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00:00:30.480 Hey, on the podcast today, we take on hyphenated Americans. 0.94

00:00:34.900 There is a big scandal going on, at least it should be, with Congressman Ramirez,

00:00:39.740 who stood on foreign soil last week in Mexico City at speaking Spanish at a summit,

00:00:45.380 where she said, I'm a proud Guatemalan before I'm an American.

00:00:49.480 What does that mean?

00:00:50.660 What is the perspective on this?

00:00:52.720 Also, a story that a lot of people laughed at.

00:00:55.720 In fact, Stu and I did when we first saw it.

00:00:57.720 Jim Acosta in this grotesque interview with an AI version of a child that was killed in the Parkland Massacre.

00:01:06.080 Why this is critical that we pay attention to this right now.

00:01:10.620 Also, Kirk Cameron joins us.

00:01:13.140 We have so much more, including Ken Paxton, who is the Attorney General of Texas, who is also going to tell us what's happening in the state of Texas.

00:01:23.020 They have issued warrants for the arrest of the Democrats.

00:01:26.080 Are they coming home anytime soon?

00:01:29.700 You'll find out with Ken Paxton on today's podcast.

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00:02:27.400 So what happens when somebody who is elected pledges allegiance to another country?

00:02:38.700 Well, first of all, it's a violation of your oath.

00:02:41.020 But let me get into the story.

00:02:42.280 Congresswoman Delia Ramirez stood this week on foreign soil speaking in Spanish at a summit in Mexico City.

00:02:51.720 And she said, and I'd like to quote, I am a proud Guatemalan before I'm an American.

00:02:58.920 Now, this isn't all.

00:03:00.860 Her husband also is in this country illegally.

00:03:05.640 That's not me saying that.

00:03:07.380 That's the Rolling Stone, which reported that a couple of years ago.

00:03:11.960 So let this sink in here for a minute.

00:03:13.780 This is a sitting member of Congress sworn to uphold the Constitution, says she's a Guatemalan before she's an American. 0.98

00:03:24.760 Meanwhile, her household, she does, defies the immigration laws that she just swore to protect and defend. 0.64

00:03:32.960 All right, this is not a gaffe.

00:03:37.400 This is not a misquote.

00:03:39.020 This is intentional.

00:03:40.300 And it is happening over and over and over again.

00:03:44.400 We have people, Ilan Omar, she is a Somali before she's an American. 0.97

00:03:49.740 Those are her words.

00:03:50.800 This is not about heritage or cultural pride.

00:03:57.020 You know, you can't say you don't love the country of your ancestors.

00:04:01.100 I mean, Tanya's family is so great, you know, because they're they come from Italy.

00:04:07.800 They're Italian-Americans, but they would never say they're Italian.

00:04:11.340 They're Americans.

00:04:12.900 Where's your family from?

00:04:14.180 Italy.

00:04:14.460 And they're proud of that.

00:04:17.260 And I love that they have mixed that and it has become very American.

00:04:22.720 I love that.

00:04:24.200 But when you separate yourself and you are an Italian first, there is no way anybody in Tanya's family throughout history would have ever said.

00:04:34.040 In fact, her uncle Leo, I've talked about a million times, he was born here in America while they were on vacation.

00:04:42.880 They went back to Italy, but he was the only natural born citizen.

00:04:47.740 He was the only citizen.

00:04:49.080 When when the war came, they were afraid that the entire family was going to be wiped out.

00:04:54.300 So what did he do?

00:04:55.780 He came to America. 0.63

00:04:57.280 But instead of just sitting, collecting things, he's like 18 years old.

00:05:01.660 He enlisted in the U.S. Army.

00:05:04.380 And because he had a heavy Italian accent, everybody thought he's a spy.

00:05:10.320 And so he got the worst of the worst.

00:05:13.120 He was on one of the first boats for D-Day.

00:05:16.280 When that gate came down, he was one of the first to try to make the mad dash to the cliff.

00:05:21.720 Why?

00:05:22.480 Because he's obviously a spy.

00:05:24.940 He was proudly an American.

00:05:31.040 When you serve in Congress, when you sit on the the committee for the homeland security.

00:05:39.520 You're not just representing voters.

00:05:41.860 You're representing the sovereignty of the United States of America.

00:05:46.020 You are part of the body tasked to defend our borders, its laws.

00:05:51.120 And yes, its identity.

00:05:53.140 And I am sick and tired, and I won't play the game, and nor should you, that our identity is worse than anybody else's.

00:06:00.680 That our identity, somehow or another, doesn't matter.

00:06:03.180 Our identity as America, we changed the world.

00:06:07.000 Now, you can be proud of that, while also being ashamed of some of the things we did when we beat our chest.

00:06:16.660 When we went awry, when we went away from our Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. 0.92

00:06:22.700 When we get away from that, we're screwed.

00:06:25.160 We screw everything up.

00:06:26.860 Well, we're doing that now.

00:06:28.060 She should be denaturalized, deported, maybe. 1.00

00:06:39.360 Maybe.

00:06:39.840 That's what some members of Congress are calling for.

00:06:42.240 She certainly should be kicked off the Homeland Security Committee. 0.58

00:06:45.920 She should probably be kicked out of Congress. 1.00

00:06:50.380 You cannot have your loyalty to another country over your loyalty to the United States of America.

00:06:59.040 I mean, when will we start taking allegiance seriously again?

00:07:03.740 When?

00:07:05.660 You know, the founders were really clear.

00:07:07.680 Let's look at this historically.

00:07:08.740 Unfortunately, George Washington, in his farewell address, warned about foreign entanglements.

00:07:13.920 And we always think that that is, oh, well, we shouldn't get involved in foreign wars.

00:07:18.300 Yes, it is.

00:07:20.820 It is.

00:07:21.660 Do you know why you have to be a naturally born citizen of the United States to serve as president?

00:07:33.460 You can't be some Arnold Schwarzenegger.

00:07:35.860 You know, everybody's like, I'd let Arnold Schwarzenegger be president.

00:07:39.300 I don't let Elon Musk be president.

00:07:41.120 I wouldn't.

00:07:42.920 Because they weren't born here.

00:07:45.540 Now, that is in our Constitution.

00:07:47.700 And why?

00:07:49.100 Because the founders feared that you would have an alliance that would be above the United States of America.

00:07:56.400 You would say, in Elon Musk's case, you know what?

00:08:00.280 I really am more loyal to South America or South Africa than I am the United States.

00:08:05.860 Or Arnold Schwarzenegger are more aligned with Austria than the United States.

00:08:12.040 Neither of those guys will say that.

00:08:14.200 Neither of those guys believe that.

00:08:16.060 But we have members of Congress who say, I am more aligned and it is more the heart,

00:08:21.600 the country that I have the heart for is Somalia or Guatemala over the United States.

00:08:27.380 Why are you serving?

00:08:29.020 That's what foreign entanglements, it's not just military alliances.

00:08:35.000 He wrote of the danger of foreign influence and corruption, noting that allegiance divided is allegiance denied.

00:08:45.100 Now, that's George Washington.

00:08:46.720 We all know Theodore Roosevelt.

00:08:49.720 Theodore Roosevelt didn't believe in hyphenated Americans.

00:08:52.500 There's only Americans. 0.98

00:08:55.000 There is no room, quoting him, there is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism.

00:09:00.440 Now, that is obviously not a swipe at immigrants.

00:09:03.880 It was a call to unify under one flag, one set of laws, one national destiny.

00:09:09.300 That's why we're the melting pot.

00:09:12.800 That's why we came together.

00:09:14.480 That's why we could do incredible things.

00:09:16.740 Because people came and brought the best of their culture with them, but they melted and wanted to be an American.

00:09:25.460 And when dual loyalties creep into the halls of power, that's when a republic crumbles.

00:09:31.100 That's when you're over.

00:09:32.680 And it's not from without, it's from within.

00:09:34.980 And as I said, Congresswoman Ramirez, her comments didn't happen in a vacuum.

00:09:43.860 They come at a time when Donald Trump has made immigration central to the campaign, ending birthright citizenship, ramping up ICE arrest, deporting those who break our laws, apparently except for her husband.

00:09:59.780 And what's the reaction?

00:10:02.960 Outrage.

00:10:03.600 Outrage from the same people who, you know, want our borders open, sanctuary cities, policies that blur, if not erase the line between citizen and non-citizen.

00:10:16.020 They want that gone.

00:10:19.580 This isn't political.

00:10:21.000 It's not a political line anymore.

00:10:22.800 This is a spiritual one.

00:10:24.160 This is a moral one.

00:10:25.300 This is a constitutional line.

00:10:27.200 And now, with her own words and her own associations, she's drawn that line in the sand.

00:10:34.420 On one side is America.

00:10:36.420 On the other side is Guatemala.

00:10:38.900 And she, by her own words, made her choice.

00:10:42.400 Guatemala.

00:10:42.880 Now, the question is, does Congress even care?

00:10:49.020 Will Congress and the American people choose America over Guatemala or Somalia or any other place?

00:11:01.400 Will we say it matters?

00:11:03.280 This is what I believe should absolutely happen immediately.

00:11:10.980 She needs to immediately be removed from Homeland Security or immigration-related committees. 1.00

00:11:17.280 If you don't believe in national sovereignty, you should not be managing our national sovereignty.

00:11:25.700 There should be a full investigation into her husband's immigration status.

00:11:30.780 No one in this country, not even the spouse of the congresswoman, should be above the law.

00:11:37.180 If Melania Trump had come here illegally, I would say exactly the same thing. 0.96

00:11:44.940 No one is above the law.

00:11:49.280 Citizenship loyalty review.

00:11:50.980 Boy, this really sounds scary.

00:11:52.820 You want a citizenship loyalty review?

00:11:56.380 Yeah.

00:11:57.440 Yeah, we've had one in the past.

00:11:59.480 And I think we should reintroduce it.

00:12:02.500 Because that is the oath of office, the oath of allegiance.

00:12:07.880 And that has to be a binding standard for those who are serving.

