RADIOAugust 28, 2024

Glenn Beck WARNS: Kamala Harris & Tim Walz will make America UNRECOGNIZABLE

The lies and propaganda coming out of the Harris/Walz campaign is the worst Glenn has ever seen in an American election. Apparently, Harris is now FOR the border wall and cracking down on illegal immigration and AGAINST electric vehicle mandates, despite preaching the opposite for years?! Glenn reviews some of Harris’ biggest flip-flops, as well as the policies that Kamala Harris and Tim Walz have actually supported. Under them, he argues, practicing Christians could be more or less banned from teaching in public schools. And that’s not hyperbole — Walz has already done it in Minnesota! Plus, Glenn warns why he believes the entire pro-life movement is in danger if Harris wins the White House.

Transcript

Below is a rush transcript that may contain errors

GLENN: All right. Wow. I want to show something.

This new ad from the Kamala Harris campaign is absolutely stunning. Cut five.

VOICE: Kamala Harris has spent decades fighting violent crime. As a border state prosecutor, she took on drug cartels and jailed gang leaders, confiscated weapons and drugs across the border. As vice president, she backed the toughest border control bill in decades.

And as president, she will hire thousands more border agents. And crack down on fentanyl and human trafficking. Fixing the border is tough.

So is Kamala Harris.

GLENN: Unbelievable. I mean, this is misinformation, gang. This is propaganda. People, the average person does not know who she is.

So they're finding now, in polls, that they're asking people on the streets. Hey, do you know who she is?

No, I have no idea who she is. They don't know who she is. And so they're just filling this in, with lies and propaganda.

Now, why would Kamala Harris do this?

She has -- she has been for the open borders? She's for the mass immigration. She's been tough on criminals. Are you kidding me?

She helped pay for people to get out of jail, during BLM. She is all for the no bail, for -- for criminals.

You don't -- you don't have to stay in jail. You're immediately released. You don't need bail. What? What's the problem?

She's one of the leaders of redefining the police.

It's crazy. It's absolutely crazy. But she's from California, and what did California do yesterday?

California Senate passed a contentious bill to allow undocumented immigrants to use the state's zero down, zero interest home loans program. With 23 votes for and 11 against, including all nine Republicans, California's dream for all. Shared appreciation loans. The program allows to secure loans up to 150,000, or 20 percent of the home's purchase price. Or about what a typical down payment is. With zero down payment. This state loan, and zero payments.

In exchange, the state receives the original loan amount, plus 20 percent of the appreciated gain when the home is refinanced, sold or transferred.

This is absolutely incredible. Now, why would you do this? Well, because you're trying to collapse the system. This is Cloward and Piven.

There is -- there is no rhyme or reason, we would do this, for illegal aliens, and we wouldn't do this for our veterans. We don't do this for our poorest in the country.

Why would you do it for illegal aliens?

Have you seen what's going on around the country? Around the world?

German chancellor, he's up for election. He's one of the guys who has just let everyone into Germany. He is now promising swifter deportations. Because he has an election coming up. And there was in the -- in a Western city of Germany.

There was a really bad stabbing, a mass stabbing, in the city. And everybody is like, enough is enough.

Enough is enough. So he promised swifter enforcement of deportation rules. Now, what does that mean? Well, the guy who did the mass stabbing. He was supposed to be deported long ago. Does any of this sound familiar, America?

So he came out and he said, you know what, this is a real problem now. And I'm going to get to the bottom of this. Exactly what Kamala Harris is doing.

I'm going to get to the bottom of this. And, you know what, because crime is so bad right now, I'm not only going to have swifter enforcement of deportation, but I'm also going to put into that bill tougher weapons laws.

Oh!

Well, you have a problem with stabbings. So are you now going to ban knives?

What exactly are you going to do?

Chancellor. So he, of course, you know, was very, very moved by what he called very moving accounts of emergency first service workers who tended the victims.

And he was furious, and he would not let this tear apart the German Society. This is terrorism, and it's threatening all of our lives. Our coexistence and our way of life.

That is also what the people who plan and carry out such a tax always intended. And it is something we will never accept. We are going to co-exist. Well, you cannot co-exist with people that don't want to co-exist with you.

Now, Harris, has flip-flopped on the border. She's coming out now.

But she's flip-flopped on everything. Okay? Apparently, because she's not answering any questions yet. She does not support electric car mandates anymore. She's backed these for a decade.

She has been for open borders, for a decade. And she's thousand against them. Why?

What changed in you?

Senate Democrats are now virtually certain to pass a Supreme Court reform.

This according to Sheldon White House. He's a senator.

This is unbelievable.

They're planning a package. And stopping the filibuster. And then passing a bill that includes permanent reproductive rights. Permanent restored voting rights.

Getting rid of corrupting billionaire dark money. And Supreme Court reform. All in one bill, as soon as they're reelected.

How -- how -- how? How?

Why? Why would you do this in California?

You don't care. It doesn't matter, if Harris gets in or not. They'll burn the freaking country down.

And if you pay attention, please, pay attention to what is happening in Europe. And in England. Because it's the same thing. They're just a little ahead of us.

