1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:03,640 Speaker 1: Native Land Pod is a production of iHeartRadio in partnership 2 00:00:03,640 --> 00:00:05,080 Speaker 1: with Reason Choice Media. 3 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:07,800 Speaker 2: Welcome, Welcome, Welcome, Welcome. 4 00:00:07,440 --> 00:00:14,200 Speaker 1: Welcome, Hello, everyone, Welcome to a special and said edition 5 00:00:14,480 --> 00:00:18,640 Speaker 1: of Native Lamppod. I am your host, Angela Raie. Shout 6 00:00:18,640 --> 00:00:21,759 Speaker 1: out to my host Tiffany Cross and Andrew Gillim in 7 00:00:21,800 --> 00:00:24,840 Speaker 1: their absence today, but you all will be hearing from them, 8 00:00:24,880 --> 00:00:27,440 Speaker 1: I'm sure very soon. On some solo pods. We're trying 9 00:00:27,480 --> 00:00:31,240 Speaker 1: something new where we are going to do a sidepod 10 00:00:31,400 --> 00:00:33,720 Speaker 1: or a solo pod when there are issues that are 11 00:00:33,720 --> 00:00:35,920 Speaker 1: so pressing that we just want to get in front 12 00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:39,000 Speaker 1: of you and make sure that we're in community with 13 00:00:39,159 --> 00:00:42,120 Speaker 1: you talking about what's going on. So we are on 14 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:45,240 Speaker 1: YouTube Live, and I want to talk to you all 15 00:00:45,320 --> 00:00:50,559 Speaker 1: about this memo that came from Matthew J. Vase, the 16 00:00:50,640 --> 00:00:55,000 Speaker 1: acting director of the Office of Management and Budget. Everyone 17 00:00:55,160 --> 00:00:58,120 Speaker 1: is knowing is aware of this right now by the 18 00:00:58,160 --> 00:01:00,760 Speaker 1: federal funding freeze, and let me tell you was not 19 00:01:00,840 --> 00:01:04,800 Speaker 1: frozen your tax payments. They are still expecting your tax 20 00:01:04,840 --> 00:01:08,039 Speaker 1: payer dollars to fund these initiatives. And I want to 21 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:14,320 Speaker 1: go into just briefly what this funding freeze is calling for. 22 00:01:14,920 --> 00:01:17,080 Speaker 1: And first we make sure my laptop is plugged in 23 00:01:17,160 --> 00:01:21,920 Speaker 1: so I don't lose y'all along the way. Here's the thing. 24 00:01:23,280 --> 00:01:27,039 Speaker 1: We should talk about what Donald Trump actually has the 25 00:01:27,080 --> 00:01:29,399 Speaker 1: power to do and the power that Donald Trump is 26 00:01:29,440 --> 00:01:33,880 Speaker 1: going to test during his presidency. We will talk about 27 00:01:33,959 --> 00:01:36,880 Speaker 1: what is at stake with this potential funding freeze, what 28 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:42,120 Speaker 1: is being asked of different agency heads, cabinet secretaries and officials, etc. 29 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:45,640 Speaker 1: And we'll talk about the potential violation of the law. 30 00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:48,600 Speaker 1: If there is time, we will get to a few 31 00:01:48,640 --> 00:01:53,800 Speaker 1: other executive orders which also may be of importance. I'm 32 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:56,200 Speaker 1: telling our producer Lolo, I forgot to call her, so 33 00:01:56,240 --> 00:01:59,400 Speaker 1: she should just make sure that she that she texts 34 00:01:59,440 --> 00:02:04,080 Speaker 1: me just again there's anything she wants to flag. So 35 00:02:04,360 --> 00:02:08,840 Speaker 1: I first want to just mention that we will be 36 00:02:08,840 --> 00:02:11,800 Speaker 1: doing these lives pretty regularly, at least every Tuesday, so 37 00:02:11,840 --> 00:02:14,359 Speaker 1: you will hear from us on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday 38 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:17,880 Speaker 1: for sure. We're working through a Wednesday and Friday option 39 00:02:17,960 --> 00:02:21,520 Speaker 1: as well. Now this is the memo. Okay, this is 40 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:25,320 Speaker 1: the memo we're looking at. This is from the Executive 41 00:02:25,320 --> 00:02:27,960 Speaker 1: Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget Control, 42 00:02:28,720 --> 00:02:31,200 Speaker 1: Management and Budget. Here's what you all need to know 43 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:36,200 Speaker 1: there is broad sweeping authority that omb. That's what Office 44 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:40,600 Speaker 1: of Management Budget has in this memo. The acting director, 45 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:47,239 Speaker 1: because Donald Trump's nominee has not yet been confirmed by 46 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:53,680 Speaker 1: the Senate, the person who will be confirmed by the 47 00:02:53,760 --> 00:02:58,000 Speaker 1: Senate most likely is a man named Russ Vaut and 48 00:02:58,320 --> 00:03:02,400 Speaker 1: he is a prior ob director. And it is very, 49 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:05,120 Speaker 1: very chilling. And let me tell you why. You know 50 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:08,320 Speaker 1: that podcast we did on what is Project twenty twenty five, 51 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:10,600 Speaker 1: and you know how a lot of folks were blowing 52 00:03:10,639 --> 00:03:13,079 Speaker 1: off this whole idea of Project twenty twenty five. Well, 53 00:03:13,120 --> 00:03:15,360 Speaker 1: the thing is real and it was sworn in on 54 00:03:15,400 --> 00:03:18,960 Speaker 1: Martin Luther King day, and he is controlled by many parts. 