RADIOMarch 08, 2022

Will Russia's ‘bad weekend’ bring a HARSHER Putin to Ukraine?

Chief Researcher for The Glenn Beck Program, Jason Buttrill, joins the show to detail what happened over the weekend in Ukraine. Despite propaganda from BOTH sides, Jason tells Glenn that it does seem like it was a ‘bad weekend’ for the Russian military, which likely thought this invasion would’ve been a LOT easier than the reality they faced. But, just because Russia seems to be struggling more than anticipated, that doesn’t mean Putin simply will give up. In fact, history shows his force used against Ukraine may now get even worse. The questions then become: Will NATO stand for a more brutal Putin and if not, how exactly will the West become further involved?

Transcript

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GLENN: I have hesitated on telling you what things -- what is actually going on, down on the ground in Ukraine.

We didn't really talk about that last week, because I'm not sure who to believe.

I think our press is so skewed, and I know the Russians, so skewed. So what is the truth?

Well, we have Jason Buttrill with us. Who has some sources. On the ground, in Ukraine.

Mainly because we've done so much work in Ukraine, in the last couple of -- in the last couple of years. That we -- we know some people.

And he's got also some other context as well.

Tell me what's going on, Jason.

JASON: Fairly catastrophic. I won't say catastrophic. It was a bad weekend for the Russian military.

And it's been just a bad invasion period. A lot of the reports, and you hit on it. Is, you can't trust a lot of what you see, from both sides.

GLENN: Both sides. Good or bad.

JASON: But all evidence now, is showing that Russia probably expected this to be a 72-hour frame. The initial troops, that Russia sent in, are paratroopers. Which are basically glorified riot police.

And they were decimated. Most of them were decimated on entering into the country.

I don't have actual casualty counts on either side. Because they're so wildly skewed on both sides. Probably look at what each side is saying, and then take a middle number, and that's probably what it was. But even that number is not good for Russia.

A lot of the equipment that is getting either destroyed or captured, they also have riot equipment.

Like shields, batons, stuff like that.

So Russia clearly thought, this was, hey. Three days maximum.

We'll go in. The population will capitulate or turn to us. And this will turn into more of an occupation, without firing many shots.

Very wrong. Multiple aircraft were shot down this weekend. That just caps off over the past week and a half. Several aircraft. Helicopters, fixed-wing aircraft had been shot down on the Russian side.

For the most part, their operations are stalling on the ground. Because they don't have the logistical capability at the moment, to take care of anything.

They don't have fuel. They don't have food, water. Things like that are very scarce on the ground. Which shows, they were completely unprepared. This is not a good invasion.

Which, you might want to say, okay. That's a great thing. But if you look at Russian strategy. If you look at Aleppo. The siege of Aleppo. The siege of Grozny, during the second Chechnyan War.

When these things stall, they move to severe bombing, indiscriminate bombing. Cluster bombing.

They've --

GLENN: We think the cluster bombing in the cities already.

They were doing that last week. Which you don't do.

Isn't that against the Geneva convention?

JASON: Yes. But the Russians do it. And they get away with it.

GLENN: So now the news is this morning, that they have circled all these cities. Or a lot of the big cities in Ukraine.

That is what they do right before they just start bombing the snot out of cities, isn't it?

Historically speaking.

JASON: Yeah. And they haven't completed encircling many of these.

It appears that way. And a lot have reported and showing these large clusters of Ukraine, that are under Russian control. That's not entirely the truth from what I'm seeing.

Russia has pushed into Ukraine. They're on major roadways. But they're not really occupying the surrounding territory.

For one of the reasons, right now, it's very, very -- rainy, muddy. It's hard to move some of these vehicles, across this.

Again, it doesn't seem like they were prepared for this. The Russians. So even the territory they have. It's not exactly, what I would call an occupation. You know, they're not really occupying those areas.

GLENN: We're seeing the Russians move now, in force. Really, and having to have some sort of offense and defense.

They don't seem very impressive.

JASON: Oh, no. Most of them appear -- they don't seem like professional soldiers, to me.

GLENN: Right. Right.

What happened to the mighty Soviet Army.

JASON: It's almost like MacArthur was right, if this was the capability. We should have gone through. And gotten this over from the beginning right after World War II. Russia hasn't fought a war like this. If you look at the United States, we've been fighting a war like this for 20 years.

