Glenn Beck: Groups attending counter 8/28 rally

September 28, 2010

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GLENN: Show me your friends and I will show you your future. That's what my parents, my mother, my grandparents used to say to me all the time: Show me your friends and I will show you your future. Well, that is something that I guess doesn't matter anymore. If your children were hanging out with heroine users, if they were hanging out with felons, ex cons, heroin users, you know, you name it, would you be concerned about your child's future? Would you not have a sit down and say, hey, hey, hey, umm, you know, I know you have some good friends here but I don't understand the heroin user. I don't understand the attraction to all the ex cons you have, the thugs, the thieves. I don't you know, as a dad my daughter is dating an agnostic, okay? I wish he knew, but he doesn't, and that's okay. It's my daughter's choice, and I know that I know that my daughter has really, really good taste, I know that she is smart, I know that she is a good judge of character, and I have met this young man, and I like him a lot. He's a good, decent guy. I like him. Now, if my daughter was dating an atheist, a diehard atheist, I would say, honey, I'm sorry but I've got to say something here. He not only doesn't believe in God, he is going to take you down a road where he's going to build up walls around you and God. This is a this is a bad error in judgment. Okay, I think that's my responsibility as a dad. I think it's my responsibility as a dad if my kids were hanging out with the wrong kind of people that I would say something. Wouldn't you? Show me your friends and I'll show you your future. Well, our president is putting on a little shindig, two of them as a matter of fact, two in Washington, two rallies this month. The first one is this weekend, and I want you to know the reason why they're doing this is because they must make you feel alone. They must make you feel discouraged. They must make you say, well, that 8/28 thing, that was nothing. Now, if they don't have two million people down on the mall, it's going to be a shock. They have to have two million people. They have to. They have 300 organizing partners. This is what they do for a living.

PAT: Some of the biggest organizers in the world.

GLENN: In the world. In the world.

PAT: SEIU, AFL CIO.

GLENN: Green for All, the NAACP, the national council of La Raza, Rainbow PUSH, SEIU 1199, SEIU Service Employees, Sojourners, the UAW, the United States Students Association, the Communication Workers of America, the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, the Center for Community Change, the American Federation of Teachers. I mean, if it's

PAT: What these guys do, they organize.

GLENN: The AIDS Walk Washington, the Clerical Workers, Action LA Network.

PAT: You don't want to mess with the clerical workers. I mean

GLENN: Seriously?

PAT: You really don't want to mess with them.

GLENN: No, don't

PAT: Don't even start.

GLENN: Don't do it.

PAT: Don't even start.

GLENN: Don't do it. You have all of the, you know, Get Equal, all of the gay rights organizations who, I mean, you have the Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network. These guys organize. That's what they do for a living. So if you're not getting all of these people out and two million people out on the mall, it's a massive failure. But you won't know that. You won't know that because you'll just see, and the media will shoot it in such a way that it will look like a massive gathering, and I predict it will be. But it will it is designed to demoralize you and to make the Democrats feel like, "Oh, we've got something." Well, Democrats, I just want to speak to you. You might be fine with, you know, the AFL CIO and the NAACP and the RainbowPUSH Coalition and SEIU. I don't know why you are cool with especially the unions that are just screwing the American worker. I mean, the UAW, I mean, they have really done a good job in Detroit, haven't they? You may be fine with these, but may I just go through some of the other organizations, and this is all from the website is this 10/2/10 or is this Obama's website? Is this Organizing For America? Because Organizing For America, which is Obama's front organization, his ACORN

PAT: They are pushing it.

GLENN: They are pushing it. Okay. So just ask let me just ask, International ANSWER: Act Now to Stop War and End Racism. Do you know what International ANSWER is? Do you know who's behind International ANSWER?

PAT: It's a communist group.

GLENN: It's not like, "Hey, there's a bunch of commies." This isn't a joke. This is an actual communist group. They're one of the sponsors. Let's see. The Chicago Democratic Socialists of America. What are Democratic socialists?

PAT: Umm...

GLENN: What are they? They sound nice.

PAT: They do.

GLENN: Democratic Socialists.

PAT: They do.

