BONUS POD: Trump’s Midnight Legislation Push plus ICE App Coverage Sparks Outrage
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Good luck with that. You're listening to the 47 Morning Update with Ben Ferguson. Good Tuesday morning. It's so nice to have you with us on the 47 Morning Update. Here are the big stories we're talking about. The biggest one is the big, beautiful bill. We have a lot that is happening as we're recording this a little after midnight right now. And there's word that there are some Republican holdouts in the Senate.

Much is changing and the president is working the phone lines. We'll give you the latest that we have for you right now in just a moment. Also, in a shocking move, a major TV network is now helping warn individuals where ICE agents are so that they can get away from being held accountable for breaking our laws.

Who's doing it? We'll expose that coming up as well. It's the 47 Morning Update, and it starts right now. Story number one. So you're tuning in right now wanting to know what's going on with the big, beautiful bill. A lot is changing, and it's happening very quickly. I'm going to timestamp this for you to let you know. It's approaching midnight as we speak right now.

When you hear this, depending on when you download it, it may change drastically from what I'm telling you now. That's why I'm letting you know that as I literally just got the phone with members of Congress to get an update on what they're hearing. And I'm going to be honest with you. After talking and texting with several different people in Congress,

Many of them still don't know exactly what this final bill is going to look like. There is a lot of back and forth that is taking place right now.

Now, there's also a rumor that at midnight tonight, there are up to six GOP senators that are holding out on the big, beautiful bill. I talked to another senator who said it's five different GOP members, but they believe that those five will come around after they get some concessions that they need.

This is how the sausage is made in Washington, D.C. And yes, all of the people I talk to are sitting around their offices waiting for what's going to happen next.

So let's go back to earlier in the day. And I want to explain to you how we got to the point that we are at right now. Caroline Leavitt taking a lot of heat at the White House press briefing today on the big, beautiful bill because there are so many in the Democratic Party and in the mainstream media that want to destroy this from becoming a reality. I want you to listen to what she had to say about this legislation. Can you speak on it? Can you respond?

On to the CBO estimate that the Senate bill would increase the deficit by nearly 3.3 trillion. This is one of the most fiscally conservative pieces of legislation that has ever made its way through Capitol Hill. There's $2 trillion in mandatory savings in this bill. And not only that, the projected growth that this bill will bring to our economy. It will be an economic boom. The Council of Economic Advisers

has an analysis that shows that the bill will generate 4.1 trillion dollars in economic growth and it will cut taxes putting more money back into the American people's pockets that's why this president wants this bill to pass and I know he's busy working the phones and doing what he needs to do today to make it happen so we'll see you all later thank you we'll see you in Florida

Now, as you heard Caroline say there, we'll see you tomorrow in Florida, meaning right now as you're listening to this show. There's also another important part of what she just said. The president is working the phones and has been working them from what I've been told all day long and late into the evening and very well may be pulling what you would refer to in college as a good old all-nighter, making sure that this gets across the finish line.

Now, there is also other senators that are going on TV talking about where they believe this is going. Senator Tuberville from Alabama, you may know him as the football coach. Here's what he had to say on Fox Business. What is your assessment? When you look at the whole thing, what would you have liked to have gotten in that didn't? And what do you think is the best things in it? Well, first of all, two thirds of the bill is the tax cuts, which obviously,

obviously we've got to get done uh... it's necessary then one third of the bill this were reform and most of the agencies which is medicaid uh... you know school loans uh... all those things that are really cost us a lot of money they've right now we have we have uh... forty seven uh... million young americans that are in debt with student loans

for 1.7 trillion dollars we can't sustain that we can't sustain it so we we've done some work on that we've done some work on Medicaid Medicaid is basically reform it kicking people off that's not supposed to be on there illegals and people that should be working so all this most of it is good you just sometimes you hate to do things

that you know is going to put people in a situation where they're going to be uncomfortable. But at the end of the day, we all have to adjust to this because we can't keep spending the way we're spending right now. We can't do it. We can't keep spending the way we're spending right now. We just can't keep doing it.

Now, Senator Tuberville brought up an excellent point there as well. Two thirds of this big, beautiful bill are actually tax cuts and one third is reforming most of the agencies. That is extremely important. Now, there's also many that are saying the American people actually don't want this. One of the things that Tom Tillis has been saying about this bill.

That actually is not true. In fact, if you go back and look at what Donald Trump ran on, he ran on the issue of making the Trump tax cuts permanent. How are we doing it? It is through the Big Beautiful Bill. So the President of the United States of America is burning the midnight oil. Senator Ron Johnson defending the Big Beautiful Bill as well on CNN, saying this to Jake Tapper.

Billion. So Biden deficits were three times larger than pre-pandemic levels of deficit and spending is just out of control. So it's easy to be a Democrat, spend mortgage on kids future, never be held accountable by the media. It's pretty hard what we're trying to do.

And so this may take a little bit more time. Well, deficit spending is a bipartisan affliction. You know that better than anyone. Earlier this month, you were warning about this bill adding trillions to the national debt. You told ABC News, quote, I'm worried about our kids and grandkids. The fact that we're mortgaging their future, it's wrong. It's immoral. Is is is.

Has your position changed? This legislation is still going to add to the deficit. So Democrats, their only solution is increased taxes. We don't want to do that. That harms economic growth. We won't get the revenue we ever look for. All Democrats do is spend.

