Will Millennials Turn to Capitalism or Socialism on Their Quest for Truth?

October 18, 2016

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Authenticity without truth and humility means nothing. Millennials, especially Christian millennials, are looking for authentic leaders who will make a difference in the world. On a quest for truth, they want actions, not words.

"Don't count millennials out. Millennials are the hero generation. They are just biding their time and looking for someone that will stand up and say, let's go this way," Glenn said.

No one understands this important block of voters more than Audrea Taylor. Formerly with TheBlaze, Audrea launched Because I Care to reach millennials across the U.S. The program has reached students on 40 college campuses, informing them about the importance of voting.

"We want to make a difference. And so we have to connect that to voting and help millennials understand that part of your civic responsibility and part of you making a difference, part of the way that you love and serve and care for your neighbor is in the voting booth and the way that you elect your leaders and who you elect to represent you and delegate that authority to," Taylor said.

Audrea joined Glenn on his radio program Tuesday to talk about the success of Because I Care and what millennials really want.

Read below or watch the clip for answers to these questions:

• Do millennials affiliate with a political party?

• What is the number one goal of millennials?

• What do millennials have in common with the generations that came up during the Great Depression and fought in World War II?

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

GLENN: A good friend of the program. And somebody who used to work for me and is now on their own doing a campaign, Because I care. And it's BecauseICare.us. Right?

AUDREA: Correct. Yeah.

GLENN: And you have felt compelled for a long time to work with millennials. At 17 years old, you were out doing all kinds of things. And I think you're a rising superstar.

Tell me -- tell me where millennials are right now.

AUDREA: They're just apathetic to the political process. They don't like the candidates. They don't like the parties, even. And so I think the concern is that a lot of them are going to stay home. They're -- a lot of polling and studies are showing that millennials are less engaged than they were in 2012.

GLENN: Which is the opposite of what the Democrats thought would happen, because of Barack Obama. They thought they would develop this army of millennials who would come and march into battle with them, one after the other.

AUDREA: Not the case. Not the case. So what they're discovering is that millennials are really fair game right now for anyone because they're -- they're seeing through the hypocrisy in both parties, and they're realizing, "Hey, I don't think I'm into this." So what we're talking about, you might not like the candidate or the party, but we vote because we care about too many other things, in our community, in our nation, locally. Our friends that are still looking for a job. There's too many issues close to our heart that we care about. And so we're talking to millennials on over 40 college campuses nationwide, and we're saying, "Let's vote because we care about too many other things."

GLENN: So who does a millennial vote for? As I watched the campaign -- I try to watch it as a millennial. I try to watch it from four different perspectives. And one of them is millennials. And as I watched them, I realized this last election -- or, this last debate, that we all thought authenticity was the key word. But it's not authenticity. Because I believe that, in a way, Hillary Clinton is authentically who she is. She's nobody. She's -- she's hollow.

AUDREA: Uh-huh.

GLENN: And she is fake. I think that's who she really is. I bet you if you meet her in real life, much of what you see is who she is.

AUDREA: Yeah.

GLENN: Donald Trump is authentically like that. I don't think there's a game or a face --

AUDREA: He's himself. Yeah.

GLENN: He's himself.

AUDREA: Yeah. Yeah.

GLENN: Okay?

I think the word is transparent, that you would say, "This is who I am, flaws and all."

AUDREA: Uh-huh.

GLENN: Hillary won't say flaws. Donald won't say flaws.

AUDREA: Arrogance there.

GLENN: And so we need truth. Authenticity without truth is nothing. Without humility, is nothing. And as I'm watching these two, I think to myself. They look to me like 1956.

AUDREA: Uh-huh.

GLENN: Millennials would have nothing to relate to with these two. Nothing.

AUDREA: Well, you said it. It's truth. Millennials are on a quest for truth. They're trying to discover what truth is. And so what we talk about a lot is that millennials to have discover that for themselves. We've had a lack of education for us to even delve in and begin having those conversations. But then we're also encouraging millennials, it's not just about these two candidates, although it represents the problems in the political system.

GLENN: Yes.

AUDREA: There's so many other races statewide and congressionally and locally, that millennials can have a huge impact on. We're the largest voting bloc right now in history. And so when we look at us sitting back and not, you know, participating, largest generation in US history. And so millennials can have a massive impact, if we decide to do something with that power.

GLENN: What is the response on campus?

AUDREA: The response on campus has been good because they are -- they're encouraged that someone is not telling them who to vote for and that we're not telling them the answers and a party. So the only voice that's been on campus is either a Republican group or a Democratic group. And millennials are saying, "I'm not either one of those."

