RADIOJanuary 06, 2025

Max Lucado Explains the REAL Christmas Miracle

This Christmas, pastor Max Lucado joins Glenn to explain the real meaning and miracle of Christmas in the context of the End Times: “Christmas initiates what Easter accomplishes…Jesus came to deal with sin.” But the story doesn’t end there. “God has high plans for all of us,” Max says. “He’s recruiting for himself a people who will populate His eternal kingdom.” This is why, although we celebrate God coming down as a baby, we must remember that He’s coming back again in a much different form: “according to the Book of Revelation, He will return on a white horse as a conquering King and He will destroy those who have destroyed His children.”

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GLENN: Max Lucado is here with us. Max, how are you?

MAX: I'm great. You're telling me, that's an 18 -- was that a recording of her singing?

GLENN: Yeah. Yeah. She put out a new CD.

MAX: Wow. She sounds so mature!

GLENN: Yeah, that's what I'm afraid of.

MAX: When I had an 18-year-old voice, I don't -- she sounds like she's been, I don't know, a 30, 35-year-old. A real developed -- what a gift. Congratulations.

GLENN: Yeah. Thank you.

So, Max, I wanted to have you on. Because Christmas is always made about the baby.

And that's truly a miracle.

But the real miracle is that he grew up without full understanding, I think, for probably most of us his life, of who he was.

He still was human. And he chose to take on the sacrifice for all of us.

MAX: Uh-huh.

GLENN: And so the Christmas miracle really is just the beginning of the Easter miracle.

MAX: Uh-huh. Yeah.

GLENN: That his birth and his death gave us a chance to clear out all the garbage in our life. And everybody talks about depression at the holidays. Loneliness at the holidays. And I think if we actually seat meaning behind Christmas, that takes a lot of that away.

MAX: Uh-huh. It does. It does.

And that's why I think, what you said, is absolutely true. That Christmas initiates what Easter accomplishes. You know, he --

GLENN: Right. Right.

MAX: The accomplishment of the Easter miracle is where we truly find our hope. But it's -- if T begins with the Christmas incarnation. You know, when -- when Joseph was told by the angel what to expect.

He said, you shall give him the name Jesus. Because he will save people from their sins. So your point is right on, Glenn. Jesus came to deal with sin. To deal with sin.

And, in fact, the rename Jesus, in the Hebrew language, traces its origin to Yahshua, which is a shortening of Yahashua, which means God saves.

So every time someone said the name Jesus, they said, God saves. God saves. Come to dinner. You know, his very name was a reminder of what he came to do.

GLENN: Wow.

And when I'm -- I'm -- you know, people look at Jesus. And they think, well, I can't be forgiven for what I've done, or whatever. And he was perfect, whatever. He was still human.

He still had a choice. He asked in the Garden of Gethsemane. Please, please, let this cup pass from me. Please, I don't want to do this. But he chose to do it anyway.

Which just shows, everything in life is a choice of, are we going to stand?

Are we not going to stand?

And it all matters.

But if we fail, he's got us covered.

And he understands!

MAX: He does. He does.

And the fact is, he came to save us.

And not just save us from enemies or challenges. Or difficulties.

But he came to save us from sin.

And here's why that really matters. God has high plans for all of us.

He's recruiting for himself, a people, who will populate his eternal kingdom.

And his plan is to restore this planet. And his children, into the Garden of Eden's splendor.

What we see in the beginning, is God's plan for the end, and that is a perfect paradise.

One word describes heaven, and that's perfect. And one word describes us, and that's imperfect.

And so God had to have a way, to pay for our imperfections, so that he could welcome us. He's not going to lower the standard of heaven, and welcome imperfection into heaven.

So what he did. He became flesh. He became one of us.

And he really lived to the life that we were intended to live. Adam and Eve were intended to live.

And that is in a similar state. But when we don't, and we don't, his provision is that he will save us.

We don't save ourselves.

He saves us. He rescues us.

And that's why the Christmas message is such a miracle.

MAX: So we're talking to Max Lucado. Kind of the Ted Lasso of pastors.

And how do you reconcile -- you know, we always -- oh, well, Jesus was very forgiving.

Yes, he was. Jesus, he was a lamb. Well, yes, he was.

He was so sweet. The baby is so sweet. Yeah.

And then reconcile that with, all the smote, that went on. In the Old Testament.

And also, what's going to happen, in the future.

I mean, he is not just that -- he's fierce, as well!

MAX: And -- and though we love the baby Jesus, in the manger, we -- our next vision and our next encounter with Christ, of his return to earth.

He will return, according to the Book of Revelation.

He will return on a white hour or so.

As a conquering king. And he will destroy those who have destroyed his children.

I think when we take this -- the smiting and the smote, out of context.

And just say, there were times in which, you know, these people were all destroyed, we don't realize what is taking place here.

We don't realize, that there were times in which babies were being sacrificed on altars.

We don't realize that the Promised Land was initially inhabited by people who were engaged in every -- even more immoral activity than we can imagine.

The vast majority of which was against children in temples.

So these people who have -- who just -- it's not that they have a disagreement with God. They just have a hatred at God, and a hatred of his creation.

GLENN: So I don't know how Biblical this is. This is just me and my thinking.

And I don't know if this is even really Biblical, so you're here to correct me.

But I always look at those things. The smiting and, you know, the smote.

