RADIONovember 01, 2023

Why Biden's new Ambassador to Israel is 'DEEPLY DISTURBING'

The Senate has confirmed Jack Lew as the United States' new ambassador to Israel and it reveals a lot about what Biden's true intentions may be. Glenn runs through the basic qualifications an ambassador to Israel should have — a deep understanding of the Jewish culture, foreign policy, and Iran. So, does Jack Lew — Obama's former Treasury Secretary who played a key role in the 2015 Iran nuclear deal — check the boxes? Well, Glenn says he has a feeling that Lew won't be too popular in Israel, especially as Iranian-backed terrorists continue to attack.

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GLENN: So yesterday, the Senate voted to confirm President Biden's pick for ambassador to Israel. I don't think he's going to be real popular over there.

Now, this has been a month's long vacancy. How is that possible?

Well, President Biden really picked somebody really, really good.

The qualifications. What do you think the qualifications to the ambassador to Israel. What should he have?

I mean, maybe, he should be Jewish.

Okay. The new ambassador.

Checks that box. He's an Orthodox Jew. Observes the Sabbath. So far so good. Our ambassador to Israel should also have experience to foreign policy. Kind of important, saying the region is a tinderbox right now. Might be a little bit of an understatement.

Well, the nominee, he did serve as Obama's deputy secretary of state, for management and resources.

That is referred to as the chief operating officer of the State Department. So, you know, give it all the aid that we'll probably throw at the region. Could be a valuable skill set.

No. No. Now, of course, much of that aid is going to Gaza. But we know this new ambassador that was passed yesterday, by the Senate, knows how to handle finance. I mean, real finance. Real money too.

His name is Jack Lew. He's the new ambassador.

Lieu was also the director of the office of management and budget, under both Clinton and Obama.

And then he served as Obama's Treasury secretary from 2013 to 2017. So that's great. Right?

As we learned from Ukraine, keeping track of our foreign aid, is going to be very important. And if he's the ambassador, it will be great.

Oh, wait. What?

We just throw it out like Oprah?

And hope it blows up Russia or something?

Oh.

What? There's definitely no money laundering going on?

Right. Okay.

What do you mean?

Having the guy who ran the US Treasury. The opera or operas is going to make things worse?

No. It can't be. It can't be. The third thing I think we should learn about the ambassador of Israel. He has a very solid understanding of Iran.

And Jack Lew has a very solid understanding on Iran.

Because Hamas isn't funding itself. Hamas, Hezbollah, and now the Houthi rebels in Yemen, they're all getting their money and orders from Iran.

So we don't want to send more. What?

He's going to send. Okay.

Wait a minute.

Apparently, Jack Lew is one of the main players in Iran's nuclear deal.

He is also the main guy Obama used to sell the deal to the Jewish community.

Now, he probably quickly realized the deal backfired. Well, in 2017, he said, I think Israel is safer today, than it was before the deal, when Iran was genuinely approaching having a nuclear weapon.

So remember the pallet of cash, that we put on the airport there for Iran?

Yeah. That's Jack Lew.

That's him.

So good pick for ambassador. For Israel. Right?

Every Senate Republican, except for two, voted no!

The two that voted for him, Rand Paul, and warmonger extraordinaire Lindsey Graham.

Now, is there a chance that Jack Lew will use his financial and negotiation skills to bring peace back to the region?

Yeah.

Or maybe he's the perfect guy to continue what Biden has been doing all along. Appeasing Iran. Making the perfect opportunity for government money laundering.

But, I mean, honestly, if we could print our own money in the basement, I mean, wouldn't you?

STU: So Rand Paul -- Rand has been on the record kind of to approve most nominees. Right? That's kind of been his stance over the years.

He pretty much believes -- he believes in pretty much rubber stamps. He believes unless there's something deeply unconstitutional about him.

I vote yes.

I am there to affirm. This is the way it used to be done, pretty much.

You would send somebody. And the Senate would not hold it for very long.

They would say, yes, Mr. President. That's who you want. That's who you get.

Unless there's something deeply disturbing.

And I think there's something deeply disturbing. You know, about Jack Lew.

STU: Right. It's interesting tool. On the money part of this.

The Republican Party stopped caring about spending. I don't know what year it was.

But pretty recently. At least stopped saying they -- they cared about spending.

