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--:-- John Bickley: Welcome to Morning Wire, I'm John Bickley.
--:-- Georgia Howe: And I'm Georgia Howe. It's Friday, February 14th, and this is your Morning Wire afternoon update.
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--:-- Georgia Howe: New info exposes the education department. Eric Adams has a change of heart, and could Israel soon strike Iran? I'm Daily Wire editor-in-chief John Bickley with Georgia Howe.
--:-- John Bickley: Journalist Christopher Rufo joined the Ben Shapiro show today to unveil a trove of exclusive footage and documents that show the Department of Education's troubling use of taxpayer dollars.
--:-- Georgia Howe: As Rufo told Shapiro, part of the department's spending has been used to pay millions to so-called equity assistance centers. These centers advise thousands of schools, but Rufo explains they've been hijacked by left-wing ideology.
--:-- John Bickley: Here's an example of a presentation from one of these centers legitimizing sex work to minors. In this mini presentation, it is understanding the importance of sex work in the LGBT plus community and in LGBT survival, because especially for queer and trans people of color and most emphatically Black trans women, this often is a means of income.
--:-- Georgia Howe: And by not talking about it and avoiding talking about that, we're actually making that worse and making it easier for people to be stigmatized who need support.
--:-- John Bickley: Rufo stressed that taxpayers are being forced to foot the bill for pushing these kinds of radical ideas. So every taxi driver line cook and electrician around the country that working hard to feed their family is actually chipping in for this idea that we should destigmatize sex work for children.
--:-- Georgia Howe: It is so outrageous that it's almost hard to believe it's true.
--:-- John Bickley: In another example, educators from these centers suggest it's important to raise awareness about supposed discrimination through adultism. That's the idea that only adults have the ability to make adult decisions.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Here's some of that. Where adultism meets homophobia and transphobia is the notion that as a young LGBT person, you are not in charge of yourself. You are not in charge of your body. You're not in charge of your medical care.
--:-- John Bickley: And by denying or trying to control LGBT young people's ability to express themselves as who they truly are, this often leads to things like people running away from home.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Shapiro made the point that trying to contend that parents shouldn't parent their own children is a losing argument politically. This is exactly the sort of issue that lost Terry McAuliffe's gubernatorial race in Virginia against Glenn Youngkin, this sort of anti-parental movement, and also the bizarre, sick, and perverse idea that children are capable of making lifelong decisions about important matters.
--:-- John Bickley: New York City Mayor Eric Adams is calling for change, specifically to the city's sanctuary city laws. Adams is pushing for more police cooperation with ICE and immigration enforcement.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The mayor made the remarks alongside President Trump's border czar Tom Homan on Fox & Friends this morning.
--:-- John Bickley: When Tom and I are in the room, we're both saying one thing. No matter who you are, if you're hurting innocent people in this city and in this country, you don't have a right to be in our country.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Adams has also agreed to sign an executive order to open an ICE office on Rikers Island.
--:-- John Bickley: Here's Holman on that. Getting back in Rikers Island is a game changer. We can get, not only we get the bad guys before they hit the street, the intelligence of how the TDA operates, where they're operating, all this intelligence together at Rikers Island we have access to.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The move being considered would reverse existing laws that only allow ICE collaboration for violent felonies While Adams still defends New York City sanctuary city status City Hall says current laws go too far in restricting law enforcement.
--:-- John Bickley: A federal judge temporarily blocked Trump's executive order cutting funding to hospitals that provide transgender medical treatments to minors.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The lawsuit brought by trans activist groups argues that withholding funds violates equal protection rights.
--:-- John Bickley: The Trump administration contends the orders protect young people from making dangerous, irreversible medical decisions.
--:-- Georgia Howe: A second legal challenge, led by several state attorneys general, is set for a hearing Friday.
--:-- John Bickley: The Department of Health and Human Services spent nearly $23 billion on migrant aid between 2020 and 2024, according to a Watchdog report.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Daily Wire reporter Tim Pierce has more. The money HHS is alleged of supplying includes cash assistance for cars, homes and business startups.
--:-- John Bickley: The funding was funneled through the Office of Refugee Resettlement and dramatically increased during the Biden administration.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The report follows concerns over ORR's handling of unaccompanied migrant children, with federal whistleblowers saying many were placed with unvetted sponsors.
--:-- John Bickley: The Trump administration has already begun clawing back millions in migrant aid and cutting funding for sanctuary cities.
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--:-- John Bickley: Israel could soon make a move against Iran. Daily Wire deputy managing editor Tim Rice has the details.
--:-- Georgia Howe: U.S. intelligence reports suggest that the Jewish state is considering major strikes on Iran's nuclear sites this year.
--:-- John Bickley: Israeli officials reportedly believe President Trump is more likely to support the action than his predecessor.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The report highlights Iran's weakened military state, citing economic struggles, the fall of key allies and recent Israeli military successes against Hezbollah.
--:-- John Bickley: The report however suggests that Israel would need bunker buster bombs to carry out the strikes something that the United States has Meanwhile Trump's administration continues a maximum pressure campaign against Tehran while keeping military options on the table.
--:-- Georgia Howe: House Democrats reintroduced a reparations bill this week as Trump cracks down on discriminatory DEI policies.
--:-- John Bickley: Far left Democratic Representative Ayanna Pressley refiled H.R. 40, which calls for the study of reparations for slavery, and said it was more important than ever because white supremacy and anti-Black racism are allegedly on the rise.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Here was Pennsylvania Democrat Summer Lee in a presser Wednesday announcing the bill. Our government, no matter who is in power, has an obligation to right these wrongs, to provide reparations for descendants of enslaved Africans, to eliminate the racial wealth gap to uplift the black community.
--:-- John Bickley: The bill is considered DOA in the House.
--:-- Georgia Howe: And the Trump Department of Education has revoked the previous administration's guidance on NIL deals for college athletes.
--:-- John Bickley: Crane & Company host David Cohn has more. This decision from the Trump administration reverses a Biden-era guidance that required equal distribution of name, image, and likeness funds between male and female athletes.
--:-- Georgia Howe: This move comes a week after President Trump's executive order banning transgender athletes from women's sports.
--:-- John Bickley: Critics argue the decision undermines gender equity, while supporters say NIL deals are market-driven and should in fact be separate from Title IX.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Still, experts expect legal challenges as female athletes and advocacy groups push back against the policy shift.
--:-- John Bickley: All right, there's your drive home updates this afternoon. To learn more about these stories, go to dailywire.com.
--:-- Georgia Howe: And in case you missed it this morning, we covered some major stories, including Trump's reciprocal tariffs, RFK's big confirmation, and the Trump administration suing the state of New York.
--:-- John Bickley: Thanks for tuning in. We'll be back tomorrow morning with another full edition of Morning Wire.
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