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Glenn Beck
MORNING BRIEF

DATE: FRIDAY, 08.30.24
LAST UPDATE: 09:00 AM ET
PREPARED BY: CB, RR, JB, SK, BM

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We have the following scheduled for today's program:

BOTTOM OF HOUR 1
GUEST: Allie Beth Stuckey
TOPIC: How will pro-life voters respond to Trump’s comments on funding IVF and Florida’s heartbeat bill?

TOP OF HOUR 2
GUEST: Kevin Roberts
TOPIC: A new website by the Heritage Foundation, dangerouslyliberal.com, aims to inform Americans about Kamala Harris' stances on different policies, which is something the Harris campaign doesn't even have on its own website.

BOTTOM OF HOUR 2
GUEST: Albin Veselka
TOPIC: The stories of two great Americans told through art.


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News...

California legislature passes bill banning voter ID laws
California does not require identification to vote, but earlier this year, the City of Huntington Beach approved a voter ID requirement for municipal elections starting in 2026. This bill would override Huntington Beach’s policy.

Leftist candidate who advocates for the homeless has rally derailed by homeless theft
Charlene Wang's campaign kickoff for Oakland City Council turned chaotic when a homeless woman stole a bag of donation checks.

Historic 'A League of Their Own' ballpark burns down amid rampant homelessness
Jay Littleton Ball Park in Ontario, California, burned to the ground in a five-alarm fire completely destroying the bleachers and dugouts that were seen in the movie. The scoreboard is still standing.

NYC sprays ‘Christmas’ perfume near stinky Gowanus Canal
It wasn’t enough to cover up the stink from the “black mayonnaise”-caked canal.

Wells Fargo staffer found dead in cubicle after foul odor complaints — 4 days after scanning into work
Several workers had complained of a foul odor when they came back to work after the weekend, but shrugged it off as bad plumbing.

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Trump - Vance...

I was a Trump hater — until I learned the truth of the media’s ‘very fine’ lies
I used to be one of those naïve people who thought the American media placed the public’s interest ahead of its own. So when they framed Trump as an abnormally corrupt individual who would end democracy as we know it, I bought into it.

Republicans say the real Trump transition plan is this, not Project 2025
Trump's team has been poring over Biden regulations, interviewing hundreds of former officials, and drafting executive actions. The goal: Stand up to the deep state and move quickly to undo Biden’s legacy, avoiding the chaos that bogged down the Trump team after 2016.

Legal professionals slam Jack Smith for latest indictment against Trump: ‘Stretched the law’
While the Supreme Court determined that Trump is immune from official acts, it did not outline what constitutes an unofficial versus official act, which will be left up to the lower courts to determine.

Trump vows to cut energy costs in half — and he has a real plan to do it
“Every manufacturing plant, every data center, every semiconductor facility and assembly line will want to be built in America — because America will be the place where the cost of energy is lower than anywhere else on Earth.”

Harris - Walz...

Kamala Harris in first interview defends flip-flops, insists ‘my values have not changed’
Harris defended her evolving positions when asked by Bash how voters can know what they’re getting — after sustained criticism from Republicans of Harris’ dramatic policy pivots on immigration, health care, and energy policy.

Tweets
- Harris says she's for Green New Deal AND fracking
- Kamala 'proud' of bringing inflation 'down' to a HIGHER level than it was when she took office
- Kamala refused to address her support for decriminalizing illegal border crossings
- Kamala has no regrets about lying to the American people over Biden's cognitive decline
- CNN falsely claims the interview is live

WaPo Analysis: 3 takeaways from Kamala Harris and Tim Walz’s first major interview
Harris addressed her changed positions obliquely and walked a very fine line on trying to run as a “change” candidate.

NY Times Opinion: A Vague, Vacuous TV Interview Didn’t Help Kamala Harris
She’s didn't answer the question of why she reversed her former policy positions — or whether she has higher values other than political expediency.

NY Times Opinion: Kamala Harris’ TV Interview Was a Solid First Effort
I think that went pretty well, don’t you?

‘Joy’ Rhetoric Is An Orwellian Attempt To Hide Democrats’ Hatred
Getting people to hate one another is their goal.

Victor Davis Hanson: New Rules For Radicals — How To Reinvent Kamala Harris
Until just recently, Democrats had considered an unpopular and enfeebled Biden nonetheless far preferable to an incoherent, lightweight, and widely ridiculed potential replacement Vice President Harris.

