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Glenn responds to an internet troll with total class

June 06, 2024
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Glenn just gave us all a lesson on how to deal with internet trolls with finesse, grace, and class.

Earlier this week, Glenn posted a video on Instagram of his daughter producing her first musical album, complete in a studio with a full orchestra. Most of the comments were encouraging, but in an age where once can hide behind digital screens, unseemly and derogatory comments are to be expected. One in particular caught Glenn's eye.

An Instagram user named Jessica commented: "It pays to have a parent who can publish her music. #privilaged #chosen lol. Not everyone is so lucky!" She went on to make other derogatory comments.

Social media gives people anonymity that often fuels hateful dialogue, and it can be tempting to return hate with hate. But instead, Glenn's direct response to Jessica shows how we can respond to those who accuse us with firmness and truth yet also with understanding and grace. Here is Glenn's letter to his internet troll:

Jessica,

I saw your page and it seems like you work out and are in great shape.

I have two daughters with epilepsy and one with CP who finds it difficult to keep their shape like you can. What a joy for you and indeed a privilege.

One of my daughters has difficulty even opening her hand, and could not lift weights nor work out as you do.

Now, I could talk with you about privilege and how you won in the gene lottery, but I WILL NOT as it is not my place to judge as I do not know the first thing about you. But, I will share also that I am blessed and privileged to witness and learn from both of my daughters who each live their life to their fullest and push past things I am not sure I could.

Chey even pushes herself to perform even though she has dyslexia as well which makes reading -- let alone memorizing lines very difficult.

They are both happy and we love them and are very proud of them. My eldest daughter with CP, holds a meaningful job and is privileged to live in such times where Uber makes her life so much easier.

I wish I could get to know you and the things that you may struggle with. When I get to know someone and ask about their lives, it always seems to amaze me how much we have in common.

I came from a hard working blue collar family, one that suffered from generations of abuse. I don’t know what it is like to grow up in a happy, non abusive, non alcoholic family. Maybe you do, or sadly, perhaps this is where our lives begin to show the same struggles.

In response to the years of damage inflicted on my family especially my sisters, I have worked hard my whole life to break that generational cycle.

It is evil and every man or woman that treats a child or spouse unrighteously will be held accountable. I know that doesn’t help those still suffering, but when abusers die, it is, somewhat, a privilege to know and believe in an Eternally Just God.

Because my father did try not to be his father, without realizing it, he became his mother, My paternal grandmother as he then married an abuser. He told me once that it was my responsibility to "not be like him," to learn a new way to live. I did, and I am happy to report that my children, wife and I are living what so many would call a privilege. A life without abuse.

It is indeed a privilege that not enough families share.

My father was poor when he died, and while we didn’t seem to know it at the time, he was poor his whole life. We didn’t notice, because we never focused on what we didn’t have or covet the life of others. Although, it was difficult to not want some of my friends parents to be my own.

When I left home, I helped for decades to support him and my step mother with whatever I could.

The only thing of value my father left to me, was an idea that IF I SET MY MIND TO IT, I could and SHOULD be a BETTER MAN than he was. Not richer or more successful but a better man.

Both of my parents and maternal grandparents also taught me from birth that it was a privilege to be born and live in America. That here, if you worked hard and for no reason many times other than luck, being at the right place at the right time, you can succeed in however you define that. You may not build an empire like Vanderbilt did, but just because you are poor, disadvantaged or even someone born with CP, you didn’t have to define yourself as such. You could define your own life. That the secret was not in the success, it was in the "pursuit of your happiness."

You may find this "happiness" as you pursue your body building. I would not, but maybe you do. Because you chose to focus on that, you are successful -- and YOU DID THAT (well PERHAPS with a little bit of luck with the gene pool).

I am sure you work hard for a living as well. Perhaps this is another place we can find commonality. I have worked for a paycheck since I was 8. My father paid me about 75 cents per hour to sweep and scrape the floors and wash the pots and pans at the bakery. (It was expected of all of us in the family to help and work). Not in an abusive way, rather as a family. Even as screwed up as we were. We did find moments, while working, where we could laugh and act like a normal family.