We cannot have another radical president. And not that Joe Biden was radical.

He wasn't doing anything.

You hired the machine. When you voted for Joe Biden, you didn't vote for him as president, or her as vice president.

You had two willing puppets. That I don't know who is calling the shots.

But it is not Joe Biden.

How is it that he is so out of control, he doesn't know his own name practically?

And yet, everything in the country is running on schedule?

How is that possible?

Why does nobody want to invoke the 25th Amendment?

So Harris was asked by volunteers. Campaign volunteers.

Can you give us any policy details, to share with voters?

No.

No. No. They've been rebuffed. The people trying to tell people what she stands for, they can't get anything from her or the campaign, or what she stands for.

Now, maybe -- maybe she's going to talk about it. On Thursday. She's done her first interview. She's very excited about it. It's going to be a pretape. It will happen to me.

And you know what is really great? Is she is such a team. That she's going to have Tim Walz with her.

You know, and that's not a man, that could be there to talk for the little woman.

No. No. No.

She's not afraid of that. She wants to build up Tim Walz. Really?

Me thinks that you were trying to get somebody else, to eat up at least half the airtime.

And be able to joke with you. Well, that's not. Well, that's not what we really mean. Oh, no. No. That's not what we meant.

No. You're right. It is crazy. If this woman. You know, I know a lot of people think that Donald Trump is not standing for abortion. And I get it. It bothers me.

Do you know what happens to the pro-life movement, if she's elected?

Do you have any idea?

It's over! It is over!

I have a guest on today. She's 89 years old. She was in a Russian prison camp.

She never thought she would see it in the United States. Well, she's in prison. Why? Because she was -- she's 89 years old!

She told the producer, I'm very nervous, because I -- I am older, and sometimes, I forget my word.

And our producer said, don't worry, Glenn will be very kind and gentle with you.

Don't worry. And she's just like, okay. I'm just very nervous. I don't want to -- we wouldn't allow anyone to prosecute the president of the United States for crimes, because he was a sweet old man that sometimes got confused! But we'll put her in jail for praying?

Do you have any idea what happens to pro-life if Kamala Harris wins? Don't talk to me about Donald Trump. Talk to me about what the alternative is here. By the way, they care so deeply about you, it was the Harris/Biden administration that actually stopped the imports of baby formula, when we were having a baby formula shortage!

Do you know why?

Well, some of the big dairy producers will have problems with it because we've got to put on hold some of those tariffs.

Really? Really?

You were more afraid of Big Cow, than you were of the American people, who are driving all over the state, trying to find any baby formula? That was your priority?

Yeah. Yeah. That's their priority.

I'm sorry. I don't -- I hate coming on and just yelling at you. I hate those shows. Like this one is from time to time, the just come out and yell at you. Because you know. You know. You're just as frustrated as I am. But we have all got to get this out, as every friend and neighbor. You have to put this out. All of this stuff, that I've just talked about, is in our daily newspaper.

It's free. Take those stories, and send them to everyone you know.

They have to know this. And the media is not going to do this. It's really up to you. And I want you to know, let me give you -- let me give you some hope in that. Well, it's up to me. Well, I have enough to do. Yeah. But all you have to do is your share.

And you will do more than your share. By doing your share. I'm here in the mountain west. And so I'm learning all about animals and horses. And everything else.

And draft horses, a draft horse. A strong draft horse can pull 8,000 pounds. Now, how much can two draft horses pull?

You would think, maybe 1600 pounds. No. When two of them get together, they can pull between 20,000 and 24,000 pounds.

What? You can get draft horses.

I think it's if you have three, it goes up into like 35,000 pounds?

It's -- they pull more than their weight by themselves.

When you put them together, if they are -- if you have two draft horses, that have been -- that are in sync, that have been taught together. And so they work together and they're in sync, one can pull 8,000 pounds, two can pull about 22,000 pounds. And if they can work together, if they were taught together, they can pull about 30,000 pounds!

We think alike. We have to work together. We can get this done. But in Pennsylvania, they start voting in two weeks.

How many people know these things about Kamala Harris?

There's a reason she's not giving an interview, and now she's not giving one alone. But let me tell you who her running mate is. Oh, you think you know. I'll show you how radical this guy is. Next.

First, let me tell you about Relief Factor. Wayne wrote in about his experience with Relief Factor.

He said, I label myself as proof positive, that Relief Factor works.

I've been suffering for a lot of pain in my back. And in my right foot. Over two decades now. And I've tried a bunch of different things to make it go away. But nothing ever worked.

Then about a year ago, I heard Glenn talking about Relief Factor. And I thought, I will give it a shot. Not only has my pain gone away, it has stayed away ever since. Thank you, Glenn. Thank you, Relief Factor.

Wayne. Thank you. Thanks for listening in. Writing in. And then giving it a try. I've been where you were. And it amazed me.

I tried everything. Relief Factor is 100 percent drug-free supplement that helps your body fight pain naturally. Developed by doctors. It uses a unique formula of natural ingredients, that addresses the inflammation in our body, which is where all the pain and really a lot of the disease starts. So go to ReliefFactor.com. Or call 800-4-Relief. 1-800-4-Relief. Save on your first order. 1-800-4-Relief.

