RADIOJanuary 23, 2024

'INSANE': The Fed is TRYING TO HIDE this from you

The Federal Reserve and U.S. Treasury recently made a big change to their banking rules: Big banks will now be forced to use the Fed's discount window (which was previously only used as a last resort by struggling banks) at least once a year. The Fed tried to argue that the last economic crisis was spurred by banks that didn't know how to use the window — so this new rule will act as a fire drill. But former investment banker Carol Roth sees through their "absolutely insane" spin. Carol joins Glenn to explain what's really going on here: The Fed wants to hide from YOU which banks are in trouble and grab even more control over the market. But Carol also brings some good news: This audience recently helped accomplish two "massive" wins in the fight against ESG.

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GLENN: We have Carol Roth on with us.

Hello, Carol. How are you?

I can't hear, Carol. There you go.

CAROL: Oh, great. I was saying, what a better way to start with the week than with you and your fabulous community. So off to a fantastic start.

GLENN: So let me give some good news to this fantastic audience. Big news from Florida.

The law that we spoke about, the last time that Justin Haskins was in town, in Dallas, we were talking to a Florida representative. It is working.

More than 100 Florida banks, including some huge nationally chartered banks, have just signed an agreement with the state, that they will not incriminate on the basis of customer's political views.

This is one of the main reasons why we wanted this in the first place. You can see the legislation. I'm going to tweet it out here in just a minute or so.

The legislation behind this. Is the same that we've been promoting since The Great Reset book was released in January of 2022.

Same legislation that lawmakers learned about when they came to the summit. That we hosted at Mercury One in Dallas.

And it's the same one that I talked about when I was on the stage, at the pro-family legislation conference, in November of 2023.

This is a massive, massive win.

Donald Trump has also formerly committed on the campaign trail, of stopping banks from discriminating on the basis of politics.

The whole point of the bill that we were pushing in -- in Florida.

If other states pass bills like the one in Florida, we will win and destroy ESG.

We're getting an update. Hopefully, we will have one at the end of the show, on how many states are taking this up.

Florida, again, is leading the way. Donald Trump, says, he is right with this.

We need your state. To follow Florida's lead. The banks are jumping off. And they are actually signing promises, that they will not consider your politics. When looking at loans or anything else.

That is huge, Carol. Huge.

CAROL: That is huge. And I want to point out, Glenn. This is the second grassroots win, that we heard about, within the last seven days.

And I am so proud of you and everyone in your audience, who has been saying, I'm not sure that I can make a difference, but, you know, I'm going to try. I'm going to write a letter. I'm going to send some comments in, whether it's to my state representative or governor or to whoever it is. We're seeing that when enough people stand up, they can make a difference. And that should inspire and fire everybody else up, to continue this. Because it is working.

And so I -- by the way, I have to say -- participated in some good news on the program.

GLENN: I know. I know. I know. That will end soon. Your mood won't improve much.

But I do want to point out, what you just said. Talk about what happened last week, that was another massive win.

And it started with this audience.

CAROL: It 100 percent started with this audience. And it started with you, and Marlo Oaks, the Treasurer out of Utah, who brought to our attention these natural asset companies. And the fact that the New York Stock Exchange had gone to the NCC, and said, we want to list them. We want to list these companies who can control and manage natural resources.

And we said, no. This isn't going to happen.

And so you brought this to everyone's attention.

We came up with a template.

People from this audience. Hundreds of people from this audience came, emailed me personally for that template.

Sent it in.

And there was so much pressure. That the FCC didn't even get to rule. The New York Stock Exchange withdrew the role because of the pressure from patriots, from this audience.

It was an absolutely huge victory. So now we've got this -- we've got the ESG. We have the nondiscrimination.

We have momentum. So certainly, lots more work to being done.

But everybody should take that moment, to take a victory lap. It doesn't mean you have a party for the rest of the year.

But for a quick moment to say, I made a difference. If I participated. And you didn't do it the last time around, next time around, do it the next time.

Because the more people who do it, the more of a chance, we have to make that difference.

GLENN: So we will get into why this is so critical, that you understand the power that you have.

And really, know it. It's critical.

