Ep 286 | Is the Left Too WEIRD to Win the Midterms? | Miranda Devine | The Glenn Beck Podcast
October 10, 2026
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5 min readThe Unholy Alliance and the Fight for America's Future
Miranda Devine, author of Laptop from Hell, joins Glenn Beck to argue that the most immediate threat to American democracy isn't any single ideology but the "red-green alliance" between Marxist progressives and Islamist forces, a partnership she sees playing out on campuses, in elections, and across foreign policy. The conversation ranges from the 2026 midterm outlook to the Hunter Biden laptop saga, AI regulation, and the strategic brilliance she attributes to Donald Trump's second-term approach.
The Midterm Landscape and Economic Reality
Devine describes Republican morale as having hit "rock bottom" weeks ago, followed by a "reality check" as economic indicators improved and Trump's campaign infrastructure solidified. She sees "the building blocks of a campaign, if not victory, at least not a rout" starting to come together. But Beck pushes back hard on the economic messaging, recounting paying $105 to fill his tank and $35 for a fast-food meal for two. "How is the average person doing this?" he asks, arguing Republicans have failed to communicate the pain at the pump.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:28) **Opening: The State of the Election and Republican Morale** - Glenn Beck and Miranda Devine discuss recent polls showing a tighter race, with Hispanics returning to Republicans, and a shift in Republican morale from rock bottom to cautious optimism.
- 2 (02:53) **Obama's Alliance with El-Said and the "Red-Green Alliance"** - Beck asks why Barack Obama would campaign for El-Said, and Devine explains it's a desperate move to shore up the black vote, which El-Said lacks.
- 3 (06:35) **The Economic Pain at the Gas Pump and Republican Messaging** - Beck shares his personal experience of paying $105 to fill his tank, arguing that Republicans have failed to understand the real struggle of high prices.
- 4 (11:31) **Trump's Grand Strategy: The Western Hemisphere Fortress** - Beck reveals that three European prime ministers have told him Trump is re-establishing a new power base in the Western Hemisphere, effectively abandoning Europe.
- 5 (16:29) **The Hunter Biden Laptop: The Cover-Up and the "Manchurian Candidate"** - Devine recounts the infamous 2013 trip where Joe Biden brought Hunter to Beijing, signaling to China that American power was for sale, leading to a multi-million dollar deal for Hunter and nothing for America.
- 6 (17:43) **"Laptop from Hell": The Investigation and the FBI's Pre-Bunking** - Beck praises Devine for her work on the Hunter Biden laptop story, and she discusses the fear of being surveilled via Rudy Giuliani's cloud.
- 7 (26:02) **Lessons Not Learned: Accountability and the Deep State's Motive** - Beck asks what lesson was taught to politicians and the press, and Devine concludes that the lesson from Nixon and Clinton was reinforced: deny, delay, and you will still win.
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Show Notes
What’s a bigger threat to America: Islamists or Marxists? With the midterms approaching, New York Post columnist Miranda Devine, author of "The Big Guy: How a President and His Son Sold Out America," argues the two are impossible to separate. Affordability is driving people into the arms of the Islamist-aligned Democratic Socialists of America. Can Republicans win them back on the economy in the middle of the Iran war, especially with the prices of gas and food so high? Glenn and Miranda dive into this as well as the positives that are often overlooked, including the record-low poverty rate and Trump's plan to secure American energy independence. But is the AI revolution that this energy will power more apocalyptic than utopian? And what is being done to prevent an AI takeover? Miranda breaks down “effective altruism,” the bizarre Silicon Valley moral system being embedded in AI models, and why it is the antithesis of Christianity. And she also explains how Trump is sweet-talking President Xi while kicking China out of the western hemisphere, undoing the access the Biden crime family spent years selling. She closes with hope that young conservatives are ready to rebuild and that America still stands.
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