They really just -- I guess they habitized it. Only when they're in the opposition, do they say anything about it, basically at this point.

And it does not seem to be to be a central part of the platform anymore. It's good. You want to make sure that you watch where this money goes. I think there's no reason to avoid doing something like that.

I think the interesting part about this, is that this is such a bad situation.

I am someone who does care about spending. Like, we bring on budget experts all the time.

We still talk about how the debt is out of control.

Like, it's an issue I still care about.

But when it comes to issues like both Ukraine and Israel, it is lower on my priority list. It's not the top thing, I'm thinking about when I'm thinking about it.

Like Ukraine is a great example of this. I'm upset about all the money we're spending in Ukraine.

It's not my top concern, however, when it comes to Ukraine.

My top concern is this moronic group of people, getting us into World War III.

GLENN: Yes.

STU: Like. I don't want them to spend the money. But if they spent the money on lollipops, I would also be very upset about it. But I don't think it would cause World War III.

GLENN: Yeah, right. I get that. I am concerned about -- that's why I like the deal that the House has just put together for Israel.

If Biggs gets the amendment. Where you have to have eyes on it. That should be a given. That should just be a given.

So you have to have eyes on it.

And the money comes from something you didn't spend that you said you wanted before.

Well, now you want this.

Okay. We will take that.

That is the way everybody in the real world works.

STU: Yeah. And it's a way to actually address both things. There's no reason, why we can't take it from some delapidated. Either not spending it. Or wasting it.

GLENN: Yeah. I don't think. And this is a real thing. We spent, I don't know how many millions on -- I guess mapping the vaginas of lesbians in the Congo.

I mean, what -- what?

STU: Mapping them.

GLENN: Well, I don't know exactly what we did with them.

But we were studying them for some reason.

And I don't know why.

STU: I don't want to know why.

GLENN: I don't want to know why.

Just stop. Stop.

There's enough cookies in the cookie jar. That are so bad, that we should take them out of the jar.

STU: And, you know, look, I've never been to the Congo.

I had a time share there. But I never made it out there.

GLENN: Yeah.

STU: But my belief is it's probably not the greatest place to live on a daily basis.

And if so, leave these people alone.

Stop studying their vaginas. Just let them live their lives. You don't need to go in there with all your equipment. Just them alone. Let them breathe. You know what I'm saying? Let them hang out there. That -- that should be lower on your concern list.

THE GLENN BECK PODCAST

Why Your Actions Matter More Than Words in the Eyes of God

Glenn Beck and Eric Metaxas expose the spiritual crisis gripping America’s churches — a moment they compare to Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s warning before World War II. As the culture descends into moral confusion, too many Christians retreat into silence, claiming faith while refusing to act. Together, they argue that true belief demands courage — that “faith without works is dead” — and warn that neutrality in the face of evil is itself a form of complicity.

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The American Dream is in CRISIS - How Freedom Was Replaced by Comfort

The American Dream used to mean freedom and the chance to build your own life through hard work, faith, and independence. But today, it’s been replaced by comfort, consumption, and debt. Glenn Beck breaks down how America traded liberty for lifestyle, why socialism is gaining ground, and what it will take to reclaim the real American Dream before it disappears for good.

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GLENN: I don't know if you saw the visualizing the American dream, Stu.

You know, what the American dream actually is, is that you can forge your own way.

You can -- you know, you can have a scrap of land, and grow your own food if up.

You can, you know, go to school. Not go to school.

You can find a job. If you're qualified for it, you have an equal chance of getting it, you know, based on merit.

But the percentage of Americans who say the American dream is retirement is 86 percent. Health care, 86 percent. Owning a home, 85. Raising two kids, 78. Owning a car, 72. Vacations, 71. Pets, 66. A wedding, 55 percent. That's the American dream, I can get married.

The American dream, if that's what you think, they've now estimated, the cost per household over the cost -- over the lifetime, retirement is $1.6 million. Owning a home now, 30-year mortgage, 20 percent you want to, is $957,594. Owning a car, buying and finance to begin with new cars every ten years is now $900,000 over your lifetime. Raising two kids to 18, plus four years of public college, $876,092. Two kids. Health care, over your lifetime, spending from ages 22 to 85, $414,000. Vacations, annual vacation from '22 to '85, $180,000. One dog and one cat for 11 to 13 years is $40,000!

