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The LOOPcast

Two Weeks of Trump, USAID on BLAST, and DOGE Dodges Red Tape Like a Pro

The LOOPcast

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4.7748 Ratings

🗓️ 7 February 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Let’s take a breath – and look at the AMAZING things Trump has been up to! Mercer’s back and comes out swinging on USAID. We talk anti-Christian discrimination, the return of girl’s sports, and book recs for all ages! All this and more on the LOOPcast!

 

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AMAZING DOGE Article!

USAID = Big Brother???

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Erika’s book rec

Josh’s book rec

Tom’s book rec

 


00:00 – Welcome back to the LOOPcast!

02:08 – Two Weeks of Trump

11:45 – DOGE

16:09 – Times cover 

20:40 – USAID Truman Show

41:05 – Precedent set

44:48 – Mailbag

46:05 – Twilight Zone



Transcript

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0:00.0

And we're live.

0:01.2

Welcome back to the Loopcast.

0:02.7

Warm welcome to everyone in the chat.

0:03.9

Today, joined by Erica and Josh.

0:06.3

And, you know, in the green room behind, Josh's first comments on first episode back, last episode, just okay.

0:14.1

What were we lacking, Josh?

0:16.0

I mean, I don't know.

0:17.0

I think you're still recovering from your, you know, death coronavirus or whatever

0:22.3

heck you had. Say it like norovirus or whatever. Norovir, yeah. It was a stomach bug.

0:26.7

Something that, you know, I'm like, come on, man. Just because I had to go leave 11 degrees in

0:33.5

Northern Michigan to fly down to Southwest Florida for meetings. Although I do have to admit, in between the meetings, I made a quick little jaunt for 15 minutes

0:46.0

and dipped my toes into the Gulf of America.

0:49.4

So that was going to do.

0:50.5

I'm actually mad you made that joke because I was going to make that joke and you got

0:54.7

to make that joke before I ever got to say Gulf of America, which sounds fantastic. It's a beautiful

0:59.2

thing. To think that I attended college in Naples and the entire time I was just swimming in the

1:04.4

Gulf of Mexico when I could have been swimming in the Gulf of America makes me a little sad now.

1:09.5

You're headed back. You're going to be there, Pogo.

1:11.6

I hope so.

1:12.6

I hope we'll make it down there.

1:14.5

We'll see.

1:15.6

But Josh, we're happy to have you back.

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