At thirteen, just before my mother’s suicide, (I hope we do not connect here -- I have now experienced three suicides in my family, and in my 20s a friend saved me from repeating my mother's last and biggest mistake), but again, at 13, I began to work in my now full-time profession.

There was no one more surprised than I when 4 years ago I was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame. We joke about it on-air all the time as frankly, I am surprised at times that people actually listen to my show. While I had earned that award, I guess, there were many more broadcasters that were, in my opinion, more deserving (H/T to John and Ken). It indeed was my privilege to accept that award the year of covid. I was bummed that in 2020 there was no grand induction dinner with those in my profession that so many others for many decades had the privilege to enjoy. But, the honor of being voted in by my peers was more of a privilege than anything else.

As it comes to the time I'm spending with my daughter working on her album....

YOU ARE RIGHT!

I am so glad that you took the time to remind her that she indeed is privileged to do things that not many have done, and to do it with a father that doesn’t abuse, her, instead loves her and as we spoke of just last night, we like each other a lot.

As she is now 18, I have given her this opportunity to select her own music, work with some of the people I have had the privilege to be around and learn from my whole life, to help her record and produce her own album.

Yes, “what a privilege.” And don’t think I haven’t thought about that almost every day of my children’s lives.

In today’s world, let alone America, to have a job -- especially one you enjoy and don’t have to have several others just to able to afford the basics -- is a real blessing and, as you would say, “a privilege.” Due to reckless policies, frankly from both sides of the political spectrum, inflation is getting worse and worse. Do the "privileged" experts that run things like the FED understand how darn near impossible it is for the average family to even afford food?

It is why my wife and I have started and fund many charities, most years we tithe/and give at or above 20% of what I earn to those who need a helping hand. What a joy and privilege. I don’t know, nor care about the motives of others, but we do it, because we remember how hard it was for our parents .

It is funny how "privilege" works. Those who receive some of the blessings that Tania and I as well as thousands of others like you freely give, may feel privileged over those who did not receive, while we feel privileged to help them.

The truth is that actually we are ALL simply blessed to live at this time, with the families and circumstances we are born with. And when we realize how much we each have, not comparing with others, we find ourselves so much happier. I know, as I lost my "fame" and fortune once already due to my alcoholism. I feel privileged just to able to help one another in what ever form that may take. Perhaps someone is reading our conversation and finding benefits in doing so.

Finally, about my daughter's album, one of the goals of this (ad)venture, is to help her learn how to start a business, be responsible with the privilege of earning money, therefore she will take every dollar that it earns to first pay all of the bills from making this album and give the next 10% to those who are truly underprivileged.

Tania and I feel that is an important part of life: Give to others first. And RECOGNIZE that no one gets a free ride, (yes, even my privileged children) but, some do ride with a softer suspension and she indeed is one of those.

Thank you so much again for your reminder, even though she has heard that from me and her mom her whole life, it helps to hear it from another source.

I am so glad you wrote as I just don't think it is a coincidence that just yesterday before we posted those videos, I sat quietly in the recording studio thinking, “how fortunate I am to be to born to parents that weren’t privileged to something like this for me, and here I am in a recording studio, in Prague nonetheless, with my daughter. What a blessing for us both.”

But, in both good and very bad ways, my parents gave me perhaps a greater gift: to break the cycle of abuse and poverty AND build in me the desire to be a better man and father.

I wish you the best on your ventures and all the exciting privileges that you will find around every corner.

We indeed are ALL blessed to make our own choices.

Wow, think of how many billions in countries like China don’t have OUR privilege. Perhaps we should pay more attention to that!!!! Your comment has just been such a blessing.

Glenn

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The Deep State's NEW plan to backstab Trump

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We cannot make the same mistake we made in 2016 — celebrating victory while the deep state plots its next move.

In 2016, Donald Trump shocked the world by defeating Hillary Clinton. Conservatives cheered, believing we’d taken back the reins of our country. But we missed the bigger battle. We failed to recognize the extent of the damage caused by eight years of Barack Obama and decades of progressive entrenchment. The real war isn’t won at the ballot box. It’s being waged against an insidious force embedded deep within our institutions: the administrative state, or the “deep state.”

