25
Effective immediately, USCIS will base an applicant's sex on their original or near-original birth certificate and will no longer accept conflicting identity claims. The term gender has also been removed from all USCIS guidance, replaced by sex, and officials say the change improves data accuracy, security, and interagency compatibility.
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DOGE to Become Musk-less & Adams Indictment Dismissed | Afternoon Update | 4.2.25
It will apply to green cards, naturalization papers, and other key immigration documents. A Homeland Security official told me that the move reflects common sense and prioritizes national security over ideology.
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Trudeau’s Political Turbulence & RFK Rallies Support | 12.18.24
Hey, Georgia. So, Kennedy is particularly under the microscope right now when it comes to abortion and vaccines. Kennedy is a former Democrat, and he's also described himself as not only pro-choice, but also formerly supportive of late-term abortions. Here's what he told Sage Steele earlier this year.
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Trudeau’s Political Turbulence & RFK Rallies Support | 12.18.24
Even if it's full-term?
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Trudeau’s Political Turbulence & RFK Rallies Support | 12.18.24
Now, that clip worried a lot of pro-lifers and Republicans, but he's since argued that we should reduce the number of abortions in the United States, pointing to consensus among Americans that abortions should be restricted up until a certain point.
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Trudeau’s Political Turbulence & RFK Rallies Support | 12.18.24
But some senators still had hesitations over where he would stand on pro-life policy, particularly given that HHS plays such a pivotal role in making sure that taxpayer dollars aren't going to abortions, both in the U.S. and abroad. Now, are GOP senators buying that? Well, I spoke with Senator Lankford, who's very outspoken on the life issue, ahead of his meeting with Kennedy.
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Trudeau’s Political Turbulence & RFK Rallies Support | 12.18.24
And he told me that he planned to make sure that Kennedy's vision for HHS would match up with Trump's policies on life. I also spoke with Senator Mark Wayne Mullen from Oklahoma, who met with Kennedy on Monday. And he tells me that Kennedy believes there are far too many abortions and he values life and that he wants to support Trump's agenda.
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Trudeau’s Political Turbulence & RFK Rallies Support | 12.18.24
Kennedy is pretty popular and very charming, and his Make America Healthy Again movement has massively resonated with the American public. But that being said, HHS is the largest department of the federal government, and with that comes a lot of responsibility.
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Trudeau’s Political Turbulence & RFK Rallies Support | 12.18.24
After meeting with Kennedy on Tuesday, Senator Josh Hawley said that not only did Kennedy promise to reinstate Trump's pro-life policies, he also promised to end taxpayer funding for abortions domestically, to bar federal funds from going to organizations that promote abortion, and to reinstate conscience protections for healthcare providers. which is pretty big.
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Trudeau’s Political Turbulence & RFK Rallies Support | 12.18.24
Now let's talk about his stance on vaccines. That's been a real lightning rod. Yes, so Kennedy has often expressed criticism of various vaccination shots.
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Trudeau’s Political Turbulence & RFK Rallies Support | 12.18.24
He's also said that he wants to do additional safety testing for vaccines to make sure that Americans can have proper informed consent, pointing out that we have extremely high rates of chronic diseases and raising questions about rising rates of autism in the United States.
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Trudeau’s Political Turbulence & RFK Rallies Support | 12.18.24
But he's also pushed back on the idea that he's anti-vaccine, arguing in a recent news appearance that if vaccines are working for people, he's not trying to take them away. Mainstream media quickly snowballed Kennedy's comments to suggest that he's trying to get rid of the polio vaccine, prompting Trump to clarify on Monday that the polio vaccine isn't going anywhere.
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Trudeau’s Political Turbulence & RFK Rallies Support | 12.18.24
That response was partially due to a New York Times report highlighting that Aaron Siri, a lawyer helping Kennedy pick federal health officials, previously petitioned the federal government to revoke its approval of one version of the polio vaccine. Senators who have met with Kennedy are mostly saying good things at this point.
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Trudeau’s Political Turbulence & RFK Rallies Support | 12.18.24
And Senator Tommy Tuberville said that his meeting with Kennedy reaffirmed what he already knew. And I'm quoting... RFK Jr. is the right man to make sure our food is safe, bring transparency to vaccines and healthcare, and make America healthy again. Well, a lot of people are excited about this nomination.
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Inflation Rises & Red Dye No. 3 Banned | Afternoon Update | 1.15.25
The dye, which has already been banned in California and Europe, is used to create a bright red color in food, candy, and condiments and has been linked to ADHD in children. It's also been linked to cancer in animal studies. The food ban comes after years of activism from parents and food safety experts, as well as a focus from RFK Jr. 's presidential campaign on hazardous chemicals.
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Inflation Rises & Red Dye No. 3 Banned | Afternoon Update | 1.15.25
In the past, outgoing FDA chief, Dr. Robert Kaley, had stalled the move, claiming they were funding barriers to banning the dye without more research. Nevertheless, the agency announced the ban on Wednesday.
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Trump’s Middle East Trip, Diddy Trial & Afrikaners Controversy | 5.14.25
He's already announced that Saudi Arabia has committed to investing $600 billion in the United States today. So lots of praising of Middle Eastern officials, touting of these agreements. And he also delivered remarks on Tuesday discussing his intent to bring world peace and also to defend the United States no matter what the cost.
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Trump’s Middle East Trip, Diddy Trial & Afrikaners Controversy | 5.14.25
So the United States and Saudi Arabia signed the largest defense sales deal in history. The White House announced on Tuesday, just hours into President Trump's four-day trip to the Middle East, that The nearly $142 billion deal will provide Saudi Arabia with state-of-the-art warfighter equipment and services from over a dozen American defense firms.
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Trump’s Middle East Trip, Diddy Trial & Afrikaners Controversy | 5.14.25
The White House says it underscores our commitment to strengthening our defense and security partnership, and they signed that largest defense sales deal in history on Tuesday.
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Trump’s Middle East Trip, Diddy Trial & Afrikaners Controversy | 5.14.25
Yes. So the president delivered a clear warning to Iran. He said Iran can have a much brighter future, but we will never allow them to threaten America or our allies with terrorism or a nuclear attack. Here's a little bit more from the president on that.
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Trump’s Middle East Trip, Diddy Trial & Afrikaners Controversy | 5.14.25
Another big moment today, Trump announced that he'll lift sanctions on Syria in order to, quote, give them a chance at greatness. Here's what the president had to say on this point.
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Trump’s Middle East Trip, Diddy Trial & Afrikaners Controversy | 5.14.25
Thanks for having me.
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Trump’s Middle East Trip, Diddy Trial & Afrikaners Controversy | 5.14.25
Good morning, John. Yes, I'm here at the White House, but Donald Trump is in Saudi Arabia on one of the first big international trips of his administration. He went to Rome earlier this year for the funeral of Pope Francis, but now he's in Saudi Arabia and he'll also make visits to Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. He's mainly focused on business deals in the region.
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CEO Shooter Celebrated & Hegseth Support Surges | 12.11.24
Hey, Georgia. So Senators Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins are always going to be an issue for Trump's nominees, which means that Republicans can really only afford to lose two other senators. So it's an issue that Joni Ernst of Iowa and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina were expressing concerns about Trump's Secretary of Defense pick, Pete Hegseth.
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CEO Shooter Celebrated & Hegseth Support Surges | 12.11.24
Now, Hegseth has been one of Trump's most disputed choices, facing an avalanche of allegations from Democrats and the media about sexual misconduct and excessive drinking, both of which he's denied. Some on the right, like TPUSA's Charlie Kirk, have floated the possibility of backing a primary challenger against Ernst for not supporting Hegseth.
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CEO Shooter Celebrated & Hegseth Support Surges | 12.11.24
That may have worked because on Monday, Ernst met with Hegseth for the second time and said she had a quote-unquote encouraging conversation with him. She said, and I'm quoting again, as I support Pete through this process, I look forward to a fair hearing based on truth, not anonymous sources.
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CEO Shooter Celebrated & Hegseth Support Surges | 12.11.24
Senate sources tell me that it's widely believed that Ernst was either tasked by Senate leadership to tank Hegseth's nomination or she sought to do it of her own accord, hoping she'd be his replacement if he were to fail.
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CEO Shooter Celebrated & Hegseth Support Surges | 12.11.24
One source told me, and I'm quoting, it appears that she's trying to walk back her opposition to Hegseth by demanding an audit of the Pentagon, something Hegseth was already on board with before even meeting her. That source also suggested that people are still doubtful of Ernst's sincerity to get Hegseth across the finish line. Now, what about Lindsey Graham?
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CEO Shooter Celebrated & Hegseth Support Surges | 12.11.24
Well, Lindsey Graham also expressed new support for Pete on Monday. And the fact that these two came around this week is yet another sign of Trump's consolidated influence over the Republican Party. I spoke to Senator Tommy Tuberville about this whole process, and he tells me that he views Trump's nominees as selected by the American people who voted for Trump.
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CEO Shooter Celebrated & Hegseth Support Surges | 12.11.24
Actually, Democrats were much more unified when it came to pushing through Biden's nominees. Here's Tuberville on that.
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CEO Shooter Celebrated & Hegseth Support Surges | 12.11.24
But some Republican senators are pushing back on the idea that they should support Trump nominees no matter what. That includes Senator Tom Tillis of North Carolina and Senator John Cornyn of Texas. Tillis is up for reelection in 2026, and he says he should be asking tough questions.
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CEO Shooter Celebrated & Hegseth Support Surges | 12.11.24
And Cornyn, who had reservations about Matt Gaetz and currently isn't sold on Tulsi Gabbard, suggested he's more concerned about being loyal to the Constitution than to Trump.
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CEO Shooter Celebrated & Hegseth Support Surges | 12.11.24
These kinds of comments triggered frustration among Trump's circle, who point out that some of the GOP senators on the fence about Trump's nominees actually voted to confirm Biden's most controversial picks, including Attorney General Merrick Garland, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, and Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas. In fact, Lloyd Austin was confirmed 93 to 2.
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CEO Shooter Celebrated & Hegseth Support Surges | 12.11.24
Now, what's Trump himself saying about all this? Well, Trump has surprisingly largely stayed out of it. He'll, of course, announce the nominees in Truth Social posts, praise their backgrounds and tout their achievements. And he's been sending his nominees to meet with Republican senators in the weeks leading up to possible confirmation hearings.
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CEO Shooter Celebrated & Hegseth Support Surges | 12.11.24
But those around him are working hard to rally support for his nominees, particularly Hegseth. And the attitude in Trump world right now is this. The American people elected Trump and Trump picked his nominees. It's time for senators to fall in line. Well, it sounds like things are looking more optimistic for Hegseth.
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Trump Plans Executive Action & Guantanamo Flights Begin | Afternoon Update | 2.4.25
We first reported that Trump will sign the order tomorrow surrounded by advocates for women's sports and opponents of gender ideology. It's currently unclear what exactly the bill will cover as far as age ranges and grades, but the move comes amid growing national debate fueled by high profile cases like that of Riley Gaines, who competed against a male athlete who went by Leah Thomas.
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Trump Plans Executive Action & Guantanamo Flights Begin | Afternoon Update | 2.4.25
This issue was a key concern for American parents, especially suburban Americans.
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Trump Plans Executive Action & Guantanamo Flights Begin | Afternoon Update | 2.4.25
women during the 2024 election and the trump campaign leaned into the topic aggressively citing fairness and safety in women's spaces the signing coincides with national girls and women in sports day emphasizing the administration's focus on protecting female athletic opportunities morning wire also spoke to congressman august fluger here's what he told us
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Trump Secures Border & Pritzker 2028? | 4.29.25
Democratic lawmakers are stepping up their rhetoric against President Trump with one presidential frontrunner being accused of inciting violence against Republicans.
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Trump Secures Border & Pritzker 2028? | 4.29.25
And while courts block Trump's agenda, the administration strikes back, arresting judges charged with illegally shielding migrants.
