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Glenn Beck
MORNING BRIEF

DATE: THURSDAY, 04.20.23
LAST UPDATE: 08:53 AM ET
PREPARED BY: CB, RR, JB, SK, BM

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We have the following scheduled for today's program:

TOP OF HOUR 2
GUEST: Glenn Greenwald
TOPIC: How the mainstream media is trying to distract you from what is inside the Pentagon document leaks.

TOP OF HOUR 3
GUEST: Michael Knowles
TOPIC: Despite violent protests from the left, conservatives must keep fighting to tell the truth.

BOTTOM OF HOUR 3
GUEST: Justin Haskins
TOPIC: WIN: Florida passes the toughest ESG bill in the COUNTRY.

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Here are some highlights from this day on previous shows:

April 20, 2018 - The Comey memos released... People vs. institutions ... Bill O'Reilly... Rudy Giuliani joining Trump’s legal team... The Mueller investigation... George Soros and the far left are writing big checks to fund chaos... The NY Times embraces the 'Caliphate'... Brad Meltzer and his close relationship with Barbara Bush... Millennials don’t think capitalism is working...

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Domestic News...

Hunter Biden Probe Is Being Mishandled, IRS Supervisor Says
An IRS supervisor has told lawmakers he has information that suggests the Biden administration is improperly handling the criminal investigation into Hunter Biden, and he is seeking whistleblower protections, according to people familiar with the matter.

FDA Head Wants 'Better Regulation' of What Government Considers Misinformation
Officials who often get it wrong can’t be trusted to reliably decree what’s true.

Glenn Beck: What do hippies, Hitler, and 4/20 have in common?
Why did hippies pick April 20, Hitler's birthday, as a day of celebration?

America needs a new model
Nationally, there are too many crises to count. But not in one Republican-controlled state.

Florida passes bill allowing death penalty for child sexual abusers
The bipartisan proposal — which passed by a vote of 34-5 late Tuesday — will also allow juries to hand down death sentences by votes of at least 8-4, after previously requiring unanimity.

ATF director asked to define an 'assault weapon' — but he makes telling admission instead
Dettelbach — who leads the government agency that is expert in all things firearms and explosives — admitted that he could not because he is not a "firearms expert."

Legal Experts Call Attacks On Clarence Thomas ‘Ridiculous,’ Slam Media Reports As ‘Incomplete’
Media reports on alleged scandals surrounding Justice Clarence Thomas reveal the Left’s desire to destroy his credibility.

Politics...

One of the Chinese spies arrested in NYC was spotted attending Democrat fundraising events
Photos show the alleged Chinese spy Lu Jianwang hanging out at Democratic fundraisers in New York. He's pictured alongside Chuck Schumer and Eric Adams.

Tom Cotton Confronts Deputy Attorney General Over DOJ Double Standards
Sen. Tom Cotton confronted the deputy attorney general Wednesday over the agency implementing a two-tiered justice system to crack down on political opponents.

Biden invites 'Tennessee Three' to White House — but won't invite families of Covenant School massacre victims
Karine Jean-Pierre announced that Biden has invited Tennessee Democratic state Reps. Justin Jones, Justin Pearson, and Gloria Johnson to the White House.

Fetterman Says ‘Disaster’ Debate With Oz Triggered ‘Seismic' Shift Into Depression
Being called a "vegetable" and other criticisms of his fitness to serve in the Senate "accelerated the depression," Fetterman told People magazine.

Two-thirds of Democrats believe Feinstein should resign: Poll
The poll found that 64% of Democrats believe Feinstein should resign, compared to 71% of Republicans and 70% of voters.

GOP candidate Vivek Ramaswamy sues World Economic Forum in landmark case
Ramaswamy says the organization falsely portrayed him as one of its “young global leaders” and refused to take his name off its website for two years.

AOC says NYC mayor 'defunding safety' because cops got raises
NYC police received their first raise since 2017.

Another Dem lawmaker ditches party for GOP
"We are being pushed out. It has become more and more obvious that there is very little room in the party for traditional values or differences regarding political opinion."

Economy / ESG...

Welfare Spending Has Increased Over 240% In 40 Years With No Results
The latest banking crisis only increased concerns that the U.S. economy is headed for a downturn. Some politicians, including Biden, are now exploiting recession fears to extend pandemic-era aid programs.

Biden Now Punishing Americans With High Credit Scores To Subsidize Certain Homebuyers
Just when you think the Biden admin can’t possibly have any more awful ideas, his team rolls out a plan to punish Americans with high credit scores to subsidize high-risk homebuyers.

Coinbase Calls Out SEC, Could Move from U.S. if No Regulatory Clarity: CEO Brian Armstrong
"I think the U.S. has the potential to be an important market for crypto, but right now we are not seeing that regulatory clarity that we need," he said.

