Beef prices keep climbing, but small ranchers aren’t seeing the profits. So where is the money going?

Blaze Media co-founder Glenn Beck believes the answer lies in an industry dominated by a small number of meat-processing companies and a regulatory system that makes it nearly impossible for smaller competitors to enter the market.

And during a conversation with President Donald Trump, he let him know.

“Please when it comes to beef, please look at the cartel that is the meat-processing cartel,” Glenn tells Trump.

“I run a ranch, so I know what it’s like. And I’m telling you, it is the processing plants.”

“There’s four of them, and I think two of them are not even American. It’s bad. And I believe they’re colluding with each other,” he adds.

“I’m surprised because that’s been going on a long time, Glenn. Long before I got here,” Trump interjects.

“Help us. … We can’t butcher with all of the federal regulations. It is really hard,” he says, noting that the “inspections are insane.”

“Break the back of those processing plants though. There’s people that want to build processing plants everywhere. The regulations are killing us, just killing us,” he adds.

“So you’re saying with less regulation, you think that the ranchers and farmers would do a very good job of processing the beef?” Trump asks.

“Yes,” Glenn answers.

And it’s not just Glenn who’s noticed the issue regulations are causing small farms and ranches, as a caller from West Virginia called in to share his story when it comes to the agriculture industry.

“My father was a farm veterinarian for 51 years,” he tells Glenn. “Over my entire lifetime, I have watched the complete destruction of the agriculture industry everywhere. From what chemicals you can use to where you take your cows to you name it.”

“Complete destruction. West Virginia passed a law that people might like. It’s called the farm-to-table law. They bypass the USDA. They have to meet West Virginia standards. But we got a lot of farm-to-table stores here now and completely bypass that whole ag industry,” he adds.

Glenn is hopeful that after bringing the issue up to President Trump, they might see more similar changes in the future.

“Anything that we can do to give relief to our ranchers and our farmers on regulation, which is what the president and I spoke about today, and hopefully he will act on it,” Glenn says.

“People are tired of all this processed food, not knowing where it comes from. I know if my ranch, if I could slaughter the beef and have standards obviously, but slaughter the beef, cut the beef, and sell it in the local grocery store, we’d save a ton of money on meat,” he continues.

“Right now, I think we sell my cattle, I think, in Denver, and then they’re finished off with grain someplace else … and then they’re slaughtered. I mean, I don’t even know where they go. It’s insane. It’s stupid … and it’s these big processing plants, man. That’s the problem,” he adds.

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The U.S. Department of State has officially labeled an Italian hacker group as terrorists after finding some disturbing connections.

The connections have had brutal ramifications for U.S. federal agents, as this European group has been working closely with Antifa cells in the United States.

‘Let’s take back the night together!’

The group, called Autistici/Inventati Collective, has earned the label of specially designated global terrorist group, meaning it will join a long list that includes names like al-Qaeda, Tren de Aragua, and al-Shabaab.

The group was described by the State Dept. as a hacker cell that provides far-left extremists with encryption capabilities for calls and web-hosting services.

“The A/I Collective is a central node in the far-left’s war on our civilization,” the department wrote.

Particularly, “A/I Collective” has been assisting the Portland Antifa cell, called Rose City, which used a website hosted by the Italian group to doxx ICE agents, incite attacks against them “at their homes,” and organize laser attacks on Border Patrol helicopters.

One poster showcased by the federal government was a graphic titled: “You’re Invited: Lazer Tag!“

This encouraged readers to go to a park or public area to shine lasers at CBP helicopters in order to ground them. “Let’s take back the night together!” the poster read.

Other sites hosted by A/I Collective encouraged terror attacks on critical infrastructure, the State Department showed. This included “detailed guides” on arson, bombings, and sabotage of sites like bridges, pipelines, and military logistics centers.

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Websites hosted by the Italian hacker group were allegedly hubs for extremists to brag about the terrorist acts they had committed, too.

A few examples included a terrorist boasting about bombing a police car and plotting to attack a federal building; the government said he was found guilty.

