The Glenn Beck Program – Best of the Program

Guest: Cosmin Dzsurdzsa | Date: February 12, 2026

Episode Overview

This episode dives into the state of American and Canadian politics and culture, focusing on declining trust in institutions, the weaponization of law enforcement, failures in the election process, and issues of transparency in media and government reporting. Glenn Beck is joined by Cosmin Dzsurdzsa, managing editor of Juno News, to discuss media coverage around a recent Canadian shooting by a transgender individual and deliberate censorship or narrative-shaping in Canadian media. Throughout, Beck calls for transparency, the impartial rule of law, and restoration of public confidence in democracy.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Media & Police Narrative Control in Canada

• Topic: Failure to accurately report on the identity and mental health background of a Canadian transgender shooter.
• Guest Highlights: Cosmin Dzsurdzsa recounts how his outlet, Juno News, was the first to break important factual details that major Canadian media and police tried to obscure.
  • Media and police avoided directly naming or accurately identifying the shooter.
  • The use of terms like “gun person” and emphasis on chosen pronouns in official statements was seen as obfuscation.
  • Canadian human rights regulations require police and media to use preferred pronouns, even for criminals or killers.
  • “The RCMP is insisting that people use Jesse's female pronouns. You look at headlines all over the place, are calling him a female shooter. It’s outrageous.” (Cosmin, 07:52)
• Mental Health & Systemic Issues:
  • The shooter, Jesse, began transitioning at age 12 and faced acute mental health struggles, pharmaceutical interventions, and a lack of access to timely healthcare.
  • Beck reads a distressing Reddit post by Jesse, highlighting failures in the Canadian healthcare system (08:31).

Notable Quote

“This story is not about guns or anything else. It's about somebody who is mentally unwell, and that may have played a role.” – Glenn Beck (05:56)

Timestamps

• [03:26] – Introduction of Cosmin and overview of the story
• [04:51] – Media avoidance tactics during official press conferences
• [06:05] – Deep dive into media and police responses and the underlying social, legal, and healthcare context
• [08:31] – Beck reads the shooter’s Reddit post; failure of health care and speech control highlighted

2. Government Control, Propaganda & Suppression of Dissent in Canada

• State of Independent Media:
  • Canadians mainly receive establishment media, heavily subsidized by the government, which frames narratives and limits dissent.
  • Independent outlets (like Juno News) fill gaps but face significant uphill battles.
• Suppression of Dissent:
  • Detailing a past case where a father was jailed for misgendering his child, showing the depth of speech control in Canada.
  • “In Canada, we actually added human rights protections... So the police, the media are required to, you know, address even killers by their preferred pronouns.” (Cosmin, 07:27)

Notable Quote

“Canadians… are fed a constant stream of pro gender ideology propaganda, pro liberal government messaging all of the time. That’s why we see… huge amounts of support among the Canadian public.” – Cosmin Dzsurdzsa (10:14)

• [10:14] – How government subsidies shape Canadian media
• [11:48] – Mental health, drug use, and lack of transparency in the investigation

3. Gun Politics & Government Response in Canada

• Anticipation of Gun Control Measures:
  • The expectation that the Liberal government will exploit the incident to justify further restrictions, regardless of whether those weapons were relevant.
  • Details on Canada’s ongoing gun “buyback” program and resistance by police to execute government-mandated firearm confiscations.

Notable Quote

“They’re essentially doing what, what they call a buyback program. But it’s a federally enforced gun grab…” – Cosmin Dzsurdzsa (13:47)

• [12:54] – Predicted governmental response and ramifications for gun owners

4. Rule of Law, Accelerationism & Erosion of Democratic Norms

• Accelerationism:
  • Beck discusses how radical groups and even mainstream political actors now advocate for “burning it all down.” The movement is not necessarily larger but more connected, well-funded, and capable of rapid mobilization (20:00+).
  • “Accelerationism, it’s mainstream. And that changes the risk profile.”
• Weaponization of Law:
  • The shift from neutral law enforcement to politically targeted prosecution—exemplified by threats of punishment against officials depending on who is in power.
  • “The moment the enforcement itself becomes criminalized retroactively, the rule of law does not merely weaken, it completely flips.” (Beck, 24:30)
  • Dangerous normalization of cycles of retribution: each new regime treats prosecution as a political tool.