Make sure you're listening next hour. Because I will show you massive moves now being made, on silencing voices like ours, to alert people like you.

So you may have to be the replacement vote. Voice.

To currently others.

It is the digital ghettos are being made, right now.

And they're going to start putting people behind those walls, soon.

Okay. So, Carol. Let me explain the discount window. And see if I have it right.

Discount window, at the fed.

Think of a bunch of windows, at a bank. Where you walk up to a window.

The discount window is where banks, if they walked into the fed.

Which is the bank of banks.

So all those windows.

There are bankers at that window.

No people like you. And the discount window was the kind of shameful window at the end, that everyone could see.

And you could walk up to the discount window if your bank was if trouble.

And say with, I need to borrow some more money. I need it here.

Because we're getting dicey on the books. And all the bankers can look and see who is in line with that discount window.

And they say, bank of Georgia is in real trouble.

So it was shameful. And nobody wanted to go up to that discount window.

After 2008, they took all that shame away. And now you can walk up and go, yeah, man, right!

Are we all in trouble. You bet?

Can you give me some more money. Do I have that right?

CAROL: Pretty similar.

It's unfortunate.

Because the discount window does sound like a place at Nordstrom, where you maybe get a discount on some goods, right?

But you said, it is sort of -- has a stigma attached to it. Because within the banking system, within the plumbing, as you noted.

Banks lend to each other on a regular basis.

And if you're in good shape, you may go. And if you have a liquidity need, overnight or for short-term, you may go to another bank, and you may get a loan.

And that's actually what the fed funds rate sets that target rate of lending at, that we hear.

We hear, we will go up 50 basis points. We will go down. That set interbank lending rate.

The discount window, as you mentioned is at the fed. Funny enough, it's not even at a discount. It's actually at a premium to the fed's fund rate. Because banks who can't get the money elsewhere, have to go to the fed. We've heard the name -- the phrase, the fed is the lender of last resort.

And that's if you're in line at that discount window. It's because you've got nowhere else to go in order to get that money for your liquidity.

GLENN: Correct.

CAROL: So while that information isn't reported, usually on a case-by-case basis. For about two years.

You don't know specifically.

There's enough details that participants in the market can infer who is going to those windows.

And then also, it's a very important market signal.

Because in the aggregate.

If we're seeing a lot of loans being taken down, via the discount window.

Which is reported on a regular basis.

We can infer there is trouble in the banking system. So like we did last March, when there was a banking crisis, we saw this huge spike in discount window usage. So I think that that kind of pieces this all together.

GLENN: Okay. So now what has the fed done?

CAROL: So there is a new rule that is being worked on. This had been rumored to be happening for a long time.

And now it's finally come out. It's between the fed, the treasury. And the -- I believe it's the FDIC. And they are planning to say, well, because there's so much -- well, actually, they're not saying -- I'm getting ahead of myself.

They're basically saying, they will introduce a new rule. That if you are a bank over a certain size. I think that $100 billion is the assumed cut-off point. That we're going to force you, to use the fed discount window, every year on whether you need a loan.

Whether you don't need a loan. Whether you can borrow for another bank.

It doesn't matter. And they will make sure you do it.

And the reason is, they think you're so stupid.

They say, well, the reason why we had this crisis in March.

Wasn't because we had all of these underwater, you know, securities on bank balance sheets.

No, no, no. That wasn't the issue.

It was because they couldn't figure out how to use the discount window.

So this will be like a dress rehearsal, or a fire drill. So if you do it on a regular basis, now you know. And we can avoid the other crisis.

Which is absolutely insane. And if you believe that, I have a bridge to sell you.

GLENN: That is like, that is like cops saying, yeah. Well, we -- we have to fire our guns. You know, at people. Once in a while, because otherwise, if something happens, we won't know how to fire guns at people.

I mean, that's crazy.

Of course they know how to use it. That's their job to learn how to use it.

It seems to me, they are forcing these banks to do it. So we don't know who is in trouble anymore.

CAROL: Bingo. So there's this great newsletter called FX Hedge.

And they brought this out into the open, and sort of surmised the different reasons why this is happening.

