🔍 1. ICE Tracking App Controversy
- Topic: A segment criticizing CNN for covering an app called Ice Block, which allows users to report and share ICE agent sightings.
- Concerns Raised:
- The app is seen by critics as endangering ICE agents.
- Former ICE Director Tom Homan and others accuse CNN of promoting violence against federal officers.
- The app is described as “disgusting” and potentially illegal, with calls for DOJ investigation.
💰 2. Major Tax and Immigration Bill
- Overview: A detailed rundown of a new bill passed by the Senate, described as a major win for the “America First” agenda.
- Key Provisions:
- Largest tax cut in U.S. history for middle and working-class Americans.
- No tax on tips, overtime, Social Security, or American-made auto loans.
- Permanent increase to the child tax credit.
- Massive investment in border security and immigration enforcement:
- Deportation of at least 1 million illegal immigrants annually.
- Hiring of thousands of ICE, Customs, and Border Patrol agents.
- Completion of Phase 2 of the border wall.
- Cuts to green energy funding and federal program waste.
- Military modernization and Coast Guard upgrades.
- Emphasis on energy independence through domestic oil, gas, and nuclear power.
📉 3. Trump vs. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell
- Conflict: Trump is calling for Powell’s resignation, criticizing the Fed’s refusal to lower interest rates.
- Claims:
- Trump blames Powell for high interest costs and economic stagnation.
- He suggests replacing Powell with one of several potential candidates.
- Trump is reportedly considering announcing a successor before Powell’s term ends in 2026.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Well, come in is the Ben Ferguson Show. It is
nice to have you with us.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
I was planning on being on family vacation and just
taking some time off for the next week, but with
so many things happening in the world, we're deciding we're
not going to be doing that. So what we're going
to be doing instead is I'm going to be doing
a hybrid with this show and the forty seven Morning Update.
It's that show that I do every morning that's about
ten to twelve minutes long, three biggest stories of the
(00:26):
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the White House. So for the next few days, that
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To two Patriot. This is the forty seven Morning Update,
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I do hit subscribe auto download to it as well,
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But I never want to hurt our farmers. Our farmers
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You're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with Ben Ferguson.
Speaker 1 (03:14):
Good Saturday morning to you.
Speaker 2 (03:15):
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,
in a shocking move, a major TV network is now
helping warn individuals where ice agents are so that they
can get away from being held accountable for breaking our laws.
(03:37):
Who's doing it? We'll expose that coming up as well. Also,
what made it into the bill that is now headed
back to the House from the Senate. I break it
all down for you, and I'll have all those details
for you about exactly what made it in this bill
in just a moment. And finally, we also now know
that the present saying it's time for the FED chair
(03:58):
Jerome Powell to be gone to resign, and he's got
two or three choices to replace the FED chairman, which
could save Americans literally trillions of dollars in interest. I'll
give you those details in a moment. It's the forty
seven Morning Update and it starts right now.
Speaker 4 (04:16):
Story number one.
Speaker 2 (04:18):
The media yet again putting ice agents lives at risk,
this time CNN featuring a segment on ice block. It
is an app that lets users anonymously crowd source ice
agents sidings across the app and send alerts to others
within a five mile radius.
Speaker 3 (04:39):
Now, the app's creator framed.
Speaker 2 (04:41):
As a quote harmless early warning system to help people
avoid ICE, not to incite violence against the agents. Ice
block enforces constraints, they claim as well, one post every
five minutes, auto deletion after four hours, and explicitly recommends
users not interfer with officers. That's their get out of
(05:03):
jail free card.
Speaker 3 (05:04):
Apparently.
Speaker 2 (05:05):
The White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt accusing CNN of
encouraging violence by publicizing the app, especially amid a reported
five hundred percent surge in assaults on ICE agents nationwide.
The acting ICE Director called CNN's coverage quote reckless and irresponsible,
warning that it paints a target on federal law enforcement officers.
(05:28):
Backs and Tom Homan, the former ICE director, and the
current borders are branded the app is simply disgusting, and
urge the DOJ to investigate CNN's role in all of this.
I want you to hear more of what Tom Homan
had to say on Fox News Channel about this.
Speaker 5 (05:48):
Well, this next story is outrageous. A new iPhone app
is a learning people about ICE sightings in their area.
