March 22, 2025 • 10 mins
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Swatting Incidents:
- A series of swatting attacks targeted conservative commentators and journalists starting from March 11th.
- Swatting involves making false emergency calls to prompt SWAT teams to descend on unsuspecting victims.
- At least 15 conservative figures have been swatted within a week, leading to concerns about domestic terrorism and attempted murder.
- The FBI, Attorney General, and Secretary of Homeland Security have reacted to these dangerous crimes.
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Golden Visa Proposal:
- President Donald Trump proposed a $5 million payment for a "Golden Visa" to help pay down the federal deficit.
- Trump discussed this idea with Laura Ingram on Fox News, emphasizing that such visas would attract job producers and successful individuals.
- The proposal aims to bring substantial revenue into the country and reduce national debt.
-
Counter-Terrorism Efforts:
- President Trump intensified counter-terrorism efforts both domestically and internationally.
- He authorized large-scale airstrikes against Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen to protect American interests and ensure navigational freedom.
- Trump also announced the killing of the fugitive leader of ISIS in Iraq, showcasing his commitment to eliminating terrorist threats.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
I was a disaster. This man was a disaster. I
don't sleep much. You don't sleep much. A lot of
people that love what they're doing don't sleep much, I find.
And so far it's been okay.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
You're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with Ben Ferguson.
Speaker 3 (00:14):
Good Saturday morning to you, Ben Ferguson with you, And
these are some of the stories that you may have
missed that we talked about this week on the forty
seven Morning Update. First up, attempted murder. Fifteen plus conservatives
have been targeted by swatting attacks in a one week period. Also,
Donald Trump moves to get rid of well major debt
(00:35):
issues in this country with the introduction of golden visas,
and he explains exactly how to work. And finally, Donald
Trump spent quite a few hours from last week to
this week going after terroris all over the Middle East.
So what all did he accomplish. We'll explain that as well.
It's the forty seven Morning Update and it starts right now.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
Story number one.
Speaker 3 (00:57):
If there's anything that's become clear in the last two
months is that the left has become completely unhinged. Now
you can add attempted murder, plus fifteen conservatives have been
targeted by swatting attacks in a single week. A series
of swatting incidents targeting conservative commentators and journalists have transpired
(01:17):
nearly every evening since March the eleventh. This according to
the victims, who are sharing video, surveillance footage and photos
of the events, sparking questions as to who is engaging
in what Representative Andy Ogles described as domestic terrorism and
attempted murder. The FBI Director Cashpattel, and the Attorney General
Pam Bondi and Secretary of Homeland Security Christyinome have also
(01:40):
reacted to the wave of dangerous crimes. In terms, swatting
refers to an anonymous attacker targeting someone for making a
false call to emergency services, using anonymous tools like Google
Voice or VPNs to make it appear the call is
coming from a certain location and telling authorities a murder
or hostage of is transpiring at a particular address. Swatting
(02:04):
is designed to prompt swat teams to arrive at the
targeted home and descend on the unsuspecting victims, which in
the past have led to deadly encounters and murder charges
for the offender. At the time of this story breaking,
there has been at least fifteen figures already in conservative
politics and media that have reported being swatted within the
(02:25):
course of the last week. The string of swatting ensigns
seemingly began on the evening of March eleven, with info
Wars reporter revealing in an early morning ex post that
six to eight police officers used a pacism to call
me by name and order me to walk out of
my house. I was handcuffed in the middle of the street,
presumably at gunpoint, though I couldn't tell because the lights
(02:47):
being shined in my face. I was in led into
the house where my wife was woken up, and we
were informed that they received a call from someone pretending
to be me threatening to kill my family. Then after
that many others receive the exact same treatment. Another reporter
was swatted not once, but twice in a single day,
and many other journalists are now saying it's very clear
(03:10):
they were all targeted in a coordinated attack. The federal
government now saying very clearly they are going to hunt
down those who are making these calls and putting conservative
commentators lives at risk.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
Now. Story number two.