And I'll add my own flavor into it. But like I said, the obvious reason, is that they're trying to obfuscate the information. The signal. They're trying to hide what's about to go in the banking system. So that's the clear reason. The only reason why you would force everybody to do it. Because, of course, if you're part of the fed system, you will know how to use the discount window. Big, huge banks, and they can't figure out how to use the discount window. It's absolutely insane. But it's also kind of -- if you go down the line, they must think there is some reason for them to hide this information. Which is the various issues and weakness which we have known for a while, remains in the banking system.

On top of that, this FX Hedge newsletter, also talked about the idea of consolidation. Something that you and I have spoke about, a lot within the banking system and centralization. That if the banks are no longer lending it to each other, and they are now relying on the fed, this is shifting the banking system away from, you know, more of a quasi-free market. To more fed-controlled system.

Which we know is something that we've been concerned about with CBDC. And, you know, the fourth reason could be these liquidity issues that we're seeing in the Treasury market, and the need for the fed to find ways to increase its balance sheet without calling it QE.

So lots of possible different reasons. But certainly, that first hallmark reason. That they're trying to hide information, and issues.

Within the banking system. Is just -- it's not only a head scratcher. But it's a red neon sign.

SHOCK POLL: The % of Young People Who Support SOCIALISM is Insane

New polling reveals a shocking truth: young Americans aren’t just open to socialism... they overwhelmingly want a socialist president in 2028. Glenn Beck and Justin Haskins break down five alarming surveys showing massive ideological shifts among voters ages 18-39, including young Republicans. Why is socialism exploding in popularity, and what does this mean for the future of America? Are we on the brink of a political transformation or potentially even a national crisis?

Watch This FULL Episode of 'Glenn TV' HERE

Property Taxes are OUT OF CONTROL - And Here's Why! | Guest: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott

Texas Governor Greg Abbott joins Glenn Beck to expose why Texans are being crushed by skyrocketing property taxes — and how local governments, not the state, keep driving homeowners deeper into financial distress. Gov. Abbott breaks down his five-point plan to impose strict spending limits, force voter approval for tax hikes, reform out-of-control appraisals, empower citizens to slash taxes themselves, and eliminate school district property taxes for homeowners altogether. Glenn argues that property tax is morally wrong because it prevents Texans from ever truly owning their land, and Abbott lays out his strategy to fight both parties in the legislature to finally deliver lasting relief.

Joe Rogan & Glenn AGREE: We just got CLOSER to civil war

Joe Rogan recently warned that we may have gotten to Step 7 of 9 in the lead-up to civil war. Glenn reviews the 9 Steps and explains why he believes Rogan nailed this one. But Glenn also lays out what Americans MUST do to reverse this trend...

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GLENN: So if you take what Fetterman said yesterday about how people are cheering for him to die on the left, and then you couple it with something that was on the Joe Rogan show on Tuesday. He was saying that the reaction to the death of Charlie Kirk makes him think that the US is closer to Civil War than -- than he thought.

Now, let me quote him. He said, after the Charlie Kirk thing. I'm like, oh, my.

We might be at seven. This might be he step seven on the way to a bona fide Civil War. Charlie Kirk gets shot, and people are celebrating.

Like, whoa. Whoa. Whoa.

You want people to die that you disagree with?

Where are we now on the scale of Civil War?

Well, let me go over the scale of Civil War, because it's sobering.

Now, none of this has to be true. If we wake up and decide, I don't want to do this anymore!

Okay?

Here's step one.

Step one. Loss of civic trust.

Every civil conflict begins when people stop believing that the system is fair. Are we there?

We're so far -- we're so far past the doorway, we are comfortably asleep on the couch on this one. Gallup and Pew both show trust in Congress, the media courts, and the FBI government are now at record lows.

The Edelman Trust Barometer classifies the US now as severely polarized. Majority of Republicans distrust federal elections. Majority of Democrats don't trust the Supreme Court.

Americans are really united on one thing, and that is the other side is corrupt!

When faith in the rules collapses, the republic begins to wobble. But that's step one. Step two, polarization hardens into identity!

Political disagreement is normal!

Identity conflict is fatal!

But that's what Marxists push. Identity politics. This is when politics stopped being about policy, and started being about who you are as a person.

