Caroline Levitt (3:25)

And I can confirm that the more than 8 million taxpayer dollars that have gone to essentially subsidizing subscriptions to Politico on the American taxpayers dime will no longer be happening. The Doge team is working on canceling those payments now. Again, this is a whole of government effort to ensure that we are going line by line when it comes to the federal government's books. And this president and his team are making decisions across the board on do these receipts serve the interests of the American people. Is this a good use of the American taxpayers money? If it is not, that funding will no longer be sent abroad and American taxpayers will see significant savings because of that effort.

News Anchor (4:06)

So let's talk about this scheme and how it worked. Well, between the years 2024 and 2025 alone, federal agencies allocated more than $9.5 million to POLITICO for what they described as subscriptions. The reality? Politico was writing articles that Donald Trump and other conservatives. You could say this was a pay to play scheme. Departments such as the Health and Human Services, the Interior, Energy Department, Agriculture and Commerce were among the, quote, primary subscribers. The question American taxpayers should ask is how many subscriptions did you need, $9.5 million worth to do your jobs at those departments? Or were you buying attack ads, in essence, to attack the people that may be asking questions about what you're doing in those different departments of government? We also found out Politico wasn't the only one on the take. Apparently the New York Times, they could be purchased as well. And the Associated Press. Since 2022, the New York Times has received more than $350,000 annually from federal agencies, with total contributions amounting to millions and millions. Since 2008, the Associated Press has also secured tens of million dollars for its news wire services and then there was another problem, and that is the fact that when these companies started writing really nasty articles about Donald Trump, just like Politico did when they said that the Hunter Biden laptop story was fake news and not real, the money started to flow in at record pace. Now, it wasn't just political attacks that seemed to jump as the money flowed from the Democratic government under Biden and Harris, but also when they needed cover on other issues like Covid. How do we know this? Well, here's a great example. The bulk of the funds, for example, that went to the New York Times, the tens of millions of dollars over just the past five years. Well, the bulk of it came from the US Department of Health and Human Services at 26.9 million, followed by the National Science foundation at 19.15 million. Why would the New York Times be receiving that much money? Well, I'm sure we won't get a straight answer, but you could guess that it had something to do with the coverage of COVID 19. And you may be asking about the other government departments that were paying out massive amounts of money to these private media companies. Well, there were some other big stories they need some help on as well. Maybe promoting pro Ukraine war funding or writing stories that were anti Trump in the run up to the election, or even now, maybe the anti Elon Musk propaganda. The moral of the story is it all makes a lot more sense now when you follow the money.

Ben Ferguson (6:46)

Now, story number two, the conspiracy in.

News Anchor (6:49)

Government for control and power is now being exposed at a level that none of us, I think, even could have imagined before Doge got a hold of the government's receipts. And I never would have thought I could say this in my lifetime. But in government right now, Donald Trump may not be the most hated man by the Democratic Party or the liberal media. It may actually be a guy by the name of Elon Musk. But the person who's giving him his power is still Donald Trump, the president. Now, there's some new US Aid spinning that has also been uncovered. I'll give you a few of the highlights real quick before I explain exactly why they're now calling for Donald Trump to be in peach for the third time. $2 million for Moroccan pottery classes has been exposed. Another 2 million of your tax dollars promoting tourism to Lebanon. 20 million for a Sesame street show in Iraq. Sending Ukrainians to Paris for Fashion Week, you paid for as well. 1.5 million of your tax dollars for DEI in Serbia, 70,000 for a DEI musical in Ireland, 47,000 of your tax dollars for a transgender opera in Colombia, 2 million for sex change operations in Guatemala, and 6 million for you to pay for tourism to be exciting in Egypt and 1 million to help disabled people in Tazakstan become, quote, climate leaders. This on top of the 15 million for contraceptives and condoms that were going to the Taliban controlled Afghanistan. Now these are just some of the things that we know about. Much more is coming out and what this means is, is the kickbacks that the Democrats are able to use to control people. Well, that gravy train is now stopped. So what have they decided to do? Impeach Donald Trump for a third time. Representative Al Green went to the fore of the House to explain exactly why Democrats are moving to impeach Donald Trump.