That's more expensive than a wedding. The engagement ring, the ceremony, and the reception is now estimated to be $38,200.

There's a reason socialism is doing well. You look at that, and you're like, wow. I mean, if that's the American dream. And for a lot of people, that is the American dream!

That's not what the American dream is supposed to be, but, you know, once -- you know, once Woodrow Wilson and FDR got a hold of us and they started advertising, it became stuff instead of freedom. It became stuff. And, you know, when there's a new report out. Let me see if I have that.

There's a new report out now that shows, first time home buyers made up just 21 percent of the home purchases. That's the lowest on record.

The typical age of repeat buyers hit an all-time high of '62. The median downtowns, reaching 23 percent.

The highest since 2023.

And also, where is it?

The last one is -- the median age for first time home buyers, in 1981, it was 29 years old.

I'm sorry. Yeah. Twenty-nine years old. In 2021, it was 33 years old.

What is it this year?

Median age, first time homeowner, forty.

You're 40 before you can buy any kind of home. That puts these things that people want, dream about, out of reach, until you're 40?

You know, 29 is one thing. But if you're not seeing -- you're not seeing your life really kind of settling down until you're 40, I -- I can understand why you're like, you know what, this system doesn't work.

Because you've never seen it work. It's betrayed you.

Or so you've been sold. It's betrayed you.

And everything is being pushed out of your reach. And when you're young, the one thing you're not is patient.

And at 40, I can see why people are not, you know, yeah. Well, socialism is neat because capitalism isn't working. How would you respond to that?

STU: I mean, it's more lengthy than we have time for. But I would say that the response to, you know, you thinking that you want a home is not to embrace an ideology that murders 100 million people.

That's not -- that's not a good answer to the problem that you think you have.

GLENN: But they're not learning that anywhere.

They're not -- that is our responsibility! To teach those things. Because they're not learning it anywhere.

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The world is about to realize the DEADLY enemy we face

"The world doesn't understand yet. We're already in World War III," Glenn Beck warns. "That foe is not China. That foe is militant Islam." Glenn explains the battle we're currently facing and what's to come if we don't wake up soon...

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GLENN: From New Jersey, it's Brian. Hello, Brian.

CALLER: Hello!

GLENN: Hey.

CALLER: Yeah. Thanks for taking the calls today.

GLENN: Sure.

CALLER: Yeah. I'm worried that we are headed towards another French Revolution-style because we have entire generations. Or actually people just not being heard by their representatives.

GLENN: Hmm.

CALLER: And it's not just here. It's around the world.

GLENN: Uh-huh.

I -- actually, I had scheduled for this time, I'll just do it some other time. Talking about what's happening in -- in England.

I think England is headed for a Civil War. And -- and it's very close.

I mean, you can't put 4,000 people. 4,000 people, in jail, or try them for hate crimes. And speech crimes.

You can't -- you can't do it. In England!

You can't do that in one year. And expect people to just put up with it!

You can't -- you know, we're -- we're -- America doesn't understand yet.

The world doesn't understand.

We're in World War III. We're already in World War III.

I don't know when it becomes a hot war. Or even a war that we on our side recognize. But we are in World War III. And that -- that foe is not China.

That foe is militant Islam, period. And, you know, when we have a situation to where people are -- when the government is just like, no. It's not a problem.

It's not a problem. You know. You've got illegals all over.

It's not a problem.

It's not a problem.

It is a problem. Don't tell me what -- what the problems are not!

Because we're the ones living it!

You're the experts, who keep telling us, no. It's going to work out fine.

And it doesn't work out fine. And it just gets worse and worse.

Oh. We can spend this money. No. It looks like we can't spend this money. Oh, we can afford this. No. It looks like we can't afford this.

You know, if we do this with Ukraine, it will work out fine. No, it didn't, did it? These endless wars, all of this stuff, don't tell me what the problem is. Listen to the people and start talking to the people. Honestly, this is the reason why I'm doing this today. I -- I need to hear from you.

I need to know what's on your mind, so I stay focused and -- and clear on what America is saying.

Because I don't think -- look, you know, me taking phone calls is -- is not a true representation of anything, but it does give me a sense of -- of where you are, as an audience. Maybe not as America, but as an audience. And there are lots of things that concern me. But I want to hear it from you.
But I think you're right! We're headed for real, real trouble. All you need is real economic trouble.

