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--:-- John Bickley: The deal to reopen the government drives a wedge between Democrats, leading to calls for a change in leadership. This is the culmination of someone who just doesn't get it, who doesn't get where the base of this party is.
--:-- Georgia Howe: I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire executive editor John Bickley. It's Tuesday, November 11th, Veterans Day, and this is Morning Wire.
--:-- John Bickley: Florida launches a probe into JPMorgan Chase, accusing the banking giant of helping Biden's Operation Arctic Frost target Trump.
--:-- Georgia Howe: It's come to our attention that JPMorgan debanked Trump Media Group, a Florida-based company, right before the business went public.
--:-- John Bickley: And on this Veterans Day, we talk to a retired Marine Corps major about how the shutdown has affected veterans and service members, and how the new administration has lifted morale for our troops.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Thanks for waking up with Morning Wire. Stay tuned. We have the news you need to know.
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--:-- Amanda Presta-Giacomo: Hey, Amanda, so let's start on Capitol Hill. What is the mood there?
--:-- Georgia Howe: Yeah, well, cautious optimism is probably the best way to describe it. After the Senate reached a breakthrough Sunday night, they moved forward with a procedural vote and they convened again Monday afternoon to wrap up the final details.
--:-- Amanda Presta-Giacomo: And finally, they passed a clean continuing resolution to keep the government funded through January 30th.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Obviously, the next step for this bill is to head back to the House, and Speaker Mike Johnson has already called his members back for a vote.
--:-- Amanda Presta-Giacomo: And while it will be close, Johnson said it's expected to pass and that President Trump is on board, so that'll help push any Republicans who might still be on the fence.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Overall, this progress was welcomed by federal workers, air travelers, and especially investors. Markets jumped at the apparent agreement.
--:-- Amanda Presta-Giacomo: The Nasdaq, for example, that surged a whopping 2%. And the Dow and the S&P 500, they each closed just off record highs.
--:-- Georgia Howe: But not everyone is excited about this news. A number of high-profile Democrats on Monday, they criticized the looming deal.
--:-- Amanda Presta-Giacomo: Social media erupted yesterday with calls for minority leader Chuck Schumer to step down.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Democrat House member Ro Khanna, for example, he tweeted that Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced.
--:-- Amanda Presta-Giacomo: Here's another quote. If you can't lead the fight to stop healthcare premiums from skyrocketing for Americans, what will you fight for?
--:-- Georgia Howe: Obviously, you know, that's very significant to see elected officials go on the record like that with that sort of criticism.
--:-- Amanda Presta-Giacomo: For his part House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries he stood by Schumer He said Schumer was effective and should keep his position
--:-- Georgia Howe: Here Jeffries from the Capitol yesterday Leader Schumer and Senate Democrats over the last seven weeks have waged a valiant fight on behalf of the American people
--:-- Amanda Presta-Giacomo: And I'm not going to explain what a handful of Senate Democrats have decided to do. That's their explanation to offer to the American people.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Now, this saga puts Schumer in an even more precarious position. he was already facing a possible primary challenge from Representative Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez.
--:-- Amanda Presta-Giacomo: She's obviously very far left. And it's worth noting, he publicly opposed this deal to end the shutdown, and he ultimately voted against it.
--:-- Georgia Howe: So that leaves two possible explanations. First, that Schumer supported it privately, and he allowed these eight Democrat senators to vote yes.
--:-- Amanda Presta-Giacomo: By the way, none of those Democrats face re-election next year, so there was, you know, obviously some strategy behind that.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Or, you know, second, there's this possibility that Schumer really did oppose a compromise. And that could be even more concerning for Democrats because it would mean he doesn't have full control of his caucus.
--:-- Amanda Presta-Giacomo: Right. Either way you cut it, the optics aren't great for him here.
--:-- Georgia Howe: And we also heard from plenty of angry Democrats outside of Washington, correct?
--:-- Amanda Presta-Giacomo: Yeah. I mean, you can tell how the left wing base is feeling by looking at the party's 2028 hopefuls and how they responded.