‘She Ain’t Made For This’: Harris Aides, White House Staffers Vilify Her In Expository Book
“It was rotten from the start,” a top aide from her 2020 campaign noted. “A lot of us, at least folks that I was friends with on the campaign, all realized that: ‘Yeah, this person should not be president of the United States,’" the aide told the authors.

NY Times: Donors Quietly Push Harris to Drop Tax on Ultra Wealthy
Harris’ fundraising has benefited from a surge of interest from Silicon Valley and Wall Street.

Kamala Harris caught inflating prosecutorial record as old debate resurfaces
Resurfaced audio and campaign mailers reveal Kamala Harris exaggerated her courtroom experience while running for San Francisco district attorney in 2003. Harris' team now backtracks, stating she "oversaw" cases rather than tried them.

Kamala Harris Hires Anti-Israel ‘Faith Outreach’ Director Jen Butler
Watchdog group StopAntisemitism says, "Butler, a longtime supporter of Jew-hater Linda Sarsour and promoter of the false 'Jesus was Palestinian' narrative, sends a chilling message to the Jewish community."

Politics...

Rasmussen: Trump Holds 2-Point Edge Over Harris Nationally, 48-46
Independents are breaking for Trump over Harris by an eight-point margin of 49 to 41%, while each candidate is backed by 82% of their party’s voters.

Harris squeaks just ahead of Trump nationally in post-DNC 2024 election poll — but that’s not a good sign for Dems
The Wall Street Journal’s latest national poll showed Harris leading Trump by 1 percentage point. However, the survey’s findings suggest that Trump would likely emerge victorious in the Electoral College race.

Pollster Nate Silver warns of Harris' weak position despite media claims of a convention bump
While media hypes Kamala Harris' polling surge, Nate Silver's latest forecast gives Trump a 52.4% chance of winning the Electoral College, citing inflated numbers and tight races in key states like Pennsylvania.

Michigan's Democrat secretary of state warns local officials to certify election results or else: Video
"If someone were to violate the law and not certify the election at the local level, we will come for you," Benson said. "So any local certifier thinking of skirting the law and not certifying the vote, don’t even think about it, because we’ll get you."

RFK Jr. wants off the ballot in 10 states. Some battlegrounds are saying no.
Democrat governments in Michigan, Wisconsin, and North Carolina are blocking requests by RFK Jr. to remove his name from ballots in those states.

Shady Political Group Seeks to Pay College Athletes to Endorse Democrat Senator
Sen. Jon Tester is receiving a boost from an outside group soliciting college athletes in Montana to endorse the embattled red-state incumbent.

Economy / DEI...

Bud Light smartly tapping Shane Gillis for ads is a death knell for corporate DEI
After a disastrous partnership with trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney that reportedly cost the brand over $1 billion in lost sales last year, Bud Light has returned to its roots.

Trade Deficit in Goods Surges to Highest in Over Two Years
The U.S. trade deficit in goods rose 6.3% in July to $102.7 billion. This was higher than the $98 billion forecast.

Meet the Gen Zers skipping college to take blue-collar jobs and launch trade businesses
As the youngest generation in the workforce debates the merits of a college education, more 20-somethings are gravitating to blue-collar careers.

Free Speech...

X braces for shutdown in Brazil over refusal to comply with judge's censorship orders
X warns that Judge Alexandre de Moraes may shut down the platform in Brazil for rejecting his demands to censor political opponents.

NY Times: He Is Brazil’s Defender of Democracy. Is He Actually Good for Democracy?
Alexandre de Moraes, a Brazilian Supreme Court justice, was crucial to Brazil’s transfer of power. But his aggressive tactics are prompting debate: Can one go too far to fight the far right?

White House defends censoring Facebook content 'to protect public health'
Zuckerberg wrote the "FBI warned" his company about "potential Russian disinformation" regarding the Biden family and Ukrainian energy company Burisma in the lead-up to the 2020 presidential election.

UK's Labour Gov’t to Encourage Police to Mass Record ‘Non-Crime Hate Incidents’: Report
In an apparent effort to create a "zero tolerance" approach to "hate speech," Home Secretary Yvette Cooper is reported to be planning on reversing restrictions from her predecessors to bring back the mass recording by police of the Orwellian non-crime hate incidents.

Immigration...

YouGov Poll: Majority Favors Deportations as More Democrats Oppose Migration
Fifty-six percent of registered voters favor a policy of “arresting and deporting thousands of illegal immigrants,” according to a poll conducted in August by YouGov. Just 35% of voters oppose the repatriation policy.

