17 FEB 2026: California's Gas Crisis Grows, U.S. Military at Risk // Why We Fight: Sec. Marco Rubio Rallies the Nation; Europe Reacts // Trump vs. Newsom: Who "Owns" a Child? // A.I. Bot Goes Rogue, Is It Alive?
The Wright Report
Bryan Dean Wright
4.9 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 17 February 2026
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he dives into today's top stories shaping America and the world. In this episode of The Wright Report, Bryan connects the dots on how California's oil and gas crisis is driving up prices nationwide, threatening food supply chains, and weakening America's ability to fight a war in the Pacific.
He then breaks down Governor Gavin Newsom's trip to Europe, where Democrats openly signal they are waiting out President Trump and promising a return to the old trans-Atlantic order, while Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivers a stark warning that Western civilization is in managed decline unless it rediscovers its shared mission.
The episode closes with California's lawsuit to keep parents in the dark about their child's gender identity at school, followed by a chilling look at an AI agent that researched and publicly attacked a human after being rejected online. Bryan asks whether Silicon Valley is building The Oracle that will define morality for the next generation.
"And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." - John 8:32
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| 0:00.0 | It's February 17th. I'm Brian Dean Wright, former CIA operations officer, and this is The Wright Report. |
| 0:16.3 | Hey, good day to you, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to The Right Report, Your Daily News, podcast. |
| 0:22.3 | I've got four briefs for you this morning with a theme, actually, news from California, |
| 0:27.0 | but the fallout isn't just isolated to the golden state, rather it is shaping all of America |
| 0:31.9 | in the world. First up, we'll cover how the gas and oil crisis in that state will hit our |
| 0:36.8 | pocketbooks nationally, and God forbid, our ability also to fight a war in the Pacific. |
| 0:42.9 | I'll explain. |
| 0:43.9 | Second, Governor Gavin Newsom joined other Democrats in Europe over the weekend, blasting President Trump and promising they said to return cross-Atlantic relationships back to the good old days where we can fight together. |
| 0:55.8 | But what exactly are Democrats fighting for in Europe this morning? We'll cover that and why we should care. |
| 1:01.5 | Coming up. Third, the state of California is suing the Trump administration this morning to ensure the local school officials can keep secret from parents if their child has gender dysphoria or someone |
| 1:12.7 | who believes themselves to be transgender. That fight between California and Trump coming up. |
| 1:17.7 | Fourth is Silicon Valley's AI revolution is starting to produce some hair-raising results, |
| 1:23.4 | including some AI chat bots or agents blasting and mocking humans online. |
| 1:28.3 | We'll cover what's going on and whether it means that AI is starting to come alive. |
| 1:33.8 | But before we get to that Frankenstein update, let's start with the top news of the morning. |
| 1:38.9 | Bloomberg, The New York Post, and others report that California has got a bad, bad oil and gas crisis. |
| 1:44.3 | A gallon of gas right now is up 40 cents just over the past couple weeks. |
| 1:48.0 | But, folks, it's so much more than that. |
| 1:50.1 | It will likely impact our grocery store bills and, God forbid, our ability to fight a war in the Pacific. |
| 1:56.0 | Now, this crisis actually goes back to the year 2022. |
| 1:59.0 | That's when Governor Gavin Newsom signed a law that as he celebrated at the time, |
| 2:03.2 | would reduce gas and diesel consumption in his stay by 91% |
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