Illegal Alien Arrested By ICE While Streaming Protest Learns Press Credentials Are Not Citizenship Papers
They want to make it about his work as a journalist, not his immigration status. But being in the U.S. illegally has consequences.They want to make it about his work as a journalist, not his immigration status. But being in the U.S. illegally has consequences.Congress to codify DOGE cuts while conservatives lead the charge
The House is set to vote on the first rescissions package on Thursday, which would codify $9.4 billion worth of spending cuts.
Although certain provisions have become controversial to Democrats and some moderate Republicans, conservatives in the House have championed the Department of Government Efficiency cuts. This specific package would cut $1.1 billion in foreign aid, including the U.S. Agency for International Development, and it would kneecap biased media platforms like PBS and NPR that have been publicly funded through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
While $9.4 billion is just a drop in the bucket, conservative lawmakers told Blaze News this is just the first step toward "restoring sanity to Washington's reckless spending culture."
Russell Vought, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, told Blaze News that he was confident the DOGE cuts will pass and indicated that he would send more to Capitol Hill if it proved to be an effective tool to rein in spending.
'This rescissions package is just the tip of the iceberg.'
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“H.R. 4 is a strong first step toward restoring sanity to Washington’s reckless spending culture,” Republican Rep. Ralph Norman of South Carolina told Blaze News. “It eliminates $9.4 billion in bloated foreign aid programs and taxpayer-funded liberal media like NPR and PBS. These are the kinds of cuts the American people expect from a Republican majority that promised fiscal responsibility.”
“The House Freedom Caucus fully supports this package and the broader effort to cut waste, fraud, and abuse in Washington," Norman added. "And this is just the start.”
The House first passed a rule Wednesday night in a 213-207 vote that allows it to proceed with the vote on the rescissions package Thursday. The rule also implemented changes to the "big, beautiful bill," which prompted a "no" vote from Republican Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky.
Despite this, Massie maintained that his opposition was to the changes to reconciliation and that he plans to vote in favor of the DOGE cuts.
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Massie has bucked his party on multiple key votes this Congress, but even he joined the House Freedom Caucus and other conservatives in backing the DOGE cuts.
"We have always known there is waste in government, and this rescissions package is just the tip of the iceberg,” Republican Rep. Marlin Stutzman of Indiana told Blaze News. “I stand with HFC in urging Speaker Johnson to get the cuts to the House floor, then to the president’s desk as quickly as possible. Americans do not want their tax dollars spent on woke programs overseas or at home and it is about time they got their money back!”
"The duty of Congress is to represent The People, and today the House Freedom Caucus will do exactly that — by voting in support of the rescissions package," Republican Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania told Blaze News. "This will codify the massively popular cuts in waste, fraud, and abuse rampant across the federal government, enacts my No Propaganda bill to defund NPR and PBS, and finally topples USAID — the golden goose of the globalist left. Let’s get this across the finish line once and for all.”
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White House works to send DOGE cuts package to Congress
Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images"Elon Musk and the entire DOGE team have done INCREDIBLE work exposing waste, fraud, and abuse across the federal government — from the insanity of USAID's spending to finding over 12 million people on Social Security who were over 120 years old," Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Wednesday.
"The House is eager and ready to act on DOGE’s findings so we can deliver even more cuts to big government that President Trump wants and the American people demand," Johnson added.
Some of these programs include a $3 million grant to fund Iraqi "Sesame Street" through USAID, as well as another $3 million for circumcisions, vasectomies, and condoms in Zambia and $5.1 million toward the "resilience of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and queer global movements" through the United States President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.
NPR and PBS also become a target of OMB's imminent rescission package because they have functionally served as left-wing outlets subsidized by taxpayers. NPR CEO Katherine Maher has previously referred to Trump as a "fascist" and a "deranged racist," while PBS has featured multiple programs glamorizing transgenderism, including one show about a trans-identifying man who "comes out to her old-school Ohio bowling league."
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The Trump administration's latest push for Congress to get moving on DOGE cuts comes after Elon Musk himself expressed disappointment with the "big, beautiful bill." Musk cited concerns over spending, saying it "undermines the work that the DOGE team is doing."
Republican lawmakers like Rep. Thomas Massie and Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky also seemed unimpressed by Congress so far. At the same time, BlazeTV host Matt Kibbe told Blaze News that there is still time to preserve the MAGA movement before the midterms.
"Losing Elon Musk and the DOGE wing of the Trump electoral coalition will be devastating to the GOP’s midterm prospects," Kibbe said. "But there’s still time."
"As Senator Rand Paul has been pointing out, all of the proposed DOGE cuts can be accomplished through expedited presidential rescission legislation, only requiring 51 votes in the Senate," Kibbe added. "Why not show us what savings can be accomplished before attempting to pass the 'big, beautiful bill,' which includes a $5 trillion increase in the debt limit and $350 billion in new spending?"
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NPR Is Under The Delusion It Has A Constitutional Right To Your Money
Despite NPR's claim that it 'ensures the integrity and high standards of its journalism through multiple, rigorous safeguards,' the outlet has a well-documented history of pushing a leftist agenda.Trump tosses NPR and PBS in the trash where they belong
Last week, President Trump signed an executive order defunding PBS and NPR. The move comes after the confirmation that several private media outlets were paid with government funds during the Biden administration and put out misinformation against President Donald Trump during his campaign.
Sara Gonzales says, “It couldn’t happen to a more deserving group of people.”
Leftists, of course, are pearl clutching, calling it “dictatorial” and “tyranny.” But their case falls flat when you consider that NPR “had a feature on a gay anteater couple for Valentine's Day” and argued that “being healthy is a form of discrimination.”
Or how about the fact that PBS argued that Joe Biden was cognitively “quite acute” even while he was misspeaking at every event and stumbling around cluelessly.
“Your tax dollars at work, ladies and gentlemen,” sighs Sara.
However, one of the most egregious examples of bias happened in 2020, when “NPR refused to cover the Hunter Biden laptop scandal,” claiming there were too many “red flags.” NPR media correspondent David Folkenflik even pushed the “it’s probably Russia” narrative.
NPR CEO Katherine Maher, despite admitting to Congress that the network failed to adequately cover the Hunter Biden laptop and COVID-19 origin stories, is now declaring war on the executive order.
“We will vigorously defend our right to provide essential news, information and life-saving services to the American public. We will challenge this Executive Order using all means available,” she said in a statement.
Maher’s claim to value free speech rights, however, is undermined by the fact that NPR suspended veteran editor Uri Berliner for publishing an article in which he argued that the network had “lost America’s trust” with its left-wing bias and lack of balanced reporting.
“They punished him for telling the truth at a media organization that is supposed to just be telling the truth,” says Sara, noting that Berliner also revealed that NPR’s Washington, D.C., newsroom had 87 registered Democrats and zero Republicans in editorial positions.
“If you didn't realize it before, you should by now. NPR and PBS, so long, sayonara, good luck getting the money somewhere else, because taxpayers don't need to pay for your left-wing bias and your leftwing agenda.”
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