Elon Musk Hints Next DOGE Target Could Be The ‘Strangely Wealthy’ Members Of Congress

 Elon Musk hinted at a Wisconsin town hall that he and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) project might be planning to do some digging on Capitol Hill.

Musk was in Wisconsin ahead of the state’s Tuesday Supreme Court election, which conservative Brad Schimel ultimately lost to liberal Susan Crawford, and some of the questions he took from those in the audience centered around his work in President Donald Trump’s administration with DOGE.

One attendee asked whether DOGE had uncovered any payments from USAID to far-Left members of Congress like Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) or Sens. Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Chuck Schumer (D-NY) — and Musk noted that it wasn’t quite as simple as finding bank records that showed direct payments to specific members of Congress.

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“There is a massive amount of corruption,” Musk began. “But it is circuitous, so what happens is there’s money that — obviously it’s your taxpayer money — that is then sent to various government organizations who then send it to NGOs. An NGO is a Non-Governmental Organization, but obviously if it’s a government-funded Non Governmental Organization, it’s just an organization, it’s just the government.”

“And effectively, there’s a giant fraud loophole, which is that the government can send money to an NGO that is then no longer governed by law — the laws of the United States,” Musk continued. “They’ll send the money overseas to one NGO, then they’ll go through a bunch of them, and then I’m highly confident that a bunch of that money then comes back to the United States and lands in the pockets of the people you just mentioned.”

“But it is a circuitous route,” he repeated. “It doesn’t go directly, but let’s just say that there’s a lot of strangely wealthy members of Congress where I’m trying to connect the dots of, ‘How did they become rich?’”

‘Satan’s Lie To Vulnerable Children:’ MTG Talks Transgender ‘Spiritual Warfare’ With Congresswomen

 Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and two of her fellow GOP congresswomen discussed her bill banning transgender medical services for children and the “spiritual warfare” surrounding gender ideology.

Greene claimed that one of Georgia’s biggest megachurches trains youth pastors to affirm teens’ new gender identities and pronouns.

“That should never happen in church because that is confirming Satan’s lie to these vulnerable children,” Greene said on the Republican Study Committee’s podcast “Right to the Point.”

Two other Republican women in Congress joined the podcast for Wednesday’s episode alongside Greene: Rep. Mary Miller (R-IL) and Rep. Diana Harshbarger (R-TN). The podcast interviews members of Congress every week from Capitol Hill.

Both women are co-sponsors of Greene’s bill, the Protect Children’s Innocence Act, which would ban puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and transgender surgeries like genital sex changes and double mastectomies for minors.

Greene said she is hopeful her bill will get a vote on the House floor soon.

“President Trump is ready to sign it into action,” she said.

Rep. Mark Alford (R-MO), who hosted the podcast, said, “The Left tries to create language that softens things, gender-affirming care. What in the heck does that mean? You are mutilating the body of a young person.”

Harshbarger said she spent her whole life in the healthcare industry before coming to Congress, where she now fights to protect children from gender ideology.

“God is so good when he puts us where we need to be to take care of those issues,” Harshbarger said. “And it’s a lie from the pits of hell that you can change your sex, you can’t change your DNA.”

“I think it’s a direct attack on God’s creation. God created us male and female just like the bill is stating, male and female in His image, and that’s why the Left is attacking it,” Greene said.

“It’s a great lie that Satan had from the very beginning in the Garden of Eden, and he is a liar and deceiver, and I think he’s trying to get to us,” Alford said. “And they guilt you into if you don’t go along with this, then you’re not human, you’re not compassionate. No, we are compassionate. And calling gender dysphoria, why would you affirm any type of dysphoria?”

“Marjorie, that goes back to the spiritual warfare,” Harshbarger said after Greene mentioned the Georgia megachurch.

“When the pastors from the pulpit do not condemn evil, and they uphold what is wrong, what the Bible says, what is conceived as and what is construed as right in the end days will be looked at as wrong, and what is wrong will be looked at as right.”

“The truth sets people free,” Miller said. “We cannot lie about this. And I want to say that evil never retreats on its own, only when it’s confronted by a more powerful force. And number one, we have President Trump. He’s a strong leader. But all of us that have been elected to Congress, we want to be a force against evil.”

