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Bill O'Reilly
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Glenn Beck
Well, hello, America. Welcome. It's Wednesday, which means everything is downhill from here, and that has a. A different kind of meaning when you look at the news of the day, especially the war headlines. Yeah, it looks like it's all downhill from here. So we're going to get into that here in just a second. I want to give you some meaning behind all of the headlines. Because there's a lot going on with the war, the corruption that is happening in our country. Mike Lee is joining us here. I want to know which senators just don't want this thing to build. Just don't want, you know, the START act to pass. I doubt he's going to give me names because he's too nice for that. But I'm going to do everything I can to score, squeeze them out of him, because I want names. I want to know who is standing against this besides Thune and Corning, who's standing against it? All right, we'll get into that here in a second. First, let me tell you about relief factors. 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The FBI now has quietly warned that Iran has been exploring the possibility of launching drones from a vessel positioned off the California coast. Well, good news. We have the Coast Guard. Oh no. The Democrats have defunded dhs, so good luck with that one, Coast Guard. Good luck with that one. California. This is not theoretical warfare. This is the modern battlefield. Asymmetric, deniable, and designed to bypass the strongest military on earth. At the same time, Iranian officials are promising what they call a painful response. And their commanders are warning civilians in parts of the Middle east to stay away from banks and economic centers. They are openly signaling that financial infrastructure is going to be treated now as a battlefield. Also, the cyber attacks have already begun. A group tied to Tehran has reportedly struck a major American medical company, knocking the internal systems offline and seizing massive data sets. When banks and hospitals and shipping lanes and energy supplies all become targets. You're no longer talking about a traditional war. This is the war of the future. You're looking at a systems war. And this is the kind of war that aims to destabilize the entire society rather than defeating an army. Then let's throw in the straight of Hormuz. The latest that. Roughly 1/5 of the world's oil supply now comes through that 20 mile corridor of water every single day. A fifth, 20% of everything. For decades, it has been the most sensitive choke point in global trade. I mean, we have been guarding that since World War II. Saudi Arabia yesterday began warning of catastrophic consequences if shipping disruption continues. Iran is already threatening that oil could reach $200 a barrel if the conflict escalates. Those numbers are not abstract. They're not made up. They translate into a price of diesel that moves the food across our country. They translate into airline tickets and heating bills and the cost of every product that relies on transportation. This is now something that we are in. Whether you were for it or against, this can not go on. Energy shocks are the fastest ways to push, push the global economy into recession and $200 a barrel. You're talking about complete global upheaval. Up, up, upheaval. You're looking at a possible reset of the economy and of the US Dollar and every other currency on earth. Remember I warned back in 2017ish. I said the only things that really are left are assassinations and war. And we've had our assassinations and we've had our assassination attempts and we're not done with that, I fear. But we are now in war. Meanwhile, vessel tracking shows that While Iran is threatening to cut off the oil to the west, millions of barrels are continuing to flow to China through the same waters. The diesel that that matters because it reveals the geopolitical fault lines forming beneath the conflict. Energy supply is a strategic weapon and nations are positioning themselves accordingly. And the United states and the G7 are now discussing naval escorts for shipping in the Persian Gulf. This is a, this a step that begins to resemble the convoy system that were used during the world wars. We're in a different world gang. When the global economy requires warships to protect commercial shipping lanes, it tells you how fragile the situation actually is. Now, Donald Trump is still saying that we're going to make short order of this. He has now said that anybody who is an Iranian or living on the coastline of Iran, you should get out of there as soon as possible, which means we're just going to strafe that whole area. Now, inside of Iran, there are signs of real instability as well. Reports suggest the Revolutionary Guard may be pressuring clerics to install Khomeini as the next supreme leader while he remains absent from public views view after his reported injuries. Now, I love this because remember we told you yesterday that he was, he was. They, they put up a cardboard cutout of him. We found out, we said yesterday this might be an AI but it looked really, really good. And I could believe this too, but that they put this, this cardboard cutout at a, an IRGC rally where he was supposed to be because they said he couldn't attend because he had some injuries but nothing to worry about. Well, I don't know about that. So it was just a cardboard cutout. It was not real. Turns out, however, he didn't show up for that because of injuries. Now they said he just has a little boo boo on his leg. The, I think it's. The Guardian is reporting today that he is in a coma and has lost his leg after being seriously injured in airstrikes. I would suggest if you're up for that role, you don't attend any meetings. You know, you might want to stay deep, deep, deep underground, but we don't know what the truth is on that yet. Now, there's one other thing that you need to know as we tie all of this stuff together to give you a real feel and sense of what's happening in the world between November 21st and November 24th of last year. We are just finding out now that somebody walked into one of the most famous military installations in the United States, Fort Campbell. That's the home of 101st Airborne, and they walked out with four military drones. Now, I don't know who actually goes in and steals from the 101st Airborne, but a couple of guys did. By the 24th, they were seen. The last time they were seen was the 21st. By the 24th, they were all gone. We have security footage that shows the two suspects. Can we bring up there. There they are. There they are, two guys, and they seem to be carrying guns. They're wearing hoodies, balaclavas, or baklavas, which I think I would rather be wearing baklava all over my face myself, but whatever. And they're wearing gloves and they appear to be carrying rifles. Now, who goes in to the 101st Airborne carrying a rifle? Kind of a death sentence. How did they get in? How did they get out? With four drones. We're not talking about the kind of drones, you know, that you buy. You know, at Best Buy, these are. These drones are worth up to 100, $125,000. And the criminal Division, the Criminal investigation division of the army has now just offered a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of these thieves. A 5,000? Well, that's all we're doing, a 5,000. Let me, let me tell you why this is so important and worth maybe more than $5,000 for information. These are not hobby drones, okay? These are called, I think, Sky do or SkyDo X10D autonomous reconnaissance drones. These are built specifically for government use. They're equipped with advanced cameras, thermal sensors, AI navigation systems. They are designed for surveillance and battlefield reconnaissance. So what you're seeing over and around, how we're tracking people, how we're knowing where everybody is, is because we're using these drones. Again, these are different. What they are capable of and what the threat might imply is really what you need to pay attention to. Here's the first concern. These systems are AI assisted autonomous drones. They're designed to fly in environments where GPS doesn't work. Okay. Or where there's a geo fencing they can go through that. They navigate obstacles, map terrain. They conduct surveillance without constant human control. That means anybody who understands the system can use them to map infrastructure, energy facilities, ports, public venues. Beginning to understand the first concern. Here's the second one. These drones contain military sensors and payload modules, thermal cameras, high resolution imaging systems. These, this is the equipment that actually locates people and vehicles, can track them and lock onto targets. They can track heat signatures through buildings and through darkness. This technology alone, because it's military, just the technology has huge value on the black market. And the people who buy that are not hobbyists. They're not the ones who are like, I'm going to fly my drone over my neighbor's house. Here's a third concern. Who walks into the 101st Airborne armed. Okay, most thieves stealing electronics don't walk into a military building, period. Hard stop. If you're stealing stuff from the military, you better know what, what you're stealing and where you're going. How is that happening? How did you get the information into, into what is happening in this military installation? And the third part of this is you don't walk in with rifles, because if you're walking in dressed like they're dressed with a rifle, you're going to get shot if you're caught. So this means these are a different kind of thief. Is that possibly drug cartels? Is that possibly somebody who is selling these, who has just bought a lot of property near one of our military bases? Did I mention that these can drop bombs as well? Now here's the fourth concern. Timing. Because the theft occurred during a period when US Intelligence agencies were warning about the possibility of Iranian linked actors trying to attempt drone strikes here in the United States. Iran's leadership has already made public threats, blah, blah, blah, and they're talking about our own homeland and they're talking about, what did I just say? Banks, economic infrastructure, energy facilities. These drones are the kind of drones that can target. Those kinds of targets, make it very easy. 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Bill O'Reilly
Coming on
Glenn Beck
is Wednesday. Oh, it's Thursday. Ricky just said you've misinformed everybody. It's Wednesday. Oh, my gosh, it's Thursday. Oh, that makes me so happy.
Ricky
Big fact check.
Glenn Beck
Oh, that is great. I stand corrected. I told you I'd lead with my mistakes. It's Thursday. Thank God. You know, it's nothing worse than thinking it's Thursday and it's actually Wednesday, and nothing better than thinking it's Wednesday and it's actually Thursday. Well, yes, you thinking that it's Thursday when it's actually Friday, that's actually better. But anyway, okay, so let me tell you, I told you earlier this week, what is AI? How does AI work? The way AI works is it just looks for patterns. Intelligence, artificial or actual intelligence is all about pattern recognition. So let's look at the pattern of this. This is why people are really concerned, is the pattern. Ask questions on the pattern. How did the individuals enter the military base and a building on the base and remove four big drone systems without immediate detection? There's dot number one. That's kind of glaring. Here's dot number two. Were they familiar with the facility? How did they know where those things were? Did somebody inside help them? Were the drones the target? Or was the technology inside the drone actually the target? Because modern conflicts no longer begin the way they used to. The battlefield has changed. A small drone can, you know, scout the power plant or the rail yards or the. Or the fuel terminals or the ports or a stadium filled with people. This is the uncomfortable reality of modern warfare. And you're. I mean, it's easily easy for us to now find ourselves in conflict way before the first missiles launch. It's the quiet preparations. It's the disappearance of these drones back in November and none of us knew. And then take small pieces of that technology. Systems acquired and then pieced together piece by piece, reproduced. The truth is, most Americans still imagine war as something that is far away from here. Uniforms and battlefields and front lines. The world that has emerged in the last decade looks very different. Did you. Do you remember seeing any of those drones? These were little drones. Imagine the videos of the drones in Ukraine that were chasing the guys in the tanks, okay? There was no escape. That's the kind of warfare that the world is changing to. And four of those very expensive, very powerful drones have just disappeared. Who took them? Well, don't worry. Our government's on it. They're offering $5,000 reward for any information. 5,000 bucks. That's all it's worth. I think we need to eat, you know, up that and find out what the hell happened to these military drones. How did people get on to one of our most sensitive bases and take them? Who were they? Terrorists. Interior terrorists. Terrorists. People who are just trying to make a buck, or drug cartels? Who took these drones? Kind of an important question. Maybe we should look at all the dots. All right? People are often at their very best when something goes wrong. You know, a flood hits town, fire rips through a community, and a family loses everything in a storm. Suddenly people who have never met before to start showing up with trucks and food and supplies and help. It is honestly one of the best things about our country. When people are hurting, others just automatically step in. It is the Judeo Christian values that we hold. The problem is some of that response in some areas, when it is really devastating requires some coordination, you know, and in groups that can know how to navigate this. This is what Mercury One does. This is my charity. We started it, I don't know, over 10 years ago, 15 years ago, maybe. And they. They help the people who are on the ground when disaster strikes. We're there. We support the humanitarian projects. We help communities rebuild after the tragedy. And we partner with the very best, the first people on the ground, ground and the people who actually make a difference. So if you want to help, just become part of the team, will you? $15 a month. Your gift will ensure that we have everything we need. At mercury1.org mercury1.org. We have Senator Mike Lee on to talk to us about the SAVE Act. What the hell is going on Excuse my language. Senator Mike Lee, how are you doing?
