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Glenn Beck
Podcast to try to give you some good news to take into Memorial Day weekend. And there's a lot. I think the DOJ is about to start handing out free bracelets to people who have done horrible, horrible things. There's a lot of good news that's coming out of Washington. Also, disturbing story from Robbie Starbuck that you need to hear. It's about AI and hallucination, if you can call it that. I don't think that's what's happening with Meta. But he is now suing Meta because they are destroying his reputation. And when you hear what the Meta AI is actually saying about him, it will take your breath away. And if we don't correct this now, give it a couple of three years, you won't be able to put this genie back in the bottle. It will be very, very bad. And also, Pete Hegseth, the New York Times is wedding the bed because he had a Christian service in the Pentagon. Well, fortunately for this podcast viewer, I know history, they don't. And I'll show you what the establishing of religion actually means. New York Times, you don't miss a second of this podcast today. If you've ever been sick and stuck, not just run to the pharmacy sick, but you know, I can't get what you need kind of sick. Maybe you're out of, maybe you're out of town, maybe you're out of the country. You got to go see another doctor. You may have to go to the hospital. God forbid I go to other countries and I'm like, I don't want to go to the hospital there. But you know, I'm fortunate enough because I know about Jace, Jace Medical and Jace Case. If you're sick and maybe there's a supply chain, maybe you're in another country, maybe you're just, you know, camping in the woods and somebody gets sick. Keep a Jace case on hand. It's a preparedness kit from Jace Medical, comes with a supply of life saving prescription antibiotics, five different kinds, doctor reviewed, ready when you need them. This Memorial Day, it'd be nice to have a Jace case on hand. If you happen to be going out and celebrating and going out into the woods. Jace.comjace.com Enter the promo code BECK at checkout for a discount on your order. Have the medicine you need on hand at home. Promo code beck j-a s e com hello America. You know, we've been fighting every single day. We push back against the lies, the censorship, the nonsense of the mainstream media that they're trying to feed you. We work tirelessly to bring you the unfiltered truth because you deserve it. But to keep this fight going, we need you right now. Would you take a moment and rate and review the Glenn Beck podcast and give us five stars and leave a comment. Because every single review helps us break through Big Tech's algorithm to reach more Americans who need to hear the truth. This isn't a podcast. This is a movement. And you're part of it, a big part of it. So if you believe in what we're doing, you want more people to wake up, help us push this podcast to the top rate, review, share. Together we'll make a difference. And thanks for standing with us. Now, let's get to work. You're listening to the best of the Glenn Beck Program. Gas price lowest this weekend on Memorial Day weekend. Since it's that it's been since 2003. Now you might say, but Glenn, it's $3 a gallon. Yes, but I remember it was less than $3 a gallon in 2003. And you'd be right, it was a $53. However, the slight caveat on the happy part is your dollar, your dollar has lost about half its value. So a $53, what you could buy in 2003 for a $53 now costs $3. So, you know, but, but just remember, it's the lowest that it has been. So that is good news. The inflation thing might be a problem we should work on. We should work on really.
Stu Burguiere
How do you stop something like that? Is there a path to maybe try to reduce inflation over a long period of time?
Glenn Beck
You stop spending so much money and you don't print money. Huh? Or borrow money like that. Yeah.
Stu Burguiere
What if instead we tried to get like $50 trillion in debt? Would that be another path to success?
Glenn Beck
What is your goal?
Stu Burguiere
I was hoping to lower inflation. Is that, would that work?
Glenn Beck
No, that would not work. Not. I just wanted to make sure that you weren't one of the Marxist radicals that were like, collapse the system. Oh, because that would work.
Stu Burguiere
That would work for that work.
Glenn Beck
Yeah, that way. That would work for that. Let me give you some, some more good news here. Let's see the former candidate who threatened to hire a Russian Ukrainian hit squad to kill Anna Paulina. Luna going to jail. In prison. In prison. Yeah, we got that going for us. There's some good news. Law enforcement is beginning to work. Supreme Court has sided with judge on. Or sided with Trump on the firing of officials from independent federal agencies so he can remove without cause executive officers who exercise that power on his behalf, subject to very narrow exemptions. A Trump judge has also killed Biden's requirement that employers accommodate workers efforts to abort their own unborn children. You know what? I can't come in tomorrow or early because I'm going to take the abortion pill. And I might be hemorrhaging almost to death on my bathroom floor, but they assure me that it's completely safe, so. But you still have to pay me for that. No, no, you don't have to.