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Trump Secures Border & Pritzker 2028? | 4.29.25
The White House is celebrating 100 days of Donald Trump's presidency, and a huge part of its focus is on securing the border.
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Trump Secures Border & Pritzker 2028? | 4.29.25
Daily Wire reporter Tim Pearce is here to talk about the latest in the administration's legal struggles, as well as a couple of judges with some legal struggles themselves. Hey, Tim. So first, tell us about these latest rulings.
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Trump Secures Border & Pritzker 2028? | 4.29.25
It seemed like every day last week, a new court order against the administration. How is the White House responding to all these legal setbacks?
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Trump Secures Border & Pritzker 2028? | 4.29.25
Right. A lot of concern about judicial overreach, not just from the White House, but a lot of legal experts that have looked at these rulings. Now, I want to get to these judges that just had federal prosecutors accuse them of something pretty serious, illegally helping illegal aliens. Tell us about this.
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Trump Secures Border & Pritzker 2028? | 4.29.25
Right, and both with charges related to undermining Trump's immigration agenda specifically. Tim, thanks so much for reporting. Thanks for having me.
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New Jersey Drone Saga & East Palestine Settlement | Afternoon Update | 1.28.25
The New York City immigration crackdown has begun and federal agents launched sweeping deportation raids across the city. Daily Wire reporter Tim Pearce has the latest.
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New Jersey Drone Saga & East Palestine Settlement | Afternoon Update | 1.28.25
The Senate voted to confirm Trump's pick for Treasury Secretary last night. Scott Besant was approved by a vote of 68 to 29, with more than a dozen Democrats joining Republicans to support him. The new Treasury Secretary will push to renew and possibly expand Trump's tax cuts, which are set to expire at the end of this year.
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New Jersey Drone Saga & East Palestine Settlement | Afternoon Update | 1.28.25
He laid out economic goals of 3% annual growth, deficit cuts, and increased domestic oil production. The Senate also voted to confirm Sean Duffy as transportation secretary. Around two dozen Democrats joined with Republicans in the final vote.
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New Jersey Drone Saga & East Palestine Settlement | Afternoon Update | 1.28.25
The first White House press briefing was held today and covered a wide range of topics. Among them, the Trump administration welcoming new media to the briefing, ICE deportation efforts, and the freezing of federal grants. Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt also had an announcement on the New Jersey drone saga.
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New Jersey Drone Saga & East Palestine Settlement | Afternoon Update | 1.28.25
The Gulf of Mexico is now the Gulf of America on Google Maps. Maps will update its platform to reflect the renaming after President Trump signed an executive order designating the change. And once official U.S. government records are updated, Google will also reinstate the name of Mount McKinley. President Obama had changed the name of the mountain to Denali back in 2015.
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New Jersey Drone Saga & East Palestine Settlement | Afternoon Update | 1.28.25
Those are your drive home updates this afternoon. To learn more about these stories, go to dailywire.com. And in case you missed it, we covered some big stories this morning, including Trump's military rehaul, China's AI boom, and gunfire at the southern border. Thanks for tuning in. We'll be back tomorrow morning with another full edition of Morning Wire.
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New Jersey Drone Saga & East Palestine Settlement | Afternoon Update | 1.28.25
Daily Wire White House correspondent Mary Margaret Olihan was there in the room and is here now with some highlights.
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Trump’s ‘Golden Age of America’ Begins | 1.21.25
We're going to start the deportation operation focusing on criminals and public safety threats. And we're going to start looking for over 300,000 missing children.
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Putin's Partial Ceasefire & Stranded Astronauts Head Home | Afternoon Update | 3.18.25
By a state or a government, right? Are they a state or a government?
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Putin's Partial Ceasefire & Stranded Astronauts Head Home | Afternoon Update | 3.18.25
Both leaders agreed to launch immediate talks on an energy and infrastructure ceasefire, followed by technical negotiations for a maritime ceasefire in the Black Sea and then a full permanent peace. While Putin did not commit to Trump's proposed 30-day ceasefire, which Ukraine supports, the White House said negotiations will begin right away.
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Putin's Partial Ceasefire & Stranded Astronauts Head Home | Afternoon Update | 3.18.25
The leaders also highlighted the potential for improved U.S.-Russia relations, including major economic deals and geopolitical stability. In a statement to Russian media, Putin said Russia and Ukraine will each exchange 175 prisoners. Russia will also release 23 seriously wounded Ukrainian servicemen who are also reportedly being treated in Russian medical institutions.
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Putin's Partial Ceasefire & Stranded Astronauts Head Home | Afternoon Update | 3.18.25
The call is considered a good first step.
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California Wildfires & Title IX Expansion Ruling | Afternoon Update | 1.9.25
The decision blocks a rule redefining sex discrimination to include gender identity. Chief Judge Danny Reeves said the rule overstepped federal authority, violated the Constitution, and lacked clear guidelines for enforcement. Critics, including the Southeastern Legal Foundation, praised the ruling as a win for First Amendment rights and women's sports protections.
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California Wildfires & Title IX Expansion Ruling | Afternoon Update | 1.9.25
The Biden administration has faced legal challenges over its proposals, including recent withdrawals of rules on trans-identifying athletes. The ruling is appealable.
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Trump Tariffs Unveiled & FBI Censored Biden Laptop | 4.3.25
Good morning. So yes, over the weekend, the State Department announced that it's monitoring the case of retired medical scientist Livia Tosiki-Bolt. She was arrested in Bournemouth, England in 2023 for holding a sign near an abortion clinic that read, And she's one of many pro-life activists who have been prosecuted for pro-life activism and silent prayer in the vicinity of abortion clinics.
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Trump Tariffs Unveiled & FBI Censored Biden Laptop | 4.3.25
The UK has buffer zone laws that prohibit this kind of activity, including silent prayer in the vicinity of abortion clinics. She faced criminal trial on March 6th and a verdict is expected to be handed down on April 4th.
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Trump Tariffs Unveiled & FBI Censored Biden Laptop | 4.3.25
Well, the announcement from the State Department was sort of an oblique warning that the U.S. was watching the way the U.K. handles Libby's case.
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Trump Tariffs Unveiled & FBI Censored Biden Laptop | 4.3.25
Headlines from The Telegraph and other high-profile European publications indicate that the United Kingdom's censorship of its citizens could actually become a massive liability in regard to the transatlantic relationship, which historically has been very friendly. And the State Department confirmed to me on Tuesday night that it is monitoring Libby's case, and it's very important to the U.S.
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Trump Tariffs Unveiled & FBI Censored Biden Laptop | 4.3.25
that the U.K. respect and protect freedom of expression. Also, the State Department confirmed to me that its senior advisor, Sam Sampson, met with Libya in the UK recently. So has the White House commented directly on this? No, but Vice President J.D. Vance continues to make this type of censorship a trademark issue.
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Trump Tariffs Unveiled & FBI Censored Biden Laptop | 4.3.25
Vance spoke at the premiere of Rod Dreher's Live Not by Lies documentary at the Heritage Foundation on Tuesday night. And he argued that if citizens around the world, quote, speak the truth and refuse to bend the knee to censorship, we can redeliver on the promise of civilization.
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Trump Tariffs Unveiled & FBI Censored Biden Laptop | 4.3.25
Another thing worth noting, Sebastian Gorka, the deputy assistant to President Donald Trump, chimed in on the topic to GB News saying, this isn't about politics, it's about the values upon which our civilization was founded.
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Trump Tariffs Unveiled & FBI Censored Biden Laptop | 4.3.25
I spoke with Lorcan Price, the Irish barrister and legal counsel for ADF International. He told me that this increased attention on Livia's case could have massive implications for free speech in the UK.
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Trump Tariffs Unveiled & FBI Censored Biden Laptop | 4.3.25
She said on Monday that she's very grateful to the United States for the role they're playing in tackling UK censorship. She also said she's grateful for, and I'm quoting, the United States prioritizing the preservation and promotion of freedom of expression and for engaging in robust diplomacy to that end. A verdict in her case is due on Friday, so we'll have developments coming very soon.
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Nashville Mayor Investigated & Europe’s Speech Police | 5.29.25
President Trump and the administration are calling attention to it and I think putting the bully pulpit to use.
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Nashville Mayor Investigated & Europe’s Speech Police | 5.29.25
Ultimately, when they start putting restrictions on their free speech, then other outlets, whether it be a social media platform, whether it be technology platforms such as Apple or Google or things of that nature, when free speech is suppressed there, then ultimately what's going to happen is many of those same policies will be put in place in the United States.
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Nashville Mayor Investigated & Europe’s Speech Police | 5.29.25
They say it's only to stop the worst of the worst. It's to stop the bad actors. Well, I can tell you that anyone in the U.S. intelligence side will say that if you open up people's individual iClouds, and again, they come with a very nice, well-presented cover that it's only the bad people that they're looking at.
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Nashville Mayor Investigated & Europe’s Speech Police | 5.29.25
It'll take hackers and other people five minutes tops to hack into everybody's iCloud. Dangers like this become very, very real.
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Biden’s “Politburo” & Homan’s Sanctuary City Plan | 5.22.25
Joining us now is Daily Wire senior editor Cabot Phillips. So Cabot, more evidence has been coming out about what was really going on behind the scenes during Biden's term. What have we learned?
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Biden’s “Politburo” & Homan’s Sanctuary City Plan | 5.22.25
People are now also asking questions about the media's involvement.
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Biden’s “Politburo” & Homan’s Sanctuary City Plan | 5.22.25
I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire executive editor John Bickley. It's Thursday, May 22nd, and this is Morning Wire.
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Biden’s “Politburo” & Homan’s Sanctuary City Plan | 5.22.25
Explosive new allegations about who was really running the country during Joe Biden's presidency are shaking up Washington.
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Biden’s “Politburo” & Homan’s Sanctuary City Plan | 5.22.25
That is so damning. Cabot, thanks for reporting.
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Biden’s “Politburo” & Homan’s Sanctuary City Plan | 5.22.25
Borders are Tom Homan is calling for the passage of Trump's budget bill, which he says is crucial to carrying out the president's immigration agenda.
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Biden’s “Politburo” & Homan’s Sanctuary City Plan | 5.22.25
We are here with Border Czar Tom Homan to discuss the border implications of this big, beautiful bill. Tom, thank you so much for joining us. Tell us, how is this reconciliation bill going to affect our border?
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Biden’s “Politburo” & Homan’s Sanctuary City Plan | 5.22.25
And the Supreme Court hands a big win to an elected official in Maine who is speaking out about the state's transgender policies.
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Biden’s “Politburo” & Homan’s Sanctuary City Plan | 5.22.25
So let's say we do get the money for these deportations. What comes next in your strategy?
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Biden’s “Politburo” & Homan’s Sanctuary City Plan | 5.22.25
How have your operations been going in some of these blue cities like Boston? I know you've been spending a lot of time up there.
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Biden’s “Politburo” & Homan’s Sanctuary City Plan | 5.22.25
Okay, so what's your message to Republican holdouts in the House of Representatives or Democrats who are not supporting the bill and not coming through for these initiatives?
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Biden’s “Politburo” & Homan’s Sanctuary City Plan | 5.22.25
All right. Well, thank you so much, Tom. We really appreciate your time.
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Biden’s “Politburo” & Homan’s Sanctuary City Plan | 5.22.25
Thank you. The U.S. Supreme Court has sided with a Maine Republican after she was punished by Democrats for drawing attention to controversial transgender policies in the state.
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Biden’s “Politburo” & Homan’s Sanctuary City Plan | 5.22.25
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FBI Believes NOLA Terror Suspect Acted Alone | Afternoon Update | 1.2.25
In a blistering editorial, the Post accused journalists of ignoring clear signs of Biden's struggles and joining a, quote, crusade to gaslight America. Concerns about Biden's health surged after viral moments of confusion, a Wall Street Journal report on his faltering demeanor and a disastrous June debate performance.