55 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:23,440 Speaker 1: This is Stephen Miller's White House. Donald Trump is not 56 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:26,919 Speaker 1: running this thing. His deputy chief of Staff for policy is. 57 00:03:27,160 --> 00:03:30,160 Speaker 1: And you remember how Donald Trump tried to distance himself 58 00:03:30,320 --> 00:03:32,919 Speaker 1: from Project twenty twenty five and he even put out 59 00:03:32,919 --> 00:03:35,880 Speaker 1: his own thing, the Agenda forty seven. Right, Well, let 60 00:03:35,920 --> 00:03:39,480 Speaker 1: me tell you something. Project twenty twenty five is coming 61 00:03:39,520 --> 00:03:44,160 Speaker 1: to fruition every single day. Russell Veout, who wrote the 62 00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:48,040 Speaker 1: chapter about O ANDB and Project twenty twenty five, is 63 00:03:48,080 --> 00:03:51,520 Speaker 1: who Donald Trump is seeking to confirm for O ANDB. Now, 64 00:03:51,560 --> 00:03:52,840 Speaker 1: this is what I want to tell you that he 65 00:03:52,880 --> 00:03:56,360 Speaker 1: says on page twenty, so you guys can fact check me, okay. 66 00:03:56,640 --> 00:04:01,720 Speaker 1: On page twenty in Project twenty twenty five, they quote 67 00:04:01,760 --> 00:04:05,560 Speaker 1: Russell Balt as saying O and B should establish a 68 00:04:05,640 --> 00:04:10,800 Speaker 1: reputation as the keeper of Commander's intent. Yet O and 69 00:04:10,840 --> 00:04:14,800 Speaker 1: B is dominated by career employees who often try to 70 00:04:15,040 --> 00:04:21,640 Speaker 1: overrule political appointees serving in the various executive departments. Empowering 71 00:04:21,720 --> 00:04:27,120 Speaker 1: political appointees across the administration is crucial to a president's success. 72 00:04:27,160 --> 00:04:28,960 Speaker 1: Now what does that have to do with this federal 73 00:04:30,480 --> 00:04:34,920 Speaker 1: funding freeze today? Well, this is putting the power back 74 00:04:34,960 --> 00:04:39,280 Speaker 1: into the hands of Donald Trump's political appointees. So this 75 00:04:39,360 --> 00:04:41,040 Speaker 1: is how this memo starts. Because a lot of you 76 00:04:41,080 --> 00:04:44,800 Speaker 1: are reading the articles, but you aren't necessarily seeing what 77 00:04:46,080 --> 00:04:48,520 Speaker 1: is in the actual document. So it's a short document. 78 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:50,000 Speaker 1: I'm not going to read the whole things, but there's 79 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:52,200 Speaker 1: a couple of points I want to share with you. 80 00:04:52,640 --> 00:04:55,680 Speaker 1: It starts with the American people elected Donald J. Trump 81 00:04:55,920 --> 00:04:58,640 Speaker 1: to be President of the United States and gave him 82 00:04:58,680 --> 00:05:02,320 Speaker 1: a mandate to to increase the impact of every federal 83 00:05:02,360 --> 00:05:05,240 Speaker 1: taxpayer dollar They go on to say that the federal 84 00:05:05,279 --> 00:05:10,080 Speaker 1: government spends nearly ten trillion dollars, or the spent nearly 85 00:05:10,480 --> 00:05:13,760 Speaker 1: ten trillion dollars in fiscal year twenty twenty four, and 86 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:18,640 Speaker 1: more than three trillion of that was for federal financial 87 00:05:18,640 --> 00:05:22,599 Speaker 1: assistance such as grants and loans. They go on to 88 00:05:23,640 --> 00:05:27,400 Speaker 1: kind of demonstrate why the loan money, why the grant 89 00:05:27,440 --> 00:05:30,719 Speaker 1: money that has been spent in this three trillion dollar number, 90 00:05:31,360 --> 00:05:34,200 Speaker 1: should be reviewed. This is what they say that I 91 00:05:34,240 --> 00:05:37,760 Speaker 1: think is important for you all to know. Financial assistance 92 00:05:37,920 --> 00:05:44,359 Speaker 1: should be dedicated to advancing administration priorities, focusing taxpayer dollars 93 00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:49,039 Speaker 1: to advance a stronger and safer America, eliminating the financial 94 00:05:49,080 --> 00:05:52,120 Speaker 1: burden of inflation for citizens. I think we generally agree 95 00:05:52,120 --> 00:05:56,600 Speaker 1: with that, unleashing American energy and manufacturing. Let's talk about 96 00:05:56,640 --> 00:05:59,560 Speaker 1: what they mean by unleash. There's an executive order for that, 97 00:05:59,600 --> 00:06:03,320 Speaker 1: by the way, ending wokeness. We don't even say that 98 00:06:03,440 --> 00:06:06,919 Speaker 1: no more, but ending wokeness and the weaponization of government. 99 00:06:07,080 --> 00:06:09,119 Speaker 1: You know what they mean by that, Read between the lines. 