It's very complicated.

Combined arms. When you combine artillery, troops on the ground, aircraft in the air, it's complicated. The United States military is the best in the world the at it. I don't know if they thought, hey. We'll adopt these tactics. We'll go in, and it will be done.

But clearly this is the evidence. They're not very capable at this warfare.

GLENN: So what does that mean? You put Putin in a corner. What does that mean?

JASON: Yeah. Not good for the people in Ukraine. If you want to compare what it's going to look at. Look at what they did in Aleppo. Look what they did --

GLENN: The world won't stand for that.

Yes. They said, well, what about Syria? Syria is not about race or anything else.

It's about, the Middle East has always been on fire.

It's a Dumpster fire. And you never know how to help, or if it will help. You're always on the wrong side. That's why America didn't look at Syria.

America barely looked at -- at the Christians in the area.

JASON: Uh-huh.

GLENN: You know, we just didn't do anything to help the Christians in the area. So it's not because of a religion or a race. It's because it's a Dumpster fire.

JASON: Yeah.

GLENN: This has been a stable, westernized country. Completely corrupt. But a stable westernized country.

So, yeah. We are looking at it.

And I don't think the -- the world will stand for him just shelling cities.

JASON: No. We were talking off-air. Where has the Russian Air Force been on this?

And I think a big reason why he hasn't probably bombed the heck out of some of these cities with his massive Air Force is because, the world will not stand for this happening, to, you know, a more western European country.

When he just unleashes, like he did in Aleppo or Grozny. When cluster bombs are hitting Kyiv, that's when the world is going to be like, okay. You've gone far enough. The question then is: How far does the West get involved here? Which is scary.

GLENN: Okay. So let me play cut two. This is over the weekend. This is Blinken.

VOICE: What more can the United States do here, if for instance, the Polish government, a NATO member wants to send fighter jets. Does that get a green light from the US, or are you afraid that will escalate tension?

VOICE: No. That gets a green light.

In fact, we're talking with our polish friends right now. About what we might be able to do to backfill their needs. If they choose to provide these fighter jets to the Ukrainians. What can we do? How can we help to make sure they get something to backfill the planes they're handing over to the Ukrainians. We're in very active discussions with them about that.

Look, I've been in Europe, the last couple of days. Working closely with our allies and partners. That NATO, the European Union, the G7 countries, and all of us together, are continuing to take steps to increase the pressure on Russia through additional sanctions. All of which are very actively under discussion.

And will be implemented in the coming days. As well as, taking further steps to give the Ukrainians what they need to defend themselves against the Russian aggression.

GLENN: Okay. So this seems like a good thing. Explain how scary that is.

JASON: Well, NATO supplied fighter jets. That's kind of another level right there, coming from Poland.

They are bold. I think it was MiG-29s, that they were considering. Remember, Top Gun, MiG-28s. That was the '80s.

But yeah. So this is still an escalation.

And it's got the earmarks of your typical Cold War battle. Whether it's the U.S. in Vietnam.

The Chinese and the Soviets wouldn't get involved. They would supply Russians to the Vietnamese. Very similar. North Korea. Same thing. This is how -- and Afghanistan.

Put that one out too. But this is a major regression. And it's got all the symptoms, or the -- you know, the same things that happened during the Cold War. Now, the question now is: During Vietnam, we knew this was going on.

The United States wasn't on the verge of collapse.

How -- you know, Russia can't sustain this, right?

They cannot continue to let all these weapons go into Ukraine, embarrassing Putin. While at the same time, you know, an economic WMD is now being unleashed on Russia.

So he's going to have civil problems. His people are going to rise up. We're not going to see that probably. Because TikTok, all these Russian media outlets, Facebook, Twitter, are now shut off in Russia.

Which is a tragedy, really. But we're not going to see how they're reacting. But they're not going to react well.

GLENN: So Visa and MasterCard, over the weekend said they're not going to process anything in Russia. Which Russia immediately turned to China. And said, fine, we'll use their Visa and MasterCard. But this is targeting the civilians. Which we've never, ever, ever done before.

It was sanctions. We always say, we are targeting the regime. We're targeting the country.

We don't target the individuals.

STU: My understanding too, that the cards will work. Russian-issued visas will work in Russia. So they can still buy basic supplies with these cards. They just can't buy anything international.

GLENN: So it's remarkable to me, that nobody is noticing the number of companies that are involved in this.