GLENN: Okay. The Democratic socialists in Europe are the Fabian Society. The Fabian Society is a really nasty group. It is the Fabian Society, their logo is a wolf in sheep's clothing. The Democratic socialists, if you've not heard of the Democratic socialists except here in America or you just kind of have heard it, just put it into place this way. When Yeltsin gave the, is it the Dumas, the choice of what to do in Russia, that they could have chaos and revolution and blood in the streets or they could fundamentally transform into a federation of states, the their congress was full of communists. I mean, card carrying, full uniform, diehard, I love Stalin, I love Lenin, Marxist communists. Where did they go? Well, they took their uniforms off and hung it in a closet. What's his name, you know, Putin took off his gun and turned in his KGB uniform, put a suit on, and many of, if not most, became Democratic socialists. It's a nicer name for communist.

So Democratic Socialists of America. The church of Evangelical United Church of Christ. Code Pink, you know who Code Pink is, right? Code Pink are the ones that they go and they harass our Marines in California. The Color For Change by the way, Code Pink is also, they were connected to the flotilla, the anti Israeli flotilla.

STU: Glenn, on that note, too, you talked about International ANSWER a while ago. Remember they're in the same boat here, the Anti Defamation League has hit them as saying this is a quote from their website: Answer's ideology is strongly rooted in the Workers World Party, a revolutionary Marxist, Leninist party found in the 1950s. Goes on to mention that ANSWER and the related group IAC have both repeatedly expressed support for terrorist groups determined to dismantle the state of Israel including Hamas and Hezbollah.

GLENN: Okay. Code Pink is the same thing. Color for Change, you know who that is. They were the first to boycott this program. That is Van Jones' organization. Van Jones started this organization with some other guy. I don't remember his name. He is a communist revolutionary. Read STORM. Then you have the Communist Party USA. The reason why I'm going through these is because last night I got a lot of mail and I said, if you want more information about this weekend's rally and how to organize and how to get there and how to grab a bus, just go to Communist Party USA. Now, this is akin to me saying, hey, if you want some information, go to my website at GlennBeck.com for 8/28 and there we have our sponsors and one of them is the KKK and they'll give more information on the KKK website and you go ahead and just board the bus. In fact, it may be worse for them because just speaking of numbers, communists have killed millions. KKK have killed thousands. I'd like to stand with people who kill none!

STU: That's a good safety tip.

GLENN: That's a good safety tip. Then you have the Democratic Socialists of America, you have the Detroit Democratic Socialists of America, you have

PAT: And people didn't believe you last night. They did not believe you.

GLENN: No.

PAT: Go to the website. Go to CPUSA.

GLENN: Dot org.

PAT: Dot org. Click on the

GLENN: Youth, Communists For Youth or something like that.

PAT: Takes you right to all the information you need for the rally this weekend.

GLENN: Everything, everything.

STU: Again this is an event that the Obama administration's political arm is promoting.

GLENN: Right.

STU: This isn't just some crazy event that happens to agree with some of their policies.

GLENN: And these are this is the official website. So you have the Detroit Socialists of America, you have Ex Offenders Association of Pennsylvania, you have the General Board of Church and Society, United Methodist Church. That is important because the United Methodist Church is playing some sort of game here. It was in the New York Times, and the New York Times got heat for saying that they had endorsed this. And so The Blaze got on it and they started to call and they went to the United Methodist Church and they couldn't figure out what the Methodist church is saying, either. They are saying, well, our one board but not our general board has endorsed this. But not the principles of the organization but the principles of the rally. So do you endorse it or do you not endorse it? Well, yes, we do, but only this board endorsed. They're playing games. If you're a Methodist, you should demand: Do you stand with all of these communist organizations? You have the Humanist party of New York, you have the International Socialist Organization, you have the interfaith worker justice, you have the Jewish Funds For Justice.

STU: Was that the one that ran the ad calling you Hitler, I believe?

PAT: I believe so.

GLENN: I believe so. You have the New York City Democratic Socialists of America, you have the Peace and Freedom Party. That sounds good.

PAT: Seems to be a lot of socialist named groups.

GLENN: Yeah.

STU: And I believe the Peace and Freedom Party is a California, very small party in California but one that endorses like getting, you know, letting Leonard, what is the name Leonard Peltier, the guy who murdered FBI agents out of prison, the guy, you know, Mumia, they are all on that bandwagon.

GLENN: Progressive Congress Action Fund, Progressive Democrats of America, Progressive Democrats, queers for Equal Queers For Economic Justice, the Planned Parenthood.