This isn’t a new problem. America’s founders foresaw it, though they didn’t have a term for “deep state” back in the 1700s. James Madison, in Federalist 48, warned us that combining legislative, executive, and judicial powers in the same hands is “the very definition of tyranny.” Yet today, that’s exactly where we stand. Unelected bureaucrats in agencies like the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Energy, and the Department of Justice hold more power than the officials we vote for. They control the levers of government with impunity, dictating policies and stifling change.

This is the fight for the soul of our nation. The founders’ vision of a constitutional republic is under siege.

We’ve felt the consequences of this growing tyranny firsthand. During COVID-19, so-called experts ran our lives, crushing civil liberties under the guise of public safety. Our intelligence agencies and justice system turned into weapons of political warfare, targeting a sitting president and his supporters. Meanwhile, actual criminals were given a pass, turning American cities into lawless war zones.

Thomas Jefferson wrote in 1816 that “the functionaries of every government have propensities to command at will the liberty and property of their constituents.” Today, we see Jefferson’s prophecy fulfilled. The deep state exercises unchecked power over our freedoms, and information itself is controlled by the fourth branch of government: the legacy media.

Even when we win elections, the deep state doesn’t concede defeat. It switches to survival mode. Trump’s first term proved this. Despite a historic mandate to dismantle the bureaucracy, the deep state fought back with everything it had: leaks, investigations, court rulings, and obstruction at every turn. And now, with the possibility of Trump returning to office, the deep state is preparing to do it again.

Progressives are laying out their attack plan — and they’re not even hiding it.

U.S. Rep. Wiley Nickel (D-N.C.) recently boasted about forming a “shadow cabinet” to govern alongside the deep state, regardless of who’s in the White House. Nickel called it “democracy’s insurance policy.” Let’s be clear: This isn’t insurance. It’s sabotage.

They’ll employ a “top down, bottom up, inside out” strategy to overwhelm and collapse any effort to reform the system. From the top, federal judges and shadow officials will block Trump’s every move. Governors in blue states like California and New York are gearing up to resist federal authority. During Trump’s first term, California filed over 100 lawsuits against his administration. Expect more of the same starting January 20.

From the bottom, progressive groups like the American Civil Liberties Union will flood the streets with protesters, much as they did to oppose Trump’s first-term immigration reforms. They’ve refined their tactics since 2016 and are prepared to unleash a wave of civil unrest. These aren’t spontaneous movements; they’re coordinated assaults designed to destabilize the administration.

Finally, from the inside, the deep state will continue its mission of self-preservation. Agencies will drag their feet, leak sensitive information, and undermine policies from within. Their goal is to make everything a chaotic mess, so the heart of their power — the bureaucratic core — remains untouched and grows stronger.

We cannot make the same mistake we made in 2016 — celebrating victory while the deep state plots its next move. Progressives never see themselves as losing. When they’re out of power, they simply shift tactics, pumping more blood into their bureaucratic heart. We may win elections, but the war against the deep state will only intensify. As George Washington warned in his Farewell Address, “Government is not reason, it is not eloquence — it is force; and force, like fire, is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.”

This is the fight for the soul of our nation. The founders’ vision of a constitutional republic is under siege. The deep state has shown us its plan: to govern from the shadows, circumventing the will of the people. But now that the shadows have been exposed, we have a choice. Will we accept this silent tyranny, or will we demand accountability and reclaim our nation’s heart?

The battle is just beginning. We can’t afford to lose.

Editor's Note: This article was originally published on TheBlaze.com.

Drone mystery exposes GLARING government incompetence

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The drone issue is getting way out of hand.

Earlier this month, Glenn first reported on the mysterious drones stalking the night sky over New Jersey, but the situation is increasingly concerning as the sightings have escalated. Not only have drones been seen across the Northeast Coast, including over New York City, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, but recently, they have been spotted over the night skies of San Diego and other parts of Southern California.

