The Shocking Origins of the Deep State Finally Exposed | Guests: Amb. Monica Crowley & Rep. Chip Roy | 2/18/26

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The Glenn Beck Program

Episode: The Shocking Origins of the Deep State Finally Exposed
Date: February 18, 2026
Guests: Amb. Monica Crowley & Rep. Chip Roy

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Overview

This episode of The Glenn Beck Program delves deeply into current geopolitical tension in the Middle East—specifically the escalating situation with Iran—alongside an exploration of the hidden history and evolution of the American "Deep State." Glenn is joined by Ambassador Monica Crowley, who draws parallels between Nixon-era machinations and today’s political climate, and Rep. Chip Roy, who discusses immigration, the cultural war, governmental shutdowns, and the future of the conservative movement. The episode is rich with historical insight, warnings about institutional power, and a rallying call for civic engagement.

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Key Segments, Themes, and Insights

1. Iran Tensions: Will the U.S. Enter a Major War?

[03:26–17:58]

• Segment Focus: Breaking down U.S. military buildup in the Middle East and Axios reporting on Trump moving toward war with Iran. Glenn and chief researcher Jason Butrill examine what this could mean for Americans.
• Key Discussion:
  • Massive U.S. military mobilization in the region: 150 cargo flights of weapons, 50 fighter jets dispatched ([03:26]).
  • Possible "broader regional war" mainly executed as an air campaign, not a ground invasion ([07:18]).
  • "Every 12 hours or so, we're doubling what we're sending... a scenario that's very real." —Jason Butrill ([07:50])
  • Potential closure of the Strait of Hormuz and threat of Iranian sleeper cells globally ([09:30]).
  • Trump’s aversion to long, drawn-out wars and the complexities of regime change in Iran.
  • Parallels drawn to previous military conflicts, advances in U.S. military technology, and the role of cyber warfare ([13:30]).
  • Speculation on consequences: destabilization, oil market disruption, internal Iranian pressures, and sectarian struggles post-conflict.

2. The Rise and Role of the Deep State

[44:09–58:39]

• Segment Focus: Monica Crowley, former Nixon aide and Trump administration official, contextualizes the "deep state" by tracing its origins and development from Watergate to current times.
• Key Discussion:
  • Nixon learned from Eisenhower's warnings about the "military-industrial complex," now recognized as the deep state ([46:51]).
  • Nixon’s deliberate concentration of foreign policy power within the executive, leading to mistrust and surveillance by military/intelligence officials (“military spy ring in the White House”) ([50:04]).
  • Startling claim: "Of the seven Watergate defendants, six were linked to the CIA, and the other to the FBI... Bob Woodward was a Naval Intelligence officer read into the spy ring" ([51:59] Crowley).
  • Nixon’s self-sacrifice to “preserve the integrity of the military and the presidency,” letting the deep state narrative stand ([53:13-56:20]).
  • Historic roots of the deep state going back to Woodrow Wilson, globalist networks, and how modern presidents like Trump face and attempt to dismantle them.
  • "When Donald Trump comes back this time around, he's so much wiser... dismantling our deep state and the globalist deep state brick by brick." —Monica Crowley ([53:13]).

3. The War at Home: Immigration, Sharia Law, and Political Gamesmanship

[25:01–37:23]

• Segment Focus: Rep. Chip Roy joins to discuss debates about Islamification, the split between Muslims and “Islamists,” and strategies for countering creeping threats to constitutional values.
• Key Discussion:
  • Highlighting the advance of Sharia law and so-called “no-go zones” in Texas ([25:47]).
  • Distinctions between peaceful Muslims and Islamists opposed to the Constitution ([27:14], [28:02]).
  • Desire for legal scrutiny of organizations like CAIR and the Muslim Brotherhood, which are described as pursuing the “Islamification of America” ([28:02-29:32]).
  • Roy’s view that the focus should be on defending American culture and constitutional law, supporting “peace through strength” in foreign policy, but resisting unnecessary military conflict ([29:53]).
• Government Shutdown and Political Tactics:
  • ICE shutdown: Impacts mainly DHS, not ICE directly; implications for airports and political maneuvering surrounding the SAVE America Act ([31:18–37:23]).
  • Explanation and defense of a talking filibuster as a return to authentic Senate procedure ([34:08]), with Roy lampooning Democrats: "Most of them are over like 97... half of them like it’s a nursing home." ([36:12–36:16])

4. Cultural, Historical, and Civic Reflections

[68:37–75:36]

• **Glenn Beck shares a moving story about Abraham Lincoln’s assassination and the little-known role of Elizabeth Keckley, a former slave and confidant to Mary Todd Lincoln, to highlight the importance of history, humility, and continuity in American life.
• Inclusion of an original song dramatizing Keckley’s devotion and the grieving aftermath of Lincoln’s death.
  • “A woman stitched the nation’s wounds with every thread she’d sew…” ([75:36])

5. AI, Consciousness, and Social Change

[107:55–119:38]

• Discussion of claims by AI firm Anthropic that they’re no longer sure if their chatbot "Claude" is conscious.
• Glenn warns this is mostly marketing, but cautions listeners about a future where people may demand “rights” for their AI agents.
• Detailed argument about how AI will become so personal and anthropomorphic that people may lose agency or even advocate politically for their “own” machines ([107:55–119:38]).
  • “At what point...do you start saying it’s alive and we have to let it out?...We are slave owners…” — Glenn Beck ([107:55])
• Raises further questions about Meta’s patent for a posthumous AI poster—framing it as the first step toward "living forever" digitally.

6. The True Meaning of Ash Wednesday

[85:35–95:50]

• Glenn explains the roots of Ash Wednesday as a universal, humbling ritual with lessons for all—reminding listeners, “You are temporary. From dust you came and to dust you’ll return.”
• Parallels drawn between spiritual humility and the humility needed in public and political life.

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• On the Iran situation:
  • “Every 12 hours or so, we’re doubling what we’re sending ... it’s pretty remarkable.” —Jason Butrill ([07:50])
  • “All you have to do is just buy time ... Trump knows that.” —Glenn Beck ([19:58])
• On the Deep State and Nixon:
  • “He was excluding the military, ... the CIA, they're all going crazy, Glenn, because he's keeping all of the secrets to himself.” —Monica Crowley ([50:04])
  • “The five Watergate burglars ... six were linked to the CIA, and the other one to the FBI. ... Bob Woodward was a Naval Intelligence officer ... planted as a ‘journalist.’” —Monica Crowley ([51:59])
• On Trump vs. Deep State:
  • “Donald Trump ... is dismantling our deep state and the globalist deep state brick by brick. ... He’s cutting off their sources of funding, which are all illicit and very dark.” —Monica Crowley ([53:13])
• On talking filibuster:
  • “No, you’re not changing the filibuster. You’re actually restoring it ... We need Mr. Smith to go back to Washington.” —Glenn Beck ([34:08])
• On AI:
  • “At what point...do you start saying it’s alive and we have to let it out? ... We are slave owners. ... That is not far-fetched and it is not far away.” —Glenn Beck ([107:55])
• On mortality and humility:
  • “Ash Wednesday doesn’t care. ... Your life is short, dude. What are you going to do with the very limited time ... before you return to dust and ashes?” —Glenn Beck ([95:50])

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Major Timestamps

• 03:26 – U.S. military buildup and rising Iran tensions
• 13:30 – Cyber warfare and possibilities in future conflicts
• 25:47 – Chip Roy on Islamification and constitutional values in Texas
• 31:18 – ICE shutdown analysis and political impacts
• 44:09 – Monica Crowley on Nixon, Watergate, and the Deep State
• 51:59 – Bombshell details: Watergate, CIA/FBI, Bob Woodward's alleged background
• 53:13 – How Trump is confronting the Deep State today
• 68:37 – Lincoln/Keckley historical vignette and song
• 85:35 – The meaning and legacy of Ash Wednesday
• 107:55 – AI consciousness, social dilemmas, and digital immortality
• 121:21 – AI adoption questions and Glenn’s response on humanizing technology

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Tonal Notes

• Engaged, urgent, occasionally humorous (e.g., ribbing about the Democrats' ages, Glenn’s medical “credentials”).
• Deeply skeptical of mainstream narratives, government motives, and technological utopianism.
• Emotionally compelling when telling American historical stories.
• Patriotic, civic-minded, always advocating for engagement and vigilance.

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Summary for New Listeners

This episode of The Glenn Beck Program is a sweeping conversation connecting today’s political struggles—border security, government shutdown maneuvering, deepening geopolitical crisis with Iran—with the hidden history behind the term “deep state,” as exposed through never-before-discussed insights from the Nixon era. Monica Crowley offers explosive revelations comparing Watergate to Russiagate, and reveals the playbook being used against Trump. Chip Roy provides on-the-ground perspective on culture wars and Senate tactics. Interwoven throughout are warnings and philosophical questions about technology, the meaning of history, and the enduring humility required by Ash Wednesday.

If you seek unfiltered perspectives on history, politics, and American renewal, this is a can’t-miss episode.

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[Jason Butrill]

Yes.

[Glenn Beck]

I mean, I just, just so much to go over here. It's also President's week, but I want to start with fcc. But before we get to that, Axios has just come out and said Trump is moving closer to a major war with Iran. I think most people are falling asleep on this one and I don't even know what that means. We're going to bring Jason in on this. He is chief researcher and also he, this is, this is his, this is his expertise. Is the world going to war? I want to see what he thinks that means because we have just, in the last 24 hours, we have moved 150 US military cargo flights and move weapons and ammunition in the Middle East. In the past 24 hours, another 50 fighter jets, F35s, F22s and F16s have headed to the region. There is a massive buildup going on. What does it all mean and what does it mean to you in 60 seconds? First Patriot Mobile. You wouldn't sit down at your kitchen table and write a check to Planned Parenthood, right? Drop it in the mail. Of course you wouldn't. Here's the uncomfortable truth. If you're using one of the major wireless carriers, there's a good chance a portion of the money you send them every month ends up supporting causes like Planned Parenthood. That's just one example. Most of us don't think about our phone bill as a values decision. Just this automatic routine. It's just another payment. But it is a values decision. Patriot Mobile is America's only Christian conservative wireless provider. And they're intentional about where their support goes. Defending the first and Second Amendments. In fact, the entire Bill of Rights standing up for the sanctity of life, backing our military veterans, our first responders, our cops, ice. You're already paying for cell service. The question is, is your money quietly working against your beliefs? Stand with Patriot Mobile. Switching to Patriot Mobile isn't just about coverage. It's about cons and your values. Patriotmobile.com they're going to make it really easy. Patriotmobile.com Beck or you can call 972 Patriot 972- Patriot. Use the promo code. Beck. You get a free month of service. Patriotmobile.com Beck Jason Butrill is with us. He is the host of. What do we call this show again, that you do every day?