PAT: Did you skip the Committee of Correspondence For Democracy and Socialism?

GLENN: I did. I didn't see that one.

PAT: I like that one. That's a good group.

GLENN: Let's see. The United Church of Christ, the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, blah, blah blah. The Working Family Party and the Ya Ya Network is also.

STU: Yeah, apparently the Ya Ya Network at least what I was told by one of the producers is that they are a group that comes on when military recruiters go to schools, they come on and oppose that and tell the students to not join the military, which is a nice one. And also I should say I did make a mistake that the Peace and Freedom Party was not I remembered it being tied to Leonard Peltier, the guy who was killing, you know, FBI agents, whatever. It wasn't that they were tied to him. It's that they actually ran him for president.

GLENN: Oh.

STU: He was their presidential candidate in 2004. So I'm sorry.

PAT: An egregious error, Stu.

STU: I apologize for the error.

GLENN: I just have to ask. Does the president the NAACP and everybody wants the tea parties to reject racism, and it is easy for me to say I reject racism, I reject race divisions, I reject all those that use it for power one way or another, I reject it and those who play on those fears. Judge a man by the content of his character. It is easy for me to say why I am against racism, that I reject racism, and that you should reject racism. It is easy for me to say, and I could do hours on it.

STU: And have.

GLENN: And have. The president, will he ever reject Marxism, communism, revolutions? Will he ever reject any of those things?

PAT: Socialism.

GLENN: He has he will always joke about it, but when you're standing with people that have called for violent revolutions, when you have when you are standing with people who are calling for an overturning of the American system, don't you think it's important for the president to reject it, clearly, clearly and say communism is wrong, socialism with Marxism and revolutionaries is wrong and here is why, and I reject it, wholly and unequivocally.

STU: You could do that. Or you could officially promote their events. I mean, there's two ways to go on that one.

GLENN: One way or another.

THESE 12 Republican states are smuggling digital currency through THIS sneaky bill

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On today's radio broadcast, Glenn warned about dangerous Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) language being smuggled into routine legislation in REPUBLICAN-led states. This is unacceptable, and as Glenn said, we can't let this legislation pass as it now stands.

The legislation being used to smuggle in this CBDC language is the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC), a routine piece of legislation passed on the state level that helps standardize commercial and business transactions. However, a new round of UCCs being deliberated RIGHT NOW amongst a swath of Republican-led states anticipate the use of "electronic money." In a public letter sent to the Republican states currently deliberating this legislation, the Pro-Family Legislative Network said this
can only refer to the Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) under consideration and testing by the Federal Reserve. Biden's Executive Order 14067 issued in March of 2022 started the push for CBDC, and now these states, knowingly or unknowingly, are laying the legislative groundwork for making CBDC a reality.

There is absolutely no reason why Republican-led states should aid in laying the foundation for CBDC, yet 12 of them are deliberating it RIGHT NOW, with one UCC bill already on one GOP governor's desk! We have to act NOW to stop these UCCs in their tracks and demand our lawmakers amend the bills without the "electronic money" language.

If your state is listed below, contact your representative NOW to put an end to CBDC language.

1. North Dakota

North Dakota House Bill HB1082 passed BOTH chambers and is now sitting on Governor Burgum's desk. Burgun has 3 DAYS to veto this bill once it's placed on his desk—if not, it will pass automatically. If you are a North Dakota resident, it is absolutely CRUCIAL that you contact Governor Burgum's office NOW and demand that he veto this bill and re-introduce it without the "electronic money" language.

2. Arizona

Arizona House Bill HB2770 passed the House majority and minority caucuses. Arizona residents, contact your representative's office NOW so that they amend this bill without the "electronic money" language.

3. Arkansas

Arkansas House Bill HB1588 is in committee, and if passed, will head to the House floor. Though the bill is only in its beginning stages, it's important for Arkansas residents to stop this bill in its tracks and amend it without the "electronic money" language.

4. Missouri

Missouri House Bill HB1165 is also in its beginning stages in committee. That means it's important to contact your representative as soon as possible to amend it without the "electronic money" language.

5. Oklahoma

Oklahoma House Bill HB 2776 passed the House Committee and will go to a chamber vote soon. If passed, it will go to the Senate, then the governor's desk. If you are an Indiana resident, contact your representative's office NOW to amend the bill without the "electronic money" language.