As if that's not bad enough, CNN it appears to
be promoting the app, talking to the creator, and doing
a whole story on it that is not sitting well
with My next guest borders our time home and joins me. Now, Tom,
they've crossed the line here. This is out of control.
Speaker 6 (06:11):
I know. It's just simply disgusting, and any network that
covers that is disgusting as well. So I'm hoping the
DOJ steps in here and see if they cross that line.
I'm impeding federal lawenforcement ofshers. Look, Lawrence, you're not talking
about this aasult again. SIS is up over five percent.
Now you've got an app that's going to tell where
ICE operators are going to be. It's only a matter
of time fore ICE ages are ambushed by some nut
(06:33):
like we're happening in LA throwing them out the top, cocktail,
throwing bricks, and these officers is just this is just
disgusting at every level. So I hope DOJ dives in
this deeply, because you know ICE is constrant on public
safety threats and national security threads. This shouldn't be a
partisan issue. There shouldn't be an issue anybody's is against.
So they're already a dangerous job going after the worst
(06:53):
the worst. These guys are putting their lives on the
line every day going after the worst and worst internationalecurity threats,
and this app makes it that much more dangerous. It's
incredible that those who enforced law, all of a sudden,
they're the bad guys you wanted to break the law.
They're victims. It's disgusting.
Speaker 5 (07:07):
Why was seeing INN promote this? Why would they do
a story on this?
Speaker 6 (07:12):
I can't figure it out. I've been look, I've been
doing this for four decades. I've never seen anything like
this in my life. You know, it's got to be
they hate Trump more than love law enforcement or I
can't figure it out, but something needs to be done.
I mean, you advertise this guy's app on a national
TV network, that's just going to bring more followers, sick
followers to the app and use it again, letting the
(07:33):
bad guy no Ice is coming. They're here, here's where
they're going next. This is dangerous for the men and
women law enforcement.
Speaker 5 (07:42):
So true, Tom, I want to.
Speaker 2 (07:43):
Get Tom Homan clearly slamming CNN for promoting the Ice
tracking app and now is saying maybe it's time for
law enforcement, the DOJ to step in here and see
if they cross the line, impeding federal law enforcement officers.
Yet again, another exampample of how the Left is doing
everything they can to protect I legal immigrants and put
(08:05):
American lives at risk.
Speaker 4 (08:08):
Next story number two.
Speaker 2 (08:09):
Now you may be asking yourself what is actually in
this bill that has left the Senate.
Speaker 3 (08:15):
Let me give you that list, because it's an important one.
Speaker 2 (08:19):
Number one, this bill delivers the largest tax cut in
history of the United States of America for middle and
working class Americans. Bigger paychecks of ten thousand dollars more
in annual take home pay for families as well. A
massive campaign idea is now reality. No tax on tips,
(08:42):
which will expand middle class America like we've never seen before.
Speaker 3 (08:47):
We also are going to reward people that work hard
with no tax on overtime, incentivizing people to work more
to get ahead, and something that should have happened a
long time ago. No tax on Social Security, giving more
security to seniors, especially when cost of living has skyrocketed.
(09:09):
We also have no tax on made and America auto loans.
Let me say that again, no tax on made in
America auto loans, which will help prop up American made
automobiles and incentivize Americans to look at America first. It
will also help with massive amounts of manufacturing jobs, keeping
(09:30):
Americans working in manufacturing. It also protects two million family
farms from punitive double taxation, something that's been a huge
problem in this country. Permanent increases to the child tax credit.
Let me say that again, permanent increases to the child
(09:50):
tax credit, supporting over forty million American families. Also, a
vote against this bill is a vote for the largest
tax increase in history, something that Republicans did a very
good job of selling to the American people. It also,
in this bill rescinded billions in green news scam funding,
(10:11):
which DOGE and the Trump administration had exposed in the
last several months. It restores fiscal sanity, slashing deficits by
roughly two trillion dollars. Yes, there are many in the
House that want more than that, and we'll have to
see what happens moving forward. We also know that this
bill eliminated waste, fraud, and abuse from the bloated federal
(10:35):
programs that we have now been exposing through DOGE and
permanently securing our southern and northern borders, something the President
said needed to be in this bill. We also know
that this bill deports at least one million illegal aliens
a year. Yes, that is also in the bill, and
(10:57):
it makes the largest investment in border security in an
entire generation, providing nearly one hundred and fifty billion to
secure our border and also to deport illegal aliens, which
the American people voted for. The bill also includes finishing
Phase two of the border wall, something Donald Trump campaigned
(11:19):
on back all the way in twenty sixteen, and it
shifts the cost of adjudication in the immigration system from
the American taxpayer to the illegal aliens. We also know
that we're hiring it because of this bill, hiring ten
thousand new ice agents, more than five thousand customs officers,
(11:44):
and more than three thousand new border patrol agents, yet
again sending a message to the cartels and terrorists that
you don't want to try to sneak in to the
United States of America or ship your drugs into this country,
because we're coming for you. There's also funds for the
Golden Dome missile defense system to confront the twenty first
(12:07):
century threats, something the President and the DoD talked about
extensively with the American people. We know that we need
to put America first when it comes to our national security,
and that's exactly why the funds were included in this
bill for the Golden Dome Missile Defense System. We also
know the bill delivers the largest coast guard upgrade since
(12:29):
World War Two. Why are we doing that?
