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Morning Brief 2022-07-21

July 21, 2022
Chris Brady

TOP OF HOUR 3

GUEST: Becky Hope
TOPIC: Why is the DOJ involved in this Utah school district?

BOTTOM OF HOUR 3
GUEST: David & Terry
TOPIC: Glenn surprises the first Badge of Merit winner live on air!

CB, RR, JB, SK, BM, NN

Domestic News...

"Critical Stage": Feds Consider Charging Hunter Biden With Multiple Crimes, Including Gun-Related Crime
CNN reported that investigators appear to have narrowed their focus to potential tax crimes and “gun-related” crimes.

Video: Rapper slaps Biden family with viral dis track
This went viral last week, but is a good companion to the latest Hunter news.

New York Times Inadvertently Makes The Case For More Concealed Carry
The evidence shows that an armed citizen is more likely to stop a mass shooting than any of the policies being advocated by Democrats.

Horowitz: BLM activist who burned cop car gets lenient sentence to protect him from deportation
Setting a police car on fire during a riot is a pretty serious crime, don’t you think? Some might even call it an insurrection. Yet, in the case of BLM arsonist Ayoub Tabri, he was sentenced to just one year in prison. How much do you think a January 6er would have served for such a crime?

Man convicted of murdering retired police captain during St. Louis BLM riot
A jury found Stephan Cannon guilty of killing David Dorn on June 2, 2020. Cannon was convicted of first-degree murder, meaning the jury concluded he had premeditated the killing. He was also found guilty of robbery, burglary and armed criminal action.

Portland camp imagines life without cops, features BLM coloring book
A far-left volunteer group in Portland, Oregon, is offering “a free, radical social justice camp” that has promoted Black Lives Matter-themed material, taught indigenous land maps and called for the abolishment of police in past summers.

Boise City Council Bars Enforcement Of Idaho’s Statewide Abortion Ban
The city council in Boise, Idaho approved a resolution by a 3-2 vote Tuesday to make the state capital a “sanctuary city” for the abortion industry.

Vasectomy demand is surging post-Roe decision, clinics report
“I'm normally scheduled out for two to four weeks," Dr. Charles Monteith said. "Now, I’m scheduled out for three months.”

An inside look at Ivana Trump's elegant Manhattan funeral service
Ivana Trump’s funeral was a glamorous final tribute to the 1980s style icon — complete with extravagant rose arrangements and a blown up copy of her Vanity Fair magazine cover.

GoFundMe for Indiana pizza man who saved 5 from burning home raises nearly $500K
His cousin created a GoFundMe page to help raise funds for the heroic pizza delivery driver’s recovery after he suffered cuts and burns during the rescue. His injuries required treatment for several days at a hospital.

SHOCK REPORT: Legalizing Drugs Leads To Increased Drug Use
Cannabis use has surged across the United States, disproportionately in states that legalized the substance.

Taco Bell manager dumped ‘boiling’ water on customers who complained: suit
The lawsuit seeks damages in excess of $1 million after the two saw their lives “forever changed” during a stop at a Taco Bell in Dallas.

Worker steals $22K in $1 bills from Rhode Island strip club
A Providence strip club was robbed of $22,000 – all in $1 bills by a worker of the joint who disguised his skin tone during the gunpoint heist.

Politics...

Biden says he has cancer in latest gaffe
Biden said Wednesday that he has cancer, forcing the White House press office to quickly clarify that he was referring to skin cancer treatment that he had before taking office last year. The remark initially appeared to be a stunningly casual health announcement during a speech about global warming.

Dems Candidates Are Crushing GOP Opponents When It Comes To Fundraising
The GOP has historically earned more than Democrats when it comes to “small-dollar donors” — those pledging less than $200 — but are down by over $75 million in the current election cycle in donations from this key demographic, Axios reported.

Democrat: The Word ‘Abortion’ Is Used by Pro-Lifers to ‘Raise Emotions,’ so ‘Stop’ Using It
“All I hear is a bunch of conversations where the word ‘abortion, abortion, abortion’ is meant as a negative term,” Congresswoman Kathleen Rice complained.

AOC defends fake handcuff stunt at protest after criticism, mockery
“No faking here. Putting your hands behind your back is a best practice while detained, handcuffed or not, to avoid escalating charges like resisting arrest,” AOC said.