Fight pain naturally with Relief Factor. Ten-second station ID.
(music)
Oh, well, I'm very, very excited for Tim Walz. Because he is just the other side of the Oreo cookie, and socialism is the white stuff in between.

Effective in Minnesota, July 2025, teaching licensing rules, passed last year in Minnesota. Under Tim Walz.

Will ban practicing Christians, Jews and be Muslims, from teaching in public schools.

That is, if they believe it.

You know, if you're a Christian, and you don't really believe it.

You're just like, yeah. I'm a Christian, I guess.

And you don't have a problem. This is a guy who is a high school social studies teacher, sponsored a student queer sex club in 1999. So he was a pioneer in this field.

Starting next July, Minnesota agencies controlled by Walz appointees, will require teacher license applicants to affirm transgenderism, and race Marxism.

If you don't, you cannot get a teaching license. You cannot work in Minnesota public schools. Nor in private schools. Where you also have to have a license.

The latest version of the regulations require teachers to affirm student's gender identity. And sexual orientation, to receive a teacher's license.

The teacher fosters an environment that ensures student identifies such as race, ethnicity, national origin, language, sex/gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical, developmental, emotional ability. Socioeconomic collapse. And religious beliefs are historically and socially contextualized, affirmed and appropriated into a learning environment where students are empowered.

Okay. So last spring, administrative law whys in Minnesota approved these changing. These changes. The Federalist reported, you month before they were finalized, universities will be affected, starting in 2025.

They have to train their teaching students, to fulfill these anti-Christian requirements. Or be banned from offering state licensing.

So, you know, if you want to be a teacher in Minnesota, you must toe the line!

Now, here's the disappointing part of this. Some Christian universities in the state, will obey these regulations.

Of course!

Yeah. You hear the Jews and the trains going by.

Just sing louder.

Some Christian universities will not.

But so far, the Christian universities, that the press has reached out to, plan on disobeying these state commands to violate their faith, would do so quietly.

And only sue when the state fines ask punishes them.

Are you kidding me?

I think that's what Jesus taught. I think that's what he taught. I think that's what he meant when, you know, he was talking and saying, you know, whoever confesses me before men. I will also confess before the father.

Whoever denies me before men, I've got to deny him too.

So I think that's what he was talking about. Only confess him, you know, once you're caught!

Once you're caught. Then you're like, whoa. Whoa. Whoa. Whoa.

If Christians do not stand up now, it is only going to get harder.

If you don't stand up now, for life! And even if Donald Trump says one thing, you know what Harris will do.

She's the first vice president, or president to ever go to an abortion clinic. She loves death! If Christians do not stand up now, you will repeat, you will repeat the past.

I refuse to do that. Join me. Come on, draft horse.

Join me! Pull your weight, and together, we pull much more than our weight.

Explained: Why the Fed lowering interest rates might be a BAD sign...

The Federal Reserve just lowered the interest rate by half a point, the first time it has been lowered since 2020, and only the 2nd time it has been lowered by half a point since 2020 and 2007. Is this an accommodative move, or just another restrictive move to try to avoid disaster for as long as possible? Recovering investment banker Carol Roth joins to break down what this lowering means, the possible good and bad signs for why this is happening now, how it'll affect you and your bank account, and what we must continue to look out for.

Transcript

Below is a rush transcript that may contain errors

GLENN: Welcome to the program, Carol Roth.

I'm hoping you can make sense. And maybe some good news out of what happened yesterday.

Because I can't find a way to it. Because of the history of cutting the interest rate this much.

My first thought is, this is election interference by the fed.

My second thought was, when did they last do this?

And it didn't -- neither of those things lead to good things.

So what's really going on here, Carol?

CAROL: Well, I just want you to know, Glenn. I'm unburdened by what has been. Now the market, in terms of interest rates. Because we are in a rate cutting environment. And I think the important thing to remember is that when we talk about, you know, rate hikes. Rate hikes.

Anything the fed is doing. We have to keep it in context. And the backdrop is that we came out of 15 years of what's called zero interest rate policy.

Where the interest rates were at or near zero.

Unprecedented. As well as the fed putting $9 trillion, plus on its balance sheet.

So this is an unprecedented -- does not have analogue, that we can directly compare to.

Not to say, it's not important to go back, and look at what happened historically. But it doesn't mean exactly the same thing.

And cutting 50 basis points. And half a percent today. Is different than we are cutting it. When interest rates are at 2 percent.

I just want to put that out. Also, somebody, who as we said, on this program many times. That I think the Fed has been way behind the curve. I think they went up too high. And that they were too slow, to cut to begin with. So we'll put that from a backdrop standpoint.

So how does the market interpret, and how should individuals interpret a cut?

Well, there's potentially the bad. And potentially the food. We'll walk through both of those real quickly.

The potential bad is the signal.

When you are saying that the economy is doing amazing. And is just -- you know, it's ripping along.

And then to do a very large cut. They could have done half of that. They could have done 25 basis points. But to come out after not doing anything. And say, oh, we have to move 60 points.

Can send a signal, to say things aren't going so well.