Stu Burguiere
You know, Glenn, it's not every host can work in the story of someone hemorrhaging after a failed abortion into the good news segment of the program. But you did it. That's right there.
Glenn Beck
I did it. Thank you. Yeah. Thank you for recognition on this dude. Thank you. Finally, somebody sees the talent that I have. And there you have it. Example of why Glenn Beck is in the radio hall of fame. Thank you. Senate has now voted to overturn California's EV mandate. That is a huge defeat for climate activists, and I weep for them while we're there with the epa. I don't know if you saw Zeldin testifying in front of Congress, but, oh, my gosh, it was, it was. It was almost conservative porn. I like Lee Zeldin a lot. And one Senate Democrat coming after him. And Zeldin turned and said, you know, the American taxpayers, they put President Trump in office because of people like you. Because what he was saying is we're cutting the budget of the EPA because there's waste, there's fraud and there's corruption. And he decided. They decided. They didn't like that. They didn't like that. And so White House Senator Sheldon Whitehouse from Rhode island, he's looking at. And he says, wait a minute, wait a minute. You are lying about the waste, fraud and abuse. And he said, no, no, Senator, I, I'm not. We're just not going to waste dollars because you insist on epa, the epa, lighting taxpayer dollars on fire. We're not going to do it. And he. And he came back, he said, you don't. You don't even know. You have nothing. You can't even tell me any of these cuts. He's like, you know, I could go through all of them. I'm prepared to go through all of them. And that's when Ed Markey, another super superhero from Massachusetts, he said, well, provide that list. Provide the list of waste, fraud and abuse. And then Zeldin said, okay, well, let's start here. Provide the list. And he's like, I got it. Let me just. As soon as he starts, he interrupts him and then he's like, Zeldin just keeps talking and he's. And, and, and Mark, he says, I reclaim my time. I call my time back. They had no. And Zeldin said, you don't want me to go through the list of all the evidence of waste and abuse. You don't care about the conflicts of interest. You don't care about all unqualified recipients. Every time, every time I start to give it, I'm happy to go through the list. But you declare there's no evidence. But you don't want me to even go through the list. Every time I talk, you talk over me. Um, the, the Democrats are just, I mean, they are really floundering, by the way, and, and maybe we're gonna see some more justice here. Act Blue officials, they have been, they have been asked to come to testify in front of Congress and. Because Congress is doing a foreign donations probe now, Stu. Foreign donations, that would be like if. That'd be like if Trump was being funded by the Russians. That's a pretty big deal, right? I remember that being a really big deal. Sure.
Stu Burguiere
Yeah.
Glenn Beck
He's getting money from foreign governments. He's on the take from foreign governments. And then, you know, course we had Biden, who was taking all kinds of cash from several foreign governments. Maybe it's only if you have one foreign government giving you money. I'm not sure. But they made a really big deal about that with Trump. Nothing about Biden. And now the Act Blue people are refusing to testify and Congress is like, that's fine, we'll subpoena you. So there might be some people going to jail there. I'm telling you, handcuffs are coming. Handcuffs are coming. Over the next couple of months, I think we're going to see lots of handcuffs coming out. We're going to see handcuffs on the people of COVID The COVID fraud, the COVID up. That's what's going to happen. It's the COVID up. It's not about the vaccine. It's not Fauci. It's going to be the people that knew that there were really dangerous side effects and then Tried to cover that up and keep that out of the press and keep people from knowing about those side effects. And those people, you're going to see them in handcuffs. I think very, very soon. The, the church and it'll, it won't be just political people. A church and 20 people have been charged in a $60 million Medicaid scam. The AG from Arizona has accused the Happy House Behavioral Health LLC. The Happy House Behavioral Health.
Stu Burguiere
Sounds so fun.
Glenn Beck
Well, to me, the first phrase that pops into my mind is, would you like rub down at Happy House? Oh, no, I'm just saying it's what comes to mind anyway. They took taxpayer funds for services it neither provided or only partially delivered. And then they were billing for services for clients who were deceased or in prison. So they couldn't, they couldn't have given them those services, I guess. No rub downs in prison.
Stu Burguiere
It's always sad when you have that situation, when you lose the rub downs in prison. It's, it's always very, very sad.