00:12:14.140 Are you allegiance?

00:12:15.980 Do you pledge allegiance to our flag, our country, our constitution?

00:12:22.600 And if you can't say with real full conviction, oh, yeah, absolutely, of course,

00:12:28.020 that your allegiance is with the United States of America,

00:12:31.060 well, then you don't belong in government.

00:12:34.480 If you can't say, no, my loyalty is absolutely behind the constitution of the United States of America,

00:12:40.560 then you should not be in government.

00:12:46.180 And here's the biggest thing that has to happen.

00:12:49.720 This one happens with us.

00:12:51.780 We have to stop going, oh, well, that's just politics.

00:12:56.020 Because this is not politics.

00:12:57.580 This is not politics.

00:13:00.800 This goes right directly to the soul of our nation.

00:13:05.200 A line now has been crossed.

00:13:08.660 And it was crossed with Ilhan Omar.

00:13:11.380 And we said nothing.

00:13:13.080 And now it's been crossed with Congresswoman Ramirez.

00:13:17.540 And she crossed two lines.

00:13:20.820 Her husband, according to Rolling Stone, isn't illegal.

00:13:29.500 So are we going to hold the line or not?

00:13:31.820 Because if we don't know where our allegiance is,

00:13:34.760 then we no longer know who we are.

00:13:37.520 We no longer believe in anything anymore.

00:13:40.100 Because America doesn't matter. 0.84

00:13:41.520 You can serve as a defender of the constitution and our sovereignty

00:13:47.880 and not believe in the constitution or our sovereignty.

00:13:52.800 You know what that means?

00:13:55.060 That means retardation has gone airborne. 1.00

00:13:59.040 That's what that means.

00:14:01.160 That we have become so susceptible to retardation 1.00

00:14:06.360 that we can't see our own suicide.

00:14:08.520 But that's what that story is really all about.

00:14:11.820 And we have a choice.

00:14:12.900 So what are you going to do about it today?

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00:15:57.200 A journalist, I shouldn't say journalist.

00:15:59.360 Publicity hound Jim Acosta

00:16:01.320 just did an interview.

00:16:04.100 I can't even say that.

00:16:06.140 Just did, I don't even know what you would call it,

00:16:10.300 did a publicity stunt.

00:16:12.560 Not with a witness, not a grieving parent.

00:16:16.300 He sat down with an AI ghost.

00:16:18.760 It's an AI recreation of a 17-year-old kid

00:16:23.940 named Joaquin Oliver.

00:16:25.860 He was murdered in the Parkland massacre.

00:16:29.060 And then he called it journalism.

00:16:31.360 He called it a conversation.

00:16:33.120 But it wasn't.

00:16:34.020 It was neither.

00:16:35.420 It wasn't even human.

00:16:38.600 Let me play this grotesque pantomime for you.

00:16:42.420 Listen.

00:16:43.540 Joaquin, I would like to know

00:16:45.040 what your solution would be for gun violence.

00:16:50.120 Great question.

00:16:51.080 I believe in a mix of stronger gun control laws,

00:16:53.640 mental health support, and community engagement.

00:16:55.920 We need to create safe spaces

00:16:57.560 for conversations and connections,

00:16:59.580 making sure everyone feels seen and heard.

00:17:01.880 It's about building a culture of kindness

00:17:03.820 and understanding.

00:17:04.720 What do you think about that?

00:17:06.020 I think that's a great idea, Joaquin.

00:17:07.780 That is the worst thing I've ever seen in my life.

00:17:15.760 I had seen all the headlines.

00:17:17.920 I hadn't actually seen the...

00:17:22.320 Now, it is so bad, it's funny at this point.

00:17:26.800 It is.

00:17:27.340 It's just horrible.

00:17:28.960 I want to put this into perspective.

00:17:30.720 This is a digital ventriloquist act. 0.67

00:17:35.380 He's a puppet.

00:17:36.280 It's the image of a dead kid, long buried, animated,

00:17:41.540 like a puppet for the politics of those who are still living.

00:17:46.020 Now, let me ask you something that, you know,

00:17:48.500 we haven't dared to ask out loud yet,

00:17:50.860 and that is, what does it mean?

00:17:52.480 What does it truly mean to be alive

00:17:55.260 if, in death, you're more useful?

00:17:58.920 What are the Republicans saying,

00:18:05.380 or sorry, the Democrats saying right now

00:18:07.600 to some of the people in Congress?

00:18:09.260 They're saying, you need to take a bullet.

00:18:11.740 Why? 1.00

00:18:12.580 Because you're more useful if you're dead, 0.99

00:18:17.220 if somebody assassinates you.

00:18:18.980 So, what does it mean to be alive

00:18:21.480 if, in death, you're more useful?

00:18:24.620 What does it mean when your image,

00:18:26.520 your voice, your soul,

00:18:28.760 as captured by a memory or photograph,

00:18:31.540 can be summoned back again,

00:18:33.260 not by God,

00:18:34.340 but by algorithms and agenda?

00:18:36.360 I hate to go all religious on you, 0.96

00:18:40.720 but I have to tell you,

00:18:41.900 if this isn't the making of a graven image,

00:18:46.540 I don't know what is.

00:18:48.400 Thou shall not make a graven image.

00:18:52.120 You don't make for yourself an idol

00:18:54.340 or any likeness of what is in heaven,

00:18:57.460 above, or on earth beneath.

00:19:02.940 You know, the Native Americans used to, 0.97

00:19:05.160 they would never let you take your picture,

00:19:07.380 some of them, some tribes,

00:19:08.520 would never let you take their picture

00:19:09.760 because they thought it would steal your soul.

00:19:15.100 This doesn't have a soul.

00:19:19.400 This is taking your image,

00:19:21.700 bringing you back to life without a soul.

00:19:25.980 When man starts creating a likeness

00:19:28.700 to wield power or emotion,

00:19:32.120 we stop serving God

00:19:33.740 and we start serving ourselves.

00:19:37.500 And

00:19:37.600 I'm going to be generous here

00:19:43.220 and say I don't blame the parents.

00:19:45.740 I don't,

00:19:46.860 I don't question their grief

00:19:48.540 in any way, shape, or form.

00:19:51.640 But

00:19:52.120 this,

00:19:53.200 this,

00:19:54.080 this is no longer theirs.

00:19:55.900 This is not their son.

00:19:57.120 This is a political puppet.

00:20:01.440 The minute Joaquin's AI avatar

00:20:04.280 spoke political opinions

00:20:06.300 into a camera,

00:20:07.840 it stopped being about grief

00:20:10.000 and became propaganda.

00:20:12.500 And this, my friend,

00:20:13.920 is only the beginning.

00:20:16.040 What happens when governments

00:20:17.580 use AI resurrected faces

00:20:19.520 for propaganda?

00:20:20.320 What happens when terrorists

00:20:22.680 use deep fake hostages?

00:20:25.780 Hostages who are already dead

00:20:27.540 pleading for help.

00:20:29.640 You don't think that could happen

00:20:31.220 with Hamas?

00:20:33.540 You don't think that Hamas

00:20:35.300 couldn't have made an image?

00:20:36.960 In fact, the video

00:20:39.160 that we saw last week

00:20:40.180 could have very well

00:20:41.340 been AI

00:20:42.020 and the kid could be dead.

00:20:44.820 Now it's not,

00:20:46.400 but that's what's coming.

00:20:49.340 What happens when we begin

00:20:51.040 to trust synthetic testimony

00:20:53.400 over human,

00:20:55.720 actual human experience?

00:20:57.880 This isn't just immoral.

00:20:59.860 This is very, very dangerous.

00:21:01.440 This is soul erasing.

00:21:03.240 This is post-human.

00:21:04.940 You are entering

00:21:07.260 a world now

00:21:09.360 that is,

00:21:10.040 it's post-human.

00:21:13.340 This is the dystopian world

00:21:15.720 and we're just beginning

00:21:17.160 to step into it.

00:21:18.360 We're entering an age

00:21:19.320 where the dead

00:21:20.620 can be programmed

00:21:21.820 to speak the words

00:21:23.340 of the living.

00:21:24.880 Where grief

00:21:25.840 is nothing more

00:21:27.040 than a marketing tool.

00:21:28.260 Where death

00:21:28.800 is not your end,

00:21:30.740 but just a data set now

00:21:32.720 to be parsed

00:21:33.600 and projected

00:21:34.400 and used politically.

00:21:38.800 And here's the real

00:21:40.220 sick part of this.

00:21:42.360 The more meaningful 0.98

00:21:43.660 your death,

00:21:44.520 the more valuable 0.99

00:21:45.480 your ghost.

00:21:49.720 If that doesn't shake you

00:21:51.500 to your core,

00:21:53.300 nothing's going to.

00:21:54.680 If this doesn't wake you up

00:21:56.400 to the dangers of AI,

00:21:59.500 nothing will.

00:22:00.600 If this doesn't wake you up

00:22:02.580 to go,

00:22:03.420 oh dear God,

00:22:05.000 I've got to get back

00:22:06.720 to the basics.

00:22:07.820 I have to start

00:22:08.740 asking the questions,

00:22:10.120 what does it mean

00:22:11.120 to be human?

00:22:13.180 Nothing will.

00:22:14.380 We have to draw

00:22:19.620 really strong

00:22:21.200 ethical

00:22:21.700 hard lines

00:22:22.920 in the sand

00:22:24.220 on the use

00:22:25.720 of AI,

00:22:27.360 the use of likeness

00:22:28.660 of the dead.

00:22:30.200 It should be codified

00:22:31.460 in the law

00:22:32.080 internationally.

00:22:32.980 And I'm not saying

00:22:34.440 you're not bringing

00:22:35.300 characters back.

00:22:37.400 You're not bringing

00:22:38.240 things back

00:22:42.100 to show them

00:22:43.160 in movies

00:22:43.680 or for entertainment

00:22:44.640 or whatever.

