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System Update with Glenn Greenwald

Trump's DC Takeover: Is it Legal? Israel Kills More Journalists, Including Anas al-Sharif; Glenn Reacts to Pete Buttigieg and JD Vance on Israel

System Update with Glenn Greenwald

Rumble

Politics, News

4.71.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2025

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Glenn reacts to Trump's DC takeover, Israel's killing of more journalists, and JD Vance and Pete Buttigieg's latest comments on Israel. 

Note: on Tuesday, August 12th, Glenn will be debating Anna Gorisch at the Soho Forum in NYC. You can watch a livestream of the debate here at 6:30pm ET. 

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Welcome to a new episode of System Update, starting right now.

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Obviously, crime in American cities, especially large American cities, the vast majority of which are ruled and governed by Democratic mayors has been a source of contention for a long time.

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There are lots of people in both political parties across the political spectrum who have the had the experience of going to one of America's largest and most important cities and feeling unsafe there.

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Sometimes there can be all different reasons why crime statistics make it look like crime

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