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Nobody will ever FORCE this new ESG app on you...RIGHT?

A new app called the “Smart Citizen Wallet” has been released in Italy and it rewards people for being environmentally friendly. But don't worry, Glenn says. It's ridiculous to think that anyone will ever be FORCED to participate in this or any other ESG system! Just like it was crazy to say the housing market would collapse in 2007, or that Donald Trump would ever be president, or that America would leave people behind in Afghanistan, or that the entire global economy would shut down, or that the government would allow Home Depot to open but not your local hardware store, or that we'd see $8/gallon gasoline, or...

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GLENN: So there's a new app now, just been released in Italy. And, wow, it looks like China's social credit system, which kind of looks like the mark of the -- but what happens is, if you sign up for it, the smart citizen wallet, is going to be there. And going to -- it's -- it's going to give you points for things that you do right. And it's wonderful. If you use the app. You'll be rewarded for things like recycling.

Using like buses. Managing your energy well.

And not getting fined for any of those things.

What they're going to do is give everybody a virtuous behavioral pointedly. So you'll get a score. (?) you'll win points. You'll be able to spend on various awards, such as discounts, and free cultural activities. Oh, man.

It is going to be great. It really -- it is. Now, they did say, no one, quote obviously will be forced to participate.

Oh. Okay. All right. And, you know, I think that's -- I think we should probably trust them. Because it's ridiculous to think, in 2007 that the housing market would collapse. That's ridiculous. We would never bail out the pig banks and leave the little guy behind. The caliphate, what! That's a conspiracy.

Trump will never become president. And the military would never purge red staters out of their ranks. I mean, why would they do -- e, yeah. We're going to pull (?) out of Afghanistan. And leave people and equipment behind. Right. Right.

And you're saying that I'm going to tell you we can't define what a woman is?

You actually believe that there will come a time, where you are ostracized because you say men can't get pregnant. You're crazy. You're crazy. This is not a -- a tracking, you know, China mark of the beast.

It's not anything. You're nuts. It's likable the people who say, oh. Antifa and BLM. They're going to burn cities to the ground. And then they'll be called heroes by the media. And then they'll be bailed out of jail, by the person who becomes the next vice president. Right. Right. Oh, yeah. And our schools are going to teach CRT.

Yeah. Right. Look, believing, that these things could happen. That this is not some just innocuous kind of thing that will help people. You know, is -- is totally believable. And to not believe it. I mean, then you would have to believe like the FBI and DOJ and DHS would target parents as terrorists. You know. Or teach transgenderism. Or turn our kids against parents, beginning in kindergarten. You know. Or the FBI would abuse the FISA courts. And then if they did, you're expected to believe that there wouldn't be serious consequences? Right?

That's like believing that we'll shut down the entire economy, over the whole globe!

Oh, no one is going to tell you when to shut your business. And Americans will just take it. They'll shut their businesses down. And then if they don't, the cities will just come after them, you know. Oh, wait. Wait. Wait. What was that theory?

They're going to close down your local hardware store. But they'll open the doors of Home Depot. Because that's a safe zone. Come on. That's crazy.

Oh, yeah. And they're going to start, you know, suggesting that we round those people up, or, you know, what do we do with those kinds of people? It's like the climate deniers. Yeah. We're going to arrest them.

There's no inflation. It's transitory. Wait. You just said that there was no inflation. No. It's transitory.

Okay. Were you wrong? Oops. No. I mean. Squirrel.

ESG is a conspiracy theory. It's only for your information.

That's it. We're never going to apply this. This is so you know what you're investing in. We're never going to hold companies or states or countries hostage by it. That's crazy.

So, anyway, definitely not the mark of the beast.

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GLENN: And, by the way, don't worry -- because there's nothing that anybody can do about inflation. And it's not going to get out of hand. And even if it does, Joe Biden, he knew. He said, this will cost (?) we want to stand against Russia. We're going to pay a microwave price for it.

And for sure darn it, (?) we all knew what he meant by it. Every American was like, yeah. Yeah. Okay. Sure.

Eggs, according to the USDA. This week. Eggs, you know, in the fall could be a dollar a piece. Twelve dollars a dozen. We all knew that.

We explain that to us. Hey. You might be paying $8 a gallon for gasoline.

We said, damn, the Russians. Right? Am I right?

