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Hello, everybody. I'm John Fawcett with this Great America Show Midday Update for Thursday, October 2nd.

Happy Thursday, folks. If you're wondering, the government is still shut down and that's because

the Democrats, Chuck Schumer, Hakeem,y's deciding to still play politics, deciding to still play politics

with the American people's money. What they don't realize is the only people they're hurting

is innocent, hardworking Americans and not Donald Trump. ISIS is still working.

Airports are still open.

The only people they're hurting is our members of the military and various people around the government who won't be getting paid.

But they don't care because it's all about the optics for them, right?

President Trump announcing this afternoon that he would meet with Russ Vote, the OMB director,

and what they call the Project 2025 architect to discuss which federal

agencies may face reductions as the government shutdown continues. Now, President Trump,

implementing broad reductions to the federal bureaucracy during the Democrat-led government

shutdown. Early this weekend, Russ Boat announced the cancellation of

nearly $8 billion in federal green energy projects targeting initiatives in blue and blue-leading

states, such as California, Colorado, Illinois, and New York. The administration also confirmed

that $18 billion in infrastructure projects in New York, including the Hudson Tunnel Project

and the 2nd Avenue subway, would be placed on hold after a review of the contracting practices.

Vote has played a central role in reshape in federal operations in August, Secretary of State

and Acting National Security Advisor, Marker Rubio, appointed him to oversee the close out

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