And when we talk to them and say, "Look, we realize that we're not going to tell you who to vote for, you vote according to your conscience, but we're encouraging you to educate yourself and to care about these things. And we realize that you don't like politics, I don't like politics, but we vote because too many other things are important."

GLENN: So help me out on the churches. I think the church has really done more damage to itself than Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker did. Jimmy Swaggart did. And because that one is about an individual. This is about the institution. Millennials -- and correct me if I'm wrong -- I hope I'm wrong. Millennials -- at least the ones that I know -- you are a good example of it -- are, don't tell me about it. I'm so sick of hearing about it. Show me.

AUDREA: Yeah. Solutions.

GLENN: Show me -- not just a solution. Show me what you are doing. I'll follow you if you are doing it and it's making a difference.

But what's happened is, in my point of view, millennials have been going to church. They've been listening to this. And then they see, when the chips are down, you jettison all that and make an excuse and say, "Well, but it's different this time." That's putting your faith in action, but in the wrong direction. Which, if I'm a millennial, I'm sitting at church -- which, I don't want to go to on Sunday, and I go, "These people don't mean it anyway. Why am I going there?"

AUDREA: That's exactly right. And it's because we're not consistent in our Biblical worldview. So churches are picking a candidate that they like, for whatever reason --

GLENN: Or, picking because they don't like the other one.

AUDREA: Exactly. But they're not consistent in explaining their Biblical worldview. Because it's not consistent. And they know it's not.

And this is happening, not just nationally, but also locally. We've seen this happen to churches locally too.

So they need to talk about a Biblical worldview, all four years, right? Not just every four years, every two years. And talk about those Biblical principles and how they apply to the tough issues of our day. When they do that, consistently, authentically, truthfully, you're right, millennials do understand it, and they want to be a part of it. But the church hasn't done that. And they've been hypocritical in the way they've approached elections for a long time.

GLENN: And that is the thing that we don't -- we don't understand. This generation is different than the proceeding four generations.

AUDREA: Way different. Uh-huh.

GLENN: This is -- your generation is the hero generation. That's the actual title. It is the generation that is exactly like the generation that came up in the Great Depression and fought World War II.

And so you're all about action. You're all about togetherness. It's why you can be swayed by a socialist message.

GLENN: Uh-huh.

GLENN: Because you want to do good.

AUDREA: It's our number one goal in life.

GLENN: Right. You want to do good. You look at the world as a collective.

AUDREA: Uh-huh.

GLENN: And if somebody is saying those things to you, it immediately connects.

AUDREA: Yes.

GLENN: But if nobody is on the other side saying, "Yes, we can make a difference. We can make things good, and we can make things better together, but we have to remember the individual, that you count."

AUDREA: Yeah.

GLENN: It goes awry.

AUDREA: Absolutely.

Millennials volunteer more than any other generation before us in the history. We give to more charities than any other generation in history. And we're young right now.

So why is that? You're right. It's because we are the hero generation. We want to make a difference. And so we have to connect that to voting and help millennials understand that part of your civic responsibility and part of you making a difference, part of the way that you love and serve and care for your neighbor is -- is in the voting booth and the way that you elect your leaders and who you elect to represent you and delegate that authority to.

So it's absolutely right. We are the hero generation. That's what we want to be.

GLENN: What is the number one -- if you listen to the parties, the number one thing that millennials want is free education. Is that true?

AUDREA: No. I think it's a lack of education and really understanding -- millennials want everyone to have opportunity. And they don't understand that the best thing to create opportunity is a free market system. And it's not free handouts. It's a system that is so prosperous that it allows for people to, you know, work their way through college and to do it themselves. But I think for a long time, we haven't talked to millennials. We've talked about them. But we haven't really spoken to them. And there's other people that have, and they've done it really well.

PAT: Yeah, their teachers have talked to them.

AUDREA: Yeah.

JEFFY: Yeah.

PAT: Their teachers have taught them that socialism is superior to capitalism.

AUDREA: In Christian colleges. In Christian universities.

GLENN: Oh, I know.

PAT: Yes. Yes.

GLENN: I've talked to people at Liberty, and I've talked to people at BYU.

PAT: How do we overcome that? How do we overcome it?

GLENN: I don't know. I've talked to BYU and Liberty University. And they both have said that, you know, there's -- it's tough to find a Biblical worldview person that believes in the American system of free markets.