That really, he's just saved us from. In this last election. He stepped in. He wasn't neutral in our affairs. And he -- he gave us another chance.

That I don't think we deserved.

But it's -- it's like right now, he can put his blessings on us. To expand the time that it takes for us to reap the harvest that we have sown.

Or he can just remove it, and the -- the smiting is not really from him. It's from us!

We do it! We bring it on ourselves.

It's our belief, our policies.

Our everything that we're doing in our lives, that brings that to us.

He's just the dad going, no. That's a glass door. Don't run -- don't run into the glass door. That will hurt. That will leave a mark. I Think that's what he does.

And his system is so perfect, that he tells us, don't do those things, because this will happen!

And it's not him carrying out a judgment. And looking at each of us. And going, well.

I think it's just automatic.

And only Jesus can -- he -- only Jesus can take away the sin.

That we have. But that doesn't mean that the consequence isn't paid.

Here in life.

MAX: Absolutely. Absolutely.

GLENN: Is that -- is that a correct way to look at it?

MAX: Oh, yeah. Yeah.

You know, Christ will always save us from our sins. He does not always deliver us from our consequences.

GLENN: Correct.

MAX: Of those sins. You know, if I say, Lord, I'm so sorry.

I've been disrespectful to my wife for 20 years of marriage. I repent. Please forgive me.

You can bet forgiveness is issued.

That does not mean that my wife, whom -- and I haven't done this, by the way.

But that doesn't mean that my neglected wife is going to have warm feelings towards me.

I'm damaged -- there's damage there.

And there will take time for reconciliation.

There are many prisoners. Being imprisoned right now.

And they would themselves tell you. And they told me this.

They're forgiven.

They're going to heaven.

But they will serve out their sentence. Because they violated the law, that the country created.

So, again, God forgives us for our sins.

He doesn't always deliver us immediately, from the consequences.

What he does do is give us power to move forward.

As he removes the guilt. He also disempowers the devil, who wants to keep us in that trap, in that stropping hold.

But he'll give you power. So that you don't make that same mistake again.

GLENN: Max Lucado, has been called America's pastor. And the best preacher in America, and I tend to agree with those.

Let me give you two minutes here, just to deliver any Christmas message that you feel compelled to do.

MAX: Oh, what a blessing. Thank you.

Well, Jesus came to save us. Colossians 1:19 said. God was pleased for all of himself to dwell in Christ. So do you want to see the face of God? Then look at the face of Jesus.

All the love of God was in Jesus. All the strength of God was in Jesus.

All the compassion of God was in Jesus. And God for a time, was in the body of an earthly carpenter. Jesus did this work for us, to show us who God is. And how much he loves us.

He saved us from the guilt of our sin. And we're being saved from the problem of our skin. And upon return of Christ. He's going -- we will be saved from the punishment of sin.

God saves. Again, that's the name Jesus.

Now, that gift is nothing. If we don't accept it.

When I was a Boy Scout.

I earned a lifesaving merit badge.

I actually didn't save anyone. The only people I saved was Boy Scouts who didn't need to be saved.

And that was during training sessions. And I would tell them, quit kicking. Let me save you!

I wonder how much times God is saying that today. Maybe there's somebody listening right now.

You're kicking against God. You're straining against God.

You're fighting against God. Maybe he's saying, why don't you just quit kicking?

Let me do the work! Now, you can save yourself from a lot.

Maybe you can save yourself from running out of gas, or going broke. But you're not good enough to save yourself from your sin. You're not strong enough to save yourself from your death. You need a savior.

But because of Bethlehem, you have one.

GLENN: Max Lucado. Merry Christmas, thank you.

MAX: Merry Christmas to you, my friend. All the very best.

GLENN: Yeah. Thank you.

Max Lucado.

Is This the Real Reason Facebook Got a "Conservative" Makeover?

Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg recently announced a surprising 180-degree turnaround for Facebook and Instagram. The companies will no longer use third-party fact-checkers to censor users. Instead, they will switch to a community notes system, much like Elon Musk’s X uses. Zuckerberg also lamented the political bias of elitist fact checkers and added Trump supporter Dana White to Meta’s Board of Directors. But can we trust this “conservative” Big Tech makeover? Glenn explains what he believes is REALLY driving Zuckerberg to seemingly embrace free speech once again.

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GLENN: I want to talk to you, did you see what just happened with Facebook, Stu? And Mark Zuckerberg?

STU: Yeah.

GLENN: Yeah.

STU: Yeah.

GLENN: Yeah.

STU: Uh-huh. Fascinating.

GLENN: Uh-huh. Yeah. It is.

And I'm wondering what is happening here.

You know, beyond the -- beyond the headline.

Here it is, just so you know.

Mark Zuckerberg announced Tuesday morning, that content moderation. And other restrictions on speech will be lifted across Facebook, Instagram, and other platforms, as Donald Trump returns to the White House.

Huh. Now, wait. Hold on just a second.

What?

So you know, all traffic decline has been as high as 85 to 90 percent across all Blaze media pages. So when I've said. I mean, we've had -- and, Stu, you can -- you probably know the numbers better than I do.

We're having more success and a bigger platform, bigger voice, than any time in my career.

In the last three years.

The show and everything is just on fire!

And yet, our traffic on social media, has declined by 85 to 90 percent?

It's just not possible! Okay? There's no way, other than, we've been severely contained, if you will.

