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Rachel Morin's Killer Convicted, Trump Moves to Defund PBS and NPR, Biden Returns: AM Update 4/16
Wed, 16 Apr 2025
A Salvadoran illegal immigrant is convicted of brutally raping and murdering Maryland mother Rachel Morin. Harvard refuses a Trump administration demand to curb antisemitism, prompting $2.2 billion in frozen grants and a broader federal review. The White House moves to revoke $1.1 billion from NPR and PBS, citing left-wing bias and controversial taxpayer-funded programming. President Biden makes his first post-presidency appearance in Chicago, in a speech about Social Security. Tax Network USA: Call 1-800-958-1000 or visit https://TNUSA.com/MEGYN to speak with a strategist for FREE today120Life: Go to https://120Life.com and use code MK to save 15%
Chapter 1: Who is Rachel Morin's convicted killer and what happened?
April 15th is just around the corner. Act now before the IRS acts first. 24-year-old illegal immigrant Victor Martinez Hernandez accused of raping and murdering Maryland mother of five Rachel Morin. convicted on all four charges.
After less than an hour of deliberation, the jury finding Mr. Martinez Hernandez guilty of first-degree murder, first-degree rape, first-degree sexual offense, and kidnapping. Ms. Morin, 37, reported missing by her boyfriend on August 5, 2023, after she didn't return home from a morning jog. Her body discovered the next day in a drainage ditch in near the Ma and Pa Trail, northeast of Baltimore.
The autopsy revealing Ms. Morin suffered 15 to 20 blows to the head, dying from strangulation and blunt force trauma. Mother of the victim, Patty Morin, testifying in front of Congress last summer.
Chapter 2: What is Patty Morin's perspective on immigration and the crime?
My daughter suffered so terribly in a very brutal and violent way and these type of immigrants should not be in our country and because we have open borders and because everyone is allowed in and because the law is not being carried out at the borders if they had done a DNA swab
the three times they encountered this person that's allegedly accused of killing my daughter, they would have known that he had an Interpol warrant for murder in his country.
The killer, a Salvadoran national, fled his home country after allegedly murdering a woman there. After two attempts to cross the southwestern border, Mr. Martinez Hernandez successfully entering the country illegally in February 2023. Maryland authorities matching DNA evidence from Ms. Morin's crime scene with DNA recovered from an unsolved home invasion and assault in Los Angeles.
That match helping investigators use cell phone data to track Martinez-Hernandez to Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he was arrested 10 months after the murder. Mr. Martinez-Hernandez is facing a sentence of life without parole in a Maryland prison. Illegal immigrants convicted of serious crimes like those inflicted on Ms. Morin are typically only subject to deportation after they complete their sentence.
However, the Trump administration is exploring legal options allowing deportation or the transfer of inmates to El Salvador. President Trump discussing the idea on Monday with El Salvador President Nayib Bukele in the Oval.
As many as possible. And I just asked the president, you know, it's this massive complex that he built, jail complex. I said, can you build some more of them, please? As many as we can get out of our country that were allowed in here by incompetent Joe Biden through open borders. We have millions of people that should not be in this country that are dangerous.
Harvard University President Alan Garber announcing the school will not comply with federal directives aimed at curbing illegal anti-Semitic activity on campus. The Trump administration immediately moving to freeze $2.2 billion in grants and contracts from the Department of Education, HHS, and the General Services Administration.
these departments working in coordination under the DOJ as part of the Joint Task Force on Antisemitism. An additional $7 billion in federal funding is currently under review.
On Tuesday morning, President Trump posting on Truth Social, "...perhaps Harvard should lose its tax-exempt status and be taxed as a political entity if it keeps pushing political, ideological, and terrorist-inspired-slash-supporting sickness." Remember, tax-exempt status is totally contingent on acting in the public interest.
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Chapter 3: Why is Harvard refusing the Trump administration's demands on anti-Semitism?
The federal task force saying Harvard's response is indicative of a, quote, troubling entitlement mindset that is endemic in our nation's most prestigious universities and colleges, that federal investment does not come with a responsibility to uphold civil rights laws. Coming up, defunding NPR. Is it happening? And President Biden makes his first public remarks since leaving the White House.
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Chapter 4: What consequences is Harvard facing for not complying with federal directives?
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The White House preparing a formal request to Congress to rescind $1.1 billion in already approved funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which supports NPR and PBS, part of a larger $9.3 billion revision package targeting various government programs. Both NPR and PBS receiving a mix of direct and indirect funding from the federal government.
