February 26, 2025 • 11 mins
1. Donald Trump's Budget Victory
- The House of Representatives passed a budget resolution with $4.5 trillion in tax cuts and $4 trillion towards raising the debt limit.
- The resolution passed narrowly with a vote of 217-215, with all Democrats and one Republican, Thomas Massey, voting against it.
- The resolution includes priorities such as border security, defense, energy, and tax cuts.
- The next step involves House committees creating proposals to be negotiated with the Senate.
2. Cartel Violence on the Texas Border
- President Donald Trump declared Mexican cartels as terrorist organizations.
- A Texas border rancher was killed by an IED, suspected to be planted by a cartel.
- The Texas Department of Agriculture issued a safety warning for the Rio Grande Valley.
- The incident highlights the growing threat of cartel violence along the southern border.
3. FBI Investigation into Trump's 2016 Campaign
- The FBI is investigating a secret honeypot operation targeting Trump's 2016 presidential campaign.
- The operation involved undercover female agents attempting to gather information from Trump's campaign.
- The investigation was reportedly ordered by former FBI Director James Comey.
- The whistleblower's claims suggest the operation was a phishing expedition to find incriminating information against Trump.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
I hear that he's coming on Friday. Certainly it's okay
with maybe'd like to and he would like to sign
it together with me. And I understand that's a big deal,
very big deal. The American people, even if you look
at Poland they're very happy because you know, Biden was
throwing money around like it'scott and candy. But the American
taxpayer now is going to get that money back.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
Bus you're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with
Ben Ferguson.
Speaker 3 (00:21):
Good Wednesday morning.
Speaker 4 (00:22):
Ben Ferguson with you, and here are the big stories
we're covering on the forty seven Morning Update. First up,
four point five trillion in tax cuts has passed the
House of Representatives, all part of Donald Trump's plan.
Speaker 3 (00:35):
What does this mean for you? I'll explain it in
just a moment.
Speaker 4 (00:39):
Also, a Texas rancher has been murdered by a cartel
ied proof yet again that Trump was right to declare
them terrorist organizations.
Speaker 3 (00:50):
Those details as well.
Speaker 4 (00:51):
And finally, the FBI is turning on the deep state
that went after Donald Trump with a real FBI investigation
of what they were doing that may have been illegal
against the President. It's the forty seven morning update and
it starts right now.
Speaker 3 (01:07):
Story number one.
Speaker 4 (01:08):
It was a massive victory for Donald Trump, for the
Republican Party, and for Speaker Johnson. But even bigger than that,
it's a massive win for the American taxpayers. As Donald
Trump's budget with a four point five trillion dollars in
tax cuts passed a House vote. The massive GOP bill
(01:30):
would also direct four trillion towards raising the debt limit.
The House of Representatives adopted the resolution that will eventually
become a massive multi trillion dollar bill full of President
Donald Trump's priorities on the border, on defense, on energy,
and tax cuts for you. This was the biggest victory
for the House GOP leadership so far, the resolution passing
(01:53):
in a very tight vote two seventeen to two fifteen.
All Democrats vote against the measure to cut your taxes,
along with lone Republican rebel Representative Thomas Massey, a Republican
from Kentucky who was concerned about its effects on the
national deficit. Now, the next step is now for the
(02:14):
relevant House committees to meet and build their own proposals,
which will eventually be returned into the framework and then
negotiated into a compromise deal with the Senate Republican leadership.
