Best of the Program | Guest: Rep. Anna Paulina Luna | 7/2/26

**Glenn Beck** (0:00)
Hey, on today's podcast, The Washington Post, their focus on our 250th birthday. Not the amazing celebration plan, but the smoke caused by the fireworks. I have a few things to say about that. The final part of the creation of the Declaration of Independence as Jefferson's words are slashed right in front of him, and the one and only Anna Paulina Luna.

**SPEAKER_2** (0:18)
Wow.

**Glenn Beck** (0:20)
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We're in Washington, DC. It's the 250th birthday of America. And I was complaining yesterday because nobody knows about these fireworks that are happening. This is the largest firework show ever attempted by man on Earth on Saturday. Ten times the largest firework show America has ever seen. You'll never see anything like this. It is absolutely incredible what is being planned. And I said, you know, nobody knows about the state fair. Nobody knows about what's happening in Washington, DC. And the streets are empty here and it's sad. It's really sad. And then The Washington Post decided to cover it. And I have had it. I've had it. I drove by Washington Post here in Washington, DC. And I thought, oh, wow. I wonder why half of the building's lights are out. Because you're going broke and I can't wait until you're entirely broke.
America has survived 250 years. We've survived 250 years. And that is fabulous.
But I have to tell you, I've had it with the reflex from the press, the automatic impulse to search every American moment for the dark cloud instead of the sunlight. Think about what is happening this week, not next year, this week. This week, the United States turns 250 years old. Do you know how remarkable that is? For we have the same Constitution.
The average Constitution lasts 17 years. No one living has ever seen anything like this. No one living will ever see it again. This is not another 4th of July. This is the 4th of July. I saw as a kid the 200th. This is the 250 I'll be long dead, and my kids will remember, oh, I saw the 250
And they'll remember it when it's the 300
Grandchildren, our great grandchildren, will read about this in history books. And one of the nation's most influential newspapers looked at this moment and said, gee, Bob, how could we cover this today?

**SPEAKER_2** (3:51)
I don't know.
Have we covered the fireworks? Nah, are they really worth it? Well, have we thought about how much pollution the fireworks are going to cause? That's it, Bob. Let's run to the press.

**Glenn Beck** (4:07)
You got to be kidding me. That's your front page instinct?
Pollution? Not the greatest experiment in self-government?

**SPEAKER_2** (4:15)
No, not that.

**Glenn Beck** (4:16)
God, not that.

**SPEAKER_2** (4:18)
No.

**Glenn Beck** (4:19)
The astonishing fact that a republic born in the age of kings has survived invasions, civil war, world wars, depression, terrorism, every prediction of collapse.
Not the millions of families gathering to remember where the freedom came from this weekend. Not the veterans who carried that freedom, bled and died for that freedom. Not the children seeing the Capitol for the very first time. No.

**SPEAKER_2** (4:44)
Smoke.

**Glenn Beck** (4:46)
Smoke. That's what the Washington Post chooses.

**SPEAKER_2** (4:49)
Smoke.

**Glenn Beck** (4:56)
Now before, some liberal tweets some angry tweet at me. Let me say I know, yes, fireworks produce smoke.
Okay, I've known that the very first time I saw fireworks. It's kind of like, don't tweet me, fireworks cause smoke, water is wet, and the sun is hot. I get it. People with asthma should know that large firework displays can temporarily affect air quality. Now, if you think that that is news to anybody, report it, maybe on page A17.