Bill O'Reilly
Great, thank you, Glenn.
Senator Mike Lee
Good to be with you as always.
Glenn Beck
Okay. Now, Mike, you're the nicest guy I know. You're the. You're the most senatorial kind of guy I know. You don't ever like to kick up dust and dirt, you know, but I gotta ask you, what the hell is going on? Who in the Senate just does not want this thing to come to the floor and actually have their vote counted? Come on, who?
Senator Mike Lee
You know, that's the most curious thing, Glenn. We know that there are three who
Bill O'Reilly
are opposed to the bill.
Senator Mike Lee
They've been public about that. Senators Murkowski, McConnell. And tell us. What we don't know is who else might be among those reputed to be against bringing up the talking filibuster. Using the talking filibuster to bring up the Save America act, to pass the Save America Act. Look, we've got basically zero chance of passing this without invoking the talking filibuster. If we do invoke it, we've got a chance. Now, we can't guarantee exactly what it will look like. We can't guarantee exactly what the outcome will be, but we know we've got a chance, a decent chance to pass it if we do it this way, the same way that they had a decent chance of passing the Civil Rights act since 1964 if and only if they use the talking filibuster. They did, it passed. We should do the same thing here. Yes, it takes work. Yes, there's uncertainty. Yes, it'd be a pain in the neck. But you know what? That's our job. And thank heavens for those who are grateful for the Civil Rights act of 1964 and the protections that it brought with it. They should all be very grateful the Senate didn't wuss out. Then they should be very grateful that they didn't let a few senators say, well, I'm going to vote against cloture, so don't even try or just force a failed, you know, failure, theater cloture vote at the front end, and then we'll move on. Thank heavens they didn't do that.
Bill O'Reilly
They stuck with it.
Senator Mike Lee
They stuck with it for 60 days. And you know what happened? It brought people to the table. It made people think. It made people realize they were on the wrong side, the losing side of history, and they ended up negotiating some changes to the bill to save face, and they got the thing passed. We have to do the same thing here. We don't know who the other three other people Are other than those initial three who have, you know, identified themselves as against the bill, that I strongly disagree with them, but at least they've got the courage to say what they're doing. There are others who are under the COVID of night for reasons I don't understand. They're not required to identify themselves. Instead, take pot shots from the cheap seats and say, we don't want to do it, but let's see, people feel differently and we ought to do this. The American people are with us on this, Glenn. It doesn't come this way very often. These ships don't pass this way very often. Where we've got the House, we've got the Senate, we've got the White House, and we've got 85% of the American people on our side. Only congressional Democrats and a few miscellaneous others are against us. So let's take advantage of it and don't let these people hide in silence, in secrecy and not even identify themselves, much less articulate their reasons for not wanting to do it. This is absurd.
Glenn Beck
So Jonathan Martin at Politico came after me the other day and he said, how can one spend decades in and around American politics and not understand the basic macro politics of midterm elections? He was taking me because I said, it'll be the death of the republic and it might be the death of the Republicans if, if they don't take this up and pass it. And my producer, Ricky, you know, tried to answer some of his questions, you know, because, you know, sometimes, sometimes people care more about policy principles than politics. And he seemed to miss the point entirely when he, he replied. He said, midterms are historically difficult for the party in power. There's nothing to do whether a voter ID passes, you know, six months before the election. Stop with the apocalyptic nonsense and learn some basic history. I'm not sure what history he's looking for other than, yeah, midterms are tough for the party that's in, but he seems to miss that. I really believe the voters that go out and actually vote, the base of your party that care, are tired of this back and forth political nonsense. And they're saying, here's a principle that you have the chance to actually pass that everybody in America is for. Mike, tell me, are you. Is anybody in the Senate concerned that maybe by not doing these things you will lose your base and people are not going to go out and, and fight, and even fight the traffic to go out and vote, vote for you people. And I'm sorry to lump you in on that, but the gop, they're not going to go out and vote for you because you don't stand for anything. This is the biggest clear victory I have ever seen. And the GOP is not going to take advantage of it. And they won't tell us why. And they don't even want to be on record on which ones vote for it, which ones vote against. Something's terribly wrong here.
Senator Mike Lee
Yeah, because we're addicted to comfort. We're addicted to convenience. We needing the Senate as an institution, we've gotten so accustomed to predictability and ease and comfort and being able to plan ahead and saying, well, I want to be on this city on this day. I want to give a speech here on that day. Sometimes you have to do things in this job that are difficult. Sometimes you have to take a lot of votes. Sometimes you have to give a lot of speeches. Sometimes you have to devote a lot of time at inconvenient times in order to do things before you run out of time. We're about to run out of time. And yeah, that reporter is right. Things can be very difficult for the party that's got the majority and both houses of Congress and the White House. And that's all the more reason why we've got to do everything we can to make sure our elections are secure and do everything we can to make sure that our base shows up. And they're not going to show up unless we fight their battles, unless we make clear that we're with them. This one should not be hard, Glenn. There are things in this job that are hard, that are really hard. This isn't one of them. And I literally do not understand. This has been one of the more perplexing things in 15 years in the United States Senate that I have seen. I literally don't have a legitimate explanation for this. I mean, I get it. The radical left hates this bill. They hit it with a white hot passion. And we can all make an educated guess as to why they hate it. But regardless, that doesn't mean that the rest of us who are not part of the radical left have to go along with it. And so I'm dumbfounded by the fact that we as Senate Republicans are resisting this now. All that said, look, if we move forward, and I've spoken to Senator Thune, the Senate Majority leader, as recently as last night about this, and we'll move to it and we'll debate it, regardless of whether he wants to call it a talking filibuster. I don't care what he calls it, but we've got to get onto the bill and we've got to not move right ahead to filing cloture and going forward with what would at this point be a failed cloture vote. We've got to make them speak, we've got to make them hold the floor. We've got to make them defend their indefensible position in front of the American people, one of the white hot lights of the Senate floor. And we've got to make them do it for a significant amount of time. I don't know how much time it's going to take, but you subject them to that for enough time and I'm very confident some of them are going to start to see the light on this. Some of them are going to start coming to the negotiating table on this because they don't want to have to defend the indefensible very long.
Glenn Beck
So Thune says he'll bring it to a vote, but what does that mean? Does that mean the cloture thing?
Senator Mike Lee
Well, if it means he's going to bring it up, we'll have a motion briefs. See, that's the beauty of this bill. At the procedural status of the bill, it's coming over from the House of Representatives in the form of a message. There are all these weird rules that relate to the interplay between the House rules and the Senate rules. The House sends us a bill in the form of a message. That means that we don't have to take a cloture vote at the front end to get onto the bill. With many bills, you've got to cast a vote on what's called cloture, on the motion to proceed. That takes 60 votes to get us to the point where we can proceed to a bill. We don't have that here. So he's going to bring it up. Getting onto the bill will occur at a simple majority vote threshold. And we just need to debate the bill for a while, for a considerable amount of time without filing closure, without going to the next step of bringing debate to a close on the bill itself because that takes 60 votes. We don't have that yet. Following back to our example from the Civil Rights act of 1964, they were 32 votes shy of closure when the bill arrived from the House of Representatives in March of 1964. They spent 60 days debating it. And lo and behold, those people who were opposed to it, mostly Democrats by the way, they started to negotiate after a. A few weeks of this and they were eventually able to negotiate some changes that allowed them to save enough space that they were able to when willing to vote for cloture at the end of the process. And as a result, that bill passed. This is one of those moments. That's what I don't want to compare the two bills. They're different bills, but this one should be way easier to pass than that one. It's simpler. Oh, my gosh, More popular than that one. And so we ought to get.
Glenn Beck
I have to tell you, it just pissed me off so much when, when Thune came out and said, yeah, well, they still needed 60 votes, yet they didn't have the 60 votes when they started 60 days later, as you said, the 34 votes suddenly were found. I mean. Oh, just it's so agonizing. Donald Trump seems to be really clear on pushing and saying, get this done. They don't seem to care. Thune doesn't seem to care. McConnell, of course doesn't. Murkowski, Tillis, they don't care. Has he done everything he can?
Senator Mike Lee
Well, look, no, nobody's done everything that they can until they have gone through the steps that we've described. And again, I don't care what we want to call it. If he doesn't like calling it a talking filibuster, I really could not care less. What I care about is getting this damn bill on the floor, debating it and debating it for a long time. I mean, two weeks ought to be the bare minimum and then reassess at that point where we are and what we need to do to keep the momentum going and what we need to do to bring. Keep bringing about consensus. But the one thing we cannot do is bring it to the floor and
Bill O'Reilly
then say, oh, gee, we're tired.
Senator Mike Lee
We want to take a recess. It's time for recess. We, we need to recess for a couple of weeks for Easter, and then, you know, some of us want to go to the Bahamas or whatever ridiculous thing they've got planned that will result in failure. And so I can't emphasize enough the importance of continuing to talk about this, continuing to encourage your senators, regardless of where you think they may be on this, whether you think they're staunchly against it or already for it, I promise you, they need encouragement. They need to be told, you need to be in Washington. You need to not leave Washington until this is done and the Department of Homeland Security is funded.
