Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Let's talk about Netflix, but I don't want to talk about their shows and movies. I want to talk about the economic impact Netflix makes in this country. Over the past 10 years, Netflix has contributed $225 billion to the U.S. economy. They've brought productions to all 50 states and hired over 150,000 Americans as cast and crew.
That's carpenters, electricians, and small businesses, all real American jobs. Netflix, investing in America.
The Senate grills Trump's MAHA pick for Surgeon General, an Idaho woman is behind bars for an alleged arson attempt involving a stolen ambulance, and the Department of War butts heads with its AI provider. I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire Executive Editor John Bickley. It's Wednesday, February 25th, and this is Evening Wire.
President Trump's pick for Surgeon General and a MAHA favorite, Dr. Casey Means, was grilled by the Senate Health Committee today. Means is an outspoken critic of the medication-first health model and recently published a book about lifestyle interventions. She's also supported parents' rights to choose which vaccines their children receive.
Here's Means defending parents' rights to pass on the hepatitis B vaccine typically given shortly after birth.
I do think that this administration is committed to making sure we have the safest vaccine schedule and that parents have the opportunity to have shared clinical decision-making on specific vaccines with their doctor so they can make the best decisions for their family. This is not a condemnation of the vaccine generally, which I am very supportive of.
However, I do believe that the thrust towards parents wanting to have the ability to have shared clinical decision-making with their doctor is important when there are conditions like hepatitis B where there's differential risk amongst different populations.
An Idaho woman is behind bars for what appears to be attempted arson after authorities say she stole an ambulance and used it to ram a building housing DHS offices. Police say 43-year-old Sarah Elizabeth George took the ambulance from outside a hospital in Meridian late February 18th and then drove it into the entrance of a building that houses DHS and ICE offices.
Investigators allege she poured gasoline inside the lobby before running back outside. She now faces federal charges that carry up to 20 years in prison. The investigation is ongoing.
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Chapter 2: What questions did the Senate ask Trump's MAHA pick for Surgeon General?
Circuit affirmed a lower court's decision, denying that request. The dispute began in early 2025 after reports that ICE was seeking the last known addresses of roughly 700,000 undocumented immigrants from the IRS.
On April 7th, 2025, the IRS and the Department of Homeland Security formalized the arrangement in a memorandum of understanding, outlining how ICE could request address information under federal law. The new arrangement allows the IRS to provide a taxpayer's last known address if ICE submitted a valid request related to a non-tax criminal investigation.
War Secretary Pete Hexeth reportedly threatened Anthropic this week after the AI company tried to set limits on military use of its model. Daily Wire reporter Tim Pierce has more. Anthropic is the first AI company to receive entry to the military's classified systems, and its AI model, QuadGov, has been integrated for military use.
According to the New York Times, Anthropic leadership has told the Pentagon that its model cannot be used to surveil Americans, nor in autonomous weapons without human oversight. Hegseth told Anthropic's chief executive in a Tuesday meeting that the law should be the only limit on military conduct.
Hegseth has given Anthropic until the close of business on Friday to assent to the Pentagon's demands. If not, Hegseth threatened to invoke the Defense Production Act, which would allow the military to use Claude Gove for free. It would also put Anthropic's government contracts at risk.
I'd like to introduce you to Gabby Stout. She's a high school junior in North Carolina who was inspired by Charlie Kirk and wanted to honor his legacy by painting a message on her school's spirit rock. But after school officials gave Gabby permission, they reversed themselves, censoring Gabby's message and publicly accusing her of vandalism. The accusation even aired in local news.
Gabby was punished for standing up for the biblical values that Charlie spent his life defending. Now, our friends at Alliance Defending Freedom are representing Gabby in court to hold the school district accountable for violating her constitutional rights. We want to make sure Gabby knows she's not standing alone.
With just a few minutes, you can go to joinadf.com slash wire or text wire to 83848 and send her a quick message of support. That's joinadf.com slash wire. Send Gabby an encouraging note or verse that will lift her spirit today. Gabby's courageously standing up for the values that Charlie fought for and that The Daily Wire stands for, including free speech.
Go to joinadf.com slash wire or text wire to 83848 for Alliance Defending Freedom today and support Gabby. Texas Republican Representative Tony Gonzalez is facing mounting pressure from his own party to resign despite a razor-thin House majority. Here with more on the scandal engulfing his campaign is Daily Wire immigration reporter Jenny Tare.
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Chapter 3: What are the details of the Idaho woman's attempted arson case?
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Early polls, according to CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten, have not been kind to the twice-failed candidate. He told host John Berman that Harris polling at just 18% second to Governor Gavin Newsom was in a precarious position if she intended to drop in on a Democratic primary.
In addition to Newsom, former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are polling at 13% and 12%, respectively.
And the daughter of imprisoned free speech activist Jimmy Lai attended President Trump's State of the Union address last night. Daily Wire senior editor Joel Needler has the story.
Claire Lai's father is now serving a near-life sentence in Hong Kong under Beijing's national security law. Lai founded the newspaper Apple Daily. and openly challenged the Chinese Communist Party by commemorating Tiananmen Square and defending the freedoms promised under the Sino-British Joint Declaration. He was arrested in 2020 for, quote, collusion with foreign forces.
His imprisonment and Claire's subsequent appearance puts direct pressure on UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who holds a legal responsibility to defend British citizens detained abroad and to enforce Britain's treaty commitments to Hong Kong's autonomy.
Fear is growing over Britain's credibility and whether Lye's ongoing imprisonment signals to hostile regimes that there are little to no consequences for detaining British citizens.
All right, those are your drive home updates. To learn more about these stories, go to dailywire.com. And in case you missed it earlier today, we covered some major stories, including President Trump's fiery State of the Union address, the state of tariffs after the Supreme Court struck down several, and the nation's largest bank officially acknowledging that it did debank the president.
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