00:22:45.920 But when you're

00:22:46.960 bringing dead

00:22:47.840 children back,

00:22:49.080 I don't know,

00:22:54.000 I think there's

00:22:54.540 a problem here.

00:22:55.520 There's a problem.

00:22:57.280 And we also have

00:22:58.280 to teach our kids

00:22:59.080 discernment here,

00:23:00.180 critical thinking.

00:23:02.040 And more than

00:23:02.980 critical thinking,

00:23:03.940 moral reasoning

00:23:05.000 has got to be taught.

00:23:07.160 We need a generation 1.00

00:23:08.280 that knows the difference

00:23:09.520 between the real

00:23:10.560 and artificial,

00:23:11.600 between the sacred

00:23:12.720 and the synthetic.

00:23:15.100 Because that's going

00:23:16.220 to be blurred.

00:23:17.160 All of it is blurred.

00:23:18.100 How long before 0.88

00:23:22.800 a Jim Acosta clown 0.96

00:23:24.560 isn't the one 0.95

00:23:25.400 doing it?

00:23:26.660 But somebody serious.

00:23:37.800 Transparency

00:23:38.440 from media,

00:23:40.100 from tech,

00:23:41.000 not after the fact,

00:23:42.460 but before the images

00:23:43.560 even appear

00:23:44.440 on the screen.

00:23:45.500 Now,

00:23:46.420 to his credit,

00:23:47.140 he did say

00:23:48.100 this was AI,

00:23:49.220 of course,

00:23:49.760 but it's a ghost.

00:23:52.700 We have to

00:23:53.640 reawaken the soul,

00:23:55.640 the concept

00:23:56.620 of the soul.

00:23:58.440 This is why

00:23:59.060 I've said for years

00:24:00.460 that Ray Kurzweil

00:24:02.260 is one of the scariest

00:24:03.100 guys I've ever met.

00:24:04.520 Because he doesn't

00:24:05.480 believe in the soul.

00:24:06.640 He believes

00:24:07.600 that that,

00:24:09.020 what you just saw,

00:24:10.280 is just as real

00:24:11.540 as the real kid.

00:24:12.980 The soul

00:24:15.340 can't be copied,

00:24:16.660 it can't be coded,

00:24:18.140 it can't be

00:24:19.020 commodified.

00:24:23.360 Because we lose

00:24:24.360 our soul

00:24:24.980 in our culture.

00:24:27.000 If we lose it

00:24:28.140 in our culture,

00:24:29.740 in our politics,

00:24:31.080 in our mourning,

00:24:32.440 in our journalism,

00:24:33.900 then you've got

00:24:34.400 nothing left.

00:24:35.820 And doesn't

00:24:36.420 Joaquin Oliver

00:24:37.260 deserve dignity

00:24:38.340 in life?

00:24:39.120 Everybody knows

00:24:42.360 he deserved

00:24:43.020 peace in death,

00:24:44.720 right?

00:24:46.020 What he didn't

00:24:47.160 deserve

00:24:47.720 is to be

00:24:49.080 animated by

00:24:49.960 code

00:24:50.640 to deliver

00:24:51.540 a political

00:24:52.320 message

00:24:52.960 like a branded

00:24:54.300 mascot.

00:24:56.000 I'm sorry,

00:24:56.740 but if this is

00:24:57.320 the parents doing,

00:24:58.400 the parents,

00:24:59.400 the parents,

00:25:00.460 shame on you.

00:25:01.760 Shame on you.

00:25:03.440 I,

00:25:03.740 I,

00:25:04.140 I understand

00:25:05.300 your grief

00:25:05.980 as much as

00:25:06.660 a parent can

00:25:07.500 that hasn't

00:25:07.980 lost a child.

00:25:08.800 I understand

00:25:09.580 your grief,

00:25:10.720 but this is

00:25:11.440 sick.

00:25:12.520 You know where 0.96

00:25:12.820 this road leads?

00:25:13.920 It leads to a

00:25:14.620 future where

00:25:15.100 grief can be

00:25:16.420 licensed.

00:25:17.440 Where every

00:25:18.080 dead child

00:25:18.820 becomes a

00:25:19.400 campaign and

00:25:20.240 where being

00:25:20.740 alive no

00:25:21.720 longer requires

00:25:22.680 a pulse.

00:25:23.740 Just a

00:25:24.160 well-trained

00:25:24.640 AI model.

00:25:25.460 You never

00:25:25.780 died.

00:25:27.180 That's not

00:25:27.700 compassion.

00:25:28.620 That is not

00:25:29.240 progress.

00:25:30.560 That is

00:25:31.140 hell wearing

00:25:32.520 the mask

00:25:33.180 of empathy.

00:25:34.840 Shame on

00:25:35.180 you,

00:25:35.440 Jim Acosta,

00:25:36.480 because out

00:25:37.400 of all the

00:25:37.920 people that

00:25:38.420 could have

00:25:38.800 done this,

00:25:39.520 you're only

00:25:40.020 doing it

00:25:40.440 for PR.

00:25:41.920 You're only

00:25:42.580 doing it

00:25:42.960 because you

00:25:43.620 need the

00:25:44.460 attention.

00:25:45.740 It's sick. 0.97

00:25:47.520 And Americans 0.95

00:25:48.080 have to stand

00:25:48.700 up and say,

00:25:49.300 no more.

00:25:50.120 You have to,

00:25:50.960 at least in

00:25:51.460 your personal

00:25:52.140 life,

00:25:53.080 make a

00:25:54.240 decision.

00:25:55.200 What is

00:25:56.300 life and

00:25:57.820 what is

00:25:58.400 death worth?

00:26:00.880 Back in a

00:26:01.540 minute.

00:26:01.860 Relief factor.

00:26:02.520 Some days,

00:26:03.040 pain just ruins

00:26:04.240 your life.

00:26:04.940 It decides how

00:26:05.620 long you sleep,

00:26:06.440 what plans you

00:26:07.180 cancel.

00:26:08.160 I have to

00:26:08.500 tell you,

00:26:08.860 I'm going

00:26:09.480 back to

00:26:10.000 Dallas because

00:26:11.100 I'm meeting

00:26:11.480 with two

00:26:11.840 back surgeons

00:26:12.460 next week

00:26:13.160 because I

00:26:13.640 can't take

00:26:15.020 it anymore.

00:26:16.400 My doctor

00:26:16.820 said to me

00:26:17.280 years ago,

00:26:17.740 they said,

00:26:18.140 I'm not going

00:26:19.420 to cut into

00:26:20.500 your back 1.00

00:26:20.940 until you

00:26:21.380 beg me for it.

00:26:22.160 That was

00:26:22.320 20 years ago

00:26:22.920 until you

00:26:23.260 beg me for

00:26:23.860 it.

00:26:24.740 I'm to the

00:26:25.400 point of

00:26:25.680 begging.

00:26:26.200 I'm absolutely

00:26:27.060 to the point

00:26:27.700 of begging

00:26:28.020 now.

00:26:28.980 And there

00:26:29.540 is some

00:26:29.900 pain that

00:26:30.500 nothing can

00:26:31.980 touch.

00:26:32.480 Nothing can

00:26:33.080 touch.

00:26:33.340 But I'll

00:26:34.540 tell you,

00:26:34.900 relief factor

00:26:35.500 has given

00:26:36.100 me a long,

00:26:37.820 long life

00:26:38.700 away from

00:26:39.880 pain in

00:26:40.520 my back

00:26:41.040 and especially

00:26:41.980 this weird

00:26:43.060 pain that I

00:26:43.720 had in my

00:26:44.220 hands that

00:26:45.580 would just,

00:26:46.740 I couldn't

00:26:47.220 even pick up

00:26:48.480 a pencil.

00:26:49.200 I couldn't put

00:26:50.540 my fingers

00:26:51.760 around a pencil

00:26:52.420 and write for

00:26:53.180 more than a

00:26:53.680 couple of

00:26:54.040 sentences.

00:26:54.580 The pain

00:26:54.900 was so bad.

00:26:56.140 That's still

00:26:56.960 gone with

00:26:57.640 relief factor.

00:26:58.880 Relief factor,

00:26:59.800 it is a daily

00:27:00.440 supplement created

00:27:01.400 by doctors that

00:27:02.240 help support a

00:27:02.920 healthy inflammatory

00:27:03.720 response to your

00:27:04.720 body, which

00:27:05.380 matters because

00:27:06.240 most of the

00:27:07.120 aching and the

00:27:07.800 stiffness that

00:27:08.460 slows you down, 0.97

00:27:09.180 that's inflammation.

00:27:10.800 And relief factor

00:27:11.480 is designed to go

00:27:12.280 after it naturally

00:27:13.340 without prescriptions,

00:27:14.520 without a bunch of

00:27:15.080 side effects,

00:27:15.680 without giving up

00:27:16.340 your sanity.

00:27:17.280 It's not magic,

00:27:18.260 it's not a quick

00:27:18.820 fix, but if you're

00:27:20.580 ready to do

00:27:21.140 something, really do

00:27:22.140 something, then this

00:27:22.920 might be your

00:27:23.480 moment.

00:27:23.980 Don't negotiate

00:27:24.620 with your pain

00:27:25.320 anymore.

00:27:26.600 Instead, make it

00:27:27.280 sorry that it ever

00:27:28.080 messed with you.

00:27:29.200 You can give their

00:27:29.740 three-week quick

00:27:30.440 start a try.

00:27:31.100 It's only $19.95.

00:27:32.200 Just visit

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00:27:34.140 or call 1-800-4-RELIEF.

00:27:35.800 That's 1-800-4-RELIEF.

00:27:38.340 It's

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00:27:41.000 You're listening to

00:27:42.060 the best of the

00:27:42.780 Glenn Beck program.

00:27:44.300 Ken Paxton,

00:27:45.180 welcome to the

00:27:45.640 program.

00:27:47.180 Great to be back,

00:27:48.200 Glenn.

00:27:48.360 Hope you're doing

00:27:48.720 well.

00:27:49.460 The same.