Glenn Beck
I've only got about 60 seconds. Mike. Is there anything, is there any procedure that allows JD Vance to take the leadership role?
Senator Mike Lee
Judy, Vance can come to the Senate anytime he wants and immediately assume the position in the presiding officer chair, there is, I've long believed, significant and underutilized authority that comes with sitting in that chair. Just the ability to call the shots from moment to moment, to make procedural rulings upon receiving, but not necessarily always guided by the advice of the parliamentarian. The presiding officer, especially if it was Vice President can do what he wants. But I would certainly welcome the Vice President coming to do that. And I would also welcome each and every Republican senator weighing in on this and encouraging Senate Republicans to do the right thing. Look, I don't want to speak for anyone else. I don't want to put words into any senator's mouth. It is not my place to do that. But I will say this. I do think that Jonathan wants to win the November elections. I do think he wants to keep both chambers of Congress in Republican hands. And based on my most recent conversations with him, including last night, I think he gets the fact that we can't get on this bill and immediately start heading to cloture. Let's continue to encourage him to prolong debate on this as long as it takes to get it passed.
Glenn Beck
Thanks, Mike. I'm going to say something, and Mike didn't. I think. I think Thune is a piece of garbage myself on this and worthless. And I would encourage the White House to encourage JD Vance to go over and assume the role, get this done. If they're not going to do it, encourage the Vice President and the President to have the Vice President walk in and say, soon, sit down. Here's what we're going to do. If that is constitutionally, if he's able to do that, constitutionally, it should be done. That did not come from Mike Lee. Mike, thank you so much. I appreciate it. Let me tell you about our sponsor. It's LifeLock. Stealing used to mean physically taking something. A wallet, a checkbook, maybe a credit card. And if those things were still in your pocket, you're good. The world has changed, however. Today, a thief doesn't need to touch your wallet at all. They just need information. A date, a name, a birth. Birth date, Social Security number, a password that might have been exposed in a data breach that you've never even heard about. With just a few pieces of information, someone you've never met can start opening accounts, taking out loans, committing crimes, using your name. That's why services like LifeLock exist. LifeLock monitors millions of data points every second for signs that somebody may be trying to use your personal information. As they tech to detect a threat, they alert you. And if you do become A victim of identity theft. A dedicated US based restoration specialist is going to work to fix it. Guaranteed or your money back. So protect yourself with LifeLock. Now join and save up to 40% off your first year with a promo code BECK. It's 1-800-LIFELOCK. 1-800-LIFELock. Head to lifelock.com use the promo code BECK save 40% terms to apply Glenn Beck.
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Glenn Beck
There is some. There's a couple of things that are breaking probably next week. Data Republican is on a really strong theory that she said she can prove about Politico and Punchbowl and everything else and how the Senate actually is working. Congress is actually working. We'll get into that later. Also, the Ayatollah has just made a statement. I don't know how he did it in a coma, but he's just made a a statement. Attacks on the US and our bases, etc. Etc. Is going to continue. They're going to avenge the blood of martyrs and they are considering opening other fronts if necessary. I would say a storefront maybe selling coffins would be a good one. Here's something uncomfortable. You don't always realize that you're missing things. You just notice you're working a little harder. You lean in a little bit more during conversations or you ask people, can you say that again? You then pretend you caught it the second time, even though you didn't. By the end of a long dinner or family gathering, you're worn out, not from talking, but from straining just to keep up. This is what gradual hearing loss feels like for a lot of people. You're still present, you're still engaged. But everything takes more effort than it used to. What holds people back from doing something about it is isn't just pride. It is honestly the hassle, the appointments, the tests, the follow ups, the price tags that make hearing feel like a major medical product. Audien Hearing is trying to make that first step a lot simpler. Their Adam series over the counter hearing aids are designed to be approachable, easy to use without prescriptions, no complications, no fittings. You just get started, you put them in, charge them and then you're hearing better than you have in a long time and you hear what you've been missing. Don't wait. Go to audienthearing.com.
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Hello America. Welcome. I got a few questions. It just had Mike Lee on talk about the SAVE act and Ricky said to me, you know, it's things like you just said that don't make you popular in Washington. You want to know why we don't have anybody of any note on the show from Washington? Because you say things like that and so I, that got me thinking and I actually think I'm okay with that. But I want to talk about this. I also want to talk about the latest on the oil. The, the drones that are missing now from the 101st Airborne. How did that happen? How do we just lose these really, really sensitive drones with, with crypto loads. So it's got all can break through GPS boundaries, everything. It's highly sensitive and four of them were just taken by two guys that came in in masks and guns onto Fort Campbell. What, how did that happen? We'll talk about that and so much more here. Oh and there's a new statement from the ayatollah. We had to translate it from gibberish, which I think is the official language of the clerics over there. But we, we have an unofficial translation coming up here in just a second. We give you the, the latest because things are heating up. And we'll talk about that and so much more in 60 seconds. First, let me tell you about Patriot Mobile. Every day you pay for a service, you know, and you should stop and ask yourself occasionally, if I were choosing this today, would this be the company that I would pick again? Most people are still using the same cell phone company that they signed up, you know, with a long, long time ago. They just walked into a store, picked a plan. Never really thought about it again. You really should, because a lot has changed. Big wireless companies have gotten a lot bigger, more political, and a lot more comfortable in spending billions of dollars supporting causes that, you know, you probably don't agree with. The. It's a fair question, because look at it this way. With all the corruption that is going on right now, you're already paying your taxes, and I'll bet you 30% of your dollar, your tax dollars go into corruption. So you're already funding all of those corrupt things. Why pay for it with your phone bill, too? Patriot Mobile offers dependable nationwide service. They're on all three major networks, so you can keep the coverage that you have. Also, you're supporting a company that's working to protect the values you believe in. So go to patreonmobile.com Mo Beck or call 972 Patriot 972 Patriot patriot mobile.com Beck Get a free month of service. Patriot mobile.com Beck 972 Patreon okay, Jason.
Jason
Yes.
Glenn Beck
I just asked you to create a poll for the insiders, and you got to tell me when it's up because I really, I'm interested in this because I might be doing the people of America a disservice by not kissing everybody's ass in Washington and not actually saying what I mean. But, but playing nice, playing the game. I just said a minute ago, you know what, what Roger Aile said, you know what your problem is? When I was at Fox, you know what your problem is? I said, no, Roger, I don't know what my problem is. Your problem is you won't play the game. And I said, you're right, because to me, it's not a game, okay? I mean what I say and say what I mean. And I'm tired of all the people playing the game. Because he was talking to me about, you know, he said, you know, when, when, when Al Sharpton came to, to protest Don Imus. Do you think I didn't know about that? And I was like, you did? And he said, of course I knew about that. He called me. We do this from time to time. He'll need a pound of flash from somebody over here, and then I'll tolerate it to a certain extent, and then he'll go away, and then I'll need a pound of flesh. And I'll call him and I'm like, you're got. You gotta. You're admitting this? That's the way the system works. No, thank you. Want nothing to do with that. So I was just on with Mike Lee. And he was very nice as Mike Lee is, because he's not controversial. And I mean, he did say. What did he say? Hell or damn?
Ricky
Damn. Really hard.
Glenn Beck
Yeah. Really harsh. That's like the F word for him. That's like. That's like him just steaming mad. Damn, pass the damn bill. But anyway, and so he finished and I said, okay, Mike, well, I'm going to say the things that you're not going to say. You know, Thune is a worthless piece of. Piece of crap. And, you know, I think you should call the White House or write to the White House and, and suggest to the president, maybe J.D. vance just exercises his constitutional power and goes in and says, hey, Thune, sit down. We're going to take care of this bill now, because the Vice President can do that. He can assume the position. Because I, and I think the rest of the country are tired of assuming the position. So maybe we take another position and have J.D. vance take that position. Because Thune's not going to get it done. These guys are not going to get it done. And as I said the other day, that's because they're lazy. They're all frickin lazy and they don't care. They want to go on their little junkets. They want to go, you know, and do this fundraiser or this speech. They want to go home because they've got to be with their families. And so they don't want to spend 60 days in Washington on call 24 hours a day, because to them nothing is important enough to do that. But to me, it is. To you it is. So I asked Jason, I said, I want you to take a poll of the insiders and, and just ask, would you rather have me play the game so I can have John Thune on? So he can say all his bull crap that he says everywhere else, and then I go, well, I don't know if I actually agree with that. You know, technically, I think, John, maybe we disagree on this, and we keep it really nice and polite, and he gets away with saying all the same bull crap that he says everywhere else. This is what Ricky. Ricky's shaking. No, no, no, no, no, no.
Ricky
What you can have on people that you disagree with.
Glenn Beck
I can.
Ricky
You can. You've done it before. I've seen you lean on your better angels. You can have them on, and then you can ask smart questions that get them in a box and force them to either lie or spin or make
Glenn Beck
news, but when you know that's all they do anyway.
Ricky
No, but you can corner them. There is a way to be fair, but also make them look like idiots and still be polite about it. We can do this. I believe that you can do this, but can I just say that.
Glenn Beck
Wait, I don't know if it's worth doing, though. I mean, because that's what everybody else does.
Ricky
No, they don't. Anyways, we're. We're not gonna. The. The insiders are gonna disagree with me, and that's fine. I'm happy to be the enemy today. But I just want to say you're a theory.
Glenn Beck
You're a traitor. Yes.
Ricky
I'm a communist trader who went to Cuba and lived in Canada.
Glenn Beck
Right. Okay.
Ricky
Okay. Anyways, Politico basically said yesterday what you've been saying. They just used more words. You've been saying Congress is lazy. That's why they don't want to do the talking. Filibusters. Can I sum up yesterday's article from Politico?
Glenn Beck
Yeah.