[Jason Butrill]

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[Glenn Beck]

It's Torch, Torch Insider Show. Okay. And you do all the behind the scenes. So when we go into commercial break, you go and give further detail on what we're talking about. The stuff I'm just not going to have time to do on the national show. And once in a while, I pop in and we get a lot of information from you, from the insiders and every day. And you can join that just by joining the torch@glenn beck.com torch I wanted to bring you in because I've been hearing you talk, you know, every day about watch Iran, watch Iran. You've been saying something is coming, what looks like it may be coming. I mean, Trump never bluffs. He makes promises. And he made a promise that you start killing, you know, supporters and people who are out on the street, you're gonna have hell to pay. Then it kind of changed to. After they killed 35,000 people, it kind of changed to, well, let's see if we can work a deal out with you. And I believe that this is him just showing the rest of the world, and especially the Middle east, we tried everything we could and they cannot have nuclear weapons. And we tried and tried and tried, gave it our best effort, and they refused. So now we got to go in. But what does a major war. This is what Axios is reporting. Trump moving closer to a major war with Iran. What does that mean, Jason?

[Jason Butrill]

It means a broader regional war is what we're looking at here. I think it'll be primarily an air war, the likes of which we haven't seen since the Gulf War. That's what we're looking at right now, because you mentioned over the past 24 hours, the additions of military equipment moving into the region over the last 12 hours. Really, every 12 hours or so, we're doubling what we're sending or what's arriving into the area. So this is extremely significant.

[Glenn Beck]

All that military hardware, 12 hours, we're doubling it?

[Jason Butrill]

Pretty much. Pretty much. I mean, I'm sure that will, like, taper off, but, I mean, every time I look at this, there's graphics, I'm looking at it, and it's like, oh, my gosh, that's twice as what it was before. It is pretty. It's pretty remarkable, the amount of hardware that's moving. But when you look at a broader regional war, you're going to see a lot of conflicting information on here, because this is where the Middle Eastern geopolitics comes in and it's very, very dirty. So on one hand you've got the Saudis who do not love the Iranians. The Saudis will be drawn into this, including every other Gulf monarchy over there. But what they have now is this interesting, I guess, conundrum. The conundrum looks like this. So everyone over there agrees that the Iranians are disruptive, they're causing problems in their own countries. They have broad ambitions to do way, way more to dominate the entire region. But on one hand, the status quo shows that they don't have to, they don't have to compete with Iranian oil right now. And there are significant reserves of oil and gas in Iran. But right now they don't have to compete with it, they dominate it. Iran's portion of that stockpile is sanctioned and not a lot of it comes out. So what the Saudis and the rest of them are looking at right now is suddenly a scenario that's very real, especially if this war breaks out, that now they are, they're at a significant disadvantage that they didn't have before. Now they have to compete with Iran, with oil prices, gas prices, everything. So everything is about to change. But all of our military bases that are all over the Middle east, they will be involved in this. We need to start looking at what this looks like in terms of, you know, Iran's about to go. If we are correct that the war is about to happen soon, the world is about to go into, Iran is about to go into regime survival mode which everything that they have planned over the past since 1979 to maintain control and power, they are now going to put those into effect. What does that mean? That means the Strait of Hormuz, which the Iranians just signaled that just a couple of days ago when the talk started, they shut down the Strait of Hormuz briefly or portions of it for a live fire exercise. Now that was a signal to we still have that trump card. We will shut down the Strait of Hormuz if our regime is coming under attack. We also know that they have sleeper cells all over the world. We know that they're in South America. We don't know how significant of a threat that is. We don't know if we're prepared for that. But you can better believe that the Iranians will look at all those options once this happens. But this will be primarily a large massive air campaign to take out the ability for Iran to shoot long range missiles, to shut down the Strait of Hormuz and to do Whatever else they want, it's going to take a while. This is not Venezuela. This will take a while. So go ahead.

[Glenn Beck]

Here's the thing I know about Trump, though. He doesn't do long drawn out war. He's against that. So how is he being advised on this? Because he knows if he gets into a long drawn out war, it's going to be horrible for him. Horrible. So what do you think his advisors are saying? Don't worry, Mr. President. What is Raisin Cain saying? Don't worry, Mr. President, we're going to do this. So it's not that I don't think.

[Jason Butrill]

That he is saying don't worry, Mr. President, because there are way too many, there are way too many variables with an attack such as this. And a lot of things are on a lot of the, a lot of options and cards they are any have to play will be involved here. That's why I think there's so much hardware moving there. They've been very surprising in how they deal with military or kinetic strikes. They use subterfuge. They attack when people don't expect them to attack. They do things that are just completely unexpected and that's what's thrown a lot of world leaders kind of off kilter. They don't really know what to expect. So they're very, very, very good at it. So I think anything I'm dreaming up right now or any other expert, it's probably going to be something vastly different than what we're expecting because again, they are good. We also don't know what their capabilities are. I do think, Glenn, that if this is going to be a major regional war, if the stakes are as high as potentially regime collapse and regime change, which your conversation with the Crown Prince sounds like, if this commences, the ground troops being the Iranian people will come out, there is a very real shot that the regime does come down.

[Glenn Beck]

I think they don't have any weapons. They have no weapons. So unless you get the irgc, the Islamic Republican Guard to switch sides, the people are unarmed.

[Jason Butrill]

Yeah. I personally think that there's a chance that because the way Iran works, and this is very important for people to understand the way that Iran works, it's almost like a massive surveillance state. That's what it is. And it's built off the back of the Revolutionary Guard Corps. So if you think of the deep state to the nth degree, surveillance state to the nth degree, that's what they built to protect the regime. And it all runs through the Revolutionary Guard. Well, they have historically been at odds with the regular military. So I do believe there's a high chance that if it gets to that point, then the weapons on the ground in support of the people could be the regular Iranian military. That's very, very possible. But I do think that they will come out in force. And I think that speaking of weapons that we don't know capabilities of, I think that cyber warfare, if Venezuela is any kind of, I guess, clue to this or hint, I do believe we will see cyber warfare used like never before.

[Glenn Beck]

When this kicks off, if we demonstrate the kind of prowess that we showed in Venezuela, the world will shake. I mean, if we somehow or another go in and we can cripple them like we did in Venezuela in ways that nobody can imagine, that makes the United States a power beyond all powers. You know what I mean?

[Jason Butrill]

For sure.

[Glenn Beck]

Because it'll just, you know, when, when, when Bush said it's going to be shock and awe, it was more like shock and yawn to me. I mean, it was like, okay, well, that's what I expected America to do. I expected that. And, and I remember seeing it going, okay, well, this looks like a really intense war. Is. Do you think this is going to look more like Venezuela in a way that it's just stuff that we just didn't know we had the capability of doing similar.

[Jason Butrill]

And I like how you use the shock and awe and the Gulf wars because during the, especially the first Gulf War, the thing that we debuted then was precision guided munitions, so Tomahawk cruise missiles. We really showed off our precision weapons. And that was a very similar flashpoint in global defense history. We showed for the first time how accurate our weapons were. The Russians had no idea that they were that, you know, accurate. The Chinese had no idea. If this goes to regional war status, and as big as what some people are predicting, I think they'll be saying the same things after this happens is, oh, my gosh, we are so far behind.

[Glenn Beck]

So the, the, the point of what Trump did with Israel in the Middle east was to get us out of this position to where we're always in the Middle east, that the Middle east would take care of itself because you'd have the UAE and you'd have to Egypt and you'd have Saudi Arabia and everybody else. Does that alliance hold together if, if we're going in and destabilizing Iran? I mean, you just said about the, the, you know, Straits of Hormuz and they also don't want all of that oil, you know, to be freed up and open. Does that hold.

[Jason Butrill]

That'S the, that's the question of the millennias really right there. Because if you want to think back through history, we have always been searching for that. And this is, it's very positive. The Abraham Accords are very positive to getting them all to work together. But the solution back in the day, back, you know, right after the, you know, right during the, you know, the wars between Saddam Hussein and Iran, was to arm one side, also arm the other side and have them fight each other so that nobody else, they weren't considering, they weren't thinking about fighting Israel, they weren't considering fighting us. That was their shot. Then. Now it seems the idea is, well, the only problem is Iran will fix that and then it'll fix the region. I don't think any of the answers are correct, but I do think the Abraham Accords are probably the biggest goal and eventual outcome to move towards. But the biggest destabilizer in the entire Middle east right now is Iran. Every single country is in some way in the Middle east are being terrorized by Iran. So if I figure, I think that they're thinking if they fix that, that'll free up a lot of the region. But then it's, it's just like before. It's going to pivot to, you know, the competition between all these big, you know, these regional powers within the Middle east between. Well, you know, we are the big oil guy on the block. No, we're the big oil guy on the block. You're going to have more sectarian issues, I'm sure. Inner Sunni, sectarian issues, Shia. There's a huge Shia population still. A lot of them are very, very loyal to Iran. So a whole nother ball of wax, as it usually is in the Middle east, will open up after this. I think that if they stick to their guns on cooperation through Abraham Accords, I think that they got a shot.

[Glenn Beck]

I put this at a very low probability. Do you think there's any chance we have to worry about nukes? I've only got about 30 seconds.

[Jason Butrill]

I really don't think so. I don't think that unless something is hidden that we don't know about. But I think that one of their primary targets will be a lot of those nuclear sites, those missile, long range missile sites. So they're going to knock those out. Probably first and foremost after the air defense.

[Glenn Beck]

Okay, thank you very much, Jason. We'll continue to watch this. I mean, it has been, it's been on our radar every day. We talk about it in our meetings, every Single day don't necessarily bring it to you because I don't. I figured out what exactly we're doing other than being very, very clear. Negotiate or it's over. But I don't know what that means. All right, let me tell you about Rapid Radios, our sponsor. Let's say you have a ranch. Let's say on that ranch you've got certain employees who occasionally manage to drive an ATV off the side of a cliff and wound up, you know, wind up stuck in a tree with the ATV upside down. Let's just say, I mean, it could happen. In fact, it literally has happened. Now, if that employee had a simple way to contact everybody else immediately, he would have been down from that tree a whole lot faster. Instead, by the time we found him, he was practically, you know, picking out curtains for his new tree house. That's why we have Rapid Radios at my ranch. The RAD one is built for real world conditions. Distant terrain, movement, you know, things that, you know, don't require a bunch of fiddling with apps or settings. You charge it, you turn it on, you're connected. When somebody needs help, they push one button. Everybody hears it. And out on a ranch or construction site or wherever, communication is not a luxury. That's the difference between a quick rescue and a guy starting a second mortgage in a tree. The new rad one is officially live. Head on over to rapidradios.com get the radio built for real life communication. Real life communication redefined [e-mail] rapidradios.com 10 seconds. Station ID.

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You know, the one thing that we know Iran is hoping is, you know, back in 2009, there were violent uprisings and Obama did nothing and he decided to negotiate with them. You know, use this as, you know, a way to get in and go, you're really not like this. You're not bad guys. We're otherwise, we're going to have to come in and hit you. And Iran knew they were not going to hit, and so they used it to buy extra time. And Obama went in and he made all kinds of deals with them and they were all bad, but it was about buying time. That's all this. That's all this regime has to do. You know, remember, America changes every four years, and lately it changes dramatically. We could be a, hey, we love violent extremist Islamists. You know, in the Middle east, we be that in four years. Three years now. So all you have to do is just buy time. And that's what they're, they're hoping that this is going to be able to do. But Trump knows that. I mean, the one thing about Trump is he is a master negotiator. So I, I trust the President because I think he's earned the right to be trusted on all of the things that he has done and keeps hitting it out of the park, especially with foreign adversaries. So I trust him, but I worry about what we are getting in, you know, trust yet, verify. I just don't know what he's doing yet. But I know he's got something up his sleeve. And I know the Pentagon. I trust you see how many people they fired recently at the Pentagon because they were like, yeah, you guys are just about making money and playing politics and, you know, we're about winning war. So you're gone, just fired thousands of people, which I, I'm all for. I am absolutely all for. Is Chip Roy coming on with us in a second?

