HOT TOPICS | MAGA's War on America - February 7th, 2025
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What breaking headlines kick off the show from New Orleans?
Good morning, everybody. Welcome to Hot Topics. Oh, wait, let me close my closet door here. Thank you. As you know, I am in New Orleans. I'm here for the Super Bowl. So it's so good to see you. This is my little apartment that I rented in New Orleans. And so I'm glad that you're here. So thank you for joining us. Don, I know you are tired. Bless your heart. Thank you, Twana. Yes, I am. And I have my community coffee from down here in Louisiana. And it is a great warm day. I'm actually barefoot. It's so warm. So good morning. Let me know where you're streaming from. We have big news for you. Sorry we're a bit late, but we have a lot of news for you. Some of it was breaking as we were going on the air or at least streaming.
Here we go, says Nappy Child. I know. I love the music. And I'm so glad it's me and you again. It's just me and you, as they say, against the world. Ready to go live? Yes. You'll be live in three, two, one. So thanks, everybody, for joining us. Ray is in Florida. Let's see where you are. It's Friday. I'm going to give you the news, but we're going to slow it down a little bit. I'm in New Orleans. It's jazzy. We're going to slow it down. We have a coffee. It's a big easy. A little bit lazy going on. I'm going to get my gumbo on a little bit later. I had a fantastic night at the NFL Honors. And that's what I wanted to do. I wanted to get my folks some of the stuff so that I can show you what I did. But there's a lot of shit happening in Washington, D.C.
that we have to talk about. Hi, St. Louis. How are you? Hello, Seattle. Brittany from Seattle. Good to see you. Lucy is in Phoenix. You guys are everywhere. Everywhere. Andrea is in Puerto Vallarta. Oh, my gosh. Really? Are you just making us jealous? Tennessee, Tracy. I feel like I should be talking like this. Like, hey, y'all, what's happening? Because I'm down in New Orleans. What a great town New Orleans is. And the folks here are happy. They're a little bit concerned about what's happening in D.C., but not paying that much attention. Well, giving it some attention. They're concerned. But at least this weekend for the NFL, they just want the city to do well economically. And Orlando, hello, Royal, Raw. And they really want, actually, most people here, they want it to go away.
They want it to stop. They don't know who the president is. That's what they say. They say, wait a minute. We thought we voted for Donald Trump. But hold on, perhaps there is another president of the United States, one that we did not elect. Now, who do you think these folks are talking about here in the Big Easy? Of course, they're talking about this person, who is now on the cover of Time magazine sitting behind the Resolute desk, and the Resolute desk is only in one place, and that is in the Oval Office. Now, how do you like that, Donald Trump? How do you think Donald Trump's going to feel about this, guys?
Look,
magazines are on the outs now. People don't really read them most digitally or whatever. People don't really read magazines anymore. People don't, you know, Time Magazine, I love you. I hit you hard for making Donald Trump the person of the year. You know how I feel about that. But I love the folks over at Time Magazine and all the ladies who run it. They're really great people and I know them. Look at this, y'all. Come on. As we spill our coffee and our tea this morning. Trump is going to be pissed, right? He's not going to like that. Is he sitting behind there with a paper cup? Is that a paper cup he has? Sitting behind the Resolute desk. And the reason people are saying this, yes, jazz and laughter, wow, I'm going to slow down because you guys actually like this more than I thought.
How do you think Donald Trump is going to feel about this, people? Be honest with me. How do you think Donald Trump is going to feel about this? Is this going to cause a rift? Is there too much money there? Who is the real president of the United States? And I ask that with this breaking news that is happening because overnight USAID offices were really gutted. Remember, there was this deadline for government workers.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What breaking headlines kick off the show from New Orleans?
0:15–9:44
2
How did Time magazine and Elon Musk become central to today’s controversy?
9:44–17:22
3
What did the overnight USAID cuts involve and who is responsible?
17:22–1:02:33
4
What is DOGE and how is Elon Musk’s team reshaping federal agencies?
1:02:33–1:03:50
5
How will USAID layoffs affect global humanitarian programs and public health?
1:03:50–1:19:36