Ricky
They said senators have conveyed to Trump there isn't support inside the GOP ranks to successfully deploy a talking filibuster. Doing so would require the majority to maintain attendance and control of the floor on a constant basis for weeks on end.
Glenn Beck
So how is that different from what I just said? How's that different? Is this written by the same guy at Politico who yesterday was like, glenn Beck just doesn't get it.
Ricky
I don't think it's the same author. No, it's not the same author, but good news. Data Republican she's digging into. She has a big expose coming for Glenn beck.com about three big congressional media launderers. Politico is one of them. Them.
Glenn Beck
So say, I can't. I can't wait. And I don't have to say nice things about Data Republican because she's deaf, so she can't hear it. But I say this from my heart. I love that woman. She is the best. And she's working on. She's been, she's been in touch with us and she's like, I'm working on some things. Okay, good, good. Can't wait to see it. Next week's going to be kind of a big week of shows here on the Glenn Beck program because Natalie not only be hopefully exposing that with data, but we also are going to be doing our big expose on Islam and the blueprint for, you know, our destruction. No big deal. Yeah, it's maybe a special you can miss or not. We're going to expose what is actually going on in the West. And, you know, the, the question, the question really is, who's going to win this battle? Well, I can tell you who's going to win this battle. The ones who are actually engaged in the battle who know it's a battle, who will admit this is what we're doing or this is what's being done to us. The ones who admit it and then go, ah, no, it's, it's worth going the other way. Or, you know, like the Islamists now, they're all saying the same thing. Ah, you know what? We're here in America, we're here in Europe because we're going to take over. Because this needs to be a, A, a continent that is dedicated to Allah and Islam. Sorry, not this continent. Over my dead body. And it may end up over my dead body because not enough people wake up. But we're going to try to wake you up next week. So join us. That will be on Torch. The premiere is live March 19th. That's next Thursday, a week from tonight at 8:00pm by the way, speaking of this, I mean, it couldn't just, it couldn't come at a better time. We've been working months on this, and it couldn't come at a better time because we now have the Ayatollah. Who, which, which was it the Guardian that came out?
Ricky
It was the Daily Mail.
Glenn Beck
Daily Mail.
Ricky
Not really known for being like a premier journalism outlet, but.
Glenn Beck
Right, right. And not, not conservative. And Daily Mail came out and what did they say about the Ayatollah?
Ricky
Oh, Glenn's putting me on the spot. Let me pull this up again. They basically said, you guys are going to be shocked to hear this, that Iran's new supreme leader is, quote, obsessed with the end of days and what, what? And quote believes he has a special part in hastening humanity down. That Path. What?
Glenn Beck
The return of the promised one. What are you saying? So finally, at least the Daily Mail is like, hey, this guy's a religious zealot and wants the end of the world. Maybe we should pay attention to that. Anyway, he's just come out. There's a new statement now when I say he has come out with this, I'm not sure it's him or a cardboard cutout because, you know, the Guardian is reporting that the new Ayatollah is actually in a coma and has lost his leg. The IRGC and state run media in Iran is saying he's totally fine. He has a scratch on his leg. He's got a little boo boo on his leg. Nothing. A little band aid. You know, I am stuck on band aid and band aid stuck on me. That's what he's singing right now. It's no big deal. And so, so we're not sure who this statement came from, but Reuters has now taken this and translated it from. I think the official language of the Mahadi is gibberish. And so they have taken this now and translated it from gibberish to English. He said in his statement, Iran will continue using the leverage of closing the Strait of Hormuz. Attacks on US Bases in the region are going to continue unless the bases are immediately closed. I don't see that one happening. Iran believes in friendship with its neighbor, but it is only targeting U.S. bases. That's, that's a hard one to get past because you're hitting, you know, downtown area way away from our bases. You're hitting apartment buildings. So I, they're also going to continue to avenge the blood of martyrs. That's a top priority and will not be foregone. So, you know, that's, you know, somebody said, you think this, this I told is going to be better than the last one? I don't know. We did just kill his dad, so I'm not sure. It's like, you know, if Iran would have killed Donald Trump and then we selected Don Jr. To be president, I don't think he would have gone softer on Iran than his father. But, you know, maybe that's just me. And Iran is considering opening other fronts if necessary. So we got that going for us now. Jason, I want to bring you in here in a second. I want to take a quick break and then I want to bring you in and just get an update on what's happening in the Straits of her. In the Strait of Horror, Moose and, and oil prices because it's, it's a little Spooky. But I also want to talk to you about the crypto load on the drones that have been stolen. We have pictures of two guys wearing masks and gloves going into a secure facility at a military base of the 101st Airborne and stealing four drones. And these aren't like. These aren't the. You know, it's not like going to Home Depot and getting a little drone. These are massive, really important drones with big technology. We don't know who stole them. We don't know where they went. They were stolen a few months ago. And the government's offering a $5,000 reward. Wait, what? A $5,000 reward? For any information that leads. I think we should up that maybe just a little bit. I don't know. Just me. I mean, we're printing money anyway. Why not offer a little bit more if we can get the drones back? I want to talk to you about that here in just a second. First, let me tell you about our sponsor. It's Relief Factor. Let me throw you a strange question. If somebody could follow you around for a week, like a documentary, you know, and that crew is, you know, got a camera on you, just observing your daily life, would they notice, you know, some things that, you know, you don't. You don't even think about, you know, you might say nothing much. Nothing much. But an outside observer would probably see the little things that you stop noticing. Like, I don't know, the way your hand automatically reaches for the handrail when you go down the stairs, the way you take a brief pause before standing up from your chair. The way you gravitate towards the seat with armrests without really thinking about why not. Not. 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Jason
Yes, sir.
Glenn Beck
Tell me about why these drones are so important. What does crypto load mean?
Jason
So these, these drones would have been loaded with some kind of crypto. So basically being able to mix the signal so that anyone can't either access these drones or listen in to anything else that's being relayed through these drones. So it's very common on radios, multiple other equipments. What I would be concerned about is if there is a crypto load that has been loaded onto these drones and if, if those, if that can be accessed in some way. If you're in the military, you probably have been in a situation on a training exercise or whenever when some piece of equipment with a crypto load in it has gone missing and then everything shuts down until they find it. That would be one of the biggest things that I would be concerned about on this. And as of now, we don't really know. There's been like zero mainstream news reporting on this. It's all just been local news and nothing else.
Glenn Beck
Why, if something with a crypto load will stop the base, everybody's like, stop. Find this. Before we do anything else. How can four of these drones, how can somebody, two guys walk in with rifles and they had to have known, I assume, known where the, what they were looking for, known where it was. Walk on the base with rifles. That's nuts.
Jason
Yeah. The more I look at, and we
Glenn Beck
don't, we don't even hear about it for, you know, four months.
Jason
So the more I look at this and I, I pulled up the story or the, the, the reward flyer from the Criminal Investigation Division from the Department of Army, and they actually don't mention rifles on that. And we, we were analyzing this in one of the Insider segments. By the way, if you're not subscribed, you really should go to glenmag.com torch and subscribe. One of the users, I think, has used the piece of equipment that, that is shown in one of the pictures, and they say it looks like a fire department halogen tool. And I looked that up and that's exactly what it looks like. It does kind of look like a rifle from the, from the picture, but it looks specifically like a. It's like a. Basically a big pry bar, but so used to pry doors open or pry. Pry safes or whatever they need to.
Glenn Beck
A cage better. Yeah.
Jason
And it makes more sense.
Glenn Beck
I mean, it makes more sense because if you walk onto a military, I would imagine, you know, it's like walking into a police station with a mask and a rifle. I think they're going to shoot you, you know.
Jason
Yeah.
Glenn Beck
And why you would. I mean that would automatically set you up as a bad guy. Of course, the masks do that themselves. And there's these pictures, these clear pictures of these guys wearing masks, you know, and they don't look Norwegian, let's put it that way. But I don't know. I mean, I don't know and I don't know why we wouldn't have heard about this. Why. How can something this sensitive just go missing on a military. On the 101st Airborne base? How can they go missing and US only have local news reports?
Jason
Yeah, it's pretty wild. And maybe one possible reason is because on military bases there are roughly on a size like this base in Fort Campbell, there's probably around two to three to sometimes 4,000 contractors, private contractors on these bases. And theft does happen pretty much all the time. Something will happen, it won't go to national news, but that's exactly what I was going to say is not. I guess they're just not being thinking it through. Drones that could have crypto and plus some kind of AI, military AI that they're using. That's a whole nother ball game right there.