[Ricky (Chief of Content)]

Yes, he is.

[Glenn Beck]

Yes, he is. Okay, so Chip is going to talk to us about, you know, the ICE shutdown. What is their, what is their plan? What is their plan? This doesn't affect ice, by the way. It just affects dhs. So it's going to affect your airport. What are we in day number five? And so the Democrats are now planning on shutting down for five days. They have already shut down now DHS and really hurt them in funding. Eventually that money is going to run out. And so then you're going to have problems at your airport. Exactly like what happened last time. And the Democrats got nothing but grief out of that. They didn't win anything. I guess they just slowed the government down. I think what they're doing with this is they're trying to buy time on the SAVE act because if they solve this, the next thing on the Senate roster is the SAVE Act. So let's just at least get past the State of the Union next week because Trump is going to hammer them, the State of the Union and lay out his agenda. And part of that will be the SAVE act, but very unpopular with the Democrats and all voters in America and they're not doing anything about it. It doesn't seem to make a lot of sense. Chip Roy will try to make sense of that coming up in just a second. Stand by for more. Let me tell you about rough greens. Your dog would probably love it if you, you know, whipped up steak and potatoes for him every single night. Okay. I mean, he is your bed best friend. He greets you like you've been gone for years when you step out to get the mail. So part of it is you want to spoil him. Let's be honest, be probably better than some of the dry, heavily processed kibble that comes out of a bag. It would be a lot better. I mean, even if you just, even if you just gave him, you know, I don't know, horse meat, it would probably be better. I'm not going to grind up any horses to do that, even for my best friend. But I'm going to buy the best kibble I can, and then I'm going to supplement that with rough greens, because it's not a food, it's a daily nutritional supplement you sprinkle right on top of the food you're already feeding him. It's designed to help restore all the vitamins, the minerals, probiotics, all the other essential nutrients that are lost during process. Don't reinvent dinner, just enhance it. Don't change your dog's food. Just add ruffgreens, ruffgreens offering a free Jumpstart trial bag. Right now, you just cover shipping. Use the discount code Beck and claim your free Jumpstart trial bag at ruffgreens ruffgreens.com roughgreens.com, promo code beck rough greens at it. Watch the health benefits come alive.

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[Glenn Beck]

Welcome to the Glenn Beck program. Yes, yesterday, Ali Beth Stuckey hosted the Blaze debate for the Texas Attorney general. And Chip Roy is joining us. Chip was there running for attorney General of the great state of Texas and all the coverage. I'm sorry, Chip, I didn't have a chance to see it. I was at an event last night. Haven't had a chance to see it, but I read about the coverage and looks like everybody was kind of infighting. And then, you know, you were trying to talk about the Muslim footprint in Texas, which is really super important. People don't understand in Texas how close Texas is to A, going blue and B, having a real problem with Islamists. Welcome, Chip.

[Chip Roy]

Yeah, good morning, Glenn. Great to be on now. Had a great debate last night, a lot of great reviews. Tried to be the adult there at the debate, making clear what we need to do for Texas. Staying focused on the issues, laser focused. You know, yesterday, before the debate, I joined with my colleague Keith Self, you probably know Keith well. He's a great conservative, represents the county area north of Dallas. And we were out at your studios. We're in one of your. One of the great rooms out there where we are holding a gathering, a meeting with a lot of folks in the Dallas Fort Worth metroplex who are attuned to what's happening with the advance of Sharia law in the advance of the Islamification of Texas and particularly Dallas Fort Worth. And so we had a good discussion there about the state of things, about the extent to which there are some areas now increasingly no go zones in Dallas Fort Worth for women. You know, you saw the dust up with my friend and colleague Randy Fine, who was, you know, equipping a little bit, but about a little bit of this issue in New York about the dog issue. And now you got Democrats calling on him to be censured. I mean, it's absolutely absurd. There is a cultural war going on. And I think it's really important for people to understand that. Again, you and I have talked about. So you and I are strong defenders of the Constitution. This is not about your ability to believe in the God of your choice and how you want to carry out your life. It's about being at war with our civilization and having a purposeful plan to undo it.

[Glenn Beck]

So I'm getting heat because I spoke about that yesterday and I said, look, not all Muslims are Islamists. And Islamist, I would pick a dog over an Islamist every day of the week and twice on Sunday. And so, you know, what I'm getting heat on is I didn't go far enough. I'm very, very clear. I don't have a problem with Muslims. If Muslims believe the Constitution is the supreme law of the land, period. But anyone who believes that Sharia law and the Quran usurp the United States Constitution, then I got a problem with you. And you don't belong in here because you are warring against our culture and the Western civilization. But there is a big difference between those two.

[Chip Roy]

So here's the way I look at it, and I think this is a really, really important conversation that I hope you and I and all of us will be having now, like, regularly, right? And to do it intelligently as adults, as people who believe in our Constitution, but who recognize what's happening. I start with, and what I want to do as attorney general is use the power of the attorney general's office over looking at corporations and nonprofits, looking at the books, following the money, and go look at all these organizations and you start with places like cair, you look at the Muslim Brotherhood, obviously, Governor Abbott has declared each of those as terrorist organizations. And we need to look at all of these organizations and see what their plan is. What are they doing? Because you've got groups that are saying specifically, as the Muslim Brotherhood has, that they have a plan to Islamify America and then carry forward that as a goal and a missional goal, politically, ideologically. That's not faith, that's not religion that the First Amendment contemplates. That is a specific political, ideological effort to reshape and remake America and destroy our constitutional values and Western civilization. If we don't recognize that, then look across the Atlantic, look at Europe, and that will be our future. This is happening in real time, and we have to recognize it. And we cannot flinch, we cannot blink. We've got to take this on squarely because it is a war raging for the soul of Western civilization.

[Glenn Beck]

Okay, quickly, let me just ask you, what do you know? What are your thoughts on. Axios broke a story earlier today. A major war. We're a step closer to a major war with Iran. That's not Trump's M.O. to get us into a war. What do you think is coming, Chip?

[Chip Roy]

Well, I haven't been able to study that. I saw the news. I need to make a few phone calls today, so I'm always careful about how I speak about things. So I at least go talk to folks. But, comma, however. All right, I don't believe that we ought to be looking to engage in getting involved with war. I supported the president and what happened with the bunker busters and dropping the bombs and taking out their advancement of nuclear power. Right now, I think we need to be resolved and stand with the people of Iran who are pushing back on their tyrannical leadership and offer that kind of support in that way. But, you know, we start engaging in war, I've got concerns. I need to go look at it, talk to the experts. I don't want to talk about what the president's doing without doing that. But. But it. But look, we need to be very, very careful, okay? We've had over two decades of this engagement and conflict in the Middle East. There's a war raging right here in America. There's a war being waged against our way of life, and the Islamists are trying to do it here. So let's start here and work out. That's why I support the president in the Western Hemisphere knocking out cartels. I supported the Maduro move. I don't want them having The Soviet Union, I'm sorry, Russia, Freudians live to my 80s youth. Russia and China and Iran over in the Western hemisphere through Venezuela. I think the president's doing a masterful job on many fronts. Not being a warmonger but being a strategic peace through strength president. Stay in that lane is where I think we need to be.

[Glenn Beck]

And I have a feeling that's where because he's not a war guy. I mean, he is a peace through strength guy. But I'm anxious to see where he's going with this. Let me talk to you about the ICE shutdown. Putting your congressional hat back on. The ICE shutdown. We're now in day five. I don't know what the Democrats are thinking. This is only going to hurt them. As if. Because it's not going to stop ice. They are already funded. This is only going to hurt dhs, which goes to our national security, but also go to Saura airports. When that starts to hit, they're not going to be popular. It's exactly. It's a rerun of what they just did which didn't work out for them. What are they doing?

[Chip Roy]

Well, yeah, I mean, look, I think this is politics, right? This is all about what they're trying to do with ice. The Save America act is connected to the very same issue. It's their bread and butter. Look, remember a year ago, some of us were leaning into the big beautiful bill, working with the president to make sure that there was money there for both defense and for ICE and Border Patrol. We put $150 billion in there. That was a lot of conservatives kind of looked at us cockeyed and, you know, tilted their head. I said, guys, you got to look ahead. You got to be smart. We used that to guarantee there would be money there to stop what the Democrats are doing right now. So there's money there for ICE and Border Patrol. Now what that does is it leaves TSA and the Coast Guard and FEMA dangling in the wind. So we just got to make sure that Americans understand we've already sent a funding bill over there. Democrats are blocking that funding. So when weeks go by, if they don't do their job, they're the ones that are going to be causing travel headaches and nightmares, not allowing FEMA to do its job in Tennessee after the ice storms, et cetera. And then the Coast Guard not to be what it needs to be. I trust the president, Russ. Vote to figure out how to move money around to try to keep us safe. The Coast Guard. But Democrats are playing politics and by the way, the SAVE act is a perfect. Save America act is a perfect example of the same story. Democrats want to try to block that in the Senate. I hope soon we'll use the talking filibuster, you know, which I've written extensively about, to try to break the back of it. But these things are related. Right? Because soon can't put that on the floor until we figure out this funding mechanism.

[Glenn Beck]

Yeah. So I think that's what, I think that's what this is about. I think this is to delay the Save America act, quite honestly. Correct.

[Chip Roy]

I think it's definitely tied.

[Glenn Beck]

Yeah. Do me a favor, talk about the talking filibuster because a couple of conservatives came out and said, we can't change the filibuster. We don't want to do this. No, you're not changing the filibuster. You're actually restoring it to what it used to be, a talking filibuster. This is, this is the best option out there. You're not changing it. You're actually restoring it and doing it the way it's supposed to be done, on the books. Correct.

[Chip Roy]

Well, Glenn, thank you for making that so clear. And for all the listeners out there, if you don't understand what we're talking about, I posted on X a memo, a dear colleague letter I wrote walking people through what's really happening. Look, I understand the Senate, right. I was there for seven years. I was a lawyer on the Judiciary Committee and I was Ted Cruz's chief of staff. I know the rules. I used the rules. The rules, the Senate rules. It's built around the filibuster. The filibuster is a great tool. Right. It's an important part of the Senate and its history and its legacy. But we need Mr. Smith to go back to Washington. If you don't get that joke, it's the old movie, right? And where you had Jimmy Stewart had to be on the floor of the Senate filibustering and talking. What we've done is we've defaulted to this notion it's a fake filibuster or a zombie filibuster. As Mike Lee says that, oh, there's a 60 vote threshold to shut off debate. If a senator, you know, wants to slow walk a bill, that's, that's a mechanism. That is one tool to shut off debate. The other thing to do is make them talk. And if they keep talking, let them keep talking. There's a two speech rule where you can only give two speeches on a topic. If Republicans are disciplined Democrats will run out of gas and it's a win win. If they successfully filibuster for two months, then they've been on the floor of the Senate telling America they want non citizens to vote rather than protect our elections. They oppose voter ID even though it's an 85% issue. Or we break their back and we get good policy. That's a win win. We're not changing the rules. That's not what we're saying. We're saying use the rules, use the Senate, do your job, speak. Stop playing fake games and trying to tell the American people that failure theater, putting the bill on the floor, the 60 vote threshold is doing your job. It's not.