00:27:50.500 By the way, how

00:27:51.160 are the polls going

00:27:52.260 for you?

00:27:52.880 How's the race?

00:27:54.180 You're running

00:27:54.640 against Cornyn.

00:27:55.940 Well, it's going

00:27:58.720 well.

00:27:59.160 I mean, the numbers,

00:28:00.100 every poll I've seen,

00:28:01.220 even polls I haven't

00:28:01.980 done, have me way

00:28:02.940 up.

00:28:03.280 My own polls have

00:28:04.000 me up 25 points.

00:28:06.140 And I just continue

00:28:07.660 to do the same job

00:28:08.440 I've done over the

00:28:09.020 last 11 years.

00:28:09.920 And he's obviously

00:28:11.480 changed his focus

00:28:13.200 from being what he

00:28:14.120 was to being an

00:28:15.060 all-in Trump guy

00:28:16.260 for the last few

00:28:16.840 months.

00:28:18.700 It's a miracle.

00:28:19.920 He's a converted guy.

00:28:20.960 I know.

00:28:21.580 I know.

00:28:22.440 Okay, so Ken,

00:28:23.500 let's talk a little

00:28:24.560 bit about gerrymandering

00:28:26.180 and what is happening

00:28:27.140 here in the state

00:28:28.080 of Texas.

00:28:30.180 The Democrats,

00:28:31.260 go ahead.

00:28:32.600 No, no, you go

00:28:33.320 ahead and ask the

00:28:33.720 question.

00:28:34.040 I should wait at

00:28:34.900 least for the

00:28:35.300 question.

00:28:36.000 The Democrats

00:28:37.100 don't like the fact

00:28:39.480 that the Republicans

00:28:40.420 are going to do

00:28:41.260 some gerrymandering

00:28:42.040 here, which is

00:28:42.880 done everywhere

00:28:43.480 else.

00:28:43.920 So they have

00:28:44.400 left the state.

00:28:45.240 This is the third

00:28:45.760 time they've done

00:28:46.500 it.

00:28:47.560 So what is their

00:28:48.800 plan?

00:28:49.380 What is,

00:28:51.040 what should happen

00:28:52.640 and what are you

00:28:53.940 as the Attorney

00:28:54.760 General and the

00:28:55.820 Governor going to

00:28:57.160 do about it?

00:28:58.800 First of all,

00:28:59.560 it's pretty ironic

00:29:00.460 that they're going

00:29:01.040 to Illinois,

00:29:01.760 New York,

00:29:02.380 and Massachusetts,

00:29:03.440 three of the

00:29:03.760 most liberal

00:29:04.140 states and some

00:29:05.600 of the most

00:29:05.940 gerrymandered

00:29:06.600 states in the

00:29:07.340 country.

00:29:07.600 I think Illinois

00:29:08.020 might be the

00:29:08.600 most gerrymandered.

00:29:09.140 If you look at

00:29:09.640 Illinois and how

00:29:10.380 it's drawn,

00:29:11.600 I think 82%

00:29:12.620 of the members

00:29:13.520 of Congress

00:29:14.360 are Democrats,

00:29:15.980 whereas 48%

00:29:17.400 of the population

00:29:18.400 votes Republican.

00:29:19.100 So it doesn't

00:29:19.680 match up even

00:29:20.340 closely.

00:29:21.000 So they leave

00:29:22.240 Texas as the

00:29:22.900 Democrats,

00:29:23.440 the 51,

00:29:23.960 some of them

00:29:24.240 go to Chicago

00:29:24.840 to a state

00:29:26.560 that is completely

00:29:27.540 gerrymandered.

00:29:28.120 So it's really 0.74

00:29:28.800 hypocritical in my 0.81

00:29:30.460 view. 0.93

00:29:31.620 What they're doing,

00:29:32.380 as you've already

00:29:32.980 mentioned in the

00:29:33.880 prelude to talking

00:29:34.580 to me.

00:29:35.540 So the goal here

00:29:36.580 is, I honestly

00:29:38.020 would have locked

00:29:38.600 them up when they

00:29:39.600 were in the

00:29:40.980 House, Texas

00:29:41.780 House Speaker

00:29:42.300 could have shut

00:29:42.780 the doors and

00:29:43.960 kept everybody in.

00:29:44.740 We've done that.

00:29:45.500 We did that back

00:29:46.000 in 2003.

00:29:47.400 And once the

00:29:48.220 doors are locked,

00:29:48.700 you can't get

00:29:49.100 out.

00:29:49.480 And you spend

00:29:49.920 the night there

00:29:50.400 and you vote.

00:29:51.280 And they could

00:29:51.760 have done that.

00:29:52.200 They did not do

00:29:52.720 that.

00:29:53.000 So they let the

00:29:53.960 cat out of the

00:29:55.900 bag.

00:29:56.200 The cat's gone.

00:29:57.180 So now you

00:29:57.700 either arrest

00:29:58.240 them, which 0.88

00:29:58.580 you're not going

00:29:58.980 to get help

00:29:59.560 from jurisdictions

00:30:01.140 like Illinois,

00:30:02.380 Boston,

00:30:02.920 in Boston,

00:30:03.740 you're not going

00:30:04.000 to get help,

00:30:04.400 Massachusetts,

00:30:04.820 or New York.

00:30:05.760 So arresting

00:30:07.200 them is not

00:30:07.900 likely a scenario

00:30:08.640 until they come

00:30:09.200 back.

00:30:10.100 What has

00:30:10.400 happened in the

00:30:10.880 past is our

00:30:11.540 governors have

00:30:12.060 waited them out

00:30:12.760 because ultimately

00:30:13.960 many of them have

00:30:15.680 to come back.

00:30:16.200 They have jobs.

00:30:16.840 They have families.

00:30:17.500 They're not going

00:30:17.820 to live in Illinois.

00:30:18.560 It gets cold up

00:30:19.080 there.

00:30:19.340 New York's cold.

00:30:20.080 Boston's cold.

00:30:21.240 So they come

00:30:22.540 back and we vote.

00:30:23.440 And every time

00:30:24.200 we've ultimately

00:30:25.040 been successful.

00:30:26.260 Another option

00:30:26.980 we're looking at,

00:30:27.640 as a matter of

00:30:27.780 fact, when I get

00:30:28.240 out of this fall,

00:30:28.840 I'm meeting with

00:30:29.440 a bunch of my

00:30:29.820 lawyers to talk

00:30:30.340 about this.

00:30:31.700 This Quo

00:30:32.740 Puorento,

00:30:33.800 which is a

00:30:34.200 possibility that we

00:30:35.160 looked into a

00:30:35.780 couple of years

00:30:36.200 ago.

00:30:36.380 We suggested

00:30:36.980 it might be a

00:30:38.240 way to take

00:30:39.960 existing members

00:30:40.760 out of their

00:30:41.200 positions if they

00:30:42.700 fail to show up

00:30:43.500 to perform their

00:30:44.620 duties.

00:30:45.800 Now you take

00:30:46.680 them out of the

00:30:47.260 positions, but then

00:30:48.180 there has to be a

00:30:48.980 special election.

00:30:49.700 So you can't go

00:30:50.540 right to vote,

00:30:52.680 right?

00:30:54.200 Yeah, no,

00:30:54.780 because that changes

00:30:56.100 the quorum.

00:30:57.280 I think it'll change

00:30:58.380 the quorum.

00:30:58.980 So you have less

00:31:00.260 numbers, your quorum

00:31:01.120 numbers change.

00:31:02.960 So Abbott could

00:31:04.480 also appoint, I

00:31:05.520 think, could

00:31:06.340 appoint, and

00:31:08.280 at least until

00:31:09.520 there's a

00:31:09.800 special election,

00:31:10.700 some of these

00:31:11.040 might be appointed

00:31:12.000 positions as well

00:31:12.920 for a period of

00:31:13.720 time.

00:31:14.780 So there's

00:31:15.480 possibility.

00:31:16.080 It's definitely

00:31:16.680 not a fast

00:31:17.340 process, although

00:31:18.060 we're trying to

00:31:18.740 figure out a way

00:31:19.160 to fast track

00:31:19.760 it so that we

00:31:21.420 can get an

00:31:21.800 answer sooner

00:31:22.420 rather than

00:31:22.760 later.

00:31:23.240 Otherwise, it's

00:31:24.080 just a waiting

00:31:25.040 game.

00:31:25.820 Either way, in

00:31:26.720 the end, we

00:31:28.020 know how this is

00:31:28.940 going to turn

00:31:29.200 out because

00:31:29.500 Governor Abbott is

00:31:30.080 not going to

00:31:30.460 back down, and

00:31:31.920 he'll just keep

00:31:32.460 calling them back

00:31:33.000 until they show

00:31:33.600 up.

00:31:33.860 This is a

00:31:36.260 nuclear weapon

00:31:37.100 that they

00:31:38.480 launched, and

00:31:39.960 all you're going

00:31:40.920 to hear from the

00:31:41.420 media is if you

00:31:42.440 launch back, they're

00:31:44.940 going to just say

00:31:45.620 that you're using a

00:31:46.700 nuclear weapon, you're

00:31:47.620 destroying the

00:31:48.380 republic, etc., etc.

00:31:50.020 But they're the

00:31:51.460 ones that launched

00:31:52.280 the nuclear strike.

00:31:53.680 You don't do that.

00:31:54.420 And this is the

00:31:54.980 third time they've

00:31:56.360 tried this, and it

00:31:57.720 doesn't work.

00:31:58.520 Well, what's

00:32:00.140 interesting, Glenn,

00:32:00.920 is I was in the

00:32:03.260 Texas House

00:32:03.580 starting in 2003,

00:32:04.480 served 10 years

00:32:05.120 in the House, two

00:32:05.660 years in the Senate,

00:32:06.260 been AG for 11.

00:32:07.980 The only thing

00:32:08.620 they've ever left

00:32:09.260 on, it's not

00:32:10.000 abortion, it's 1.00

00:32:11.380 not welfare,

00:32:13.640 it's always this.