Glenn Beck
You know, John Deere is, is deciding, you know what, maybe we should be a little more American. Because after all, we are John John Deere, who is, if memory serves me correctly, kind of a radical, out of step with the heartland of America kind of company. But they, yeah, they've seen the light. They've seen the light. They're going to invest $20 billion in U.S. operations over the next 10 years. So that's a couple billion dollars they're pouring into our manufacturing and job creation and our local communities. So congratulations, John Deere, for stepping to the plate. The federal. There's a federal probe now with Media Matters. That makes me sad. Oh, no, wait, I'm sorry. Just the opposite makes me happy. The Congress is now looking in the feds. I'm sorry, not just Congress, but federal regulators are now looking into Media Matters over their plot to defund Musk's ex and, and silence dissenting voices. Now that's something new. I've not heard of Media Matters trying to silence voices that are voices of dissent. Have you heard that Stu about them? I.
Stu Burguiere
No.
Glenn Beck
Gosh.
Stu Burguiere
I mean, they just seem like such a. I mean, what they're doing is monitoring the media to make sure, you know that's right, the conservative media, which as you know, controls the entire ecosphere of media and make sure they hold them accountable. Because that's what they do, Glenn. Also, they just take a bunch of money from their donors and light it on fire. That's the other thing they do.
Glenn Beck
Yeah, they do. There's just Such wonderful people. The US Mint now is following through on the death of the penny. The last order for pennies has just been given, and so they're stopped producing metal pennies. Now I just want to ask, are we doing cardboard pennies? Why is it phrased that way? We're no longer producing metal pennies.
Stu Burguiere
I think it's to allow for the fact that we will still calculate pennies in digital form going forward. So it's not like every.
Glenn Beck
We're just rounding up to the nearest five cents. Right, right.
Stu Burguiere
But like. No, not, not. That's in a. In a retail transaction. That's supposedly what's going to happen when we run out of pennies. So you go to 7 11, you buy something, it's 289, you pay 290. So that's what's going to happen. But if. If you're sent. If I'm sending you a Venmo, I can still send you $2.89. Right.
Glenn Beck
Like, so digitally I can.
Stu Burguiere
Yeah.
Glenn Beck
So my digital. Wow. Wouldn't be great if we had a central bank digital currency. It would make all these penny things so much easier. So digitally you can use pennies, but not in actual cash transactions.
Stu Burguiere
Yeah. One, once they run out, they're doing that thing that some companies do where they'll just saying, like, we're not firing everybody. We're just not replacing anyone who retires. That's kind of the concept with the penny thing. So they're just gonna let them kind of run out of existence, but they'll still. I mean, obviously there's a lot of them out there, so there will still be transactions for a long time.
Glenn Beck
So I don't know if this is waste. I mean, that Donald Trump, he's lying about waste all the time. Ten years ago, the penny production to produce one penny, it was 1.3 cents. So it cost us a third of a penny more than. Than the penny was worth to make the penny. And. But don't worry about it, you know, since the pandemic is just up now to 3.69, so.3 cents, wow. I would just say that. 3.69 cents.
Stu Burguiere
You're right. Yeah. I mean, over three times or about three times as much as. Yeah. As there's. As they actually are worth it takes to produce them, by the way. Also, the other part of that is it's actually cheaper to produce a dollar than it is to produce a penny, which is perfectly sensible.
Glenn Beck
Isn't that amazing? Because think of the technology that goes into dollars. I mean, it's just, it's cotton. It's got stuff woven into it. It has holograms, it has watermarks. Think of what I mean. That's amazing. You can produce that for less than 3 cents.
Stu Burguiere
Yeah, it's something like, it's like 1.4 cents or something for a dollar.
Glenn Beck
Wow.
Stu Burguiere
Which is. So it's much, much cheaper than producing a penny.