100 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:12,680 Speaker 1: Also read the executive orders that support that language. Promoting 101 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:17,119 Speaker 1: efficiency in government. That's that DOGE entity that elon Musk 102 00:06:17,200 --> 00:06:20,560 Speaker 1: is running and making America healthy again, which is where 103 00:06:20,760 --> 00:06:25,280 Speaker 1: they hope to put RFK junior. So this is the thing. 104 00:06:25,480 --> 00:06:27,920 Speaker 1: They go on to say, the use of federal resources 105 00:06:27,920 --> 00:06:32,200 Speaker 1: to advance Marxist equity. Now, striving for equity, equality injustice 106 00:06:32,240 --> 00:06:37,159 Speaker 1: is a Marxist concept. Transgenderism and Green New Deal social 107 00:06:37,240 --> 00:06:40,120 Speaker 1: engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer dollars that does 108 00:06:40,120 --> 00:06:42,200 Speaker 1: not improve the day to day lives of those who 109 00:06:42,240 --> 00:06:47,800 Speaker 1: we serve. They say, now, y'all, they have mastered weaponizing 110 00:06:47,839 --> 00:06:50,880 Speaker 1: our language against us. The Green New Deal is to 111 00:06:50,920 --> 00:06:53,520 Speaker 1: preserve the planet for folks who look like me and 112 00:06:53,560 --> 00:06:55,960 Speaker 1: you a little longer. The Green New Deal is about 113 00:06:56,040 --> 00:07:01,040 Speaker 1: ensuring that Flint has clean drinking water. They talk about transgenderism, 114 00:07:01,120 --> 00:07:04,040 Speaker 1: we're talking about making sure that all humans have access 115 00:07:04,440 --> 00:07:08,840 Speaker 1: to resources and the ability to survive, regardless of whatever 116 00:07:08,960 --> 00:07:12,960 Speaker 1: identity you claim. And then Marxist equity again, we're talking 117 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:16,360 Speaker 1: about the policies that began to really take root and 118 00:07:16,440 --> 00:07:20,040 Speaker 1: take hold after George Floyd was murdered on camera for 119 00:07:20,160 --> 00:07:22,280 Speaker 1: nine minutes and thirty seconds, many of us thought, for 120 00:07:22,320 --> 00:07:24,800 Speaker 1: the first time in our black lives, our brown lives, 121 00:07:24,840 --> 00:07:27,160 Speaker 1: or indigenous lives, or whatever lives, maybe your white lives 122 00:07:27,200 --> 00:07:30,000 Speaker 1: do that things were going to finally shift, that we 123 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:32,920 Speaker 1: were going to finally see justice served. And little do 124 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:35,360 Speaker 1: we know that it was a marketing ploy on behalf 125 00:07:35,400 --> 00:07:38,000 Speaker 1: of many companies, including Target, that is now trying to 126 00:07:38,040 --> 00:07:42,200 Speaker 1: dial back where George Floyd was killed. Imagine that, and 127 00:07:43,280 --> 00:07:45,760 Speaker 1: entities that, including those in the federal government, weren't going 128 00:07:45,800 --> 00:07:48,559 Speaker 1: to push this for too long. And now they're trying 129 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:52,160 Speaker 1: to blame our focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion for 130 00:07:52,280 --> 00:07:56,000 Speaker 1: why Democrats lost the election, because you know, justice should 131 00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:58,600 Speaker 1: not be served for the least of these. And here's 132 00:07:58,640 --> 00:08:03,080 Speaker 1: what I take real issue with with this particular executive memo. 133 00:08:03,760 --> 00:08:06,120 Speaker 1: The people who will be hurt the most are the 134 00:08:06,160 --> 00:08:10,040 Speaker 1: most vulnerable amongst us. They are the people who benefited 135 00:08:10,080 --> 00:08:13,880 Speaker 1: greatly from a Trump check, right from that stimulus payment, 136 00:08:13,960 --> 00:08:17,480 Speaker 1: from a STiMi. They are the folks who thought that 137 00:08:17,520 --> 00:08:20,120 Speaker 1: they would get a second chance in this administration because 138 00:08:20,160 --> 00:08:22,640 Speaker 1: that check meant so much. I understand it. But now 139 00:08:22,960 --> 00:08:24,920 Speaker 1: some of the things that you rely on every single 140 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:27,800 Speaker 1: day to keep your lights on are now in harm's way. 141 00:08:28,280 --> 00:08:30,320 Speaker 1: So what they say in the next part of this 142 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:37,079 Speaker 1: memo is that each agency must complete a comprehensive analysis 143 00:08:37,120 --> 00:08:41,000 Speaker 1: of all of their federal financial assistance programs. They're requiring 144 00:08:41,040 --> 00:08:46,680 Speaker 1: a temporary pause on all activities related to obligation or 145 00:08:46,760 --> 00:08:50,240 Speaker 1: disbursement of all federal financial assistants this assistance. That means 146 00:08:50,280 --> 00:08:52,480 Speaker 1: they're not cutting no checks right now. It's a temporary 147 00:08:52,480 --> 00:08:58,280 Speaker 1: pause that was effective as of yesterday at five pm. 148 00:08:58,880 --> 00:09:05,120 Speaker 1: I'm sorry today, and it is in effect until February tenth. 