You start getting real, true economic trouble. 1930s kind of depression stuff. And we're in Civil War.

Dan, Oregon. Welcome!

CALLER: Hello, Glenn. How are you?

GLENN: I'm great!

CALLER: Yeah. Good. It's been a long time.

I guess it's been over ten years, since I've had a chance to talk with you. I was one of your first insiders. I was listening to you, since you were in Florida.

GLENN: Wow. Wow.

CALLER: So it's been a long -- yeah. It has been. And I can't say I've enjoyed all of it.
(laughter)

GLENN: Neither have I!

STU: I can't say that either, I'll be honest with you.

CALLER: You know, you were talking on yesterday's show, reminiscing with Stu about how you guys started. And I remember those old shows. And, you know, at the end of the -- the fusion of entertainment and enlightenment.

STU: Hmm.

GLENN: Right.

CALLER: And there was a lot more entertainment. I remember I laughed a lot.

GLENN: Oh, yeah. I know. I know. Those days are long dead.
(laughter)

STU: There's nothing to laugh about now.

CALLER: Yeah. I -- I'm 78. I still work 40 hours a week. I love my job.

GLENN: Good for you.

CALLER: Been married for 55 years. I have seven kids.

GLENN: Good for you.

CALLER: I've got a daughter -- I've got a daughter who is in her 40s. And she has severe TDS. She -- we don't -- I mean, we're not cutting each other off. She hasn't done that at all. We're still very close as a family. But she was down visiting the other day, and got into a conversation with my wife. And I wasn't in the room. But Kathy said it was just like listening to one of those young people out on the street that was being interviewed by the news media. And she was -- and she was in tears about it. My wife and my daughter both.

And, I mean, I love her, and I continue to support her. She's a single woman, not by choice. She just never found the right guy.

GLENN: Yeah.

CALLER: And I really think that's part of the problem. Because she started reading -- back when Trump was first running, she started reading all of this stuff about him being misogynistic and all of this stuff.

GLENN: Yeah. Yeah.

CALLER: And it's just gotten worse. I -- I'm at a loss. I really am. Because I -- like, I see the country doing better. I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop. But I still feel like that at least right now, we're doing better as a whole. But what do we do about -- what do we do about our kids about -- she went to Portland State University for the last two --

GLENN: Oh, jeez, for the love of --

CALLER: Well, yeah. For the last two years, she went to -- she went to a little college in Idaho called Ricks for the first two years, and Utah State.

GLENN: Oh, yeah.

CALLER: And then she served a mission for our church in Brazil and came home, but then she went to Portland State University. And it just seems to have gone downhill from there.

GLENN: Yeah. Yeah. So, Dan, I think you are suffering from the same thing that almost all parents are suffering from. If you're not suffering from this, then, I mean, God bless you. You know, get on your knees and thank God. Because you are a lucky, lucky family. Everybody has in their family. I have it in my family.

And you have to ask yourself, what is your goal?

My -- what is your goal with your daughter? Your real goal?

CALLER: My real goal is for us to be united eternally. That's my goal. That's my goal as a father and has been to teach her --

GLENN: And how -- and how is that going to happen with politics?

CALLER: We just stay together as a family regardless of what politics does.

GLENN: That's exactly right. Exactly right.

I think we're in a place now where as parents, you can ask your kids, but it has to be honest. It cannot be trying to win. It has to be honest. How did you get there?

I mean, I remember. You know, we've talked about this before. And you didn't believe that before. What has changed?

Can you help me with that?

I would like to see what you're reading, or what that was.

And just ask questions. But they have to be honest. They can't be, you know, because I'm setting you up. Because I want to change your mind.

But keep a dialogue open with them. And just love them!

Just love them!

Because if you do anything else, you're going to drive them away. And then they're really lost. So just love them.

CALLER: Oh, I know that. Glenn, when she was young -- when she was young, I considered her one of the elect. And the Scripture says, that in the last days, even the elect are going to be deceived. And that's what I'm seeing. But everything you've said, I -- I am doing. I'm doing it that way. Because I know --

GLENN: Okay. Good. Then you didn't need to -- I appreciate it. I'm so glad you called me. But you didn't need to -- my advice, you already have it down. You're a very wise man.