Speaker 2 (12:32):
Because that's where the fetinyl is coming into this country
and the criminal cartels are clearly exploiting our open seats.
Now we will have the largest coastguard upgrade that we've
had since World War Two, something that needed to happen
decades ago. Finally, the bill modernized our military to ensure
(12:52):
it has the resources to be ready and encourages a
lethal fighting force. After four years of weeks by the
Biden administration, we've fallen behind China, but ninety longer. It
also ends Biden's war on American energy and drives down
energy costs, something that was important in this bill to
(13:14):
make sure that we as a nation are in fact
energy independent, something that the prior administration did everything they
could to make sure that we were weak as a nation.
And it also unleashes domestic oil, domestic gas, as well
as nuclear power, restoring what made America great all along
(13:36):
the ability to function without relying on Middle Eastern countries
or anyone else that's producing oil around the world, including
places like Russia. So if you want to know what's
in this America first, this big, this beautiful bill, well
here's what's in it. Now it moves back to the
House and hopefully it will be moving within days to
(13:59):
the press desk.
Speaker 4 (14:01):
And here is story number three.
Speaker 1 (14:03):
We also know this.
Speaker 2 (14:05):
The President is also moving on to other major issues.
For example, Donald Trump is calling for the FED chair
Powell to quit quote immediately. Trump is ramping up the
pressure on Powell, urging lower interest rates against the Federal
Reserve Chair's continued opposition the president making it clear that
(14:28):
it's time for him to quote resign. In a True
Social post on Wednesday in the late afternoon, Trump said
too late, should resign immediately. He also linked to a
Bloomberg story headline that says FED chair should be investigated
by Congress. The FHSA head is now saying Powell was
(14:51):
nominated by Trump to lead the FED during the first administration.
Joe Biden, who succeeded Trump as President, nominated him for
a second term. His tenure as the FED chair is
set to end May of twenty twenty six, and Trump
is ramping up pressure, saying I don't want to wait
on Jerome Powell's tenure to end, issuing a call for
(15:14):
lower interest rates against the Federal Reserve Chair and continued
opposition and calling out the failure of the Fed's monetary policy.
For instance, earlier this week, Donald Trump posted this, Jerome
too late. Powell and his entire board should be ashamed
of themselves for allowing this to happen in the United
(15:35):
States of America. They have one of the easiest yet
most prestigious jobs in America, and they've failed, and they
continue to do so, saying this, If they were doing
their job properly, our country would be saving trillions of
dollars in interest costs. The board just sits there and watches,
(15:56):
so they are equally to blame. We should be paying
one percent or better now. The post preceded trump SONI
a letter to Powell urging him to lower interest rates,
the White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt told reporters on Monday.
Pallis stated that the Fed's decision to hold off on
dropping your interest rates owes much to concern about the
(16:18):
possible impacts of quote tariffs on inflation that coming from
CBS News Now reports say he's waiting to see how
the Trump tearor policy quote plays out and what it
ultimately does to the US economy before making interest rate adjustments.
Powell has specifically said he wants to see longer term impacts,
(16:41):
if any, on consumer pricing. So I tell you that
story to just make it very clear there could be
some big changes coming very soon. But it also tells
you about the confidence that the President has that by
the time many of you hear this, he will already
have the biggest tax c that we've seen in our
(17:01):
lifetime and turning it into a reality. So what does
that mean moving forward, Well, it means we could see
some pretty big changes here. The President even moving forward
to say there are quote two or three choices to
replace the FED chairman and saying on Tuesday, yes, I'm
ready to go. When asked to board Air Force one
(17:24):
whether he has a top choice to succeed your own Powell,
Trump said exactly this, I have two or three top choices.