If you looked at the market, yesterday, they were not taking news.

GLENN: It went up, and then when he cut it, it went way down.

CAROL: And once they gave back all the gains yesterday. But today, they have had a day to digest it.

And the market thinks that this is a good thing. Now, the market is not the economy.

GLENN: Yes.

CAROL: But again, after 15 years of zero interest rate policy, you know, it does make sense for us to get back to say to what is considered a neutral rate.

GLENN: Is this a -- is this an inflationary move though?

CAROL: So that's the question. So if you think about what the neutral rate is. Which is theoretical. We don't know the number. But basically, it's the dividing line between policy that is restrictive and policy that is accommodative.

And what we're trying to do is have the Fed have no influence in either direction. I believe that we are still in that restrictive area.

So bringing it down, from -- two, four, and three-quarters, to 5 percent. Again, is not the same as bringing it down to 2 percent.

And so I don't think that will cause inflation. We have to remember too, again, going back to where I started. Companies and individuals have 15 years.

To take out debt. And basically no cost.

This is sitting on company's balance sheets.

They took every piece that they could.

And consumers right now, don't have a lot of runway.

So the idea of, you know, a rate cut, unleashing massive demand, when we've gone to, you know, three-quarters to 5 percent.

I don't see this as something that is going to unleash massive demand.

GLENN: Okay. Here's. Here's. I would just like your opinion on this.

As a businessman. I know, I wouldn't be spending a dime right now, on hiring. Building. Anything.

Not a dime, until I see what happens at the election. And depending on the election, if we go with Harris, and we become much more restrictive, and harder, and more global, and everything else.

I'm -- I mean, I'm just battening down the hatches. If Trump gets in.

I would be willing to they have. Because all right. Good. We have somebody who understands business.

We can hire some more people, et cetera, et cetera.

I don't see anybody making those moves rationally, no matter what the interest rate is.

At this point. Do you?

JASON: I think that's a logical way to digest it. I think in terms of one of your first statements. Is this term, political.

The Biden Harris administration, will be pushing out and saying, look, we have inflation under control.

The Fed said so, otherwise we wouldn't have lowered it or lowered it by so much.

So I think that is the push that they are going out and trying to convince people. Now, they've been trying to convince people of things that makes absolutely no sense, for the last three and a half years. So if I'm a businessperson.

Do I go ahead ask make the investments?

But are there some people that might? It is a push. I think the challenges. It becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. That if you get worried. That there is a recession.

And you create these restrictive behaviors. That becomes self-fulfilling. And that's one of the things that we end up worrying about.

GLENN: Correct.

So let me ask you about one more thing.

He mentioned the problem with unemployment. Unemployment is going up.

Because you just added 70 to 20 million people to the country.

Is -- I mean, people are saying, anecdotally that -- and we are I guess, seeing it in numbers, that the jobs that are being filled. Are being filled with illegals.

And not American citizens. How long can that go on, before it's just, you know, an absolute wreck?

JASON: So the way that I've interpreted the economy. Is I see it as K shaped.

If you think about the letter K. You have one at that one part of the K that goes up. And the other part that goes down.

And you have the people who are at the lower end of the K. Who have been struggling. And the people who are at that higher part in the K. The asset holders.

The people with the white color jobs in the homes, who have been doing well. And you have to remember, what we've been seeing, is that it really is that higher part of the K, that has been pulling the economy along.

So not only do we have those illegals who are coming in. And creating drains on everything.

Right?

They're creating drains on employment. On the national debt.

On housing. On everything.

But we're also starting to see, these cracks in the white color labor market.

When you hear Amazon saying, oh, we want everybody back in the office.

It means that companies now have the power to demand that. When they didn't have the power. And buried in that statement was. Oh, we're trying to get rid of some managers.

We're seeing more and more layoffs on the tech side.

So if we see that crack, from the white-collar piece. I think, at least in the short-term. That will have the biggest impact on shifting what's going to happen here.

And I think that's what the fed is signaling they're trying to get ahead of.

Whether or not they can do that remains to be seen. Because usually they're always late. But it's true. We have the drag on both sides. We have that drag that's happening on the white color piece.

And then we have this massive illegal immigration that is putting strains on the system.

And, you know, that is going to you, you know, completely shift things.

And I will say, Glenn. We hear all these people talking about technology. And AI.

And how it's going to replace jobs. You know, if you think it's going to replace jobs.

Jobs it will replace are unskilled workers. Right?

The person who is making your burrito with Chipotlé and the like. You can possibly make an argument that we do not need any more legal immigration in this country, with the exception of some very high merit-based people at all.

In addition to this, you know, travesty that is happening with the illegal immigration. So this is going to be, you know, hopefully, we can get President Trump in there. But this needs to be attacked in a serious fashion. Because it will have massive implications on the economy. On top of the biggest issue. And it feeds right into it.

Which is the debt and deficit spending that continues to grow that debt. The fact that that's unwieldy. So all of these things are puzzle pieces. But we can't let the noise about a fed rate cut. Or what's happening. Distract us from that big issue. We need to grow the economy. And we need to reduce spending.

