Glenn talks with Dr. Dobson

February 06, 2008

The Glenn Beck Program

GLENN: Putting the radio back into Radio City, this is the third most listened to show in all of America. Hello, my friend, my friends. My name is Glenn Beck, and Dr. Dobson is with us now. Hello, Dr. Dobson.

DR. DOBSON: Hello, Glenn.

GLENN: How are you, sir?

DR. DOBSON: Well, I'm kind of disappointed this morning but that's the way it is.

GLENN: I'm thinking about putting my car in the garage and pulling the garage door down and letting the engine run. You're just slightly disappointed?

DR. DOBSON: That's an understatement obviously but the Republicans have spoken and so sobeit.

GLENN: So are you a Republican? You are a conservative. You are not a Republican. You are a conservative first, right?

DR. DOBSON: I am a decided conservative. The party doesn't mean a lot to me and I tend to vote my conscience and that's certainly going to be the case this time.

GLENN: Okay. So --

DR. DOBSON: I'm so disappointed in the outcome because John McCain is not a conservative. You know, he has gone out of his way to say that he can hardly stand us. You know, his major legislation has really represented the views of Kennedy and Lieberman and Feingold and others and so I just do not believe he will make a good President, and I just regret what happened last night.

GLENN: You know, I talked to Pat Robertson last night and he said, you know, it wasn't too long ago that, I mean, we were slapped across the face by John McCain saying that he was an agent of intolerance and now all of a sudden everybody's rallying around him. So let me ask you this, Dr. Dobson: Here's the question that everybody is going to be faced if you're a conservative. You are going to be faced with this. You've got two people on the other side. We don't know if it's going to be Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton, but they're nightmares. They are socialists and I believe liberal fascists that are a little happy face on fascism and telling everybody exactly how to live their life and I think they will tube the country. You've got that or you've got John McCain. So it's kind of like do you want to be stabbed to death or do you want me just to get it over quickly with a gun. What do you do?

DR. DOBSON: Well, speaking personally I'm between a rock and a hard place, Glenn. I'm not suggesting that anyone else answer that question the way I do. In fact, I hope they don't because I'm speaking only for myself, only for myself.

GLENN: Got it.

DR. DOBSON: But for more than 35 years I fought to defend the sanctity of human life and the moral principles in which I believe, and I have voted all those years for the values in which I believe and this time I just, I can't do it. If it comes down to McCain and those two nightmares that you talked about, they are, they will be a nightmare for people that whole conservative years. What they will do to Supreme Court, what they will do to the family, the tax increases. I mean, it will be awful. So this is a matter of conscience for me and I just, I just can't vote for either one of them.

GLENN: Okay. Can you vote for John McCain?

DR. DOBSON: No. No, I can't. And people are livid about that and I understand it. I mean, I have always voted. Ever since I've been an adult I've voted. But this time, I'm telling you I'm backed up against a wall.

GLENN: You know, I feel the same way. Now let me speak to you. Let me just, may we take a walk down one of the branches of the freak trees that, where you and I agree. We were joking off the air here. Do you know the Mayan calendar ends in 2012. You and I know that we are facing dark times. You and I believe that -- I don't mean to put words in your mouth but I believe you believe this, that we are possibly facing the latter days, that we are facing out-and-out evil on the other side of the Earth that is coming to destroy us. One side will fight against it. The other side, Clinton and Barack Obama, will not fight against it because they refuse to call evil by its name. So how do you stand motionless when you're faced with that?

DR. DOBSON: That is a question, Glenn, that gives me nightmares. It keeps me up at night because we're in a very, very serious crisis, not only in the United States but in the world at this time. There are millions and millions of people out there who believe it is their duty to destroy us. I mean, they are rewarded in heaven for doing it and, you know, there is 1.2 billion Muslims, and if only 4% of them feel that way and that is a major part of their theology, they buy into the jihadist idea, what is that, 48 million people willing to die to kill you? That's the kind of world we're living in and so from that perspective there is just no real good answer, but this is where I am. That, you know, there are some times when you have to stand on principle. If it were, we'll say 1860 and the two candidates were both good strong conservative leaders but both of them believed in slavery, would you vote for either one of them? I could not. I couldn't vote for somebody that would subject other human beings to involuntary servitude. There's a point at which I can't lend my name and my vote and my influence in a representative form of government to somebody who contradicts those basic principles. It's just something that I can't do, and people aren't going to understand that but that's where I am.