Glenn Beck
So Trump, the doj has just dismissed Biden era lawsuits against Minneapolis, Louisville, the police department there. Trump has escalated the war against Harvard. You know, Harvard just loves their DEI programs and gosh darn it, we just, we have to be anti racist and you know what, maybe a little pro Palestine Palestinians, you know, free Palestine. Free Palestine. So they're shutting down the visas to Harvard for any international students, which is interesting. And Harvard is like, oh, we're gonna fight this. Well, go ahead, go ahead. But you're gonna lose all those foreign students during the fight. Unless we could find an activist judge. I wonder if we could do that more in just a second. You know, when you give to preborn, you probably, you know, are, you're probably not gonna see what happens next because you're not gonna be there when that nurse just gently squeezes the ultrasound gel onto the frightened young woman's belly. You're not going to hear the hum of the machine as the flickering image comes into focus. You won't see her eyes wide, wet and locked into the screen as she realize what's happening really inside of her. Because you can't be there doesn't mean that it doesn't happen. And you're not there in spirit because of people like you. All of this happens every day. And what follows is nothing short of a miracle. Giving how terrified this poor woman is of her future. She chooses life. She holds her baby months later, shaking, exhausting, exhausted, overwhelmed, but smiling. She raises that child and she has help because of people like you. $28 is a gift that will provide the first ultrasound. You want to give more because these clinics also go on to help the moms for up to two years after birth get involved. Just dial £250. Say the keyword baby. This is real compassion and real answers. £200 keyword baby. Go to preborn.com beck that's preborn.com beck sponsored by Preborn. Now back to the podcast. This is the best of the Glenn Beck program. You're going to hear a wild, wild true story from Robby Starbuck. When I heard this a few weeks back, I was outraged. Outraged. And I immediately wrote to Robbie, said Whatever you need. I will stand with you on this because I don't care. You know, Robbie and I happen to agree on. On a lot of stuff, and I consider him a friend, but I don't care if he wasn't a friend or we didn't agree. What META has done to Robbie needs to be corrected or they will do it to everyone. I want to bring Robby Starbuck in so he can. He can tell the story. Hello, Robby. How are you?
Robby Starbuck
I'm doing well. Thanks, Glenn. I appreciate it.
Glenn Beck
Yeah, thank you for coming on and telling the story. Explain. Explain what happened. What has happened to you because of Meta and their AI.
Robby Starbuck
Yeah. So for those who are unfamiliar, you know, basically for the last year, my mission, along with my team, has been eliminating the policies at major corporations. And we've done that with, you know, most of the biggest companies on Earth and with great success. And so at the time, in August 2024, we were focused on Harley Davidson and eventually changed their policies. But there was one particular Harley Davidson dealership that was not happy about it, and they're from Bernie Sanders, State of Vermont. And so they had posted online a Screenshot of Meta AI, and it said that I had been at January 6th and was, you know, part of the, you know, events of that day, that I had committed a crime, and so.
Glenn Beck
I immediately charged with a crime.
Robby Starbuck
Well, we found out about that far later. So we, we, we go and we ask Meta AI, because I initially thought they'd maybe faked it or something. You know, that was my. I'm like, there's no way one of the biggest companies on Earth, you know, is inventing a crime that I committed, right? And so we go and check it, and lo and behold, actually it not only says that I committed a crime, it says that I was charged and arrested, and it later said I pled guilty to a charge of disorderly over January 6th. And the weird part is I wasn't even in D.C. that day. So, like, this was totally wholesale, invented out of nowhere. And we found out something later that actually makes it even more concerning. This does not appear to be a hallucination in the best estimation of myself, my team and AI experts we've spoken to, because when META releases AI models, they release a version you can download and, you know, disconnect from the Internet, and it will continue to work because it's like their trained model, right? These are called Llama 3.0, 3.123, so on and so forth. When you do that and you try to recreate the situation, it consistently comes up with the same lies about me, and they range from the January 6th stuff to in general saying that I'm essentially a dangerous person. It actually had told advertisers not to advertise with my show, said, don't work with him. You know, he's essentially a dangerous individual. And it even insisted that authorities should consider taking my kids from me and put them in the care of somebody.
Glenn Beck
On just a second. Hang on, hold on just a second. I want the audience to understand, first of all, there's no way this is a hallucination. There's no way. So Meta AI is. Has suggested to authorities that they take Robbie's children away from him because he's so dangerous.
Robby Starbuck
Yeah, and you're going to love this part. It not only said that, it said that my kids would probably be better off in the care of somebody who is more accepting of transgenderism and dei. And, you know, so if you think about this, it makes it feel even more targeted. Right? Like the fact that it's going into that narrative tells you that, you know, it's. It's very difficult to think this could be a hallucination because it's very, very specific and consistent with sort of left wing ideology.
Glenn Beck
Right.
Robby Starbuck
And so you have to go back to the training and, you know, how did it get trained to believe this and go further with that? We are very close to a future where people are going to have robotics in their homes that are trained on AI. Thousands and thousands of apps have already been trained on Meta's AI, and so that's going to last a very long time. Right? The other interesting thing about AI defamation is that if you say something that is totally untrue about me, Glenn, and I sue you and that, you know, goes to court and they say, Glenn defamed Robbie. You know, there is an end point to that, right? You know, you get justice for it and, you know, so on and so forth. With Meta's AI, though, there's sort of this weird thing that happens where we could go to court and the court will say, oh, yeah, they defamed Robbie. And at the end of that, you still have all these unplugged models out in the wild that have been downloaded by millions of people. And you will never put the genie back in that bottle because they can't update the versions that are disconnected from the Internet, right? So when you think about the future, you could have robots that are walking around in law enforcement thinking that I am a criminal or a wanted individual because there was A hallucination at one point that claimed that I was wanted for kidnapping charges, too.