So we can get debt to GDP back to a normalized level. And be able to save our country.

GLENN: Carol, thank you. I appreciate it. Carol Roth. The author of You Will Own Nothing. Former investment banker and a contributor to Blaze.

And also, to this program. I just love her. She explains things the way, you know, people like me, talk. Who -- just regular people. Carol, thank you so much.

It's CarolRoth.com/news.

CarolRoth.com/news.

Former RFK Jr. running mate: ‘Democrats feel entitled’ to destroy democracy

One of the biggest talking points from the Democratic Party is that they're the party that respects democracy while portraying the GOP as the party standing in the way. But according to RFK Jr.'s former running mate, Nicole Shanahan, the exact opposite is true. In fact, according to Nicole, it's the LEFTS treatment of her and RFK Jr. during his 2024 presidential campaign that made Nicole reevaluate everything after seeing the attacks and attempts to destroy their campaign coming from one side of the aisle.

Transcript

Below is a rush transcript that may contain errors

GLENN: Nicole Shanahan is joining us. How are you, Nicole?

NICOLE: I'm doing well, Glenn. Thanks for having me back on. I'm good.

GLENN: I'm very good. I'm very good. You know, a few months ago, when RFK was running, and you joined.

I thought, well, there goes the conservative vote.

And anybody, you know, anybody who is watching it, because you are Oakland, California.

You are much more liberal. Or progressive.

And now, I'm reevaluating everything, again.

Because there are people that are on the left. Not left.

Well, that are -- well, lean left. That are -- have different points of view, but still love the country.

And we don't see those people very often. In -- in the -- in the news.

You know, and those people, we can get along with, all day long.

If you love the Bill of Rights, I'm with you.

I'm with you.

NICOLE: Yeah. There's a huge population out there right now. And they don't know where to go. A lot of them were attracted to our campaign. And our campaign was really a place to go, if you were kind of socially progressive or liberal. But intellectually educated. And saw what was happening with the Democratic Party, and just none of it reconciled. I mean, if you look at the Democratic Party, over the last eight years. You can't reconcile their relationship with the economy.

It doesn't make any sense. So if your businessperson went to -- and top educational institution, came out. Got a job.

Spent, you know, 20 years, of your career. In front of spreadsheets.

And you're seeing what's going on, under democratic leadership. Even on the state of California, it does not reconcile.

And so a lot of these folks, and lawyers too. Have nowhere to go right now.

And it's been really interesting for me, just in my personal experience. I'm an attorney. I came out of Oakland.

And I worked hard. And, you know, I did -- I did rely on government safety net.

To catch me. I was on government assistance. At times, as a child.

But it was -- it was never a place to stay. The goal was always to work your way out of that. And those were the foundations of the ethics that I grew up on.

GLENN: Right. Those are the ethics that I grew up on too.

You know, I learned about welfare from my father. He owned a bakery.

And a woman came in. And I was little.

And she used a welfare stamp.

To pay. And I had never seen one before.

And I said, Dad, that's not real money.

And he gave me the look of death. This little old lady, who was buying stuff. And he pulled me back, after she left. And said, don't ever say that. Ever. Ever again.

That woman is struggling. That's what we do.

That's what a government safety net is for.
For people who need it like her. Don't ever embarrass her again.

And I'm like, sorry.

Then later, I don't know, about six or eight months later, my dad happened to come up front.

And it was a guy who had food stamps. And he paid. And my father was pretty nasty to the guy.

I mean, he was very cold. And I asked him. I'm like, well, that guy gave you the same kind of money.

And he said, that man, I know. That man can work. He decides to live off the rest of us.

That's where it goes wrong. I think all of us kind of grew up with that. I mean, most of us.

NICOLE: Yeah. Yeah. Well, except for young people today. And I think that's where the left is cannibalizing the best of itself.

And I think cannibalizing because it's actually working against its own interests for compassion and social growth.

And -- and, you know, trying to figure out how to help people.

Get through difficult times. I think that how it's cannibalizing itself really exists. And the identity politics.

I know you talk a lot about that. But I experienced it as a philanthropist. Trying to go back to Oakland.

And trying to really work on the issues that matter. And identifying them, with just a straight logical process.

I looked at the issues, around homelessness.

Around drug abuse. Around the education gap. And I realized so much of it has to do with nutrition and health.

And so I went about, trying to fix that, and I will tell you, all of the NGOs, I was approached by. And worked with.

None were interested in real food.

A lot of them were interested in activism, and funneling millions of dollars into these regrant programs.

That don't actually help people.

And make them reliant on these nonprofit dollars.

And so the mechanics of social mobility.

And you can look at it, strictly through the lens of economics. You can look at it through social dynamics. And you come out, realizing that you have to invest in -- in schools, in education, clean water say huge one. But also food.

Kids underperform when they don't eat well. And the fact that they're not addressing this on the left. That there's no NGOs. That are sincerely working on this.

Made me realize, that that entire framework. The culture of that -- that thinking about poor versus wealthy. Or black versus white.

It's all wrong. It's just the wrong way of looking at it.

And then realizing, how many people are profiting off of that. Model of the world. That framework of the world.

