Mid-Day Update： February 23rd, 2024
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Summary
On today's show: President Trump picks up a lot of money from the Teamsters Union, former CBS reporter Catherine Herridge is at the center of a First Amendment case, New York City is demanding an investigation of Mayor Eric Adams' plan to get $10,000 debit cards to illegal aliens, and former NSA analyst Russ Theis talks about the reauthorization of the FISA Act, and the implications for further erosion of privacy.
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I'm Lou Dobbs with The Great America Show, midday update for Friday, February 23rd.
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President Trump picking up a lot of money from, of all people, the Teamsters Union,
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making a major donation to the Republican Party after their meeting with President Trump.
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That donation sending an obvious message about how the Teamsters Union believes the 2024
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presidential election will turn out. And this will be the first year that the Teamsters Union
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has participated in both political parties nominating conventions. In New York, the City
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Council demanding an investigation of Mayor Eric Adams and his program to get $10,000 debit cards to
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illegal aliens. Just a few days ago, it was revealed that Adams would be giving the illegal border crossers
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up to $10,000 apiece on debit cards and families even more money. Adams has not explained to anyone.
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why illegal aliens should be receiving benefits that are not available to the citizens of New York
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City and the City Council wants a full explanation. Acclaimed investigative reporter, former CBS
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correspondent Catherine Herridge is at the center of a First Amendment case and CBS News has fired her
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and seized all work product including notes, files, computer drives and CBS News is asserting that her
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investigative work is the property of CBS News. CBS says it will decide what if anything should be returned to her
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or kept confidential from another case seeking the identity of her confidential sources. It's an outrage
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and pro-First Amendment organizations are backing Catherine Herridge as she seeks to maintain the confidentiality
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of her sources. Sources say that Catherine Herridge had been working on a story about the Bidens and
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there was an apparent clash with CBS News President Ingrid Cyprian Matthews. And our guest today is former NSA
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senior intelligence analyst and whistleblower Russ Theis. We talk about the reauthorization of the FISA Act
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and the implications for a further erosion of the rights of privacy. Be sure to join us. Thanks, have a great day.
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This is Lou Dobbs with the Great America Midday Update.