AOC and Ilhan Omar coordinated Supreme Court arrest stunt with Soros-funded dark money group
Getting arrested was the whole point of the stunt, AOC said in an Instagram post. She said organizers of the Center for Popular Democracy Action Fund asked her and her colleagues to "submit themselves for arrest in front of the Supreme Court."

House Democrats don't have the votes for an assault weapons ban
More than six House Democrats remain uncommitted to such a ban, delaying or nixing its passage.

Court Orders DOJ To Cough Up Biden’s Election-Takeover Documents Before Midterms
A federal district court ruled last week that the Biden Department of Justice must hand over documents related to Biden’s executive order federalizing elections before the 2022 midterms and not after.

Polling...

Poll: Biden’s Approval Rating Just Hit Another Record Low
An NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll out Wednesday noted a record low approval rating for President Joe Biden at just 36 percent approval.

Poll: Only 19 Percent of Hispanics Approve of Joe Biden’s Job Performance
Just 22 percent of Hispanics want Biden to run for president again in 2024.

New voter registration data show GOP surpassing Democrats in key states
Republicans now lead in registered voters in 12 states, compared to 10 states and Washington, D.C., where Democrats have the plurality.

Democrat Poll: Trump Viewed Far More Favorably than Biden
50% of battleground respondents approve of Trump, while Biden’s approval rating among the same constituents is marked at only 37%.

Economy...

Mortgage demand drops to a 22-year low
Buyers have been contending with high prices all year, but with rates almost double what they were in January, they’ve lost considerable purchasing power.

"It’s A Scam": House Republicans Prepare Next Salvo In War On Woke Capital
Members of the Republican Study Committee detailed steps to combat ESG investing, which critics refer to as “woke capital,” during a Monday round-table discussion.

CNBC grills Buttigieg about White House’s gas price ‘victory lap’
“If prices go back up, do you then have to take blame for the higher prices you take a victory lap now,” CNBC anchor Becky Quick asked.

Ford Plans To Cut 8,000 Jobs So It Can Fund EV Push: Report
The cuts, though still pending, are expected to be implemented in the coming weeks.

Border...

Illegals sent to NYC amid homeless shelter crisis have no local ties, were directed here by Biden admin
On Tuesday, Adams said more than 2,800 asylum-seeking migrants entered the city’s shelter system in recent weeks and he called on Biden to send “additional resources immediately.”

Republicans investigate Biden's firing of Trump-appointed immigration judges
“At least some of these terminations appear to have been the result of a coordinated effort between the Biden-Harris Administration and far-left immigration advocates,” Grassley and Jordan wrote in the letter.

Border Patrol pushes back on Mayorkas claim that southern border is secure: ‘They are liars’
Border Patrol have encountered more than 200,000 migrants a month for four months

WAR News... 

CIA Director estimates 15,000 Russians killed in Ukraine war
“I think the latest estimates from the U.S. intelligence community would be, you know, something in the vicinity of 15,000 killed and maybe three times that wounded, so a quite significant set of losses.”

"More Pronouns, Less Recruits": U.S. Military Facing "Unprecedented" Recruiting Crisis Under Biden
The Associated Press reported that U.S. Army officials said this week that they will be 10,000 recruits short this year, and next year is projected to be even worse.

Western fighter jets heading to Ukraine?
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. C.Q. BROWN hinted that the U.S. or one one of its allies may soon send fighter jets to Ukraine.

Russia: Nuclear power plant attacked by Ukrainian kamikaze drones
The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, which is under the control of Russian forces, came under attack Wednesday from several Ukrainian kamikaze drones, according to Russian officials.

Russia Sends Pacific Island ‘Machine Gun Artillery Division’ To Ukraine
Russia may have stripped away a substantial portion of its Pacific island garrisons 4,700 miles to the west to serve as assault troops in Ukraine—a role those soldiers weren’t equipped to perform.

COVID-19...

COVID booster effectiveness wanes after 3 months, study shows
Data in a new clinical trial was consistent with real-world reports showing waning protection against COVID-19 infection during the Omicron wave in people who received vaccines and a booster.

AP: Swedish study on COVID vaccines and DNA misinterpreted
Social media users are citing a study from Sweden that was published in February to push the unproven theory that mRNA COVID-19 vaccines permanently alter recipients’ DNA.

