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The Friday show. The speed of the weeks is disconcerting. And yet, so it is. You can test whether someone you know who is a Democrat, liberal, leftist, you can test their intellectual honesty if you ask them, are the tech companies and the media, mainstream media, primarily dedicated to achieving power for the left and the Democratic Party, or primarily dedicated to telling the truth? Then you will know if you are dealing— it's, it's, it's— then if they say telling the truth, you politely say, you know what, let's talk about, uh, Neptune. That there's no reason to continue the conversation. You, you are speaking to someone who is so self-deluded that they lie to themselves. That's really— I think that's the great test question. I mean, there, the— there are many other questions that test their values, but This one is the one that tests their ability to reason accurately. Half this country knows that the media is a fraud, or a fraud. Half this country knows that they're a fraud but doesn't admit it to themselves because they know I get from the New York Times and CNN what I want to get. And that's it. I mean, to have bona fide emails from a server reported by one of the biggest newspapers in the country, then blocked by Twitter— did Facebook also block it? Because I think they're subpoenaing Mark Zuckerberg too. I don't know. I know they are in the case of Twitter. But you know, I read to you this week that increasingly what I say to you, that truth is not a left-wing value, that more and more left-wing professors acknowledge the idea I read to you. Oh, I forgot, there's a Stanford professor emeritus. The idea that the press should be committed to some notion of objectivity is ridiculous. This is what's called postmodernism. It's, it's a large body of thought in the university where the most destructive ideas percolate because these people have nothing better to do and none of their— none of the consequences of their ideas are played out at the university. If you, if you invent an airplane and it and it doesn't fly, you die, right? But if you invent an idea at a university that doesn't fly, you get tenure. You do fly. The idea doesn't, but you do. So it's very important to, to know this. I assume if someone is a journalist today, the person may be nice and all these wonderful things, but I assume— doesn't mean in every single case it is true— that the person doesn't believe in objective truth. They believe in pursuing social justice. I warned against this 25 years ago, that all the professions no longer saw their profession as an end in itself. Journalists thought, "Eh, telling what happened, that's boring. Changing society, that's exciting." I have a theory. As you know, I have theories on a lot of things. I have a theory, and I haven't seen this elsewhere. That doesn't mean it isn't elsewhere, it just means I haven't seen it. I don't even think The Living Martyr has heard me speak about this. The role of excitement in human endeavor. People seek excitement. So you have to figure out a way to have benign excitement, or even positive excitement. Or how is this You have to figure out how to be happy without constant doses of excitement. I'm often asked on the radio, privately, 'So Dennis, if you could have lunch, supper with anyone, who would you want to have it with?' And I honestly answer, 'With friends.' That really excites me. And the Living Martyr knows it's true because he's one of those friends. That's very exciting. But young people have nothing like that, most young people, and many of them seek excitement in protests. Many of them, or a fraction of them, seek excitement and destruction. I'm not comparing them, I just want to make that clear, but there was a phrase that was known among the SS: "I never feel as alive as when I'm killing." The adrenaline rush of burning a building must be quite remarkable. So the bourgeois middle-class Judeo-Christian values are regarded as boring. That's the contempt that the excitement seekers, aka leftists, The excitement seekers have such contempt for that. Oh, a two-bedroom house with a picket fence, with a white picket fence, and a dog, and a two-car garage. It bores the living daylights out of them, this thought. Exciting is transforming society. Maybe I'll do the Happiness Hour on the excitement issue. Because people do need excitement. I completely acknowledge that. I do. The trick is to be excited over mundane things. That's, you know, how about you? Are you excited to go back home at night? I hope so. That'd be great. You have hobbies that excite you? Anyway, we'll talk about that in the Happiness Hour. So we have some clips from the, uh, the, the town halls, the dueling town halls. So the, the NBC sends a, a woman— what is her name again? Savannah Guthrie. Yes. Who— about whom I can only say positively, she didn't wear a mask. George Stephanopoulos wore a mask. How many feet away was he? He wasn't wearing a mask. Wow, I got that wrong. Was Joe Biden? Then— oh, it's funny, I listened but I didn't watch and I saw pictures. Okay, good. Look, you're— I'm sure you're right. Uh, okay, fine. All right, good. So forget the whole mask thing. I take it back. Jury, ignore what I just said. Anyway, she acted as a debater, and I don't believe George Stephanopoulos did. You would think that the dominant issue in the news with regard to what was revealed in Ukraine and Burisma and his son, not mentioned. Is it mentioned at all in the mainstream press? Does the New York— here's the New York Times. Do we have it from yesterday too, by the way? Is there anywhere on the front page any mention of the emails? When they illegally obtained the president's tax returns, was that on the front page? Yeah. And there was nothing to report other than he didn't— he paid very little tax. So, so much for the press's honesty, correct? That's the question I'd like you to ask. Do you believe the mainstream media strive for social justice or objective truth? 1-800-PRAGER-776. We'll hear some clips.

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My guest is Senator Ted Cruz. Senator, people are clueless about the real meaning of Citizens United. Can you explain to people what that ruling really means and why is the left so afraid of it?

Yeah, I can. It's a hugely important question. The chapter on free speech in the book talks all about Citizens United. Most people have heard of it, but they don't know what it is, and they know Democrats hate it, right? What did it was about is our right to criticize politicians. And in this instance, a nonprofit group in D.C. called Citizens United made a movie critical of Hillary Clinton, and the Obama Justice Department took the position that the government could fine them, could punish them for daring to criticize Hillary Clinton. The case went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. The most chilling moment was an oral argument. When Justice Sam Alito asked the Obama Justice Department, under your theory of the case, could the federal government ban books? And the Obama Justice Department said, yes, yes, we can ban books, never mind what the First Amendment says, but we can— they criticize the politician. Now, thankfully, the Supreme Court rejected that by a vote of 5 to 4. Or 4 justices willing to say the government can censor movies, can censor books, can ban books if they criticize politicians. We're one vote away from our free speech rights being taken away.

Senator, who wins on November 3rd?

I genuinely don't know. The hard left is going to show up in massive numbers. If everybody else shows up, if people turn out, we could have a great election. The president could get reelected and we could, we could retake the House and hold the Senate.

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I know you don't do politics, but on the vice presidential debate on Tuesday night, Kamala Harris spoke wistfully of the Iran deal. Joe Biden wants to get back into it. It's as though the left wing in this country does not understand Iran. Do the people in Greece understand their threat? To the, to the east and the, and the south of them? Do Americans not get what the Greeks get about Iran?

No, I actually think most Americans get the threat from the Islamic Republic of Iran. It may be that certain American leaders don't understand it. No, the Greeks get it. I traveled on that same trip to Italy. The Europeans get it. Everyone understands the challenge. There's different approaches that different countries will take from time to time, but No one disputes they are the largest state sponsor of terror in the world. They continue to work to build out their capacity to have enriched material and that they foment trouble wherever they go. No, I think the entire world understands this challenge. We put additional sanctions on them yesterday, significant new sanctions that are on their major financial institutions of Iran.

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You were asked point blank to denounce white supremacy. In the moment you didn't. You asked some follow-up questions. Who specifically. A couple of days later on a different show, you denounced white supremacy. Now, you always have.

You've done this to everybody. I denounce white supremacy. Okay.

You did two days later.

I denounce white supremacy for years. But you always do it. You always start off with a question. You didn't ask Joe Biden whether or not he denounces Antifa. I watched him on the same basic show with Lester Holt, and he was asking questions like Biden was a child.

Well, so this is a little bit of a dodge.

Are you listening? I denounce white supremacy.

Okay.

What's your next question?

Do you feel— it feels sometimes you're hesitant to do so, like you wait a few weeks.

It's unbelievable.

Every time. In fact, my people came.

There was nothing.

Wait, wait, wait.

Stop it.

So you see, this is the amazing thing. So he's denounced it 3 times here. He denounced it even in Charlottesville. Okay. Just for the record, he denounced white supremacy there. And, uh, or the white supremacists, let's put it that way. And then they keep asking him, and then when he denounces it 3 times to her face, well, sometimes it doesn't sound like you denounce it quite sufficiently. They're so unimpressive. God. It's so painful. Journalism has been ruined like teaching has been ruined, the universities. It goes on.

All right.

What's your next question?

Do you feel— it feels sometimes you're hesitant to do so, like you wait.

Here we go again. Every time. In fact, my people came. I'm sure they'll ask you the white supremacy question. I denounce white supremacy. And frankly, you want to know something? I denounce Antifa. And I denounce these people on the left that are burning down our cities, that are run by Democrats who don't—

All right, while we're denouncing, let me ask you about QAnon. It is this theory that Democrats are a satanic pedophile ring and that you are the savior of that. Now, can you just once and for all state that that is completely not true? QAnon in its entirety.

I know nothing about QAnon.

I just—

I know very little. You told me, but what you tell me doesn't necessarily make it fact. I hate to say that. I know nothing about it. I do know they are very much against pedophilia. They fight it very hard, but I know nothing about it.

It is a satanic cult run by the deep state.

I'll tell you what I do know about. I know about Antifa and I know about the radical left and I know how violent they are and how vicious they are. And I know how they are burning down cities run by Democrats, not run by Republicans.

Senator Ben Sasse said, quote, QAnon is nuts and real leaders call conspiracy theories conspiracy theories. Why not just say it's crazy and not true?

He may be right. I just don't know about QAnon.

You do know.

I don't know. No, I don't know. I don't know.

Let me ask you another thing.

Let's waste a whole show. You start off with white supremacy. I denounce it. You start off with something else. Let's go. Keep asking me these questions.

I do have one more.

Let me just— let me just tell you what I do hear about it is they are very strongly against pedophilia. And I agree with that. I mean, I do agree with that.

And I agree there's not a satanic pedophile.

I have no idea.

I know you don't know that. Okay.

No, I don't know.

You just—

do you know that?

Okay. Just this week.

Why are you asking me about Antifa? Why aren't you asking about the radical left? Why aren't you asking Joe Biden questions about why doesn't he condemn Antifa? Why does he say it doesn't exist?

Because you're Antifa.

No, that's so cute.

Because what?

Antifa exists. They're vicious, they're violent, they kill people, and they're burning down our cities. And they happen to be radical left.

Hey NBC.

Yeah, that's so true. You know, whatever the number of lies that the Washington Post has alleged he has told, he has told more truth than almost any public figure in my lifetime. He might have told more lies, although very few of them are important lies. I don't think he's told one lie that comes close to 'if you want your doctor, you can keep your doctor. If you like your policy, you can keep your policy.' There's no lie he has told that comes close to the all-pervasive lie that there is systemic racism in America and that America is a racist country. I don't know any lie that he has told that comes close to, um, the, uh, that Lincoln, uh, is so evil as undeserving of a statue. I don't know any lie he has told that comes close to men give birth. I don't know any lie he has told that comes close to the New York Times lie taught in 3,500 schools now to your children. That America was founded in order to have slavery and founded in 1619. Can you name a lie he has told that comes close to any of that? I don't know any lie that comes close to the Russian collusion lie that Adam Schiff has bathed in. One of the biggest liars in my history of observing human conduct in America. He lies with the ease with which you eat or breathe. So, uh, since his lies are minuscule compared to the lies that I just documented for you, and his truths are monumental— the press is a lying institution. It lies for a living. That's a truth. I am not happy that it is a truth that the— that the Biden— the Biden emails are not on the front page of the New York Times. That, that is just I mean, what, what else do you need to know other than it's suppression by Twitter? Not on the front page of the LA Times either. 1-800-PRAGER-776.