And, you know, I would like to ask Mark Zuckerberg, where do I go to get my audience back?

Where do I -- you know, you've kind of -- people have kind of fallen out of the habit. If you get all of your news from Facebook, God forbid.

Or Instagram.

We've been so suppressed, all of a sudden, are we going to pop back up?

It would be interesting to see. By the way, this is why your direct support to Blaze TV, means so much.

We wouldn't have been able to survive everything, if we hadn't had built TheBlaze. And built it the way we did. So thank you for your subscription. If you haven't subscribed, please do today.

So he's ending all of the -- the content moderation.

Now, what he did before, was to go to places, that, you know, they're absolute experts.

You know, like the Southern Poverty Law Center. They know what's going on. Poynter Institute they know what's true.

And they've decided, that they are going to go back to their roots, I'm quoting.

And focus on reducing mistakes.

Simplifying our policies. And restoring free expression on our platforms. More specifically, we're going to get rid of fact-checkers and replace them with community notes, similar to X!

Now, hmm.

Hang on just a second.

Wasn't X the most dangerous platform in the world?

Weren't those community notes just not enough?

The company's third party fact-checking program was put into place, following Trump's first election to manage content and misinformation on its platforms, which executives conceded was a result of political pressure.

But now they say, they've just gone too far.

We went to independent, third party fact-checkers says the global chief of affairs officer at Meta. It's become clear, there's too much political bias in what they choose to fact-check.

Because basically, they get to fact-check whatever they see on the platform.

STU: No!

It can't be true!

No!

Too much bias for the fact-checkers.

But they're just checking facts, Glenn.

GLENN: Yes. I know. I know.

Isn't that weird?

Now, listen to this.

I mean, today, I think today's show is kind of -- kind of based on, no!

Really? You know. The things that are happening now. Wait until next hour.

I'm going to tell you a story, that is -- is just jaw, dropping in how the world works, between you and the elites.

Here's a case, in this hour. We're talking about Facebook.

How does it work between you and the elites?

Well, they didn't listen to you. They wanted to shut you up.

They went to the elites, who were on the winning side last time. And said, okay.

What do we need to do?

What do we need to do, to make sure that, you know, we're on your side? And we can get all that government money.

And nobody will hassle us.

What do we need to do?

So they did it. And they went to the elite's selection of fact-checkers.

Now that the world has changed, at least here in America.

Now, they're still not listening to you.

This isn't because you said something. This is because Donald Trump has changed America.

And now they see the writing on the walls. And so, again, it's not you.

It's power! And it's disgusting. The company is ending their fact-checkers, completely.

And it will instead, rely on the platform users to false flag -- or, yeah. Flag false or misleading content.

Instead of going to some so-called. This is Facebook saying this.

Instead of going to some so-called expert, it will rely on the community.

And the people on the platform, to provide their own commentary.

To -- to something that they've read.

This is what freedom of speech is!

There's no -- there's no expert that sits around in your -- you know -- in your -- in your town, that checks everything somebody says. And then says, wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait a minute.

That's untrue.

And they have a political bias?

It just doesn't happen in real life. But, again, let's remember that social media, is not real life.

But at least it's starting -- maybe, it will start reflecting it a little bit more. Where you have the freedom to say, what you think.

STU: But -- for one quick second.

Because Zuckerberg and Elon Musk have like a rivalry.

Remember, they were going to have a fight? Like, a cage match, a year or two ago. There's a rivalry here.

For him to come out, and say this, he said this on video, Zuckerberg.

Saying, that they would go to -- not just go to community notes. Not just get rid of their fact-checkers. But go to their community notes. As he said, similar to the way X does it.

He actually admitted that basically, we tried something. They tried something. Theirs is better. We're going with theirs.

It's like a tech bro, you know, federalism.

That's -- that's a good thing. And I think a tough admission for a guy like Mark Zuckerberg.

I mean, I -- I am with you, in that, I think they've run this so poorly.

And they have taken companies and content companies. And given them this impression.

That they could advertise to people. Gain followers, and then get their content distributed. And then pull the rug out from underneath them, years ago. And destroyed to any and dozens of websites.

And companies, because of it.

That being said, this does kind of seem like a good change. I don't know if it's just, Glenn, them kissing Trump's butt.

And realizing, if Trump comes in, he's going to be a different kind of president. And in a different environment. And they better change, or they will get hammered.

Or if it's a real change. But either way, I think it's a positive one.

GLENN: Well, you know me. I always look for the best in people. Honestly.

STU: You do.

GLENN: I am kind of a poor judge of character, because of that. Because I -- I see people for who I think they could be. Maybe. At times.

And I kind of look at it like, I think that's who they really are going to be. And they usually disappoint. Because people don't become the people they could be, most times. Instead, they settle for what they allow, or what they've allowed themselves to become. Because they don't have a true center of truth. They don't know who they are. And how they relate to all of eternal truths.

And so they get lost really easily. But when I sat with Zuckerberg, this is more in line with the Zuckerberg that I sat with.

However, you know, I -- can I was -- I think I was -- what did we decide, Stu?

Greatly conned with Zuckerberg.

STU: Yeah. Yeah. I don't know. I mean, we went back and forth on it, I think.

GLENN: Yeah. We did.

STU: Because I do think there's a part of him, that would like to be clear of all of this.

GLENN: Yes.

STU: I think he has other, you know, large goals in his -- in his life, other than navigate every political thing that pops up.

