RADIOJanuary 30, 2024

Did Biden RETALIATE against Texas with liquid natural gas ban?

After Texas refused to back down and hand over control of Shelby Park in Eagle Pass, Texas, to federal authorities, President Biden banned all new liquid natural gas (LNG) export approvals. While Biden claimed this was a climate-related decision, many criticized the timing, since it will likely hurt Texas' economy. So, was this Biden's revenge on Texas for trying to secure the border? Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton tells Glenn that he has "no doubt." Paxton joins Glenn to explain the state's latest border moves and address critics who say his razor wire lawsuit doesn't mention Texas' right to defend against invasion. Plus, he gives his take on the “Take Our Border Back” trucker convoy.

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GLENN: Attorney General Ken Paxton joins us now. Hello, Ken, how are you?

KEN: I'm well, good morning.

GLENN: Good morning.

So I just have to say, I read your -- I read your letter, to the general council of the US Department of Homeland Security. And I thoroughly enjoyed it.

This particular paragraph, I would like to quote.

You are talking to a man, who the Department of Homeland Security and the federal government has said, we have government land. And you're not letting us use and access our government land. So we can get down to the river.

You said, second, you say, the United States acquired a perpetual easement from the city of Eagle Pass in 2018.

What I said last week about the 2015 MOA, I'll say again now, about your latest claim. Quote, Texas never approved that transaction, as required by article four, section ten of the Texas Constitution.

Your federal agency cannot have something, that it was not the city's right to give.

You are invited to read that document, here.

And you'll hyper link to the Constitution.

But even if the 2015 MOA were somehow valid, you're not seeking access consistent with its terms. The nonexclusive easement from 2018, is attached for your convenience.

Its press purpose is to allow maintenance of a road, along the river, including the right to trim trees or other obstacles within the roadway.

Elsewhere, the 2018 easement prohibits the United States from making any permanent improvements, other than roadway without written city approval. If your federal agency wishes to help the municipal officials with tree trimming and road maintenance chores, I suspect they would appreciate the help.

The 2018 easement, however, nowhere contemplates allowing the federal government to deploy infrastructure that President Biden will use to waive thousands of illegal aliens into a park that will continue to be and used and enjoyed for recreational events.

I -- I -- I found your clarity enjoyable.
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KEN: Me too.

GLENN: Yeah. Yeah.

KEN: I mean, it's not complicated. And they keep misstating what actually is true.

And you know that. About the border. And then about this particular case.

Because the law and the facts do not back them up. And so they make claims about how it's their property.

And how they have claims with the city. Obviously, not based in any fact.

So, anyway, it's -- it's the way they operate. It's how they've operated for three and a half years.

And he we will hope that the electorate gets it, and realizes how bad this is.

GLENN: So there's been people saying that, none of this constitutional stuff, was argued with the last case that was in front of the Supreme Court.

And if I'm not mistaken, that's true. You're arguing an invasion backed up by eight different letters. Given to the president.

He ignored all eight of them.

This is -- this is an attempt, I think, to get them, into the Supreme Court, is it not?

KEN: Yes. So it was what? Ten, 12 years ago, that Obama sued Arizona over their law, which tried to protect Arizona.

And Robert v. Kennedy, and the three little judges came in and said, it's preempted by federal law.

But it is true also, that we've seen a very different border than we've ever seen, and the consequences of that decision is that it dramatically negatively impacted the country.

I don't even know if you can measure it.

Both socially and economically. But it's also true, that it was argued that there was an invasion. So this is a different argument, in front of a very different court.

And we're hopeful that we can get at least the five justices that are not Roberts. And maybe that Roberts, if he starts realizing how bad that decision was.

GLENN: So, I mean, you have a -- the only case that I think that they could make, that the American people would understand is, well, this is not an invasion.

That's not what the Constitution meant by invasion. And we could argue that point all day long. And win a thousand times.

However, you're not the only one saying it. Now you have 25 governors saying it. And the state of Mexico is now saying, that they fear there's an invasion of their company, or country.

Coming in from the Southern border. Their Southern border.

KEN: Well, you're right. There's more people saying -- more recognizing it. It's become common knowledge. Common understanding.

It's also true. I don't think any of these states would have joined the confederation, or they were signed on to the Constitution. And I don't think Texas, be surely, at that time, would have signed on. If they believed. That the federal government would have passed laws.

About people coming across the border. And somehow not enforce those laws. And then the state would be prohibited from defending their orders, and they would have to allow all kinds of crime and who knows who coming across the border, including terrorists. I cannot believe that was the understanding at the time.

So it's difficult for me to believe, that that's what the Founders meant. And that's what really matters here.

What did the Founders envision?

GLENN: So I want to go back to this. Because Ken Cuccinelli and others have said, Paxton and Abbott are not asserting the invasion clause in the border fence case.

They did in the Buie case, but not this one. This is separate, correct?

KEN: Yes. There are separate cases. One, we were sued by the federal government. The other, we sued the federal government.

So we had different arguments for different cases. We made the invasion argument. The governor has declared an invasion. You can quibble over how we use it, when we use it. I guess if Ken wanted to write the brief, he can come in and try to help us.

But the reality is, you know, we've got a pretty good team, that is pretty successful in the Biden administration.

I guess you can say, they're not perfect. They don't get 100 percent of the wins. Guess what, we don't decide the cases either.

I don't necessarily think, that if Ken had the pen on every case, if he would get it all right either.

Or that we necessarily agree with him, on every particular point.

GLENN: But it's my -- and excuse me. I'm way, way out of my league on this one.

But it seems to me, that this is something entirely new.

What happened last week, after the decision, that this is entirely new. And you're trying to either get the government to try to sue you. Or you in a place, to where you have to sue the government.

So this is entirely separate, is it not?

KEN: That's correct. And we also have another law going into effect. We have the Buie case. We have the Concertina wire case, which is still going, despite the fact that the Supreme Court stopped the injunction.

We still have that case going in the fifth circuit. We also have -- we aren't even sued bit federal government and the ACLU, over a law that was passed and goes into effect. Passed by the legislature. State legislature. Goes into effect, I think March 5th.

And it says Texas can start deporting on its own. So all of these cases will be opportunities for us, to make the argument, hey, we're being invaded.

