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The Ben Ferguson Podcast

Trump Declares War on Mail-In Ballots, Democrats in Decline & Ukraine War Nears Turning Point

The Ben Ferguson Podcast

iHeartPodcasts

Politics, News, News Commentary

4.94.7K Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2025

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

🗳️ Election Integrity and Voting Systems

  • The episode opens with Trump's campaign promise to investigate election integrity and eliminate mail-in ballots.
  • It discusses Trump's proposed executive order to ban mail-in ballots and electronic voting machines in federal elections.
  • The rationale given is to restore public confidence, citing alleged fraud and mismanagement.
  • Legal challenges are anticipated due to constitutional limits on presidential authority over state-run elections.

⚖️ Legal and Constitutional Debate

  • The commentary highlights the constitutional conflict between federal and state control over elections.
  • It references legal experts who argue the president lacks authority to dictate election methods to states.
  • Trump’s stance is framed as a deliberate challenge meant to provoke judicial review.

🔍 Criticism of Voting Machines

  • Both conservatives and liberals are described as skeptical of electronic voting machines.
  • Past issues like misreported totals and technical failures are cited.
  • Specific criticism from Democrats in Georgia regarding Dominion voting systems is mentioned.
  • The HBO documentary Kill Chain is referenced to support claims of vulnerability in voting technology.

📉 Democratic Party Challenges

  • Sources claims Democrats are losing voter registration battles in 30 states, with a 4.5 million swing toward Republicans.
  • It suggests Democrats are resorting to tactics like redistricting and potentially counting undocumented immigrants to regain ground.
  • The narrative portrays Democrats as out of touch with American voters and overly focused on opposing Trump.

🌍 Foreign Policy and Peace Talks

  • The latter part shifts to a meeting between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
  • Zelensky’s remarks are quoted, emphasizing security guarantees, humanitarian efforts, and prisoner exchanges.
  • Trump is portrayed as a key figure in potentially brokering peace between Ukraine and Russia.
  • The media and Democratic Party are accused of opposing Trump’s peace efforts for political reasons.

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0:00.0

This is an I-Heart podcast.

0:06.0

Well, the war really started over NATO and Crimea, and they wanted Crimea back.

0:12.0

That was given, not a shot fired by President Obama in perhaps the worst real estate deal I've ever seen.

0:19.0

There's been a couple of them.

0:20.0

I would say the Gaza Strip was a pretty bad, too, given by Israel so they'd have peace. So they gave away a big

0:26.0

percentage of their ocean front property in order to have peace. How did that work out? That's so good.

0:30.8

You're listening to the 47 morning update with Ben Ferguson. Good Saturday morning to you. Ben

0:36.1

Ferguson with you. And these are some of the

0:38.1

stories that you may have missed that we talked about this week on the 47 morning update. First up,

0:43.5

in a major move, President Trump is now pledging to end mail-in ballots and voting machines ahead of the

0:51.1

26 midterms through an executive order.

0:55.1

Will this hold up or is the president advocating for a fight in the court system to protect our elections on purpose?

1:02.3

I'll break that down as well.

1:04.0

Also, a new study is out saying it is a bloodbath for Democrats, losing registration race in all 30 states that track party affiliation.

1:15.0

In fact, 4.5 million voters have disappeared from the Democratic Party. What caused it? And was it

1:22.6

Donald Trump's leadership? And finally, Zelensky in his own words, are we actually closer to a peace agreement?

1:31.2

Well, I want you to hear what Zelensky had to say, and it is very different than the last meeting

1:36.5

that Zelensky had with Trump in the Oval Office. And there's a very good chance we could be

1:40.9

weeks away from a real peace agreement. But before I get to that, I want to talk

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