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Morning Brief 2025-04-02

April 02, 2025
Chris Brady

TOP OF HOUR 2
GUEST: Stephen Moore
TOPIC: What we should expect from President Trump's newest round of reciprocal tariffs.

Micah 2:12

Micah 2:12

Liberation Day?...

Here is a look at what tariffs are expected to hit Wednesday, on Trump's 'Liberation Day'
The White House said the president would reveal even broader tariffs than he has already indicated during an event on Wednesday afternoon in the Rose Garden.

White House: Tariffs to take effect immediately upon the announcement
Leavitt suggested that Trump remains open to negotiations, saying, “Certainly, the president is always up to take a phone call, always up for a good negotiation, but he is very much focused on fixing the wrongs of the past and ensuring that American workers get a fair shake.”

WaPo: Trump aides draft tariff plans as some experts warn of economic damage
The president’s team is exploring using trillions of dollars in new import revenue for a tax dividend or refund, people familiar with the matter said.

Europe warns Trump: We have ‘a strong plan’ for retaliation against tariffs
“Europe has not started this confrontation,” Ursula von der Leyen, the head of the European Commission, said in a speech. “We do not necessarily want to retaliate but, if it is necessary, we have a strong plan to retaliate, and we will use it.”

China Says It Is Aiming to Coordinate Tariff Response with Japan, South Korea
China is seeking to coordinate its response to U.S. tariffs with Japan and South Korea, Chinese state media said Monday, as the world’s second-largest economy looks to bolster regional economic collaboration.

Israel nixes all US import tariffs, day before Trump set to levy duties on trade allies
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Tuesday signed a directive to scrap all remaining tariffs on imports from the U.S. with immediate effect.

Canada answers US tariffs with billboard ads in swing states
No word if Canadians are also going to have someone sit on a flagpole in protest.

CNBC: Trump’s tariff gambit will raise the stakes for an economy already looking fragile
As Trump prepares sweeping reciprocal tariffs to punish foreign trade barriers, economists warn the move could trigger inflation, stall growth, and rattle markets — though supporters say it’s the bold reset America needs to reclaim manufacturing and end global freeloading.

BBC: Trump poised to reshape global economy and how world does business
Every time Trump has mentioned his plan to levy massive tariffs on imports into the U.S., there has been a widespread assumption that they will be delayed, watered down, or rowed back.

‘Nowhere to absorb it’: From consumer small business to big food CEOs, Trump tariff costs will hit wallets
As "Liberation Day" tariffs take effect, small-business owners warn of collapsing margins and abandoned growth plans, while food giants say there’s no slack left to absorb the costs — putting supply chains, prices, and product diversity at serious risk.

Doocy Asks Karoline Leavitt What Will Happen If Admin Is ‘Wrong’ About Tariffs
“They’re not going to be wrong, they are going to work,” Leavitt said. “And the president has a brilliant team of advisers who have been studying these issues for decades, and we are focused on restoring the golden age of America and making America a manufacturing superpower.”

Trump / DOGE...

Trump suggests Elon Musk may leave DOGE
“I think he’s amazing, but I also think he’s got a big company to run, and so at some point he’s going to be going back,” Trump said.

Lawsuit tracker: New resistance battling Trump's second term through onslaught of lawsuits taking aim at EOs
Dozens of activist and legal groups, elected officials, local jurisdictions and individuals have launched more than 120 lawsuits against the Trump administration since Jan. 20.

Obama-appointed judge blocks Trump admin from ending protected status for Venezuelans
"The Secretary made sweeping negative generalizations about Venezuelan TPS beneficiaries. Acting on the basis of a negative group stereotype and generalizing such stereotype to the entire group is the classic example of racism."

Trump Admin Gives DC Health Bureaucrats A Choice: Move To Alaska Or Resign
As part of a sweeping reorganization, 10,000 HHS employees were laid off and senior officials were told to relocate to Indian Health Service offices in places like Alaska or face termination.