NPR reporting 8% of their 2022 budget coming from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and another 6% from federal, state, and local governments. PBS reporting 14% of their operating budget coming from the feds. Republican lawmakers long accusing both outlets of using public funds to push a left-wing agenda.
CEOs for the outlets appearing in March on Capitol Hill to answer for their political bias. Here's an exchange with NPR CEO Catherine Marr.
And in 2020, unfortunately, NPR's managing editor for news refused to cover the story and he branded it a, quote, waste of time. How many times did you all interview Adam Schiff about the Russia collusion?
I'm sorry. Sorry, I don't have that number. It was 25 times.
You know how many times NPR interviewed Chairman This committee, Oversight Committee, Jamie Comer about the Biden impeachment inquiry, the Hunter Biden tax evasion and illicit business dealings with the Biden family.
I'm sorry, sir.
I don't know.
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Chapter 5: What is the Trump administration's stance on defunding NPR and PBS?
Chapter 6: What are Joe Biden's first public remarks since leaving the White House?
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April 15th is just around the corner. Act now before the IRS acts first. 24-year-old illegal immigrant Victor Martinez Hernandez accused of raping and murdering Maryland mother of five Rachel Morin. convicted on all four charges.
After less than an hour of deliberation, the jury finding Mr. Martinez Hernandez guilty of first-degree murder, first-degree rape, first-degree sexual offense, and kidnapping. Ms. Morin, 37, reported missing by her boyfriend on August 5, 2023, after she didn't return home from a morning jog. Her body discovered the next day in a drainage ditch in near the Ma and Pa Trail, northeast of Baltimore.
The autopsy revealing Ms. Morin suffered 15 to 20 blows to the head, dying from strangulation and blunt force trauma. Mother of the victim, Patty Morin, testifying in front of Congress last summer.
My daughter suffered so terribly in a very brutal and violent way and these type of immigrants should not be in our country and because we have open borders and because everyone is allowed in and because the law is not being carried out at the borders if they had done a DNA swab
the three times they encountered this person that's allegedly accused of killing my daughter, they would have known that he had an Interpol warrant for murder in his country.
The killer, a Salvadoran national, fled his home country after allegedly murdering a woman there. After two attempts to cross the southwestern border, Mr. Martinez Hernandez successfully entering the country illegally in February 2023. Maryland authorities matching DNA evidence from Ms. Morin's crime scene with DNA recovered from an unsolved home invasion and assault in Los Angeles.
That match helping investigators use cell phone data to track Martinez-Hernandez to Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he was arrested 10 months after the murder. Mr. Martinez-Hernandez is facing a sentence of life without parole in a Maryland prison. Illegal immigrants convicted of serious crimes like those inflicted on Ms. Morin are typically only subject to deportation after they complete their sentence.
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Chapter 8: What health advice is given about blood pressure management?
President Obama, a Harvard grad, praising the decision on X, writing, quote, Harvard has set an example for other higher ed institutions, rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom while taking concrete steps to make sure all students at Harvard can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect.
Let's hope other institutions follow suit. Harvard is the first university to directly challenge the Trump administration's crackdown on campus anti-Semitism by refusing to comply with the new conditions tied to federal funding.
The federal task force saying Harvard's response is indicative of a, quote, troubling entitlement mindset that is endemic in our nation's most prestigious universities and colleges, that federal investment does not come with a responsibility to uphold civil rights laws. Coming up, defunding NPR. Is it happening? And President Biden makes his first public remarks since leaving the White House.
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You can track your progress with a simple blood pressure monitor, watch your numbers drop and feel the difference. They are so sure that 120 Life can noticeably lower your blood pressure in two weeks that they will give you your money back if you're not satisfied. So you have nothing to lose but those high blood pressure numbers. Go to 120life.com. That's 120life.com.
And remember to use the code MK to save 15% off your order. This is serious. This is your life we're talking about. 120 Life can help take control of your life and your health today. The Trump administration taking aim at publicly funded outlets NPR and PBS.
The White House preparing a formal request to Congress to rescind $1.1 billion in already approved funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which supports NPR and PBS, part of a larger $9.3 billion revision package targeting various government programs. Both NPR and PBS receiving a mix of direct and indirect funding from the federal government.
NPR reporting 8% of their 2022 budget coming from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and another 6% from federal, state, and local governments. PBS reporting 14% of their operating budget coming from the feds. Republican lawmakers long accusing both outlets of using public funds to push a left-wing agenda.
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