Hey, this decision that you made in the past cannot be right, given the consequences to our state. The federal government shouldn't be able to pass laws. And not not enforce them. They're actually aiding and abetting the cartels. They can't be allowed to help the cartels. Then we have to sit on the sideline. Suffer the terrible consequences of that decision.

GLENN: All right.

Back with Ken Paxton with more in just one minute, 60 seconds time. First.

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GLENN: Ken, what happens if the president says, I'm going to federalize the National Guard?

KEN: So he -- he has the right to do it. There's -- obviously, I think that's a bad decision. I think it's also a bad decision for his election changes. Because his numbers on the immigration issue are not good. And he -- if he takes over our National Guard, and makes it even harder for us to protect the border. Then I think that hurts him in the coming election.

So he has to make a choice here.

Does he want to continue to damage his reputation, and his standing on the immigration issue?

Or is he going to go forward with his policy for the last three and a half years. Which is dismantle every law that we have in place, to help the cartels, accomplish their goals of getting as many people here as possible. And building their network and our country.

GLENN: And he would probably have to nationalize the National Guard for 25 different states. Because they're sending their National Guard, right.

Yeah. Every state that sends the National Guard. I would assume, he would have to take him too.

So it will be very confrontational. It will be very directed at the states. And it will be very directed at helping the cartels continue their operation on the border.

GLENN: Do you think the L and G decision that came out. This weekend.

About natural gas, sales being curbed, for overseas.

For the next year.

Do you think that was directed to Texas.

KEN: Oh, I have no doubt.

That was at least a side part of it.

Obviously, they don't like any fossil fuels.

Even if they're clean burning fossil fuels.

They have -- they have enriched many people, dealing with this all this alternative stuff, that doesn't work yet.

It's not affordable for most Americans. There's no doubt in my mind. They were probably enjoying the fact, that it would hurt the Texas economy.

I think that's what the border is about.

The other part of what they're doing is they're bringing people into our state. So that we have higher costs.

We have law enforcement costs.

Health care costs.

We have education costs.

And they know that. And they know the Republican state has been successful, versus the Democrat states.

That's people voting with their feet.

And I think they're doing their best to damage and harm, in any way possible, even if it means higher crime, the Republican states.

GLENN: So, Ken, this is crazy conversation we're having.

KEN: It is. It's hard to believe I'm saying this. It sounds so conspiratorial. I can see what they're doing.

It's not like a secret, it's all out in the open. So for me to say that, I'm just commenting on nothing secret. I'm commenting on what I see.

And it's pretty obvious, this hurts our state.

It's pretty obvious. They're bringing these people in.

They want them to vote.

They want to use them in their congressional drawing.

It's pretty obvious, they will bring people to the Republican states. They will hurt the Republican states.

GLENN: So Friday, there was this moment, when the president said, yeah. You have twenty-four hours.

That it sounded like, wait. Twenty-four hours, for what?

And giving people the -- I mean, we're entering times.

If things go awry.

God help us.

I don't want this.

If things go awry. You will have the ambiguity of, wait.

Do I answer that law or this law?

And this is what a constitutional crisis looks like.

Do you -- do you see -- have you guys talked about that being a real possibility, that he does something really foolish? That causes real trouble?

KEN: Yeah. We've certainly talked about it. We've certainly thought about it. It's hard to imagine that he would somehow try to create some armed violent conflict. That certainly doesn't make a lot of sense. And if you think about it, people on the border -- Border Patrol agents, they're on our side. They don't like what Biden is doing. None of those people. They're all working together. They're all friends. They all know each other. Whether it's the National Guard. State police. Border Patrol.

They all have the same goal. They're just being forced by Mayorkas and Biden. To not only ignore the law. As I said, it's more than ignoring the raw. It's actually dismantling, and telling the cartels, we will help you. Don't worry about hiding people anymore.

They used to try sneak across. We'll -- we'll make it very efficient for you.

Seeing, they're making ten to $12,000 a person. So it's very helpful for the cartels to have the Biden administration doing this. And they know that. And that's why they're incentivized to get as many people here as possible.

GLENN: What do you think of the trucker convoy?

Is that helpful?

KEN: Oh, I would love to see the border shutdown. The reality is, anything that makes Biden blink and stop doing this, and economic consequences, when things aren't being shipped back and forth. Having economic consequences.

That's why we do economic sanctions. If this is the way we stop the terribleness. I don't have a problem with anything like that, that affects commerce and sends a message to the Biden administration. It's like a strike.

GLENN: Right.

KEN: And send a message.

GLENN: I worry, only because, you know, up in Canada.

Look what they tried to do with the truckers.

And did. But this is in Canada.

And as long as there are no infiltrators in there. They will be fine.

But again, this isn't Canada.

The law enforcement will not be looking to pick a fight with the truckers.

They will actually, I think, be more in line with. If there's somebody out of line. They will arrest them quickly.

But not necessarily blame it on the truckers. Unless the truckers were doing it. But I doubt that.

KEN: No. I agree with you. I don't think we have the same mentality as the Canadians. I say we.

I'm sure the Biden administration does.

They're in line with the Canadian government. There's no doubt about that. But I'm saying general law enforcement, is not sympathetic to federal law being violated.

And the cartels being enriched and helped.

GLENN: Right.

What do you -- what are you saying to the other 25 states, and is there a chance that any of the others -- like Denver just said, we're out. We have nothing. You have to get out of our homeless shelters. Because we can't afford to keep this. Or any of the other states possible on joining?

KEN: Yeah. Look, I think this is going past Republican/Democrat. You can see. These sanctuary cities were created during the Trump immigration. To complain about Trump enforcing the immigration law. Then when Biden came in, they started getting a trickle -- I say trickle, compared to what we have to deal with. And suddenly they're realizing, wow, this is really expensive, and it has high cost, both economically and socially. And they realize, this is not a good thing for our city. And I think you will see more and more cities. They literally -- just not enough money to pay for the entire cost, of millions and millions of people, moving into our country.

And we all be suffering for this, for a long time. And I think this hurts Biden in the upcoming election.

It hurts the country for obviously much longer than that.

GLENN: I know you don't have any of the details. Nobody does, and that's always a special surprise in these things.