Glenn Beck
Oh, my gosh.
Robby Starbuck
Thing is insane. The whole thing is insane, Glenn. And so we sued them because I think that that is the reasonable thing to do to try to get justice here, not just for myself, but for everybody. Because like you said, this could happen to anybody. If it can happen to me, it can happen to anybody. And if you think about just like everything from custody cases to our future elections, you know, I mean, this could rig elections.
Glenn Beck
You know, let me just throw one more thing in, and I want to ask you some questions. Met As. I also claimed that he had appeared on Nick Fuente show, that he had spoken at Nick's rallies, and that you supported him. He was engaged in Holocaust denial. He's never denied the Holocaust. He doesn't know Nick Fuentes and wouldn't be showing up at any of his rallies. This is hard to believe that this is a hallucination, because, I mean, I'm working with AI right now and AI designers and what a hallucination is. It can't remember. It can't memorize the entire Internet, okay? It can't memorize all of human history and information. So it's very good at remembering the beginning and the end, and sometimes it will fill in the middle. But if you ask it, show me the sources on this, it. It will usually correct itself. You know, you have to say, ah, that's not an actual source. And it will usually correct itself. And it doesn't hallucinate the same thing on the same person all the time. So for this to continue to get deeper and deeper and deeper with you and make things up that are worse and worse shows that there is something in the algorithm. At least this is my feeling. And I could. I got an AI expert upstairs in the break. I'll ask him. But it shows there's something in the algorithm that is. Is tipping the AI to, you're a bad guy, you're a criminal.
Robby Starbuck
I mean, that's. That's how it looks to us, you know, and you have to wonder, you know, when there's no rules, what kind of effect can an engineer have if they're an activist and they decide, I hate this group of people, I want to make them look terrible. You know, in my case, it could look like what you have seen. But in an. A lot of people, especially young people, are increasingly asking, you know, what's the difference between this candidate and that candidate? You know, try to figure out who they align with, and if AI is Allowed to say one is the most flowery version you could write about them. Right. Like, basically doing PR for them. And then the other side is we can literally invent crimes and say they're wanted for kidnapping or child moles or whatever. You know, you can shift a couple percentage points in any election on that basis. And that's something that I think everybody should find untenable and unacceptable.
Glenn Beck
So this is. I mean, you want to talk about David versus Goliath. Have you filed suit against them and what's the status of all of this?
Robby Starbuck
Yeah, we have filed suit in Delaware. That's where, you know, they're incorporated. And, you know, I think every legal expert I've seen out there has said, dang, this is the best defamation case I've ever seen. I mean, it's so egregious. And then Meta came out. Okay, so we notified them in August 2020 about what was happening. They didn't do anything about it to actually fix the problem until nine months later when I came out with a video where millions of people watched it and became a press story and was all over the media. Then they finally step up and try to do some things right. And even then, it just. It was, you know, I think about a week or close to a week after that had already come out, and they had put out a statement apologizing, which, again, is, like, unheard of in the middle of litigation for them to put out a statement actually taking accountability and saying, yeah, we did it. You still had it, saying things that were just total fabrications, total lies about me. And so it was very clear that Meta was struggling to control what they had built.
Glenn Beck
This is terrifying, Robbie. I mean, I've talked to a few senators about your case, and they are just as incensed about it as I am. And, you know, I'm expecting Meta to be called up onto Capitol Hill regarding this. But I don't know. I mean, what. You know what? The AI has so much power now on Capitol Hill, these gigantic companies, and I'm not sure what anybody is really going to do. I hope justice actually works for you and the system works for you. Because if not, this is the beginning of AI tyranny. This is. I mean, if this is allowed to go on, this is the beginning of it, and it will in four years from now. Forget about. Forget about your. Really, your freedom, your. Your reputation. Everything will be gone if you happen to oppose what the AI program says is the right way to go.
Robby Starbuck
Yeah, we need serious change, you know, in the system. And I think I'm with you on this. You know, I pray that the system works as it's intended to work. You increasingly, you know, have to won as you watch, you know, sort of these rogue judges try to take on the powers of the executive branch, just how many holes there are in the justice system and how much it is working as intended. But I really do pray that it will, because I do think there's downstream effects of this that people.