PAT: Yeah, they're having a tough time.

GLENN: And get them to teach. It's almost impossible.

AUDREA: And there's two reasons. The first is that they use secular textbooks that are written with communist and socialist messages. Unbelievable.

PAT: Right.

AUDREA: And then they hire professors that have a really great credential but have never been trained in a Biblical worldview. And they put them in the classroom, and they think that if they pray before class, it might magically translate into a Biblical worldview. And we know that it doesn't. You know, we see it. We see it played out right now.

GLENN: What an interesting thing to say, that if we put them in there and we just have them pray at the beginning, it will magically transform them.

AUDREA: Maybe quote a Bible verse at the start too, you know.

GLENN: Yeah, that will transform them.

So are you registering people?

AUDREA: Yeah, so what we're doing is we're working on 40 Christian college campuses across the country. And we're realizing -- we all know this: Twenty-five million Christians were registered in the last election, but they didn't vote. And I'm not even talking presidential. There are so many other important races.

So we've created a really great system that helps millennials get to the polls. We tell them where their polling place is. We help them register. Twenty-five states, you can still register.

But a lot of these students have requested absentee ballots. So this is a great tool, not only for college students, but also for Christians to share and make sure that people get to the polls.

This is too important of an election for us to allow two candidates at the top of the ballot to define the rest of our decisions.

PAT: Before we've educated them, do we want them to vote? I mean, I have (laughter) about that frankly because, you know, like you said, they -- they tend towards socialism right now. Because that's what they've been taught their whole lives in school. So they --

GLENN: I just have to echo -- I just have to echo Thomas Jefferson on trusting the people. They'll get it wrong, but eventually they'll get it right. We have to trust the people.

STU: That's a different standard though than what I think many people do, which is, you know, rock the vote, or whatever. It's like, rock the vote after you've thought about it for 15 seconds.

PAT: Yeah.

STU: If you thought about the issues for ten minutes in the past four years, then rock the vote. If you haven't done that, don't rock the vote. It's -- there's no shame --

GLENN: Yeah, but what she's saying is that that's what their group does, is not rock the vote.

STU: Exactly. It's exactly what we need. We need people -- because, I mean, we always -- we sit here and blindly encourage people to vote. It's actually a terrible instinct.

PAT: It is.

STU: You should not be voting if you don't know about the issues or candidates.

AUDREA: Yes. And exactly what you said. Rock the Vote does, you know, 100 campuses, right? But they don't educate. And so we've started with a smaller number. We're on 40. We're sponsoring educational events on these campuses. And then we're feeding them a lot of messages that go in line with, what are these principles? Why are the reasons that we should vote? And really covering those. Because, yeah, we want to get out the vote.

GLENN: How can we help you get the word out?

AUDREA: Have people go to BecauseICare.us and just check out what we're doing. Share it with your kids, with your college students that are on a campus right now, or even with Christians maybe within the church that might think about voting but don't get out and actually do it because it's on top important for people's communities, for your local government, to sit this one out.

GLENN: BecauseICare.us. Remember that. BecauseICare.us.

I'm on my way to TCU this week.

AUDREA: Awesome.

GLENN: To spend an evening with the students out there, to hear where they're out at. What should I expect? I'm actually kind of -- I'm a little nervous.

AUDREA: I think they're going to be really eager to have a conversation with you. Millennials are eager to learn and learn from people that they --

GLENN: I don't want to teach. I want to learn from them. I really want to learn -- and because I believe -- and I hope I'm not disappointed. I believe millennials are more like you.

AUDREA: They are. They absolutely are. They absolutely are.

GLENN: Yeah.

AUDREA: No, but I think you're going to have a good conversation with them, is what I'm saying. You're going to learn from them. They're going to learn from you. I think you'll discover that they're not as pre-decided in their thought process as people think that our generation is. They're really not. They're searching for truth.

GLENN: That's great. Thank you so much.

AUDREA: Thanks for having me.

GLENN: God bless.

Featured Image: Audrea Taylor featured Tuesday, October 18, 2016 on The Glenn Beck Program.

Washington Post EXPOSED: How Watergate editors almost published a fake Pulitzer Prize-winning story

Episode 6 of Glenn’s new history podcast series The Beck Story releases this Saturday.

This latest installment explores the history of Left-wing bias in mainstream media. Like every episode of this series, episode 6 is jam-packed with historical detail, but you can’t squeeze in every story, so some inevitably get cut from the final version. Part of this episode involves the late Ben Bradlee, who was the legendary editor of the Washington Post. Bradlee is legendary mostly because of the Watergate investigation that was conducted on his watch by two young reporters named Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein. Bradlee, Woodward, and Bernstein became celebrities after the release of the book and movie based on their investigation called All the President’s Men.