Miller said their opponents have told them they can have their beliefs, but only in their private spaces. “Go to your home or be quiet,” opponents insist, according to Miller. 

“We are not going to do that anymore,” she said. “And whether it’s teachers or it’s in government, the whistleblowers, parents that are speaking up. … But we need legislators. We need brave parents, whistleblowers. We need to shed light on all the evil and dark things that have been happening in our country, and praise God that it is happening.”

EXCLUSIVE: Trump Admin Freezes Maine’s Federal Funds Over Men In Women’s Sports

 The United States Department of Agriculture told Maine on Wednesday that it has frozen the state’s federal funding over Maine’s refusal to comply with President Donald Trump’s executive order on men in women’s sports.

In a letter first obtained by The Daily Wire, the USDA warned Maine, “you cannot openly violate federal law against discrimination in education and expect federal funding to continue unabated.”

“Your defiance of federal law has cost your state, which is bound by Title IX in educational programming,” said Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins. “Today, I am freezing Maine’s federal funds for certain administrative and technological functions in schools. This is only the beginning, though you are free to end it at any time by protecting women and girls in compliance with federal law.”

USDA is also reviewing all research and education-related funding in Maine to see if it is in compliance with the Constitution, federal law including Titles VI and IX, and the priorities of President Donald Trump’s administration, the USDA said.

“In order to continue to receive taxpayer dollars from USDA, the state of Maine must demonstrate compliance with Title IX’s protection of female student athletes from having to compete with or against or having to appear unclothed before males,” Rollins wrote. “USDA, alongside other federal agencies, will continue to pause and, where appropriate, terminate categories of education programming in Maine if these Title IX violations are not resolved to the satisfaction of the Federal Government.”

The pause will not impact federal feeding programs or direct assistance to Mainers, Rollins noted: “if a child was fed today, they will be fed tomorrow.”

“In addition, USDA has launched a full review of grants awarded by the Biden Administration to the Maine Department of Education,” she said. “Many of these grants appear to be wasteful, redundant, or otherwise against the priorities of the Trump Administration. USDA will not extend the Biden Administration’s bloated bureaucracy and will instead focus on a Department that is farmer-first and without a leftist social agenda. We look forward to the State’s cooperation with all federal reviews and future compliance with federal law and policy.”

House Dem Angles To Force Vote To Scrap Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ Tariffs

 The GOP-led House could be compelled to vote on nullifying President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” reciprocal tariffs against dozens of foreign countries due to a measure that a Democrat is preparing to unveil.

Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY), the ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said on Wednesday that he intends to introduce a resolution to end the national emergency authority that Trump employed to implement the new array of penalties on imports.

“Trump just hit Americans with the largest regressive tax hike in modern history—massive tariffs on all imports. His reckless policies are not only crashing markets, they will disproportionately hurt working families,” Meeks said, according to a post on X.

“I’ll soon introduce a privileged resolution to force a vote on ending the made up national emergency Trump is using to justify these taxes,” Meeks added. “Republicans can’t keep ducking this — it’s time they show whether they support the economic pain Trump is inflicting on their constituents.”

Last month, House GOP leadership placed language into their rule for a stopgap funding bill that blocked Democrats from securing votes on resolutions to terminate a prior national emergency declaration that Trump used when he announced tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China.

Meeks is now seizing on how Trump’s latest round of tariffs, which include a 10% baseline on imports for targeted countries and rates up to 50% in some cases, relies on a brand-new national emergency declaration. Republicans could try a similar parliamentary move to stop the new resolution.

In the Senate, Democrats forced a vote on a resolution from Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) to discontinue the older national emergency declaration. Kaine’s resolution specifically takes issue with the 25% tariffs on Canada imposed by the Trump administration as part of an effort to combat illegal immigration and drug trafficking.

Four Republicans joined forces with Democrats and independents to pass the Senate resolution on Wednesday evening, sending it to the House. However, the House is unlikely to pass it, and Trump has indicated he would veto the resolution if it did reach his desk.

Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-WY) said in a statement after the vote on Wednesday that Kaine’s “goal” was “to undermine President Trump’s successful work to secure the Northern Border,” adding, “This meaningless messaging resolution will not stop Senate Republicans from making America’s communities safer.”