But the bipartisan bill that Biden is trying to get through. Any thoughts on that?

KEN: I'm very suspicious. I don't want to give in and start allowing people in, in violation of our current laws. That doesn't solve the problem.

It just supposedly -- it's a deal for something that actually hurts the country.

So I'm not for -- I'm not against immigration. But let's make sure that it makes sense, and we're not hating, because Biden administration violated the laws for the last three and a half years.

And we will say, well, because he's letting in, you know, millions a year. We will say, he can only let in a million.

Well, that's not the way to answer this. They should follow federal law, and if they want to change the law, make it something that is good for America. Make it something that makes the system more efficient.

GLENN: Ken Paxton. The Texas attorney general, on Texas constitutional right to protect its border. Ken, Godspeed. Stay safe. Thank you.
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KEN: Thank you, have a great day.

GLENN: All right.

You Must Learn To MASTER AI...Before It Masters YOU

Glenn has spent DECADES warning you about the risks of artificial intelligence and how if humanity is not careful, it will become the master of humanity. So why is he telling you to learn how to use it? Because these AI systems are SHARP. It can THINK. It is the sharpest tool you can ever wield, but you must learn how to wield it ethically before it wields you, Glenn argues. We MUST put ourselves in charge. This is the seismic shift he has been warning about for years. It's time we get to work.

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GLENN: I'm so excited to take this next step with you. Because I've waited 30 years. I've been trying to ring the bell on AI. And we've missed so many opportunities.

But this is kind of a last call of being ahead of things right now.

We are right at the edge of something, just absolutely game-changing.

And I've been trying to prepare you for this moment. And if you're not prepared, you don't really understand.

That's okay. That's okay.

I'm going to show you this hour, how you, in your life, should be viewing this.

And should be using it. Okay? Artificial intelligence, AI, it is not Siri.

That's not it.

We are on the verge of AGI. Artificial General Intelligence.

And beyond that is artificial super intelligence.

That's -- that's, you know -- that's the big ball of wax.

And you've heard me talk for 30 years now, about how AI is the tool that will think faster than you. Process more data than you could in a lifetime. And soon, with ASI, it will outsmart every human bot in mind, that has ever lived combined.

It will be the processing power of a -- of a supercomputer, that would literally be the size of Planet Earth. Okay?

A lot of deep think there. And we've talked about the dangers of it. Of a machine so powerful. It could become a god of our own making. And people will look at it as god very soon.

It's a force that might strip away what it means to be human, if we haven't thought about those things.

I've also told you about the miracles, that it could bring. In ways that we've never even thought. Can you cure cancer? Sure, but why would I?

Are you ready for this one? Why not just change the DNA of humans, so it doesn't -- cancer doesn't hurt the human body. Okay. I don't even know what the ethics or ramifications of that are. But that's coming.

Solutions that man has wrestled with for centuries. A world where scarcity could just be gone. Hunger could be gone.

You've -- you've learned this from me, hopefully. Or heard me yapping about it. And didn't think it really applied to you.

But this, the moment I've been pointing to you, at. And saying, look, it's coming. It's coming.

It's no longer on the horizon.

We're here.

March 7th, 2025, not just a date.

Hopefully, it's the day that you realize, we've been pulled into what's called the event horizon of a technological singularity.

What the hell is that?

Let me -- let me explain. Try to do it. And so you can really follow this. Because you'll really hear terms over the next couple of years.

Kind of like when they started defining new pronounces. What the hell is that?

And a new one came out. We will go through that. But this time, it's really important that you understand these things. So terms that most people don't know. AGI, artificial general intelligence. ASI, super intelligence. The event horizon is a term that usually is used to describe the edge of a black hole. Okay? And a black hole has so much gravity, it bends. Nothing can escape the black hole. Think of yourself in a boat. You're just on this river.

And all of a sudden, you start to hear a roar of something. And you're like, oh, gee. That sounds like the falls.

And you start to try to row the other direction, but the current is so strong now, it just pulls you over. And there's no way to escape it, because it's just too late. That's what this is.
Okay? In this particular usage for AI. What it means is that you're at the point, where we can't escape the grip of super intelligence, because it is coming! Like the black hole, you're in its grip now.

And it is eventually going to pull you into the singularity. The black hole. Once you cross the threshold, you can't escape it. And the black hole will crush everything you knew about life, physics, everything.

Life as you know it, once you cross the event horizon, and you're in the singularity, it's called spaghettification.

Everything is just pulled and stretched, and everything breaks down. That is the way they're describing now, this new technology. And we're on the edge of it. And we can't turn the boat around.

So we have -- we as humans have never, ever been here. Never, ever.

I mean, maybe. I mean, there are some people out there now saying, maybe 10,000 years ago. Because we can't find out how the pyramids were built. Maybe 10,000 years ago, humans had this technology.

And they were completely unknown. Because this technology just completely destroyed them and wiped them all out.

And they left behind the pyramids.

And the Egyptians were like, yeah. That's a tomb we built overnight. You know, we don't know. I mean, it could be. May not be. But it could be that. And this isn't science fiction anymore.

You're living in it.

And Grok 3 or ChatGPT, or any of these things, that's in your hand right now. And it is important for you to understand it, and use it!

This is a system that can analyze data. It can write reports for you.

It can generate ideas.

It can predict the outcomes with a precision, that will rival the best human experts.

And I will show you how to use this. And just start equating it -- equating yourself. Whether -- I don't care what you do.

You're retired. You're a CEO.

You're a mom. Whatever it is, I'll show you how, you should start thinking about this.

And using it here in the next few minutes.

But here's the -- it's really important to start here, today. Is because I'm hearing some pushback from my good friends, my coworkers.

Anybody who has heard my warnings over the years. They're all like, wait a minute. You said this was bad.

Yes. Yes, it is.

But it's also tremendously good.

It's when we actually get to ASI, that everything could go very dark. Okay.

And I've spent decades cautioning you about the risk of this technology.

And how it will be your master, if we're not careful. Okay. So then why are you suggesting we would pick this up?

I know it sounds contradictory. But it's not. It is the sharpest tool you will ever hold.

It's sharper than any axe, or any computer before, anything you've ever experienced. And the difference is, this tool can think. It can adapt.