But there is another true story about the Washington Post that you probably won’t see any time soon at a theater near you.

In 1980, Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee wanted to expand the Post’s readership in the black community. The paper made an effort to hire more minority journalists, like Janet Cooke, a black female reporter from Ohio. Cooke was an aggressive reporter and a good writer. She was a fast-rising star on a staff already full of stars. The Post had a very competitive environment and Cooke desperately wanted to win a Pulitzer Prize.

Readers were hooked. And outraged.

When Cooke was asked to work on a story about the D.C. area’s growing heroin problem, she saw her chance to win that Pulitzer. As she interviewed people in black neighborhoods that were hardest hit by the heroin epidemic, she was appalled to learn that even some children were heroin addicts. When she learned about an eight-year-old heroin addict named Jimmy, she knew she had her hook. His heartbreaking story would surely be her ticket to a Pulitzer.

Cooke wrote her feature story, titling it, “Jimmy’s World.” It blew away her editors at the Post, including Bob Woodward, who by then was Assistant Managing Editor. “Jimmy’s World” would be a front-page story:

'Jimmy is 8 years old and a third-generation heroin addict,' Cooke’s story began, 'a precocious little boy with sandy hair, velvety brown eyes and needle marks freckling the baby-smooth skin of his thin brown arms. He nestles in a large, beige reclining chair in the living room of his comfortably furnished home in Southeast Washington. There is an almost cherubic expression on his small, round face as he talks about life – clothes, money, the Baltimore Orioles and heroin. He has been an addict since the age of 5.'

Readers were hooked. And outraged. The mayor’s office instructed the police to immediately search for Jimmy and get him medical treatment. But no one was able to locate Jimmy. Cooke wasn’t surprised. She told her editors at the Post that she had only been able to interview Jimmy and his mother by promising them anonymity. She also revealed that the mother’s boyfriend had threatened Cooke’s life if the police discovered Jimmy’s whereabouts.

A few months later, Cooke’s hard work paid off and her dream came true – her story was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for feature writing. Cooke had to submit some autobiographical information to the Prize committee, but there was a slight snag. The committee contacted the Post when they couldn’t verify that Cooke had graduated magna cum laude from Vassar College. Turns out she only attended Vassar her freshman year. She actually graduated from the University of Toledo with a B.A. degree, not with a master’s degree as she told the Pulitzer committee.

Cooke’s editors summoned her for an explanation. Unfortunately for Cooke and the Washington Post, her resume flubs were the least of her lies. After hours of grilling, Cooke finally confessed that “Jimmy’s World” was entirely made up. Jimmy did not exist.

The Pulitzer committee withdrew its prize and Cooke resigned in shame. The Washington Post, the paper that uncovered Watergate – the biggest political scandal in American history – failed to even vet Cooke’s resume. Then it published a front-page, Pulitzer Prize-winning feature story that was 100 percent made up.

Remarkably, neither Ben Bradlee nor Bob Woodward resigned over the incident. It was a different time, but also, the halo of All the President’s Men probably saved them.

Don’t miss the first five episodes of The Beck Story, which are available now. And look for Episode 6 this Saturday, wherever you get your podcasts.

UPDATED: 5 Democrats who have endorsed Kamala (and one who hasn't)

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With Biden removed from the 2024 election and only a month to find a replacement before the DNC, Democrats continue to fall in line and back Vice President Kamala Harris to headline the party's ticket. Her proximity and familiarity with the Biden campaign along with an endorsement from Biden sets Harris up to step into Biden's shoes and preserve the momentum from his campaign.

Glenn doesn't think Kamala Harris is likely to survive as the assumed Democratic nominee, and once the DNC starts, anything could happen. Plenty of powerful and important Democrats have rallied around Harris over the last few days, but there have been some crucial exemptions. Here are five democrats that have thrown their name behind Harris, and two SHOCKING names that didn't...

Sen. Dick Durbin: ENDORSED

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High-ranking Senate Democrat Dick Durbin officially put in his support for Harris in a statement that came out the day after Biden stepped down: “I’m proud to endorse my former Senate colleague and good friend, Vice President Kamala Harris . . . our nation needs to continue moving forward with unity and not MAGA chaos. Vice President Harris was a critical partner in building the Biden record over the past four years . . . Count me in with Kamala Harris for President.”