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FBI Believes NOLA Terror Suspect Acted Alone | Afternoon Update | 1.2.25
And while the White House refuses to give any validity to these reports, many liberal journalists have since admitted regret, calling their defense of Biden a major misstep. As trust in the media hits historic lows, the Post insists that those who tried to keep this under wraps must be held responsible.
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New Year's Terror Investigations Expand | 1.2.25
Hey, John. Clementine Breen is accusing Dr. Johanna Olson-Kennedy of medical negligence for fast-tracking her attempted gender transition. Clementine says she underwent puberty blockers at the age of 12, cross-sex hormones at the age of 13, and tragically, underwent a double mastectomy when she was only 14 years old, forever removing her breasts. Hmm.
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New Year's Terror Investigations Expand | 1.2.25
Her lawyers argue that Olsen-Kennedy and the other medical professionals involved in her transition, they failed to adequately assess and treat her mental health symptoms and her trauma before they launched her down this path of, and I'm quoting, irreversible and life-altering medications and surgery.
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New Year's Terror Investigations Expand | 1.2.25
The lawsuit describes how Clementine's parents were told that she would commit suicide if they didn't allow her to get these treatments, which, as we've documented here, are dubbed gender-affirming care by far-left groups like the Human Rights Campaign.
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New Year's Terror Investigations Expand | 1.2.25
Actually, yes, it's very common for doctors and therapists involved in transgenderism to tell parents this. Many detransitioners that I've spoken with have told me that their parents were asked, would you rather have a dead daughter or a living son? And that's an incredibly manipulative and terrifying question. But unfortunately, many parents fall for it.
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New Year's Terror Investigations Expand | 1.2.25
In Clementine's case, she ultimately realized that she could not ever fully transition to become a boy and that she regretted her gender transition. And this case is particularly significant given that Dr. Johanna Olson-Kennedy leads the Center for Trans Youth at Los Angeles Children's Hospital and is widely considered the most notable youth gender medicine clinician in the world.
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New Year's Terror Investigations Expand | 1.2.25
She revealed to the New York Times that she purposefully stopped the publication of a $10 million taxpayer-funded study That study was on puberty blockers and their effects on American children. And her reason was that the study found no evidence that puberty blockers were improving kids' mental health. She told The Times, I do not want our work to be weaponized.
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New Year's Terror Investigations Expand | 1.2.25
Now, advocates against transitioning children point out that Olsen-Kennedy appears to be trying to force science and facts to back up gender ideology rather than just show us the truth of what she found. They say that this is happening far too often when it comes to child gender transitions.
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New Year's Terror Investigations Expand | 1.2.25
Well, as we reported, Congress is taking steps to block harmful trans procedures for children of military members by putting language into the NDIA that bans the use of taxpayer funds for gender transition surgeries for kids who get medical care through TRICARE. That's the military's health care program.
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New Year's Terror Investigations Expand | 1.2.25
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson told us that this is a, quote, critical and necessary step in the fight against radical gender ideology. He said, and I'm quoting again, taxpayer dollars should never be used to support procedures and treatments that could permanently harm and sterilize young people.
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New Year's Terror Investigations Expand | 1.2.25
That came the day after he met with detransitioner Chloe Cole and our colleague Matt Walsh as the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the United States versus Scermetti, the case dealing with Tennessee's law protecting kids from trans procedures.
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New Year's Terror Investigations Expand | 1.2.25
Meanwhile, lawmakers like Senator Tommy Tuberville of Alabama are calling on the National Institutes of Health to explain why Olson Kennedy tried to hide her findings on puberty blockers. Here's what he had to say.
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New Year's Terror Investigations Expand | 1.2.25
Yes, Donald Trump has indicated interest in protecting kids from these trans procedures, especially without parental permission, which is happening. Many of the top MAGA figures around Trump have been emphatic about this as well. Tuberville told me that he's not sure a bill banning trans procedures for minors would make it through the Senate right now, but I guess we'll just have to wait and see.
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Fast-Tracking Trump’s Agenda with John Thune
Right. And what role do you think the Senate has played in these 100 first days that you believe are so successful?
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Fast-Tracking Trump’s Agenda with John Thune
Now, let's talk more about those Senate confirmations. What would you say or who would you say was the biggest obstacle to get some of those nominees through?
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Fast-Tracking Trump’s Agenda with John Thune
Senate Republicans have been working with President Trump to reshape the federal government, fast tracking his appointees and moving to lock in his tax cuts with the big, beautiful budget bill. Heading up the effort is Senate Majority Leader John Thune of South Dakota.
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Fast-Tracking Trump’s Agenda with John Thune
Right, and I know President Trump and Vice President Vance even made some calls to help with those nominations. How helpful was that?
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Fast-Tracking Trump’s Agenda with John Thune
I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire executive editor John Bickley. It's Sunday, May 4th, and this is a weekend edition of Morning Wire.
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Fast-Tracking Trump’s Agenda with John Thune
Right, and in your view, what is the most important issue that the Senate should be backing the president on right now?
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Fast-Tracking Trump’s Agenda with John Thune
Well, Leader Thune, we're so glad to sit down with you today. Can you share with us, of these first 100 days of the Trump administration, how are you feeling about where our country is at?
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Fast-Tracking Trump’s Agenda with John Thune
Right, so many things I could touch on in what you just said, but I'd like to start with the far left Democrats in Congress right now. Can you speak to the Lake and Riley Act and how Democrats handled this legislation coming in front of them, as well as, I believe there was legislation protecting women from men in their spaces or sports.
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Fast-Tracking Trump’s Agenda with John Thune
Do you believe that Democrats actually support allowing men and women spaces and they want young women like Lake and Riley to be in such difficult situations? Or are they just pushing these beliefs because this is the standards of their policy?
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Fast-Tracking Trump’s Agenda with John Thune
And you spoke about burdensome Biden era regulations. Can you speak to how you've taken aim at some of these and others that you might want to take aim at in the future?
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Fast-Tracking Trump’s Agenda with John Thune
Now, President Trump has really emphasized the importance of cleaning bad actors out of institutions and agencies like the FBI or the DOJ. What role do you think the Senate should play in helping with that? And do you think those goals have already been accomplished?
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Fast-Tracking Trump’s Agenda with John Thune
Right. And then on the border, I know we touched on this a little bit, but how do you think you can best complement the president's agenda or support the president's agenda when it comes to protecting our border?
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Fast-Tracking Trump’s Agenda with John Thune
We hope we will, too. Thank you so much for sitting down with us.
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Fast-Tracking Trump’s Agenda with John Thune
That was Daily Wire White House correspondent Mary Margaret Olihan talking with Senate Majority Leader John Thune. And this has been a weekend edition of Morning Wire.
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Escaping the Gender Ideology Cult: True Detrans Stories | 2.1.25
And Abby, her mother, was understandably distraught, was trying to see her daughter and was struggling with making contact with her daughter in a positive way because the girl was just very upset and confused. And ultimately, Yaeli threw herself in front of a train and ended her own life and died. I included this story in the book. It's very sad and it's emotional.
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Escaping the Gender Ideology Cult: True Detrans Stories | 2.1.25
And Abby herself sobbed on the phone to me as she shared it with me. But I included it because all the detransitioners in my book, those are people who've been through very hard and traumatic things, but they are okay. They're on the other side of it. And thankfully, they're living fruitful lives and they're doing well. But in this case, Yeli did not make it. Mm-hmm.
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Escaping the Gender Ideology Cult: True Detrans Stories | 2.1.25
Yili is no longer with us and her mother is still suffering intensely from what her daughter was put through. And Abby told me that she wants people to know what she's been through so that they can avoid having this happen to their own children. She said this pain never ends. And I think it'll be a deeply impactful story for people to read. It was very impactful for me to write.
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Escaping the Gender Ideology Cult: True Detrans Stories | 2.1.25
So these young people, including Chloe Cole, Prisha Mosley, and Abel Garcia, they went on hormones to try and become another gender. So for the girls, when they would take testosterone, they would notice all these bizarre physical and mental changes. For example, their hair changed, their skin got coarser, their voices got really deep.
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Escaping the Gender Ideology Cult: True Detrans Stories | 2.1.25
I obtained the police report from the officers who found all the pieces of Yalie's body all over the train tracks. And I included a lot of that because when I read it, it stayed with me and I don't think I will ever forget it. And I think it is a really horrific, but powerful testimony to what gender ideology can do to any young person.
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Escaping the Gender Ideology Cult: True Detrans Stories | 2.1.25
John, thank you so much. I'm so grateful to be able to share this with your audience.
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Escaping the Gender Ideology Cult: True Detrans Stories | 2.1.25
Some of the girls could no longer scream or cry, and they found that really disturbing. And then mentally, a lot of these girls were describing extreme rage and very increased sexual urges. They said that they sort of felt like they were going through a male puberty, but at the same time, kind of felt like they were going through female menopause in their teenage years.
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Escaping the Gender Ideology Cult: True Detrans Stories | 2.1.25
So just really confusing, disturbing emotional and physical side effects that they weren't actually able to give informed consent for. These are kids we're talking about. And so when they consented supposedly to these procedures, they had no idea what they were getting into. So now a lot of them are suing.
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Escaping the Gender Ideology Cult: True Detrans Stories | 2.1.25
Most of these transitions began when these young people were in their teens. So Chloe Cole, by the time she was 16, had undergone a double mastectomy and removed her breasts forever.
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Escaping the Gender Ideology Cult: True Detrans Stories | 2.1.25
Yes, though some of them did it in different orders. For example, Luca Hein, a young woman who was trying to become a man, got a double mastectomy before she went on hormones. And these hormones, I should add, are a costly investment for young people that they're going to continue taking for the majority of their lives.
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Escaping the Gender Ideology Cult: True Detrans Stories | 2.1.25
I remember Matt Walsh did a really great investigation on how these young people are often gaining hormones and how they're accessing them and the kind of profits that organizations are making from giving hormones to young people, older people to try and change their bodies. And we still don't know all of the experimental effects that these hormones are going to have on them.
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Escaping the Gender Ideology Cult: True Detrans Stories | 2.1.25
Yes, I actually talked to them about this at length because I think it's really, really important to understanding where our culture is at and why so many young people are feeling called to do this. Most of the detransitioners I talked to had a little bit of a turbulent family life.
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Escaping the Gender Ideology Cult: True Detrans Stories | 2.1.25
Nothing that we might consider crazy, but many of them had parents who were not doing well in their relationship with one another. They were getting divorced. One young woman who I spoke with had a mother who was alcoholic. Another young man that I spoke with had a parent whose relationships weren't great and was largely raised by his grandmother.
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Escaping the Gender Ideology Cult: True Detrans Stories | 2.1.25
So most of these young people were not in stable family situations. None of them were in families that were practicing faith, which I found really interesting. None of these people that I talked to were playing sports. They largely felt lonely and ostracized at school. They felt like they either were on the spectrum or they suspected that they were on the spectrum.
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Escaping the Gender Ideology Cult: True Detrans Stories | 2.1.25
And that's something that is actually very common for those who are identifying as transgender is that they are on the spectrum. And so all of these factors were playing into them feeling lonely and disconnected at school, not sure whether they were fitting in and looking for identity and companionship in other places, which unfortunately in our day and age often ends up being the internet.
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Escaping the Gender Ideology Cult: True Detrans Stories | 2.1.25
Oh, every single detransitioner I spoke with said they were absolutely fast-tracked through the medical system. I think it was Luca who was just saying yesterday that when she went in and told her therapist that she wondered if she was a boy, it was like she had said the magic words. And from there on out, she was right on the way to her transition.
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Escaping the Gender Ideology Cult: True Detrans Stories | 2.1.25
And I think it's worth pointing out that a lot of these transition procedures are very much attached to the next step. So for example, when Chloe starts talking to her doctors about getting puberty blockers to stunt her puberty while she supposedly figures out what gender she is, that's what the doctors would tell her.