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I have almost nothing to say about last night's debate. It was one of those things where I thought Mike Pence is masterful. The idea that he was able to contain himself and to respond in this measured way, no matter what Kamala Harris said. I thought that is seriously amazing to me in these passionate times in which we live, and I was in awe of his self-control. So that's all I'll say. What do you say?

Well, you know, he is a born-again Christian. He carries his faith very seriously, and I think that he represents that faith very well when he does things in public, and I thought last night was just an example of that. But there were a couple of things I was looking for, and I wanted to see if they were going to happen, and it took about 15 seconds into the debate for them to come true. One was I wanted to see how long it would take for the coronation to begin, and about 20 minutes into the debate, you already had CNN and MSNBC saying that Kamala was killing it and she was, she was masterfully in control of the evening, and so forth. And the other thing I wanted to see was, would she be the, be the one of the two that would push the envelope with the emotional side of maybe overreaction. And it only took a few of those side-by-side shots where she's glaring at Pence while he's giving his response to whatever the question was. I mean, it wasn't like a, it wasn't like a gentle but placed smile. It was like, not only did—

female Al Gore of color.

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Who do you think won? I am most happy that Mike Pence got a chance to address the abysmal and offensive lie about what the president said about the horrific events in Charlottesville years ago. Let's begin with cut 17.

He, on the issue of Charlottesville, where people were peacefully protesting the need for racial justice, where a young woman was killed, and on the other side there were neo-Nazis carrying tiki torches shouting racial epithets, anti-Semitic slurs, And Donald Trump, when asked about it, said there were fine people on both sides.

You know, I think this is one of the things that makes people dislike the media so much in this country, Susan, is that you selectively edit, just like Senator Harris did, comments that President Trump and I and others on our side of the aisle make. I mean, Senator Harris conveniently omitted, after the president made comments about people on either side of the debate over monuments. He condemned the KKK, neo-Nazis, and white supremacists and has done so repeatedly. You're concerned that he doesn't condemn neo-Nazis? President Trump has Jewish grandchildren. His daughter and son-in-law are Jewish. This is a president who respects and cherishes all of the American people.

It was It was terrific and it was overdue. And every time you hear someone here, the Charlottesville people on both sides, know they're lying to you and don't trust that people.

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Doesn't.

But last night, I, I'm going into it— I, I've known Mike Pence for 30 years. I, I knew he was going to be the polished gentleman that he—

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And I was waiting to see if Kamala from about the third or fourth primary debate. Remember where she was just like hollering at Joe Biden and she was just out of control? We didn't get that Kamala Harris last night. But the one we did get was someone who still obviously gets very angry about things and can't keep that from expressing it on—

Who I remember I was being dropped off. My dad was a high school educated, well-read man who was a really decent guy and I was being dropped off to get an application in the center of our city, Wilmington, Delaware, the corporate capital of the world at the time. And these two men— I'm getting out to get an application to be a lifeguard in the African American community because there was a big swimming pool complex. And these two men, well-dressed, leaned up and hugged one another and kissed one another. I'm getting out of the car at the light and I turned to my dad. My dad looked at me, said, Joey, it's simple. They love each other. The idea that an 8-year-old child or a 10-year-old child decides, you know, I decided I want to be transgender. That's what I think I'd like to be. It may make my life a lot easier. There should be zero discrimination. And what's happening is too many transgender women—

and all you had to do was read some of her Twitter, uh, activity during the debate. Megyn Kelly calling her out.

I think it's up to now 17.

Don't hold that number.

Even if you feel it, don't wear it on your face.

I try to filter out —my own biases. I try to be aware of my own biases. And I'm thinking, do I not like her just because I don't like her positions?

Do I not like her?

You know, but there does seem to be something annoying about the way she comes across on the optics level.

And all you have to do is just look at the average number of polls that are being done by individual news stations that carry the debate and so forth last night, all across Twitter. I have not seen a poll come in from an independent journalism outlet or— I've got one more second coming up.

Thank you.

That has not said that Pence won in a landslide last night. And I don't think that that was purely on policy because I think a lot of those places don't agree with Mike Pence on policy. I think that is a reflection of how she comes across personality-wise. Really?

I want him to say that. A biological man who identifies as a woman has the right to compete against biological women in all sports. Okay, let him say that. Stephanopoulos is useless. I mean, they're all useless. They're interchangeable.

They're props.

When it comes to a Democrat, they're a prop. They're a way to facilitate the Democrat not being challenged. That's what they are. When there is a Republican, not just Donald Trump, when there is a Republican, the whole purpose of the press is to challenge and fight and debate. When there is a Democrat, the whole purpose is to foster their cause. So I'd like to know, Mr. Biden, yes or no? There's no doubt in my mind, ladies and gentlemen, no doubt the majority of Americans think it is obviously unfair for biological men who identify as women to compete against biological women in high school or college or any other sports. Virtually every record now, high school record in track in Connecticut, is owned by biological men. Every girl's record. We have a PragerU video coming out with a 16-year-old girl who was champion, and now she's champion of nothing. Thanks to biological men claiming that they are women racing against them because the Bidens and the Democrats of the world are too wimpy and don't give a damn about women. Women are used by feminists. Workers are used by communists. Blacks are used by Democrats. Just remember that and you begin to understand what happened, what's happened to the Democratic Party. You are used. They don't give a damn about you. Relief Factor is, uh, does give a damn about you because Relief Factor solves basic pains. Knee pain, joint pain, ankle pain, back pain, neck pain. It's so successful, that's the reason you now see on CNN, I mean, they advertise. There's a solid chance you'll hear this. When you see a lot of ads for something, it means people are buying it a lot.

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In the summer of 2016, right near the Republican convention, out of nowhere, there was chatter that started to surface around President Donald Trump allegedly having connections to Russia. In fact, we can go back and we find television clips of Hillary Clinton campaign surrogates starting to talk about Donald Trump is bought and paid for by Russia, or there is meaningful collusion happening on behalf of the Trump campaign and Russia. And it was always very bizarre. It was always so incongruent with the entire election because there were such bigger issues happening in 2016. Go back into 2016. Russia was not at the forefront of any sort of geopolitical conversations. People were mostly focused on Hillary Clinton's campaign or Hillary Clinton's emails. We'll talk about that. But 2016 was a lot about what Donald Trump was going to do if he became president. It was a lot about the economy. It was about the Obama succession. It was about the Obama legacy. And so this conversation about Russia always felt very, very strange and very bizarre for those of us that were in the campaign, were around the campaign, I should say. And so John Ratcliffe, the director of national intelligence, has just declassified a series of documents that revealed that former CIA Director John Brennan briefed former President Barack Obama on Hillary Clinton's purported plan to tie then-candidate Donald Trump to Russia as a, quote, means of distracting the public from her use of a private email server. Keep up with what's trending.

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I want to go back to Pence. I was really genuinely stunned and impressed at his self-control. I don't think I've ever seen anything like it because you did not get the impression My friends, I welcome you back.

I'm Dennis Prager. This is the non-thinking world of the left. Sure, we'll repeal every law, absolutely, so men can race against women if the men believe that they are women. And I'm not here to attack that. As regards the military, so to see, it's an interesting— it's, is it, is it not even askable Does it have any effect on, let's say, the women's barracks when one of the women has male genitalia in the showers there? Is that— are you not allowed to ask the question? How many people does this even affect? It is such an infinitesimally small number of people, but the left never asks what's for the good of the society. It's what for the good of this one individual out of 100,000, if that much. It's— this is— so this is part of the reason that the future of the country is in jeopardy. No, it is the reason. The left is the reason. I mean, the— that's another question that is a giveaway to ask. Ask a relative or friend, just, just curious, do you think it's fair to girls in high school who are racing to have biological men race against them, to be in girls' sports, if those biological men consider themselves women. And then you don't argue, you just say, do you think it is fair to those girls? That's all. Because there's nothing to argue with. If a person says they think it's fair, their notion of fairness is so different from the way the word has always been understood that further dialogue is truly a waste of time. The problem is, if they say, sure, it's absolutely— if they think they're women, of course they should be able to race against women or girls. The problem is you will have such contempt for them when they say that, that it could hurt your ability to be close to them. Contempt is the greatest killer of relationships. Marriages can survive anything except contempt. They can survive an affair, they can survive things that occur in other ways that are awful, but once there is contempt, it is extremely difficult to resume a relationship, and not just a marriage. But I will say, I'm sorry because I don't want— my point is not— and my point is never to hurt people. But if people get hurt as a result of truths that help others, there's nothing I can do. There is something contemptible about the way a person's mind works. If they think it is fair to have those races take place, those sports competitions. Martina Navratilova, a gay female major tennis star— was it the '80s? And she's a lifelong gay activist, feminist activist. She said it's completely unfair to have these transgender females run against females. She has been booted out of the LGBT community. Yep, which makes sense. As soon as you think morally, you're kicked out of the LGBTQ community. Your task is to ask, what does the LGBTQ community want me to say? You don't ask what is right. When you ask what is right, you have left the left. That's the way it works. We have a lot of proofs about that. Read my column a few weeks ago, The Left's Moral Compass Isn't Broken. It doesn't exist. They don't ask what is right. That suggests that there is a right that transcends their feelings. Do we have another clip here? Let's go for Mr. Biden, please. No, we just had that. We just had that.

From Cedric Humphrey, he's a student from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, progressive Democrat.

Democrat.

Don't jump, Cedric. You look like you're way up there.

I'll be okay. Thank you, George, and good evening, former Vice President Biden. Many people believe that the true swing demographic in this election will be black voters under the age of 30, not because they'll be voting for Trump, but because they won't vote at all. I myself have had this exact same conflict. So my question for you then is, besides you ain't black, what do you have to say to young black voters voters who see voting for you as further participation in a system that continually fails to protect them?

Well, I say, first of all, as my buddy John Lewis said, it's a sacred opportunity and right to vote. You can make a difference. If young black women and men vote, you can determine the outcome of this election. Not a joke. You can do that. And the next question is, am I worthy of your vote? Can I earn your vote? And the answer is, there's two things I think that I care and I've demonstrated I care about my whole career. One is, in addition to dealing with a criminal justice system to make it fair and make it more decent, we have to be able to put Black Americans in a position to be able to gain wealth, generate wealth. And so you look at what that entails. It entails everything from early education. That's why I'm supporting making sure that we in Title I schools, as you know, schools with the least tax base to be able to support their schools. I increased the funding for them from $15 to $45 billion. That allows every teacher in that school to make up to $60,000. And the problem now is they're leaving the schools. They're not there. We're short about 1.5 million teachers, 1.25 million teachers.

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And politically speaking, you got a Democrat candidate who's got a plan to pack the Supreme Court with 4 liberal justices because they can't accept the fact that Ruth Bader Ginsburg's passing is going to lead to a 6-3 conservative majority, and they don't know what to do about it. So all they can do is say, well, we'll change the rules, we gotta win, and then we're gonna pack the court. Biden doubled down yesterday on refusing to answer the question.