A group calling itself “Jane’s Revenge” bombed pregnancy centers from Colorado to New York and posted calls for others to commit attacks on one of the websites, another government post stated.

Overseas, an attack on Germany’s power grid left one person dead after a group claimed responsibility on an A/I Collective website and called for more public sabotage.

In Italy, seven suspects were arrested for terrorism-related charges over a sabotaged rail line during the 2026 Winter Olympics, after which they published a manifesto on an A/I Collective-hosted site.

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Fox News Digital that “far-left terrorism poses a profound threat to the United States and the broader West.”

“Today, the United States sanctioned Autistici/Inventati – a major far-left tech collective whose services are used by the most active and violent Antifa cells in the United States and across the world,” Rubio added.

The State Department concluded that it will continue to “crush transnational far-left terror networks” and that there will be no refuge for these extremist groups who “plot to violently overthrow free societies.”

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Democratic socialist Nithya Raman’s attempt to boast about improving the city was widely mocked and ridiculed as an example of utter government incompetence.

Raman, who is a mayoral candidate and Los Angeles city councilwoman, said her office was able to successfully paint a crosswalk after only about nine months.

‘How dumb do you have to be to post this?’

“The Los Feliz Neighborhood Council alerted our office in late 2025 to the need for a crosswalk at Sunset Dr. and Bates St., which has just been completed!” Raman posted on social media.

“Thank you to our incredible CD4 Field Team for continuing to problem-solve, push for solutions, and make our streets safer,” she added.

The post included a photo of the astounding infrastructure improvement, which showed that there had been no improvement to the cracked pavement, only a simple paint job.

The ridiculous post was roundly mocked online.

“Holy s**t, my sides…Nithya Raman’s big accomplishment is taking 9 months to paint 7 yellow stripes over a cracked street? How dumb do you have to be to post this? BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA,” responded reality TV star and former L.A. mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt.

“LOL only a commie would celebrate this as a success. Nearly year to do this and the street is still broken. What a joke!” replied Katie Pavlich of NewsNation.

“Dear Lord, Nithya. Your standards are so incredibly low. They didn’t even fix the street, they painted over cracks. And it took them a year,” said Richard Grenell, a special envoy with the Trump administration.

“Peak California governance is bragging about taking a year to paint a crosswalk without bothering to fix the giant cracks,” said another critic.

“Something that should have taken a minimum of a couple of days, with permitting took almost a year. The cracks in the road were not even fixed, just paint. It is unbelievably pathetic that you claim this to be an accomplishment,” replied another detractor.

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Others compared it to another ridiculous infrastructure project in Los Angeles that was mercilessly mocked online.

Raman defeated Republican candidate Spencer Pratt in the mayoral jungle primary election. She is running against incumbent Mayor Karen Bass, also a Democrat.

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President Donald Trump is touting a poll showing that he is more admired than other legendary Republican presidents.

The president posted a video of CNN analyst Harry Enten covering the poll that showed 53% of Republican respondents said they admired Trump more than Ronald Reagan or Abraham Lincoln.

‘Trump’s still the sun around which the GOP revolves.’

Only 18% of Republicans said in the CNN poll they admired Reagan most, while a paltry 8% said they admired Lincoln most.

Trump posted a short video to his Truth Social account from the segment that first aired on CNN on Wednesday.

Enten used the poll to explain why Trump-endorsed Darline Graham Nordone won the Republican primary runoff for one of two South Carolina seats in the U.S. Senate.

“Trump’s still the sun around which the GOP revolves,” he posted on social media.

“Trump’s endorsees for Senate have won 100% of the time in 2026,” he added. “He pulled Graham, who had little shot pre-endorsement, over the finish line.”

Enten pointed out that a separate Elon University poll found 29% of Republicans said Trump was the best president in history, while only 25% said the same of Lincoln and 14% said the same of George Washington.

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He went on to show that New York City Democrat Mayor Zohran Mamdani had grown his national support and now had the most positive net favorability among Democrats, surpassing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.).

