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DATE: MONDAY, 03.17.25
LAST UPDATE: 06:18 PM ET
PREPARED BY: CB, RR, JB, SK, BM

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We have the following scheduled for today's program:

TOP OF HOUR 2
GUEST: Spencer Klavan
TOPIC: Klavan: “Be rude to Grok.”

TOP OF HOUR 3
GUEST: Steve Baker
TOPIC: Blaze News EXCLUSIVE: Nancy Pelosi had a "fixer" at the Capitol on January 6?!

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Here are some highlights from this day on previous shows:

March 17, 2010 - Using the Slaughter rule to pass health care… Chuck Schumer audio… Kansas City Star’s moronic snooping… St. Patty’s Day… Homeland Security… FBI at last night’s Insider Extreme broadcast… Al Gore working with Hollywood?...

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Trump / DOGE...

Trump ties for highest approval he’s ever had — as more Americans say US is on right track than any time in 20 years: Poll
Trump’s approval rating reaches 47%, the highest approval rating he’s ever had in an NBC poll, while 44% say the U.S. is on the right track — the most positive outlook since 2004 and a drastic turnaround from last September when the number was 28%.

Trump signs spending bill to keep government funded through end of fiscal year
“Congratulations to Chuck Schumer for doing the right thing — Took ‘guts’ and courage!” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post. “The big Tax Cuts, L.A. fire fix, Debt Ceiling Bill, and so much more, is coming,” he added.

Trump guts government-funded media outlets
The Trump administration on Saturday ordered nearly all 1,300 employees of Voice of America to be placed on leave. It also terminated funding for its sister broadcasters such as Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Free Asia, and Middle East Broadcasting Networks.

Pentagon killing think tank linked to Crossfire Hurricane
Hegseth has ordered the closure of the Office of Net Assessment, a Cold War-era Pentagon think tank, which has wasted millions on useless studies — including one speculating on Putin’s Asperger’s. Senator Chuck Grassley praised the move, which will save taxpayers $20 million annually.

Trump Administration Slashes Millions More in Grants to Columbia
The Trump administration on Friday slashed additional grants to Columbia University totaling approximately $30 million, the Washington Free Beacon has learned.

Musk exposes Obama’s past push for government cuts, says it sounds just like DOGE
A resurfaced 2011 clip shows Obama announcing a plan to eliminate government waste, saying, “No amount of waste is acceptable, especially when it’s your money.” He pledged to slash billions in spending, including to eliminate leases on “thousands of buildings across the country that no one uses.”

News...

Tornadoes, wildfires, and blinding dust sweep across the US as a massive storm leaves at least 35 dead
The dynamic storm from Friday through Sunday earned an unusual “high risk” designation from weather forecasters. Still, experts said it’s not unusual to see such weather extremes in March.

Hear the death threats Republican senator received about Trump
Voicemails shared by Tillis' team, which were filled with profanity and fueled by discontent with Trump, reveal a frightening new reality. The senator's senior adviser, Daniel Keylin, said "the volume of threats and harassment directed at members of Congress and their staff is the new normal."

AG Bondi targets Tesla vandals — vows to expose bankrollers of destruction
"When we say we're ending the weaponization, we're ending it. People will be held accountable," Bondi stated.

Grassley, Johnson, drop records revealing FBI obtained cell phones of Trump, Pence
The revelation was unveiled in legally protected whistleblower disclosures from Grassley and Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Chairman Ron Johnson and was part of the FBI's Arctic Frost investigation.

FBI investigating rise in ‘swatting’ incidents against conservative media figures
“This isn’t about politics — weaponizing law enforcement against ANY American is not only morally reprehensible but also endangers lives, including those of our officers. That will not be tolerated,” FBI Director Kash Patel wrote on X.

US anti-Semitism task force to meet leadership of four major cities
The Federal Task Force to Combat Antisemitism is meeting with the mayors of New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Boston over rising anti-Semitic incidents in local schools and to see if federal intervention is needed.

While Hunter Biden vacations in South Africa, a brave whistleblower rots in a Cyprus jail
Gal Luft, the Israeli-American professor who told the FBI in 2019 that Hunter and his uncle Jim Biden were paid millions by a Chinese company while Joe Biden was VP, has been in a bleak Cypriot jail for six months awaiting extradition.

California officials hunt for man who decapitated sea lion, fled on e-bike
Authorities are searching for a suspect who allegedly sawed off a sea lion’s head at a Sonoma County park and rode away with it in a plastic bag.

Politics...

CNN Poll: Democratic Party’s favorability drops to a record low
According to the poll, Democrats aren't doing enough to oppose Trump and that is leading to the record low favorability rating.