And if you don't learn to wield on it, now before it gets really weird, it's going to wield you. And then you will be powerless. You must understand, this is your tool. And somebody asked me. I had a meeting yesterday. And somebody on the staff said, you know, what are the ethics. And I said, I don't know what the ethics are. Nobody does.

Nobody knows. Nobody has ever done this.

We have to write the ethics. We have to ask ourselves these questions.

You know, and this is the first of the aseismic shifts, that I told you, for the last 30 years, would come.

30 years ago, you started warning.

There will be a time, where even the person at the top of their craft. Doctors, lawyers, engineers. Me!

Will find themselves out of a job. You just -- you just -- all of a sudden, it would just be over!

Okay. Then what do you do?

It's really important that you understand, the only ones that have a chance of really kind of surviving are the ones who have used it, knows exactly what it can do.

Know its dangers.

Worked out the ethics in their own mind.

And then have kept so nimble, they can adapt, to whatever comes!

If you calcify in your thinking, it's over!

Okay?

I don't care how long you've done it. I don't care if you're the CEO. I don't care if you're in the radio broadcasting Hall of Fame. It means nothing.

Tomorrow, that will mean nothing. So what do we do?

The time of that first turn, where in 18 or 36 months, we're going to find ourselves going, I don't have my job anymore.

What happened?

The beginning of that first term is happening right now! You're at the beginning of a cycle, and it's the cycle will happen every three to five years.

And you will need to retrain. Retool. And redefine what you do, while holding on to your humanity, and your ethics.

Okay?

I don't know when the next wave will hit.

But in 18 months, this is going to be so undeniably clear to everyone. Everyone around you.

And everyone around you, who hasn't paid attention. Hasn't done the work I'm going to ask you to do, beginning today?

They will be so lost. They will be so absolutely lost. Because it will be the rage.
People will be misusing it.

They will be destroying themselves.

I mean, it will be a mess. And everyone will be scrambling to catch up.

It will be too late at that point.

Because you're either going to be the tool. Not the master. Or you're going to be the master! You're either going to be dragged into this black hole, un-- unknowingly and just spaghettification, happens to you and your life and your family and your humanity, or you will lead and say, wait a minute.

Wait a minute. Wait a minute.

This is the point where I hit the ejector button. And I'm like, I'm out.

And I don't know where that is. But the choice is yours.

But you will have to begin to act today. What worries me most, is not the pace of change.

But it's what we might lose in the process. Transhumanism. Another term. What does that mean?

You ever watch Star Trek? The bourg?

That's transhumanism.

It's AI merging with humans.

And that is not Star Trek.

It's already here with Elon Musk.

He's already doing it with people that can't walk, okay?

And it will look great. And it is great! For some things. But there's going to come a line.

And the temptation to upgrade yourself, is going to be so unbelievably tempting, that most people will go, why wouldn't you do this?

I don't know. I have my reasons. But you're going to have to come up with yours.

I mean, I don't think we want to erase the very essence of what makes a human, human.

And that's our flaws. Our soul.

Our humanity. Ask Grok. When -- if I put an implant in me, and I begin to have the internet in my head, and I'm going to the internet and the internet is coming into my head. And it's telling me things. But they're just kind of like the thinking of my -- I can't recognize it. When do I stop becoming me.

When am I AI?

And not human.

Not Glenn Beck.

And at what point -- and it went through. I did this the other night.

I went through all kinds of arguments. Both for and against. And at the end, I said, I don't know.

Nobody knows. Nobody knows.

We'll know it when we get there.

These are the things you have to think.

Because the line is coming.

And it may be soon.

Do you live with your imperfections?

Do you cross over? I know my choice.

Your choice may be different. That's your right.

But today is not that day. Today is about mastering what is here. So you can educate yourself. So when that day comes, you will be ready.

'Bigger Than Watergate': How Stacey Abrams Was Gifted $7 BILLION of YOUR Money

In a SHOCKING potential scandal that rivals Watergate, The Biden-Harris administration appears to have funneled $7 BILLION of YOUR tax dollars into a ghost fund—the United Climate Fund—tied to a $20 BILLION jackpot from the so-called Inflation Reduction Act. Spoiler: It’s got nothing to do with inflation. From Stacey Abrams’ shady Power Forward Communities (raising just $100 before scoring BILLIONS from Biden) to an EPA whistleblower spilling the truth—this was a desperate cash dump to benefit Democrat allies before Trump took office. Where did the money go? A black hole of legal fees, vague solar promises, and political insiders. When you break it all down, this amounts to $240 stolen from every American family—groceries, gas, your children's school supplies, gone. People MUST be held accountable for this.

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GLENN: All right. So let me tear this story apart. And let's just start with what happened.

This happened last spring. Okay?

The lame duck the presidency. Right around the same time, of the story that I talked about last hour, about the auto-pen scandal. Apparently, everything that Biden signed was done by auto-pen, except for him saying I'm not going to run. That's weird, isn't it? So right around that same time, April 2024, the Biden/Harris administration. Via the EPA. Handed over $7 billion of your money. To a ghost, called the united climate fund. Oh, that's a good name.

Oh, therefore, the climate.

Now, $7 billion. That's not the real story. This is all part of a 20 billion jackpot from the green house gas reduction fund.

That was tacked in and tucked in, so you couldn't really find it in the so-called Inflation Reduction Act happened in nothing to do with reducing inflation.

Nothing!

It was a scam! So it was all about the green thing. They sold us climate salvation. But what it really was, was robbery.

Okay?

This fund wasn't some titan of green innovation. Like, we -- we have dedicated our whole lives. It popped up in Delaware. Hmm! On November 30th, 2022.

It was barely five months old, when the cash started to flow. Okay? Its tax filings, a complete disgrace. Its first year, it had $547,000 in revenue.

It blew through and torched 451 of those things in two months. $451,000 in two months!

Then 323,000 just vanished in other expenses! I mean, it's a black hole.

No explanation. Just, I don't need to tell you!

The legal fees gobbled up more. The vague promises of $50 million in solar projects, that's what they were saying.

Well, we're $50 million. Where was any of that?

Then the mask slips off. We find out, that they were funneling cash to power forward communities.