They'll know my opinion on court packing when the election is over. Now, look, I know it's a great question for y'all, and I don't blame you for asking, but you know, the moment I answer that question, the headline in every one of your papers will be about that, other than, other than focusing on what's happening now. The election The election has begun. There's never been a court appointment once an election begun, but 4 million or so people have already voted.

Think about that. A guy who's running for president doesn't want to tell you what he's going to do because he's afraid the media is going to write on it, write about it, the media is going to report on it. And the media just says, okay, makes sense to me, nothing to see here. Meanwhile, the president, all right, not going to have a virtual debate next week because he's not going to sit in front of a computer. So instead of virtually debating Joe Biden, he's going to hold a campaign rally and people are going to lose their minds.

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because when John McCain was running in 2008, he's on the View and one of the ladies says to him, what happens if Roe v. Wade is overturned? And I'm at home yelling, it goes to the states. It goes to the states. And you live in a New York state which is very liberal Nothing's going to change. Instead, Senator, Senator McCain just went, Ah, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I don't think it's gonna happen. I just don't think it's gonna happen. But I. What kind of answer is that?

The wrong answer. I mean, it's— you're exactly right. And what I describe in the book One Vote Away and in the chapter on life is for 200 years of our nation's history, laws on abortion were made at the state level and different states had different laws. And if you wanted to change the laws on abortion, you did the same thing you did if you wanted to change any other laws, which is you tried to convince your fellow citizens your ideas were right and their ideas were wrong. Then in 1973, the Supreme Court stepped in and said, you silly voters, you don't get to decide this anymore. We're taking this out of your hand. The American people—

Hi everybody. I'm not going to play the rest of the answer because it would go look past the show. More programs, that's what, that'll do it, more programs. More benefits, more handouts. I have a fear, by the way, about the dollar, and I'll tell you very unambivalently, unambiguously. There is a danger the dollar will cease to be the currency, the primary currency of the world, because we're cheapening the dollar's worth with all of the expenses due solely to lockdown. I just, I marvel. Sweden had zero deaths yesterday, by the way, in the countries Uh, in the first— let's see, like, uh, in the first— wow, 58, 60. Now really, in the, the, the first 75 countries in deaths per million, they're the only one of any size that had— I mean, I'm not counting San Marino or let's see, Channel Island. They are the only ones with no deaths. No masks, no deaths. Gather, gather together. Never locked down. Kids went to school. Front page article, LA Times: teachers refuse to go in until it's safe. Yeah, that's a real, uh, that's real courageous. They'll say, well, it's not a matter of courage, you got to be safe. Are kids really dying? There isn't one kid in all the— during the worst of the pandemic, Swedish schools were open for kids under 16. No kid died. They don't have an example of any more teachers getting it than from anybody else. Teachers got it from teachers. By the way, so what if you get it? In most cases— not most, in nearly every single case If you get it, you're okay. You want to know what the best vaccine is? Getting it. That's the best vaccine for the vast majority. We're talking 99.5% of humanity. Follow the science— another gigantic lie of the left because they never follow the science. They follow what they want and find the scientists they want to say it. My anger with the lockdown is quite palpable, as you can hear, and it has been that way. Soon you will only be able to eat in many cities in a chain restaurant because the local ones will have been killed by the safety crowd. Who don't pay the price of their policies. Happiness Hour coming up.

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You've got the Speaker of the House saying something that is so telling to me. I, I've had a number of people text and call me and say, this 25th Amendment crap that Pelosi's pulling, this stunt, it isn't for Trump, it's for Biden. And as I think about it and I'm listening to Nancy Pelosi's announcement, which we are just about to play for you, it's coming, I'm told, but this is just moments ago. Nancy Pelosi said This is not about President Trump. He will face the judgment of the voters, but he shows the need for us to create a process for future presidents. Future— you mean like Joe Biden if he wins? You know, 59% of Americans polled by Rasmussen a couple of months ago don't think Joe Biden will complete a 4-year term, right? 59. You know, in that same poll, 49% of Democrats don't think Joe Biden will complete a 4-year term. Is Nancy Pelosi setting up the 25th Amendment to remove Joe Biden so we have President Kamala Harris? You let— you be the judge. You listen to what Nancy Pelosi said moments ago announcing a bill on the 25th Amendment.

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In the summer of 2016, right near the Republican convention, out of nowhere, there was chatter that started to surface around President Donald Trump allegedly having connections to Russia. In fact, we can go back and we find television clips of Hillary Clinton campaign surrogates starting to talk about Donald Trump is bought and paid for by Russia, or there is meaningful collusion happening on behalf of the Trump campaign and Russia. And it was always very bizarre. It was always so incongruent with the entire election because there were such bigger issues happening in 2016. Go back into 2016. Russia was not at the forefront of any sort of geopolitical conversations. People were mostly focused on Hillary Clinton's campaign or Hillary Clinton's emails. We'll talk about that. But 2016 was a lot about what Donald Trump was going to do if he became president. It was a lot about the economy. It was about the Obama succession. It was about the Obama legacy. And so this conversation about Russia always felt very, very strange and very bizarre for those of us that were in the campaign or around the campaign, I should say. And so John Ratcliffe, the director of national intelligence, has just declassified a series of documents that revealed that former CIA Director John Brennan briefed former President Barack Obama on Hillary Clinton's purported plan to tie then-candidate Donald Trump to Russia as a, quote, means of distracting the public from her use of a private email server. Keep up with what's trending.

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I want to go back to Pence. I was really genuinely stunned and impressed at his self-control. I don't think I've ever seen anything like it because you did not get the impression, which the media sometimes wants to give you, is that he's dull, that he's a dud. You could see the fire within. I think many people saw him as incredibly presidential and thought, my goodness, you could think what you want of Trump, but he picked this guy to replace him if something goes wrong. That's a pretty good pick.

When Trump or Biden are sworn in in January of 2021, they will be the oldest president coming into office for a term. 74 or 78 will beat the all-time age limits. And so I think particularly because of the discussion about whether or not Biden would even complete a term, I think the focus on Kamala Harris being a potential president really put that debate under that kind of spotlight. Would these people make a good president if the, if the top guy goes down? And with Biden's health issues, and certainly with, with the president catching COVID I just think we've seen the humanity and kind of the frailty of the people that can be in that office pretty upfront. So that is a relevant question at this point in time. And there's no question about last night that Mike Pence had command not only of what he needed to say and what he wanted to get across, but the kind of have the demeanor to be able to do so in a way that would be appealing and understandable by the majority, mass majority of Americans.

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This is Michael Medved at michaelmedved.com for Town Hall. The appointment of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the United States Supreme Court counts as a masterstroke and easily one of the best decisions of Donald Trump's presidency. In an election season when liberals and media try to characterize conservatives as old, angry, bigoted, extreme, and lacking in empathy, Judge Barrett displays the opposite characteristics. At age 48, She's youthful, a genial consensus builder, and mother of 7, including a special needs child and 2 adopted kids from Haiti. On a court dominated for decades by Yale and Harvard graduates, she's a breath of Midwestern fresh air, beloved by her students at Notre Dame. Most importantly, she'll give new life to the originalist thinking It's a happy, happy, happy—

what's the matter here? All right, everybody, it's the happiness hour on the Dennis Prager Show. Oh yes, it is. It really, really, really is. These the original lyrics? All right, everybody, together with me. It's the happy, happy, happy, happy hour. Yes, despite a lockdown that is immoral and unscientific and destructive and stupid, despite that, we have the happiness hour. 'Cause you gotta talk about happiness in tough times, not just easy times. But you will acknowledge I was always reminding you how good the times were. Remember my motto? If nothing's horrific, life is terrific. So now, well, it may not be horrific, but it's horrible. If horrific is worse than horrible, then it's horrible. And what it's done to tens and hundreds of millions of people in the world, ruined their lives. They're still living, but they ruined lives. But to epidemiologists, ruined lives are irrelevant. A death, ah, that, or even worse, a case. Oh, a case, we got a case. All right, so that's why the happiness hour is necessary even at this time, especially at such a time. I raised the issue last hour and then said I would discuss it this hour, and that is excitement. The role of excitement in happiness. It's a very complex question because human beings like excitement. And the reason people like excitement is, first of all, they feel alive. When they're excited. They like that feeling, and it's an adrenaline producer, and adrenaline is apparently addictive. Why do people go to horror movies? They get an adrenaline rush, right? Or car chases. I don't mean real ones, I mean, which are inherently interesting, I admit, but I mean, you know, the action-packed technological marvels of moviemaking, of, you know, car chases and so on. People love excitement. So what do you do about that? Well, I, I, I'll begin with this. It's a very— as I said, it's a very important and very complex subject. Given the human desire for excitement, it cannot be fully expunged, nor should it be expunged. So trick number one, if it is indeed a trick, is to be excited over the mundane. That's, I think, that's the primary solution to the problem. See, the, the desire for excitement very frequently leads to bad things. It is not inherently a bad thing, but it does almost inevitably, in, in, in very many cases, it leads to bad things. I quoted the terror. I mean, to give the total extreme, you had SS murderers and they had a saying, "I never feel as alive as when I'm killing." There apparently for some humans, there is quite a rush in killing somebody. The psychopaths who capture people and then kill them often speak about. I mean, these are true mentally ill psychopaths, but nevertheless there's something to be learned from them. The rush that they get from killing someone is not something I can relate to, but something I can read and believe. Most of you are not involved in that, so I won't dwell on that at any length. I only need to note that the pursuit of excitement can lead to some very bad things. So the trick is to get excited over things that are not bad. And, uh, I, I will admit that there are many happiness topics where I have to work on me, and the Happiness Hour has helped me in my life a great deal, as it happens. This is not one, I will acknowledge, that I have— I have had to work at a great deal. I have a gift, and it is a gift, so I am not bragging. A gift, you cannot brag about a gift, you were just given it. But I have a gift of getting excited over small things. And that has been an incredible source of happiness in my life. I mean, I'll give you examples. You will find it even odd. Some of you will find it odd. You got excited over that? So I, uh, excuse me, I remember, so I remember, for example, uh, the, well, I mean, the, the excitement of discovering music and then going to concerts, classical music in my case. And that started in high school. I mean, that was a regular source of excitement. I, I went at least twice a month. To Carnegie Hall or Philharmonic Hall or some other hall in New York City where I grew up. I remember when I was in England my third year of college, I had been smoking a pipe since I was 17. I know I always talk about cigars, but I smoke a pipe as frequently. I just love the taste of tobacco. And I don't inhale, for those of you who are worried about me. Or those of you who would like me to disappear from the scene, I don't inhale. So nor does almost any cigar or pipe smoker. I remember going into pipe and tobacco stores in England and it was so exciting to talk to the guy behind the counter, the owner, about pipes and tobaccos. It sounds to you as almost silly. You got excited over that? Yes, I did. I— but there were things that friends of mine got excited over that I didn't get excited over. It's just as wonderful. They would, they would put radios together. Remember Heathkits and all that stuff? Friends— or they would build a model ship or a model airplane. My brother did that, and it was exciting to complete it. It was even exciting to do it. Hobbies are a great source of benign excitement. So I don't disqualify excitement from the equation of happiness, but you've got to figure out how to have it in, in the small ways. That's why I've said people have— people get excited when they buy things. It's a big part of buying things is the excitement of buying it, and I understand that. So, but I've, I've mentioned this in the past, most people can get as excited with an inexpensive item as with an expensive item. The— your excitement does not rise along with the price as a general rule. So buy less expensive items more frequently and have excitement. This is a very important subject for— in terms of happiness. And in terms of morality. The people, the young people who are those men who are smashing windows and kicking in doors, they are having an unbelievably exciting time in the name of nothing, in the name of chaos. They stand for nothing. They are nothings. They are nothings in pursuit of adrenaline. That's what they are. They love the excitement. You think if they governed, there would be a better America? I'm curious. Do you think if the people rioting governed, think the country would be a better place, a kinder place? The question is a joke. So they have nothing to offer. It is all narcissistic pursuit of excitement. Religious communities have a way of having some excitement which is benign. It's one of the benefits of religion. The— if you get together with your community on a weekly basis, that, that's exciting. See people you like, people you share values with.

