Friday Update： August 15, 2025
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Summary
Latest episode of The Great America Show: A Mid-Day Update with John Fawcett ( )! President Trump and Vladimir Putin have arrived in Alaska for a high stakes meeting, an appeals court lifts an Obama-era injunction allowing the Trump administration to dismantle the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau, a Texas House fails to reach a quorum, and New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell is facing criminal charges.
Transcript
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Hello, everybody. I'm John Fawcett with this Great America Show midday update for Friday, August 15th.
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Happy Friday, folks. It's touchdown in Anchorage, Alaska.
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President Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin of Russia have both landed in Anchorage,
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where they will begin their, quote, high stakes meeting, according to President Trump.
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Middle East Special Envoy Steve Witkoff also joining President Trump for this meeting.
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President Trump says that he has high hopes to strike a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine during this high stakes meeting.
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With President Putin saying, quote, I want to cease fire rapidly.
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I don't know if it's going to happen today, but I'm not going to be happy if it doesn't happen today.
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So President Trump serious about getting something done.
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President Trump and Putin shaking hands on the tarmac at Joint Base Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska,
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This is Putin's first trip on American soil in nearly a decade.
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This meeting is truly historic, especially if something could come out of it.
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And if anybody can make a deal, it is President Trump.
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President Trump says the only reason he is involved in this is because he wants to stop the killing,
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both on the Russian side and on the Ukrainian side.
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That is the reason why he's hosting this meeting.
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And he says the next meeting that is to take place will take place with Vladimir Zelensky of Ukraine,
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Another huge win for President Trump as he's over in Alaska.
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Appeals court has lifted a crooked Obama judge's injunction,
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allowing the Trump administration to dismantle the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau.
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Federal appeals court on Friday lifted an injunction from a crooked Obama judge,
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someone you probably all know in the show, Judge Amy Berman Jackson.
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She, of course, blocked the Trump administration from dismantling the CFPB,
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and a two-to-one ruling allowing President Trump and the administration to move forward with dismantling this.
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Now, the three-judge panel included in the majority,
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and dissenting is pillared, of course, an Obama appointee.
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Earlier this year, President Trump began cleaning house after he fired Ratchit Chopra,
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the director of the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau.
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Chopra was a toxic Biden holdover who previously threatened banks
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that refused to give credit lines and loans to illegal aliens.
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barring the Trump administration from firing any CFPB workers without cause.
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Well, it turns out, Judge Jackson, you lost again.
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The Texas House on Friday failing again to reach quorum
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as the Democrats continue to stonewall the GOP's redistricting efforts.
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AWOL Texas Democrats unveiled a new plan to strong-arm Republicans
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to block the Republicans from voting on a new congressional map.
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Texas Attorney General Kent Paxson and Governor Greg Abbott
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threatened the derelict Democrats with arrest and removal from office
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and California releases its own redrawn map proposal.
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Governor Abbott is expected to call another special session on Monday.
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But the Democrats right now are playing with fire
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and they're playing a game that, quite honestly,
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because we like to call out the corrupt ones here on the show,
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New Orleans mayor, who happens to be a Democrat,
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was indicted by a federal grand jury on Friday,
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that a sitting mayor is facing criminal prosecution.
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after more than two years of mounting criticism,
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involving her former executive security officer,
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a legal battle with the New Orleans public school system
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over a broken multi-million dollar funding promise,
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and frequent travel amid an ongoing jail escape
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and each and every night for The Great America Show,