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The Great America Show

Mid-Day Update: January 22, 2025

The Great America Show

Fawcett Strategies

News Commentary, News, Politics

4.71.8K Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2025

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Promises made, promises kept. The Great America Show's John Fawcett breaks down today's top stories.

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0:00.0

Hello, everybody. I'm John Fawcett with this Great America Show Midday Update for Wednesday, January 22nd.

0:05.9

Promise is made, promises kept. That's going to be the new lingo, the new terminology, the new mantra for this new year with President Trump back in the Oval Office.

0:18.9

President Trump has signed a memorandum today, placing

0:21.4

all federal diversity, equity, and inclusion DEI employees on administrative leave pending the

0:28.1

termination of these programs under Trump's quote, ending radical and wasteful government DEI programs

0:34.1

and preferencing and initial rescindings of harmful executive orders and actions.

0:39.4

This is one of President Trump's latest executive orders.

0:42.9

The Gayway Repundit is reporting that this is more than 40 executive orders aimed at restoring

0:47.5

national sovereignty, economic prosperity, public safety, and racial equality, which Trump's

0:52.8

signal immediately would be happening upon

0:55.8

taking oath of office. President Trump this afternoon, letting it be known he's playing no games.

1:01.5

He's taking decisive action to reshape the Department of Homeland Security dismissing the heads

1:05.6

of the Transportation Security Administration, also known as the TSA, and the U.S. Coast Guards

1:10.1

before their terms are set to expire.

1:12.6

Additionally, Trump has eliminated all members of key aviation security advisory group.

1:17.2

Members of the Aviation Security Advisory Committee received a memo on Tuesday stating that DHS is eliminating the membership of all advisory committees.

1:25.6

Memos cited, quote, a commitment to eliminating misuse of resources and ensuring the DHS activities

1:30.8

prioritize our national security.

1:33.7

An internal memo dated January 20th from DHS acting secretary Benjamin Huffman, first obtained

1:38.7

by NPR, underscored the administration's resolve to overhaul the agencies, stating,

1:44.1

quote, in an alignment with the Department of Homeland Security's resolve to overhaul the agencies, stating, quote,

1:44.9

in an alignment with the Department of Homeland Security's commitment to eliminate the misuse of resources

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