Democratic insiders complain Kamala Harris is ‘MIA’ after election
“The person you just spent $2 billion on trying to elect? I’m glad she’s having a good time going to a musical, and being repped by CAA,” said the insider, but “this whole strategy of ‘do not do anything, or say anything,’ that’s not the kind of leadership the world needs right now.”

Kamala ‘Miss Me Yet?’ merch flops in DC
Benny Johnson spotted Kamala Harris-themed "Miss Me Yet?" shirts at a D.C. airport — but according to the sales clerk, not a single one has been sold.

GOP pushes budget reconciliation with major tax cuts and spending reductions
Congress is moving forward with a budget reconciliation bill that could include between $5 trillion and $11 trillion in tax cuts over 10 years, offset by spending cuts to bring the budget back to pre-pandemic levels.

Former Biden aide claims top staffer abused autopen as president's cognitive abilities deteriorated
The Trump administration is limiting the use of the autopen in the Oval Office, as another report claimed abuse of the instrument during the Biden administration.

Sinema takes revenge on Democrats over filibuster hypocrisy
Former Sen. Kyrsten Sinema slammed Democrats like AOC and Ro Khanna for demanding a filibuster to block Trump’s spending bill — after previously calling the rule a "Jim Crow relic" and voting to eliminate it.

Economy...

Egg prices plummet as demand ‘sharply’ falls
The average price for a dozen eggs has dipped down to $4.15, down from over $8 a couple of weeks ago.

Goldman lowers oil price views on slower demand growth, higher OPEC+ supply
The bank expects Brent at $71 per barrel in December, down $5 from its previous forecast, and sees WTI at $67.

Credit card use drops in DC — DOGE could be to blame, says Bank of America
Bank of America found that discretionary spending was down 0.5% in D.C. in February year-over-year. Other East Coast cities like Boston, NYC, Philadelphia, and Baltimore posted positive growth, suggesting D.C. is an outlier.

Immigration...

Court attempts to halt Trump illegal gang members being deported, El Salvador president says 'too late'
An activist federal judge blocked the Trump administration from deporting Venezuelan gang members under the Enemy Aliens Act, but the ruling came too late — El Salvador had already taken in nearly 300 Tren de Aragua and MS-13 criminals.

El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele confirms country received Venezuelan gang members from US
"Today, the first 238 members of the Venezuelan criminal organization, Tren de Aragua, arrived in our country. They were immediately transferred to CECOT, the Terrorism Confinement Center. ... The United States will pay a very low fee for them, but a high one for us."

Rubio Rips Censorship Advocates For Saying Pro-Terrorist Foreigners Have First Amendment Rights
“If you are in this country to promote Hamas, to promote terrorist organizations, to participate in vandalism, to participate in acts of rebellion and riots on campus, we never would have let you in if we had known that, and now that we know it, you’re going to leave.”

COVID...

Still searching for COVID-19 origins 5 years after ‘Proximal Origin’ paper tried to end debate
Five years ago, the Proximal Origin paper dismissed the Wuhan lab leak theory, shaping public perception of COVID-19’s origins. Emails now reveal Dr. Anthony Fauci “prompted” the article, which helped suppress debate despite scientists privately admitting a lab escape was “highly likely.”

NY Times Opinion: We Were Badly Misled About the Event That Changed Our Lives
Since scientists began playing around with dangerous pathogens in laboratories, the world has experienced four or five pandemics, depending on how you count.

UK minister buried MI6 lab leak intel to protect China and research funding
A MI6 dossier given to Boris Johnson in March 2020 claimed COVID-19 "beyond reasonable doubt" leaked from a Wuhan lab, but Lord Vallance, the Government's chief scientific adviser at the time, allegedly shut it down to avoid angering China and risking research funds.

Bernie Sanders, AOC mocked after telling supporters to mask up for West Coast town halls
Five years after the COVID-19 pandemic, Fox News Digital can confirm that the RSVP for the events in Denver and Las Vegas includes guidance that “masks are advised for all attendees of this event.”

WAR News...

US vows to keep hitting Houthis until shipping attacks stop
One U.S. official told Reuters the campaign might continue for weeks.

Iran distances itself from Houthis as its terror proxy network falters
Tehran insists the Houthis act independently as US airstrikes intensify — what does this mean for Iran’s proxy network?

Hegseth Warns Iran: Halt Pursuit Of Nuclear Weapons Or Face Consequences
“Iran is in a very weakened state. Hezbollah ... Hamas, you look at what happened in Syria with the collapse of that regime, which was a client state of Iran, and ultimately they, a lot of their insurgent groups in Iraq, have pulled back as well.”

Israel...

BBC accused of ‘jaw-dropping propaganda’ for Hamas with Israeli hostages video
The BBC was forced to edit a report that described Hamas’ hostage unit as “guarding” Israeli captives and claimed hostages “thanked” their captors for good treatment, while omitting Hamas’ documented torture, starvation, and executions.