Glenn Beck
Yeah, I would imagine this is worth a lot on the black market. And as I said earlier, you know, I, I think this is, you know, possibly cartels. And if it's not cartels, then it's, it's. It may be a nation state that, that's, that's even worse. But the cartels would love to have this technology on our own border. Burn a launcher. Last night I was having dinner and my niece came into town and we were having dinner and she was talking to me about this school she goes to up in the northeast. And she was saying, yeah, so, you know, just off campus we have, you know, we just had like four murders and a stabbing and, and partridge in a pear tree. And I mean, it was like, what the hell you're, where are you going to school? And she's like, actually it's a really good school. And I'm like, yeah, but it doesn't sound good. She's like, no, we kind of stay on campus. I said, do you have a gun or a burner launcher or anything? And she said, no. I said, I'm getting you and your sisters a burner launcher. And I said, I want you to put it in your backpack or your purse or wherever you are, carry it and keep it. Because I mean these, these states are going to burn themselves to the ground and you have to protect yourself. This is legal in all 50 states. You don't need a permit. It's non lethal or less lethal and it protects you from real harm. Gives you time to get away. I want you to go to burna.com burna.com learn more about it. Find a store near you burna.com next
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I'm going to start with some bad news. I'm going to give you some good news news and then I'll give you some bad news and then I probably will give you some good news. But let me give you, let me give you some bad news. We're talking about the numbers of the debt and our deficit. We just released some more numbers that you know, were made up numbers when I was a kid. We have just run a trillion dollar deficit in the first five months of this fiscal year. Now here's the good news. That's better than it was last year. So we're making some progress. But buried inside of this report is another number that should wake us all up. And that is 79 billion in the first five months. 79 billion. That's what we paid in interest. Not in the first five months. We paid that in February. 79 billion we paid in interest on our debt that is now approaching 39 trillion. DOL. Trillion. Just interest that is, you know, that's, that's more expensive than everything except three other categories, Social Security, income security programs and healthcare. Okay? Any civilization that is borrowing money just to pay interest on money it already borrowed at that debt is not going to survive. So let me ask you, we're $39 trillion in the hole. We just paid 79 billion last month for just service of the dead. Let me ask you, those numbers are so huge. Is your life getting better? Do you feel like your life is getting better? Is your airport in your town brand new? How about your roads and bridges for all those infrastructure projects that we've done? Are they better? How about your hospital? Is it new? Is it expanded? Lots of extra room, you know, in the hospital? Are your Children better educated in any way, shape or form. We've spent $39 trillion. Can you tell me where that money has gone to make your life better? Because I don't, I don't see the result of it. I see it in the military. And that's it. That's it. So where's the money actually going? Well, let's step away from the spreadsheets here a bit and let's go just looking around, poking in cities like Los Angeles, because the answer begins to emerge, and it is far uglier than most Americans are even prepared to admit. Maybe, maybe, or maybe they don't care. I don't know. But let me start with the hospice scandal that we talked about yesterday in Los Angeles County. This is one county. Investigators and journalists have now uncovered what appears to be one of the largest hospice fraud schemes in modern American history. Notice we're hearing it's the largest hospice. It's the largest, you know, autism scheme. What, what are all of these, what are all these schemes? The largest medical schemes, Hospice care. You know, I feel a little guilty stealing from the hospice system. You know, final chapter of life. Families gather, gather. Pain is ease, dignity is preserved. And you're stealing from that. Wow, okay, Medicare pays for that. No, let me rephrase it. You pay for that. Your tax dollars, and you pay for that because you have compassion, okay? But in Los Angeles county, hundreds of hospice companies suddenly appeared almost overnight and nobody noticed. Many of them are run out of small little offices and storefronts and residential homes. Like 30, 30 of these companies in one little office, really. And they were enrolling patients who are not dying. In fact, they existed, but they didn't know they were enrolling in this. They weren't terminal. People had no idea they had been signed up for hospice at all. Once somebody is falsely enrolled in hospice, the money then begins flowing from Medicare to whom? Where? Tens of thousands of dollars per patient. Some patients allegedly cycled through multiple fraudulent hospital providers or hospice providers, like inventory. The dying turned into billing codes, the elderly turned into profit centers. Is this a victimless crime? Hospice fraud means that real care is denied, pain medication is withheld, proper treatment is delayed, families misled. And it's not, it's not theft of just money. It is the theft of dignity at the end of human life. And when this scandal broke, the response was predictable, wasn't it? Political response was finger pointing, blame shifting, anything except what the public deserves, and that is a ruthless house cleaning. Ruthless house cleaning. Now let's stay in Los Angeles just for A minute. Because the second story is just as revealing. City of Los Angeles, again. We went from the county now to the city. They have approved $106 million to a nonprofit organization that provides legal services to tenants facing eviction. So now, on the surface, helping people who can't afford legal representation sounds compassionate, right? But let's take a look a little closer. The organization receiving the money is lafla, the Legal Aid foundation of Los Angeles. Over the next three years, they will receive $106,572,543.69 from the taxpayer. Okay. Lawyers connected to the same organization have repeatedly filed lawsuits that prevent the city from clearing homeless encampments, encampments that are blocking sidewalks, encampments that create unsafe conditions for residents, encampments that make companies and storefronts that are actually paying tax dollars from being able to do business. Entire neighborhoods in zones of disorder. The city can't enforce its own municipal codes. Codes because the lawyers are constantly suing the city. And the city is paying for those lawyers. And those Lawyers are billing $1,025 an hour. $1,025 per hour. Taxpayer funded to obstruct the taxpayer. I mean, the system is a joke. It's a loop. Government tries to do its job. Government then funds the lawyers who want to stop it from doing its job. Lawyers sue the government. Government pays the settlement crisis continues. This is cloud and piven, and the bill just keeps growing. Now step back. Forget about the corruption in Minnesota or New York or Illinois or anywhere else. We're going to find. I'm telling you, we're going to find this all over the country. But just focus on the headlines of today. One story is hospice fraud targeting the elderly and the dying. The second is taxpayer money funding legal warfare that perpetuates urban collapse in the same city and county as the other fraud. And above both of them sits the third number. A trillion dollar deficit in five months. Interest payments that rival entire federal programs. That's the real story. Because if this level of corruption can happen in just one county, in just one city, in one set of programs, you have to ask the question nobody wants to actually ask. Reason why Elon Musk was chased out of town. What if Los Angeles is not the exemption or the exception? What if it is actually the rule? What if Los Angeles is the model? We spend roughly $6.5 trillion every year. Do you feel that? Is your life getting easier? Let's just do the numbers. If just 10% of that is lost to fraud, waste and corruption, that's $650 billion. If it's 20%, that's $1.3 trillion. That's the entire deficit. This is deeply unsettling. It should be. If what we're seeing in places like Los Angeles reflects the broader system, then 20%, maybe 1/3 of the federal deficit every single year may simply be because of corruption. Not policy disagreements, not things that they're funding that we all think are crazy. Not defense spending, not Social Security. Corruption. It is robbery from you, the taxpayer, the quiet siphoning of money from you through programs that are meant to be compassionate, noble, necessary, until you look closely enough and see the machinery underneath. And how many people were involved for this kind of corruption to happen? How many people turned a blind eye? How many people were told, sit down, shut up or you'll lose your job? This is the mob and it's the moral condition required for it to continue. Hospice is stealing from the dying legal rackets, Profit from homelessness, Cities paying organizations to obstruct the enforcement of basic law and order. And what's the reaction from the public? Meh. Shrug. A headline, another day. What are you going to do about it? Got news for you. Republic's not going to stand with that level of indifference. It can't. Can't. Corruption doesn't begin with greedy officials. It begins when a society decides, eh, we don't need to look that closely. When voters stop demanding answers, when outrage is selective, when the most vulnerable people in society. Do you know how poorly history is going to judge us? When you have elderly patients, the homeless who are struggling, when you're stealing from the dying and they become revenue streams instead of human beings. Oh my gosh. That's the real bankruptcy. Forget about our money. Financial bankruptcy. This is moral bankruptcy. Lot lots of. Throughout history, lots of countries go bankrupt. They run out of money. Most of them run out of money because they ran out of virtue first. Rome had corruption. Late stage empires always do. Rome's real problem was eventually the citizens just didn't care enough to stop it. They were fine with the circuses and the cakes. Are we fine with the circuses and cakes? What are the circuses that are happening in your life right now? What circuses are happening that the media is pushing? What circuses are you seeing on social media every day? Because we're all watching a circus and we're learning to live with it and we're learning to accept it as our treasury is being. Your bank account is being robbed. Warning A. The world's largest robbery is happening right now. It is the warning flare so big it should be able to be seen from space. If hospice fraud can flourish in the shadows, if taxpayer money can fund legal warfare against you with your money, if, if billions can move through programs with no accountability, then the deficit we see on paper is only part of the story. The real deficit is something harder to repair. A deficit of courage, a deficit of attention, a deficit of moral clarity. And unless we rediscover those things really soon, gang, the most dangerous line in the federal budget will not be the interest payments. It will be that silent line item that's been growing for decades. The cost of looking the other way. More in a minute. You tell you about leaffilter. You know, you only notice your house's gutters when they stop doing their job. And I guess that's a good thing, but they shouldn't stop doing their job when they're working. Water flows away from your roof, away from your siding, away from your foundation. But when things get clogged, suddenly the system breaks down. 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Bill O'Reilly
Back in a moment. Glenn Beck is on.
Glenn Beck
Okay, so. Oh, you just hit refresh, did you, Ricky? Ricky, who is our director of content on the programs. I just asked for a poll to be taken from the insiders. And I said, you know, because I said something about John Thune in an interview with Mike Lee. And Mike, I'm sure was very, you know, not happy that I said it with him on the show. But, you know, I just Think. I just think Thune is a piece of worthless, worthless politician, let's say that. And, and I said it. And afterwards Ricky said, well, that's why we don't get Jonathan on the air. And I'm like, you know, I'm tired of hearing these people. I don't need to hear their bull crap. And she said, well, you could box them in and my asking them questions and that would be neat. But yeah, I'm just, I'm just, I just, I have no tolerance. So I said, let's take a poll. So what are the, what are the listeners say?
Ricky
Well, a minute ago, 11% agreed with me. Don't burn bridges so we can interview them and then burn them on air. But now it's up to only 10% or down to 10% agree with me. 90% agree with you. Burn it all down, no holds barred.
Glenn Beck
So I don't, I, that's not, My position is not. It's not burn it all down. It's like, look, if you want to hear these blowhard say that crap, listen, they'll be on every show, every news network, they can say all that bull crap elsewhere, you know, And I know they're full of bull crap when they say it. Why do I, why would I inflict that on you? My beloved audience say, hey, listen to this guy for 10 minutes so I can have one minute of going, you know, technically. Gotcha.
Ricky
I think you're just insecure about your interview skills.
Glenn Beck
No, they're better than you think. I just, I do not like, I don't like those people. I just don't like liars. You know what's strange about back pain? It usually doesn't show up with blaring sirens and crashing cymbals. It just sort of becomes a part of your daily routine. And before you realize you've totally changed, you sit a little more carefully than used to. You avoid certain movements. You get up slower. You plan your day around what your spine might decide to do. That's not the way it's supposed to be. Here's the reality. The chirp contour is designed for that exact kind of everyday wear and tear. Long hours sitting, sleeping. Wrong, working too hard, sometimes not moving enough. It uses targeted spinal decompression, deep massage and pressure, optimal heat to help you and your back actually relax and reset. You lie down automatically, it adjusts to your back and it does all the work for you. No guessing, no twisting yourself into positions that feel like a yoga class gone wrong. This is really great. I use it all the time. Go to goge.com beck and check out my picks and get 10% off your first order.