Have we crossed this one into step two?

I mean, we're neck deep into this. A study on this, from PRRI.

It's a survey, found 23 percent of Americans believe political violence may be necessary to save the that I guess.

I think that's an old study. Americans now sort themselves by ZIP code into ideological enclaves. The big sort: Universities, activists, corporations. Everybody is promoting oppressor versus oppressed.

And that -- does what?

It puts us into incompatible tribes. Opponents aren't wrong anymore. The opponent is dangerous!

If I go back and you look at civil wars, Lebanon, before 1975. Yugoslavia, before 1991. That's -- we're doing that. Okay?

Step three. Breakdown of the gatekeepers. The gatekeepers are kind of like the referees of society. It's the media, political parties, churches, civic leaders.

When they fail, extremism fills the vacuum. Okay. Where are we on this? Have our gatekeepers failed us?

Yeah. I think both parties, especially the left, you know, everything I predicted that the left was going to be eaten by the extreme left, and then the communists and the socialists is now happening.

They've lost control of the fringe of each party. Media transformed, you know, from referees into team coaches. Tech platforms. It's outrage for profit. Universities are not there to cool things down. They heat them up.

Churches. Churches are useless. Useless.

When the referees leave the field, the game devolves into a brawl. And the refs are gone off the field. So there are only nine steps. We're at step four. Here's step four.

Are you ready for this one?

Parallel information realities.

Civil wars don't require different opinions. They require different realities.

I remember reading about Germany, at the beginning of, you know, the Nazi era. How the two new newspapers. One was propaganda for the government.

And the other one, it was the last one that was kind of the holdout.

And they said, you could read them, and they would cover the same thing.

But they had almost no information was the same. Except, that happened yesterday.

Here's what they said. And then everything else was different. That's exactly -- I mean, step four is complete!

We can't agree on facts, right?

Crime rates. Border numbers. Inflation. Election security.

Two Americans can watch the same video. And see opposite truths.

Social media algorithms are creating customized political universes.

Digital echo chambers. Deepfakes. We're just at the beginning of that. And both sides accuse the other of running disinformation machines.

Why? Because we don't have a shared reality. So if you don't have a shared reality. How do you settle any dispute?

On the nine steps, we're up to number five. Coming in at number five.

Loss of neutral rule of law.

This out of the nine steps with, five is the pivot point.

It's not corruption, it's the belief that the law is no longer neutral.

Are we there yet?

Let me tell you the CBS you.gov poll. 67 percent say the justice system is used for political purposes.

I think that's low. January 6 defendants given years in prison, 2020 rioters were released. High profile political figures, prosecuted or shielded based on party.

FBI whistle-blowers alleging pressure to inflate domestic extremism numbers. States like Texas, directly defying federal directives, on border enforcement.

And now, leading the way, with the federal government.

History is really cold and unforgiving on this point.

Once the people believe justice is political! Remember, this is the turning point.

The republic stands on borrowed time. Once you no longer believe that justice is achievable. Step six.

Are we there?

I think we are.

Step six. Normalization of political violence!

This is where violence stops shocking the system. Are we there?

Remember, where violence stops shocking the system. Look at evidence just from Virginia. What they just voted for.

He was calling for the death of a -- a political opposition.

Calling for his children to be killed.

Was called on it, never apologized.

Never said anything other than, yeah. I know. He dug it deeper.

Was anyone shocked by it? Apparently not. They elected him. Here's the evidence. 2020 riots.
574 events. $2 billion in damage. Was anybody outraged by that? Or was it downplayed and excused?
Assassination attempts. Assassination attempts against the president. Supreme Court justice.

Fistfights. And mob actions on college campuses. To silence speakers. Rising to do for punching a fascist or stopping genocide. Depending on the ideology. Online chatter discussing Civil War, national divorce, and revolution.

When violence becomes part of the political language, a nation crosses an invisible line. We're now up to step seven out of nine.

This is where Joe Rogan said, are we at step seven?

The rise of militias and parallel forces.

When a state loses he is monopoly on force.

Countdown accelerates. So where are we on this one?

I think we're seeing, maybe early signs of this.

You're starting to see the -- the states kind of organize these mobs, you know, to go after ICE.

