# Mon Episode #2285:  — Trump's Birthday Spectacle Cost $60 Million and Seven Federal Agencies

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Podcast: [The David Knight Show](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-david-knight-show-1060966)
Published: 2026-06-15T18:00:50+00:00
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──────────────────────────────────────── [00:05:00] A Lawsuit Revealed That Trump's 250th Birthday Spectacle Cost $60 Million and Involved Seven Federal Agencies The UFC funded it; seven agencies including Homeland Security and the FAA allocated significant resources. Knight: same sunk cost argument as the tariffs. Idiocracy. ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:20:00] Tom Cotton's Section 622: The President Must Share All Intelligence With Israel — Congressional Permission Required to Withhold Anything The bill requires the president to report to Congress within 15 days any intelligence withheld from Israel. No reciprocal requirement from Israel. ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:35:00] On the 59th Anniversary of the USS Liberty Attack, Congress Is Formally Merging US Intelligence With Israel Knight: 34 dead, 174 wounded, McCain's father recalled the response planes — the day after Massey honored survivors, Congress introduced bills to merge US military and intelligence with Israel. ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:50:00] Ben Shapiro Says the USS Liberty Was Mistaken Identity — Newly Released Documents Show Israeli Pilots Knew the Ship Was American Dean Rusk, Richard Helms, the NSA head, and the chief counsel all concluded it was intentional — Shapiro never looks at the camera when he says otherwise. ──────────────────────────────────────── [01:00:00] Jonathan Pollard Sold US Secrets to Israel — Israel Sold Them to Russia for Jewish Emigration Permits — Now Israel Is Passing Them to China Pollard boasted about the nuclear blackmail that forced the 1973 arms airlift; the intelligence traded to Russia exposed US soldiers and sailors. ──────────────────────────────────────── [01:10:00] Marcia Blackburn Came After a Website With Demands Last…

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