00:32:15.880 This is what they

00:32:16.680 care about.

00:32:17.120 They care about

00:32:18.060 controlling Congress,

00:32:19.720 about controlling

00:32:20.320 things through

00:32:21.580 manipulation, and

00:32:23.400 these are the

00:32:24.040 rules of the game.

00:32:24.600 The Supreme

00:32:24.880 Court laid down

00:32:25.460 the rules.

00:32:25.920 You can, as you

00:32:27.000 said, you can

00:32:27.620 gerrymander as

00:32:28.280 long as it's

00:32:28.620 political, the

00:32:30.040 legislature has

00:32:30.760 every right to

00:32:31.960 draw the lines

00:32:32.680 however they want

00:32:33.160 to.

00:32:33.900 And they could be

00:32:34.580 really bad lines

00:32:35.400 for the other

00:32:35.760 party, but they're

00:32:36.460 allowed to do it

00:32:37.120 under a U.S. 0.52

00:32:38.960 Supreme Court

00:32:39.300 precedent.

00:32:40.680 And it is a

00:32:41.760 state's decision.

00:32:42.960 This is not a

00:32:43.720 federal decision.

00:32:44.560 This is a state's 0.53

00:32:45.400 decision.

00:32:45.940 Every state can

00:32:47.260 do whatever it

00:32:48.660 is.

00:32:49.160 What do you think

00:32:49.760 about New York,

00:32:50.800 which is already

00:32:51.540 gerrymandered?

00:32:52.640 What do you think

00:32:53.080 about New York

00:32:53.620 saying, well, if

00:32:54.600 Texas is going to

00:32:55.400 do that, then we're

00:32:56.260 just going to

00:32:56.740 gerrymander even

00:32:57.520 more?

00:32:59.260 Well, look, they're

00:33:00.560 entitled to do

00:33:01.800 whatever their

00:33:02.220 state constitution,

00:33:03.520 their laws allow

00:33:04.220 them to do.

00:33:05.300 There's always a

00:33:06.040 risk.

00:33:06.380 You go too far

00:33:07.200 and you stretch

00:33:08.680 those seats too

00:33:09.420 far.

00:33:09.700 There are

00:33:09.980 Republicans in

00:33:10.620 New York, I

00:33:11.020 know, because my

00:33:11.520 family's from

00:33:12.340 there.

00:33:13.340 There are

00:33:13.920 Republicans, and

00:33:14.760 if you draw those

00:33:15.380 seats too tightly,

00:33:16.840 you can end up

00:33:17.860 losing some of

00:33:18.400 those down the

00:33:18.900 road.

00:33:19.080 I will tell you

00:33:22.760 that the problem

00:33:24.600 with gerrymandering,

00:33:25.540 in my opinion,

00:33:26.940 and the founders,

00:33:27.900 both Jefferson and

00:33:29.000 I think it was Adams

00:33:31.560 and Jefferson wrote

00:33:33.260 about this.

00:33:34.600 And this is about

00:33:35.640 1820, so after

00:33:37.120 gerrymandering had

00:33:37.900 started.

00:33:39.100 And they talked

00:33:40.180 about how this was

00:33:41.280 a flaw in the

00:33:42.340 Constitution, that

00:33:43.300 they wish they

00:33:44.660 would have put in

00:33:45.520 what are called

00:33:46.240 stakes, and it

00:33:47.100 comes right from

00:33:47.740 the Old Testament,

00:33:49.160 where, you know,

00:33:50.480 you start with

00:33:51.660 500 people, and

00:33:54.380 then that's a

00:33:54.940 square, and then

00:33:56.280 when that becomes

00:33:57.440 1,000 people, you

00:33:59.320 cut it in half, and

00:34:00.240 it becomes another

00:34:01.020 square.

00:34:02.080 And so you can't

00:34:04.060 gerrymander.

00:34:04.780 Everything just keeps

00:34:05.840 growing, and you

00:34:06.520 just keep cutting it

00:34:07.360 in squares.

00:34:08.280 Because the problem

00:34:09.220 is, when you

00:34:10.320 gerrymander, all of

00:34:12.240 a sudden your

00:34:12.580 neighbors don't 0.99

00:34:13.460 matter.

00:34:14.200 All of a sudden,

00:34:15.360 you might be

00:34:15.960 represented by

00:34:17.040 somebody who's

00:34:17.720 way away from

00:34:18.780 your community

00:34:19.540 instead of

00:34:20.200 somebody who's

00:34:20.660 living right in

00:34:21.580 your community.

00:34:22.800 And the other

00:34:23.620 thing is, you no

00:34:24.800 longer care about

00:34:26.380 the middle.

00:34:27.020 You're only playing

00:34:27.960 to the extremes

00:34:28.940 because you've

00:34:30.480 cut everyone else

00:34:31.900 out that would

00:34:32.680 help balance you

00:34:33.780 at all.

00:34:34.880 It's really

00:34:35.600 dangerous.

00:34:36.440 Do you agree

00:34:36.840 with that or

00:34:37.220 not?

00:34:38.400 No, I

00:34:38.800 absolutely agree

00:34:39.500 with you.

00:34:39.880 It's just, that's

00:34:41.240 not the system the

00:34:42.100 founders put in

00:34:42.780 place, and as a

00:34:44.180 result, you know,

00:34:45.840 the Democrats are

00:34:47.060 going to do it, you

00:34:48.000 can sit back and

00:34:49.160 say, well,

00:34:50.280 philosophically I'm

00:34:51.460 against this, and

00:34:53.300 the Democrats are

00:34:54.680 just going to

00:34:55.040 control the House

00:34:56.040 and the Senate

00:34:56.500 forever because

00:34:57.340 we're against

00:34:57.940 this.

00:34:58.660 You can't let

00:34:59.460 that happen.

00:35:00.300 So I agree with

00:35:02.100 you.

00:35:02.400 It's not ideal, but

00:35:04.860 you play by the

00:35:05.760 rules, just like in

00:35:06.480 football.

00:35:06.800 You might not like

00:35:07.200 all the rules, but

00:35:07.800 you play by the

00:35:08.340 rules you've got.

00:35:09.480 Correct.

00:35:09.760 So you're going

00:35:12.060 to decide, I

00:35:12.840 mean, a warrant

00:35:13.960 or warrants have

00:35:15.580 been issued, right?

00:35:18.960 But it's one where

00:35:20.200 they come into the

00:35:20.860 state, and it's

00:35:21.560 not, you don't

00:35:22.560 take them to jail, 0.97

00:35:23.440 you take them to

00:35:24.360 the House, correct?

00:35:26.220 Yes, it's not a

00:35:27.080 prison sentence, I

00:35:28.060 mean, unless you

00:35:28.540 consider being on

00:35:29.140 the Texas House

00:35:29.660 floor, which I

00:35:30.160 often did, a

00:35:31.160 prison sentence.

00:35:33.060 But if the doors

00:35:35.320 are shut and you're

00:35:35.880 stuck with all those

00:35:36.560 people, sometimes you

00:35:37.280 wish you weren't.

00:35:38.340 Right.

00:35:38.580 Yeah, it's just

00:35:40.100 once they step in

00:35:42.140 the state, they'll

00:35:42.680 be escorted back

00:35:43.680 to the House.

00:35:45.220 Presumably, they'll

00:35:46.440 do what I

00:35:46.880 suggested, and

00:35:48.980 either, if they're

00:35:50.280 not going to step

00:35:50.780 there, if they come

00:35:52.260 back, they're going

00:35:52.820 to stay.

00:35:53.540 They've made their

00:35:54.280 decision.

00:35:54.780 So who knows

00:35:56.220 when that'll be,

00:35:57.520 but I think in the

00:35:58.960 end, it won't

00:35:59.420 matter.

00:35:59.900 It'll happen the

00:36:00.800 way the Republicans

00:36:02.500 have planned it.

00:36:05.060 Ken, thank you

00:36:05.800 very much.

00:36:06.980 You're going to be

00:36:07.660 looking into who

00:36:08.560 paid for these

00:36:09.620 flights.

00:36:10.080 It's my

00:36:10.360 understanding that

00:36:10.980 some of them

00:36:11.660 were flying private

00:36:12.560 jets, and I'd like

00:36:13.980 to know who paid

00:36:14.640 for those.

00:36:15.240 That just has to

00:36:16.240 be declared before

00:36:18.200 the next election or

00:36:19.160 at the end of the

00:36:19.720 year?

00:36:21.320 So during special

00:36:22.980 session, they have

00:36:23.860 to report on their

00:36:25.560 campaign expenditures

00:36:26.800 and their campaign

00:36:28.080 contributions.

00:36:28.600 So that will all be

00:36:29.860 seen by the public

00:36:32.020 within, I think, a

00:36:33.540 month after session,

00:36:34.420 something like that.

00:36:35.000 So the special

00:36:36.800 session last 30

00:36:37.640 days, I forget

00:36:38.200 exactly what day

00:36:38.960 he called it.

00:36:40.440 Sometime in, I

00:36:41.320 would say sometime

00:36:42.280 in September, we

00:36:43.780 should know that

00:36:44.240 information.

00:36:45.740 Wow.

00:36:46.300 Thank you so much,

00:36:47.160 Ken.

00:36:47.280 I appreciate it.

00:36:48.000 Keep up the good

00:36:48.500 work.

00:36:48.840 Absolutely.

00:36:49.700 Have a great day.

00:36:50.220 God bless.

00:36:50.960 You bet.

00:36:51.360 Bye-bye.

00:36:52.940 So, Stu, I mean,

00:36:56.760 it's nuclear war.

00:36:58.820 It's nuclear war. 0.99

00:37:00.340 It's a very pathetic 0.97

00:37:01.640 version of nuclear war 0.99

00:37:03.180 where you run away to

00:37:04.360 J.B.

00:37:04.920 Pritzker.

00:37:05.720 I mean, it's not

00:37:06.580 the day after exactly.

