The Great America Show - March 12, 2025


Wednesday Headlines： March 12, 2025

Hosted by
John Fawcett Lou Dobbs
Mentioned
Donald Trump John Fetterman Ron Paul Joe Biden
Tuesday Headlines： March 11, 2025 Thursday Headlines： March 13, 2025

Episode Stats


Length

6 minutes

Words per minute

176.51

Word count

1,169

Sentence count

62

Harmful content

Misogyny

1

sentences flagged

Hate speech

2

sentences flagged


Summary

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A government shutdown is on the horizon. The Marxist Dems in the Senate appear ready to back down in the government shutdown fight. Consumer prices rose less than expected in February, but consumer prices are still up 2.9% from a year ago. The Education Department announced that it would be firing more than 1,300 workers, effectively gutting the Department of Education. Canada and Australia say they won t confront President Trump on tariffs.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 Hello everybody, I'm John Fawcett with this Great America Show midday update for Wednesday, March 12th.
00:00:05.760 I hope your Wednesdays are off to a great start, or if they started off early, are going absolutely well,
00:00:10.640 as I always wish you each and every day here on the Great America Show.
00:00:14.560 Folks, the Marxist Dems over in the Senate appear ready to back down in the government shutdown fight.
00:00:21.820 Senate Democrats say the six-month government funding resolution that passed the House on Tuesday
00:00:25.840 is, quote, a horrible bill, but there's growing sentiment within the Senate Democratic Conference
00:00:30.620 that it would be too risky to block the legislation and risk a government shutdown that could drag on for weeks.
00:00:36.900 Senate Democrats battled behind closed doors on Tuesday over how to handle the House bill with the number of Democrats,
00:00:42.500 especially those in swing states, arguing that a government shutdown must be avoided
00:00:46.740 even if it means reluctantly voting for a House GOP-drafted bill.
00:00:52.160 Folks, that's how you do it.
00:00:54.460 Several centrists warned that no clear endgame for the government shutdown if Democrats defeated
00:01:00.100 the House bill passed measure, which would increase defense spending by $6 billion,
00:01:04.920 boost funding for border security, and cut non-defense programs by $13 billion.
00:01:10.500 Now, this bill passed the House by a vote of 217 to 213, with only one Democrat voting in favor.
00:01:17.800 But the political calculus is different for the Democrats in the Senate
00:01:20.860 because their votes will be needed to avoid the government shutdown.
00:01:24.600 Now, the Senate Republicans control 53 seats and would need at least eight Marxist Dems 0.88
00:01:28.540 to vote in favor to reach the 60-vote threshold needed to overcome the filibuster.
00:01:34.020 Now, Senator Rand Paul, who's a staunch fiscal conservative,
00:01:36.820 says he will vote against the stopgap measure for not doing enough to cut the deficit.
00:01:40.720 Now, on the other side, Senator John Fetterman from the great state of Pennsylvania says
00:01:44.580 he will vote to keep the government open, even if he's not a fan of the House-passed funding stopgap.
00:01:50.000 Folks, this is how you do it.
00:01:51.560 The Marxist Dems constantly beat the Republicans over the head when it comes to the budget fight.
00:01:56.940 This might be the first time I think I've ever seen the Republicans
00:01:59.900 come away with sort of a victory on a budget deal, even if it's a stopgap measure,
00:02:04.860 because the Marxist Dems beat them at their own game every single time. 0.99
00:02:08.340 Now, it's not because they got smarter people.
00:02:10.800 It's just because the Republicans are a tad bit more feckless.
00:02:14.360 And, folks, promises made, promises kept.
00:02:16.640 This is the thing you often hear me say on this show, and it's President Trump's mantra,
00:02:20.480 I think, for the next four years.
00:02:22.380 Before winning the White House back in November,
00:02:24.820 President Trump promised he was going to start gutting the Department of Education.
00:02:28.700 Promises made, promises kept.
00:02:31.020 The Education Department announced on Tuesday that it would be firing more than 1,300 workers,
00:02:35.760 effectively gutting the agency.
00:02:37.340 These layoffs mean that the department, which started the year with just over 4,000 employees,
