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The Ben Ferguson Podcast

SCOTUS Allows Trump's Transgender Military Ban, plus USAID Corruption & NPR Extremism

The Ben Ferguson Podcast

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Politics, News, News Commentary

4.94.7K Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

  1. Supreme Court Decision on Transgender Military Ban:

    • The Supreme Court allowed President Trump's ban on transgender individuals serving in the military to go into effect with a 6-3 decision. This policy bars individuals with gender dysphoria or those who have undergone gender transition from serving.
    • The decision was seen as a victory for Trump, emphasizing a focus on military readiness and cohesion over social experiments.
    • We emphasize that the military's primary role is to defend the country, not to serve as a platform for social issues.
  2. USAID Corruption:

    • The podcast discusses a case of corruption involving a USAID official who steered contracts to a friend in exchange for secret payments.
    • The official, Matthew Zahui, refused to allow auditors access to financial records, which raised suspicions. It was later discovered that he had directed contracts worth hundreds of thousands of dollars to a friend's company, which then made payments to his personal bank account.
    • We highlight the lack of accountability and the need for serious investigations and prosecutions in such cases.
  3. Defunding NPR:

    • The podcast supports President Trump's efforts to defund NPR (National Public Radio), arguing that it is a partisan propaganda outlet.
    • It provides examples of NPR's content that the authors find objectionable, such as stories on cannibalism, criticisms of the Declaration of Independence, and coverage of LGBTQ+ issues.
    • We also argue that taxpayer money should not fund media outlets that promote a radical agenda.

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0:00.0

You're listening to an IHeart podcast.

0:06.1

Welcome, it is verdict with Senator Ted Cruz, Ben Ferguson with you.

0:10.5

And Senator, there's a big win we get to start off today with for the President of the United States of America on one of his promises, which was to get DEI out of our military and actually go back to what they're

0:22.7

supposed to be doing, which is keeping us all safe. Well, that's exactly right. President Trump

0:27.7

started his administration by putting in place a ban on transgender service member serving

0:33.6

and immediately got sued. And the lawsuit, you had judges that ordered the ban not to go

0:41.9

in effect. It went to the Supreme Court, and the Supreme Court this week allowed the ban to go

0:46.8

into effect. Six-three, the Supreme Court said, yes, this ban could go into effect. That was a big

0:51.8

victory. On top of that, we've got an amazing story about a foreign aid official who refused to allow a Doge

1:00.9

officer to enter his agency to examine his financial records.

1:05.6

And actually, we've discovered a reason for this, which is that he steered illicit contracts to a friend who sent him

1:14.0

secret payments. It is a level of corruption that is shocking. We're going to explain that to you as

1:19.4

well. And finally, the president is going all in to defund NPR. NPR National Public Radio, it is long past time to defund NPR.

1:30.0

We're going to break down what the president is doing, and just how rabid and political and biased NPR is.

1:37.1

We're going to cover that as well.

1:39.0

Yeah, definitely. It's a really big story, and it's one that could save taxpayers an awful lot of money.

1:45.1

Hey, I want to tell you real quick about the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews and did you know just like here

1:49.9

in the U.S. Israel has their own Independence Day. In case you missed it, this year Israel's Independence

1:56.2

Day was a few days ago on May 1st. But for the people of Israel, freedom is nothing more than a daily

2:02.0

struggle just to survive. There's no real peace, only terror, no joy, and just suffering at the

2:08.4

moment. The Israeli government recognizes the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews

2:13.5

for ongoing help to make sure that the elderly, the sick, the wounded soldiers, and impoverished

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