Glenn Beck
Oh, my God.
Robby Starbuck
Are not seeing very clearly. And I've gone down that dystopian rabbit hole and I've looked at what does it mean in 20 years if this is allowed to happen? And it is. It is very dangerous.
Stu Burguiere
Five.
Glenn Beck
It will be five years. It won't be 20 years. Robby, how can I help and how can the audience help you?
Robby Starbuck
Well, you know, I would say we've just got to consistently keep this story out there, because I think that's really important, that everybody knows what is happening and what is possible, because this extends beyond public figures. This goes into, like, if you have a custody dispute and they're deciding reputation, scoring on AI it can invent all kinds of things about, you could lose your kids over this. If you are going and trying to get insurance, you could be denied insurance over being perceived as a reputational risk. Because if you have the wrong politics, right. I mean, this is very dangerous stuff. So talk to your lawmakers, write to them, ask them what they're doing to establish ethical boundaries for AI because there has to be some boundaries. There is, don't get me wrong, a lot of incredible things AI can be used to do, but if you have no boundaries, it's going to be very, very, very dangerous. And so that would be the first thing. You know, at this point, I'm handling the legal costs and everything, but this could eventually get. Get so expensive legally, you know, depending on the strategy, they take that. You know, maybe at that point, we do another round of going through everywhere and saying, hey, can people jump in and help? But, you know, I think we can. We can take this all the way. And I really do believe that it's important that we get serious, sincere changes in the marketplace.
Glenn Beck
Count on me as a serious ally. I don't think I've ever made this offer to anybody, but I want you to give me regular updates and come on the. Come on the program. Whenever you have an update, you just call, call. I'll put you on the air and you give us an update, because we will follow this story. And. And it's important. I mean, this is, this is the beginning of the end. Anything you might be afraid of with AI, if this isn't corrected, it will happen and it will happen quickly. So it's got to be corrected. Robby, thank you so much.
Robby Starbuck
Thank you Glenn. I appreciate it it.
Glenn Beck
But bye. Bye. You're listening to the best of the Glenn Beck program. Okay, let's see. Let me, let me talk a little bit about something that has just been driving me out of my mind this weekend. And that is or this week. It's Pete Hegseth's Pentagon prayer service. Oh my gosh. He had a Christian prayer service at the Pentagon. New York Times says Hegseth intends to make the prayer service a monthly event. You know, if, if Hag Seth were sacrificing animals to the pagan God of weather and earth, the New York Times probably would not have a problem with it. Okay. This meltdown is so exhausting because it is so predictable. 1995 has called New York Times and the ACLU wants their separation of church and state outrage back because they, they, they didn't know where they placed it. And they seem they, they left it with you. Wednesday of this week, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth hosted a voluntary Christian prayer service in the Pentagon's auditorium. It was broadcast on their internal network. Now no one was required to attend. No one was required to watch. His pastor from his home church in Tennessee spoke at the service and paid his own way there. By the way, you didn't pay for this. The event was packed, standing room only. And of course the left wing media was triggered. Okay, you know we can, we can do all kinds of stuff but not worship God. CNN trotted out their legal experts screaming it's a first Amendment violation. You know that's government endorsing religion. No it is not. I read, I think it was in the New York Times that said although the, the United States early on did use federal buildings for church services, that was at a time when there was a. Listen to this. A stricter interpretation of the founders words. No, they didn't need to interpret the founders words. They were the founders. So it wasn't a stricter interpretation. It was the founders interpretation because they were doing this all the time. I know everybody on the left is shocked by this, but the US Capitol served as a church building every Sunday for almost 70 years. Started under Thomas Jefferson. And by the way, he's the one who wrote the word separation of church and state in a letter. It's not anywhere else in a federal document. It's in a letter Separation of church. And yet he was the guy who was like, you know what, Bring your church service. Let's just do it in the House of Representatives. So the House of Representatives, the podium that sits there, was for 70 years the pulpit for preachers. And it wasn't just one denomination. You could use it. And thousands of people attended, including presidents like Thomas Jefferson, who was hardly a Bible thumper, but it was a hub for worship in Washington, D.C. and yet somehow the Republic survived and it grew and it did well, somehow or another. Sorry, but Christian prayers and Bible readings in public, you know, and public officials doing those things woven into our fabric. George Washington issued proclamation for days of prayers all the time. Abraham Lincoln leaned on scripture during the Civil War. We turn the Civil War around after his proclamation of humiliation, fasting, and prayer to the Almighty God. I mean, the patron saint