It doesn't take an expert to identify the potential dangers and risks that dozens of undetectable, unidentified six-foot or larger drones pose to national security. Yet, our government's response has been one of unimaginable incompetence, leaving us to speculate on the origin and intention of these drones and wonder in astonishment at the government's ineptitude. Here are three examples of the government's lackluster response to the mystery drones:

Iranian Mothership and Missing Nuclear Warheads

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After several weeks of hubbub, New Jersey Representative, Jeff Van Drew gave an interview on Fox News where he claimed that the drones originated from an Iranian "mothership" off the East Coast of the United States. This theory has since been disproven by satellite images, which show that all Iranian drone carriers are far from U.S. shores. Another theory suggests that drones may be equipped with sensors capable of detecting nuclear material and that they are looking for a nuclear warhead that recently went missing! With these apocalyptic theories gaining traction in the absence of any real answer from our government, one can't help but question the motive behind the silence.

Pentagon's Limp Wristed Response

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In a recent press conference, national security spokesman John Kirby responded to reporters demanding answers about the government's lack of transparency, which has caused increasing public anxiety. He insisted that the drones did not pose a threat and were not assets of a foreign power, such as from Iran or China--even though he is still uncertain about their identity and origin. He also claimed that many of the sightings were simply misidentifications of normal aircraft.

This lackluster answer has only further inflamed national anxieties and raised even more questions. If the government is unsure of the identity of the drones, how do they know if they are a threat or if they aren't foreign assets? If they aren't foreign, does that mean they are U.S. assets? If so, why not just say so?

The Pentagon has also stated that they are leaving it up to local law enforcement to spearhead the investigation after concluding that these drones pose no threat to any military installation. This has left many feeling like the federal government has turned a blind eye to a serious issue that many Americans are very concerned about.

Where's Pete Buttigieg?

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We are in the closing weeks of the Biden administration, and with the finish line in sight, Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg probably figured nothing else could go wrong on his watch—but boy was he wrong. As Secretary of Transportation, Buttigieg is in charge of the FAA, the agency responsible for managing all air traffic across the nation. One would think that mysterious, 6-foot-long, seemingly intractable drones are invisible on radar and flying above major cities would pose a serious threat to the myriad of legal aircraft that traverse our skies. Yet, Buttigieg has been silent on the issue, adding another failure to his resume which includes: malfunctioning airplanes, the train derailment in Ohio, and the Baltimore Key Bridge collapse, just to name a few.

Glenn: How Alvin Bragg turned hero Daniel Penny into a villain

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We cannot allow corrupt institutions to punish those who act to protect life and liberty.

America no longer has a single, shared understanding of justice. Two Americas now exist, each applying justice differently depending on who you are and where you live. One America, ruled by common sense and individual courage, praises heroes who stand up to protect others. The other, driven by political agendas and corrupted institutions, punishes those same heroes for daring to act.

This stark division couldn’t be clearer than in the case of Daniel Penny, the Marine whose trial in New York City this week drew strong reactions from both sides across the divided line of justice.

If we let this slide, we accept a world in which heroes are treated as criminals and the law is a weapon for ideological warfare.

Penny was on a subway train last year when Jordan Neely — a man suffering from severe mental illness and reportedly high on drugs — began threatening passengers, saying, “I’m going to kill you all.” The fear on that subway car was palpable, but nobody moved. Nobody, that is, until Penny did what needed to be done. He took action to protect innocent lives.

In the America many of us used to believe in, Penny’s response would be heralded as heroic. His actions mirrored the courage of Todd Beamer on Flight 93, who, on September 11, 2001, rallied others with the words, “Let’s roll,” to prevent further tragedy. But in New York, courage doesn’t seem to count anymore. There, the system turns heroes into villains.

Penny subdued Neely using a chokehold, intending only to restrain him, not kill him. Tragically, Neely died. Penny, filled with remorse, told the police he never meant to hurt anyone. Yet, instead of being recognized for protecting others from a clear and present threat, Penny stood trial for criminally negligent homicide.

