Biden Spied On 20% of GOP Senators, IMPEACH Judge Boasberg, Dems Losing Shutdown & Bill Gates Flips on Climate Change

The Ben Ferguson Podcast

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🗓️ 31 October 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

1. Allegations of Government Surveillance ("Arctic Frost")

Senator Cruz claims the Biden administration, via Special Counsel Jack Smith and Judge James Boasberg, conducted surveillance on nine Republican Senators (20% of the GOP in the Senate).
The operation allegedly involved 197 subpoenas targeting over 430 Republican individuals and entities, including Turning Point USA and the Republican Attorneys General Association.
Cruz asserts that his own phone records were subpoenaed, but AT&T refused to comply, citing constitutional protections.
He compares the operation to Watergate, calling it “Joe Biden’s Watergate,” and accuses Judge Boasberg of partisan abuse of power, calling for his impeachment.

2. Government Shutdown

The podcast talks about the ongoing government shutdown as the “Schumer shutdown”, blaming Democrats for refusing to fund essential services.
Cruz and Ferguson argue that Democrats are intentionally prolonging the shutdown to hurt Americans and blame Republicans, especially Donald Trump.
They claim Democrats are withholding food stamps, military pay, and other services to create public pressure.
Cruz emphasizes that Republicans have voted multiple times to reopen the government, but Democrats have blocked it.

3. Bill Gates’ Shift on Climate Change

The hosts discuss a reported shift in Bill Gates’ stance on climate change, quoting him as saying the “doomsday view of climate change is wrong.”
Gates allegedly suggests that while climate change is serious, it is not the most pressing global issue compared to poverty and disease.
Cruz uses this to criticize climate alarmism and the policies of the Democratic Party, arguing that radical climate policies have harmed the environment and economy.

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:05.4	Welcome. It is Vertiquist Center, Ted Cruz, Ben Ferguson with you. And it's so nice to have you
0:09.7	with us around the country, wherever you are listening on radio stations all over. And we have
0:14.8	got a lot to talk about it in today's show, including the fact that, uh, Senator, it wasn't just
0:19.9	enough that they wanted to spy on your cell phone records.
0:23.1	They decided, screw it.
0:24.5	We'll just tap, like, federal lines in your office.
0:27.6	The Biden administration has been caught spying on now nine U.S. senators, 20% of the Republicans in the Senate.
0:36.6	Jack Smith issued subpoenas to spy on and to get our cell phone
0:41.6	records. I was one of the nine. We now know also that Judge Boasberg, who is this left-wing
0:48.7	radical judge who keeps issuing national injunctions against President Trump signed at least an order to me,
0:55.5	concerning me, ordering AT&T not to tell me that that DOJ was trying to get my phone records
1:04.6	because the judge concluded with zero basis that I was likely to destroy evidence and to tamper with witnesses. It is an absolute
1:14.5	disgrace. We're going to break it down. We're going to talk about the accountability that needs to
1:19.3	flow from this. We're also going to talk about the shutdown that keeps on going and going and going
1:25.7	day 31 in the Schumer shutdown with no end in sight.
1:30.3	We're going to talk about where the shutdown stands.
1:32.8	And finally, an extraordinary story.
1:35.1	Bill Gates reverses his position on climate change.
1:38.5	He's been telling the world, we're all going to die.
1:41.3	Now he's saying, never mind, it's all going to be fine.
1:44.2	All of that we've got on today's pod.
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