Kathy Hochul’s New York Sent $600 Million in No-Bid COVID Contracts to Dem Megadonor’s Company
Hochul's Department of Health paid $637 million in taxpayer funds to Digital Gadgets LLC for at-home COVID tests, the company is led by Charlie Tebele, whose family has contributed nearly $300,000 to Hochul's campaign.

Commie Update...

CIA Director: Putin's war on Ukraine forcing China Taiwan invasion rethink
"It probably affects less the question of whether the Chinese leadership might choose some years down the road to use force to control Taiwan, but how and when they would do it," Burns said.

House Democrats Block Motion to Prohibit Biden from Selling U.S. Oil to China
The proposed motion would have prevented U.S. oil from being sold to entities “under the ownership, control, or influence of the Chinese Communist Party” or entities that would get the oil and then turn around and export it to China.

Entertainment...

Dave Chappelle show canceled by ‘woke’ theater, changes venue at last minute
The theater wrote, “To staff, artists and our community, we hear you and we are sorry. We know we must hold ourselves to the highest standards, and we know we let you down."

Media...

Politico urges readers 'don't believe' polls showing sinking levels of trust in the media
A Gallup poll in July showed only 16% of Americans have confidence in newspapers

CNN’s Toobin: Trump ‘Is Like a Tinfoil Hat Crazy Person’
"...it just shows that the former president is obsessed with this issue and is not letting it go."

Europe...

EU plans to force countries to ration gas
The EU Commission is hoping to pass a new law that would give it the power to force states to reduce their demand for gas "when there is a substantial risk of a severe gas shortage or an exceptionally high gas demand," it said in a press release.

Nord Stream 1 resumes gas flows from Russia to Europe after fears of complete cutoff
There had been concerns across the region that there could be a complete shutdown of gas supplies via the pipeline after it was closed earlier this month for maintenance.

Middle East...

NATO ally Erdogan accuses United States of training terrorists to attack Turkey
U.S. forces must withdraw from Syria, according to Erdogan, who presented a united front with Russia and Iran while accusing the US of training Kurdish forces “to commit a terrorist act” against his country.

Environment...

Biden Issues Climate Ultimatum As China Races To Build New Coal Plants
China is embracing fossil fuels to reach its growing energy demands, approving plans to add a total of 8.63 gigawatts of coal power plants in the first quarter of 2022 alone, nearly 50% of the capacity approved in the whole of 2021.

Climate Adviser: Biden 'will move fast' on climate 'emergency'
“The president is going to make it clear that climate change is an emergency. He’s going to make it clear that just because Congress couldn’t get it done, he is going to move forward with every power available to him to make the change and the shift to clean energy because it’s important.”

What happens if Biden declares a climate emergency?
Advocates want Biden to use national emergency and defense laws to funnel federal investments toward renewable energy, halt new fossil fuel leases and prod manufacturers to increase supplies of renewable energy technologies.

Biden unveils subsidies for air conditioning
Biden, and his massive entourage, needlessly traveled to Massachusetts Wednesday to announce more than $2 billion in environmental spending including subsidies for air conditioning units.

New Zealand PM blasted for gifting Biden kauri bowl during DC visit
Jacinda Ardern gave the president a swamp kauri bowl made from glazed timber harvested from trees that had been submerged for 60,000 years in peat swamps, which has triggered environmentalists who demand the White House return the bowl.

LGBTQIA2S+...

Drag queens, incest, pedophilia dominate taxpayer-funded film festival
The grant was part of the Biden administration's push to promote LGBTQI+ acceptance worldwide

Education...

Less Than Half of San Francisco Students Are High-School Ready
San Francisco Public Schools released data last month painting a bleak picture of academic achievement in the famously liberal city.

Technology...

Criminal organizations step up assassinations by using drones
Many criminals who are at risk of being targets of hits have moved to the highest floors of various luxury towers in order to prevent harm to them; in response, hitmen have evolved their methods.

Science....

Advanced NASA Telescope Could Discover Alien Life
Earth is, as of now, the only known home of life in the universe.

Sports...

ESPY Award: US-born athlete who represented China in Olympics wins Best Breakthrough Athlete
Eileen Gu represented China in the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing rather than her native United States. She won two gold medals for China.

Kirby Smart: 95 Georgia players have received NIL money
“We arguably, I don’t know for a fact, had the highest-paid defensive lineman, the highest-paid tight end and probably the highest-paid corner in the NIL market.”

Animals...

