Glenn’s POWERFUL Memorial Day message: ‘The BEST OF US ALL’



While many use Memorial Day weekend to hit the beach, throw parties, and enjoy the warming weather, Glenn Beck is here to remind us all that Memorial Day means something a lot different for families all over the country.

“I hope that you’ve never experienced the story I’m about to tell you,” Glenn says, “but I also know there are thousands that have.”

He asks that his audience imagine the story from a first-person point of view.

“Your son has been in the United States Marine Corps for what seems like forever now. Only you and those that have their children deployed into a war zone know just why it seems like forever,” Glenn continues.

“What you don’t know yet is the most precious thing you hold dear — your son — just fell in combat 60 seconds ago. Military protocol is exact, and as you’re busy carrying out your day, this is what’s happening behind the scenes.”

First, Glenn explains, there will be a death notification that has to be executed within eight hours.

Officers will then deliver the notification to the next of kin. Three individuals will typically be chosen to arrive at your home. One will be an officer at least one rank higher than the deceased, one will be a chaplain, and one will be someone capable of delivering medical help should the next of kin pass out.

“This is Memorial Day weekend,” Glenn says.

“Two years after 9/11, 312 parents experienced what I just described in 2003 alone. In 2007, 847 military men and women died in combat. In 2008; 352. In 2009; 346. And the list and the numbers go on and on. And our Gold Star families have suffered every single tragedy.”

Glenn admits that he’s not trying to be a downer, but it’s important to remember what Memorial Day stands for.

“There is a sacredness to Memorial Day that most of us just cannot understand,” Glenn continues, “Memorial Day is for reverence and honoring those who sacrificed everything to ensure the American way of life endures forever.”


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Frank Luntz Blames Tucker Carlson’s Criticism On Presidential Aspirations

Frank Luntz Blames Tucker Carlson’s Criticism On Presidential Aspirations

Tucker Carlson is accused as eyeing the presidency by Frank Luntz in his criticism of the pollster, but Carlson is merely doing his job as a reporter.

Tennessee Democrat rejected by his party delivers powerful speech condemning violent riots



Longtime Democratic Tennessee state lawmaker Rep. John DeBerry Jr. says people refusing to acknowledge the violent riots going on in America right now are fooling themselves, and warned his colleagues in a powerful floor speech this month that such behavior must be condemned and stopped.

His message is unusual coming from a Democratic officeholder in 2020, but DeBerry has never been afraid to take positions countering the party's platform. In fact, after 26 years in office, the Democratic Party recently booted the preacher out over his support of some conservative views.

What are the details?

In his address, Mr. DeBerry recounted riding "on the back of the bus" and attending a segregated school during the Jim Crow era and noted that he was present for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s final speech in Memphis before the Civil Rights leader was assassinated.

He reminded the Tennessee House that Dr. King's method of protest was peaceful, and that after King was murdered and some people began rioting, angry and heartbroken civil rights protesters returned to peaceful demonstrations during a time that was much different than what protesters are living in today.

DeBerry recalled, "When the riots started and folks started burning stuff down, that's when my father took my arm and we left. We left because that was not what we were there for. That was not what Dr. King was there for. That was not what others who are famous in the civil rights days were there for."

Rep. DeBerry then pointed to Dr. King delivering his famous "I Have a Dream" speech in Washington, D.C, saying, "That man stood there and said that he wanted his children judged by the content of their character, not the color of their skin. And all we do in America right now is talk about color. Every issue. Every issue is about race, it's about color, instead of sitting down at the table like men and women of common sense."

"You tell me that somebody got the right to tear down property that Tennessee taxpayers paid for?" He asked. "That American taxpayers paid for? Somebody has the right to destroy it? Deface it? And tear it down? What kind of people have we become?"

"Peaceful protest ends peacefully," he added. "Anarchy ends in chaos. And what we see happening right now—any of us with any common sense whatsoever—know that what we see is not peaceful."

He asked, "What has happened to us?" and warned, "If we don't get this right, right now, I've got grandchildren—I don't want to see the country 5,10, 15, 20 years from now. If we don't start acting like we got some guts...right now."

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The Christian Chronicle reported earlier this month that the Tennessee Democratic Party voted in the spring to remove DeBerry from the party's primary ballot over his "conservative positions on issues such as abortion, gay rights and school choice." The decision was handed down after it was too late for the 13-time incumbent to run as a Republican or Independent .

But the Republican-led legislature voted to amend state elections rules so that DeBerry could run as an Independent in November. He is facing a Democrat, and no Republicans are in the race.

Check out the 'photo of the night' from Trump's State of the Union address

It's being called the "photo of the night." During his first State of the Union address, President Trump told the story of North Korean defector Ji Seong-ho.

"In 1996, Seong-ho was a starving boy in North Korea," Trump said. "One day, he tried to steal coal from a railroad car to barter for a few scraps of food, which were very hard to get."

"In the process, he passed out on the train tracks, exhausted from hunger. He woke up as a train ran over his limbs.  He then endured multiple amputations without anything to dull the pain or the hurt. His brother and sister gave what little food they had to help him recover and ate dirt themselves — permanently stunting their own growth."

"Later, he was tortured by North Korean authorities after returning from a brief visit to China," the president continued. "His tormentors wanted to know if he had met any Christians.  He had — and he resolved to be free."

Trump related how Seong-ho traveled thousands of miles on crutches across China and Southeast Asia to freedom, followed by his family. His father was caught attempting to escape and was tortured to death.

"Today he lives in Seoul, where he rescues other defectors, and broadcasts into North Korea what the regime fears the most — the truth," President Trump said.

Seong-ho keeps the crutches he traveled with as a reminder of the hardships he faced. When the president turned to Seong-ho, who was in the gallery as one of the president's guests, he stood on his new legs and held up the crutches that brought him to freedom.

Here's video of this "powerful" moment:

Not everyone was impressed, however.

Leave it to the Left to find something to complain about in the inspirational story of a North Korean defector, and some might argue, the most powerful moment of the evening.

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