Oh, God. Don't just some of the names of some of these organizations just piss you off. If somebody came to you and said, I'm for power forward communities. I would slam the door in your face. Not interested!

All right. That thing is tied to Stacey Abrams. Huh. So a political insider gets a bunch of money, because she's the teacher's pet. No transparency on that. No accountability. It's just a show. Stacey Abrams. This Power Forward Communities, if you thought the other one was a sham, she had only raised $100. One hundred dollars! Not 100,000!

$100! You could get that from the guy who is begging on the street, if you want to rob him. I'll bet you, if he spends a couple of days, just at a street corner. He's got 100 bucks. Maybe even a day. That's all she could raise for her own organization.

And then suddenly, Biden comes in and is like, it's $2 billion. Oh. That seems right!

So there's no transparency. There's no accountability. In December, it was Project Veritas that caught an EPA official spilling the truth on this one. He said, this was an insurance policy against Trump winning. Now, what does that mean?
What does that mean?

So all it was, was a desperate cash dump, before the clock ran out. They're giving it to their friends. Why?

Now, under the, you know, department of government officials. DOGE. They blew the lid off of this thing. The $20 billion was stashed at Citibank. It's being clawed back now by the government.

It isn't incompetence.

It's calculated theft. That's what it is. Theft of your money, your labor. Your nation, quite honestly.

So now, that's what happened. Now, here's what it means.

And let me give you some historic perspective, here. I want you to feel this in your gut. And it will sound like no big deal. I want you to really understand what this just one piece means directly to you. $7 billion.

Is $20 per American. Not taxpayer.

Per American!

Family of four. When you tally in the full $20 billion. That's $240, that's just gone from your bank account.

Actually not. Because take $240 per family. And then just add the interest rate, that we will be paying China for that borrowed cash. It will be a lot more than that. That's grocery, gas. Your kid's school supplies. Gone.

Where did it go?

Stacey Abraham's big pockets. And she's a big person. So she has big pockets.

Now, if you even have Stacey Abrams size pockets. That's not pocket change.

Historically, this dwarfs -- oh, did he just use the word dwarf?

Yes, I did. Dwarfs scandals, that we have learned.

I don't even remember where it was. The tee pot dome scandal.

When did it happen, kids?

920.

Can anybody tell me what it was?

No. You just told me to memorize the date when it happened. I know it happened in the '20s. I don't know anything else about it! In adjusted dollars, the Teapot Dome Scandal, that we are told, we must memorize, that cost in today's adjusted dollars, 400 million!

400 million, and we're still teaching about that scandal.

This is 20 billion! Okay.

That kind of -- I mean, really, you look at the tee pot dome scandal now, and your kids should be like, rookies!

Watergate was a break-in.

Jail time.

Prison. Break-in. It wasn't a billion dollar siphon. No. There was no money stolen. Nothing happened in Watergate. Prison time.

You know, the savings and loan scandal? George Bush's brother was involved. Yeah. He was. Yeah, he was.

And it -- that scandal was 160 billion. Over ten years!

This is 20 billion, like in a day! Hey, you know what, call her up. Can we get the EPA on the phone? I have $20 billion. Okay.

So I don't know. That's kind of fast. But we have AI now. Should be a little faster!

So this is your money, your voice, gone. Constitution, article one, section nine. It talks -- no dollar will leave the Treasury without law!

Law for us, apparently not for them. So remember, you're still working today, every dollar you're going to make, at work today, is going to go to the federal government.

When you break it out over a year, you will be working, I think it's this year until April 19th, from January 1st with be to April 19th, just to pay your taxes!

And what happened to those dollars, that you've worked from January 1st to April 19th this year?

I don't know. Stacey Abrams stuffed it in her big butt someplace, and money is shooting out.

To whom?

I don't know! I don't know.

I worked hard for my money. What did Stacey Abrams do for her.

Okay. So who is involved. Who might be involved.

Well, Biden/Harris. Because they signed off on this.

Kamala Harris, said, this was her legacy. The green house gas reduction fund.

All right. So, good. Let's make sure she understands that's her legacy. Now, the EPA chief under Biden, Michael Reagan. He was the bag man, he's the guy who doled out the millions. The Climate United Fund, their officers, I don't know.

I don't know. Scooby-Doo van, we're sending it out. The kids are going to be able to unmask him eventually. But I don't know, Scooby is kind of old at this point.

Even the Scooby snacks didn't keep him in that van very long. But their tax forms are hiding all of the names of the officers. So we don't really know, but Abrams' Power Forward?

That one -- what is that smell? It smells like rotting garbage. No, uh-uh, that's Stacey Abrams Power Forward.

Citibank held all the loop. No foul play proven yet, but they are in the frame. And Citibank, if you did anything wrong, I pray to God, we come and get you too. The EPA whistle-blower, he's a cog. But in their words, it's a cabal, at the very top, that knew that this was just preelection cash. That's all it was. If you're a Democrat. All the money that you sent in. What was it?

A trillion dollars that people donated. And you kind of went, where did that money go?

Yeah. It lined the pockets. It's in Stacey Abrams butt some place.

I think it is. I don't know for a fact that that's where she keeps it. But it's kind of a big butt. So who else is involved?

Dig a little deeper here. Who else is involved?

Well, the Obama era loyalists. Can't wait to tell you about that. Climate grifters.

Congressional enablers. Theater ones who slipped this into the wall.

The DOGE crew.

The head of the EPA now. Lee Zeldin.

I love you! They got the scalpel out. It's kind of sharp. Justice, and the inspector general, going to name names. Or at least that is what they say. Understand, it's not a lone wolf.

Uh-uh. This is whole pack. And they've been feeding on the American carcass. They have blood all over their face. I think we should go wolf hunting, myself.

Now, who could possibly be against tracking this down?

Because not everybody is cheering DOGE and Elon Musk. In fact, he's a Nazi. Did you hear that?

Oh. We don't have Nazis around here. I haven't heard anybody, call anybody a Nazi, ever.

Okay. So it's going to be the entrenched. The Deep Staters. That are going to fight tooth and nail on this.

They might even break out in -- we shall overcome. Good God. It's not 1965. Shut up!

Anyway, they might break out in song.

I don't know. But the climate lobby, these NGOs. The green tech firms. The banks!