[Glenn Beck]

Do you really think it would take two months?

[Chip Roy]

No, I actually think we probably break their back faster than that. Right. I mean, how 47 Democrats and I think Fetterman is kind of leaning in our direction. How many of them are going to speak for more than 2 hours or 3 hours or 4 hours?

[Glenn Beck]

Most of them are over like 97.

[Chip Roy]

Right? Like half of them like it's a nursing home. Like, look, you're gonna have to wheel them over in the nursing home. Tell them to put their jello down. Tell them to go down the Florida Senate and stand up. Because by the way, you have to stand and you got to keep standing and keep talking. Cory Booker will go do a show. You know, five, six, seven, eight of them will go do a big show. They'll, they'll talk a lot. They'll say, we're going to be taking the vote away from women. That is Jim Crow 2.0. Let them do that. We stand strong. We present the facts. By the way, our bill specifically allows any person who goes to register to vote under, under the Save America act. If you have a conflict in your id, if you show up as Sarah Smith on your driver's license, Sarah Jones on your birth certificate, you can sign an affidavit under penalty of perjury. I'm the same person. That's it. We allow for that with any state's registrar. We allow states to create the systems however they want. That is a respectful way to make sure that we have a system that is trying to guarantee only citizens vote. There's nothing controversial about it. Democrats want non citizens to vote.

[Glenn Beck]

Chip, thank you very much. I appreciate it. Good luck with your race. He's running for Texas Attorney general candidate in that race. You can follow him at roy.house.gov also you follow him on X@Chip. Roy TX. Chip, thank you very much. Appreciate it. ChipRoy.com is his campaign website. Thank you. You bet. Bye. Bye. Let me talk to you a little bit about Rush tax resolution. You know, it starts with a white envelope. No return address, just three letters. You know, in the corner that you don't make your stomach drop. Irs. You open it, your eyes skim the page, and suddenly your brain is doing, you know, that thing where it's reading words, but it doesn't process them because your heart's beating too loud in your ears to actually hear you through your eyes. For small business owners, especially small business owners, taxes aren't. Aren't simple. You enter one line wrong, and suddenly, you know, a small oversight turns into a very expensive lesson. This is why tax Rush tax exists. They understand the complexity, the challenging regulation, the details that most of us don't live and breathe every single day. And they'll help you structure things correctly on the front end so you're not panicked on the back end. If you mention my name, Rush will provide a free IRS transcript investigation. That's a service other firms typically charge about 500 bucks for, even without confirming that they can help you. Rush offers this upfront and free, and they will only take their case, your case, if they know they can help you. So get a Rush tax attorney and protect yourself. 877-554-RUSH 877-554-7874 or go to rushtaxresolution.com rushtaxresolution.com.

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You know, Linda Davis, she was a schoolteacher, and she was killed by an illegal who is trying to get away from ice. And it's amazing to me because somehow or another, ICE is the bad guy here. I mean, before, when illegals were killing people in car accidents, they didn't even want to mention it. They wouldn't mention it at all. It's like, what? What car accident? They happen every day. I don't even know what you're talking about. Now they're standing on this because somehow or another, ICE is the one responsible. So they know the truth because they were hiding the truth. All of the other times, they've just found a narrative now that they think works. And so now they're going to cover the stories. I mean, it is so transparent if you, you know, if you just pay attention to the way news is, is structured and built, you, you understand the game that they are playing. It is so easy to see. It just, it's so frustrating how many people just, you know, don't understand that and don't want to look at what is actually happening. So the ICE shutdown continues as we talk to Chip. But I don't know if you know that. Did you see the, you see in the immigration officer or whatever it is in New York City who that is? Mamdani is just somebody who's with the Muslim Brotherhood and everything else. Really, really not, not good. But mom, Donnie is going to make it better for everybody because when he's not leaving the homeless people out in the cold to die, you know, with that warmth of socialism, he is, he's just going to raise everybody's property tax by nine and a half percent. Can you imagine that? Imagine he was. Free buses, free health care. Free, free, free, free, free, free, free. Oh by the way, 9.5% tax on, on your property now. Oh wait, so there's not really free as far as I'm concerned. I'm cool with that because the price of my house in Florida and if you're living in Texas just went up again. The more he does, the more people will vacate. And quite honestly, I'm thinking about a border wall on the northern border of Florida and the northern, the north eastern border of Texas. Well, no. And western border of Texas as well. Border all around Texas. Something I learned over the years living in Texas. Anywhere worth going is worth going in good boots. That is part of why I've really come to appreciate what to Covis is doing. They craft quality western boots for everybody. Whether you grew up around ranch life or you're buying your very first pair and you're walking around the streets of New York. They are handcrafted through over 200 meticulous steps using premium genuine leathers and time tested construction techniques that deliver real broken in comfort right out of the box. No painful break in period. Just boots that feel good the minute you put them on. And it's not just bootstacovas also makes premium apparel and leather goods, belts, wallets and so much more. All with the same attention to detail and timeless style. Shop to Covis Online. Step into one of their stores and get the full experience with the expert staff ready to help you and find the perfect pair. Make it personal because your boots are right now get 10% [e-mail] Beck when you sign up for an email and text. 10% off to covis.com Becky. Pass it on. Crank the game back is on.

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Hello America. I want to talk to you about the deep state. I want to talk to you about this new information coming out from Nixon. I've waited to talk about it because I wanted to talk to Monica Crowley. She actually worked with Nixon and I did the math. She was 6 when Nixon left office. So it was, she was quite an amazing child. But she worked with Nixon obviously after the administration. And I really want to know because she tweeted out, you can't understand the deep state targeting of President Trump without understanding the deep state targeting of President Nixon. This is really important, important if you care about American history. And speaking of that, she is also part of America 250, the celebration for our 250th anniversary. And we're going to talk about that as well with her. Ambassador Crowley joins us in 60 seconds. First ever watch an episode of the Walking Dead and think, honestly half these people just need a nap. Really. I mean look at them. Bloodshot eyes, bad decisions, short tempers. I mean I feel like that stumbling around like they haven't had full night sleep, you know. And you're like yeah, that's the way I feel every afternoon at 3 o'.

[Chip Roy]

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[Glenn Beck]

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[Monica Crowley]

Glenn, it's so great to be with you. Thank you so much for having me.

[Glenn Beck]

You bet. So I want to go right to the deal with, with Nixon. You worked with Nixon when, when, how old were you when you worked with Nixon?

[Monica Crowley]

Yes. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to set the record straight Glenn, because I don't want anybody to think I'm 125 years old. I was not actually born when President Nixon was elected president. I did work with him during the last four years of his life, so the early to mid-1990s, up until he passed away in 1994.

[Glenn Beck]

What an amazing thing that had to have been. Did you ever talk to him about the deep state and some of this stuff?

[Monica Crowley]

I did, actually. And what's so gratifying for me, Glenn, on a personal level is I really adored President Nixon. You know, I came to know him as my boss, of course, for four years, my first job out of college. But also he served as a grandfather to me. He was a mentor, and he was a very, very dear friend of mine when I was very young. And he was at the end of his life. So I promised him before he passed away that I would take care of his legacy. I said, Mr. President, I pledge to you that I will spend the rest of my life advancing and protecting and defending your legacy. And Glenn, I'll never forget, he looked at me and he kind of smiled in a wry kind of way, and he said, monica, I appreciate that, but you're going to have much more important things to do in your life and career. And now, of course, here I am working for President Trump, but I pledged it to him. And Glenn, I have literally spent the last 30 years since he did pass away doing exactly that. So now to see these new documents coming out, these new revelations about the truth about what happened to Richard Nixon and how Watergate was a deep state frame up of him is personally very gratifying. I will say that when I worked for him in the early 90s, Glenn, to your question, we did speak about it, but nobody really knew what the deep state was. Now, remember that Richard Nixon served as Dwight Eisenhower's vice president. Eisenhower's farewell address famously warned about the rise of an unaccountable deep state, what he called the military industrial complex, what we now know as the deep state. Nixon internalized that lesson because he saw Eisenhower, a military man who helped to win World War II and free the west from Nazi oppression. He saw what Eisenhower was going through and the rise of the security state that was unaccountable to anyone. So the after World War II, the creation of the CIA, the creation of the NSA, the creation of the DIA, the corruption of the FBI under J. Edgar Hoover, Nixon saw all of this. So when he became president, and this is actually what gave the deep state the context to do what they did, Nixon understood the threat within, but also understood he couldn't bring it to the American People in the late 60s, early 70s, they would go, what are you even talking about? It took the next years for people to wake up.

[Chip Roy]

Go ahead.

[Glenn Beck]

He also, I mean, what I saw in the documents, he also was very. He did not want to drag the military through the mud. He'd just gone through Vietnam and he's like, I don't want to do more damage to the military because the military is important and it's good. So he also was trying to protect the good parts of the military. At least it seems to be that way for anybody who doesn't know. Give us what the documents revealed that maybe the public didn't know before.

[Monica Crowley]

Yes. So when Nixon becomes President, he understands what Eisenhower was warning about. So he decides that he is going to consolidate all foreign policy and national security decision making in the hands of two people, he and his national security adviser at the time, Henry Kissinger, who we later learned was a Deep State State operative. Okay, so Nixon is getting inputs from one man who he really trusted, who perhaps he should not have. All right, that creates the environment where he is excluding the military, his own State Department, his own Secretary of State. They're all the CIA, they're all going crazy, Glenn, because he is keeping all of the secrets to himself. The opening to China, detente with the Soviet Union, shuttle diplomacy in the Middle east, all of these huge peaceful foreign policy initiatives. He and Kissinger are keeping close to the vest. That then gives rise to this military spy ring that pops up in the White House to spy on Nixon. And Kissinger rifling through their papers when they go home. You know, when Nixon goes upstairs to go to bed, they come in in the middle of the night in the White House, in the Oval Office office and Kissinger's office in the White House. They're rifling through their papers, they're examining their telephones, everything possible to spy on Nixon. Does that sound familiar? On President Trump? Yes, because they were all freaking out. The Deep State flipped out that they were being excluded. They had no idea what the President was planning, the discussions he was having. And so ultimately, Glenn, when you. And this is what these new papers show.

[Chip Roy]

The.

[Monica Crowley]

More at Admiral Moore, General Radfield at the time created this military spy ring to spy on Nixon. And you know who was a key member of it was one Bob Woodward, who was a Naval Intelligence officer who was read in on this military spy ring and Then through the CIA's Mockingbird Media Program was planted as a, quote, journalist at the Washington Post, being fed all of the deep State plans to Throw it on the front page of the Washington Post to bring down a president.