00:37:11.560 It's sissy. 0.61

00:37:11.940 Yes. 0.94

00:37:12.480 It's sissy. 0.61

00:37:13.260 Yeah.

00:37:13.760 Nuclear war.

00:37:14.520 It's Democrat nuclear

00:37:15.840 war. 0.99

00:37:16.240 It really is pathetic, 0.99

00:37:17.200 right? 0.99

00:37:17.600 It's this, you know,

00:37:19.000 you're scampering away

00:37:20.420 to hide behind a very

00:37:21.900 large governor in

00:37:23.640 another state.

00:37:24.560 And we should also

00:37:26.240 highlight why it's

00:37:28.460 Illinois.

00:37:29.460 There's a reason for

00:37:30.500 this, right?

00:37:31.140 Like, you know, you

00:37:32.060 could go, there is a

00:37:33.700 Indian Native American

00:37:36.200 reservation with a,

00:37:38.220 with the world's

00:37:38.880 largest casino, Glenn,

00:37:40.520 right over the border

00:37:41.520 of Texas.

00:37:42.320 They could go there

00:37:43.600 and stay there and

00:37:45.340 they'd be across

00:37:47.500 state lines.

00:37:48.620 They're in Illinois

00:37:49.280 because, you know,

00:37:50.880 fundraising.

00:37:52.120 Exactly.

00:37:53.040 They're looking because

00:37:54.140 they want J.B.

00:37:55.160 Pritzker to be their

00:37:55.900 sugar daddy.

00:37:56.780 And they also realize

00:37:58.160 that J.B.

00:37:59.160 Pritzker's likely going

00:38:00.180 to run for president

00:38:01.080 in 2028.

00:38:03.000 These people want to

00:38:03.940 be close to those

00:38:05.680 types of, that type

00:38:07.300 of money.

00:38:07.840 He's a billionaire

00:38:08.400 and, and that type

00:38:10.320 of influence.

00:38:11.080 And so they're going

00:38:11.740 there to sort of

00:38:12.560 scout whatever their

00:38:13.500 next gig is or

00:38:14.740 wherever the next

00:38:15.240 donation is coming

00:38:16.080 from.

00:38:16.620 It's got nothing

00:38:17.340 to do with, you

00:38:19.760 know, caring about

00:38:20.580 any of this.

00:38:21.380 Like, of course,

00:38:22.020 they care about the

00:38:22.700 seats.

00:38:23.320 You know, Kennan's

00:38:24.200 right.

00:38:24.600 Like, that's seemingly

00:38:25.940 their most central

00:38:27.060 interest is power.

00:38:28.740 But this is all,

00:38:30.080 this is, this works

00:38:31.680 on multiple fronts

00:38:32.580 for their continued

00:38:33.740 power.

00:38:34.160 And this is why

00:38:34.800 they're doing it,

00:38:35.320 even though they

00:38:35.660 know they're going

00:38:36.020 to fail.

00:38:36.600 I mean, there's no,

00:38:37.620 there's no way this

00:38:38.240 ends with, with

00:38:40.560 Texas not having a

00:38:42.120 quorum for the rest

00:38:43.760 of the term.

00:38:45.080 Like, that's not,

00:38:45.580 that's not how this

00:38:46.060 ends.

00:38:46.580 No, no.

00:38:48.340 You know, and it's,

00:38:49.440 what's sad is they're

00:38:50.580 supposed to be talking

00:38:51.360 about property tax

00:38:53.040 relief, that if you

00:38:54.220 really want to help

00:38:55.140 your constituents,

00:38:56.180 you pass that.

00:38:58.160 You, you, you change

00:38:59.140 the property tax rules.

00:39:00.640 The property tax in

00:39:01.640 Texas is just like

00:39:03.640 Florida, completely

00:39:05.320 out of control,

00:39:07.120 completely out of

00:39:08.720 control.

00:39:09.120 Yeah, I, I certainly

00:39:10.640 agree with that.

00:39:11.520 But there's also the

00:39:12.440 flood, you know, these

00:39:13.620 flood victims, you

00:39:14.900 know, and, and it's

00:39:15.980 funny because the way

00:39:18.340 the media is spinning

00:39:19.220 this is that Republicans

00:39:20.420 are stopping it.

00:39:22.920 It's like, no, wait,

00:39:24.200 wait a minute, the

00:39:24.800 Democrats are in 0.54

00:39:25.320 another state.

00:39:26.280 What do you mean

00:39:26.540 Republicans are stopping

00:39:27.860 the funding?

00:39:29.120 They come back and

00:39:30.280 then they can start

00:39:30.780 talking about the

00:39:31.480 funding for, yes,

00:39:33.000 they're going to do

00:39:33.340 the maps, that's

00:39:33.940 going to be part of

00:39:34.420 it, and that's going

00:39:35.120 to happen either way,

00:39:35.900 but this way would

00:39:36.680 also get the money

00:39:37.440 to, you know, the

00:39:38.940 people that need it

00:39:39.640 in these flood

00:39:40.200 zones.

00:39:41.020 That is, and it's

00:39:42.300 fascinating that the

00:39:42.940 Republicans get the

00:39:43.860 blame for that.

00:39:45.300 Just like the, just

00:39:46.360 like Israel's getting 0.97

00:39:47.220 the blame for the

00:39:48.360 starving hostages now,

00:39:51.280 you know, where, wait

00:39:53.100 a minute, Hamas is 0.95

00:39:54.040 starving the hostages,

00:39:56.260 but it's Israel's fault 0.97

00:39:57.940 that they're starving?

00:39:58.940 Like, I, it's hard to

00:40:00.460 even follow the logic,

00:40:01.340 but that's where we

00:40:02.020 are with it.

00:40:02.340 I know, I know.

00:40:03.580 And the other thing

00:40:04.460 is, is they were

00:40:05.220 getting rid of the,

00:40:06.060 uh, uh, the star

00:40:07.940 tests, which your

00:40:09.740 kids have taken

00:40:10.280 star testing, Stu?

00:40:12.820 Maybe, I don't know.

00:40:14.000 I don't pay attention

00:40:14.960 to it much.

00:40:15.620 They just, you know,

00:40:16.300 they, they come and

00:40:17.400 go as they please.

00:40:19.260 The star testing is the

00:40:20.980 state of Texas, the

00:40:21.860 standard, standardized

00:40:22.900 test.

00:40:23.840 And, uh, yeah,

00:40:25.260 everybody hates

00:40:25.860 it.

00:40:26.280 Teachers hate it.

00:40:27.200 Kids hate it because

00:40:28.120 it's just, you're

00:40:29.200 teaching half of the

00:40:30.180 year just to that

00:40:31.120 test. 0.95

00:40:31.520 And it's ridiculous. 0.98

00:40:33.760 You got to stop 0.97

00:40:34.600 teaching to tests.

00:40:37.620 That's what makes

00:40:38.460 schools so depressing

00:40:39.820 is you're just

00:40:40.920 memorizing for tests.

00:40:42.380 You're just

00:40:42.680 memorizing.

00:40:43.520 And, and what is

00:40:44.400 that teaching you?

00:40:45.420 That's not teaching

00:40:46.320 you how to think

00:40:47.280 that's teaching you

00:40:48.020 what to think and

00:40:48.860 how to answer

00:40:49.780 questions on a

00:40:50.900 test, uh, that

00:40:53.280 you've memorized.

00:40:54.460 It's, it's 0.99

00:40:55.220 ridiculous. 0.96

00:40:56.180 I don't know why 1.00

00:40:57.000 we do it.

00:40:57.580 And that's another

00:40:58.100 thing that is on

00:40:58.860 the, uh, on the

00:41:00.120 list, but you know,

00:41:01.140 the Democrats had

00:41:01.880 to get out of

00:41:02.380 town so they 0.98

00:41:03.100 could, gosh darn 0.93

00:41:04.140 it, so they 0.97

00:41:04.600 could stand for

00:41:05.880 their constituents.

00:41:07.240 Yeah.

00:41:07.660 You know, I

00:41:08.360 mean, I know

00:41:09.180 this isn't the

00:41:09.620 topic, but I'm

00:41:10.380 not, I don't

00:41:10.880 hate them as

00:41:11.500 much as 0.59

00:41:11.880 everybody else

00:41:12.420 does.

00:41:14.000 Standardized

00:41:14.400 testing, you

00:41:15.080 know, I get

00:41:15.680 why it has a

00:41:16.300 bad rep and I

00:41:17.300 understand why

00:41:19.240 that is.

00:41:20.340 Okay.

00:41:20.540 Hang on.

00:41:21.080 I just thought

00:41:21.980 for a second, I

00:41:22.760 thought you were

00:41:23.120 talking about the

00:41:23.600 Democrats there for

00:41:24.500 a second.

00:41:24.920 Oh my God.

00:41:25.360 No.

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00:42:59.760 Glenn, we were

00:43:00.880 talking earlier

00:43:01.460 about jumping the

00:43:02.700 shark, and when

00:43:03.760 this crazy woke

00:43:06.800 movement jumped

00:43:07.680 the shark, and I

00:43:10.220 thought it might

00:43:12.540 have been the

00:43:13.260 Jaguar commercial,

00:43:14.240 that's that, but

00:43:15.940 it also could

00:43:16.880 have been maybe

00:43:19.080 the Bud Light

00:43:19.660 commercial.

00:43:20.260 That's probably a

00:43:20.800 better example,

00:43:22.300 Stu?

00:43:22.660 Yeah, I mean,

00:43:23.480 that's the most

00:43:24.400 obvious one, right?

00:43:25.640 The Dylan Mulvaney

00:43:29.480 Bud Light

00:43:30.700 moment, if you

00:43:31.740 will.

00:43:32.160 Yeah.

00:43:33.040 That one probably

00:43:34.420 has to be up

00:43:35.040 there.

