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Donald Trump
Again, sending every border trespasser and violator back to the places from which they came. Biden didn't know he was alive. We've been hurt badly by this group of people. He didn't want to do it. They're all over the place. We'll get him out. We'll get him out.
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Ben Ferguson
You're listening to the 47 Morning Update with Ben Ferguson. Good Thursday morning, Ben Ferguson with you. And these are the big stories we're covering today on the 47 Morning Update. First up, Donald Trump. When you thought things couldn't get more epic, he comes out and announces that the illegal aliens in this country, they're the worst among us. Well, they're going to be taking a little vacation to Guantanamo Bay. That's right. Up to 30,000 illegal aliens will be transferred to Gitmo. Why is he doing it? I'll explain in just a moment. And draining the swamp apparently is a lot harder than some people thought it was going to be. As the USDA Inspector general refused to leave her office. Escorted out. That's right. That's the only way to get rid of her. After defying the White House's order. And finally, Donald Trump decides to say, guess what? You want to teach critical race theory, go ahead and do it. But you're not going to get any federal funds. This shaking up the education world big time. It's the 47 Morning Update and it starts right now. Story number one, you just gotta love winning. And all of us should just take a moment and enjoy the announcement that has come from Donald Trump where he said, guess what, illegal aliens. You want to stick around in America? Well, find out what's going to happen to you if we catch you with a criminal record. There's a very good chance that 30,000 of you will end up in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The president made the announcement at the White House today.
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Donald Trump
Today I'm also signing an executive order to instruct the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security to begin preparing the 30,000 person migrant facility at Guantanamo Bay. Most people don't even know about it. We have 30,000 beds in Guantanamo to detain the worst criminal illegal aliens threatening the American people. Some of them are so bad, we don't even trust the countries to hold them because we don't want them coming back. So we're going to send them out to Guantanamo. This will double our capacity immediately. Right. And tough. That's a tough, that's a tough place to get out of. Today's signings bring us one step closer to eradicating the scourge of migrant crime in our communities once and for all.
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Ben Ferguson
Now, Donald Trump clearly playing chess while others are playing checkers. May making it clear that this is a moment he wanted the entire world, especially illegal immigrants, to think about and to hear. He wanted this to spread among countries where people are breaking into the US Letting them know now that the stakes are much higher for being a criminal legal immigrant in the US you could end up in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Now, the White House also making it clear that this is not just a one off, this is part of their strategy to combat illegal immigrants in this nation. In fact, the White House giving me this information today, quote, locking up dangerous illegal alien criminals is priority number one. And that is why Donald Trump signed a memorandum to detain the most dangerous illegal criminal aliens in Guantanamo Bay. It directs the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security to expand the migrant operations center at the Naval Station Guantanamo Bay to full capacity to provide extra detention space for high priority criminal aliens unlawfully present in the United States of America. Now, the White House also wanted it to be made very clear to all of you that listen and to the rest of the world that keeping America safe is their number one priority. The memorandum builds on President Trump's previous executive actions to halt the border invasion, dismantle criminal cartels and restore national sovereignty. Since taking office, President Trump has already declared a national emergency at the southern border, deployed additional personnel to the border, including members of the armed forces and the National Guard, restarted border wall construction, designated international cartels and other criminal organizations such as MS.13 and and other groups as foreign terrorist organizations specifically designated as global terrorists, which allows them to have many more tools at their disposal to go after them around the world. Trump has also suspended the entry of aliens into the US and called for enhanced vetting and screening of aliens, required the identification of countries that warrant a partial or full suspension on the admission of nationals. And Donald Trump has restarted the detention and removal of aliens who are in violation of federal law. This while he also resumed the migrant protection protocols, also known as the Remain in Mexico order. And he ended the use of the CBP1 app. This is just some of what Donald Trump has done on border security, but now making it very clear in a very blunt PR move that if you are an illegal immigrant and you are a criminal, if you want to play that game of chicken with Donald Trump and his administration, he's letting you know there's a very good chance you're going to lose. Now, story number two, draining the swamp can be pretty Difficult, especially when the people that you're firing refuse to leave their jobs. Well, enter Phyllis Fong, the former Inspector general of the U.S. department of Agriculture, known as the USDA. She was dismissed by the Trump administration on Friday, January 24th. Well, guess what she said. I ain't leaving. That's right. The crazies in Washington, they'll do anything to keep their power. And despite her termination, Fong decided to inform her colleagues of her intention to continue working, citing concerns over the legality of the abrupt dismissal. She referenced the Council of the Inspector General's on Integrity and Efficiency stance that such a termination notice did not comply with legal requirements and were therefore ineffective. Fast forward to Monday. Reports emerged that Fong was escorted out of her office by security officials after refusing to comply with her termination. Now, you may ask yourself, well, why was she let go? Well, Fong had served as the USDA's inspector general for 22 years. She was appointed by President George W. Bush, and her role encompassed overseeing audits, investigations, and other oversight activities related to the USDA's programs and operations. Well, the Senate figured it out. In fact, Senator Erce, during a confirmation hearing, brought up the important point that at the usda, well, no one has been showing up for work at all. Take a listen to this.
