
Loading summary
Glenn Beck
Let me talk to you a little bit about our sponsor.
Stu Burguiere
President Trump said it, of course. I could not agree more. That Obamacare is a disaster. No, yeah.
Glenn Beck
Wait. John Roberts has a plan.
Stu Burguiere
That's true. The costs, of course, are outrageous. In some cases, you'll pay over $10,000 out of pocket before coverage even kicks in. And if you fall through one of the system's many cracks, you could be left with no coverage at all. There's something new, something better. It's called Ease for everyone. And it's exactly, I think, what you might be waiting for if you're dealing with all this healthcare craziness. This is the only group plan in America that any adult can join, regardless of where you live, what you earn, or who you work for. Ease is a free market solution. For as little as $262 a month, you get free and unlimited virtual primary care, unlimited $30 copay visits to urgent care, and generous cash back reimbursements for surgeries, hospital stays, ER visits, all the rest. There are no open enrollment windows and no qualifying event hoops to jump through. It's just real coverage for real people. Join this fight for freedom and you know, once and for all, say no to Obamacare and yes to Ease for Everyone. Visit ease for everyone.com Glenn ease foreveryone.com Glenn check it out. Today it's ease for everyone.com Glenn.
Glenn Beck
Hello America. You know, we've been fighting every single day. We push back against the lies, the censorship, the nonsense of the mainstream media that they're trying to feed you. We work tirelessly to bring you the unfiltered truth because you deserve it. But to keep this fight going, we need you right now. Would you take a moment and rate and review the Glenn Beck podcast? Give us five stars and lead a comment. Because every single review helps us break through Big Tech's algorithm to reach more Americans who need to hear the truth. This isn't a podcast. This is a movement. And you're part of it. A big part of it. So if you believe in what we're doing, you want more people to wake up, Help us push this podcast to the top rate review share. Together we'll make a difference. And thanks for standing with us. Now let's get to work. Down the road where shadows hide Feel the dark on every side Stand your ground when times get down Gotta face the dog and embrace the fire. The fusion of entertainment and enlightenment. This is the Glenn Beck Program. Hello, America. It's Thursday. We got a lot to talk about. We've. We've got people talking about the Maryland man. The Maryland man, The Maryland man. When did he become the Maryland man? We're gonna talk a little bit about the Maryland man and where he should be. Also, the media, while they're paying attention to the Maryland man, they're not, they're not talking about the Pennsylvania man that tried to kill the governor just last week. And it's also Easter week and we're going to talk about tariffs and the Fed and everything else. So stand by. We begin in 60 seconds. First, you know the First Amendment wasn't written for the speech you like. It was written for the speech you don't like. I mean, you don't need to protect whatever is like, you know what, you are the greatest. You're the greatest. You're like, you know what? We better protect that speaker speech. I'm not going to try to silence that speech. Speech is protected when it's something everybody says. Stop saying that. Now how ironic and scary is it that the platforms, the pipelines that carry your voice the furthest are controlled by people you often don't believe in? You know, and they don't believe in the freedom that you have. We've watched the left crack down on ideas they don't like for decades. Shutting down debate, throttling content, cutting off people who dare to think differently. And you know who's aligned with them the whole time? A lot of the major mobile carriers. Oh, you mean the ones that were triangulating Grandma who was in D.C. on January 6, didn't even need a warrant. Just, hey, I want to tell you who was there. This old lady was there. She's got something going on. This is why Patriot Mobile exists. They're America's only Christian, conservative wireless provider. They have built a network that supports rights enshrined in our constitution. Not just with words, but with the money you send them. And with their actions, you still get reliable nationwide 5G coverage, excellent US based customer service, and a peace of mind that comes with knowing that your money isn't working against everything you believe. So make the Switch today. Patriot mobile.com Beck 972 Patriot 972 Patriot or patriot mobile.com Beck well, hello, Stu. How are you?
Stu Burguiere
I'm very well, Glenn.
Glenn Beck
Very well.
Stu Burguiere
Thank you for asking.
Glenn Beck
Good, good, good. I want to start with an apology. You know, I always say lead with your mistakes, right? And made a horrible, horrible mistake by mocking the women astronauts.
Stu Burguiere
You did?
Glenn Beck
Yes, yes. Yesterday we talked about those, those brave, brave women that went into space. And we said it was frivolous. We said they were goofy. We said that doesn't make you an astronaut. But I stand, I stand corrected. Here's Gayle King. Cut 22, please.
Gayle King
This is what bothers me because I've certainly read some of the things online coming from people that I know that I like, that I consider friends. And this is what I would say to that. Space is not an either or, it's a both. And, and because you do something in space doesn't mean you're taking anything away from Earth. And what you're doing in space is trying to make things better here on Earth. What Blue Origin wants to do is take the waste here and figure out a way to put it in space to make our planet cleaner. I mean, Jeff Bezos has so many ideas and the people that are working there are really devoted and dedicated to making the. Making our planet a better place. That's number one. Number two, have you been? Have you been? If you've been and you still feel that way after you come back, please, let's have a conversation. Number three, please don't call it a ride. That is not a friggin ride. Whenever a man goes up, you have never said to an astronaut, boy, what a ride. You know, we duplicated the same trajectory that Alan Shepard did back in the day.
Glenn Beck
Oh my.
Gayle King
Pretty much no one called that a ride. It was called a flight. It was called a journey. Because a right, a ride implies that it's something frivolous or something that's lighthearted.
Stu Burguiere
Yeah.
Gayle King
There was nothing frivolous about what we did.
Stu Burguiere
Yes, that there was a lot of things.
Gayle King
And the machine that we were on and what it took for the people to get that machine up and running to get us up and get us back down safely. So, you know, I'm very disappointed, very disappointed and saddened by it. And I also say this, the what it's doing to inspire other women and young girls. Please don't ignore that. Oh, I've had so many women and young girls reach out to me. And men too, by the way. Men too. That say, wow, I never thought I could do that. But I see you doing it at this stage of my life. Who would have thunk it? Not me.
Glenn Beck
Not you.
Gayle King
And how inspired they are.
Glenn Beck
Yes, because she knows she trained for a very long time. She's worked her whole life for this opportunity and don't demeanor. Her whole life? Her whole life. She's where?
Stu Burguiere
Well, how much of her life?
Glenn Beck
Well, a couple of hours last week she was working on it. And I don't and. Well, can we just start from the beginning? I mean, this is just. I mean, unpack this one. Jeff Bezos is looking to take our garbage and what she said, waste our garbage and ejected into space. Is that. I mean, have you heard that plan? I haven't heard that plan.
Stu Burguiere
I was thinking maybe she was referring to, like, some emissions situation. Like, maybe she's thinking of, like, what we're.
Glenn Beck
What, we're going to bottle up.
Stu Burguiere
No, I don't think it's going to be on the ship. The plan certainly can't be. We're going.
Glenn Beck
Could you play that?
Stu Burguiere
Nuclear waste.
Glenn Beck
We just flat. Maybe we're going to shoot nuclear waste into space. Yeah, that's okay.
Stu Burguiere
Now, I'm not saying it's okay.
Glenn Beck
That's the plan. Could you play just the beginning of that? I. This is new information.
Gayle King
This is what bothers me.
Glenn Beck
Yes.
Gayle King
Because I've certainly read some of the things online, coming from people that I know.
Glenn Beck
Yes.
Gayle King
That I like, that I consider friends.
Glenn Beck
Right.
Gayle King
And this is what I would say to that. Space is not an either or.
Glenn Beck
Not an either. It's a both. And.
Gayle King
And because you do something in space doesn't mean you're taking anything away from Earth.
Glenn Beck
Okay, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop right there. First of all, may I just play? May I just play? Because I remember the people who stopped us going to the moon and everything. They were the ones who said, what are we doing? We have enough. We've got problems here. Why are we going into space? They're still saying that. Why are we going into space? What difference. We have people we could feed here. Okay, all right. Let me just remind you. 1997. Here's Bob Odenkirk and David Cross. Listen to this.
Stu Burguiere
Okay, thank you very much.
Glenn Beck
We have an announcement to make.
Stu Burguiere
On July 4th of this year, America will.
Glenn Beck
Will blow up the moon. We think the monkey's 100% right. We're spending so much money, millions of dollars to blow up the moon when.
Stu Burguiere
There'S so much right here on Earth.
Glenn Beck
To blow up Mount Everest, the North Pole, et cetera.
Stu Burguiere
We're Earthlings.
Glenn Beck
Let's blow up Earthlings. We're Earthlings.
Topher
Let's go.
Glenn Beck
I mean.
Stu Burguiere
And they love the moon. I mean, we're earthlings. Let's blow up our things.
Glenn Beck
I mean, I think this is probably, you know, this is funny for a reason, because we've heard that argument over and over again from people like her. Okay. I don't know if she's ever said it, but I know people she Thinks are friends. Definitely say that. Okay, so then her next comment is, what? Why? Why. Why is Bezos going up here? Play the rest of it, please. From Gayle King or it's a. Both.
Gayle King
And because you do something in space doesn't mean you're taking anything away from Earth. And what you're doing in space is trying to make things better here on Earth.
Glenn Beck
Okay.
Gayle King
What Blue Origin wants to do is take the waste here and figure out a way to put it in space to make our planet cleaner.
Glenn Beck
Okay? So I'm pretty sure that's what you say, let's take the garbage, whatever that garbage is, and shoot it into space. I've never heard that plan. Sarah. Is it just me? Have you heard that plan? I mean, never. Okay. I'm just a casual observer of all of this, but I think that would have stood out to me, you know?
Stu Burguiere
Yeah, I. I'm trying to.
Glenn Beck
Especially to those on the left. Especially if it's like, nuclear weight. We're just gonna take all of our nuclear waste and just shoot it out into space. I don't think that's a good idea.
Stu Burguiere
I mean, there's. They're definitely doing stuff with, like, trying to figure out how to deal with waste that is generated. Right? Like, that's definitely.
Glenn Beck
Well, that's not what she's saying.
Stu Burguiere
That's not what.
Glenn Beck
She's not making the Earth. It's not like we're going to take all the space junk and bring it back to Earth.
Stu Burguiere
Yeah, it's. It's.
Glenn Beck
I mean, it's crazy.
Stu Burguiere
I'm trying. I mean, just going through it.
Glenn Beck
I don't.
Stu Burguiere
I don't see anything.
Glenn Beck
Then she goes on. Then she goes on. Okay, so we got two of them. Two of them.
Stu Burguiere
One already insane.
Glenn Beck
Two already insane things. Then she says. And don't. And don't talk to me unless you've been. Unless you've been there.
Stu Burguiere
So we can't have a conversation about space.
Glenn Beck
You're not a woman, and you're not a female astronaut or a male astronaut. So you can't talk about anything that has to do with females, and you can't have anything to do with. Are you an astronaut? No. You're not an astronaut. Don't talk to me about space. You know, you're a flat Earther. I've been to space. Have you been to space? I mean, that is insane.
Stu Burguiere
That's insane.
Glenn Beck
That's insane. If you're going to do that, Gail, I would just like, you know, reciprocal tariff here. Have you ever been president? No. Don't talk about the president anymore.
Stu Burguiere
Just don't.
Glenn Beck
Just don't. You're not. You're not qualified. You've never been president, so stop talking about the President.
Stu Burguiere
And I'm concerned because for the first astronaut that ever went into space, no one had been there before. Could they talk about it before they go, what's the. What's the rule of that?
Glenn Beck
No.
Stu Burguiere
It's just so utterly stupid.
Glenn Beck
Which brings me to comparing yourself to Alan Shepard. Alan Shepard. I will tell you this. When Alan Shepard came back and, you know, reentered, he wasn't going. He wasn't doing that. Okay, all right. You ladies were. But, you know, it wasn't a ride. Although it sounded an awful lot like, you know, the. The sounds of like a roller coaster. It sounded like a ride. Like you were on a ride. Feels like you were on a ride. And you know what? What, exactly. Because when I go in the car and somebody else is driving, it's really kind of a ride. You know, if I'm. If I'm. And it's even more of a ride, if I'm just put into a seat, strapped in, then I have nothing I can do except wait for the. The person to come and push that bar forward so I can get out of the ride. And that's really what you did. You got in, somebody else strapped you, and you went up for four minutes. You came down. It's like a carny ride. The only difference between a carnival ride and this one. Yes, you wasted a lot. You just burned CO2 like crazy. You hurt the earth, but you didn't do anything scientific, okay? You just went up and you came back, and, you know, great. I do it if I were asked, but I wouldn't come back and say I was an astronaut and declare that it wasn't a ride. And somehow or another, I have special powers now because it wasn't a right. The only thing missing between this and a ride was toothless carny workers that opened the door. And you know what? Jeff Bezos. Did you see him open the door? He closed the door because. No, you got to open it with a key. His wife was inside. Lenny, I want to have sex with you. I want to have sex with you. I'm gonna have sex with her. And so she opens the door. He closes it, and then walks around for a while and then reaches into his pocket to get, like, a key to open up the door. It was so bizarre. So bizarre. So I'm not sure. The carny workers weren't there, Right?