Many polls have reported that the president’s favorability has suffered after the prolonged military operation in Iran and some of its economic fallout.

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An AI production company is hoping viewers will follow suit on a popular Chinese trend.

Fountain 0 and its Iranian CEO Ash Koosha are hoping budding actors will license their likeness to appear as an AI character in TV or films. Recently, the company struck a deal with a popular left-wing commentator that could push along the business.

‘The interests of these underserved audiences.’

Endless Summer

Fountain 0 has created AI movies like “Dreams of Violets” and a version of “The Odyssey” and now will produce adaptations of the works of one of daytime TV’s biggest liberal hosts.

“The View” host Sunny Hostin, real name Asunción Cummings Hostin, has licensed her name and likeness to the AI startup to create adaptations of her fictional “Summer” novel series, Variety reported.

The books, “Summer on the Bluffs,” “Summer on Sag Harbor,” and “Summer on Highland Beach,” are dripping with diversity themes, which Hostin herself said were stories that she hoped would reach “diverse audiences.”

“I feel particularly strongly that there is a need to bring stories to the big screen that are more in tune with the lives of diverse audiences that Hollywood focuses too little on, and I believe Fountain 0’s AI productions can have a major impact on responding to the interests of these underserved audiences,” Hostin said in a statement, per Variety.

Viewers can look forward to themes of “Afro-Latina” lawyers and “Historically Black Beachfront” communities in Hostin’s works.

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Slopaganda campaign

CEO Koosha joins the ongoing battle of AI studios clawing for legitimacy, but they have not been off to a good start.

The first AI film to hit theaters earlier this year faced calls for a boycott, with AMC Theaters immediately withdrawing its willingness to host the movie.

The two-minute film was overwhelmingly hated when it was posted online, including a plethora of comments calling it slop.

“Even for AI slop this is bad,” one user wrote. Another unhappy viewer said, “This is complete garbage dude.”

The founder of Particle6, the AI studio behind fake actress Tilly Norwood, urged viewers in July to simply get on board with AI cinema or risk being left behind.

“We have to accept that this is going to be part of our every day. And I worry for people who put their head in the sand and don’t embrace AI because the future world will require people to have AI skill sets,” Eline van der Velden said.

Studios like Fountain 0 will undoubtedly rely on public sign-ups to license faces for their AI background actors, a trend that has already taken off in China.

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Sunny’s side

Blaze News reported earlier this month that signees can earn anywhere between $15 and $700 for their likeness to be used in AI content.

The main use for faces in China has been for the category of “microdramas,” which have begun popping up on platforms the United States.

Hostin said she believes “top-quality AI productions can not only enable writers and directors to have their imaginations unleashed and no longer be tethered to budgetary constraints,” but can also “pioneer a new art form which can open up new dimensions for how public personalities can engage with audiences.”

Adaptations of the books may use Hostin’s image, but she will maintain control of where it is used.

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The Trump administration is investigating a pair of federally funded universities accused of violating civil rights laws over their race-specific student-housing communities.

The University of Massachusetts Amherst, which received over $322 million in federal funding in fiscal year 2024, is home to five of what it calls “Defined Residential Communities” — “communities in residence halls where students can live with hall mates who share similar interests, backgrounds, and identifies.”

‘Re-create Jim Crow in the name of bizarro social justice.’

They are as follows: the Asian/Asian-American DRC; the disability DRC; the so-called “Latinx” DRC for Hispanics; the “Harambee” DRC for blacks; and the “Spectrum” DRC for non-straights.

The University of Nevada, Reno — whose active federal awards as of summer 2025 totaled over $520 million — has a similar offering called “Living Learning Communities,” which are advertised as a way for students to “develop personal relationships with peers of similar academic, social, and cultural interests.”

The University of Nevada, Reno, has the following identity-based LLCs: Asian Pacific Islander; black; LGBT; “Indigenous”; and “Latinx.” They are apparently housed on LLC-specific floors.