Oracle severs ties with conservative blacklist group
"After conducting a review, we agree with others in the advertising industry that the services we provide marketers must be in full support of free speech, which is why we are ending our relationship with GDI."

Border...

Fox News footage shows release of Chinese nationals into US amid massive spike in encounters
Footage shows how CBP is releasing busloads of Chinese nationals into the U.S. interior, just as the U.S.-Mexico border is seeing a 900% surge in encounters with illegal aliens from the communist regime.

WAR News... 

Afghanistan IG reveals taxpayer money is flowing to Taliban
And Biden admin is guilty of "unprecedented" obstruction.

US jets intercept Russian Tu-95 bombers near Alaska; first encounter there since US drone taken down
Intercept near Alaska is first incident of its kind since Russian jets downed a U.S. drone over the Black Sea.

Russian spy ships spotted operating in North Sea, near UK: Report
The fleet of Russian "ghost ships" includes both military and civilian ships and reportedly has the goal of planning acts of sabotage against the Nordic nations.

Flash of light above Kyiv sparks buzz about falling satellite, aliens
The Kyiv city military administration said the bright light and flaming object was a crashing NASA satellite, but NASA denied this.

Navy Will Spend $200 Billion — Equal to Ukraine's GDP — on Subs It Barely Uses
As Republicans hotly debate ongoing military aid to Kiev, neither party has questioned the far more costly submarine program.

Navy chief defends nonbinary sailor to Senate amid criticism
Chief of Naval Operations Michael Gilday said he was “particularly proud” of a sailor who drew backlash for saying the “coolest” part of her deployment was reading a poem during an LGBT spoken-word poetry night.

COVID-19...

People lost faith in childhood vaccines during COVID pandemic, UNICEF says
In 52 of the 55 countries surveyed, the public perception of vaccines for children declined between 2019 and 2021.

US Authorizes a New Round of COVID Boosters
Older Americans and those with weakened immune systems, groups still particularly vulnerable to the virus, may receive additional shots of the reformulated vaccine, federal officials said.

COVID-19 vaccine claims yield small payouts from US government
Of more than 8,000 people who filed claims with the federal government alleging injuries from COVID-19 vaccines, three have now received cash payouts. Their combined compensation? Less than $5,000.

A ‘Tsunami’ Of Commercial Pilot Retirements Is Coming, Experts Warn Congress
Commercial pilots were encouraged by their employers to retire as worldwide lockdowns and public health mandates caused demand for air travel to plummet in the spring of 2020, worsening a previous trend toward a lack of available pilots.

Commie Update...

China threat should be bigger US priority than Ukraine
Beijing is "not going to give time" to prepare for Taiwan crisis, former Pentagon official Elbridge Colby said.

China Is on Track to Become Nuclear Superpower
China is on track to massively expand its nuclear arsenal, just as Russia suspends the last major arms control treaty. It augurs a new world in which Beijing, Moscow, and Washington will likely be atomic peers.

Analysis: Xi, not Trump, started on path to decoupling
The movement to decouple China from America started in 2012.

Entertainment...

Taylor Swift did her homework on FTX, dodged a bullet, says lawyer suing Tom Brady, Shaq
Adam Moskowitz, the lawyer handling a class action lawsuit against FTX promoters like Shaquille O’Neal and Tom Brady, said Taylor Swift was one of the only celebrities to check whether the exchange was selling unregistered securities.

Leftist actress on 'The View' says she sees no difference 'Christian Right and the Taliban'
Patti LuPone made her declaration in response to a question from far-left co-host Ana Navarro about DeSantis and the LGBTQ community.

Actor who played 'Chucky' and 'Howard The Duck' confronted by the 'Creep Catcher Unit'
A child advocacy group confronted Ed Gale with a folder containing a collection of screenshots documenting conversations he allegedly had with a person he took to be a 14-year-old boy.

Media...

Daily Wire Co-CEO Reveals Secret Cancel Blitz Against Matt Walsh, Brett Cooper, Michael Knowles
Jeremy Boreing called out tech giants YouTube, Facebook, and TikTok for “capricious” fact-checks, demonetizations, and bans against the Daily Wire hosts.

NY Times: After Fox Settlement, Assault on Media Protections Is Likely to Continue
Those who argue that the news media should pay a steeper price for mistakes are pushing to have a landmark Supreme Court ruling overturned.

Sad Day for CNN: Mark Levin Wipes the Floor with Anderson Cooper's New Show
The Sunday debut of the much-ballyhooed “The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper” drew just 496,000 viewers.

Canada...

Trudeau told NATO that Canada will never meet spending goal, Discord leak shows
The document’s anonymous authors say Canada’s “widespread” military deficiencies are harming ties with security partners and allies.

Europe...

What France’s Pension Protests Mean For Americans
Americans may still have time to reverse course if they learn from the mistakes the French have made on unfunded retirement programs.

