RADIOJune 11, 2025

Caught in the crosshairs: Will YOUR city survive June 14th?

People like AFT president Randi Weingarten and Walmart heiress Christy Walton are promoting a “nationwide day of defiance” protest event called “No Kings Day.” But amid the chaos in Los Angeles, Glenn Beck warns that the anti-Trump “No Kings” protests are designed for only one thing: to sow more chaos on our streets.

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GLENN: The Coming Insurrection. I think we are -- I think we're here.

We're getting awfully darn close.

Look at the things that are happening right now. And the things that we said would happen.

And would all start be playing into each other.

You know, this -- this no kings event, next week.

I'm looking into it here. Jason, I know and you the staff have really been looking into it.

But June 14th, this is -- this is it.

In America, we don't do kings.

And on June 14th, we rise up.

And this is -- this is headed by Randi Weingarten. Who is strange. The head of the teacher union. Why is she so passionate about all of this, I wonder.

Anyway, she -- on Monday, they are going to tell their governments and the communities, no kings! Because what is happening according to Randi Weingarten and this group, is that Donald Trump has defiled our courts.

Really? The ones who -- wait. Weren't you guys just trying to pack the courts.

Defiled our courts. Deported Americans.

We haven't deported a single American. Have we deported a single American?

Disappeared people off our streets! What the hell does that even mean?

I mean, I know what it means. We're not doing that.

Attacked our civil rights, and slashed our services!

I wish they would have slashed our services.

Corruption has gone too far. No thrones. No crowns. No king. On June 14th, we rise up!

What do you suppose that is going to look like, in the midst of everything else, that is going on?

If you weren't for revolution, you would say, you know, guys, we've been working on the no kings thing, let's just hold off a little bit. Because we have California. LA.

Going on. This looks like it's starting to spread now. It's going to be in Boston. In New York.

Dallas. Last night.

And let's just -- let's just hold off on this.

Because we don't want to have, you know, another event, where we've got, you know, 150 cities, and these events going on.

And we're not at every event.

So we don't know who is actually organizing it.

Let's be very, very careful.

Let's take a breath.

They're not responsible people.

That is not their goal! To do reasonable things.
Their goal is to create as much chaos as possible.

I told you in 2000 -- beginning in 2008.

Look, the operative word for the future. The one word that you're going need to. Because it will describe almost everything, is chaos!

And anything that brings more chaos on the street, is not a good thing.

Stay away from people who are preaching chaos.

Law, order, constitutional principles. And principles that we find in the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Those things run to.

Everything else, is going to be a real problem!

And isn't it amazing how all of these things are just suddenly spontaneously, all erupting.

We did a show, how many weeks ago?

Five weeks ago, where we said, what is your -- what's your goal, as a Democrat?

Because you don't get elected on these things.

You don't get elected by causing more chaos.

By saying, hey. We're for the murderers, and rapists.

You don't get elected. The people are not for these things.

And you are seeing it in poll after poll.

And in that special, I said, unless that's not your goal. Unless your goal is chaos.

Now is the time to strike!

And look where we are, right now.

You know, I have to say something about Dave Ramsey for a second.

I know this seems like a non sequitur, but it's not.

You know, the pro-Israel event, that I was just telling you, was being cancelled in Dallas.

There was one in Nashville.

And Dave is in Nashville.

And it was cancelled for the same reason.

Dave, apparently has a large compound, and could have a thousand people. Or 1500 people, at his -- at his place.

And so he hosted it.

And took great risk. And hats off to you. I've been sitting here, thinking, after I read that.

Can we put that many people into our studios. I just don't think we can.

But my gosh, there's a guy who is standing up for what he believes, and putting his money where his mouth is.

Putting his safety where his mouth is.

And thank you, Dave Ramsey, for doing that.

You're a great man. Truly a great man.

STU: Greater than you, apparently.

He could pull it off.

GLENN: Apparently.

Well, I've worked with too many wusses. People that are like, Glenn!