Bill O'Reilly
Pass it on. Crank the game. Glam back is on. Glam back is on. The fusion of entertainment, enlightenment and empowerment. This is the Glenn Beck Program.
Glenn Beck
So if you know Donald Trump, I mean really know it, you know, he does not believe in forever wars. He does not believe in these foreign excursions that our country has been going on. He despises them. You also know if you really know Donald Trump, he knows how important this next election is, but he also knows that it will hinge on the economy and he knows how to fix economies. So if you know those things and you know this election matters and the only thing that's going to matter is a true verifiable election, how do you explain what is happening in America? How does one make sense of what Trump is doing with the war, with the, with what it could mean to the economy and the Save America Act? Somebody who actually knows Donald Trump and has known him as a good friend for a long time may be able to give some Insight is Bill O'Reilly. He joins me next. He's the host of We'll Do It. We'll do it live, which I love, I absolutely love. Bill O'Reilly will do it live. We're going to talk to him here in just a second for some insight on this war and Donald Trump and what's coming our way. More in just a second. First, give me 60 seconds. Communication is one of the things that you assume will always be there. You know, right until the moment it isn't. Your phone battery dies or, you know, you're out on a property or traveling with families in multiple vehicles. Maybe you're hunting or camping. You know, you're working a job site where everybody needs to stay in touch and all of a sudden you can't get a hold of anybody. That's where something like Rapid Radios makes a lot of sense. The new RAD1 from Rapid Radios is built to make communities communication simple again. You turn it on, you press the button, you talk. No programming, no complicated setup, you know, and no license is required. The RAD one lets people talk across the country with clear push to talk communication, not just a few miles like traditional walkie talkies. This is built to be rugged, water resistant, long battery life and excellent audio. In other words, when you need to talk to somebody, whether they're across a farm, across a city, city or across the country, you just press a button and you talk. It's just that simple. The new rad one officially live. Head on over to rapidradios.com get the radio built for real life communication redefined rapidradios.com first of all, Bill, how are you? We thought you died, but apparently not. No.
Bill O'Reilly
Just like a vampire gonna keep rising. Who's singing that Beck song? I sound like the monkeys. Did you get the monkeys back together?
Glenn Beck
Yeah, yeah, we did. We did. We did. So, Bill, first of all, seriously, how are you feeling?
Bill O'Reilly
I'm feeling okay. Thank you for asking. And we're launching today Do It Live. And here's something you'll enjoy. Beck, are you ready for enjoyment?
Glenn Beck
I am. I'm already enjoying a lot of this
Bill O'Reilly
because, you know, that's one of the reasons I want to plan it, is to give you enjoyment.
Glenn Beck
Yes.
Bill O'Reilly
My staff turned on me, so I run an operation, you know, that Bill O'Reilly.com knows the news, all of that. And I got about 60 people working for me, a lot of people. And so they're hounded me. Do you got to do long form? They call it a podcast. I podcast to me, two guys sitting in the basement smoking pot. You know, I. We don't do that here.
Glenn Beck
So.
Bill O'Reilly
But it's long form. And then they go, we have a perfect name. And I go, oh, it's going to be like the O'Reilly Factor 2 or something. No, we'll do it live. Now, for those of you who don't know what that means, when I was 12 years old, I was anchoring Inside Edition. That program is still on the air, but I'm 12. And. And I got a little heated one day because the technical just screwed up, all right? And I launched a few F bombs with we'll do it right now.
Glenn Beck
Right.
Bill O'Reilly
Secretly never heard that story. And then somebody at Inside Edition sold it for a lot of money, I understand, to one of these smear websites, and then it got out, and now it'll haunt me for the rest of my life. So that's what the staff demanded to call this program, which debuts today with Rob Schneider.
Glenn Beck
And I have to. I have. I have to tell you. Wait, you're doing it with Rob Schneider?
Bill O'Reilly
Yeah.
Glenn Beck
Oh, that's even better. That's even better. You love it. Okay? So you'll love it. So, Bill, here's the thing. I know that story, and I have been told for years. Never by you, but by others. Do not mention, we'll do it live to Bill. Do not ever mention that. So, like, people have been afraid to mention that to you forever because I don't know Thought you would, like, go, you know, ballistic on whoever mentioned it. So how do they bring this up to you?
Bill O'Reilly
Well, you know, you figured the statute of limitations would run out when you're 12 years old. Okay. But no.
Glenn Beck
Okay, so.
Bill O'Reilly
And this just recycles. So I just surrendered back. I just put my hands up.
Glenn Beck
I love it.
Bill O'Reilly
Okay?
Glenn Beck
I love it.
Bill O'Reilly
I'll be humiliated every day of my life.
Glenn Beck
No, no, no, no, no.
Bill O'Reilly
That's what my staff.
Glenn Beck
I love the fact. I love the fact that you're actually embracing it and just using it for humor. It's the most effective way to do it, and I just love it. Bill. All right, let me. Let me talk to you about the. The news of the day.
Bill O'Reilly
Right?
Glenn Beck
You know, Donald Trump, you know, he hates forever wars. You also have been around enough wars to know this one could be very, very, very dicey. Um, it could also hurt the economy. Um, you know that this election coming up is really important, and we can't do anything to hurt the economy just on political front, let alone what it actually means to the average everyday person. How do you read this war, what we're doing, what is coming, and what it's going to mean?
Bill O'Reilly
Okay, so big gamble by President Trump, big dice roll. And he reached a period in time in history where the CIA, nsa, all of our intel jibed with the United nations and said, look, we knocked out a lot of their nuclear capacity in June of last year, but they have satellites and they are close to being able to put together 10 nuclear bombs. Okay, 10. And so that intel came in, and that obviously got Trump's attention. So there was a massive discussion for months about, all right, what do we do? Because what the. What mullahs did was they decentralized their nuke making capacity. They put. They spread it out rather than having it in one place. So then Mossad went in and Netanyahu. And I don't think the Trump administration is going to mind me saying this, even though it hasn't been made public, but I'm a reporter, and I have the information. So Mossad went in and said, look, on this Saturday, the Ayatollah and 25 of his thugs are going to be in this place at this time. So what do you want to do now? That was after three months of negotiations with the Iranians to stop their nuclear weapons program. And the last negotiation in Geneva, Switzerland, the guy, the foreign minister of Iran, walks in and says, you know what? We're not stopping. Blank you. We don't care what you say. We're not Stopping. And witkoff, our chief U.S. negotiator, had a report back to Trump. So that's the information Trump has. Number one, they're close to 10 bombs. Number two, they're all going to be drinking tea on Saturday morning in this spot. And number three, they're saying, blank you to the US Government. They're not going to stop. That's how the decision was made. Now, ancillary, everybody knows the midterms are coming up and Americans will largely vote on emotion and how they are feeling about their financial portfolio. But the President believes that he will be victorious in the next month or so. Puts us into April, puts us into China with Xi, and he believes he's going to have momentum after basically dismantling Iran, because that's what they're doing now. They're just wiping out its capacity to do anything, which is not easy. And that's why you're seeing the short term pain. Now. People believe what they want to believe and the President is no exception. If it comes his way, then he becomes a great president, which he wants his legacy. If it doesn't, then Republicans will probably lose in November. So that's where we are.
Glenn Beck
Knowing what you know, Bill, after watching so many, you know, so many wars, you know, you were here, I think, for the British American War, after seeing so many wars fought, how does this look in a pattern of wars? Does this. Because it's not looking good. How are you sensing this is going to shape up?
Bill O'Reilly
I'm not as pessimistic as many Americans are. And of course the media wants Trump to fail, if you can imagine that.
Glenn Beck
Sure.
Bill O'Reilly
I mean, they want Iran to win,
Glenn Beck
so that, so give me the reason why. Give me the reason that makes you go, don't worry about that.
Bill O'Reilly
Well, I wouldn't say don't worry about it. It's certainly a worry and it's a big gamble and no other president in modern time would have done it. Nobody.
Glenn Beck
Nobody. Nobody.
Bill O'Reilly
Okay, so you got it. You got a dice thrower in there running the country, but that's not a bulletin. Everybody knows that Donald Trump is a risk taker. The problem is he's taking a risk of 350Americans, million Americans, and that's very serious. But the history has changed.
Glenn Beck
But he's not a st. But he's not a, he's not a gambler. He is a, he's a businessman. He will throw the dice on the table, but only when he knows the odds are in his favor. So it's not like some.
Bill O'Reilly
But the odds are in his favor. The odds are in his favor, but it just doesn't. It just matters how the timeline is going to go out. Look, Iran is not going to be able to wage offensive war. That's why Trump's going around going, we won already. So that's a fact. They will never in I'd say decades be able to launch an offensive war against anybody. And their weaponry and everything else, their infrastructure is collapsed. Now, there was a hope that the Persian people would rise up as they did in 1979. And this time dovetails right into my book, Confronting Evil, because we explain how the Shah got overthrown by these mullahs. And the same thing could happen now. But when you kill 30,000 people, as the mullahs did, 30,000. And people are scared over there. So it doesn't look like the regime change coming from within is going to happen. But certainly. And there is no.
Glenn Beck
I got to screw. May I disagree with you on that? I think, you know, Trump has. He is still bombing. And from what I understand, we are now just starting to encourage them. He said, stay in your homes. It's too dangerous. And they were now just starting to encourage them to come out. So I would say give that a week.
Bill O'Reilly
It's very hard. Look, in 1945, the German people were getting pounded from every area, and they still didn't rise up against Hitler because the SS would have killed him, shot him down the streets. So you're facing 30,000 dead in Iran. Everybody knows somebody who got killed. But let's pray that it does happen. It's possible, but it's not as possible as the victory over Iran's military mechanism that that is assured.
Glenn Beck
So, so what does the country become then? Just this dictatorship that still is brutal, but it doesn't have the reach.