--:-- Georgia Howe: California Governor Gavin Newsom, for example, he called it pathetic. He said this isn't a deal. It's a surrender. Don't bend the knee.
--:-- Amanda Presta-Giacomo: AOC said that people want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It's about people's lives.
--:-- Georgia Howe: And Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, he said this isn't a deal, but an empty promise.
--:-- Amanda Presta-Giacomo: We heard similar condemnation from people like Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar, and Ruben Gallo, and, you know, the list goes on there.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Behind closed doors, many Democrats felt that a compromise just wasn't necessary here because they're winning the messaging battle.
--:-- Amanda Presta-Giacomo: And polling does back that up. The latest numbers from a Washington Post and ABC poll showed that 45 percent of Americans blame the GOP for the shutdown, while 33 percent blame Democrats.
--:-- Georgia Howe: And 63 percent of Americans say they disapproved of Trump's handling of the federal government, while independents said Republicans deserve more blame by a two to one margin.
--:-- Amanda Presta-Giacomo: So regardless, it appears that Democrats did blink first here and Republicans and Donald Trump may come out of this shutdown with another political victory.
--:-- Georgia Howe: All right. So the GOP potentially pulling victory from the jaws of defeat here. Amanda, thanks for reporting.
--:-- Amanda Presta-Giacomo: You're welcome.
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--:-- Tim Pierce: So this was a story broken by our own Mary Margaret Olehan. She got the first look at the letter Uthmeyer sent to J.P. Morgan Chase.
--:-- Georgia Howe: This investigation was prompted by information that was released by the Senate Judiciary Committee talking about how special counsel Jack Smith's Arctic Frost investigation into Trump had targeted hundreds of Republican individuals and entities with subpoenas
--:-- Tim Pierce: Now Uthmeyer suspects that J Morgan Chase was providing sensitive banking info to the Department of Justice and to Smith as part of the malicious prosecutions into the president That's how he phrased it.
--:-- Georgia Howe: And the attorney general told me that the bank was asking many questions of Trump media, its client, questions that were seemingly unrelated to its business.
--:-- Tim Pierce: Now, JPMorgan did not directly address the Monday letter when we reached out, but a spokeswoman told me that J.P. Morgan follows the law in responding to subpoenas from the government and will continue to do so.
--:-- Georgia Howe: She also stressed that J.P. Morgan doesn't discriminate against anyone based on politics, saying it's terrible that people can lose their bank accounts because of broken policies that encouraged banks to be overly cautious, adding it's not fair and it shouldn't happen.
--:-- Tim Pierce: And it's great that this administration is finally bringing needed regulatory change we've been requesting for years.
--:-- Georgia Howe: So a great scoop there by Mary Margaret. And some aggressive action from Florida's AG, it sounds like.
--:-- Tim Pierce: Now, one individual who's facing a lot of the backlash from the Arctic frost probe is Judge James Boesberg.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Why is he in hot water?
--:-- Tim Pierce: Yeah, you're right. Boesberg was the judge who signed these warrants for the FBI to go after the phone records and essentially spy on about a dozen Republican lawmakers.
--:-- Georgia Howe: That has sparked more than a few calls for Boesberg to face some sort of accountability over this.
--:-- Tim Pierce: Here's GOP Senator Eric Schmidt. But Judge Boasberg, what he did to Senator Cruz and maybe other senators, absolutely, and I don't say this lightly, absolutely is worthy of impeachment proceedings.
--:-- Georgia Howe: There has to be accountability. Here's Congressman Byron Donalds. I do want him impeached. He needs to go because you have a judge who has a responsibility to uphold the law.
--:-- Tim Pierce: But what he participated in is the largest spying operation against your political rivals in American history.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Everybody loves to talk about Watergate with Richard Nixon. Richard Nixon never even dreamed of something like this.
--:-- Tim Pierce: Now, Boesburg, as the chief justice of the D.C. District Court, was the one who had to review the applications for phone records and sign off on them, as well as the gag orders related to those applications.
--:-- Georgia Howe: We still don't know what was in those applications. A lot of the material that Boesburg reviewed for them is classified and it's not open to the public.