Billions of dollars. And they're all going to say, but the planet is in peril!

And that's why we don't know what would burn down. That's why we wanted to keep it someplace moist, like Stacey Abrams butt!

Uh-huh. Now, the democratic operatives, that are tied to Abrams, and Joe Biden, yeah. They're not -- they're not happy about this. Because they're going to be exposed.

But they're -- here's what's going to be exposed: The Patrogen (phonetic) Network. That's their life blood. Have you ever wondered?

Have you ever said this? Because I have. Where the hell are the Republican billionaires?

Doesn't it seem like everybody -- anybody who wants to, you know, destroy the country. They've got billions of dollars behind them, right?

And you're like, you know what, the billionaires, on the left. They just give all this money.

No!

You've been giving all of this money. They've been funneling your money, in the -- to the tune of hundreds of billions of dollars, to these people that want to destroy America.

That's what's been going on.

And then you have the bureaucrats and the EPA and the government. I mean, the careerists, who would rather -- they would rather just go down with a fight.

Because they will lose their fiefdom. And their power. And survival. And the money and everything else.

Look, $20 billion.

A slush fund, buys an awful lot of loyalty, influence, votes.

You rip that away, and the empire crumbles. Well, it doesn't crumble. But it's a good hit to that. Because there's hundreds of billions that are in these slush funds. And the big banks like Citibank, I think they're quietly squirming. We have nothing to do with -- uh-huh. Uh-huh.

Yeah. That's what the banks of the mob says!

THIS Is Why 'Cowboy' Is Making a COMEBACK

Something has changed in America, for the better. Have you noticed that the cowboy, the rugged west, is making a comeback? It's something that has been in every American, for a very long time. And it has been waiting for us to listen to it. The press and mainstream media couldn't figure out Yellowstone at all. But it wasn't the vigilante stuff that attracted us to Yellowstone. It was justice. A line. Somebody was drawing a line in the sand. A common sense line that said: "You know what? Some things matter too much to let slide." It's the cowboy. But what does the cowboy represent? A handshake that means something. A promise you don't break, because your word is the only thing you own. It's taking your hat off for a woman. It's saying "Yes, ma'am. No, sir." Because respect isn't optional. It's standing up, not just for yourself, but for your family. For your land. Your way of life. The things that are worth defending.

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GLENN: Yesterday -- yesterday was just a different day for me. My eyes opened up to some things.

And I don't know -- I don't know exactly why, but some things really came clear to me yesterday. And that is, what we're waking up to.

Trump in the last election are symptoms. We think that that is what's driving. But it's not.

It's not the reason. It's a symptom. And it's all crapped up in the collective denial of what is true and real.

So let me -- what is true and real?

Have you noticed that the cowboy, the rugged west, is making a comeback?

You see it in television.

You see it everywhere. It's making a come back, all of a sudden. Why?

And it's -- it's coming at the same time our politics are changing. So which is the chicken, and which is the egg?

The cowboy, this rugged West, Yellowstone, the TV Yellowstone. Or Taylor Sheridan, and all of his many 800 shows that seem to be on television.
That's not what brought the cowboy back. It's not Kevin Costner on TV. Grumbling about the land and the legacy. It's not it. It's deeper than that.

It's in some ways, it's that jagged spine of the Grand Tetons. It's the open sweep of the grass that rolls out like God himself just unrolled it. Like, how far can that go? It is the untamed West. But it's not that!

Because that's a postcard. That's on a TV screen. That's something that nobody in New York sees. That's something that people all over the country, have never actually seen themselves. But yet, they have that, thumping, or humming in their chest.

And it's something that has been in every American, for a very long time. And it has been waiting for us to listen to it.

You know, the -- the press, mainstream media. They couldn't figure out Yellowstone at all. You crazy people. They just want that train station, to actually exist.

It wasn't the vigilante stuff, that attracted us to Yellowstone.

The bodies dumped in the dark, to settle scores. Or how they acted. Or what she said. Sure, that played a role. It was entertaining, but that's not what we felt.

That was the noise. What got underneath our skin was that there was justice to it, not vigilante. Not perfect. Not polished.

But there was justice. A line. Somebody was drawing a line in the sand.

A common sense line. That said, you know what, some things matter too much, to let slide.

And what were those things?

They were heritage. It was family. It was a way of life, that's worth planting your feet for! The whole show is about the Duttons losing the ranch. Or is it?

Or is it about fighting for go that cannot be left behind? It shouldn't be left behind.

Was it the Dutton ranch, or was it the American way? And not something on a bumper sticker or slogan. But a heartbeat.

Something that is deep in all of us. And we feel it. I don't care if you're kicking dust in Wyoming, or you're kicking a coffee cup in the streets of New York. It's there.

And it's not the hat. It's not the spurs.
Those represent this, I guess. Because it's the cowboy. And what does the cowboy represent? A handshake that means something. A promise, you don't break. Because your word is the only thing you own!

It's taking your hat off for a woman. It's saying, yes, ma'am.

No, sir. Because respect isn't optional. It's standing up!

And not just for yourself. But for your family. For your land, your way of life. The things that are worth defending!

The things that you have been told for the last 20 years, sit down. Shut up. You should be ashamed of that.

It's righting wrongs, when the law is too slow or too blind to see what's what. Afghanistan withdrawal comes to mind.

It's a fierce independence. The kind that says, you know what, I don't have anything against you. But I'm going my own way. I'm going to chart my own path.

I'm going to do what others swear, can't be done.

I'm sorry. You think it's too tough.

Nothing is too big.

Not as long as you have faith in God, and the grit of an American.

Then nothing is too big!

That's what the cowboy represents! But it's more than just him! I don't know how to describe it. It's us. It's in all of us!

It's who this land shaped us to be. Whether you -- I mean, I'm not somebody who would have crossed the Rockies in a creaking wagon. I would have stopped way before that. You know, snow biting at my hands. Uh-uh.

Strangely, I am kind of the guy, that wouldn't mind being strapped to a rocket, and shot up, just to stab this red planet of red dust, a million miles away. Or however far it is. With a flag. And not because a flag. Why do these explorers do what they do?

They don't do it for God or country.

That's what the left would tell you. It's jingoism.

It's not!