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Senator Erce
I know that we must address some of the work policies for federal employees at the Department of Agriculture. As you know, the GAO reported USDA headquarters has a space utilization rate at just 11%. 11%. I've even received whistleblower letters from employees describing the building as a ghost town. So last year, I addressed this exact issue with then Secretary Tom Vilsack and was met with very strong opposition. Rather than provide any evidence to dispute the GAO's numbers. And even after repeatedly following up with his staff, he refused. Used to give me specific in office numbers or building utilization data. In stark contrast, President Trump acted immediately to get our federal workforce back to actually working for the American people.
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Ben Ferguson
11%. That's it. Of the USDA's headquarters space is in use. It is a ghost town. And as you can hear there, the center's saying we got to get rid of the people that aren't doing their jobs. Maybe that's the reason why this woman was fired in the first place. And let this be a lesson to everybody else in Washington. Show up for your job. The American people are paying your salaries, and President Trump demands you do your work in an office. And lastly, story number three, another major campaign promise from Donald Trump was that he was going to get our education system Back to the basics and out of the hands of the radicals. Well, President Donald Trump is going scorched earth on the radical left's grip over education and lawlessness, whether it is elementary, middle, high school, or the college level. He did so today through an executive order. School choice is also getting priority funding for the first time ever. And schools that are pushing CRT and gender ideology will no longer be receiving federal funds. Also, pro Hamas students, visa holders, well, you can expect deportations for them. The message is clear. America's future will not be shaped by radical indoctrination or foreign agitators. And Donald Trump is paying off on this. Clearly. Now, this executive order to defund schools that teach gender ideology and critical race theory was one that was well thought out. Now, the order will give the Department of Education 90 days to create a plan about how to weed out crt, critical race theory and radical gender ideology instruction in K through 12 schools. Now, according to the White House memo, Trump notably promised on the campaign trail to sign an order defunding schools that teach critical race theory, transgender insanity, and other inappropriate radical sexual or political content, quote, unquote. The White House memo also states that the order will direct the Attorney General to work with state attorney generals and district attorneys to, quote, file actions against teachers and school officials who sexually exploit minors or practice medicine without a license through social transition practices, something the left has been teaching. Now, critical race theory has, well, been pretty incredible if you look how the left has implemented it. They put it into virtually all of our institutions, our government, our economy, our culture. And they're all based on a radical hierarchy with white individuals on top and black individuals at the bottom. Even things that look race neutral are, on closer inspection, racist. According to this doctrine, CRT was the invention of a group of radical left wing intellectuals known as the Frankfurt School. They developed it to achieve what they saw as a cultural change, a change that looks a lot like, well, what Marxism is and what it could not achieve politically. Now, if you move to gender ideology, what is that? Well, simply put, is the false belief that one can become a different sex than what they were born. And colleges and high schools and elementary schools are indoctrinating anyone who will listen. President Trump says he will sign the executive order to create a national commission to promote patriotic education instead of the radical left's crt.
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Donald Trump
Today, I'm also pleased to announce that I will soon sign an executive order establishing a national commission to promote patriotic education. It will be called the 1776 Commission. It will encourage our educators to teach our children about the miracle of American history and make plans to honor the 250th anniversary of our founding. Think of that, 250 years.
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Ben Ferguson
It's amazing the difference between the Democratic Party and what they were doing with our kids minds and what Donald Trump is doing right now. God bless Trump for doing this, signing this executive order. And finally, some sad news. A plane has crashed into the Potomac river near Reagan airport in Washington, D.C. what we know at this moment as we're recording this, that it was a regional jet flying from Wichita, Kansas. It crashed into a military helicopter. We have also been told that this was an American Airlines flight carrying at least 60 passengers and there are many casualties. We will keep you up to date on this story as well. Thank you for listening to the 47 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.