Dean Kennedy, the University of Nevada, Reno’s executive director of residential life, housing, and food services, said in 2023 that “for the safety of student participants, it is important only students who hold that identity are considered.” While the university claimed Kennedy misspoke, the identity-based LLCs are still in place.

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The Equal Protection Project, the Legal Insurrection Foundation’s racism watchdog, filed civil rights complaints against both schools with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity in July.

The complaints allege that the two university housing programs “use race- and ethnicity-based descriptions and promotional materials to steer students based on race, color, and national origin, in violation of the Fair Housing Act.”

The Fair Housing Act prohibits discrimination “against any person in the terms, conditions, or privileges of sale or rental of a dwelling, or in the provision of services or facilities in connection therewith, because of race, color, religion, sex, familial status, or national origin.”

Under the act, it is also unlawful “to make, print, or publish, or cause to be made, printed, or published any notice, statement, or advertisement, with respect to the sale or rental of a dwelling that indicates any preference, limitation, or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin, or an intention to make any such preference, limitation, or discrimination.”

The EPP argued that under applicable HUD regulations enforcing the FHA, “this kind of ‘steering’ toward or away from housing based on race is strictly prohibited. Steering liability attaches even if the housing program does not physically bar members of other racial or ethnic groups from participating.”

The EPP claimed further that these programs violate both Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment.

Ilya Shapiro, director of constitutional studies at the Manhattan Institute, previously told the Washington Examiner that promoting “racial separation” in housing constitutes a “clear legal and constitutional violation.”

“It’s one thing to provide opportunities for cultural expression; quite another to re-create Jim Crow in the name of bizarro social justice,” said Shapiro.

HUD’s Office of the Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity notified EPP in a pair of letters on July 29 that its complaints against the two universities had been officially filed and would be investigated under Title VI.

The HUD office noted in the letters published by Legal Insurrection on Tuesday that it is required by law to complete the investigation within 100 days — meaning the deadline is Nov. 6 — or to provide by that date an explanation for why the probe has not yet been completed.

The University of Nevada, Reno, said in a statement to Blaze News, “The University has been informed that a complaint concerning certain Living Learning Communities has been filed with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The University’s Living Learning Communities are open to all students who choose to participate and are not exclusive housing environments.”

“Programs and activities associated with these communities are designed to support student success, foster community, and enrich the residential experience for all students,” continued the statement. “The University remains committed to complying with applicable federal civil rights and fair housing laws and will cooperate with any official inquiry.”

The University of Massachusetts Amherst did not respond to Blaze News’ request for comment by deadline.

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President Donald Trump has followed through on his threat to rename Lake Ontario as his trade war with Canada continues.

The president lambasted Canadian officials after they rejected a trade deal and responded with reciprocal tariffs to Trump’s newest tariffs.

‘Maybe we’ll have to change the name of the Atlantic and/or the Pacific. Maybe we’ll change them both.’

The president signed an executive order changing the lake’s name to “Lake America” on Thursday.

“We’re going to be changing the name of Lake Ontario effective immediately to Lake America,” he said to reporters.

“We filed all of the necessary papers, documents, [and] everything else. We’ve notified all of the various people you have to notify,” he added.

The president previously changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America” shortly after he retook office.

“If you think about it, we have a gulf, now we have a lake, now all we need is an ocean,” Trump joked. “Maybe we’ll have to change the name of the Atlantic and/or the Pacific. Maybe we’ll change them both.”

While Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has tried to match the president’s rhetoric, Ontario Premier Doug Ford has fired back against the U.S. with excessive threats.

“He can kiss my ass as far as I’m concerned,” said Ford. “We need to throw everything and the kitchen sink at him. He’s arrogant, he’s cocky.”

Ford has threatened to cut off electricity and minerals that Canada provides for the northern U.S. states.

“I’ll cut them off,” he added. “You won’t get a grain of sand out of Ontario.”

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The lake encompasses 7,340 square miles but is the smallest of the Great Lakes.

Canada is the second-largest trading partner to the U.S., behind Mexico in the top spot and ahead of China.

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