Tuesday Update： October 14, 2025
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The government is still shut down and the Marxist Democrats are still holding it hostage. Speaker Mike Johnson today speaking out laying out the list of demands that the Marxist Dems have in order for the government to reopen, including nearly $25 million in climate resilience in Honduras, or $4 million for the LGBTQ+. And they would send a half a billion dollars to liberal news outlets by refunding the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and restore up to $5 billion in wasteful spending for international projects.
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Hello everybody, I'm John Fawcett with this Great America Show midday update for Tuesday, October 14th.
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Well, the government is still shut down and the Marxist Democrats are still holding it hostage.
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Mike Johnson today speaking out, laying out the list of demands that the Marxist Dems have
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in order for the government to reopen, including nearly $25 million in climate resilience in Honduras,
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or $4 million for the LGBTQ+, take a listen to Speaker Johnson.
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And they would send a half a billion dollars to liberal news outlets by refunding the Corporation
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for Public Broadcasting. It would also restore up to $5 billion of American taxpayer funds
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for wasteful spending for international projects. Here's a couple of examples. This is in their
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legislation, their counterproposal on the CR to keep the lights open. This is what they want to do.
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They want to spend $24.6 million of your hard-earned dollars as a taxpayer for climate resilience
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in Honduras. They want to spend $13.4 million for civic engagement in Zimbabwe. They want to send
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$3.9 million for LGBTQI plus democracy grants in the Western Balkans. They want to spend $2.9 million
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of your dollars for desert locust risk reduction in the Horn of Africa. And $2 million for, quote,
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organizing for feminist democratic principles in Africa. We are not doing that.
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Speaker Johnson, clear, concise, and composed, as opposed to his counterpart on the Marxist Dems side,
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Hakeem Jeffries, who couldn't even handle a softball interview today with CNN.
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No discussions. Donald Trump has held them back from even having a meaningful engagement to try to
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find common ground. You're right down the hall from Mike Johnson's office. I know exactly where
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you are. You could probably take a few steps and go knock on the door and talk to him. Have you tried
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that? Speaker Johnson hasn't been given permission to have a conversation with me
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or Leader Schumer, and he said as much earlier today. So you don't think he would talk to you at all?
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Well, we can have a conversation, but the problem is that until they get the green light to actually
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have a meaningful discussion to try to find common ground and a bipartisan path forward
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and a willingness to address the damage that Republicans have done to the health, the safety,
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and the economic well-being of the American people, then, of course, any informal discussion
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is going to be not fruitful. Hakeem Jeffries, of course, trying to place the blame on this for
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the Republicans, but the record shows otherwise. The Republicans have voted numerous times
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to keep the government open to stop gap spending, and the Democrats won't do it. But as we're told
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by Speaker Johnson, it could happen sometime after the 18th of this month. So that's four more days
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of the Democrats holding our military members and members of the federal government and their pay
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hostage. Earlier today, President Trump announced another successful strike in international waters
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against a Venezuelan drug vessel affiliated with the designated terrorist organization,
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the president has said. This comes as the U.S. has launched a series of attacks on narco-terrorists
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trafficking narcotics into the United States. Earlier this month, President Trump announced
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the destruction of a vessel, which was carrying a substantial amount of narcotics. President Trump
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says this is only the beginning for these folks who think they're going to bring drugs into America
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and get away with it. Former disgraced FBI Director James Comey has moved to challenge the appointment
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of U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan. Of course, a grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia indicted
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former FBI Director Comey last month, indicted on two counts, false statements, and obstruction of a
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congressional proceeding. If convicted, Comey faces five years in prison. So now in a last-ditch effort,
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Comey is planning to challenge the legality of Trump's appointment of Lindsey Halligan as U.S.
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Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. Not going to work out too well for James Comey,
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who is guilty of all crimes accused of. After a rough few days, weeks, months, and years,
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President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet for trade talks, according to Treasury
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Secretary Scott Bessent. The two leaders will meet at the APEC Summit in South Korea, which is set
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for October 31st and November 1st. This comes after President Trump wrote on Truth Social this week
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that there was no reason to meet with Xi after China announced that it would tighten critical
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minerals export controls. However, Bessent said since then the line of communications have reopened
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and that the U.S. would reject the new restrictions. On Thursday, China expanded export controls to cover
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a wide range of products that contain 12 critical minerals, requiring potential buyers of the minerals
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to submit new applications detailing their use and denying them chip makers. Trump responded on Friday
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with threats of 100% tariffs and export restrictions on critical software starting on November 1st,
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calling China's move very, very hostile. Folks, please be sure to join us tonight at 6 p.m.
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Eastern Time for The Great America Show. 6 p.m. Eastern Time. Rumble YouTube, Twitter.
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You know where to find us and we'll see you there at 6 p.m.
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I'm John Fossett with this Midday Update. Have a great day, everybody.