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Escaping the Gender Ideology Cult: True Detrans Stories | 2.1.25
So when she's about to go on puberty blockers, the presumption is the next thing she's going to do is go on testosterone. And then the presumption from there is that of course she's going to get a double mastectomy. And the presumption from there is that she might get a hysterectomy. And the presumption from there is that she might wanna get fake male genitalia.
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Escaping the Gender Ideology Cult: True Detrans Stories | 2.1.25
So it just compounds and compounds and compounds. It's very costly, it's very invasive. And all of the detransitioners I spoke with said that they just felt like they were put on this road, very little questions asked and sent on their way.
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Escaping the Gender Ideology Cult: True Detrans Stories | 2.1.25
Yeah, that's one of the most tragic aspects of this crisis that we're seeing all these young people going through. I would say largely when it comes to teenagers and young adults who are going through this gender dysphoria and a girl identifying as a man, their parents love them and they wanna help them.
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Escaping the Gender Ideology Cult: True Detrans Stories | 2.1.25
And what the parents are told by the medical system is, would you rather have a dead daughter or a living son? And that's a threat to these parents. They're told by doctors, would you rather have a dead daughter or a living son?
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Escaping the Gender Ideology Cult: True Detrans Stories | 2.1.25
And these parents, many of whom are not well-versed in politics or gender ideology, they're thinking, my daughter or my son is struggling so much, very obviously mentally struggling, and I wanna help them. So I'm gonna trust that these doctors know what they're doing. And unfortunately, the doctors are betraying not just the parents, but also the young person.
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Escaping the Gender Ideology Cult: True Detrans Stories | 2.1.25
And they're lying and promising things that cannot be attained, including that these surgeries and these procedures will make the young person happy. These doctors shouldn't be promising that. They have no ability to provide that happiness. But that's why I call it a gender ideology cult in the title of my book. Because this is very cult-like. It's not scientific. It's not safe.
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Escaping the Gender Ideology Cult: True Detrans Stories | 2.1.25
It's experimental and cult-like. And it's incredibly scary.
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Escaping the Gender Ideology Cult: True Detrans Stories | 2.1.25
So with the recent expose of the WPATH files, we know that many of these so-called experts that are involved with WPATH are actually not experts at all. They're conducting experimental treatments and they're aware that the treatments that they are encouraging and they're conducting are experimental and dangerous.
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Escaping the Gender Ideology Cult: True Detrans Stories | 2.1.25
For example, the WPATH files showed that these doctors were aware that sometimes hormones are causing tumors in young people. They were aware that sometimes young people are suffering losses of fertility from taking hormones or puberty blockers. And yet they weren't sharing these things publicly.
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Escaping the Gender Ideology Cult: True Detrans Stories | 2.1.25
And meanwhile, all of these pro-transgender sites and all of these medical organizations will tout the WPATH certifications or the WPATH doctors. And media outlets will say things like, all major medical organizations support gender affirming care. And they'll cite, guess who, WPATH.
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Escaping the Gender Ideology Cult: True Detrans Stories | 2.1.25
So it's a very circular little game that they're all playing here in condoning these treatments that we know to be experimental. And I've said this before, but I do think there is a reckoning coming for these doctors involved with WPATH, I do believe that that expose of those files was the beginning of the end for this organization, and I hope it is.
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Escaping the Gender Ideology Cult: True Detrans Stories | 2.1.25
Well, it began on a very traumatic note because to decide to detransition means that all these people have to, first of all, recognize that they were lied to. And so multiple of the detransitioners in my book told me that the moment that they realized that everything was wrong, it all kind of came crashing down around them because it was really a moment of realizing, oh my gosh, I'm not happy.
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Escaping the Gender Ideology Cult: True Detrans Stories | 2.1.25
I'm still struggling. In fact, I feel worse than I felt before my surgery, before my hormones. And from there on out, they would go to their doctors, some of them, and say, I don't like this anymore. I don't want to be a man. Can you help me detransition? And the doctors don't want to hear that.
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Escaping the Gender Ideology Cult: True Detrans Stories | 2.1.25
As I believe it was Abel Garcia told me when he went to his doctors and asked them to help him detransition, they were telling him, oh, this is just part of your gender journey. And first of all, it's an incredibly insulting and hard thing to hear when you have been through so much suffering and you're asking for help.
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Escaping the Gender Ideology Cult: True Detrans Stories | 2.1.25
Thanks so much for having me. This is so fun to talk about my book on Morning Wire.
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Escaping the Gender Ideology Cult: True Detrans Stories | 2.1.25
But also the doctors made it clear that they, A, didn't know how to help and B, weren't really interested in trying. And so that's something that I'm going to be doing more reporting on is the cowardly doctors who were refusing to help detransitioners who've been very hurt by the medical system and now they have no medical professionals to help them.
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Escaping the Gender Ideology Cult: True Detrans Stories | 2.1.25
So they're going through this process of detransitioning alone, and they're finding that they have a lot of complications from the hormones. They're still figuring out if they're infertile. They're still figuring out what kinds of medical complications they have from the hormones, such as changes in bone density, aches and pains in their shoulders.
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Escaping the Gender Ideology Cult: True Detrans Stories | 2.1.25
And in their back, Chloe Cole, for example, her double mastectomy wounds have not fully healed and it's been years. So these are just a few of the things that they're still trying to deal with and with very little medical help.
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Escaping the Gender Ideology Cult: True Detrans Stories | 2.1.25
I do think it was very individualized depending on the person I talked to. Luca, for example, was on testosterone for four years before she stopped taking it. Helena was on testosterone for a much shorter time. And thank God, Helena did not get a double mastectomy. So she detransitioned more quickly than some of the other ones.
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Escaping the Gender Ideology Cult: True Detrans Stories | 2.1.25
But I will say that though there are a lot of patterns in all these detransitioners' stories, each one is really unique in the really sad suffering that they went through. And I think they would all tell you that they have very individualized experiences, but they've all started speaking up. Specifically, the detransitioners who are in my book, they go and testify before state lawmakers.
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Escaping the Gender Ideology Cult: True Detrans Stories | 2.1.25
They speak very frequently and try and help other people with gender dysphoria. And they would tell you that detransition is not the end and that they're living very fruitful and exciting lives. Prisha Mosley, for example, is about to have a baby, which is honestly a miracle given what she has been through. So that's something that I'm really happy for her and excited to see her start a family.
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Escaping the Gender Ideology Cult: True Detrans Stories | 2.1.25
In terms of detransitioning, that is something that's very hard for the detransitioner to tell their parents because in Luca's case, her parents hadn't wanted her to transition. They were nervous, they were scared, but they thought that it was the best thing to do. They were told by doctors that it was the best thing for their daughter and she herself had to convince them to go through with it.
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Escaping the Gender Ideology Cult: True Detrans Stories | 2.1.25
So she said that when she called her mother to tell her this was all a mistake, it was one of the hardest conversations she had ever had. Because in effect, she was saying, you were right. And my life has been fundamentally changed by all of this. And you knew what you were talking about, but you trusted the doctors instead of yourself.
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Escaping the Gender Ideology Cult: True Detrans Stories | 2.1.25
And I think that's a really tragic conversation to have to have with your parent.
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Escaping the Gender Ideology Cult: True Detrans Stories | 2.1.25
That I am interested in knowing myself, John, because some of these detransitioners are very respectful of their families and they don't want to necessarily throw them under the bus on this. So I don't hear a ton about resentment when it comes to the detransitioners' relationships with their families. I think that they're aware that
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Escaping the Gender Ideology Cult: True Detrans Stories | 2.1.25
Yeah, these people I talked to were largely young people who transitioned in their teens or attempted to transition, right? Because we know that a man can't actually become a woman and a woman can't actually become a man. But that's the lie that they were sold by doctors and therapists and medical professionals.
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Escaping the Gender Ideology Cult: True Detrans Stories | 2.1.25
This is a topic that they have to be careful about, you know, because I think many are quick to call out parents for allowing their children to go down this path and rightfully so. But at the same time, the detransitioners want there to be empathy for their parents and what they went through.
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Escaping the Gender Ideology Cult: True Detrans Stories | 2.1.25
Although I should add, there absolutely are parents who are pushing their children down this path for selfish and narcissistic reasons. And those parents really should be held accountable for their actions.
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Escaping the Gender Ideology Cult: True Detrans Stories | 2.1.25
Yeah, this is probably the most emotional chapter in the book to me. I spoke with Abby Martinez, the mother of Yalie Martinez, a young girl who grew up in California. And Yalie stumbled into some bad friendships in high school. The school began socially transitioning her. So speaking to her as though she were a boy, having her meet with a therapist who was similarly treating her.
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Escaping the Gender Ideology Cult: True Detrans Stories | 2.1.25
And Yalie slowly but surely began to distance from her mother, from her family. And ultimately the California Department of Child and Family Services took Yalie away from her family and started her on testosterone.
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Wall Street’s Rollercoaster Ride & Trump’s Title IX Task Force | Afternoon Update | 4.7.25
The Education and Justice Department say the new Title IX special investigations team will fast-track enforcement against schools that allow men to compete in women's sports. Education Secretary Linda McMahon says that this is the women's rights issue of our time, while Attorney General Pam Bondi calls it a top priority.
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Wall Street’s Rollercoaster Ride & Trump’s Title IX Task Force | Afternoon Update | 4.7.25
The move follows Trump's executive orders to keep men out of women's sports and to defend children against what the White House calls gender ideology extremism. Officials say the task force will ensure that women's civil rights are upheld and violators are held accountable using the full force of federal law.
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Trudeau’s Resignation & New Orleans Lawsuit | Afternoon Update | 1.6.25
The survey, conducted by Parents Defending Education, found that 75% of parents oppose such instruction for elementary students, and 80% believe schools should notify parents before attempting to guide a child through a quote-unquote gender transition.
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Trudeau’s Resignation & New Orleans Lawsuit | Afternoon Update | 1.6.25
The poll also revealed widespread disapproval of policies allowing males to compete in women's sports or use female locker rooms, with nearly 80% opposing these measures. Parents expressed frustration over activist-driven policies in schools and called for a renewed focus on academics.
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Zelensky Seeks European Aid & BlackRock Goes Woke-less | 3.3.25
Good morning. First of all, my sources are saying this was not planned, that Trump and Vance were just reacting to Zelensky's, quote, antics and bad behavior. He showed up at the White House wearing a casual black outfit, rolled his eyes and crossed his arms throughout the meeting.
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Zelensky Seeks European Aid & BlackRock Goes Woke-less | 3.3.25
And he repeatedly argued with both the president and the vice president in the Oval Office while asking for help for his country. Right. And when Zelensky suggested before the White House media, so the whole world, that Trump and Vance didn't understand the realities of both the Russia-Ukraine war and Vladimir Putin himself, they were unsurprisingly insulted.
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Zelensky Seeks European Aid & BlackRock Goes Woke-less | 3.3.25
Here's a bit of that drama unfolding for those who missed it.
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Zelensky Seeks European Aid & BlackRock Goes Woke-less | 3.3.25
I'm told that after that blow up, Trump sent a message to Zelensky through National Security Advisor Mike Waltz and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, telling them the meetings for the day were done and it was time for the Ukrainians to go home. Now, senior White House officials said it was, and I'm quoting, absolutely not an ambush or preplanned.
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Zelensky Seeks European Aid & BlackRock Goes Woke-less | 3.3.25
And he said that they'd expected the economic deal getting signed and a, quote, demonstration to the world that we are partners with Ukraine and leading a movement to peace.
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Zelensky Seeks European Aid & BlackRock Goes Woke-less | 3.3.25
Well, Trump appears to have ruled out a security guarantee backed by the U.S., arguing in favor of the minerals deal. Heading into the meeting with Zelensky on Friday, Trump officials had said that the deal was as good as done and they just needed the leader's signatures. One of the officials that I spoke with said that Trump wants to end a brutal war, but it's really not clear what Zelensky wants.