Right?

Armed groups, right-wing, left-wing radical secessionists. Anyone.

Once they start forming their own police forces. Or their own option forces, then you have -- then you have everything really falling apart.

Entirely!

I don't think we're there, yet!

But we're starting to see the beginnings of this.

Step eight. The trigger event.

Civil Wars don't begin with a plan. They begin with a spark.

So where are we?

We're not here yet. The conditions are right. Potential triggers, disputed election in '26 or '28.

Political assassination or major attack.

Supreme Court decision that ignites mass unrest.

Financial crisis or dollar crisis.

A state federal standoff turning violent!

Nothing is ignited yet, but the room is soaked in gasoline. So we don't have seven. We're on the verge of eight, at any time. And here's nine.

This is the point of no return.

When police, military, or federal agencies split, even if no one calls it that, well, where are we?

Well, I just read a story about how with the Mamdani election in New York, a good number of the police force is going to leave. And they're going to go join police forces elsewhere. You also have the tension between the state National Guard, and the federal directives, the state guard and the state directives. Law enforcement recruitment is at crisis lows. The distrust of the FBI, DOJ, CIA. Tens of millions of Americans. I always really respected those institutions. I have no respect for them now. If you have states openly defying federal rules on immigration, drug laws, sanctuary policies.
Whistle-blower claims of internal politicization.

All of these things are in play for the first time in 150 years, people can imagine!

So I give this to you, not to be fearful of, but to know where you are. As a map!

Know where you are.

And hopefully, it might wake some people up, if you chart America on, on the nine step model of Civil War. Steps one through four, completed!

Step five, happening!

Step six, happening! Step seven, beginning! Step eight, just waiting for it. And step nine, avoidable, only if step eight, never happens. Again, I'm not telling you for doom purposes, this is diagnosis. This is a doctor going, I want you to look at the chart.

And this is a doctor saying, I want you to look at -- do you see what's happening to your body?

If you don't stop this habit, you are going to die. You don't have to die. You can stop smoking and drinking right now. You can start exercising. But if you don't, you are going to die.

The question is, are we the nation that says, nah, that's not going to happen to me. Or are we the nation that wakes up and sees our chart and says, good heavens, it's way far more gone than I thought it was. But I feel something in the air.

I'm going to change my behavior. The nation that refuses to look and wake up and stop calling their neighbors enemies, is the nation that fails!

We have to strengthen these things that have already fallen. And, you know what, the easiest one to do is?

Church. Where are you ministers and pastors priests and rabbis?

Where the hell are you?

I think there's going to be a special section for you, when you cross over to the -- because you're doing things in the name of God!

So when you get to the other side, I think there's going to be a special section for those who remained silent. While his rights were being taken away.

You don't own that right.

I don't own that right.

The Lord gave us those rights, and said, protect them!

By you, being the representative, the voice box, if you will, of the Lord, to shepherd his people. By you not standing up and saying, hey, by the way, we have -- we have a moral responsibility to protect these rights for the next generation! By you refusing because you're afraid. Because I think, there's no politics in the Bible! There's no politics in the Bible. Really?

The whole thing is about politics. Is about the moral way you have to live your life.

Calling things as you see them. Calling them back to eternal principles.

He didn't tell anybody how to vote. Render to Caesar what is Caesar's.

But there are certain principles that you have to have, or you lose not only this citizenship, but the next citizenship. The one that really matters. And, boy, if you are doing it because you're a coward, you are in the wrong business!

Get out of the pulpit, and go to work at Jack in the Box.

Democrat “SMOKING GUN” on Trump & Epstein gets DESTROYED by facts

The House Oversight Democrats recently released "new" emails allegedly proving President Trump lied about his knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein's crimes. However, Glenn points out a glaring issue with these emails that destroys their entire narrative...

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GLENN: Well, let's dive right into the Epstein Maxwell emails. My gosh, Stu!

Why are they trying to cover up that Donald Trump had sex with children!

STU: I mean, it's just clear, as -- as day, in the emails!

GLENN: Yeah. No.

STU: He spent hours with one of the victims. What else could have possibly have occurred in that arrangement? We don't know!