149 00:09:05,520 --> 00:09:07,640 Speaker 1: So there may be things that you're waiting on. Maybe 150 00:09:07,640 --> 00:09:10,199 Speaker 1: you were approved for a federal grant. Maybe you were 151 00:09:10,240 --> 00:09:14,280 Speaker 1: approved for an SBA loan. Depending under depending on the 152 00:09:14,320 --> 00:09:18,520 Speaker 1: criteria of that grant a loan, you could be in 153 00:09:18,640 --> 00:09:21,840 Speaker 1: harm's way. So that is what I want to flag 154 00:09:21,880 --> 00:09:24,640 Speaker 1: for you, Lolo, text me if there are any questions 155 00:09:24,679 --> 00:09:29,080 Speaker 1: that come up along the way. Now, the other thing 156 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:31,840 Speaker 1: that I think is highly dangerous is it says in 157 00:09:31,880 --> 00:09:35,200 Speaker 1: the paragraph this is the second page, This is the 158 00:09:35,240 --> 00:09:39,679 Speaker 1: paragraph right above the bottom. It says that OMB may 159 00:09:39,880 --> 00:09:44,680 Speaker 1: grant exceptions allowing federal agencies to issue new awards or 160 00:09:44,720 --> 00:09:47,840 Speaker 1: take other actions on a case by case basis. What 161 00:09:47,880 --> 00:09:51,600 Speaker 1: does that mean. That means that it is solely up 162 00:09:51,600 --> 00:09:54,520 Speaker 1: to their discretion. That means that it is a super 163 00:09:54,559 --> 00:09:59,200 Speaker 1: subjective standard. And the folks who rely on agency funding 164 00:09:59,559 --> 00:10:03,800 Speaker 1: because they are one of a few, because they are 165 00:10:03,880 --> 00:10:07,680 Speaker 1: a woman owned business or a minority owned business, or 166 00:10:07,760 --> 00:10:12,319 Speaker 1: doing work that would impact black maternal health or some 167 00:10:12,400 --> 00:10:15,800 Speaker 1: of the things. Some of my most important work that 168 00:10:15,880 --> 00:10:18,440 Speaker 1: I'm the most proud of on Capitol Hill was helping 169 00:10:18,440 --> 00:10:21,760 Speaker 1: to advance centers of excellence at HBCUs when I worked 170 00:10:21,760 --> 00:10:25,600 Speaker 1: for the wonderful Congressman Thompson on the Homeland Security Committee. 171 00:10:25,720 --> 00:10:28,560 Speaker 1: That funding is now all at risk. Right, there are 172 00:10:28,559 --> 00:10:31,920 Speaker 1: centers of excellence in all types of industry and spaces 173 00:10:32,760 --> 00:10:36,760 Speaker 1: and different interests. All of that is at risk. A 174 00:10:36,800 --> 00:10:39,040 Speaker 1: lot of folks have been saying, we were just talking 175 00:10:39,120 --> 00:10:42,840 Speaker 1: on our pre production call before we started about whether 176 00:10:42,960 --> 00:10:45,920 Speaker 1: or not Snap benefits those EBT cards that folks used 177 00:10:45,920 --> 00:10:48,520 Speaker 1: to buy food at the stores and to keep groceries, 178 00:10:49,360 --> 00:10:52,120 Speaker 1: you know, in their homes, whether or not school lunches 179 00:10:52,120 --> 00:10:55,600 Speaker 1: for kids would be impacted, whether or now affordable housing 180 00:10:55,640 --> 00:10:59,280 Speaker 1: would be impacted. Well, here's the thing. This memo is 181 00:10:59,360 --> 00:11:04,079 Speaker 1: super vague, talking about Marxist equity and green New deals, 182 00:11:04,160 --> 00:11:09,160 Speaker 1: social engineering policies and all of that with intention, and 183 00:11:10,200 --> 00:11:12,920 Speaker 1: some of you may be saying, well, how is this 184 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:16,920 Speaker 1: even legal? Right, Like, the executive branch doesn't necessarily get 185 00:11:16,960 --> 00:11:23,880 Speaker 1: to govern? Is what is funded? Because the United States 186 00:11:23,880 --> 00:11:27,320 Speaker 1: House and the Congress. Why is this the other It 187 00:11:27,360 --> 00:11:30,960 Speaker 1: is the United States House Congress large has the obligation 188 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:33,559 Speaker 1: of controlling the purse strings. Let's go to why you 189 00:11:33,640 --> 00:11:38,200 Speaker 1: all are saying that. In Article one, Section nine, clause seven, 190 00:11:38,520 --> 00:11:42,800 Speaker 1: called the Appropriation's Clause in the Constitution States impertinent part, 191 00:11:43,640 --> 00:11:47,440 Speaker 1: no money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in 192 00:11:47,559 --> 00:11:52,800 Speaker 1: consequence of appropriations made by law, and a regular statement 193 00:11:52,840 --> 00:11:55,959 Speaker 1: and account of the receipts and expenditures of all public 194 00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:59,199 Speaker 1: money shall be published from time to time. Now, this 195 00:11:59,440 --> 00:12:05,240 Speaker 1: is about governing what is contained in the United States Treasury. 