Birmingham Zoo Lion Kills Lioness Just Minutes After Being Introduced
A male African lion at a zoo in Alabama mauled a female to death just moments after the two were introduced to each other.

Warning over murder hornets as bugs come out of hibernation and officials use drones to track them
Washington State's managing entomologist explained that if they don't get on top of this issue now, there will be more reproduction from the invasive species. That's why they've had to get innovative, catching hornets and attaching digital trackers in the hopes of finding more and more nests.

Movie Review: The Swarm (1978)
African killer bees take control Houston and even blow up a nuclear power plant in this big budget (it cost more to make than Star Wars) classic.

July 21, 2009 - What system are we? Does America want to be socialists?... Is Climate Change the same as the Civil Rights movement?... Whoopi says the moon landing was fake...

July 21, 2017 - The 'real killer' on notice as OJ gets a release date... Fox News ad rates are plummeting... The GOP seems to be tanking Trump's agenda...

Glenn: The most important warning of your lifetime—AI is coming for you

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Artificial intelligence isn’t coming. It’s here. The future we once speculated about is no longer science fiction—it’s reality. Every aspect of our lives, from how we work to how we think, is about to change forever. And if you’re not ready for it, you’re already behind. This isn’t just another technological leap. This is the biggest shift humanity has ever faced.

The last call before the singularity

I've been ringing this bell for 30 years. Thirty years warning you about what’s coming. And now, here we are. This isn’t a drill. This isn’t some distant future. It’s happening now. If you don’t understand what’s at stake, you need to wake up—because we have officially crossed the event horizon of artificial intelligence.

What’s an event horizon? It’s the edge of a black hole—the point where you can’t escape, no matter how hard you try. AI is that black hole. The current is too strong. The waterfall is too close. If you haven’t been paying attention, you need to start right now. Because once we reach Artificial Super Intelligence (ASI), there is no turning back.

You’ve heard me talk about this for decades. AI isn’t just a fancy Siri. It isn’t just ChatGPT. We are on the verge of machines that will outthink every human who has ever lived—combined. ASI won’t just process information—it will anticipate, decide, and act faster than any of us can comprehend. It will change everything about our world, about our lives.

And yet, the conversation around AI has been wrong. People think the real dangers are coming later—some distant dystopian nightmare. But we are already in it. We’ve passed the point where AI is just a tool. It’s becoming the master. And the people who don’t learn to use it now—who don’t understand it, who don’t prepare for it—are going to be swallowed whole.

I know what some of you are thinking: "Glenn, you’ve spent years warning us about AI, about how dangerous it is. And now you’re telling us to embrace it?" Yes. That’s exactly what I’m saying. Because if you don’t use this tool—if you don’t learn to master it—then you will be at its mercy.

This is not an option anymore. This is survival.

How you must prepare—today

I need you to take AI seriously—right now. Not next year, not five years from now. This weekend.

Here’s what I want you to do: Open up one of these AI tools—Grok 3, ChatGPT, anything advanced—and start using it. If you’re a CEO, have it analyze your competitors. If you’re an artist, let it critique your work. If you’re a stay-at-home parent, have it optimize your budget. Ask it questions. Push it to its limits. Learn what it can do—because if you don’t, you will be left behind.

Let me be crystal clear: AI is not your friend. It’s not your partner. It’s not something to trust. AI is a shovel—an extremely powerful shovel, but still just a tool. And if you don’t understand that, you’re in trouble.

We’ve already seen what happens when we surrender to technology without thinking. Social media rewired our brains. Smartphones reshaped our culture. AI will do all that—and more. If you don’t take control now, AI will control you.

Ask yourself: When AI makes decisions for you—when it anticipates your needs before you even know them—at what point do you stop being the one in charge? At what point does AI stop being a tool and start being your master?

And that’s not even the worst of it. The next step—transhumanism—is coming. It will start with good intentions. Elon Musk is already developing implants to help people walk again. And that’s great. But where does it stop? What happens when people start “upgrading” themselves? What happens when people choose to merge with AI?

I know my answer. I won’t cross that line. But you’re going to have to decide for yourself. And if you don’t start preparing now, that decision will be made for you.

The final warning—act now or be left behind

I need you to hear me. This is not optional. This is not something you can ignore. AI is here. And if you don’t act now, you will be lost.

