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3:05pm- Kathryn Watson of CBS News writes: “The Justice Department filed a lawsuit Wednesday against Texas over the state's implementation of a new immigration law allowing state and local law enforcement officials to arrest, jail and prosecute migrants who may have entered the U.S. illegally. The Biden administration warned Texas that it would file a suit if Texas didn't assure federal officials by Wednesday that they wouldn't enforce the new state law, SB4. The state law also allows judges in Texas to issue de facto deportation orders. The Biden administration insists that immigration-related offenses are matters for the federal government, not states.” You can read the full article here: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/justice-department-sues-texas-border-security-law/

3:10pm- How does the Biden Administration politically benefit by ignoring the immigration problems at the U.S. Southern border? Rich notes that from a strategic perspective, it makes no sense for Democrats to forgo aid to Ukraine while concurrently allowing Republicans to win the debate on unlawful immigration.

3:20pm- While speaking with the press, Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley said of migrants who enter the U.S. unlawfully: "we don’t need to be disrespectful. We don't need to talk about them as criminals. They're not—they're families that want a better life."

3:35pm- Chicago Alderman Brian Hopkins, a Democrat, conceded that his city would likely not be classified as a “Sanctuary City” if elected officials were asked to vote on the categorization today. He also said “the federal government has dropped the ball” on securing the U.S. Southern border.

3:40pm- Mayor of Eagle Pass, Texas Rolando Salina, a Democrat, said that migrants who unlawfully cross the U.S. Southern border and do not qualify for asylum should be deported immediately. Even CNN host Anderson Cooper agreed, stating: “The asylum system is completely off the rails. It’s completely broken.”

3:55pm- While speaking with Dana Perino and Bill Hemmer on Fox News, Texas Governor Greg Abbott noted that Democrats had been fine with uncontrolled, unlawful migration until the issue began to impact their cities and states.

4:05pm- Jennifer Stefano—Executive Vice President of the Commonwealth Foundation & Columnist at the Philadelphia Inquirer—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss the three things Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker must do immediately. On Tuesday, Parker was sworn in as the 100th Mayor of Philadelphia. On her first day, she signed an executive order declaring a public safety emergency—calling for the development of a strategy that will reduce the unmitigated violence and open drug use currently plaguing the city. But can Mayor Parker’s plan be effective while Larry Krasner remains the city’s District Attorney?

4:30pm- Armando Garcia of ABC News writes: “New York City Mayor Eric Adams has announced a lawsuit against 17 bus and transportation companies helping to send asylum-seekers to the city as it deals with major budget issues surrounding the crisis. The city is seeking $708 million in the lawsuit to cover costs for caring for migrants.” You can read the full report: https://abcnews.go.com/US/new-york-city-announces-lawsuit-bus-companies-sending/story?id=106110357

4:35pm- Listeners weigh-in on New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ absurd lawsuit targeting bus companies who provide transportation to illegal migrants.

4:55pm- Mairead Elordi of The Daily Wire writes: “New York City Democratic Mayor Eric Adams admitted this week that some of the illegal migrants who have shown up in the city recently are engaging in a ‘robbery pattern.’” You can read the full article here: https://www.dailywire.com/news/nyc-mayor-says-some-migrants-participated-in-a-robbery-pattern

5:05pm- On Wednesday, Manhattan Federal Judge Loretta Pleska ordered the release of documents related to pedophile Jeffrey Epstein—revealing the names of people with connections to Epstein.

5:10pm- Listeners weigh-in on New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ absurd lawsuit targeting bus companies who provide transportation to illegal migrants.

5:30pm- Matt Walsh of The Daily Wire writes: “The CIA has a term called “limited hangout.” This is a tactic where some small portion of the truth is made public while the most important details—the stuff that really matters—is kept hidden. Intelligence agencies do this in hopes that the stuff they release will satisfy everyone’s curiosity and they’ll stop asking questions. These Epstein files appear to be exactly that. This is a limited hangout. A diversion meant to satisfy you without actually telling you what you need to know. They want you to stop asking questions. Don’t fall for it.” You can read the full article here: https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-epstein-files-are-released-but-the-cover-up-continues

5:40pm- Dr. E.J. Antoni—Research Fellow in The Heritage Foundation’s Grover M. Hermann Center for the Federal Budget—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss the U.S. National debt topping $34 Trillion. In 2020, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimated that the U.S. would not reach $34 trillion of debt until 2029.

6:05pm- While speaking with Jake Tapper on CNN, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) commented on a Biden Administration proposal to spend more money on processing illegal migrants. Quoting a Border Patrol agent he spoke with in Eagle Pass, Texas, Speaker Johnson explained: It's as if I'm at an open fire hydrant. I don't need more buckets to dump the water. I need to turn the flow off." 

6:10pm- While speaking with Dana Perino and Bill Hemmer on Fox News, Texas Governor Greg Abbott noted that Democrats had been fine with uncontrolled, unlawful migration until the issue began to impact their cities and states.

6:15pm- Mayor of Eagle Pass, Texas Rolando Salina, a Democrat, said that migrants who unlawfully cross the U.S. Southern border and do not qualify for asylum should be deported immediately. Even CNN host Anderson Cooper agreed, stating: “The asylum system is completely off the rails. It’s completely broken.”

6:20pm- Rich teases a big event announcement coming next week.

6:30pm- An abbreviated hour of The Rich Zeoli Show due to college basketball— the Temple Owls take on the South Florida Bulls.

