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Ron Filipkowski
State regime media known as Fox is spiraling. Things did not go as planned this weekend when Fox brought on to its morning show a Democratic Congress member, Greg Cassar. Now Fox was sharpening its knives. They had their MAGA talking points ready to go and they were going to be aggressive with this Democratic Congress member Cassar. But the Democratic Congressmember was ready and humiliated Fox on live tv. Watch what went down when Fox was trying to spread disinfo. And Greg Cassar said, let me explain actually what Musk and Trump are doing with Social Security and why they're destroying it. Play this clip.
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Greg Cassar
Richard, you should be paying taxes to improve your life, not to make some billionaire buy their 10th jet.
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Host/Moderator
To be fair, I don't think many of your Republican colleagues have any interest in touching Social Security. But I want to keep moving on here. Your colleague, Rob.
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Greg Cassar
But to be fair though, but to be fair, President Trump and Elon Musk just announced that they are closing Social Security offices and going to ask seniors and people with disabilities to go check in in person at Social Security offices that they've closed. And in rural areas or really suburban areas, that may be really hard to do. And then they'll call those Social Security recipients, quote, fraudsters and cut off their benefits. That's what they've announced. And Commerce Secretary, who's a billionaire himself just said on television, oh, if my grandma misses a Social Security check, I think he said, my mother in law misses a Social Security check. She won't complain.
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Host/Moderator
Well, you're on the subcommittee though, right?
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Ron Filipkowski
So it's brilliant right there. And then Democratic Congress member Cassar knew that he had Fox on the ropes, so he kept on swinging it. Awesome. Watch this.
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Host/Moderator
You cited a number that Elon Musk is making every day that's not from his government salary, to be clear. I mean that may be related to federal contracts to be clear about that. Do you condemn violence against Tesla owners and Tesla dealerships?
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Greg Cassar
Of course. Violence is dangerous and wrong and those who commit it should be held accountable. And there are millions of Americans right now speaking out against their health care being taken away, speaking out against money being taken away from their taxpayer pockets and being handed out in federal contracts. So we should be having the conversation about how is it that Elon Musk, who makes $8 million a day from federal contracts, as you just said. Okay, why is he looking for even more contracts? It was just reported he's trying to land a contract with the FAA so that he can get billions of dollars for Starlink out of that. He was trying to land a huge contract with the State Department until he got caught by the press. We should agree, whether you're a Democratic or a Republican president, you shouldn't be allowed to appoint a billionaire to the government. And then for him to look for billions of dollars in contracts for himself, that's corruption at its finest. And we need a Republican Party and a Democratic Party that's willing to speak out against that kind of corruption.
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Host/Moderator
Well, clearly, President Trump thinks Elon Musk brings a whole lot to the table. Being such a wildly successful businessman, he.
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Greg Cassar
Brought hundreds of millions of dollars.
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Host/Moderator
Congressman Greg Kasari, the great state of Texas, thank you very much for your time today.
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Greg Cassar
Thanks so much. And I appreciate your viewers for listening.
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Ron Filipkowski
Yeah, I'm going to show you more of those clips in a bit. But contrast this. When that same FOX Weekend host brought on MAGA Republican Senator Joni Ernst and she was asked about Doge. So she got the softballs. The Democratic Congress member got like the fast pitches or what FOX thought was fast pitches, and she whiffed at this. So MAGA Republican Senator Ernst, she's like, yeah, you know, mistakes are gonna happen here and there. Things may fall through the cracks. But that's normal. No, it's not normal to do these things. Play this clip.
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Host/Moderator
Concerned that not enough planning has gone in in terms of cutting government waste. They're concerned about spending cuts, 65% yes, 34% no. Can you reassure our audience that it'll be done precisely to make sure that the best and brightest employees, for example, are not fired?
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Pam Bondi
Well, absolutely. And Elon Musk will also admit that mistakes have been made along the way. They are very excited about the opportunity to come in and reshape the federal government, one that will be more efficient. We know that there.