6. Indiana

Indiana Senate Bill SB0486 passed the Senate and is headed to the House. Republicans control Indiana's executive office and BOTH chambers of the legislature. There is no excuse for this bill to pass. If you are an Indiana resident, it's vital you contact your representative NOW and demand they amend this bill without the "electronic money" language.

7. Kentucky

Kentucky Senate Bill SB64 passed the Senate and is now being deliberated in the House. If you live in Kentucky, contact your representative's office to amend the bill without the "electronic money" language.

8. Montana

Montana Senate Bill SB370 passed the Senate and was sent to the House on March 3rd. If you are a Montana resident, contact your representative's office NOW so that the bill doesn't without changing the "electronic money" language.

9. Nebraska

Nebraska's Legislative Bill LB94 passed committee and the first floor vote. As Nebraska only has one legislative chamber, this bill is dangerously close to passing the legislature and being sent to the governor's desk. If you are a Nebraska resident, contact your representative's office NOW and demand they amend the bill without the "electronic money" language.

10. New Hampshire

New Hampshire House Bill HB584 is currently in House committee deliberations and has not yet reached the House floor. If you are a New Hampshire resident, contact your representative's office NOW to amend the bill without the "electronic money" language.

11. Tennessee

Tennessee House Bill HB0640 didn't successfully pass the House. However, it was deferred to a Senate committee and has now taken the form of Senate Bill SB0479, which is now in committee. This bill is still alive, and it's important for you, Tennessee residents, to stop it before it reaches the floor! Contact your representative to amend the bill without the "electronic money" language.

12. Texas

Texas House Bill HB5011 was filed and is ready to be taken up by committee. Fellow Texans, let's not let this bill progress any further! Contact your representative and demand they amend the bill without the "electronic money" language.

6 things you NEED to know about the Silicon Valley Bank collapse

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Silicon Valley Bank's collapse is sparking traumatic memories of the 2008 financial crash. Should we be worried SVB is signaling a similar economic catastrophe, or is everyone overreacting to the media's hype? Glenn told his listeners to be "healthily terrified." This event is sure to have ripple effects throughout the economy, but the more you are informed about it, the more you can prepare. Here are 6 things you need to know about Silicon Valley Bank's crash—explained in simple words.

1. The short answer to what happened: SVB didn't have enough money to pay its depositors.

Remember the scene from It's a Wonderful Life when all of the residents make a run on George Bailey's bank demanding their money? Fortunately for them, their money was in the altruistic hands of George Bailey, who used his honeymoon savings to give the depositors the money they demanded.

Silicon Valley Bank's depositors weren't so lucky.

In short, the depositors made a run on Silicon Valley Bank, demanding the withdrawal of their money. But SVB simply didn't have the liquid money available to give their depositors, causing regulators to shut down the bank shortly afterward.

2. It all started with COVID...

Why didn't SVB have enough money for its depositors? To explain this, we have to go back to the pandemic era.

The pandemic saw a rapid decrease in spending and a massive increase in bank deposits. Due to the uncertainty of the future and lockdowns limiting ways to spend money on recreational activities, like restaurants, bars, and other outlets, many Americans stocked up money in their accounts. In fact, SVB's deposits doubled in 2021 alone, bringing in more money than they could lend out to their clients.

To make a return on their available cash, SVB wanted to invest it, as many banks do. Since they had reached their lending limit, they decided to invest it in U.S. Treasury Securities, which are the government's means of funding itself without using taxation (in a nutshell). These are considered "ultra-safe" investments because they are backed by the "full faith and credit of the federal government."

Unlike other forms of investments, investing in Treasuries means the government will do everything within its legal power to pay back the money used to fund itself. In other words, it is typically very safe... so what happened?

3. Then came the magic cocktail—record-high inflation and rising interest rates...

Interest rates ruined the typically "ultra-safe" investment. Due to 40-year record-high inflation, the Fed lifted rates eight times by a total of 4.25 percentage points in 2022, raising interest rates from 0.25 percent to 4.375 percent. This means the value of U.S. Treasuries investments plummeted rapidly. SVB reported that it lost $1.8 billion due to the decreased value of its Treasuries investments after a year of rising interest rates.