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3:05pm- Stefanos Chen and Jeffery C. Mays of The New York Times write: “Hundreds of migrants bound for New York City took a detour in New Jersey over the holiday weekend, in an apparent attempt to bypass a city order that seeks to limit the chaotic flow of arrivals…The surge in New Jersey arrivals appears to be an end-run around an emergency executive order last week by New York City’s mayor, Eric Adams, requiring charter bus companies to provide 32 hours’ advance notice of the arrival of migrants and restricting the times of day when they can be dropped off.” You can read more here: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/01/nyregion/ny-nj-migrants-buses.html

3:15pm- While speaking with WABC in New York, the Democrat Mayor of Edison, New Jersey Sam Joshi said that migrants arriving in his township via buses sent from Texas posed a “major security risk” because “they couldn’t be identified.” Additionally, officials were unable to determine whether the people on the buses were carrying weapons, according to Mayor Joshi.  

3:20pm- Department of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas basely blamed the migrant crisis at the U.S. Southern border on Texas Governor Greg Abbott—failing to accept any blame for the Biden Administration’s relaxed border security policies.

3:30pm- CNN reports that the House Committee on Homeland Security is expected to formally begin impeachment proceedings against Department of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas for his failures to secure the U.S. Southern border.

3:40pm- On Tuesday, Cherelle Parker was sworn in as the 100th Mayor of Philadelphia. On her first day, she signed an executive order declaring a public safety emergency—calling for the development of a strategy that will reduce the unmitigated violence and open drug use currently plaguing the city. But can Mayor Parker’s plan be effective while Larry Krasner remains the city’s District Attorney?

4:05pm- A new USA Today/Suffolk University poll indicates that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump currently has greater support within the Hispanic American community than does President Joe Biden—39% to 34%. In 2020, Biden won that demographic by 33%—65% to 32%. You can read more here: https://www.mediaite.com/news/shock-poll-biden-who-won-the-hispanic-vote-by-33-points-in-2020-now-trails-trump-by-5-among-hispanics/

4:10pm- Despite polling that indicates his reelection hopes are in jeopardy, President Joe Biden spent seven days vacationing in the U.S. Virgin Islands—flying back to Washington D.C. on Tuesday with noticeable sunburn.

4:15pm- Andrew Mark Miller writes, “A Georgetown University professor who spent 12 years as a CIA intelligence analyst is warning that diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts and the overall politicization of the intelligence community have become a ‘significant’ problem and that he is confident those agencies will attempt to interfere with the 2024 election similar to their efforts in 2020.” You can read the full article here: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ex-cia-analyst-says-intel-agencies-politically-active-again-2024-election-significant-problem

4:35pm- Disney has announced a new director for its Star Wars franchise—Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy. Obaid-Chinoy has won two Academy Awards for short-films examining injustice in Pakistan, but does that make her the ideal selection for a sci-fi franchise? Obaid-Chinoy said that her goal as a filmmaker has been to “make men uncomfortable,” but aren’t most Star Wars fans just looking for an enjoyable two-hour movie?

5:05pm- Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows determined that the U.S. Constitution bars Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump from appearing on the state’s primary ballot—citing his involvement in riots outside the U.S. Capitol on January 6th, 2021. In her 34-page decision, Secretary Bellows accuses Trump of engaging in insurrection and, consequently, determines he is ineligible to hold office under the Fourteenth Amendment. Interestingly, despite calls from the Lieutenant Governor to “explore every legal option” to remove Trump from the ballot, California Secretary of State Shirley Weber said the former president would remain on the state’s primary ballot. Trump has officially appealed Maine’s decision.

5:10pm- Department of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas basely blamed the migrant crisis at the U.S. Southern border on Texas Governor Greg Abbott—failing to accept any blame for the Biden Administration’s relaxed border security policies.

5:15pm- Speaking to the press on Capitol Hill, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said that H.R.2- Secure the Border Act of 2023, which has passed in the House, will not pass in the Senate.

5:20pm- CNN reports that the House Committee on Homeland Security is expected to formally begin impeachment proceedings against Department of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas for his failures to secure the U.S. Southern border.

5:25pm- During Wednesday’s White House press briefing, Fox News journalist Jacqui Heinrich grilled Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre over the Biden Administration’s failed U.S. Southern border policies which have resulted in a record number of unlawful border crossings.

5:40pm- Shauneen Miranda of Axios wties: “A federal judge will unseal hundreds of court documents from a lawsuit related to deceased convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Wednesday…Those documents include over 150 names deriving from a civil lawsuit against Ghislaine Maxwell, who was sentenced last year to 20 years in prison on sex trafficking and other charges for helping Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls.” You can read the full article here: https://www.axios.com/2024/01/02/jeffrey-epstein-list-names-court-documents-associates

6:05pm- Wadi Gaitan—Communications Director for the LIBRE Initiative—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to react to a new USA Today/Suffolk University poll indicates that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump currently has greater support within the Hispanic American community than does President Joe Biden—39% to 34%. In 2020, Biden won that demographic by 33%—65% to 32%.

6:30pm- Fox News has announced a new show—“Fox News Saturday with Jimmy Failla.” It is set to debut on January 13th.

6:35pm- Virginia Kruta of The Daily Wire writes: “A Tuesday segment on MSNBC’s “Deadline White House” got awkward when new allegations surfaced against embattled Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ)—and his daughter was guest-hosting the show. Alicia Menendez was sitting in for regular host Nicolle Wallace, and just before the show went to a commercial break, she announced that a breaking news update was imminent. ‘We have to take a quick break. And we’ll be back with some breaking news right after this,’ she said. When they returned, however, MSNBC host Ari Melber was in the anchor’s chair to deliver the news.” You can read the full story here: https://www.dailywire.com/news/msnbc-segment-goes-sideways-new-menendez-allegations-surface-while-his-daughter-is-guest-hosting

6:40pm- While appearing on Newsmax, South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem said it would be a mistake for Donald Trump to select Nikki Haley to be his Vice President.

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