Speaker 3 (03:24):
One of the core issues the President of the United
States of America said he believes is his job now
is to cut government waste, fraud, and abuse, and to
deal with our out of control federal deficit, which is
in the trillions of dollars. Donald Trump is also looking
at ways to bring more money into the country and
one way he says we can do it is by
(03:45):
having a five million dollar payment to our government for
a golden visa. He believes that this is a major
opportunity for America to pay down our debt. Now. He
was talking with Laura Ingram on Fox News Channel about
these visas, and this is what he wanted the American
people to know.
Speaker 4 (04:06):
The Golden visa, which you also you're obviously backing, probably
is going to have to go through Congress. We'll see
if they actually do that. But five million dollar investment
from a foreigner coming into the United States, Why should
our citizenship be purchased for any amount of money, especially
given the fact that you're America first, Given the types
(04:27):
of people who have five million dollars to throw down
for a visa or for a permanent residency.
Speaker 1 (04:33):
That's why, because I'm America first, Because at five million dollars.
You're getting a lot of things, but you're getting five
million dollars. Let's say we sell a million of them.
That's five trillion dollars. We are now a unbelievably successful
country paying down tremendous amounts of debt. It's all going
to pay down debt. We're going a very little debt.
Speaker 3 (04:55):
Separate.
Speaker 1 (04:55):
But if you did think of it, if you did
five million dollars. Now, generally people that can pay five
million dollars are going to be job producers. Okay, they're
going to be successful. They're going to produce jobs. But
here's another thing. Apple comes to me. A lot of
companies come to me. They say, sir, we just made
a deal to hire the number one student at the
(05:16):
Wharton School of Finance, or at Harvard Business School or
anything else, or MIT or Stanford or anything. But they're
going to throw them out of the country the day
after graduation. They'll buy these.
Speaker 4 (05:29):
Why should any American kid become a company?
Speaker 1 (05:31):
And by the way, they're going to call it either
the gold card. The problem is is mini gold cards. Well,
I will tell you what my people want to call it.
It'll drive you crazy, it'll drive the left crazy. They
want to call it the Trump card because the Trump
card sells much better than the Gold card.
Speaker 4 (05:46):
Everybody has a you're not worried about any unsavory people
coming in and.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
Take I'm worried about unsavory which case we're going to
given the money back.
Speaker 4 (05:54):
And they get out they'll be properly vetted.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
Or they're going to be properly vetted. But you know,
you're talking about a lot of people. I think it's
going to be very successful. If somebody's wrong, we get
we actually very nice because it makes it a lot
easier legally. We give them that money back and we
send them.
Speaker 3 (06:10):
Out one thanks for sure. The President United States of
America is looking for new ways to bring actual cash
into the United States of America from people overseas. In
other words, he's looking at them as customers instead of
all the money coming from the American taxpayer. As for
the program and the fear mongering, many in the media
are doing this. They're saying, what if an unsavory person
(06:32):
comes in, you just heard the President make it very clear,
we'll kick him out. Maybe we'll get him a refund,
and we'll move on.
Speaker 2 (06:40):
And here is story Number three.