This has never been seen before. And everybody is saying, this is great. And screaming for the oil to be shut off from -- from -- Russia.

But could I just point out, we don't have the oil.

If we want it to shut off. We need to say, open up our own oil and gas resources.

We can't afford to shut this off.

Well, it's only 10 percent.

Okay.

You want another 10 percent on top?

This is -- this is death for the United States.

We are, right now, negotiating with Iran and Venezuela!

Why would we enrich those two countries?

Look, I know the global warming bullcrap. I know all these people are like, well, the planet is going to die.

Well, you know what, I know the radicals. The real radicals believe that we should just -- we need to shut down more than we did, at COVID-19.

That's death for millions of people, all around the globe.

Literally, that will mean millions will die all around the world.

We cannot shut down all of our fossil fuels at this point.

Can't do it.

I would understand if the president who disagrees with me, came out and said, look, for the next nine months, or however long this thing drags on, we are going to open our pipelines.

We are going to fund our -- you know, the exons of the world. We're going to start going back and taking the natural gas out.

And shipping it. We're doing it. Because we have to.

Or we'll kill the nation.

Now, I'm going back. And I'm shutting it all off. Again, in whenever. Whatever it is.

People would understand that. Reasonable people. The only people that wouldn't understand it, are the Marxists that want to destroy us anyway.

It makes no sense. None.

Why would we be enriching Venezuela, and Iran?

Instead of taking care of business ourself.

That should be the number one call. I want the oil to stop from Russia. But I want the oil to be replaced with American oil and gas. Period.

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Here’s how INTENSE JFK’s Presidential Fitness Test was

President Trump recently signed an executive order to reinstate the Presidential Fitness Test and the media is in a frenzy. But Glenn and Stu look back at the history of these tests, including JFK’s version of the Test that seems IMPOSSIBLE for modern Americans. But Glenn has a secret reason for why he’s confident in his pull-up abilities…

Transcript

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GLENN: What is the -- what is the new physical -- the president's physical fitness, you know, plan?

STU: Well, the thing that RFK Jr and Hegseth were rolling out the other day. I don't know if it was the full test or anything, but they were issuing a challenge to America, to be able to do 100 pushups and 50 pullups within five minutes.

GLENN: That's crazy.

STU: Thank you! That struck you as also crazy.

I don't think there's ever been a time in my life, that I could do that. Let alone now with shoulder problems. And much too much weight.

GLENN: All right. But that was before I needed this walker.

STU: I don't think there was a time in my 20s or my teens, that I could do that. But that -- in five minutes? Fifty pullups?
GLENN: Both of them in 5 minutes.
STU: Yeah, both of them. So it's not like 100 pushups in five minutes. It's both tasks within five minutes.

GLENN: No. No. That's not true.

STU: RFK Jr. is just doing it in jeans.

GLENN: Yeah, well, RFK, he's -- he's a weirdo. I mean, he is. Come on. When it comes to fitness, he's a weirdo.
STU: Yes.
GLENN: I mean, he's done this his whole life. He's like 800 years old. He can still do it.

STU: Yes. Depressive, I will say.

GLENN: I don't know. He's a sex machine.

STU: Oh. That's been a problem for him. Yes, that's been an issue in his life. Yes.

GLENN: Okay. All right. Go ahead.

STU: Separate from the president's physical fitness test.

GLENN: Right.

STU: But, I mean, they don't, they don't really think we're going to do that, right?
Like, I mean, how long would that take you to do?

STU: I think for me, it would take a good month. I think a month, I could probably get two pullups a day. That would get me around, a little over 50. So I could do that. Plus, the pushups. A solid month, I could get that done.

GLENN: You could do more than two a day. You could do more than two a day.

STU: You know, Glenn, I've got to say. I think -- I will throw a number out there. No science behind this, so just as a guestimate.

I would say 40 percent of the population can't do any pullups. Maybe 30 percent. Thirty percent of the population can do exactly zero pullups. Precisely zero, so an infinite amount of time would be a correct answer for a third of the population.

GLENN: I think you're -- I think you're being -- I think you're being a little too optimistic. I think it's closer to 40 or 50. I think it's closer to 40 or 50. Maybe 60 percent.

STU: Right! Pushups are one thing. I mean, I think almost anyone can do a pushup. One --

GLENN: You can do a pushup. Yes. Yes.