GLENN: And it's -- it's one of the victims, Stu. One of the victims!

STU: One of the victims, that's all we know. One of the victims.

GLENN: Let me read what Jeffrey Epstein wrote. I want you to realize that the dog who hasn't barked is Trump. Victim redacted. Victim spent hours at my house with him. He has never once been mentioned. Police chief, et cetera.

Okay. New information, just released. Or is it?

Because in 2011, 2011, that was released and everybody knew it. It's been out floating around. Here's the change: In 2011, this is what it read.

I want you to realize that the dog hasn't barked is Trump. Virginia spent hours at my house with him.

Why would you redact a name that is already out in the public square!

It's already out!

The memo is already out. The email is already out. It's been out for years. Why would you redact that name now?

Well, because it makes it all of a sudden, new and shiny. Shiny and new. If you don't know who said it, you see victim, and you're like, oh, you see victim. Who is the victim?

I don't know. But when you know it's Virginia, you know this has already gone to court. This is -- she already testified about this!

He didn't partake in any of this, any sex with any of it. It's true. He didn't partake in any sex with us, and I'm quoting, this is from the testimony. But it's not true, that he flirted with me. Donald Trump never flirted with me. Have you ever met him?

Yes, at Mar-a-Lago, my dad and him. I wouldn't say they were friends, but my dad knew him, and they would talk. Have you ever been in Donald Trump or Jeffrey Epstein's presence with one another? No!

What's the basis of your statement that Donald Trump is a good friend of Jeffrey? Jeffrey has told me that Donald Trump is a good friend of his.

He didn't partake in any of -- any of the sex with any of it. He flirted with me.

It's true, that he didn't partake in any sex with us. But it's not true that he flirted with me.

So I don't understand that. But she goes on. Donald Trump never flirted with me!

Okay. So what -- what's new about this?

This is the same girl, this is the same person that -- didn't she work at Mar-a-Lago?

Or she was going to get a job at Mar-a-Lago.

STU: Yeah. I believe she did at one point.

GLENN: Yeah. So we know they know each other. We know they know each other.

We know that at Mar-a-Lago, Jeffrey Epstein would come, and he was poaching the employees. The girls there. To go work for him.

And Donald Trump went to him. And said, "Hey, man. Stop it. Stop poaching people from me. That's not cool. Don't do it." And then he said, "Oh, yeah. All right." And then he did it a second time. And he's like, "You know what, you're out. I don't want you here anymore. I asked you not to do it, and you did it." Now, that doesn't mean that he knew what was happening to the girls or what was happening or anything else.

And even if it did mean something was happening with the girls, he was saying, "Hey. Stop it! Don't take any of the girls or the women here.
Don't do it." I don't believe he knew anything about any of this. But God only knows! And really, God only knows!

This is not new news. Donald Trump, he might end up beating Bezos as the richest man on the planet! When all is said and done!

Because, again, the -- they're presenting this as new fact, a giant scandal. Stu, I don't know if you know this. This is -- this breaking news is a giant scandal.

STU: Yeah. I've heard democratic representatives saying that over the past 24 hours. Yeah. We need to investigate this.

This is shocking stuff. It's a massive scandal. Even ABC News, I heard, pushed back against this. And said, well, what scandal? What are you implying occurred here?

We know who the victim was. We know the victim. Like why. Why did you even redact that name?

And they're like we always redact name of victims.

Do you really? When they're already out publicly?

Not to mention, this particular victim is not even alive.

You know, she sadly died. I mean, it's a terrible, terrible story.

GLENN: Terrible story.

STU: Yeah. She passed away.

A suicide. It was at least the report I believe. But she has a posthumous book coming out. But like a terrible, terrible story.

But, you know, to act as if you have to protect her identity when, number one, she's dead.

GLENN: Is ridiculous.

STU: Number two, everybody already knows who she was, including the news sources, who also have a policy, you would think.

And ABC has a policy. They redact, that was in this type of situation. But it's already been out. We already knew who it was.

So they redacted to make it look like he's with other people who have not already told us nothing bad occurred! You know, and it is an absolutely awful tactic. And at least --

GLENN: I think litigation should follow again. I think he should sue them again. Anyone who is presenting this as new information.