It's very predatory. It's predatory.

GLENN: It's grotesque.

NICOLE: Yeah. It's grotesque. It's predatory. It actually feeds into the cycle of racism. And it doesn't work. And things have actually gotten worse, as these NGOs have just gotten away with this kind of bad behavior.

GLENN: So, Nicole. What, what moved you to say, I think I've got to go stand with Donald Trump?

I mean, what?

That had to have shocked you, when you thought that.

What moved you there?

NICOLE: Well, you know, I -- there were so many things that have led to it.

But I will say that, when I left the democratic party, there were threats, kind of lobbed my direction.

But they were -- they kind of seemed like silly threats.

Like, oh, you'll never make it.

We'll -- they will do everything they can to ruin your reputation.

The machine is going to be pointed at you.

And I don't think you realize what we have in this machine. And I was like, oh.

Yeah. I can overcome that.

That's all silliness.

And -- and then, you know, and the then the media.

So first they unleash the media on you.

And I'm like, you know, maybe these things can be disproven.

Lost a lot of respect for the media. But I already had lost quite a bit of respect for them, prior.

And you can kind of get over all that name-calling. And once people have a chance to know, they realize that the media really had so much of you wrong. But then -- you know, then came the attack on our campaign directly.

And it all came from the left. None of it came from the right.

And even though, Republicans have actually out earned or out raised the Democrats. Republicans don't spend the money attacked their opponents, the way the Democrats do.

And this is the really underhanded stuff. That really makes you question election integrity.

In ways that I had actually never questioned election integrity.

I didn't believe that, you know, there was election interference in 2020.

I didn't believe the narrative coming from the right. At the election, was stolen.

And so --

GLENN: Do you now?

NICOLE: I do now. I do now.

GLENN: You do now? What brought you there?

NICOLE: You know, lived experience. They say the two things that really get people to change their minds are grief and God.

And I have to say, there are some really heart breaking moments during this campaign. We gave it everything.

And we followed the black letter law.

Very precisely.

GLENN: Yeah.

NICOLE: And we did -- the amount of heart and soul, and tears. And running around.

I mean, people were just constantly sweaty on our campaign. Because everyone wore six different hats.

And, you know, they would be crossing the country, four times every few days. I mean, it was -- it was so much work. And we did. We succeeded.

What many people thought was impossible.

Which was even just getting on and off the ballots. All 50 ballots. And we did.

The day that we did. That same, just within a few hours. You found out that New York. And they had been suing us.

We had won, seven cases. Seven of these ballot cases, where the Democratic Party came in, or they're running PACs, and sued us.

Attempted to sue us, to get us removed from the ballots. Which I can't believe is even legal. That a political opponent can sue you, can take you off the ballot.

But it's apparently common practice for the Democrats.

GLENN: It's crazy.

NICOLE: And Republicans still do this.

Republicans just don't, because they respect third parties. They respect democracy. They respect the things that make democracy a democracy.

So, anyway, we won all seven. We were seven-zero. We were feeling good. We just did this big press event.

Then New York came along. And the case in New York really opened my eyes, because this was a judge that was not acting on behalf of the American public.

This was a judge acting on behalf of the democratic party.

And there was -- there was just no room, for a legal argument. They seemed to have already been made by the time they arrived.

They treated Bobby with a petty criminal.
I later testified. My experience testifying. So it just got awful. Like I had done something wrong, by trying to run as a third party in this country.

And I think through this process and then realizing the extent of how much they're willing to denigrate the democratic process. In this country.

To win, and how entitled they feel, doing so.

And, you know, Bobby and I are -- our personalities are very much aligned with that California liberal mentality.

And to -- to be treated by friends, colleagues. People that know you. Like this.

Made me realize that that, something was very, very wrong.

And so -- I will say Trump. But, sorry, I don't want to cut you off. Go on.

GLENN: Nicole, you were -- you were in the middle of talking. And you were -- you know, when you said, there's two things that change you, God and grief. And you started going down that road. You know, about the grief you felt.

I remember early on, when I realized, oh, my gosh.

This system is not what I thought it was. I actually felt like I was in mourning trial.

It felt like part of me. My belief died.

And it was really hard to get through.

But if you get through it. It makes you stronger.

NICOLE: Absolutely.

And I will say, that the people that I'm trying to reach out to, today.

Are those that have a lot at stake.

These are moms. Who have their life of their children at stake right now.

Who have seen the system failing them, and their kids.

Trying to dissect a way, parental rights from their children.

And they dislike Donald Trump, because they view Donald Trump as a misogynist. And these are the conversations that I will be investing in, over the next several weeks. In the lead-up to the election. It's really digging into people's perceptions of Donald Trump, as this, you know, really kind of unsavory character.

And I have personally been doing my own fact-checked.

I will be releasing some of that soon.

We have -- I did a series with this really wonderful young 25-year-old journalist, Blake Warren, called TDS Therapy Hour.

Where I read letters that I've received from people. With grave concerns about our alignment with Donald Trump. And we impact all of those concerns very patiently, one after another.

GLENN: Great.

So great.