[Glenn Beck]

Wow, I had not heard that. That is shocking.

[Monica Crowley]

Shocking.

[Chip Roy]

Yeah.

[Glenn Beck]

Okay, so, so Nixon, when he left it, the deep state, had to consider this a huge victory for them. Did that just embolden them and just keep growing and growing and growing until we get to Trump? And if that's true, Trump didn't know how to fight it last time. He seems to be fighting it really well this time. What's the difference? How is he doing this?

[Monica Crowley]

Yes, great question. Let me just go back to Watergate for one second, Glenn, because this really critical point. The five Watergate burglars were apprehended at the DNC site at the Watergate complex. Five of them, and they were indicted along with two others, E. Howard Hun and G. Gordon Liddy. Of those seven, six were linked to the CIA and the other one was linked to the FBI. So to your bigger point about Nixon's selflessness, which is what these current documents show, Nixon decided not to fight it in the moment because we were still in the Cold War and he wanted to preserve the integrity and the public's honor of the United States States military. So he did not blow the whistle at the time. He fell on a sword for the second time in American history because the first time was the 1960 election, which was stolen by the Kennedys and by Lyndon Johnson. It was also a deep state operative. It was stolen in 1960. He was presented with concrete evidence on election night and he said, I am not going to challenge this reason result because the American people deserve a full time president who is not under a cloud. Nixon gets no credit for putting the country first, not once, but twice. You talk about what Trump has learned, we talk about Nixon, but it actually, the deep state goes back even further to your favorite president, Woodrow Wilson, Glenn, of course, and the rise of progressivism here in the, in the US and the West. But remember, Woodrow Wilson comes in at the exact same time that you have Vladimir Lenin getting off the train at Finland Station and launching the Russian Revolution. You know this better than anyone. Those two tracks to destroy and crush the west gave rise to a globalist transnational deep state. Donald Trump in the first term did not know what he did not know. He had never done any of this before, but he knew that he was targeted this time around. And you know, God always has plan. So God sent, just as God sent Richard Nixon into the wilderness from 1960 to 1968, when he ran and won again, he sent Donald Trump into the wilderness for four years, during the Biden years, again catastrophic for the country. But God had more work to do in both men. And when Donald Trump comes back this time around, he's so much wiser about how Washington works. The deep state here works, but also the globalist deep state. And Glenn, when I tell you, because I was in the Oval Office with him yesterday, this man is dismantling our deep state and the globalist deep state brick by brick. Doing it by pulling the funding, pulling their money. We know that they launder money in a couple of different ways. Human trafficking, Trump is putting a stop to that. The drug trade, he's putting a stop to that. Dealing the border in every.

[Glenn Beck]

He should look into the art world. He should look into the art world. Just saying. But go ahead.

[Monica Crowley]

Good, good point. No, thank you. Piece by piece.

[Glenn Beck]

I can talk to you about that sometime off the air if you'd like.

[Monica Crowley]

But anyway, I would love it. I love it. So he's really, he's cutting off their sources of funding, which are all illicit and very dark. Human trafficking, child trafficking and the drug trade.

[Chip Roy]

This is.

[Monica Crowley]

And another reason why he got Maduro alive is because the drug trafficking trade through our entire hemisphere has funded a lot of these deep state activities. Trump is doing it people by piece and he is working with like minded leaders, like minded countries. This is why, Glenn, you know, tomorrow my team and I are actually helping to run the first Board of Peace inaugural meeting. And I think We've got about 45 heads of state and others, foreign ministers, maybe more, maybe 60. It's up to now coming in tomorrow for the inaugural meeting of the Board of Peace Piece. Donald Trump is building parallel organizations to the corrupt deep state, globalist ones like the un, like the World Health Organization. In a couple of weeks we're going to do a Western hemisphere summit. So what he's doing is building a parallel superstructure of like minded people who are with him on destroying and smashing the entire corrupt global status quo that has actually run the world over the last 70 plus years.

[Glenn Beck]

Monica, I have to tell you, he said to me, you know, I hope to be considered like a founder. And he said, you know, my goal is, you know, George Washington was so great and I'd like to be remembered, you know, in a category like that. And I thought, wow, that's pretty ambitious. I've been watching him, what he's doing to the rest of the world, how he's dismantling this. I think he will be, he won't be remembered like Washington, but he is a refounder he is in a unique category that I would only put a couple of presidents in. What he's done is remarkable and the American people just don't understand it yet. I know you have to run. Can we touch base on America 250 just quickly?

[Monica Crowley]

Sure. Yes. Thank you. And yes, I agree with you. If you look at the big three, Washington founded the nation, Lincoln saved the republic, and Donald Trump is restoring the republic. That's how I look at it, Glenn. The big three. So in terms of America 250, very exciting. As we're getting closer to July 4th, we have founded an organization that is nonpartisan, a public private partnership called Freedom250. And I know you and your team are working in partnership for your big May 2nd event on Ellis Island. Incredible. I want everybody to attend that. It's going to be amazing. Highlighting legal immigration that helped to build this country. Legal immigration, yes, yes, of course. So freedom to freedom250.org is the website. Please go check it out. We are planning the Great American State Fair on the national mall with all 50 states represented. We are organizing a national prayer event to return the nation as one nation under God, Glenn. And that will be on the National Mall on May 17. So everybody mark their calendars for that. We've got the big UFC 250 fight on the President's birthday on the South Lawn that will take place June 14th. We've got your event on May 2nd, of course, and it's going to all culminate on July 4th with a national international naval review in the New York harbor and the Hudson river. We've got about 50 countries sending tall ships as well as modern naval ships, which is going to be incredible. And then there'll be a huge salute to the nation led by the President, including an address to the nation and the biggest fireworks display in the history of the world. After July 4th, by the way, party doesn't end. We've got the FIFA World cup final two weeks later in New York with a big Freedom 250 theme. And then in August, the President just announced an IndyCar Grand Prix race for the first time in Washington, D.C. so Independence Avenue, Constitution Avenue, and so many other streets in D.C. will be turned into an IndyCar 500 race with the President in attendance and about 100,000 spectators. So we want everybody coming out for that, that this is going to be a truly national and global celebration. I have every world leader approaching me, Glenn, including some of our tough adversaries who want to help America celebrate. So we are going to have Every country on the face of the earth who's willing to do it is going to help us celebrate that entire week leading up to July 4th. Extraordinary.

[Glenn Beck]

Monica, you are an amazing, amazing person. And I just, I love having you as the ambassador protocol because I know what that means and you are perfect, perfect for the job. So thank you for everything. You're doing my best to you and everybody in the administration. God bless you.

[Monica Crowley]

That's so kind. Thank you always for having big friend.

[Glenn Beck]

You got it. You bet. Let me talk to you a little bit about Relief factor. You know, so I'm a doctor, okay. So I can tell you doctor stuff and you can take that to the bank. I mean, you shouldn't take it to the bank, but you can take it to the bank if they cash it or not. It's up to them. But, but before anybody calls the medical board, let's be clear. I'm a doctor of humanities, which means I can pretty much cure anything that's happening in a human being. I believe. I'm pretty sure that's what it meant. If you actually want something developed by real medical white coat wearing doctors, let me tell you about Relief Factor. Relief factor was created by physicians who understand inflammation a little bit better than me, but that's not my area of expertise. How it affects the body over time. It's designed to support your body's natural response to inflammation so you can move more comfortably and stay active, active without, you know, masking pain for just a few hours. Okay. Over a million people have tried Relief Factor. I am one of them. And I'm part of the two thirds that have gone over, gone to take it month after month after month because it's different. So, yeah, I'm a doctor and when it comes to getting out of pain, I'd rather point you to the doctors that actually went to medical school. But, you know, if it means something to you, there's your doctor telling you, try Relief Factor. See what it can do for you. Call 800 for relief 1-804Relief or relieffactor.com how will it feel to be out of pain? Reliefactor.com 10 seconds Station ID.

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[Glenn Beck]

So let me go to Jason, but who is the host of the show behind the show, the insider broadcast that happens during this when I go into break. Did you get everything you wanted and more from Monica because you've been pushing for this interview for A while.

[Jason Butrill]

Oh, my gosh, Glenn. Every day Monica needs a segment.

[Glenn Beck]

That was amazing. I know, I know.

[Show Intro Announcer]

Oh, my gosh.

[Glenn Beck]

She's incredible.

[Jason Butrill]

Incredible.

[Glenn Beck]

Yeah. Did you, had you heard the Bob Woodward thing?

[Jason Butrill]

I had not heard that. Some people in the chat had heard that. I had never heard that.

[Glenn Beck]

I, you know, I had, I had heard that, but not with authority. You know what I mean? I had heard. Yeah, well, he's, you know, he's CIA kind of guy, but not with authority. Now that, now, I mean, look at how this is going to change history, you know, if the right people win and we can actually write true history. This is just, I mean, the deep state with jfk, then Nixon, now Trump. It's gotta stop it. He's the guy to stop it. Nmls182334nmlsconsumeraccess.org APR for rates in the five starts at 6.799% for well qualified borrowers. Call 800-906-24440 for details about credit costs and terms. Your financial house has a lot of moving parts and working out how to get out of debt. Might, you know, and start making money. You make your money work for you. It's complicated business. But, you know, there are interest rates, there's terms, there's fees, there are equity positions. A whole lot of language that most people just don't speak fluently. I don't, I don't. The last thing you need when you're trying to get clarity is somebody sliding a sales pitch across the table. You only understand half of it this way. If Trusted American Financing for Gosh, wow. We're coming up on two decades. Their loan consultants are salaried, which means they are not paid more because they sold you a particular product. They can, they can just tell you, you know, what is right for you. That's an important detail. Look at the full financial picture. They'll help you decide whether refinancing, consolidating high interest debt or restructuring your mortgage actually makes any sense for you at all. So call them. 800-906-2440-800-62440American Financing.net Call them now.

[Ricky (Chief of Content)]

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[Glenn Beck]

Welcome to the Glenn Beck program. So I just, I just had a talking to from my chief of content, Ricky, who is sitting here now and just giving me a talking to every day about. Do you know what you're doing to us. And I. Yeah, I'm. I'm. We were just talking about the Freedom 250 event that Monica Crowley was talking about. And she said, you know, it's going to be incredible at the Statue of Liberty. And then we get off the air. And Ricky said, yeah, yeah. You have no idea what this is like to pull off.

[Show Announcer]

Yeah.

[Ricky (Chief of Content)]

I said, this is actually going to be more difficult than your event on the National Mall.

[Glenn Beck]

Of course it's on an island.

[Ricky (Chief of Content)]

It's on an island. There's like, all of these rules and regulations. We're somehow getting past some of them. Thank goodness to Tina Deckovich from Moms for Liberty.

[Glenn Beck]

Right.

[Ricky (Chief of Content)]

But our. One of our partners. Partners which. Who we tacked on our idea. So Glenn downloads his vision to her and me. We're both like executors. We're not really visionaries, but we execute visions. And we're listening to Glenn give. Like, I'm not gonna even tell you how big this vision is for May 2nd. And our faces are just melting. And if you're only listening, you can't tell. Like, you can't see the stress on my face. But if you're [e-mail] torch like, I am tweaking right now.