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Who do you think won? I am most happy that Mike Pence got a chance to address the abysmal an offensive lie about what the president said about the horrific events in Charlottesville years ago. Let's begin with cut 17.

He, on the issue of Charlottesville, where people were peacefully protesting the need for racial justice, where a young woman was killed, and on the other side there were neo-Nazis carrying tiki torches shouting racial epithets. Chants, antisemitic slurs. And Donald Trump, when asked about it, said there were fine people on both sides.

You know, I think this is one of the things that makes people dislike the media so much in this country, Susan, is that you selectively edit, just like Senator Harris did, comments that President Trump and I and others on our side of the aisle make. I mean, Senator Harris conveniently omitted after the president made comments about people on either side of the debate over monuments, he condemned the KKK, neo-Nazis, and white supremacists, and has done so repeatedly. You're concerned that he doesn't condemn neo-Nazis. President Trump has Jewish grandchildren. His daughter and son-in-law are Jewish. This is a president who who respects and cherishes all of the American people.

It was, it was terrific and it was overdue.

And every time you hear someone here, the Charlottesville people on both sides, no, they're lying to you and don't trust that people.

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But last night, I, I'm going into it, I, I've known Mike Pence for 30 years. I, I knew he was going to be the polished gentleman that he always is, a consistent Christian, very capable of keeping his testimony intact when he's in front of people. And I was waiting to see if the Kamala from about the third or fourth primary debate, remember where she was just like hacking at Joe Biden and she was just out of control. We didn't get that Kamala Harris last night, but the one we did get was someone who still obviously gets very angry about things and can't keep that from expressing it on her face. And all you had to do was read some of the Twitter activity during the debate. Megyn Kelly calling her out on, you know, she's like, even if you feel it, don't wear it on your face, lady.

I try to filter out my own biases. I tried to be aware of my own biases, and I'm thinking, do I not like her just because I don't like her positions? Do I not like her? You know, but there does seem to be something cloying and annoying about the way she comes across.

On the optics alone, and all you have to do is just look at the average number of polls that are being done by individual news stations that carried the debate and so forth last night, all across Twitter, I have not seen a poll come in from an independent journalism outlet or think tank group that has not said that Pence won in a landslide last night. And I don't think that that was purely on policy, because I think a lot of those places don't agree with Mike Pence on policy. I think that is a reflection of how she comes across personality-wise.

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All right, y'all, Dennis Prager here. And a reminder, this Happiness Hour, you want to make a happier country, there's a group that I am appealing for, for you to help, and you've done beautifully. Click on the ADF Alliance Defending Freedom banner at DennisPrager.com and make a donation. I raise funds for 3 groups a year. This is one of them this year. That's how important their work is. The ADF banner at DennisPrager.com. The phone number to talk to me is 1-800-PRAGER-776-877-243-7776. The subject of this Happiness Hour is excitement. People want excitement, and you're entitled to it. The trick is to get excited over things in daily life. If you wait for excitement in big things, you can't— there's no way to be a happy— no way you'll be a happy person. Also, the pursuit of excitement is a very, very dangerous one. And look, that's a big factor in a husband or wife strain, is the pursuit of excitement. And I'm not saying this judgmentally. You have to figure out a way to have excitement in your marriage. I'm not naive. It's not a daily possibility of But it should— you try to do something on some regular basis. Sex is the most obvious example, but not just that. You know, things that you just enjoy, look— that you look forward to doing together. Eating out, watching a movie, you know, go horseback riding, whatever it might be. Religion provides a wonderful outlet for regular excitement. I have that. I know this will sound to some of you as almost incomprehensible. I've said it on many occasions. My Sabbath each week, Friday night, Saturday night, is exciting because it's always spent, nearly always it is spent either just with my family or with my family and friends, or just friends. To have a weekly— non-Jews who have come to my Shabbat dinners with friends have just marveled at this, and specifically that it happens every week, Thanksgiving every week. So you create a way of having benign, positive excitement. Excitement is morally neutral. I don't downplay its role in happiness. The trick is to channel it in directions that are positive rather than negative. Hobbies, as I said earlier, is one fantastic outlet for it. But when it is not constrained by reason and morality, you get people smashing windows for no reason. Truly no reason. They do it for the adrenaline rush. That's the reason. All right, 877-243-7776. And we'll go to your calls here. Chris in Tyler, Texas, hello.

Mr. Prager, your wisdom and clarity of thought have made me a better father and a better husband.

Wow, that's the nicest thing you could say. Thank you.

I was listening to you and you immediately provided your brilliance by saying what you said because my wife and I always talk about how happy we are as people that we find excitement in the simple things in life and we are so dismayed by our family members, but are always looking for the bigger, better, more exciting, and that leads them to roads that take them down to a path of complete emptiness and non-satisfaction. It is really sad to watch. To give you an example, when my wife and I first met, our first date, we went for a walk in the park which lasted for 3 hours. It was the best walk I've ever taken in my entire life. I was excited for over 15 days in a row.

Right. Well, when you fall in love, that's the most exciting thing in the world, I think, falling in love. So the trick is, of course, if, you know, 15 years later, the same walk, it's not going to be as exciting, nor should it be expected to be. But if it's still— is it exciting? I feel And I'm lucky, and it wasn't always this way in my life. So I just, I recognize that I'm lucky, but I'm excited to get home after a trip.

Correct. Correct. Yes. The excitement has never died. To give you another example, we love music like you, and for us to go to a store, and I know the younger listeners may not know what I'm talking about because I'm 44. To find a great record together, that we cannot wait to go home and make a nice cup of coffee and put it on our turntable and just take that beautiful music in. It is just at the top of the world.

I, I, I relate to what you just said. I relate to the cup of coffee. I relate to the music. I relate to finding a piece of music. You know, it's an interesting thing. What's happened is Now, you know, almost everything is streamed. People don't buy records much. They don't buy compact discs much. There's a loss there. That was— I remember looking in the bins, you know, of record or CD stores, and it was a very exciting experience. Just entering a store is an exciting experience, I admit it. And that will be, uh, that that will be endangered by the demise of stores. All right, Stephen in Sacramento. Thank you, Chris. Hello, Stephen.

Hi, Dennis. Hi. Happy Friday. Thank you. I try to get excited about everything, and it's kind of easy for me because I enjoy the anticipation of the excitement, and a lot of people miss that. I think most people miss that. When I think I'm going to do something exciting this weekend, the anticipation of doing that exciting thing, I enjoy that up until the weekend. And even if the exciting thing doesn't happen, I still enjoy the anticipation of thinking it would have happened. I want to give you an example of that.

All right, hold on, I want to get your example. Just stay with me. 1-8-PRAGER-776 is the number. The— to get excited Over Little Things, today's Happiness Hour.

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But last night, I'm going into it. I've known Mike Pence for 30 years. I knew he was going to be the polished gentleman that he always is, a consistent Christian, very capable of keeping his testimony intact when he's in front of people. And I was waiting to see if the Kamala from about the third or fourth primary debate, remember where she was just like hacking at Joe Biden and she was just out of control. We didn't get that Kamala Harris last night, but the one we did get was someone who still obviously gets very angry about things and can't keep that from expressing it on her face. And all you had to do was read some of the Twitter activity during the debate. Megyn Kelly calling her out on, you know, she's like, even if you feel it, don't wear it on your face, lady.

I try to filter out my own biases. I tried to be aware of my own biases, and I'm thinking, do I not like her just because I don't like her positions? Do I not like her? You know, but there does seem to be something cloying and annoying about the way she comes across.

On the optics alone, and all you have to do is just look at the average number of polls that are being done by individual news stations that carried the debate and so forth last night, all across Twitter, I have not seen a poll come in from an independent journalism outlet or think tank group that has not said that Pence won in a landslide last night. And I don't think that that was purely on policy because I think a lot of those places don't agree with Mike Pence on policy. I think that is a reflection of how she comes across personality-wise.

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This is Owen Strand for Townhall.com. If you're on a college campus today or have a child on campus, there's a solid chance you'll hear this: "All white people are racist." You might hear this too: "America is founded on white supremacy." These two sentences are not mere overheated emotion. They express an ideology called Critical Race Theory, or CRT, which argues that race is a social construct made by white people. Just as race was once used to enslave and terrorize, So it is used today to keep America unequal, unfair, and hostile to minorities. The Trump administration just took symbolic and courageous action against CRT. It issued a memo to federal agencies calling for the end of the government's CRT racial sensitivity trainings, terming them divisive anti-American propaganda. Does America have real issues in its past? Yes. Have we made real progress that we must guard carefully? Also yes. The White House has led well here. I'm Owen Strayer.

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And politically speaking, you got a Democrat candidate who's got a plan to pack the Supreme Court with 4 liberal justices because they can't accept the fact that Ruth Bader Ginsburg's passing is going to lead to a 6-3 conservative majority, and they don't know what to do about it. So all they can do is say, well, we'll change the rules, we gotta win, and then we're gonna pack the court. Biden doubled down yesterday on refusing to answer the question.

They'll know my opinion on court packing when the election is over. Now look, I know It's a great question, y'all, and I don't blame you for asking it. But, you know, the moment I answer that question, the headline in every one of your papers will be about that, other than, other than focusing on what's happening now. The election has begun. There's never been a court appointment once an election begun, but 4 million or so people have already voted.

Think about that. A guy who's running for president doesn't want to tell you what he's going to do because he's afraid the media—

All right, y'all, Dennis Prager here, the Happiness Hour. The subject is excitement. Excitement is a, is a, is a big deal in life. That's admitted. So the trick is, what do you get excited over? That's, that's the issue. I think some people are luckier than others. I'm in the luckier category in this department. I, from such an early age, I got excited about so many things. If I'd get a— I mean, I used to, as a kid, I would get— they called them approvals. God, I can't— I don't think I've used that term in many decades. I would get— I would receive in the mail postage stamps, and I would buy the ones I want to keep and send back the ones I didn't want to keep. I was so excited when that mail came. My hobby in high school was shortwave radio. I would listen to foreign broadcasts if I got a letter from them. I remember when I got a letter from Radio Moscow, a package. Do you know they even sent me a hardcover book on learning Russian? Isn't that amazing? A lot of expense. Right. Yes. I'm sorry. Well, they did think I would get a new communist. Not exactly. That is right. I told them I was, you know, as a high school kid listening to their broadcasts, and I get this big package back and I go, I just stared at those stamps. Wow. From the Soviet Union, which I hated, by the way, but it was very exciting. So back to Stephen in Sacramento, your thesis is that even anticipating for you is, is a form of excitement, correct?