Double-digit UK inflation offers little hope for end to cost-of-living crisis
Rate of 10.1% in March is higher than expected and increases chances of more BoE tightening.

Italian outcry over Lollobrigida 'ethnic replacement' remarks
Agriculture Minister Francesco Lollobrigida said: "Italians are having fewer children, so we're replacing them with someone else."

Middle East...

Israel PM cautions Saudi Arabia about Iran after China-brokered deal, urges greater US presence
“95% of the problems in the Middle East emanate from Iran.”

At least 85 dead in stampede at Yemeni event to distribute financial aid to the poor during Ramadan
Hundreds of poor people were gathered at a school to receive distributions of financial aid when gunshots were heard and panic ensued.

Environment...

NYC to track carbon footprint of food, aims to slash agency emissions by 33% by 2030
New York City has targeted emissions from buildings and cars, and now Mayor Eric Adams will eye the carbon footprint from a new source: Food.

Germany Closes Its Last Nuclear Power Plants: Electricity Bills To Spike Up To 45%
Alongside the closure of the nuclear plants, German multinational electric utility E.ON increased its prices by as much as 45% starting June 1.

Horowitz: Why House Republicans must remove electric car subsidies and mandates from the budget
Unless Republicans roll back these policies, we will all be placed inexorably on the path toward “fifteen-minute cities,” owning nothing, and being content eating bugs paid for with our small bank accounts at the central bank monitored by vaccine passports and ESG.

TikTok declares war on ‘climate misinformation’
The video platform said it would promote “authoritative” content instead.

LGBTQIA2S+...

My Day With The Socialists: Psychotherapy and Support Groups for Trans 3-Year-Olds
Get a comprehensive list of trans and non-binary books targeted at elementary school children.

‘Blood On Your Hands’: Trans Lawmaker Lashes Out During Hearing On Bill Banning Trans Surgeries For Children
"I hope the next time there’s an invocation when you bow your heads in prayer, you see the blood on your hands.”

RT: New Russian ‘LGBTQ propaganda’ rules unveiled
Media watchdog Roskomnadzor will block websites that promote pedophilia, non-traditional relationships, and gender reassignment.

Your Doctor Asking For Your Pronouns Isn’t Just Annoying, It’s A Sign Of The Industry’s Decline
It’s tempting to shrug off the annoying pronoun questions from your doctor because they’re not hurting you. That’s where you’d be wrong.

Education...

Politico Pretends Culture War Doesn’t Win School Board Races
Whether corporate media like it or not, conservative messaging on education resonates with voters and has done so for years.

Ivy League Cornell University announces year dedicated to 'free expression and academic freedom'
In order to facilitate more dialogue about the importance of free speech and peacefully grappling with controversial issues, the university will sponsor several events throughout the year, including guest lectures, community book readings, and artistic exhibits.

George Will: As enrollment plummets, academia gets schooled about where it went wrong
Who will fund academia’s faculties and the rapidly metastasizing administrative bureaucracies?

US Hebrew school enrollment down by nearly half since 2006: Report
Even as the estimated number of Jewish children in the United States rose by 17% between 2000 and 2020, enrollment in Hebrew schools fell by at least 45% between 2006 and 2020.

Technology...

Elon Musk Warns Tucker Carlson: The Feds Are in Your Twitter DMs
The feds invoke national security to take away more of your rights and pretend they're keeping you safe.

AI can 'kill us,' but some in Congress don’t even know how to log in to Facebook
Lawmakers share their AI knowledge.

An AI Hit of Fake ‘Drake’ and ‘The Weeknd’ Rattles the Music World
A track like “Heart on My Sleeve,” which went viral before being taken down by streaming services this week, may be a novelty for now. But the legal and creative questions it raises are here to stay.

Elon Musk threatens to sue Microsoft over using Twitter data for its AI
"They trained illegally using Twitter data," Musk tweeted. "Lawsuit time.

AI exposes international fake Viagra network
In addition to the fake erectile dysfunction pills, the international network was producing faux ADHD medication and ecstasy.

Science...

UFO spotted by US drone in Middle East, Pentagon reveals
The strange "metallic orb" was spotted by a U.S. Reaper drone in 2022 in the Middle East. As AARO revealed to Congress, this particular UFO has been spotted repeatedly in the region.

Sports...

ESPN to begin layoffs early next week as part of Disney cost cuts
Cuts will include both on-air talent and management.

Marathon runner disqualified for using car
Friends claim she accepted the lift as she was feeling "sick," having flown in from Australia the night before, and say she is "genuinely sorry."

Animals...

Puppy that chewed his owner's toe 'to the bone' may have saved his leg
David Lindsay was taking a nap on his sofa when his wife's scream woke him up.

Contest for Children to Hunt Feral Cats Is Scrapped in New Zealand
A hunting contest in rural New Zealand where children were to compete to kill the greatest number of feral cats for a cash prize has been canceled after a backlash from animal rights organizations.

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