This raises the following question: why didn't SVB just weather the storm and wait for interest rates to decrease? There are two issues with this. The first is that, with so many of their assets held up in Treasuries investments, SVB still wouldn't have enough liquid assets to give their depositors during the bank run.

The second issue is that Treasuries investments have a ten-year limit. In 2021 during the Trump administration, interest rates were at an all-time low of 0.125 percent.

The record-fast increase of interest rates in 2022 caused very little chance for rates to go back down to their historic 2021 lows within ten years for banks to make their money back on their investments.

To avoid this, SVB planned to sell their investments at a loss and re-purchase Treasuries investments at the decreased value, giving them an extra ten years to bet on decreased interest rates in the future.

But people caught on to SVB's plan and didn't want to ride with the risk.

4. Account holders withdrew their money... FAST.

As aforementioned, SVP lost $1.8 billion when it sold its depleted Treasuries investments. While they were betting on being able to re-purchase the devalued securities, hoping that they would go up in value in the future with lowered interest rates, investors were worried about the risk.

Once they made the announcement of their $1.8 billion loss, their stocks began to drop, and venture capitalists warned the companies they invest in to pull out of SVB. This had a snowball effect, leading to a "bank run" of depositors demanding to withdraw their money from their SVB accounts.

This led to the perfect storm: SVB's investment losses coupled with the influx of withdrawals were so immense that regulators had to step in and shut the bank down to protect depositors. The government currently "running" SVB, for all practical purposes, is the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). The FDIC closed SVB on Friday and reopened the bank on Monday, March 13th as the Deposit Insurance Bank of Santa Clara.

5. Some people may lose their money.

Banks insure accounts with $250,000 or less with FDIC insurance. That means, in cases of bank failure, exactly like this one, the FDIC covers all accounts less than $250,000. The FDIC said SVB customers who had less than $250,000 in their accounts will have access to all of their money when the bank reopens. Since it reopened this week, they should have access to their funds.

However, many of SVB's depositors had more than $250,000 in their accounts—it is Silicon Valley after all. Therefore, their accounts were not covered by FDIC insurance. Will they get their money back? There is a chance that they will not.

It is unclear how much SVB currently has to cover uninsured deposits. It is likely not enough. The FDIC has issued a "Receiver's Certificate" to the uninsured account holders with the amount in their account that is not covered by FDIC insurance.

The FDIC said it will pay some of the uninsured deposits by next week by liquidating any additional assets held by SVB. However, if the liquidated assets are not enough, many of SVB's uninsured account holders could lose their money for good.

6. Is this 2008 all over again?

SVB's collapse was the largest bank failure since 2008, when Washington Mutual failed with $307 billion in assets. Its failure, along with the collapse of the Lehman Brother's investment bank, triggered the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. Are we in danger of repeating 2008?

Some argue that we are not in danger of another economic catastrophe, simply because SVB holds less than 1 percent of the nation's assets. However, as Glenn warns, there is a danger of banks repeating the same mistakes as SVP.

SVP wasn't the only bank to use its surplus deposits to invest in U.S. Treasuries, which means that other banks are wrestling with the depleted value of their securities investments due to rising interest rates.

Bank of America, for example, lost $109 billion in their securities investments due to rising interest rates, the most among its peers—and Bank of America is no small fish in the ocean of assets.

Other major banks recorded other massive losses in their securities investments due to rising interest rates. JP Morgan Chase lost $36 billion, Wells Fargo lost $41 billion, Citigroup lost $25 billion, and Goldman Sachs lost $1 billion. If the little banks collapse, will they get the same effort and attention from the federal government as the "big guys?"

The critic may argue that these are still small values given the incredibly large amount of assets held in banks nationwide. However, this is missing the point. Major banks have majorly invested in securities since the pandemic-era skyrocketing rate of deposits. Now those investments are depleted in value.

They can either sell those investments at a loss, or they can wait and hope that they will recover over time. However, if those investments are no longer liquid, what happens when their depositors come knocking? Will they have enough liquid assets to cover a massive bank run? These are the lingering questions that our banks need to address.

As Glenn says, this will impact you—it is only a matter of time. What will you do to prepare?

Here are the TOP 12 states with the STRICTEST laws against abortion

Glenn just purchased the entire historical Roe v. Wade archive as a solemn reminder of our nation's past and the vital importance of honoring the sacredness of life. Since Roe was overturned in 2022, many states have been stepping up to protect both their unborn citizens AND the mothers carrying them.

