1 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:03,120 Speaker 1: Well, we want to have a post office that works well, 2 00:00:03,720 --> 00:00:06,120 Speaker 1: doesn't lose massive amounts of money. 3 00:00:06,280 --> 00:00:08,639 Speaker 2: I think it'll operate a let that than has been 4 00:00:08,680 --> 00:00:09,319 Speaker 2: over the years. 5 00:00:09,320 --> 00:00:13,320 Speaker 1: It's been just a tremendous loser for this country, tremendous 6 00:00:13,360 --> 00:00:14,360 Speaker 1: amounts of money. 7 00:00:14,120 --> 00:00:17,480 Speaker 2: Being laws and just losing to mendus amounty. 8 00:00:17,840 --> 00:00:21,440 Speaker 3: You're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with Ben Ferguson. 9 00:00:21,480 --> 00:00:23,279 Speaker 4: Good Monday morning. Ben Ferguson with you. 10 00:00:23,320 --> 00:00:25,760 Speaker 5: It's nice to have you on the forty seven Morning Update. 11 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:28,040 Speaker 5: And here are the big stories that we are talking about. 12 00:00:28,080 --> 00:00:31,240 Speaker 5: Donald Trump's saying no more to government waste, even at 13 00:00:31,280 --> 00:00:33,159 Speaker 5: the United States Postal Service. 14 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:35,800 Speaker 4: Big changes could be coming. What are they? I'll explain 15 00:00:35,880 --> 00:00:36,360 Speaker 4: in a moment. 16 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:40,000 Speaker 5: Also, another big blow to the deep state is Donald 17 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:43,320 Speaker 5: Trump picks Dan Bonngino to be the deputy director of 18 00:00:43,360 --> 00:00:47,559 Speaker 5: the FBI. And finally Elon must send out an email 19 00:00:47,640 --> 00:00:50,800 Speaker 5: to government employees saying, Hey, what did you actually do 20 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:52,199 Speaker 5: at work last week? 21 00:00:52,760 --> 00:00:55,240 Speaker 4: Justify having a job. 22 00:00:55,520 --> 00:00:59,080 Speaker 5: It's the forty seven Morning Update and it starts right now. 23 00:00:59,240 --> 00:01:02,880 Speaker 5: Story number one another panic sitting in in Washington, d C. 24 00:01:03,200 --> 00:01:06,240 Speaker 5: Right now is Democrats are losing it over the fact 25 00:01:06,319 --> 00:01:10,440 Speaker 5: that Donald Trump is talking about reforming the United States 26 00:01:10,640 --> 00:01:15,119 Speaker 5: Postal Service. The House Oversight Committee Democrats sending a scathing 27 00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:18,199 Speaker 5: letter to the President of the United States of America saying, 28 00:01:18,240 --> 00:01:22,160 Speaker 5: you cannot touch the United States Postal Service. So how 29 00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:25,440 Speaker 5: did this even become an issue? While the President was 30 00:01:25,640 --> 00:01:29,319 Speaker 5: asked a question at the White House this during the 31 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:33,199 Speaker 5: swearing end of the Commerce Secretary Howard Luttnik, And this 32 00:01:33,280 --> 00:01:35,560 Speaker 5: is what the President said. 33 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:39,920 Speaker 3: You are considering mergad and this with the Callers Department, 34 00:01:40,240 --> 00:01:41,680 Speaker 3: you operate the company. 35 00:01:41,959 --> 00:01:44,040 Speaker 1: Well, we want to have a post office that works 36 00:01:44,080 --> 00:01:47,240 Speaker 1: well and doesn't lose massive amounts of money. 