Michigan Gov. Whitmer: ENDORSED

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The Monday after Biden stepped down from the presidential VP hopeful, Gretchen Whitmer released the following statement on X: “Today, I am fired up to endorse Kamala Harris for president of the United States [...] In Vice President Harris, Michigan voters have a presidential candidate they can count on to focus on lowering their costs, restoring their freedoms, bringing jobs and supply chains back home from overseas, and building an economy that works for working people.”

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: ENDORSED

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Mere hours after Joe Biden made his announcement, AOC hopped on X and made the following post showing her support: "Kamala Harris will be the next President of the United States. I pledge my full support to ensure her victory in November. Now more than ever, it is crucial that our party and country swiftly unite to defeat Donald Trump and the threat to American democracy. Let’s get to work."

Rep. Nancy Pelosi: ENDORSED

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Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who is arguably one of the most influential democrats, backed Harris's campaign with the following statement given the day after Biden's decision: “I have full confidence she will lead us to victory in November . . . My enthusiastic support for Kamala Harris for President is official, personal, and political.”

Sen. Elizabeth Warren: ENDORSED

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Massasschesets Senator Elizabeth Warren was quick to endorse Kamala, releasing the following statement shortly after Harris placed her presidential bid: "I endorse Kamala Harris for President. She is a proven fighter who has been a national leader in safeguarding consumers and protecting access to abortion. As a former prosecutor, she can press a forceful case against allowing Donald Trump to regain the White House. We have many talented people in our party, but Vice President Harris is the person who was chosen by the voters to succeed Joe Biden if needed. She can unite our party, take on Donald Trump, and win in November."

UPDATED: Former President Barack Obama: ENDORSED

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Former President Barack Obama wasted no time releasing the following statement which glaringly omits any support for Harris or any other candidate. Instead, he suggests someone will be chosen at the DNC in August: "We will be navigating uncharted waters in the days ahead. But I have extraordinary confidence that the leaders of our party will be able to create a process from which an outstanding nominee emerges. I believe that Joe Biden's vision of a generous, prosperous, and united America that provides opportunity for everyone will be on full display at the Democratic Convention in August. And I expect that every single one of us are prepared to carry that message of hope and progress forward into November and beyond."

UPDATED: On Friday, July 26th Barack and Michelle Obama officially threw their support behind Harris over a phone call with the current VP:

“We called to say, Michelle and I couldn’t be prouder to endorse you and do everything we can to get you through this election and into the Oval Office.”

The fact that it took nearly a week for the former president to endorse Kamala, along with his original statement, gives the endorsement a begrudging tone.

Prominent Democratic Donor John Morgan: DID NOT ENDORSE

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Prominent and wealthy Florida lawyer and democrat donor John Morgan was clearly very pessimistic about Kamala's odds aginst Trump when he gave the following statement: “You have to be enthusiastic or hoping for a political appointment to be asking friends for money. I am neither. It’s others turn now . . . The donors holding the 90 million can release those funds in the morning. It’s all yours. You can keep my million. And good luck . . . [Harris] would not be my first choice, but it’s a done deal.”

How did Trump's would-be assassin get past Secret Service?

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

Former President Donald Trump on Saturday was targeted in an assassination attempt during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. It occurred just after 6:10 p.m. while Trump was delivering his speech.

Here are the details of the “official” story. The shooter was Thomas Matthew Crooks. He was 20 years old from Bethel Park, Pennsylvania. He used an AR-15 rifle and managed to reach the rooftop of a nearby building unnoticed. The Secret Service's counter-response team responded swiftly, according to "the facts," killing Crooks and preventing further harm.

Did it though? That’s what the official story says, so far, but calling this a mere lapse in security by Secret Service doesn't add up. There are some glaring questions that need to be answered.

If Trump had been killed on Saturday, we would be in a civil war today. We would have seen for the first time the president's brains splattered on live television, and because of the details of this, I have a hard time thinking it wouldn't have been viewed as JFK 2.0.

How does someone sneak a rifle onto the rally grounds? How does someone even know that that building is there? How is it that Thomas Matthew Crooks was acting so weird and pacing in front of the metal detectors, and no one seemed to notice? People tried to follow him, but, oops, he got away.

How could the kid possibly even think that the highest ground at the venue wouldn't be watched? If I were Crooks, my first guess would be, "That’s the one place I shouldn't crawl up to with a rifle because there's most definitely going to be Secret Service there." Why wasn't anyone there? Why wasn't anyone watching it? Nobody except the shooter decided that the highest ground with the best view of the rally would be the greatest vulnerability to Trump’s safety.