They don't do it for God or country. They do it because of God and country. Because of what God and this country made us! It's simply who we are. It's why the rest of the world, never understands us. And yet, when we live up to those ideals, when we live up to what this land and God created with us, when we live up to who we really are. The world loves us.

It's what this land does to you. The mountains. The plains. The rivers that cut through stone.

They're not just pretty. I don't know about you, but they call to me.

They call to all of us.

They -- they make you. And when you answer, it's not about proving something to anybody else. It's about proving it to yourself. Because that's what the soul of this country is asking for!

Who are you? Who can you be?

No other country, no other people can feel it like we do. Because this is our DNA. It's why I go to the mountains every chance I get. I love the mountains, to not escape, but to remember. To breathe the air that is sharp and clean, cold in the morning, hot during the day. To hear the wind, whip the flag. Yellowstone was not big on TV, because it was a show.

It was big, because it's a mirror! It is a funhouse mirror. And everybody else looked at funhouse part. What we -- it's all about what we've been missing!

It's what it was showing us! That's what we felt. What we've let slip through our fingers.

Because we were too busy chasing other things. Or listen to other people convince us of lies.

And now?

Look around, last six weeks.

What is America doing?

We're putting our based on the back on. We're wrapping ourselves in denim, that's not afraid to touch grass.

In fact, it's required to touch grass!

And not because it's trendy. But because it's try!

It's who we are, deep down. I don't care if you've ever roped cattle. You should see with my cows. I have no idea what I'm doing.

It doesn't matter. You can be punching a clock in Cincinnati.

It doesn't matter!

But the land, our way of life, our DNA is calling us back, and thank God we're listening!

It is morning in America again. And it comes again, under the brim of a cowboy hat!

But the guy who is -- the one who seems to be doing it all. He would look ridiculous, in a cowboy hat.

Maybe as ridiculous as I look in a cowboy hat.

He's a big city real estate broker, from New York City. That likely has never gone anywhere on horseback. Or climbed a mountain.

But the spirit lives in this guy!

His whole life is about doing something no one thought could be done. He didn't climb mountains, or conquer the West, in the traditional way.

Instead, out of concrete and steel, he built mountains, that tear at that American sky!

He conquered what we all the. You can't conquer that. Mainstream media. He broke the back of that horse. And he is riding it, sitting tall in his saddle, and he's also making it very clear to all the outlaws of the world.

And I can guarantee you'll go, yes, sir. When you hear this!

He's making it very clear. This man from New York City. There is a new sheriff in town!

The spirit of the West!

All humans feel this call to the ocean. I don't know what it is. But we all do. For Americans, it's the same kind of call, but to something different. The West isn't a place. It's a feeling! It's a pull! It's a strange shadow of a horse and a required against a sunset that bleeds red and gold! It's the creek of leather and the weight of a rifle in your hands. When the world turns mean. It's the quiet of a night so quiet, you can hear your own thoughts! It's the roar of a river that reminds you, some things just can't be tamed. Not by man. Not by time. And that is what is roaring back.

It's the spirit that put us here in the first place. The part of us that says, I'll stand for what's right.

I'll fight for the little guy. I'll build something worth keeping. And I do.

Because we always have. From the first people that crossed the oceans, to the ones who broke the trails through the mountains. No sane person would ever do that!

The dreamers who looked up to the sky, and said, I'll go to the moon.

And it was never about glory. It was about guts.

Knowing about -- knowing that there are some things that are just bigger than you. But you're big enough to meet them anyway.

Yellowstone is, again, a mirror of us waking up. It was already there. It's simmering.

It's always there. The photos of the peaks and the plains. And the horses.

They're not just pictures. They are us. It is the snap of the sound -- the sound of the snap of a flag in the wind!

It's the weight of a life lived on your terms. And it is not dead. It is not gone.

It is rising again!

Because the truth is, it never really left us. You'll feel it, wherever you are. You'll hear it in the stories we tell. The songs we sing. The way we look at the world and say, why can't people -- we'll take it on!

You're living in an American era again! We are truly going to see the rebirth of a nation.

Not -- not -- not in the boardrooms, or the ballots. But first and foremost, in the dirt, in the sky, in the soul!

It's about a cowboy, an American cowboy coming home!

Not because he's lost. Because finally -- finally, he remembered where he belongs!

And we're all riding along with him. Whether we know it or not. Because no matter what the popular culture tells us, this is really who we are. We're fierce. We're honorable. We're free. We're unbroken!

The sun just dipped down low, and the shadows were stretching long. But thank God America heard it whispering again. Come back!

Come back home!

I want to talk to you about Ruff Gr

Unpacking SCOTUS's Latest EMBARRASSING Decision On USAID Funding

In a devastating ruling by the Supreme Court that 'shocked' Justice Alito, two GOP judges sided with the Democrats to undo President Trump's executive order, which froze $2 billion in USAID funding. This is what's at stake here: $2 billion of YOUR tax dollars potentially funding anti-American agendas or worse, with no accountability thanks to the 1946 Administrative Procedure Act diluting responsibility. This raises the question—who truly controls government? Congress as the chef, the President as manager, or an overreaching Supreme Court as food inspector? President Trump MUST continue to fight back with the DOJ while eyeing a Scalia-like justice to fix a possibly rigged system. ENOUGH with these wishy-washy judges, Glenn argues. We need a BULLDOG.

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GLENN: All right. I want to dive into the US Supreme Court decision on restoring USA funding. I think this is grotesque. But it's a conversation we need to have. And it doesn't end with, we're not going to listen to the Supreme Court. It leads right to, please, Donald Trump, make sure you're finding a Scalia, as our next Supreme Court justice, if you get to appoint one.

The question is: Who really holds the reins of our government? Yesterday, the Supreme Court ruling came out, and they really didn't -- because it was a quick turnaround, it's not a full reading of what everybody was saying.

And I want to know exactly how they made this decision. But we saw justice Amy Coney Barrett side with John Roberts, and the court's liberal ring, what a surprise there, and it was against the -- Trump's administration to push to freeze $2 billion. $2 billion. You and everyone you know, maybe everyone you've ever met, everybody that lives in the same town as you, will never pay $2 billion in income tax.

So $2 billion in foreign aid.