Bill O'Reilly
Well, the war gaming is this. And again, I don't think I'm giving anything away. So the war gaming that's coming out of the Pentagon is that Iran is going to, and they may have already done this, ask for a resumption of negotiations. Okay. And I think that will happen, and it could happen anytime. And so they'll trot over to Geneva and they'll hammer at a deal where the theocracy stays there, but at a much lesser rate that they promise to do X, Y and Z. Of course they'll break their promises, we all know they will. But they'll be humiliated to the extent that they'll be weakened. And then Trump will go in like Venezuela and basically run the show. And the CIA and American intel will basically, tell the Iranians you can do this, but you can't do that. And they'll the sweetener will be, you know, we'll rebuild your economy, particularly your oil economy. We'll spend the money to rebuild that infrastructure. Remember, that infrastructure is being torn apart now. So the Iranian people, you know, it's going to be like Cuba, what are we going to have to eat today? So that is one of the likely scenarios that they, the mullahs themselves will ask to come to the table. And then Trump, of course, would say, okay, but you're going to have to accede to everything we want.
Glenn Beck
Let me take a quick break and come back with Bill O'Reilly. He's starting a new show today called we'll do it live. Live, it's Bill O'Reilly and, and Rob Schneider, which should be just a scream. Bill O'Reilly.com that's Bill O'Reilly.com gonna come back, Bill, and I want to I want to continue our conversation on this, but I also want to expand it to Cuba. And what is happening in Cuba right now, how do you see that playing out more in just a second? First, our sponsor is Real Estate Agents I Trust dot com. This is my company. And if you've ever noticed, you know how different the same house can look depending on who's showing it, what agent is showing it. One agent will walk through a place you know and feels like a checklist, air the bedrooms, the square footage. Next house, another agent walks through that same front door and suddenly you're seeing something different. They're pointing out the way the light hits the kitchen in the morning. They know the story of the neighborhood. They can tell you why the homes on this street sell faster than the ones two blocks over. Same house, same price, completely different experience. That is what we look for in an agent. Great Real estate agents don't just open doors. They're part negotiator, they're part market analyst. They're part strategist, somebody who knows how to position a home so it sells well, so you get the best price for it. That's why real estate agentsitrust.com exist. We'll connect you with the top performing agents in your area. Just go to realestateagentsitrust.com we'll show you how to buy or sell a home the right way in a tough market. The name says it all. It's real estate agentsitrust.com 10/seconds, station ID. So, Bill, let's look around the globe. I mean, it is an Amazing time to be alive right now. The president. One thing about President, President Trump, I realized when, when he went into Iraq, I realized I could never be president the United States, because I would never have the guts to do some of the stuff that he has done that I think is probably the right decision. But, you know, like you said, it affects not only 350 million Americans, it affects everybody on the planet. Some of the things that he's doing and that change is remarkable. The change in Venezuela, the possible change in Cuba. What do you see happening with Cuba?
Bill O'Reilly
Well, Cuba is going to fold and we'll run the country. And there'll be an enormous amount of money going out of Dade County, Florida into Havana. That's already underway.
Glenn Beck
Wait, when you say we're going to, when you say we're going to run it, you mean Marco Rubio's going to run it?
Bill O'Reilly
Yeah, just like they're doing in Venezuela. Venezuela and Caracas, they can't do anything without getting permission. And that'll be the same thing in Havana. And it'll be another deal. So they'll fold up the communism apparatus. The United States will promise to redevelop a lot of the industries in Cuba. The Cuban people will be dancing around the street. They'll dismantle the secret police and there'll be a satellite of the United States. That's going to happen.
Glenn Beck
Are these. When you say we're going to run it, should we be running those countries? Is this a long term thing? Is this like a Puerto Rico thing? What do these states become?
Bill O'Reilly
Well, it depends on who the next president is. And then down the lane. But Trump's vision is that the United States controls the Western hemisphere. He's obviously stated that, and that we're not going to tolerate unfriendly governments and governments that are harming Americans, like the drug cartel people. And we're just going to run the show here. That's what it is. So how long that lasts depends on what administration is there and on. But Cuba is not a difficult place to run. And that place has got, I was there a few years ago, unbelievable beaches. And I mean, it'll be Vegas South. And so that's what's going to happen there. But once you get into the Middle east, it's way more complicated. But you're asking good questions because the world is changing now. And here's a tip on it. So Trump is going to go to Beijing at the end of March. And I've been involved with that. As you may know. I was over in Beijing in May and talking to the politburo over there at their request because they watch me on YouTube and they know that I have access to President Trump. So anyway, you haven't heard China say a word about this Iran thing. And China gets a lot of its oil from Iran. You would think they'd be screaming and yelling. They haven't said a word. What does that say? It says a deal has already been made between the United States and China to supply China with oil. They'll buy our oil. They'll buy Venezuelan oil. So Trump's vision is that we are such an economic power here in America that we have to run the show now because no one else will. I mean, Europe's cowardly Spain. Are you kidding me? I don't think I'll ever go to Spain again. They won't let U.S. planes refuel there. Are you kidding me? I mean, that's just spitting in our face.
Glenn Beck
And I tell you, the, the world, the world has divided and you're seeing a new axis and allied powers. I mean, all of our, all of the old allies are being reassessed everywhere. Bill O'Reilly will do it live@billoriley.com you do not want, want to miss it. It premieres today@billor.com thanks, Bill. God bless.
Bill O'Reilly
Thanks for having me.
Glenn Beck
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Ricky
19, Glenn exposes the jihad from within. Watch this exclusive Torch special live by joining glenn beck.com torch.
Glenn Beck
All right, so we are having a special next week. You do not want to miss it. It's happening a week from tonight. Write this down on your calendar, make a note of it on your phone. Just don't miss it. It's a week from tonight on glenn beck.com/torch. And it is the blueprints of the destruction of the west, the Islamic blueprints for the destruction of the West. And we take you through it and we have all kinds of experts. We have done literally probably what, three or four months worth of research just for this 90 minute special. It's a live documentary and we have really tried to up our game. You know, he was doing these weekly specials and then we could get them really good, but we couldn't get them exactly right because we just never had the time because we were churning them out, you know, every week. And I wanted to take a deeper look so I could go what, what we call internally a deep dive on certain subjects. And so this first deep dive is on the blueprints of how Islam is planning on taking over. The Islamists are planning on Sharia law throughout the world and America is a prime target. Remember, we're the great Satan. Let me, you know, let me hear, let me give you this here is a Chicago Islamist. He is a Islamic scholar and he is explaining why Islamists are coming to America. Cut seven. This is Chicago. Listen. Islam did not come to coexist. And Islam is raised high and nothing is raised above Islam. We can't think of Islam that came to live with these other religions in the sense that Islam is a religion amongst those religions and they have a share with the truth and they have a share of justice. Islam came to correct all of that. Islam came to remove all those religions. And it is the only truth and it is the only way to justice. Now let me ask you, if this were being said by a political person that is engaged in, you know, in advocacy and he was Christian and he said, Christianity is here, it's above all other religions and it will wipe out all other religions and replace all other religions. And that is why Christians are here in America to destroy and correct all other religions, do you think the media would be on it? Do you think the media would be on it? The answer is, of course they would. Of course they would. They seem to be able to handle Any kind of religious extremism. Unless it's just ordinary Christians who are like, yeah, we're going to have a prayer meeting in the Capitol. Let me. Let me. Let me give you something else. New York City's first Muslim mayor, Mamdani, hosted a traditional IFTAR dinner on Thursday in the historic blue. Sorry, sorry. Yeah. Oh, sorry, sorry. Yesterday, I got my days all screwed up anyway. In the blue room with Muslim influencers featuring prayer rugs and floor to floor, you know, floor seating amid all the American flags and the George Washington portrait and everything else. And I want to play a video of what happened at this IFTAR dinner Wednesday in the blue room. Here it is.
Bill O'Reilly
A moment where you're asking yourself how
Senator Mike Lee
you can reconnect
Glenn Beck
growing up with being toxic. Okay, so what's happening here? He's having this prayer, prayer dinner with everybody. Not a problem. Except he was just recently. Do we have the video of him speaking at the mosque? Just recently, he was speaking at a mosque that's been linked to the. What is it? The Alevi foundation, which the DOJ has accused being a front for the Iranian government. He just spoke there. And if we have the audio, can you play the prayer? Here's the audio. Last Ramadan, I was with many of you here at the procession on the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Ali. It is a privilege to be here with you. Once again, I stand before you as the first Muslim mayor in our city's history. And this year as the first jummah that I have attended in that new position. Snappy number that they perform. Okay, so what is that? What. What is the imam reciting here? You know, it's not a Frank Sinatra hit. It is something called the sword verse. It's from the Quran. It's the verse that calls for the death of all infidels by the sword. And Mamdani is standing there listening to this, knowing what it is. Okay, Jason, you just finished up some of the interviews and the pre interviews that we have for the special next week. And these are all experts on this. And you asked him about Mamdani. What was the. What was the general feeling on him?
Jason
Some of the experts that we interviewed for this, some of them were Muslims as well. Like, more on the line of, like, reformist Muslims. They're all against political Islam. But not only between the Muslim experts that we talked to and the others, every single one of them that I asked said that, yes, he is an Islamist. Yes, there is something else going on here, and I did not expect that at all.