Group of 20 illegal aliens attempted to enter California school bus picking up students in ‘really scary’ scene: Officials
On Tuesday, at least three migrants walked in the middle of Highway 94 to try to stop a bus that was forced to go around them, Fox 5 reported.

Ukraine-Russia...

EU’s top diplomat ramps up pressure on Ukraine’s backers to permit strikes on targets inside Russia
"The weaponry that we are providing to Ukraine has to have full use, and the restrictions have to be lifted in order for the Ukrainians to be able to target the places where Russia is bombing them. Otherwise, the weaponry is useless."

Netherlands Says Ukraine Can Use Its F-16s To Strike Inside Of Russia
One of Ukraine's key allies has said that the country may use its fighter jets "as it wishes."

Top Ukrainian pilot killed when US-made F-16 fighter jet crashed
Zelenskyy said on Tuesday that the Ukrainian Air Force used the F-16 to destroy missiles and drones launched by Russia on Monday, the first time any Ukrainian official confirmed the jets were being used in combat.

Europe...

UK Riots: 11-Year-Old Child Arrested over Violent Disorder in Middlesbrough
The continued crackdown on those alleged to have taken part in the U.K. riots earlier this month has seen the arrest of an 11-year-old child, the believed youngest suspect detained so far in the country.

Berlin Holocaust memorial vandalized with anti-Semitic, pro-Palestinian graffiti
The graffiti, sprayed across the sandstone monument, said “Jews are committing genocide” in English. The words “Free Palestine,” accompanied by the image of a Palestinian flag, were sprayed on the ground below it.

Investigation Into Yacht That Sank Off Sicily Broadens
Prosecutors are looking into the actions of two other crew members in connection with the sinking of a luxury yacht, which caused the deaths of seven people.

Entertainment...

Cord cutters prepare for political ad blitz as campaigns flood Roku, Hulu ahead of election
Earlier this month, the Harris campaign announced plans to spend $370 million in a fall advertising rush. The campaign reserved $200 million worth of ad space across streaming platforms like Hulu, Roku, and Pandora.

Lead 'Acolyte' actress blames 'hyper-conservative bigotry' and 'hatred' for cancellation of woke 'Star Wars' show
The woke actress, Amandla Stenberg, said on Instagram that the cast faced a rampage fueled by “hyper-conservative bigotry and vitriol.”

The remake of 'The Crow' crashed and burned in the box office in August
The original movie’s director absolutely ripped it apart.

Environment...

Biden-Harris Admin Looks To Open Up 31 Million Acres For Solar
The administration proposes the Western Solar Plan to allow solar development on 31 million acres in 11 Western states while restricting oil and gas activity on 28 million acres in Alaska.

Climate-Friendly Meat? Regulators Tighten Scrutiny of Label Buzzwords.
The new guidelines from the Agriculture Department encourage third-party assessments of environment-related claims, which have come under fire.

China Dampens Green Hopes of an Early Peak in Carbon Emissions: 'China is still a developing country'
China’s top energy officials downplayed growing speculation that the country’s carbon emissions have already peaked years ahead of target, saying on Thursday that just meeting the 2030 goal on time still required “great efforts.”

LGBTQIA2S+...

X shutting down its longtime San Francisco headquarters on Friday the 13: Report
Musk announced last month that he would move the global headquarters of X and SpaceX out of California after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill prohibiting schools from notifying parents of their children’s gender identity.

Colorado school district requires students to take part in LGBT propaganda
"There is no opt-out for LGBTQ+ topics."

Education...

Gaza protests already marring kickoff of fall semester at several US campuses
University of Michigan security broke up a pro-Palestinian student “die-in” demonstration Wednesday, and police arrested four people, in the latest sign that campus activism across the country is resuming as the fall semester begins.

University of Maryland Will Let Anti-Israel Group Hold Oct. 7 Rally
The pro-Hamas group "unequivocally states that the Zionist state of Israel has no right to exist."

Health...

Mayo, Cleveland Clinic, And Other Major Hospital Systems Put White People At Back Of Treatment Lines
Patients and their families should reject programs that undermine individualized medicine in favor of racially balanced outcomes.

AI...

OpenAI in Talks for Funding Round Valuing It Above $100 Billion
The company is still, however, projected to lose nearly $5 billion by the end of the year and has already spent $8.5 billion on AI training and staffing.

Science...

Why did it take so long for astronomers to discover Uranus?
Uranus would have been a very difficult observation to achieve before the birth of the telescope.

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