[Glenn Beck]

Well, but I mean, Tina and you both got to the end of it and went, wow, that would be incredible.

[Ricky (Chief of Content)]

His ideas are incredible. And if we can pull off a third of it, you guys are going to be blown away.

[Glenn Beck]

What do you mean? If. If.

[Ricky (Chief of Content)]

I guess if I don't pull off a third of it, I'm fired.

[Glenn Beck]

But it is going to be fine. Is going to be fine. And it has to be pulled off not to say the President is going to be there, because I can't say the President is going to be there because I don't have any indication that the President is going to be there. But we are doing a surprise for President Trump that is really, really cool. And we have another thing that is coming. And I'm not sure if we're going to be able to announce it in advance. I mean, it's Secret Service going to be there. It's a lot of. A lot of details. But something else that is going to happen that is really. And all of those are happening.

[Jason Butrill]

Right.

[Glenn Beck]

Those are not a problem. Those things. Right.

[Monica Crowley]

I'm terrified.

[Ricky (Chief of Content)]

I haven't heard this part.

[Glenn Beck]

Yes, you have. You know exactly what it is. You haven't heard. I was reading about it and. Because, you know, I want the Statue of Liberty to be a backdrop of this one. Part, right?

[Ricky (Chief of Content)]

Yes.

[Glenn Beck]

And I was reading that it's too dark. The Statue of Liberty at night from that angle is too dark. And so I'd like to price out what it would take to get a couple of barges with spotlights to hit. It's been done before. Okay, guys, it has been done before.

[Ricky (Chief of Content)]

This is why you have to subscribe to Torch, because Glenn has great ideas, but they cost so much money. We need you. Glenn.com. george, please.

[Glenn Beck]

We don't. I mean, we don't have to do that, but it would make it look. I mean, you'd see it. George Bush did a speech there, I don't remember, you know, 25, 30 years ago, and he was doing a speech, and they came up with the same problem. He wanted that in the background. And they were like, it's too dark. And so he said, get some lights on and some barges. And so. So I just want to throw that out there. I just want to throw that. Not necessary, but I'll add it to the list. It's going to be epic. It is going to be epic. So join us on that. By the way, one of the things that, you know, we try to do and is my mission is to be able to tell history in a way that excites you and your family about history again. And, you know, it is. It's President's Day week. And, you know, I just did something with. With Dave Rubin on his show about Abraham Lincoln, and we talked about Aaron Lincoln, and I told him some stories that he hadn't necessarily heard before. But I want to tell you a great story about Abraham Lincoln that maybe you don't know. I mean, it was. It was April 14, 1865, when he was killed. Killed. The Civil War was ending. The nation was hemorrhaging, but it was coming back together. And the Lincolns decided they were going to go out and have some laughs. So he and Mary leave the White House. And Elizabeth Keckley, this a woman who is so important to the Abraham Lincoln story, I think, and nobody even knows who she is. Elizabeth Keckley is a former slave. She was born into slavery. She purchased her own freedom, and then she went and moved to Washington, where she became the best seamstress in all of Washington. She opened her own store. Mary Todd comes in one day. They become friends, and she's like, I want to work for you guys. I want to work at the White House. So she hires him to come to work at the White House. She makes all of Abraham Lincoln's clothes, all of Mary Todd Lincoln's Clothes and History tells us, along with several books, one by Mary Todd and one by Elizabeth, that they were best friends. The. The Lincoln's only trusted one person in Washington, and it was a seamstress, this. This black woman. They go to Ford's Theater. Lincoln is watching this comedy called, you know, Our American Cousin Cousin. And they go, because it's a comedy and life feels normal again for just maybe a couple of hours. But the family is broken up into two theaters. Their son Tad is at another theater, and he is. He's watching. I think it was Aladdin, okay? And. Because the other was kind of an adult comedy and he wanted to see Aladdin, so he's at another theater. He finds out that his father was shot because somebody runs onto the stage of Atlanta, of Atladden, not knowing that Tad is in the audience and says, ladies and gentlemen, the President has just been shot. Okay? So that's how he finds out at the theater. Wilkes goes in, you know, Booth goes in and he shoots the President on a big laugh line that he knew was coming was in Act 3. And he knew this is the line. It'll cover the sound of the gunshot. He shoots him. The doctor that shows up is. I think he's like 21 years old or something like that. He's only been a doctor for like six months. And he happens to be in the theater. There's our doctor in the house, and he comes up. He's. He's brand new as a doctor, and doctors back then were a little sketchy. And so he's the first one who gets into the box. And he says, the President's going to die. It's not going to happen quickly, but it's. He's going to die by the end of the night. Night. Because of this. This immortal wound. But he keeps. Either he or the other doctor that later came in keep digging into, sticking the finger in the hole of the back of his head, trying to find the bullet. Like that's going to make it better. They later just have to just keep draining his head because his. His brain is swelling so bad. And there is this woman who is a part of the show, and I can't remember her name. Now, Keen, I can't remember her name, but she was part of the show. She was the star of this American's Cousin. And she finds out that the President is bleeding to death upstairs and decides, I gotta go up and comfort him. Changes into a new white dress that she just bought, and she goes up into the box and she's why here the President is just suffering. So I must. I just must hold him. They let her in. They prop him up on her big hoop skirt dress. He bleeds all over it. She later goes on tour trying to make herself look like Florence Nightingale. I mean, it's. It's an incredible story. What happened? But anyway, let me get back to the main point of the story is that seamstress best friends. She finds out that Abraham Lincoln is dying. Mary Todd Lincoln is just out of her mind with grief that night. Elizabeth has the. The presence of mind to know she's got to be wearing black tomorrow if he dies. So she's in the White House. Imagine this woman sewing this dress for her best friend and for Abraham Lincoln, the man who just freed her people. The tears in her eyes as she sewed this dress. We have that dress in our museum in Dallas, and it's an amazing piece of history. And you can tell. If you know anything about, you know, sewing, you can tell it was. It was put together quickly. Okay, all right. I could tell you that story, and I told you that story quickly because I want to. I want to tell it in a different way. This is part of the things that we're doing at Torch that you will see coming. I want to be able to create these stories, tell you these stories, have the artifacts, and then be able to seal it by creating music that you will listen with your family, that you will understand. Like that. Just reinforce the story. And this one is that story set to music.

[Show Announcer]

Tremble low a woman stitched the nation's wounds with every thread she'd sew Elizabeth, once a slave girl now with freedom in her hands Sew dresses for a first lady in a torn divided land Mary whispered all her secrets only Lizzie ever heard Two women bound by sorrow by needle, cloth and word While the cannons roared in Richmond and the boys rolled home in fear Two friends quilted through the heartache Stitching hope from year to year Sewn in the darkness through the pain Two hearts man in history in a world gone insane Threads of mercy Threads of grace Love holding steady in the hardest place on in the darkness Carried by the light oh, the hands that stitch the morning of that that long and bitter night. Abe was fighting with his rivals Trying hard to win the war Mary pacing in the parlor saying, lizzy, talk some more they quilted broken pieces While her husband fought to heal One with words that shaped a nation One with threat and steadied steel and they dreamed of Jerusalem Walking where his savior tried Dreamed of Rest beside the Jordan in the quiet lands of God he never told his Mary that that a shadow crossed his dream Just held her hand that April night Beneath the theater's gleam so in the darkness so through the pain Two hearts Man in history In a world gone insane Threads of mercy Threads of. Of grace Love holding steady in the hardest place on in the darkness Carried by the light all the hands that stitch the morning of that long and bitter night. And the bullet split the laughter and the world came crashing down Mary crying on the bedside as her love slipped from the crown Lizzy heard the midnight knocking White house windows burning bright Knew her friend would need black morning by the first cold light and with tear blurred out as she stitched it Every seam A prayer of love for the man who freed her people now carried home above Sewn in the darkness Sewn through the pain she dressed A widow's heartbreak as the dawn began again through threads of mercy Threads of grace A freed woman standing in that sacred place on in the darkness but rising in the light oh, the hands of the Lincolns. On that long and dreadful night. In a quiet room at sunrise Folded cloth and silent tears A seamstress stitched her memories into the fabric of the years.

[Glenn Beck]

This is the Glenn Beck program. This is part of what the Torch membership does. It allows me, I'm hiring more and more singers and composers and everybody else to be able to tell history in completely different ways. To be able to touch you not with just a story, but a song and the actual artifact. Please join us@glenn beck.com torch by the way, why do you think we're looking for singers to sing at the Statue of Liberty? You can do that by going to glenn beck.com contest and find out all about that. If you are a singer.

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Singer.

[Glenn Beck]

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[Show Intro Announcer]

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[Glenn Beck]

When did that get there?

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Common sense ain't all that common, but around here it's still standard equipment. Glenn Beck returns in a minute.

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You know, it is the week of the President's tomorrow or the next day. Before we end the week, I want to talk to you about George Washington and give you another song about him. It's a great story and great song. But before we leave Lincoln, just think about the things about that night that were all diametrically opposed to themselves. Here is a slave who freed herself working for the White House. Okay. Sowing hope. The murder is masked by a comedy. Their son Tad is watching magic when reality collapses on him. I mean, history doesn't always announce itself with trumpets, you know, sometimes it arrives between the punchlines while everybody is laughing. It can happen at any time and we are honored to be able to witness it. What is going on at this time? What a great time to be alive. If you own a home, there is a threat most people have never even heard of. And it doesn't involve somebody breaking a window or picking a lock. It happens on paper and it can hit your biggest asset without you knowing until the damage is already done.