He declined to give any further information, yet again showing
how much Donald Trump's ready to move on. We also
know that The Wall Street Journal reported last week that
Trump is considering the former FED Governor Kevin Walsh and
(17:46):
National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett as replacements. Also, Treasury
Secretary of Scott Descent is also being pitched as a
potential candidate. That according to Wall Street Journal, which also
listed former World Bank President and FED Governor Christopher Waller
as potential nominees. Now courting the Wall Street Journal, Trump
(18:09):
is toyed with the idea of selecting and announcing a
replacement as early as September or October. However, the CENT
told Bloomberg TV on Monday that the Trump administration is
considering using the next expected Federal Reserve Border governor's vacancy
in early twenty twenty six to appoint a successor.
Speaker 3 (18:27):
Now.
Speaker 2 (18:28):
Since returning to the White House in January, Trump has
criticized Powell, as well as other FED governors for declining
not to lower interest rates, which are currently in the
four point twenty five to four point five to zero range.
FED chairs have long seen as insulated from presidential dismissal
for reasons other than malfeasan's or misconduct that Trumps threatened
(18:51):
to test the legal premise with frequent threats to fire
Jerome Powell now Supreme Court ruling in May. By the way,
he's concerns that Trump could fire Powell, as the Justice
called the Fed quote a uniquely structured quasi private entity.
So that leaves us at this point where the president's
(19:13):
clearly saying he believes Jerown Powell on this board are
the wrong people for the job, and he wants to
move as quickly as possible to move the country in
the right direction. He also has made it clear that
lower interest rates save you countless dollars in interests, something
that's good he believes for the economy. So if you
(19:34):
want to know what's happening right now at the White House,
it's pretty clear the present's getting ready for a very
big Fourth of July celebration, and it's one that is
going to give you a huge advantage in your pocket book.
Speaker 1 (19:48):
And he's not done there.
Speaker 2 (19:50):
He's also now looking to lower interest rates for you
as well. And that is exactly what the America First
Agenda that Donald Trump promised you looks like as we
go into the fourth of July.
Speaker 4 (20:02):
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Well, come in is the Ben Ferguson Show. It is
nice to have you with us.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
I was planning on being on family vacation and just
taking some time off for the next week, but with
so many things happening in the world, we're deciding we're
not going to be doing that. So what we're going
to be doing instead is I'm going to be doing
a hybrid with this show and the forty seven Morning Update.
It's that show that I do every morning that's about
ten to twelve minutes long, three biggest stories of the
(00:26):
day coming out of the White House or that affect
the White House. So for the next few days, that
is what you're going to be hearing here, and I
just want to make sure that you knew that on
the front end. But first I got to ask you
a question. Are you one of those that is just
so tired of giving your money to radical, left woke
companies that actually are fighting against your values every day?
Speaker 1 (00:47):
Well, there are certain bills that you pay.
Speaker 2 (00:49):
Every month that if you can go with a conservative company,
why not do it? In fact, why not go with
a conservative company actually takes part of your bill every
month that you're going to pay to some and they
give it back to organizations that support your First and
your Second Amendment rights, that support the rights of unborn children,
that stand with our military, are first responders and so
(01:13):
many wounded warriors that need help. Well, that bill I'm
talking about is your cell phone bill. And I've been
telling you for a long time about Patriot Mobile, but
there's no better time to switch.
Speaker 1 (01:25):
Than right now.
Speaker 2 (01:26):
Not only does Patriot Mobile operate on all three major
networks in this country, yeah, all three. That means you
get the same great coverage you're used to right now,
but you also make a difference with every call you
make and every text you make. And why would you
want to give your money to Big Mobile? Big Mobile
has been giving big donations to democratic causes, democratic candidates,
(01:47):
and radical left organizations. I'm talking about organizations that actually
support abortion. That is why I want you to switch
right now to Patriot Mobile. Go ahead and make the switch,
and it's so easy. All you have to do is
simply call Patriot Mobiles one hundred percent US based team
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from the comfort of your home or your office, and
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Keep your same number, keep your phone, or upgrade do
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Speaker 1 (02:53):
To two Patriot. This is the forty seven Morning Update,
the new show.