It was a intent scene in the House chamber on
Monday night, as Republican leaders delayed formally ending a vote
for almost forty five minutes as they worked to convince
(02:37):
conservative fiscal hawks to support the legislation. When you have
a thin majority in the House, this is exactly what
everyone expected to happen now. Impatient Democrats called out loud
for the vote to be closed as Republicans huddled in
various groups trying to make sure they could get the
numbers to win. Two people on the four of the
(02:58):
House even telling Fox News the President Donald Trump got
involved at one point, speaking to one of the holdouts,
Representative Victoria Sparks, a Republican from Indiana, speaking to her
by phone. Representative Tim Burchett, a Republican from Tennessee, and
Warren Davison, a Republican from Ohio, could be seen on
(03:18):
the phone at other points on the House floor as well,
but it's not clear if they were speaking directly to
the President. At one point, the House GOP leaders appeared
to lose confidence that they had enough support and abruptly
canceled the plan vote moments later, however, lawmakers on both
sides of the aisle were rushing back to the House
floor and then they were told the vote would be held. Meanwhile,
(03:42):
three ouced Democrats who had been absent earlier in the
day returned for the Tuesday evening vote in a dramatic fashion.
Representative Brittany Peterson, a Democrat from Colorado who had a
baby roughly a month ago, returned to the House floor
with her infant to oppose the bill. The Representative Kevin Muhen,
a Republican from California, who was recently hospitalized for an infection,
(04:05):
appeared in the chamber aided by a walker. House and
Senate Republicans are aiming now to use their majorities to
advance Donald Trump's agenda via the budget reconciliation process.
Speaker 3 (04:16):
So what happens next.
Speaker 4 (04:18):
It is on to the Senate to negotiate with the
House to come up with a final bill that they
can agree on to then send it hopefully to the
President's desk to be signed. Make no mistake, this was
a massive victory for the American voters, for taxpayers, and
for Donald Trump's agenda.
Speaker 2 (04:34):
Now story number two, the.
Speaker 4 (04:36):
President of the United States of America Donald Trump made
it very clear during the campaign that he believed the
cartels in Mexico are in fact terrists organizations. He made
good on that pledge to go after them by declaring
them terrorist organizations, which changes the way that the American
government can interact with all of these cartels. Well, what
makes them terrorists? Look at the latest headline, A Texas
(04:59):
border ran has now been murdered near the border by
a suspected cartel ied the same type of IDs that
we see in war in the Middle East. The Texas
Department of Agriculture has confirmed the report and an officials
issued an urgent safety warning for the Rio Grande Valley.
The rancher was a man Antonio who was seventy four.
(05:22):
He worked on both sides of the border, along with
another individual by the name of Lopez Pena that were
killed in the blast on the border with Mexico just
south of Brownsville, Texas. Lopez's wife was hospitalized as well
with injuries. The man was driving on his ranch when
(05:43):
he hit the explosive device, causing it to detonate that
according to local reports, The Texas Agricultural Commissioner Sid Miller
said the deadly explosion is part of a growing threat
posed by cartel activity along our southern border and encourages
ranchers to exercise now.
Speaker 3 (06:02):
Extreme caution in the area. Quote.
Speaker 4 (06:05):
I encourage everyone in the agricultural industry to stay vigilant,
remain aware of their surroundings, and report any suspicious activity
to law enforcement. Additionally, you can avoid dirt roads and
remote areas, Refrain from touching unfamiliar objects that could be
explosive devices, limit travel to daylight hours, stay on main roads,
(06:27):
and avoid cartel controlled regions, Miller said in the statement.
The man's son, a US Army veteran who was also
injured by an ied during a deployment, was shocked to
learn of his father's killing back home.
Speaker 3 (06:41):
Quote.
Speaker 4 (06:42):
I consider this a terrorist attack because I went to
war to fight terraces and I'm seeing the same thing here.
To me, my personal opinion, it's a terrorist attack. Now,
this isn't the first time we have seen these types
of warnings. Border agents are receiving warnings about increased threats
from cartel, and the Trump administration has responded, like I
(07:03):
said earlier, by designating many of them as foreign terrorist organizations.
So if you think the President was overreacting. Just know
that there are men and women on the border, ranchers
in agriculture who are now being blown up and murdered
by the cartels using IEDs the same way that they
(07:24):
are used in Iraq, Afghanistan and against the people in Israel.
Speaker 2 (07:29):
And here is story number three.