NICOLE: And I think that's how we do it, again. I know you were a Never Trumper. But I think once you realize how manipulated and programmed we are, by the mainstream media, to see Donald Trump, as this horrific personality. And once you start unpacking truth. You can begin to see truly what they've been up against.

GLENN: So, Nicole. I know you're out of time.

I know you have to run as well. I would love to have you back. I think you're absolutely fascinating.

And you are a very important voice to speak to women, who do have that feeling.

And are absolutely convinced to their core, and I would love to have you back.

Nicole, thank you so much.

NICOLE: Thank you. Have a good one.

GLENN: Backtothepeople.net. Backtothepeople.net. Nicole Shanahan.

Targeted attack?! Hezbollah leaders dead after mass pager explosion

Thousands of Hezbollah leaders throughout Lebanon carrying pagers were left injured, and some dead, after the pagers simultaneously exploded. While Israel has not taken responsibility for the attack, it appears that this was a coordinated attack and not just happenstance. Lt. Col. (Ret.) Jonathan Conricus joined me to lay out how this attack may have been planned out, why the attack occurred now, and if Hezbollah will retaliate.

Transcript

Below is a rush transcript that may contain errors

GLENN: Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Conricus is with us now. He is a former Israeli defense forces spokesperson. Welcome to the program. Welcome back, sir. How are you?

JOHN: I am well, thank you for having me again.

GLENN: Good. I think the world was a little amazed at what happened yesterday. Just how -- how it was done, and the thinking that went behind it.

Can you talk about how Hezbollah got these pagers?

JOHN: Yeah. It's definitely the stuff of movies.

And I'm sure that movies will be made about it. And that this will inspire novels and thrillers in the future.

But if we connect ourselves back to the horrible reality that Israel is facing. Where about 70,000 Israeli civilians have been pushed out of their homes.

And Israel is under relentless rocket and drone fire from Lebanon.

They happen yesterday's operation. And what I'm saying here isn't an official Israeli claim of responsibility.

But I think it's safe to assume, that Israel is behind it. Well, basically Israel -- appears to have been able to do. Is to intercept. And if you would, contaminate the supply line of Hezbollah.

And to insert explosives into these beepers. The pagers.

That were disseminated by Hezbollah, to key personnel. And then once wanted to, to cause these devices to explode.

Now, it's unclear, the technical details are unclear. Whether it was causing the battery to overheat, and that caused an explosion. Or if there were inserted explosives inside the beepers. But what I think we can agree on, was that it was quite -- it had quite a massive effect on Hezbollah. They report about 5,000 of their members, that were targeted, some of them killed.

Eight, I believe, is the updated number.

And some of them significantly wounded. Many of them lost their eyesight. Others lost part of their body.

Now, what I think is interesting to look at now.

Where does this take us? Where does it take Hezbollah?

If Israel is indeed behind it, why did Israel choose to do it now.

GLENN: Wait. Wait. Wait.

Before we get to that, let me just ask you. Before we move off the pagers. How did you know?

Or -- I mean, I'm just speaking. At fiction here. Generally speaking, how would they know it was Hezbollah that had those pagers. That's an awful lot of pagers.

How do you know that those were going to Hezbollah? Do you have any idea? Speculation?

JOHN: Yeah. I will try to explain that. Hezbollah, they're a secretive organization. They're a terrorist organization. And they are aware of Israeli efforts to listen to their communications.
And to follow their activities by tracking cellular devices. Cell phones.

And as such, they have prohibited, most of their officers and ground personnel and terrorists, et cetera.

From actually having cell phones. And definitely not bringing them into secret locations. So these beepers.

They were basically an attempt by Hezbollah to circumvent Israeli listening. And eavesdropping.

I think Israel, somehow, found out about that Hezbollah was actually purchasing new beepers. And they were doing it in a large number.

And according to the reports that I've read so far, Israel was able to intercept where they were being manufactured from.

And they were able to, at some level, contaminate them. Either by implanting explosives or by having the ability to control them remotely.

I think it's more likely that they were -- yeah. That they were likely.

That they had explosives inserted into them.

From the videos, I have seen. If you haven't watched the videos. They're quite amazing.

It's really explosions that you see. And it's not a flash or a fire of the battery that is, you know, burning. But it's more, looks like explosives. And it is quite remarkable. I don't think that any other Intel organization has been able to do such a thing. To get into the supply lines of its enemy.

And to do -- and one thing I think that is important to mention. Is how targeted this operation is. Very little, if any, so-called collateral damage. Because the people who had these beepers. Were Hezbollah.

They were militants and terrorists who had this machine for a reason. And they had it for a reason.

Because they were persons of value, from a Hezbollah point of view. And they needed to get information. And messages quickly.

It's kind of like the best way of striking only the ones that you want to strike. And only striking the bad guys.

That's what Israel did. And it is in short, quite amazing.

GLENN: Yeah. I will tell you, that my first reaction was, that's why I always say on the air. We don't need to fight Israel's war for them. They'll do it. Just let them fight.

I thought this was ingenious. And, of course, Israel is saying, they could have harmed innocent people. Blah, blah, blah. How much more targeted does a war need to be? Other than right to the individuals?