196 00:12:06,400 --> 00:12:10,720 Speaker 1: Nothing can be paid out of the treasury, according to 197 00:12:10,760 --> 00:12:12,680 Speaker 1: the Supreme Court. Then let's see if they hold it 198 00:12:12,720 --> 00:12:15,880 Speaker 1: now nothing, no money can be paid out of the 199 00:12:15,920 --> 00:12:21,360 Speaker 1: treasury unless it has been appropriated by an Act of Congress. Now, 200 00:12:21,760 --> 00:12:26,319 Speaker 1: Donald Trump's administration is arguing something very interesting here. They 201 00:12:26,320 --> 00:12:30,800 Speaker 1: are arguing that there may be a limitation on what 202 00:12:30,920 --> 00:12:34,400 Speaker 1: can be spent, that is Congress's role, but that they 203 00:12:34,520 --> 00:12:39,400 Speaker 1: can cut like there ain't no tomorrow under a doctrine 204 00:12:39,440 --> 00:12:44,439 Speaker 1: that they call impoundment. So this means that they have 205 00:12:44,559 --> 00:12:48,200 Speaker 1: control over cuts, but they don't have control of the 206 00:12:48,280 --> 00:12:51,920 Speaker 1: spin of the purse strings. That is very, very dangerous, 207 00:12:52,240 --> 00:12:55,640 Speaker 1: and it sounds like Donald Trump's administration is gonna go 208 00:12:55,960 --> 00:13:00,200 Speaker 1: hard to try to push this doctrine all the way 209 00:13:00,240 --> 00:13:02,800 Speaker 1: to a court battle to the Supreme Court. Now, this 210 00:13:02,920 --> 00:13:07,200 Speaker 1: Supreme Court, the same one that decided that Donald Trump 211 00:13:07,440 --> 00:13:10,840 Speaker 1: could not be civilly or criminally liable as a president, 212 00:13:10,920 --> 00:13:14,480 Speaker 1: that he had civil and criminal immunity, sides with them 213 00:13:14,600 --> 00:13:17,920 Speaker 1: on They can cut whatever they want as the executive branch, 214 00:13:17,960 --> 00:13:22,480 Speaker 1: but they can't spin whatever they want. Y'all, we in danger. 215 00:13:23,040 --> 00:13:25,959 Speaker 1: And that's what we really need to understand. This is 216 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:31,400 Speaker 1: a very very serious memo. This current acting O and 217 00:13:31,480 --> 00:13:35,600 Speaker 1: B director is pushing to broaden its authority and to 218 00:13:35,800 --> 00:13:38,640 Speaker 1: ensure that the only people that can make these decisions 219 00:13:38,679 --> 00:13:43,240 Speaker 1: about a federal spind are Donald Trump's political appointees. And 220 00:13:43,320 --> 00:13:46,280 Speaker 1: here's what I think is scariest about this. You guys, 221 00:13:56,440 --> 00:14:00,000 Speaker 1: none of this is surprising if you read Project twenty five. 222 00:14:01,280 --> 00:14:05,800 Speaker 1: We have got to stay informed, y'all. We can't. We 223 00:14:05,840 --> 00:14:09,319 Speaker 1: can't keep getting caught on our heels about what's to come. 224 00:14:09,840 --> 00:14:16,680 Speaker 1: Because people are not informed. We have to be informed. Yes, 225 00:14:16,840 --> 00:14:19,280 Speaker 1: it is a nine hundred and twenty two page document. 226 00:14:19,720 --> 00:14:22,800 Speaker 1: Yes it is imperative that you read it. Yes, you 227 00:14:22,920 --> 00:14:25,680 Speaker 1: need to know that many of the people who Donald 228 00:14:25,680 --> 00:14:28,920 Speaker 1: Trump has put in critical roles, including Stephen Miller, which 229 00:14:28,960 --> 00:14:32,320 Speaker 1: again I would argue is running the White House. From 230 00:14:32,360 --> 00:14:36,720 Speaker 1: the immigration ice raids to all of the attacks on DEI, 231 00:14:37,240 --> 00:14:40,640 Speaker 1: all of that is Steven Miller's brainchild. That's not Donald 232 00:14:40,640 --> 00:14:43,720 Speaker 1: Trump's thoughts. That is Steven Miller, and he had to 233 00:14:43,760 --> 00:14:46,480 Speaker 1: have them back in the White House because there's no 234 00:14:46,600 --> 00:14:49,960 Speaker 1: ability for Donald Trump to think this way without Steven Miller. 235 00:14:50,200 --> 00:14:54,600 Speaker 1: He basically has seeded his entire presidency to Steven Miller. 236 00:14:54,880 --> 00:14:56,920 Speaker 1: That is a very dangerous thing. If you look up 237 00:14:56,920 --> 00:15:00,480 Speaker 1: who Steven Miller is, you'll understand why. So there is 238 00:15:01,040 --> 00:15:03,840 Speaker 1: the other piece of this. You will also note that 239 00:15:03,920 --> 00:15:06,800 Speaker 1: when you thumb through Project twenty five and you see 240 00:15:06,800 --> 00:15:09,280 Speaker 1: who wrote these pieces, you're going to recognize some of 241 00:15:09,280 --> 00:15:12,960 Speaker 1: the names. I challenge you all to take Project twenty 242 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:16,160 Speaker 1: twenty five, the document, just the table of contents and 243 00:15:16,200 --> 00:15:19,960 Speaker 1: who wrote each chapter and compare those names to who 244 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:23,880 Speaker 1: Donald Trump has nominated for positions in his cabinet and 245 00:15:23,920 --> 00:15:25,920 Speaker 1: has put into the White House to work for him. 246 00:15:26,360 --> 00:15:29,880 Speaker 1: You all will see a surprising number of similarities. And 247 00:15:30,080 --> 00:15:32,800 Speaker 1: if you can see those similarities, you can go into 248 00:15:32,800 --> 00:15:36,680 Speaker 1: those chapters and see that the executive orders and actions 249 00:15:36,680 --> 00:15:39,000 Speaker 1: that have come out of this administration so far are 250 00:15:39,080 --> 00:15:41,520 Speaker 1: no surprise at all. So those are the kinds of 251 00:15:41,520 --> 00:15:44,440 Speaker 1: things that we need to be paying attention to right now. 