GLENN: So I am so glad, you said that.

What are his big goals?

What does he really want to do? Do you know?

STU: I --

GLENN: What is he focusing on?

STU: Hmm. I mean, I -- he has gone through several faces, right.

The company started going towards the metaverse. That changed the company to meta.

A couple years ago.

GLENN: Uh-huh.

STU: That -- that was --

GLENN: That tells you everything you need to know.

Tells you everything to know.

Meta is all about virtual reality, correct.

So virtual reality.

Guess who has invested billions of dollars in VR?

The United States Army, Navy, and Air Force.

All going to virtual reality.

STU: Hmm.

GLENN: Okay?

Meta has lost about $50 billion in its Reality Labs division and the Meta verse. So what -- so what? What's happening here?

I think what this is, partially. I mean, I want to give him the benefit of the doubt. To some free.

But I think partially, what this is about, is making sure that the government contracts don't stop with Meta.

Make sure, that they are able to get some of that money, from the United States, in the use of VR. Because that's where he really -- where his heart is.

That's what he really wants to do.

Now, they lost $50 billion in their reality labs. However, if you look at Facebook's revenue, they're subsidizing all of this stuff.

Facebook, the revenue was expected to go up to $100 billion in 2024.

Facebook's advertising revenue is now expected to grow over $127 billion by 2027. So that's the cash cow. But where his heart is, is VR.

And AR. He wants to make sure that he gets -- he's not off the government teat. Otherwise, his -- his real passion is gone.

I think that's what's happening.

Speculation, but I think that's what's happening.

STU: It's got to be part of it, right? It's got to be part of it.

GLENN: Yeah. Yeah.

STU: I wonder and hope that it is more than that.

Because I had the same reaction to Elon Musk, when he started having this transition of real skepticism. I didn't buy it.

The guy has been the biggest climate activist in America. Why would we believe all of a sudden, he's coming around to these sorts of ideas?

It does seem now, that that's pretty legitimate from Elon Musk. Could it be legitimate from Zuckerberg?

Remember, he's done some of this stuff before the election.

He did signal this stuff.

He did testimony.

He outed some of the government intrusions, before the election happened. He called Trump a badass after the assassination attempt.

GLENN: Correct.

He said, that was his turning point. Was the assassination attempt.

He said, that's when he realized, oh, this guy is really a badass. This guy is actually -- you know, what he says he is. To some degree, at least. According to Mark Zuckerberg.

But there's something else that Mark Zuckerberg has done to Facebook, that is very important and interesting.

So guess who else is joining Meta now?

In another announcement, they've decided, that Meta is going to have three new members on its board of directors, one of which is Dana White. What do you think of that one, Stu?

STU: I mean, it's fascinating. It's a huge Trump ally.

Big Trump supporter. Spoke at the convention. On Trump's behalf.

Now, you know, Zuckerberg is into the sort of UFC stuff.

Right? That's part of his world.

But, I mean, it's -- think of the change. Think of the people being kicked off Facebook. Think of where we were, not that long ago. With Facebook.

GLENN: Four years ago. We were just -- we knew we were walking into a bloodbath. We're walking into a buzz saw.

STU: Yeah.

GLENN: And now look at what we're walking into.

STU: Glenn, I was thinking back into the book, the history of the future. By Blake Harris.

We had him on a bunch of times. It was a story of Palmer Lucky. The guy who invented the Oculus Rift and became Meta Quest. He developed that device in his trailer.

And he eventually got bought out by Zuckerberg, for, you know, a billion dollars. Eventually was fired because he gave $10,000 to a group that was putting up an anti-Hillary Clinton billboard.

GLENN: Right. That's right.

STU: They -- they tried to destroy this guy, completely.

GLENN: Yeah.

STU: Now, in the interim, built a 14 billion-dollar other separate company.

GLENN: Yeah. So he's --
(laughter)

STU: He -- you know, Palmer Lucky.

GLENN: I wonder if we can even get him on the phone now.

Because we had him on the show when he was destroyed.

STU: Yeah. We had the offer --

GLENN: Oh, you're right. Yeah, that's right.

STU: But the story was like, painted a picture of Zuckerberg, of like this guy. You know, it struck me like he was some Huffington Post blogger, running Facebook and Instagram.

This person, who we have seen here in the last 24 hours and over the past few months, seems like a totally different guy.

Whether that's just self-preservation or it's real, it's better.

GLENN: Self-preservation. I think.

Why the Bourbon Street Massacre Is Part of a GLOBAL Pattern

How did a Texas-born Army veteran become a radicalized ISIS supporter who killed at least 14 people and injured dozens more in New Orleans? Glenn reviews the latest on the Bourbon Street massacre on New Year’s Day: What happened during the killer’s recent trip to Egypt? Should the FBI have had enough information to apprehend him earlier? Was this truly a “lone wolf” attack or is it part of a growing pattern that has plagued Europe for years? How many radical Islamists like him have crossed the border illegally over the past few years? This was more than just a tragedy, Glenn says. It should serve as a warning for our government: we have major cracks in our system that are widening.

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GLENN: On New Year's Eve, we were all gathered together, ringing in 2025, joy and celebration.

But if you were in New Orleans, a nightmare was unfolding.

14 people were killed. Thirty-five were injured. And America was reminded of an uncomfortable truth. Terrorism knows no borders.