Speaker 4 (07:30):
The Federal Bureau of Investigations has now officially told the
world that they are investigating a secret honeypot operation that
targeted President Donald Trump's twenty sixteen presidential campaign. That according
to a recent report, the FBI director Cashpttel, who was
(07:50):
recently confirmed and sworn in, and the FBI Deputy Director
Dan Bongino are reportedly looking for two female agents who
took part in an off the book investigation quote unquote
that former FBI Director James Comy launched in twenty fifteen.
This according to The Washington Times, the agents who were
(08:13):
undercover were called quote honeypot agents, a term that refers
to an undercover operative, usually a woman with sexual or
romantic interests, used to obtain information from a target. Again
this coming from the Washington Times. Now, this comes after
The Times previously reported in October of twenty twenty four
(08:37):
that the House Judiciary Committee was looking into a whistleblower's
claim that the agency targeted Trump soon after he announced
his presidential campaign and June of twenty sixteen, in what
was described as a phishing expedition to quote find something.
In a protected disclosure, the whistle blower an FBI agent,
(08:58):
claim that two undercover agents had infiltrated Trump's presidential campaign.
Remember when Donald Trump said his campaign was spied on. Well,
apparently they were sitting in attractive females to try to
get in tell or to set up the president again.
This was during his campaign run to become president in sixteen,
(09:19):
and had been instructed these women to act as quote
honeypots while traveling with Donald J.
Speaker 3 (09:26):
Trump.
Speaker 4 (09:26):
According to the outlet, the agent quote personally knew that
mister Comy ordered an FBI investigation against mister Trump, and
that mister Comy quote personally directed it quote unquote. According
to the disclosure, the off the book's investigation did not
appear to target a specific crime either, but was more
(09:48):
of what agents would describe as a phishing expedition to
find something, find anything that could be used against Donald Trump.
The outlet also noted that the whistleblower's disclosure claimed that
the investigation was different from Crossfire Hurricane, which targeted Russian
quote collusion. We all know that was obviously a big lie.
(10:11):
Bright Bart News also previously reported that during Trump's first
term in office, he ordered more documents from Operation Crossfire
Hurricane to be declassified. I determined that the materials in
that binder should be declassified to the maximum extent possible.
Speaker 3 (10:28):
Is what Donald Trump said in twenty twenty one.
Speaker 4 (10:31):
Now there's many that are going to say this is
Donald Trump going after his quote political enemies. If you
look at the facts, it's very clear that's not the case.
In reality, this is the FBI investigating a secret honeypot
operation targeting Donald Trump's campaign and trying to alter the
outcome of an election.
Speaker 2 (10:51):
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 tomorrow.
I hear that he's coming on Friday. Certainly it's okay
with maybe'd like to and he would like to sign
it together with me. And I understand that's a big deal,
very big deal. The American people, even if you look
at Poland they're very happy because you know, Biden was
throwing money around like it'scott and candy. But the American
taxpayer now is going to get that money back.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
Bus you're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with
Ben Ferguson.
Speaker 3 (00:21):
Good Wednesday morning.
Speaker 4 (00:22):
Ben Ferguson with you, and here are the big stories
we're covering on the forty seven Morning Update. First up,
four point five trillion in tax cuts has passed the
House of Representatives, all part of Donald Trump's plan.
Speaker 3 (00:35):
What does this mean for you? I'll explain it in
just a moment.
Speaker 4 (00:39):
Also, a Texas rancher has been murdered by a cartel
ied proof yet again that Trump was right to declare
them terrorist organizations.
Speaker 3 (00:50):
Those details as well.
Speaker 4 (00:51):
And finally, the FBI is turning on the deep state
that went after Donald Trump with a real FBI investigation
of what they were doing that may have been illegal
against the President. It's the forty seven morning update and
it starts right now.
Speaker 3 (01:07):
Story number one.
Speaker 4 (01:08):
It was a massive victory for Donald Trump, for the
Republican Party, and for Speaker Johnson. But even bigger than that,
it's a massive win for the American taxpayers. As Donald
Trump's budget with a four point five trillion dollars in
tax cuts passed a House vote. The massive GOP bill
(01:30):
would also direct four trillion towards raising the debt limit.