STU: Singular pushup. And if you can do one, you can wait long enough, to do a second one.
And at some point, the hundred gets done. That's not the case with pullups. Pullups, you can sit there and think about how much you want to do a pullup for a really long time. But that doesn't make a pullup happen. If you've got a certain amount of weight on you. You're not doing a pullup. It's not occurring.

GLENN: I have no idea, how many pullups I can do.

STU: I have an exact number of pullups, you can do.

GLENN: Do you? You think so?

STU: Yeah. Yeah. I have the exact number. I have to calculate -- AI has been running a report on me. It came up with zero.

GLENN: Right. Right. Really?
I can do. I mean, this is so pathetic. Listen to this. I bet I could do three. You know, you could do three.

STU: In a row? Proper form.

GLENN: What do you mean in a row?

STU: I mean, holding on to the bar, without letting go, you're doing three. There's no way. I don't think so.

GLENN: I think I could do. Well, with proper form, I don't know about that. I don't know about that.

STU: I'm not saying it has to look pretty. You have to get your chin up above the bar. It can't be one of those things, where you're a quarter of the way up there.

GLENN: So I can do one and rest for ten minutes. I could do another one.

I think I can do that.

STU: If you -- I'm not saying, you jump up, and you pull yourself up as you're pulling up. Full hang --

GLENN: See, you may not know this.

But you know what, I've done the DNA test. Have you ever done the DNA test that tells you all about your genes and everything else? Mine came back with something remarkable, and I have to share. You might feel bad, next.
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STU: Coming up next, Glenn attempts live pullups on the air. Stay tuned!
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GLENN: You know no idea what who you're dealing with. No. You don't have any idea who you're dealing with here.

I got my DNA test back like 10 years ago. And we all -- we all took it, because we were looking for things. And so we all took it. My DNA test came back, and everybody in the family, their test made total sense. Like, oh, yeah. That makes...

Then we read mine. We have to find -- I have to find. See if Tania has it still. We should have had it framed. I swear to you, they -- they mixed me up with somebody else.

Somebody else is like, wait a minute. I'm this pathetic? Mine came out and said, you have the muscular structure of a -- of a -- something like a -- an elite athlete. You have the abilities and agility and everything else of an elite athlete. And I'm like, there's not a chance. I don't have any of that!

I don't even know if I have muscles. I have to check once in a while, and go, do I have muscles still?

Doctor is like, I don't know. Can I? Ask just press against my hand on the leg. I don't know.

You know, I don't know how to do that exactly. So --

STU: You sure it said elite athlete and not elephant? I mean, if they misspelled it.

GLENN: It was.

I was having eye problems at the time.

STU: No!

GLENN: I mean, we read it. And I was like Tania, I believe that for Tania.

Maybe they switched me and Tania. Because Tania is really strong. She'll kick your butt.

She works out every day. All of that. Me? Never. Never.

And it kind of makes me wonder, when I get to the other side, and the Lord went, okay.

So what did you do with your life again?

Because I gave this incredible body, and you wasted it the whole time.

And I'm like, you should have been more clear, okay?

You should have been more clear. I -- maybe I could have played basketball. But I tried once. And it was embarrassing. It was embarrassing. It was like sixth grade. And I'll never live -- I don't even want to think about my time on a basketball court. Okay? So don't -- don't start with me. You should have made it a little clearer. When I first started to do stuff. And I think that's fair. I think that's a fair argument. In my defense. In my defense, Your Honor, God, you should have made it a little more clear.

STU: Yeah. I mean, if they really wanted us to do this, then the 11th Commandment is 50 pushups, and -- or, 50 pullups and 100 pushups, right?

Like, put it in a commandment if you really want us to do it. You have to be more specific, we're Americans.

GLENN: Okay. So let me give you the top of the list for the JFK Presidential Fitness Test. Okay? This is what you had to do in high school. In high school.

Thirty-four pullups. Bar dips: Fifty-two. What's -- because I believe I did that. A long time. And I don't recommend it.

STU: It's not a barhop.

GLENN: Oh, it's -- oh, bar dips. Okay. Okay. All right.

Bar dips: 52. Handstand pushups: Fifty. What are handstands?

STU: Oh, my God. Handstands.

GLENN: I can't even stand on my hands. Is that I'm doing a handstand and a push up? Because that's not happening. You're not human.