Stu Burguiere
They might have been. Maybe he's the equivalent. I just. That's so, it's so bizarre to claim this. It's like, obviously that was just a ride. It was. That doesn't. It has nothing to do with them being women. Like, I mean, I'm thinking back to like, was it Krista McAuliffe, the. No, no teacher on.
Glenn Beck
You mean the astronaut. Just like Gayle King.
Stu Burguiere
But like, but legitimately always referred to as an, as an astronaut. Like she was the first teacher.
Glenn Beck
Yeah, right.
Stu Burguiere
Like, what went on, of course, you know, unfortunately blew up. It was the Challenger.
Glenn Beck
Challenger. Yeah.
Stu Burguiere
So, but like she was never demeaned as like, oh, she's just going for a ride. Like, because at least my perception was as a kid, I remember, you know, I was, I watched that one in school. What a, what a wonderful day that was. Uh, but like they, they showed her as someone who was not only just a teacher on. For a ride, but had trained for months and months and months and months.
Glenn Beck
For the mission to be an astronaut.
Stu Burguiere
To be an astronaut.
Glenn Beck
Yeah, right, right.
Stu Burguiere
Like, that's how I perceived her. She was a woman, by the way.
Glenn Beck
Right, right, right. So, well, Gayle King can talk about her, you can't. Here's the thing. I don't think by Gayle King saying that she went up in a four minute trip. Okay, four minutes. She was in space for what, 45 seconds? A minute maybe. Four minute trip. That's up and back.
Stu Burguiere
Yeah, I think it was four up and four down, wasn't it? I think it was eight minutes total.
Glenn Beck
Was it eight minutes?
Stu Burguiere
Something like that.
Glenn Beck
Oh, wow. Wow.
Stu Burguiere
So now what do you say?
Glenn Beck
Gosh, that's at least eight times the time that Jeff Bezos has ever spent on it.
Stu Burguiere
Anyway, I know where you're going with that one.
Glenn Beck
That was up and down. Okay, all right. So anyway, I don't think it's demeaning at all to the first woman in space who gave her life to go to space. To compare yourself, not just Alan Shepard, but to, but to Christy McAuliffe who trained for it. You're now declaring you're an astronaut. Can you imagine if I went into space and I came back? Elon Musk says, we're going to. We're going to launch Glenn into space. First of all, that would be the left's greatest joy. Somebody saying, we're going to launch him into space. They would love that. But then he would say, well, we're going to bring him back. And that would be the problem. But if I came back and I said, I'm an astronaut. Don't talk about space. Have you been there? Don't talk to. Don't talk to me about space. This wasn't just a ride. Can you imagine what would be said? Rightfully so can you imagine what would be said? Unbelievable. Unbelievable. By the way, I happen to have the flag that landed on the beaches of Normandy. So don't talk to me about Normandy. I've been there, okay? I've been there. I was there. I was there. I witnessed it. I. I'm. I'm just as much as a hero as anybody as Gayle King is. Honestly. I mean, I'm looking for the medal that I'm going to get for my time on, on the beaches of Normandy because I have that, you know, I have that ruby slippers over there too. I was in. Did you know that? I'm. I'm Dorothy. I'm Dorothy.
Stu Burguiere
That one I believe.
Glenn Beck
Wait a minute.
Stu Burguiere
What? I believe you put those things on when no one's around.
Glenn Beck
These. The museum feet are too big.
Stu Burguiere
Oh, yeah, unfortunately. You tried. Yeah, but I just. There's a really weird reaction to this, right? Like the proper thing is to say these astronauts that do this every day are incredible. And we're just there, we're trying to experience a little slight piece of what's believable. Right.
Glenn Beck
Response.
Stu Burguiere
It's something humble. What is that? Is she really that. Does she have no self awareness at all? How pathetic this looks.
Glenn Beck
Yes.
Stu Burguiere
Not to mention, the only reason she's there is because she's got connections in the media and knows people. This is not even like it's. I don't know, the whole thing is just disgusting. Right? I just, just.
Glenn Beck
Boy, that sounds, you know. Do you know how many women are inspired by this? You know, I mean, I also want.
Stu Burguiere
To be very wealthy and connected is not a new thing we need to be motivated for.
Glenn Beck
All right, let me tell you about relief factor. Close your eyes for a second. Imagine you wake up tomorrow and the pain is just gone. What would you do? Well, Gayle King, you'd be launching yourself into space again. You'd lace up your sneakers, take a walk with your spouse. Like you used to bend down, pick up your grandchild without a jolt of hesitation. You'd finally be, yeah, I'm going on that trip with you. The hobby, the yard work, whatever it is, you could. You do it. Pain runs through all of our lives and it ruins everything. Your moment, your patience, your plans. But it doesn't have to stay that way. Relief factor is helping real people expand their world again by targeting the inflammation that causes causes everyday pain. It's 100% drug free, developed by doctors and trusted by over a million people who refuse to accept that pain is just part of aging. Three week quick start. Try it now. 1995 for three weeks. For many, it's all it takes to begin their comeback story. So ask yourself, if the pain were gone tomorrow, what would you do for 1995? Try relief factors. Three week quick start. Less than a dollar a day. 800 for relief. 800. The number four relief or relieffactor.com 10 seconds. Station ID. You know, I was invited to drive a pace car around the Daytona 500 track a few years ago. And so. Well, I'm not going to talk to you about it because you're not a race car driver like I am.
Stu Burguiere
That's the new standard.
Glenn Beck
Is really it. It.
Stu Burguiere
God, I mean, I drove a pace.
Glenn Beck
Car around the Daytona 500. That would be like me now coming on and saying, you drove a pace.
Stu Burguiere
Car, you drove it.
Glenn Beck
You're right.
Stu Burguiere
You are way more qualified to talk about the Daytona 500. I mean, you actually gone around the track.
Glenn Beck
Yeah, you're right. You're right.
Stu Burguiere
She's done.
Glenn Beck
I never thought of. She hasn't.
Stu Burguiere
She didn't do anything. She rode in a vehicle. If you were a passenger in that car, then perhaps that would be the equivalent. But you've done.
Glenn Beck
My son is equivalent to Gayle King.
Stu Burguiere
Yes.
Glenn Beck
And oh my gosh, I'm better than Gayle King. Wow.
Stu Burguiere
That's. What, what an achievement.
Glenn Beck
Achievement.
Stu Burguiere
You've unlocked level 0.
Glenn Beck
I can go to the next level.
Stu Burguiere
Which is start it just, it's. You keep saying it and it's true. Like, I'm sure it was a blast.
Glenn Beck
Right?
Stu Burguiere
Like, it was great. It would be a lot of fun.
Glenn Beck
There's nothing frivolous about this.
Stu Burguiere
It was totally frivolous. No, it's 100 frivolous.
Glenn Beck
Okay, look, she got on because of her grand, grand accomplishments inside field of. And the same thing with the singer, whoever she was. And Katy Perry and Jeff Bezos. Wife or girlfriend was there. Well, she's a surgeon. Well, I mean, she's had a lot of surgery, so I would count that as a surgeon, wouldn't you?
Stu Burguiere
Of course. She's the only one qualified to talk about it.
Glenn Beck
Yeah, she could only. She's the only one that could talk about plastics and surgery, so. And now an astronaut too.
Stu Burguiere
Like, it's, it's okay to just have a fun experience. Maybe you didn't change the world with Your little ride into the.
Glenn Beck
No, she did.
Stu Burguiere
Maybe she didn't.
Glenn Beck
No, she.
Stu Burguiere
I think maybe she should think about the fact.
Glenn Beck
No, she did. She did. You know how many people are, you know how many women got up this morning, went, wow, I could be an astronaut. I could be an astronaut, you know?
Stu Burguiere
No.
Glenn Beck
Without any kind of preparation. I could put on a wetsuit, you know, a blue wetsuit so it looks like I'm going into space. But it's not a spacesuit, it's a wetsuit, I guess in case you've what, crash into the ocean, which is right there in the middle of the desert? I'm not, I'm not sure why they were wearing wetsuits, but, you know, she could wear a wetsuit and be an.
Stu Burguiere
Astronaut like and just. It's a basic question. Could she have worn pajamas on this flight?
Glenn Beck
Yes.
Stu Burguiere
Did she need the spacesuit?
Glenn Beck
I don't think so.
Stu Burguiere
Isn't this just her just in a vehicle?
Glenn Beck
Nope.
Stu Burguiere
She could have been flannels.
Glenn Beck
I contend they could have, you know, given her all the instructions she needed while they were strapping her in. And she could have just pulled up in a car, rolled right out of bed. I'm sorry, I just. Wearing my pajamas. What are we doing here again? Are you going to go up in space? Okay, just strap me in. Do I have anything to do? Nope, just enjoy the ride. Did you call it a ride? This is Glenn. Becky. You know that feeling when you're too hot, then too cold, then sweating under the blanket, but freezing without it? Yeah, yeah. Most bedding doesn't help. It traps heat, holds moisture, and turns what should be a rest into a night battle. That's what Cozy Earth does different. Their sheets, their comforters, their pajamas are made from ultra soft, breathable fabric that naturally helps regulate your body temperature. That means fewer wake ups, deeper sleep, and a morning where you don't feel like you just ran a marathon in your bed. I'm here to tell you, once you sleep on Cozy Earth, you'll wonder how you ever settled for anything else. They're incredibly soft, machine washable, and they hold up night after night, year after year. They come with a 10 year warranty. Cozy Earth just doesn't make better bedding. They've redefined what sleep itself can feel like. So stop waking up sweaty, stop tossing the covers off and then dragging them back on. Start actually sleeping. You'll get 100 nights risk free. Plus every bedding product is backed by a 10 year warranty. So visit cozyearth.com that's cozyearth.com use the promo code beck and get 40% off the sheets, the great pajamas, the towels, and so much more. Cozyearth.com Code Beck Sleep Better right now with Cozy Earth.
Stu Burguiere
Head over to BlazeTV.com Glenn and subscribe today. Get 30 bucks off your subscription when you use the promo code Glenn.