Speaker 2 (02:58):
I do hit subscribe auto download to it as well,
and yeah, take a listen to the big stories of
the day.
Speaker 3 (03:04):
But I never want to hurt our farmers. Our farmers
are great people. They keep us happy and healthy in fat.
Speaker 4 (03:10):
You're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with Ben Ferguson.
Speaker 1 (03:14):
Good Saturday morning to you.
Speaker 2 (03:15):
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,
in a shocking move, a major TV network is now
helping warn individuals where ice agents are so that they
can get away from being held accountable for breaking our laws.
(03:37):
Who's doing it? We'll expose that coming up as well. Also,
what made it into the bill that is now headed
back to the House from the Senate. I break it
all down for you, and I'll have all those details
for you about exactly what made it in this bill
in just a moment. And finally, we also now know
that the present saying it's time for the FED chair
(03:58):
Jerome Powell to be gone to resign, and he's got
two or three choices to replace the FED chairman, which
could save Americans literally trillions of dollars in interest. I'll
give you those details in a moment. It's the forty
seven Morning Update and it starts right now.
Speaker 4 (04:16):
Story number one.
Speaker 2 (04:18):
The media yet again putting ice agents lives at risk,
this time CNN featuring a segment on ice block. It
is an app that lets users anonymously crowd source ice
agents sidings across the app and send alerts to others
within a five mile radius.
Speaker 3 (04:39):
Now, the app's creator framed.
Speaker 2 (04:41):
As a quote harmless early warning system to help people
avoid ICE, not to incite violence against the agents. Ice
block enforces constraints, they claim as well, one post every
five minutes, auto deletion after four hours, and explicitly recommends
users not interfer with officers. That's their get out of
(05:03):
jail free card.
Speaker 3 (05:04):
Apparently.
Speaker 2 (05:05):
The White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt accusing CNN of
encouraging violence by publicizing the app, especially amid a reported
five hundred percent surge in assaults on ICE agents nationwide.
The acting ICE Director called CNN's coverage quote reckless and irresponsible,
warning that it paints a target on federal law enforcement officers.
(05:28):
Backs and Tom Homan, the former ICE director, and the
current borders are branded the app is simply disgusting, and
urge the DOJ to investigate CNN's role in all of this.
I want you to hear more of what Tom Homan
had to say on Fox News Channel about this.
Speaker 5 (05:48):
Well, this next story is outrageous. A new iPhone app
is a learning people about ICE sightings in their area.
As if that's not bad enough, CNN it appears to
be promoting the app, talking to the creator, and doing
a whole story on it that is not sitting well
with My next guest borders our time home and joins me. Now, Tom,
they've crossed the line here. This is out of control.
Speaker 6 (06:11):
I know. It's just simply disgusting, and any network that
covers that is disgusting as well. So I'm hoping the
DOJ steps in here and see if they cross that line.
I'm impeding federal lawenforcement ofshers. Look, Lawrence, you're not talking
about this aasult again. SIS is up over five percent.
Now you've got an app that's going to tell where
ICE operators are going to be. It's only a matter
of time fore ICE ages are ambushed by some nut
(06:33):
like we're happening in LA throwing them out the top, cocktail,
throwing bricks, and these officers is just this is just
disgusting at every level. So I hope DOJ dives in
this deeply, because you know ICE is constrant on public
safety threats and national security threads. This shouldn't be a
partisan issue. There shouldn't be an issue anybody's is against.
So they're already a dangerous job going after the worst
(06:53):
the worst. These guys are putting their lives on the
line every day going after the worst and worst internationalecurity threats,
and this app makes it that much more dangerous. It's
incredible that those who enforced law, all of a sudden,
they're the bad guys you wanted to break the law.
They're victims. It's disgusting.
Speaker 5 (07:07):
Why was seeing INN promote this? Why would they do
a story on this?
Speaker 6 (07:12):
I can't figure it out. I've been look, I've been
doing this for four decades. I've never seen anything like
this in my life. You know, it's got to be
they hate Trump more than love law enforcement or I
can't figure it out, but something needs to be done.
I mean, you advertise this guy's app on a national
TV network, that's just going to bring more followers, sick
followers to the app and use it again, letting the
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bad guy no Ice is coming. They're here, here's where
they're going next. This is dangerous for the men and
women law enforcement.
Speaker 5 (07:42):
So true, Tom, I want to.