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Zelensky Seeks European Aid & BlackRock Goes Woke-less | 3.3.25
Hmm. That official also said, and I'm quoting again, POTUS and VP were disrespected and right to defend our nation from Zelensky's stupid attitude that is built on years of Biden simply throwing more and more American money at Ukraine with no endgame, no path for victory and no path for peace.
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Zelensky Seeks European Aid & BlackRock Goes Woke-less | 3.3.25
Well, Zelensky is now seeking the help of European leaders, as Georgia mentioned. He met with a handful of European Union leaders yesterday, and that includes British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, France's Emmanuel Macron, and Italy's Giorgia Maloney, among several others. Starmer led the meeting and talked tough about playing hardball with Russia, but he also stressed that the U.S.
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Zelensky Seeks European Aid & BlackRock Goes Woke-less | 3.3.25
is an important and reliable ally. He says the U.K. is prepared to back a peace deal, but they still need the U.S.,
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Zelensky Seeks European Aid & BlackRock Goes Woke-less | 3.3.25
Starmer also said that Europe must up its support of Ukraine, and he announced a $2.7 billion loan to Ukraine with the use of Russian frozen assets. And meanwhile, I'm told that President Trump really does want to deal with Ukraine, as he has repeatedly said. But that will only come when the Ukrainian leader prioritizes peace, and that means agreeing to a deal with the U.S. Right.
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Zelensky Seeks European Aid & BlackRock Goes Woke-less | 3.3.25
Trump said Friday that Zelensky is, quote, not ready for peace if America is involved because he feels our involvement gives him a big advantage in negotiations.
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Zelensky Seeks European Aid & BlackRock Goes Woke-less | 3.3.25
Definitely not the Biden presidency anymore, is it?
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Trump Visits Disaster Zones & Thousands March for Life | 1.27.25
Hey, Georgia. We don't have official crowd numbers yet, but the permit application estimated they would have about 150,000 marchers this year. And as usual, this is a very youthful event. Many religious high schools and colleges bus students to the march from all over the country. Liberty University in Virginia, for example, sent 1,000 students to the event to stand up for the unborn.
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Trump Visits Disaster Zones & Thousands March for Life | 1.27.25
This year's march also came only a few days after Trump's inauguration. And given the political controversy surrounding abortion since the overturn of Roe, we wanted to get a pulse check on how the movement feels about Trump.
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Trump Visits Disaster Zones & Thousands March for Life | 1.27.25
Absolutely. They hope and pray that Trump will protect life as he did during his first administration. And given Trump's actions just in the very first week of his presidency, things are looking good. Just this week, Trump pardoned 23 pro-life activists, saying they were unjustly targeted by Biden's DOJ.
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Trump Visits Disaster Zones & Thousands March for Life | 1.27.25
The new DOJ also issued guidance saying that the FACE Act, the law that Biden's DOJ used to charge and imprison pro-life protesters, can only be used in really extreme circumstances going forward, like the burning of a pregnancy center or the murder of an abortionist. Trump also signed an executive order ending the use of federal taxpayer dollars to fund or promote abortions, both in the U.S.
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Trump Visits Disaster Zones & Thousands March for Life | 1.27.25
and internationally. In a pre-recorded video message to the March for Life, Trump promised the movement, In my second term, we will again stand proudly for families and for life.
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Trump Visits Disaster Zones & Thousands March for Life | 1.27.25
Yes, so we first broke the news at Daily Wire that Vance would be speaking at the March for Life, signaling that he'll be a strong pro-family, pro-life voice in this administration. The presence of a vice president at any event lends significance, but at this particular March for Life, it was very momentous after four years of the Biden DOJ targeting pro-life activists.
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Trump Visits Disaster Zones & Thousands March for Life | 1.27.25
I was standing a little back from the crowd right as Vance began to speak, and I saw a whole bunch of kids go sprinting up that hill to make sure that they could hear the vice president. Here's Vance on the March for Life and its significance.
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Trump Visits Disaster Zones & Thousands March for Life | 1.27.25
Overall, this was a very hopeful, excited crowd. They're energized and they're ready for the next four years. Sounds like it. Mary Margaret, thanks for reporting. Thanks for having me.
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Trump Shuffles Pentagon & Cartel Terror Designation | 2.24.25
Good morning, John, and hello from D.C. So as we've reported on Morning Wire, Donald Trump signed an executive order February 5th banning men from women's sports and promising to revoke all funding from educational programs that deprive girls of fair athletic opportunities.
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Trump Shuffles Pentagon & Cartel Terror Designation | 2.24.25
Now, Maine's Department of Education quickly said it would not comply with this, and mere days after Trump signed this executive order, as our Amanda Prestigiacomo reported, a high school boy who said he identifies as a girl took first place in the girls' pole vaulting at Maine's Class B state championship. And just one year earlier, this boy had competed as a male.
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Trump Shuffles Pentagon & Cartel Terror Designation | 2.24.25
The real drama began when Maine's Governor Janet Mills went to the White House on Friday for the governor's working session. Trump challenged the governor to her face for refusing to defend the integrity of women's sports. Here's the audio of that moment.
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Trump Shuffles Pentagon & Cartel Terror Designation | 2.24.25
Yes, indeed. And the next day, a White House official told me that Jeremy Kennedy, the governor of Maine's chief of staff, melted down a White House director of intergovernmental affairs named Alex Meyer. My source says when Meyer told Kennedy that Maine needs to follow the law, Kennedy cursed at him, allegedly saying, F you, you a-hole, and stormed out of the room.
Morning Wire
Trump Shuffles Pentagon & Cartel Terror Designation | 2.24.25
Now, the governor's office is denying to me that Kennedy cursed, but they did not deny that there is an altercation. And they also did not deny that he stormed out of the room. Kennedy, who's worked in the past for Planned Parenthood and the Human Rights Campaign, hasn't responded to my request for comment.
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Trump Shuffles Pentagon & Cartel Terror Designation | 2.24.25
And I should note that main house Republicans have called for an investigation into his behavior after we reported on his alleged meltdown, citing a, quote, troubling pattern of intimidation and unprofessional conduct by Kennedy.
Morning Wire
Trump Shuffles Pentagon & Cartel Terror Designation | 2.24.25
I spoke with state rep Laurel Libby, and she explained to me that the state is completely controlled by Democrat lawmakers and that the governor's office is reportedly furious at our reporting.
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Trump Shuffles Pentagon & Cartel Terror Designation | 2.24.25
Well, Governor Mills released a statement on Friday night declaring that if Trump pulls the funds, her administration and the state's AG will, quote, I think it's worth pointing out that no school has ever actually lost federal funding due to a Title IX violation. They usually end up complying.
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Trump Shuffles Pentagon & Cartel Terror Designation | 2.24.25
Maine is set to receive about $175 million this year for the Maine Department of Education alone, and that's no small sum of money. The state also does have a Human Rights Act that prohibits discrimination based on gender identity. And so Mills and her allies say that she's upholding state law by allowing boys and girls sports.
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Trump Shuffles Pentagon & Cartel Terror Designation | 2.24.25
As we've documented, this is an issue that Trump really leaned into during his campaign, and he knows that the majority of Americans are on his side, so I don't see him backing down for a second.
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Trump’s DOGE Double Down & Federal Worker Competency | 3.10.25
Secret Service said in a statement on Sunday that local police had shared information with them earlier on Saturday about a quote, suicidal individual who might be traveling to D.C. from Indiana. Agents encountered the suspect around midnight after he parked his car close to an entrance to the White House and the Eisenhower Executive Office building.
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Trump’s DOGE Double Down & Federal Worker Competency | 3.10.25
As officers approached, the Secret Service said, the individual brandished a firearm and an armed confrontation ensued during which shots were fired by our personnel. The suspect was transported to a nearby hospital, and according to the Secret Service, there were no reported injuries to their personnel.
Morning Wire
Trump’s DOGE Double Down & Federal Worker Competency | 3.10.25
President Trump was in Florida during the incident, and we're still waiting for more information.
Morning Wire
Collision Investigation & TN Passes School Choice | Afternoon Update | 1.31.25
We know that President Trump has taken a bunch of steps to protect children from irreversible transgender procedures. Is he interested in backing congressional legislation on this point? Well, the president has already taken a very strong stance on this issue this week with the signing of his executive order, a few executive orders in this space.
Morning Wire
Collision Investigation & TN Passes School Choice | Afternoon Update | 1.31.25
Certainly the president would support Congress's efforts as he has already made that very clear this week.
Morning Wire
Trump-Zelensky Meeting Explodes, Pope Suffers Setback | Afternoon Update | 2.28.25
After the meeting, a White House official told me that Trump had asked Zelensky to leave and Trump issued the following statement. I've determined that President Zelensky is not ready for peace if America is involved because he feels our involvement gives him a big advantage in negotiations. I don't want advantage. I want peace.
Morning Wire
Trump-Zelensky Meeting Explodes, Pope Suffers Setback | Afternoon Update | 2.28.25
He disrespected the United States of America in its cherished Oval Office. He can come back when he's ready for peace.
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Trump-Zelensky Meeting Explodes, Pope Suffers Setback | Afternoon Update | 2.28.25
Zelensky made the visit to the White House today to finalize a deal giving the U.S. rights to rare minerals. But during a meeting with Trump in the Oval Office, Zelensky suggested he was not ready for a ceasefire with Russia. The meeting quickly devolved into a heated and combative exchange between Zelensky, Trump and Vice President Vance. Here's some of that exchange.
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National Security Shakeup & Abortion Pill Dangers | 5.2.25
Good morning, John. Yes, we are here at the United States Capitol where we just sat down with Senate Majority Leader John Thune for a wide-ranging interview on the first 100 days of Donald Trump's second presidency. We talked about a variety of issues, including how the Senate Majority Leader wants to help Trump implement his agenda. Take a look at this.
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National Security Shakeup & Abortion Pill Dangers | 5.2.25
This is much different than the lie that women have been told that these drugs are safer than Tylenol.
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National Security Shakeup & Abortion Pill Dangers | 5.2.25
Thune talked about his different leadership styles and how he sought to help the president implement his agenda. Here's a little bit more on that.
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National Security Shakeup & Abortion Pill Dangers | 5.2.25
We also touched on this point. He shared a little bit with us about what he's looking to do in the next 100 days and how he plans to help the president.
Morning Wire
National Security Shakeup & Abortion Pill Dangers | 5.2.25
The way that these pills are being dispensed now, many of them are being dispensed online where there's no relationship between the doctor and the patient who's taking them. And so women then are just abandoned to their local emergency room when they experience complications.
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National Security Shakeup & Abortion Pill Dangers | 5.2.25
When the in-person dispensing requirement was lifted, I went down to the emergency room to see a woman who was suffering from pretty severe complications related to these drugs, infections, She needed a blood transfusion. She needed surgery. And one of the ER doctors pulled me aside and said, what has changed? Because we're seeing so many more women come in with these complications.
Morning Wire
White House Easter Message & New Weight Loss Pill | Afternoon Update | 4.18.25
I joined Director Gabbard at the National Archives in Maryland, where she announced that thousands of the RFK documents had been declassified. Gabbard credited President Trump's executive order mandating maximum transparency for this unprecedented release.
Morning Wire
White House Easter Message & New Weight Loss Pill | Afternoon Update | 4.18.25
These files include Justice Department case records, foreign embassy cables, and FBI reports that, according to Gabbard, raise new questions but offer no definitive answers. The documents are available at archives.gov slash RFK and mark a major milestone in government openness.
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White House Easter Message & New Weight Loss Pill | Afternoon Update | 4.18.25
I was also able to inspect some artifacts from the JFK case, including Oswald's passport and the infamous Zapruder camera. For a rare glimpse into this pivotal era in U.S. history, you can see my full report on dailywire.com.
