The Steve Gruber Show

Edward Bartlett | United States Withdraws from Human Rights Council

Edward Bartlett, Founder of SAVE, an organization focused on fairness and due process on college campuses.

United States Withdraws from Human Rights Council as Corruption and Fraud Envelopes the U.N. Body

Scot Bertram | Michigan Senate approves bill to save tipped wage credit & increases minimum wage

Here are 3 big things you need to know—

 

One — More than 200,000 federal employees may soon be let go by the Trump Administration.  The Office of Personnel Management has reportedly advised all federal agencies to terminate their probationary employees.  Federal workers can be on probation for up to two years before their civil service job protections begin.  The order could affect more than nine-percent of the current federal workforce.

 

Two ---- TikTok is back.  The social media app returned to the Apple and Google app stores last night, after being removed almost a month ago in response to a national security law that went into effect.  The app's return follows a letter from US Attorney General Pam Bondi informing Apple it wouldn't be fined for hosting the app. 

 

And number three —   The Michigan Senate has approved a bill to save the state's tipped wage credit along with increasing the minimum wage.  The bill passed last night by a 20-to-12 vote with bipartisan support, though a majority of Democrats voted “no”.  The tipped wage would stay where it is the rest of this year and rise to 50-percent of the minimum wage over six years.   

Steve Dulan | What do Swing Voters think of Donald Trump?

Steve Dulan is a professor and a licensed attorney.

Mike Harris | Sanctuary cities shouldn’t get taxpayer-funded favors

Rep. Mike Harris, R-Waterford.

Sanctuary cities shouldn’t get taxpayer-funded favors

Mary Hamilton | Security breach means cyber criminals can control phones

Mary Hamilton is a cyber security expert and the CEO of Mad Data. She works with companies from coast to coast to protect their data.

Apple warns iPhone users to update devices — security breach means cyber criminals can control phones

Scot Bertram | Accepting the Gulf of America with Open Arms

Here are 3 big things you need to know—

 

One — A federal judge is allowing President Trump's employee buyout plan to continue.  Last month, Trump offered money to millions of federal employees to entice them to quit, but multiple labor unions filed lawsuits. The Trump administration took the win and announced the close of the buyout offer to any federal workers who might still be undecided. That original closing date was February 6.

 

Two ---- The White House says Wednesday's inflation report shows the Biden administration left them a mess to deal with.  The latest CPI report showed the annual inflation ticked up to three-percent in January.  Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the previous administration was not transparent in where the economy truly was. Of course, we all were told the Biden economy was perhaps the greatest in American history during the campaign. That might not have been the truth.

 

And number three —   Apple Maps plans to follow Google's lead and rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. The change is in response to the interior secretary officially adopting the name.   Google announced in late January that it would adjust and activated their change this week.

Scot Bertram | Elon Musk & his necessary work in DOGE

Scot Bertram discusses news and headlines 

Mark Mix | Is Chavez-DeRemer bad news for union workers?

Mark Mix, is President of the National Right to Work Committee which is a 2.8-million-member public policy organization. He also serves as President of the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation. Trump is already cleaning house at the NLRB (National Labor Relations Board).

Lori Chavez-DeRemer’s confirmation hearing is Wednesday, should republicans just say no?

Scot Bertram, The Fight to Save our Country

Scot Bertram discusses news and headlines 

Scot Bertram | Trinity Health Ann Arbor receives anonymous $10-million donation

Here are 3 big things you need to know—

 

One — President Trump says a call with Russian President Vladimir Putin was highly productive.  The President says both men agreed that the Russia-Ukraine war needs to come to an end.  Trump says the two will work closely together on negotiations including visiting each other's nations at some point. 

 

Two ---- The Trump administration is rescinding the Biden Adminisration's rules related to N-I-L revenue-sharing payments to male and female college athletes. Just before Biden left office, the Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights said schools could be in violation of Title Nine if they didn’t hand out revenue-sharing payments proportionately to men's and women's sports.  Now schools can distribute money to the sports they believe have the most value. 

 

And number three —   Trinity Health Ann Arbor says an anonymous donor has given the hospital ten-million-dollars for a neurosciences institute. Construction on an expansion will begin this year and should be completed in the spring of 2026. The expansion will include new outpatient dementia and Alzheimer's care.

Francis Rooney | Trump's Policies & Handling of Foreign Affairs

Ambassador Francis Rooney represented Florida’s 19th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives from 2017 to 2021. From 2005 to 2008 he served as the United States Ambassador to the Holy See, appointed by President George W. Bush and subsequently wrote a book about diplomacy and the US-Holy See relationship titled The Global Vatican.

Bradley J. Birzer | State of the Nation Project

Bradley J. Birzer is an American historian. He is a history professor and the Russell Amos Kirk Chair in American Studies at Hillsdale College, the author of five books and the co-founder of The Imaginative Conservative. He is known also as a Tolkien scholar.

State of the Nation Project

Dan Schneider | Eradicating the government censorship against conservatives

Dan Schneider, Vice President of MRC Free Speech America.