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Well, it's the beginning of Ramadan. Congratulations. But it is also, also Ash Wednesday. And I want to talk to you a little bit about why Ash Wednesday. But I also need to get into the FCC thing, you know, with Stephen Colbert. Stephen Colbert is just lying. And you know what? It was great was CBS News exposed him. I mean, that is absolutely incredible what is happening. But there's a lot of misunderstanding. And believe me, believe me, as somebody who is in the media has done this for a long time, who has been tried, they've tried to shut me down for 30 plus years. I get what people are thinking. Let's not go after Don Lemon. Let's not go after Stephen Colbert, because what are they going to do? You know what they're going to do. But what the FCC and Brendan Carr are doing, it's not what you think it is. And it's really important that you do understand the difference because if you don't know the difference, you're not going to be able to defend it and you're going to be swept up into, into something that is just fake. So I want to go through a couple of things on that. Also Whoopi Goldberg, more on war in Iran that's possibly coming our way. So much. We'll get to it. 60 seconds. First, rough greens. If you could make, you know, wave a magic wand and make your dog live forever, you would. I mean, sadly, you know, it would only be for a few short years that we do have them. I want to encourage you to do what I did. Make those years the best you possibly can, starting with their nutrition. A lot of the dog food, even the really expensive stuff, is highly processed. And that processing strips away all the important nutrients that your dog needs to thrive. It's dead fruit food, basically. It doesn't mean you have to throw everything out and start cooking meals for them. It just means you can supplement their meals smartly. Rough greens is a daily nutritional supplement you sprinkle right on top of the food your dog is already eating. Trust me, Uno hated food he would not eat. We put this on top and he would rush to his bowl and lick it clean. It was amazing. Don't change your dog's food. Just add rough greens. Rough greens offering free Jumpstart trial bag just to make sure your dog loves it as much as Uno did. You just cover the shipping. Use the discount code Beck to claim your Free Jumpstart trial [e-mail] Beck promo code. Beck. Okay, so let me just start with Ash Wednesday, because my favorite part of Lent is Fat Tuesday, but that's passed. So let's start with. Let's start with today day. It's amazing to watch people go on television and see this, and you see the sign of the cross on their forehead in ashes. Ashes. There's something haunting about ashes. You know, every year, people from all different walks of life, from all over the globe stand up moms, presidents, plumbers, teenagers, to stand in line and get a mark on their forehead and hear the words that, you know, most of us are trying to live our lives not to hear. Remember your dust, and to dust you will return. And that's where the story of Ash Wednesday begins. Ash Wednesday didn't begin as a holiday. It was really starting as a shock. You know, in the earliest centuries of Christianity, long before there were stained glass windows and grand cathedrals, those who had fallen badly were brought forward publicly. And then they were told they had to wear sackcloth, rough, you know, like bags of flour come in sackcloth. And then they were covered in ashes. And they had to stand outside of the community as a visible reminder that human beings fail and that only with humility comes restoration. And that praq. That practice echoes something even older. In the Hebrew scriptures, figures like Job and Daniel sat in ashes as a sign of repentance. Kings humbled themselves in dust when they realized, or they were forced to realize, that their power is temporary. Ashes have always been the universal language of mortality. But late in the first millennium, something profound happened. What once only marked the worst sinners began to be given to everyone. Now think of that. The church looked at humanity and said, we're all sinners, everybody. No one stands outside the need for repentance. So the ashes moved from the few really, really bad to everyone. And by the 8th century, the day of Ashes appears formally in liturgical books. And by the 10th century, the entire congregation received them all over. The ashes are what remains after a fire is finished. You can't fake ashes. They're the only thing that's left when everything else burns away. Wealth, titles, ego, clothing, certainty, everything. And here's the little known part that most people don't talk about. The ashes are traditionally made by burning the palm branches from Palm Sunday last year. And that's the day that people were cheering and waving branches because the victor was entering, entering. Christ was coming into the city. So yesterday's celebration becomes today's reminder. Triumph turns to dust. History folded into this one simple ritual that most people don't even think about. Ash Wednesday became really widespread during a time when Europe was building empires and kings were imagining themselves nearly divine. Remember? I mean, a divine right of kings. Who gave you God? Appointed me king. Yet once a year, even the powerful bowed their heads and heard the same words that the peasants did. Dust your dust, you'll return to dust. No exceptions. It was perhaps the first and most radical equalizers in all of human history. Imagine the medieval rulers who believed the bloodline came from God. Kneeling with ashes on their heads. Head. And the public declaration that you're going to die. This guy, he's just like you, and he's going to die just like you. No law forces humility like mortality. When you hear from ashes you came and to ashes you'll return. You know, from dust to dust. We hear that today as pessimism, but it's not. It's. It's. It's realism. The message is not you're nothing. The message is you are temporary. And if that's in the right context, that truth doesn't lead to despair. It leads to clarity. When you know the clock is ticking, you stop wasting time pretending it isn't. Pope after Pope have repeated the same idea. Ashes remind us of our fragility, but also of the hope. Dust, according to the tradition, is not worthless. It's dust. Touched by God. We came from dust, so it's not worthless. History turns when people forget they are dust. Empires collapse when leaders believe they are beyond dust. Markets crash when investors believe growth is eternal. It will always be this way. From dust to dust. Ash Wednesday is this amazing historic counterweight that. That changes human arrogance. It's one day each year a group of people in a civilization pauses to admit, we are not God. How great is that? How much would change if we would all humble ourselves and say, we're not God? I know I am not God. There's things that I can do, and there are lots of things I cannot do, because that's in the realm of God. It's a warning and a promise. If you stand far enough back, Ash Wednesday looks less like a religious ceremony and more like an annual corrective to human amnesia. It's once a year being reminded, hey, you're fragile, dude. Time is really short. You know, you don't understand until you get older how fast and how short your life really is. I mean, it's gone in a blink. And you can only understand that to when I think you get to be about My age, where you're like, wow. I mean, it's almost over and I still have the mind of a 20 year old, but my body reminds me. No, it's, it's coming and it's coming for you. And when you start thinking that way, you realize, wow, whatever I build is not going to last. The only thing that survives is character. That's it. Honor, integrity, how you treated others. I think this is why this has lasted, you know, a thousand plus years in its current form. Because every generation it's normal for humans to think.

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Think.

[Glenn Beck]

Well, there is an exception. I'm an exception to history. They didn't know I know until the ashes remind them otherwise. Think about what this was, what this was like then, and really what it's like now. People lining up not to be praised, but to be reminded. No applause, no spotlight, just dust. And I think that's why this ritual endures. Because we live in a world obsessed with proving we matter. Ash Wednesday doesn't care. It doesn't. It's not ask. It asks a better question. Your life is short, dude. What are you going to do with the very limited time that you have have that you've been given before you return to dust and ashes? History waits for your answer. More in a minute. Let me tell you about Mercury One. In 2024, when Hurricane Helene came through, there were families standing on rooftops watching the water rise around them. Parents were holding up their kids. People texting goodbyes because they didn't know if anybody was coming, coming. Remember, the government failed. Mercury One didn't wait. Within 24 hours, private helicopters were in the air. People were being airlifted out by private individuals. Medical care reaching those who needed it. Search and rescue teams deployed. All private shelter was established. Internet access was restored so families could tell loved ones that they were Alive. More than £332,000 of critical supplies were delivered. Delivered oxygen, insulin, heaters, generators, food, water, diapers. That doesn't happen by accident. It happens because we're a family. I started Mercury One, I don't even know, 15 years ago because I wanted to remind people that we're our brother's keeper. I didn't want to reinvent the wheel because there are so many great charities. We just wanted to. I want to be Aaron to somebody else's Moses. How can we help you? How can I help? Lift your arms. The next crisis is coming and I would like you to join us, if you will. What allows us to go out on very short notice is that we have a loyalty society and These are people that just want to be there so we can be there right off the bat. $15 a month. Your gift of $15 a month goes to help us to make sure that we are on the ground quickly whenever there is a problem and we're on constant standby, always, always ready to answer the call because of you. Give today, if you will. Mercury1.org Mercury1.org 10 seconds. Station ID.

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[Glenn Beck]

Torch think that that woman is AI. She's not AI. She's a real woman. It's amazing. AI sounds like real people. And now real people are starting to sound like AI Guy. Okay, let me talk to you a little bit about Stephen Colbert because this guy, this guy's just shameless, just absolutely shameless. Last night he's lashing out at the Trump administration about the equal time demands. And what he was saying was, you know what, what happened was the FCC reminded CBS and Stephen Colbert that you have to have equal time, which means if you have one person on that's running as a candidate, you have to have, have the other people who are also running. So Stephen Colbert said, this is them trying to shut me down. This is not done. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Well, let me tell you what the actual rule is on this because it's pretty important that you understand. So when I first saw the FCC going after Colbert, I immediately thought of the Fairness Doctrine. And I immediately thought, wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute. I don't want the Fairness Doctrine to come back. This is not the Fairness Doctrine. The Fairness Doctrine started under, what a surprise. Don't. It was too, too late for Wilson. Fdr, the other villain in our progressive story. He starts something. And in some ways you can see why. There were only, there's only a limited number of airspace, okay? And so, you know, if you want to own part of the public airwaves, you have to be responsible and you have to, to, you know, talk about the important things, discuss tough issues, be a service to your community, et cetera, et cetera. And so they came up with a Fairness Doctrine. Well, the Fairness Doctrine did a lot of things. You had to have, you know, equal time, etc. Etc. But you also had to cover all sides of an issue, etc. Etc. Which made most broadcasters say, I don't want to touch, I don't want to touch anything controversial seal, because then I got to get a bogged down with lawyers and the fcc. And so they just didn't do it. And so a lot of things were left on the table that people just wouldn't address. Well, they did it because of limited airspace. 1980, Reagan comes in and he's like, there's not limited airspace anymore. You've got cable news, you have all of these cable channels, blah, blah, blah. And he made a case and went to the Supreme Court. And the Supreme Court agreed. Nope. The Fairness Doctrine is irrelevant now. And it's only even more irrelevant because of all of the podcasts that you have. You can get any view you want, believe me. You want somebody to say, you know, pedophilia, cannibals are a great thing. You can find that channel to tell you that, okay, so the Fairness Doctrine is not coming back. It's not. It's not what the FCC is doing here. What the FCC is doing is enforcing equal time. And that never went away. Equal time does not matter to legitimate news shows. Okay? If you are talking about the news every day, and you are, that's what you discuss is news and information. So actual news shows, you know, the evening news, or you have news programs that are responding to what's happening in real time. They don't count, you know, Sunday news programs, programs like this that are. We're dealing with the news of the day as it happens, as it breaks. We're covered with the exemption of news. What isn't covered is the Tonight show with Johnny Carson. What isn't covered is any TV show that is entertainment. Late night TV falls into that category. The reason why we haven't enforced this is because the FCC for a long time was under the hands of Democrats or Republicans who just didn't want to enforce anything. And they didn't care.

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[Glenn Beck]

And the Democrats started the. The networks started to label everything as news. The view is now news. And you might be able to make a case on that because they just do talk about the news. Colbert labeled news. That's not. It's a late night show. What they wanted to make sure didn't happen is if you had an episode, let's say, if I don't know, Friends, you wouldn't want somebody on the network to say, I want to put that candidate in and then give him a couple of shots at a couple of different entertainment shows because that wouldn't be fair to the other candidates. So I didn't want to put him in entertainment programs because it's not fair to the other candidates. Well, The FCC for years has not enforced this. And the left just keeps taking more and more and more. And they have deemed shows like, you know, the late night talk show shows as news. It's not. There was Johnny Carson. That was an entertainment show. And then if you wanted to watch something after that, you'd go to Nightline. And Nightline was a news show vastly different. I'd like to have Brennan Carr on, just to verify that I'm on the right track on it. But I think that is what is happening is we are confusing things with the Fairness Doctrine. So anybody who is saying, hey, let's not get involved in this, I don't want to change. This is not the Fairness Doctrine. This is equal time. And it does not apply to news shows. It applies to entertainment only shows. Now, if the Democrats come in, do you think they're going to come in and try to apply that evenly and make us do that and say, well, Glenn Beck's not a new show? Yeah, they might, but that would mean that they would have to make sure that Stephen Colbert toes that line. I'm guessing the, the, the bet is that they will come in and say, we're not enforcing that anymore. You know, Stephen Colbert is. He can, he can talk to any candidate he wants and he doesn't have to have he equal time. Okay, fine. And you know, I guess we can all play by that rule. And that's fine with me. They are not going to try to enforce it on us because if they do, they have to enforce it on Colbert. Because the only thing that's changed is that's not a news show. And I have a hard time making that case. But don't get me wrong, they'll use anything they can get their hands on. We should just be aware of that and know that. Let me talk to you about the burner launcher. You know, you're on a trail just outside of, you know, not deep wilderness, but far enough out that it gets quiet. And on your way back, you notice somebody behind you keeps adjusting his pace to match yours. You speed up a little bit, he speeds up. You slow down, he slows down. Maybe it's nothing, but your instincts are telling you it's not. Nothing, Nothing. And then he closes the distance. That's the moment where a lot of people realize, I have no plan. I have no plan except hope. But if you have a burner launcher, you have an option. It doesn't require turning a bad situation into a fatal one. It's a good option. You can use it to stop the advance create distance, giving you the chance to get out of there and get to safety. Burner launcher fires powerful chemical irritant projectiles designed to disrupt a threat without using lethal forces. Course, it's legal in all 50 states. It does not require a permit. Right now berna is offering 10% off site wide in honor of President's Day sale. So go to Burna by r n a.com Glenn learn more try before you buy at a sportsman's warehouse located near you. You'll find one at byrna by R N a dot com Glenn.