Trump’s Labor Department claws back $4.3 billion in misused COVID unemployment funds
The DOL uncovered $1.4 billion in untouched pandemic-era cash and is recovering another $2.9 billion, blasting states for abusing the program and vowing to keep rooting out waste.

Kid Rock Dishes On Trump’s Meeting With Bill Maher: ‘Everybody’s Mind Was Kind Of Blown’
"Everyone was so surprised. It was so pleasant."

Video: Kid Rock plays FDR’s historic White House piano gifted by Steinway in 1938
The rocker performed on President Roosevelt’s gold-leaf Steinway grand piano during a White House visit.

News...

FBI Gagged Agents In 2020 To Prevent Voters From Ever Learning The Truth About Hunter’s Laptop
A new report released on Tuesday shows the FBI imposed a “gag” order in relation to the Hunter Biden laptop to conceal the truth about its authenticity from voters ahead of the 2020 election.

Federal employees caught secretly defying Trump’s DEI and climate crackdown
Project Veritas exposes how NASA and State Department staff are quietly rebranding banned DEI and climate programs to dodge President Trump’s executive orders and keep their agendas alive under new names.

PBS Hires Trump-Linked Lobbying Firm Amid GOP Threats To Scrap Budget
PBS has hired Ballard Partners, a lobbying firm with deep ties to the Trump administration, amid Republican threats to scrap federal funding for the public news outlet.

AG Pam Bondi Seeks Death Penalty for UnitedHealthcare CEO Murder Suspect Luigi Mangione
"Luigi Mangione's murder of Brian Thompson — an innocent man and father of two young children — was a premeditated, cold-blooded assassination that shocked America," Bondi said in a statement.

Demolition Crews Finish Off Black Lives Matter Plaza
Construction workers on Monday completed the removal of Black Lives Matter Plaza from Washington, D.C.’s 16th Street in front of the White House following weeks of demolition, photos and videos show.

Chicago woman in wheelchair fears for safety after teen mob swarms her neighborhood
Michele Lee was trapped outside her home during a violent "teen takeover" near Navy Pier, saying she no longer feels safe to go outside after dark.

Father arrested after leaving children in McDonald's while interview for a job
This restaurant location notably has a play place inside for children to enjoy while dining in. After Louis allegedly left his kids at the McDonald’s, a customer noticed that the three children, ages 1, 6, and 10, were all alone without supervision.

Babylon Bee: Actual Nazi Struggling To Stand Out Now That Everyone Is A Nazi
"You'd think I'd be happy with all Nazi symbolism everywhere, but I'm not," said Polhaus. "I used to be special, you know? Superior. Now I'm just like everyone else."

Politics...

Leftist Judge Projected To Win Wisconsin Supreme Court Race
High turnout in the Democratic strongholds of Milwaukee and Dane County fueled Crawford’s victory. While the leftist justice won, Wisconsin voters did overwhelmingly vote to add a voter ID requirement to the state constitution in a win for Republicans.

Republicans defeat Democrats in two special elections in Florida to retain slim margin in US House
While both victories were in the double digits, the margins in the overwhelmingly red districts were smaller than expected.

8 Republicans back Rep. Luna to defeat opposition to proxy voting; Speaker Johnson blames them for failure to support Trump agenda
"We will not be voting on the rogue judges who are attacking President Trump's agenda. We will not be taking down these terrible Biden policies with the CRA votes. All that was just wiped off the table."

House Republicans push back on activist judges with bills to rein in rogue injunctions
California Rep. Darrell Issa introduced the No Rogue Rulings Act to restrict U.S. district judges' ability to issue broad injunctions. The bill passed the House Rules Committee on Tuesday in a 9-4 vote along party lines.

Cory Booker’s sad stunt epitomizes Democrats’ empty agenda
Sen. Booker’s pointless imitation filibuster epitomizes Democrats’ pathetic incoherence in the wake of last November’s defeats.

Guns for me, not for thee: Staffer arrested for gun inside Capitol works for gun-law advocate Booker
Senator Booker has been the leading Democratic advocate for increased gun control, including mandatory federal licenses for gun purchases.