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Ron Filipkowski
And that's part of what FOX is trying to do. They're trying to condition their audience that this is just normal stuff. People try to go after your Social Security all the time and go after your Medicaid and treat veterans like, no, that's not the case. That's how this demented and deranged authoritarian Trump Musk regime is doing it. That's not normal in the United States. But you know, who makes that case better than I can Democratic Congressmember Greg Cassar play this clip right here at home.
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Greg Cassar
May not know Elon Musk makes $8 million a day from the federal government. Why are they looking at cutting Medicaid, which serves single moms, people with disabilities, or Social Security, instead of looking at the billions of dollars from the corporate Class, it's because those corporations fund those Republican campaigns. I think that what's important for folks to know at home, again, even if you may disagree with me on this social issue or that one, is that every Republican member of Congress right now is looking to cut Medicaid. To be clear, though, 70% of Republican voters are opposed to Medicaid cuts. But the senator from Nebraska, or, sorry, North Dakota you just had on, is talking about passing a bill next week to slash Medicaid by over $800 million. I mean, how is that right? How is that representing the working class person in rural America? I don't get it.
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Host/Moderator
Well, to be clear and here, one.
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Ron Filipkowski
More time, I have to show you one more clip because this guy's awesome and I've had him on the show before. Democratic Congressmember Cassar goes on Fox here and makes the case against GOP and Musk pushing to get Social Security.
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Greg Cassar
Look, I'm the chairman of the Progressive Caucus in Congress. I recognize some of the viewers at home disagree with me on a variety of social issues. But I think we can agree that Republican members of Congress have no business going along with Elon Musk slashing Social Security, destroying Medicaid and Medicare, firing veterans, all to give out tax breaks to billionaires. That's the message that Bernie Sanders has been consistent about. And I believe that should be the new message of the Democratic Party, which I think could bring some conservatives back into the Democratic Party if we agree that these programs we all pay for since literally World War II. Social Security should be expanded and protected, not ransacked by billionaires that want more money for themselves. You should work to be able to keep your money, not to make Elon Musk richer. You should be paying taxes to improve your life, not to make some billionaire buy their 10th jet.
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Host/Moderator
To be fair, I don't.
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Ron Filipkowski
All right, brilliant. So now contrast that with let's show you the clip of Donald Trump's special envoy to Russia, a guy Witkoff. Steve Witkoff goes on. And this whole thing was a glaze fest for Vladimir Putin. I just want you to think about the state of the Republican Party right now where they have state regime, media. And this is Trump's lead negotiate, no prior to this, no negotiating experience on foreign policy. And here he goes on Fox goes I think Putin wants peace. Putin's great. Here, play this clip.
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Pam Bondi
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Gene Shaheen says this. When Trump asked for the killing to stop, Putin refused. Putin does not want peace. And it is time for the president to realize that. Are you convinced he wants peace?
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Steve Witkoff
I feel that he wants peace. The president had two very productive calls this week or last week, I should say, one with President Zelensky, one with President Putin. I was in, I sat and listened to both of them. In both conversations, it was all about a lasting peace. Lots of progress got made last week.
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Ron Filipkowski
And then Witkoff, Trump's lead Russia negotiator, is asked, so do you think there's a misconception about Putin? Maybe he's not a tyrant. Here, play this clip.
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Pam Bondi
Do you feel like there's a misconception, though, about the characterization of him as a tyrant or someone whose political opponents often disappear or die?
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Steve Witkoff
I think in my 68 years on this earth, I've never ever seen a situation where there isn't two sides to a story. It's just never as black and white as people want to portray. So there are grievances on both sides. But our job and at the direction, again I stress of the president, our job is to narrow the issues, bring the parties together and stop the killing. That's the, that's the game plan and that's what we're all there to do. And I think that we're doing a pretty effective job of it. And I think you'll see some, a lot more progress get announced after Monday.