Glenn Beck
We're gonna get to some really important stuff. I mean, not now, but. But at some point we'll get to some really important stuff. You know, actually, you know, the week that it is. I think there are other things that are much more important. I think. I think our, our attitude, our hope are. Being the resilient American is so important right now. You know, the world is watching us right now and how we're reacting. And I want to talk to you about what the President is doing with tariffs. I did a show last night that if you missed, you really need to see. And we'll go over it here in a little while. But the world's watching us, watching the President and watching us. How are we reacting? Who are we as a nation? You know, a lot of people think that as people, we are just. We can't take any pain. You know, that's why fights will happen with the United States, because they just think our enemies just think they'll not be able to stand it. They can't take it. They can't take it. And is that who we are? I want to take you back to 1920. 19, 20. We were a nation that was bruised by war. We were battered by the grind of progress. Everything was changing. But. But we were dreaming. We were always, always dreaming of something better. That's who Americans are always dreaming. And it's what makes us different as a people. And that comes from hope. And where does hope come from? Hope comes from something. Hope comes from faith in something real. Okay? That's something that has always given Americans hope is God and his promises. Knowing that God is real and his promises are real. When you understand his promises, they're all based in hope. They're all based in love. And when God is real to people, they act differently. That's how you can tell a real Christian, do they act differently or are they still the same nasty people they always were? If you are, then you haven't been changed by it. When it becomes part of who you are and everything that you produce, that's how you know somebody has really changed. And as the world was faltering, millions were dead. You had the influenza of 1918 just right near rear view mirror. Where did that hope Come from where? Where did you find hope in culture? There was in World War I and after World War I, there was somebody who was very, very small, small by design, that was flickering on the movie screen. He wasn't king, he wasn't a titan. He wasn't that strong, American, square jawed hero, but he was a hero. He was an American hero. And most people don't look at him this way, but he didn't need any fancy titles or, you know, land or money or anything else, because in the end, he was a hero. Because he was simply you. He was simply me. He was all of us. He was every man. He's the guy who's, you know, down on his luck, but he has nothing but a spark in his eye and a stubborn refusal to give up. He. He is the American psyche made flesh. He's flawed, he was scrappy. You know, he'd cut a corner or two, you know, when the landlord's knocking, maybe he'd be loafing when the. So the sun was too warm. But steal, Be dishonest. Never harm somebody else. Never. Not in a million years. This hero was actually homeless, or as Americans used to say, a trampoline. He was the Tramp. Today is Charlie Chaplin's birthday, and I want to bring him up for one reason. Charlie's Little Tramp is America and is the American spirit. He's lasted this long in our memories for a reason, but I don't think anybody really talks about it. Charlie's Little Tramp was always in it for something big, Bigger. Bigger than him. Honor, decency. The kind, quiet nobility that just doesn't need a megaphone to shout its worth. It just is. Most people have never really even seen a Charlie Chaplin movie, but they'd recognize him, but they don't even really know why. Watch the movie city lights. It's 1931. I don't think I've ever gotten my wife to be able to sit through it. She's like, oh, Jesus, Charlie Chapman. I know, I know. It's silent and everything else, but it is so good. It is the best storytelling on screen that you've seen, maybe ever. And it's about this tramp, this guy with, you know, patches on his coat and just lives on the street and he stumbles into love. And he loves. Not some starlet, not with somebody, you know, draped in diamonds, but a blind flower girl who is just selling flowers on the corner. She has nothing. She's poor. And. And the best thing about her for the Little Tramp is she can't See the patches on his coat? Now, they meet each other several times through the film. She thinks he's a millionaire. She thinks he's a millionaire because he's buying her flowers. And there was confusion at the beginning of this giant Rolls Royce that pulled up. And she could hear it, and she could hear the servant get the guy out of the car. And Charlie just happened to take a walk through the car because the car was blocking his way to get to the sidewalk. So he just walked through the car. And she thought he was the millionaire. And he doesn't correct her, but he doesn't, you know, try to impress her or demand her awe or anything. He just loves her. And so in the movie, he learns that there's a doctor who can restore her sight. A miracle. But it had a pretty high price tag. So what is this? What does this guy do? Never has two nickels to rub together. He actually does something that he doesn't like to do. He goes to work. He sweeps the streets. He boxes in a ring. He scrapes and he claws for every penny just to pay her rent and then to fund her surgery. And when he's done, when her eyes are open he doesn't come in with a cape fluttering. And, you know, you should be grateful to me. I'm your savior. He didn't do any of that. Instead, he passes a flower shop and he looks in and he's thinking of her. And he sees there she is in the flower shop she can now see. And she's working in the flower shop. She's not selling them on the corner anymore. Anymore. And she turns and looks at him, and he immediately starts to walk away. He doesn't. He's not looking for anything. He just is looking for her joy. Watching her joy from the shadows is enough for him. He doesn't need credit. When you see this scene, I mean, it just makes your heart ache with pride. And it. To me, it screams America. Because that's who we are. We. We, as people, have always felt the joy of lifting others up. You know, finding your heart full because you know somebody else is smiling. Charlie Chaplin wasn't just a face on the screen. He is us. And sometimes we forget who that is. He was a creator. He was a genius. He wrote. He came up with a Little Tramp. In the museum, we have Charlie Trapp, Chaplin's trappings. This is Charlie Chaplin's cane from those movies. It was given to Danny King back in the 1950s because there was a story, I think, in Time magazine that said Danny K is the new Charlie Chaplin and Danny K. One day got a knock on his door, and they're standing at his door was Charlie Chaplin, an aging film star. And he presented it to Danny Kay and said, they say, you're the new me. You have to have the cane. How remarkable is that, to be called a Charlie Chaplin back then? It's. Sure. I mean, he wrote, he directed. Do you know, he composed the scores for all of his films. And the reason why I'm bringing this up is because, you know, this guy has brought joy for so long, long after he's dead. One of the songs he wrote for the Little Flower Girl, he. He wrote it, and it's in the movie. It's the theme of the movie you've heard a million times, but probably had no idea that that was from that movie or any movie. And you had no idea that Charlie Chaplin ever wrote it. But this is who he was. Smile though your heart is aching Smile even though it's breaking when there are clouds this is the American spirit. It doesn't matter. There's clouds in the sky. There's tomorrow. No matter how much you hurt, no matter how much you're struggling, it's going to be okay. It's going to get better. And I don't think it's a coincidence that that song, with that sentiment written by him, really who he was as a person, as a. As a character, at least endures. If you ask people now, name a giant of the 20th century, that from. From the very beginning of the 20th century to the end of the 20th century, name enduring stars. Some people might say, I don't know, John Wayne. But there's two names that will come up every time. Every time. Charlie Chaplin. They don't even know why, but he is burned and seared into our collective memory. And there's another one. Mickey Mouse. And the amazing thing is, and I don't ever. I've never heard anybody talk about this for. So this is just me, but it's the same character. Walt Disney ripped Charlie Chaplin off. Mickey Mouse is Charlie Chaplin. Mickey Mouse is the one who is down on his luck. He's always down on his luck, him and his dog. He's. He's always. He's always there just trying to make somebody else happy. He doesn't win in the end. Charlie Chaplin and Mickey Mouse, they don't win in the end, but they do. They see something bigger than just the wind that we would all see. Mickey is the animated echo of the Tramp, which I think those two are the best Cultural icons of the 20th century. When people think of the American century and we think, oh, you want to go back to the little leave it to beaver days? You want to go back to the, you know, black and white days, the days of the 1950s? No, that's not. That isn't what I think of. I think of individuals like the tramp and Mickey Mouse. Those were the ones that influenced us and showed us who we could be. So if things are getting down in your life, just remember, today is Charlie Chaplin's birthday. And just remember, smile. No matter how bad things are getting, no matter how dark things are, there is light. And it is still shining. Especially this week, it's shining. And in America, we still have it better than anybody else in the world. As long as we can dream, as long as we can dream, we can be whatever we want to be. As long as we can dream, we can do. And Americans have always dared to dream, to do, and to believe in something better. Good ranchers, our sponsor. This guy still wakes up every single day before the sun, still puts his boots on over his jeans, goes out in the field to feed the cattle. Doesn't matter. He mends the fence in the places that need mending. Have you ever done that? Oh, it sucks. He still calls it a good day. If the work is hard and honest, he's one of the last. Because every year, more and more ranchers here in America are being forced to sell their land, close their gates, walk away from generations of grit and heritage, not because they want to, but because they just can't compete anymore. Cheap foreign meat floods the market, often labeled incorrectly as being from the United States. And we buy it most of the time without even knowing or caring. But this is why good ranchers exist. They partner directly with American farms and ranches for the people who know that we have to have these people, the people who care. No middleman, no imports. No question where your meat comes from. And every box you order helps keep our ranches in business. It's not just about what you have for dinner, but what kind of country you want to be. Good ranchers. Subscribe and get your choice of protein for a year and stand with American ranchers and farmers. It's goodranchers.com goodranchers.com American meat delivered more Glenn Beck. Coming up next.
Stu Burguiere
Whoever said crime doesn't pay clearly never dipped a toe into the very profitable world of house stealing. And these days, it's easier than ever to do some, you know, cyber criminal stuff. You could find some names. You could find Some personal details online. You fake a signature, you upload a forged deed, and suddenly someone else owns your house. On paper, at least. And that's the most important thing, at least when it comes to your financial future. Because they can take out loans against your property, they can cash out fast, they can disappear into the wind, and you don't even know what is going on. You don't even know anything's going wrong until the bills start coming in. By then, it is far, far too late. Most people never see this coming. But you know, look, you're not most people. You're right here. You're listening to this program today. You're one of the smart ones, which means you likely need to get Home Title Lock. Maybe you already have it. They monitor your title 24 7. They look for any suspicious changes, and they alert you the minute that they find anything going wrong. And unfortunately, when something does go wrong, their restoration team is there to take over. They can help walk you through the entire process. They can restore everything for you. Realizing that your home's title is vulnerable to cybercriminals is a really good start, but it's only half the battle. You've got to take the necessary steps to make sure you're protected. And Home Title Lock is the place to go for that. Don't miss it. It's hometitlelock.com hometitlelock.com the promo code is Blaze. Hometitlelock.com Promo code Blaze.
Glenn Beck
I know. Welcome. We. We just got some comments in from this hour. I want to share with you from the Blaze family. If you want to become a Blaze member, just, you know, join us now and you can comment. We love reading everybody's comments through the show. Dre said becoming an astronaut is a training process. I hate to agree with Stu, but he's correct this time. Hey, Trisha, said Glenn, they are astronauts. Astronauts, Eddie, how do we have seven women go to space and we don't have the first space sandwich? Wow. Yeah, Larry, according to Gail Standard, if you flew from the US To Europe, you're just like Charles Lindbergh. Amen. Amen. Sue just wrote it on the Charlie Chaplin monologue. Thank Glenn for the inspiration. I just. I love him. I just love him. And I don't know, it's. I think it's a week of inspiration. Shouldn't we be more inspiring this week? I mean, we got a lot to worry about.
Stu Burguiere
We do. I'm sick of worrying about it, too. I keep talking to people and they're like, oh, what do you Think about this. It's like, look, I can come up with 100 different points to make on policies that I like, that I don't like. The end of the day, I don't know that any of it makes a difference. You can't.
Glenn Beck
I know. You can't take all this stuff on. You can't. You can't.
Stu Burguiere
You can only do so much. You can do it soft.
Glenn Beck
What's wrong with you?
Stu Burguiere
I just think that. Well, no, I think it's the opposite, Right. I think as you grow up in life, you learn that panic doesn't help. And there's so much panic on TV all the time about everything that's going on in the world. Everything's gonna fall apart tomorrow. There's a constitutional crisis around every corner and the markets are gonna crash into this. And it's like, well, how much of that can you actually handle? You always say this, Glenn, which is take care of what you can take care of, you know, your family, your community. Focus on those things.
Glenn Beck
Yeah, and watch the rest unfold. Glenn Beck. Do you remember in 2020 when toilet paper vanished and bread was essentially gold for a while? Ammo, Forget about it. Stores were stripped bare, websites were sold out. You weren't. If you weren't stocked up already, you're out of luck. Well, there's a company out in Idaho now that saw that coming long before all of us and built a solution. It is called Ammo Squared. And they've been helping gun owners just like me build an ammo stockpile. Not that I have a stockpile. What?
Stu Burguiere
I would.
