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Best of the Program | Guests: Phil Wickham & Harmeet Dhillon | 12/18/25

47 min episode · 2 min read
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Phil Wickham,Harmeet Dhillon

Episode

47 min

Read time

2 min

Topics

Health & Wellness, Investing, Sales & Revenue

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Key Takeaways

  • Military Compensation: Trump announces $1,776 one-time warrior dividend payments to 1.45 million active military personnel funded by tariff revenue, targeting underpaid service members who will immediately inject funds into the economy rather than traditional stimulus recipients.
  • Healthcare Policy Failure: Republicans pass legislation maintaining Obamacare subsidies despite controlling House, Senate, White House, and Supreme Court. Pattern shows annual Christmas-time passage of extensions while public attention diverts, with three-year extension likely despite initial resistance rhetoric.
  • DOJ Restructuring Challenges: Civil Rights Division operates with one-third staff after two-thirds resigned over new policies. Blue slip process blocks U.S. attorney confirmations in key jurisdictions, preventing conspiracy case prosecutions against state actors who allegedly violated civil rights during 2020 election investigations.
  • Transgender Surgery Ban: House passes legislation making transgender surgeries on minors a federal felony by 216-211 vote margin. The narrow five-vote difference reveals 211 Democrats voted to continue allowing surgical procedures on minors despite accumulated evidence of harm over five years.

What It Covers

Glenn Beck discusses Trump's warrior dividend payment to military personnel, Republican healthcare capitulation on Obamacare subsidies, DOJ civil rights investigations under Harmeet Dhillon, and Phil Wickham's role voicing David in Angel Studios' animated film.

Key Questions Answered

  • Military Compensation: Trump announces $1,776 one-time warrior dividend payments to 1.45 million active military personnel funded by tariff revenue, targeting underpaid service members who will immediately inject funds into the economy rather than traditional stimulus recipients.
  • Healthcare Policy Failure: Republicans pass legislation maintaining Obamacare subsidies despite controlling House, Senate, White House, and Supreme Court. Pattern shows annual Christmas-time passage of extensions while public attention diverts, with three-year extension likely despite initial resistance rhetoric.
  • DOJ Restructuring Challenges: Civil Rights Division operates with one-third staff after two-thirds resigned over new policies. Blue slip process blocks U.S. attorney confirmations in key jurisdictions, preventing conspiracy case prosecutions against state actors who allegedly violated civil rights during 2020 election investigations.
  • Transgender Surgery Ban: House passes legislation making transgender surgeries on minors a federal felony by 216-211 vote margin. The narrow five-vote difference reveals 211 Democrats voted to continue allowing surgical procedures on minors despite accumulated evidence of harm over five years.

Notable Moment

Harmeet Dhillon reveals DOJ Civil Rights Division lost 200 attorneys after establishing new operational rules, while remaining staff leak investigations to press. She confirms active examination of multi-state conspiracy cases involving judges who authorized wiretapping of attorneys representing Trump and political parties.

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Episode Transcript

Alright. Here is the best of. It's the show before the last show of the year. You don't wanna miss this one. We talk a little bit about the, president and his speech last night. How did it go? What'd you think? We talked about the warrior payments and what the Republicans are caving on with Obamacare again. You know it's gonna happen at Christmas time. We're not gonna hear about it because we'll all be having turkey, and they'll be passing garbage in Congress. Also, Harmit Dhillon from the DOJ, the civil rights division. She talks to us about what is coming and what is happening. Really fascinating. You almost have to kinda read between the lines, I feel. Conversation with Harmit, really, really good. And Phil Wickham, he is a world class singer, worship, singer, and the star the voice of David in the new movie from Angel Studios, the animated feature that comes out tomorrow, David. Don't miss a second of today's podcast. If you've ever tried to power through pain, you know how bad a strategy that is. You tell yourself I'll deal with it later, then you realize later's turned into years. Meanwhile, the pain just sits in the corner of, like, an uninvited an uninvited guest who just refuses to leave. The relief factor is created for people who want their lives back, who want to keep moving, working, playing with grandkids, taking walks, doing those things they absolutely love without constantly negotiating with their own body. It's a daily supplement made to support your body's natural fight against pain from inflammation. A lot of people chase quick fixes that mask the pain for a while. But if you're tired of the patches and temporary relief, maybe it's time to try something different. Relief Factor helps you target the root, supporting your body's ability to reduce this, reduce the discomfort, so you can actually live your life, not just endure it. Get back into movement and energy and freedom. Relief Factor. Relieffactor.com. Try their three week quick start, 1995. It's relieffactor.com or call 804 +1 800, the number 4, relief. Hello, America. You know we've been fighting every single day. We push back against the lies, the censorship, the nonsense of the mainstream media that they're trying to feed you. We work tirelessly to bring you the unfiltered truth because you deserve it. But to keep this fight going, we need you. Right now, would you take a moment and rate and review the Glenn Beck podcast? Give us five stars and leave a comment because every single review helps us break through big tech's algorithm to reach more Americans who need to hear the truth. This isn't a podcast. This is a movement, and you're part of it, a big part of it. So if you believe in what we're doing, you want more people to wake up, help us push this podcast to the top. Rate, review, share. Together, we'll make a …

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