The next 18 months will change everything. People who don’t prepare—who don’t learn to use AI—will be scrambling to catch up. And they won’t catch up. The gap will be too wide. You’ll either be leading, or you’ll be swallowed whole.

So start this weekend. Learn it. Test it. Push it. Master it. Because the people who don’t? They will be the tools.

The decision is yours. But time is running out.

The coming AI economy and the collapse of traditional jobs

Think back to past technological revolutions. The industrial revolution put countless blacksmiths, carriage makers, and farmhands out of business. The internet wiped out entire industries, from travel agencies to brick-and-mortar retail. AI is bigger than all of those combined. This isn’t just about job automation—it’s about job obliteration.

Doctors, lawyers, engineers—people who thought their jobs were untouchable—will find themselves replaced by AI. A machine that can diagnose disease with greater accuracy, draft legal documents in seconds, or design infrastructure faster than an entire team of engineers will be cheaper, faster, and better than human labor. If you’re not preparing for that reality, you’re already falling behind.

What does this mean for you? It means constant adaptation. Every three to five years, you will need to redefine your role, retrain, and retool. The only people who survive this AI revolution will be the ones who understand its capabilities and learn to work with it, not against it.

The moral dilemma: When do you stop being human?

The real danger of AI isn’t just economic—it’s existential. When AI merges with humans, we will face an unprecedented question: At what point do we stop being human?

Think about it. If you implant a neural chip that gives you access to the entire internet in your mind, are you still the same person? If your thoughts are intertwined with AI-generated responses, where do you end and AI begins? This is the future we are hurtling toward, and few people are even asking the right questions.

I’m asking them now. And you should be too. Because that line—between human and machine—is coming fast. You need to decide now where you stand. Because once we cross it, there is no going back.

Final thoughts: Be a leader, not a follower

AI isn’t a passing trend. It’s not a gadget or a convenience. It is the most powerful force humanity has ever created. And if you don’t take the time to understand it now, you will be at its mercy.

This is the defining moment of our time. Will you be a master of AI? Or will you be mastered by it? The choice is yours. But if you wait too long, you won’t have a choice at all.

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

Trump's Zelenskyy deal falls apart: What happened and what's next?

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Trump offered Zelenskyy a deal he couldn’t refuse—but Zelenskyy rejected it outright.

Last Friday, President Donald Trump welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Washington to sign a historic agreement aimed at ending the brutal war ravaging Ukraine. Joined by Vice President J.D. Vance, Trump met with Zelenskyy and the press before the leaders were set to retreat behind closed doors to finalize the deal. Acting as a gracious host, Trump opened the meeting by praising Zelenskyy and the bravery of Ukrainian soldiers. He expressed enthusiasm for the proposed agreement, emphasizing its benefits—such as access to Ukraine’s rare earth minerals for the U.S.—and publicly pledged continued American aid in exchange.

Zelenskyy, however, didn’t share Trump’s optimism. Throughout the meeting, he interrupted repeatedly and openly criticized both Trump and Vance in front of reporters. Tensions escalated until Vance, visibly frustrated, fired back. The exchange turned the meeting hostile, and by its conclusion, Trump withdrew his offer. Rather than staying in Washington to resolve the conflict, Zelenskyy promptly left for Europe to seek support from the European Union.

As Glenn pointed out, Trump had carefully crafted this deal to benefit all parties, including Russia. Zelenskyy’s rejection was a major misstep.

Trump's generous offer to Zelenskyy

Glenn took to his whiteboard—swapping out his usual chalkboard—to break down Trump’s remarkable deal for Zelenskyy. He explained how it aligned with several of Trump’s goals: cutting spending, advancing technology and AI, and restoring America’s position as the dominant world power without military action. The deal would have also benefited the EU by preventing another war, revitalizing their economy, and restoring Europe’s global relevance. Ukraine and Russia would have gained as well, with the war—already claiming over 250,000 lives—finally coming to an end.

The media has portrayed last week’s fiasco as an ambush orchestrated by Trump to humiliate Zelenskyy, but that’s far from the truth. Zelenskyy was only in Washington because he had already rejected the deal twice—first refusing Vice President Vance and then Secretary of State Marco Rubio. It was Zelenskyy who insisted on traveling to America to sign the deal at the White House. If anyone set an ambush, it was him.