Speaker 3 (06:41):
One of Donald Trump's promises from the campaign trail was
to go after terrorists all over the world peace through strength,
to making sure that we strike first on those they're
trying to do harm to Americans, our soldiers, and American
interests around the world. Well over the past week, Donald
Trump has in intensified his counter terrorism efforts, both domestically
(07:04):
and internationally. Here is a quick summary of just some
of the things that the present has done. Airstrikes have
been ordered. Starting on March fifteenth, President Trump authorized large
scale air strikes targeting I ran back Hoothi rebels in
Yemen's capital. This action was in response to the Houthis
threat to US shipping assets in the Red Sea. The
(07:27):
offensive aims to protect American interest and ensure navigational freedom
in the region. Donald Trump, putting it this way in
his own words on True Social Today, I ordered the
United States military to launch decisive and powerful military action
against the Houthy terrorists in Yemen. They have waged an
(07:48):
unrelenting campaign of piracy, violence, and terrorism against American and
other ships, aircraft, and drones. Joe Biden's response was pathetically
so the unrestrained Houthis just kept going It has been
over a year since a US flag commercial ship safely
(08:09):
sailed through the Suez Canal, the Red Sea, or the
Gulf of Aden. The last American warship to go through
the Red Sea, four months ago, was attacked by the
terrorist group over a dozen times funded by Iran. The
Houthy thugs have fired missiles at US aircraft and targeted
(08:31):
our troops and allies. These relentless assaults have cost the
US and the world economy many billions of dollars, while
at the same time putting innocent lives at risk. The
Hoothy attack on American vessels will not be tolerated. We
will use overwhelming lethal force until we have achieved our objective.
(08:52):
The Houthis have choked off shipping and one of the
most important waterways of the world, grinding vast swaths of
globe commerce to a halt and attacking the core principle
of freedom and navigation upon which international trade and commerce depends.
Our brave warfighters are right now carrying out aerial attacks
(09:13):
on the terrace basis. They're leaders and missile defenses to
protect American shipping, air and naval assets and to restore
navigational freedom. No terrorists force will stop American commercial and
naval vessels from freely sailing the waterways of the world.
To all the houthy terrorists, your time is up and
(09:34):
your attacks must stop starting today. If they don't, hell
will rain down upon you like nothing you've ever seen before.
President Trump went on to say to Iran, support for
the houthy terrorists must in immediately. Do not threaten the
American people, their president, who has received one of the
largest mandates in presidential history, or worldwide shipping lanes. If
(09:59):
you do, beware because America will hold you fully accountable
and we won't be nice about it. That is the
President's clear message to the terrorists right now in the
Middle East.
Speaker 1 (10:10):
Now.
Speaker 3 (10:10):
This message comes less than twenty four hours after Trump
also announced Friday night that the US forces had killed
the fugitive leader of ISIS in Iraq. The White House
even released the footage of the airstrike on social media,
making it clear that President Trump will go and terminate
any terrorist leader anywhere he has to to keep Americans safe.
Speaker 2 (10:32):
Thank you for listening to the forty seven Morning Update
with Ben Ferguson. Please make sure you hit subscribe wherever
you're listening to this podcast right now and for more
in depth news, also subscribe to the Ben Ferguson podcast,
and we will see you back here on Monday morning.
I was a disaster. This man was a disaster. I
don't sleep much. You don't sleep much. A lot of
people that love what they're doing don't sleep much, I find.
And so far it's been okay.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
You're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with Ben Ferguson.
Speaker 3 (00:14):
Good Saturday morning to you, Ben Ferguson with you, And
these are some of the stories that you may have
missed that we talked about this week on the forty
seven Morning Update. First up, attempted murder. Fifteen plus conservatives
have been targeted by swatting attacks in a one week period. Also,
Donald Trump moves to get rid of well major debt
(00:35):
issues in this country with the introduction of golden visas,
and he explains exactly how to work. And finally, Donald
Trump spent quite a few hours from last week to
this week going after terroris all over the Middle East.
So what all did he accomplish. We'll explain that as well.
It's the forty seven Morning Update and it starts right now.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
Story number one.
