Bonus Pod: Trump Pushes for Keystone Pipeline & Backs Elon's Email to Government Workers
Verdict with Ted Cruz
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🗓️ 25 February 2025
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
1. Directive to Federal Employees
- Elon Musk sent an email to all federal employees asking them to submit a list of five accomplishments from the previous week by Monday night.
- Non-responses would be considered resignations, leading to confusion and resistance across various federal agencies.
2. Purpose and Reactions
- The directive aimed to identify employees who were actually working and eliminate those who were not.
- Some agency heads instructed their employees to ignore the email, waiting for further guidance.
- Musk's tweet reiterated that failure to respond would be taken as a resignation.
3. Public and Media Response
- The directive was seen as a way to streamline government operations and reduce inefficiency.
- A Harvard Harris poll indicated strong public support for Trump's administration and its policies, including the efforts of DOGE.
4. Keystone XL Pipeline
- We also discuss Trump's ongoing efforts to revive the Keystone XL pipeline project, which was halted by President Biden.
- Trump emphasized the importance of energy independence and criticized the Democrats for opposing the project.
5. UN Resolution on Ukraine
- We cover the United States' vote against a Europe-led resolution at the United Nations to condemn Russia for the invasion of Ukraine.
- Secretary of State Marco Rubio explained that the vote aimed to encourage peace talks rather than antagonize either side.
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| 0:00.0 | Are we paying other people that aren't working? And, you know, where's all that? Where's the money going? |
| 0:06.2 | We have found hundreds of billions of dollars of fraud so far. And we've just started. We're actually going to Fort Knox to see if the gold is there. |
| 0:13.9 | Because maybe somebody sold the gold. Tons of gold. |
| 0:16.9 | You're listening to the 47 morning update with Ben Ferguson. |
| 0:20.9 | Good Tuesday morning. It's Ben Ferguson with you. It's nice to have you on the 47 morning update. |
| 0:25.6 | And here are the big stories we're talking about today. First up, Donald Trump not taking the bait from the media. |
| 0:31.7 | Backing Elon Musk's email to government employees, ask him, what did you do in the last week at work? |
| 0:37.9 | I'll have the details on that in a moment. |
| 0:39.8 | Also, you may remember the Keystone Pipeline. |
| 0:42.4 | Democrats did everything they could do to shut it down, and it cost countless people |
| 0:47.1 | their jobs in this country. |
| 0:48.7 | Well, now Donald Trump has a plan to bring the Keystone Pipeline back. |
| 0:52.5 | And finally, Marco Rubio says, enough already, ripping the United Nations and many of the |
| 0:58.9 | warhawks that are obsessed with keeping the war going between Russia and Ukraine. |
| 1:03.3 | It's the 47 morning update, and it starts right now. |
| 1:06.5 | Story number one. |
| 1:07.7 | On Saturday, Elon Musk, who was appointed by President Donald Trump to lead the Department of Government |
| 1:12.9 | Efficiency, known as Doge, issued an email to all federal employees with a subject line, |
| 1:19.8 | What did you do last week? Now, the email requested that employees submit a list of five |
| 1:25.0 | accomplishments from the previous week by 11.59 p.m. on Monday night. |
| 1:30.9 | Must stated that non-responses would be considered resignations. This directive led to, quote, |
| 1:38.5 | widespread confusion, the media states, and resistance across various federal agencies, trying to find a crack |
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