WaPo: Cory Booker set a historic example for other Democrats to follow
It was a symbolic but powerful act of protest.

Flashback WaPo: Ted Cruz’s phony Obamacare filibuster was really about ... Ted Cruz
His time on the Senate floor was an exercise in self-promotion.

Immigration...

Illegal alien faces new charges related to 'gruesome' murder of Georgia mom — including necrophilia
An illegal alien paroled into the United States by the Biden administration is accused of raping and murdering a Georgia mom.

Pro-Hamas student self-deports after Trump lawsuit doesn't go his way
"I have lost faith that ... the courts would guarantee my personal safety and ability to express my beliefs."

WAR News...

‘We don’t have the leverage’: US options limited as adversaries expand their nuclear arsenals
China, Russia, and North Korea are building up their nuclear arsenals at a frightening pace to intimidate Washington. At the same time, America has little diplomatic leverage to strike new, traditional arms control deals to limit that nuclear expansion.

Trump White House Confronts China Over Taiwan Military Provocations
President Trump "is emphasizing the importance of maintaining peace in the Taiwan Strait."

China’s New Barges Could Make a Tough Task Easier: Invading Taiwan
The barges, which link up to form a bridge, could give China a way to land large numbers of vehicles and troops on Taiwan, solving a major logistical problem.

World...

World Health Organization reports adverse effects following US withdrawal
According to an internal WHO memo seen by Reuters, the organization — facing an income gap of $600 million in 2026 when the withdrawal takes effect — is looking to slash its budget for 2026-27 by 21%, from $5.3 billion to $4.2 billion.

Europe...

WaPo: White House studying cost of Greenland takeover, long in Trump’s sights
“The point is, ‘We’ll pay you more than Denmark does.’”

Trump says ban of France’s 'leading candidate' Marine Le Pen is a 'very big deal'
"She was banned from running for five years and she was the leading candidate. That sounds like this country. That sounds very much like this country."

Entertainment...

Val Kilmer, Star of ‘Top Secret,’ Dies at 65
Kilmer, who played Bruce Wayne in “Batman Forever,” channeled Jim Morrison in Oliver Stone‘s “The Doors,” and starred as a tubercular Doc Holliday in “Tombstone,” died Tuesday in Los Angeles.

Media...

Ben Shapiro: The Atlantic’s Giant Fake News Screwup
The Atlantic framed an “innocent Maryland father” deported to El Salvador as a victim — ignoring that an immigration judge found him to be MS-13, a danger to the community, and a flight risk.

Left-wing pundit calls all pre-1965 laws ‘presumptively unconstitutional’ on ‘The View’
Elie Mystal claimed the U.S. was “functionally an apartheid country” before the Voting Rights Act and slammed the Trump administration for using the 1952 immigration law to deport a pro-Hamas Columbia protester, calling immigration enforcement “the crime of existing.”

CBS News mocked for absurd claim that 1 in 15 adults witnessed a mass shooting
"Four seconds of critical thinking and math tell me it is not at all possible that 17.3 million adults in the U.S. have witnessed a mass shooting."

Stephen A. Smith smacks down MSNBC smear, says calling out Democrats doesn’t make him MAGA
Seriously — how low does your IQ have to be to think Stephen A. Smith is wearing a red hat?

LGBTQIA2S+...

Youngkin Edits Far-Left Legislator’s Gun Bill, Making It Prohibit Secret Gender Transitions For Kids
Virginia Dems must go on the record Wednesday to say whether schools should hide gender transitions from parents.

Education...

Trump admin pauses $210M in grants to Princeton University over anti-Semitism, campus chaos
"Princeton has perpetuated racist and anti-Semitic policies,” a Trump administration official told Daily Caller White House reporter Reagan Reese.

Brown University investigates student for asking staff what they do all day
After emailing 3,800 administrators to expose bloated bureaucracy and DEI waste, sophomore Alex Shieh is now under investigation for “emotional harm” and “privacy violations.”

