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What the hell is going on?

June 30, 2015
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Depression being treated by assisted suicide in Belgium. Children crucified by ISIS for failing to fast during Ramadan. The mentally handicapped being used as suicide bombers. Young women being sold into sex slavery. Terrible atrocities are taking place all over the globe - are you brave enough to take a stand? Glenn shares just a few of the disturbing stories of the day and an amazing story of history of one man who went to extremes to uncover one of the darkest moments in world history. Have you heard the story of Witold Pilecki? And will anyone be brave enough to do the things he did in WW2?

Below is a rush transcript of this segment, it may contain errors:

We don't see things anymore. Because if we see things, it requires us to do something. And too many of us don't know what to do.

24-year-old woman named Laura, she's in Belgium. She's been going to the psychiatrist in Belgium since she was a kid. She's had suicidal thoughts since she was about ten.

The psychiatrist that she's seeing now diagnosed her depression as treatable. And I'm quoting. Her condition of depression is treatable by death. End quote.

Well, gee, thanks, Doc. I think a lot of aches and pains and troubles that I have might be treatable by death.

Pat, your back pain, I've got a solution for you. Death!

PAT: I'm not sure that's the most viable solution for me right now.

GLENN: She just died. Lethal injection.

PAT: (sighs)

GLENN: She was allowed to be killed. Her depression has been cured.

Why is this happening? Because we don't see people as people. We don't see people as valuable.

Turkey, Turkish authorities on Sunday have opened up their borders, and 10,000 people have just come across. They were running from the terror group ISIS.

In Syria, over the weekend, ISIS crucified and killed two children for failing to fast during the Islamic month of Ramadan. By the way, children are not required to fast during Ramadan. ISIS said they were. They crucified them.

And how appropriate, they nailed up above their cross their crime for all to see.

Some things haven't changed from 2,000 years ago. Apparently, they were caught eating. ISIS has beheaded and crucified a number of children on a number of occasions. Back in February, the United Nations Committee on the rights of the child detailed some of the horrific abuses carried out by ISIS.

One of those charges is that they're now using mentally handicapped children as suicide bombers. They can teach them to go over there and push this button.

They are using children as suicide bombers as young as eight years old. Those are generally the boys. The girls are being sold as sex slaves in the marketplace, again, as young as eight years old.

What are you going to do? What is it we do? How do you stop something like that? Well, I'm a firm believer that America sees love versus evil, and they will choose love.

That's getting weaker and weaker as the days go by. But I still believe that evil will overplay its hand. The lies will end. The ends never justify the means.

We need to do what we're supposed to do with a pure heart. Without anger. Without angst.

We're to do unto others -- ye without sin, don't lie or cheat. Respect your elders. Be true to yourself. Don't judge unless you want to be judged.

Union workers are no different than I am. Millennials. Parents. Conservatives. Libertarians. Honest liberals. They're no different. There are a few principles that we all agree on. Crucifying children I think is one of those.

Selling children into sex slavery is one of those. We may not know how to stop it. But we have to be able to hold it at bay. We have to recognize it. You see, there's a difference. There's a real difference between what has gone in the past and what has happened now. And God will not hold us blameless.

After World War II, we said never again. But never again, we didn't know what was happening.

Let me tell you about somebody from history that you've probably never heard of. He was a guy just like you.

There was one difference. He volunteered to prove that it was happening. The allies said they didn't know what was happening in Auschwitz. So Witold Pilecki volunteered to be put on a plane to Auschwitz. He was inmate number 4859. He got there. They tattooed his arm. He volunteered to go into Auschwitz. Because we didn't know what was going on.

So he went. He talked to prisoners. He watched. And then he got smuggled parts, and he put together a radio, and he transmitted that information out of Auschwitz. He escaped Auschwitz, believe it or not. He got back out. Just in time for the Russians to come.

They tried him for espionage. We don't know where he was buried. But that man went in to prove what was happening.

We know now what's happening. Never again means now.

How do we wake people up? I don't know. I don't know.