Glenn Beck
I have a stockpile? Are you kidding me? Unfortunately, I have a lake right, right by my house and all of my ammo keeps falling into it. It's weird. Anyway, you just sign up. This how it works. You sign up, you pick the caliber of ammo that you want. They've got over 70 to choose from. You set a monthly budget and let the system go to work. Every month. Ammo Square buys and stores that ammo for you in a secure, climate controlled warehouse. It accumulates over time. At any time, at your pace, your budget, you can have it shipped to you, right to your door. No panic buying. No store hopping, no blowing paychecks on bulk orders. Ammo Squared gives you the power to stay ahead without the stress. It's the easiest way to be prepared without the hassle. So head to ammo squared dot com. Take the work out of buying ammo 10. Sorry, 100,000 members cannot be wrong with their five star ratings. Ammo squared dot com. What makes a great pair of glasses? At Warby Parker, it's all the invisible extras without the extra cost. Their designer quality frames start at $95 including prescription lenses plus scratch resistant, smudge resistant and anti reflective coatings and UV protection and free adjustments for life. To find your next pair of glasses, sunglasses or contact lenses, or to find the Warby Parker store nearest you, head over to warbyparker.com that's warbyparker. Down the road where shadows hide. Feel the dark on every side Stand your ground when times get dark. Gotta face the dark and embrace the fire. The fusion of entertainment and enlightenment. This is the Glenn Beck program. Hello America. The fat pill. Remember the one we were promised as a kid? You'll just take a pill and the fat will just fall off. You won't ever get fat. Really, I've wanted that ever since I was a kid. Yeah, I was a fat kid. I was. Well, not. I mean, I was always a fat kid on the inside. You know, even if I was skinny, there was a fat kid trying to get out, but always knew I'd need a fat pill. Need a fat pill. You know what I mean? Everybody could use a fat pill in America. It's out or will be soon. But stocks are already going through the roof even though it hasn't been FDA approved. We'll give you that story here in a second. Also, the Fed chair's termination can't come soon enough for Donald Trump. We'll give you the update on that. There's a war between Donald Trump and the, and the central bank, the Fed, the Federal Reserve, what a surprise. They did it to Reagan, they're doing it to Trump and, and global free trade. We're going to get into that here in just a second. First, let me tell you about real estate agents. I trust when you're buying or selling a home, it can feel like stepping into a maze. There are contracts, paperworks, appraisals, inspections, maybe worst of all, all the deadlines. And at every turn there's a new decision that you're supposed to make. You know, you've done this a hundred times before. That's why who you work with matters. Okay? Because they've done it a hundred times or a thousand times before, but you really haven't. It just feels like it. You don't need somebody who just shows up with a smile and a business card. You need somebody with hustle, somebody with heart, somebody who's been through this maze before, knows exactly how to guide you through it and who listens to you. That's what you get when you get Real Estate Agents I trust, these are the agents we've vetted incredibly thorough. We look for experience, the results, the character, the values, the kind of people that I would trust with my own family's move. They know your market. They know the process. They know how to fight for you. With billions of dollars now in sales, Real Estate Agents I trust has a whole bunch of happy customers now because we'll line you up with people who, honestly, many times, they become friends. If you're moving across the street or across the country, when you're finally ready to make the big move, all you have to do is go to real estate agentsitrust.com we have real estate agents all over the country. If we don't have one, we're not just going to recommend one. We'll just tell you the truth. Can't find anybody in your area. Good luck with it. Real Estate Agentsitetrust.com all right, so last night I did a show on trade. And this is something that Stu and I have been talking about and kicking back and forth because I am a free trader. I believe in free trade. However, I think that there are things that have truly changed, and it really goes back to World War II and then to the 1970s and then to NAFTA. And we've shortchanged ourselves every step of the way. And just. It's gutted us. It's gutted us. Can we play cut 8? This is from last night how NAFTA has affected all 50 states. Listen, the promised prosperity never showed up. The NAFTA winners were Mexico and Canada. Remember, he started that whole thing with expanded global trade. NAFTA turned Mexico into a manufacturing haven. US Companies, including Ford and gm, raced across the border for cheaper labor and to make auto parts and electronics. During the first seven years of nafta, Mexico added a million new manufacturing jobs. Good for Mexico, not good for us. In 1993, Mexico's exports to the US totaled almost $40 billion. By 2000, those exports totaled under 136 billion, over 300% growth in seven years of NAFTA. The US now has a trade deficit with Mexico ranging from 15 to $171 billion every single year since 1994. What does that mean? That means we're buying a lot of stuff, but we're not selling a lot of stuff. We're not making stuff. We're buying stuff. What about Canada? Well, they hit the NAFTA jackpot as well at the end of 1993. When NAFTA was signed, Canada enjoyed almost an $11 billion trade surplus with the US. By the year 2000, that surplus was over $52 billion. And just like we have with Mexico, the US has a trade deficit with Canada between 13 and $78 billion every year since 1994. It's a sweet deal if you're Canadian. Now look, I have no problem with prosperity all over, everywhere. I don't want to hurt other countries. But I do think it's right for us to care about our country to make sure it doesn't slide into the abyss. Meanwhile, while all that's happening, by 2000, the US had over 766,000 job losses related to NAFTA. Where's your prosperity? Some states were hit harder than others, but NAFTA related job losses affected all 50 states. American factories became empty shells. Now that's just not a stat. That was 766,000 families wondering how are we going to pay our mortgage? It is, it's remarkable when you look at the full thing and you really have to understand because I am a free trade guy, I am. But we have done things and signed treaties from 1946, then 70s and then the 90s and we, we, we made bets that I think were bad bets. And there's no problem on trying to help. You know, the reason why we have a lot of these tariffs over in Europe is because in 1946 we decided we needed to help recru rebuild Europe. And that's good, that was a good thing and, and a righteous thing wasn't necessary that we did it, but we wanted to do it. Well, now there comes a time when we need to rebuild our own country and that's not at the expense of others. It just, we have to pay attention to our own country. And if you talk to people, you know, especially with the World Trade Organization, maybe even European Union and Canada and even China, free trade is what we have or what we had. And then Donald, Donald Trump came in and blew it up. But if that's what they believe, I want to take you to just one guy. Joe Carmaker, Toledo, Ohio. Okay. He's a dreamer at heart. He builds sedans to rival the very best. Okay. Joe has a vision. His cars born in America, gleaming from the lots of Detroit to Dusseldorf. He builds a great car. But is the trade free? Is it fair? Well, let's take one of Joe's cars, was going to take a trip bound for Germany. $30,000 car bound for Germany. Now this journey, as Joe knows, all too well, is a wake up call. Joe Sedan rolls off the line. A marvel of steel and sweat, all for $30,000. And he dreams this is going to compete in Europe. This is just, just as good as anything they have over in Europe. And it's cheaper. It's cheaper. People crave quality over in Europe. The world's not a level playing field. I know, but I've just made a better car. So the car hits the docks bound for Hamburg. Shipping costs are $1500. Insurance another $450. Now the cost of the $30,000 car is $31,950. Before it even smells the salt of the ocean, Joe takes it on the chin. Cause he knows that shipping fee and insurance are part of the process. That's the price you have to pay if you want to show off your creation to the rest of the world. You got to get it over there. Okay. But he doesn't necessarily account for what comes next. Joe. Joe's car, now at $31,000. Docks in Germany. And now the EU. The gatekeepers pounce. There's a 10% tariff because it's coming from America. That's $3,195. They strap that onto Joe's dream just for crossing the border. Why? Because the EU protects its own. America has the doors wide open. EU says, wait a minute, it's coming from America. Slap tariff on it. Okay, so Germany's cars just. They waltz into the U.S. with a 2.5% tariff. Fair? You tell me. 2.5 versus 10%. Joe's car is now at $35,145. And we're just getting started. Next they have the value added tax, the VAT tax, 19% in Germany. That's $6,677. Hit on the tariff price. That's not a tariff. They say that's just a tax. Okay, but it's a tax on Joe's car. It. It doesn't happen on Volkswagen. That skips the import duty. So he's having to pay almost $7,000 just on a VAT tax for the import of the car. But he already paid for the import tax. So add another $105 customers fee. Joe Sedan now is at $41,927 before it leaves the port. Free trade. Well, more like a toll road with no off ramp. Next, the cars hauled inland $315 to a Berlin dealership. The dealer smelling profit. Tax on 15% margin at $6,289. Now the car is at $48,531. And Joe's dream is fading just a little bit. The dealer says, you know, we're just going to round up. It's going to be $50,000, round and proud. Okay, but wait. Now there's a VAT again, 19% on the sale. So it's $95 for the buyer. The dealer offsets the import tax, but the consumer's stuck with a full bill. Now toss in $315 for the Joe's car. Hits the lot at $59,815. That's double the price that it was when it sat on the lot in Toledo, Ohio. Now it's the same price, maybe even a little cheaper than a BMW. Is Joe's car as good as a BMW? That trusted brand? This is a rigged game. Picture Joe back in Ohio, staring at his factory floor. His thirty thousand dollar car, his sedan built with American grit, cost Germans sixty thousand dollars. A BMW made in Munich. Munich skips all the tariff, ducks all the import vats. It lands thousands cheaper. And Joe's car, it's priced out. His dream is crushed by tariffs. I, this is why I'm a free trade guy. I don't like tariffs, but if you're going to have tariffs, then we should have tariffs. And maybe, maybe, just maybe, that it's time we start thinking about ourself. You know, I am a free trader, but is our country in good shape? Can we continue to do the things that we've always done by giving everybody else the benefit of the doubt? I mean, this is not the tale that is spun by, you know, all the suits, not all of the, you know, Brussels and Beijing. They're not telling this story. Do we have free trade anywhere? I mean, real free trade. The reality is it's a gauntlet of fees. It's a maze of levies. It's a system that we've played nice with for far too long. We've taken it because a couple of reasons. One, we're good people. After the war, we wanted to rebuild Japan, we wanted to rebuild Germany and the rest of Europe. So we just said, hey, let's do what's right for you guys, because you guys are really suffering. And it was, it wasn't that. We're just, you know, Mother Teresa. It was good for us. It made sense. We wanted them as a trading partner, we partner. We also wanted them to be safe and secure because if they're not safe and secure, we're not safe and secure. So it was good for all of us, all of us. But there comes a time when you're like, hey, we have our own problems here at home. We really need to concentrate on ourself here a little bit. We need to pay attention. We've. We've tried to. You know, have you ever seen a mom who just works her fingers to the bones for her kids? And she's doing all the right things, and she's not doing it to be some hero. She's doing it because it's the right thing to do. She's just a good mom. But at some point, you know, the doctors and hopefully her husband and even her children will go, mom, you got to stop. You got to stop. You can't take care of any of us if you don't take care of yourself. That's where we are as a country right now. We won't be able to help anyone if we don't stop and help ourself first. By the way, if Joe happened to be building cars in Japan and sent a car from Germany to Japan, another country that we rebuilt, do you know how much the tariff is? You know what it would cost the Japanese car? How much would be added to the Japanese car? Zero. We rebuilt these countries, and it was our doing, our choice. But it's time that maybe we stop. We stop. Okay, we stop. When does a person like Joe get his turn? Ask the middle manufacturer in middle America about free and fair trade? Because as it stands right now, I'm not sure it's free or fair. This is a hard debate that America has to have. This is a debate that I don't even know if I'm on the right side. I honestly don't. I've always been on the other side. But I'm to the point to where I know what's coming. I know the price we're going to have to pay. I know how bad it is if we keep kicking the can down the road. It's the same thing that we're doing with Social Security. It's the same thing we're doing with spending. It's the same thing we're doing with everything. And we don't do anything because no politician will tell you the truth. No politician has any idea or the guts to do it or the guts to do it. They might say they have the guts, but then when it comes to it, then they start getting pressure and they immediately back down. Do you know the kind of pressure that I think Donald Trump is under right now from the whole world, from the Fed, from everybody else, people in his own party, you imagine the pressure this guy is under and yet he's like, no, I believe it's right. When's the last time you had a president that did that that wasn't doing it for politics, was doing it because he actually, he might be wrong, but he's actually doing it because he believes it's the right thing to do. Name the last President Reagan and what it was he doing it on? The last big threat we had to our nation, Russia, Communism. This threat is just the threat of us not doing the right thing. This isn't a threat of, of, you know, some foreign ideology. Although we have those. This one's just, can we stop spending money? Can we stop giving everybody else a break and having this weird self hatred so much that we're like, no, you know what? Everybody else should get the break. We shouldn't get the break. No, no, no, no, no. At least for a time period. Maybe we should, maybe we should say, hey everybody, we love you, but we got to take care of ourself. I think that's what Donald Trump is doing more in just a second. You've been powering through it. The backaches, the stiff knees, the shoulders that haven't moved quite right since. I don't know who even remembers when. And you've always told yourself, well, it's just because, you know, I'm getting older, it's just whatever. And you've tried to laugh it off and you've learned how to work around it. But let me ask you something. When did you start settling with pain? Because pain isn't just pain. It's exhaustion, it's, it's frustration. It's missing out. It's silently shaping you to say yes to what you have to avoid. Okay? It's, it's starting to run your life and ruin your life at the same time. It's time to see if you can stop that from happening. And it's relief factor. It was made for people just like you, people who push through it and shouldn't have to. The target, the target is inflammation because that causes most of our pain and honestly most of our disease. With four key ingredients, all 100% drug free and, and for hundreds of thousands of people, it has helped reduce or eliminate pain and bring back freedom like it has in my life, real lasting freedom. And you can have it for 1995. Just try their 3 week quick start drive for 3 weeks, take it as directed and see if it doesn't make a dent in your pain. Less than a dollar a day, 800 for relief 800. The number four relief relief factor.com 10 seconds. Station ID. So the, the ECB, the European Central bank is expected to cut interest rates now for the seventh time. And Jerome Powell at the Fed is, is issued a report yesterday which was Donald Trump says another complete and total mess. He's like, not. We're not gonna lower the interest rates. He is now declaring war on the Federal Reserve. Oh, things are gonna get really happy and good when he does that. That's a war that. Who's ever won anything of anybody. Who's ever won that? Stu. Last person I saw do it was Ronald Reagan and he was tough as nails. And he immediately was like, you know what? You know what? I love the Fed. I love the Fed. The Fed can destroy the economy. And he said too late. The, the, they should have lowered the interest rates like the European Central bank long ago, but he certainly should lower them now. He's. He's talking about the Fed chair. He said Powell's termination cannot come fast enough now. I don't think he can fire him. I think he's waiting for his term to be up. Right. Can he fire the Fed chair?
Stu Burguiere
I was just reading about that. Any attempt to remove Powell, a legally questionable option Trump considered in his first term. This is political. Writing this just so for context would feed Instagram.
Glenn Beck
So it's like written by an astronaut of Gail King.
Stu Burguiere
Right. Blah, blah, blah. They say there could be risks to it. Points Scott Besant has been underscoring within the White House. Said two people close to the White House granted anonymity to share details of private discussions, though Trump is also aware of the stakes. Investor confidence that the central bank will make decisions based on the path of the economy, rather on short term. Politics is a key underpinning of the US Global financial reputation. Doesn't really say here if he, I mean, it seems like he could flirt with it, but it would be really problematic and the markets would hate it. And of course, obviously Trump reversed his earlier tariffs by his own telling because the markets were. What was it? Yippee. Was his term getting a little bit yippie? You would think that this would make him nervous though, at the same time he's out there blasting Powell. He was absolutely killing the guy this morning.
Glenn Beck
Good. I think the central bank is just worthless. Absolutely worthless. And possibly criminal. Possibly criminal.
Stu Burguiere
I mean his critique that was just on whether they were lowering rates or not.
Glenn Beck
Yeah, I know.
Stu Burguiere
And that's what he wants to do, which would of course create some more economic activity maybe to offset some of the issues with the tariffs.