Yes, Dennis. You know, I feel sorry for a lot of people because I talk to people about this all the time. Most people miss the anticipation of the excitement, and that's half the fun. The further the excitement off is is the more long you can anticipate it and enjoy anticipating it. And I was talking to a dear friend, as an example, I was talking to a dear friend, she's divorced, and she was telling me that her husband was supposed to come visit that weekend and she was being real quiet because she didn't want her kids to hear. And I said, why don't you want your kids to hear? And she said, well, they get all excited and sometimes he doesn't show up. And I said, you know what, you're denying them enjoying that excitement of them coming over. She said, but if he doesn't show up, they get disappointed. I said, I said, Sandy, that's part of life. And the more you get disappointed, the easier disappointment becomes. Disappointment takes practice. When it happens, it just becomes— it becomes less of a thing. Be disappointed, so what? Don't deny yourself the great anticipation of the exciting event because it may not happen. You're missing half the fun. And that's how you can enjoy it, or actually get excited about almost anything because you, you enjoy the anticipation of the excitement, and that is a lot of fun.

And if it doesn't happen, so what? You're good, you're good. Are you married?

You know, uh, I'm divorced. But you know what, Dennis, even, uh, getting excited about something, you, you, uh, you get— you anticipate it, and if it doesn't happen, so what? Just— yeah, well, it's good.

I like practice disappointment. That was It was a good one. You got inoculated. All right, I appreciate it. I asked him if he's married. I'm often curious, but I asked him if he's married because I wanted to know if his wife— if, which he doesn't have obviously, but if, if he did have a wife, did she share that ability? Here's the $64,000 question. I'm not sure I have an answer to it. How do you develop the ability to be excited over little things if you aren't, if you don't have that ability now? So for example, Rhonda in Simi Valley, California, that might be a question you would pose. Go ahead.

Hi, uh, yeah, I, I just, I find it so hard to get excited about about little things. I'm a single mom, and that's not a pity party comment. I'm just— I'm so focused all the time on my son, which I get excited about him, but I really— when, when you said, you know, the topic was excitement, I— it really grounded me and made me realize that I need to be more grateful. I think having gratitude can allow people to maybe be excited about the small things.

That's right. That's very good. I Profound comment. That's right. Yeah, well, let's, let's be, let's be very clear. Ingratitude certainly doesn't foster excitement. Stay on with me. You're a thoughtful woman. Let's find her a husband.

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And let me ask you the obvious question. Maybe I'm naive. Why would any party wish to pack the Supreme Court? What would their objective be, Andy?

Well, obviously it's the same objective that FDR had when he was slapped down by his own party trying to do it back in the New Deal days, and that is in order to convert the tribunal from its last vestige as a judicial institution into a super legislature that basically imposes the political will of the party that packed it. So obviously it's, uh, it's, it's completely political and it would really destroy our system, Seb, because the framers constructed a system of sort of competitive institutions. So our liberty depends on no one actor getting an accumulation of too much power. Right. And part of that is making the Supreme Court a judicial, apolitical institution. That's why it's insulated from the electoral process. If you turn it into a political institution and it's just a proxy of Congress, that throws the whole system out of whack and you have nothing left to protect minority rights, which I would think would be of interest not only to people on the right but to people on the left because, you know, two can play this game. And it never has a happy end.

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Only a tiny fraction of demonstrations have had any violence at all. So what the president is doing is once again patently false. It's morally wrong. And yes, it is racist.

Larry Elder, ReliefFactor.com studio. Quite a statement to make. This is a woman, Michelle Obama, who recently accused white people of still running. Y'all still running. She was complaining about white flight, which she witnessed when she was growing up in Chicago. I did a video about this, and I said, you know, this whole business about white flight is a lot more complicated than what Michelle Obama is outlining. My neighborhood changed from one neighborhood that was all white to all black within a matter of years. And I'm not saying that a lot of people did not leave the neighborhood because of racism, because of fear of black people. But there were a whole lot of people who stayed in the neighborhood for a while, and then they realized a lot of their sons and daughters were being picked on and bullied by a lot of these black kids living in the neighborhood. There was even black flight as well, and Michelle Obama does not mention that. It's really curious, isn't it? She said when she was complaining about white flight, she said, quote, and I'm quoting her, 'Y'all still running,' close quote. Again, fascinating how people like Oprah Winfrey can just insult white people call them bigots, and then they still say that she's respectable and we just love them, we just love her, and y'all still running. Really?

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company, has just announced that remdesivir, it will be available to any hospitalized And one quick reminder, my friends, and that is Trump Card, the movie by Dinesh D'Souza, is available at SalemNow.com. SalemNow.com. Com. Really important movie about where America is today, what socialism really is about, what the Trump card really means. Dennis Prager is an extremely intelligent man, and I don't say that often, but his insights into the present condition are deep, and he makes good movies. This one is Trump Card, and it is available at salemnow.com. I don't even know if it's out in general viewing, but it is, uh, it is available at salemnow.com. Trump Card. There was also a DVD. salemnow.com. I'm Dennis Prager. The Happiness Hour. The subject is excitement. Rhonda, back to you in Simi Valley, California. So hi again. So, uh, by the way, what'd you think of my comment that I want to find you a husband?

Oh, I thought it was great, but he's got to be a conservative, Trump-loving, police-respecting man.

No, no, makes perfect sense. That's right. You crack me up that you're cracking yourself up. So, uh, so what is the issue for you? Finding excitement in little things is a challenge.

It, it is, and I think it's because I, I'm just always so focused on everybody else. And I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing, but I just think that I've kind of lost touch with myself and being grateful for the small things, like I'd mentioned before. And your topic really, really struck a chord with me. So I, I just want to get grounded again, and I should be excited about the small things.

I should be excited about— I'll give you an example. Do you have a close female friend? I do. So having lunch with her, is that a, is that a source of excitement? Yeah, yes, absolutely. Okay, so that, that's, that's a, that's a really good example.

Yeah, yeah, you're right.

You're absolutely right. Go on. I think that when I think of excitement, like when you started the topic earlier, you had mentioned people always wait for big moments to be exciting. I, I think that's what I was thinking about. But now that you mentioned, you know, having lunch with all my girlfriends is exciting, and, you know, picking my son up from daycare is exciting, and so I guess there There are a lot of exciting things in my life. I guess I was just thinking about—

Well, okay, then you know what? This hour was really worth it. That's great. That's the reason I have a happiness hour. See, I believe deeply that we decide to be happy, but it's like if you decide to be or do something, then the question becomes, how do you do it? That's why I'm giving examples of excitement over little things. I do have big things constantly in my life, but I don't rely on them for my happiness. I do rely on the little things, many of which are big things. So, you know, it's exciting to visit my kids. They live on the other side of the country. You know, I, on a normal year, I lecture somewhere in the world. I'm going to Hungary in 2 weeks to lecture, just as an example. My first trip abroad this year. It was almost the first year since I was 20 that I didn't go abroad. But I don't rely on those. I have any unhappiness I've had this year has been because of the conditions that surround me in America, my fears and worries about the country. But I'm same happy guy. I don't rely on, you know, having a speech in another country or another city which is very exciting, there's no question about it, but I don't rely on it. I have trained myself to be excited about the little stuff, and so should you. And I gave the example to Rhonda, who wants a God-fearing, Trump-loving conservative guy. You know any, Sean? There you go. Sean's won. All right, everybody, let's go to, uh, let's go to another one of your calls here. Bobby in Pendleton, South Carolina.

Hello. How you doing? I love this show. Good. Uh, I I had a brain tumor a couple years ago, and I was a truck driver all my life. I can't drive anymore. So when my girlfriend takes me down to get my medicine, the library is right next door, and I've always loved books. And I look forward to that, the day when we go pick up my medicine, because she lets me go in the library and she tells me take my time. And I love walking around the library, getting some books. And then getting home and reading them, you know, a cup of coffee, sit down, it's nice and quiet. And I just always like books and walking around the library.

I'm with you. I'm sorry that you're not driving anymore. That's a blow. But, uh, listen, if, if we can't— if we can't withstand blows then life for very many people is, is hopeless in terms of happiness. The— this little stuff thing is so, is so big. That's why I'm such a major fan of hobbies. Thank you, Bobby, I appreciate it. And Susan in Anaheim, California, hello.

Hi Dennis, thank you for taking my call. Um, I wanted to offer to that, um, like that gentleman that talked about anticipating, I think also reliving what— Oh, that's interesting.

Stay on. I, I was thinking of that. I didn't want to say it because I wasn't sure it's true. I hope you're right. I'll be with you.

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My guest is Senator Ted Cruz. Senator, people are clueless about the real meaning of Citizens United. Can you explain to people what that ruling really means and why is the left so afraid of it?

Yeah, I can. It's a hugely important question. The chapter on free speech in the book talks all about Citizens United. Most people have heard of it, but they don't know what it is, and they know Democrats hate it, right? What it was about is our right to criticize politicians. And in this instance, a nonprofit group in D.C. called Citizens United made a movie critical of Hillary Clinton. And the Obama Justice Department took the position that the government could fine them, could punish them for daring to criticize Hillary Clinton. The case went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. The most chilling moment was an oral argument. When Justice Sam Alito asked the Obama Justice Department, under your theory of the case, could the federal government ban books? And the Obama Justice Department said, yes, yes, we can ban books, never mind what the First Amendment says, but we can— they criticize a politician. Now, thankfully, the Supreme Court rejected that by a vote of 5 to 4. For 4 justices willing to say the government can censor movies, can censor books, can ban books if they criticize politicians. We're one vote away from our free speech rights being taken away.

Senator, who wins on November 3rd?

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I know you don't do politics, but on the vice presidential debate on Tuesday night, Kamala Harris spoke wistfully of the Iran deal. Joe Biden wants to get back into it. It's as though the left wing in this country does not understand Iran. Do the people in Greece understand their threat to the, uh, to the east and the, and the south of them? Do Americans not get what the Greeks get about Iran?

And this is the Happiness Hour. The subject is excitement. Islamic Republic of erotica. I was with Susan in Anaheim, California. Hi.

So you say you can even get excited about things that happen on that same trip to Italy?

Yeah, when they happened, or nice.

And then you just think about like, wow, okay, when you meet someone that's memorable, or they say something memorable, and then you go later, you think, wow, that changed my life a little bit.

That they foment trouble wherever they go.

I'll go through the entire world.

The way they talked about their children is something—

And so you remember it, that it was life-changing.

Well, look, that's a very important subject. I've raised it, but not the most.

And that is the role of memory in happiness. The Gulf states understand the instability that Iran creates there. And I might I believe it has to be a very important one.

Because if it isn't, if the memories of even exciting times, exciting events, do not bring you pleasure, then they're sort of pointless.

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And let me ask you the, the obvious question. Maybe I'm not— it's a very important role for memory in this regard. Wish to pack the Supreme Court. What, what would their objective be? All right, let's see. Sandra in San Jose, California.

Retains the child within her and always feels enthusiastic.