STU: Yeah. You're balancing yourself on your hands. Your feet are above your hands on the wall. Like a wall. And you're doing --

GLENN: Oh, so you're balancing yourself. That makes it a little easier. Still impossible.

But a little easier.

GLENN: Impossible. You could do precisely zero of those.

Aright. So you had to do 50 handstand pushups.

Or one arm -- 30 -- no, sir.

Twenty-six one-arm burpees in 30 seconds. Is that a one-armed push up?

STU: No. Well, you're bracing your yourself like you're about to begin a pushup in a burpee with only one arm, which that's not that difficult.

But then you're doing. Then you're like, you move your feet towards your hands. And then you jump up in the air basically. And then you do it repeatedly.

GLENN: No, no, no. That's ridiculous. No.

STU: There's a law of gravity. You're not supposed to violate it. If it was a recommendation of gravity, then maybe jumping would be appropriate. But it's not. Follow the law.

GLENN: In 48 seconds, you had to do a 3300-yard shuttle. Now, I've been to the airport. I think I've done a 3300-yard shuttle, but it depends on who is driving. You know.

STU: Yeah.

GLENN: Rope climb. Try this. Rope climb. Twenty feet, hands only! Sit start.

STU: That's what I remember from the president's physical fitness test. And I remember looking at that rope, like, no chance I could get up that thing.

GLENN: I remember looking up at that thing. Humiliation. Humiliation is coming my way. I'll never kiss a girl, because that ain't happening. I'll get maybe 10 feet up. Maybe. Maybe.

STU: And you were right for 24 years from that time, approximately.

GLENN: Agility run, 17 seconds. Extension pressups, what? What?

I'm sorry. Why am I so tired reading this?

Extension pressups. What's an extension pressup, 8-inch? You had to do 100 of them.

STU: Let's see. Exercise. An exercise for low-back pain involving lying on your stomach and pressing your upper body up with your arms while keeping your hips relaxed and down on the mat.

GLENN: Oh, I could do that know. 8 inches.

STU: The last part of it, relaxing down on the mat.
GLENN: That's what my doctor says I should be doing. What?

STU: I can do relaxed and down on the mat. That part of it --

GLENN: Yeah. I could do that -- I'm the only guy. I took yoga for a while, like three weeks. My wife is like, yoga. You could do yoga. Let's just do yoga together.

I did. And the yoga instructor said to me. Because we were doing a plank.

STU: Yeah.

GLENN: And she came and all I remember her waking me up. And saying, I think you're the only person I've ever -- ever taught that fell asleep in yoga. And I'm like, it's just so relaxing. Just let me sleep. Let me sleep.

STU: That's interesting, that you did yoga. Is there any footage of that? Any video that we could post? That would be good for --

GLENN: No. There's not. You had to do pegboard. Five trips of pegboard. And I think that's when you have the two pegs.

STU: Yes, it was a board.

GLENN: You have to take it out, and put it up, right?

STU: This is American Ninja Warrior. No way.

GLENN: There's no way. There's no way.

STU: This is amazing.

GLENN: Try this one: You had to do a 45-second handstand. I've never been able to do a handstand. Never!

STU: Never.

GLENN: And I'm an elite athlete. I'm an elite athlete. Try this one: A man carry, 5 miles.

STU: What? What do you mean a --

GLENN: Five-mile man carry.

STU: Is a man carry as obvious as it --

GLENN: I think it is.

STU: You're carrying --

GLENN: If I'm going to carry that man, you have to carry me that man for five miles.

I'm not sure, I can't carry any man for any miles. I mean, if I am -- if I am a firefighter, count on burning in the house. You're going to burn in the house. Because I can't carry you out. I can get in there and go, yeah, I will have to leave you.
I will have to leave you here. I can't help you, sorry.

It's also getting really hot in here. I have to go. You had to do a five-mile jog. An obstacle course.

You had to swim prone for a mile. You had to swim underwater for 50 yards, any strokes, two minutes. Deep waterfront, hang float, with arms. What? What is a deep water hang float with arms. Wait. Wait.

It's a deep waterfront hang float with arms and ankles tied for six minutes.

What kind of al-Qaeda PE class was this?

STU: Who has access to -- who has access -- like, you're in the middle of the country, you may not have a deep water body nearby. This is -- are you sure this is an actual test?