GLENN: You know, Dr. Dobson, I'm with you. I hope I have the courage to do it and to not pull the lever. I hope I have the courage to do it. I am just so concerned. I mean, we're spending ourself into oblivion, we are destroying ourself with this perfect storm that is coming around. There are just so many things that are happening and to stand there on the sidelines, I know it doesn't make sense to a lot of people but I'm a recovering alcoholic, and you cannot force somebody to change their life. You cannot force somebody to, you know, to restart and to find values and to find a pathway to happiness. You can't force them to do it. They've got to find bottom. And I was hoping that the bottom for the Republican party had already happened, but it hasn't happened. And until they find the bottom, they will not find those values that will resurrect not only the party but this country.

DR. DOBSON: Yeah. Well, I think it was Winston Churchill who said democracy's the worst form of government if the people want evil and if they want things that are bad, there's no stopping them. And it appears that many people in this country want a piece of the pie, they want the money from the Government, they want to bankrupt us because that's where we're headed with more entitlements.

And Glenn, I want to make something clear if you will allow me.

GLENN: Sure.

DR. DOBSON: I did not endorse anybody yesterday. I didn't endorse Romney or Huckabee. I did say that if one of them gets the nomination, I would vote for them. But I did not endorse them. But Governor Romney took the recording of my comments about McCain, not about him, and used it in a Robo call program yesterday in California, implying that it was an endorsement, and I didn't do that. My comment was about John McCain and my great concerns about him and I was just watching through my fingers last night as the results came in, and the sad thing again is that 80% of the Romney voters said they were conservative and 75% of the Huckabee voters did and that's in all but six states. So they divided the conservative vote right down the middle and that's how McCain is where he is.

GLENN: But you know, I don't understand, quite honestly I don't understand Mike Huckabee. I really don't. I have had delightful conversations with Mike Huckabee; I've had tense conversations with Mike Huckabee because I think he says things like -- what was it yesterday, Stu, where he just kind of just -- oh, yeah. He just said, well, you know, I think maybe this whole Romney thing is just because all of the talk show hosts, they all work for Clear Channel and, you know, Romney's company is involved with Clear Channel.

First of all, Romney's company is not involved with Clear Channel. It's one of the companies that wants to buy Clear Channel. Romney's not even involved. And most, it's me and Rush that work for Clear Channel. That's it. But he just, he's a smear artist. Last night on television I asked him, I said, why aren't you attacking the frontrunner? Why are you going after Mitt Romney? And he admitted to me that it was a blood sport. And I don't even under -- I don't even begin to understand that. You know, I said to Mike Huckabee and I have said to Mitt Romney: If people of faith who will admit to me that we are facing evil and quite possibly the evil that has been predicted by prophets forever, if we can't come together and stand together as evangelicals and Mormons and Catholics and protestants and everybody else, if we can't come together, we're done. We're done. We've got to unite with each other. How do we get this message out?

DR. DOBSON: Well, I think there would be a uniting if there were not two alternatives here and that's what split the vote. You know, we don't have any perfect candidates this year. We don't have a Ronald Reagan, at least not in my view but there are, I think, some principles that Huckabee and Romney stand for that would be acceptable. But, man, McCain is a mile off to the left of all of that and he's just gone out of his way to just insult us over and over again.

With regard to where we are in eschatology and where we are in in the scheme of things, I wasn't able to hear the conversation that you-all had in the last half hour apparently about the Mayan calendar.

GLENN: No, no, no, we were joking about the Mayan calendar, that it ends in 2012 and I don't think Jesus is going to say, hey, I had to come back, the Mayan calendar said so. I mean, so we were just joking about it. But I do believe that there is a possibility. They have been saying this for thousands of years, I know. But I do believe that there is a possibility that we are facing those times.

DR. DOBSON: Glenn, it does feel to me like that things are coming to some kind of crisis, some kind of conclusion and as a Christian I do believe that Jesus Christ is going to return. That's the centerpiece of my belief system and whether we're there or not, I know my father was a minister and he believed it was going to happen in his lifetime related to World War II and so on and I know people have thought that in the past.

GLENN: The apostles thought that.

DR. DOBSON: And he hasn't come. But boy, it does look like things are lining up here.

GLENN: Dr. Dobson, I appreciate your advice and we would love to have you on as we get closer and closer to the campaign just to keep some of us who are -- because, you know, I'm a weak guy and I want to stand for the values that I believe in but I'm afraid, quite honestly, that as it gets closer and closer and closer, I'm going to look at it and say, good heavens, I just can't take Clinton or Obama because it's going to be so much worse but as I look at it now without the passion, without these political parties revving you up to hate the other side, it doesn't make a difference.