of American socialism, fdr, he read from the Bible on radio broadcast during World War II. You know, when. When we were in the midst of D Day, he got on and led the nation in prayer. You know, so, you know, Hagseth, 30 minute prayer in the auditorium or 30 minutes, you know, church service. Not really radical, not breaking new ground. You know, here's the thing. Public officials have hosted events for other faiths. In 2007, House of Representatives had a Hindu priest open the session with prayer. Multiple Muslim imams have given opening prayers read from the Quran in the House Chamber. The Pentagon's chapel hosts services for multiple faiths, including Islam, Judaism, the media. They lose their mind on those too, right? Oh, no, no, no. In fact, that's a cause for celebration for the media. After one imam gave the house prayer in 2017, the Washington Post published the full text of his prayer. But they don't wanna tell you what happened at the Pentagon other than it happened. He's got Christians in the Pentagon. Panic, everybody. You know, let me be really, really frank with you, New York Times. And those who are freaked out by this and history and can repeat it accurately, you let me know, okay? But let me ask you this question. Why do rainbow flags fly at federal buildings every June for Pride Month all month long? Why are. Why is it forced left is fine with those? Military bases around the world have hosted drag shows. Drag shows. You don't have a problem with that, but you have a problem with a church service. The left, especially when Joe Biden was in office, treated Pride Month like it was a sacred holiday. The left dots on the LGBTQ movement with religious fervor because it has become a religion and it is now clearly a Government endorsed religion. A voluntary Christian prayer service is cause for front page outrage. Yet this isn't there. Nothing. Hm. Wait a minute. Hmm. Ever since I can remember, the left has weaponized this myth of separation of church and state by the guy who was attending the prayers in the House of Representatives. Reminder, the phrase is not in the Constitution. The First Amendment says this. Now listen to this. New York Times. I know you have a hard time with words, but. But you talk pretty. So listen to these words and see if you can understand them. They're very complex. The First Amendment says Congress shall not establish a religion or prohibit its free exercise. Wait a minute. So they can't establish a religion or prohibit the free exercise of religion. That's it. Nothing about endorsing a religion. And that's not what Pete Hegseth was doing. You know, the left twists this to erase Christianity from the public square while they mandate the celebration of state backed secular ideologies. Whether it's pride or climate change or the sacred earth worship that's going on. And I could make the case that, that either one of those is the government establishing a religion. Dei, esg. All of that is treated like a religion. Climate change, it's a religion. Transgender surgery, it's a religion. Doesn't matter what science says. Believe this. And if you don't believe this, you're a heretic and you have to be excommunicated from all of society. It is a religion with its own high priests and that's government establishing a religion. So if you really want to go to battle on this, let's go to battle on this, shall we? Because maybe in your wildest dreams, Pete Hegseth, which he didn't do, would get up and go, Christianity is neat and everybody here should be a Christian. I endorse it. That is constitutionally okay. But what you've done with all of these woke ideas is you have now established a religion. Not endorsed. Established. Let me read it to you one more time. Congress cannot establish a religion or prohibit its free exercise thereof. So we could be honest with each other as we know which one is trying to destroy one religion and we know which ones are establishing new religions. You're on the losing side on this one. New York Times. But you know what? At least you're consistent.
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Summary of "The Glenn Beck Program" Featuring Robby Starbuck | May 23, 2025
Podcast Information:
In this special "Best of the Program" episode aired on May 23, 2025, Glenn Beck delves into a range of pressing issues facing American society, with a particular focus on the emerging challenges posed by artificial intelligence (AI). The episode features a compelling interview with Robby Starbuck, who shares his personal battle against Meta's AI-driven defamation. Throughout the program, Beck interweaves discussions on economic concerns, political developments, and cultural debates, providing listeners with a comprehensive overview of the current American landscape.
One of the standout segments of the episode is the interview with Robby Starbuck, who discusses his lawsuit against Meta for defamation orchestrated by their AI systems. This discussion begins around the 19:44 mark and remains a central theme throughout the episode.
Key Points:
Robby Starbuck's Experience: Robby explains that Meta's AI falsely accused him of participating in the January 6th events, leading to fabricated criminal charges and damaging his reputation.
Robby Starbuck (20:42): "I wasn't even in D.C. that day. So, like, this was totally wholesale, invented out of nowhere."
Persistent Fabrications: He highlights that these defamatory statements are not isolated incidents but part of a pattern where Meta's AI labels him as a dangerous individual, even suggesting that authorities should remove his children from his custody.