Mastercard, Facing Pressure Over Role In Global Censorship Effort, Agrees To Major Change

 After being a major part of a global network of companies that cracked down on conservative speech in the name of so-called misinformation, credit card giant Mastercard has agreed that it will no longer make marketing or branding decisions based on third-parties, according to emails obtained by The Daily Wire. 

The announcement comes after a group of investors represented by the Alliance Defending Freedom were prepping a resolution targeting the credit card company over its involvement with the Global Alliance for Responsible Media or GARM. Mastercard will release a new company policy in the coming months making clear that third-party views will not influence branding or marketing decisions, the company told the Alliance Defending Freedom this week.

GARM, which disbanded in August 2024, a month after its leaders were called in to testify to Congress, was an organization founded by the World Federation of Advertisers to ensure that companies only advertised with media outlets deemed “responsible.” In the name of this goal, GARM targeted podcasters like Joe Rogan, platforms like Elon Musk’s X, and conservative outlets like The Daily Wire, according to a congressional investigation. The Daily Wire’s Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro testified that the aim of the advertising coalition was to “throttle viewpoints” that Democrat legislators and the Biden administration did not like.

After meetings with Alliance Defending Freedom lawyers, Mastercard, which was on the board of the World Federation of Advertisers that oversaw GARM, now says that it alone will determine its marketing and branding strategy. 

“We advance our marketing priorities with a close eye on the value delivered to our brand, the interest and relevance to the intended audience, and whether the media channel/platform supports our ability to deliver new and unique experiences to the end consumer,” a copy of the policy viewed by The Daily Wire says. “Mastercard alone makes decisions on our brand and our marketing activities, independent of any third-party views.”That came after Inspire Investing, a Christian investment company represented by Alliance Defending Freedom, met with Mastercard to discuss a proposed shareholder resolution to call for an investigation over Mastercard’s involvement with GARM. 

A draft of the resolution viewed by The Daily Wire called for Mastercard to evaluate “how it oversees risks related to discrimination against ad buyers and sellers based on their political or religious status or views.”

After Mastercard agreed to distance itself from third-party organizations, Inspire Investing and Alliance Defending Freedom agreed to withdraw the resolution. 

“This is a meaningful step forward for Mastercard,” Inspire Investing Director of Corporate Engagement Tim Schwarzenberger told The Daily Wire. “We appreciate Mastercard’s willingness to engage with shareholders and make this important commitment to making decisions independent of third-party influences. It’s a positive step for free speech, religious freedom, and ultimately for all Mastercard stakeholders.”

 Jeremy Tedesco, the senior vice President of corporate engagement at Alliance Defending Freedom, said the new policy from Mastercard represented a major win for conservative customers.

“MasterCard, their business purpose is to make sure that people can transact funds. And that’s it. And that’s what they should be doing,” he told The Daily Wire. “They shouldn’t be taking their ad buying power and trying to shut down people they disagree with in the marketplace of ideas.”

He also said that it was a necessary step to hold companies accountable that supported the censorship of conservatives. 

“They used their ad buying power in collaboration with other major corporations to suppress conservative and religious content online,” he told The Daily Wire. “It’s really critical that these companies are held accountable for collaborating in that way, in collaborating with people who want to stop so-called misinformation and hate speech from appearing on the internet.”

He said that Alliance Defending Freedom has filed over 70 shareholder resolutions, had over 50 meetings with corporate leaders, and obtained 13 policy behavior changes this corporate season.

‘From America, For America’: Ford Offering Major Discounts As Tariffs Kick In

 Ford Motors is offering major discounts over the next couple of months as President Donald Trump imposes a slew of tariffs on imports to rectify what he views as a decades-long trade imbalance between the United States and other countries.

The auto company is launching a new campaign with the tagline “From America, For America,” and offering customers employee pricing until June 2, which Ford says equates to thousands of dollars in savings.

“For the next couple of months, we’re gonna offer our customers the same deal that our employees get,” Ford Chief Policy Officer Steve Croley told Fox News. “That’s worth thousands of dollars. You come into our store, you get employee pricing.”

Croley said the move is intended as a “bit of a time-out” as they hear “uncertainty from customers” over new tariffs. “We want them to be assured that Ford, the most American auto company, is gonna do right by them, as are our dealers.”