I think we need to worry about ourselves. Stay awake. Stay awake. What happens when you've had such a shock to your body and you have a concussion, what do they say? As a nation, we have a concussion. We have had major impact in the last 15 years. We don't even know who we are anymore. We have a concussion. What do we have to do? We have to slap each other awake all the time. Don't go to sleep. Don't go to sleep. Don't go to sleep. If we go to sleep, we die.

Our nation has a concussion. Don't go to sleep. Wake up! Stand up. Grab your children. Grab your wife. Grab your husband. Stand up. Slap them across the face. Don't worry about your neighbor. Worry about yourself. Worry about your church. Worry about your synagogue. Worry about people the most like you, and keep them awake so we can help the people who are least like us.

Here's what I would like you to do. On Thursday, we're going to make an announcement on exactly what's going to happen on 8/28 and 8/29. I want you to be there on August 28th and August 29th in Birmingham, Alabama. I want you to go to your church and I want you to tell your church -- we want to put a bus together. Because we want to be the seeds, and we want to bring this back home. Because they're going to give us information on what is happening over in the Middle East and how we can help. And we're going to stand. And we're going to start to link arms with churches that are the least like us all over the country. And we're going to begin to move as one body. Because the body needs feet. The body needs hands. The body needs eyes. The body needs a mouth. The body needs a torso. And we got to stop rejecting the hands -- the hands has to stop rejecting the fingers.

We have to start moving as one body. That doesn't mean that we join our theology. Because we're never going to agree on theology. And that's okay.

Let's stand together and keep each other awake. I want you to go to your church and I want you to go to the members of our church or your local community, and you get a bus together, and you say, we're going to go down to 8/28 and we're going to stand and we're going to make a difference. Because this is not, let's just stand and get together and feel good. This is stand, get together, learn, take it back, and do.

When something happens in your community, we're going to be there together. When there is somebody like there was in Charleston, we're going to go together. When something happens in Baltimore, we're going to be there together. When something happens at the Supreme Court, we're going to be there together. When there is a problem, we will be there.

When something is happening in the Middle East, we will be there. We will provide aid. We will provide comfort. We will provide love. We will provide the truth. We will stand. We will not be afraid. We will do the things that we know are right because we answer to no man. We answer to God.

I don't know if I could be Witold Pilecki. I don't know if I could have the number 4859 on my arm. But I'll be damned if I'm not going to try. I only have one life. And I'm swinging for the fences. Join me. Please. The time is now.

UPDATE: Will Florida survive Hurricane Milton?

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For the second time in two weeks, Florida is in the path of a major hurricane.

Hurricane Milton is expected to make landfall sometime tonight, Wednesday, October 9th, somewhere near Tampa Bay. This will mark the first time in a hundred years the city has been hit directly by a hurricane, raising concerns about the preparedness of the city's infrastructure. Milton, which was rated a category five hurricane earlier this week, has been reduced to a category four as it approaches land and is expected to make landfall as a powerful category three.

The Sunshine State has already begun to feel the effects of the historic storm, with strong winds and heavy rains battering Tampa Bay this morning. Many are still trying to evacuate or prepare for the storm as conditions worsen. Highways have slowed down, and gas has run short. Residents are preparing for the worst.

The federally recognized "Waffle House Index" is in red, meaning that several Waffle House locations in the Tampa Bay area will be shut down. Waffle House prides itself on being open 24/7, no matter the conditions, so for them to shut down, if only for a brief time, indicates that severe damage to the area is anticipated.

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In short, Milton is anticipated to be a disaster, and as we have learned, FEMA is unlikely to be much help. Fortunately, Floridians have Ron DeSantis, who has continued to prove himself a capable governor, and the aid of good-hearted Americans from across the country. If you want to lend a hand to your fellow Americans you can donate at Mercury One and rest assured that your money will be used to step in to help hurricane victims where the government is failing.

'Call her Daddy'? Kamala Harris keeps dodging important questions

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Kamala Harris has been making her rounds on talk shows and podcasts in order to increase her poor recognition amongst voters, but all we're hearing is more of the same.

Just in the past few days, Harris has appeared on "60 Minutes" and the popular podcast "Call Her Daddy" to help Americans get to know her. But instead of bold answers to hard-hitting questions, Harris delivered rambling responses to soft-ball questions and squirmed her way out of the few tough questions thrown at her. Overall, it is unlikely that any voter who tuned in to get a solid grasp on Harris's policies was left with a better understanding after either one of her interviews.