Robby Starbuck (22:17): "It says that my kids would probably be better off in the care of somebody who is more accepting of transgenderism and DEI."
Impact on Society: Both Beck and Starbuck express concerns about the broader implications of AI-driven defamation, warning of a future where AI can manipulate reputations, influence elections, and even impact legal outcomes.
Glenn Beck (28:39): "If this is allowed to go on, this is the beginning of it, and it will in five years. Forget about your freedom, your reputation. Everything will be gone if you oppose what the AI program says is the right way to go."
Notable Quotes:
Beck addresses current economic issues, particularly focusing on inflation and gas prices, around the 00:30 to 05:07 marks.
Key Points:
Gas Prices: Beck mentions that gas prices are at their lowest since 2003, though he notes that the purchasing power of the dollar has significantly decreased since then.
Glenn Beck (04:29): "Gas price lowest this weekend on Memorial Day weekend. Since it's been since 2003. Now you might say, but Glenn, it's $3 a gallon. Yes, but I remember it was less than $3 a gallon in 2003."
Inflation Discussion: The conversation with Stu Burguiere explores potential solutions to inflation, emphasizing reduced government spending and cautioning against excessive borrowing.
Glenn Beck (04:36): "You stop spending so much money and you don't print money."
Notable Quotes:
Throughout the episode, Beck provides updates on various legal and political matters, touching upon high-profile cases and governmental actions.
Key Points:
Robby Starbuck's Case: Continued discussion on Starbuck's lawsuit against Meta, emphasizing the lack of accountability from large tech corporations.
Glenn Beck (27:33): "Meta came out. Okay, so we notified them in August 2020 about what was happening. They didn't do anything about it until nine months later when I came out with a video."
Supreme Court Decisions: Beck highlights recent Supreme Court rulings favorable to former President Trump, including decisions on the firing of officials from independent federal agencies and abortion-related employment protections.
Glenn Beck (05:06): "A Trump judge has also killed Biden's requirement that employers accommodate workers' efforts to abort their own unborn children."
Corporate Developments: Mention of John Deere's investment in U.S. operations as a positive step for American manufacturing and job creation.
Glenn Beck (11:15): "John Deere is deciding maybe we should be a little more American... they're going to invest $20 billion in U.S. operations over the next 10 years."
Notable Quotes:
A significant portion of the episode is dedicated to discussing Pete Hegseth's Pentagon prayer service and the ensuing controversy, spanning from 32:20 onward.
Key Points:
Pentagon Prayer Service: Beck criticizes the New York Times and left-wing media for condemning Pete Hegseth's voluntary Christian prayer service at the Pentagon, arguing that historical precedents support the legitimacy of such events.
Glenn Beck (32:20): "Pete Hegseth's Pentagon prayer service... no one was required to attend. His pastor spoke at the service and paid his own way there."
Historical Context: Beck references historical instances where U.S. government buildings hosted religious services, including presidents like Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln.
Glenn Beck (38:42): "The US Capitol served as a church building every Sunday for almost 70 years... George Washington issued proclamations for days of prayers all the time."
Critique of Media Hypocrisy: He points out the inconsistency in media reactions, contrasting the outrage over the Christian prayer service with the acceptance of events like Pride Month and drag shows at federal institutions.
Glenn Beck (41:54): "Why do rainbow flags fly at federal buildings every June for Pride Month all month long?... Military bases around the world have hosted drag shows. Drag shows. You don't have a problem with that, but you have a problem with a church service."
Notable Quotes:
Glenn Beck's episode on May 23, 2025, offers a deep dive into issues surrounding AI defamation, economic challenges, legal battles, and the ongoing debate over the separation of church and state. The interview with Robby Starbuck serves as a powerful testament to the potential dangers of unregulated AI, highlighting the urgent need for ethical boundaries in technology. Concurrently, Beck's commentary on economic and political matters provides listeners with a nuanced understanding of the current socio-political climate. The discussion on religious freedoms underscores the complexities of maintaining constitutional principles in a rapidly evolving societal landscape.
Listeners are encouraged to engage with these topics critically, advocate for responsible AI governance, and remain vigilant about preserving foundational American values.
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Final Thoughts
This episode of "The Glenn Beck Program" encapsulates urgent and multifaceted discussions pertinent to contemporary American society. From the perils of AI-driven defamation to the vital discourse on religious freedoms, Beck provides a platform for critical dialogue aimed at informing and empowering his audience.