Notable Quotes

“Power exists to punish the previous holder of power. You’re a banana republic.” – Glenn Beck (27:02)
“In functioning republics, elections decide who governs. In failing republics, elections decide who gets immunity.” – Glenn Beck (28:04)

• [23:39] – Parallels to authoritarian states and escalating political threats
• [27:02] – "Banana republic" warning and Nuremberg trial rhetoric
• [29:37] – The real danger: when laws become discretionary

5. Fulton County, Georgia: Election Integrity Report

• Breakdown of Failures:

  • A 250-page Election Oversight Group report on 2020’s Fulton County vote reveals missing chain of custody, unsecured ballots, mathematical discrepancies, unsigned tabulator tapes, and other irregularities.
  • “The math problem. The county records reportedly show 148,318 absentee ballots counted. Yet, you had only 125,785 voters… That’s more than 22,000 ballots in a race that was decided by 11,779 votes.” (Beck, 41:45)
  • Expert (Philip Stark, Berkeley): Significant disagreement between machine counts and hand audit tallies; some ballots appeared multiple times.
  • The real issue is not just fraud, but the loss of public trust in elections (44:30).

• Pam Bondi’s Role:

  • Disappointment in Bondi’s handling of oversight, with a call for better transparency and accountability.

Notable Quotes

“Republics collapse when half the country believes the referee is unreliable. And that’s what’s happening.” – Glenn Beck (44:57)
“If Americans conclude that outcomes can shift without clear documentation… then elections stop being the peaceful transfer of power.” – Glenn Beck (49:13)

• [40:04] – Introduction of key report findings and connection to election integrity
• [44:57] – Beck on the stakes for the republic
• [49:13] – Why restoring confidence is existential for democracy

Memorable Moments & Quotes (with Timestamps)

• “The gun person? I’ve never heard that term before. The gun person. And then once somebody said, excuse me in this transgender… They turned the press conference into this nightmare.” – Glenn Beck (05:12)
• “We [independent outlets] were already on top of it like the night before, and yet the CBC, which is funded to the tune of $1.4 billion a year by taxpayers, still couldn’t get the story right.” – Cosmin Dzsurdzsa (16:32)
• “The law is now a weapon to be aimed… You’re seeing it happen now. That’s why you can’t get people to be prosecuted. In some states, they’re using the law as a weapon.” – Glenn Beck (23:07)
• “This is not about one person. This is not about left versus right. This is about something far more corrosive—the normalization of the idea that power exists to punish the previous holder of power.” – Glenn Beck (27:15)
• "If we don't restore confidence one way or another, then every single future election is going to be fought not just at the ballot box, but in the mind of the citizens who no longer believe that the box is even secure or valid." – Glenn Beck (51:56)

Conclusion

This episode emphasizes the link between truth-telling in media, transparent election processes, and the health of democracy. Through discussions of the Canadian shooting, biased media coverage, political weaponization of law enforcement, and the latest revelations from Georgia’s 2020 election audit, Glenn Beck and Cosmin Dzsurdzsa paint a picture of institutions under stress. The call to action is for Americans and Canadians alike to demand transparency, reject selective enforcement, and uphold one standard of justice in full daylight.

[Key Segments]

• 03:26 – Cosmin Dzsurdzsa interview and Canadian media analysis
• 12:54 – Anticipated governmental and media response in Canada
• 20:00 – Accelerationism, protest vs. insurgency, weaponization of law
• 40:00 – Fulton County, Georgia election integrity breakdown
• 51:56 – Beck’s summation: trust in institutions and the future of the republic

For further information, visit GlennBeck.com or follow Juno News for Cosmin Dzsurdzsa’s independent reporting.