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The Ben Ferguson Podcast

Labeling the Muslim Brotherhood, AI needs a Soft Touch plus Cruz Calls Out Carlson & Qatar Week In Review

The Ben Ferguson Podcast

iHeartPodcasts

News, Politics, News Commentary

4.8 • 5.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

  • Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Debate

    • Senator Ted Cruz discusses his decade-long effort to have the Muslim Brotherhood designated as a terrorist organization.
    • Explains legislative strategy shift from a “top-down” global designation to a “bottom-up” affiliate-first approach.
    • Mentions bipartisan support, Trump administration’s executive order, and resistance from State Department officials.

  • AI Regulation and U.S.–China Tech Race

    • AI is the “single most important economic battle” of the 21st century.
    • the AI race is akin to the 1990s Internet revolution, arguing for light-touch regulation to keep America competitive.
    • Trump’s executive order centralizing AI regulatory approvals to prevent fragmented state-level rules.
    • Emphasizes national security implications if China dominates AI development.

  • Foreign Influence and Qatar Controversy

    • Qatar is lobbying U.S. officials, funding anti-American and anti-Semitic propaganda, and hosting Hamas leadership.
    • Concerns have been raised about conservative influencers (including Tucker Carlson) attending Qatar-sponsored events and allegedly promoting propaganda.
    • We list eight tough questions Carlson “should have asked” during his interview with Qatar’s Prime Minister but did not.
    • Carlson is giving “softball interviews” to adversarial leaders (Qatar, Iran, Putin) and undermining U.S. interests.

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0:00.0

This is an I-Heart podcast.

0:02.6

Guaranteed Human.

0:04.3

Welcome, it is Verdict with Ted Cruz.

0:06.3

We can review Ben Ferguson with you, and these are the stories that you may have missed

0:09.8

that we talked about this week.

0:11.4

First up, an ongoing battle to designate the Muslim Brotherhood of terrorist organization.

0:16.8

And it's time for you to step up and call your congressman and your senator.

0:21.4

We'll explain how important this is in just a moment.

0:24.2

Also, AI executive order signed by the president is going to excel AI business in America.

0:31.8

Why is it so important that we beat China on this?

0:34.4

And it deals in national security, we'll explain that as well.

0:37.4

And also, in a very

0:39.0

odd move, a guy by the name of Tucker Carlson decides to go to Qatar, suck up to the country,

0:44.8

and buy a house. It's the weekend review, and it starts right now. All right, finally, Senator,

0:50.9

I love doing this show because we get to bring attention and actually get our listeners involved.

0:56.1

The next subject we're going to be talking about is one where I would say to everyone listening, this is when you say, I'm going to take a moment, I'm going to send an email, I'm going to call my senator, I'm going to call my congressman.

1:07.6

This is something you've been working on.

1:09.9

We've been talking about a lot. And it deals

1:12.8

with the Muslim Brotherhood bill. And I want you to give this update. It's important. And a lot of

1:18.7

people that listen to work, they say, hey, what can I do? How can my voice be heard? This is a perfect

1:23.4

example of where your phone call can make a big difference. Absolutely. So look, the Muslim Brotherhood is a terrorist organization. It is one of the

1:32.3

most dangerous terrorist organizations on the planet. I have been fighting for literally

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