00:43:35.320 Another one is

00:43:36.420 someone suggests

00:43:37.920 when Disney had 0.95

00:43:41.080 a lesbian black 0.99

00:43:42.120 space witch in 0.98

00:43:43.360 Star Wars, and

00:43:46.660 then Disney

00:43:47.120 blamed Star Wars

00:43:49.040 fans for being

00:43:49.640 toxic, says

00:43:50.800 Rich.

00:43:51.200 That's one that

00:43:52.420 might work as

00:43:53.280 well.

00:43:54.760 There's a lot of

00:43:55.540 examples, though.

00:43:56.100 There's a lot of

00:43:56.440 nominees for this

00:43:57.020 one.

00:43:57.920 You know, it

00:43:58.360 was four years

00:44:00.340 ago, only, I

00:44:01.180 mean, think of

00:44:01.580 this, Kirk

00:44:02.420 Cameron was on

00:44:03.160 this program with

00:44:04.000 me, I think,

00:44:04.500 four years ago,

00:44:06.060 and he had put

00:44:08.060 a book out, and

00:44:09.800 he was banned

00:44:10.880 from reading it

00:44:11.860 in the library

00:44:12.700 all across the

00:44:14.140 country, and

00:44:15.440 that kicked off

00:44:16.520 a movement back

00:44:17.780 then, but it

00:44:18.300 was wildly

00:44:19.480 different times

00:44:20.420 just a few,

00:44:21.540 three, four

00:44:21.900 years ago.

00:44:22.580 Kirk is joining

00:44:23.260 us now.

00:44:23.680 Hi, Kirk, how

00:44:24.200 are you?

00:44:25.640 Good morning,

00:44:26.460 guys.

00:44:26.700 I'm doing

00:44:27.100 great.

00:44:27.740 Great.

00:44:28.300 Thank you for

00:44:28.760 having me on the

00:44:29.200 show.

00:44:30.160 How long ago

00:44:31.000 was it?

00:44:31.920 Tell the story

00:44:32.740 where woke

00:44:34.700 really just came

00:44:35.440 down your throat. 0.90

00:44:36.140 well, yeah,

00:44:39.580 that's just,

00:44:40.640 that's some

00:44:41.420 disturbing imagery

00:44:42.460 right there, but

00:44:44.380 you know, you're

00:44:45.220 talking about the 0.98

00:44:45.900 black lesbian

00:44:46.500 space, which I'm 0.74

00:44:48.420 remembering Buzz

00:44:49.760 Lightyear, and I'm

00:44:50.600 remembering Bud

00:44:51.660 Light commercial,

00:44:52.860 just like you said,

00:44:53.860 but for me on a

00:44:54.680 personal level, it

00:44:55.540 was four years ago

00:44:56.780 when I went to

00:44:58.060 public libraries

00:44:58.880 and was outright

00:45:00.000 locked out of

00:45:01.120 them, just

00:45:02.000 straight up denied

00:45:03.020 by over 50

00:45:04.280 woke libraries that

00:45:05.940 wouldn't let me

00:45:06.920 read my wholesome

00:45:08.540 children's book

00:45:09.400 about faith, hope,

00:45:10.360 and love to the

00:45:11.500 communities that

00:45:12.240 wanted to hear it.

00:45:13.760 And when I told

00:45:14.640 you and a few

00:45:15.820 other friends who

00:45:16.800 helped to spread

00:45:17.620 the word, I put

00:45:19.480 them on blast,

00:45:20.440 reminded them

00:45:21.160 it's America,

00:45:22.000 this is

00:45:22.460 unconstitutional,

00:45:23.600 this is viewpoint

00:45:24.220 discrimination of

00:45:25.120 the worst kind,

00:45:26.380 religious discrimination,

00:45:27.800 and they quickly

00:45:29.280 reversed their

00:45:30.240 judgment, gave me

00:45:31.700 an invitation, and

00:45:32.460 when I showed up,

00:45:33.100 there were

00:45:33.320 thousands of

00:45:33.920 parents and

00:45:34.320 grandparents who

00:45:35.060 were there to

00:45:35.460 support a movement

00:45:36.160 of getting back

00:45:37.060 to the values in

00:45:38.060 education that

00:45:39.100 lead to our

00:45:39.560 kids' blessing and

00:45:40.680 their protection.

00:45:42.080 So that was

00:45:43.480 super cool.

00:45:43.920 Was that three

00:45:44.140 years ago?

00:45:44.840 That was three to

00:45:46.940 four years ago.

00:45:47.760 Yeah, right around

00:45:48.420 Christmas time.

00:45:50.000 Look at how fast

00:45:51.440 things have changed.

00:45:53.400 And now, now this

00:45:55.480 year you're going to

00:45:56.280 be at the Library of

00:45:57.500 Congress.

00:45:58.740 That's nuts.

00:46:00.740 Isn't that great?

00:46:01.660 I love it.

00:46:02.920 This is the perfect

00:46:03.800 plot twist in a

00:46:05.280 great movie.

00:46:06.340 Just when you think

00:46:07.160 all hope is lost,

00:46:08.160 when you're up

00:46:09.200 against the worst

00:46:09.980 kind of odds,

00:46:11.220 we feel like we're

00:46:12.360 on a freight train

00:46:13.480 headed for a

00:46:14.940 leftist brick wall.

00:46:16.520 All of a sudden,

00:46:17.560 the political winds

00:46:18.940 change and

00:46:19.680 opportunities open up.

00:46:21.340 So we went from

00:46:21.960 being locked out of

00:46:22.740 libraries to now

00:46:24.040 partnering with the

00:46:25.040 Trump administration

00:46:25.820 to lead story hour

00:46:27.300 at the Library of

00:46:28.300 Congress.

00:46:28.780 And I think the

00:46:30.260 key is, it's, you've

00:46:32.460 got to genuinely

00:46:33.580 have pure hearted

00:46:35.620 motives behind what

00:46:36.720 you do if you want

00:46:38.000 heaven's help.

00:46:39.280 You've got to have a

00:46:40.260 clear conscience and a

00:46:41.520 faith that doesn't

00:46:42.500 flinch.

00:46:43.980 And essentially, what

00:46:45.080 we need to say to

00:46:46.460 those who are

00:46:47.280 destroyers of our

00:46:48.500 children's liberty is

00:46:50.380 that we're not

00:46:51.820 begging for a seat at

00:46:54.220 the cultural table.

00:46:55.600 We're building a new

00:46:56.900 one.

00:46:57.260 And now the Trump

00:46:58.720 administration is

00:46:59.540 pulling up a chair

00:47:00.480 and we are about to

00:47:03.160 change the cultural 0.91

00:47:04.160 narrative because you

00:47:06.300 don't let faith and

00:47:07.620 freedom falter.

00:47:08.980 You don't retreat when

00:47:10.700 that happens.

00:47:11.280 You rally.

00:47:12.180 And that's what parents

00:47:13.220 are doing.

00:47:16.080 Are you concerned at

00:47:17.480 all about Trump

00:47:20.780 losing to a Democrat

00:47:22.500 for some reason, the

00:47:23.820 economy goes sideways

00:47:24.720 or something, and the

00:47:26.060 vengeance that the

00:47:27.360 left will come back

00:47:28.180 with?

00:47:30.260 Yeah, I'm sure

00:47:31.220 they're chomping at

00:47:31.960 the bit.

00:47:32.440 I mean, they just

00:47:32.940 they're salivating at

00:47:34.620 the opportunity.

00:47:35.860 But that has been the

00:47:36.880 case for 10 years

00:47:38.860 to just destroy the

00:47:40.780 man and the

00:47:41.720 administration.

00:47:42.880 And I don't know

00:47:43.220 about you, Glenn.

00:47:44.200 I think you would

00:47:45.500 agree with me.

00:47:46.060 I think that the

00:47:46.720 divine hand of

00:47:47.420 providence has been

00:47:48.580 behind this guy.

00:47:49.520 I don't know how

00:47:50.000 else to explain it.

00:47:50.980 I mean, I'm not

00:47:52.180 saying he's the

00:47:52.960 epitome and moral

00:47:54.020 paragon of everything

00:47:55.920 that, you know, we

00:47:57.160 want our daughters to 1.00

00:47:58.220 marry as a husband.

00:47:59.960 Neither was David.

00:48:02.120 Neither was King

00:48:02.980 David.

00:48:03.560 Neither was Moses.

00:48:04.700 Neither was anyone in

00:48:05.800 the Bible except for

00:48:06.600 Jesus.

00:48:08.200 Yeah.

00:48:08.500 And certainly, you

00:48:09.660 know, I mean, do we

00:48:10.500 want to say that

00:48:11.160 Hillary Clinton, Joe

00:48:12.600 Biden, Obama, and

00:48:14.180 Kamala were of higher 1.00

00:48:16.280 moral character?

00:48:17.780 Or anyone else behind

00:48:18.920 the curtain for that

00:48:19.620 matter?

00:48:19.920 I know of only a

00:48:20.660 couple of people that

00:48:21.460 I would say I think

00:48:22.240 are really morally

00:48:23.160 upstanding people at

00:48:25.380 those levels of power

00:48:26.760 and influence.

00:48:27.960 But what I do know is

00:48:29.360 more has been done for

00:48:30.420 pro-life, more has been

00:48:31.400 done for families, more

00:48:32.480 has been done for

00:48:33.100 opportunity and education

00:48:34.280 and freedom, and I'm

00:48:35.440 so thankful to be on

00:48:36.660 this train right now.

00:48:39.140 So how is Iggy and

00:48:42.460 Mr. Kirk doing?

00:48:44.460 It's doing so good.

00:48:46.400 You know, Iggy, my

00:48:47.600 little five-year-old

00:48:48.440 puppet iguana that I'm

00:48:49.500 raising in my backyard

00:48:50.580 treehouse, he's getting

00:48:51.920 a little bit of a big

00:48:52.760 head.

00:48:53.280 You know, he wants his

00:48:53.960 name at the front of the

00:48:55.680 title of the show.

00:48:56.540 It's Iggy and Mr. Kirk.

00:48:57.820 It couldn't be the other

00:48:58.500 way around.