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White House Easter Message & New Weight Loss Pill | Afternoon Update | 4.18.25
This would be a major escalation in President Trump's push to cut federal support to the university. Several sources say the Treasury Department has asked the agency to explore that move, which comes just a day after Trump publicly called for Harvard to pay taxes. Harvard says there's no legal basis to remove its tax-exempt status and warns it could cripple student debt and medical research.
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White House Easter Message & New Weight Loss Pill | Afternoon Update | 4.18.25
Harvard has the largest endowment of any university, more than $50 billion. The Ivy League school has been under fire by the White House, accused of continuing DEI practices and allowing anti-Semitism on campus. In another development, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has threatened to revoke Harvard's ability to admit international students.
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White House Easter Message & New Weight Loss Pill | Afternoon Update | 4.18.25
DHS is demanding the college turn over records on foreign students accused of illegal and violent activities. Harvard responded by defending its independence and saying it will comply with the law but rejects politically motivated demands.
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The Trump Shift & Cabinet Confirmation Questioning | 1.17.25
One thing that can bring many people to God is a distaste or a disillusion of some of the other options out there where it's like, okay, here are being proposed worldviews, here are being proposed lifestyles. Many young people or people in general have tried it a little bit and they're like, no, that is just not what I'm looking for.
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The Trump Shift & Cabinet Confirmation Questioning | 1.17.25
And so they go looking somewhere else and it brings them to the Lord.
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Iran Nuclear Deal? & Birthright Citizenship | 5.16.25
Well, good morning, John. And yes, the court took up this case in April and it hinges on three lower court cases issuing nationwide injunctions blocking Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship. Now, Trump's executive order interprets the 14th Amendment to deny automatic citizenship to children who are born in the U.S.
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Iran Nuclear Deal? & Birthright Citizenship | 5.16.25
if their mother was unlawfully in the country or if their father isn't a U.S. citizen or a permanent resident. The order is currently on hold while the Supreme Court considers it, and the Trump administration is arguing that the lower courts exceeded their authority. Here's U.S. Solicitor General John Sauer speaking on this topic.
Morning Wire
Iran Nuclear Deal? & Birthright Citizenship | 5.16.25
While the liberal justices clearly didn't agree with the Trump administration's arguments, they believe Trump's order is at odds with many, many years of Supreme Court precedent. To be clear, the birthright citizenship issue was being indirectly considered. The main objectives of the case are the nationwide injunctions, and those were the focus of Thursday's arguments.
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Iran Nuclear Deal? & Birthright Citizenship | 5.16.25
Justice Katanji Brown Jackson said that the Trump administration arguments seem to turn the justice system into, and I'm quoting here, a kind of catch-me-if-you-can regime. Here she is explaining that thought.
Morning Wire
Iran Nuclear Deal? & Birthright Citizenship | 5.16.25
One moment I found particularly interesting, Justice Sotomayor argued that the Trump administration was violating not only precedent, but also the quote, plain meaning of the 14th Amendment. Here's that exchange.
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Iran Nuclear Deal? & Birthright Citizenship | 5.16.25
At one point, Justice John Roberts had to actually ask Justice Sotomayor to let him hear the rest of Sauer's answer.
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Iran Nuclear Deal? & Birthright Citizenship | 5.16.25
Meanwhile, Justice Kagan pointed out that many lower courts are ruling against Trump's executive order. This is not a hypothetical, she says. Every court is ruling against you.
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Iran Nuclear Deal? & Birthright Citizenship | 5.16.25
Well, some of them seem skeptical, but Justice Clarence Thomas pointed out that the United States, quote, survived until the 1960s without nationwide injunctions. Here's Justice Thomas on that point.
Morning Wire
Iran Nuclear Deal? & Birthright Citizenship | 5.16.25
Trump himself sounded off from the Middle East, saying in a Truth Social post, and I'm quoting here, birthright citizenship was not meant for people taking vacations to become permanent citizens of the United States of America and bringing their families with them all the time, laughing at the, quote, suckers that we are.
Morning Wire
Iran Nuclear Deal? & Birthright Citizenship | 5.16.25
The United States of America is the only country in the world that does this. For what reason? Nobody knows. But the drug cartels love it.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2152 - The Supreme Court ATTACKS DOGE Cuts!
Thank you so much, Caroline. It's great to be here. Thanks. So I have two questions, if that's okay. Sure. The first one last night and the second on May. You talked about behavior from Democrat lawmakers, a lot of disruptions, and I just wanted to kind of go back to that.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2152 - The Supreme Court ATTACKS DOGE Cuts!
We saw Democrat lawmakers not stand for Lake and Riley, for Peyton McNabb, for the son of a slain police officer and 13-year-old cancer survivor. What are the optics of that nationally, just in terms of not just the people who were in the room last night, but across the nation? And also, was President Trump expecting this type of behavior when he was crafting his speech?
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2152 - The Supreme Court ATTACKS DOGE Cuts!
Good morning, Ben. It is a beautiful day at the White House today. And yes, I was in the new media seat in the briefing room yesterday and got not just one, actually, but two questions from there. And for the people in the audience who might not understand what that means, the briefing room is full of seats, but most of them are occupied by legacy media outlets.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2152 - The Supreme Court ATTACKS DOGE Cuts!
And a couple weeks ago, Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt announced that Some reporters who had been starting to cover the White House recently, including myself, would have access to the quote-unquote new media seat, which is to the left of the podium, and it's usually occupied by her staff.
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Ep. 2152 - The Supreme Court ATTACKS DOGE Cuts!
But it's right up there by the front row where a bunch of the most prominent White House reporters are, so it gives you really good access. So I was excited to be there yesterday, excited to hear Caroline tell the room and the whole nation, actually, how much
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Ep. 2152 - The Supreme Court ATTACKS DOGE Cuts!
influence and how big the Daily Wire has become, because we are one of the most leading conservative news outlets in the world, not just the nation. So I asked her two questions. I asked her about the disruptive behavior from Democrats yesterday, a few days ago, actually, at the joint address that President Trump delivered.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2152 - The Supreme Court ATTACKS DOGE Cuts!
And I also asked her about what's going on in Maine, where the governor is refusing to comply with Donald Trump's executive orders.
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Ep. 2152 - The Supreme Court ATTACKS DOGE Cuts!
Yeah, I mean, the Trump administration is viewing this joint address as one of the highs of the presidency so far. And Ben, I got a bunch of pictures of you texted to me. People saying, oh my gosh, Ben Shapiro and Matt Walsh are in the White House. It was a big, big deal to have you guys on campus. But what I can tell you is around the White House, I'm hearing a lot of different emotions.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2152 - The Supreme Court ATTACKS DOGE Cuts!
Some people are saying that President Trump's guests, including people like Peyton McNabb, the family of... The young girl, Laken Riley, who was brutally killed by an illegal immigrant. There's some people that are saying these were stunts. I think a lot of other people would disagree and say that these were emotional moments.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2152 - The Supreme Court ATTACKS DOGE Cuts!
Caroline Leavitt defended them in the briefing room yesterday and said that these were important American citizens who had stories to tell. And she actually told me when I asked her that she expected some disruptive behavior from Democrats. And I asked her specifically, was President Trump expecting this behavior when he chose some of these guests?
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2152 - The Supreme Court ATTACKS DOGE Cuts!
She said they were not expecting the level of disruptive behavior that they saw, and she condemned that behavior very strongly.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2152 - The Supreme Court ATTACKS DOGE Cuts!
Well, that was really cool. I was able to travel on Air Force One last weekend as part of the travel pool. And what that means is I was part of a group of reporters who went on Air Force One and kind of tracked the president's movements over the weekend. Now, he went golfing at Trump International Golf Course in Palm Beach on both Saturday and Sunday.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2152 - The Supreme Court ATTACKS DOGE Cuts!
He was meeting with prominent people, including Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and his wife. He had lunch with them and golfed with them. And I'm told he was actually doing some speech prep for the joint address. So we weren't able to ask him questions, but that proximity is still really important.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2152 - The Supreme Court ATTACKS DOGE Cuts!
And one thing that I thought was super interesting was that when we got on the plane, we saw all these massive boxes being loaded onto Air Force One. And it was later revealed to us by Stephen Chung, who's one of Trump's advisers, that those boxes were full of the president's personal property that had been taken from him by the FBI during the Mar-a-Lago raid.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2152 - The Supreme Court ATTACKS DOGE Cuts!
So they were loaded onto Air Force One and they traveled with us back to Palm Beach. And we were told that these were personal items. They were not significant items. They could have been as mundane as clothing and diaries and things like that. So that was really interesting and great to be there and get to experience Air Force One. They have really good food, which I was surprised by.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2133 - Democrats Plan Trump IMPEACHMENT?!
So how is today's executive order going to impact the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles? For example, would a man who thinks that he's a transgender woman be allowed to compete as a female on US soil?
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2133 - Democrats Plan Trump IMPEACHMENT?!
Well, good morning, Ben, and it was. It was really cool to be there. The whole room was filled with women, whether it was middle school girls who were female athletes, advocates, people like Sage Steele, Riley Gaines, members of the Independent Women's Forum, all gathered to celebrate the historic day when Trump banned men from women's sports.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2133 - Democrats Plan Trump IMPEACHMENT?!
My favorite moment was when he gathered all of these kids around him. He kind of joked that they were going to make the Secret Service nervous, but he said, if you guys are going to be the biggest threat we have, then that's a bigger problem. And he gathered them around him to watch this signing.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2133 - Democrats Plan Trump IMPEACHMENT?!
And I spoke to Riley Gaines afterwards, and she told me that this was a really moving moment for her and so many other people to see these little girls with their whole futures ahead of them, watching the President of the United States say, no longer will you be forced to compete against men who identify as women. And, of course, the White House band was playing.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2133 - Democrats Plan Trump IMPEACHMENT?!
Girls just want to have fun in the background. Dancing queen. It's a really lively event. And Trump himself seemed like he was in a great mood. The White House celebrated this aggressively on social media. And they understand this is an issue that many Americans voted on in the last election. It was what I like to call the sleeper issue.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2133 - Democrats Plan Trump IMPEACHMENT?!
Many, many Americans care about this very deeply, and they do not want men in women's spaces.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2133 - Democrats Plan Trump IMPEACHMENT?!
Yes, so we wanted to see kind of how far this order extends, right? Because in 2028, the Olympics will be held in Los Angeles. So I asked Caroline, how does this apply to the 2028 Olympics? Are we going to allow men who identify as women to compete as females? And she said that, yes, it's the position of the Trump administration that men shouldn't be competing in the Olympics as women on U.S.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2133 - Democrats Plan Trump IMPEACHMENT?!
soil. So that was really interesting. It was great to hear her clarify that. I also asked her about media standards when it comes to
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2133 - Democrats Plan Trump IMPEACHMENT?!
language and the gender issue, because we see so many outlets, except of course the Daily Wire, using the activist language of groups like the ACLU and GLAAD, which tell reporters to say things like gender-affirming care or to call men who identify as women transgender females.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2133 - Democrats Plan Trump IMPEACHMENT?!
Caroline said that the posture of the Trump administration is that there are only two genders, male and female, and that that's the kind of language that they prefer to use.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2167 - MORE TRUMP WINNING: NPR CEO IMPLODES, MS-13 Head ARRESTED
Good to see you, Ben. It's a beautiful morning here at the White House. And yes, I did get to go to Quantico, Virginia yesterday with the vice president for his visit to the Marine base where he spoke to hundreds of Marines. I was told that around 750 Marines gathered for this event yesterday. And of course, we know that the vice president is himself a Marine.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2167 - MORE TRUMP WINNING: NPR CEO IMPLODES, MS-13 Head ARRESTED
I would say former Marine, but everyone's been correcting me on social media and reminding me that once a Marine, always a Marine.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2167 - MORE TRUMP WINNING: NPR CEO IMPLODES, MS-13 Head ARRESTED
and the vice president spoke to these marines he told them that president trump loves them that he's proud of them and he reminded them that they're an incredibly important part of our country of protecting our country and he also emphasized that he's focused on building warriors and not woke ideology so all of this was really interesting it was well received by the marines and i actually talked to a whole bunch of them they were really sweet young marines i would say and they had some really interesting things to say about the vice president i believe we have a clip of that right here that we can show you all
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2167 - MORE TRUMP WINNING: NPR CEO IMPLODES, MS-13 Head ARRESTED
What does it mean to you that the Vice President is a Marine? It means a lot because it's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2167 - MORE TRUMP WINNING: NPR CEO IMPLODES, MS-13 Head ARRESTED
So I've been hearing a lot about how we're seeing a lot more recruitment numbers lately. Have you guys seen a surge in enthusiasm among your colleagues or among your new recruits in regards to this new administration?