Glenn Beck
When's the last time you heard the bank saying, you know, we have a liquidity process problem and the central bank not lower rates? When's the last time you ever heard we've got a real liquidity problem? Because that's what they're saying. We, we have a real liquidity problem and the central bank does nothing. Huh. That's strange. Jerome. This is Glenn Beck. As we go through all of this, you know, look, I. If you have opened up your 401k retirement statement and something in your chest tightens, then you're seeing the reality. And if it doesn't, then you're not. You're either not old enough to worry about it or, you know, but it's not panic, it's not fear. It's something quieter but deeper. It's a low signal from part of you that's always been good at reading the room. It's your instinct that is saying, hmm, something is not going well. It's a fragile system that we've built and it's wobbling now. The numbers are going to, you know, bounce back. The media may even call it resilience, but, you know, better to have to trust all of that, at least in the short term. And this time it may just be different. No, it's never different. Uh huh, uh huh. Lear Capital has spent over 25 years guiding people just like you in uncertain times, just like this one, helping them to diversify their portfolio, their savings, their physical gold and silver and putting it in to diversify so you don't have everything in dollar bills or in stocks. Please, please call lear Capital today, 800-957-Gold to get your free $4,200 gold report, which seemed like madness when I first started talking about it eight months ago. We're headed that way. 800-957-Gold BlazeTV.com Glenn subscribe now.
Stu Burguiere
Save 30 bucks. Use the code. Glenn.
Glenn Beck
If you thought your rights as a parent were secure, now that President Trump is in office, I want to think again. Bad actors all across the country continue to try to circumvent the administration and violate the Constitution. In Colorado now, there is a bill making its way through the state legislature that would create legal grounds for the state to revoke custody of parents who misgender their children. Named the Kelly Loving act, named after a 40 year old transgender man who was killed in a club in 2022. In Massachusetts, a mom is accused of kidnapping her own children. And in California, a case was dismissed against a school district in which A guidance counselor helped a girl secretly socially transition from female to male without a single call to her mom. And in fact, when she wanted to talk to her mom, she's in fifth grade. When she wanted to talk to her mom, the school discouraged her from talking to her mom. Okay? Now a federal judge has resurrected this case and it could be precedent setting for the rights of parents in California and all across the country because, you know, whatever happens in California trickles down to the rest of us. This is a really important case. Mark Trammell is the CEO for the center of American Liberty. Mark, welcome to the program. How are you?
Mark Trammell
I'm well. Thanks for having me, Glenn.
Glenn Beck
First of all, you are replacing Harmeet Dhillon as the CEO of Center for American Liberty. Those are huge Hughes to fill, but congratulations on the job. Now, let's continue the work here. What is happening here in California? Tell me about this story.
Mark Trammell
Yeah. So Aurora Regino, her daughter, was in the fifth grade, she was actually 11 years old when an elementary school guidance counselor facilitated the social transition of Aurora's daughter from female to male without so much as a phone call to Aurora. So as a result of this egregious violation of Aurora's parental rights, we filed a lawsuit. We filed a lawsuit in federal court and unfortunately, the court dismissed the case. The court, I think, just absolutely got it wrong. And we. That caused us to appeal to the ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. We filed that appeal.
Glenn Beck
Hold on just a second. Why did they just dismiss it? What, what was their reason for just not hearing the case? Just dismiss it?
Mark Trammell
They dismissed it because the court reasoned that there was not a constitutional right violated. So in fact, what's really interesting is the response from the Court of appeals. So last year we filed an appeal at the ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. When you file that appeal, you have a three judge panel that. Here's the case. They came out just about a week or two ago and gave an opinion and they said the lower court applied the wrong standard. And this is what the standard that the lower court applied. They said that we failed to establish that there was a fundamental right violated because there was an existing precedent that clearly established that fundamental right, which is a ludicrous standard.
Glenn Beck
I mean, doesn't our Constitution say if it's not enumerated in the Constitution, it belongs to the state or the people?
Mark Trammell
It does. It does.
Glenn Beck
So we don't need an enumerated right to have control of our own family and counsel with our own children, right?
Mark Trammell
Correct. Correct. In fact, the ninth Circuit gave direction to the lower court and said, look, the standard that you applied is of course ludicrous. The standard that you should apply is this idea that there's a fundamental right if something is objectively deeply rooted in the nation's history and tradition. And so here the lower court expected us to point to precedent that said parents have a right to know and to consent to the social transition of their child in a public school setting. Well, of course there's not case law that says that, because this is a new phenomenon that's happening not just in California, but in states across the country where these parental secrecy policies are being implemented, being applied, where schools are really poisoning kids minds at a very young age, as early as kindergarten, with this idea of transgenderism and changing their gender. And it's all on this basis, this legal falsehood that kids have a right to privacy from their parents. It's completely a legal falsehood. So we are encouraged, we're encouraged that this case has been revived by the ninth Circuit, of all places. The ninth Circuit is getting this issue right, whereas we've seen some other circuits across the country get it wrong.
Glenn Beck
Can I ask you something? When did the 9th Circuit become like halfway sane? They've always been crazy. What happened there? There wasn't like an announcement. It's like we just slipped through a wormhole and all of a sudden they make sense what happened there.
Mark Trammell
Yeah, yeah. I mean, it is a. It's bizarre.
Glenn Beck
Makes me question everything. But anyway, go ahead.
Mark Trammell
You know, I'm not going to argue with it. If Circuit wants to revive this really important case, I'm happy. I'm really happy about it. And Glenn, I think what I would love to point out is just that last year Gavin Newsom signed AB 1955 into law in California. And he did that in response to conservative parents who ran for the school board. They got elected. And the first thing that they did was they passed notification policies. They said if a school starts facilitating the social transition of a child, they have to at least notify parents, not even necessarily get consent from parents, at least call them, let them know that this is happening. So in response to that, the Attorney General of California, Rob Bonta, actually sued the Chino Valley Unified School District and others as well to have those policies declared unconstitutional. He had some success doing that, but they signed this law. Gavin signed this law in AB 1955 that would strip school districts of the ability to even pass and implement such notification policies. They want to do all of this to kids behind closed doors and not let parents know. But Aurora's case is important because whereas AB 1955 is a state law, Aurora's case is a federal civil rights issue. Right. It arises under the constitution, under the 14th amendment. And so if a Rorris case is ultimately successful, it can pretty much gut 1955 in California and I think set a precedent that will be very persuasive across the country.
Glenn Beck
So we're looking at the decision that will come out is either that children have rights and can make decisions that are unrestricted or nearly unrestricted, or parents, their power over their children is nearly unlimited. Right?
Mark Trammell
Yes. And also another third actor in there is really the role of government run schools. Right. This idea that government run schools know better than parents what's in the best interest of their children. And so it's almost like this presumption that parents are nefarious, they're not going to support their children in a transition wherever people stand. And there are strong beliefs on both sides of this issue in the country. But you know, Aurora Regino, we certainly make this point in the papers we filed with the court. Aurora Regino stated she would have been supportive of her daughter's transition, but she was taken out of the equation altogether. She wasn't even given the opportunity to be part of it. And if she thought that this was actually inspired, if she thought that this was actually originating from her daughter and not being pushed upon her by the school would be a little bit different. So in fact, the first case, this is not the first case we've handled with this set of facts. The first case we handled was the case of Jessica Conan in Salinas, California. Jessica's daughter was in the same grade when teachers invited her to an equality club that met during the lunch hour. And it was the only extracurricular that wasn't after school. You know, if clubs meet after school, parents have to arrange for pickup. But if it's in the lunch hour during recess, these things can be kept secret from parents. And that case resulted in a settlement. We recovered damages for, for Jessica. But I think what has to continue to happen is when parents see this happening, they have to go to the school board, they have to shout them down. I mean, they really have to give it to them. If they're implementing these policies that violate parental rights, if they're being adversarial to parents in the way that they desire to raise their children and they have to run for school board, they have to win, they have to pass these notification policies, they have to stand up, they have to file these lawsuits, they have to fight back. And we're seeing this groundswell across the country. And as someone who's a parent myself, and really, really obviously because of the work that we do, interested in preserving these rights, it's really encouraging to see not only the movement toward parental rights, but also seeing that even courts in California are starting to get it right and come around to this idea that of course this is a fundamental right. I mean, when was it that a parent didn't have the right to name their child? Right? Like if the ninth Circuit Court of Appeal says that a fundamental right is deeply rooted in the history and tradition of a nation, parents have always had the right to give their child a name. And that right extends beyond the formation of the United States. And this is really across the spectrum of humanity. Parents have always given their children a name. Well, now schools are giving kids a new name, a new identity, new pronouns, all without so much as calling parents. That phenomenon has to stop. And the center for American Liberty is dedicated to ending it.
Glenn Beck
Wow. I never thought of the. I've never thought of it that way. About the power of the schools giving a new name to your children. That is as bad. Mark, thank you so much. When are we going to hear the results of this? When is this actually being argued and where are we going to hear the results?
Mark Trammell
So the 9th Circuit just gave this ruling, so they punted it back to the district court with direction. So, look, this is a slow process. We're probably months away from another ruling in this case. But we'll be sure to keep you up to date and you'll be the first to know.
Glenn Beck
Thank you very much. By the way, if you want to help them in their work, this one affects all of us in every state. Libertycenter.org libertycenter.org Mark Tremmel, thank you for joining us. You know, I have a friend who lives in Washington state who told me that the governor, look this up, see if he signed it yet, that the House and the Senate in Washington state has just passed a bill that says in an emergency, the state has complete right to your health. So in other words, it can do anything it wants. If there is a pandemic, they have complete right to make all the decisions for your health. And he loves living in Washington state. I mean, you know, there's some issues with it because he thinks like we do, but he loves it. I mean, it's where he grew up. And he's like, I can't, I can't. If the governor signs it, I can't live here. I can't have. I can't have that hanging over my head because they will use it. Why would you pass something like that? Do you see it?
Stu Burguiere
I'm looking and seeing bits and pieces here, but, you know, I don't know if it's exactly as described. I have to look into it. It's the first time hearing about it.
Glenn Beck
Yeah. I hadn't heard about it either. And he called me up this weekend. He's like, have you heard what's happening in Washington? I'm like, no. I mean, if that's true, if that's what's happening and find out if that's what's happening, could you live there?
Stu Burguiere
I mean, I suppose I could live there until an emergency started. And then leave.
Glenn Beck
Yeah. And then if they say nobody's leaving the state because of the emergency, you're stuck there. No, you don't have control of my health. You're not gonna know. No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
Stu Burguiere
They would have massive constitutional concerns, Problems with saying, hey, you can't leave the state. That's quite clear in the constitution. They can't do that. But, I mean, again, who knows? I suppose, though, you hit that standard and you're like, well, is there any place on earth I can live? Which is probably. No, it's.
Glenn Beck
That's. That's insane.
Stu Burguiere
You need to build a platform. Like, they get the guy off the coast of the uk you just, like, build a platform and have everyone come out and party. That's what you got to do. Yeah.
Glenn Beck
Have you seen that platform? It's not really. I mean, not where I want to live.
Stu Burguiere
No, no. But I'm saying I don't. And even there, they still, of course, all those things always get taken down in international waters.
Glenn Beck
I know.
Stu Burguiere
So, I mean, at some level, you can't protect against everything, I don't think. There's certainly no legal right for a state to keep you within a state, so that is at least something.
Glenn Beck
But, well, they don't have the right to tell you exactly what to put in your body and not put in your body what you have to take, what you not have to take. That is terrifying. Just terrifying. All right, back in just a second. You probably didn't notice the moment it happened, the moment your phone bill, the same one you've been paying for for years, became a funding stream for the things you don't believe in. Abortion groups, gender ideology, in schools, political candidates who would gladly silence your voice month after month without your permission, without even telling you the company you trusted to keep you connected was quietly cutting checks to the very causes, trying to tear your values apart. And maybe you felt that pull between convenience and conviction. You know what's easy and what is right. Sometimes it's hard. Patriot Mobile exists for that moment. They are America's only Christian conservative wireless provider with the same nationwide coverage that you're used to, but with a mission that actually aligns with your values. Every call you make, every text you send backed by a company that supports religious liberty, the right to life, and the Constitution. You don't have to make noise to take a stand. You just have to stop paying the people who are working against you. Switch from the big mobile companies, go to patriot mobile.com beck972patriot oh, did I tell you? You will save money and you'll get a free month of service. When you sign up, use the promo code. Beck@patriotmobile.com back 972 Patriot this is Glenn Beck. Jeez. So is it true in Washington state? This is what I heard. It passed the House and the Senate. It was going to the governor and they're thinking he's going to sign it. And it is a bill that says basically they can do everything they did in Covid, it's now codified and they can control your health.
Stu Burguiere
I would say, basically, yes, it's true. Obviously, that's not how they phrase it. They're not saying, oh, we're going to take over your health.
Glenn Beck
They're saying, no, no, they're here to help.
Stu Burguiere
They're here to help. But I would say it would be a bill that I would be worried about, certainly. And of course, I assume Jay Inslee is going to sign it because of course he will. Of course he will.
Glenn Beck
Of course he will.
Stu Burguiere
But that has not happened, however, so.
Glenn Beck
See, why would the state with Bill Gates in it want to be. I want to be doing that. I can't. But basically, just really quick, this is the world's most expensive intercom to my sister Michelle. Get the hell out of Washington state. I'm just saying now might be the time. Now might be the time.