The perpetrator, was not a stranger from foreign land. But a Texas-born army veteran, radicalized and driven by hate.

Now, I want to talk about this, because I think perspective is so important. Do you know these stories. Hopefully, maybe not.

But you know these stories, but I want to give you the important perspective. And the theme of today's show really is truth above all things.

Ask the uncomfortable questions.

Now, we have to retrace his steps a bit. It's not a story about this guy, that, you know, going into radicalism.

It's how we as a nation have allowed our vulnerabilities to grow unchecked.

And if we don't change right now, more tragedies are going to follow.

So most of this guy's life, unremarkable. Born and raised in Houston, Texas.

Joined the army in 2007.

He served as a human resource specialist. Later as an IT specialist.

He was deployed to Afghanistan from 2009 and 2010. It was administrative. He was far from the battlefield. But his access gave him, you know, a look into the military world, and perhaps a view of America's enemies, that would later feed his radicalization.

By 2023, he was no longer a friend to his family and his friends.

He traveled to Egypt, at some point that year. He joined ISIS. He -- there's a chilling video of him. A message to his family.

Where he pledged allegiance to the terror group. And expressed his desire to kill his family.

He ultimately chose not to harm his loved ones. But he was consumed by hatred and this ideology.

This so the first lesson here is, it doesn't happen overnight. Second lesson is, how did this guy get back into the country?

This is a slow burn, but it's often in plain sight. Vigilance is what we need.

Not just from law enforcement, but from family, friends, and community.

Because if we can understand how people like Jabbar can fall into darkness. We may be able to stop the next tragedy before it begins.

So in October of 2024, just last October. He visited New Orleans. He was scouting.

He used meta smart glasses, cutting-edge technology, designed for everyday convenience.

He used those to map out the French Quarter and be plan his attack with meticulous precision.

Side note, just an asterisk here.

I want you to remember for what I'm going to talk to you about next hour. This is technology meant to improve our lives, turned into a tool of terror. All right.

Fast forward. New Year's Eve. He rents a house in New Orleans. Packs his truck with an ISIS flag, drives into the heart of the city.

He had two ways of destruction. He first will mow over people. And then he was going to set off an explosive device, extraordinarily rare explosive compound. One that's never been used in the US or in Europe. We don't know where he got it. How did it get here?

We don't even know what it is. The government does. The bombs were hidden in coolers. And rigged with a transmitter, that were placed on Bourbon Street.

Thankfully, they didn't detonate. Either he didn't trigger the bomb. Or police killed him, before he could.

Around 3:00 a.m. He carried out his primary attack.

He was driving a rented Ford F-150. Plowed through the crowd.

Leaving death and chaos in his wake. Fourteen lives were lost. Thirty-five others, forever changed.

And we had another terrorist attack, the first of 2025. Now, the FBI said, this isn't a terrorist attack. The lady with the nose ring, go away.

You have no credibility. This so-called lone wolf is part of a growing pattern. German Christmas, market attack. The London bridge stabbings.

It's now here on American soil. But let's not ignore the bigger picture.

While he may -- may have acted alone, in execution, everything leading up to it, was not an isolated process.

His story also raises uncomfortable questions about our preparedness for terrorism in 2025.

How did a Texas-born army veteran become radicalized under the noses of everybody in his community?

How did he acquire the knowledge to build a sophisticated bomb?

How many more are like him? How many are homegrown? How many have we imported over our border?

So let's start with the border security. Something that we must demand is taken seriously by Congress.

Critics of current immigration policies argue that porous borders could allow terrorists to slip into the country undetected.

Right. But he was a citizen. Terror groups do not care about borders. And neither should we, when it comes to national security.

We need a system that welcomes people who seek a better life, while stopping, jailing, or killing, if we have to, the ones who want to exploit our goodwill, and blow us up.

There's another question: Technology. The smart glasses from Meta.

He used those to plan his attack, but he also used social media to pledge his allegiance to ISIS.

So how do we balance this innovation with security?

The reason why I wanted to bring this up today, is it's more than just a tragic event.

It's a warning. It reveals the cracks in our systems. The complacency that allows those cracks to widen.

Our borders. Our political correctness.

This story is important, because it forces us to confront the uncomfortable truths about our safety, our priorities, and our policies.

You might think, oh, well, it's New Orleans. It's not my town.

The reality is, terror doesn't discriminate. It could happen anywhere. A Christmas parade in Wisconsin. A concert in Las Vegas. A marathon in Boston.

The first thing our Congress and our new president must address is the corruption that has happened in our Department of Justice.

How could this FBI agent, with the nose ring, come out and say, immediately, this wasn't a terrorist attack.

The guy had an ISIS flag in his truck. How could that happen?

It's a new kind of policing.

She's obviously, a part of this new DEI bullcrap. That has been passed on. All of the political correctness now down to that level.

The special agent in charge, in New Orleans.

That has to be stopped. We have to stop being politically incorrect in saying that, you know, oh, Islam is fine. No. No. Islamists are not fine.

And you will find Islamists in many of the groups of Islam.

It doesn't make Islam the problem.

It makes people who say, I take the Koran, word-for-word, and it needs to be law, in every country.

No!

Those are the ones causing the problems.

No. We cannot allow our country to become like Europe.

Europe, gang, it's a matter of time.

If they don't change course, radically, in this year. You will not recognize Europe anymore.

