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Judge orders Trump administration to cancel taxpayer-funded TV ads

Homeland Security tapped twenty million dollars for the ads, which the White House calls public service announcements; a judge reportedly disagreed, and nobody is manifesting a refund.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to cancel TV ads paid for with twenty million dollars of taxpayer money through Homeland Security.

  2. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorWith me is life coach Zephyr Mulgrew. Zephyr, what happened here?

  3. Zephyr MulgrewHank, I'm holding space for that. What happened is a blockage.

  4. Zephyr MulgrewThe administration put out an intention, and the court got in the way of the flow.

  5. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe White House calls them public service announcements. The judge reportedly saw promotion instead, which raises questions about campaign spending rules.

  6. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo, was it a blockage or a ruling?

  7. Zephyr MulgrewI'm holding space for that, and the space is getting bigger. A ruling is just a blockage wearing a robe.

  8. Zephyr MulgrewNobody manifests clearly in a robe.

  9. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorTwenty million dollars of public money. Was that a budget or an intention?

  10. Zephyr MulgrewHank, money is only an intention with a price tag.

  11. Zephyr MulgrewI'm holding space for that, and honestly the space is about the size of Ohio.

  12. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorOhio.

  13. Zephyr MulgrewA big Ohio. And I offer a twelve-week course that unblocks exactly this sort of thing, with a group rate for government agencies.

  14. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorLet me ask you directly, because I think you dodged it. Are you affiliated with the people who bought these ads?

  15. Zephyr MulgrewI'm holding space for that. Let's say I've been visualizing a lot of television lately, and television has been visualizing me back. Strongly.

  16. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo the judge could book your course, and the ads would come back on the air.

  17. Zephyr MulgrewThe judge is a future client who simply hasn't booked yet. I can feel it in my egg.

  18. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe rose quartz egg you keep rubbing on camera. Is that taxpayer-funded too?

  19. Zephyr MulgrewI'm holding space for that.

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