Speaker 3 (00:57):
If there's anything that's become clear in the last two
months is that the left has become completely unhinged. Now
you can add attempted murder, plus fifteen conservatives have been
targeted by swatting attacks in a single week. A series
of swatting incidents targeting conservative commentators and journalists have transpired
(01:17):
nearly every evening since March the eleventh. This according to
the victims, who are sharing video, surveillance footage and photos
of the events, sparking questions as to who is engaging
in what Representative Andy Ogles described as domestic terrorism and
attempted murder. The FBI Director Cashpattel, and the Attorney General
Pam Bondi and Secretary of Homeland Security Christyinome have also
(01:40):
reacted to the wave of dangerous crimes. In terms, swatting
refers to an anonymous attacker targeting someone for making a
false call to emergency services, using anonymous tools like Google
Voice or VPNs to make it appear the call is
coming from a certain location and telling authorities a murder
or hostage of is transpiring at a particular address. Swatting
(02:04):
is designed to prompt swat teams to arrive at the
targeted home and descend on the unsuspecting victims, which in
the past have led to deadly encounters and murder charges
for the offender. At the time of this story breaking,
there has been at least fifteen figures already in conservative
politics and media that have reported being swatted within the
(02:25):
course of the last week. The string of swatting ensigns
seemingly began on the evening of March eleven, with info
Wars reporter revealing in an early morning ex post that
six to eight police officers used a pacism to call
me by name and order me to walk out of
my house. I was handcuffed in the middle of the street,
presumably at gunpoint, though I couldn't tell because the lights
(02:47):
being shined in my face. I was in led into
the house where my wife was woken up, and we
were informed that they received a call from someone pretending
to be me threatening to kill my family. Then after
that many others receive the exact same treatment. Another reporter
was swatted not once, but twice in a single day,
and many other journalists are now saying it's very clear
(03:10):
they were all targeted in a coordinated attack. The federal
government now saying very clearly they are going to hunt
down those who are making these calls and putting conservative
commentators lives at risk.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
Now. Story number two.
Speaker 3 (03:24):
One of the core issues the President of the United
States of America said he believes is his job now
is to cut government waste, fraud, and abuse, and to
deal with our out of control federal deficit, which is
in the trillions of dollars. Donald Trump is also looking
at ways to bring more money into the country and
one way he says we can do it is by
(03:45):
having a five million dollar payment to our government for
a golden visa. He believes that this is a major
opportunity for America to pay down our debt. Now. He
was talking with Laura Ingram on Fox News Channel about
these visas, and this is what he wanted the American
people to know.
Speaker 4 (04:06):
The Golden visa, which you also you're obviously backing, probably
is going to have to go through Congress. We'll see
if they actually do that. But five million dollar investment
from a foreigner coming into the United States, Why should
our citizenship be purchased for any amount of money, especially
given the fact that you're America first, Given the types
(04:27):
of people who have five million dollars to throw down
for a visa or for a permanent residency.
Speaker 1 (04:33):
That's why, because I'm America first, Because at five million dollars.
You're getting a lot of things, but you're getting five
million dollars. Let's say we sell a million of them.
That's five trillion dollars. We are now a unbelievably successful
country paying down tremendous amounts of debt. It's all going
to pay down debt. We're going a very little debt.
Speaker 3 (04:55):
Separate.
Speaker 1 (04:55):
But if you did think of it, if you did
five million dollars. Now, generally people that can pay five
million dollars are going to be job producers. Okay, they're
going to be successful. They're going to produce jobs. But
here's another thing. Apple comes to me. A lot of
companies come to me. They say, sir, we just made
a deal to hire the number one student at the
(05:16):
Wharton School of Finance, or at Harvard Business School or
anything else, or MIT or Stanford or anything. But they're
going to throw them out of the country the day
after graduation. They'll buy these.
Speaker 4 (05:29):
Why should any American kid become a company?
Speaker 1 (05:31):
And by the way, they're going to call it either
the gold card. The problem is is mini gold cards. Well,
I will tell you what my people want to call it.
It'll drive you crazy, it'll drive the left crazy. They
want to call it the Trump card because the Trump
card sells much better than the Gold card.
Speaker 4 (05:46):
Everybody has a you're not worried about any unsavory people
coming in and.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
Take I'm worried about unsavory which case we're going to
given the money back.
Speaker 4 (05:54):
And they get out they'll be properly vetted.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
Or they're going to be properly vetted. But you know,
you're talking about a lot of people. I think it's
going to be very successful. If somebody's wrong, we get
we actually very nice because it makes it a lot
easier legally. We give them that money back and we
send them.