252 00:15:45,560 --> 00:15:49,000 Speaker 1: If you all don't have questions about Project twenty twenty 253 00:15:49,040 --> 00:15:53,120 Speaker 1: five and this federal funding freeze, then I'll go on 254 00:15:53,160 --> 00:16:00,160 Speaker 1: to another executive order. Okay, Lolo sent me. This does 255 00:16:00,200 --> 00:16:04,760 Speaker 1: this freeze impact state level programs? Well, everything in every 256 00:16:04,840 --> 00:16:09,600 Speaker 1: single agencies under review from the United States Department of Agriculture, 257 00:16:09,960 --> 00:16:14,320 Speaker 1: the Department of Energy, USAID because they talked about global 258 00:16:14,480 --> 00:16:18,360 Speaker 1: a global spend as well, the State Department, which oversees USAID, 259 00:16:18,720 --> 00:16:22,480 Speaker 1: the Department of Commerce. Y'all remember the Minority Business Development 260 00:16:22,520 --> 00:16:26,880 Speaker 1: Agency was challenged on its merits just last year with 261 00:16:27,040 --> 00:16:32,720 Speaker 1: a Department of Treasury. Every single governmental agency SBA for 262 00:16:32,760 --> 00:16:35,240 Speaker 1: those of you who have Small Business Administration loans that 263 00:16:35,280 --> 00:16:38,600 Speaker 1: you may have just qualified for at risk. The Department 264 00:16:38,640 --> 00:16:41,720 Speaker 1: of Transportation we have. You guys know, if you go 265 00:16:41,760 --> 00:16:45,080 Speaker 1: into your airports at home, you're seeing a lot of construction. 266 00:16:45,200 --> 00:16:47,760 Speaker 1: It is annoying, but we'll all be happy when it's done. 267 00:16:47,960 --> 00:16:51,360 Speaker 1: There are these projects, these highways that are being built. 268 00:16:51,920 --> 00:16:56,200 Speaker 1: Any dB disadvantaged business enterprise that is working on those projects, 269 00:16:56,520 --> 00:17:00,000 Speaker 1: that's all under review now right depending on the grants 270 00:17:00,040 --> 00:17:03,440 Speaker 1: and the loans that have been let. So everything is 271 00:17:03,480 --> 00:17:07,000 Speaker 1: on the chopping block because of this very vague memo, 272 00:17:07,680 --> 00:17:09,679 Speaker 1: and we need to be mindful of that. That is 273 00:17:09,720 --> 00:17:14,359 Speaker 1: what is at stake. Somebody asked how this can be legal. 274 00:17:14,400 --> 00:17:17,720 Speaker 1: I kind of just went through that. Hopefully what I've 275 00:17:17,920 --> 00:17:23,200 Speaker 1: I've said makes sense. I will go through a little more. 276 00:17:25,560 --> 00:17:28,119 Speaker 1: Just to backtrack a little bit on OMB. Some of 277 00:17:28,160 --> 00:17:29,720 Speaker 1: you all might be like, I didn't get here in time. 278 00:17:29,760 --> 00:17:31,920 Speaker 1: What is O and B. It's the Office of Management 279 00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:37,320 Speaker 1: and Budget. Its responsibility is to prepare every year presidents 280 00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:40,119 Speaker 1: introduce a budget. So you guys will see if for 281 00:17:40,119 --> 00:17:41,480 Speaker 1: those of you who work on the hill, you see 282 00:17:41,480 --> 00:17:44,119 Speaker 1: those huge binders. When I worked on the hill, we 283 00:17:44,240 --> 00:17:46,840 Speaker 1: used to divide up the sections and be responsible for 284 00:17:46,880 --> 00:17:50,240 Speaker 1: a section and analyze the sections of the various sections 285 00:17:50,240 --> 00:17:53,400 Speaker 1: of the president's budget. Well, they send this huge document 286 00:17:53,440 --> 00:17:57,160 Speaker 1: over by agency, line by line, how much money they're 287 00:17:57,200 --> 00:18:00,320 Speaker 1: going to fund the federal government. The onb direct is 288 00:18:00,400 --> 00:18:04,399 Speaker 1: responsible for pulling that physical year budget together and dispersing 289 00:18:04,400 --> 00:18:07,920 Speaker 1: it to the Hill for approval through the appropriations process. 290 00:18:08,880 --> 00:18:13,320 Speaker 1: They also oversee the implementation of the president's priorities across 291 00:18:13,359 --> 00:18:16,600 Speaker 1: the executive branch, and most of the times what we say, 292 00:18:16,600 --> 00:18:18,760 Speaker 1: what we've said on the Hill is you can tell 293 00:18:18,760 --> 00:18:21,920 Speaker 1: what the president's priorities are based on how they choose 294 00:18:21,960 --> 00:18:26,760 Speaker 1: to fund the federal government after we received the budget 295 00:18:26,840 --> 00:18:31,400 Speaker 1: the Hill. Congress, the House is responsible for passing appropriations 296 00:18:31,480 --> 00:18:35,879 Speaker 1: measures that has to be signed off or also passed 297 00:18:35,920 --> 00:18:39,439 Speaker 1: in the Senate. Sometimes they don't agree and so there 298 00:18:39,480 --> 00:18:42,919 Speaker 1: has to be what was called a reconciliation process, and 299 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:48,119 Speaker 1: then the agencies are funded based on what is appropriated. Now, 300 00:18:48,240 --> 00:18:52,439 Speaker 1: again what I was saying earlier is they are challenging 301 00:18:52,560 --> 00:18:56,119 Speaker 1: the president's authority to cut I think they're acknowledging on 302 00:18:56,200 --> 00:18:58,840 Speaker 