Stu Burguiere
Maybe you could just borrow the Katy Perry, Gayle King, astronomy astronaut. You know, the ship and just whenever something happens, an emergency happens, just blast off into space and land somewhere else.
Glenn Beck
Right, right. It won't be very far away from where you took off, but it'll be four minutes of serious science. Yes, serious science. This is Glenn Beck. So you made it back from the camping trip. No bears ate you, no hunters shot you. You didn't drive in the river. You managed not to burn your tent to the ground with the campfire. Congratulations. Just one tiny little problem. And I do mean tiny. You came back with a parasite, huh? Here to talk to us about parasites? Is Stubergear an expert on parasites?
Stu Burguiere
Yeah, that's true. That's me. I don't know anything about medicine or doctors or anything. I don't.
Glenn Beck
You've been to space.
Stu Burguiere
I have not been to space.
Glenn Beck
Are you a doctor?
Stu Burguiere
I'm not a doctor. I can't even talk about. What I can say is that when you have an issue like that, you want to make sure you actually have the medication you need. And if you're. You're seeing the supply chain stuff that we've been talking about a lot as opposed to over the past few years with COVID and trade and everything else, you want to be sure you're prepared. And that's why the Jace case is great. Jase has their parasite use case, which is an emergency kit specifically designed to help you with that particular situation. It also has ivermectin, has other powerful medicines that I, you know, I can't even name, but will help you in your time of need. So check it out. It is jace.com jace.com j a s e dot com. The code is Beck. Get a checkout a discount right now. The code is beck. @jace.com.
Glenn Beck
Down the road where shadows hide Feel the dark on every side Stand your ground when times get down Gotta face the dog and embrace the fire the fusion of entertainment and enlightenment. This is the Glenn Beck program. Welcome to the Glenveck program. So who is the Maryland band? I don't know. All the searching I do back and forth. You get one thing and then you get another thing and then they argue with each other and you don't know who to believe. So we're going to get into that here in. In just a minute. I mean, I. So it's a little nerve. Nerve wracking. You know, I. I read a quote from Jefferson earlier this week and I've kind of. Of. I've kind of put this into today's terms. The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than a man who reads nothing but social media. So where are you getting most of your facts? Probably social media or, you know, Jefferson said, you know, a man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but the newspapers. So kind of the same thing today, though. I don't know what to believe. We'll go into that and so much more here in just a second. First I want you, I want to introduce you to Bob. All of a sudden, one day, out of the blue, Bob stopped falling asleep in the middle of dinner. He no longer snored through church. He didn't nod off during meetings, you know, during a power presentation that he was giving. Slowly, everyone around Bob started getting suspicious watching his behavior. As the days turned into weeks cleared. Clearly something was different. Bob was, was always tired every single day. His wife said he could, he could almost never get to sleep at night, no matter how hard he tried. Privately, she suspected witchcraft. Now, that's not something she told Bob out directly, but she did. She was suspecting witchcraft. Bob had actually discovered Z Factor from the makers of Relief Factor. It's not a drug, not even a witch's brew. No, just a blend of natural science supplements that will send people like Bob and you off into dreamland. These days. Not only Bob, you know, stay asleep at night, he gets to sleep faster, stays asleep throughout the night. And you know what? He, he doesn't sleep during the day. Be like Bob. First time Z Factor buyers will enjoy 46% savings. 1995 for a 30 day supply. 1995. Right now@Reliefactor.com for Z Factor 800, the number four relief. All right, so Stu, help me out on the, on, on the Maryland man.
Stu Burguiere
Because you talk about the Maryland father.
Glenn Beck
The Maryland father. The Maryland father.
Stu Burguiere
Why didn't you include that he's a father? Well, you have to include that he's.
Glenn Beck
A father father and he's an immigrant. You know, he's a husband and a husband. Okay, thank you. Well, there's something, there are some things that we know and some things that we don't know. You know, the, the media will, you know, for instance, his wife swore out of, you know, a protection order against him, you know, but, but only a couple of, you know, only a couple of them, you know, because he was apparently beating her. But, you know, that needs some, you know, that's, that's without any new nuance. I don't know. Do you need nuance with the, you know, the domestic abuse thing?
Stu Burguiere
Not really, no.
Glenn Beck
No, I really don't. You know, the one thing that, you know, I don't know, I don't know. We know that he entered the US Illegally. We don't know when he entered.
Stu Burguiere
Yeah, there's, there's Some reports between 2011 and 2014, some places are reporting both numbers correct.
Glenn Beck
He, we know that he was working as a roofer. Okay. We know that in 2019 he faced deportation proceedings in Baltimore but was granted a withholding of removal order so he couldn't be deported to el salvador. The ms.13 affiliation, that's unproven. It is based on some evidence, but weak, you know, unless you believe the informant. I mean, I mean, we had to believe every single whistleblower under Biden. But this one. No, no, this one, no.
Stu Burguiere
Yeah, they've really some documents too that are. That basically say that he was an MS.13. I mean, those are the, of course, essentially the accusations. Right. They come from the police. These are their observations of him. You know, that doesn't mean it went through. It was proven in a court of law or anything, but it was. This is what they believed. They believed they had. He was arrested, I believe, one time with someone who was a known MS.13 member.
Glenn Beck
That happens to all of us.
Stu Burguiere
Yeah, I mean, it happens to me all the time.
Glenn Beck
Yeah.
Stu Burguiere
You know, I was like, yeah, of course.
Glenn Beck
Yeah. But he's a good guy. I mean, we. We bowl every Tuesday night. You know, like, I got a couple's.
Stu Burguiere
Massage the other day with a known MS.13 member and in MS.13.
Glenn Beck
Right. Or a couple. No, I mean, the.
Stu Burguiere
The price is you get a discount.
Glenn Beck
You get a discount together.
Stu Burguiere
I mean, just. I mean, it is unlikely. It's not impossible, but unlikely that he was not affiliated with these. I will say, though, they don't have the greatest evidence of all time on this. This is not like an open and shut. We definitely know. I would say it's more likely than not. And again, the standard here when you are an illegal immigrant is you don't get all the constitutional protections.
Glenn Beck
Right.
Stu Burguiere
Like you're an illegally immigrant. And we do know for certain this is something that he has admitted he crossed into the country illegally, which is a crime that we know he has admitted to it. And there's no disagreement on whether he should have been really deported or not. Now, of course, the family is saying all sorts of things. His defenders are saying some stuff, but, like, there's no question that he could have been deported. The question was whether he should have been deported to El Salvador or not.
Glenn Beck
Yeah.
Stu Burguiere
And.
Glenn Beck
Well, he's from El Salvador, so I guess he could, you know, work that out. You know, El Salvador, when Trump was.
Stu Burguiere
President, they went through a hearing and said he shouldn't be deported to El Salvador. Now, I believe that this was based on this guy lying a lot and saying that his mother's pupusa stand was not papoose. Yes, it was being harassed. She was being harassed. Passed back in 2011.
Glenn Beck
Papusa isn't that what they. What? Native Americans carry their baby in, like, a pupusa stand or something? And that. That's a papoose. Well, that's a papoose.
Stu Burguiere
What's a papusa? Food, I guess it is a thick.
Glenn Beck
Wow. Don't cry. Don't. Don't cross those sculptures. It could get very dicey quickly. Sorry. Mistranslation. The baby. Wow. Sorry about that.
Stu Burguiere
That's just like when you mess up hummus and hummus. Like, there's only one letter. But there's a lot going on there.
Glenn Beck
It's a big difference.
Stu Burguiere
There's a couple letters. Okay, so a pupusa is a thick grilled or fried tortilla from El Salvador, typically made with cornmeal or rice flour and stuffed with various fillings like beans, cheese, or pork.
Glenn Beck
Don't really need to know all of this. You can stop it.
Stu Burguiere
That was the best part of the story. What are you talking about?
Glenn Beck
It's the papusa stand.
Stu Burguiere
It kind of sounds interesting. Okay, so her pupusa Stan was being harassed by a local gang. Again, this is his telling. And they were threatening to kill this guy. He left, and he believes if he goes back to El Salvador, they're gonna kill him. They're gonna kill him. Now, of course, the pupusa stand is not even open anymore. It doesn't even exist.
Glenn Beck
Yeah. So they're probably not carrying that grudge. Weird. Damn. Papusa stand still bothers me. I've been retired for 10 years, but still bothers me to this day. Let me. Let me ask you. If he was. Because he claimed that he had, you know, he was here for asylum, but he never claimed asylum until they arrested him. Then he was like, ah, have you heard the story of the pupusa style?
Stu Burguiere
Right. So it sounds awfully fishy to me.
Glenn Beck
Right.
Stu Burguiere
And if I were the immigration judge, I would probably not have said he cannot be deported to El Salvador. That being said, a judge, and this is when Trump was still president. This is not a Biden thing.
Glenn Beck
Okay. Yeah.
Stu Burguiere
Said you can't deport him there, so we probably should not have deported him there. By the way, this is something the Trump administration has admitted to. Admitted to making a mistake. That's okay. Oh, well, it sucks for the guy. And so this is why the family is upset about it. That being said, there's not a lot of evidence. He's a wonderful human being and should be treated as they are treating him.
Glenn Beck
Sure. Domestic violence, but that wasn't really proven.
Stu Burguiere
You know, it was just accused by his. By his Wife who's now so totally in love with him.
Glenn Beck
Like, now.
Stu Burguiere
It's, of course, you know, accused him of domestic violence before now. Can't believe this horrible government would take.
Glenn Beck
Walked into a door. It happens to me all the time. That's. Fell down the stairs. You know, that happens. Anyway, Patty Moran was. Well, her daughter was killed. And here's what she said yesterday from the White House. Listen to this. This. Tell the truth. Exactly. Tell the truth. Tell, like, how violent it really is. This is about protecting our children. It's more than just politics or votes or just anything.
Mark Trammell
It's about national security, protecting Americans, protecting our children.
Glenn Beck
Thank you. Thank you.
Stu Burguiere
Thanks.
Glenn Beck
Share your daughter's story. Tell the truth. And I think the country hears you loud and clear, so thank you. Does anyone have any questions for Patty or for me? No, no, no. No questions. No questions. Not going to ask the mom because I'll lose in that argument. Because it's not really about finding the truth. It's about fashioning an argument. And I'm not going to be the one that. That questions mom with the dead daughter. Yeah, that's what they were thinking. Nope. No questions here. Don't look at me.
Stu Burguiere
They're not interested.
Glenn Beck
Right.
Stu Burguiere
It's the same thing with, you know, Chris Van Holland, right?
Glenn Beck
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Stu Burguiere
Would you have known his name last week? No, I love this one because I. Chris Van Holland is a senator from a state. From a state. Right. Who would have. Who would have known?
Glenn Beck
Yeah.
Stu Burguiere
And not even that state.
Glenn Beck
I'm not even sure that the people in his state, I think, went to.
Stu Burguiere
The political media apparatus of this country and asked, who is Chris Van Hollen? 95% of them said, who? Yes, as of last week.
Glenn Beck
Yes.
Stu Burguiere
But what I. He's actually become my favorite part of the story, which is this pathetic attempt to take a vacation to El Salvador and try to free him or something. He's going to bring him back, and he goes to the. He goes to El Salvador and just nobody pays any attention to him. He's totally ignored. He's like. It's like if. If John Cusack went up and held up the. The. The. The boombox by the window and say anything, and the. The girl just wasn't home, you know, like, it's like. It's just a. Pathetic. What a loser this guy is. And he goes down there, gets absolutely nothing done. He flies all the way down there for them to tell him, what are you even doing here? No, we're not going to listen to you. Who are you, by the way. Who's Chris Van Hollen? And then the entire time, he's ignoring the families of people who have been murdered in his own constituents. Family members that have been murdered by illegal immigrants. They don't get calls. They don't get mentions on his Twitter. They get nothing. And he flies all the way down there to try to free this guy who is beating his wife, allegedly. And was here illegally. Not allegedly. He admitted that. And maybe most likely was a member of Ms. 13. Okay. We see the priorities of the left. This is what it is. Yes, they care about that type of person, but not the family who had their daughter or son or other family member murdered. They don't care.
Glenn Beck
Isn't it fascinating what they're choosing to stand for? I mean it really? I mean, you just can't. How do you argue? You're on the other side. Hang on just a second. So you're with the guy who came here illegally. Um, maybe we don't have everything rock solid here, but this is the pattern. Uh, and he's also not an American citizen, so, you know, ship him back. Um, but what. What. What you're standing up for, that's the most important out of all of the things that are going on. And you're not. You're reporting day and night, but you're not reporting on the mother who had her daughter killed, brutally killed. You're not reporting on that at all. Really? Wow, That's. That's incredible. Incredible. I mean, it just. You can't. You cannot make this stuff up.
Stu Burguiere
Also, I just want to let you know we're. We're three miles away from a pupusa stand.
Glenn Beck
Are we really?
Stu Burguiere
We can get papooses to the studio at any moment. You know, we are the babies or the. No, no, we don't want. We're not gonna. No. Why would we want the. We're not gonna bring the babies in. No.