37 00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:50,040 Speaker 2: And we're thinking about doing that, and it will be 38 00:01:50,080 --> 00:01:53,240 Speaker 2: a form of a merger, but it'll remind the Postal 39 00:01:53,320 --> 00:01:56,280 Speaker 2: Service and I think it'll operate a let that that 40 00:01:56,480 --> 00:02:00,000 Speaker 2: has been over the years has been dated from amendous 41 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:03,120 Speaker 2: loser for this country, tremendous amounts of money being lost, 42 00:02:03,160 --> 00:02:05,720 Speaker 2: and we think we can do something that will be 43 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:09,600 Speaker 2: very good and keep it a very similar way. But 44 00:02:10,520 --> 00:02:12,519 Speaker 2: whether it's a merger or just using some of the 45 00:02:12,639 --> 00:02:15,840 Speaker 2: very talented people that we have elsewhere so it doesn't 46 00:02:15,880 --> 00:02:18,639 Speaker 2: lose so much it's losing a tremendous amount of money. 47 00:02:18,960 --> 00:02:22,040 Speaker 5: Now, for the majority of Americans that heard the President, 48 00:02:22,120 --> 00:02:25,560 Speaker 5: that was not a shocking or crazy comment made. He's saying, 49 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:29,480 Speaker 5: this is losing entirely too much money, has been for decades, 50 00:02:29,560 --> 00:02:32,000 Speaker 5: and there must be some reforms and accountability. 51 00:02:32,639 --> 00:02:33,840 Speaker 4: So what are the left do? 52 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:37,120 Speaker 5: Following the remarks, Democrat members of the House Oversight Committee 53 00:02:37,160 --> 00:02:41,000 Speaker 5: send a letter to Trump urging him to abandon any 54 00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:45,680 Speaker 5: plans to reform the United States Postal Service. Here's the kicker, 55 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:49,000 Speaker 5: there is no actual plan that has even been put 56 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:53,000 Speaker 5: forward for the left to actually be afraid of. It 57 00:02:53,040 --> 00:02:57,320 Speaker 5: doesn't matter because this is all about keeping their liberal 58 00:02:57,400 --> 00:03:02,040 Speaker 5: union members employed no matter what. In their letter, they 59 00:03:02,080 --> 00:03:06,360 Speaker 5: were quoted as saying, your reported efforts to dismantle the 60 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:10,200 Speaker 5: Postal Service as an independent agency would directly undermine the 61 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:13,799 Speaker 5: affordability and reliability of the US postal system. That is 62 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:17,160 Speaker 5: what the ranking member, a Democrat from Virginia, said, and 63 00:03:17,320 --> 00:03:20,760 Speaker 5: other panel members also wrote in the letter saying, quote, 64 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:24,360 Speaker 5: we urge you to abandon immediately any plans that would 65 00:03:24,360 --> 00:03:28,800 Speaker 5: either privatize the Postal Service or undermine the independence of 66 00:03:28,880 --> 00:03:30,079 Speaker 5: the Postal Service. 67 00:03:30,520 --> 00:03:30,680 Speaker 1: Now. 68 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:34,080 Speaker 5: The letter also followed reporting from the Washington Post that 69 00:03:34,160 --> 00:03:37,520 Speaker 5: the President is weighing firing the US Postal Service Board 70 00:03:37,920 --> 00:03:41,440 Speaker 5: and absorbing the United States Postal Service into the Department 71 00:03:41,480 --> 00:03:45,080 Speaker 5: of Commerce. Democrats continue to lose their minds, of course, 72 00:03:45,160 --> 00:03:48,320 Speaker 5: by saying, Congress prescribed a clear and critical mandate for 73 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:52,680 Speaker 5: the Postal Service to deliver efficient, reliable, and universal service 74 00:03:52,720 --> 00:03:56,840 Speaker 5: to all Americans, Your reported plans for the Postal Service 75 00:03:56,840 --> 00:04:00,960 Speaker 5: would put at risk the timely, affordable, to delivery of 76 00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:05,720 Speaker 5: life saving medications, mail in ballots, important financial documents, and 77 00:04:05,840 --> 00:04:09,000 Speaker 5: letters from level ones, especially in rule are less profitable 78 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:12,160 Speaker 5: areas that the private sector refuses to service. 