DR. DOBSON: Well, that's exactly where I am, Glenn. I mean, it's precisely what is gnawing on my insides at this time because I know the dangers of what Clinton and Obama stand for. I know what they will do to us and yet I'm being asked to do something that contradicts my conscience, and I don't know whether I'll have the courage to do it or not, either. But as of this moment if I had to vote tomorrow, I would look for some other alternative or I wouldn't vote. Now, maybe when the time comes I'll do something different, but for right now that's the way I feel.

GLENN: Have you ever not voted in your life?

DR. DOBSON: Not once, never in my life.

GLENN: Me, neither.

DR. DOBSON: Not once have I failed to vote. And what concerns me is if people don't go to vote for the President, they won't go to vote for the house and the Senate and the governors and other races, and conservatives will just opt out. And that's not an answer, either. I mean, if we don't have a filibuster effect in the Senate, I mean, they have just a blank check to destroy us.

GLENN: Amazing. Dr. Dobson, thank you so much, sir.

DR. DOBSON: You are a good man, Glenn. Thanks for what you're doing. It's a pleasure talking to you and I'd love to be on your show sometime.

GLENN: Thank you very much. All right. You know what, Dr. Dobson? Are you there?

DR. DOBSON: Yeah.

GLENN: Before you go I would love to -- may I invite you to do an hour with us on television? Could we -- I think my people have called before. We would love to fly you in and do an hour on television with you.

DR. DOBSON: You know, we've been talking about that. I would really enjoy doing that. I am, at this moment, sequestered in a little condo out in California writing a book, "Bringing Up Girls" and that's taking up all my time but at some point when I get through with this, I would really love it.

GLENN: You got it. Thank you, Dr. Dobson.

DR. DOBSON: Okay.

GLENN: Appreciate it, bye-bye.

Elon Musk comments on Glenn's podcast with David Sacks, takes jab at U.S. foreign policy

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Elon Musk chimed into Glenn's conversation about foreign policy with PayPal's founding COO David Sacks on the most recent installment of the Glenn Beck Podcast.

Musk tweeted, "US foreign policy is bronze tier on a good day!" He hit the nail on the head, as Glenn and Sacks discussed the deterioration of U.S. foreign policy and the rising probability of war with Russia and China.

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Glenn asked Sacks, "How likely do you think it is that we'd be headed towards war?" Sacks responded that he has been warning about the imminent threat of war since the Ukraine situation started and lamented that we have entered into a "proxy war of choice" with Russia.

"We engaged in a series of actions going back to 2008 that the Russians have viewed as highly provocative," Sacks said, decrying the continued expansion of NATO into Ukraine. Russia has continually warned the U.S. against expanding NATO into Ukraine, yet the State Department "crusaders" have persisted in their NATO-driven objective, which is "unacceptable to the Russians," Sacks said, "in the same way the Soviet Union trying to put nukes in Cuba was unacceptable to us in 1962."

If NATO expansion isn't enough to provoke a response from the Russian bear, our ongoing and escalating aid to Ukraine certainly is. As Sacks explained, "We're not just providing [Ukraine] with money and weapons. We are providing them with intelligence, we have commandos on the ground" and we are even directing Ukrainian soldiers on how to use our weapons on how to hit specific Russian targets. As Sacks said, "We are providing the kill chain" for Ukraine.

To put this in perspective, that would be equivalent to Russian soldiers instructing Taliban members on how to use Russian weapons to hit specific U.S. camps in Afghanistan. In that situation, wouldn't we accuse Russia of engaging in an act of war? The term "proxy" is increasingly diminishing in its relevance towards the U.S.'s involvement in the Ukrainian conflict. We aren't engaging in a "proxy war" anymore. As Sacks said, "We are effectively a co-belligerent in this conflict."

It is no wonder that we are driving Russia into China's arms while both Putin and Xi continue to forge ties with sworn enemies of the U.S., including Iran and North Korea. If we continue to "poke the bear," it is only a matter of time before Russia finds its confidence with its newly-forged allies to retaliate against its aggressor.

Musk rightly said, "US foreign policy is bronze tier on a good day." But U.S. foreign policy has not even had a "good day" in some time. We are not only jeopardizing our own international reputation with ongoing aid to Ukraine; we are jeopardizing the whole world order by marching NATO increasingly toward war. Elites in the Biden administration and the military industrial complex may benefit from aggravating Russia towards war, but it certainly doesn't benefit anyone else, in the U.S. and abroad.

