Liberty Roundtable Podcast

Liberty Roundtable Podcast


Radio Show Hour 1 – 02/19/2025

February 19, 2025

* Guest: James Edwards - Race, Politics & Hypocrisy in 21st Century America - thepoliticalcesspool.org

* Who's in charge of DOGE?

* Surprise! DOGE is not new, it's actually a government entity created by a Democrat president! - WND.com

* What is DOGE, exactly? - Trump didn't create a new Cabinet-level department with DOGE, but rather renamed the previously existing United States Digital Service, which was created under Barack Obama.

* DOGE finds Treasury spent up to $4.7T in untraceable payments!

* There Are Good Reasons for DOGE to Audit Gold Reserves at Fort Knox - Just Ask These Senators - Leah Barkoukis, Townhall.com

The Department of Government Efficiency has saved taxpayers an estimated $55B through their work so far, and they have asked for the public’s help in identifying where more waste, fraud, and abuse can be identified.

* As Media Freaks Over 1 DOGE Employee Getting IRS Access, We Learn Biden Gave 919 People Access - WesternJournal.com

* Trump is cutting thousands of IRS employees. This comes a single day after Elon Musk announced DOGE had begun their audit of the IRS!

* New York Paid $206 Million to Settle Misconduct Suits, the Most Since 2018 - Chelsia Rose Marcius.

It accounts for 27% of the $756 million the city has paid in such lawsuits over the past seven years, according to data released by the Legal Aid Society.

* The Trump administration is using a covert drone program to hunt down fentanyl laboratories in Mexico, the latest in the White House's effort to combat the flow of illicit drugs into the United States - NYT.

On his first day back in office, the president signed an executive order designating drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations (FTOs), a label that allows U.S. authorities more capabilities to better combat these international criminal syndicates.

* KFC to move corporate headquarters from Kentucky to Texas - UPI.com