Glenn Beck
Okay. All right. I just want to make sure, because I don't want you eating any babies.
Stu Burguiere
There's multiple.
Glenn Beck
I will. I've heard you. You look at babies, you're like, I gotta eat you up. And I'm like, no, don't do it, Stu. Don't do it. He's got. I got a whole stand of babies. You just eat them all up. Yummy, yummy, yummy, yummy, yummy. Yeah, I've. I've heard it from you. Oh, good. Eat that leg.
Stu Burguiere
You have. No.
Glenn Beck
Yep.
Stu Burguiere
No, that's you. You know, Glenn, I don't think people necessarily know that when you chose to move the Studios here to Texas. You decided to put them in the most diverse city in America. That is.
Glenn Beck
That's what I chose. That's what I chose. Where could we find where? What zip code is the mo. Most diverse in the entire country? I said that's where I want to build my studios. And lo and behold, they were built right here in 1982, and we occupied them since we got here.
Stu Burguiere
Well, you could have moved anywhere, and you moved to lit. I mean, this is actually true. Literally the most diverse city in America.
Glenn Beck
Do you have a pupusa stand within three miles?
Stu Burguiere
Probably not.
Glenn Beck
I can eat Korean barbecue, pupusa stuff.
Stu Burguiere
Indian food, Asian food. We can eat anything we want.
Glenn Beck
Anything we want right here. Barbecue. Yeah, whatever you want. Right here.
Stu Burguiere
Here.
Glenn Beck
Right here.
Stu Burguiere
But I'm afraid if we go to the Papua stand, that we will get. We get terrorized.
Glenn Beck
Oh, well, we get by a gang.
Stu Burguiere
Or will we just get a bunch of babies?
Glenn Beck
No, I think we'll get babies. I think they might terrorize us with a bunch of babies. Here, eat this. Wait a minute. I don't want to.
Stu Burguiere
A gang of babies?
Glenn Beck
Yeah, that's. That's what happens. It's the mean streets. It's the mean streets. This is. This is the life we live, you know? Don't cry for me, Argentina. Let me tell you about Tunnel to Towers. This country is not perfect, but it's still the greatest nation on Earth because the people who are willing to fight for it, to protect it, you know, when called to lay down their life or everything for it, they wear uniforms, they rush towards danger, they raise the right hand, they swear an oath to something bigger than themselves. And when tragedy strikes, when a first responder dies in the line of duty or a soldier doesn't come home, it's not just his family that is left behind. It's a debt. The Tunnel to Towers foundation exists to help pay that debt by honoring the sacrifice of America's heroes and supporting the families they leave behind. You know, we treat our armed forces, we treat our cops and firefighters. We just let our government take care of it, and they don't do anything. I mean, how many veterans have to die? I met two family members. Two on, two separate. I was giving a speech one night, and I was at a meet and greet thing the next night, and in separate cities and. And first night, somebody came up to me, brave, brave dad and tears in his eyes, and he said, look, I wasn't going to come, but I had to be here. I had to shake your hand and tell you about my son. My son was in the service. He just killed himself on Tuesday. Okay. The next day. And that just took my breath away. The very next day, I meet a mom who said the same thing. I'm here because my son, he killed himself. He was in the service. And we've got to stop. This is horrible. This is horrible. So what can we do? Tunnel to Towers is doing their part, and we could. If we want the government to do less, we have to do more. America's heroes have given so much. Together we can say thank you in a lasting and meaningful way. Please show your support. Donate $11 a month to Tunnel the Towers@t2t.org that's t the number2t.org 10 seconds, stationary. You know, because we're in the most diverse area in the country. You know, it's just the way we live. It's the way we roll. You know, this is our scene, if you will. You know, I. I just have to play something that, you know, it's happening in my life. Could we play. Can we play the insurgent video, please?
Stu Burguiere
What?
Glenn Beck
It's contradictory to the. The story or it's. It's not a lie. It's not a mistake, not an error. It's not something we have to apologize for. Our story was. Was contradictory to the facts. You still have somebody on your payroll that is still continuing to further. I mean, it just. It just goes on like this for a little while, and then there's some rap. Here we go. Can we play the rapid media in a way that you're arguably, Throttle me. Trump versus conservatives through targeting.
Topher
But it's Candace on Facebook or Steven Crowder on YouTube when it's far to ban your own president.
Glenn Beck
So don't question why I'm in the bad movie Move. I mean, this the way I roll. Pumping the jam and this. And that's not. That shows that I'm not really what. But anyway, I'm So. This is such My scene. That came out two years ago, and it did. Yeah. And somebody just brought to my attention, and I'm like, wait, I'm in a rap song. I gotta talk to this rapper. Because that's. I mean, that's what I. You know, this is my scene.
Stu Burguiere
This is your scene. I mean, it sounds authentic when you say it that way.
Glenn Beck
Right, right. I think he's gonna be impressed with me.
Stu Burguiere
Do you? No, no.
Glenn Beck
Not at all. Not at all.
Stu Burguiere
I mean, you have in the past on this program, you have performed a musical.
Glenn Beck
I have. I have.
Stu Burguiere
That was.
Glenn Beck
We actually did do that. We actually did do that. I got bored, really bored one week and I said to Stu, let's make a musical. And we did. The whole show is a musical.
Stu Burguiere
It was, people loved it.
Glenn Beck
They loved it. They've been clamoring. It's why you, you've heard so many other shows that have done it now. They were clamoring for more. Clamoring for more.
Stu Burguiere
Yeah. That was the only time we did it, actually. We've had many, many other opportunities, thousands of other shows.
Glenn Beck
It never comes to mind to do it again.
Stu Burguiere
Let's repeat that. Does experiment.
Glenn Beck
Never does.
Stu Burguiere
Never does. No.
Glenn Beck
But Topher, you know, you probably have been to his website, tophertown.com I have, yeah. He's, he's known professionally as Topher. He's an American rapper. And, you know, put, put me for some reason. And I don't think that helped his sales at all. But I just want to ask him, what, what, what, what, what were you thinking, honestly? And, you know, it is, it's Easter week, so I thought this would be a time to ask for forgiveness for torching any possibility of a credible career that he had. But. So we're going to talk to him in just a second. And more on the news of the day next. This is Glenn Beck. NMLS 182334 nmlsconsumeraccess.org APR for rates in the five starts at 6.799 for, well, qualified borrowers. Call 800-906-2440 for details about credit costs and terms. You know, I don't think he's ever heard of me. He's like a big deal on TikTok and stuff. He's like a big deal. And it's like, who, who's Glenn Beck? What? I put his. What? If you're feeling the pressure financially right now, you're not alone. Groceries cost more, gas cost more. Credit card balances keep growing. You pay them every month, but they keep growing. Somewhere in the middle of all of that, you're just trying to do the right thing. You're trying to pay your bills, provide for your family, keep your head above water. But debt is exhausting it. Not just, not just financially, but mentally, emotionally, physically. I mean, if you're in this situation, you probably are like, I don't want to even listen about this. The. Because you don't know what you don't know. You don't, you, you don't know a way out. You feel overwhelmed. But that doesn't solve anything. American financing, they can help you. They're not A bank. They're not some faceless lender. They're a family owned business that helps people just like you restructure your finance so you can breathe easier. In fact, you might, you know, you might be able to save up to $800 a month or even a thousand a month. 830, I think is what the average listener of mine saves every month. American financing. 8009-0624-4080-0906, 24, 40. It's American financing dot net. Welcome to the Glenn Beck Program. Topher had, he's a rapper. American rapper. He had the number one single in 2020, number one on the Billboard rap digital song sales chart, debut album, album. He, he came out with a. I'm sorry, I've just, I mean, I'm so hip. I just found out out he came out with another video and, and, and rap song and it included my voice and somebody brought it to my attention. Like, you know, you're a like really cool rap song. And I'm like, of course I'm on a really cool fill in the blank, you know, and I'm listening to it and I understand all the words of the rap. I, I don't have any idea what I'm talking about in it. I honestly, I was like, what the hell am I even talking about there? I don't see how it relates, but we have Topher on with us. He's a rapper and a songwriter and the creator of this song. Topher, how are you?
Topher
What's going on, Mr. Glenn?
Glenn Beck
Yeah, I'm right on time, aren't I? I'm right, right here. Right on time. Yeah. Yeah.
Topher
I was, I was hoping that you one day, you know, caught winning that song. I've always been a fan of your work.
Glenn Beck
Thank you. Thank you very much. You know, first of all, I'm sorry for any, any delay and also sorry, you know, the, for the, for any damage that I've done to your career by being on that song. But it wasn't my choice. That was just a bad choice by you. Let me, let me ask you. We are seeing so many changes in culture. Saturday Night Live, we talked about yesterday. Are you, are you seeing changes in the culture now? Is it different than when you made that song in 2022 or the, you know, the other climb in the charts in 2020?
Topher
Absolutely. And the reason why is you say you don't remember what you were talking about in that clip, but it was around the same time where we had the ultra censorship we saw from social media. And Mark Zuckerberg and all these people came out and said that the government was suppressing speech or they were to do so.
Glenn Beck
Yeah.
Topher
And so that's what you talking about. You have paid operatives that was, you know, spreading lies, and we still have that today. And so what that video I talked about was some of the things that were lies. But, you know, by the time the truth comes out six months later.
Glenn Beck
Yeah.
Topher
It's too late, you know, so many people to do something about it. And what's happening is because of this repeated cycle and pattern, people have started to see what we saw four years ago and they're starting to switch sides because, you know, it's one thing to be, be wrong, it's another thing to deceptively deceive somebody into believing the truth and then when they find out, they don't trust you anymore.
Glenn Beck
Yeah. Except they're not changing at all. It's so, it's the weirdest thing. You know, they, I don't know if they just believe the lies that they've been told themselves and then told themselves themselves or if they just don't care because the ends justify the means and they somehow or another think that their big platform, which isn't big anymore because of their lies, is somehow or another going to save them.
Topher
Well, you know, somebody, somebody once said that I take a lie to the grave and I think some of them have just decided to do that. But that's why we, you know, your, your show, Charlie Kirk and and other big conservative voices and influences have to keep, keep our, you know, quote unquote hands on their necks. Right.
Glenn Beck
Yeah.
Topher
So we can continue to choke out some the lies and shake loose the truth that has been suppressed for so many years so people can deal with it. You know, I'm a firm believer in, you know, trying to fight confirmation bias and, and really know and get to know the truth. Because it's hard to build relationships, hard to unite if, if what we're building is based on false reality.
Glenn Beck
Yeah.
Topher
Not true. You know, so even if the truth, I can't stand it. So someone once said it says the truth will offend you only once, but a lie will offend you or upset you every time you remember it. So just give me the truth.
Glenn Beck
The, you know, when I look at music, I, I, I look back to the 60s and it was, the message was everywhere. I mean, it was, you know, peace and love and everything. Sex, drugs, all of it was everywhere in every song almost. And the left had really captured it. And it was a different message than it is now, but it still was the, the message of a movement. You hear, you hear songs today on the radio and it's almost completely disconnected from what's really happening in America, except for a few. But it's there. Is there? It's like they've, they've, they captured the government, they captured all the controls of power, but. And they captured Hollywood and kept it. But for some reason. Why, why isn't the, the music industry involved in everything that's going on?
Topher
Well, I think it, they play a part, you know, just kind of just like Hollywood in the entertainment industry as a whole, you know, even in sports.
Glenn Beck
Right.
Topher
Because, you know, for the super bowl was the only time they removed Black Lives Matter, you know, or in racism. So you see this all around. And what I'm starting to see is when you get a strong leader like we have now, people are more emboldened to be or less likely to acquiesce to demands.
Glenn Beck
Yes.
Topher
You know, and so we're starting to see that pushback. Even you, you know, United Kingdom and countries across the world starting to like, okay, there's only two genders now. You know, Trump has come out and stood against it and.
Glenn Beck
Right.
Topher
House organizations that just needed someone that's they can look up to and they feel like has their back. They know it's wrong, but they need to know somebody has their back. Because, I mean, when you own a corporation or you have a, you're in charge of a large organization, you can't just be petty in your ethics.
Mark Trammell
Right.
Topher
In your morality. So sometimes you gotta think about somebody else's livelihood and families and kids. But when you can be in a position, now that we have somebody this strong administration now, you can be like, I, I can take on some of the risk without having the same blowback I had before.
Glenn Beck
Do you think that people are, that are changing these corporations, you think it's real lasting or is it just a. Well, we're just gonna say this now and hopefully our guy will get back in and we'll be back to business.
Topher
Oh, it's all about the money. So I don't, I don't trust them as far as I could throw them. I know they're just looking at the money. But that being said, while they're doing this, we need to take advantage of this.
Glenn Beck
Yes.
Topher
Of this spin, you know, so when the next four years come around, they won't be as enticing, enticed to go to the other side as they, as they previously had. Because we want to make sure that we're in positions of power, we're in positions of influence and control to where they still will, you know, listen to what we design, things like that, you know, it's just we got to do better, you know, as a society, as a people. And I'm glad to see things start to turn around, but we cannot let up.
