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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Great show for you today. It is Monday. We talk about patriotism because of all the crap that's going on in this article that I read from The New Yorker. No offense, the guy just doesn't get it. And I understand that, the way he was raised, etc., etc. And speaking of that way he was raised, you want to understand who James Talrico is and what he actually believes.
You have to know how he was raised, what his mother, how his mother raised him, what they went through when he was a child. And you will know exactly who he is. Also, we spoke with Alex Adams today about foster care. He is with the administration, what's going on there, and an update on Iran that is really important for you to be all on today's podcast.
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Democratic Party trying to paint themselves as, I don't know what. I don't know what. We're going to talk about patriotism here a little while because we got lectured by patriotism. I couldn't get further down on this story from the New Yorker than just his sources of who he's going to. I just looked into some great people that talk about patriotism. Really? Really?
Because those aren't the sources that I would go to for patriotism. But maybe it's just me.
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Chapter 2: Who is James Talarico and what are his political views?
I want to get into that. Because everything is being redefined right now. Patriotism this summer because of the summer of 250. You know... We have to redefine this now. What is it? What does it mean? Well, let's start at something simpler. What does it mean to be a Democrat? I'm not sure exactly what it means to be a Democrat. It certainly does not mean moderate. That's for sure.
James Tallarico is being painted by the Democrats as moderate. You know, he's just like any other Texan. You saw him in his T-shirt, right?
Chapter 3: What insights does Alex Adams provide about foster care reform?
He was wearing red, white, and blue, and he's got his Texas flag shirt, and he's eating a turkey leg, and he wears cowboy boots. Come on. Really? Really? Is that what we're down to? Yeah, and I know who you are because you wear a red hat. Even though it doesn't say mag on it, I know what all red hats mean. What? What does a red hat mean? Simpletons.
How dare Ken Paxton take this poor man, James Delrico, his words out of context. He's not a radical leftist. Right, right. Neither is anybody in Virginia. So I asked my researchers, you know, can we look at these claims? Because I want to see, you know, I want to be able to present to you who James Talrico really is in his own words, okay?
Now, earlier this month, he said to CBS News about his past statements and Paxton's attacks. He said this.
There are some statements that I've made that I certainly regret. There are statements that I've made where I've missed the mark. I'll be the first to admit that. But Ken Paxton is intentionally clipping my cringey comments to distract from his career of corruption.
Okay, cringey comments. Okay, first of all, let's give credit where credit's due. Anybody makes mistakes. We all make mistakes. And to be able to say, hey, I've made mistakes, and I own up to them. Unfortunately, what he didn't say was which were the mistakes and which were the cringey comments that Paxton is taking out of context. So let's start.
One of the biggest criticisms of Tallarico is that he believes God is non-binary. Now, we're in Bible country. Not really. Not really. I don't think so. Pretty radical. A lot of people on X are sharing a short clip of him making that claim on the floor of the Texas Senate or legislature. But was that taken out of context? Of course it was. Of course it was.
So let's look at the longer clip so we can all see.
Here it is. The first two lines in Genesis use two different Hebrew words to describe God. One is the masculine Hebrew noun for divinity. The second is the feminine Hebrew noun for spirit. God is both masculine and feminine and everything in between. God is non-binary. In Genesis 1.26, God speaks of God's self in the plural saying, let us make human beings in our image to be like us.
That's the infinite multitude of God, the masculine, the feminine, and everything in between. Trans children are God's children, made in God's own image. There's nothing wrong with that.
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Chapter 4: How does Glenn Beck critique the portrayal of Talarico as a moderate?
In fact, the Apostle Paul, in his letter to the Galatians, said that in Christ there is neither male nor female. And so if someone's got a problem with that statement, they shouldn't take it up with me. They should take it up with the Apostle Paul.
I'm pretty sure that's not what the Apostle Paul meant. but I wouldn't call this an exact backtrack, okay? Beyond gender is not non-binary. Beyond gender means no male or female. I mean, I'm just using your argument here. This is not mine, but your argument. He's beyond gender means there is no male or female. It just is, okay? That's not non-binary, okay?
I don't know what you're talking about here. Okay. But what's even harder than gender? Here's a radical claim. Another one from Tallarico. Listen to this.