The EU can't help Ukraine

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After clashing with Trump and Vance, Zelenskyy wasted no time leaving D.C. The Ukrainian president should have stayed, apologized to Trump, and signed the deal. Given Trump’s enthusiasm and a later comment on Truth Social—where he wrote, “Zelenskyy can come back when he is ready for peace”—the deal could likely have been revived.

Meanwhile, in London, over a dozen European leaders, joined by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, convened an emergency meeting dubbed the “coalition of the willing” to ensure peace in Ukraine. This coalition emerged as Europe’s response to Trump’s withdrawal from the deal. By the meeting’s end, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced a four-point plan to secure Ukrainian independence.

Zelenskyy, however, appears less than confident in the coalition’s plan. Recently, he has shifted his stance toward the U.S., apologizing to Trump and Vance and expressing gratitude for the generous military support America has already provided. Zelenskyy now says he wants to sign Trump’s deal and work under his leadership.

This is shaping up to be another Trump victory.

Glenn: No more money for the war machine, Senator McConnell

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Senator McConnell, your call for more Pentagon spending is as tone-deaf as it is reckless. The United States already spends more on its military than the next nine countries combined — over $877 billion in 2023 alone, dwarfing China ($292 billion), Russia ($86 billion), and the entire EU’s collective defense budgets. And yet here you are, clamoring for more, as if throwing cash at an outdated war machine will somehow secure our future.

The world is changing, Senator, and your priorities are stuck in a bygone era.

Aircraft carriers — those floating behemoths you and the Pentagon so dearly love — are relics of the past. In the next real conflict, they’ll be as useless as horses were in World War I. Speaking of which, Europe entered that war with roughly 25 million horses; by 1918, fewer than 10 million remained, slaughtered by machine guns and artillery they couldn’t outrun.

That’s the fate awaiting your precious carriers against modern threats — sunk by hypersonic missiles or swarms of AI-driven drones before they can even launch a jet. The 1950s called, Senator — they want their war plans back.

The future isn’t in steel and jet fuel; it’s in artificial intelligence and artificial superintelligence. Every dollar spent on yesterday’s hardware is a dollar wasted in three years when AI upends everything we know about warfare. Worse, with the Pentagon’s track record, every dollar spent today could balloon into two or three dollars of inflation tomorrow, thanks to the House and Senate’s obscene spending spree.

We’re drowning in $34 trillion of national debt — 128% of GDP, a level unseen since World War II. Annual deficits hit $1.7 trillion in 2023, and interest payments alone are projected to top $1 trillion by 2026.

This isn’t sustainable; it’s a fiscal time bomb.

And yet you want to shovel more taxpayer money into a Pentagon that hasn’t passed a single audit in its history? Six attempts since 2018, six failures — trillions unaccounted for, waste so rampant that it defies comprehension. It’s irresponsible — bordering on criminal — to suggest more spending when the DOD can’t even count the cash it’s got.

The real threat isn’t just from abroad, though those dangers are profound. It’s from within. The call is coming from inside the house, Senator — and not just the House, but the Senate too. Your refusal to adapt is jeopardizing our security more than any foreign adversary.

Look at China’s drone shows — thousands of synchronized lights painting the sky. Now imagine those aren’t fireworks but weaponized drones, each one cheap, precise, and networked by AI. A single swarm could cripple our planes, ships, tanks, and troops before we fire a shot. Ukraine’s drone wars have already shown this reality: $500 drones taking out $10 million tanks. That’s the future staring us down, and we’re still polishing Cold War relics.

Freeze every bloated project.

Redirect everything — every dime, every mind — toward winning the AI/ASI race. That’s the only battlefield that matters. We’ve got enough stockpiles to handle any foreseeable war in the next three years and a president fighting to end conflicts, not start them. Your plea for more spending isn’t just misguided — it’s a betrayal of the American people sinking under debt and inflation while you chase ghosts of wars past.

Or is it even that senator? Perhaps I have buried the lede, but I am not sure if the following stats will help people understand why this op-ed might have been written by someone in your office.

Your state, Kentucky is:

  • 45th in GDP Per Capita
  • 44th in Employment
  • 42nd in High School Diplomas

And 11th in Defense-related defense contract spending

Who are you actually concerned about, Senator? The safety of the American people or your war machine buddies?

Thanks, but no thanks.

'MAD AS HELL': Here's what happened with the Epstein Files and what's next

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Jeffery Epstein's despicable low-life clients escape justice yet another day.