In Alvin Bragg’s New York, justice bends to ideology. The Manhattan district attorney has made a career of weaponizing the law, selectively prosecuting those who don’t fit his narrative. He’s the same prosecutor who twisted legal precedent to go after Donald Trump on business charges no one had ever faced before. Then, he turned his sights on Daniel Penny.

A jury may have acquitted Penny, but what happened in New York City this week isn’t justice. When the rule of law changes depending on the defendant’s identity or the prosecutor's political motives, we’re no longer living in a free country. We’re living in a state where justice is a game, and ordinary Americans are the pawns.

The system failed Jordan Neely

It’s worth asking: Where were activists like Alvin Bragg when Neely was suffering on the streets? Jordan Neely was a tragic figure — a man with a long history of mental illness and over 40 arrests, including violent assaults. The system failed him long before he stepped onto that subway train. Yet rather than confront that uncomfortable truth, Bragg’s office decided to target the man who stepped in to prevent a tragedy.

This isn’t about justice. It’s about power. It’s about advancing a narrative where race and identity matter more than truth and common sense.

It’s time to demand change

The Daniel Penny case — and others like it — is a wake-up call. We cannot allow corrupt institutions to punish those who act to protect life and liberty. Americans must demand an end to politically driven prosecutions, hold DAs like Alvin Bragg accountable, and stand up for the principle that true justice is blind, consistent, and fair.

If we let this slide, we accept a world in which heroes are treated as criminals and the law is a weapon for ideological warfare. It’s time to choose which America we want to live in.

Editor's Note: This article was originally published on TheBlaze.com.

CEO Brian Thompson's killer reveals COWARDICE of the far-left death cult

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Early on the chilly morning of Wednesday, December 4th, Brian Thompson, CEO of health insurance giant, UnitedHealthcare, was walking through Midtown Manhattan on his way to a company conference. Suddenly, a masked and hooded figure silently allegedly stepped onto the sidewalk behind Thompson, drew a 3-D printed, silenced pistol, and without warning fired multiple shots into Thompson's back before fleeing the scene on an electric bicycle. After a multiple-day manhunt, a 26-year-old lead suspect was arrested at a McDonald's in Altoona, Pennsylvania after being recognized by an employee.

This was not "vigilante justice." This was cold-blooded murder.

As horrific as the murder of a husband and father in broad daylight in the center of New York City is, the story only gets worse. Even before the murder suspect was arrested, left-wing extremists were already taking to X to call him a "hero" and a "vigilante" who "took matters into his own hands." Even the mainstream media joined in on the glorification, as Glenn pointed out on air recently, going out of the way to show how physically attractive the murder suspect was. This wave of revolting and nihilistic fanfare came in response to the findings of online investigators who surmised the murder suspect's motives to retaliate against healthcare companies for corruption and denied coverage. The murder suspect supposedly underwent a major back surgery that left him with back pain, and some of his internet fans apparently viewed his murder of Thompson as retribution for the mistreatment that he and many other Americans have suffered from healthcare companies.

The murder suspect and his lackeys don't seem to understand that, other than depriving two children of their father right before Christmas, he accomplished nothing.

The murder suspect failed to achieve his goal because he was too cowardly to try.

If the murder suspect's goals were truly to "right the wrongs" of the U.S. healthcare system, he had every tool available to him to do so in a constructive and meaningful manner. He came from a wealthy and prominent family in the Baltimore area, became the valedictorian at a prestigious all-boys prep school, and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a master's in engineering. Clearly, the murder suspect was intelligent and capable, and if he had put his talent into creating solutions for the healthcare industry, who knows what he could have accomplished?

This is the kind of behavior the far-left idolizes, like communists on college campuses who wear shirts that celebrate the brutal Cuban warlord, Che Guevara. Merchandise celebrating the UnitedHealthcare CEO murder suspect is already available, including shirts, hoodies, mugs, and even Christmas ornaments. Will they be sporting his face on their T-shirts too?

This macabre behavior does not breed creation, achievement, success, or life. It only brings death and risks more Americans falling into this dangerous paradigm. But we still have a chance to choose life. We just have to wake up and take it.