Speaker 2 (07:43):
Get Tom Homan clearly slamming CNN for promoting the Ice
tracking app and now is saying maybe it's time for
law enforcement, the DOJ to step in here and see
if they cross the line, impeding federal law enforcement officers.
Yet again, another exampample of how the Left is doing
everything they can to protect I legal immigrants and put
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American lives at risk.
Speaker 4 (08:08):
Next story number two.
Speaker 2 (08:09):
Now you may be asking yourself what is actually in
this bill that has left the Senate.
Speaker 3 (08:15):
Let me give you that list, because it's an important one.
Speaker 2 (08:19):
Number one, this bill delivers the largest tax cut in
history of the United States of America for middle and
working class Americans. Bigger paychecks of ten thousand dollars more
in annual take home pay for families as well. A
massive campaign idea is now reality. No tax on tips,
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which will expand middle class America like we've never seen before.
Speaker 3 (08:47):
We also are going to reward people that work hard
with no tax on overtime, incentivizing people to work more
to get ahead, and something that should have happened a
long time ago. No tax on Social Security, giving more
security to seniors, especially when cost of living has skyrocketed.
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We also have no tax on made and America auto loans.
Let me say that again, no tax on made in
America auto loans, which will help prop up American made
automobiles and incentivize Americans to look at America first. It
will also help with massive amounts of manufacturing jobs, keeping
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Americans working in manufacturing. It also protects two million family
farms from punitive double taxation, something that's been a huge
problem in this country. Permanent increases to the child tax credit.
Let me say that again, permanent increases to the child
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tax credit, supporting over forty million American families. Also, a
vote against this bill is a vote for the largest
tax increase in history, something that Republicans did a very
good job of selling to the American people. It also,
in this bill rescinded billions in green news scam funding,
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which DOGE and the Trump administration had exposed in the
last several months. It restores fiscal sanity, slashing deficits by
roughly two trillion dollars. Yes, there are many in the
House that want more than that, and we'll have to
see what happens moving forward. We also know that this
bill eliminated waste, fraud, and abuse from the bloated federal
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programs that we have now been exposing through DOGE and
permanently securing our southern and northern borders, something the President
said needed to be in this bill. We also know
that this bill deports at least one million illegal aliens
a year. Yes, that is also in the bill, and
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it makes the largest investment in border security in an
entire generation, providing nearly one hundred and fifty billion to
secure our border and also to deport illegal aliens, which
the American people voted for. The bill also includes finishing
Phase two of the border wall, something Donald Trump campaigned
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on back all the way in twenty sixteen, and it
shifts the cost of adjudication in the immigration system from
the American taxpayer to the illegal aliens. We also know
that we're hiring it because of this bill, hiring ten
thousand new ice agents, more than five thousand customs officers,
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and more than three thousand new border patrol agents, yet
again sending a message to the cartels and terrorists that
you don't want to try to sneak in to the
United States of America or ship your drugs into this country,
because we're coming for you. There's also funds for the
Golden Dome missile defense system to confront the twenty first
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century threats, something the President and the DoD talked about
extensively with the American people. We know that we need
to put America first when it comes to our national security,
and that's exactly why the funds were included in this
bill for the Golden Dome Missile Defense System. We also
know the bill delivers the largest coast guard upgrade since
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World War Two. Why are we doing that?
Speaker 2 (12:32):
Because that's where the fetinyl is coming into this country
and the criminal cartels are clearly exploiting our open seats.
Now we will have the largest coastguard upgrade that we've
had since World War Two, something that needed to happen
decades ago. Finally, the bill modernized our military to ensure
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it has the resources to be ready and encourages a
lethal fighting force. After four years of weeks by the
Biden administration, we've fallen behind China, but ninety longer. It
also ends Biden's war on American energy and drives down
energy costs, something that was important in this bill to
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make sure that we as a nation are in fact
energy independent, something that the prior administration did everything they
could to make sure that we were weak as a nation.
And it also unleashes domestic oil, domestic gas, as well
as nuclear power, restoring what made America great all along
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the ability to function without relying on Middle Eastern countries
or anyone else that's producing oil around the world, including
places like Russia. So if you want to know what's
in this America first, this big, this beautiful bill, well
here's what's in it. Now it moves back to the
House and hopefully it will be moving within days to
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the press desk.
Speaker 4 (14:01):
And here is story number three.
Speaker 1 (14:03):
We also know this.
Speaker 2 (14:05):
The President is also moving on to other major issues.
