Harvard's Funding Cut Off plus The Fight for Kilmar Garcia's Release

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🗓️ 16 April 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Kilmar Albrego Garcia's Detention:
- Garcia, deported from Maryland to El Salvador, is currently detained in a high-security terrorism confinement center.
- Democrats, led by Senator Chris Van Holland, are intensifying efforts to secure his release, despite El Salvador's president refusing to release him.
- Garcia's wife is advocating for his return, claiming his wrongful deportation and expressing emotional distress.
Garcia's Background:
- Garcia has lived in the US since 2005, entering illegally and granted protection from deportation in 2019 due to threats from gangs in El Salvador.
- He was deported in March 2025, allegedly without a criminal record, but with ties to the MS-13 gang, a designated terrorist organization.
Political Reactions:
- The Trump administration defends Garcia's deportation, citing the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 and his gang affiliations.
- Democrats are criticized for supporting Garcia, with claims that their actions are politically motivated to gain future votes from immigrants.
Political Violence:
- Lee Zelden discusses the mainstreaming of political violence against conservatives, citing personal experiences and recent threats against politicians.
- He calls for zero tolerance towards such violence and criticizes Democrats for not condemning it.
Harvard University Grants:
- The Trump administration has frozen $2.2 billion in grants to Harvard University due to its refusal to comply with demands for reforms to combat anti-Semitism and other forms of discrimination.
- Harvard's response highlights its efforts to address hate and bias, while the administration insists on merit-based hiring and adherence to federal law.

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0:00.0	Saving you money. It is a promise that Donald Trump said he was going to make good on when it came to government waste, fraud, and abuse.
0:08.8	We know what Doge has been doing, but we now have found out other ways that the president is helping make Americans more money.
0:16.0	And this is coming from the EPA administrator Lee Zeldon.
0:19.9	He said in an interview that he is, quote, shocked by how much
0:24.3	money we are able to save with, quote, the largest deregulatory action ever, slashing, quote,
0:31.6	trillions of dollars in deregulation. The Environmental Protection Agency Chief, Zeldon spoke during a roundtable with
0:40.3	Breitbart News Editor-in-Chief about what all is happening and the agency's efforts to slash
0:46.2	government waste, fraud, and abuse. The EPA administrator, a former congressman, has now moved to
0:52.4	cancel over $22 billion in contracts as part of President
0:58.4	Donald Trump's initiative to eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion policies known as DEI.
1:05.9	He also has said that they are canceling environmental justice grants and canceling other government
1:13.8	spending that is basically just straight up waste and fraud.
1:18.7	Zeldon emphasized the degree to which the administration has been able to make significant savings
1:24.0	by cutting.
1:26.0	Zeldon said the agency's annual operating budget is $10 billion, while they have been able
1:32.8	to cut $22 billion in grants alone.
1:36.3	Yes, $22 billion in grants.
1:40.4	Now, the leader of the agency said, quote, one month ago, we announced that amounts to the largest
1:46.0	deregulatory action in the history of the United States of America. One agency will do more
1:52.7	deregulation in 2025 than entire federal government-wide deregulatory efforts ever of any administration.
2:02.6	He went on to say, we're going to have trillions of dollars of deregulation just in the EPA,
2:09.8	just in 2025. We're going to do all this while creating jobs, including in the auto sector.
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