Below is a summary of Harris's most recent interviews:

"Call Her Daddy" podcast

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Despite this podcast's unsavory name, it consistently ranks among the most popular podcasts in the world, right up there with Joe Rogan's show, and is especially popular among women. Shortly after releasing the interview with Harris, Alex Cooper, the host of the podcast, received backlash for her extremely soft treatment of the presidential nominee. After watching the interview, it's not hard to see how that impression might have come across.

The interview consisted of several surface-level, gimme-type, questions on common Democrat talking points. Harris said she was—surprise—pro-choice. Who would have thought? She also expressed her desire to dump taxpayer money into student loan forgiveness along with other government "aid" programs, which is pretty standard amongst the Left. Overall, nothing new was revealed.

The rest of the interview was little more than gossip. Cooper and Harris chatted about a comment made by Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders and the "at ladies" comment made by J.D. Vance. This was not the deep dive on Harris that voters wanted.

60 Minutes

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On Monday, October 8th, Harris sat down with CBS's Bill Whitaker for an interview on 60 Minutes. While Whitaker defiantly upped the ante in comparison to "Call Her Daddy," Harris still managed to dodge several questions. When asked about foreign policy, Harris parroted the same tired schtick we've heard for the past four years, which clearly hasn't worked. Like Biden before her, she called for an end to the Israel-Hamas war, primarily out of concern for the Palestinians, while simultaneously maintaining Israel's right to self-defense.

Harris also deflected Biden's failure at the Southern Border onto the House Republicans, citing a single instance where a border security bill failed to pass. Even Whitaker pointed out the obvious: The Biden-Harris administration has had four years to solve the problem, and the blame does not fall on this single instance. Harris didn't waver, and doubled down on her excuse, again blaming Congress.

Harris went on to repeatedly dodge questions about her three trillion-dollar economic plan and offered little explanation of what might be included in such a plan, or how it will be paid for. These interviews have repeatedly failed to define Harris or her platform in any meaningful way, though they were successful in concealing just how radical of a candidate she actually is. She is still just a vaguely left-wing, Joe Biden replacement in the eyes of many voters, which might be the best she can do.

The Howard Stern Show

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In her recent interview on The Howard Stern Show, Harris once again demonstrated her signature combination of evasiveness and unreliable platitudes. Rather than offering substantive answers to Stern’s pointed questions, Harris deflected with awkward humor and vague talking points, sidestepping any real discussion on critical issues like the border crisis or inflation. Her attempt to portray herself as relatable felt painfully out of touch, especially when she pivoted the conversation to her fondness for music and cooking.

Harris’s inability to confront pressing national concerns only highlights her growing reputation for evading accountability during her term in the Biden administration. Stern, typically known for drawing candid responses from guests, seemed unable to penetrate the wall of superficiality that Harris maintained throughout the conversation.

"The Late Show" with Stephen Colbert

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We saw a similar performance from Harris on Stephen Colbert's "The Late Show." Colbert teed her up for questions about inflation, the southern border crisis, and the administration’s plunging approval ratings, but Harris stuck to her well-worn script of platitudes and vague promises. Instead of addressing the economic pain felt by millions, she laughed nervously through softball questions, leaving viewers with nothing but empty rhetoric about “working together” and “finding solutions,” while the country watches the consequences of ineffective leadership.

Moreover, when Colbert pressed her on issues like the administration's immigration policies or lack of legislative victories, Harris deflected with hollow talking points, refusing to engage in any serious reflection or accountability. Her awkward attempts at humor felt like a shield against real criticism, confirming the impression that she remains detached from the gravity of the crises unfolding under her watch.

PHOTOS: What Glenn saw in North Carolina was INSANE

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Last Thursday, October 3rd, Glenn traveled to North Carolina to join Mercury One as they provided critical aid to those devastated by Hurricane Helene.