--:-- Tim Pierce: But because Bozberg has discretion in approving these applications, many Republicans think he needs to be looked into for possible violations of the Constitution.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Specifically, they say he may have violated the Speech and Debate Clause, which protects lawmakers from law enforcement actions based on their congressional work.
--:-- Tim Pierce: So another potential investigation brewing there. Well, we'll see if there's any momentum for that.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Tim, thanks for reporting.
--:-- Tim Pierce: Good to be on.
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--:-- Chris Lovell: There's been a little anxiety, John, with some veterans. Not sure whether they get paid or not, the active duty forces.
--:-- Georgia Howe: You know, there was two paydays where that was in question. The administration did the right thing. They ensured they were paid.
--:-- Chris Lovell: In terms of the veterans post-service, the VA suffered slightly with some outreach programs that would otherwise not have been affected if the shutdown was not an issue.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Things like vocational and rehab for like transitioning services for when veterans are getting out.
--:-- Chris Lovell: I think there's a backlog now of about 10,000 that last count.
--:-- Georgia Howe: But yeah by and large it you know there a little bit of anxiety overall Like hey is this gonna to end And am I going to get the services that I earned Right
--:-- Chris Lovell: And we covered here how that one payment was possible But going forward, it was really unclear if the Trump administration could keep that up.
--:-- Georgia Howe: About the Trump administration, more broadly speaking, how has this new administration impacted the lives of military service members?
--:-- Chris Lovell: I think as the commander in chief, from my perspective, from what I'm reading and hearing and talking to active duty members, it's encouraging that the commander in chief has their back and has said as such in terms of making sure that the active duty forces get their pay without delay.
--:-- Georgia Howe: You know, Lovell Government Services, my company, we hire tons of Marines and we had a cake cutting ceremony.
--:-- Chris Lovell: And we talked about J.D. Vance, right, the vice president, the first Marine to be in the White House.
--:-- Georgia Howe: And for the troops, what a morale booster to see, you know, the vice president, former enlisted Marine at the highest levels of government, doing great work.
--:-- Chris Lovell: How do you feel the morale is in general with the Marines now?
--:-- Georgia Howe: The Marine Corps has never been stronger in terms of morale. There's just the sense of a mission.
--:-- Chris Lovell: J.D. Vance mentioned at a Marine Corps ball that it's the administration's desire that the Marines get clear guidance.
--:-- Georgia Howe: And the guidance would be that they're trained and equipped to be the most lethal fighting force.
--:-- Chris Lovell: And that, you know, when they're tasked to go somewhere, they go somewhere and they kick hind parts and then they have a clear objective and come home.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Final question. With this being Veterans Day, how do you think we can best preserve the legacy of our military service members?
--:-- Chris Lovell: Yeah, I think it's great. You know, even if you're not a veteran, you know, I would encourage you to go to a Veterans Day ceremony.
--:-- Georgia Howe: If you have friends and family that served, reach out to them, ask them about their time in service.
--:-- Chris Lovell: What was their favorite times? What did they do that they remember the most that brought them the most satisfaction?
--:-- Georgia Howe: And I like to think of veterans that influenced me as a young man.
--:-- Chris Lovell: And one of those people are Major James Capers. He's a Silver Star winner, served in Vietnam, and right now his Medal of Honor is pending at the highest levels of the Secretary of War's office.
--:-- Georgia Howe: He's 88 years old, and he did some superhuman things that I think are well-deserving of the Medal of Honor.
--:-- Chris Lovell: In high school, I remember seeing his posters. He had a poster out there of him with this caption, Ask a Marine.
--:-- Georgia Howe: I didn't know who Major Capers was. I didn't know his backstory. All I knew is that guy had something. He was tough, and I wanted to be like him.
--:-- Chris Lovell: So it was one of the reasons why I joined the Marines.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Well, happy Veterans Day. And thank you again for joining us.
--:-- Chris Lovell: Thanks, John. Appreciate the time. Thanks for waking up with us.
--:-- Georgia Howe: And for the veterans out there, thanks for your service.
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