Religion...

Glenn Beck: Does the CIA know where the Ark is?
I have to admit it: I dropped the ball. We’ve spent the last week asking if the CIA was involved in the JFK assassination, but the real question we need to be asking is, “Did our intelligence agencies hire psychics to find the Ark of the Covenant?” The answer? Yes!

Jesus’ burial spot yields new biblical clues about his death and resurrection, scientists say
There has been an ongoing debate for many years over where Jesus was crucified and buried — with many experts believing the site to be on the grounds of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. Now, new archaeological evidence might confirm their belief to be true.

Technology...

Google hit with lawsuit alleging anti-male bias in top sales division
A former global business leader at Google is suing the company, claiming he and other men were harassed, denied promotions, and replaced by less-qualified women under a female executive, who openly disparaged male employees.

Travel...

FAA air traffic controller charged with assault for alleged fight in Reagan National's control tower
The facility is already under massive scrutiny following January’s deadly midair collision between an American Airlines flight on final approach and an Army helicopter.

Doctor accused of trying to toss his wife off 'must-visit' Hawaiian cliff
Dr. Gerhardt Konig — a 46-year-old anesthesiologist from Maui — was charged with second-degree attempted murder of his wife.

April 2, 2009 - Fascism... Raising taxes on charities... Tea parties... Obama's new tobacco tax... G20 global network... Science: Obama's 'greenhouse'... Fascism is the new socialism... Gitmo... Cap and trade... Recommended books...

Civics isn’t optional—America's survival depends on it

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Every vote, jury duty, and act of engagement is civics in action, not theory. The republic survives only when citizens embrace responsibility.

I slept through high school civics class. I memorized the three branches of government, promptly forgot them, and never thought of that word again. Civics seemed abstract, disconnected from real life. And yet, it is critical to maintaining our republic.

Civics is not a class. It is a responsibility. A set of habits, disciplines, and values that make a country possible. Without it, no country survives.

We assume America will survive automatically, but every generation must learn to carry the weight of freedom.

Civics happens every time you speak freely, worship openly, question your government, serve on a jury, or cast a ballot. It’s not a theory or just another entry in a textbook. It’s action — the acts we perform every day to be a positive force in society.

Many of us recoil at “civic responsibility.” “I pay my taxes. I follow the law. I do my civic duty.” That’s not civics. That’s a scam, in my opinion.

Taking up the torch

The founders knew a republic could never run on autopilot. And yet, that’s exactly what we do now. We assume it will work, then complain when it doesn’t. Meanwhile, the people steering the country are driving it straight into a mountain — and they know it.

Our founders gave us tools: separation of powers, checks and balances, federalism, elections. But they also warned us: It won’t work unless we are educated, engaged, and moral.

Are we educated, engaged, and moral? Most Americans cannot even define a republic, never mind “keep one,” as Benjamin Franklin urged us to do after the Constitutional Convention.

We fought and died for the republic. Gaining it was the easy part. Keeping it is hard. And keeping it is done through civics.

Start small and local

In our homes, civics means teaching our children the Constitution, our history, and that liberty is not license — it is the space to do what is right. In our communities, civics means volunteering, showing up, knowing your sheriff, attending school board meetings, and understanding the laws you live under. When necessary, it means challenging them.

How involved are you in your local community? Most people would admit: not really.

Civics is learned in practice. And it starts small. Be honest in your business dealings. Speak respectfully in disagreement. Vote in every election, not just the presidential ones. Model citizenship for your children. Liberty is passed down by teaching and example.

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We assume America will survive automatically, but every generation must learn to carry the weight of freedom.

Start with yourself. Study the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and state laws. Study, act, serve, question, and teach. Only then can we hope to save the republic. The next election will not fix us. The nation will rise or fall based on how each of us lives civics every day.

Civics isn’t a class. It’s the way we protect freedom, empower our communities, and pass down liberty to the next generation.

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.