The House of Representatives adopted the resolution that will eventually
become a massive multi trillion dollar bill full of President
Donald Trump's priorities on the border, on defense, on energy,
and tax cuts for you. This was the biggest victory
for the House GOP leadership so far, the resolution passing
(01:53):
in a very tight vote two seventeen to two fifteen.
All Democrats vote against the measure to cut your taxes,
along with lone Republican rebel Representative Thomas Massey, a Republican
from Kentucky who was concerned about its effects on the
national deficit. Now, the next step is now for the
(02:14):
relevant House committees to meet and build their own proposals,
which will eventually be returned into the framework and then
negotiated into a compromise deal with the Senate Republican leadership.
It was a intent scene in the House chamber on
Monday night, as Republican leaders delayed formally ending a vote
for almost forty five minutes as they worked to convince
(02:37):
conservative fiscal hawks to support the legislation. When you have
a thin majority in the House, this is exactly what
everyone expected to happen now. Impatient Democrats called out loud
for the vote to be closed as Republicans huddled in
various groups trying to make sure they could get the
numbers to win. Two people on the four of the
(02:58):
House even telling Fox News the President Donald Trump got
involved at one point, speaking to one of the holdouts,
Representative Victoria Sparks, a Republican from Indiana, speaking to her
by phone. Representative Tim Burchett, a Republican from Tennessee, and
Warren Davison, a Republican from Ohio, could be seen on
(03:18):
the phone at other points on the House floor as well,
but it's not clear if they were speaking directly to
the President. At one point, the House GOP leaders appeared
to lose confidence that they had enough support and abruptly
canceled the plan vote moments later, however, lawmakers on both
sides of the aisle were rushing back to the House
floor and then they were told the vote would be held. Meanwhile,
(03:42):
three ouced Democrats who had been absent earlier in the
day returned for the Tuesday evening vote in a dramatic fashion.
Representative Brittany Peterson, a Democrat from Colorado who had a
baby roughly a month ago, returned to the House floor
with her infant to oppose the bill. The Representative Kevin Muhen,
a Republican from California, who was recently hospitalized for an infection,
(04:05):
appeared in the chamber aided by a walker. House and
Senate Republicans are aiming now to use their majorities to
advance Donald Trump's agenda via the budget reconciliation process.
Speaker 3 (04:16):
So what happens next.
Speaker 4 (04:18):
It is on to the Senate to negotiate with the
House to come up with a final bill that they
can agree on to then send it hopefully to the
President's desk to be signed. Make no mistake, this was
a massive victory for the American voters, for taxpayers, and
for Donald Trump's agenda.
Speaker 2 (04:34):
Now story number two, the.
Speaker 4 (04:36):
President of the United States of America Donald Trump made
it very clear during the campaign that he believed the
cartels in Mexico are in fact terrists organizations. He made
good on that pledge to go after them by declaring
them terrorist organizations, which changes the way that the American
government can interact with all of these cartels. Well, what
makes them terrorists? Look at the latest headline, A Texas
(04:59):
border ran has now been murdered near the border by
a suspected cartel ied the same type of IDs that
we see in war in the Middle East. The Texas
Department of Agriculture has confirmed the report and an officials
issued an urgent safety warning for the Rio Grande Valley.
The rancher was a man Antonio who was seventy four.
(05:22):
He worked on both sides of the border, along with
another individual by the name of Lopez Pena that were
killed in the blast on the border with Mexico just
south of Brownsville, Texas. Lopez's wife was hospitalized as well
with injuries. The man was driving on his ranch when
(05:43):
he hit the explosive device, causing it to detonate that
according to local reports, The Texas Agricultural Commissioner Sid Miller
said the deadly explosion is part of a growing threat
posed by cartel activity along our southern border and encourages
ranchers to exercise now.