79 00:04:12,480 --> 00:04:15,000 Speaker 4: And to be clear, all of this is fear mongering. 80 00:04:15,320 --> 00:04:17,839 Speaker 5: The President of the United States of America hasn't even 81 00:04:17,839 --> 00:04:21,760 Speaker 5: announced an actual plan yet. So why is it Democrats 82 00:04:21,760 --> 00:04:25,839 Speaker 5: are going so insane. It's because many of the employees 83 00:04:25,880 --> 00:04:30,279 Speaker 5: of the United States Postal Service are Democrats and union members. 84 00:04:30,600 --> 00:04:33,920 Speaker 5: They are obsessed with keeping that power regardless of how 85 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:37,160 Speaker 5: much the US government has to bail out the Postal 86 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:41,800 Speaker 5: Service each and every year. The final point that the 87 00:04:41,839 --> 00:04:45,279 Speaker 5: President is making is there must be some changes. Maybe 88 00:04:45,279 --> 00:04:48,799 Speaker 5: that means not having the mail be delivered Monday through Saturday. 89 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:51,839 Speaker 5: It could mean that there are a Tuesday, Wednesday or 90 00:04:51,920 --> 00:04:56,240 Speaker 5: Thursday schedule, or a Monday, Wednesday Friday schedule. The point 91 00:04:56,320 --> 00:04:59,320 Speaker 5: is it's time for the postal service to be efficient. 92 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:02,960 Speaker 5: Doesn't mean that he's shutting the entire thing down. So 93 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:05,320 Speaker 5: when you hear the media tell you that the president's 94 00:05:05,320 --> 00:05:08,440 Speaker 5: threatening to do that, to be very clear, there is 95 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:11,560 Speaker 5: not an actual plan yet from the president, so they 96 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:12,920 Speaker 5: are lying to you. 97 00:05:13,120 --> 00:05:14,480 Speaker 4: Next story number two. 98 00:05:14,640 --> 00:05:18,240 Speaker 5: It's pretty clear that Donald Trump isn't tired of winning yet. Yes, 99 00:05:18,400 --> 00:05:22,520 Speaker 5: last week Cashpatel became the FBI director, but Donald Trump 100 00:05:22,880 --> 00:05:27,120 Speaker 5: wasn't done dismantling the deep state. Donald Trump announced over 101 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:30,880 Speaker 5: the weekend that Dan Bongino has been picked to be 102 00:05:30,960 --> 00:05:35,240 Speaker 5: the deputy director of the FBI, and to tweet the 103 00:05:35,279 --> 00:05:39,080 Speaker 5: present sent out, he said, great news for law enforcement 104 00:05:39,400 --> 00:05:43,640 Speaker 5: an American justice. Dan Bongino, a man of incredible love 105 00:05:43,720 --> 00:05:47,160 Speaker 5: and passion for our country, has just been named the 106 00:05:47,200 --> 00:05:51,200 Speaker 5: next Deputy director of the FBI by the man who 107 00:05:51,279 --> 00:05:55,400 Speaker 5: will be the best ever director, Cash Battel. Dan has 108 00:05:55,440 --> 00:05:59,480 Speaker 5: a master's degree in psychology from See You and Why 109 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:03,599 Speaker 5: and an MBA from Penn State. He was a member 110 00:06:03,680 --> 00:06:06,680 Speaker 5: of the New York Police Department New York's Finance, a 111 