STU: No. I'm in Dallas, right now. Where are you? Hmm. Interesting.

GLENN: I'm in an undisclosed location.
(laughter)

STU: Probably the smartest place to be, these days.

GLENN: I was going to say. I'm smart. I'm up in the mountains, where really, if you haven't thought about it, maybe you should consider it!

I'm just saying.

Let's see. What else haven't we -- what else haven't we hit yet, Stu. That is important to get in. Before we lose our national broadcast time?

STU: That's a good question.

We hit the -- the -- how about Brian Stelter, this is a fun one.

Brian Stelter.

GLENN: What!

STU: Now, Brian Stelter. He's out there, making sure you understand these protests.

First of all, he wants to make sure you know, well, not you, Glenn.

His friends that are texting him.

He wants them to know, that he has come on TV, and said, it's just a very small slice of Los Angeles.

Most people in Los Angeles are going about their business absolutely.

Normally.

Their lives are normal. They're unaffected.

GLENN: Wow. That's insight I couldn't have gotten from anybody else.

Wait. So you're not saying every person in Los Angeles is on the streets?

GLENN: No!

GLENN: Wow.

STU: I find that to be a fascinating thing.

There's like a nice little -- I don't know.

Let them eat cake element to it. I like.

Oh. Let those poor people, hit with rubber bullets. While we cheer them on.

From our wonderful Hollywood mansion.

I love you that element, of don't worry!

It's just --

GLENN: It's just the plebes of society.

STU: Yes. So he wants you to know about that.

Look, there's some relevance to that critique generally, in these moments. Right?

At times, we do get -- news cuts out the perspective that entire cities aren't on fire.

I do remember being on tour with you one time, Glenn.

And we were -- we were doing theaters across the country.

And I flip on the news.

It was MSNBC at the time.

And I see a former, you know, cable news personality, Rita Cosby. Do you remember Rita Cosby.

She was on MSNBC a few years back in the day.

GLENN: Yeah.

STU: I see her on a boat. She's on a canoe. And she's on a boat.

She's floating around, and I'm looking at it like, where is she?

It's not on a river! She's on a street!

There's so much flooding. She's on a boat on a street. And I'm like, oh, my gosh. Where is she?

And I realized, she's legitimately like a block and a half from my house.

GLENN: I remember. You came in. And you were like, I can't do the show.

My kids might be dead.

Help!

STU: I'm texting my wife, calling my wife. What is happening?

She's on a boat, right by the house. And she was like a block and a half from my house. I finally got my wife on the phone, panicked.

My house will be flooding. What will go on? What will we need to do?

And she's like, oh, well.

There's kind of like a big puddle at the end of our street.

Is that what she's talking about? And not only was there only flooding right there, in this one period.

Which floods all the time.

Every restaurant in our town was opened.

Everyone was going about their business normally. There was like, one or two houses that were affected, that are right on the water. Right on the river, where we lived. But that was it. But like, from my perspective, watching it on MSNBC, it appeared, my house and all of its belongings were going to be floating down the Delaware river at any moment.

So there is some level of context and perspective that is important in those moments.

But it seemingly only happens when you're trying to downplay the violence of a riot on the left.

GLENN: Yeah.

STU: And then today, Stelter is back on TV, saying one of the big problems with all of this is Twitter!

And X. Because what they're doing is echoing videos that could be, Glenn. You're not going to believe this. Could be up to hours old. So, I mean, you can't understand --

GLENN: Unlike television. Unlike television. Unlike television that is running -- that is running things from Friday and Saturday, you know.

STU: Right.

GLENN: It's up to hours old.

STU: Could be hours old. Maybe even a couple days old. And you shouldn't care, I suppose.

GLENN: Wow. That is amazing. Hey, can I ask you one of the shocking things that came out of what you were just talking about. Is that Brian Stelter was on TV.

Who knew that was still happening some place.

I want to ask your question on this. Get your thoughts on this.

Multiple people shot during DC pride parade. After gay activists rejected security measures.

Okay.