There are few tools in the conservative's kit to fight back against the elites' dangerous agenda. However, Musk mentioned one of these vital tools in a comment he tweeted on Glenn's interview with San Fransicko author and Twitter Files contributor Michael Schellenberger back in January: "Citizen journalism is vital to the future of civilization."

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As Glenn continues to give people a platform to speak out against the elites, it is encouraging to see Musk continue to help make Twitter a platform where people can voice their challenges to the machine's agenda.

Here are the TOP 5 things you NEED to know about Trump's potential indictment

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Trump's potential indictment is one of the most historically significant events in our nation's history—and no, that is not a hyperbolic statement.

If Trump is federally prosecuted, by a state-level District Attorney no less, then America may be entering a new territory past which there is no return: the weaponization of our judicial system against the top political opponents to the ruling class. As Glenn has said, weaponizing our judiciary is something we see in banana republics. Is America about to become one?

With all of the news and hype around Trump's potential indictment, it is easy to lose sight of the core issues that truly give this story historical significance. Here are five core aspects of this story that have the potential to transform our nation going forward.

1. Trump committed a misdemeanor, NOT a felony.

The allegations against Trump pertain to "hush money" given to the porn star Stormy Daniels during his 2016 Presidential Campaign. Trump's advisor Michael Cohen gave Daniels $130,000 of his own money after Daniels threatened to publicize her alleged affair with Trump just days before the 2016 election. Cohen wrote off the money as "legal fees" under his campaign finance funds. Trump then reimbursed Cohen for the expenses once he was in the White House.

Trump has maintained that he never had an affair with Daniels and that he is the victim of an extortion scheme. But that is besides the point. New York DA Alvin Bragg is potentially indicting Trump based on mislabeling the "hush money" as "legal fees" under campaign finance laws.

Even NBC acknowledges that mislabeling campaign finances is a "misdemeanor," not a felony, yet Trump is being prosecuted as if it were. The only way the "crime" could be turned into a felony is if the mislabeling was done to cover up another crime. Yet, as NBC admits, it is unclear whether Bragg has evidence of another crime that Trump was trying to cover up.

If you are thinking, "Wait, this is old news, right?" you would be correct. There is a reason why no one has prosecuted Trump based on the Stormy Daniels hush money in the seven years since it occurred—because there simply is no federal case. So why has Alvin Bragg decided to prosecute Trump now? Well, for one thing, Trump announced he is running for President again in 2024, and the Left simply can't let that happen.

2. Hillary Clinton committed the SAME crime.

The double standard of Trump's potential indictment is made even more clear when compared with Hillary Clinton, who committed the same misdemeanor.

Hillary Clinton's 2016 Presidential campaign "misreported" funds received from the Democratic National Convention (DNC) that went towards the infamous Steele Dossier, which aimed at linking Trump to collusion with the Russian government (which was proven to be a complete farce). Clinton's campaign wrote off the Steele Dossier funds as "legal services"—sound familiar?

She and the DNC paid the Federal Election Commission $113,000 to the Federal Election Commission, and the issue was swept under the rug. Yet Trump is being accused of the SAME misdemeanor—mislabeling campaign finance funds—and he is being threatened with federal prosecution.

3. Trump's possible indictment is "very conveniently" timed to overshadow the Biden family's corruption.

On March 16, 2023, the House Oversight Committee released a scathing memorandum detailing the illicit business dealings between the Biden family and the Chinese state-owned energy company, State Energy HK Limited.

According to bank records subpoenaed by the committee, the Chinese energy company wired $3 million to Delaware-based Robinson Walker LLC two months after Biden left the White House in 2017. At the time of the wire transfer, the business account only had $159 thousand. Now it had over $3 million.

The very next day, Robinson Walker LLC wired over $1 million to a company associated with James Gillar, a business partner of Hunter Biden’s.

Over the next 3 months, Robinson Walker LLC would send incremental payments to multiple members of the Biden family and their companies, including Hunter Biden, Joe Biden's brother, James, and Beau Biden's ex-wife, Hallie. The transfers included another "mysterious" recipient titled simply, “Biden." Who could that possibly be?

Let's get this straight: Trump's potential misdemeanor-turned-felony is making front-page news while Biden's DOCUMENTED business dealings with a foreign entity and enemy to the United States are being swept under the rug. How "convenient" for Biden.