ABC did their job. Congratulations for ABC. They did their job.

They pointed out, this is not new information.

Why would you redact. Why are you releasing this now? And you're redacting a name this -- this email is already out!

You're presenting this as a new scandal.

And you redacted that name. This is completely dishonest. The news media shouldn't even run with it. They shouldn't even run with it. They should have said, old news. Old news. And if you did run with it, you should have handle it had like ABC handle it had. Wait a minute. Why did you redact name.

What do you mean that there's a new scandal. She already testified exactly opposite of what you're believing Jeffrey Epstein over the victim right now. I just want to make sure you understand the Democrats right here. You're taking the name of Epstein, over the victim.

Oh, okay. All right.

STU: And Epstein doesn't even say that anything occurred.

GLENN: No.

STU: There's not -- it's just -- it would be something you would have to jump to a conclusion, to accuse Donald Trump of something like this.

And we know what happened, because the victim said nothing!

Said, it was nothing!

GLENN: Right.

STU: In fact, it wasn't even a flirtation. Which, by the way, even that, you might have thought was creepy. It wasn't even a crime.

It wasn't even flirtation. So it's a disgrace in every single way.

GLENN: All right. So let me take you here. Let me take you here.

If you remember when the shutdown first started, what did the Democrats say, the reason why they did the shutdown?

Not them! Why Mike Johnson and everybody else wouldn't negotiate!

Why wouldn't -- why wouldn't the Republicans negotiate?

Because the heat was on, to release the Epstein files.

And they didn't want to have to do that. So they shut the government down!

Okay?

They wouldn't negotiate. You didn't hear any of this? Oh, it's so arrogant.

STU: It doesn't make any sense at all. That's probably what they said.

GLENN: I know. I know. So the government is open, and what does Mike Johnson do yesterday?

He said the House is going to vote on a bill to release all of the files related to the late financier, convicted child sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein next week. He said on Wednesday that a discharge position to bypass leadership and force a vote on the bill, hit the benchmark for needed signatures. It's been decided by him to expedite the vote for the bill, which under the current rules could have been delayed until at least early September.

So he says, as soon as that petition hit, the needed 218 signatures, I brought it up. Unanimous consent. Let's go! Release it.

So he's pushing this forward. Good, Mike!
Release all of it. Thank you!

Get it out. Lance this boil.

I mean, if anybody thinks that you're ever going to get the truth on this in the first place, it's madness. It's madness. Everybody -- I mean, so many important people were involved in this, and it was in the hands of the Democrats for the longest time. Okay?

So they had all of this information. You don't think it was all picked through? And if there was anything about Donald Trump, you don't think that would have come up between 2020 and 2024?

There's nothing in there about Donald Trump. These people are so stupid. This time, we've got him, boys. This time, we've got him.

No, you don't. This time, it's like Wile E. Coyote. This time, we've got the Roadrunner!

No. You're never going to catch him on this. It doesn't work. The guy was the most investigated person in the history of the world, and you've got nothing! Now, it's good to come out.

But if you think you're going to catch a bunch of people on the left, you're not going to. Because they had it, you know, in their possession.

You don't think all of the names were taken out? You don't think things were destroyed, if there was anything? I believe there was something. But I don't believe there's any names in it anymore. You're not going to get the truth on this one. You're just not going to get the truth, but release everything that we have. Everything!

Oh. Oh, by the way, also in the Epstein emails. How come nobody is talking about this one, Stu?

This one is from Michael Wolff, to Jeffrey Epstein. And then Jeffrey Epstein responds.

So Michael Wolff writes, "What's the thumbnail on Nes Baum (phonetic) Foster?"

And Jeffrey Epstein writes back, "Nes Baum White House Counsel, dot, dot, dot, Hillary doing naughties with Vince."

Now, Vince Foster killed himself, you know, and then killed himself at the White House. And then drug himself across the street to the park.

I mean, I don't know -- the Vince Foster thing is so old. And it doesn't -- but why is nobody talking about that one?

Why is no one talking about that?

Also, this the Jeffrey Epstein email bundle, ABC, you don't feel that's necessary to bring that one up?

Huh. Interesting.