If you followed last week's commotion surrounding the release of the Epstein Files closely, you likely came away from the situation feeling frustrated and confused. Many anticipated the full release of Epstein's damning evidence, with names and details that would bring the hammer of justice down on those who indulged their wicked desires on that infamous island. Instead, we were dealt another disappointment, vexed once more by the swamp creatures Trump swore to destroy.

Many have turned their frustration towards the ensemble of new media representatives, including Glenn's friend and BlazeTV host Liz Wheeler, who was among those chosen to break the story. But don't shoot the messenger, if you take a moment to hear Wheeler's side of the story as Glenn did on radio, it's clear that the party at fault is the same enemy we've been fighting the whole time: the Deep State.

While Trump has won back-to-back victories during his first few weeks in office, he hasn't even been president for two months yet. It should come as no surprise that the swamp is still full of monsters, and they are starting to fight back. The events surrounding the release of the Epstein Filesprove there is still a lot of work left to do.

What happened?

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To fully understand last week's events, we need to go back to an interview Trump's new attorney general, Pam Bondi, did with Fox on Wednesday, February 26th. On the night of the 26th, Bondi sat down with Fox News host, Jesse Watters, where she first announced that the next day, Thursday the 27th, she would be releasing the long-awaited Epstein Files, and even made hints that the contents would be of interest, saying they would "make you sick."

The next morning, Liz Wheeler and other "new" media hosts were summoned to the White House, though they did not know why at the time. No mainstream reporters were present and Wheeler speculates that the purpose behind that was to deny them this story in retribution for Trump's poor coverage. Then Bondi and Kash Patel, the new director of the FBI, came in with the now-infamous binders, along with a letter Bondi had written to Patel and informed the reporters of the bad news. They told them that the binders contained what they had previously believed to be the full Epstein Files, until Bondi received information from a FBI whistleblower. This allegedly happened after her interview on Fox, and revealed that the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) and the FBI had withheld large portions of the Epstein Files from both Bondi and Patel.

After this meeting, the reporters were let out of the White House where they were ambushed by the mainstream media. Believing that they were going to immediately break the news, the new media reporters smiled and waved, gloating their exclusive access to the story while their antiquated counterparts took photos. Then the new media reporters learned that the White House forbade them from breaking the news until 3:30 pm EST, to avoid Trump's conference with the UK Prime Minister from being focused solely on the Epstein Files story. This explains why Liz Wheeler and her fellow media representatives were silent for so long. It was a bait-and-switch that they never intended.

What did we learn?

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While initially this seems like a complete bust, there is new information we learned from this fiasco.

First, there was some new information in the binders, although a large portion of it was information we already knew. There was a copy of Epstein's Rolodex, essentially his contact list, which contained many of the same names we already knew had associated with Epstein in some capacity, though it's certainly not proof of any wrongdoing. The biggest reveal was a long list of known victims of Epstein and his degenerate client, although it was entirely redacted to protect the privacy of those on the list. This list was, allegedly, what Bondi was referring to on the Wednesday Fox interview, although Bondi's exact timeline is unclear and potentially suspicious.

The real takeaway from yesterday came from the letter Bondi sent Patel in response to the FBI leak. Not only did it prove our suspicions right, that this story is much deeper than we are being led to believe, but it reveals blatant betrayal within the government. The letter from Bondi orders Patel to knock some heads, get the real files, and compile a report highlighting who is hiding these files from Trump, Bondi, Patel, and the American people.

There are Deep State swamp creatures that are actively working against President Trump and his administration. Glenn likened this to aninternal Civil Warand encouraged Trump to take an axe to the whole system. We need to pull out this corruption root and stem.

What needs to happen next?

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The next step is learning what Kash Patel found when he started knocking heads. According to Bondi's letter, the full Epstein Files and Patel's report were due on her desk by 8:00 AM February the 28th. The American people need to know what he found and soon. We have waited long enough.

There also needs to be immediate and hard-hitting action taken against SDNY, the corrupt FBI agents, and whoever else seeks to undermine Trump's presidency. Really, this should not come as a surprise, Trump has been in office for less than two months. That is a very short time to completely uproot the Deep State which has been twisting its corruption around every branch of our government for the better part of a century.

This is the first major hiccup of Trump's second term, amid nearly two months of victory after victory, and if anything proves the validity of DOGE's work gutting the government. While we can't let this slide, now is not the time to abandon hope, now is the time to double down and demand answers.