4. Weaponizing judiciary

This week, we published a poll to see what YOU think of Trump's potential indictment, and most of you overwhelmingly believe our judiciary is being weaponized against anyone on the right side of the aisle—and you are absolutely correct.

Glenn aptly pointed out that using the judiciary to attack political opponents is something we see in banana republics, but now we are witnessing it in the U.S. before our eyes. As Glenn said, the strategy in banana republics is, "Show me the man, and I will find you the crime." They want Trump GONE, and now they are trying to conjure up the crime to do it.

It is very telling that conservatives are fearful of protesting Trump's potential indictment. As Glenn said, we all want a peaceful response. However, conservatives are now taking pause before peaceful protest after seeing the DOJ ruthlessly prosecutethousands of individuals on January 6, even those who never reached the capitol grounds. Is protesting Trump's indictment worth the risk of arrest?

The fact that this question arises in people's minds is extremely indicative of our current political climate. Our judiciary has been weaponized against conservatives, and now we have to think twice before publicly standing up for our beliefs. Sounding more like a banana republic?

5. This is the FIRST time a U.S. President has been federally prosecuted.

If Trump is federally indicted, it would solidify the judiciary's ability to become a weapon against political opponents, even up to the position of a U.S. President. This should give all Americans grave concern. This issue is much bigger than Trump; it is about whether we want to live in a nation whose ruling power can use its judicial system to go after its opponents.

Consider, for a moment, if the tables were turned. What if a Trump-appointed DA federally indicted President Obama for a state-level misdemeanor that resulted in throwing him in prison? Is that the "America" you would want to live in? It would arguably cease to be "America" as we know it and devolve into an ungovernable shell of what it once was.

This harrowing possibility is materializing beneath our very noses. There were many events that led up to the fall of the Roman republic into an empire, but it was the singular event of Caesar crossing the Rubicon that tipped the republic past the point of no return. Could this be our Rubicon moment? Are we, like Cicero, witnessing our republic mutate into something unrecognizable before our very eyes?

Though prosecuting Trump may yield some political vengeance and satisfaction for one side of the aisle in the short term, it poses an insurmountable threat to both sides of the aisle in the long-term trajectory of our country.

Here's how YOU can get access to Glenn's show prep from March 23, 2023

On Thursday's radio program, Glenn mentioned how important this week's stories are concerning the trajectory of our nation. From growing fears of bank collapses to the possible indictment of a U.S. President, the way these events unfold will have a seismic shift in the future of our country.

Glenn wants YOU to be informed with all of the news stories that are unfolding so that YOU can prepare for the future. Glenn considered his show prep from Thursday so important, he wanted all of his listeners to have it. That's why we're making Glenn's Morning Brief newsletter from March 23, 2023 available to you now. Scroll down to view all of the stories.

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Aware of Israel’s determination to stymie its nuclear ambitions, Iran has prepared for the day after such a strike. Just last month, details emerged that Tehran has been “mapping” Diaspora Jewish communities for future retaliatory assassination campaigns in case Israel were to execute such an attack.

Iran-Saudi deal shifts regional power - and the US emerges as a loser
The Iran-Saudi deal doesn’t necessarily signal a whole new ball game in the Middle East, however, there has been a shift in the balance of power among regional and global players, following the post-Ukraine era.

Environment...

Humanity has 'broken the water cycle,' UN chief warns
"We are draining humanity's lifeblood through vampiric overconsumption and unsustainable use, and evaporating it through global heating."

Climate protesters cut credit cards outside Chase, Citibank, Wells Fargo, Bank of America
Protesters gathered in DC, outside several major banks, where they cut up their credit cards and called for the institutions to stop spending money to promote the fossil fuel industry.

Chevy kills the gas powered Camaro
The Ford Mustang and Chevy Camaro have soldiered on as what could possibly represent the last two vehicles of their kind.

Dodge resurrects 'controversial' Challenger SRT Demon for final year of V8 muscle cars
Dodge says the new car will deliver 1,025 total horsepower, 945 foot-pounds of torque and reach 60 mph from a rolling start in 1.66 seconds.

Electric cars are creating a new economy — and leaving some towns behind
Workers and small businesses in Belvidere, Ill., are dealing with the aftermath of mass layoffs, after Stellantis idled its Jeep factory.

Museum highlights climate change with tilted paintings
The powerful display will feature 15 paintings hung at an angle to bring attention to the earth warming 1.5 degrees Celsius...