For example, Donald Trump is calling for the FED chair
Powell to quit quote immediately. Trump is ramping up the
pressure on Powell, urging lower interest rates against the Federal
Reserve Chair's continued opposition the president making it clear that
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it's time for him to quote resign. In a True
Social post on Wednesday in the late afternoon, Trump said
too late, should resign immediately. He also linked to a
Bloomberg story headline that says FED chair should be investigated
by Congress. The FHSA head is now saying Powell was
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nominated by Trump to lead the FED during the first administration.
Joe Biden, who succeeded Trump as President, nominated him for
a second term. His tenure as the FED chair is
set to end May of twenty twenty six, and Trump
is ramping up pressure, saying I don't want to wait
on Jerome Powell's tenure to end, issuing a call for
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lower interest rates against the Federal Reserve Chair and continued
opposition and calling out the failure of the Fed's monetary policy.
For instance, earlier this week, Donald Trump posted this, Jerome
too late. Powell and his entire board should be ashamed
of themselves for allowing this to happen in the United
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States of America. They have one of the easiest yet
most prestigious jobs in America, and they've failed, and they
continue to do so, saying this, If they were doing
their job properly, our country would be saving trillions of
dollars in interest costs. The board just sits there and watches,
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so they are equally to blame. We should be paying
one percent or better now. The post preceded trump SONI
a letter to Powell urging him to lower interest rates,
the White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt told reporters on Monday.
Pallis stated that the Fed's decision to hold off on
dropping your interest rates owes much to concern about the
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possible impacts of quote tariffs on inflation that coming from
CBS News Now reports say he's waiting to see how
the Trump tearor policy quote plays out and what it
ultimately does to the US economy before making interest rate adjustments.
Powell has specifically said he wants to see longer term impacts,
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if any, on consumer pricing. So I tell you that
story to just make it very clear there could be
some big changes coming very soon. But it also tells
you about the confidence that the President has that by
the time many of you hear this, he will already
have the biggest tax c that we've seen in our
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lifetime and turning it into a reality. So what does
that mean moving forward, Well, it means we could see
some pretty big changes here. The President even moving forward
to say there are quote two or three choices to
replace the FED chairman and saying on Tuesday, yes, I'm
ready to go. When asked to board Air Force one
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whether he has a top choice to succeed your own Powell,
Trump said exactly this, I have two or three top choices.
He declined to give any further information, yet again showing
how much Donald Trump's ready to move on. We also
know that The Wall Street Journal reported last week that
Trump is considering the former FED Governor Kevin Walsh and
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National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett as replacements. Also, Treasury
Secretary of Scott Descent is also being pitched as a
potential candidate. That according to Wall Street Journal, which also
listed former World Bank President and FED Governor Christopher Waller
as potential nominees. Now courting the Wall Street Journal, Trump
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is toyed with the idea of selecting and announcing a
replacement as early as September or October. However, the CENT
told Bloomberg TV on Monday that the Trump administration is
considering using the next expected Federal Reserve Border governor's vacancy
in early twenty twenty six to appoint a successor.
Speaker 3 (18:27):
Now.
Speaker 2 (18:28):
Since returning to the White House in January, Trump has
criticized Powell, as well as other FED governors for declining
not to lower interest rates, which are currently in the
four point twenty five to four point five to zero range.
FED chairs have long seen as insulated from presidential dismissal
for reasons other than malfeasan's or misconduct that Trumps threatened
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to test the legal premise with frequent threats to fire
Jerome Powell now Supreme Court ruling in May. By the way,
he's concerns that Trump could fire Powell, as the Justice
called the Fed quote a uniquely structured quasi private entity.
So that leaves us at this point where the president's
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clearly saying he believes Jerown Powell on this board are
the wrong people for the job, and he wants to
move as quickly as possible to move the country in
the right direction. He also has made it clear that
lower interest rates save you countless dollars in interests, something
that's good he believes for the economy. So if you
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want to know what's happening right now at the White House,
it's pretty clear the present's getting ready for a very
big Fourth of July celebration, and it's one that is
going to give you a huge advantage in your pocket book.
Speaker 1 (19:48):
And he's not done there.
Speaker 2 (19:50):
He's also now looking to lower interest rates for you
as well. And that is exactly what the America First
Agenda that Donald Trump promised you looks like as we
go into the fourth of July.
Speaker 4 (20:02):
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