My worry is that kids aren't even getting excited anymore. When I see the birthday parties, and I'm not condemning them, I'm just describing my worry, birthday parties that, you know, that cost the price of what a wedding would have cost in a previous generation. Are they getting jaded? The, the single biggest thing that I, I fear in meeting kids is they're being jaded. When I meet homeschooled kids, they seem open to excitement more. Just, just a throwaway thought that you might want to consider. How do you preserve the sense of excitement in the human being. It's one of the biggest roles a parent might want to consider. All right, and now, my friends, call in on any subject under the sun.

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And politically speaking, you got a Democrat candidate who's got a plan to pack the Supreme Court with 4 liberal justices because they can't accept the fact that Ruth Bader Ginsburg's passing is going to lead to a 6-3 conservative majority. And they don't know what to do about it. So all they can do is say, well, we'll change the rules. We gotta win. And then we're gonna pack the court. Biden doubled down yesterday on refusing to answer the question.

They'll know my opinion on court packing when the election is over. Now look, I know it's a great question for y'all, and I don't blame you for asking, but you know, the moment I answer that question, the headlines Every headline in every one of your papers will be about that, other than, other than focusing on what's happening now. The election has begun. There's never been a court appointment once an election begun, but 4 million or so people have already voted.

Think about that. A guy who's running for president doesn't want to tell you what he's going to do because he's afraid the media is going to write on it. Write about it. The media is going to report on it, and the media just says, okay, makes sense to me, nothing to see here. Meanwhile, the president, all right, not going to have a virtual debate next week because he's not going to sit in front of a computer. So instead of virtually debating Joe Biden, he's going to hold a campaign rally, and people are going to lose their minds.

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Because when John McCain was running in 2008, he's on The View, and one of the ladies says to him, what happens if Roe v. Wade is overturned? And I'm at home yelling, it goes to the states! It goes to the states! And you living in New York State, which is very liberal, nothing's going to change. Instead, Senator, Senator McCain just went, I don't think it's going to happen. I just don't think it's going to happen. But what kind of answer is that?

The wrong answer? I mean, it's, you're exactly right. And what I describe in the book, One Vote Away in the chapter of Life, is for 200 years of our nation's history, laws on abortion were made at the state level, and different states had different laws. And if you wanted to change the laws on abortion, you did the same thing you did if you wanted to change any other laws, which is you tried to convince your fellow citizens your ideas were right and their ideas were wrong. Then in 1973, the Supreme Court stepped in and said, you silly voters, you don't get to decide this anymore. We're taking this out of your hand. The American people have no ability to resolve this question. And I think that decision more than anything politicized the court. It's the reason we have these ugly circus confirmations now. Kamala Harris and Joe Biden, they support unlimited abortion on demand up until the moment of birth, partial birth abortion with no parental notification, no parental consent, and taxpayer funding for it all. Do you know, Larry, that only 9% of Americans support that radical extreme position? And yet that's what they want the court to mandate.

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Just a few minutes ago, let's remind everybody, so there's the Hunter Biden scandal, Ukraine, Hunter Biden's prime primary business partner, both at Burisma, the Ukrainian company, on many other things including the China things, is a guy named Devon Archer. And back in 2018— there was—

Kerry was involved as well, Kerry's stepson.

Uh, they were— that was a third partner on some of the business ventures, right? Uh, it was— his name was Christopher Hines. He didn't have anything to do with Burisma. Okay. Uh, but he did have to do with some of the other ones.

But tell us about this other partner.

Devon Archer, uh, was the primary driving force on almost all of Hunter's big deals, the China deal, the Burisma deal, uh, the Kazakhstan deal, the Russia deal about the Russian oligarch, the one that Joe Biden claimed wasn't true, but it is.

You mean the $3.5 million?

And you know what it is? It's more than $3.5 million according to the documents the FBI obtained in Devin Archer's criminal case, which we're going to talk about. It was $200 million that came in for Yelena Buterin. Well, she's a billionaire. She is. So $200 million is, you know, a little bit of money, right? Yeah. And, uh, and the FBI's that. So it's that case. Devin Archer in 2018 was convicted of fraud in a case up in New York. And, and then mysteriously, a few months after the jury verdict, the judge set aside only his verdict. The other men in the case were continued to be viewed as— only Devin Archer was excised from the case and freed, and the guilty verdict overturned. The Justice Department appealed. The wheels of justice turn slow. At 4 o'clock, just a few minutes ago, the Second District Court of Appeals in New York reinstated the guilty plea, saying the judge had no right to come up with their own theory of the case and throw out Devin Archer's conviction.

So the prosecution said the judge can't just throw out a guilty verdict.

Exactly. And more importantly, because I think this has some application to the Mike Flynn case, yes, the judge was scolded for developing their own theory of the case.

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You've got the Speaker of the House saying something that is so telling to me. I, I've had a number of people text and call me and say, this 25th Amendment crap that Pelosi's pulling, this stunt, it isn't for Trump, it's for Biden. And as I think about it, and I'm listening to Nancy Pelosi's announcement, which we are just about to play for you, it's coming up, I'm told, but this is just moments ago. Nancy Pelosi said This is not about President Trump. He will face the judgment of the voters, but he shows the need for us to create a process for future presidents. Future, you mean like Joe Biden if he wins? You know, 59% of Americans polled by Rasmussen a couple of months ago don't think Joe Biden will complete a 4-year term, right? 59. You know, in that same poll, 49% of Democrats don't think Joe Biden will complete a 4-year term. Is Nancy Pelosi setting up—

that's right, that's the key in my life. Hi everybody, Dennis Prager here. Third Hour Friday, whatever's on your mind, especially if it is about classical music, audio equipment, photography equipment, cigars, or fountain pens. There we go, I remembered the whole group. And take in the music, everybody. Yeah, you know, I mentioned all those things. They all, they all are exciting in my life. That was the subject of the Happiness Hour, by the way. I want to remind you, not every station has all 3 hours of the show. Many have 2, many have all 3. Nobody has just one. So if you'd like to hear all of them, or even if you can't hear all of them, on your station, but you would like to hear them without commercials or be able to replay parts of it, go to pragertopia.com. Pragertopia.com. Is that clear? Triple G, is that clear? Are you going to pragertopia.com right now? Well, you don't have to. You actually put up the shows, don't you? Got a lot of shows up there. My intent is to offer you wisdom, by the way, just, uh, to introduce those of you new to my show. Wisdom is the most important thing because good intentions means nothing, and even a good heart without wisdom is useless. In fact, it can often lead to terrible stuff. And they're— tell me where wisdom is taught. The university? You got to be kidding. High school? You got to be kidding. You gotta be kidding. YGBK. Like, you know, there are so many acronyms. I won't say some of the acronyms because they usually have an expletive in them. All right, you know, some not. OMG, that doesn't have an expletive. Oh my God. LOL, laugh out loud. All right, everybody, let's, uh, the state here. I'm going to go to your calls and see what is on thine mind. Uh, Brooklyn, is that your name? Brooklyn in Maple Grove, Minnesota? Yes. Hi, Dennis. Hi, pleasure to talk to you. How old are you?

I'm 13, I'm 8th grade.

Okay, glad you called. Are you in there? Are you in a regular school, a religious school, homeschool?

Um, it's a public school.

Okay, great. Go ahead.

Um, so I'm 8th grade and my science teacher— keep that in mind, science teacher— has a poster of George Floyd saying, 'Do you hear us now? Justice for George Floyd.' I recently talked to her and told her why it may be uncomfortable. And it made me uncomfortable because my dad is a police officer, and you would understand why that would, like, make me uncomfortable. So instead of, like, acknowledging the fact that I did not feel safe in her classroom, she corrected me and said it was up there to make other students feel welcome and safe. Well, that doesn't make me feel welcome. After she— after that, she continued to say that George Floyd was murdered over a $20 bill, and there are racial reasons behind it. I wanted to know your thoughts on that or how I should approach that.

Your teacher is lying to you. The trouble is though, your teacher believes her lies. He was not killed over a $20 bill. We're not even sure that he was killed, let alone murdered, and we have zero evidence that it had anything to do with race. The Minneapolis Police Department routinely keeps people down who struggle with their arrest, as he did, for quite a while. I've seen the whole video. Everybody should see it. He was yelling he couldn't breathe well before they did anything to him. They treated him beautifully prior to putting him on the ground. He wouldn't— he refused to go in the car, yelling, I can't breathe. That is the police car. And it was found that he had 3 times the fatal amount of fentanyl in a body. It is To my mind, it is very unlikely that he was killed by the police officer. It is exceedingly unlikely that the police officer sought to kill him, and we have zero evidence that, again, as I said, it was race. Everything your teacher told you is a lie. And I, I want— I can only say that you are so mature sounding that I have a very optimistic view of your future. Just know though that because you march to the beat of truth, you will find school to be a very exhausting experience until the day you leave college, if you go to college.

Yes, I agree with you. Um, but what really angered me was that she said if you ask every single colored student in my middle school, she said that if you ask them if they had had any racial experience because of their color, they would say yes, they have been treated differently because of their color. That is what really angered me.

Well, I would— I think it would be very instructive to hear what those experiences are. I have, I have had this for decades on my show where black callers, not not all by any means, but where a black caller would say to me that he or she, well, it's almost always a he, experiences racism on a daily basis. So I truly openly and with curiosity just routinely ask, okay, can you give me an example of today's racist experience? So they say, well, the day's not over yet. Okay, yesterday. And when actually pressed, what was the racist experience you had yesterday or last week, it doesn't appear that anything comes out. Being treated rudely by a clerk happens to people of every color by people of every color. So I love your inner strength. Is this— is— did any kid— when you said these things to your teacher, was it public or private?

It was private.

We went into the hallway and we talked, right?

Do you have friends in school? Yes. Do they know you spoke to the teacher? Yes. Are they supportive of you?

Yes, um, they do know that my dad is a cop, so yes, they have been very supportive. And I'm very thankful. Um, so yes, they do know. Yes. And they support me.

If it ever comes up in class, ask your teacher, if she were being threatened by an intruder in her home, would she call the Minneapolis Police Department? I think I will next time. You're a joy. Send me an email. Your parents did a good job. Your genes did a good job. Oh, I got a question. Whoops, if she's still there. You're still there, Brooklyn? Yes. You watch PragerU videos?

Yes, I try to watch them every day.

Okay. All right, in a couple of years I want you to join Prager for us. Uh, that was a great call. What a great kid. I don't know if I ever spoke to a Brooklyn. I have another question. Are any other boroughs of New York City a name? I never met a Queens. I never met a Bronx. I never met a Manhattan. I never met a Staten. Okay, Brooklyn. All right, you're a joy. Thank you. Rich, Newport Beach, California.

Hi, pleasure to know you, Dennis. Thanks for taking my call. Thank you. Yeah, I just wanted to share an experience with you that my son unfortunately went through. He's a 5th grader, and at the time he was in public school. Um, the first time was the Zoom call with his teacher and all the kids in his class. And the teacher did a roll call, put your hands up if you're voting for Biden or for Trump. My son, of about 20 kids, was the only one who said Trump. Then the Biden kids went, and she said, congratulations, you made the right choice.

What grade is this?

Fifth. Then a week, a week later, yeah, they went to in-person where there was only 2 hours of in-person instruction that was supposed to occur. She did the same quiz to the kids in person when she saw them and talked about politics in the 2-hour window where she was supposed to be teaching. Yeah.