You know, inflation, where you don't have the product because we all agreed, people should get money from the government, to stay home, and not go back to work. We all voted for it. We all agreed. We knew. We knew. And they were very clear with us. You know, hey, it's going to cost us a pretty penny. We've printed too much money. We've done crazy things. Hey, let's send $58 billion over to Ukraine. You know, that's just what? $7 billion more. Than the yearly budget for Russia's Department of Defense. But let's send that over to that crooked country, and don't worry about the accounting. We'll all figure it out. Oh, and, by the way, it was 58 trillion. And then -- and then last week, I think they had a few more million to it.

And then yesterday, the president said, my gosh we need to send them another seven had million dollars. Why don't we just give them (?) another open checkbook. Just give them the country's credit card. Because we're in. I don't care if we're paying $15 a gallon for gasoline.

I'm in. And I don't have to worry, because I have an electric car. Don't pay any attention to the blackouts that are now coming this summer. But only for two-thirds of the country. Uh-huh. Uh-huh.

So that's good. Jamie Dimon, by the way, he's preparing JP morning chase, the -- the country's biggest bank for what he describes as an economic hurricane.

And advised investors to do the same. Quote, you know, I said there are storm clouds. But I'm going to change that. It's a hurricane.

We're fine at the moment. Nobody knows that the hurricane is just a minor hurricane. Or a Superstorm Sandy. But I would recommend to everybody, you should brains yourself. JPMorgan (?) is bracing ourselves. And we're going to be very conservative. The only time they've used conservative. We're going to be very conservative with our balance sheet. Hmm.

So that means, you're going to stop giving loans to people, I mean, unless the Federal Reserve is interested, pour, you know, BlackRock is behind it. (?) okay. All right. Well, that's great.

He said, right now. It's kind of sunny. Things are doing fine. Are they?

Oh, I forgot. He lives in New York. So he doesn't have to pump his gas. For his black seed an (?), of course, he would never talk to somebody. I have to talk to my driver. What?

I'm -- I'm working right now. And we're funding things to replace that person in the front seat. I don't want to talk to anybody. I want a robot to do it.

You know what I mean?

Talk to my driver. That's a scream. He said, we've never seen anything like this.

We're looking at something you could be writing in the history book, fort next 50 years. (?), oh. Oh. Huh.

He also said, quantitative easing backfired, including the negative interest rates, which he called a huge mistake. Oh. Well, it's a good -- see, we've been saying that forever, since, what? 2008. We've been like, hey. Tonight go down that road. But (?) we didn't know what we were talking about. No. No. We didn't know all the systems. You know. We're just too stupid. We didn't go and get our economic degree, where we were all taught to think exactly alike. We're just a bunch of hillbilly hicks. We couldn't have seen this coming. And Jamie, don't you dare talk (?) to that man in the front seat, who might have seen that too.

You knew he was a boob. The day he picked (?), by the way, nice black seed an. It's electric, isn't it, Jamie?

Anyway, (?) it didn't make us right, and you wrong. It just made you weren't as right as you usually are. And we're still wrong! I don't know why. But we're still wrong.

He said, oil is going to hit 150 to $175 a barrel. By the way, the western economy is built on the fact that oil will never sustain over $100 a barrel. That's how our economy works.

When it's $100 a barrel, or less, everything functions.

When it's 150 a barrel, and it's sustained, it doesn't function.

When it's $175 a barrel, we've never considered what that means. Now, I know you're just a bump on the log, like me. But let me click the switch. I want to ask you, how long does your family survive, with 12-dollar dozen of eggs. And gasoline, at colors a gallon.

You know what, that would be an economic emergency -- I got an idea. What if we get into a situation, where it's an economic emergency. A food emergency. An energy emergency. A war emergency.

And then there's riots on the streets. Because we're in an election emergency. You know, what we got to do? We have to hope the president will declare an emergency.

Well, people like Jamie Dimon, who know period of time, know for a fact (?) that's a conspiracy theory. And that will never happen. Unless you actually read what the administration is actually working on. And I'm going to give that to you, in about 15 minutes. So don't go anywhere.

Back in a minute.

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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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Socialism is spreading fast among America’s youth, and the shocking election of Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani for mayor in New York City marks a major cultural and economic shift. Glenn exposes how runaway debt, record home prices, AI job disruption, and the collapsing stake in capitalism have led many Millennials and members of Gen Z to embrace socialism and communism. He reveals the three possible economic futures for 2026: two that are disastrous and one that could change everything if the Trump administration’s global financial overhaul succeeds. Plus, Justin Haskins, president of the Heartland Institute, joins to reveal some terrifying truths about why young Americans are embracing socialism from a poll he conducted with Rasmussen Reports.

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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.
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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.