What Glenn saw during his brief visit looked like scenes straight out of an apocalypse movie: houses torn from their foundations and tossed to the side, sometimes entire towns away from where they were built, semi-trucks rolled, railroad tracks swept away, bridges washed out. It was a level of destruction Glenn had never before seen.

But perhaps the most shocking encounter of his whole trip was when Glenn discovered a lone FEMA crew. It was a miracle that Glenn even spotted the FEMA truck, as it was parked away from the main road without any signs or markers to indicate to any passerby in need of its existence. Glenn and Congressman Cory Mills decided to talk to this FEMA crew, the only one they had encountered on their trek, and see what they were up to. As it turns out, not much. The FEMA workers admitted that they had only arrived the day before (nearly a week after the hurricane) and still did not have any sort of supplies. They claimed that people would know where they were located via the local news, despite the fact that most people did not have access to power, cell service, their home, or even their cars. Moreover, there seemed to be confusion about whether they were to go door-to-door in order to render aid to those in need.

FEMA dropped the ball on this entire affair, and it is only going to get worse. FEMA is claiming they blew their yearly allowance on aiding illegal immigrants. Meanwhile, another hurricane is approaching Florida and is expected to make landfall on Wednesday. It seems unlikely that FEMA will be of any use to Floridians in need, and they will have to rely on the aid of their fellow Americans.

Want to help out your fellow countrymen where our government has failed? You can donate at Mercury One and rest assured that your money will be used to step in to help hurricane victims where the government is failing.

The case for mass deportation

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Unchecked illegal immigration into America may be the most dangerous issue our country faces today, and with every day it goes unsolved, the risk of a terrorist attack of 9/11 proportions only increases.

Despite the risk, we can't even touch the subject without the Left and the mainstream media having a meltdown. Even suggesting that the tide of undocumented immigrants may pose some sort of national problem will quickly get you labeled as a racist, stumping intelligent conversation before it can even begin. But as any right-minded Conservative will tell you, calls to close the border and deport the people who stole into our country have nothing to do with race.

In his most recent TV special, Glenn described in detail what sorts of dangers we have let into our countries, with facts and figures that prove that if we don't act soon we will be in deep trouble. Glenn made it clear: we need to conduct a mass deportation or risk being torn apart from within. Here are three reasons that make the case for mass deportations:

Islamic terror cells are forming in South America.

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Congressional testimony from the Committee on Homeland Security in 2011 revealed that Hugo Chavez held a "Secret Summit" involving the Supreme Leader of Hamas, the Chief of Operations for Hezbollah, and the Secretary General of Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Caracas, Venezuela. It is clear that ever since (and possibly before) there has been a Radical Islamic Terrorist presence in Venezuela. Right now there is an Iranian beachhead off the Venezuelan coast on Margarita Island, where the Iranian government is running criminal activities and recruiting and training Venezuelan gangs. These gangs have used our border crisis to infiltrate the U.S. The most infamous of these gangs, Tren de Aragua, has been declared a terrorist organization by the State of Texas.

Terrorist-backed gangs are smuggling in weapons and tearing through the country.

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What are these Iranian-trained and backed gangs doing in America? As you can imagine, nothing good. Just this year alone an estimated million rounds of ammunition, 1.2 million gun parts, 3,000 body armor vests, and thousands of pieces of other military paraphernalia have been smuggled across the border. On top of that, they have already taken over an apartment complex in Aurora, Colorado, and are now terrorizing the remaining residents.

It's noteworthy that the gang managed to move into the apartment in the first place because they received subsidies through an NGO that was assisting the Colorado asylum seekers program, using money given to the state by the Biden administration in 2021.

Gangs have attacked military bases.

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It hasn't stopped at apartment complexes either. A leak from the U.S. Army revealed that the gangs have launched probing attacks on military facilities within the U.S. Members have been sighted taking surveillance photos of Lackland Air Force Base, as well as firing multiple shots into the facility. Another military base in Texas, Fort Sam Houston, caught a gang member attempting to gain access to the facility. This coincides with suspicious activity documented within the Permian Basin, the largest oil field in the U.S.

They are smuggling in vast quantities of military equipment, probing and surveying military facilities and key energy locations, and taking over residential areas. What exactly is going on and why isn't the federal government taking it more seriously?