And the dissent came from conservative justices like Clarence Thomas. Samuel Alito. Gorsuch. Brent Kavanaugh.

Now, this was -- I mean, Scalia talked a lot about this.

And let me -- let me break it down, in this way.

The federal government is like a giant kitchen.

Congress is the head chef. Okay? They write the recipes, and then order all of the raw ingredients, laws, and the budgets. Got it?

The President is the kitchen and manager of the chef, and all of the kitchen.

He decides, how do we execute this?

How do we do this?

And the Supreme Court is really, the food inspector, who is called in, when there's, you know, worry about food poisoning.

You know, botulism. Something really bad, that the restaurant was never supposed to put out. That's what it's supposed to be. In this case, President Trump on his first day back in office, he signed an executive order, to freeze $2 billion in USA funding. Okay. Why?

Because he suspects deep corruption. So the money Congress had already earmarked for foreign aid, which is their job. It gets blown out of the water. Now, his team said, let's look for waste, fraud, and abuse.

Now, that comes right from his campaign promises. That's what he was elected to do. He was very career about DOGE.

The nonprofit groups, sued. And a lower court judge ordered the funds to be unblocked. And in the Supreme Court, yesterday, 5-4 split. They upheld that order.

Now, what? The ruling said, basically, you can't just hit pause on Congress.

Okay?

They've come up with a recipe. They've ordered all the goods. Unless the law explicitly lets you, the president. Now, I think it does.

Really, so does Thomas and Alito and Kavanaugh.

They said, he's the administrator. He's the one.

He's the one who said, no, no, no, no.

Wait. I think there may be some sort of botulism in some of these ingredients.

I'm not putting them into the food. The administrator, does he have leeway to manage the funds and root out corruption? Especially, since the executive branch is tasked with, quote, faithfully executing the laws. Faithfully executing the laws.

Amy Coney Barrett, Trump appointee from last time, surprised a lot of people. Me, not so much.

She didn't write a separate opinion here, but her vote suggests a real narrow view of executive power, that I don't think the Founders ever really saw this, as.

Scalia worry alive might have dissented and gone the way of Alito and Gorsuch, because he always railed against judicial overreach. There was a court case back in the '80s. Morrison versus Olsen. He warned, letting courts micromanage executive discretion.

I'm quoting! Enfeebles the President's Constitutional role. What does that mean?

The -- the President oversees his domain.
Congress oversees their domain. And there can't be any judicial meddling in this, unless the Constitution or Congress clearly says so. Okay.

Congress allocated the funds.

And no law gave Trump the unilateral freeze button.

That's what she said!

Here's it -- here's the problem.

Here's how I think of it now. How I think you should think of it.

Think of your family.

You are running a family budget. You and your spouse, that's Congress, agree to spend $500 at a kid's summer camp. Okay?

But you and your wife, for some reason, are really busy. And so you hand the $500 over to your brother. The president.

And you're like, I want you to pay the camp director.

And send him to summer camp. And then you're out.

And then you find out, that the brother is holding on to that $500. Of course! You're like, wait a minute. I gave you the $500 to send our kid to summer camp.

And your brother says, wait a minute!

The camp is way overcharging.

Or worse, it's a scam!

Or even worse, they actually stand against everything your family, you, your son. Everything you tried to teach him.

Everything you want!

I couldn't in good conscience, give this $500 to them. Because it's corrupt!

Are you cool, or are you mad that your -- I told you, it had to be spent on this!

Are you going, thank God, or do you say, you have no right to do that!

I want my money going to that corrupt camp. Even if they're abusing my child. Of course not!

That's the oversight of the administrator! That's this case, in a nutshell. That's what Trump is arguing. And that's what Trump should be giving. The problem is, it's not a family of three or four or five. It's a family of 330 million people. And the cash is yours!

Do you want it to go to anti-American or changing mice, you know, one sex to the other? Do you want that?

Because I, as a family member, and 330 million people, I'm kind of pissed of that. Maybe you're not. I am.

STU: Glenn, at any point, the mom and dad can send that money directly to the camp.

GLENN: Yes.

STU: All they have to do is instead of doing this BS thing that they're doing.

Which is like, here's a big pile of money. And we want generally, this thing to happen.

They can just write in the laws, that they passed. Exactly where the money needs to go. And what needs to go there. That is complete.

They have the power. The Congress has all of this ability.

GLENN: As according to the Constitution. But the progressives, the progressives have changed all of that!

STU: Uh-huh.

GLENN: They passed in 1946, the Administrative Procedure Act. I don't know what that is. You ever heard of that?

Really, super important. It creates a fourth branch of government that's neither executive or legislative. It's just kind of out there in limbo. Why?

Because it dilutes the power of president. And it takes Congress out of the hot seat. They don't want to be blamed by you for something.

They -- is anyone taking responsibility for the cash that we know is being funneled into, you know, nefarious purposes?

Nobody in Congress is being held responsible for it.

Why? Because they did exactly what Stu said!

I was just giving to that agency. I don't have anything to say about the agency. I said, we should send it over there, because I thought they were doing this.

And then if the president doesn't have the power to say, wait a minute, you're not spending that money. Then you can't even blame him. Who do you blame?

Who is responsible for earmarking that money to go to those specifics groups?

Somebody you've never met. Somebody whose name you have never seen. Somebody who will never go to jail or be held responsible, even if they're funneling it to nefarious camps.

That's what this is really all about.
And when the people truly understand that, and realize, there is no check on the judicial branch. The judicial branch is supposed to just make the decisions. No, that's not in the Constitution.

But instead, we've changed all of these things, through law. That are -- those laws are unconstitutional.

Because they -- they destroy the checks and balances of the three branches.

But what are we going to do? Are we going to be like the Democrat?

Nope! Just do it anyway!

We say to the president of the United States right now, you let the DOJ, if they force you to spend this money. You sic the DOJ on them, and you track every dollar. You find anybody who is wasting our money. Anybody who is doing anything nefarious.

And you march them out in orange jumpsuit in shackles, and you throw their ass in jail. And then you wait for one of these people, in the Supreme Court, to die of natural causes!

Did you hear that, lefties? To die of natural causes.

And then you find the biggest constitutional pit bull. And you put them on the court!

That's the way Americans handle it.