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Ron Filipkowski
You so utterly embarrassing right there. And here's Witkoff one more time talking about Russia. And here he goes. I don't, I don't think, I don't think he wants to, I don't think Putin wants to go after Europe. I trust them. Play this clip.
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Steve Witkoff
Adding the facts. Now I've been asked my, my opinion. So about what, what President Putin's motives are on a larger scale. And I simply have said that I just don't see that he wants to take all of Europe. This is a much different situation than it was in World War II.
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Ron Filipkowski
Then Fox has on Trump's Attorney General, Pam Bondi and she refers to the individuals who were kidnapped and put in El Salvador concentration camps as she goes. They're not even immigrants. They're like scum. She's like, these are like the worst of the worst. Let me fact check you before I play this clip. We already know that there were asylum seekers, non gang members, women who were sent to the concentration camps in El Salvador. The concentration camps don't even take women. And we know about people like a gay barber from Venezuela, asylum seeker, repressed under the Maduro regime, had a court hearing coming up, was kidnapped before his hearing, sent to Venezuela, brutalized in those ISIS sent El Salvador, brutalized in those ISIS style videos. Another professional soccer coach here lawfully asylum seeker, had a real Madrid tattoo, kidnapped, sent to concentration camps in El Salvador. Here, play this clip.
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Guest/Commentator
Be safe. This is President Trump's agenda to keep Americans safe. Maria, it's basic public safety. Get these people out of our country as fast as we can. They're not immigrants. They're illegal aliens who are committing the most violent crimes you can imagine on Americans. Murder, rapes. You know, ask the parents of all of these young women who have been violently strangled, raped and murdered and we are going to continue to make America safe again because that's President Trump's agenda.
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Ron Filipkowski
Yeah, and here Pam Bondi says that right now we are in modern day warfare. And, and all these people who had to be kidnapped and sent to El Salvador, they're enemy combatants. They're, they're the enemy in a war. But the regime, the Trump regime is not going to tell us what crimes they committed, who they are. Just, just trust me, bro, trust me. Whatever Donald Trump says, if he says they're trend, then they're trend. Here, play it.
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Guest/Commentator
The Alien Enemies act applies today, really more than ever. You know, old law is often the best law. If you think about the Laws that have been on the books for a very long time. We are in modern day warfare. They have invaded our country. TDA Trandiagua. They are organized, they have a command structure. They are sending money to each other throughout the country and out of the country back to support their terrorist actions. It's modern day warfare and we are going to continue to fight that and protect American citizens every single step of the way.
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Pam Bondi
The last time.
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Ron Filipkowski
And then finally, Trump's attorney General Pam Bondi says that people are using weapons of mass destruction against Tesla. Weapons of mass destruction? What the hell are they even talking about here? Play this clip.
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Pam Bondi
What about these vandals on Tesla vehicles and dealerships? Give us the consequences there.
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Greg Cassar
And what are you learning once they're arrested?
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Pam Bondi
Why are they doing this?
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Guest/Commentator
Well, you know, we're looking at so much on this. There have been three federal charges so far. And I say so far we are looking at all of these cases across the country. We have a dedicated task force. These are not isolated incidents, as you know. And these aren't vandals. These are Molotov cocktails. You know, that could be a weapon of mass destruction that they're throwing in Tesla dealerships, that, that they're, that they're lighting these Tesla charging stations on fire that are in residential neighborhoods. I mean, it could cause tremendous damages. And people need to know that. Three people in custody right now, they will receive severe and swift consequences. And they are facing up to 20 years in prison.
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Ron Filipkowski
That's what went down in the morning on Fox. Shout out to Congress member Greg Cassar. That was awesome. And you can see that they were off their game that whole morning after Cassar did his thing. Let me know what you think. Hit subscribe. Let's get to 5 million subscribers. Thanks for watching. Can't get enough Midas. Check out the Midas substack for ad. Free articles, reports, podcasts, daily recaps from Ron Filipkowski and more. Sign up for free now@midasplus.com.