Representative Al Green (8:37)

I rise to announce that the movement to impeach the President has begun. I rise to announce that I will bring articles of impeachment against the president for dastardly deeds proposed and dastardly deeds done. I also rise to say that the impeachment movement is going to be a grass up movement, not a top down. The people have got to move forward. The people have to demand it. And when the people demand it, it will be done. I did it before I laid the foundation for impeachment and it was done. Nobody knows more about it than I and I know that it's time for us to lay the foundation again. On some issues it is better to stand alone than not stand at all. On this issue, I stand alone, but I stand for justice. I yield back the balance of my time.

News Anchor (9:29)

Representative Al Green making it clear, quote, the movement to impeach the president has begun. And I rise to announce that I will bring the articles of impeachment against President Trump. The media jumping all over this, excited about the fact that Donald Trump, who's been impeached twice, well, will more than likely, as they described it, be impeached yet again. This move marks a continuation of the Democrats previous efforts to get rid of Donald Trump during his first term, none of which were successful despite resistance from top House Democrats who are currently not prioritizing impeachment was how it was described to the media. Green stressed the moral imperative that it is time that we go ahead and start the process. Other Democrats coming to his aid saying, we all know Donald Trump's going to get impeached again. It's just a matter of time. This time, however, it seems to be a little bit different. They are forced to do it now because they've lost the kickbacks they need to control so many around the world.

Ben Ferguson (10:27)

And lastly, story number three.

News Anchor (10:29)

We finally have a new Attorney General in this country, a woman by the name of Pam Bondi. And she wasted no time after being sworn in at the Oval Office with Clarence Thomas giving her the oath to get right down to business on several major directives in her first hours leading the Justice Department. What was included was orders to combat the weaponization of the legal system, make prosecutors seek the death penalty when appropriate, and work with the Department of Homeland Security to completely eliminate cartels and transnational criminal organizations, which will lay the groundwork for the Justice Department. Under her leadership, Bondi issued a directive regarding zealous advocacy, saying the DOJ attorneys responsibilities include, quote, aggressively enforcing criminal laws passed by Congress, but also vigorously defending presidential policies and actions on behalf of the United States against legal challenges. The discretion afforded Justice Department attorneys will respect to those responsibilities does not include latitude to substitute their personal political views or judgment for those that prevailed in the election, the memo states in translation. Pam Bondi says do your job and leave your politics at the door. Now this isn't all that Pam Bondi pushed. One of the biggest things was making sure that sanctuary cities were defunded by the federal government. Yes, Pam Bonney also issued a directive to halt all federal funding to sanctuary jurisdictions, cities and states that limit cooperation with federal immigration authorities. This order mandates an immediate 60 day pause on fund distribution during which the Department of Justice will review existing agreements with these jurisdictions. Now, this review aims to identify and terminate agreements that violate federal law or are deemed wasteful, fraudulent or abusive. In other words, if you're protecting illegal immigrants and not working with ice, do not expect to get federal funds. Bondi's directive also stipulates that the DOJ shall not enter into new contracts, grants or agreements with non governmental organizations known as ngos, that support or provide services to illegal aliens. This move aligns with the Trump administration's broader strategy to enforce federal immigration laws and compels sanctuary jurisdictions to comply with federal law. Now, the decision has significant implications for sanctuary jurisdictions such as New York, California, Connecticut, which may face major budgetary challenges due to the potential loss of federal funds. These areas rely on federal funding for various services and the pause could strain their resources, especially amid ongoing challenges related to being a sanctuary city with all of the costs and overhead for dealing with the illegal immigrants. Now, the move to defund sanctuary cities expected to face legal challenges. This is something that will the White House knew going into the decision. This is similar to the efforts during President Trump's first term led to lawsuits from affected jurisdictions. The outcomes of these legal battles remain uncertain and will likely influence the implications of Bondi's directives. But the bottom line is Pam Bondi is going on offense, doing exactly what the American people gave Donald Trump a mandate to do, which was to crack down on illegal immigrants all over the country.

Ben Ferguson (13:47)

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