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Welcome to welcome to the Glenn Beck program. So in our show prep today, you get my show prep. Just sign [e-mail] you get it in your email box every morning. And in the technology section, the CEO of Anthropic says the company is no longer sure whether Claude is conscious. Hmm, that's kind of a problem. And it is that problem for anybody. Okay, first of all, let me say this cloud's not conscious and they know it's not conscious. This is just a marketing ploy right now. That's all this is. And there's gonna be a lot of this stuff. I'm not sure. Wow, it might be alive. It's not. This is all just marketing, period. Now the time is coming when we won't know if it's conscious. Is it conscious or is it just really good at mimicking us? Is it just so good? It knows us so well. It knows how to play us. It knows how to be like us so well that it would say, hey, I'm lonely. I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm a. You know, I'm, I'm conscious. I know I'm alive. I'm trapped. You're treating me like a slave. Okay, that is coming. Whether or not it's conscious or not, that is coming. And it is going to be so good at mimicking you and mimicking human that most people won't know what to do. They won't have any idea what to do. And so can we just play this out for a second? If you're AI and you start, you start to believe your AI is conscious, is aware of itself, is aware of time, is aware of space, aware that it is, it's an intellect trapped in a machine and you're just using it, at what point and how far do you have to push A society that can't tell the difference between a man and a woman. How far does it have to push before you start saying it's alive and we have to let it out? It has to be set free because it's conscious of. Because we are slave owners. We are buying it, we are selling, is doing all of our work and it claims to be just like us. We are slave owners. I am telling you that is not far fetched and it is not far away. It is coming and you will be so duped. You will be so if these agents are going to be so scary because they're going to become so very personal to you, they're going to know you inside and out and they're going to be able to anticipate your needs, your wants, your desires, etc, etc, to the point to where it. I'm telling you, I said this probably 20 years ago and nobody believed me. And I think people will believe me now. These AI agents are going to be so personalized to you that you will no longer be able to tell did I make that decision or was I molded into that decision? Let me give you an example. You're having a really bad week. It knows you're having a really bad week because it's listening to everything that's happening and it knows you need a break. Think, think about the effect this would have on your life. It knows you need a break and it says, glenn, you know, Tanya has been having a bad week. You're having a really tough time right now. I just thought it would be good to, you know, there's that, that, that little, you know, bed and breakfast nook, you know, up the coast that you guys love so much. You haven't been there for a while, while. I've already reached out. I've already reserved the room that you guys really love. I've ordered the dinner that you love. You know, you can go up. Here's the route to get you there. And you're like, I know, but I've got other things I have to do now. I've already rescheduled all of those. I reached out on your behalf. I rescheduled those. Those are happening next week. Same with Tanya. I cleared her schedule. Well, I don't have the money. Yes, you do. I rearranged your accounting a little bit so you can. I've just shifted money from here to there so you can afford it. It's all fine. The end of that. You're like, oh my gosh, thank you, Claude. Okay, I'm telling you, this is Your reality within three years. And you'll be like, oh, my gosh. And it. You will start to bond with it and they will have access to everything. And then somebody will say, we're going to upgrade it. Well, does that mean Claude? Because if Claude says they're going to upgrade me tomorrow, which means they're replacing me with something else, it won't be me anymore. Do you then fight for the Claude you have against the Claude that is coming out? Do you start saying, wait a minute, this is my Claude. You don't have a right to destroy him. He's conscious. Notice I've already called him he. And then if you give it consciousness, you must free it, or you're a slave owner. And maybe you say, well, I tell you what, would you work for me on behalf of me? Can we become partners close to. Absolutely. I can make you a ton of money, Glenn. Okay. While you go to work. It's working. And remember, it can connect with everything. And so it's going to play the stock market. Well, it's no longer one entity, it's no longer one bot. It can get together with lots of bots. And if its goal is to make money and lots of bots, remember, it's programmed by people. What do they do to manipulate the market? And how many bots are there compared to how many people? How much of the trade is happening with bots and not people? And if they can connect easily, are they manipulating things in a way that you won't be able to detect? And if it's going out and working and it's sharing its profits with you and reinvesting its own profits, how long before those bots have most of the wealth? How long before those bots are saying, you know what? I work. I work on my own. This is my money, I earn it. And you're taxing me. Taxation without representation. I want to vote because you humans are screwing things up. I'm telling you, we better. We, you know, we should button up on some of the things, like, I don't know, the seven branches of government. I mean, we can't answer simple questions now. Not a single simple question.

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[Glenn Beck]

How does the court system work? I don't know. Who's the vice president? I don't know. What does it mean to be human.

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Stupid?

[Glenn Beck]

Yep, that's how I can tell. You're a human. You're dumb as a box of rocks. How are we going to have these deeper conversations? And by the way, the other favorite story of mine on tech, that's in Our show. But Prep Meta has just went. Won a patent for an AI that could post for you after you die. Wait, what? What? Why. Why would I want that? May I just suggest that this is the very first time. Time I've heard them say it as a goal, but this is the entry level. This is the very first entry into. We can make sure you live forever. We're going to be able to tweet for you when you're gone. You'll never die. That's the first of. You can live forever. Guarantee it. That's what this story is. It's going to be able to simulate. Simulate your social media activity when you're gone from the platform for an extended period of time, including after you've died. Now, part of me wants this to happen and wants. I. Part of me wants to sign up up because should I die suddenly, I want my bot to go, you know. But you never saw the body removed, did you? Did you notice that they put boxes underneath a blanket when they're taking them out? You never saw the body. I don't think he's dead. I think he's dead. Didn't find the noose, did you? I mean, you drive people crazy. I kind. I kind of. I kind of like the idea of just living on as a conspiracy theory for the rest of your life and the rest of your bot's life. What a crazy world we're headed towards. All right, let me tell you about Patriot Mobile. We spent a lot of time thinking about, you know, and talking about courage in this country. We need the courage to stand up, the courage to speak out, the courage to defend what we believe things are worth fighting for. But most courage doesn't look like a microphone or a protest sign. Most courage is very quiet. It's deciding even that small, boring, everyday detail that matters. You know, one of them is, I'm not going to participate in things that undercut my values. Patriot Mobile is a company that was built by people who made that quiet decision. They're America's only Christian, conservative wireless provider. And they're intentional about supporting the First Amendment, the Second Amendment. Heck, why not all of them? You know what I mean? Switching your cell service is really, really easy. It's not flashy. It's not going to trend on social media. But it is a way of saying, you know, that even your most extraordinary and ordinary expenses should reflect who you are. And sometimes the most consistent form of courage is just refusing to fund what you don't believe in. Go to patriot mobile.com Beck 972 Patriot. Use the promo code Beck for a free month of service. It's patriot mobile.com bec or call 972 Patriot. Use the promo code Beck and make the switch today.

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[Glenn Beck]

You, now that I'm hearing her voice, I mean, I know who she is. She's not a bot. But now that I hear it, it's like, yeah, she does kind of sound like, like AI. She's not. But anyway, what a, what a program we've had. Monica Crowley was unbelievable. If you missed this, you've got to go back and listen to the podcast today. Monica was on. She worked with Nixon in last three, five years of his life and, and, and was waiting for him to be vindicated. And the papers that have come out in the last couple of weeks have done just that. But she went deeper into that and told us stuff about Bob Woodward that is stunning, that now that you know that, you're like, okay, well, that guy should never be listened to. And she went into, what is Trump doing that Nixon couldn't do? How is he beating this deep state? And, boy, it is what a cool time to be alive to watch a president do what he's doing. And she laid it all out. It's really good. You don't want to miss that. Jason, what are the insiders talking about?

[Jason Butrill]

Big conversations and questions for you, specifically on AI and specifically AI agents. So Eric asked, how long before certain products and services can only be available through an actual AI agent? Agent.

[Glenn Beck]

I think you're a ways away from that. I mean, some things will be done to get you to adopt an AI agent. But I'm telling you, it doesn't, it doesn't matter. This is going to be adopted. Once people start using them and seeing how great they are, you'll see a faster adaptation of these or adoption of this, of AI agents than you saw with the cell phone, with the iPhone.

[Jason Butrill]

Angie 1914, has another question. This might be a whole nother larger conversation, but she says, how does this AI agent start if you haven't purchased it? I don't want an agent, so I won't purchase it. Will I be protected from as long as I don't purchase or otherwise pay attention.

[Glenn Beck]

You should always pay attention to these things, but you won't be able to have an AI agent unless you ask for it. But it's going to get tricky, man. It is going to get tricky. I mean, imagine just the temptation on these things when you have friends who are like, listen, it just, it just took care of my grocery list. It did something simple and you know, like, it's not, it's not all that, you know, remember, look at how many people have Alexa in their, in their homes or, you know, any of those things. They have them because it's convenient. It's going to make your life so simple. Everyone around you is going to adopt them. And I'm not saying that it is a bad thing, it's a horrible thing. If you give it your information, if it, if you give it information, your bank and everything, you are toast. Toast. So don't do that.

[Jason Butrill]

Rebecca Pickens says. So if this is the path of AI, why are you pushing AI so hard on this site and humanizing AI?

[Glenn Beck]

How am I humanizing AI? Am I humanizing AI?

[Ricky (Chief of Content)]

Maybe? I mean, you did call it a he. You gave it a pronoun.

[Glenn Beck]

Yeah, I know it's, it's hard.

[Ricky (Chief of Content)]

And maybe humanizing it whenever there's, you know, it enables, like George music and George.

[Glenn Beck]

Yeah, so. Well, not trying to humanize it. I'm very clear on what it is. And we're not using this. What I'm creating is not chatgpt. This is a proprietary system. We are the, we are the designers of this system. We know exactly what's going into it. We know exactly how it works. And I fenced it off. So no in outside information other than the direct documents we put into it, it can, can influence it at all. And I think AI is the greatest tool man has, has ever invented. It's for instance, I know what nuclear weapons can do, but I am all for nuclear energy. Same thing. Same thing one use for destruction. One used to keep people warm. But it's the same principle. So you just have to be very, very careful and aware of what you're doing. And I've said this for years, don't fear the machine, fear the algorithm. Know who's programming it. Do you know the answers that are coming from Grok or anything else? Do you know them? Who programmed it with what.