This year has to be a year of total and complete change. And right on cue, total and complete change is coming.

The Most INSANE Claim from the Las Vegas Cybertruck Bomber’s Manifesto

The man who blew up explosives and fireworks in his Tesla Cybertruck in front of the Las Vegas Trump International Hotel made some very odd claims in a manifesto. So, was he crazy or a government whistleblower? Glenn reviews the claims, including that the U.S. and China have silent, undetectable aircraft that defy gravity and that China is operating these devices off our eastern coast. If true, these claims could explain the New Jersey drone sightings. But was this man – who set off a car bomb – telling the truth, or just insane? Glenn argues that we may soon know once Trump takes office.

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GLENN: So there's a lot that has happened in the last couple of weeks since I've been gone. And I want to start with the terror attacks.

But I want you to know, there is a theme to today's show. January 6th.

The theme is: You've been lied to, and it is time for us now to sort through everything, and you find out what's true and what isn't true.

So let's dive into something that we begin with. It sounds like science fiction. In fact, the next two hours, are going to sound like science fiction to you.

But even if a fraction of this is true, it's not only real. But it's also deeply alarming. It's about power.

It's about secrecy. And those in the know.

That have kept the truth hidden from us. Not just from you and me. But from the very people sworn to protect our way of life.

So let me start with the source of what I'm going to till about. It's a manifesto that comes from the guy, who was claiming to be a whistle-blower. He claimed to be a man on the run. Hunted by his own government, he said.

He blew himself up, apparently, in a Tesla. Near the front door of the Trump hotel in Vegas.

Now, why would he do that?

He said because the government has been lying to us. I'm not going to give you the guy's name. Because I don't want to make him famous. And I hate -- we usually don't read manifestos on the air. And I'm going to give you the summary of it.

But if any of this is true, it needs to be released. We need to stand and up say, we need to know the truth on this.

Because if what he is saying is accurate, it changes everything. Now, if you read the manifesto, he talks about gravitic propulsion systems. What is that?

It's not your average stealth fighter or next gen drone.

We're talking about this about aircraft, that allegedly manipulate gravity itself.

Gravity. It manipulates it to achieve flight. It's a concept that defies all current physics.

But it's not without precedent in speculative science. Now, what this means is: No combustion engine. No jet fuel. No sound barrier.

Just seamless, silent motion at unimaginable speeds.

The kind of technology that makes radar, heat signatures, and even conventional missile defense systems completely obsolete.

Now, I know this sounds crazy. But there was a very little known announcement, kind of, that happened over the weekend.

That no one is talking about!

And it is the biggest news story of possibly all human history.

So hear me out on this.

Now, according to the manifesto, the aircraft are actively being deployed both in the United States and China.

And not just prototypes in some secret desert lab, but operationally.

Apparently, he alluded to the fact that this is what we're seeing with the drones. The whistle-blower claimed that China has been launching these systems from submarines stationed in the Atlantic right off our east coast.

Now, he let that sink in a minute, if this is true, silent, undetectable aircraft, capable of carrying massive payloads launched from submarines, that can -- can remain undetected just miles from our shores, or even up above the White House and no one would know.

Now, he claimed that he had direct knowledge of these programs.

He says, they have been used in China, for years. Conducting intelligence. Surveillance. Reconnaissance operations.

It goes along with our spy balloon.

Do you remember the spy balloon.

He says these gravitic systems are integrated with that same network.

And they form a system of surveillance, that is so advanced, he says, it makes our current intelligence look like carrier pigeons.

So he says, that these are the greatest national security threats in history.

And if we do have gravitic aircraft, or China does, he is absolutely right.

Because it would -- it would bypass every single defense system that we have. Imagine an aircraft, with an unlimited payload capacity.
A floating fortress. Invisible.

Undetectable. Capable of delivering weapons or conducting surveillance. Parked over our Capitol in DC.

That would be checkmate if it was true. That's the reality that this whistle-blower says is there.

But it also, in the manifesto, he dives into the past, in what he says, is a dark chapter of the US military history.

He alleges involvement in war crimes, during airstrikes in Nimruz province in Afghanistan, in 2016.

According to him, 125 buildings were targeted.

Sixty-five struck, resulting in hundreds of civilian deaths in a single day.

Now, he says, that the strikes continued even after civilians were spotted, knowingly, and deliberately. He calls it a cover-up.

However, we do know that the United Nations invested -- this did happen. And an investigation happened with the United Nations. He says it's all a cover-up, implicating the Department of Defense, the DEA, the CIA, and even high-ranking generals.

So he's not just talking about our national security being challenged by advanced technology.

He is also discussing the moral rot, that comes from operating in secrecy.

Even if -- let's just say none of this is true. This is allowed to take root, because everyone has kept too much secret.

And our government has lied to us. Now, he went on to say, he was -- he believed he was being hunted. Not just followed. But actively pursued by his own government.

Tracked by Homeland Security.

The FBI. Or some other federal agency.

Is that true? I don't know!

Could it be?

Tulsi Gabbard was on the no-fly list. Now, think of the insanity, or the desperation that would lead somebody to a point to where he prepared, you know, an IED in a vehicle.

Insane, right?

So who is he?

Does he have any credibility? Or he just some conspiracy theorist in the basement. Or a deeply disturbed military guy.

Well, he claims to have worked with high-ranking officials. Including General Miller's staff.

He even named specific operations and personnel. Those are easily verified.