So what are you going to do about it? I'm not saying you should do anything. I just want to know, are you gonna— I don't mean even necessarily protest, just are you gonna keep your kid in school?

We brought it up to the principal and we've since moved them to a private school.

Exactly. And I hope it works in the private school. There is absolutely no guarantee that will be better. I hope it is better. Politicizing fifth graders, that's pretty cheap.

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because when John McCain was running in 2008, he's on the View and one of the ladies says to him, what happens if Roe v. Wade is overturned? And I'm at home yelling, it goes to the states. It goes to the states. And you live in a New York state which is very liberal. Nothing's going to change. Instead, Senator, Senator McCain just went, Ah, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I don't think it's going to happen. I just don't think it's gonna happen. But I, what kind of answer is that?

The wrong answer. I mean, it's— you're exactly right. And what I describe in the book One Vote Away and in the chapter on life is for 200 years of our nation's history, laws on abortion were made at the state level and different states had different laws. And if you wanted to change the laws on abortion, you did the same thing you did if you wanted to change any other laws, which is you tried to convince your fellow citizens your ideas were right and their ideas were wrong. Then in 1973, the Supreme Court stepped in and said, you silly voters, you don't get to decide this anymore. We're taking this out of your hand. The American people have no ability to resolve this question. And I think that decision more than anything politicized the court. It's the reason we have these ugly circus confirmations now. Kamala Harris and Joe Biden, They support unlimited abortion on demand up until the moment of birth, partial birth abortion with no parental notification, no parental consent, and taxpayer funding for it all. Do you know, Larry, that only 9% of Americans support that radical extreme position? And yet that's what they want the court to mandate.

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Just a few minutes ago, let's remind everybody, so there's the Hunter Biden scandal, Ukraine. Hunter Biden's primary business partner, both at Burisma, the Ukrainian company, on many other things including the China things, is a guy named Devin Archer. And back in 2018, there was—

Kerry was involved as well. Kerry stepped His stepson?

They would— that was a third partner on some of the businesses. Oh, like Rosemont Seneca. Right. His name was Christopher Hines. He didn't have anything to do with Burisma. Okay. But he did have to do with some of the other ones.

So tell us about this other partner.

Devon Archer was the primary driving force on almost all of Hunter's big deals. The China deals, the Burisma deal, the Kazakhstan deal, the Russia deal about the Russian oligarch, the one that Joe Biden claimed wasn't true, but it is.

You mean the $3.5 million?

And you know what it is? It's more than $3.5 million. According to the documents the FBI obtained in Devin Archer's criminal case, which we're going to talk about, it was $200 million that came in for Yelena Baturina. Well, she's a billionaire. She is. So $200 million is, you know, a little bit of money. Yeah. And, um, and the FBI has known that. So it's that case. Devin Archer in 2018 was convicted of fraud in a case up in New York. And, uh, and then mysteriously, a few months after the jury guilty verdict, the judge set aside only his verdict. The other men in the case were continued to be viewed as guilty. Only Devin Archer was excised from the case and freed, and the guilty verdict overturned. The Justice Department appealed. The wheels of justice turn slow, but at 4 o'clock, just a few minutes ago, the Second District Court of Appeals in New York reinstated the guilty plea, saying the judge had no right to to come up with their own theory of the case and throw out, uh, Devin Archer's conviction.

So the prosecution said the judge can't just throw out a guilty verdict.

Exactly. And, and more importantly, uh, because I think this has some application to the Mike Flynn case, yes, the judge was scolded for developing their own theory of the case.

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Prager, for taking my call. It's a pleasure. Thank you. All right, what I wanted to ask you about today is, um, over the years you have divulged so much of yourself into your program, and so many of the listeners around the country and around the world feel that they know you. And I've also often heard you say that your listeners know you. Well, is it ever awkward or strange for you that so many people seem to know you but you don't know them?

It's not reciprocated. Can you comment on that? Well, obviously the, the latter is impossible. One cannot know vast numbers of people, obviously, in the same way. Right, so it's a very interesting question. When you pose it, it does sound odd because it is odd. It's just objectively speaking, it's, it's very rare that you have such an instance. Uh, but I don't walk around ever thinking about it. When you, when you raise it, I I walk around thinking I'm Dennis, not Dennis Prager. Okay. It's one of the reasons I became very, again, this is very revealing, but that's my approach. At a very young age, I was already doing public things. 21, I began— at 21, I began lecturing. I realized very quickly that if I in any way let any of that stuff go to my head, I'd have no friends. And I much rather have friends than a big ego. Very good.

All right. Is it ever awkward for you when someone calls and speaks to you as if they know you personally?

No, not in the least. Not in the least.

Okay. All right. Yeah. Well, thank you.

Thank you. It's a very human question. Um, I guess everyone who is in public life has this to a certain extent. I have it more than most. Because I am more open than most. I, I, it's just a fact. Like when, when Barack Obama left office, I remember broadcasting in no, in no hostile way, said it's a very strange thing. After 8 years of his presidency, of his being president, I don't feel I know him one whit better than the day he was elected. The first term. I don't think there's anybody who would say that about me or about many other public figures, but obviously I was the subject of the call. Okie doke, let's go to Matthew in San Clemente, California.

Hello. Hello, Dennis. My question was, given that you're author of The Rational Bible, I have not heard your take on why the creation of the Bible—

what is the rational reason why God created humans to write it and other humans to believe that what was written was God's word? What's the rational reason behind that?

Well, I don't fully follow the question. Question, but I might. So if— tell me if my answer addresses your question. If God doesn't reveal his will, you might as well be an atheist. And so God's will to— God, I'll just finish the thought. God's will, as Jews and Christians understand it, is revealed in these books of what we call the Bible.

Why wouldn't God reveal his will individually to every person via inspiration, via—

versus one human that was inspired that got all these messages that then wrote them down, and then everyone then has to accept that?

That was— well, I, I—

the word of God, I do believe directly to me.

Well, I do believe God has revealed his moral will to everybody, but most people are disinterested in it. It's called the conscience. God— God has made it possible through the conscience to understand that murder is wrong. But part of what I explain in my commentary on Genesis is that the conscience alone without divine revelation was useless. If there isn't a God who directly says, "Do not murder," vast numbers of people will murder. There are people who even murdered after the revelation. So, it's a very tough job to make decent people, and it can't be done without the belief in a divine-based moral order. All right, I thank you. Mike in Manhattan. Hello, Eric.

You hear me? I got headphones on.

I do hear you. Oh, great.

Okay. So you've repeated this on more than one occasion about George Floyd and his overdose. 3 times he had fentanyl in his system. That's fatal. That's not a quantifiable amount. There's not like a single dose that's fatal for everybody. So that's something you got to stop repeating.

It's not— I won't stop repeating it, but, um, it's not true. It's not true. Everything I have read— I am not a doctor. I, I, I'm not a toxicologist, but everything I have read— not true. Wait, no, no, no. You could say it's, it's not always accurate, but it is true. Okay, let me ask you a question. Let me, let me ask you a question. Is it possible to have 3 times the, a fatal amount of fentanyl in one's body? Is it possible? I have no idea, but okay, if you have no idea, then why did you call? It's a useless call. All right, we shall, uh, what's our story? Yeah, all right, we'll be— we'll return in a moment. Uh, he— okay, it's not— it's not worth using. It's not worth the belaboring the point. Uh, 1-800-776-877-243-7776. Sorry, huh? Oh yes, that's right, at salemnow.com. The major dialogue at a major church between Pastor Jack Hibbs and myself, Social Unrest. You can get it at salemnow.com, and I want you to show it to your kids, whatever their age.

This is Michael Medved at MichaelMedved.com for Town Hall. The appointment of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the United States Supreme Court counts as a masterstroke and easily one of the best decisions of Donald Trump's presidency. In an election season when liberals and media try to characterize conservatives as old, angry, bigoted, extreme, and lacking in empathy, Judge Barrett displays the opposite characteristics. At age 48, she's used Youthful, a genial consensus builder, and mother of 7, including a special needs child and 2 adopted kids from Haiti. On a court dominated for decades by Yale and Harvard graduates, she's a breath of Midwestern fresh air, beloved by her students at Notre Dame. Most importantly, she'll give new life to the originalist thinking of her mentor, Justice Antonin Scalia, in stressing what the Constitution actually says, not what judges want it to say. As Americans Americans have been losing faith in public institutions. Judge Barrett can help to restore their confidence. I'm Michael Medved.

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My guest is Senator Ted Cruz. Senator, people are clueless about the real meaning of Citizens United. Can you explain to people what that ruling really means and why is the left so afraid of it?

Yeah, I can. It's a hugely important question. The chapter on free speech in the book talks all about Citizens United. Most people have heard of it, but they don't know what it is, and they know Democrats hate it, right? What it was about is our right to criticize politicians, and in this instance A nonprofit group in D.C. called Citizens United made a movie critical of Hillary Clinton, and the Obama Justice Department took the position that the government could fine them, could punish them for daring to criticize Hillary Clinton. The case went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. The most chilling moment was an oral argument when Justice Sam Alito asked the Obama Justice Department, under your theory of the case, could the federal government ban books? And the Obama Justice Department said, yes, yes, we can ban books, never mind what the First Amendment says, but we can— they criticize a politician. Now, thankfully, the Supreme Court rejected that by a vote of 5 to 4, or 4 justices willing to say the government can censor movies, can censor books, can ban books If they criticize politicians, we're one vote away from our free speech rights being taken away. Senator, who wins on November 3rd? I genuinely don't know. The hard left's gonna show up in massive numbers. If everybody else shows up, if people turn out, we could have a great election. The president could get reelected and we could retake the House and hold the Senate.

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I know you don't do politics, but on the vice presidential debate on Tuesday night, Kamala Harris spoke wistfully of the Iran deal. Joe Biden wants to get back into it. It's as though the left wing in this country does not understand Iran. Do the people in Greece understand their threat? To the, to the east and the south of them? Do Americans not get what the Greeks get about Iran?

No, I actually think most Americans get the threat from the Islamic Republic of Iran. It may be that certain American leaders don't understand it. No, the Greeks get it. I traveled on that same trip to Italy. The Europeans get it. Everyone understands the challenge. There's different approaches, different some countries will take from time to time, but no one disputes they are the largest state sponsor of terror in the world. They continue to work to build out their capacity Hi everybody, Dennis Prager here.

The, uh, with regards to George Floyd, I read to you a report here, Channel 9 in Minneapolis, Fox 9. Uh, let's see, two other members' memos filed Tuesday. This is from August, from the Hennepin County Attorney's Office. About conversations with Chief Hennepin County Medical Examiner Dr. Andrew Baker paint a different picture about the nature of Floyd's death. In one memorandum filed May 26th after a virtual meeting with Baker, the attorney's office said Baker concluded, quote, the autopsy revealed no physical evidence suggesting that Mr. Floyd died of asphyxiation. The other memorandum indicated Baker said Floyd's level of fentanyl was pretty high and a potentially fatal level. All right, I don't know it as a fact. I'm saying to you though that if you care for truth, which media do not, Black Lives Matter does not. No one on the left that I know of does. But if you do, then you know that a knee to the side of the neck to subdue a resisting person who's being arrested is common practice, has nothing to do with race. And has never been proven to be fatal. Okay, so we go on here. All right, James doesn't agree either. We'll go to him. Hi, Columbus, Ohio. Hello, James. Hello, how you doing? Okay, thank you.