GLENN: This is the actual test. This is the actual -- what is a deep water front hang float with arms and ankles tied for six minutes? Can you look that up?

STU: A deep water hang float is an aquatic hang float done in the deep end of a pool with the aid of flotation device, such as a noodle or belt.

In this position, the flotation twice supports your upper body, while your legs and torso hang freely beneath you.

That can't be what it is.

GLENN: You can do that.

Deep-end of the pool.

STU: Can you bring a margarita?

GLENN: Man, this test is no big deal.

What! No way. No way!

Here's the last thing on the test.

A vertical tread in an 8-foot circle for two hours!

No way.

STU: Vertical tread in an 8-foot circle?

GLENN: So you're in the water and you're treading water in a circle for two hours. Two!

STU: This is not -- what?

This is not the test.

GLENN: It is. Now, I told you, this is the top of the test.

This is the top of the test.

So this is for the ones who could do all the other tests.

This was the top of the test. The bottom of the test is not that much better. Here's the entry, okay? Let's see. Pullups, 2/6/10. I don't know what that means. Pushups, 16, 24, 32. Bar dips, four, eight, and 12. Situps, 30, 45, and 60. Broad jump, 6-foot, 6, 6, 6. And 6, 9.

To jump 6 feet? I don't even know if --

STU: That one is possible, yes. Glenn, I know it sounds incredible. But, yes. That one is possible.

GLENN: Sounds incredible. You know, I think we should have the average person Olympics. I really do. I really do.

STU: Oh, I would watch that.

GLENN: I would watch that every time.

You see them coming. And you're like, hmm. That one -- three feet. I'm giving him 3 feet. 200-yard shuttle. Agility run. Rope climb, 18 feet, hands only. 880 yards in three minutes. A mile in seven minutes. Pegboard, six holes. A 50-yard swim. Forty -- 40, 50-yard swim in 36 seconds. Man carry, 880 yards. No, thank you! No, thank you!

Look at -- look at what we've gone down. That's the bottom of it. And I don't think most Americans could do that.

I couldn't. Well, I could. Because I'm an elite -- I have the body of an elite athlete.

STU: No. You could not. Now, of course -- let's just say, this is supposed to be for a high school kid. Right?

So this is the prime of your athletic life. Could you do some of these things? Probably.
GLENN: Go into high school.
Go into any high school, and ask them to do this. There's no way. And all of the kids would be.

STU: Well, that's kind of what the reaction would be.

GLENN: Don't get me wrong. I would have been there too. And my parents would have said, suck it up. Just do it.

So nothing has really changed.

STU: That's been the reaction to this proposal too, of bringing this back. Right? The media is covering this. Like, it's going to embarrass children.

You know, I mean, I do remember it being like, I can't do that. I'm not going to the top of that rope. That's not happening.

That's sort of life. Right? Sometimes you can do things. Sometimes you can't do other things.

GLENN: That's why you have to learn how to injure yourself.

You know, how many stairs can I throw myself down, to not do serious damage, but enough to get me out of PE.

STU: Yeah, you have to fake an why are. You have to learn from LeBron James. Act like you got hit in the eye. And fall down like you were just stabbed over and over again, like you were in an athletic competition.

GLENN: There's no way. There's no way.

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Whitney Webb: How You Can BREAK FREE of the Chains of the Elites

Are you truly free, or is your life quietly controlled by systems most Americans never question? In this eye-opening conversation, Glenn Beck speaks with investigative journalist Whitney Webb about how the Elites, banks, and global systems have created modern forms of enslavement, all while the public remains largely unaware. They discuss the urgent need for local self-reliance, alternative financial systems, and taking personal responsibility to protect yourself and your family. This is a wake-up call for anyone who believes freedom is guaranteed, and it’s time to see the truth and act before it’s too late.

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Claire's warning: The dark side of gender care EXPOSED

Claire Abernathy was just 14-years-old when doctors told her parents she’d take her own life without hormones and surgery. They promised “gender care” would save her life. Instead, it left Claire with irreversible scars, broken trust, and a lifetime of regret. Her mom was told she was required to comply. No one ever addressed the bullying, or trauma Claire endured before being rushed into medical transition. Now, years later, both Claire and her mother are speaking out and exposing how families are misled, how doctors hide risks, and how children are left to pay the price. With federal investigations now underway, their story is a warning every parent needs to hear.