Speaker 3 (06:10):
Out one thanks for sure. The President United States of
America is looking for new ways to bring actual cash
into the United States of America from people overseas. In
other words, he's looking at them as customers instead of
all the money coming from the American taxpayer. As for
the program and the fear mongering, many in the media
are doing this. They're saying, what if an unsavory person
(06:32):
comes in, you just heard the President make it very clear,
we'll kick him out. Maybe we'll get him a refund,
and we'll move on.
Speaker 2 (06:40):
And here is story Number three.
Speaker 3 (06:41):
One of Donald Trump's promises from the campaign trail was
to go after terrorists all over the world peace through strength,
to making sure that we strike first on those they're
trying to do harm to Americans, our soldiers, and American
interests around the world. Well over the past week, Donald
Trump has in intensified his counter terrorism efforts, both domestically
(07:04):
and internationally. Here is a quick summary of just some
of the things that the present has done. Airstrikes have
been ordered. Starting on March fifteenth, President Trump authorized large
scale air strikes targeting I ran back Hoothi rebels in
Yemen's capital. This action was in response to the Houthis
threat to US shipping assets in the Red Sea. The
(07:27):
offensive aims to protect American interest and ensure navigational freedom
in the region. Donald Trump, putting it this way in
his own words on True Social Today, I ordered the
United States military to launch decisive and powerful military action
against the Houthy terrorists in Yemen. They have waged an
(07:48):
unrelenting campaign of piracy, violence, and terrorism against American and
other ships, aircraft, and drones. Joe Biden's response was pathetically
so the unrestrained Houthis just kept going It has been
over a year since a US flag commercial ship safely
(08:09):
sailed through the Suez Canal, the Red Sea, or the
Gulf of Aden. The last American warship to go through
the Red Sea, four months ago, was attacked by the
terrorist group over a dozen times funded by Iran. The
Houthy thugs have fired missiles at US aircraft and targeted
(08:31):
our troops and allies. These relentless assaults have cost the
US and the world economy many billions of dollars, while
at the same time putting innocent lives at risk. The
Hoothy attack on American vessels will not be tolerated. We
will use overwhelming lethal force until we have achieved our objective.
(08:52):
The Houthis have choked off shipping and one of the
most important waterways of the world, grinding vast swaths of
globe commerce to a halt and attacking the core principle
of freedom and navigation upon which international trade and commerce depends.
Our brave warfighters are right now carrying out aerial attacks
(09:13):
on the terrace basis. They're leaders and missile defenses to
protect American shipping, air and naval assets and to restore
navigational freedom. No terrorists force will stop American commercial and
naval vessels from freely sailing the waterways of the world.
To all the houthy terrorists, your time is up and
(09:34):
your attacks must stop starting today. If they don't, hell
will rain down upon you like nothing you've ever seen before.
President Trump went on to say to Iran, support for
the houthy terrorists must in immediately. Do not threaten the
American people, their president, who has received one of the
largest mandates in presidential history, or worldwide shipping lanes. If
(09:59):
you do, beware because America will hold you fully accountable
and we won't be nice about it. That is the
President's clear message to the terrorists right now in the
Middle East.
Speaker 1 (10:10):
Now.
Speaker 3 (10:10):
This message comes less than twenty four hours after Trump
also announced Friday night that the US forces had killed
the fugitive leader of ISIS in Iraq. The White House
even released the footage of the airstrike on social media,
making it clear that President Trump will go and terminate
any terrorist leader anywhere he has to to keep Americans safe.
Speaker 2 (10:32):
Thank you for listening to the forty seven Morning Update
with Ben Ferguson. Please make sure you hit subscribe wherever
you're listening to this podcast right now and for more
in depth news, also subscribe to the Ben Ferguson podcast,
and we will see you back here on Monday morning.
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Ben Ferguson
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