Ah man, I just kind of have an issue with that. He really sat and talked to this young lady in Brooklyn and told her that this man wasn't murdered. And he was murdered. I mean, like, even when you're killed on camera, like, I don't understand. But is it to make her feel comfortable because her dad was a police officer, or— I don't understand. I'm a Black Republican, and that was kind of like, you know, it's to the point where it's just so errant. It's— I don't know, man. It's like, now it's like that right there just kind of made her flip me. And, and I voted for Trump Prior, and it's not about race with me. It's about what he does and what he has going on. But that right there is just kind of the old stuff. Well, okay. First of all, if, if, okay, if that bothered me and, and, and, and it kind of put me on the fence only because it was just so arrogant how you place this to this young lady and it was a lie. That man was murdered. I don't know what murder looks like to you, but if someone has their foot on your neck and you cannot breathe, I mean, won't you resist? I mean, you're going to try to do whatever you can to get it.

Okay, so let me just say this.

Dennis Prager, you might have clicked me, man. I'm going to be totally honest with you right now.

Yeah, no, no, I hear you, so let me respond. I'm putting you on hold, sorry. I would prefer to tell the truth and lose you to Trump. My first commitment on this program is the truth. Not to Republicans, not even to conservatism. My first commitment is to truth. If what I perceive as the truth alienates you and has you vote for Biden, I'm sorry, but I will not resist telling the truth. I do not believe that George Floyd was murdered by the policemen. You, you saw a video and you know. Okay, you are more perceptive than I. If that is correct, it may turn out that he did. I didn't— I don't know for a fact that he didn't. I don't know why you know for a fact that he did. A neck to the side— a knee to the side of the neck does not asphyxiate people. That is why it is part of the Minneapolis Police Department procedure with a man who was resisting arrest. So you could— you're certainly free to now comment. Would you like to comment? Hello? Okay, I guess he got gone. The click is usually a form of finality. I think it's important that you all know that I would rather have Biden win and I not tell you a lie. I will not lie. For the sake of the party that I think can save the country.

This is Owen Strand for Townhall.com. If you're on a college campus today or have a child on on campus, there's a solid chance you'll hear this: "All white people are racist." You might hear this too: "America is founded on white supremacy." These two sentences are not mere overheated emotion. They express an ideology called Critical Race Theory, or CRT, which argues that race is a social construct made by white people. Just as race was once used to enslave and terrorize, so it is used today to keep America unequal, unfair, and hostile to minorities. The Trump administration just took symbolic and courageous action against CRT. It issued a memo to federal agencies calling for the end of the government's CRT racial sensitivity trainings, terming them divisive anti-American propaganda. Does America have real issues in its past? Yes. Have we made real progress that we must guard carefully? Also yes. The White House has led well here. I'm Owen Strand.

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And politically speaking, you got a Democrat candidate who's got a plan to pack the Supreme Court with 4 liberal justices because they can't accept the fact that Ruth Bader Ginsburg's passing is going to lead to a 6-3 conservative majority, and they don't know what to do about it. So all they can do is say, well, we'll change the rules, we gotta win, and then we're gonna pack the court. Biden doubled down yesterday on refusing to answer the question.

They'll know my opinion of court packing when the election is over. Now look, I know it's a great question, y'all, and I don't blame you for asking, but you know, the moment I answer that question. The headline in every one of your papers will be about that, other than, other than focusing on what's happening now. The election has begun. There's never been a court appointment once an election begun. What, 4 million or so people have already voted?

Think about that. A guy who's running for president doesn't want to tell you what he's going to do because he's afraid the media is going to write on Write about it. The media is going to report on it, and the media just says, okay, makes sense to me, nothing to see here. Meanwhile, the president, all right, not going to have a virtual debate next week because he's not going to sit in front of a computer. So instead of virtually debating Joe Biden, he's going to hold a campaign rally, and people are going to lose their minds.

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Because when John McCain was running in 2008, he's on The View, and one of the ladies says to him, what happens if Roe v. Wade is overturned? And I'm at home yelling, it goes to the states! It goes to the states! And you living in New York State, which is very liberal, nothing's going to change. Instead, Senator, Senator McCain just went, I don't think it's going to happen. I just don't think it's going to happen. But what kind of answer is that?

The wrong answer? I mean, it's. You're exactly right. And what I describe in the book, One vote away in the chapter of Life, is for 200 years of our nation's history, laws on abortion were made at the state level, and different states had different laws. And if you wanted to change the laws on abortion, you did the same thing you did if you wanted to change any other laws, which is you tried to convince your fellow citizens your ideas were right and their ideas were wrong. Then in 1973, the Supreme Court stepped in and said, you silly voters, you don't get to decide this anymore. We're taking this out of your hand. The American people have no ability to resolve this question. And I think that decision more than anything politicize the court.

It's the reason we have these All right, the hour you raise what is on your mind, and I'm Dennis Prager in McKinney, Texas. Eric, hello Eric.

Dennis, you have been my wise Jewish uncle for many years, something every goy like me needs. And when I heard that articulate 13-year-old say that she tried to watch PragerU every day, there it is, there's our hope. And I thought, I need to make another contribution to PragerU today. I would urge all your listeners to do the same.

That is it. That's our future.

There's our hope.

That's the most powerful endorsement best statement you've ever aired on PragerU.

Right there. Well, thank you. The country's in trouble. We have not transmitted for now since World War II. We have not transmitted the value of something as basic as liberty. Ronald Reagan, I don't have the quote in my brain. Sean, try to find the quote exactly. Ronald Reagan, something about liberty is just one generation away from disappearing. It is all— he understood what the vast majority of Americans have not understood, including conservatives. Liberty is a value. Not an instinct. People prefer to be taken care of than to be free. That's the reason why the left is popular everywhere. The left promises to give you things. It does not promise you freedom, and it never gives freedom. So that's, that's the issue. Here's the quote: Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children children what it was once like in the United States where men were free. That's how I feel when I talk to my children and grandchildren. And when I talk to you and I tell you I grew up in a different America, that was a big part of my love of it. Just, you were left alone. The left never leaves you alone. If the left doesn't control you, they feel impotent. Gavin Newsom must control people in California. All the Democratic— nearly all the Democratic governors feel that controlling other people is the adrenaline of the left. It's even the raison d'être of the left. I don't understand it because I get no joy controlling others. It's like telling me, you know, the joy of anything I just don't relate to. I don't relate to gambling. So I'm in the casino and, you know, nothing happens to me. I'm well aware though that there are people who get very excited at casino, and I'm not judging them. I'm just saying I understand it. I, I don't, uh, I would say that the desire to control other people is as popular in the human condition as gambling. Those of us who do not relate to it do not understand it. I don't want to, I don't want to control anybody. They do. So yeah, PragerU is, uh Trying to fill a big gap. Billion views a year. Vast attempts to smear our name take place on the internet, but we're very sophisticated. Pulitzer Prize winners, professors, Oxford, Stanford, Harvard, MIT. 3 former prime ministers. These people would not be, uh, making videos for a place that wasn't first and foremost dedicated to the truth. All right, let's, uh, go on here. Uh, Dennis in Cleveland, Ohio, hello.

Hello, Dennis Prager. Hi.

Um, bear with me, a few things I just want to point out.

Hopefully I can open some eyes and get some understanding. I completely disagree with you when you oppose and reject that there's racism in this country.

I've never said there's no racism. Listen, I'm I want to let you speak, but you can't misquote me. There is never a time in my life that I have said there is no racism in America.

Okay, let me go straight to my point.

Right, yeah, but wait, wait, wait, you can't move on if it's based on something that isn't true. You can't move on. No, no, no. Do you acknowledge that I have— Do you acknowledge I have never said that there is no racism in America?

Okay, I acknowledge that. Best guess.

Okay, okay, okay. All right, all right.

But let me show you how, um, so-called— and I'm gonna explain why I say so-called— so-called white people have destroyed so-called black people. First of all, there's no such thing as a white man or a black man. And when you look at the definition of that white in any dictionary, it would start off saying the opposite of black.

White, pure, clean, just. Black, dirty, soiled, devoid of light, the opposite of white. So I reject even being identified as a so-called black man because—

okay, well, you know, Black Lives Matter has obviously adopted the term black. I don't— if you use colored, you're called a racist.

Trending now on the Mike Gallagher Show, you've got the Speaker of the House saying something that is so telling to me. I've had a number of people text and call me and say, this 25th Amendment crap that Pelosi's pulling, this stunt, it isn't for Trump, it's for Biden. And as I think about it and I'm listening to Nancy Pelosi's announcement, which we are just about to play for you, it's coming, I'm told. But this is just moments ago. Nancy Pelosi said, this is not about President Trump. He will face the judgment of the voters, but he shows the need for us to create a process for future presidents. Future— you mean like Joe Biden if he wins? You know, 59% of Americans polled by Rasmussen a couple of months ago don't think Joe Biden will complete a 4-year term, right? 59. You know, in that same poll, 49% of Democrats don't think Joe Biden will complete a 4-year term. Is Nancy Pelosi setting up the 25th Amendment to remove Joe Biden so we have President Kamala Harris? You let— you be the judge. You listen to what Nancy Pelosi said moments ago. Announcing a bill on the 25th Amendment. This is not about President Trump.

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In the summer of 2016, right near the Republican convention, out of nowhere, there was chatter that started to surface around President Donald Trump allegedly having connections to Russia. In fact, we can go back and we find television clips of Hillary Clinton campaign surrogates starting to talk about Donald Trump is bought and paid for by Russia, or there is Yes, indeed, everybody.

Believe it or not, the final segment of the final show of the week. The weeks go by incredibly fast, and this is the hour where we have all sorts of questions, which I love. I'm thinking of adding an hour during the week. Send me an email if you think it's a good idea. Like, let's say Thursday hour 1, this is Friday hour 3, to whatever is on your mind to raise. There are a lot of, uh, a lot of great subjects that come up. Also, you get a lot of people who disagree, which is very healthy. Yes, indeed. To, uh, my last caller and many others, every much of life is a choice, and including what we see. I am a Jew who has said that I have never experienced antisemitism in America, and I've been to all 50 states, and I'm rather well-known Jew. And there are Jews who think I'm terribly naive. What is he, blind? Not know how much antisemitism there is in America? And, you know, my friend Larry Elder, who's Black, thinks it's a blessing to be an American and a Black. I think it's a blessing to be an American Jew. If you want to think you're a curse— actually, not you're a curse, you are accursed, or you are cursed for being whatever minority you are in America— then you will find ample opportunities to prove the point to yourself. You, you choose how you want to view America. If you wish to view it through the lens of a regularly harmed person because of your ethnic, racial, sexual identity, then you, I'm sure, can find that data. If you wish to celebrate the freest country in human history, where most people don't give a damn you're black or white, then you can do that too. It's your choice. I don't know why people want to choose to think that, that they are persecuted. It's such a glum way to live a life, and I'm a big fan of non-gloom ways of living life, as you know why we have a Happiness Hour. All right, my friends, I wish you a wonderful— or to the extent that that's possible All a good weekend, and I will see you on Monday.