Moreover, a handy ladder just happened to be there. Are we supposed to believe that nobody in the Secret Service, none of the drones, none of the things we pay millions of dollars for caught him? How did he get a ladder there? If the ladder was there, was it always there? Why was the ladder there? Secret Service welds manhole covers closed when a president drives down a road. How was there a ladder sitting around, ready to climb up to the highest ground at the venue, and the Secret Service failed to take it away?

There is plenty of video of eyewitnesses yelling that there was a guy with a rifle climbing up on a ladder to the roof for at least 120 seconds before the first shot was fired. Why were the police looking for him while Secret Service wasn't? Why did the sniper have him in his sights for over a minute before he took a shot? Why did a cop climb up the ladder to look around? When Thomas Matthew Cooks pointed a gun at him, he then ducked and came down off the ladder. Did he call anyone to warn that this young man had a rifle within range of the president?

How is it the Secret Service has a female bodyguard who doesn't even reach Trump's nipples? How was she going to guard the president's body with hers? How is it another female Secret Service agent pulled her gun out a good four minutes too late, then looked around, apparently not knowing what to do? She then couldn't even get the pistol back into the holster because she's a Melissa McCarthy body double. I don't think it's a good idea to have Melissa McCarthy guarding the president.

Here’s the critical question now: Who trusts the FBI with the shooter’s computer? Will his hard drive get filed with the Nashville manifesto? How is it that the Secret Service almost didn't have snipers at all but decided to supply them only one day before the rally because all the local resources were going to be put on Jill Biden? I want Jill Biden safe, of course. I want Jill Biden to have what the first lady should have for security, but you can’t hire a few extra guys to make sure our candidates are safe?

How is it that we have a Secret Service director, Kimberly Cheatle, whose experience is literally guarding two liters of Squirt and spicy Doritos? Did you know that's her background? She's in charge of the United States Secret Service, and her last job was as the head of security for Pepsi.

This is a game, and that's what makes this sick. This is a joke. There are people in our country who thought it was OK to post themselves screaming about the shooter’s incompetence: “How do you miss that shot?” Do you realize how close we came to another JFK? If the president hadn't turned his head at the exact moment he did, it would have gone into the center of his head, and we would be a different country today.

Now, Joe Biden is also saying that we shouldn't make assumptions about the motive of the shooter. Well, I think we can assume one thing: He wanted to kill the Republican presidential candidate. Can we agree on that at least? Can we assume that much?

How can the media even think of blaming Trump for the rhetoric when the Democrats and the media constantly call him literally worse than Hitler who must be stopped at all costs?

These questions need to be answered if we want to know the truth behind what could have been one of the most consequential days in U.S. history. Yet, the FBI has its hands clasped on all the sources that could point to the truth. There must be an independent investigation to get to the bottom of these glaring “mistakes.”

POLL: Do you think Trump is going to win the election?

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It feels like all of the tension that has been building over the last four years has finally burst to the surface over the past month. Many predicted 2024 was going to be one of the most important and tumultuous elections in our lifetimes, but the last two weeks will go down in the history books. And it's not over yet.

The Democratic National Convention is in August, and while Kamala seems to be the likely candidate to replace Biden, anything could happen in Chicago. And if Biden is too old to campaign, isn't he too old to be president? Glenn doesn't think he'll make it as President through January, but who knows?

There is a lot of uncertainty that surrounds the current political landscape. Trump came out of the attempted assassination, and the RNC is looking stronger than ever, but who knows what tricks the Democrats have up their sleeves? Let us know your predictions in the poll below:

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Will Millennials Turn to Capitalism or Socialism on Their Quest for Truth?

Washington Post EXPOSED: How Watergate editors almost published a fake Pulitzer Prize-winning story

Readers were hooked. And outraged.

UPDATED: 5 Democrats who have endorsed Kamala (and one who hasn't)

Sen. Dick Durbin: ENDORSED

Michigan Gov. Whitmer: ENDORSED

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: ENDORSED

Rep. Nancy Pelosi: ENDORSED

Sen. Elizabeth Warren: ENDORSED

UPDATED: Former President Barack Obama: ENDORSED

Prominent Democratic Donor John Morgan: DID NOT ENDORSE

How did Trump's would-be assassin get past Secret Service?

POLL: Do you think Trump is going to win the election?

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Did Trump's pick of J.D. Vance help his odds?

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