Trump’s order will eradicate the government censorship against conservatives

Scot Bertram | Michigan Minimum Wage Update

Here are 3 big things you need to know—

 

One — A federal judge says President Trump's employee buyout plan can resume.  Last month, Trump offered money to federal employees who resign their post, but multiple labor unions filed lawsuits saying the administration did not have legal authority to offer such buyouts.  A judge now disagrees and the Trump administration says the offer is closed. More than 75,000 employees have apparently taken the offer.

 

Two ---- Two Navy pilots are in stable condition after an F-18 fighter jet crashed into San Diego Bay yesterday morning. The pilots ejected safely and were rescued by the Coast Guard and taken to a nearby hospital.

 

And number three —  Governor Gretchen Whitmer is urging Michigan lawmakers to pass a short-term extension of Michigan's current minimum wage until July 1st.  At that point she hopes talks can continue. Restaurant owners, wait staff, bartenders, and others have been asking lawmakers to keep the lower wage in place. It’s set to rise to be even with minimum wage in five years. 

Kaitlyn Buss | "Whitmer's still missing"

Kaitlyn Buss is assistant editorial page editor at The Detroit News.

Buss: Whitmer's still missing

Tyler Bonin | Why is this socialist history book in 1 in 4 classrooms?

Tyler Bonin, former teacher, a military veteran, and now a civics education specialist at the Goldwater Institute.

Why is this socialist history book in 1 in 4 classrooms?

Reagan Reese, The Daily Caller Report on the Reagan Airport Crash

Reagan Reese, White House Correspondent, Daily Caller.

Steve Gruber | The Third Annual Global A.I. Summit

Here are 3 Big Things you need to know to start today—

 

Number One—TOM HOMAN SAYS HE IS GETTING CLOSE TO CATCHING THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR TIPPING OFF TREN DE ARAGUA GANG BANGERS BEFORE LAW ENFORCEMENT COULD ARREST THEM—WE WILL HAVE THE LATEST—

 

Number Two— PRESIDENT TRUMP AND ELON MUSK FIELDED A PILE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT DOGE AND CUTTING GOVERNMENT SPENDING YESTERDAY IN THE OVAL—BUT THE STAR OF THE SHOW—DIDN’T ANSWER ONE QUESTION—

 

Number Three— ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE – OR A-I… IT USED TO BE THE STUFF OF SCI-FI MOVIES BUT IT’S ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING SECTORS OF THE TECH MARKET – AND THE BIG PLAYERS ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO COME OUT ON TOP – BOTH TECHNICALLY—BUT FINANCIALLY TOO—

Steve Gruber | A.I. assisting in Government Efficiency

Steve Gruber discusses news and headlines 

Steve Gruber | Donald Trump meets with Marc Fogel upon Russian Prison Release

Steve Gruber discusses news and headlines 

Michael Harrison | How media has changed over the years

Michael Harrison is a Publisher and Editor for the Talkers Magazine.

How media has changed over the years.

Peter Gillooly | Exposing Corruption & Holding People Accountable

Peter Gillooly, CEO, The Wellness Company.

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Steve Gruber | President Trump & Musk field questions about the cutting of government waste

Here are the 3 Big Things you need to know to start today—

 

Number One— Donald Trumps monster lawsuit against CBS has doubled to $20 Billion dollars and the motion to dismiss from the network—got shot down—and that means—Trump is continuing to win in court—

 

Number Two— The mother of Marc Fogel was emotional and grateful as she thanked President Trump for the release of her son from a Russian prison on Tuesday—

 

Number Three— What a day it was in the Oval Office—as President Trump and Elon Musk fielded questions about the cutting of government waste—by using DOGE to identify and clean up wasteful spending—

Erin Smith | VA Chaplain Sanctioned for Chapel Message, Faces Sermon Censorship by Supervisor

Erin Smith, Associate Counsel at First Liberty Institute.

Pennsylvania VA Chaplain Sanctioned for Chapel Message, Faces Sermon Censorship by Supervisor

Steve Gruber | Huge Developments in the Release of the Epstein Files

Steve Gruber discusses news and headlines 

Andrew Bernstein | What needs to change in the Trump Admin

Andrew Bernstein is the author of Why Johnny Still Can't Read or Write or Understand Math: And What We Can Do About It. He also holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the City University of New York. U.S. Education.

What needs to change in the Trump Admin.

Erin Tobin | Congress Freezes & Stalls On America's Most Popular Issue

Erin Tobin, Former Member of the South Dakota State Senate.

South Dakota State Chair For U.S. Term Limits.

Congress Freezes and Stalls On America's Most Popular Issue

Steve Gruber | Marc Fogel Finally Released from Russian Prison

Steve Gruber discusses news and headlines 

Ron Rademacher | The Michigan Back Roads Weekly Update

Ron Rademacher is a Travel Writer, Author, Speaker, Story Teller, and a Guy, Who Holds The Record For Getting Lost On The Back Roads Of Michigan.

Around Michigan.

Ron Rademacher | Continued...

Ron Rademacher is a Travel Writer, Author, Speaker, Story Teller, and a Guy,Who Holds The Record For Getting Lost On The Back Roads Of Michigan.

Around Michigan.