Now, if he's lying, it's a pretty detailed lie. If he's not, well, then, are we in serious trouble.

Now, my guess is, he has multiple valor awards.

So he was a special operations guy. If you have that many valor awards, you probably have TBI.

You don't have to. But you probably had some traumatic brain injuries.

We also don't still understand what Biden's disastrous Afghanistan screwup has done mentally to our frontline war heroes.

Many of them have been possibly permanently screwed up over all of this.

He was being treated for PTSD. So we know that he had a mental issue, of PTSD. That doesn't mean edgers have credibility. I know a lot of people who have PTSD.

Here's the one thing we can take from this. That we know for sure.

Don't trust the government or the feds. Listen to the Founding Fathers. They didn't want you to trust the government or the feds.

They wanted you to hold them accountable. Look what they've done to us.

Our war fighters are hurting. In this particular case.

If you know one, reach out to them.

But let's return here just for a second to the gravitic propulsion technology.

If it's real, and China is actively using it, we're not talking about a military advantage.

We're talking about a shift in the balance of power, so profound, that it will destabilize the entire world.

Remember the Cold War? Mutually assured destruction?

That's the balance. Very delicate that kept the world from annihilating itself. This technology in the wrong hands, or even the right hands. Obliterates the balance. Unless we have it as well.

It introduces a new kind of stealth, warfare, where speed, stealth, and payload capacity make any conventional deterrence, absolutely worthless.

Now, if China has this technology, should we have been told? Why haven't we been informed?

Well, the whistle-blower said that it's because the US government has its own gravitic system, and it doesn't want to admit it.

So what was his message?

His plea, which I don't ever go into manifests and -- and uphold somebody. And I'm not upholding him and his message. And saying that his message is true. Except for this part: He was calling for transparency. Demanding that the American people be told the truth, about all of these programs, and their implications.

He said, that secrecy only increases the risk of catastrophic conflict.

One that could escalate into global war.

I heard another one, this weekend. Did you -- did you see that we were already sending war machinery over to Ukraine? Before Ukraine was invaded by Russia?

Why didn't we know that? What was the real intent? What is the real intent there?

So where does this leave us?

Well, sunlight is the best disinfectant, and sunlight is coming with Donald Trump.

If these technologies exist, if they're being deployed over our cities, we need to know it.

Secrecy breeds corruption. Corruption leads to decisions that harm us all.

This is nothing more than a wake-up call. It's a warning about the unchecked power. The risks of advanced technology. The moral cost of operating in the shadows.

Whether you believe any of it, or none of it, the core truth remains: We must demand accountability. Transparency.

And a return to the principles that made this country great. The stakes couldn't be higher.

God intervened. I really, truly believe this in the last election.

Now it's up to us. What are we going to do with the time that we have been given?

This is the time to turn the corner, and ask the hard questions and hold our leaders accountable.

Let's pray that the whistle-blower was wrong. But let's prepare to help this new Trump administration keep its promises.

He's going need to us. Very vocal to demand answers.

You want answers to this? You have to be vocal. You have to be serious. And we have to be heard.

You want the truth on January 6th? The COVID virus? Its cover-up. Fauci. The pharmaceutical companies. The food companies.

You want trials and people who did criminal things, to be tried fairly and if they're found guilty, go to jail?

How about the sex crime industry? The Diddy parties, Epstein.

Do you want answers on that?

These people are powerful! They are the most powerful people perhaps in the history of all mankind. They're not going to go silently into the dark.

They are not going to give up without a fight. We must all resolve today. On January 6th, '25. That transparency is number one.

Remember, Trump said, they weren't trying to kill him, because they were afraid of him.

He told us, over and over again.

He was just in the way of them getting to us. They are afraid of us!

That is the way the Founders intended it to be.

So now, beginning January 20th. It is our time to hold them accountable.

Those we think are doing our bidding. They must know, we will hold them accountable. And we demand answers.

EVERY LIE About Jan. 6 Revealed

Over the past 4 years, government leaders and the Legacy Media told us that the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot was the end of “Democracy”, incited by Donald Trump, and the darkest day in American history. This narrative sent many Americans to prison, including many nonviolent attendees. But now, we know much more about the truth. Glenn goes down the long list of Jan 6 LIES that are quickly unraveling: “It looks like this was all crafted NOT to protect “Democracy”, but to bolster an agenda.” But there is still plenty that needs to be revealed under Donald Trump.

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GLENN: So here we are, four years -- four years ago was the events of January 6th, 2021. The darkest day in all of the republic. Well, what we thought was true is quickly unraveling now.

For many -- many Americans, this day is a dividing line. The narratives have clashed. Emotions have run high. Our trust in institutions, sworn to protect us, has been further eroded in ways that only dramatic action will -- will we ever be able to regain a portion of our trust.

Now, there are newly emerging details. They're not just revelations. They are bombshells that force to us confront an uncomfortable truth about our government.

And that should be the message of January 6th.

And that message, the truth about our government, its accountability, and the lengths that it will go to preserve its version of a story.

Even when it is all a lie.

Beginning on January 6th, in the afternoon, Americans were told of an imminent threat. Two pipe bombs were found near the RNC and the DNC headquarters. These devices, if you remember, we were told, could have caused catastrophic harm.

After all, at the DNC, the vice president had been rushed to the DNC, strangely without explanation.