1: the spend that that has to go through Congress. Again, 303 00:18:59,080 --> 00:19:02,120 Speaker 1: be clear about the fact that most of Congress has 304 00:19:02,200 --> 00:19:04,959 Speaker 1: bought into this to this president's agenda. So those are 305 00:19:04,960 --> 00:19:07,320 Speaker 1: you who are like well, it looks like SNAP benefits 306 00:19:07,400 --> 00:19:10,520 Speaker 1: or the EBT cards might not be impacted, or kids' 307 00:19:10,480 --> 00:19:13,480 Speaker 1: school lunches might not be impacted. What I would challenge 308 00:19:13,560 --> 00:19:18,480 Speaker 1: you with is, every single year Republicans go after snap benefits, 309 00:19:18,680 --> 00:19:21,440 Speaker 1: they try to cut them. I call the Congressional Black Caucus, 310 00:19:21,440 --> 00:19:24,120 Speaker 1: and they are known to be the conscience of the Congress. 311 00:19:24,240 --> 00:19:27,119 Speaker 1: Every year, that's a fight that they fight to ensure 312 00:19:27,200 --> 00:19:31,600 Speaker 1: protection of those benefits. So that is what is at stake. 313 00:19:33,160 --> 00:19:36,080 Speaker 1: And then you guys are asking what to do. The 314 00:19:36,200 --> 00:19:38,920 Speaker 1: most important thing that I would give you right now 315 00:19:40,119 --> 00:19:44,400 Speaker 1: is make sure you are reading. If we are reading ahead, 316 00:19:44,920 --> 00:19:47,560 Speaker 1: I know it's stressful to be seeing all of these changes. 317 00:19:47,840 --> 00:19:50,800 Speaker 1: You may have folks who've been impacted by the ice raids. 318 00:19:51,080 --> 00:19:54,320 Speaker 1: You may have folks who you know just qualified for 319 00:19:54,359 --> 00:19:56,159 Speaker 1: a federal loan who you're like, I don't know if 320 00:19:56,160 --> 00:19:58,000 Speaker 1: they're going to get to keep that money, or a grant, 321 00:19:58,040 --> 00:20:01,680 Speaker 1: a research granted a university. Right. That is so scary, 322 00:20:02,119 --> 00:20:06,560 Speaker 1: But we cannot bury ourselves in fear. We have to 323 00:20:06,720 --> 00:20:10,240 Speaker 1: stay alert, and the most important way we can do 324 00:20:10,280 --> 00:20:12,920 Speaker 1: that is by reading what's in front of us. Projects 325 00:20:12,920 --> 00:20:16,040 Speaker 1: twenty twenty five been written Heritage Foundation been on this 326 00:20:16,200 --> 00:20:19,320 Speaker 1: for years and years and years. Go and look when 327 00:20:19,320 --> 00:20:22,080 Speaker 1: you see the Koch Brothers Americans for Prosperity, and we 328 00:20:22,119 --> 00:20:26,480 Speaker 1: hear about fiscal conservativism, conservatism, that is what it is. 329 00:20:26,520 --> 00:20:29,679 Speaker 1: It is about finding ways to cut corners so that 330 00:20:29,720 --> 00:20:33,080 Speaker 1: they can ensure the rich keep their tax cuts right. 331 00:20:33,720 --> 00:20:36,520 Speaker 1: They don't ever have the money to increase minimum wage. 332 00:20:36,720 --> 00:20:39,560 Speaker 1: They don't ever have the money to ensure that kids 333 00:20:39,560 --> 00:20:42,520 Speaker 1: can have summer jobs. They don't ever have the money 334 00:20:42,520 --> 00:20:45,040 Speaker 1: to ensure that centers of excellence are fully funded, or 335 00:20:45,160 --> 00:20:51,680 Speaker 1: HBCUs and Hispanic serving institutions, the institutions, tribal colleges ever 336 00:20:51,800 --> 00:20:54,320 Speaker 1: have the money that they deserve. But they can always 337 00:20:54,320 --> 00:20:58,879 Speaker 1: find that dollar for war and for tax cuts. And 338 00:20:58,920 --> 00:21:01,320 Speaker 1: that's what we're up against right now. So I implore 339 00:21:01,359 --> 00:21:04,399 Speaker 1: you to read Project twenty twenty five. I implore you 340 00:21:04,440 --> 00:21:07,280 Speaker 1: to pay attention to these memos. Don't just take and 341 00:21:07,320 --> 00:21:09,800 Speaker 1: the executive orders and actions that are coming out. Don't 342 00:21:09,840 --> 00:21:12,199 Speaker 1: just take my word for it, read it yourself. In 343 00:21:12,240 --> 00:21:16,600 Speaker 1: the last paragraph of this memo, it talks about agencies 344 00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:21,560 Speaker 1: having a responsibility to look into each financial assistance program 345 00:21:21,600 --> 00:21:26,280 Speaker 1: in these three ways assign responsibility and oversight to a 346 00:21:26,359 --> 00:21:29,399 Speaker 1: senior political appointee. Again, we know that that means that 347 00:21:29,440 --> 00:21:32,600 Speaker 1: person thinks like Donald Trump. They are so concerned about 348 00:21:32,640 --> 00:21:36,080 Speaker 1: career employees federal government employees that they haven't found you 349 00:21:36,119 --> 00:21:39,000 Speaker 1: at yet. I implore you to stay and make sure 350 00:21:39,040 --> 00:21:42,719 Speaker 1: that you are serving the people as you know it 351 00:21:42,800 --> 00:21:45,080 Speaker 1: is your obligation to do. You might not have had 352 00:21:45,080 --> 00:21:47,280 Speaker 1: to take an oath, but we have to make sure 353 00:21:47,320 --> 00:21:49,080 Speaker 1: that we keep people in place who will tell the 354 00:21:49,119 --> 00:21:53,359 Speaker 1: truth about what this administration is doing. We need whistleblowers 355 00:21:53,400 --> 00:21:56,240 Speaker 1: to talk about everything that is happening so that we 356 00:21:56,359 --> 00:21:59,679 Speaker 1: can better prepare. The second thing it says is review 357 00:21:59,760 --> 00:22:05,040 Speaker 1: current pending fund currently pending federal financial assistance announcements to 358 00:22:05,240 --> 00:22:10,160 Speaker 1: ensure administration priorities are adjusted, addressed, and subject to program 359 00:22:10,280 --> 00:22:17,080 Speaker 1: statutory authority. Modify announcements, withdraw any announcements already published, and, 360 00:22:17,160 --> 00:22:22,400 Speaker 1: to the extent permissible by law, cancel awards already awarded 361 00:22:22,520 --> 00:22:26,359 Speaker 1: if they are in conflict with this administration's priorities. Now, 362 00:22:26,720 --> 00:22:29,679 Speaker 1: that may not be legal, but it first has to 363 00:22:29,720 --> 00:22:32,520 Speaker 1: be challenged. So right now, what this says is the 364 00:22:32,600 --> 00:22:35,919 Speaker 1: law of the land until it is challenged, and until 365 00:22:36,240 --> 00:22:40,600 Speaker 1: a federal court agrees with the more reasonable minds among us. 366 00:22:40,600 --> 00:22:45,320 Speaker 1: And last, it says, ensure adequate oversight of federal financial 367 00:22:45,359 --> 00:22:53,080 Speaker 1: assistance programs, initiate investigations when warranted, to identify underperforming recipients, 368 00:22:53,560 --> 00:22:58,440 Speaker 1: and address identified issues, up to and including cancellation of awards. Y'all. 369 00:22:58,440 --> 00:23:01,479 Speaker 1: They put us on notice. They put us on notice 370 00:23:01,520 --> 00:23:06,240 Speaker 1: that as a five PM today, everything that the federal 371 00:23:06,280 --> 00:23:14,960 Speaker 1: government funds that is under these very you know, ridiculous buckets, 372 00:23:15,400 --> 00:23:19,600 Speaker 1: you know wokeness and the words that they used to 373 00:23:19,920 --> 00:23:24,879 Speaker 1: make the American people afraid, transgenderism, Marxist equity, everything that 374 00:23:24,920 --> 00:23:28,679 Speaker 1: they can squeeze into these buckets they will, and that 375 00:23:28,800 --> 00:23:34,880 Speaker 1: is to create more funding capacity for the rich. So yeah, 376 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:37,000 Speaker 1: people are asking about what the course can do. Yes, 377 00:23:37,080 --> 00:23:40,760 Speaker 1: this has to be challenged in court. And for the 378 00:23:40,760 --> 00:23:43,200 Speaker 1: person that said it's just an audit, it is far 379 00:23:43,280 --> 00:23:48,320 Speaker 1: more than an audit, my friend. These programs are being frozen. 380 00:23:48,960 --> 00:23:51,560 Speaker 1: The funds are not going to go out. They say 381 00:23:51,680 --> 00:23:55,520 Speaker 1: in here that they are trying to find if any 382 00:23:55,560 --> 00:24:01,160 Speaker 1: programs that fit in those buckets that I've named theness, 383 00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:06,240 Speaker 1: Marxist equity, transgenderism, Green New Deal, all of those are 384 00:24:06,320 --> 00:24:10,879 Speaker 1: subject to cancelation. Why because they don't fit in with 385 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:15,040 Speaker 1: the current administration's priorities. That is what That is the 386 00:24:15,160 --> 00:24:18,840 Speaker 1: language and the framework that they will use to cancel 387 00:24:18,960 --> 00:24:21,439 Speaker 1: the programs. So for those of you who work in 388 00:24:21,440 --> 00:24:25,040 Speaker 1: the federal government, for those of you who have federal funding, 389 00:24:25,720 --> 00:24:29,280 Speaker 1: I am suggesting that you figure out a way to 390 00:24:29,520 --> 00:24:33,959 Speaker 1: ensure that your programs do not fall within that framework. 391 00:24:34,680 --> 00:24:39,399 Speaker 1: So if you are advancing opportunities for the underserved, you 392 00:24:39,480 --> 00:24:43,240 Speaker 1: better find some new language. If you are ensuring that 393 00:24:44,240 --> 00:24:47,280 Speaker 1: the climate is safe and that climate change doesn't completely 394 00:24:47,280 --> 00:24:50,200 Speaker 1: take us out, you better find some new language. These 395 00:24:50,200 --> 00:24:52,080 Speaker 1: people ain't come to play, and they told us what 396 00:24:52,119 --> 00:24:53,720 Speaker 1: they were going to do in a whole nine hundred 397 00:24:53,760 --> 00:24:55,960 Speaker 1: and twenty two page manual, So we got to get 398 00:24:55,960 --> 00:24:59,840 Speaker 1: on it. Well, I've been on for twenty five minutes. 399 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:03,040 Speaker 1: I went on pretty quickly, and that doesn't leave me 400 00:25:03,080 --> 00:25:05,040 Speaker 1: any time to go through these executive orders. What I 401 00:25:05,080 --> 00:25:08,000 Speaker 1: would urge you to do is make sure that you subscribe. 402 00:25:08,400 --> 00:25:12,080 Speaker 1: This content will be just for subscribers soon, and then 403 00:25:12,119 --> 00:25:14,560 Speaker 1: if you don't follow us on social media, make sure 404 00:25:14,600 --> 00:25:20,680 Speaker 1: you do at Native Land Pod. 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