Have you heard about the shooting at the gay pride parade?

STU: I have not, no.

GLENN: Okay. That is odd to me.

Isn't that odd?

There's a big gay pride parade.

Shooting took place at DuPont Circle, a cite traditionally used by the LGBTQ+ community, leaving one male injured, according to the Washington, D.C. police department.

Shooting has occurred. Police also learned citizens of a stabbing that took place in the same area, which left two male victims suffering from stab wounds.

Okay.

So why haven't we heard about this?

Because you would think that that would immediately be turned into, see. Look, the gay pride parade.

They were told, they needed security, and they said, no!

We don't need security.

We're proud. And then, you know, nothing happened, except some right-wing extremists came out. And were stabbing gay people. And shooting gay people.

STU: Did the wrong shooter commit this crime?

Is that what occurred?

GLENN: When has that ever stopped.

STU: That's true.

That's the only thing I can think of.

Certainly, if a right-wing group decided to target a gay pride parade, it would be literally the lead story for months.

GLENN: For months.

STU: Yeah. So it has to be --

GLENN: For months.

STU: -- either just some general street crime, which wants to be ignored. Or it was -- you know, somebody else.

GLENN: It's got to be street. Just regular street crime.

Because that's crazy. By the way, the global gay pride parade that was apparently happening some place here in America.

And it happens every year. Some place globally.

And this year, it was America's turn. And they're saying, that the turnout, was about a third of what they expected.

Apparently, not so much pride, in the gay pride parade, this year, I guess.

I don't really know.

I don't really care, quite honestly.

But I would like to blame it on Donald Trump.

Because I -- I -- we haven't received any kind of, you know, official proclamation. Or -- or any kind of presidential dictate on what we were supposed to do with gay month.

With gay Pride Month.

And so I'm a little lost. Insular even have my tree up. Do you have your tree up?

I don't know which flags to fly. I don't know when to fly them.

I just don't know what parade to even attend right now.

And it's -- it's a little disturbing.

There's one other story that we haven't gotten to, and that is RFK Jr has -- has fired all 17 members of the CBC vaccine panel. I couldn't decide which one was worse, so he was like, eh. You know what, all of them. And I would just like to say, thank you very much.

Shocking train video: Passengers wait while woman bleeds out

Surveillance footage of the murder of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska in Charlotte, NC, reveals that the other passengers on the train took a long time to help her. Glenn, Stu, and Jason debate whether they were right or wrong to do so.

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GLENN: You know, I'm -- I'm torn on how I feel about the people on the train.

Because my first instinct is, they did nothing! They did nothing! Then my -- well, sit down and, you know -- you know, you're going to be judged. So be careful on judging others.

What would I have done? What would I want my wife to do in that situation?

STU: Yeah. Are those two different questions, by the way.

GLENN: Yeah, they are.

STU: I think they go far apart from each other. What would I want myself to do. I mean, it's tough to put yourself in a situation. It's very easy to watch a video on the internet and talk about your heroism. Everybody can do that very easily on Twitter. And everybody is.

You know, when you're in a vehicle that doesn't have an exit with a guy who just murdered somebody in front of you, and has a dripping blood off of a knife that's standing 10 feet away from you, 15 feet away from you.

There's probably a different standard there, that we should all kind of consider. And maybe give a little grace to what I saw at least was a woman, sitting across the -- the -- the aisle.

I think there is a difference there. But when you talk about that question. Those two questions are definitive.

You know, I know what I would want myself to do. I would hope I would act in a way that didn't completely embarrass myself afterward.

But I also think, when I'm thinking of my wife. My advice to my wife would not be to jump into the middle of that situation at all costs. She might do that anyway. She actually is a heck of a lot stronger than I am.

But she might do it anyway.

GLENN: How pathetic, but how true.

STU: Yes. But that would not be my advice to her.

GLENN: Uh-huh.

STU: Now, maybe once the guy has certainly -- is out of the area. And you don't think the moment you step into that situation. He will turn around and kill you too. Then, of course, obviously. Anything you can do to step in.