They're talking about, you know, we're going to, you know, tax cuts for millionaires. No, we're just not going to increase taxes. They could have done that. In the four years when they were in power, they could have gotten rid of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. They could have increased taxes on every American. That's what we're trying to avoid. So again, Democrats love to spend. I'm not saying that we don't have Republicans that are big spenders as well.

I've been focusing on spending, spending, spending, trying to put pressure on the process. And I think right now the stumbling block is what the Senate bill does. Even though we actually reduce spending more, we also make sure that those business tax provisions which will incentivize growth are permanent.

So that holds a bigger score. But the difference between the House and Senate is about $651 billion. Rick Scott's amendment, which is eminently reasonable, it doesn't kick anybody off of Medicaid. It just limits, at some point in time in the future, additional adults who are childless, who are working age, who could work. It's going to deny them that 9-to-1 match, which has distorted Medicaid.

Jake, for every dollar the state puts into a, to provide healthcare for a disabled child, the federal government puts a buck thirty-three. But for every dollar they put in toward a single childless adult who should be working, we kick in nine. That has led to all kinds of abuse.

Provider taxes, provider fees. By the way, that's not health care. But you have the federal government's kicking out $9 for every one of the states. That's what we're trying to address. We're not trying to take Medicaid away from disabled children. We're trying to stop that scam that states and providers have been using to draw down hundreds of billions of dollars from the federal government that we can't afford. You listen to Ron Johnson there defending the big, beautiful bill. Dems' only solution is increased taxes and saying, quote, it's easy to be a Democrat.

You can also find it very interesting that Jake Tapper at CNN now actually cares about government spending, something he didn't care about under the Biden administration not one single time. But all of a sudden, the media now is like, well, we need to be looking at the deficit. At the end of the day, Donald Trump promised to make the tax cuts permanent.

and to rein in the size of government. That's clearly what he's advocating for and what he's trying to do right now. Now, I'll say this for the five that are apparently holding out at this hour, a little after midnight as I am recording this show. If

Anything can happen in the next few hours. And I have a feeling that at the end of the day, Donald Trump will be working those phones and making sure that the big, beautiful bill gets across the finish line for the American people. Now, story number two. The media yet again putting ICE agents' lives at risk. This time, CNN featuring a segment on ICE block.

It is an app that lets users anonymously crowdsource ICE agents.

sightings across the map and send alerts to others within a five mile radius. Now the app's creator framed as a quote, harmless early warning system to help people avoid ice, not to incite violence against the agents. Ice block enforces constraints. They claim as well. One post every five minutes, auto deletion after four hours and explicitly recommends users not interfere with officers. Now,

That's their get-out-of-jail-free card, apparently. The White House Press Secretary, Caroline Leavitt, accusing CNN of encouraging violence by publicizing the app, especially amid a reported 500% surge in assaults on ICE agents nationwide. The acting ICE director called CNN's coverage, quote, reckless and irresponsible, warning that it paints a target on federal law enforcement officers' backs.

And Tom Homan, the former ICE director and the current border czar, branded the app as simply disgusting and urged the DOJ to investigate CNN's role in all of this. I want you to hear more of what Tom Homan had to say on Fox News Channel about this.

So this next story is outrageous. A new iPhone app is alerting people about ice sightings in their area. As if that's not bad enough, CNN appears to be promoting the app, talking to the creator and doing a whole story on it. That is not sitting well with my next guest. Borders are Tom Holman joins me now. Tom, they've crossed the line here. This is out of control.

I know, it's just simply disgusting, and any network that covers that is disgusting as well. So I'm hoping DOJ steps in there and see if they cross that line of impeding federal law enforcement officers. Look, Lawrence, you're not talking about this. Assault Against ICE is up over 500%. Now you've got an app that's going to tell where ICE operations are going to be.

It's only a matter of time before ISIS are ambushed by some nut, like what happened in L.A., throwing a Molotov cocktail, throwing bricks at these officers. This is just disgusting at every level. So I hope DOJ dives in this deeply. Because, you know, ISIS is concentrating on public safety threats and national security threats. This shouldn't be a partisan issue. This shouldn't be an issue anybody's...

is against. So they're already a dangerous job going after the worst of the worst. These guys are putting their lives on the line every day going after the worst of the worst international security threat. And this app makes it that much more dangerous. It's incredible that those who enforce law, all of a sudden they're the bad guys. They want to break the law, they're victims. It's disgusting. Why would CNN promote this? Why would they do a story on this?

I can't figure it out. I've been doing this for four decades. I've never seen anything like this in my life. It's got to be they hate Trump more than they love law enforcement. I can't figure it out. But something needs to be done. I mean, you advertise this guy's app on a national TV network. This is going to bring more followers, sick followers, to the app and use it. Again, letting the bad guy...

No, ICE is coming. They're here. Here's where they're going next. This is dangerous for the men and women in law enforcement. Tom Homan clearly slamming CNN for promoting the ICE tracking app and now is saying maybe it's time for law enforcement, the DOJ, to step in here and see if they cross the line. Impeding federal law enforcement officers.

Yet again, another example of how the left is doing everything they can to protect illegal immigrants and put American lives at risk. Thank you for listening to the 47 Morning Update with Ben Ferguson. Please make sure you hit subscribe wherever you're listening to this podcast right now. And for more in-depth news, also subscribe to the Ben Ferguson podcast. And we will see you back here tomorrow. This is an iHeart podcast.