'Rage against the dying of the light': Charlie Kirk lived that mandate

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Kirk’s tragic death challenges us to rise above fear and anger, to rebuild bridges where others build walls, and to fight for the America he believed in.

I’ve only felt this weight once before. It was 2001, just as my radio show was about to begin. The World Trade Center fell, and I was called to speak immediately. I spent the day and night by my bedside, praying for words that could meet the moment.

Yesterday, I found myself in the same position. September 11, 2025. The assassination of Charlie Kirk. A friend. A warrior for truth.

Out of this tragedy, the tyrant dies, but the martyr’s influence begins.

Moments like this make words feel inadequate. Yet sometimes, words from another time speak directly to our own. In 1947, Dylan Thomas, watching his father slip toward death, penned lines that now resonate far beyond his own grief:

Do not go gentle into that good night. / Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Thomas was pleading for his father to resist the impending darkness of death. But those words have become a mandate for all of us: Do not surrender. Do not bow to shadows. Even when the battle feels unwinnable.

Charlie Kirk lived that mandate. He knew the cost of speaking unpopular truths. He knew the fury of those who sought to silence him. And yet he pressed on. In his life, he embodied a defiance rooted not in anger, but in principle.

Picking up his torch

Washington, Jefferson, Adams — our history was started by men who raged against an empire, knowing the gallows might await. Lincoln raged against slavery. Martin Luther King Jr. raged against segregation. Every generation faces a call to resist surrender.

It is our turn. Charlie’s violent death feels like a knockout punch. Yet if his life meant anything, it means this: Silence in the face of darkness is not an option.

He did not go gently. He spoke. He challenged. He stood. And now, the mantle falls to us. To me. To you. To every American.

We cannot drift into the shadows. We cannot sit quietly while freedom fades. This is our moment to rage — not with hatred, not with vengeance, but with courage. Rage against lies, against apathy, against the despair that tells us to do nothing. Because there is always something you can do.

Even small acts — defiance, faith, kindness — are light in the darkness. Reaching out to those who mourn. Speaking truth in a world drowning in deceit. These are the flames that hold back the night. Charlie carried that torch. He laid it down yesterday. It is ours to pick up.

The light may dim, but it always does before dawn. Commit today: I will not sleep as freedom fades. I will not retreat as darkness encroaches. I will not be silent as evil forces claim dominion. I have no king but Christ. And I know whom I serve, as did Charlie.

Two turning points, decades apart

On Wednesday, the world changed again. Two tragedies, separated by decades, bound by the same question: Who are we? Is this worth saving? What kind of people will we choose to be?

Imagine a world where more of us choose to be peacemakers. Not passive, not silent, but builders of bridges where others erect walls. Respect and listening transform even the bitterest of foes. Charlie Kirk embodied this principle.

He did not strike the weak; he challenged the powerful. He reached across divides of politics, culture, and faith. He changed hearts. He sparked healing. And healing is what our nation needs.

At the center of all this is one truth: Every person is a child of God, deserving of dignity. Change will not happen in Washington or on social media. It begins at home, where loneliness and isolation threaten our souls. Family is the antidote. Imperfect, yes — but still the strongest source of stability and meaning.

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Forgiveness, fidelity, faithfulness, and honor are not dusty words. They are the foundation of civilization. Strong families produce strong citizens. And today, Charlie’s family mourns. They must become our family too. We must stand as guardians of his legacy, shining examples of the courage he lived by.

A time for courage

I knew Charlie. I know how he would want us to respond: Multiply his courage. Out of this tragedy, the tyrant dies, but the martyr’s influence begins. Out of darkness, great and glorious things will sprout — but we must be worthy of them.

Charlie Kirk lived defiantly. He stood in truth. He changed the world. And now, his torch is in our hands. Rage, not in violence, but in unwavering pursuit of truth and goodness. Rage against the dying of the light.

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.

Glenn Beck resurrects the 9-12 Project to support Charlie Kirk's family

Glenn Beck is once again calling on his loyal listeners and viewers to come together and channel the same unity and purpose that defined the historic 9-12 Project. That movement, born in the wake of national challenges, brought millions together to revive core values of faith, hope, and charity.