00:02:42.500 will now have a work source about half the size after less than two months with President Trump in office.
00:02:48.080 In addition to the 1,300 workers who were fired this week,
00:02:51.140 572 of them, different employees, accepted separation packages offered in the recent weeks,
00:02:57.860 and 63 probationary workers were terminated last month.
00:03:00.960 Folks, promises made, promises kept.
00:03:04.960 Donald Trump told us he was going to do this, and that's exactly what he's doing.
00:03:09.620 Learning from Canada's mistakes,
00:03:11.440 Britain and Australia says they won't confront President Trump on tariffs.
00:03:15.680 The two nations,
00:03:16.920 UK and Australia,
00:03:18.540 seeking to avoid repeating the mistakes
00:03:20.960 of Canada and Mexico coming after President Trump,
00:03:24.980 while the likes of Canada and European Union have taken combative paths,
00:03:28.760 deciding to match Trump's tariffs,
00:03:30.120 or even go further,
00:03:31.980 Australia says they're going to do quite the opposite,
00:03:35.520 not looking at also the United Kingdom,
00:03:38.040 saying that they have no interest in battling President Trump on tariffs.
00:03:42.300 Now, folks, these aren't just unnecessary tariffs.
00:03:44.460 These are retaliatory tariffs.
00:03:46.480 We're paying tariffs on things that we send into their country, 0.98
00:03:49.160 and we're supposed to let them come in here for free.
00:03:50.960 It doesn't work like that, folks.
00:03:52.840 You and I both know,
00:03:54.280 now the Marxist Dems don't know this,
00:03:55.940 but you and I both know that nothing in life is free.
00:03:59.720 So why would they think
00:04:01.080 they're going to continue to import, export for free?
00:04:04.220 It doesn't work like that.
00:04:05.400 And U.S. consumers are getting inflation relief
00:04:08.380 as consumer prices rise less than expected.
00:04:12.700 Huh.
00:04:13.160 Americans are getting relief from the inflation numbers in February.
00:04:16.560 Consumer prices rose 2.8% in 12 months through February,
00:04:20.640 the Labor Department reporting today,
00:04:22.540 slower than the three preceding years,
00:04:25.460 with an increase in record in January.
00:04:27.920 Economists had forecast that the consumer price index
00:04:30.000 would be up 2.9% versus a year ago.
00:04:33.020 So core CPI, which excludes, of course,
00:04:35.720 volatile foods and energy prices,
00:04:37.300 rose 3.1% compared with earlier this year.
00:04:40.720 This was a smaller annual increase
00:04:42.400 than consumers faced in January
00:04:43.900 when core prices were up 3.3%.
00:04:46.040 Economists forecasted 3.2%.
00:04:48.740 So President Trump, I guess,
00:04:50.280 doing all he can, really, in his power
00:04:52.400 to try to slow and ease
00:04:54.160 the inflation that
00:04:56.280 Joe Biden and his Marxist administration
00:04:58.580 gave us over the last four years.
00:05:00.140 And in a landmark election,
00:05:02.080 Greenland's center-right Democrat Party,
00:05:04.740 essentially what it is over there,
00:05:06.540 has emerged victorious.
00:05:08.380 A pro-independence party,
00:05:09.720 the pro-business party advocating
00:05:11.100 for a measured approach to independence from Denmark,
00:05:14.840 now folks, listen carefully,
00:05:17.040 secured approximately 30% of the vote,
00:05:18.980 a significant increase from the 9%
00:05:20.960 in the previous 2021 election.
00:05:24.040 Now the Democrat Party platform
00:05:25.440 emphasizes the development of Greenland's
00:05:27.240 abundance of natural resources,
00:05:29.200 particularly its rare-earth minerals,
00:05:31.520 which are crucial for modern technologies.
00:05:34.180 By advocating for an increase
00:05:35.380 in private sector investment
00:05:36.960 and responsible mining practices,
00:05:39.080 the party aims to reduce
00:05:40.580 economic dependence on Denmark
00:05:42.680 and pave the way for eventual autonomy.
00:05:45.740 Or, perhaps, the merging
00:05:48.120 with the United States.
00:05:50.160 Something, folks,
00:05:50.880 that's a big victory, by the way,
00:05:52.280 for Greenland,
00:05:53.020 trying to separate themselves
00:05:54.460 and get independence from Denmark.
00:05:56.520 Let them be the determining factor
00:05:59.020 if they decide they want to be part of
00:06:00.660 this great American country.
00:06:03.520 So we'll keep you updated on that, folks,
00:06:05.200 as we do on every big issue.
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