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2167 - MORE TRUMP WINNING: NPR CEO IMPLODES, MS-13 Head ARRESTED
So these guys were just so full of enthusiasm. It was really fun to talk to them. And then, you know, the vice president's visit was delayed a little bit because he was speaking with Trump. But when he ultimately arrived, you should have seen how those Marines were cheering as we saw Air Force Two landing.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2167 - MORE TRUMP WINNING: NPR CEO IMPLODES, MS-13 Head ARRESTED
And then it was really cool, too, because we got to follow him around as part of the pool press and see how he interacted with the Marines at the Chow Hall, for example. They all got lunch together. And, you know, Ben, J.D. Vance grew up in Ohio and Kentucky. He's written a lot about this in his book, Hillbilly Elegy, which describes a lot of the
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Ep. 2167 - MORE TRUMP WINNING: NPR CEO IMPLODES, MS-13 Head ARRESTED
the poverty he had to endure, and the drug problems in Appalachia, and all of these really very real legitimate problems for many Americans. So it was really interesting to see him interacting with these Marines, talking about their problems back at home, and how they want to build America and protect our country.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2167 - MORE TRUMP WINNING: NPR CEO IMPLODES, MS-13 Head ARRESTED
And then maybe in the coolest part of the day, we got to go with him to a shooting range where the Vice President was testing out some weapons. I've got some clips of that too, and I think we definitely want to take a look at those.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2167 - MORE TRUMP WINNING: NPR CEO IMPLODES, MS-13 Head ARRESTED
Yes, and I mean, I'm no expert on weapons. I'm no expert on guns, Ben. But I can tell you, I shared that on social media and my phone died while I was out there on the range. And when I turned it back on, my phone had blown up because people were so excited about these shots and seeing the vice president out there on the range experimenting with these weapons.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2167 - MORE TRUMP WINNING: NPR CEO IMPLODES, MS-13 Head ARRESTED
He actually closed out the day shooting what I was told is called a howitzer, which is a type of cannon. And that was super loud, very cool to see. And then, you know, he's interacting with these Marines. He's taking pictures with them all. And at the end of the day, he took Air Force Two back to the White House.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2167 - MORE TRUMP WINNING: NPR CEO IMPLODES, MS-13 Head ARRESTED
So I found a really interesting day, especially in light of a lot of the events going on at the White House right now. For example, during the press briefing, all that Caroline Leavitt was asked about, was this signal chat and the implications of the vice president and Pete Hegseth and the other members of the national security team interacting in this signal chat.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2167 - MORE TRUMP WINNING: NPR CEO IMPLODES, MS-13 Head ARRESTED
But it was cool to get out of D.C., out to Quantico with these Marines and see the vice president's real interactions with them and how they received him and how they reacted to it. And I just did want to add, Ben, on a final note, I just bumped into a really interesting person coming into the White House today, Michael Knowles, coming through White House security with me.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2167 - MORE TRUMP WINNING: NPR CEO IMPLODES, MS-13 Head ARRESTED
So I'm excited to see him around the White House today. And I heard that he might be doing something cool around here. So excited for that as well.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2167 - MORE TRUMP WINNING: NPR CEO IMPLODES, MS-13 Head ARRESTED
Thanks, Ben.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2147 - HUGE: The Washington Post SURRENDERS…To Reality!
Thanks for having me, Ben. It's great to be here.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2147 - HUGE: The Washington Post SURRENDERS…To Reality!
Yes. So on Friday, that was when that governor's meeting was, when President Trump told the governor of Maine to her face that she needed to comply with federal law when it comes to men in women's sports. She didn't like that. She said, we'll see you in court. And Trump told her, yes, we will. And this is an issue, Ben, obviously, where 80 percent of Americans do not want men in women's sports.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2147 - HUGE: The Washington Post SURRENDERS…To Reality!
It's not a popular issue for Democrats to be pushing. It actually was a major issue in the 2024 election. And for some reason, it continues to be a popular Democratic cause. When it comes to the governor of Maine staff, Maine has very left-leaning Democrat lawmakers.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2147 - HUGE: The Washington Post SURRENDERS…To Reality!
The governor of Maine herself obviously is, but her chief of staff, Jeremy Kennedy, also is a Democrat who is a former Planned Parenthood worker. He also worked for LGBTQ groups. He's legally married to a man who is also a former worker for Equality Maine, I believe. So he's literally in bed with a Democrat activist.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2147 - HUGE: The Washington Post SURRENDERS…To Reality!
Now, Jeremy Kennedy, over the weekend, I was told by a White House senior official that he had a meltdown when he was having a conversation with a White House senior official about this very incident, about this very law banning men from women's sports. And I was told that he cursed at this White House official and said words that I'm not going to say on air, but basically, F-U-U-A-HOLE.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2147 - HUGE: The Washington Post SURRENDERS…To Reality!
and stormed out of the room. Now, the governor of Maine's office has denied this story to me, but I've followed up multiple times. They denied that he cursed, but would not deny that the altercation occurred or that he stormed out of the room. So we're continuing to ask questions on this, but from the looks of it, the Trump administration is really coming after Maine on this issue.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2147 - HUGE: The Washington Post SURRENDERS…To Reality!
They're determined to keep men out of women's sports. We saw the USDA taking action on this, the Department of Education, and I'm hearing that there's more to come as well.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2147 - HUGE: The Washington Post SURRENDERS…To Reality!
Yes, so of course, I'm a member of the WHCA. I'm allowed to go into the briefing room, ask questions of the president. I'm allowed to attend what they call open press events. Now, for the press pool, those are the people that go in the Oval Office. They're able to have much more access to the president and other events at the White House.
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Ep. 2147 - HUGE: The Washington Post SURRENDERS…To Reality!
A couple days ago, White House Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt announced that the White House is going to be deciding who's allowed to attend such events or who's allowed to be in the press pool, meaning that new members of the media or what we call new media like myself will potentially be allowed in the Oval Office for certain events.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2147 - HUGE: The Washington Post SURRENDERS…To Reality!
Obviously, Ben, we're delighted to hear that we're going to be able to access the White House in such a manner. We're going to have more access to the president. We're going to have more access to all of these events that we know our audience deeply cares about. But there's been some serious media hysteria over it.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2147 - HUGE: The Washington Post SURRENDERS…To Reality!
Last night, the head of the White House Correspondents Association, Eugene Daniels, announced that he was technically going to blow up the entire system that we have for learning from other reporters what's going on in the White House. So there's a series of emails that reporters will send out.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2147 - HUGE: The Washington Post SURRENDERS…To Reality!
It's called the Pooler, and they'll send out information to help us understand what's going on in the White House. Now, not everyone's on board with this. There's even some reporters who are more left leaning that have expressed their concerns about not being able to access this information that we formerly had. So big drama here at the White House today.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2147 - HUGE: The Washington Post SURRENDERS…To Reality!
I know this isn't the end of it, but I have to say, you know, after the last four years of the Biden administration of watching President Biden's very obvious cognitive decline and really not hearing anything about that decline from the White House press corps, I'm a little embarrassed by the media hysteria, in particular, when you look at how
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2147 - HUGE: The Washington Post SURRENDERS…To Reality!
infrequently President Biden interacted with the media, how infrequently former White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre called on conservative press, like my friends Reagan Reese at The Daily Caller, Diana Globova at The New York Post. There was very little access for conservative press.
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Ep. 2147 - HUGE: The Washington Post SURRENDERS…To Reality!
And when President Biden did call on reporters, he often had a picture of the reporter in front of him and the very question they were about to ask. So, you know, more drama on this for sure incoming. But the hysteria, I hope, will also calm down because, frankly, it's a little embarrassing.
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Ep. 2200 - What’s In The Trump BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL?
Good morning, Ben. It's great to be here.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2200 - What’s In The Trump BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL?
Absolutely. So, of course, we know that since January, late January, February, the Trump administration has been taking steps to cut funding for things that they call like woke or ideological purposes, grants to things like transgenderism or DEI.
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Ep. 2200 - What’s In The Trump BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL?
And we've seen this in the Department of Transportation, Department of Education, and now in the Department of Justice, where we reported this week exclusively that the Trump administration is hacking away, slashing away grants to causes like transgenderism and DEI, and instead turning that money and those funds towards supporting our law enforcement.
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Ep. 2200 - What’s In The Trump BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL?
And we learned about this because Senator Chuck Grassley, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, he sent a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi asking for clarification on these grants.
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Ep. 2200 - What’s In The Trump BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL?
And there had been a big hubbub in the media about how the Department of Justice was slashing, I think, around $800 million in grants and taking a look at those funds and if they weren't being appropriately used, aligned with the missions of the Trump administration, reallocating them. So Grassley wanted to know more about what was in these grants and where they were going.
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Ep. 2200 - What’s In The Trump BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL?
And we exclusively obtained his letter to Bondi, also the Department of Justice's response to him, in which we learned that the majority of the grants that the Department of Justice slashed were going to non-governmental entities. And some of those included some very woke causes. For example, there was a massive amount of money going to the Washington State Department of Corrections
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Ep. 2200 - What’s In The Trump BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL?
to support that State Department of Corrections efforts to promote transgenderism in prisons where a young woman named Mozzie Clark had sued the state for allowing a man to sexually assault her in her woman's prison.
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Ep. 2200 - What’s In The Trump BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL?
So a variety of different issues like this, Ben, the Department of Justice is cutting the funding towards those issues and saying we're no longer going to be funding these types of things and instead we're redirecting those funds towards law enforcement. And I think a lot of Americans, you know, we are very decidedly against these types of ideological purposes.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2200 - What’s In The Trump BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL?
I'm very excited about some of the things we're hearing about protecting the border and supporting our law enforcement.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2200 - What’s In The Trump BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL?
Yes, Ben, so we've been reporting this week, my colleague Leif at the Daily Wire broke a big story yesterday on how Congressman Dan Crenshaw is taking steps to prevent any transgender surgeries, hormones, or puberty blockers to be funded by this reconciliation bill. He knows, like I was just saying, that this is a very unpopular issue for Democrats. It's something they've been pushing repeatedly.
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Ep. 2200 - What’s In The Trump BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL?
And he also pointed out that there has been no amendment introduced trying to block his measure here, which is really interesting and I think backs more than ever this understanding that this is an unpopular issue.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2200 - What’s In The Trump BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL?
We even saw multiple Democrats kind of flip-flop on this issue and on men and women's sports during the 2024 election cycle right before the elections and say we no longer support this type of thing because they recognize how unpopular it is. So Dan Crenshaw is taking steps in Congress to protect kids in this way. And we're seeing all over the country legislation introduced as well.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2200 - What’s In The Trump BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL?
So lots of steps being taken here. And of course, this supports President Donald Trump's agenda to protect children and to keep men out of women's sports. So a lot of cooperation between Congress and the president. And I think President Trump is very excited about that.
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Ep. 2200 - What’s In The Trump BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL?
Does that worry you at all?
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Ep. 2129 - Did DEI Cause the DC Crash?!
President, is it helpful to have your Secretary of Transportation confirmed, and does this intensify your interest in getting other nominees confirmed quickly?
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2129 - Did DEI Cause the DC Crash?!
