The Great America Show - February 19, 2025


Wednesday Headlines： February 19, 2025

Topics
federal judges firing intel officers
Hosted by
John Fawcett Lou Dobbs
Mentioned
Donald Trump Vladimir Zelensky Kathy Hochul Elon Musk Barack Obama George W. Bush Anthony Tranga Biden Doge
‘Domestic Terrorists' fight back against Marxist School Boards TRUMP VS. MARXIST DEMS AND RINOS

Episode Stats


Length

5 minutes

Words per minute

175.02

Word count

989

Sentence count

58

Harmful content

Misogyny

1

sentences flagged

Hate speech

1

sentences flagged


Summary

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Trump threatens to revoke federal approval of New York City's congestion tolls, a federal judge blocks the CIA from firing 11 intel employees, and Elon Musk announces a plan to give back to the American people in the form of a dividend.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 Hello everybody, I'm John Fawcett with this Great America Show midday update for Wednesday, February 19th.
00:00:05.540 Happy Wednesday, folks. We're halfway through the week, which means the weekend is right around the corner.
00:00:11.420 Donald Trump proving to be uniter-in-chief.
00:00:14.900 Once again, President Trump intends to revoke the federal approval of New York City's congestion pricing program,
00:00:21.960 fulfilling a campaign promise to reverse the policy that tolls drivers who enter Manhattan's busiest streets
00:00:27.420 to finance repairs to mass transit.
00:00:30.600 In a letter to Governor Kathy Hochul on Wednesday, the President's Transportation Secretary outlined
00:00:34.760 Mr. Trump's objections to the program, the first in its kind in the United States,
00:00:38.680 and said that federal officials would contact the state to discuss an orderly secession of the toll operation.
00:00:44.680 Now, the letter didn't indicate a specific date by the federal government in which they intend to end the program,
00:00:49.480 but the decision will almost certainly be challenged in court.
00:00:52.640 Imagine that, folks. Donald Trump fighting for the folks of New York, who overwhelmingly did not support him,
00:00:59.680 did not vote for him, and that's thanks to New York City,
00:01:02.360 and going up against the witch of a governor, Kathy Hochul, who lied all along,
00:01:07.880 said the congestion pricing was going to be delayed until further notice.
00:01:11.200 As soon as the elections were over, she backstabbed each and every American that drives through New York City
00:01:17.120 and imposed this toll as if it's not expensive enough to drive into New York City
00:01:22.180 through one of the $10 or $15 tolls, and the gas prices wasn't enough.
00:01:27.840 No, you've got to add a little bit more of a burden to the American people
00:01:31.560 who are just trying to make a living and trying to make ends meet.
00:01:34.340 Go figure.
00:01:35.540 And President Trump has had it over his head with Vladimir Zelensky, it seems, of Ukraine.
00:01:41.600 I mean, Zelensky sort of disrespecting Trump over the last few days
00:01:46.360 because he's realized his slush fund is drying up.
00:01:49.580 America's tired. 0.63
00:01:50.840 $350 billion sent to them, $200 billion more than Europe has sent,
00:01:56.580 and Zelensky saying that almost half the money that we've sent is, quote, missing.
00:02:01.940 Imagine that, folks.
00:02:02.940 I can understand missing, like, $2 in your pocket or losing a $20 bill or a $100 bill even.
00:02:08.500 Imagine losing over $100 billion.
00:02:12.660 I don't, you know, I don't think that happens every day.
00:02:15.000 I don't think it's that easy to do.
00:02:17.500 President Trump taking to Twitter and Truth Social to let Zelensky know
00:02:22.160 that the slush fund is coming to an end, saying, quote,
00:02:26.840 we are successfully negotiating an end to the war with Russia,
00:02:29.660 something we can admit only Trump and the Trump administration can do.
00:02:33.400 Biden never tried.
00:02:34.940 Europe has failed to bring peace,
00:02:36.200 and Zelensky probably wants to keep the, quote, gravy train going.
00:02:39.820 I love Ukraine, but Zelensky has done a terrible job.
00:02:42.660 His country is shattered and millions have unnecessarily died.
00:02:46.240 And so it continues.
00:02:47.960 President Trump couldn't have put it any better.
00:02:50.780 Enough is enough.
00:02:52.300 It's time to put an end to this war, this unnecessary war. 0.76
00:02:56.400 And the fact that Zelensky seemingly doesn't want the war to end,
00:03:00.380 I think it tells you everything you need to know about where Zelensky's mind's at
00:03:05.500 and what his intentions are with this war,
00:03:08.740 because it doesn't seem like now all of a sudden he doesn't want this war to end.
00:03:13.020 Not entirely sure why, but we can make our best guesses on why he doesn't want to.
00:03:21.060 And Elon Musk, who's the head of the Doge Committee, making headlines, it seems, every single day,
00:03:27.520 is making a proposal to President Trump on giving back to the American people in the sort of form of a dividend.
00:03:35.580 Musk says he's going to check with the president about an idea to issue refund checks from the Doge savings.
00:03:41.160 Checks could be as much as $5,000 per household if his department hits the $2 trillion savings goal.
00:03:47.440 Now, it's going to have to pass Congress, of course, first,
00:03:50.360 but Congress has had no problem sending that $350 billion to Ukraine and funding wars and DEI.
00:03:57.860 They should have no problem putting a few bucks back in the American people's pocket, right?
00:04:01.680 Wouldn't you say?
00:04:03.040 I guess we're going to have to wait and see.
00:04:05.240 A federal judge, or as I like to call them, federal dictators,
00:04:09.180 has halted the firing of intel agencies' personnel involved with DEI.
00:04:13.620 Federal judges temporarily blocked the CIA and the ONDI from firing 11 people whose jobs were eliminated
00:04:20.100 to comply with President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to end the federal DEI programs.
00:04:26.200 U.S. District Judge Anthony Tranga issued an order Tuesday,
00:04:30.020 pausing the firings after a hearing in Alexandria, Virginia, in response to a lawsuit
00:04:34.580 filed by those intel officers who said their dismissal violated their constitutional rights and federal law.
00:04:41.120 Well, this judge is an appointee of none other than President George W. Bush
00:04:45.000 issued an administrative stay directing the agencies to keep the employees on administrative leave
00:04:50.980 while barring any efforts to cut away their pay or to fire them.
00:04:55.060 Folks, these federal judges are the only thing standing between Donald Trump and making America great again.
00:05:00.720 Folks, please be sure to join us for today's episode of The Great America Show.
00:05:03.740 We have a special one lined up for you.
00:05:05.480 We're joined by former Governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich.
00:05:10.480 We get his full story, the attacks on him from Barack Hussein Obama.
00:05:15.920 And what was it that landed him in jail with a 14-year sentence?
00:05:20.000 We also talk about President Trump and how he saved him.
00:05:23.620 He saved his life commuting his sentence.
00:05:25.680 And just last week, issuing him a full unconditional pardon, letting him restart his life.
00:05:32.040 So join us for that today only on The Great America Show, folks.
00:05:35.980 I'm Jon Fossil with this midday update.
00:05:38.120 Have a great day, everybody.