Modern science obviously recognizes that there are many more than two biological sexes. In fact, there are six. Which, honestly, Representative Hefner surprised me too. Surprised me too, because I am not well-versed in this issue area. I'm not a scientist. I'm a politician. A lot worse than a scientist.
Not a scientist, clearly you're not a scientist. You know what? I think people who say there are six genders, they also are not scientists, but that's just me. A few days ago, he tried to walk that one back as well. He apparently now, quote, knows there are two sexes, a man and a woman.
but he also suggested that he was referring to a very small percentage of people who were born with chromosomal abnormalities. They're born with six different genders. I don't know, but God, still non-binary, okay. He also believes that because God is non-binary, he made some children trans. Here he is talking about trans children.
something that you love that's not family or friends?
I love, I'm just saying this because it's on my mind, the trans children who showed up yesterday at the state capitol to advocate for their humanity. They shouldn't have to, but it was an inspiration to watch.
Okay. All right. So this is the moderate... Democratic platform in Texas. This is the moderate version, okay? He's not an extremist. He wants you to know, and the Democratic Party and everybody's screaming, he's a moderate. He also wants you to know that some of those trans children will eventually need abortions.
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Chapter 5: What is the significance of the 'Fostering the Future' initiative?
Is a full human somebody who has a fully functioning body? Arms, legs, brain, eyes, ears, nose, mouth. What is a full human? Because once you get into, well, that's not really human. Well, that's not really life. Then you get into, well, that's not a life worth living. And then you could just kill anybody. Jawohl! So denying women the right to elective abortions is akin to enslaving women.
And Jesus, who was, quote, a radical feminist, empowered women to kill their own babies whenever they wanted to, I guess because screw the patriarchy. What? What? By the way, it is not in line with Christianity. It used to be called the quickening.
Chapter 6: How does predictive analytics impact child welfare decisions?
It wasn't called abortions. What? It wasn't called an abortion. They didn't know. They didn't know when they were pregnant. They didn't have a pregnancy test. They didn't sit, cop a squat, and look at the color. Is it a plus sign? Is it pink? Is it blue? What is it? They didn't do that. They didn't have any of that.
They only knew they were pregnant when it was called the quickening, when something happened inside of them and the woman could feel it. Then you throw yourself down the stairs, you're going into colonial jail. because you're intentionally trying to kill a baby you know is in there. Hello? So what's going on here? Does he actually believe all this stuff?
Chapter 7: What are the ethical concerns surrounding the orphan tax?
And there's a lot more. The answer is very clear once you learn where this guy, learn this, okay? Because in that same sermon, Tallarico gave his testimony, not for his decision to follow Christ, but why he became a radical feminist And it actually starts with a tragedy, a real tragedy. And I want to share that so you can understand him. And you know when he's lying and when he's not.
When he's saying, oh, no, I'm really just like you. Look at my Texas flag shirt. No, no, no. We didn't have all the experiences that you had, James. And I feel badly that you had these. You were horribly, horribly misled.
Chapter 8: What are the proposed solutions for improving foster care systems?
And I can understand how it happened, but the rest of America and certainly the rest of Texas needs to know this story. You're listening to the best of the Glenn Beck program. I saw something on patriotism from the New Yorker that is really sad. It's very sad. But I think a lot of Americans might feel this way. But then you introduce the typical raising of the typical American.
And you put them even back into a time period that is before my time period where you were fighting the hippie movement and the Vietnam War and all of that crap. And so you get a real taint there. But then you add modern elitists on top of it, and you get the New Yorker's essay, How Problematic is Patriotism? And I just want to show you how to spot things quickly in this.
Then I want to talk to you about patriotism, because it is June. We're in the summer of 250, America's 250th birthday. I went to church yesterday, and I My faith did an hour just on the Constitution. I was so happy to see that. Thank you for that. And it was really heartwarming. And...
positive and a way to not only celebrate but also remind us that we are here to form a more perfect nation, meaning we're not perfect. We never have been perfect. We need to try to strive to that perfection knowing that we'll always fall short as a nation. Um, but let's admire some of the things that we have done, right.
You know, just at least for the birthday party, you can hate grandpa all you want for some of the things grandpa did, but on his birthday, maybe we should all get together and say, Hey grandpa, you know, I know we disagree on a lot of stuff, but there's a lot of great things that you did in your life and celebrate those things. Can we do that? Apparently some can, um,
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