All right. So why did they do it yesterday?

JOHN: Yeah. Yeah. By the way, I have to comment on what you said.

I think that's exactly what Israelis want. Let us fight. And help us win.

But we don't need anybody doing our fighting for us.

I think that's a super important point.

Especially for people who support freedom and democracy.

And, you know, want to do good for America.

I don't think Israel is asking them to do its fighting for it.

But we'll leave that aside. In terms of time.

This is where it gets interesting. And here are question marks. Because up until now.

We're almost 22 hours after the event.

Israel hasn't made a move.

And it makes sense, that, you know, for Israel to unleash, to do such an operation, it makes sense for this to be part of a bigger strategy. Designed at achieving something with Hezbollah.

GLENN: Right.

JOHN: So the questions was, was there something that Israel did because it sensed that the capacity was going to be exposed.

And it was either use it or it will get uncovered. Or it will be for nothing. That's all for nothing.

That's one option. Second option, that it is part of the negotiations. And it's part of the messaging campaign.

And basically, another effort to apply pressure on Hezbollah, which doesn't cause a war.

Because Israel has been under attack from Hezbollah now for 11 and a half months. And Israel, I think is still trying to do everything possible to get its people back home, without having to do a war in order for that to happen.

And this could be. What Israel did would perhaps be more of a blunt way of telling Hezbollah, listen. We have penetrated your organization from an Intel point of view. There's more to come.

It's in your interest. To agree to a deal.

And I think it's no coincidence. It could be no coincidence.

That envoy Volstead is in the Middle East now. Trying to bring that apart, to the parties.

Are those the two reasons. Otherwise, the third option.

This would be something that would be a preamble for an Israeli strike.

If that were the case. And Israel wanted to do more. Then, of course, the strike would be two hours after the --

GLENN: Yes. Or doing it, even.

JOHN: Exactly. Exactly.

GLENN: How is Hezbollah going to react to this? Do you think?

JOHN: Yeah. So Hezbollah, they have a few options. It will be interesting to listen to their leader. Hassan Asan (phonetic) is going to be speaking, 5:00 p.m. local. Middle Eastern time.

And we'll see, how -- what he says.

I would assume, that it would be a fire and brimstone kind of speech.

But they will get back at the evil Zionists.

And he has a lot to answer to now.

Because it's very humiliating.

And it's a significant blow.

Not that it will bring Hezbollah to its knees. But it's probably demoralizing, and there are important people who have serious injuries.

So they'll have to respond. My assessment is, that they will push back. And that they will not use this as an opportunity to de-escalate.

And to say, okay. We're in a bad spot.

Let's recalibrate. And think what we should do.

I think they will escalate from here. And that we will here very fierce rhetoric from Hezbollah.

I think that there's -- there's a slight, slight chance that the Iranians tell them, stand down. And don't escalate.

I think that what we will see from Masalah and from Hezbollah will be a response with rockets. And that they will -- enhance -- enhance the range of rockets that they are firing into Israel.

And it's quite likely, that we'll see other Iranian proxies, the Houthis in Yemen, and Iranian militias in Iraq -- enhance their attacks on Israel as well. Perhaps not quite at the level of all-out war.

But to do more, in order to try to get even. Last, point seven, as I say, that this event happened yesterday.

But a few hours before that, it was exposed that Hezbollah had planned and was actually quite close to planting an IED at Claymore. An anti-personal device in Israel. And the target was a former senior Israeli defense official. I think it was supposed to be assassinated. And that was something that the Israeli security forces. Our equivalent of the FBI. Were able to expose just hours before that.

And the things are connected.

GLENN: You shouldn't compare yourself to the FBI.

Especially now. It would have been on their radar. But they wouldn't have found it. Or done anything to stop it.

Let me -- let me take you here. I was reading today. And I think I saw it again yesterday.

That the people of -- of -- of Gaza. Are now starting to turn to Hamas. Do you believe that?

Is that propaganda? Or do you think that is war fatigue?

JOHN: That is war fatigue. There's a the brain of truth to it.

Sadly, I think there still isn't in Gaza, an alternate system, an alternate government that can come in.

And oust Hamas from power. And it's a sad situation for Palestinians. Because they have been under the oppression of Hamas. 2 million people have been oppressed. And ruled under this tyrannic organization for 17, 18 years. They have been brainwashed. But at the end of the day, they're suffering now.

And many of them are coming to the understanding, that the cause of their suffering is not Israel.

It's Hamas' rule and Hamas' tactics. And Hamas' strategies. So there are uprisings. Currently, they're being dealt with, very bluntly by Hamas.

They're killing anybody that voices any criticism, towards, towards Hamas.

And I think that the most important thing that I find missing is structure, and a political organization. That could move in.

And push Hamas out of power. And also, very importantly, as long as Hamas controls the distribution of food and human aid in Gaza.

And as long as there is an UNA organization. The UN Relief and Works Agency.

As long as they're there, Hamas will be there, and Palestinians will continue to suffer.

GLENN: Wow.

Thank you so much, Jonathan, for being on and explaining this. Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Conricus. He is the former Israeli Defense Forces spokesperson, with an update on the Middle East.