Not that there was much anyone on the train could do.

I mean, I don't think there was an outcome change, no matter what anyone on that train did.

Unfortunately.

But would I want her to step in?

Of course. If she felt she was safe, yes.

Think about, you said, your wife. Think about your daughter. Your daughter is on that train, just watching someone else getting murdered like that. Would you advise your daughter to jump into a situation like that?

That girl sitting across the aisle was somebody's daughter. I don't know, man.

JASON: I would. You know, as a dad, would I advise.

Hmm. No.

As a human being, would I hope that my daughter or my wife or that I would get up and at least comfort that woman while she's dying on the floor of a train?

Yeah.

I would hope that my daughter, my son, that I would -- and, you know, I have more confidence in my son or daughter or my wife doing something courageous more than I would.

But, you know, I think I have a more realistic picture of myself than anybody else.

And I'm not sure that -- I'm not sure what I would do in that situation. I know what I would hope I would do. But I also know what I fear I would do. But I would have hoped that I would have gotten up and at least tried to help her. You know, help her up off the floor. At least be there with her, as she's seeing her life, you know, spill out in under a minute.

And that's it other thing we have to keep in mind. This all happened so rapidly.

A minute is -- will seem like a very long period of time in that situation. But it's a very short period of time in real life.

STU: Yeah. You watch the video, Glenn. You know, I don't need the video to -- to change my -- my position on this.

But at his seem like there was a -- someone who did get there, eventually, to help, right? I saw someone seemingly trying to put pressure on her neck.

GLENN: Yeah. And tried to give her CPR.

STU: You know, no hope at that point. How long of a time period would you say that was?

Do you know off the top of your head?

GLENN: I don't know. I don't know. I know that we watched the video that I saw. I haven't seen past 30 seconds after she --

STU: Yeah.

GLENN: -- is down. And, you know, for 30 seconds nothing is happening. You know, that is -- that is not a very long period of time.

STU: Right.

GLENN: In reality.

STU: And especially, I saw the pace he was walking. He certainly can't be -- you know, he may have left the actual train car by 30 seconds to a minute. But he wasn't that far away. Like he was still in visual.

He could still turn around and look and see what's going on at that point. So certainly still a threat is my point. He has not, like, left the area. This is not that type of situation.

You know, I -- look, as you point out, I think if I could be super duper sexist for a moment here, sort of my dividing line might just be men and women.

You know, I don't know if it's that a -- you're not supposed to say that, I suppose these days. But, like, there is a difference there. If I'm a man, you know, I would be -- I would want my son to jump in on that, I suppose. I don't know if he could do anything about it. But you would expect at least a grown man to be able to go in there and do something about it. A woman, you know, I don't know.

Maybe I'm -- I hope --

GLENN: Here's the thing I -- here's the thing that I -- that causes me to say, no. You should have jumped in.

And that is, you know, you've already killed one person on the train. So you've proven that you're a killer. And anybody who would have screamed and got up and was with her, she's dying. She's dying. Get him. Get him.

Then the whole train is responsible for stopping that guy. You know. And if you don't stop him, after he's killed one person, if you're not all as members of that train, if you're not stopping him, you know, the person at the side of that girl would be the least likely to be killed. It would be the ones that are standing you up and trying to stop him from getting back to your daughter or your wife or you.

JASON: There was a -- speaking of men and women and their roles in this. There was a video circling social media yesterday. In Sweden. There was a group of officials up on a stage. And one of the main. I think it was health official woman collapses on stage. Completely passes out.

All the men kind of look away. Or I don't know if they're looking away. Or pretending that they didn't know what was going on. There was another woman standing directly behind the woman passed out.

Immediately springs into action. Jumps on top. Grabs her pant leg. Grabs her shoulder. Spins her over and starts providing care.

What did she have that the other guys did not? Or women?