LGBTQIA2S+...

Leftist pundit draws outrage for saying she doesn't want to be referred to as 'person who menstruates'
Ana Kasparian wrote, "I'm a woman. Please don't ever refer to me as a person with a uterus, birthing person, or person who menstruates. How do people not realize how degrading this is? You can support the transgender community without doing this s---."

Education...

Just three in 4 support schools having parents' consent before changing kids gender identity, poll
Nearly the same percentage of voters also support legislation requiring schools to tell parents whether their child wants to change their gender identity – with 71% in favor of this requirement.

Newsom silent on LA schools strike after 500,000 kids forced to stay home for second day
LA labor union demands 'pause in educator evaluations during this unprecedented time'.

Striking Los Angeles school support staff earn $25,000 on average
School support staffers, such as bus drivers, cafeteria workers, and teacher aides, earn about $25,000 a year in Los Angeles, one of the most expensive cities in America.

Health...

Rising Rate of Drug Shortages Is Framed as a National Security Threat
A Senate homeland security committee examined growing health care shortages amid reports of rationing within hospitals.

CDC: Artificial Tears Products Linked to Drug-Resistant Infection
The CDC wrote that the strain, called VIM-GES-CRPA, had not previously been seen in the US but has now been identified in 68 patients across 16 states.

Religion...

Russell Brand ‘I Need God or I Cannot Cope in this World’
“Like many desperate people, I need spirituality,” Brand said. “I need God, or I cannot cope in this world. I need to believe in the best in people.”

Technology...

Dems Fear TikTok Ban Could Makes The Kids Mad
Democratic New York Rep. Jamaal Bowman, a progressive member of “The Squad,” is leading the party’s fight against banning TikTok.

Bill to prevent spying by smart fridges advances to Senate floor
The bill would give the FTC the power to force the designers of internet-connected devices to disclose whether recording hardware is installed into smart devices.

Science...

US politicians 'shown top-secret videos of UFOs flying close to aircraft'
An investigative reporter working in the field of UFOs has claimed that there is now "incontrovertible evidence" key Congressmen and women in the US government are being given "top-secret" briefings.

The First 3-D Printed Rocket Fails Shortly After Launch
Relativity Space, a private company with ambitions for sending people to Mars, made it off the launchpad, but the vehicle experienced problems during the second stage of its flight.

Big asteroid impacts may be more damaging than we thought - study
Massive asteroids that have impacted the Earth in the past million years may have had a far more devastating effect on the planet than previously realized, according to a new study.

Travel...

TSA chief: Eventually, biometrics won’t be optional
This article flew under the radar last week as they buried the lead in an article titled, 'TSA chief says biometrics and tech could lower the stress of traveling'.

FAA: Lithium Battery Incidents On Planes Now Happening More Than Once Per Week
Spirit Airlines flight from Dallas to Orlando was diverted to Jacksonville earlier this week after a lithium battery in a personal device caught fire in an overhead bin.

Sports...

Multiple NHL teams have opted out of 'Pride Night' jerseys, as resistance grows despite media pressure
Behind the scenes, multiple teams have decided that ditching the controversial theme altogether was a smarter move, either because of player refusal or to avoid a public relations black eye.

Why Bulls’ Patrick Beverley won’t have sex before games
“I want to have fresh [legs,] you know what I’m saying?"

Animals...

There’s a new invasive mosquito species in Florida
An invasive mosquito with a curved mouth and a striped body is the latest addition to a growing list of nonnative mosquito species bridging the gap between the tropics and Florida.

Chinese scientists grow antlers on mice in hopes of one day regenerating human limbs
Can you imagine how cute a miniature Christmas display would be if you had mice with antlers pulling a little Santa's sleigh?

New species of ‘giant’ spider discovered hiding underground in Australia, experts say
Hiding underground and only emerging at night, a creepy crawly creature in the woodlands of Australia remained undetected. Not anymore.

THE DOCUMENTS for 'The Big Distraction' Glenn TV special

The big news item of the week is Trump's potential indictment from New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg. According to our recent poll, most of you think that Trump's potential indictment is NOT about holding Trump accountable for a crime—most of you think it's a weaponization of our judicial system against the Left's number one enemy.

On Wednesday's episode of Glenn TV, Glenn dove into the details behind Trump's potential indictment and suggested even more nefarious intentions behind the indictment—to distract from the House Oversight Committee's bombshell memorandum revealing Biden's illicit business dealings with China.

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