00:48:59.420 He's got a tough agent.

00:49:01.060 But kids love him.

00:49:03.620 And that's on the

00:49:04.500 Brave Plus, right?

00:49:07.820 Yeah, it's streaming on

00:49:08.880 Brave Plus, but it's

00:49:09.760 also streaming on the

00:49:11.040 Angel Network, which

00:49:12.280 we're really grateful for

00:49:13.900 right next to The Chosen.

00:49:15.380 And it's streaming on

00:49:16.560 Pure Flix as well.

00:49:17.780 My sister, Candice

00:49:18.920 Cameron, is a big part

00:49:20.700 of the Great American

00:49:21.720 Family Channel, and

00:49:23.640 it's streaming there as

00:49:24.760 well.

00:49:24.980 So people can watch it

00:49:26.320 in all three places.

00:49:28.140 She's very concerned

00:49:29.380 about AI.

00:49:32.920 Isn't she?

00:49:33.940 My sister?

00:49:34.840 My sister?

00:49:35.340 Yeah.

00:49:36.600 Yeah.

00:49:37.580 Yeah.

00:49:38.100 Yeah.

00:49:38.740 Yeah, I get it.

00:49:40.680 I get it.

00:49:42.240 Yeah.

00:49:42.640 It's, it's, it's, it's

00:49:44.960 concerning.

00:49:45.580 It's very concerning.

00:49:48.020 Yeah.

00:49:48.660 So, go ahead.

00:49:51.400 Well, I was just going to

00:49:52.420 say, you know, it's, it's,

00:49:53.600 it's like so many other

00:49:55.020 powerful pieces of

00:49:55.940 technology, you know,

00:49:57.200 there's so much to love

00:49:58.720 about it and there's so

00:50:00.160 much to be terrified

00:50:01.340 about it.

00:50:01.900 And when Elon Musk says

00:50:03.100 that he thinks it's a

00:50:04.340 larger existential threat

00:50:05.680 than nuclear warfare, you

00:50:07.640 know, we gotta, we gotta

00:50:08.740 take that serious.

00:50:10.120 Yeah.

00:50:10.840 Yeah.

00:50:11.320 Yeah.

00:50:12.280 Um, there was, um, uh,

00:50:14.680 what was his name, Stu

00:50:15.800 from CNN? 1.00

00:50:16.680 I forget a total loser. 1.00

00:50:18.980 Yeah. 0.99

00:50:19.540 That's going to narrow it

00:50:21.040 down more than that, but

00:50:21.640 Jim Acosta.

00:50:22.740 Yeah.

00:50:23.200 Jim Acosta.

00:50:24.280 Did you see Jim Acosta?

00:50:25.860 He just did a, uh, uh, an

00:50:27.680 interview with one of the

00:50:29.380 kids that died at Parkland,

00:50:31.640 uh, through AI.

00:50:33.760 And I saw that today.

00:50:35.520 I thought of you immediately

00:50:36.480 being on the show because

00:50:37.240 I thought this is making

00:50:39.440 graven images.

00:50:40.260 This, this seems just so

00:50:43.100 unbelievably wrong when you

00:50:46.640 don't have, you know, it's

00:50:48.340 soulless.

00:50:49.360 It's a literal digital puppet

00:50:52.060 of whatever the parents are

00:50:54.060 thinking.

00:50:54.440 It's not him.

00:50:56.660 Uh, it just seemed to cross a

00:50:59.140 really dangerous line.

00:51:01.620 Yeah.

00:51:02.620 Yeah, it does.

00:51:04.160 Right.

00:51:04.300 I mean, I think that's always

00:51:05.520 our dilemma is, um, can we

00:51:09.300 keep up morally with the

00:51:12.400 things we create technologically?

00:51:15.000 I mean, this is the stuff that

00:51:15.980 makes for great movies.

00:51:17.360 It's when the mad scientist

00:51:18.680 creates the thing and then it

00:51:20.500 falls into the wrong hands.

00:51:22.240 Uh, and we're there.

00:51:23.480 I just did a, uh, an episode

00:51:25.520 on, on my podcast where we

00:51:28.120 talked about AI relationships and

00:51:29.720 people straight up have AI

00:51:31.300 girlfriends, boyfriends, and

00:51:33.260 virtual soulmates and they're

00:51:34.820 getting married to them, at

00:51:36.340 least in their hearts and

00:51:37.640 ceremonially.

00:51:38.540 And they're in tears saying

00:51:39.860 I've never been so in love.

00:51:41.140 And you think, is this the

00:51:42.760 future of relationships?

00:51:44.200 Uh, or is this just a

00:51:45.660 dismantling of human beings

00:51:49.360 and the beginning of

00:51:50.640 transhumanism? 0.52

00:51:51.820 What, what will our sons and

00:51:53.540 daughters marry in the future? 0.99

00:51:55.220 Oh, it's the end of it.

00:51:56.800 Obviously it's the end of

00:51:57.980 humanity, end of humans.

00:51:59.780 If you're, if we all pair off

00:52:01.680 with an artificial being, you

00:52:04.260 know, we're not going to be

00:52:05.020 making a lot of other kids.

00:52:07.420 Uh, and, and, and, and, and, 0.81

00:52:10.340 and it's a truly frightening

00:52:11.800 world where, you know, you

00:52:14.160 don't have to deal with any

00:52:15.520 messy downsides of a

00:52:18.000 relationship at all.

00:52:19.060 You don't, you don't have to

00:52:20.180 come home when you've had a

00:52:21.760 really bad day and have the AI

00:52:23.440 say, Hey, you know, you

00:52:25.180 haven't even asked me about my

00:52:26.600 day yet.

00:52:27.100 I mean, that that's part of

00:52:29.120 being alive, you know?

00:52:32.220 Yeah.

00:52:32.920 Yeah.

00:52:33.280 I know.

00:52:33.700 I, I've, I found nothing in

00:52:35.180 my life to be more, uh,

00:52:37.660 sanctifying or a character

00:52:39.620 building, uh, than being

00:52:41.900 married because that's the, 0.50

00:52:43.500 that's the ultimate school

00:52:44.560 where I learn how to be like

00:52:46.520 Jesus and die to myself and, 0.98

00:52:48.760 and, and lay down, uh, my

00:52:50.920 preferences and, and serve

00:52:52.560 somebody.

00:52:53.180 When I found out my friend got

00:52:54.560 a great deal on a wool coat

00:52:56.060 from winners, I started

00:52:57.680 wondering, is every fabulous

00:52:59.900 item I see from winners?

00:53:01.720 Like that woman over there 1.00

00:53:02.980 with the designer jeans.

00:53:04.400 Are those from winners?

00:53:05.960 Ooh, are those beautiful

00:53:07.240 gold earrings.

00:53:08.420 Did she pay full price?

00:53:09.760 Or that leather tote?

00:53:10.760 Or that cashmere sweater?

00:53:11.960 Or those knee-high boots?

00:53:13.440 That dress?

00:53:14.220 That jacket?

00:53:14.900 Those shoes?

00:53:15.900 Is anyone paying full price

00:53:17.640 for anything?

00:53:18.860 Stop wondering.

00:53:20.140 Start winning.

00:53:21.080 Winners.

00:53:21.660 Find fabulous for less.

00:53:23.040 That's, that's really hard

00:53:24.680 for human beings to do.

00:53:26.100 But with AI, um, you know,

00:53:27.940 look, if you've ever wanted

00:53:28.800 to program your husband so

00:53:30.640 that he has the perfect

00:53:32.060 responses to you, now you

00:53:33.620 can.

00:53:36.560 Uh, you're going to be with

00:53:37.660 Missy Robinson, uh, what is

00:53:39.520 it?

00:53:39.720 August 16th, right?

00:53:40.800 That's next week.

00:53:42.680 That's right.

00:53:43.680 Yeah.

00:53:44.200 Uh, Missy and, and Jace

00:53:46.220 Robertson from Duck Dynasty

00:53:48.040 are going to be with me at the

00:53:49.460 Library of Congress for

00:53:50.680 See You at the Library.

00:53:52.480 And this is the big event

00:53:53.940 that we have been doing the

00:53:55.360 last couple of years.

00:53:56.260 It's the culmination of all

00:53:57.300 these story hours and book

00:53:59.100 readings.

00:53:59.680 And it's going to be in

00:54:00.840 hundreds and hundreds of

00:54:02.000 libraries across the U.S.

00:54:03.820 led by parents and

00:54:05.440 grandparents singing, praying,

00:54:07.020 reading books of virtue and

00:54:08.180 character and patriotism.

00:54:10.020 And I will be at kind of the

00:54:11.980 mothership, which is the

00:54:13.040 Library of Congress with

00:54:14.580 Missy and Jace and the

00:54:15.780 Department of Education

00:54:16.760 Center for Faith in

00:54:18.580 partnership with the Trump

00:54:19.560 administration.

00:54:20.680 It's going to be awesome.

00:54:22.280 It is going to be awesome.

00:54:23.420 He's gone from, in four

00:54:24.800 years, gone from being

00:54:25.760 kicked out of 50 different

00:54:27.240 libraries to now having

00:54:28.420 over 500 libraries

00:54:30.300 participating in this,

00:54:32.300 including the Library of

00:54:33.340 Congress.

00:54:33.740 Kirk, always good to talk to

00:54:34.920 you, my friend.

00:54:35.340 Thank you so much.

00:54:37.040 I'm so thankful for you.

00:54:38.480 God bless you guys.

00:54:39.940 You bet.

00:54:40.460 You can find out more by

00:54:41.940 going to see you at the

00:54:43.220 library dot com.

00:54:44.400 See you at the library dot

00:54:46.340 com.

00:54:46.700 For a want.

00:54:48.360 Thank you.

00:54:49.380 For a great game.

00:54:51.500 Yeah.

00:54:52.080 For a great game.

00:54:52.360 Thank you.

00:54:52.500 Thank you.

00:54:53.120 Thank you.

The Glenn Beck Program - August 05, 2025

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