Which states are doing the most to protect their most vulnerable? Here are the top 12 states with the strictest laws against abortion.

1. Alabama

Alabama has some of the nation's most protective pro-life measures, banning all abortions in the case of life-threatening circumstances for the mother. That means abortion is banned at every stage of pregnancy. Health care providers found guilty of performing abortions face a class-A felony, the most serious charge besides Capitol Murder, with the potential of carrying a life sentence in prison. However, the pill, Plan B, is classified as "contraception" rather than abortion. Taxpayer-funded Medicaid does not cover abortion procedures except in very limited circumstances.

Alabama is one of the few states to add protections within its state constitution for the unborn. The state:

Acknowledges, declares, and affirms that it is the public policy of this state to recognize and support the sanctity of unborn life and the rights of unborn children, including the right to life.

2. Arkansas

Like Alabama, Arkansas bans abortion at every stage of pregnancy except in life-threatening situations for the mother. However, Plan B is still considered "contraception" and is legal. Taxpayer-funded Medicaid does not cover abortion procedures except in very limited circumstances. Additionally, Arkansas added the amendment to its state constitution, declaring:

The policy of Arkansas is to protect the life of every unborn child from conception until birth, to the extent permitted by the Federal Constitution.

3. Idaho

Idaho bans abortions at every stage of pregnancy with the exceptions of life-threatening situations to the mother and instances of rape and incest. The health care practitioner who gave an abortion must prove "affirmative defense," which means they have to prove in court why the abortion is necessary and meets the legal criteria. Patients approved for abortion must wait 24 hours after counseling to receive the procedure. Anyone who performs an abortion unless it's in one of the approved cases will face felony charges. Like Alabama and Arkansas, taxpayer-funded Medicaid does not cover abortion procedures.

Unlike Alabama and Arkansas, Idaho law does not include explicit constitutional or statutory protections for abortion.

4. Kentucky

Kentucky has also banned abortion at all stages of pregnancy except in life-threatening situations for the mother. There are no exceptions for rape or incest. However, abortion providers are fighting the all-out ban on abortion through appealing to the state's previous abortion ban after six weeks of pregnancy. The appeal is ongoing.

Though Kentucky voters voted down a proposal to add an amendment to the state constitution banning abortion, the state adopted the following policy towards abortion in 2018:

Children, whether born or unborn, are the greatest natural resource in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

5. Louisiana

Louisiana also banned abortion at all stages of pregnancy with no exceptions for rape or incest. However there is an appeal to allow abortions in the case of rape and incest. Healthcare practitioners who violate this ban are subject to criminal prosecution. Moreover, Louisiana adopted an amendment in their state constitution—specifically, the Louisiana Declaration of Rights, banning the construction of any constitutional right to abortion:

To protect human life, nothing in present constitution shall be construed to secure or protect a right to abortion or require the funding of abortion.

6. Mississippi

Mississippi bans all abortions except to save the life of the mother or in cases of rape or incest that have been reported to law enforcement. Though Mississippi did not adopt a constitutional amendment to ban abortion as a right, the Mississippi Code says:

Abortion carries significant physical and psychological risks to the maternal patient, and these physical and psychological risks increase with gestational age.

Moreover, doctors who perform illegal abortions face civil and criminal charges.

7. Missouri

Missouri bans all abortions except in the case of a medical emergency concerning the mother, with no exceptions for rape or incest. Those seeking to get an abortion must prove "affirmative defense," which means they have to prove in court why the abortion is necessary and meets the legal criteria. Minors seeking an abortion through "affirmative defense" must do so with parental consent. Moreover, those seeking an abortion must be offered an ultrasound.

Moreover, Missouri adopted the following statute protecting the unborn:

It is the intention of the general assembly of the state of Missouri to: (1) [d]efend the right to life of all humans, born and unborn; (2) [d]eclare that the state and all of its political subdivisions are a ‘sanctuary of life’ that protects pregnant women and their unborn children; and (3) [r]egulate abortion to the full extent permitted by the Constitution of the United States, decisions of the United States Supreme Court, and federal statutes.