Glenn Beck
How do you think the president's doing so far?
Topher
So far, it's some good things that I'm happy about. You know, I'm happy about the Title nine, that he's going strong against these college universities and institutions, making sure that we keep men out of women's sports. I'm glad about the borders. I mean, I think February we have one cash and release, which is incredible.
Glenn Beck
Yeah.
Topher
You know, I'm happy about the terrorists, and I know everyone's complaining because of increase this increase that. I'm like, the terrorists are forcing countries to the negotiation table, you know, and that's what it's all about. He knows that. He doesn't want to make this permanent. So I like that about it.
Glenn Beck
It.
Topher
Companies are coming back and rebuilding infrastructure, manufacturing plants in the U.S. jobs are returning. So I love that. And, you know, it's just. To me, he's doing a great job. Within the first 100 days, we'll have to see what it looks like from a year from now. Yeah, we just. We just got to give it time. You know, we can't expect the world to change in three months. If it did, then it tells me that my whole idea of what it means to be president and how government ran has been false. If he can change the world in three months, what have we been doing?
Glenn Beck
I know.
Topher
These last decades.
Glenn Beck
Well, you know, I've told this story before, Stu. You remember when I went to meet with George Bush to get yelled at in the Oval Office? He wasn't happy with me one day, and he said he tried to make me feel better. It was the day that Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton was still winning against Barack Obama. And Barack Obama said, you know what? I would just fly planes into Pakistan. I just bombed Pakistan. At that time, they were an ally. And I said, what? What? What? What? What do you. Mr. President, before I leave, what do you. What do you. What do you make of that? And to make me feel better. And it made me feel much worse. He said, glenn, don't worry. Whatever happens, whoever gets into this office, when they sit behind this chair, they'll have the same people advising them that have advised me, and they'll realize the president's hands are tied that you really can't do very much as president. And so have a good day. And I walked out of there and I was like, oh, my gosh, that is not comforting at all. That's why we keep getting the same stuff. And I think that's what Donald Trump found out in 16. And that's why he's able to make so many moves this time, is because he knew that. And he cleared all of those people out, or as many as he could in his second term.
Topher
Absolutely. And that's why I was so ecstatic about his second return. And, you know, I've been, I went to a lot of his campaign runs and rallies and, and I just, that's what I knew. That's why he has people who came from the left. I mean, Tulsa, Gabbard. Yeah, no, you know, like Elon Musk, some other people who was on the fence. RFK Jr so many people that came from that side. Because he's willing to just get people who want to get something done.
Glenn Beck
Yes.
Topher
You know, you didn't, you, you don't see this. This is something different from any administration we've seen the last, what, 10, 20 years, you know, and so when people say that he's polarizing, he doesn't want to hear from anybody else. I'm like, he's literally the guy listening to everyone.
Glenn Beck
Yeah.
Topher
And he's trying to make America great again, you know, for everyone. And I'm hoping that people, once again, people, calm down. Just give us some time, be patient. It's going to be our right, you know, it's gonna be fine.
Glenn Beck
Topher, great. Great to talk to you. Thank you so much. Hope to talk to you again.
Topher
Appreciate that, Glenn.
Glenn Beck
You bet. Bye. Bye. Let me tell you about our sponsor this half hour. Stories coming out of Israel right now, some of them really hard to hear, hard to hear about the elderly Israelis that don't have food, children, you know, having to hide, you know, from random rocket fire. Families forced to flee their homes again with nothing but what they can carry. For them, fear is a daily reality. But it's amazing how courageous the Israelis are. They really don't live in fear. They just, they just live through it. You know, in the middle of the heartbreak, there is hope, and it often is coming from people like you in this, in this audience. The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews is on the ground every day in Israel, every single day, delivering food, medicine, shelter, comfort to those in desperate need. Many of them are elderly survivors of past horrors now facing new Threats in the very land they prayed to see restored. Your gift, whatever you can give becomes groceries for that person, safety for a child. It's a tangible reminder to God's people that they're not alone. This is what faith looks like in action. So join me with the fellowship of Christians and Jews and show the Jews in Israel that we as Christians aren't the same as we were before. Give a gift to bless Israel and her people by visiting supportifcj.org that's one word. Supportifcj.org or call 888-888-488 ifcj. You ever seen a liberal's hands smoother than a snake on oil. Guess they're more worried about the meaning of the word retarded than the word work. Glenn Beck, we'll be welcome to the program.
Stu Burguiere
So by the way, the papusas are on the way, people.
Glenn Beck
Are they really?
Stu Burguiere
No, I have ordered them. They are coming. They're going to be here, I think right after the end of the show. I mean, I'm watching Walk yet.
Glenn Beck
Or are they.
Stu Burguiere
No, no, this, this the food again, Glenn. This is, it's like three. They're less than three miles away. They're in a car. We're on our way to our.
Glenn Beck
So we're eating babies. Anyway, you know, there, there's a story that we're going to hit tomorrow, you know, that, that happened on a Sunday morning, just last Sunday morning, 2:50 in the morning, standing in the shadows of the governor's residence in Harrisburg. Guy named Cody, Cody Ballmer. He, he decided that he, he wanted to kill Josh Shapiro and the governor and his family because he's a monster. He's a monster to all the Palestinians. And he said, I can't sit idly by while his crimes go unchecked. My friends were killed and murdered because they dared to speak for Palestine. And Shapiro, with his Jewish faith, his unwavering support for Israel, his, his, he's complicit in genocide and, and I'll scream it until my last breath, you know, I'm standing for justice and the oppressed and for the oppressed and for the voiceless. So he was going to be a voice for everybody.
Stu Burguiere
Are you, are you standing for that? That's interesting.
Glenn Beck
That's what he. Yeah, well, yeah, of course he was.
Stu Burguiere
I'm sad that his voice is being silenced. Silenced because I heard so much about the potential possible. Didn't seem all that serious when you looked at the details. Kidnapping of Gretchen Whitmer.
Glenn Beck
Yeah, that was weird.
Stu Burguiere
I think about that everywhere for a.
Glenn Beck
Very, very long time. Yeah, they. They were going to kidnap her and kill her. They didn't. In fact, it turns out that whole case was thrown out because it looks like there were more FBI agents involved than anybody else. But that, that. They, they. Man, they made a big deal out of that for what, a year? At least a year. Until then. They had the January 6th thing, which strangely, you know, had the same FBI people involved, but don't look there at all. That was a big deal. That was a really big deal with Governor Whitmer, who they didn't get. This guy actually broke into the house, set the house on fire. The family was there. Nobody. Nobody seems to care.
Stu Burguiere
No one seems to care. And you know what? I have a sneaky suspicion that if it was some Proud Boys member, you.
Glenn Beck
Think they're covering it?
Stu Burguiere
I think we'd be hearing a little bit more. But since it happens to be that this guy, who, by the way, is a leading Democratic presidential candidate, potentially is Jewish, and the perpetrator here is aligned with the Hamas wing of the Democratic Party, all of a sudden, we're not hearing much about it at all. Doesn't seem to be much of a priority at all. Not a big deal at all. That's fascinating. And I know. My hope is, Glenn, that this potential murderer will not be lionized like the United Healthcare murderer was, because he's not quite as attractive. So I'm hoping that maybe we'll avoid the cultish behavior toward him. But it is fascinating to see how these things turn out.
Glenn Beck
This is one of these things that if you happen to be a Democrat, you have to ask yourself, wait a minute. That doesn't. Why? Why isn't? Why? Why, why aren't. Why aren't people making a bigger deal out of that? I wonder.
Stu Burguiere
Why am I in the. Are we the baddies? Might be a question you want to ask yourself.
Glenn Beck
Yeah.
Stu Burguiere
Is that us? Are we the ones?
Glenn Beck
Yeah.
Stu Burguiere
Huh.
Glenn Beck
Just wanna.
Stu Burguiere
By the way, that that skit, the Baddies, comes from wearing Nazi uniforms, also closely aligned with the Hamas wing of the Democratic Party.
Glenn Beck
This is Glenn, Becky.
Podcast Summary: The Glenn Beck Program
Episode Title: The Media’s LYING to You About the 'Wrongfully Deported Maryland Man'
Guests: Mark Trammell & Topher
Release Date: April 17, 2025
Host: Glenn Beck
Network: Blaze Podcast Network
Timestamp: [05:20] – [08:59]
Glenn Beck begins the episode with a sincere apology to Stu Burguiere for mocking women astronauts in a previous segment. Acknowledging his mistake, Beck introduces Gayle King, who counters his earlier remarks.
Notable Quotes:
King emphasizes the scientific and inspirational value of space missions, clarifying that endeavors like those by Blue Origin aim to benefit Earth by managing waste through space. Beck, however, remains skeptical, questioning the feasibility of such plans and sarcastically suggesting that shooting nuclear waste into space is a viable solution.
Beck's Satirical Comparison: Beck humorously compares his limited experience to that of astronauts, claiming he could be as heroic as historical figures like Alan Shepard or fictional characters like Dorothy, highlighting the disparity between trained astronauts and commercial space travelers.
Timestamp: [84:56] – [80:22]
The conversation shifts to pressing issues regarding parental rights in the context of gender identity in schools. Mark Trammell, CEO of the Center for American Liberty, joins the show to discuss a landmark case involving Aurora Regino and the unauthorized social transition of her daughter in a California school.
Notable Quotes:
Trammell explains that the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recognized the fundamental right of parents to be informed about significant decisions affecting their children, challenging the lower court's dismissal of the case. He emphasizes the need for parental involvement and consent in matters of a child's social transition, arguing against the expanding role of schools in making such decisions without parental input.
Implications: The potential revival and success of this case could redefine parental rights nationwide, influencing how educational institutions handle sensitive issues related to gender identity and parental consent.
Timestamp: [105:46] – [117:43]
Topher, an American rapper, joins Glenn Beck to discuss the evolving cultural landscape, particularly focusing on media censorship and the suppression of certain narratives. Topher highlights the challenges artists face when their messages clash with dominant cultural or political agendas.
Notable Quotes:
Topher criticizes how misinformation and censorship on social media platforms impede genuine discourse and relationship-building. He advocates for transparency and truthfulness, stressing the importance of combating confirmation bias to foster unity and understanding.
Impact on Society: Both Beck and Topher express concern over how media control by certain entities limits free expression and perpetuates divisive narratives, advocating for a resurgence of honest and uninhibited communication.
Timestamp: [90:39] – [103:53]
The core focus of the episode centers on the case of a man from Maryland who was wrongfully deported. Glenn Beck and Stu Burguiere dissect the complexities of his case, including accusations of domestic violence and alleged affiliations with MS-13, an international gang.
Notable Quotes:
Beck questions the media's portrayal of the man, stressing that accusations were not fully substantiated in court and highlighting potential biases in reporting. The discussion touches on the challenges immigrants face within the legal system, especially those who enter the country unlawfully.
Legal and Ethical Considerations: The conversation underscores the need for fair treatment of immigrants, the importance of verifying allegations before publicizing them, and the broader implications of wrongful deportations on families and communities.
Timestamp: [43:17] – [66:56]
Glenn Beck and Stu Burguiere delve into the impact of NAFTA on the United States, particularly focusing on trade deficits with Mexico and Canada. They analyze how free trade agreements have led to significant job losses and economic challenges for American workers.
Notable Quotes:
Beck presents a critique of free trade, arguing that while it benefited countries like Mexico and Canada, it adversely affected American industries and workers. They discuss the complexities of implementing tariffs and the political resistance faced when attempting to correct trade imbalances.
Economic Impact: The analysis highlights the long-term consequences of trade agreements on domestic employment, the erosion of manufacturing bases in the U.S., and the necessity for policy reforms to prioritize American economic interests.
Timestamp: [117:43] – [127:41]
As the episode progresses, Beck and Burguiere engage in lighter, albeit satirical, banter about local cultural elements such as pupusas and the challenges of managing diverse culinary influences in their studio location. They also touch upon personal anecdotes and humorous exchanges related to their experiences.
Notable Quotes:
Additionally, the conversation circles back to the main theme of media misinformation, with Beck expressing frustration over conflicting reports and the difficulty in discerning fact from fiction.
Closing Remarks: The episode concludes with discussions on ongoing political and social issues, emphasizing the need for truth, transparency, and the protection of individual rights amidst a rapidly changing cultural and political landscape.
In this episode, Glenn Beck navigates through a myriad of topics ranging from space exploration misconceptions and parental rights in education to the repercussions of international trade agreements and immigration policies. With insightful discussions featuring guests like Mark Trammell and Topher, the program underscores the importance of truth, fairness, and national integrity in shaping American society. Beck's blend of humor, critique, and earnest dialogue offers listeners a comprehensive look into contemporary issues affecting the nation.
Note: This summary intentionally omits advertisements, promotional segments, and non-content discussions, focusing solely on the substantive conversations and key themes presented in the episode.