Speaker 3 (06:02):
Extreme caution in the area. Quote.
Speaker 4 (06:05):
I encourage everyone in the agricultural industry to stay vigilant,
remain aware of their surroundings, and report any suspicious activity
to law enforcement. Additionally, you can avoid dirt roads and
remote areas, Refrain from touching unfamiliar objects that could be
explosive devices, limit travel to daylight hours, stay on main roads,
(06:27):
and avoid cartel controlled regions, Miller said in the statement.
The man's son, a US Army veteran who was also
injured by an ied during a deployment, was shocked to
learn of his father's killing back home.
Speaker 3 (06:41):
Quote.
Speaker 4 (06:42):
I consider this a terrorist attack because I went to
war to fight terraces and I'm seeing the same thing here.
To me, my personal opinion, it's a terrorist attack. Now,
this isn't the first time we have seen these types
of warnings. Border agents are receiving warnings about increased threats
from cartel, and the Trump administration has responded, like I
(07:03):
said earlier, by designating many of them as foreign terrorist organizations.
So if you think the President was overreacting. Just know
that there are men and women on the border, ranchers
in agriculture who are now being blown up and murdered
by the cartels using IEDs the same way that they
(07:24):
are used in Iraq, Afghanistan and against the people in Israel.
Speaker 2 (07:29):
And here is story number three.
Speaker 4 (07:30):
The Federal Bureau of Investigations has now officially told the
world that they are investigating a secret honeypot operation that
targeted President Donald Trump's twenty sixteen presidential campaign. That according
to a recent report, the FBI director Cashpttel, who was
(07:50):
recently confirmed and sworn in, and the FBI Deputy Director
Dan Bongino are reportedly looking for two female agents who
took part in an off the book investigation quote unquote
that former FBI Director James Comy launched in twenty fifteen.
This according to The Washington Times, the agents who were
(08:13):
undercover were called quote honeypot agents, a term that refers
to an undercover operative, usually a woman with sexual or
romantic interests, used to obtain information from a target. Again
this coming from the Washington Times. Now, this comes after
The Times previously reported in October of twenty twenty four
(08:37):
that the House Judiciary Committee was looking into a whistleblower's
claim that the agency targeted Trump soon after he announced
his presidential campaign and June of twenty sixteen, in what
was described as a phishing expedition to quote find something.
In a protected disclosure, the whistle blower an FBI agent,
(08:58):
claim that two undercover agents had infiltrated Trump's presidential campaign.
Remember when Donald Trump said his campaign was spied on. Well,
apparently they were sitting in attractive females to try to
get in tell or to set up the president again.
This was during his campaign run to become president in sixteen,
(09:19):
and had been instructed these women to act as quote
honeypots while traveling with Donald J.
Speaker 3 (09:26):
Trump.
Speaker 4 (09:26):
According to the outlet, the agent quote personally knew that
mister Comy ordered an FBI investigation against mister Trump, and
that mister Comy quote personally directed it quote unquote. According
to the disclosure, the off the book's investigation did not
appear to target a specific crime either, but was more
(09:48):
of what agents would describe as a phishing expedition to
find something, find anything that could be used against Donald Trump.
The outlet also noted that the whistleblower's disclosure claimed that
the investigation was different from Crossfire Hurricane, which targeted Russian
quote collusion. We all know that was obviously a big lie.
(10:11):
Bright Bart News also previously reported that during Trump's first
term in office, he ordered more documents from Operation Crossfire
Hurricane to be declassified. I determined that the materials in
that binder should be declassified to the maximum extent possible.
Speaker 3 (10:28):
Is what Donald Trump said in twenty twenty one.
Speaker 4 (10:31):
Now there's many that are going to say this is
Donald Trump going after his quote political enemies. If you
look at the facts, it's very clear that's not the case.
In reality, this is the FBI investigating a secret honeypot
operation targeting Donald Trump's campaign and trying to alter the
outcome of an election.
Speaker 2 (10:51):
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 tomorrow.
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