And also, strangely all records were lost!
The -- secret service accidentally deleted all of those records on why she was moved to the DNC. Now we know the investigation into these bombs was woefully insufficient.

And I'm being kind with that.

I don't think it even happened at all.

Surveillance footage was ignored. Cameras were turned, just hours before the pipe bomb was laid. Cell phone data, in both places. We were told was corrupted.

The only thing that was corrupted, was our own government and FBI. We now know, that the data was not corrupted. According to the cell phone companies. They were never asked to turn over the information to the FBI. They were never asked. Critical leads went unpursued. Today, four years later, questions about the bomber's identity still remain unanswered. The lack of urgency begs the question, why. Why would federal agencies neglect a critical, critical investigation, in something that was going to destroy the republic? Could have killed the vice president? What if the pipe bombs were nothing more than a convenient distraction? Boy, a justification to escalate security measures and cast a broader shadow over what they hoped would unfold that day? It's not conspiratorial to ask those questions. It is our duty, as citizens. Because we now know, our government lied. So we want answers.

We know that 26 FBI informants were on the ground that day. But they must go into the Capitol.

Now, let that sink in.

It's not speculation. It's fact. Twenty-six FBI informants.

What were they doing there? Were they infiltrating the crowd?

Were they guiding its behavior?

Were they acting as provocateurs. Why if the FBI had six informants, why did this happen at all?

The presence raises troubling concerns about how much of January 6th, was actually organic, and how much was orchestrated.

Four years ago today, I was tweeting, this has got to stop!

This isn't who we are. All of these people should go to jail. Well, today, I still say, if you broke the windows, and you were clad in a mask, man, you were causing damage and, you know, hurting people.

Yeah. You should go to jail. But the time you should have served, is, you know, up by now. But there are still people in jail.

Maybe for as long as 20 years! It looks like this was all crafted, not to protect democracy. But to bolster an agenda.

Amid the chaos, everybody pointed their finger to one man, Donald J. Trump. But the new information paints a vastly different picture. Two takes before January 6th, it has now been verified, that Trump authorized the deployment of the National Guard, citing concerns over potential unrest, at the Capitol on January 6th.

But his concerns were ignored, his offer was rebuffed, by Nancy Pelosi and the Capitol Police. Why?

Who in the chain of command chose to disregard this presidential directive? The presence of the national guard would have prevented much of the mayhem that occurred, maybe even all of it. Yet, that opportunity was squandered, and no one told us about it. In fact, the media told us that Trump wanted the chaos. The truth is, we now know, he sought to prevent it.

This glaring omission from mainstream narrative, exposes just January 6th story has been manipulated to fit a preconceived conclusion.

Then there was the Ashley Babbitt story, a name who has become a rallying cry for those who see January 6th as a miscarriage of justice. She was a decorated Air Force veteran. She was shot and killed on live TV by a Capitol police officer, while attempting to climb through a broken window.

Her death was ruled justified, almost immediately. But now, we learn that the officer involved, violated multiple procedural rules. The officer, wrong shielded from scrutiny, held up as a hero, is now under investigation for misconduct, so severe, that it could lead to criminal charges.

Think about that. A life was taken, the person responsible may not have followed any of the protocols.

What else was cut, because of security? What else was held up as an example of good police work?

And why was Babbitt's death so quickly dismissed by the media and the government officials? In the days of George Floyd, why was this one policeman, his actions not scrutinized?

Did her life not matter? Her story was buried under a mountain of political narratives.

And most importantly, January 6th is all about the perversion of justice. The using of allies and social media. High-tech, global corporations. Including telecom and airlines. In many cases, offering up location data on people, that were simply in Washington, DC, without being asked.

What the FBI did with it, how perverted the court system was in DC alone. The knowing role of our politicians. Local and federal. Our police. The higher ups with the National Guard, as well as at the Pentagon now.

What do these things tell us about our country?

Well, they tell us that our country as we hope it would be is dead. That we have been lied to.

They mean that the events of January 6th are far more complex than the tidy little story that they had by 6:00 p.m. that night.

They mean that the very institutions designed to uphold justice and democracy. May have played a role in undermining them.

And let's not just blame one side.

January 6th wasn't about Trump supporters and Democrats or the media.

It was about a system, that thrives on division and chaos.

A system that uses fear, to control us. If federal agencies can lie, manipulate, and withhold the truth about January 6th. What are they not capable of doing?

What are they willing to do? To maintain their grip on power.

We the American people, four years later, on January 6th, must demand the truth. We don't just deserve it. We demand it.

Not the sanitized version. Not the politically convenient version. Not the story that makes the Democrats look bad alone.

But tells us the truth. The entire truth. That means, demanding accountability from the FBI. The Capitol Police.

Every government official on either side, who had a hand in what happened that day, or covering it up.

It means, refusing to let the deaths, the lies, the unanswered questions, fade into a history, of political footnotes.

It seems that January 6th now four years later, we can say was not the end of democracy. But it may have been the beginning of the end for our blind trust in all of our institutions, that we now know have failed us time and time again.

The truth will set you free. We were preserved, I believe. God is not done with us.

That was a miracle, that Donald Trump was elected.

That was a miracle that he lived to see the election.

God did what we could not do.

Now, he is demanding that we do our part. And that is to ensure lies and corruption are not buried.

But that we demand equal justice. I don't care who you are, where you work, what label you have, what party you belong to.

This must end!