8. Oklahoma

Oklahoma was the first state to successfully ban all abortions after conception following the overturn of Roe v. Wade and continues to lead the way as one of the toughest states on abortion. Exceptions include life-saving procedures for the mother or pregnancies resulting from "rape, sexual assault, or incest." Those who perform legal abortions can be reported and prosecuted criminally under state law HB427 and be charged at least $10,000 per illegal abortion procedure. Violations also include insurance companies or private citizens caught funding abortions.

Though Oklahoma has not adopted a state constitutional amendment concerning abortion, its Public Health Code states that it cannot be “construed as creating or recognizing right to abortion."

9. South Dakota

South Dakota bans all abortions except in life-threatening cases for the mother. There are no exceptions for rape and incest. However, it is legal to travel out of state to get an abortion. There are no state constitutional provisions protecting against abortion.

10. Tennessee

Tennessee bans all abortions except in life-threatening cases for the mother. There is currently a movement in the Tennessee state legislature to enact exceptions for rape and incest. Like Idaho and Missouri, healthcare practitioners who gave an abortion must prove "affirmative defense," which means they have to prove in court why the abortion is necessary and meets the legal criteria. Those who provide abortions illegally can be criminally prosecuted.

Tennessee's state constitution was amended to supersede a 2000 Tennessee supreme court case, which held:

A woman’s right to terminate her pregnancy is a vital part of the right to privacy guaranteed by the Tennessee Constitution [and that] the right is inherent in the concept of ordered liberty embodied in our constitution and is therefore fundamental.

The new state constitutional amendment reads as follows:

Nothing in this Constitution secures or protects a right to abortion or requires the funding of an abortion.

11. Texas

Texas bans all abortions except in life-threatening cases concerning the mother. There is a movement in the Texas state legislature to provide exemptions for rape and incest.

Moreover, Texas received a lot of heat for its law not only criminalizing providing illegal abortions but enabled citizens to report illegal abortions. However, several cities in Texas are pushing back against the abortion ban. After Dobbs, Texas increased the penalties for performing an abortion up to life in prison, including a civil penalty of no less than $100,000 per abortion performed.

Attorney General Ken Paxton said the following:

Now that the Supreme Court has finally overturned Roe, I will do everything in my power to protect mothers, families, and unborn children, and to uphold the state laws duly enacted by the Texas Legislature.

The cities of Austin and San Antonio passed ordinances preventing city funds from being used to investigate the provision or receipt of abortion care.

12. West Virginia

West Virginia bans abortion at all stages of pregnancy, except in the case of a “nonmedically viable fetus”, ectopic pregnancy, or medical emergency. According to the West Virginia state legislature, "Nonmedically viable fetus" means:

A fetus that contains sufficient lethal fetal anomalies so as to render the fetus medically futile or incompatible with life outside the womb in the reasonable medical judgment of a reasonably prudent physician.

Victims of rape and incest can obtain abortions up to eight weeks after conception, but only if they report to law enforcement first.

In 2018, West Virginians voted to add the following language to the state constitution:

Nothing in this Constitution secures or protects a right to abortion or requires the funding of abortion.

Facebook CENSORS Glenn over January 6 comments. Glenn is having NONE of it.

Glenn was CENSORED by Facebook's independent fact-checkers yesterday. Here's the scoop.

This week on the Glenn Beck Program, Glenn and Stu discussed Tucker Carlson's commentary on the newly released Jan 6 Capitol footage, specifically, the curious case of Ray Epps—the man who admitted to inciting the Capitol breach in a text message to his nephew and was let off Scott-free. There is speculation that he could be an F.B.I. plant in the crowd. Regardless of whether or not Ray Epps is an F.B.I. plant, isn't it the right of the American people to ask questions, especially about issues as consequential to our country as Jan 6?

Facebook apparently doesn't think so...

After this clip was published on Glenn's Facebook page, Facebook slapped it with a "partly false" fact-checking label.

As it turns out, the "independent" fact-checkers told Glenn that unless he corrected his narrative about Ray Epps, they would limit his visibility and distribution on Facebook. This would not only affect Glenn. It would affect the entire Blaze crew of talent and personalities. Glenn had one thing to say in response: Go screw yourself, Facebook.

Glenn had one thing to say in response: Go screw yourself, Facebook.

Glenn went on to emphasize that he will NOT be issuing a correction, even if it means his Facebook page’s distribution may suffer as a result. He's not backing down on asking the tough questions and getting to the truth, no matter the cost.

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