Is it helpful to have your Secretary of Transportation confirmed, and does this intensify your interest in getting other nominees confirmed quickly as well?
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2124 - Trump WRECKS Davos!
Yes. So we were the first to report yesterday morning that Donald Trump was imminently about to pardon the pro-life activists unjustly prosecuted by the Biden DOJ. And sure enough, several hours later, Donald Trump did exactly that from the Oval Office, signed an executive order pardoning 23 pro-life activists. And of course, the Thomas More Society, the law firm representing these guys.
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Ep. 2124 - Trump WRECKS Davos!
had petitioned Trump to pardon them. They were waiting with breathless anticipation. So as soon as we got the news, they were rejoicing. All these pro-lifers were, many of them were reunited with their families last night. So just really exciting, heartwarming stories and a hopeful sign to a lot of people that Donald Trump is ready to fulfill many campaign promises made on life.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2124 - Trump WRECKS Davos!
Yes, we were excited to be the first to report also that J.D. Vance will be speaking at the March for Life today, the 52nd annual March for Life here in Washington, D.C., where many, many pro-lifers will be gathered to march against abortion. And I'm told this is a really good sign of Vance's attitudes towards life, about the administration's attitudes towards life.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2124 - Trump WRECKS Davos!
Of course, we already know that J.D. Vance is staunchly pro-life Catholic, but I'm told that this is signaling a strong pro-life, pro-family approach from the administration, and Vance is going to be heading that.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2163 - The Left’s ASSAULT On Musk Continues…
Well, good morning, Ben, from the White House. It's great to be here. This was an extraordinary story that we reported on. I'm not sure if I've seen something like this before. So the United States Institute of Peace, it's down on the other side of Washington, D.C. It's a massive institution which is congressionally funded. But unfortunately, when Doge went in and told them that they needed to
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Ep. 2163 - The Left’s ASSAULT On Musk Continues…
allowed the new president of the organization to take over, they would not, in fact, do this. And so what sources have told us and what we reported on and the White House has also further clarified on is that when the new president of USIP, the United States Institute of Peace, went to take over and to enter the building, the old president, George Moose, would not, in fact, let him in.
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Ep. 2163 - The Left’s ASSAULT On Musk Continues…
And this turned into a kind of bizarre standoff, not something you see in D.C. every day, where security, the Metropolitan Police Department, the FBI were all involved in trying to let the new leader of this organization into the building while the old leader had himself barricaded upstairs in his office. And it was more than that, Ben.
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Ep. 2163 - The Left’s ASSAULT On Musk Continues…
Actually, they were distributing pictures of the Doge employees, of the new leader of USIP to show the people inside the building who not to allow into the building.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2163 - The Left’s ASSAULT On Musk Continues…
They were also, when the new leadership was finally able to enter the building on Monday evening, they found that the elevators were not working, the internet was down, the telephones were not working, there was white noise on on the top floor where the executive suite was, and they found that all the shades were drawn. So just lots of confusingly suspicious behavior.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2163 - The Left’s ASSAULT On Musk Continues…
And I'm told that there's investigations into what was going on there. But the old leadership of USIP filed a lawsuit trying to say that Doge should not have been able to enter, that Doge illegally entered. And a judge ruled earlier this week that, no, Doge could enter because the old leadership had been removed and the new leadership should have been allowed into the building.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2163 - The Left’s ASSAULT On Musk Continues…
However, that judge did say that he was confused or she was confused by why Doge had behaved in this manner and kind of rebuked Doge for going into the building in this way. Now, the White House is saying they should have been able to do this because the old the old president had been removed.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2163 - The Left’s ASSAULT On Musk Continues…
And when I asked Caroline Levitt about this during the briefing, she suggested that this was just an example of how bureaucrats are resisting change to the Trump administration and why this is one of the reasons that the Trump administration is so excited about Doge coming in and effectively cleaning house, removing bureaucrats who don't want to serve the American people.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2163 - The Left’s ASSAULT On Musk Continues…
Well, what you're hearing from most sides is that the White House is really excited by what he's been doing, by what Elon Musk has been doing. They want to cut waste, fraud and abuse. And they're both horrified by the attacks on Tesla owners or by the attacks on Elon Musk. And I would say a little amused by the outrage that Elon is drawing.
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Ep. 2163 - The Left’s ASSAULT On Musk Continues…
You know, for years, Trump and Trump and his campaign are used to the outrage that they're
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2163 - The Left’s ASSAULT On Musk Continues…
uh efforts to change the united states have caused you know trump has really drawn a lot of outrage since he first came down that escalator many years ago but now a lot of that ire is being directed at elon and that's very interesting because trump's support from the american people is just only rising right now you know more and more we're finding that most americans are supporting trump's efforts most americans do support elon as well but i think a lot of democrats are really focusing their ire on elon rather than trump
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Ep. 2163 - The Left’s ASSAULT On Musk Continues…
understanding that the president is very popular right now and his efforts are popular. So Elon might be the easier scapegoat.
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Ep. 2143 - The True Faces Of Evil
Good morning, Ben. Thanks so much for having me.
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Ep. 2143 - The True Faces Of Evil
Well, what we've been hearing is Donald Trump really praising efforts on both sides of the aisle, or I should say in the House and the Senate on his budget bill, pushing and encouraging Speaker of the House Mike Johnson in his efforts. I actually saw Speaker of the House Mike Johnson last night having dinner at Hawk and Dove.
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Ep. 2143 - The True Faces Of Evil
He looked a little serious and stressed, but he was enjoying dinner with his wife. And, you know, I think it remains to be seen how this will play out on Capitol Hill. But I can tell you here at the White House, there's a lot going on today. President Trump will host the swearing in of at least one of his cabinet members.
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Ep. 2143 - The True Faces Of Evil
We're hoping that Kash Patel will also be here and be sworn in probably today or next week as well. And I believe also in the schedule, President Trump will be having lunch with Vice President J.D. Vance.
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Ep. 2143 - The True Faces Of Evil
They have radically changed. In fact, White House Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt was just speaking about this yesterday. I believe in Trump's first week, he took 12 times the amount of questions as Biden did in his first week. And the White House is, of course, keeping tabs on this because they're really interested to see.
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Ep. 2143 - The True Faces Of Evil
But, you know, just speaking with people who have covered the Biden administration and were in the White House during the last administration, I've spoken to multiple conservative reporters who told me that they were not able to get any questions into the president or into the White House Press Secretary under the last administration, whereas we've had press briefings multiple times a week.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2143 - The True Faces Of Evil
The pool has access to President Trump on his plane, in the Oval Office, after press conferences, in the East Room. I've been able to ask President Trump a question. I've been able to ask Caroline Leavitt a number of questions during press conferences. And I would call this unprecedented access over the past several years.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2143 - The True Faces Of Evil
And look, Ben, you know, when we're in the briefing room, there's all of these reporters packed so tightly in there. Yesterday, for example, there were so many reporters that it was hard to get your hand up and ask a question. I'm fighting through my life in there as these reporters try and stand in front of me when I get there two hours early to represent the Daily Wire.
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Ep. 2143 - The True Faces Of Evil
So all these reporters are eager to cover Trump. And we know, of course, that covering Trump is good for their views. It's good for their networks. And there's a lot more interest than in the last administration.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2182 - The Democrat/MS-13 Love Match
Today's a big day. We are releasing the documents that have been sitting here at the National Archives Records Agency around the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy. Just the other day, we discovered and found another 50,000 pages specifically related to the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy. There are more questions than answers.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2182 - The Democrat/MS-13 Love Match
These are files that have been in boxes, in storage, never scanned before, never reviewed by the public before. And thanks to President Trump's leadership and his executive order, we have had well over 100 people going page by page, scanning them in, all to lead us to this day where the 10,000 pages that have been sitting here are now going to be available online at archives.gov slash RFK.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2182 - The Democrat/MS-13 Love Match
You mentioned that you spoke with RFK Jr. about the release of these files. Is he aware of the developments with these and has interest in looking into these questions as well?
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Ep. 2182 - The Democrat/MS-13 Love Match
His words were, you have to get it all out there.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2182 - The Democrat/MS-13 Love Match
We got to also go into the vault here at the National Archives and see artifacts that many people don't get the opportunity to see related to the death of JFK and also of RFK. So a really fascinating day, and we're excited to share this interview with you.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2182 - The Democrat/MS-13 Love Match
Well, good morning, Ben. It was very, very cool. I was not expecting this at all. You know, during Easter week, I was thinking we were winding down, getting ready to go home and see my family. And then I got a call.
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Ep. 2182 - The Democrat/MS-13 Love Match
The director of national intelligence was open to doing an interview with us with the Daily Wire in the National Archives about the release of the RFK files, which no other reporters had seen yet. And so what an honor to be in there with her and to thumb through these files with her and to look at them, to see these photographs and to hear about what she has found already from these files.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2182 - The Democrat/MS-13 Love Match
Uh, she told us that there were, you know, no smoking gun in there, but there are some things that are going to leave people wondering, uh, whether we have an accurate understanding of that assassination as it has been told to us. So this is huge. The files are now live, uh, on the National Archives and we released our videos and our story this morning.
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Ep. 2182 - The Democrat/MS-13 Love Match
And it's just a very, very cool thing to be a part of and to get to see these files myself and some of these artifacts that are in the National Archives was just so cool.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2182 - The Democrat/MS-13 Love Match
That's a great question, Ben. And actually, as we were walking through the National Archives, Director Gabbard said that to one of the staff that was walking with us. His name is Jim. And she said, why are these artifacts not open to the public? And he said, I don't really know. That's a good question. And right then and there, she said, why don't we open it up to the public?
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Ep. 2182 - The Democrat/MS-13 Love Match
And I kind of laughed and said, oh, is this how it works? And she said, yes, that's that's how this administration works. They move really quickly and they're all about transparency. So some of these artifacts that we saw included the shirt that Lee Harvey Oswald was wearing when he was shot and killed. That shirt has a bullet hole in it.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2182 - The Democrat/MS-13 Love Match
You can see where the bullet entered the shirt and ultimately killed him. But we also saw some really, really, I would say, unique and exclusive items that are buried down in the National Archives there. such as some of the bullet casings related to the RFK or the JFK assassinations. We saw the camera that was used to record the JFK assassination. And actually, Ben, I got to hold it.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2182 - The Democrat/MS-13 Love Match
So this was just I'm a little bit of a history nerd. I was nerding out and trying to be professional in this interview. And I told her she was laughing. I said, I'm trying to be a really good reporter here, but I'm so excited that this is all happening. And I got to see some of these files laying out on the table. I also saw a whole stack of boxes that said MLK files.
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Ep. 2182 - The Democrat/MS-13 Love Match
So I have a feeling that those are about to emerge very soon as well.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2182 - The Democrat/MS-13 Love Match
Yes. So Vice President J.D. Vance is headed to the Vatican today. Actually, I believe he's there. They're a little behind us time wise, but he'll be attending a Good Friday service at St. Peter's Basilica, this beautiful historic basilica in Rome. And his family will be there throughout the Holy Week weekend into Easter Sunday, I believe.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2182 - The Democrat/MS-13 Love Match
And then they'll be heading to India, I was told, for some meetings that they'll engage in with officials out there. before they traveled back to the United States. So a jam-packed week. We also know that the Italian prime minister was at the White House yesterday. And I was just reading some of the pool reports from my colleague, White House reporters, who said that when J.D.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2182 - The Democrat/MS-13 Love Match
Vance arrived to meet with Giorgia Melani, In Italy today, she said to him, I missed you because she hadn't seen him for about maybe 24 hours. So that's a cute little back and forth between them in Italy only this morning. So I'm excited to see how these visits go. And, you know, I'm a Catholic and
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2182 - The Democrat/MS-13 Love Match
I'm interested to see and to watch the vice president's visit in Italy and in Rome as he gets to partake in some of these really special ceremonies, because, you know, this is for many Catholics. That's a dream to be able to attend these these services and masses in Italy, in Rome itself.