Glenn created the original 9-12 Project in early 2009 to bring Americans back to where they were in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. In those moments, we weren't Democrats and Republicans, conservative or liberal, Red States or Blue States, we were united as one, as America. The original 9-12 Project aimed to root America back in the founding principles of this country that united us during those darkest of days.

This new initiative draws directly from that legacy, focusing on supporting the family of Charlie Kirk in these dark days following his tragic murder.

The revival of the 9-12 Project aims to secure the long-term well-being of Charlie Kirk's wife and children. All donations will go straight to meeting their immediate and future needs. If the family deems the funds surplus to their requirements, Charlie's wife has the option to redirect them toward the vital work of Turning Point USA.

This campaign is more than just financial support—it's a profound gesture of appreciation for Kirk's tireless dedication to the cause of liberty. It embodies the unbreakable bond of our community, proving that when we stand united, we can make a real difference.
Glenn Beck invites you to join this effort. Show your solidarity by donating today and honoring Charlie Kirk and his family in this meaningful way.

You can learn more about the 9-12 Project and donate HERE

The critical difference: Rights from the Creator, not the state

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When politicians claim that rights flow from the state, they pave the way for tyranny.

Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) recently delivered a lecture that should alarm every American. During a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, he argued that believing rights come from a Creator rather than government is the same belief held by Iran’s theocratic regime.

Kaine claimed that the principles underpinning Iran’s dictatorship — the same regime that persecutes Sunnis, Jews, Christians, and other minorities — are also the principles enshrined in our Declaration of Independence.

In America, rights belong to the individual. In Iran, rights serve the state.

That claim exposes either a profound misunderstanding or a reckless indifference to America’s founding. Rights do not come from government. They never did. They come from the Creator, as the Declaration of Independence proclaims without qualification. Jefferson didn’t hedge. Rights are unalienable — built into every human being.

This foundation stands worlds apart from Iran. Its leaders invoke God but grant rights only through clerical interpretation. Freedom of speech, property, religion, and even life itself depend on obedience to the ruling clerics. Step outside their dictates, and those so-called rights vanish.

This is not a trivial difference. It is the essence of liberty versus tyranny. In America, rights belong to the individual. The government’s role is to secure them, not define them. In Iran, rights serve the state. They empower rulers, not the people.

From Muhammad to Marx

The same confusion applies to Marxist regimes. The Soviet Union’s constitutions promised citizens rights — work, health care, education, freedom of speech — but always with fine print. If you spoke out against the party, those rights evaporated. If you practiced religion openly, you were charged with treason. Property and voting were allowed as long as they were filtered and controlled by the state — and could be revoked at any moment. Rights were conditional, granted through obedience.

Kaine seems to be advocating a similar approach — whether consciously or not. By claiming that natural rights are somehow comparable to sharia law, he ignores the critical distinction between inherent rights and conditional privileges. He dismisses the very principle that made America a beacon of freedom.

Jefferson and the founders understood this clearly. “We are endowed by our Creator with certain unalienable rights,” they wrote. No government, no cleric, no king can revoke them. They exist by virtue of humanity itself. The government exists to protect them, not ration them.

This is not a theological quibble. It is the entire basis of our government. Confuse the source of rights, and tyranny hides behind piety or ideology. The people are disempowered. Clerics, bureaucrats, or politicians become arbiters of what rights citizens may enjoy.

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Gifts from God, not the state

Kaine’s statement reflects either a profound ignorance of this principle or an ideological bias that favors state power over individual liberty. Either way, Americans must recognize the danger. Understanding the origin of rights is not academic — it is the difference between freedom and submission, between the American experiment and theocratic or totalitarian rule.

Rights are not gifts from the state. They are gifts from God, secured by reason, protected by law, and defended by the people. Every American must understand this. Because when rights come from government instead of the Creator, freedom disappears.

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.