Glenn Beck
Well, if you Remember? Right. Who was it? Sarsour. Linda Sarsour, who is a deep Islamist or involved with deep Islamists. She said, how do you think he got in? He got in with our money and he is going to be executing our philosophies or there will be hell to be paid. So I mean, she admitted that that's how he got in. And everybody is. Listen. How. Okay, so they just had the. The prayer rug meeting. Let me see if I can get the. This is from the New York Times. In February, Mamdani ushers in a new tradition, Ramadan in city Hall. Ramadan also comes at a particularly fraught time for Muslim immigrants who fear being targeted by federal agents while gathering for prayers or iftar dinners. Show me the iftar dinner that has been targeted by federal agents. Cuz I'll stand with you. I'll stand with you. Show me one. Show me one. New York Times. But the allies of Mr. Mamdani are hoping this year's Ramadan could inspire more pride among the city's Muslims, who after the September 11 attacks have had to contend with heightened surveillance, harassment and increased Islamophobia. You gotta be kidding me. That includes Mr. Mamdani. He has endured such hell. That man has endured such hell that he has had to go vacation at his parents very wealthy compound in other countries. He has come back only to be so oppressed that he becomes the mayor of New York City. Oh my gosh, what a horrible life this man has led. He's faced an onslaught of faith and ethnic ethnicity based attacks during the mayoral campaign. He has expressed concern that current political climate has made Muslim New Yorkers less safe. Right. You mean kind of like those Muslim New Yorkers that just tried to kill a bunch of protesters? Oh no, wait. Those were anti Muslim protesters that they were trying to kill. This period of piety as mayor could present the opportunity to showcase the realities of fasting and living one's faith as a political leader. New York Times. Show me the other time that a Christian has had their political views as a political leader, their religious views married in that you said you know the realities. We should showcase the realities of fasting and living one's Christian faith as a political leader. You can't show me either of those things because you never ever do that. I can't take it. And that's in a nutshell, what this special is going to be like if I don't learn to. Maybe I. Maybe I'll need a tranquilizer dart just off the stage and somebody like Ricky, who has more Control can just shoot me with a dart in my neck halfway through the show because I think I might lose it.
Ricky
Burn a launcher coming in hot.
Glenn Beck
Oh, my gosh. Oh, my gosh. This is. This when. When America, when will the majority of us stand up and say, I don't hate anybody. I don't hate anybody. But you're not taking over our culture. You're not taking over our country. If you want to believe that, believe that. But you're not jamming it down our. Our. I was going to say our. Next you try the throat, but if you have a head, they'll just jam it down your neck after they behead you with it. No, it is absolutely incompatible with Western society. It is incompatible. You know, let me. Let me. May I just give you something? Let's just go through the Ten Commandments here. And we go through the Ten Commandments. Judeo Christian belief. No gods. No gods. You'll have no gods before me. We believe that, okay. As Christians. Now, you may not, because you may not be a Christian, you may not believe in, you know, religion or whatever, but Judeo Christian values, which is what we're based on. And by the way, that doesn't mean necessarily, you know, you can't have Ralph, your Wednesday God. It means, what gods do you serve? Your mortgage? Your job? Your reputation? What is it that you serve? Because that whatever it is that you spend all your time on, all your attention on, that's the God you serve. Okay, so. So is Islamists. Believe it, too. Except, I mean, it's a little different because they believe in genies and gins. Now, as a recovering alcoholic, I believe in gin, too, but it's not the same kind of. No graven images. Yep. We both believe that no use of God's name in vain. We believe that they don't remember the Sabbath. Yep. Honor your father and mother. Yep. Thou shalt shall not murder. Yep. Except if you're an infidel. If you're an infidel, then I can murder you. You shall not commit adultery. Yep. Well, actually, not for everybody. Guys can have as many wives as they want. Men, you know, what if that's an infidel and she just looks sexy because she's trying to trick me. Might be a genie. She's trying to trick me into it. I can rape her, but that's not adultery. That's just her sin, not mine. Thou shalt not steal. Yep. Well, not the Islamist, you know, if you're an infidel, I can steal from you. Shall not bear false witness. Yep. Well, unless you're an Islamist. And then, you know, I can lie to you. You know, if you're an infidel, you shall not cover your covet. Your neighbor's house. Yep. Except for, well, the infidels. So you see, it's not really the same thing. It's not the same God. God has standard rules. Not, hey, if you believe in me, then you're good. If you don't believe in me, you could rape them. Sure. Incompatible with Western civilization. Don't miss the special. It might be my last special. Don't miss my special. It is@glenn beck.com torch. Sign up for it right now. It happens live next Thursday. You don't want to miss this one. Back in a minute. Tell you about rough greens. If dogs could talk, it would be weird, wouldn't it? They would also probably have a few things to say about what you're feeding them. Not complaints exactly. Questions like, really, this is it. I mean, same bowl, same kibble every day forever. If you think about. If you think about what we feed our dog, it's most dry food and it's designed for shelf life and convenience. It's not necessarily anything really that your dog's body might benefit from. I mean, it'll fill them up, up. But where's the nutrition? Rough greens. This is where it comes in. Rough greens. Not a dog food. It's a nutritional supplement you sprinkle right on top of your dog's existing food. It makes it taste better. They love it. But it's also designed to add many of the vitamins and minerals and nutrients that are missing from processed kibble back into their food. So your dogs, you know, still gets the food that they're used to, but with a lot of. A lot more nutrition in the bowl. And I think it tastes better. Whatever is in it, they love it.
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Bill O'Reilly
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Glenn Beck
So there you have it. Thank you so much for listening today. Let me get a quick, let me get a quick recap on the poll. Ricky was yelling me earlier because I said something to right after Mike Lee. Mike had nothing to do with it. And I just, I started going off on Jonathan, worthless piece of crap when it comes to getting anything done in Congress. And, and, and Ricky was like, you know, that's probably why you don't get John Thune on the air.
Ricky
Okay, you're rewriting history. You said harsh on John Thune.
Glenn Beck
And I said no, I didn't say that. You're rewriting history. What I said was that probably wasn't the thing to say with, with Mike Lee on the phone. Did I hurt Mike Lee with John Th.
Ricky
Okay, maybe you're right. But yeah, we took a poll and you're still winning. But
Glenn Beck
because the poll was how should
Ricky
Glenn approach his insults about rhino Congress members? 87 said burn it all down. No holds barred. 13 agree with me. We shouldn't burn bridges so we can interview them and then burn them on air.
Glenn Beck
Dracarious. Burn it all down. Jason, quick comments from the insiders.
Jason
The top three comments. Number one, come on baby, light my fire. Number two, burn baby, burn. And number three, the best one ever, disco inferno.
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Episode Title: Is Iran Preparing to Attack California?!
Guests: Senator Mike Lee & Bill O’Reilly
Date: March 12, 2026
Duration: ~2 hours (core content)
Main Themes: War headlines (Iran, oil, drones, cyberwar), government corruption, Senate politics (SAVE Act), U.S. economic health, Islamism in American politics
This episode explores escalating threats from Iran—including potential attacks off the California coast and cyber-attacks on U.S. infrastructure—while connecting these security concerns to broader themes of political gridlock, institutional corruption, and cultural change in America. Senator Mike Lee joins to discuss the political infighting around the SAVE Act, voter integrity, and Senate dysfunction, while media veteran Bill O’Reilly offers insight into President Trump’s strategies in war and foreign policy. Throughout, Glenn brings his characteristic skepticism and energy, emphasizing the urgency facing the American system from both internal and external threats.
"This is not theoretical warfare. This is the modern battlefield. Asymmetric, deniable, and designed to bypass the strongest military on earth." (Glenn Beck, 07:05)
"A $5,000 reward? ... These are not hobby drones." (Glenn Beck, 15:40)
"War is not something far away... the world ... looks very different [now]."
Mike Lee Interview ([25:10–39:23]):
"Thank heavens ... they didn't let a few senators say, well, I'm going to vote against cloture, so don't even try." (Sen. Mike Lee, 26:25)
Glenn’s Direct Critique:
“If corruption like this flourishes in just one city, what if LA is the model?” ([69:43])
"You're not taking over our culture. You're not taking over our country. If you want to believe that, believe that. But you're not jamming it down our... [throats]." (Glenn Beck, 119:15)
On Modern Asymmetric Warfare:
"This is the war of the future. ... You’re looking at a systems war. And this is the kind of war that aims to destabilize the entire society rather than defeating an army." (Glenn Beck, 08:37)
On Congressional Dysfunction:
"We're addicted to comfort. We're addicted to convenience... Sometimes you have to do things in this job that are difficult. ... We're about to run out of time." (Sen. Mike Lee, 30:37)
On Media & Political Games:
"Your problem is you won’t play the game. ... I mean what I say and say what I mean. And I’m tired of all the people playing the game." (Glenn Beck recalling advice from Roger Ailes, 48:25)
On Corruption at Home:
"If this level of corruption can happen in just one county, in just one city, in one set of programs, you have to ask the question nobody wants to ask... What if Los Angeles is the model?" (Glenn Beck, 69:43)
On Political Islam in the U.S.:
"Islam did not come to coexist... Islam came to correct all of that. Islam came to remove all those religions. It is the only truth." (Chicago-based Islamic scholar, clip played at 109:23)
| Segment/Topic | Timestamp (MM:SS) | |--------------------------------------------|------------------| | War headlines intro; Iranian drone threat | 04:32 – 10:00 | | Economic/cyber threats from Iran | 10:00 – 14:00 | | Stolen U.S. military drones | 14:00 – 19:30 | | Rethinking modern warfare | 19:41 – 25:00 | | Interview: Senator Mike Lee | 25:10 – 39:23 | | Glenn riffs on political showmanship | 45:38 – 52:30 | | Upcoming investigative exposés | 52:30 – 55:40 | | Interview: Bill O’Reilly | 89:40 – 107:40 | | Iran regime change & Middle East analysis | 93:22 – 101:46 | | Cuba and U.S. sphere of influence | 104:10 – 107:16 | | American corruption & deficit discussion | 67:55 – 83:13 | | Islamism in U.S. politics segment | 109:23 – 123:53 | | Listener poll & closing banter | 124:50 – end |
Listener Engagement & Transparency:
Glenn asks his producer to poll insiders on whether to play “the media game” to get big politicians on air, or openly call them out for failures.
Result: 87–90% of listeners prefer “burn it all down, no holds barred.” (84:27, 125:41)
Classic Humor & Sarcasm:
Glenn jokes about the low reward for the stolen drones, about baklavas/balaclavas (“I’d rather be covered in baklava...”), and his own unpopularity in Washington.
Bill O’Reilly Embraces His “We’ll do it live” Infamy:
"My staff turned on me. They wanted to call it 'We’ll Do It Live.' ... I just surrendered, Beck." (92:16)
Recommended time for new listeners to get the episode’s core:
“This isn’t a podcast—this is a movement. And you’re part of it.” — Glenn Beck (03:00)