Very Short Shutdown, Multi-Million-Dollar Detransitioner Lawsuit & Trump Pulls out of 66 UN Agencies
Verdict with Ted Cruz
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🗓️ 2 February 2026
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Summary
1. Short, Limited Government Shutdown
- Most federal agencies and benefits (Social Security, Medicare/Medicaid, food assistance, mail service, passports) are unaffected.
- The shutdown mainly impacts non‑essential services and is expected to last only a few days.
- Shutdowns are often politically exaggerated, and that even full shutdowns leave most government operations running.
2. Detransitioner Lawsuit as a Legal Turning Point
- A New York jury verdict awarded $2 million to a woman who underwent gender‑related breast removal surgery as a minor and later detransitioned.
- The case is presented as:
- The first successful malpractice/detransitioner lawsuit of its kind.
- A potential precedent that could encourage similar lawsuits nationwide.
- The argument is this:
- to Change medical and hospital behavior.
- Increase legal scrutiny of gender‑affirming care for minors.
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- Gender‑transition procedures for minors have become a profitable industry.
- Some hospitals and professionals allegedly prioritize financial incentives and ideology over long‑term patient welfare.
- The lawsuit can be a tool too:
- Hold professionals financially and legally accountable.
- Deter similar practices through litigation risk.
3. Trump’s Withdrawal from UN Agencies and Treaties
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- Withdrew the U.S. from 66 United Nations agencies, programs, and international commitments.
- Cut or refused funding to several UN bodies, contributing to a UN financial crisis.
- A move to reduce U.S. taxpayer spending.
- A rejection of what they characterize as ineffective or ideologically driven international programs.
- The UN is financially mismanaged and overly dependent on U.S. funding.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
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| 0:24.1 | Welcome, it is Verdict with Senator Ted Cruz, Ben Ferguson with you. It's nice to have you with us on this Monday morning. Senator, we've got a lot to talk about, including as we speak. We're in a partial government shutdown. We're going to cover what that actually means. Plus, we've got two other big stories as well. Well, that's right. We're going to explain what is happening with the shutdown, what's going to happen next, how long it's going to last. We're also going to talk about the fact that there was a landmark verdict for |
| 0:28.6 | the first time of an individual who transitioned, had a young woman who had both of her |
| 0:35.1 | breast removed in a transgender surgery, who then realized it was a catastrophic mistake, and she filed a lawsuit and ended up being awarded $2 million, the first ever verdict of its kind. |
| 0:46.5 | We're going to talk about the consequences of that as well. |
| 0:49.6 | And finally, we're going to talk about Donald Trump just this week pulled out of 66 different UN |
| 0:57.1 | committees withdrawing us from massive global entanglements. We're going to explain what that means |
| 1:02.9 | and why he did so. Yeah, it's going to be really interesting to hear that story. It's going to also |
| 1:08.0 | save Americans a lot of money. So let's start with the government shutdown and this is a partial government shutdown. The media is not playing this up with all the fearmongering they did with the last shutdown, partly because the Democrats didn't get what they wanted out of the last government shutdown. They thought it was going to help them significantly in the polls. That didn't really work out. So for Americans right now that |
| 1:28.5 | are waking up and they're like, all right, we've got a partial government shutdown. What does that |
| 1:31.8 | actually mean for them of what services could disappear? Are there going to be lines at the airport |
| 1:36.6 | and how long could this last? Well, listen, I think this is going to be very short-lived. It is a partial |
| 1:42.9 | government shutdown. Much of the government |
| 1:44.5 | is funded already. And the way a government shutdown operates is that any essential services are |
| 1:50.4 | funded regardless. And so what is temporarily shut down is what each cabinet agency deems a non-essential |
| 1:57.8 | service. I think at the end of the day, this is going to last a day or two at most. |
| 2:02.5 | So what happened last week is the Senate passed legislation funding the government, funding |
| 2:09.3 | the entirety of the government through the fiscal year except for the Department of Homeland Security. |
| 2:14.9 | The Department of Homeland Security, it funded a two-week continuing resolution. |
| 2:20.5 | That has gone to the House. |
| 2:21.6 | The House is back now. |
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