She was a sheepdog. There is a -- this is my issue. And I completely agree with Stu. I completely agree with you. There's some people that do not respond this way. My issue is the proportion of sheepdogs versus people that don't really know how to act. That is diminishing in western society. And American society.

We see it all the time in these critical actions. I mean, circumstances.

There are men and women, and it's actually a meme. That fantasize about hoards of people coming to attack their home and family. And they sit there and say, I've got it. You guys go. I'm staying behind, while I smoke my cigarette and wait for the hoards to come, because I will sacrifice myself. There are men and women that fantasize of block my highway. Go ahead. Block my highway. I'm going to do something about it. They fantasize about someone holding up -- not a liquor store. A convenience store or something. Because they will step in and do something. My issue now is that proportion of sheepdogs in society is disappearing. Just on statistical fact, there should be one within that train car, and there were none.

STU: Yeah. I mean --

JASON: They did not respond.

STU: We see what happens when they do, with Daniel Penny. Our society tries to vilify them and crush their existence. Now, there weren't that many people on that train. Right?

At least on that car. At least it's limited. I only saw three or four people there, there may have been more. I agree with you, though. Like, you see what happens when we actually do have a really recent example of someone doing exactly what Jason wants and what I would want a guy to do. Especially a marine to step up and stop this from happening. And the man was dragged by our legal system to a position where he nearly had to spend the rest of his life in prison.

I mean, I -- it's insanity. Thankfully, they came to their senses on that one.

GLENN: Well, the difference between that one and this one though is that the guy was threatening. This one, he killed somebody.

STU: Yeah. Right. Well, but -- I think -- but it's the opposite way. The debate with Penny, was should he have recognize that had this person might have just been crazy and not done anything?

Maybe. He hadn't actually acted yet. He was just saying things.

GLENN: Yeah. Well --

STU: He didn't wind up stabbing someone. This is a situation where these people have already seen what this man will do to you, even when you don't do anything to try to stop him. So if this woman, who is, again, looks to be an average American woman.

Across the aisle. Steps in and tries to do something. This guy could easily turn around and just make another pile of dead bodies next to the one that already exists.

And, you know, whether that is an optimal solution for our society, I don't know that that's helpful.

In that situation.

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Max Lucado on Overcoming Grief in Dark Times | The Glenn Beck Podcast | Ep 266

Disclaimer: This episode was filmed prior to the assassination of Charlie Kirk. But Glenn believes Max's message is needed now more than ever.
The political world is divided, constantly at war with itself. In many ways, our own lives are not much different. Why do we constantly focus on the negative? Why are we in pain? Where is God amid our anxiety and fear? Why can’t we ever seem to change? Pastor Max Lucado has found the solution: Stop thinking like that! It may seem easier said than done, but Max joins Glenn Beck to unpack the three tools he describes in his new book, “Tame Your Thoughts,” that make it easy for us to reset the way we think back to God’s factory settings. In this much-needed conversation, Max and Glenn tackle everything from feeling doubt as a parent to facing unfair hardships to ... UFOs?! Plus, Max shares what he recently got tattooed on his arm.

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Are Demonic Forces to Blame for Charlie Kirk, Minnesota & Charlotte Killings?

This week has seen some of the most heinous actions in recent memory. Glenn has been discussing the growth of evil in our society, and with the assassination of civil rights leader Charlie Kirk, the recent transgender shooter who took the lives of two children at a Catholic school, and the murder of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska, how can we make sense of all this evil? On today's Friday Exclusive, Glenn speaks with BlazeTV host of "Strange Encounters" Rick Burgess to discuss the demon-possessed transgender shooter and the horrific assassination of Charlie Kirk. Rick breaks down the reality of demon possession and how individuals wind up possessed. Rick and Glenn also discuss the dangers of the grotesque things we see online and in movies, TV shows, and video games on a daily basis. Rick warns that when we allow our minds to be altered by substances like drugs or alcohol, it opens a door for the enemy to take control. A supernatural war is waging in our society, and it’s a Christian’s job to fight this war. Glenn and Rick remind Christians of what their first citizenship is.