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:10,600 Speaker 5: highly respected special agent with a United States Secret Service 112 00:06:11,040 --> 00:06:13,839 Speaker 5: and is now one of the most successful podcasters in 113 00:06:13,880 --> 00:06:17,840 Speaker 5: the country, something he is willing and prepared to give 114 00:06:18,120 --> 00:06:21,960 Speaker 5: up in order to serve. Working with our great new 115 00:06:22,160 --> 00:06:28,479 Speaker 5: United States Attorney General Pambondi and Director Partel, Fairness, Justice, 116 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:32,920 Speaker 5: law and order will be brought back to America and quickly. 117 00:06:33,200 --> 00:06:38,320 Speaker 5: Congratulations Dan, Now this move is obviously making the Deep 118 00:06:38,360 --> 00:06:42,520 Speaker 5: State go totally insane. Dan Bongino making it clear that 119 00:06:42,640 --> 00:06:45,200 Speaker 5: he is ready to serve his country and giving up 120 00:06:45,200 --> 00:06:49,080 Speaker 5: one of the most successful podcasts in American history. He 121 00:06:49,240 --> 00:06:53,160 Speaker 5: simply put it this way. Thank you, mister President, Attorney 122 00:06:53,160 --> 00:06:57,280 Speaker 5: General Bondi, and Director Patel. Now what does this mean 123 00:06:57,839 --> 00:06:59,000 Speaker 5: for the deep State? 124 00:06:59,240 --> 00:06:59,440 Speaker 4: Well. 125 00:06:59,440 --> 00:07:03,440 Speaker 5: In an inter back in twenty twenty three, Bongino weighed 126 00:07:03,480 --> 00:07:06,440 Speaker 5: in on Cocaine that he'd been discovered in the West 127 00:07:06,520 --> 00:07:09,080 Speaker 5: Wing of the White House, for example, stating that quote 128 00:07:09,080 --> 00:07:12,120 Speaker 5: there is simply no way the Secret Service did not 129 00:07:12,280 --> 00:07:15,640 Speaker 5: know who it belonged to. Bongino added at the time 130 00:07:15,760 --> 00:07:18,520 Speaker 5: the government was quote so messed up and so corrupt. 131 00:07:18,680 --> 00:07:22,160 Speaker 5: Right now, argue all you want about the Deep State 132 00:07:22,200 --> 00:07:25,040 Speaker 5: being a conspiracy theory or whatever, went on to say 133 00:07:25,080 --> 00:07:27,840 Speaker 5: at the time in this interview, he said, that's all bull. 134 00:07:28,040 --> 00:07:29,640 Speaker 4: You know what, it's real. 135 00:07:30,320 --> 00:07:33,960 Speaker 5: We've already seen corruption in the intel community, the FBI. 136 00:07:34,560 --> 00:07:37,800 Speaker 5: We are going to find out question Mark. The answer is, 137 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:40,800 Speaker 5: I don't know. I can't predict the future. But let 138 00:07:40,800 --> 00:07:43,320 Speaker 5: me tell you this. I'm just looking in the camera 139 00:07:43,760 --> 00:07:48,040 Speaker 5: and begging the Secret Service leadership, now, just don't do 140 00:07:48,520 --> 00:07:55,760 Speaker 5: to America what the FBI did. Translation Caspitel Pambondi and 141 00:07:55,840 --> 00:07:59,200 Speaker 5: now Dan Bongino have their work cut out for them, 142 00:07:59,520 --> 00:08:01,720 Speaker 5: and the job the president has given them is to 143 00:08:01,840 --> 00:08:05,600 Speaker 5: clean up the deep state, and now they have the 144 00:08:05,640 --> 00:08:07,080 Speaker 5: manpower to do it. 145 00:08:07,520 --> 00:08:09,000 Speaker 3: And here is story number three. 146 00:08:09,200 --> 00:08:12,600 Speaker 5: Imagine being at work and receiving an email from your 147 00:08:12,640 --> 00:08:16,240 Speaker 5: boss asking you to state, what did you do last 148 00:08:16,240 --> 00:08:19,640 Speaker 5: week in your job over the last five things you did, 149 00:08:20,240 --> 00:08:23,600 Speaker 5: and knowing that you don't have a very good answer. Well, 150 00:08:23,640 --> 00:08:27,880 Speaker 5: for many government employees, that is exactly the email they received. 