“We make the most cars here, we employ the most, we export the most,” he continued. “We here at Ford — we’re in a good position to address customers’ concern, and give them a really great deal on a great vehicle.”

🚨 #BREAKING: For the next couple months, FORD is offering American customers employee pricing worth thousands of dollars

“FROM AMERICA, FOR AMERICA” deal.

“Ford, the most-American auto company, is gonna do right by them.”

“We make the most cars here. We employ the most, we… pic.twitter.com/IzCc0SGxjU

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) April 3, 2025

As noted by Croley, 80% of Ford’s U.S.-sold vehicles are built here in the U.S., shielding the company from some of the new tariffs.

Reuters reports that the deal applies to most of Ford’s vehicles, including the Mustang Mach-E and Maverick. However, Super Duty trucks and some other vehicles are exempt.

As reported by The Daily Wire, Trump marked April 2, “Liberation Day,” and said foreign nations will now be charged roughly half of what they impose with tariffs, including China, India, and the European Union.

“My fellow Americans, this is Liberation Day,” Trump said in the Rose Garden. “April 2, 2025 will forever be remembered as the day American industry was reborn, the day America’s destiny was reclaimed, and the day that we began to make America wealthy again.”

President Trump GOES OFF as Four Senate Republicans Reportedly Plan to Defy Him and Vote for Democrat Measure to Sabotage His Canadian Tariff Policy

 

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President Trump is livid after learning that four Senate Republicans are reportedly prepared to vote to sabotage his tariff policy on Canada.

As Fox News reported, leftist Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) has sponsored a joint resolution that would terminate the national emergency Trump declared regarding illicit drugs and Canada. Trump has argued tariffs are necessary not just to curb the drug flow but also to rebalance an unfair trading relationship between the two countries.

The Senate is scheduled to vote on Kaine’s resolution this afternoon. While passage would not mean the tariffs evaporate, considering the House is unlikely to ever vote on the measure, voting against Canadian tariffs would hand the Democrats a powerful talking point and humiliate Trump in the process.

To add insult to injury, the vote is taking place on what Trump has declared “Liberation Day,” where he is set to unleash new reciprocal tariffs to bring back American jobs.

Only four GOPers need to join all 47 Democrats in backing Kaine for the resolution to win approval in the Senate. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, Rand Paul of Kentucky, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, and Susan Collins of Maine appear ready to defy Trump.

Paul is a co-sponsor of Kaine’s resolution, while Murkowski told Politico she will vote for it. The outlet reports Collins is “very likely” to join them while McConnell has repeatedly criticized Trump’s tariffs.

In a Truth Social post this morning, Trump demanded the four Republicans back off and hold Canada accountable for allowing fentanyl to flow freely into America.

“Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, and Rand Paul, also of Kentucky, will hopefully get on the Republican bandwagon, for a change, and fight the Democrats wild and flagrant push to not penalize Canada for the sale, into our Country, of large amounts of Fentanyl, by Tariffing the value of this horrible and deadly drug in order to make it more costly to distribute and buy,” Trump wrote.

Trump added that by flirting with joining the left, the four GOPers are playing with the lives of ordinary Americans and right into the hands of the Democratic Party. He further vowed to veto the measure if it ever reached his desk.

“They are playing with the lives of the American people, and right into the hands of the Radical Left Democrats and Drug Cartels,” he stated. “The Senate Bill is just a ploy of the Dems to show and expose the weakness of certain Republicans, namely these four, in that it is not going anywhere because the House will never approve it and I, as your President, will never sign it.”

Trump closed his rant by accusing the Republicans of Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) and being disloyal to him, the Republican Party, and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD).

“Why are they allowing Fentanyl to pour into our Country unchecked, and without penalty?” Trump wondered. “What is wrong with them, other than suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome, commonly known as TDS?”

Who can want this to happen to our beautiful families, and why? To the people of the Great States of Kentucky, Alaska, and Maine, please contact these Senators and get them to FINALLY adhere to Republican Values and Ideals. They have been extremely difficult to deal with and, unbelievably, disloyal to hardworking Majority Leader John Thune and the Republican Party itself. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!