Friday Update： May 9, 2025
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Summary
Latest episode of The Great America Show: A Mid-Day Update for May 9th, 2019. President Trump's acting FEMA chief, Cameron Hamilton, escorted out of the headquarters just one day after defying the plan to abolish the agency during a congressional hearing, David Richardson, who's a Marine Corps veteran and Assistant Secretary for DHS's Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office, has been appointed to assume the duties of FEMA administrator, effective immediately. President Trump this week took aim at the globalist war machine, the military industrial complex, and much, much more, pushing for a peace deal in Ukraine with the help of China. In a bold move to restore global order and stability, President Trump has signaled his readiness to enlist China as a peace broker in the Russia-Ukraine war, an idea both strategic and rooted in real politic. While the Biden regime had floundered and fueled foreign wars with blank checks and reckless escalation, Trump s America First diplomacy aims at real results without dragging the U.S. into yet another endless war. Plus, the Democratic-controlled cities of Salt Lake City and Boise have adopted new city flags this week, in defiance of their state s Republican-controlled legislator which banned the traditional rainbow pride flags at schools and government buildings.
Transcript
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Hello everybody, I'm John Fawcett with this Great America Show midday update for Friday, May 9th.
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President Trump's acting FEMA chief, Cameron Hamilton, escorted out of the headquarters
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just one day after defying the plan to abolish the agency during a congressional hearing.
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He was abruptly removed from his post this week just one day after publicly opposing the administration's push
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to abolish the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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Hamilton, who says he's a proud Trump supporter and former Navy SEAL,
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who led FEMA since January, was reportedly escorted out of the agency's headquarter
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after clashing with President Trump and the Department of Homeland Security's Kristi Noem
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David Richardson, who's a Marine Corps veteran and assistant secretary
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for DHS's Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office,
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has been appointed to assume the duties of FEMA administrator effective immediately.
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It's very simple, folks. This is a new administration.
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If you don't support the agenda, if you don't support America First,
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President Trump this week taking aim at the globalist war machine,
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the military-industrial complex, and much, much more,
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pushing for a peace deal in Ukraine with the help of China.
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In a bold move to restore global order and stability,
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President Trump has signaled his readiness to enlist China as a peace broker
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in the Russia-Ukraine war, an idea both strategic and rooted in real politic.
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While Biden regime had floundered and fueled foreign wars with blank checks
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and reckless escalation, Trump's America First diplomacy aims at real results
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without dragging the U.S. in yet another endless war.
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The move comes as Chinese President Xi Jinping made headlines during a visit to Moscow
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where he held an extensive closed-door discussion with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Putin, for his part, stated that he highly appreciated Xi's position
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and confirmed Russia is, of course, still open to peace talks.
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To all of our folks joining us from the great states of Utah and Idaho,
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we've got some interesting news today from your states, we'll say.
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The Democrat-controlled cities of Salt Lake City and Boise
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showing their support for the LGBTQ plus people
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in defiance of their state's Republican-controlled legislator,
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which banned the traditional rainbow pride flags at schools and government buildings.
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Our city flags are a powerful symbol representing Salt Lake City's values.
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I want all Salt Lakers to look up to these flags and be reminded
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that we value diversity, equity, and inclusion,
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leaving no doubt that we are united as a city and people moving forward together.
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The Salt Lake City Council had voted to approve the additional three new city flags
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to be featured at the LGBTQ plus and June 13th designs at a meeting this week.
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This measure from these rogue Marxist legislators
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aims to sidestep violations by adopting these new flags as official city flags,
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State and local governments can be fined $500 a day
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for flying any other flag aside from the American flag, the state flag,
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a city or county flag, military flags, Olympic and Paralympic flags,
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Now, it's unclear if the Salt Lake City Council will face any litigation
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which commemorate Juneteenth and the acknowledgments of the city's LGBTQ plus residents
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Boise, Idaho following in suit with a similar legislation.
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could push gas past $6 a gallon up to at least even $9 a gallon.
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The Phillips 66 refinery in Los Angeles could close by the end of this year,
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which would send prices skyrocketing above $6, according to a USC professor.
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Also saying if the Valero refinery closed in the Bay Area,
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they could see gas prices as high as $9 in the Bay Area.
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Gavin Newsom's spokesman said that the governor has directed the state
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to incentivize collaboration with refineries to maintain a stable and affordable gas supply.
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He doesn't actually mean that, because Gavin Newsom is a Marxist Dem.
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And a new shock pullout from our good friends at Rasmussen
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Since he's agreed to lead President Trump's effort to reduce government waste,
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Elon Musk has become so hated by liberals that they overwhelmingly support
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A new survey from Rasmussen finds that 54% of likely voters
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would support a hypothetical law that would imprison Musk for his role
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in the Department of Government Efficiency, also known as DOGE,
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including 39% who would strongly support such a law,
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36% oppose a law that would send Musk to prison,
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71% of Democrats would favor the hypothetical law that puts Musk in jail,
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as would 80% of self-identified liberal voters,
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and 57% of voters that are conservative would oppose such a law.
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Among voters not affiliated with either major party,
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52% would support a law to imprison Musk for his role in DOGE,
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but polls like this only shed more light on just how sick they are.
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Please be sure to join us today for The Great America Show.
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we talk everything from the Pope to DOGE to the administration,
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and we've got some fun stuff in there for you as well.