Smugglers using drones to sneak lion cubs and monkeys into Israel
Officers locate two more monkeys as they probe wildlife trafficking ring suspected of using heavy-duty drones to fly animals across border from Egypt, Jordan.

Canada...

CBC: Canada now understands Trump’s tariff strategy after trade talks
Canadian officials say they now grasp why Trump is imposing tariffs globally: They are a key part of his plan to cut the U.S. deficit while keeping taxes low and attracting investment. The tariffs will hit all countries on April 2, but nations that cooperate with the U.S. will have a chance to adjust them.

‘Smash the tariffs’: Rage room in Halifax offers framed Trump photos
The rage rooms provide a safe space for people to release pent-up energy by breaking electronics and household items. The move stems from the countrywide surge of frustration from Trump’s tariff threats and comments about making Canada the 51st state.

Ontario city removing American flags from facilities, adding giant maple leaves
Mayor Carolyn Parrish announced the move in a social media post on Saturday, saying it had come “at the request of many.”

Europe...

Britain inches closer to embracing Europe’s right-wing trend with Farage’s Reform UK
Nigel Farage’s Reform UK Party, aiming to replace the Conservatives as the dominant right-wing force in Britain, is surging in polls ahead of the May 1 local elections, where voters will decide over 1,500 council seats, six mayoralties, and eight unitary authorities.

New poll reveals Labour is the ‘anti-fun’ party that loves to ban things people enjoy
The upcoming ban on disposable vapes and smoking for those born after 2008 is pinned as a key driver of this resentment, with Sir Keir’s government being accused of interfering too much in the lives of Britons.

‘Zionists are not welcome in Ireland’: Israeli man spat on in Dublin restaurant
Pro-Palestinian accounts later tried to share the Israeli man's whereabouts.

Muslim trio locked up for assault, abduction of Jewish-Israeli man in Wales
The attackers — one of whom wrote, "All three of us have complete 100% faith in Allah so we can't fail" — planned to extort the victim, who they believed to be wealthy because he was Jewish.

Entertainment...

Gal Gadot and Rachel Zegler ‘are not friends,’ clash over politics as Disney’s ‘Snow White’ disaster continues
Tensions between Zegler and Gadot reportedly stem from their stark political differences, particularly regarding the Israel-Palestine conflict. Zegler is a typical Hollywood pro-Hamas leftist, while Gadot is an Israeli army veteran and defends her home country.

Gene Hackman’s kids not mentioned in his will — here’s what could happen to his $80M fortune
The documents allegedly show a provision stating that if they died within 90 days of each other, aka a simultaneous death, all of Arakawa’s assets would go to charity.

Media...

Politico: A Congresswoman with Dementia Stopped Coming to Work. The DC Press Corps Never Noticed.
Despite a press corps of over 2,000 reporters, no one in Washington noticed that Republican Rep. Kay Granger had vanished from public life for months — until a small conservative Texas outlet uncovered that she had been living in an assisted-living facility due to dementia.

MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell says covering Trump has 'exhausted' him, will take a break from show
Aww, is wittle Lawrence all tuckered out? Covering Orange Man too hard? Maybe a juice box and a nap will help.

LGBTQIA2S+...

Trans Tesla vandal — who allegedly threw Molotov cocktails at cars — lives with mom and calls himself ‘baby’
A 42-year-old man, who claims he's actually a woman and allegedly threw Molotov cocktails at vehicles and spray-painted “Nazi cars” at a Colorado Tesla dealership, lives with his mother due to “emotional problems” and calls himself “baby” online.

FDA cracks down on popular gay party drug ‘poppers’
Poppers, made of alkyl nitrates, have operated in a legal gray area for decades — masquerading as cleaning solvents and nail polish remover — but the inhalants have now seemingly fallen under scrutiny.

Technology...

OpenAI urges Trump administration to remove guardrails for the industry
OpenAI notably called out China’s “unfettered access to data,” calling the race for AI "effectively over" if fair use copyright laws are not applied in the U.S.

Facebook, Instagram, and Threads start testing Community Notes this week
Meta revealed that it’s adopting X’s approach to Community Notes, allowing contributors to write and rate notes, which “won’t be published unless contributors with a range of viewpoints broadly agree on them.” It’s also using X’s open-source algorithm for its rating system.

Science...

SpaceX to send Starship to Mars next year, Elon Musk confirms
Elon Musk has confirmed that SpaceX’s Starship will head to Mars at the end of 2026. The ship will be carrying Optimus, Tesla’s humanoid robot. The tech billionaire said that if all goes well, humans could be on the red planet by 2029, although he admitted that 2031 is more likely.

SpaceX completes 400th Falcon booster landing
A Falcon 9 first stage returned to Vandenberg Space Force Base early Saturday, marking the 400th successful booster landing for SpaceX.

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