151 00:08:28,440 --> 00:08:32,360 Speaker 5: Elon Musk, leading the Department of Government Efficiency under Donald Trump, 152 00:08:32,840 --> 00:08:36,599 Speaker 5: send an email to all US federal employees with a 153 00:08:36,679 --> 00:08:41,280 Speaker 5: subject line, what did you do last week? The email 154 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:47,439 Speaker 5: dispatched late Saturday afternoon, instructed employees to provide five bullet 155 00:08:47,440 --> 00:08:51,560 Speaker 5: points summarizing their work achievements from the previous week by 156 00:08:51,640 --> 00:08:56,000 Speaker 5: midnight on Monday. Must warn that failure to respond would 157 00:08:56,040 --> 00:09:00,760 Speaker 5: be interpreted as a resignation. This directive has led to 158 00:09:00,960 --> 00:09:06,560 Speaker 5: quote confusion and pushback within various federal agencies. Some departments, 159 00:09:06,600 --> 00:09:09,880 Speaker 5: including the State Department of the FBI, have advised their 160 00:09:09,920 --> 00:09:13,280 Speaker 5: employees to pause or refrain from responding to the email, 161 00:09:13,800 --> 00:09:18,040 Speaker 5: citing concerns over confidentiality and proper chain of command. But 162 00:09:18,160 --> 00:09:22,200 Speaker 5: the largest group of federal workers is being told that 163 00:09:22,280 --> 00:09:26,200 Speaker 5: it is time for them to tell Elon Musk and 164 00:09:26,520 --> 00:09:29,360 Speaker 5: those a doge exactly what they're doing now. 165 00:09:29,440 --> 00:09:30,080 Speaker 4: Don't worry. 166 00:09:30,440 --> 00:09:33,400 Speaker 5: Many in the government are fighting back. The largest federal 167 00:09:33,440 --> 00:09:39,360 Speaker 5: workers union criticize the move, labeling it cruel and disrespectful. 168 00:09:39,840 --> 00:09:43,000 Speaker 5: Must defended the email, stating it aligance with Donald Trump's 169 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:47,200 Speaker 5: directive to adopt a more aggressive approach in evaluating federal 170 00:09:47,240 --> 00:09:51,600 Speaker 5: employee productivity. Must suggest it that the requirement was a 171 00:09:51,640 --> 00:09:56,520 Speaker 5: basic measure to ensure accountability and identify potential inefficiencies within 172 00:09:56,559 --> 00:10:00,800 Speaker 5: the government workforce. The situation has sparked a broader debate 173 00:10:01,120 --> 00:10:05,520 Speaker 5: about the treatment of federal employees. That is what Democrats 174 00:10:05,559 --> 00:10:08,520 Speaker 5: are fighting back with, saying that this is a method 175 00:10:08,760 --> 00:10:13,319 Speaker 5: of harassment instead of performance. They also are now stating 176 00:10:13,400 --> 00:10:17,720 Speaker 5: there are quote concerns about legality, respect, and the potential 177 00:10:17,800 --> 00:10:22,120 Speaker 5: impact on morale and national security. At the end of 178 00:10:22,160 --> 00:10:24,800 Speaker 5: the day, it's pretty clear that Elon Musk isn't going 179 00:10:24,840 --> 00:10:26,960 Speaker 5: to take the bait on any of that, and the 180 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:29,560 Speaker 5: President of the United States of America is also making 181 00:10:29,559 --> 00:10:32,880 Speaker 5: it clear that if you're one of these woke individuals 182 00:10:32,960 --> 00:10:36,280 Speaker 5: they can't handle a basic email asking you what did 183 00:10:36,320 --> 00:10:39,200 Speaker 5: you do at work last week, then maybe it's time 184 00:10:39,240 --> 00:10:41,360 Speaker 5: for you to resign and get the hell out of 185 00:10:41,360 --> 00:10:41,920 Speaker 5: the government. 186 00:10:41,960 --> 00:10:44,560 Speaker 3: Thank you for listening to the forty seven Morning Update 187 00:10:44,720 --> 00:10:48,840 Speaker 3: with Ben Ferguson. 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